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In connection with the tianjin chemical blast that killed over 140 people a decade after Hurricane Katrina, president obama heads to new orleans. Plus, im Charles Stratford reporting from northern ethiopia, where conservationists are struggling more than before to save 1500 years of christian heritage in the churches of lalabella. And here in doha, with all the sport, including usain bolt brought back down to earth after once again proving hes the fastest man in the world. Of the thousands of refugees arriving on european shores, the vast majority are the conflict in syria. European countries are not the only ones affected. The country is at capacity, and up to a million may flee syria. According to the united nations, by mid august of this year, 158,000 people reached greece by sea. That puts arrivals there ahead of italy, where so far 90,000 have come ashore. Leaders of the western balkan nations are meeting in vienna in a bid to find the common strategy to deal with the worst refugee crisis to hit europe. Down the road from the conference, dozens have been found dead in a truck on an austrian highway. Barnaby phillips has more. A grim discovery by a motor way south of vienna. Austrian Police Coming across what they thought was an abandoned lorry, that they thought might be part of an accident. They found blood seeping out of the back of the vehicle, and there was a terrible smell. They discovered badly decomposed bodies inside. They dont know when the poor people suffocated, and it was not possible to count the numbers of bodies. Anywhere between 20 and 50. The Austrian Police call this is a terrible crime, bring a solemnity and urgency to the summit in vienna, dominated by the question of migration. The chancellor said the leaders were shocked by the news. What will they do about it . She was talking about the need for European Solidarity for a quota system between european country, where e. U. Countries agreed to take in refugees according to their size and economic capabilities, and was backed up by the head of foreign affairs, who said we cannot go on like this. The problem is they run into Harsh International questions, and when you look at den mark, u. K. , they were firmly opposed to quotas set by the e. U. Barnaby phillips there. More than 33,000 people have crossed the aegean sea from turkey we go to a greek island, a gate way into europe. Reporter they emerge in the thin light of dawn. Now arrivals, some in life vests on the greek island. Where do you come from . Syria. Reporter from syria . Yes reporter how was it coming over . Not good. Reporter why. Because of the waves. So it was quite hard. Reporter what are you looking for . The nearest Police Station reporter i think you a 23 hours walking ahead of you. Thank you. Reporter where are you from . Syria. We are from syria, refugees. We went, like, 4045 in a rubber boat, inflated. It was going up and down, and during the night children, women, pregnant. That was the poor part, i believe. Reporter for everyone. We have been on the road for perhaps an hour, travelling from the capital, towards the popular landing spot closest to turkey, and you see the past five, six groups together, groups multiplying throughout the day, more than 1,000 newcomers on the island every day. Men, women, children, beaches covered in life jackets and the remains of rubber boats. Waves of people washing up on the shores of greece. You happy to be here in greece . Yes reporter do you feel safe. Yes reporter what do you think youll find on the island . Three or normal. Reporter do you think youll find help . Maybe. We need help. Reporter at a bend in the road, waiting for buses that may or may into the arrive, its as if a Natural Disaster has occurred. After the relief or joy of landing shellshocked faces belonged to people who thought they left disaster behind. They thought theyd find more than this. Reporter well, now, lets speak to the emergency coordinator on board a Doctors Without Borders which is in the mediterranean now. The ship has 700 refugees on board, joining us live on the phone, on the boat. Thank you for joining us. First of all, tell us the latest on the rescue operation that youve been part of, tell us about the 700 refugees on board. What happened . 700 people we rescued in two different operations, the first from a large fishing boat. For drifting at sea. And we did the operation mooring the boat next to our boat, and evacuating the people on board. The vast majority from syria. And then a few hours later we sailed into another boat in discretion, it was a rubber boat with 130 people on board, and we took them safely on board. In the end they were heading to italy in a rally tomorrow. Was everyone on the boats alive when you found them . Yes, luckily the boat operations went well. They were safe on board. And we didnt discover any dead bodies. Obviously other boats have not been so lucky, we know there has been hundreds of deaths in the mediterranean in the past few months. Was there a feeling what sense do you get from the people on the boat. Do they know how dangerous the crossing is, but chose to pursue it anyway. Not necessarily. What starts is the contract in the drama, where they meet hundreds of people who are really afraid and desperate. When they are safely on board, the extreme sense of joy and prayer and singing, thankfully, to be alive. Not everyone knows how far it is or dangerous it is. If they do, they say they are fleeing from war or from being kept captured, and they make a choice. From the people you speak with, do you get a sense of the difficulties people face when they reach the european shores . Some are aware of it, and others not. In any case, if they know it wont be easy, they all say this is my only choice. The lie i had, if it was in syria or libya, or where it was fleeing from, it was not alive. We see the victims of torture of slavery, of rape. I meet hundreds of people on the ship after its rescue. They are individual stories of people trying to save their life. In the past few months or years in europe, there has been little talk of anything other than the refugee crisis. Its been on all the local tv stations, politicians have been talking about it. When you go home and spoke to your friends, do you think people understand the scale of the suffering that these people go through, do you think that despite all the talk on tv, that the average european really understands not just of the scale of the crisis, but the risk and desperation of these people . No, i dont think they do. Also, reading the european new, and talking to people i know, i dont think they understand the desperation and the fear that i see here, i dont see it reflected in the media, and nor in the way the politicians are talking about it. We need to oak at this. Its not numbered. They are people, mothers and fathers and small children. They need our help, and they need to start discussing this problem in a different way. And also to have legal passage into europe so they dont have to risk their life at sea. Since it was a huge shipwreck, there has been more of a concerted effort to rescue the refugees in whatever boat they may be in as they sail from the coast of north africa. You are on the boat of m. S. S. Do you think that now there is enough help in the mediterranean to try to rescue all the people coming across or do you feel at that stage, the stage of saving lives, europe is not working in a coordinated enough manner. The scale of the problem is such that its hard to have rescuecapacity, and, of course, to still continue to save lives, thats an obligation we have with the humanitarian crisis in front of our eyes, to rescue people at sea. Second of all we need to look at them as people, not as numbers or people just seeking happiness in europe, its not the case. I met the people, i talked to them, this is the only chance. In this emergency coordinator, Doctors Without Border vote in the mediterranean country. We appreciate your time and sharing your experiences with us. Thank you. As we have been hearing many refugees will not be welcomed in many places and in certain countries they face barriers. Andrew simmonds is at the border post between hungary, serbia and romania. Reporter this is a 3. 5 meter fence separating hungary and serbia. Its controversial, not the least the cost, many refugees cut through the wire or get over it using various devices and cut through the fence. But theres another problem, and its big. The fence comes to an end just here. Leaving a wide open space. Ut can walk in from serbia without interruption and walk back into serbia. Im there now. Whats the reason . As i walk backwards im coming into romania. Which is an e. U. State. You cant but up a phones or a wall between e. U. States. Therefore you have an an somely with people walking through three different countries. The nearest Hungarian Village is there, a sleepy place why where the local mayor has sympathy for the refugees, but anger to the government. It wont solve the situation, its not for the migrants the the government wants to prove they are patriotic and saving the country. Reporter within a few minutes of arrival. The Hungarian Police arrive to answer questions. They also came to find out who we were. Tree tried to explain the lay out to the land. Here is the border area. Reporter at night time, in large numbers, refugees could cross here, now, they prefer more suitable areas near a town. When the fence is completed, the problem will remain, a potential hot spot, a place to be exploited by criminals, an example of anomalies, problems that e. U. Faces in policing their borders. Well europe may face what it sees as a struggle in policing its borders. Many say they are at capacity, Bernard Smith is in the city near the syrian border. Reporter killize is a syrian town, thats how a Government Official described it. The population of 110,000 syrian, 108,000 turkish. Its more than doubled. Theres another nine or so turkish towns in a similar position. The turkey e. U. Affairs minister warned that the country is at capacity and fears if fighting continues to intensify in aleppo, there may be more than a million refugees could be headed in this way. Hes warning europe to prepare to anticipate more syrian refugees, and a reminder that the country spent 6 billion looking after the syrians living here, europeans offered about 80 million as a contribution to the cost. So far turkey has not received a penny of that offering of assistance still lots more to come on al jazeera. Including missing for 500 days. The families of abducted schoolgirls refuse to give up hope of finding them column by jans da deputy between it and venezuela conditions. Theres a jealous guarding of rugby, but not one done deliberate to oust black people. The makeup of the Rugby Union Team is under question ahead of the world cup the death toll from the explosion at chinas port is now at least 145. 115 of the firefighters and Police Officers who responded to the blast on august 12th are dead or unaccounted for. The former head of the office has been detained, along with 10 officials and executives of the companies that ran the port. All the Government Officials are accused of dereliction of duty. Police detained 12 employees of the company when the warehouse exploded. Chykie brown sent this up adrian brown sent up this update. Reporter in a sense those you expect to be arrested have been arrested, the chairman, vice chairman and three deputy managers of the warehouse where the dangerous chemicals from stored and gin explosions twin explosions happened three weeks ago. On wednesday, the man that headed the work safety regulator has been sacked. He was a former deputy major of tianjin, a post held for 12 years. You sense the investigation. You sense the investigation will be more open. This time the authorities are more open with the information they are releasing. They dont know the answer to key questions. Why is it that so many dangerous chemicals were stored 800m away from where people were living. Chinese law states such chemicals have to be stored at east 1,000 metres away. Purchase most of the dead and injured from you were fireman. Were they trained to deal with a disaster on this scale. Why did so many die. The government promised a thorough investigation, and promised to tighten the regulations governing the storage of such chemicals n. G. O. Human rights watch levelled accusations at the Saudiled Coalition in yemen, saying it killed dozens with illegal use of cluster bombs. Reporter more victims of a war in yemen, according to human rights watch, they were injured by attacks using cluster bombs. They are mostly from a yemeni province on the northern border with saudi arabia. We were together, and the rocket hit us. It exploded and cluster bombs fell out of it. Before we left the house, two submunitions fell down, others spread all over the village. My cousin and i were wounded. Human rights watch teams travelled to many areas in northern yemen and met with victims. Unexploded cluster bombs littered the area. Children are high risk of being maimed or killed. Three brothers were killed, two children, an adult. It hit us while we were sleeping. We were all wounded, including my brothers. I cant walk, hadnts were burnt. Classes, submunitions are inaccurate. They are designed to target a wide area. Here, many people were said to have been injured, as they travelled through the region. We have found evidence that ground trust munition rockets have been used in attacks against seven local groups in northern yemen. Most likely the rockets were launched from Saudi Arabian territory. The kingdom repeatedly said it would stop the military campaign when it is confident that the shia Houthi Rebels no longer pose a threat to the internal security. This is a skud missile fired by houthi forces into saudi arabia. The Saudi Arabia Army said the Ballistic Missile was destroyed in the air. Fighting has intensified along the kingdoms 1,800km border with yemen. The houthis backed by troops loyal to former president say theyll fight for as long as it takes. Two senior iraqi generals and three soldiers have been killed in a suicide bombing attack by the Islamic State of iraq and levant. The attack comes as iraqi authorities try to reclaim the locked oil refinery. It is near baiji, and iraq prime ministers Haider Alabadi said winning the battle for the city is key to defeating i. S. I. L. Iraqs shia militias known as the Popular Mobilization forces plarp for an assault on baiji city. This is the image they want you to see, that they are confident and ready to defeat i. S. I. L. This battle will decide the future of iraq. He met with senior officers. Now we plan to secure the whole situation as the enemy tries to find a break. The ramadi operations are going smoothly and the enemy besieged there, thats why they advance, trying to open another front in baiji to develop the situation. The forces plan to defeat the enemies. It is a great success. The oil refinery and town, kilometres from each other changed hands several times. Neither the Iraqi Security forces or the Islamic State has been in control. Retaking it, holding it will be a big victory for iraq, one badly needed. In anbar, people tried to flee the violence. The government say they will not let them cross because they dont have the relevant paperwork. I. S. I. L. Killed the commanders north of ramadi in an attack seen as a blow to security force, who are losing experienced commanders and a sign that i. S. I. L. Is far from tweeted lets go to guatemala city, where demonstrators are demanding an end to government corruption, earlier in the week the countrys Supreme Court made impeachment proceedings against president perez. Lets speak to gaved mercer, in guatemala city. Explain what is molina accused of . Sorry, i couldnt quite hear what you were saying. If you were asking me what is going on here. What we saw over the past couple of hours are thousands of people filing into the central plaza, and you can probably see people behind me, waving the flag, the white and blue of the flag, and centering on the national palace, that you see behind me. While the protests have been going on since prosecutors reveal a scandal leading to the arrest and resignation of government. What is special about today is many called for the protest. People from different religious backgrounds and different parts of the country came together to join forces with Union Workers and parents, demanding one thing, that is that perez molina resign. So does it seem likely, as you mention, that he would have to resign or be impeached . Thats right. On friday appears started a process. They requested the courts to start a process that could lead to the impeachment of the president. For potential involvement with multimillion corruption scandal. Sunday, the president coming out denying connection to the scandal, and he was staying put in his office, in the president ial seat recollects and will not step down. Monday and tuesday we saw further developments where the former Vice President , one of his key allies, was actually formerly charged nection to the scandal nection to the scandal. That brought people here today, coming together, showing the president that they do not believe him and request guatemalans to save face, that they need huge radical changes, and the first step is for the president to step down, all taking place against election campaign, due to take place a week and a half from now. Confidence in the political system, the best way to regain the confidence is by the president stepping down. Thank you. Apologies there for the delay hundreds of people marched through mexicos capital demanding justice for 43 missing students. The young men disappeared a year ago in the sworn state of guerrero, a region plagued by gang and drug violence. Officials say the students were killed by gang members on the orders of corrupt police, relatives of the students reject this the shaky truth in ukraine is coming under pressure with more fighting around the eastern city of donetsk. Eight people are reported dead with casualties on both sides, as fresh talks are taking place, aimed at ending the fighting by the new year. The military command of the separatist city said a woman had been killed by a sniper, and 12 injured by shelling. On the other side the ukranian military say seven were killed and 13 injured in a missile attack. We know that in the direction of mariupol, they used multigrad missile launchers against our positions. We sustained the biggest losses in the past 24 hours. The South African antiapartheid activist desmond tutu is expected to be discharged from hospital following treatment for infection. He has received a course of antibiotics for two weeks. This was a Second Administration within a month. It is not related to Prostate Cancer that he has been fighting for 18 years. The former archbishop campaigns for equality and against corruption. It was april 2014 when 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped by boko haram in nigeria. The girls were aged between 16 and 18, taken from the Government Secondary School in chibok. The president elected in may said everything was done to find the girls. Their relatives have not given up ape. Yesters. Yesterrefuses to give up happy, taking part in a march. The government responded very slow. These girls are here on the biological daughters. Because i dont care about the report. We dont want anything from them, with the girls. This is leading the march. She has been at the forefront of the campaign to put pressure. There are 219 girls out there waiting to be brought back home. We cannot afford not to continue this. Every day we are here. When we stop, we say not until the girls are back. Like i have always said. We may not have carried them, but they are our daughter. The girls have not been seen since seen in the boko haram video last year. The president says the government will not stop looking for them. There has been renewed intelligence, in a given, you know, location, in the northeast. I think that in the past government had contended with intelligence that was very thorough. Something deaner, clearer and more specific. The president met with some of the relatives and campaigners in july. The government is doing Everything Possible to bring the girls home. The government says it cant help relatives and campaigners. They are still alive or were they might bep. It could put them in danger. Every days the girls are missing, parents and relatives are losing hope of seeing them again. Still to come here 10 years on, after Hurricane Katrina. A campaigner say that new orleans is more divided than ever before. Usain bolt trium of over his biggest rival in beijing. A reminder of the top stories the bodies of 50 refugees have been found inside the back of a truck on an austrian motor way. The discovery coming as reports emerge of more deaths in the sea off the coast of libya the death toll in the explosion at tianjin has reached are 145, as 11 people are detained by police, including the president of the company, for abuse of power and dereliction of duty 500 days since 200 nigeria schoolgirls were abducted from their classroom from chibok its another anniversary, its 10 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated new orleans. President obama visited the city marking the anniversary, going to sites affected by the storm. Andy gallagher is in new orleans for us. What do we expect the president to do when he is there, andy . I was here five years ago when president obama came to mark that university. He made a speech that was generic. I think well hear a different tone from the president. Hell talk about the issue of race and inequality, and this is an apt place for a conversation like that. Im starting in the lower ninth ward. Devastated. Half the residents came back, and you can find plenty of devastated homes that are empty 10 years after the storm. We take a look at the challenge. On the bustling streets of the historic french quarter. The signs of recovery is obvious. The street is a tourist hot spot. On the banks of the missouri, the sound of gentlemans music hailed the rebirth of new orleans. Its all a far cry from the desperate days that followed katrina. There was calls of a slow response. Thousands died. Many never returned and an entire community was in ruins. One of the oldest blackowned businesses hailed as a symbol of recovery marked with criticism. In woman said Greedy Developers are putting profit ahead of people. All of those people were paid. Some are still without homes and education. Its better, but not what it should be. In the nearby bywater neighbourhood, influx of people trying to find cheaper homes is making it hard for the poor. This community is so expensive, the poor are forced out. Gentrification has occurred, house prices rising 75 . Wealth disparity in the city is growing fast ir than almost anywhere in the United States, proof that new orleans is now more unequal than it was before katrina. In the upper ninth ward, things have changed. Damian grant has deep roots here and cant afford to buy a house, saying he feels the community was destroyed. Abandoned. It could be over for children. Could be a resource center, a learning facility to where they come after school, learning and getting tutoring. They dont have that. They still have a long way to go. The citys powerful officials admit that the poor are not well serve said. Its not a surprise people that are hurting before the storm and after the storm, this is a universal principal in the state of america. When its hot, the poor is hot. When its cold, the poor colder. Hurricane katrina and the authorities reaction to it is a shameful chapter in u. S. History. The inequalities the city is facing, it may be a lasting legacy. Despite all the problems we highlighted progress has been made here in new orleans, tourism is back. Thats the number one history, its back in greater numbers than prekatrina. It is a booming industry. We have met over the last few years. Plenty of Young Professionals moving here to make a new home. Given that theres problems with commodities. The gap in wealth between blacks and white, at a faster rate than any city. Thats what they talk about. Its a different tone, one that is necessary in this neighbourhood where there was ruin and loss of hope. Well hear the president address the issue, and the progress made in the big easy, 10 years after Hurricane Katrina, and there are problems remaining, and the city came a long way since Hurricane Katrina. It will be interesting to hear what president obama has to say. Youll monitor that for us for the moment. In new orleans. Thank you lets go to nepal, where flooding forced hundreds of makeshift camps being set up after the recent earthquake to be evacuated. We have this report. They were made homeless by aprils earthquake, and now a flash flood again made them homeless. Early this morning, around 5am. Rains made a small stream over there rise, and the entire area was flooded. This area is completely uninhabitable. All the houses that were here, its full of water. As you can see, its full of mud. Earlier we met a gentleman that had to run out of the house Early Morning with a nine month old daughter and he said it was terrifying. I heard people shouting. When i got out of bed the water was this deep. By the time i ran out with my daughter, the water was this deep. We didnt get a chance to say much. Reporter Security Forces that we talked do said they were busy rescuing people, and helping them recover whatever remains from their houses. Most of it was wet, obviously. There were landslides further up, and theyve been clearing that up. In some areas children were on the way to school when the floods waters started to rise. They had to be evacuated. 12 kids were evacuated. There was a hospital down the road where the ground floor flooded and everyone has had to be referred out of the area. More than 800 families had been d displaced people felt that things were getting back to normal, and they have fallen apart again. Its known as the jerusalem of africa, it is famous for spectacular churches, which have been carved out of solid rock. Its been a place of pilgrimage for christians, Charles Stratford is one modern visitor, meeting conservationists facing a battle in preserving the irreplaceable 900yearold structures. Reporter its the spiritual home for million of Ethiopian Orthodox Christians around the world. The 11 churches were carved out of the mountainside. In the 12th century, during the reign of the prince king. The ancient places of worship, representing sites in jerusalem and places in the bible. The king built built them to pilgrims didnt have to risk the dangerous trek to the holy land. These churches are of immense archeological and historical importance. The places of pilgrimage for ethiopian christians around the world are literally crumbling away. The rock in this area is highly susceptibility to moisture. In this church men use a syringe to inject grout into cracks in a pillar. In terms of seismic activity, resilience, i mean, a slight earthquake would destroy the place. The fact is when you are dealing with natural strata in the terms of an Historic Building rather than a mine or a tunnel, theres little you can do. You cant line it with steel bars and concrete, youll destroy the monument. Its historic surface. Lose those, and you simply are back into rotted geology. And that process is not far off on the outside. Antony shows us what he means. And if we start losing material like this, right through here, i mean, the only future for that, without some sort of intervention is this so the idea of the bandage is to hold it in place. Until we can get there to repair it. Because every time it rains a little more falls off. If we werent to do this, it would be a catastrophe. Im lucky because i come from this area. This heritage is a big thing for us. A number of churches have been covered by temporary shelters to protect them from the rain while the work is don. On a hilltop close by, people pray. E. On a hilltop close by, people pray. The king did not just build the churches as a human being, he built them with the help of god. It was included on the first ever u. N. E. S. C. O. World heritage site in 1978. Preserving this extraordinary place of spiritual retreat for ethiopians for every generation, a challenge they hope they can meet. Still to come on al jazeera filling the air. The giant cloud of balloons floating over londons gardens footballs great and good in monaco for the Champions League draw. All the details in sport. Sport. And now lets go to raul for the latest sport. Thank you very much. In the last year, the draw for the group stage of the u. E. F. A. Champions league has been made in monaco. As ever. Footballs great and good gathered for the draw and sorting out the eight groups, the award for the best play. Luis suarez, and that man cristiano ronaldo, and messi took at award for the second time in his splittering career. What of the dru itself. 32 teams drawn into eight groups of four. Theyll go through to the first knockout stage. First up in group a, the 10time european cup winners, real madrid find themselves in a group with psg, shakhtar and malmo. In group b. Manchester united, qualifying yesterday face psc, cska moscow and wolves burg. Group c the first team from kazakhstan to calf in astana, ben feeko, atletico and gala cas tine. And the toughest group, group d. Italian champions juventus, going up against ns manchester city. Barcelona are in group e. And games against roma and bayern leverkusen. Bayern munich faces arsenal in the Champions League, in the third time in four seasons, drawn together in group f. And Jose Mourinho returns to porto. Jose won the european cup with porto in 2004. Any one of zennent, valencia and lyon have high hopes of Winning Group a. Apologies for supporters. Usain bolt retained his crown as the king of sprinting, outshining his biggest rival. He was knocked off his stride while demonstrating nine championships and counting for usain bolt, standing in his way again was Justin Gatlin in the 2 him. The american had been depositor 200m. The american had been better in heats. Usain bolt had authority when it mattered, his time of 19. 55 seconds clinching his fourth straight title over the distance. An 11th championship could come in the 4 by 100 relay. Im here to show im better, one of the greatest sprinters to ever compete in the sport. That is my aim. Two more seasons to go. And we continue to dominate. Reporter there was one man that could take down bolt in budget rsh, and it was a cameraman in a segue too close for comfort during post race celebrations. Im hearing a rumour Justin Gatlin paid him off. [ laughs ] Allyson Felix won a ninth World Championship gold medal, clinching the 400m, with the fastest time in the world this year. The United States second gold of the day came in the mens triple jump, Christian Taylor with the secondlongest jump history, 18. 21 meters. Holland completed a sweep of the hammer, anita breaking a champion record twice taking gold. And world record elder meres advanced to the final of 110 meter hurdles, the american competing in beijing, despite a condition suffered in 2013. Im capable of winning the gold medal. Physically my body will take me so mar. His sister donated a kidney and he have an operation four days after the championships. Racial make up will be scrutinized. A longstanding point of controversy. Officials are included of not including enough players. We have this report from saver ka south africa. Reporter south africas biggest township soweto is football territory. Rugby is making inroads. This boy has played for two years, the interest driven by the soweto rugby union, it wants to develop the sport in the township. I want to play rugby, for the springboks, and go to london and different places. I want to be famous. Achieving his dream may not be easy. A local union says its the only playable field here. You kill the support. Support of programs. By the time you develop the facilities, who will play, because theres no support for programs or for events to take place the idols, the springboks, are one of the best teams in the world. The recent performances have been overshadowed by criticism that the team does not have enough black players. The springboks won the second world cup in 2007. With just two black players on the squad. Now, as the boks prepare for the next months championship in england, the race has resurfaced with the most recent squad including four black players. The coach says he selects players based on merit, not colour. Still there are concerns black players dont play enough. The south African Rugby Union claims 80 of under 18s are black. Theres a Glass Ceiling this is post metric, because of attitudes of conservative white coaches who feel that may be black players are not good enough as their white counterparts are, and for me thats a massive mindset change that is needed. The union says it has a Transformation Plan in place, to have nonwhites making up half the National Team by 2019. Theres a feeling amongst a lot of white people that rugby is the maybe last institution of society, where they can express themselves, where they can represent south africa. There is definitely a jealous guarding of rugby. But its not one that is done deliberately to oust black people. While south africa makes final preparations for the world cup, the teams biggest challenge may not be defeating opponents on the field, buts, instead, the task of racial transformation. That Rugby World Cup starts on 18 september when england play fiji at quicken ham twickenham. England plays at stratford, down the road. Its used for athletics, converted to the rugby venue. It will be the home for five, known as the third placed playoff Serena Williams goes for a calendar year grand slam, shes been tuning up for the challenge in new york. I dream about going up but that is a mistake look at the world around you dear me, the wort number one hit a world number one hit a high note. Sges holds all Serena Williams holds all three slams, making this important. But she is playing it down. It is, im trying to ignore the elephant in the room, hopefully it will mann test itself. More later londons Coventry Gardens is represented as the beating heart of a capital of 100,000 white balloons. Each individual assized by french artist. He has been a speaking to al jazeera about why he chose this to be his first public display outside of france. Im used to do this for my heart. This installation is a metaphor of a huge earth, and thanks to the huge earth, i have created a bridge with the past. I wanted to connect people with the past and refresh memories. Every year we try to bring a bit of culture to covient gardens, it is surrounded by art, culture and performance. What charles is able to do is by his art installation is marry the contemporary with the historic. It takes five days to inflate the balance, and four nights to aim at Something Like 100,000 balloons. I dont count them, of course. I have put a light inside like the rhythm. When i have been contacted by covient gardens to come and discover the space with a new high to findent gardens to come discover the space with a new high to findit in this place. Its a little strange, different. Its cool. I like it. It reminds me of a bit of thunder or lightening coming out of the cloud. Everyone will flock around wondering oh, my goodness, what is this, t actually, amazing. More clouds for london. Thats it for me this newshour. More news in a few minutes. Byebye. Byebye. It reminds me of a bit of of 50 found dead in the back of a lorry in austria as a summit in vienna tries to tackle the european refugee crisis. This is al jazeera, live from london. Also coming up, still miss, but not forgotten. Nigeria marks 500 days since 276 schoolgirls were abducted. 10 years on from Hurricane Katrina, president obama prepares to join the commemoration, live in new orleans. And up, up and away. Why

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