hello from the bbc sport centre. hello i m chetan pathak with your latest sports news we start at afcon the 34th edition of the africa cup of nations has reached the semi final stage with both matches on wednesday. the hosts ivory coast play the democratic republic of congo but before that it s the other heavyweights nigeria. who play south africa. and they ve been given a massive boost with striker victor osimhen declared fit to play who had been a doubt with an abdominal problem. it s a rematch of the 2000 afcon semi final which nigeria won and was the last time south africa reached the last four. this time their coach is hoping they can go one step further: i think for many people it was unexpected. but we did it, and that means that south africa became a good team. it s also more than 20 years ago that south africa played the semifinal, even more that we play the final. that means that we ve got a lot of motivation. meanwhile, ivory coast have never won the competit
though, officers have faced aggression from counter protesters who include some far right groups. scuffles broke out as police attempted to stop them reaching an area and the group pushed through as officers hit out with batons. police say objects were thrown at officers and the very latest figure we have from the met police, they are making a rest at the moment. more than 90 people have been arrested for breach of the piece while ten more people have been arrested for possessing offensive weapons and drugs. these pictures, you can see here, of counter protesters. they are being held inside a pub in pimlico by police as the main protests go past. that is the scene across central london at the moment and we ll bring you more of these events a little later. these rallies come, of course, as the health ministry in gaza s largest medical facility so that they have been forced to suspend operations because they run out of fuel. there are reports of intensified fighting close to a