announcer: this is al-jazeera. anchor: hello, this is the news hour live from london, coming up. air strikes halt in syria's last after rivalhold forces reach a ceasefire deal. s democratic republic of congo races to contain an ebola epidemic, warning it could last for three years or so. protesters in puerto rico celebrate the departure of their

embattled governor. although no one knows who will take his place. sport, england put themselves in a strong position againstirst test auaustralia. buburns was their s star perforr on d day two. opener recording his maiden century. >> welcome to the program. deadly story, months of bombardment have paused in after thesyria government announced a conditional ceasefire. air strikes have halted in idlib province. the truce was announced during talks in kazakhstan. the opposition says they will abide by the deal as long as the violate it.oesn't hundreds of civilians have died since the government launched to retake idlib in april.

the peacemons was at talks in north sultan and has our report. >> civilian population. andrew: a communique that didn't word "ceasefire." syrian state media announced the truce demanding wiwithdrawal frm buffer zone. the syrian government blames the short inor coming their role of the agreement last year. >> this has not materialized. contrary, the number of terrorists in idlib has increased, mainly foreign fighter terrorists. torew: the opposition agreed a truce but accused the regime of violating the sochi advantage of ang withdrawal of fighters so they could launch what it called their cunning criminal attacks man game thiskes warning. >> right now there is no trust

no trust inll be the near future when it comes to withdrawing heavy weapons. beheavy weapons will withdrawn unless there are written guarantees. andrew: but russia says the it brandsghting group beterrorist, h.t.s., must eliminated. >> turkey has an obligation according to memorandum to do it. cannot do it alone, we fromender them some help us and that's why we talked also today with the opposition about that if they are interested and if they need some help also from the russian federation, to fight h.t.s. and idlib zone,ls in they can count on us. we can do it. andrew: no one could measure the of distrust between the warring sides after more than eight years of war. of thousands dead. more than 10 million people displaced. then there's the differences between the guarantors of these

talks -- iran and russia on one side, turkey on the other. each with their differing interests. nevertheless, for so many traumatized civilians, there's of some respite from the bombing but no one needs reminding that deals done by leaders in high places have let syria down so many times. andrew simmons, al-jazeera, near sultan, kazakhstan. anchor: the united nations has news of ceasefire but there are concerns as you heard last.how long it will this from the turkey-syria border. >> the guns have fallen silent but what happens next is not clear. this is a very ambiguous .easefire according to the syrian government, it is conditional on the implementation of the sochi deal. the opposition saying we won't

withdraw heavy weapons without guarantees from turkey and russia and you have the main group, the strongest group in idlib, saying that we reserve the right to retaliate truce is violated, without even mentioning whether or not it plans to implement sochi memorandum. h.t.s. was the group that from a to withdraw demilitarized zone making it very difficult for turkey to create this zone. this is why russia kept on criticizing turkey saying you're not fulfilling your commitment the sochi deal. will turkey be able to do that this time around? is a lot of concern that this is just a short-term agreement or arrangement. we keepnd of the day, talking about the opposition and the government but it is russia and turkey that brokered this two powers who support their warring sides on the ground and both of them have to of compromiset because turkey had political leverage. were holding ground, the government was not able to make significant advances.

russians and government were targeting civilian areas, pressuringilians, redges -- rebels to surrender so to reach a need agreement but whether or not it will be short term or long term, and see.o wait anchor: the director of the research program at the london school of economics and political science live via skype from france. as we're hearing, idlib is the main stronghold of the home toon in syria, nearly three million people, many of them civilians. how long do you think this ceasefire highest last? think it's supposed to last for months. previous ceasefire lasted 10 months. never absolutely quiet so

there's always violations. but as a result of ceasefires, able to enjoy itative calm and peace until falls apart and violence returns. theave to look at this both episodes of violence and peace larger of a negotiations, that not only alsoves syrian actors but international ones. anchor: i suppose right now this more about russia and turkey than it is about the syrian government and the opposition and whether they can reach a lasting agreement. now must they do respectively to build on this it a, perhaps to give chance of breaking out of that cycle you mentioned? rim: absolutely. your report actually said this agreement between syrian actors and russians and

guarantors. not the case. if the syrians were going to agree, they would have agreed on their own. is mainly regional international track and those including iran are part of the conflict and the first part in order to see progress is between russia and iran and other countries involved in the thelict to give the syrians space to which they're on settlement and i have to stress episodes of violence in peace, they happen parallel with -- they are a way of pushing the parties for concession. there are talks now about the who's going to be there, the decision making in the constitutional commentary which will be very influential and we've seen this all the every time they want concessions from the other side,

we see escalation of violence so expect the other side will come to the negotiation table concessions.e anchor: just to o be clear, obobviously what we have seen in terrible humanitarian catastrophe but y you're sayingg the one small positive thing is the fact that it shows toious political process some extent is being sustained through all this. it's part of it. it's sad, they're using the civilians, targeting civilians directly, as a way of forcing side to make concessions on the negotiation table. political talks should be but right nows violence is used as part of the political talks. that's what's happening. and the difference between this the, idlib, opposed to other zones which were part of the de-escalation agreement included idlib and other parts of syria and the

part, eventually all these ceasefires ended up with moving everyone who does not agree with the final deal outside of their them to idlibng so everyone was relocated to idlib, there's nowhere else to send people. that's it. so it has to be solved through political solutions. there has to be political horizon. without political horizon, there inno end to the violence idlib, sadly. both russian regime, iranian, continue toone will use civilians and targeting civilians as a means to reach that political settlement. anchor: thank you very much for joining us this evening. it.eciate research program at the london school of economics. following developments in sudan, as well, where there is a signscal crisis, perhaps of progress with a constitutional declaration

announced in the coming up shortly. the sudanent seats main party choosing ministers opposition will choose interior and defense ministry. be heldic elections to afterwards around every three years. the democratic republic of congo racing to ebola epidemic. fears the virus could spread across the region. deckerspeak to stephanie in the rwandan capital. authorities inre rwanda about the spread of this disease? leading themrned, to close that border for a couple of hours on thursday. it againkly opened issuing a statement to say this

was to put in checks and increase the amount of medical checks on this border busy border.a this is an area people will say citypretty much the same when it comes to how people cross. it's the same city with a dividing line. and this is also why there is such concern here. the ebola virus has been going on for about a year since it whye out in the d.r.c. but is there so much more concern hit theecause it has goma, over two million rwanda.close to the way people greet each other and this is how it is transmitted, through sweat and fluids and because of the stigma attached to it. is a country very much dependent on tourism. not want to be seen as having this as a potential

threat. a case ofver been ebola in rwanda but they are vaccinatednd have health professionals. there are drills taking place in hospitals in the capital because they want to be prepared but at the same time they want to stress there are no such cases but something to take seriously. anchor: clearly in the d.r.c. a major struggle in containing the latest outbreak of ebola. what is the latest information you're getting about this? stefanie: the challenges are, if you look at the numbers, at the we have four confirmed cases in the last couple of weeks. thee are one family so husband passed away, his wife and his young daughter both considered ebola but they, according to officials, are doing better. the numbers of who they seem to have come into contact with, according to aroundofficials, that's 300 people. thosee vaccinated 260 of

and another 40 vaccinated tomorrow. the world health organization secondary and primary contact of that family is over 500 people so had is the challenge. to the community, who's been in contact with who. areas,se are difficult the eastern part of the d.r.c. these are areas that are remote. that are affected by conflict and insecure. people are incredibly skeptical when it comes to foreigners their towns and telling them they are sick and foreignbe taking vaccines. there are huge challenges when it comes to containing this and on ang with people case-by-case basis and why we've heard from the man in charge of with it in the d.r.c. that they're trying to contain this at a community level, to get local doctors to talk to their people and educate them and try and get it under control but of course it is a huge concern and i think what's going to be interesting and concerned to see how many more

the nextl come up over few days and weeks because the rough incubation period until symptoms are around 10 days. anchor: thank you very much. -- stefanie dekker bringing us the latest on this story. than 1400 people have been dengy fever in bangladesh, the disease that's killed at least 40 people and 70 others. -- daka.eak began in we look at a devastating year for children in conflict. says record numbers were killed or maimed in 2018. mexico's president sets his fat cats and government corruption. his authority gone too far? in sport, one of neymar's

teammates speaks out on the brazilian's desire to quit the french league. details a bit later. u.s. president donald trump has announced a deal to sell more to europe.ef his government calls it a modest win as washington's trade war with china escalates. the agreement will need approval european parliament. alan fisher joins us from washington. potentiallyn beef for the europeans. what do we know about this deal? >> this battle has been going for about 10 years. torican farming has wanted sell hormone treated beef to the european union. european union consumers have want that.'t what they've decided now is that ofund 35,000 tons non-treated beef will be sent to the european union.

see this as anion goodwill gesture. it a break inalls the barrier with the european union particularly as he's talking about imposing tariffs coming from the european union into the united states so win forthis, too, as a the u.s. but he also sees it as a big win farmers. they have been struggling during the continuing trade war going and farmers are considered part of donald trump's base. he has diverted money into the industry so now he can say, look, this is a win for the farming industry but it is a small amount and of course thetill all hinges on european parliament approving the deal but that still gives donald trump a chance to stand the white house surrounded by thisn cowboy hats and say a big win for american farming is showing has trade policy working. anchor: but, of course, this is

trade tensions with china are escalating and i suppose there are also concerns will affect american businesses and consumers. what is the latest on that? alan: donald trump has said in a that he wasally, going to increase tariffs on china. already have 25% on $250 billion worth of goods coming the united states. there's due to be more tariffs but donald trump -- after speaking to the chinese president in june, the americans thought they had a trade deal a few months ago but suddenly they changinghe chinese of the terms, of pulling back from some of the agreement. so the whole thing was thrown into flux. donald trump met with the chinese president, said things control, we're having discussions. but americans don't believe the chinese are ready to move quickly enough. they think first of all they're dragging their feet because they

think the american economy is going to be as strong, weakening their position. and also if they hold on long after 2020,rhaps they might get another u.s. president to negotiate with, perhapswho will understand the global economy. at the whiteump house very much gung ho saying we are going to press ahead with tariffs. president trump: make an even deal with china, we have to make a better deal with china because unfairow they have an playing field and i'm turning it around. of $250 billion and now we'll be getting 10% of to $350 million. that's a lot of money. has to do a lot of things to turn it around. but you'll be seeing. they've go the to do a lot of things. it goes on september 1. don't doly, if they them, i can always increase it

substantially. alan: a couple of things to point out. donald trump doesn't understand tariff works. he's saying these tariffs mean that china is pouring more money the u.s. that is not the case. it's u.s. businesses and sosumers that pay the price if these new tariffs kick in, ipads,like iphones and things made by an american company but built in china, they more expensive for american consumers. that's one thing. here is the other thing. theal markets don't like idea of the world's two biggest economies being involved in a trade war. trump has said that trade wars are cheap and easy to win. they're not. the averageg american family of four around year so what is clear is that from this trade war china isn't winning, the winning andy isn't u.s. consumers aren't winning, either. so there's a lot of pressure on to come upd china with a deal before this trade ripplests causing real

in the global economy. anchor: thank you very much, alan. washington.in there are also trade tensions in east asia. a political standoff has plunged relationship between japan and south korea to their lowest levels in years. will-- seoul saying it remove japan from its list of preferential trading partners. seoul.om reporter: after an emergency cabinet meeting called to deepening rift with president f with korea laid the blame his neighbor. >> japan's decision is reckless diplomatic efforts to solve the problem but worsens situation. reporter: he was responding to the latest escalation in the trade dispute with japan

theving south korea from so-called white list of countries allows to receive of sensitive, strategic components, that it needs for manufacturing. it comes on top of restrictions of rawnth on the export materials for the production of semiconductors in south korea with fears of a knock-on effect to manufacturing in neighboring countries. japan denies its link to a over itsld dispute war-time record. >> this move was approved to japan's export controls appropriately, not intended to korea relations or craft counter measures. reporter: japan has been angered ina supreme court ruling favor of victims of forced labor severalorld war ii with japanese firms ordered to pay japan'stion despite insistence that an agreement in 1965 was meanted to have

the issue once and for all. those studying the history of sayturbulent relationship it's clear the two sides have always held opposing views on agreement.of that translator: up until now, they their separate interpretations but this state of agreeing to disagree has been no longer stand after this court decision and now we are at a most critical korea-japan relations. rob: south korea is saying it japanetaliate and remove from its list of preferential worsening the, dispute. mexico edges closer to recession, the government has ambitious program of spending cuts. obrador says lopez it administration has saved $6 billion. worry that vital services are under threat.

john: there's a new buzz word in austerity.itics, andres manuel lopez obrador more salary, flies economy. his approval polls are in the 60's. >> it was always the people who had to tighten their belts. now it's the government. the change. no waste, no luxuries, austerity. has: the country's congress followed his lead. both houses have cut back on of aides.nd thousands >> we can look people in the eye and say we haven't got we haven't got cars, we haven't got medical insurance savings for when we finish. the people aren't carrying our costs. slimming down fat-cat politicians is popular, other cuts in the public sector are less so. cost cutting left public hospitals with full waiting

precarious medicine supplies and shortages. servicesof social resigned but protests like this continue. programs and childcare have been canceled. the budget for the arts has been funds ford scientists. >> in some cases, institutions back so muchut that they've been asking people not to plug in electronics and to go home before sundown to on electricity. projects and lines of research have stopped. were going tohat be inaugurated have been canceled. john: some are seeing the far-reaching austerity drive alarm.re and more most mexicans would agree that major surgery was needed to cut over-spendings and corruption in much of mexico's public sector. many, likent for these medical residents, is that the president is doing that with chainsaw rather than scalpel.

cutsdent argues that the are a rechanneling of funds. the state oil company and programs for the poor and elderly. for arturo, an economist who supports obrador, the cuts don't add up. >> they cut salaries and that's mexicaniness for companies, not countered by social programs for yung or people planting trees. showinge latest figures economic growth almost at a standstill seem to bear him out. that hasn't put off the president. the austerity drive he says is working and will go on. john holman, al-jazeera, mexico city. anchor: we go to puerto rico where huge crowds are celebrating the departure of the former governor ricardo russillo

after weeksped down protests. gabriel joins us live from san juan. people are keen to celebrate the move. beenhe new governor confirmed in the post? reporter: it looks like the new governor will be the secretary of state that was just confirmed that position about two hours ago. luisi, former representative for puerto rico to washington, d.c. will assume the governorship. we're here about a block behind me, the governor's mansion, where thousands of protestors burst into cheers at 5:00 p.m. local time when officially the ex-governor now ricardo russillo, stepped down. 12 days ofdown after massive street protests, the first time in history a governor

of puerto rico has stepped down before his mandate has ended. puerto rico is now very much in a constitutional crisis because the new governor has not been confirmed by the senate. he's only been confirmed by the house of representatives but the helme he will take of the governorship nevertheless so we expect lawsuits in the or days because according to the constitution bye, he has to be confirmed both lower and upper houses of notress and so far he has but he will assume the governorship anyway so that's going to certainly lead to uncertainty. the president of the senate said he would not be taking up the vote on the new governor until next week so it's an interim period in a deep political crisis even though the old down.or has stepped anchor: sounds like it will take time if it's contentious and have to be decided in the court. meanwhile, what are the

protestors saying? their plans? gabriel: mixed reviews, quite frankly. a lot of people like the new governor. pierre luisi. he's well respected. ties to corruption at this point. however, there's a sense on the want a newy government. younger people that are not any formerith governments at off. pierluisi was a congressman in washington representing puerto rico for several years. apprehension of and split opinions. we expect protests into the evening. in puerto rico say they no longer have fear to take to the streets. kicked out aically governor that was in their views corrupt and took him out of power. an historic moment on this

as history, nevertheless, people say they want to be on the streets protesting and their heard. it's unclear how big protests whatbe tonight and exactly they will be calling for but clearly people here in puerto rico have a new sense of urgency, a new sense of energy, as well, on the advice. anchor: thank you very much. plenty more still ahead. japan approves the growing of animals raising questions over the ethics. britain's new prime minister barely clinging to power. female boxerhe fighting for equality in ghana.

>> we've seen clouds, we've seen rain, strong thunderstorms and forecast.at in the a bundle of clouds, warnings in region ofss this europe continuing into friday and saturday for more strong thunderstorms. it's not exactly cold but a very unsettled picture. it is cool in western russia. moscow 17 degrees celsius, five six degrees below average for this time of year. across the northwest, by nd clouds s back in thehe forecast spilling acros the channel into northern and of france.as setting the picture on sunday. although i it won't be wet it will be cloudy and humid. high of 26 in london. wewe'll see quite a line of rai, invy at times, thunderstorms there working throughgh ukraine

and workining i into wewestern s russia so 15 degrees is the best you'll see i in moscow. dry, no signfrica, of rain. temperatures typically low to 30's but warm 38 in cairo on sunday and saturday 36 in tunis. anchor: a look at the headlines. syria's lastn rebel held province of idlib holding.o be monitors say there were no airstrikes on friday. the latest outbreak in the congo ofc republic of ebola could last up to three years. saysbola response team only half of all cases are being

identified. president donald trump has announced a deal to sell more europe. beef to the deal still needs to be parliament.the e.u. how they rebels have released images of what they say were missiles. been no confirmation from the kingdom of the attack. missile wasay the yemen.cally produced in a record number of children killed or maimed in 2018 the u.n. which has called on warring parties to protect children. 12,000 children died or were injured across 20 conflict zones last year. was the most dangerous place for children where more than 3,000 lost their lives. that's 28% of all civilian

casualties. syria, air strikes and munitions killed more than 1800 yemen, 1600 in children died as a result of ground fighting and other but the u.n. warns children are forced to take part in fighting. 7,000 were recruited for various roles including carrying out suicide bombings or as human shields so what is behind these growing numbers? has blamed new conflicts, operational tactics for international law. mike hannah reports. underthe report is discussion in the security council and displeasure expressed in the rise of mistreatment of children around the globe, indicating that previous reports have had no reducing risks of to children. this is what the secretary

general special representative the security council. >> in 2018, verified cases of killed and maimed reached record levels since the creation of the m.i.m. the echo the secretary general's concern that unprecedented numbers of violations were to national and international forces. that this council doubles efforts to assure all abide by principles of and proportionality. mike: list a contains parties and countries that have taken no the risk toduce children and are responsible for such acts. nominates countries or parties that have taken some tom of action in a bid improve their record. but what is significant and what many have pointed out is that within the body of the report a

large number of parties are listed as being responsible for abrogating children's right including the u.s.-led coalition in afghanistan, afghan national army, yet these bodies are not listed in either addenda to the report. equally with israel, it has specified a number of abriggations of children's featurehowever does not in either of the lists. the saudi-led coalition features in list b. human rights watch contends that fort remains on the list three years, it is not doing anything to reduce the issue. human rights watch two contends that these disparities within the report itself voracity of the details and facts that are important. protests in algeria have

turned out pushing for a overhaul of the country's ruling elite. elections planned for last month canceled due to lack of candidates. the league has set up a panel overseeing international aimed at ending the crisis. and palestinian protestors have the forces near the site of demolished homes in the west bank. out friday.ke last month, israeli crews began demolishing palestinian homes on outskirts of an occupied east jerusalem neighborhood. built says the homes were too close to its security barrier. security officials have ordered the suspension of a hindu kashmir saying they found evidence of plans to attack civilians. authorities say a pakistani backed group was planning to used to visit a

.oly shrine the indian government has ordered pilgrims to return home 10,000 extrayed troops to the region. imposed new sanctions on moscow over the poisoning of a former spy in the u.k. his daughteru and were poisoned in salsbury last year. the kremlin has denied investigation. the russian foreign ministry says the sanctions will further relations.ined just eight days after promising e.u.ke the u.k. out of the by october 31, boris johnson is just about holding on to power. party lost aive contested vote in wales, cutting majority in parliament to one seat. >> james dodd is dual elected theer of parliament for said constituency.

wasrter: the announcement made in an echoey hall in mid result will be heard clearly in london. takenl democrats have this seat from the ruling conservative party. it whittles boris johnson's parliamentary majority down to one m.p. pre-vote visits to wales wasn't enough to prevent chances of a government collapse. barely nine days since he took over as prime minister. >> this is why this election was significant because we're looking at a general election very shortly and it showed some thise key factors at play that election. to contend party with boris johnson. liberal democrats newest m.p. was clear about what she thinks this result means. we stand -- boris

johnson -- in the first week of tenureship, we say loud and clear the farmers and agricultural workers here will not tolerate a no-deal brexit. want ar: some voters do no-deal brexit and although partyfarage's brexit didn't perform as well as they hoped with 10% of the vote they arguably cost the conservative m.p. his seat by vote.ing the pro-brexit although local issues are often important for bi-election this one can be seen as another example of how brexit is rewriting the balance of britain's political system with support for the smaller parties rise at the expense of the big two -- labour and conservatives. when parliament returns from recess at the beginning of september, it will have less until brexit day and boris johnson, the man who said he will deliver it come may, is clinging on to power by his fingertips.

london.ra, maryam: china's ambassador to u.n. says pro democracy notests in hong kong should be allowed to continue as civil support ofallied in demonstrators. it's the first time government and police have joined the protests with many choosing to mask their identity. they are demanding an independent investigation into alleged police brutality during which begantest over a controversial extradition bill. japan has become the first country to approve the long-term organs in human animals. scientists say human stem cells rat andgrown in mice, transplantednd into surrogate animals and brought to term in hopes of supply of human organs for use in transplant.

-- bannediously band organs.ng such joining me is a fellow at the francis crick institute. more about the purpose of these studies. guest: the idea of these experiments is to take a steady approach total studying how human embryonic stem cells might be able to building organs essentially. so a series of experiments will done where human embryonic injected intol be host embrys, monitored and the duration will be increased. anchor: what are we seeing so this research? guest: the same group in japan elegant has done an piece of work where they showed rats stem cells are able to contribute to building mouse

organs in mutant mice that are to build organs of their own. this group is so far focused on thesencreas and have used sorts of experiments to show they can actually rescue mice have diabetes. anchor: implanting animal with human cells creates kimara.known as a explain to us what that is and thatthical dilemmas presents. guest: that is technically an animal that has d.n.a. from two sources so in this case and human orouse mouse and rat, as was the case before. dilemma is that this focusesates mostly arend the fact that people uncomfortable about it. none of the most challenged systems will be researched.

the central nervous system, the and the germ cells that contribute to the eggs and sperm, they are not systems that be researching, essentially. avoidre hoping to basically too many of the deeper ethical pitfall. maryam: it's interesting that it took a while. rules have been changed by the japanese government to enable this research to take place so bet this study could operational and that took a long time. to see itely replicated elsewhere? stronglysuspect very the international community will be watching very carefully on the outcome of this research. as i said, this same group has previously published an elegant work showing it can be done between mouse and rat so results look quite promising so whilst, of course, it takes this work, not just the experiments, but also to

find the legal and ethical that, we areund hopeful that it will eventually lead to positive clinical some point in the future. foram: what could this mean patients who might be suffering from chronic conditions and in, well, urgent need of transplants? for people?his mean guest: the ultimate aim of this and create to try organs that are effectively fresh, that have been built for purpose. difference the between potentially in the future being able to use stem cells that have been derived from the patient themselves such that they can have organs that are actually their own, that have been built, essentially hosted in a different organism while they're being built for them. it means the difference between donor organit for a on a list for years.

hopeful. maryam: thank you for shedding on this for us. now the head of brazil's national space research left his position after a public row with the ofsident over the race deforestation in the amazon. showed 88% increase in deforestation in june compared before.ear jair bolsonaro accused the undermining the government. heat wave that shattered temperature records in europe last month was made worse climate change according to a report by european scientists who say 1.5eratures would have been to 3 degrees celsius lower were not for the effects of global

warming. scientists are calling it an arctic miracle, recording of whales lost in canada has been found. crew found it adrift in hazardous pack ice. team tracking the device ship whichhe rescued. worth ofned a year's recordings of beluga whales, canaries of the sea. >> it's remarkable, it'sdbreaking because mapping the passage of whales throughr marine mammals these important passageways through the pacific and atlanta that critical census data which is what this

had and it had over a year's worth of data aboard. so really more than the loss of instrument, it's the loss of the data if we weren't able to recover this. find outtill ahead, which drivers were able to weather the storm ahead of the prix.ian grand

maryam: time now for sports. >> thank you so much. a century from rory burns has strong position at the close of play on day two. opener will resume on 125-nought out in birmingham, threetime he's reached figures. england trail australia's first innings total by 17 runs. thoughts, was i

was trying to talk myself out of sweeping him. one away, you get caught up in then i was trying to stay level, wait for the ball in tickle somewhere. reporter: french world cup forward mbappé told neymar he wants him to stay. they were training ahead of the china.n the 27-year-old has been eyeing transfer out of the french league. let neymarey would leave if a good offer came in. >> we all know the importance of player after he leaves. of course, i don't want him to leave. stay. him to he wants to stay with us.

i've spoken to him. of him andat i think he knows what i think of his situation. everything is going well between us. have a relationship based on honesty and respect. reporter: one brazilian on the is malcolm. the forward's disappointing spell at barcelona is over. he signed for st. petersburg for $45 million. big things were expected when he barca last year but he struggled to get gains and four times in 24 appearances. the fasteston set overall lap in practice ahead of the hungarian grand prix. the rain affected sessions, limited action on the track with some drivers ending early. red bull's pierre gasly beat out his teammate to top the practice. hamilton's warning lap was the quickest of the day. the mercedes driver is hoping to go into the f-1 break with eight wins in 12 races after a poor in germany last week

>> weather was really tricky because you're driving -- i don't know if people realize but when you're driving through the rain from the pit lane, it looks like it's smith. whetherficult to know it's downpour or dry but when you're driving through it, it looks like it's raining everywhere. reporter: boxing legend and renta hasscar de le blasted the decision to strip canelo alvarez of a world title. fighter ofr de la hoya's golden boy was told on thursday he was no longer the ibf champion after not fightng to terms with a chenko. de la hoya said the truth is i'm now certain they never had any of making a deal but want to force us to relinquish canelo's belt. he added it was an insult to

the bocketsds fans of the world. communityy populated outside acura in ghana has africa's finest boxers, including on, zuma nelson. our correspondent went to meet hoping the young boxers to replicate this success. automatic. this is one of the 20 boxing gyms here. it's crowded with ambitious to follow inting the footsteps of their heroes. 17-year-old phillip trained here every day for the last six years. many boys and girls in the community, he dropped out of boxing.o focus on >> every day of the year we wake up and go to the gym and fight me as a potential world champion.

reporter: his parents want him says rightschool but now he's focused on his ambition. his coach says boxing offers a life to young men like philip who otherwise would be on the bad company. >> boxing has changed a lot of people's lives and give them career. energy and strength. reporter: there are hundreds in the community. nearly everyone here in bokum is either a boxer or loves the game. it's a tough neighborhood with limited opportunities yet this area has produced some of africa's best boxers. distance away, the eye continental championship. growing up, she had two dreams -- to join the army and be a good boxer. she believes doing well in the competition will help her her second ambition but she's not happy with the lack of

opportunity for girls in the sport. if we are given equal treatment, it would bring a lot medals to ghana. confident of is reaching her goals of becoming a professional boxer but in bokum, not many young women and girls can say that. philip, on the other hand, has a lot of ground to cover, as competition here is stiff and little help coming his way. hiss determined to give best to get there. budiuth africa's ashley has stretched her lead in the women's british open to three streaks, shooting a bogey free five under 65 in the second the 20-year-old from japan making her major debut

of 69 to sitund second. maryam. to maryam: that wraps up the news aur but i will be back in moment with more of the day's news for you, top stories coming up shortly.