more on a day packed with controversy, we can speak with our college -- with our correspondent oliver moodyho is standing by for us in rio. it must have been a major surprise there. oliver: certainly, we have had a long list of controversies here at rio. this is blown others out of the water. patrick hickey being arrested this morning. we actually have video of him being arrested by brazilian it is a master -- it is a massive blow for the ioc. it is more an issue for the national irish olympic council. unfortunately for them that is nonsense. the truth is he is a high-ranking member of the ioc. and any alleged involvement in a corruption scandal is a huge blow for the ioc at a time when their public perception is already at a very low level. reporter: -- anchor: that is not the only problem, tell us more what happened with -- oliver: this comes after they did a review in over 200 matches that have taken place here in rio. more to the point it comes after a couple of controversial decisions. firstly in a heavyweight class but also the irish boxer in the bantamweight class pit he appeared to

brent: i very own oliver moody on copacabana beach in rio. oliver, thank you very much. to syria now where fighting rages on in the country start -- second-largest city, aleppo. government troops have been advancing on the city and recently in a bid to reclaim territory from rebel forces. that includes militants fighting for so-called islamic state. residents in that the siege city are facing extreme food shortages and russia says it has opened for humanitarian corridor's for people to leave. moscow says they can use the corridor's, three are for civilians and one for fighters to give up their weapons. many residents are not convinced that the corridor's are safe. this report now on a battle that may prove pivotal in serious five-year civil war. >> there has been incessant artillery fire for two days now as syrian army tanks and soldiers close in on eastern aleppo. they are being supported by russian airstrikes. but again and again, bombs are killing and wounding civilians. including children. a vicious battle is also raging on the perimeter of aleppo. rebels strapped in

sarah: oliver moody has more on what has been an incredible story for brazil. oliver: absolutely fantastic story for brazil. rafaela silva, who grew up in the city of god, made famous by the brazilian film of the same name, four years ago she almost quit judo due to racist abuse she received on social media. now she is the hero of the nation, the olympic hero of brazil so far. it is great for brazil, too, to get on the metals board and when the first gold -- win the first gold of the games. the atmosphere is always so much better when the home fans have some success to get behind, success to cheer on, and some heroes to celebrate as well. certainly this is a huge deal for brazil at their home olympic games. sarah: sarah: absolutely. we want to switch gears and talk about another country. we're talking my germany breaking through the medals table finally in a sport that germans are accustomed to winning. tell us more about that. oliver: 2 medals in the equestrian events. first gold medal fell later on today for michael jung, won the individual equestrian event. b

we are joined by our sports correspondent, oliver moody. she absolutely destroy the world record in the first athletics final. what a start. oliver: yeah, incredible. if you weren't already excited about the start of the track and field events in this olympic games, you really should be now. she did put in probably the best individual performance we have seen at the games so far. to writing roger a record that -- to beat a record that has stood for over 20 years is a special performance. to beat it by 14 seconds is stunning. i can't put into words except that she has set a time that is impossible. it gets us in the mood for this weekend's track and field action. sarah: for every detail of victory there is a tale of defeat. what happens to the jim inhofe of -- the german hope robert harding? the defending discus champion crashed straight away. oliver: that's right, he was not anywhere near his best. he picked up an injury that was hampering him. it actually turns out -- he said he felt pain in his back after switching off the light to go to s

sarah: that was oliver moody.le, a russian pulled water has announced -- pulled walter -- pole vaulter has announced her retirement. much of the russian team was prevented from participating because of doping. it was her chance to win a third olympic gold. and a quick reminder of our top story, paul manafort has resigned of donald trump -- resigned as manager of donald trump's campaign. this after he had been sidelined by new appointments. thank you for tuning in. see you next time. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] 8úxú anchor: you're watching "france 24." this is live from paris. the headlines -- the u.s.-led coalition protects special forces on the ground in syria. it comes after 48 hours of government bombardment of the northern city. germany considers a partial ban on the fail. conservative politicses say it prevents integration. and some of the biggest drama is happening off the tracks and outside of the

sarah: that was oliver moody.le, a russian pulled water has announced -- pulled walter -- pole vaulter has announced her retirement. much of the russian team was prevented from participating because of doping. it was her chance to win a third olympic gold. and a quick reminder of our top story, paul manafort has resigned of donald trump -- resigned as manager of donald trump's campaign. this after he had been sidelined by new appointments. thank you for tuning in. see you next time. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> this program is brought to you in part by cie tours international, for over 80 years featuring all-inclusive tours and go as you please value vacations throughout ireland and britain. cietours.com. [music] [music] [music] [music] >> hello, and welcome i'm patricia o'reilly and i'm delighted you could join us for a special edition of out of

fortunately for us and for him, oliver moodie of the "dw news" sports desk is on the beach and we asked him about the match and the boisterous each volleyball fans of rio. oliver: there was an incredible atmosphere for the match you just mentioned, argentina versus brazil. it is one of the great grudge matches in international sports. these two are south american neighbors. and as we heard, the home fans got what they wanted in the end, a win for brazil. shortly after that there was one of the great subplots i've seen the olympic games so far when qatar took on spain in men's volleyball. qatar have a local boy in their ranks, who is from rio, moved to qatar to play volleyball there. when the crowd saw him, they went absolutely mad and started chewing on qatar -- cheering on qatar as if they were watching brazil. definitely it was a great couple of the olympic spirit -- great example of the olympic spirit and how the fence you are getting into it. sarah: that was already speaking to us from cope with indiana -- copacabana beach in brazil. senegal used to be a prime departure point for mi