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a nother giant leap for unified korean sports as the women's basketball team reaches the asian games final. welcome to the program the syrian and russian foreign ministers have been meeting in moscow to discuss the war in syria they're about to hold a news conference shortly and we'll go to it live when it happens the kremlin spokesman has called the last rebel held province a hotbed for terrorists meanwhile russia's ministry of defense says it's going to hold a major naval exercise in the mediterranean sea starting on saturday it comes as tensions rise between moscow and washington over the syrian army's offensive the u.s. has warned of retaliation if syrian government forces attack opposition areas with chemical weapons the u.n. envoy to syria has called for a setting up of humanitarian corridors to allow civilians to leave. there is

a perfect storm based on warning counter warning which is gathering around and do today lemme which is the true day limit on how to defeat terrorists in need leap in at the same time avoid affecting a huge number of civilians one having you would be one not accelerate military escalation and give a libyan more time for this their discussion to allow him facilitate a credible credible humanitarian corridor to a lot of civilian population to temporarily like wait to i think the area well senator is live for us in beirut but first let's go over to moscow for the latest from our correspondent there really challenge we are expecting the russian foreign minister of course with to actually speak in a short while rory but we were getting news of the news wires that the russian

foreign minister is saying that he's willing to listen to the u.n. special envoy to syria when it comes to humanitarian corridors. you know this is come from the foreign minister himself like a lover of one of the deputy foreign ministers macabre gone off who said that basically yes he would consider the russian foreign ministry would consider these proposals made by stuff under mistura and russia was ready to discuss them the humanitarian corridors for peace said the damage for civilians needs to be minimized in the terrorists as he put it in should be prevented from using civilians as human shields i mean if you're reading the tea leaves of the moments and trying to work out whether there is going to be an assault on libya i think the question is not whether there will be one now it's moving into the territory of

when it's going to be the suggestions coming out of the russian foreign ministry and the kremlin in the moments seemed to be suggesting that russia is going to be swinging behind its ally damascus some point very soon and giving at least their their consents and most probably their military support for assaults to take place we have heard from. the syrian foreign minister going into his meeting with lavrov saying that the campaign against terrorism in syria is almost over and this suggests i think that they're going to be taking steps pretty soon. if they are going to take those steps pretty soon this talk isn't just saber rattling is it we're seeing russia sort of positioning its naval assets and that's alarming international capitals as well. yeah and this is one more sign from moscow that this is imminent the ministry of defense has

said that from september the first to the eighth there will be a military exercises taking place in the mediterranean sea now these exercises are going to be involving twenty five ships from various different parts of the russian navy also thirty aircraft are going to be taking place taking part in this including long range for t.v. bombers and other assorted military jets except for now when the kremlin was asked whether this was connected with the situation in syria particularly with the situation in libya to be true peskov said well the syrian situation has substantial escalation potential he then went on to say so basically extra precautions are quite justified and grounded hinting that yes this was connected to the defense ministry after say have have distanced themselves from that suggest and

they are saying that it is not connected fraud to the situation in syria but i think many people believe that when that indeed of course will come back to you or you know once the foreign minister starts speaking let's cross over to beirut and to our correspondent there are waiting for comment of course from the foreign ministers. this new line coming from the u.n. special envoy to syria about humanitarian corridors it's very important at this moment in time because there is a build up of the ground forces on both sides as if we call it on the. well yes the united nations for weeks now really has been expressing concern about the fate of these civilian population in the province of three million people live there and they have nowhere to go in the event of a military operation against that province yes part of the. province borders turkey but that border has been shut for several years now and turkey has repeatedly said

it cannot take in more refugees and this is why turkey is engaged in intense discussions with the russians over recent weeks on trying to find a way to solve this crisis peacefully now what does russia want from turkey they want turkey first and foremost to exert influence over the groups that controls the so-called moderate rebels to accept some sort of reconciliation agreement and at the same time to get rid of all groups linked to. the sham so far what we understand is that there is no agreement as of yet now if you hear statements from the syrian government they've been saying we are going to retake it either through force either through reconciliation agreements but at the end of the day the decision lies with russia the syrian government cannot carry out this operation without a russian green light because it needs the air cover if its forces are to push into the province and it is going to be a very difficult battle simply because it will be the last stand for the opposition

what i said earlier there is nowhere for these people to go in previous operations in eastern who are at the end of the day the rebels the opposition the civilians who do not want to reconcile with the state they have the choice to leave to go to but now these people have nowhere to go. forces heading towards the province itself. well yes we have seen a pro government media show tanks troops soldiers heading towards adlib really the syrian government has been beating the drums of war saying that this operation is limited but we have to ask a number of questions if and when this operation actually happens what kind of operation is this going to be is this going to be a wide scale offensive to retake the province and reach the border with turkey or is there going to be some sort of an agreement where whereby the operation will be limited we know that the syrian government has strategic in. and that is to take over the international highways that will link the urban centers under the

government's control aleppo how much they want to take control of this these major highways to be able to use that for commercial traffic and they also want to push the rebels further away from lead to their stronghold in order to protect the russian military base and to protect syrian government assets. and how so at the end of the day are they just going to agree on some sort of limited operation the turkish foreign minister did hint in recent days that turkey would be willing to accept some sort of limited operation on the periphery of the province. and of course will come but she wants we hear from the foreign ministers that we can analyze what they've said thanks very much. no a fragile ceasefire in libya appears to be holding off to appeal for calm by the government gives. a three day cease fire came into effect on wednesday of today's the fighting in libya's capital tripoli between rival of groups at least twenty six people including fifteen civilians were killed in the

clashes mahmoud abbas where he has more from tripoli. the situation is still very tense and the southern suburbs of the libyan capital tripoli despite a cease fire agreement that has been recently reached between the competing or the warring groups this recent conflict is for control of a strategic locations in the capital tripoli and that includes military camps and also tripoli international airport now that the seventh emf interim brigade from the city of tijuana is in conflict with other groups from the capital tripoli the seventh infantry brigade. that used to be part of the presidential guard despite the fact that the national accord government has recently this owned that brigade on the other hand bring it out with troops from tripoli which are backed by the

national accord government now the seventh infantry brigade says that the arm of groups in tripoli are unofficial and they are blackmailing the state institutions in tripoli and now see the cease fire agreement stipulates that a neutral force should be composed from the central and western military soon to intervene in tripoli to put an end to this conflict and maintain order in the libyan capital tripoli now twenty six dead including fifteen civilians because of these clashes that is according to the health ministry in tripoli and so many families have been forced to leave their houses in the southern suburbs of the libyan capital tripoli because the clashes have been going on during the last three days in populated areas. four people remain missing and. sent waves of water through dozens of towns and villages more than sixty thousand people

have been affected many of them evacuated from their homes government disaster management teams as well as soldiers police on the red cross have joined the rescue and relief operation fronts louis has more. this is a swatch town dam in bargo region central myanmar the spillway of the dam collapsed early on wednesday morning after days of heavy rains sending torrents of water into nearby towns and villages in some places the surge of water reached nearly two and a half meters the military the police and the myanmar red cross are taking part in the rescue and relief efforts and. the water came so far into our village and we didn't have time to run we have never been flooded before nothing like this has ever happened the rains don't cause flooding here. eighty five villages have been flooded and more than sixty three thousand people affected for some they've lost

more than just their homes. and soon after we got there were already rising behind us we lost our carts pigs and engines everything including our rice bags by wednesday afternoon flooding at the dam site had begun to subside although transport remains disrupted and a badly damaged bridge will need to be replaced. we are going to build another bridge right away in place of the damaged bridge. only days earlier people living around the area had raised concerns about the dam but authorities reassured them it was safe the accident now puts the spotlight firmly on the issue last month a dam collapse in neighboring laos killed at least twenty seven people and displaced thousands of others lawrence lee. plenty more ahead here on the al-jazeera news hour including send money now argentina asks for

a multibillion dollar advance in emergency funds as inflation saul's and it fears a new crisis also endangering much more than the economy why iran stopped to say u.s. sanctions will have a deadly effect and in sport serena williams that's a paper brown with sister venus at the u.s. open. but doctors in iran say sanctions imposed by the u.s. are endangering lives they say they can't get enough drugs to treat patients foreign companies are able to sell them medical supplies but new banking restrictions are making that harder samus rob a reporter from tehran. here at ash has been struggling with hemophilia since he was born it's a blood disorder that his parents know means he will never live a normal life. but the medical treatment he gets at this clinic gives him a fighting to. bring in to have that report from tehran to go straight to moscow

and to listen to sergei lavrov foreign minister for russia alongside his syrian counterpart let's just listen and that but basically in full focus of talks was the situation in syria in the middle east and indeed in north africa. one of. which so that. it was with satisfaction that we noted that the majority of the essay is now freed of terrorists and what we need to do now is to wipe out those terrorist groups which. persist particularly in the deescalation area of.

you know. it is unacceptable that terrorists particular is. using the escalation. area to. attack the syrian army and to also attack through drone of russian military bases in the area. and. we exchanged views about. the progress of this new action to. move the.

military positions which we have a. dialogue about with the syrian army. with terrorists. in relation to the terrorists and also taking. us. actually seduced you that was your syrian friends who shared. their views. organizing. organizing units. and also when settled as if it was arrangements throughout the terror training. while it. was.

so kind of. so obvious that on the up there's not but if you're shown the sky. you should know that commitment to the search just possible politico has. a settlement in accordance with the un and twenty two fifty four and of course also the syrian national congress which was held in sochi. and why should you know. what he wanted what he wanted what. it's not about process was on the we examine issues to do with. the right kind of favorable conditions for the. fastest possible return of refugees to their homes.

this women use the skills of the minister. also told me about what the syrian government is doing in order to provide for return to dispose of these green refugees safe return and also nondiscriminatory basis of those refugees return. him. with the just. desserts and we can see that. he's very swift because mobilization of the international good b.g. taking place takes the with regard to this whole question of the return of refugees

the revival of socio. economic as i said some facilities says to make sure the country gets back to working order. i see that we're not as she was with russia he said prepared to increase its contribution to this particular mission and this issue will be one of the priorities tomorrow's negotiations between the syrian minister and the

russians deputy premier mr. and also in terms of the i g c. scientific and trade cooperation between the two countries. should. we believe. that. this is in fact all these other politicians should sign up to this is still under the aegis that the un. specialized agencies of the u.n.

in terms with the program which is already been established they should sign the documents and actively get down to work on modernizing the infrastructure which has been devastated. because she was just much too but i believe this is well known. because. the political transition in syria is of course complicated by the terrorist if you and the humanitarian one which is not to everybody's satisfaction.

but for the most we see less of them with egypt but it's a being undertaken. breaks on this process and. you arrange some kind of provocative action no voting the terrorists there are provocateurs. who was holding the white helmets. renowned for staging the. chemical weapons on the attacks to see gave western countries the pretext to fight against the syrian arab republic. yes that's.

what i thought. so the only yeah. yeah. i should know the capitol records book but it's a book and this kind of suffocation you think is being staged so as to. complicate the whole issue of compassionate terrorism. we have actually put that on the table

trip through the motions of foreign ministries and we have warned our western partners very clearly that they shouldn't engage in this kind of activity. it's just. that mr this. start on your your polluted project of instead of you know that your role with international is that on the bluecher so we are in favor of all the transfer is all you're doing because treaties in order to. provide for a peaceful stable secure syria. we believe and we've said this

is absolutely essential for the security of the middle east. only. you know. what we've got a list of the nation's governors who do we agreed to do so would it to coordinate on the political settlement in syria and on other issues on a very important agenda for the entirety of the region. possible. i think you. disagree with.

the. white. house. talks and exchange our views on how the walk at this particular. show. is typically in feasibly questioning a prestigious. reading actually. a tradition that the three women there. no but. most. recently have been. clear about illegal acts regarding syria. and very nice thoughts and. start on for a change of a process here but. we have. to use regardless of the results

of these contacts. explaining mr padilla's to me and. asking me to teach him. which. viewpoints are identical that's why i can safely say that these stalks and now we're very constructive and very positive nashik by c.t.'s of. much and i think it's thor so when you. construct your own which i know you were to sell it we and russia were partners in fighting terrorism with them and we haven't managed. to get cheever mintz on the ground and we have very near to put an end of the service. so you think yeah. yeah. that was the situation. and

after he just was not me. you're saying you're planning always getting to raise my cd who may not be for it's natural to think about. the. program and define are all for. the rush to play a key role. is this program theme of the. i mean program of western i mean yeah national on the how to but make it with this story. get out with it. but it took us is that it right now do. we. know a way to bring stability and security to people in syria and not forget that they are first of the highly the countries that have laws

against. seventy years ago and have them. put obstacles in toronto boston put an end to terrorism. nobody knew it was up us it's just a business here. that i'm not up to something yet i'm going to give up on your way . to. the past. and he was itching and it's preposterous he made it and. when. you have liberated do. you not to the states of america and its allies made the pretext that we have used chemical weapons and we have committed in the gresham again this year on last. opposite a clash of ice but you. must push now to

a youngish that's the same as i used. when i my mice you're in. pretty good of a train you were asking a nasa put it look i'm a sport and you're national ice come here squat well. here they are a pita and they gave the same scenario they hardly live in order to prepare for another regressions year on the syria to save my little job and do made the problem. the longer they have to be responsible for this aggression and your pathetic state. when he's in you and out of. jail to say to. be your call for. water in your state be niceto out with them i think you're on your butt out. of

course old practice our legitimate right in defending ourselves back in a lot of the consequences of the aggression is who will hit the political brosius definitely. well i say i thought by our show everyone will be hit. by a problem. if he. puts. up with. a chorus but it's a bit. history of the streets and ostracization. that you know woody and i start really there like that is why we warn main problem now. of committing any type of he said gratian again this knowing i was in syria but it is to.

roast and then crazy with passion and he's gone out of my father what so ever to hear this the decision of the syrian leadership for them to fight. at. what are the sacrifices and when you say that. is for the little girl reconciliation that have been made in parts of syria we are really quite as ready to exert every possible not to hit the civilians and we have been close to the hall for one week and we were very active with the local reconciliation committee is. a joke heard a lot of them have a rosie the most of these communities and members prevent the civilians from using the little you've got

a minister in there with the council. that your child is there any english is the syrian foreign minister walid moallem he's speaking at a joint press conference with his russian counterpart sergey lavrov about the current situation in italy and its surrounding areas there is much speculation that there will be a joint operation between the two in the coming days let's go straight back to rory chalons our correspondent in moscow who's been listening in to certainly what the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov had to say he was very clear really about the fact that terrorists had to be dealt with in sooner rather than later. yeah he said that what we need to do is wipe out these terrorists that exist in the deescalation zone of unacceptable. the group formally calls for a front are using the deescalation zone to attack the syrian army and also he said

with drones to attack the russian airbase or maim and so i think much of what's he and moreland were doing in their meeting was discussing kind of military coordination he spoke of this saying that they had discussed working together with the syrian army and also with turkey moving units around to combat except they he went on of course the talk about the joint commitments to the political process how they wanted refugees to be returned to their. regions their living areas as quickly as possible and of course claim that has been repeated time and time and time again by the russians that the white helmets the syrian civil defense people have been in the past staging chemical weapons attacks which have been used by the west by the united states as

a pretext for attacking syria now of and both said that this was being repeated and that they were seeing a similar thing being done and they were warning the united states and other western countries against any kind of attack against the syrian army or leave it there for the viewer so cross over to beirut as they were called who was also our correspondent and listening in to that press conference and picking up from what rory said saying what the russian foreign minister was saying one of the pertinent parts of that press conference was provide this whole issue about humanitarian corridors should there be. the russian foreign minister said that he wanted. should the syrians that they would. wish to leave go into government to be treated in a discriminatory route to. these people because they don't trust the syrian

government regardless of what. exactly the question that the people of alaska is whether or not these humanitarian corridors will be monitored by an international party like nations because like you said they don't trust the syrian government they don't even trust the russian government many of these people are wanted by the state or are considered terrorists simply because they engaged in opposition activities being a medic according to the syrian government is terrorism so the people are afraid they are trapped in yes part of the province borders turkey but turkey has made clear that it has no intention of opening the border to allow hundreds of thousands of people to enter turkey so that's why we've been hearing so many statements from united nations officials the latest being they found the mystery of the u.n. special envoy really expressing concern about the lives of the three million

civilians trapped and it's still not clear what kind of operation we are going to see in this going to be a wide scale attack or is turkey going to convince the rebel forces that it controls to take on. and al qaida or is this job going to be taken down by the syrian army and its allies we understand that the russians and the turks are still talking and we even heard lavrov in one way or the other tell the syrian government we are talking about the need to reconcile with some groups when lavrov said that the syrian government is on board with our efforts for reconsolidation almost telling them in one way or the the other. to be this wide scale so we understand there's still behind the scenes negotiations between the russians and the turks on what kind of operation we are going to see. did you make of the. speech when he talked about this to lead for a political settlement to the u.n.

. you want to see twenty to fifty for. the syrian national dialogue. this year. how do you see the process of talks. if there is a time. well definitely it will affect that look at the end of the day what the russian government what the syrian government the narrative now is we've won the war let's move on let's talk about reconstruction let's talk about the return of refugees they have appealed to the international community particularly the west you know give us money so that we can rebuild the towns and cities and so that refugees will return to syria they will leave europe they've been using this card but it seems that they do not have the support as of yet there were supposed to be a meeting in istanbul later next week grouping russia turkey france and germany and reconstruction and refugees was supposed to be on the table now we understand is that meeting has been cancelled so the west is still insisting on

a meaningful and credible political transition before reconstruction money is provided now this is why the russian government is trying to show that it is pushing ahead with a political process but the question is what is this political process we know that they've sidelined the u.n. process yes they're talking about drafting the constitution in geneva but but they're they're really sidelined in political transition which will involve the syrian government sharing power with the opposition so unless that happens and they don't have the west on board but the russian camp the program what they're trying to do is push ahead with the political process trying to get the international community on board trying to cement bashar assad's hold on power but for the time being the international community is not. buying that and they are still insisting on a political transition we'll leave it there for them to come back to when the situation develops in the heart of there in beirut well let's get more on this from our guest in moscow because he's a middle east expert at the russian international affairs council joins me now from

the russian capital good to have you with us mr klebnikov on the program have russia won this war. well. it depends on how you look at this if we look at this from the military perspective than of course russia shifted the balance of power and tide of war and now syria's government is controlling basically almost entire territory except kurdish held as. forces held territories and province here talk if we're talking about the political process then of course not if moscow does want to as it is at the moment appealing as we heard from sergey lavrov appealing to the international community to get on board let's try and move on we've won this war hypothetically we want to try to rebuild the country how important is that message in the light of the potential clash that could happen in. and

how that must you might say have as little. damage or collateral to the human population as possible because there is if there's bloodshed in it the international community will further further distance itself from both russia and syria. well look there right if massive offensive starts in live then of course it will create another refugee crisis and another hundreds of thousands of refugees will go to turkey which actually goes. counter to russia's main priorities and interests so this is why now russia is trying to negotiate with turkey and damascus to strike a compromise in the deal so to minimize the damage inflicted on big population in a blip so and this is why russia asks turkey also to separate. isis

from the hundred armed rebels so and now basically russia's message to the west to get on board like join the reconstruction process going to tehran aid is basically goes in line with that message of. we're taking it live and not. creating another refugee flow indeed if you were listening to as you were listening to that press conference and you were listening to sergei lavrov independently you might think he was very reasonable he was very balanced he said he put his case forward until he came to the issue of the white helmets and also their role in allegedly staging chemical attacks allowing that the west the pretext to attack there the alarm bells would ring for the international community to say well actually you know russia isn't seeing the picture that we are seeing or hearing the stories that we're

hearing from people who have left the area and been able to give us what they would describe as independent witness testimony. well if we look at this conflict from the very beginning you know russia's perspective and vision on that was quite different from the very beginning of that in the west so it's not a surprise that moscow sticks to its. approach and consistently criticizes some. nonprofit. organization as helmets although there are some contradictions in their jobs in syria moscow needs to be consistent in that and actually that's what love does during press conferences and during explaining russia's position so it's not about whether he is right or he's wrong it's about consistency in russia's approach russia's policy towards the syrian conflict which is the how this all pans out in the coming days

of the baby to let's see clip because thanks so much for joining us from. the international monetary fund is speeding up payments solve a fifty billion dollars bailout to argentina following an appeal by president. scholes the value of the peso to plunge to record lows now if that's not bad enough . already paying the world's highest interest rates and heading for the second recession in three years paul today reports. the international monetary fund has agreed to speed up bailout payments to argentina president made the request as the argentine peso dropped to record lows. but you have to keep in mind also that the perception of the i.m.f. . is very negative for what happened two thousand and one. two thousand and one is when argentina defaulted on its ninety three billion dollar loans tens of thousands of businesses closed unemployment skyrocketed and

a huge number of people were left in poverty but i don't know. the new generation that did not live through the two thousand and one crisis like me as i was still a kid we see what's happening now and there is less and less trust in governments lack of trust trust stem from the government's inability to cut deficit spending it's also failed to address pension reforms or create revenues from taxes all that and the spiraling global investors and argentinians who want to take their money out of the country in. the country is a problem which is that due to all the government's lack of credibility we think a lot in dollars and it is logical to think in dollars with inflation it's thirty thirty five percent per year. workers who've had enough are planning strikes and protests and as argentina prepares for elections next year president must stabilize the economy or lose control of it. john al-jazeera. well still ahead here it is

a roll of the sporting tooting the defending champion still looks like by. to be took the us open will be here with the story after the break to stay with us.

for. his poll thank you very much saw. the asian games and. for some athletes much more is riding on victory than just personal achievement and national pride some nations are offering bonuses for those who win a medal and in one case it could help

a footballer playing in the english premier league to continue his lucrative career without. scot highlight reports from jakarta. in this house shared by four generations to get the martin remembers her glory days as a pen check champion she won numerous medals while competing in the indonesian form of martial arts at the asian games individual gold medalist get just over one hundred thousand dollars as a bonus that surprises money though the most she ever saw eight dollars a month while she was in school she feels a bit let down but agrees with the idea of bonuses. being an as it is not easy in a money for training transport and. during my time it was very difficult to make money i had to skip school a lot this new system is extraordinary it's definitely encouraging for internation athletes. some observers feel that the bonuses are good for the athletes but

there are concerns about funding. it is still a question mark we don't know if it's fair for everyone or for a difference in both the country and bonuses are not a problem but for developing countries struggling economies a bonus seems excessive because they are paid taxpayers' money. for twenty six year old handy who won the men's double pinch oxy got gold for indonesia the money will be a life changer he returns home for the first time since his big victory he's the main breadwinner for the household. they need to be honest as a human being money can motivate me i want to get the bonus so i trained hard now the result the money can help me make my appearance happy and improve the quality of life but for some athletes winning medals here at the asian games is not about the money so more professional is worth millions of dollars and for one south korean footballer it's about the possibility of mandatory military service. south

korean song humint plays for english premier side tottenham hotspur and earns a big money as one of the club's top stars. he's playing here at the asian games because if they win gold on saturday night he'd gain an exemption from his mandatory twenty one months of military service and he will use his bonus to hopefully improve life for his family and cause criticism about paying national team athletes shallow they're doing a service for the country he says and that requires dedication and sacrifice not to mention spending a great deal of time away from family it's got harder al-jazeera to court well a unified korean team is guaranteed to add to the whole of one gold on two prongs as at the asian games after they qualified for the women's basketball final g.c. who scored ten points in her first outing for korea since arriving from her club the las vegas aces the joint korean side shed the scoring with three plays h.

getting seventeen points and the eighty nine to sixty six when i have a taiwan the unified korean side will play china in the gold medal match after they beat japan eighty six to seventy four the chinese will be looking to go one better than the silver they achieved in twenty fourteen when they were beaten and the final by south korea. chile's football champions colo coello have reached the quarterfinals of the copper liberty doris' after knocking out corinthians of brazil the chileans how they want to just going into the second leg in sao paolo an early goal for corinthians was cancelled out by lucas barrios header for the visitors they went on to lose two one but that away goal enough to see the to a and three. well flamengo were to nail down going into the second leg against fellow brazilians cruzeiro they all draw it's got the rio team back in the tie in belo horizonte but they couldn't find another goal crucero going through to the quarterfinals. six

time u.s. open champion serina williams has set up a third round meeting with older sister venus it will be their earliest showdown at a major tournament in twenty years serena overwhelmed one hundred first ranked kareena vits hurst of germany six two six two in just over an hour wednesday she in venice last played each other at a grand slam in the final of last year's australian open serina warm up much. it's obviously a tough match and you know it's so young in the turn him in but it is what it is you know it's not the end of the world we would rather have met later but you know we're both going to come out per usual do our best buy in front of you guys and i. was really alex a cheer for me. but you know whoever you feel like you know cheer for me or beat me or been to see the one what works now. here she is venus williams looking nothing

like her thirty eight years as she beat camilla georgia in straight sets a crowd pleasing victory over the italian six seven five. former world number one andy murray has been knocked out by fernando verdasco in the second round the spaniard who has seeded as number thirty one beat the twenty twelve champion in four sets murray who's on the comeback trail after hip surgery how to beat and does go in thirteen of their fourteen previous meetings. defending champion rafael nadal sealed a straight sets victory over unseeded vascepa pasta sale of canada the seventeen time grand slam champion faces russia's current caption of in round three. india's cricketers have taken control of the fourth test match against england the home team have been reduced to eighty nine for six on the first day in southampton india trail two one in the series namely become only the second team in history to win a five match series after losing the first two tests i saw his profile have more

lighter so thanks for that fulfilling what a great name for pulte really looks like paul. new work from the man who gave moviegoers a lot hers officially opened the seventy fifth annual venice film festival when the oscar winners of the past premiered at the event that involved is in venice that's been taking a look at this year's favorites. going for a view in venice is the celebrities arrived for the start of the seventy fifth will first of all there was plenty to get excited about whichever film goes on to take the top prize here in venice what's clear is that is a great depth and a great variety of films on offer here critics are saying this is one of the strongest selections in many many years. the opening film comes courtesy of damien shell whose last movie la la land also kicked off this festival two years ago before winning six oscars. first man is the story of how

nasa astronaut neil armstrong became the first person to set foot on the moon the risks that we had every intention coming here there were strong performances from ryan gosling in the lead role and from clear for he plays armstrong's first wife janet. now the true story in the running is peterloo by british festival favorite mike lee it's a historical drama set in one thousand century northern england but should resonate with audiences around the world when cavalry rode into a huge crowd had gathered to demand democratic reforms it became known as the peterloo massacre. by alfonso quattrone set in the more recent past it's about a nine hundred seventy s. family in mexico where koran grew up like his last film gravity which won the oscar for best director it's visually stunning and it's one of twenty one titles competing for the venice is top prize the golden lion will probably start speaking to each other because the selection this year is incredibly rich an incredibly

powerful or task is not easy but i believe that we are like midwives are showing new life into the world of cinema and i know that i'm off all the festivals in the world men is one of the rare ones that can actually change your life or filmmaker no matter what point of the career that filmmaker maybe and. go to the next week and a half there's a world of sin of our own offer here for big blockbusters to the most intimate documentaries proving variety in venice go hand in hounds. al-jazeera at the venice film festival. and of course you can follow all of the stories that we're covering here all the elves there by local to our website at al-jazeera dot com if you're watching the i was there a news hour with me so rama more news on the other side of the break it can join me then until and thanks for your time and your company.

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