>> a warm welcome to this hour of news. invitations for the geneva talks on the war in syria which will begin on friday. the syrian opposition council said it will decide on wednesday will it's going to attend, and

it's not--the united nations humanitarian coordinator has called the humanitarian disaster in syria the most devastating crisis in the 21st further. and unicef said 250,000 people have now died in the fighting with children bearing the brunt of the war. our diplomatic editor james bays is there. >> the flag flying again. >> the timing just days before u.n. envoy is due to convene peace talks is no coincidence.

among the first items on the agenda is a cease-fire in syria. the government in damascus has helped in recent months by russian airstrikes, and clearly wants to make as many gains as possible before the talks start. as invitations to the talks were being sent out the u.n. invited a panel of top humanitarian officials to brief the press and news conference deliberate time to show why negotiations are so badly needed. >> syria right now is the worst place on the earth to be a child. the simple act of playing is no longer safe. >> there is unease about the humanitarian access being part of the talks because the united nations resolutions have repeated all the parties leave sieges with no pre-conditions. >> i have a lot of unease about that, as do all of us.

this is what we try to do every day, to try to make a dent on why trying to go to these places and reach the people and try to make even if it's a small difference as we've been able to do in recent weeks, i'm sure you follow that. >> the head of one aid agency deeply involved in the syrian crisis used to be the humanitarian chief of the u.n. was even more forthright. >> no, we should not negotiate. it is our right under international law and our obligation under international law. but i'm living in the real world, and after five years now 6 access problems and people starving to deat, i want us to use this momentum to tell in no

u uncertain terms to give access now. >> it is clear that the envoy has extended the invitations on the opposition side well beyond the list drawn up by saudi arabia in recent weeks. also controversial, there are some who have not been invited. turkey said he represents a terrorist group. the biggest decision coming will be those on the saudi list. will they attend the talks due to start on friday. james bays of the united nations in geneva. >> despite the upcoming talks, the violence itself shows no signs of abating in syria. 24 people have died in homs. more than 100 others were injured the city's governor said

that the area was targeted by a car bomb. before we get to the issues that might go to the heart of this, the drama is who has been invited and who has been left off the list? >> absolutely. this is the sad reality. of all the attempts to have any form of syrian political process there is this huge spat over who attends, and who should be invited and who shouldn't be invited. in the past it may have been states. we've had issues when iran was not invited to geneva 2 conference two years ago. it was that long ago that we reached this stage where the syrian regime and opposition would actually be negotiating with each other. here we have an issue, of

course, there are other kurdish politician who is are part of the syrian opposition negotiation committee. that objection is sharpened by its huma huge spat in the last few months by russia. and they've been supportive of the pyd. >> chris, the syrian opposition council said that it will make a decisiondom. they're an important ingredient to have at the talks. i'm guessing as wide of a representation is possible is a good thing. but is it a question of timing that perhaps to start with, can't be around the table, and then those people get added in at a later stage. >> i think that what we're seeing with all these spats is the fact that ultimately people are taking these talks

seriously, therefore they want to attend and therefore we will see the syrian opposition turning up in geneva for these proximity talks. what they go on to eventually discuss, of course, that will be on the issue of getting to a national cease-fire and also to combat isis. the national cease-fire is largely the area of syrians and oppositions they want to see the end of bombing and seizures. the fighting against isis, that's the battle they say that they're engaged in. so it will be a competing battle there to determine the nature of these talks. but this is really important. these talks are being sculpted and molded by non-syrian powers.

these talks, are determined, it's been interviewed with by russia or turkey or saudi arabia, all of these other countries. they're pushing the parties. the united states as well to be there, their favorite proxies. i think where it is difficult to see is the genuine syrian independent voices here who are thinking solely in terms of the syrian interests as opposed to the narrower one. >> let's hope the talks get off the ground, chris, let's see what happens. thank you for joining me. thank you. now 180 turkish soldiers have arrived at the camps north of the iraqi city of mosul. it's part of a build up to retake the city from isil. the deployment comes just a month after baghdad demanded turkish forces withdraw from the area. iraqi police say they found a mass grave in the city of ramadi containing the remains of

18 people killed by isil. the security forces are still trying to clear ramadi, but the last pockets of isil fighters are proving a problem. despite this, the government said it is firmly in control of the rest of the city and is working to secure it. >> iraq police force say they've opened police stations in some of the areas of ramadi city itself. now this is a significant development because these police stations will be the first line a defense against isil fighters if they come back or if they try and come back to the city. these applications are key in order to try to secure the city of ramadi itself. they're going to open more in the next few days. now at a ceremony of the opening of one of these police stations, th the police force was given weapons. now, awhile all of this was happening iraqi security forces

have announced a halt of operations to try to clear the last remaining neighborhood of isil fighters. now they say that this is a tactical decision that they are still going to go in to the neighborhood, and once they take over that it will be the whom of ramadi free of isil fighters. the reason they haven't, this operation has been ongoing for a week now. there is a fear that civilians are trapped within the area itself. there has been heavy shelling but those airstrikes are only so effective when trapped in there. they have to be able to try to take it back. what is going on is a halt to the operations against the last remaining pockets of isil fighters within ramadi. but the opening of police station is seen as crucial. it is said that the iraqi security forces are beginning to

get back in charge of ramadi. >> coming up this news hour, how one british woman is giving hope to children living in squalor in calais. fighting back. serena williams makes it 18 wins in a row against maria sharapova as she marchs into the australian open semifinals. >> the new law is announced among a number of measures announced by the danish parliament. they'll have to hand over valuables to help cover the cost of while they're being processed. >> the decision to give danish

police the authority to search and confiscate valuables, it runs of risk of sending sentiments of fear and intimidation rather than solidarity with people in need of protection. >> a spokesperson with the danish government said that it's measures have been, quote, misunderstood. >> this misconception that danish authorities would take valuable possessions and so on is so wrong. we're asking asylum seekers if they do come with enough means to pay for themselves, then following the rules as the danish citizens wishing to be on unemployment benefits. if you can't pay for yourself, then you should pay for yourself before the danish welfare system does it. >> the prime minister has visited the town where an asylum work was stabbed to death. she was allegedly killed by a

15-year-old boy on monday. they confirmed that the boy was a resident at the home. the attackers have raised concerns that authorities are being overwhelmed by the number of asylum seekers in the country. >> i file there is quite a worry of aup companied minors. there are some important principles that apply. >> hundreds of children living alone in a refugee karen in northern france are waiting to find out if they can travel to britain to be reunited with their families. it follows last week when four children were allowed to come into the u.k.

>> in the depths of winter and life in calais is not much more than survival. for most hope and reality are worlds apart. but this woman has given hope to the children. she gave up her job and spent the entire autumn and winter walking the camp trying to find unaccompanied minors who have relatives in britain, a and therefore have the right to leave this place. it was through her persistence that four young people came to the u.k. last week. >> something i'll treasure forever. it was just seeing their faces and knowing that they've been in this place for about four or five months, but they hadn't seen their families for two to three years, some of them. what a moment to share. >> the camp is divided in four quarters. laura spends much of her time in the syrian part. this tent was the home of one of

the boys who were allowed to the u.k. >> you can pad the inside with blankets, but it's still breezing. you can probably see your breath in there. >> last week the historic victory for the children left them with excitement. as we were talking, a 15-year-old turned up. her uncle and brother already live in britain. he can't understand why he can't get on the train as well. laura tries to keep his spirits up. >> we went to see where mohammed has to live while the u.k. authorities decide whether to allow him to be with his family. this tent house will sleep four and it's bitterly cold inside. mohammed is getting ill. >> so i think what we're going to do is the doctor is going to come out to see you. we don't know yet what will happen. it's torture. they see their friends.

their friends leave. yet they're still here and they have the same legal right, and yet they're still here. >> hi, good morning. how are you? >> as we walk the camp more and more children come to laura to ask how she's progressing with their cases. but the u.k. government is deciding whether to contest the court ruling that the children have a right to have the protection of their families. in the meantime they remain stuck. >> i have identified about 150 to 200 unaccompanied children with families who have the legal right to claim them there. >> living here and sleeping here are exhausting in the cold. all the basics are done by volunteers. laura's persistence has given hope to many more children left without their families. it will become clear in the coming weeks that the british government comes in and offers the help that she's currently providing. >> now taxi drivers angry at mobile applications like uber have held a protest.

they say that the apps are unfair competition to their business. the iranian president has met pope francis at the vatican. he asked pope francis to pray for him. jacky rowland has this up day now from rome. >> this visit to rome has been primarily about reestablishing political and economic links between iran and italy. italy historically has been the important trading partner for iran and this period of sanctions viewed in that perspective really is a brief interruption and the italian company is keen getting back to business to iran once again.

an important mediator, a messenger between the west on one side and being a member of the e.u. and nato. and it also has good relations with russia. so an opportunity there for the italians to play a pivotal role. president rouhani is due next to go on to paris. the french may have been upset that they were not chosen as the first stop for the european tore since sanctions were lifted. several french companies looking forward to doing business with iran and they intend to buy more than airbus planes of which will be very good for french jobs and the french economy. >> many people visit rome for its rich cultural heritage. italsculptures in the capital in the museum were covered up to avoid any possible offense.

there has been criticism for the move after the orders cam came in. now ukraine's health ministry said there have been 83 confirmed deaths from the h1n1 virus offer referred to as the swine flu. it's affected 18 regions in ukraine. health officials have closed schools and are advising people to avoid crowded places. let's get more on this now from the program manager for inflew win is a. a very warm welcome to the program. why are we seeing outbreaks in the north part of europe? >> the reason we're seeing these

outbreaks is this is typical for this time of year when a seasonal influenza virus is spreading throughout the region. it has been called a pandemic virus, but since it has been coming every year as seasonal influenza. this is typically what we see in the flu season. >> while it's typical how worrying is it if it's been effecting 18 regions across ukraine. they've been closing schools, asking people to avoid busy plays. when does something like this become very worrying in terms of scale? >> well, of course whenever we get--whenever the w.h.o. gets reports like this we immediately investigate the virus to see if the virus has changed. and as far as we know at the moment the virus has not changed to any significant extent.

and the current seasonal influenza vaccine is expected to provide protection. so we have no indications that this is a new virus or a mutated virus. this is the same virus that has come back several times during the normal winter season since the 2009 pandemic. >> sometimes its called swine flew flu, but i know the correct terminology is h1n1. where does the swine flu moniker come from? >> when this virus first started infecting people in 2009, of course, we investigated very thoroughly what is this virus, and can we find out where it comes from. we can see from the genetic makeup in a it had its origins in swine. but the fact that it is infecting humans means that this is a human influenza virus.

but some time ago it has been in swine. >> doctor, thank you very much for joining us. thank you. >> thank you. >> now, chinese shares have fall ton their lowest in 14 months. that's further undermining the confidence leaving stock markets in shanghai drop more than 6%. shares across all industries including common commodities and euro group sectors like technology. more than $680 million was transferred to malaysia's president's account, but the attorney general said it was a personal donation by the saudi family and most of it was returned. however, $60 million still

remains unaccounted for. we have more now from kuala lumpur. >> there are various media outlets here in malaysia who have been speculating the conclusion the attorney genera general's report would be. well, those allegations have been put to one side by the statement at a press conference on tuesday saying that the prime minister had done no wrong, and that there were no--no reasons for anyone to think that the prime minister had done anything corrupt, and the donation of $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 the money as we go to the party coffers. should he stay on as prime minister with this cloud still really hanging over him because

the opposition certainly is not going to let this issue lie, and that they will completely continue to hammer the ruling party as this country heads to a general election within the next two years. do they want to allow him to step aside and allow a new face to take the helm into the election. those questions will be answered in the next few weeks. >> a parliamentary hearing is due to start inside south africa following complaints of meanwhile phone companies. >> they need to know if the friend managed to depositive money in his bank account. it's better for him to call. >> it's easier to connect and it's cheap here. that's why i use it.

i call my wife, even my son the most people. >> but skype could soon be regulated. they're popular because they allow users to send messages and make calls often at a lower cost than traditional telephone calls or sms messages. the current system is basically not fair. over the top service providessers are not subject to the same form of regulation as the local operators are. in south africa ott services are estimated to have 10 million users and growing. >> the cost of competition comes with a finite price, and as we determine what the price to communicate is, there are infrastructure costs that go into it. there are regulatory compliance issues which we as mobile operators and internet service providers need to comply with,

and we're basically saying that otts in their operations particularly in the african market must also comply with some of these legislature provisions. >> others in the industry disagree. >> there is change that is happening across the world. the services that they have provided is what consumers want. we obviously want to give our own customers what they want. and that to regulate these people and restrict them in any way is the wrong approach. >> some consumers say it's all about revenue. >> for the mobile network that's causing disruption and inconvenience. they're looking for ways to bring that revenue back. should we be paying for it? absolutely not. as consumers we should be very clear about our rights. >> consumers especially the poor say they want to pay as little as possible to keep in touch.

al jazeera. johannesburg. >> still to come at this hour. a lost generation of donations at the war leave children with no education. and the unenviable title of the world's most violent city. thwe have cricket action in the final day of the test coming up in just a bit.

>> at 9:30 - "america tonight" - top investigative reporting, uncovering new perspectives.

>> everything that's happening here is illegal. >> then at 10:00 - it's "reports from around the world". >> let's take a closer look. >> antonio mora gives you a global view. >> this is a human rights crisis. >> and at 11:00 - "news wrap-up". clear... concise... complete. >> humanitarian agencies are calling on all sides of the syrian conflict, especially children. the invitation to friday's talks in geneva to discuss ending the war. denmark's parliament has adopted measures to help fund refugee stay. and there have been 83

confirmed deaths from the h1n h1nh1n1 swine through. the regions in ukraine are thought to be infected. unicef have launched an appeal for $2.8 billion to help children caught up in humanitarian emergencies. around a quarter of what that was spent on education. 300,000 syrian children who are refugees in turkey still don't go to school. many left school to go to work and help support their families. a local initiative is trying to insure some children do get an education. >> they should be in school, but instead they're turning out whatever the weather to forage for anything that might make them some money. paper, cardboard or plastic that could be cashed in for recycling is what these boys are looking for. in turkey now the u.n. estimates

thousands of refugees are school age but half of them don't go to school. here in the back streets there is a ray of light for these children. some warmth, and some hope in a dismal situation. this may be a small building, but a group of volunteers with so much effort and so much enthusiasm are using just two rooms to try to start to educate 65 children with very little money, indeed. this english teacher said most of their pupils are street kids whose parents can't afford the transportation to get them to schools. they say it's difficult to get help in helping teach. >> we're trying to do our best.

trying to deal with them with love and with passion, and to do our best. >> the children get a snack before leaving at midday. it's the youngest of the pupils who are the most receptive to the teachers. this girl says i love this school. i come every day. it's called the rainbow center no one here is paid to teach. there is no religious instruction, and no reference to politics. >> the children who don't go to school because they have to work in the streets, they lost their rights to a childhood and especially in education. it's all being taken away by the war. >> a tragic mix of poverty and conflict have left the children in this way. the rainbow center does not pretend to be a school. more of a temporary prop for these young lives. the children and their teachers can only dream of a permanent solution.

andrew simmons. al jazeera. turkey. >> a day after mass protest demonstrators have occupied an office and said they won't leave until the government takes action. the sri lanka government has publicly destroyed the biggest ever haul of illegal ivory more than 350 tusks were placed before being fed into 100 done crusher and sent to an industrial furnace. we have more now from the capital o. >> this haul has been seized from waste that was packed in a container that was moving through the port of colombo. >> we have no way of getting it down and unloaded.

that has been the main difficulty. >> now ivory fetches as much as $300,000 a kilo and one can only imagine one and a half tons of ivory. in terms of the ivory and the ceremony to destroy the ivory. the clergy invoking blessings on the dead elephants, very much indifferent from a couple of years ago when they were asking for responsibility and custody of these tusks be transferred to the secretariat. however, the president of the government making it very clear they're not going to encourage the trade of the contraband. you can see the tusks being crushed through the course of the day. the resulting fragments of the crusher will be bagged up and will be taken to an industrial incinerator where they'll be

burned. now very much the central sort of team and thinking about this is showing that there is no value essentially for contraband and that poaching and the international trade will not be encouraged. >> the "world health organization" is trying to establish a firm link between the mosquito born zika virus and microcephaly, a condition where babies are born with incredibly small heads. science has been trying to establish a link between the two, so far the link is circumstantial. so far soldiers have been sent to fight the cyrus. >> the increase of zika, especially in northeastern brazil and the rise of zika cases gives a lot of reason for

concern and now that the big task is to try to establish the link here. what is the link? what exactly is the link? is it zika alone? is it something else? >> they have shown the movement in which 40 inmates escaped the prison in brazil. 37 of the inmates were recaptured by the officers. the police are still on the hunt for one escap escapee. a new report naming caracas as the most violent city in the world. there are 119 murders per 100,000 people in caracas last year. honduras has dropped to second place after it saw a significant decline in homicides. 21 of the most violent cities in brazil. let's go to caracas where

virginia lopez joins us live. very good to see you. so venezuela sits on top of the oil reserves in the world. it's not a poor country, so what is behind this hike in violence? >> yes, it seems to defy a commonly held assumption about violence. it's sitting on top of the world's largest reserves of oil. it's by no means a poor country, and yet violence has skyrocketed. it has skyrocketed during a decade when venezuela lived through an economic boom. unemployment was not high, and income equality had been reduced. again it defies most expert series about violence. it's also not going t on conflict and there are no major

drug cartels as is the case in mexico. there is no culture of gang in central america. the violence is defying theories. it's a very confusing issue, and experts have not been able to offer a clear answer as to why it's so high. the government has insisted that it's a vestige of the capitalist culture of people wanting more. but the security experts say that it's more the result of institutions that have failed, and also a great level of impunity. >> tell us more about this video that surfaced on social media and showing prisoners with weapons. >> yes, this was filmed yesterday in the island o margarita off the coast of venezuela, and it's a gun salute or homage to a prison leader who was murdered on sunday.

what you see is a group of men with war-grade weapons inside prison shooting at the sky as a way of honoring their leader. it is not uncommon here in venezuela to see that prisons are not only handled and managed by inmates. but also these inmates are heavily armed. the person who posted this on social media is one of the leaders of the opposition, and he is accompanied this video with questioning to the ministry of why is it possible that inmates have weapons that clearly belong to the armed forces? so this is a clear sign of what experts have deemed a failing of up a institutions. the ministry of defense has yet to reply, but up to this point there has been no indication that he will. >> joining us live from caracas, thank you. now still ahead this news

hour. close for catastrophe. scientists say they're keeping the doomsday clock at three minutes to midnight. and with just months ago before the fifa presidential elections, the only way to get better is to challenge yourself, and that's what we're doing at xfinity. we are challenging ourselves to improve every aspect of your experience. and this includes our commitment to being on time. every time. that's why if we're ever late for an appointment, we'll credit your account $20. it's our promise to you. we're doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible.

because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. >> now the so-called doomsday clock i staying at three minutes to midnight.

because the scientists believe the world is to disaster based on clim climate change and nuclear concerns. >> the doomsday clock was first established in 1947 to gain the threat of nuclear war. atomic scientists based at the university of chicago put the time at seven minutes to 12. and in the 70 years since then the clock has been adjusted more than 20 times. in 1953 in response to the successful testing of hugely powerful hydrogen bombs fired by the u.s. and soviet union the clock hand was moved to two minutes to 12:00. the closest it has ever stood to midnight. tests in 1963, the threat eased and the clock retreated to 12 minutes to midnight. the 1980s, though, saw the threat level again rise as the soviet union invaded afghanistan

and cold car tensions reached new heights. in 1984 the clock was set to three minutes to midnight. that was soon to change with the fall of the berlin wall in 1989 followed by the break up of the soviet union. in 1991 the clock handles moved back to 17 minutes to midnight inflicting unprecedented peace and cooperation between the superpowers. since the 1990s the clock hands have move gradually to one direction arriving at 11:57, three minutes to the top of the hour. reason, continuing nuclear proliferation, the threat of climate change and potentially harmful chemical technology. >> joining me live from washington, d.c. is rachel bronson, the executive director and publisher of the bulletin of "atomic scientist" a very warm welcome to the program. thank you for being with us.

explain your decision not to change the clock this time. >> thank you for having me. the science and security board really wanted to underscore in not moving it was not good news. three minutes to midnight is very close, and they're dismayed that we had to keep it at three minutes to midnight. we don't view this as a feel good story. we decided not to move it forward, but also not to move it back. >> and rachel, what short of things are being looked out for in terms of how to move the mint than of the clock? >> sure. so the four categories that we look at as an organization is nuclear security and disarmame disarmament. nuclear power, storage, everything waste disposal, and it goes into that climate change as an extensio existential threat. we're looking at th the the

existential threat that could effect the way we live. there is so much going on in this world. to have something like the clock where we can stop and look at the existential threats and think are we better off than we were last year, five years ago, ten years ago. it's a special way and galvanizes conversations around these issues every year. it's important we had former secretary of defense pointing out he was very comfortable with that. the fact that u.s.-russian relations have deteriorated, the fact that we have so much money going into nuclear arsenals around the world, we just had the test of north korea. it is a very tumultuous time in

addition to all the issues you're reporting on. to have something this simple is really important, actually. >> rachel, we heard in the report, but remind us why the clock was started. >> you know, the clock started as the first cover of the first issue of our hard copy print journal back in 1947. our artist wanted a symbol that conveyed something that the world was feeling. there was a countdown, and there was a countdown to the the apocalypse, and so she used midnight to represent this. and seven minutes to midnight is somewhat arbitrary. since then we've used it as a benchmark. what is really interesting is both the absolute number of where we are and what kind of change is or isn't happening. >> rachel bronson now joining me live from washington, d.c.

fascinating, rachel, thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> now, that doomsday clock in sight, here is robin with all the day's sports news. >> julie, great to see you. qualifying for the men's football tournament in this year's reyes olympics. the under-23 championship in qatar booked their place in brazil, but there is still hope. >> with the winners of the semifinals guaranteed a place at the rio olympics, much more than a shot at an age group title was up for grabs. the goal in the first half and the goalkeeper gave south korea's this game's opening goal.

but that was as good as it got for the home team. two goals in the last five minutes for south korea saw them qualifying for a record eight consecutive olympics. 3-1 the final score. south korea will play japan in saturday's final. they beat iraq, 2-1 in their semi. japan with the first half lead. but the defending champions were leveled before halftime. and the game looked set for extra time. they were a late late winner. both iraq and qatar do have a chance of reaching rio with three olympic places. and they'll go into the playoff with meaning.

>> the third place playoff is normally the unloved foot note of the tournament. a game no team wants to take part in. but with the added police at the rio olympics up to grabs, it's arguebly more important than saturday's final. >> just one month away from the election that will decide the new president of fifa. the five candidates are officially confirmed. lee wellings takes us through the front runners of the stage. >> for sheik salman, there are questions about human rights in question in bahrain, and of

course coming up is the secretary general of uefa. he stood in for michel platini, but you can see the ambition there with him. he really does look like a man who wants this now. this week, seven south american federations decided to back him. he has plenty of support in europe, and he is a serious contender. as for the others, i'm not sure. prince ali along with tokyo sexwale, it has been questioned why his campaign has been so low key. there will be plenty of twists and turns ahead. >> uefa's president sebastian

coe, he'd been told brown envelopes had been handed to members before the 2011 decision. he was warded the 2017 champions. that harass later giving hosting rights for the events. cricket i with the youngest south african bowler to take the wickets. match figures of 30, and it took six wickets in the second innings as they were dismissed 101 in day one. they win this test, and england wins the series, 2-1. >> something great. it's not going to happen every day. the first test match with three wickets, and you have to enjoy these moments. when you look back on it, it

doesn't always have to be in the moment when you look back on it, you can be proud of what you achieved. >> serena williams has reached another grand slam semifinal. >> the third of july 2004. that was the last time maria sharapova meet serena williams. tuesday's match was a repeat of last year, but unlike last year it was sharapova that would start the better. any hopes that this would be 18th time for sharapova was swiftly put to one side. and serena came back to win the opening set, 6-4. sharapova brings out the best in her and it was arrested to argue aargue as she raced to the

lead. and she was facing defeat number 18. williams winning this quarterfinals, 6-4, 6-1. >> she's an incredibly intense focus player who has won grand slams for a reason. when you play someone like that who is so great, you have to come out with fire and intensity. >> this young man was probably not around when roger federer won his first grand slam title. the way federer disposed of berdych will have his fans hoping that he can win in melbourne. >> i feel like i'm competitive at the top. i can beat all the guys on tour. maybe the last three slams have been consistent as they have been. >> this is the last grand slam victory in 2012 when he won

wimbledon. that was the last time he beat djokovic in that slam. he'll have to get past djokovic again if he's going to win this tournament. he experienced a brain freeze after making 104 in his previous match. however, in th everything seems to be with in working arrested for these five-time champions in straight set. and djokovic can look forward to a meeting with federer in the semifinals. >> back to india--back to nba now. steph curry and his teammates proved they're above level to everyone else in the nba. they would win 10-90 win over the spurs. the warriors look to best

chicago's record of 1996. that's where we leave the sport for now. it's back to julie and the rest of the team in london. >> thank you. now 107-year-old bridge spanning the allegheny river in western pennsylvania has been demolished. it took 150 pounds of dynamite and 51 charges to bring down the steel bridge causing four large sections to fall into the river below. it was built in 1908 and closed last year to make way for a new bridge, which recently became fully operational. wow, amazing pictures. you can find out much more about the stories we're following on our website. you can see we're discussing those invitations to the syrian talks that will take place on friday. we'll have plenty of analysis there, www.aljazeera.com. bye bye.

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