the news continues live from london. coming up in the next 60 minutes. serious governments makes for the gains from the opposition, the u.n. formalin sites the sides to talk in between have. >> as refugees continue to arrive in europe, denmark says those who reach it's borders can have their valuable pay. host sanctions tour of europe continues as he meets the catholic pope in rome.

>> south korea's football teams are fighting it out right now. and one asian team already punched the ticket to the olympics, japan, are celebrating a famous win over iraq, the details are coming up later in the program. >> they have on the war in syria. there are conflicting reports about whether the main rebel group has been included. meanwhile the syrian army is claiming a key victory ahead of those talks retaking shape in the province, which helps security supply routs from the capitol to the south. the united nations humanitarian coordinator has called the humanitarian disaster in syria the most devastating crisis in the twenty-first century. unicef says 250,000 people have died in the fighting, with children, bearing the

brunt of the war. al jazeera diplomatic editor reports. >> the flag of the syrian regime, flying again. government forces entering the town of place a strategic importance on the road between damascus, the place where the revolution started almost five years ago. the times just days before the envoy is due to convenes peace talks is no coincidence. the first items on his agenda are cease fires and the government in damascus helped by russian air strikes, including ones to make as many gains as possible before the talks start. as invitations of the talks are being sent out, the u.n. invited a panel of top humanitarian officials to brief the press, and use conference deliberately to show why negotiations are so

badly needed. >> syria is probably the most dangerous place on earth now to be a child. even the very simple act of playing is no longer safe. >> but they admitted there was unease about negotiations for humanitarian access becoming part of the talks because the u.n. security council resolutions have repeatedly demanded all the parties lift sieges with no preconditions. >> i have a lot of unease. as do all of us, and this is what we try every day, we try and make it better by trying to go to this place. >> the head of one aid agency deeply involved in the syria crisis used to be the humanitarian chief of the u.n. was everybody more forthright. >> no, we should not

negotiate. the political parties our access to civilians it is our right, under international law, it is our obligation under international law. but i am live manager the real world, and after five years now of access problems and starving to death, i want us to use this momentum to get the international sponsors of the parties to tell in no uncertain terms to the parties if access to everybody now. >> it is clear that the u.n. envoy has expanded the invitations on the opposition side, well beyond the list in recent weeks. turkey says it is angry, it believes one of those groups invited the p.y.d. is is what it described as a terrorist group, and it is not clear how those who are on the saudi list are going to respond, they say at some point on wednesday, they

will decide whether to decline or accept their invitation. james bays al jazeera, of the united nations in geneva. >> bernard smith has more, that is mere the syrian border. up until october the forces were looking at the risk of feet, and then the russians stepped in, russian aerial bombardments particularly have helped the regime make territorial gains. a lot of those have been in the northwestern mountains of syria. this is an area where on the one side the coastal areas controlled by the regime, and further inland, you have idlib controlled by rebel forces, so important territorial gains are being made by the regime, and this latest capture another significant territorial gain. and the idea, of course, is that the more territory you control, the stronger you are

negotiating if any negotiations or talks that are going to take place on syria's future. >> let's join our editor, james bays in geneva, james, no guest list has been published so there's real confusion, isn't there, about exactly who has been invited to these talks on friday. >> real confusion, and we are late rally having to try to speak to all of the key players to see whether they have an invitation or not and it is clearly proving very controversial. this is the series of talks. so saudi arabia did that conferences in saudi arabia, they came backup the so called readd list. and those on the list include

some of the main fighting groups in syria, among the opposition. they are concerned because then the u.n. security council pass add resident lewis which says the u.n. would the final decision, and russia said it wasn't happy with the list, stefan deem ma says he wanted the widest representation possible, so the list says we are the real opposition, no one else should be invited, he has clearly invited other opposition members because al jazeera has spoken to them. controversy too because of what about the curds and who would be invited representing the curds turkey deeply concerned about the kurdish group called the pyd, they are the one whose are very active militarily in northern sir is yeah, they have been fighting isil and even working along the military, but not like the rest of the opposition, says they are not really fighting the asaad regime. so, what have they done about the p.y.d., well, it seems he has not invited them, because

in the last few minutes al jazeera has spoken to some, who says they are the leader, he is already here in switzerland for the talks, but he has not got an invitation, what is interesting here, is that he is also with some of the other members of the opposition is who aren't on the list, people who have got invitations from deem ma store rah, and some are say if they aren't invited they are not going. >> very controversy, and complicate add lot of confusion, does it means that the talks may be in danger of not taking place or getting underway? >> well, stefan when he spoke to the press 24 hours ago, he said he expected there will be a lot of drama, he said there be walk ins and walk outs. i think some of those will take place even before the talks start, and the really big decision, which we are rating for in a few hours is the members of the opposition including the key fighting groups who are on that list, are they going to come to

these talks, they say they are going to decide at some point on wednesday. that will be important, because without some of these key group whose are the ones that actually are fighting the regime on the ground, then you wonder what these talks can achieve. >> james trying to make sense of what is happening there in geneva, thank you so much. >> at least 24 people have died in a bombing, state media says more than 100 others were injured in the attack, which was claimed by isil. the city's governor say as security check point was targeted by a car bomb and then a it fooer with a suicide vest. more than 300,000 syrian children who are refugees in turkey don't go to school. many work illegally, to help their families. al jazeera andrew simmons near the turkish syrian border where a local initialtive is trying to ensure that some children do get an education. >> they should be in school, but instead they are turning out whatever the weather, to forage for anything that might make them some money.

paper, cardboard or plastic, that can be cashed in for recycling is what these boys are looking for. but they move uh on, with empty bags. in turkey now, the u.n. estimates more than 660,000 syrian refugees are of school age, but well beyond half of them don't go to school. here in the streets there's a ray of light for these children, some warmful and hope in a dismal situation. a group of volunteers so much effort, are using just two rooms to try to start to educate 65 children. this teacher says most of the pupils are street kids or childrens whose parent can afford the transportation money.

the children get a snack before leaving at hard day. this girl says i love this school, and i come every day, it is called the rainbow center, no one here is paid to teach, and no religious instruction they have to work on the streets. they have lost their rights to a childhood, and especially an education, it is all been taken away.

rainbow center doesn't pretend to be a school, more a temporary prop for these young lives. the children and their teachers can only dream of a personal innocent solution. >> the last remaining pockets are proving to be a probable for iraqi security forces trying to clear the city of ramadi in the west. despite this the government says it is firmly in control of the rest of the city and it's working to secure it. our correspondent reports. police forces say they are opened within ramadi itself. this is significant, because these stations will be the first line of defense genesis sill fighters if they come back or try and come back to the city. these police stations are key in order to be able to try to secure the city itself, they are going to open more in the

next few days, now, at a ceremony of the opening of one of these, the police force were given weapons by the americans, these are american made machine guns. very public show of support by the americans for iraq's police forces. neff announced a halt to try to clear the last remaining neighborhood of isil fighters, now they say that this is a tactical decision that they are stilt going to go in neighborhood, and once they have taken that that will be the whole of the ramadi city free of the fighters, the reason they have, is because they have been on going for about a week now, mrs. a real fear that there are civilians trapped within the area itself.

>> a number of measures passed by the parliament. they will now have to hand over any valuables more than $1,500. while they are being processed, the move has been criticized by rights groups and the u. tn. >> the decision to give danish police the authority to search and confiscate valuables from asylum seekers, sends damaging messages in p our view, and it runs the risk of fear and discrimination, rather than

promoting solidarity with people in need of protection. the proposed new members have been miss understood this is so wrong. we are simply asking that for asylum seekners the rare case where they do come with enough means to pay for themselves then following the same rules. wishing for the unemployment, on unemployment benefits if you can pay for yourself, then you should before two danish welfare system does it. >> and still ahead, from london, el nino is blamed for the disappearance of one of bolivia's largest lakes. fighting for justice, and an official apology, the filipino women forced into sexual slavery by the japanese in world war ii. as she marchs into the australian open semifinals.

>> first, malaysia's prime minister has been cleared of wrongdoing. more than $608 million to the private accounts in 2013. the malaysia attorney general says it was a personal donation from the saudi royal family. >> they have been speculating as to what the report would be, into his investigation over allegations of corruption, mainly the prime minister. well, those allegations have been put to one side. by his statement a depressed conference on tuesday, saying that the prime minister has done no wrong.

and that there were no reasons for anyone to think that the prime minister has done anything corrupt, and that the donation of over $600 million was made by sources within the saudi royal family. but the actual scenario now leads to as many questions as it does solutions. the questions within his own party as to what has happened to them, the going party, there will be questions about the exposition should he stay on, with this still really hanging over him, because the opposition is certainly not going to let this issue lie and that they will completely continue to hammer the ruling party as this country heads to the general election within the next two years. do they want to allow to step aside and allow a news agency to take the helm and lead it into the next general election, all those questions

perhapses will be answers in the next few weeks. the governor says policemanning a check point in the district were poisons and then shot dead. the taliban has claimed responsibility. ammunition and weapons were also stolen. u.s. secretary general says the continued expansion of settlements by israel is an affront to the palestinian people and the international community. follows reports that they have approverred a plan for more than 150 new homes in illegal settlements in the occupied west. >> those acts encrease the growth of settle populations for the heightens and undermine any prospects for a political road ahead. some may say the current volatility makes it too risky to seek peace. i say the greater parity is

not seeking a solution to the palestinian. >> the sri lanka government has public destroyed it's bigst ever haul of illegal ivory, more than 350 tusks were displayed in the capital before being fed into a 100-ton pressure. and sent to an industrial furnace. more from the capital. >> this has been concealed among sacks of plastic qwest which was backed in the container that was moving through the port. >> to get on the road, that is the difficulty. >> now essentially on the international market, ivory fetches as much as $3,000 a kilo. and one can only imagine 1.5 tons was back. in terms of sri lanka authorities here, the ceremony to detroit the ivory

the clergy here, very much indifferent with what happened a couple of years ago, essentially asking that the responsibility and custody of the transferred to his secretary, however, the present government making it very clear that they are not going to encourager trade of contra band, the crusher behind me will see all of these 359 tusks going through it. the results fragments that have come out of the crusher will be weighed up essentially bagged up and will be taken to an industrial understand sin ray tor where they will be burned. now very much what the strap sort of thinking about this is showing there's no value essentially for contraband and that poaching and the international trade will be discouraged.

the leading stock markets dropped by more than 6%. shares sell across all a agent asies and newer growth sectors like technology. it is the fist time the japanese emperor has set foot there, since the philippines was lick rated from japanese occupation fighting for justice. traumatized and ashamed of being forced into sexual slavery by the japanese imperial army during world war ii. >> she is nearly 90 years

old. she clearly recalled the day she was ab ducted. one soldier started to rape me while the other two held my arm as and legs down, when he was done the other bun started. even though i was screaming because of the pain, they kept at it. >> she is one of only 200 filipino women who first came forward 25 years ago. they were kept in service stations to service japanese soldiers. they were still waiting to be offered an apology by the government of japan. the imperial military view of sex slaves is not up for discussion. the philippines and japan sign as $550 million u.s. dollar agreement in 1956, and those that focus on

developing industry the government considers the matter closed. i think the philippine government hasn't done too much. they are so depend on the economy, and the economic -- i think they have been given later priority to this large aid, and bigger political issues. unfortunately, that relegates this aspect of the back door. >> women like her, don't want to be cast aside. no matter how hard it is for me i am here to talk about what is done for us be i the government of japan. >> every year there are fewer of them left, but beyond

compensation, they long for an official apology from the japanese government, only then they say can they start to reclaim the dignity faken from them. the second largest lake has completely dried up, killing wild life and destroying the livelihood of hundreds of people. part of a fragile high altitude ecosystem, in the andys mountain range. el nino is being blamed for it's decline. in the western city in bolivia. >> there was once water as far as the eye could see. covered more than 2300 square kilometers it used to provide most of bolivia's fish, and was a temporary home to thousands of migrating birds. now, it is all gone live yeah second largest lake turns into a cemetery for dozens of species when it finally dried

up in desks only bugs are left preying on their carcasses. >> fisherman show us where the pier used to be, his boat has been turned only, only a few weeks ago he was still fishing here. >> since 2014, there is a strong wind blowing, the water, birds began to disappear, we were helpless, now the lake is completely dry. the only thing he was are our tools, our boats, and our memories. >> moorely 150 families are moving out or have willing left. the government of the region has declared it a natural disaster zone. it's governors say he is willing to find ways to bring the water back, but at the same time is hoping that rain

will come. >> in the meantime, we will imbreeding ponds seven p although i am convinced rain will help us again. >> the rain has dried up in the paths, now it is different. they are partly blaming the phenomenon. el nino used to happen every ten to 15 years but now global warming has made it more recurrent, and given the lake a chance to renew it's water cycle. biologists say the fate of the lake and irreversible. >> woe have alters the cycle, no matter what the government does to save it, the lake is a dead case. >> fisherman agrees, now we

have to migrate to the city, now my wife has to weeing in the streets. that's how we are surviving. >> but he is not ready to give up a life on the lake just yet. he is guarding his nets and boat, and hoping that one day the water returns. al jazeera. bolivia. coming up later, the dues that say they have been blocked for being reunited with family in israel. they want new homes but they must be able to with stand the next big quake. resident who is are looking to the future. in sport south african critic has a new hero as they take 13 genseng hand, action from the final day is coming up.

>> this is al jazeera america live from new york. >> at 7:00 - "news roundup". tony harris gives you a fast-paced recap of the day's events. >> this is the first line of defense. >> we have an exclusive story tonight. >> then at 8:00 - john seigenthaler brings you the top stories from across america. >> the question is, will these dams hold? >> and at 9:00 - >> i'm ali velshi, on target tonight... >> ali velshi on target. digging deeper into the issues that matter. >> i'm trying to get a sense for what iranians are feeling. reminder of the top stories. aimed at ending the war in syria.

it follows week of dispute about which opposition groups should be asked to take part. denmark parliament has dropped -- to help fund their stay. and malaysia prime minister has been cleared of wrongdoing in a long running corruption scandal. hundreds of children living alone in a refugee camp in northern france awaiting to find out if they can travel to britain to be reunited. in which four young people were allowed into the u.k., their situation only came to light because of one british woman who gave up their job to work with the children. lawrence lee reports. it is the depths of winter, and life isn't much more than survival. every day there are expressions of the yearning to go to the u.k., but for the most, hope and reality are worlds apart. this woman has given some help to the children here.

laura gave up her job and has spent the entire autumn walking the camp, trying to find unaccompanied minors that have relatived in britain, and have is the right to leave this place. through her per sis fence, four young people came to the u.k. last week. something i will treasure forever, seeing their faces and knowing they have been in this process is with me for four or five months but they haven't seen their family in two to three years and what a moment to share. >> the camp is divided into different quarters. laura spends much of her time in the syrian part. they ever dry, you can pad the inside with blankets, but it is still freezing. you can probably feel. >> hello, how are you. >> last week the legal victory for the children has left the rest here beside themselves with excitement, as we were talking

15-year-old turned up, his uncle and brother already live in britain, and he can't understand while he can't get on a train as welp p laura tries to keep his spirits up. >> he has given me a photo of his brother. >> we went to see where mohammad has to live, whether they allow him to be with his family. this tent has to sleep four, and it is bitterly cold inside. mohammad has a meal. >> iny what we are going to do is the doctors will come out to see you, we don't know yet what will happen. >> it is torture, they are seeing their friends leave, they are in the same place and yet they are still here, and they have the same legal right, yet they are here. >> hi, how are you? >> more and more children come to laura to ask how she is progressing with their cases. but the u.k. government is deciding whether to content the court ruling that

children hoar have the right to the protection of their families. in the meantime they remain stick. >> there is a fear around gosh will it be a wave of people, but i have identified 150 to 200 unaccompanied children, is that have the right. >> living here, even sleeping here are exhausting in the cold, all the basics are done by volunteers. the persistence has given hope to many more left without their families it will been clear for the government steps in to offer help lawrence lee, al jazeera. >> taxi drivers angry at mobile applications like uber have been protesting. they use tear gas to aa rest the crowds. that protests coincided with air traffic controllers and another demonstration by teachers. at least 32 people are known to have died on cameroon on monday.

the state owned radio and local officials say that four explosions struck a busy market, and entrances to the town. there's been no claim of responsibility so far, but the area has been targeted by the armed group. in the past. >> the israeli government has pledged to allow more oath teen i don't know uses to resettle in israel. thousands of families when a program was stopped three years ago, charles stratford reports from the city. >> and people in the photographs -- they have made the hebrew word, under the so called return, people can prove they are of jewish descent can move there. in this village, these people say they were left behind, when israel ended it's program from ethiopia, a couple of years ago.

he left in 2013. >> i feel lonely here, because all of my family is in israel. >> israel has long been accused of using a lose definition of jewish decent to boost the population. these people practice use dayism, even though many of their ancestors converted to christianity. her parents and grandparents were allowed to settle in israel in 2003. he says he doesn't know why his application wasn't accepted. his mother passed away in israel, he couldn't afford to go and see her before she died. >> now i hope i can go to israel before my father dies. even just for one day. because so it said there were no more people here, eligible under it's law of return. but the mere fact there are many people here who have close family members

including parents and grandparents who have already made it and are living in israel, suggests there are certain inconsistencies with the way the law is applied. >> according to israel's jewish agency, there are around 135,000 ethiopian uses living here. around 50,000 were born there. life in immigrants to israel is not always easy, these protests last year were sparked by allegations of police brutality, against an ethiopian use. rights groups say the community in israel has long suffered racism and discrimination. the israeli government has aunderstand nod it is setting a new criteria, so that people claiming jewish decent, can be reunited with their families. the jewish agency which helps organize the immigration to israel, denied accusations that the government has

applied the law of return, when and how it sees fit. immigration to israel is the only example, that i am aware of, of a western democracy, to bring people to africa of that country, and not for other purposes. i think that does speak israels ideology, of serving as a homeland for all uses around the world. where they can see their loves ones again. northern ethiopia. >> protests in the capitol after a run off to the president, was canceled. the opposition candidate.

even though it has no replacement. >> in this environment there won't be an election. we are discussing the situation and there are many scenarios that can occur, in h the end we will have a second round after the government gives us power. >> trying to establish a firm link between the zika violence and micro receively, a season where babies are born with aben normally small heads. the big task is to try to establish a link between the two, but so far the evident remains sixble. however brazil's government says they are losing the battle against zika.

give as lot of reason for concern, and now that the big task is to try to establish the link here, what is the link, is it zika alone. is it zika with something else. >> it is now ten months since an earthquake devastated large areas of that pap. nepal. reconstruction has been slow, many of those effected want to have another quake. they have come from the united kingdom to repair his house, here. in the foothills of the hem leahs. they have been living here for almost two decades. >> this one is built by my father.

>> like most people, they do not want to do too much right now. >> so i am awaiting until that can come out, i am not going to do inning. >> waiting for the government to act is not something that is here usually like to do. they don't need the government to come and rebuild their homes. what they do want from them is designs for earthquake resistence homes so they can go ahead and rebuild their lives. >> back in october, the national planning commission said it had drawn up designs for earthquake resistant houses, but the people say they are still waiting for the details. >> making the best of a bad situation, locals here have decided to go ahead, with basic improvements to their village. rows have already been.

plans for water and sanitation have been layed out. people here say they now need skill helped, not charity. >> right after the quake, we needed a uprise blankets everything. and we are really grateful for it. but if people give charity to us all the time, we will get spoiled. these people want to help, they can give us building materials, we don't have enough human resources. carpenters, mayen sos, we need to rebuild 47 hours. instead of territory, we want to reach 20, men and women are ready. >> villagers have already been to the local authority to asks for action. they say not much has happened without official guidance, they are moving ahead to rebuild the homes as

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first established in 1947 to gauge the threat of nuclear war. atomic scientists at the university of chicago put the time at seven is minutes to 12, and in the nearly 70 years since then, the clock has been adjusted more than 20 times. in response so the successful testing of hugely powerful bombs. >> fire. >> by the u.s. and soviet union the clock hands with moved to just two minutes to 12, the closest it has ever stood to midnight. >> ts in 1963 the threat eased and the clock retreated

to 12 minutes to midnight. >> and 1980's though saw the threat level again rise as the soviet union invaded afghanistan, and tensions reached new heights. in 1984, the clock was set to three minutes to midnight. followed by the break up of the soviet union. >> the clock hand is moved back to 17 minutes reflecting unprecedented peace and cooperation between the super powers. since the 1990's the hands have moved largely in one direction, towards midnight, at 11:57, 3 minutes to the top of the hour, the reason, continuing nuclear prelive ration, the threat of climate change, and potentially harmful new technologies such as genetic modification.

they have just announced that the clock is not moving from the current setting of three minutes. to midnight. a bit disappointing there's not a clock in sight, but they do say the clock is staying at three minutes to midnight. all right, for more on this, we are joined he is a futurist, and he joins us via skype, thank you for being with us on the program, ian, do you think their rights in keeping the dooms day clock at three minutes to midnight? >> i think they probably half. half past a 11 or something, but i think there are -- it's very sensible to leave it the same as it was last year, i think in some ways we have seen risks increase, and some decrease. so leaving it where it is is probably a good idea. >> what do you think the

factors are that will contribute? >> i think we are seeing an increase in nuclear risk, and the possible that terrorists may get their hands on nuclear weapons. we are seeing north korea trying to show off a little bit. of course iran might well be ledded in the right direction to get nuclear weapons too. on the other hand, we are seeing a little bit of cooperation between russia and america on things with dealing with isis, so that would be improving the situation rather than making it worst. so as i say, some things ton nuclear side are getting better, nuclear is certainly by far the biggest threat that we face. some other future threats things like modifying viruses or bacteria, things like artificial intelligence, and the them traitor scenario, those kind of things are new threats that have been created by new technology, but i am not sure that they

are taken sufficiently seriously. i would probably take those much more seriously, than things like climate change, which seems to be something producing less and less c. 02 the other side of 2030. in things like solar power, other areas like shale gasry produce from conventional energies. so i think the climb change threat is diminishing where is things like biological warfare from terrorism are increasing dramatically. but i think overall, they have done a good job of meeting a risk where it was last year. >> i have to say i do feel slightly rerevealed that it hasn't shifted closer to two minutes to midnight. good to get your thoughts on the story. >> thank you. >> all right, time now for all your sport with robin. >> thank you very much. under 23 team have qualified for the rio olympics after their reach the final of the

under 23 champion in doha. she taking on the first of two semifinals. the japanese taking the lead in the 26 minute. and equalized just before half time, over the heading japan scores in the ninety-third minute to claim a 2-1 win. the last 20 minutes after they secured their place, and a spot at the rio games. giving south korean as 3-1 win over qatar. and i suppose disappointment for the host, but they do get another chance to qualify for the olympics. in some ways the results shouldn't be offer prize. south korea a record eight straight, and these two teams got a start at the semifinals in 2012. as you say, normally the

3rd-4th placeoff, nobody wants to been involved with an unwanted footnote that passing many on this occasion, with the added dimensions of place being up for grabens it is now arguably more important than saturday's final. >> i think it is fair to say that this gamie game for qatart least, is more than just the olympics. >> absolutely. the national coach of spain is also barcelona's youth coach saying what this tomorrow isn't in itself, and the olympics would also be fantastic, this team is building towards qatar 2022, an enormous amount of money, has been invested in these players through the national academy, known as aspire. not only are they trained there, they also have two teams under europe, the second division team, and also a lower tier team in

spain. culturally, and that gives the players the chance to toughen themselves up mentally, and physically, in the europe and that squad do play in europe, and there are high hopes that the bulk of this team will be around in qatar 2022, and also they can qualify for the russian olympics russian world cup in 2018, because no qatar team has ever qualified for a world cup. >> very quickly on that first semifinal, what a come back for japan, no surprise they have been playing such good football, is it all -- do they see themselves fancy their chances for making the playoff and grabbing a spot at the olympics? >> very noisy down here, couldn't quite hear what you are are saying, japan has been impressive, they have won all their games so far in this tournament. for iraq, though, big hopes still of getting to those olympics they reach the

semifinals. their previous performance, a fantastic run before eventually losing out to italy in the bronze medal game. they now have big hopes of getting back to a a second olympics this year. >> all right, andy live for news doha stadium, thank you very much for that, well, we syrian border just one month away from the election of fifa, the five candidates being placed, confirmed by football's world governing body, lee wellings takes us through the front run evers. >> still pretty clear, that sheikh the asian confederation president is the front runner, it has been the case since the intention to stand, and now it has been confirmed that there are five candidates fifa has confirmed this all go hundred and nine federation. they have come across in the last few meters an impressive character of course there are questions about the human rights record, and it is still a difficult period before we get to that election in a month time,

coming up, the secretary general of uefa, he initially stood in, you can see the ambition there, with him, he really does look to me like a man that wants this, and is making up ground this week, the american federations are to back him, of course he has plenty of support, he is a really serious contender, as for the others i am not so sure. prince alley has difficulties at an event in brussells along with i think who could come out as a whole in the election. won an extra nation as to why his campaign has been so low key. as always, with fifa. >> on the latest cricket, has become the youngest south l south african bowler to take more than ten wickets.

to win the test about 218 rounds, took six in england's second inning since the tourist was dismissed for 101. england with the city's 2-1. the australian open now, and serena williams has reached another grand slam semifile. to book her place in the last four. >> the state of july 2004 that was the last time maria sarapova beat serena williams. since then screen that has won every single encounter. in tuesday's match was a repeat of last year's final, but unlike last year, it was sarapova that started breaking williams in the opening game. but any hopes was swiftly put to one site, serena came back to win the opening set 6-4.

williams says that sarapova brings out the best in her. and before sarapova had a chance to catch her breath, she was facing defeat number 18. williams winning this 6-4, 6-1, her semiis my final day. >> she is incredibly intense focused player, who is number one and has won so many grand slams for a reason. so when you are playing someone like that, that's so great you have to come out with a lot of fire. >> this young man probably wouldn't around when roger feted err won his first grand slam title but he might get to see the swiss win an 18th. in straight set ises in the quarter final, will have his fans hopeful that he can win. >> i feel like a except tor at the top, i can beat all the guys on tour, maybe this time, it is nice in the last

three stands it's been as consist as i have been. >> the last grand slam was in 2012, when he woman wimbeldon, it was also the last time he beat djokovic in a slam. he experienced a brain freeze after making 100 unforced errors. however, against the 17th, everything seems to be in working order for the five time championship as he won in straight sets he can now look forward to a 45th career meeting. >> that is all your sports for now. >> robin, thank you, reminding you can find sport and news on our website, do check it out. the address is aljazeera.com. al jazeera,.com. that's it for me and the news hour team, thank you for watching.

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