hello, and welcome to "the news hour." these are the top stories from around the world. a violent crackdown on anti-government protests in sudan in continued anger over a decision to raise food and fuel prices. southwest pakistan is hit with a second earthquake just days after hundreds were killed. greece's golden dome party calls on supporters to take to the streets after police arrest

two of its members. the u.s. and iranian presidents finally speak after 30 years. we'll be live in iran. we'll find out how hard liners there have reacted to the telephone call. the first in sudan. the security forces have opened fire on protesters angry about an increase in fuel and food prices. human rights groups say at least 50 people were killed in the crackdown. the government says 289 people died. we'll have more from the report in a moment, but first, this from caroline malone. >> reporter: this is the reaction of the security forces against some of the people protests in sudan. gunfire is heard as protesters scatter for safety in the city. in chartoum they called for the

downfall of the government. >> translator: this government cannot be reformed. it has to be changed. a national transitional government should be put in place to put in a new constitution and sign new peace treaties on all fronts. >> reporter: the protests began on monday shortly after the government cut fuel subsidies. the price of petro and cooking gas doubled overnight, and as the protests became more widespread, the reaction from the government became more intense. tear gas was used and shots were also reported. >> we were actually dispersed using live ammunition. it was a case of authorities trying to injure and even kill protesters following them into the side streets and shooting live ammunition in their direction. >> reporter: the government maintains the protesters have a right to voice their anger, but says it won't stand for violence. hundreds of people were arrested

on friday, mostly on charges of vandalism. >> translator: there are no attempts to contain the issue. our security forces are stopping and searching anyone suspicious. there are ongoing investigations, and they're going through all the videos of the protests. anyone that committed a crime or destroyed pub or private property will stand trial and face justice. >> these rallies are the biggest against the government of president omar a bashir last year. they lost 70% of their oil revenue when they split from south sudan in 2011. that was a huge dent in the economy as crude oil is the main source of income. cutting subsidies is a way of saving money for the government. human rights groups have accused the government of using excessive force and saying more than 50 people have been killed since the troubles began. hospitals say they received many more who were injured. in some cases ambulances were prevented from picking up those

in need, suggesting the number of casualties may increase. caroline malone, al jazeera. >> harriet martin is live in chartoum. it seems that police were using live am mission, but i gather there are conflicting casualty figures. >> translator: yeah, they're hugely conflicts. we had the government over the last three days admit to 33 now of the deaths that took place. reports from human rights groups. they say 50 kills, and medical sources say it's within -- well over 100. it's impossible to verify the figures. >> of course. police are using live ammunition, and i think that's a definite, isn't it? >> reporter: absolutely. >> the question is, harriet, sort of will the security forces

using live ammunition frighten protesters off the streets or provoke more confrontations? >> reporter: absolutely. they have what's been reported as a shoot to kill policy and the people that died received head and chest wounds. you're absolutely right. that is the question right now. it seems judging from reports just in the last half an hour, protesters still continues. this morning we've had the funeral of one of those killed yesterday. this was a young pharmacist, 28-year-old, who very much was known to many of the activists involved here, and as somebody said to me this morning, you know, this changes things because no longer is this a faceless figure, but this young man was very much known and a known family. they feel they themselves are being attacked. so the shift in anger has changed and we've had reports that as many as 3,000 people protest in the wake of his

funeral this morning. >> harriet martin in khartoum. this is the second time the province has been hit in a week. it was a 7.2 magnitude quake in southwest pakistan and felt in the commercial capital of karac karachi. the army has been handing out some food supplies and tents, but attacks by separatist rebels are threatening the relief effort. we have more from the region in pakistan. >> reporter: even though the district of awaran and the adjoining area saw 16 aftershocks after the deadly earthquake on tuesday, the government is now reporting that this particular earthquake was a new one. the epicenter this tie is southeast of awaran.

we're told that it was at a depth of about 14 kilometers, which would make it a considerably strong earthquake. we're also getting preliminary reports that there may have been damages to villages in the adjoining districts as well. we're trying to assess the situation to see whether there are reports of casualties. so far we have been receiving reports of damage, but there is still no official confirmation. the earthquake was, indeed, felt in the city of karachi where people had to come out of high-rise buildings. we're today at the time the provincial ciommittee was meetig and to be evacuated from the building. another powerful earthquake happened in less than a week from that earthquake. >> the leader of the golden dome party has been arrested.

he's charged with forming a criminal organization. it's anti-immigration policies are described as near-naziism by left wing opoint nents. the government accuses them of being involved. ed golden dome has 18 members of parliament. why is it described as an

extremist organization? >> it's described as an extremist organization because it has openly positioned itself being against the presence of immigrants in the country. it has set up food distributions, soup kitchens, clothing distributions for greeks only. so it's shown that its charity is severely restricted to people on the basis of ethnicity and nationality. it is not a humanitarian action as we would understand it perhaps. they go on retreats and train together and do physical exercise together, they also -- some golden dawns have now leaked to the pros and the prosecutor has people inside the police force and armed forces training in the use of fire

arms. all of this evidence has led to the arrests. it's been taken into account by the supreme court prosecutor. of course, we will see whether this nine-page indictment form will be made public in the coming days after the charges have been made. how much pressure is there to investigate the golden dawn alleged links. you hinted at it there between golden dawn and the security force forces? >> reporter: after the kills of the left wing parties you talked about earlier, i think it was unavoidable there was going to be a major police investigation into the man arrested on site from police not far away from the scene of the killing as we understand it and may be material witnesses in that crime. therefore, it was unavoidable. he also confessed to being a golden dome supporter. it was therefore unavoidable that the police would be led

into the local chapter of golden dawn whose leader has been arrested. he's being held on the 10th floor from the headquarters. unofficial information is they're in separate rooms awaiting their lawyers not allowed to see them before the prosecutor gets there to lead them their charges. it led to a nation wide sweep into golden dawn chapters around the country. the information circulating among the greek media here is the 20 police precincts are under particular close screws any for collaboration and weapons sharing for golden dawn supporters. once that event was a killing and murder, that confrontation between left right wings and left supporters. at that point it was possible. police had to investigate. i think the government has shown it has the political will to take this investigation into the political echelons of the party.

it went out of its way to prove that this is a top-down organization which doesn't merely tolerate acts of violence among the supporters but condones them and orders them. >> thanks, john. the president of the united states and there are reports there are angry reactions from president how hani from hard liners from his return to tehran. >> reporter: this was the moment the relationship between iran and the u.s. moved on. he was on the phone with his irane counterpart, the first top level contact in more than 30 years. president rouhani broke the news on twitter posting in regards to nuclear issue with political will, there is a way to rapidly solve the matter. we're hopeful about what we will see from p5 plus 1 and your

government in particular from coming weeks and months. i express my gratitude for your hospitality and phone call. have a good day, mr. president. from the white house a show of respect for iran and the iranian people. >> i believe we have a responsibility to pursue diplomacy and we have a unique opportunity to make progress with the new leadership in tehran. i communicated to president rouhani my deep respect for the people. >> for his part a sign from the iranee irane president things ae changes. >> i used that as a positive step. >> reporter: the presidential call came after this historic mean, that brought iran's foreign minister and the u.s. secretary of state together. the last two any two leaders of the two countries spoke was in 1979. jimmy carter was in the white house. the shah was ruling iran.

things between the two nations have been difficult and strained for decades, but there is a feeling improved relations could help unlock a number of international issues, most notably bringing the syrian leadership to a new peace conference in geneva. the new president habben described as a moderate. his actions over the last week suggest there is a new attitude in tehran, and that's bringing a new attitude in its dealings with the nation once reviled as the great satan. >> we're leave in tehran. there are some reports of an angry reaction to president rouhani from, in quotes, hard liners. what can you tell us about the reaction, and what can you tell us about who these hard liners might be? >> it seems not everybody is so happy that the u.s. and iran, president obama and rouhani had

that phone call and on a diplomatic track as it were. as the president arrived here in tehran earlier this morning, he arrived at the airport in the west of tehran. as his motorcade was leaving, some of these hard liners threw eggs at the president and at his motorcade chanting death to america and other kinds of slogans. there were also people there, not just the hard liners, obviously throwing eggs and supporters of the president as well. a couple of hundred according to witnesses and school children as well waving iranian flags happy he was back and with his performance in the united states. there were also hard liners throwing eggs at the president. >> tell us more about the military group, then. >> reporter: it does indeed appear that week. a handful of them threw the eggs at the president. what followed when the president's car was suppose to

be leaving the airport, apparently there were reports that one of them was almost run off at the car tried to leave, getting away from that small protest. apparently the paramilitary group is quite sizable in iran, but in demonstration were small although eggs were thrown at the president. not exactly the welcome he was looking for. >> exactly. but in terms of his return, would that mean more generally that iranians could being a little more optimistic about the possible of an easing of sanctions not too far away? >> reporter: absolutely. the prospect of relieving iran of sanctions and any kind of economic relief is always welcome here. iranians have been very optimistic about mr. rouhani's trip to the united states, what he could achieve there and what

might happen. regardless whether there was a handshake or not between him and the president, the eyes are on the future. they want economic relief. they want sanctions relief and any kind of bettering of relations with the united states. iranians have been telling al jazeera that can only lead to a good thing, to the improvement of an internal situation here in iran. >> thank you. you're watching al jazeera. "the news hour" still to come. we report from bangladesh where garment workers are putting up a fight for more money. also ahead -- >> i'm in the area of britain owned by the prince of wales where there are growing concerns about the economic and political activities of the man who will one day be king. still to come in sports as he gets ready to face his former protege for the first time as

chelsea takes on tottenham. after weeks of negotiation and the threat of military action, the united nations has finally agreed on a resolution to destroy syria's chemical weapons. the 15-member security council voted unanimously on the deal put forward by the u.s. and russia. we report from u.n. headquarters in new york. >> reporter: just three weeks ago, military action in syria seemed close. >> i shall put the dravt resolution to the vote now. >> reporter: now an entirely different outcome. a unanimous vote by all 15 security council members to authorize the disarmament of syria's chemical weapon arsenal, a resolution based on the deal drawn up by u.s. and russia. >> together the world with a single voice for the first time is imposing binding obligations on the assad regime requiring it to get rid of weapons that have been used to devastating effect

as tools of terror. >> his russian counterpart made it quite clear what this is not. >> translator: this resolution does not fall under chapter 7 of the u.n. charter and does not allow formers -- for measures of enforceme enforceme enforcement. >> there was talk of trying to stop the war and a new date for the much dedelayed geneva peace conference. >> we have agreed and it's been expressed by the secretary-general -- i don't remember the wording, but it was mid-november. >> reporter: the problem with that is the syrian opposition have never said they'll attend a geneva conference, and the regime still insists that assad should remain president whatever happens. the geneva conference was originally set for june. during the delay thousands more syrians have died.

al jazeera at the united nations. thousands of people have marched through bar rain's capital in solidarity with a politician. don mccain a reports. >> reporter: a protest over the arrest of a prominent politician. this was the scene late on friday. tens of thousands of people marching through the streets in the largest such demonstration for many months. the crowds express solidarity with the deputy head of the main opposition party. he's been in detention since september 17th, held on suspicion of inciting violence through his speeches. >> translator: the crowds here are thirsty for freedom and democracy. they must understand the methods that we are still peaceful and remain peaceful as it started. >> september has seen an increase in protests and arrests

across bahrain. just over a week ago, hundreds gathered in the capital for another demonstration in supp t support. at the time the head of his party had a defiant message to the authorities. >> translator: we will persist in this revolution until the end. >> bahrain has experienced persistent civil unrest since the arab spring two years ago. an uprising against the minority sunni government was put down forcefully. talks between the government and opposition in the ensuing years have failed to produce results. now they have suspended the participation in the process, and if these scenes are to be believed, many ordinary people share their view. dominick cain, al jazeera. time to look at the global weather forecast, but beginning in south asia, i believe.

here's stef. >> that's right, steve, and it's bad news. there's a lot of flooding recently. these are the latest pictures out of cambodia. you see how bad the flooding is there. we have to get around a boat, as we do here as well. a lot of outskirts of the capital are underwater. it's causing a lot of problems. thousands of people there are now struggling. in thailand we have a problem with flooding as well. here are the latest pictures out of thailand. here we're worried about what happened in 2011 where we had that devastating flood, and hopefully we won't see the same this year. certainly this year, though, things get worse before they get better because we have this huge cloud rolling towards us. you can see from the shape it is a distinctive circulation, and this is our tropical storm. it's gradually working towards the west. it is still intensifying as it does so, so we're expecting it to have sustained winds around 140 kilometers per hour by the

time it makes landfall on monday. that's an equivalent of a category 1 hurricane, so the lowest category there is. certainly the amount of rain will cause problems. the outskirts of that reaches us on sunday and monday we see the worst of the storm, steven. in guinea voters cast their ballots in the first democratic election since the country won independence in 1958. more than 50 people have died in fighting between supporters of opposing parties and a build-up to the poll. the election has been a long time coming. in 2010 there was violence when elections were supposed to have been held. they've been counseled since then five times. the opposition accuses them of giving the ruling party an advantage. it claims the lists of voters have been manipulated. the african union is monitoring the elections and it says most of the problems have apparently

been resolved. we're live in the capital. the vote has been delayed a number of times finally going ahead. have the concerns been resolved. >> it sieems so because hundred have shown up to cast their ballots. >> this vote was to take place years ago. the electoral commission and ruling party were working together to give them an unfair advantage by manipulating the voter's list. there was an acquisition of polling states that are strategic benefits to the ruling party. the vote is going ahead. this is so significant in this country's history, because it marks the full transition from ought accuratetic rule from

dictatorship to deck see. here to talk more about the significance of this poll is a strategic consultant from africa practice. thank you so much for taking the time to appear on al jazeera. i was talking a little bit there about the significance of this vote. tell us more. >> this vote is very significant because it's a final step of the transition from the military dictatorship into a wholly democratic government. this current government has been in power since 2010, and the 2015 vote is fast approaching. we need the elections now. in terms of the significance on the daily lives of people, it is very -- we expect to see -- we don't expect to see a massive difference in that. we expect to see these elections that unlock potential money into the country. >> reporter: that's a critical issue, what it means for

ordinary people. this is a country with huge natural resources, but you don't see that wealth filtering down to the lives of ordinary people. how will this election change that? >> as i said before, we don't expect it have a massive impact or huge impact on the daily lives of people. however, this would unlock investment into the country, which would help grow the economy. if you have investment coming into the country, the companies would employ local people and that would help slowly. but in terms of immediate impact on daily lives, we don't think it would happen. >> right. there are 114 seats up for grabs here. your organization, africa practice, is predicting a win for ruling party. why. >> for two different reasons. the ruling party has the benefit of incumbency with finances and drew huge campaigns from across the country and managed to pay strategic candidates across the

country. however, we don't expect them to win an overall majority in parliament. so there's likely coalitions and alliances to be formed. >> reporter: thank you so much for taking the time to appear on al jazeera. polling still going on, voting is still going on. polling stations are open until 6:00 in the evening. results are expected three days from now. >> thanks very much. at least 25 people have been killed in india after a building collapsed in mumbai. the death toll is expected to rise as rescue workers continue to search for the survivors in the rubble. it's not known how many with missing, but 32 have been rescued so far. they expect to recover another 30 to 35 bodies. the five-story apartment block collapsed in the early hours of yesterday. lots more to come on "the news hour" from doha including cooking up a fresh start. a new scheme in japan is helping

convicts move from on from their criminal past. they're set to get a wage increase and the green light to play overseas. one of the world's most famous footballers is immortalized in a unique way. i wonder what that is? you'll find out a bit later.

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have opened fire to protesters who took to the streets in anger. at least 50 were killed in the crackdown. the government says 33 people died. a second earthquake has hit southwest pakistan. the 7.2 magnitude tremor that followed tuesday's earthquake in which more than 500 people have died. in greece police arrested the secretary-general of the far right golden dome party. he's charged with forming a criminal organization. let's get back to one of our top stories. the crackdown on anti-government protests in sudan. this is an activist in the youth movement. he joins me now from nairobi. there's differences in the numbers killed on the streets of khartoum but are the surprised

at the level of antagonism towards these fuel prices? >> well, the numbers, of course, like you said, we say there's about 200 and we're actually counting them. it was surprising in the beginning, because back in july when we had the first protest a year ago, it was a couple of days and we had it for a whole month. we didn't even have this amount of killing happening. we had a lot of arrests and tortures, but not even one person died. since this started right from the beginning it was high school kids and the police used live ammunition. i told you until now like 200 people had died. >> what do you think the response to the demonstrations was so heavy-handed? >> okay. this is actually something we're really asking. the situation is really bad. it was fuel subsidies were raised and there's a war going on in the country, the south separated so the government is really tight on money to the

point where they need that to survive. that does not explain why it was so harsh from the beginning, and it's really -- it really came as a surprise to all of us, especially that we use nonviolent methods and then we don't have weapons. we're using just protests, sit-ins and strikes. so that's the only message we're using. we're actually very surprised at the speed at which this number of people were killed. it's not explainable and cannot be explained. there's no reason for them not to be using the regular methods of tear gas trying to get people to relax and all that. they are just using straight up live am mission -- ammunition. it's like a war zone in sudan. if you look at the number of people that got bullet wounds and arms are torn apart. the pictures are horrific. we're trying to bring it out to the world. it's a horrific situation right now. even a lot of hospitals have called an emergency right now in

khartoum. it's crazy what's happening right now and it's not explainable. >> you claim 200 people have died. is that right? >> yes. >> where did you get that figure? where did you get those figures from? >> we actually sent people to hospitals and morgues and we do counts and try to get people's families. so we actually send people to get exact names. we have a list of these names that we can put out. >> okay. we have to unfortunately close there because of the satellite time. i just wanted to make sure that was the number you were saying, was 200 people have died because the government is saying far less. thanks very much for joining us. >> you're welcome. garment workers in bangladesh have been fighting with police in some of the biggest snon stragss in months. they're complaining about low

wages. we have the report. >> reporter: these are some of the bangladesh's garment workers demanding better wages. their salaries are some of the lowest in the world. there have been protests like these for the past week. some are so violent they prompted the government to deploy troops. protests shut down factories and brought the garment industry, the main driver of the economy, to a near standstill. the workers are demanding a minimum wage be increased to $104 a month. >> translator: how can we get by? my rent is as high as my salary, and there's food and other expenses. >> reporter: garment workers earn an initial $38 a month, a little more than a dollar a day. she says that's not enough to make ends meet. >> translator: we only get to eat meat once a month.

we live on a diet of rice and lentils. you can't live on this salary. >> reporter: she works for a factory that makes clothes for some of the biggest international brands. while workers make their nands for better wages, some international brands have hinted they could ship orders away to other companies if the unrest in bangladesh continues. the vice president of the bangladesh garment manufacturing association. he does accept that workers' wages need to be raised but he faces pressure from brands to keep costs lowe. >> we have to get it from our consumers as well. they have a lot of looms. as we are putting tags on garment, we get $7. there is room to play. >> reporter: we contacted government ministries in charge of overseeing the industry as well as representatives of

international brands, but they refused our requests for a response. the intensity of these latest protests have made one thing clear. no matter what the argument, many workers are no longer content to be taken advantage of. a three-week standoff in the southern philippines is over according to the defense chief. the siege began in early september when they arrived in outlying islands. the rebels planned to hoist their flag at zamboanga city hall. they tooked 200s to haj before the army moved in. more than 200 people have been kill killed. we have the latest from manila. >> reporter: after 19 days of violence they announced the crisis in southern philippines is over. more national liberating front rebels held nearly 200 civilians

hostage. the siege began when rebels went to zamboanga city hall wanting to hoist an independent flag. they led the rebellion in the southern philippines in the 1960s. it signed a peace agreement with the government in 1996, but it was never fully implemented. no it's opposing ongoing peace talks from another group. many here questioning whether the crisis is truly over. the philippine government admits that the mlf commander that led the siege remains at large. it's also unknown whether the other missing civilians or hostages have been accounted for. more than 100,000 people have lost their homes and nearly 10,000 houses have been razed. many human rights observers are worried that the crisis in zamboanga city will live long in the minds of many civilians in zamboanga city long after the

last bullet has been fired. japan's reoffending rates are on the rise. many blame a social stigma surrounding ex-prisoners. a group of businessmen are giving convictses a ha chance change their lives. >> reporter: in japan starting again after serving time in prison can be difficult. that's what he's doing. jailed for theft, distanced from his family, he was offered a deal by the owner of a restaurant chain training a job in support as long as he was open about his past. >> translator: i told my boss that i was okay with it. that is because what happened is an effect, and having to hide it only makes me suffer. i felt that i could use this to put pressure on myself not to make the same mistake again. >> reporter: his boss is taking part in a pilot program where businesses recruit directly from

prisons in an attempt to challenge a social stigma and break the cycle reoffending. it's the first sufficient scheme in japan. >> translator: i myself didn't have an academic background. i wasn't talented and i didn't even have the motivation. the relate is that i have become who i am today. when i look back, it was because so many supported me along the way. >> reporter: japan's capacity is patchy at best. recovery centers for drug users, the most likely reoffend are full. while the government wants more offenders on probation, their numbers are dwindling. since 1997 the rate of people going back to prison after left has been on the climb, last year reaching an all-time high of more than 43%. the problems say many is a lack of support once back in society. >> translator: the number of crimes have been decreasing, but

there are crimes that remain. when you look at it closely, 60% of crimes are conducted by 30% of criminals. they're repeat offenders. >> reporter: he isn't one of them. he has a young family to support now and intends to make the most of his second chance. harry forset, al jazeera. in the u.s. congress is running out of time to solve a budget impasse that threatens to shut town the government by tuesday. they passed a measure on friday to increase the borrowing power. president obama criticized republicans for playing politics and warned a shutdown would have global ramifications. german chancellor angela merkel's main opponent resigned from the leadership after the center left democrats lost in sunday's election. merkel won the biggest share of the vote but needs a coalition partner to govern. nick spicer reports from berlin.

>> reporter: leaders of germany's biggest opposition party, the social democrat, said on friday they received the resignation of their failed candidate for chancellor. his campaign was seen by many as a big cause of the party's poor performance. now they will consult with members to decide if and how their party will join angela merkel in a governing coalition, even if two-thirds of members are opposed. >> translator: our goal is not to be part of a government, nor are we afraid to be opposition. we will enter the talks confidently. our goals are to implement the values of social democratic policies. >> reporter: the victory of angela merkel's christian democratic union on sunday was its biggest since reunification. so big they should she said treat the coalition partners like the contents of the handbag. the media saw a fairy tale

merkel as kissing a frog to return to power. going red with a bigger social democrats is what most germans would like merkel to do. a big problem for the social democrats and their plans for the future is their past. they've already served as junior coalition partners in an angela merkel-led coalition during the global economic crisis and in 2009. their politicians put forward a lot of ideas to help the german economy bounce back, but merkel seemed to get all the credit. it's a memory that still weighs heavily on the social democrats. >> they're afraid if they leave a mark again, if they do successful interventions and policy initiatives, which might even be taken up by the government at lunch, the benefits and the public applause will all go to mrs. merkel. >> reporter: the social democrats want a slight change in european policy so bailout countries are treated more leniently. the greens are still trying to decide what they want, and

merkel could play both sides off each other in a coalition process that might last weeks. nick spicer, al jazeera, berlin. sports is coming up in a moment, and another division title is tied up with the major league baseball playoffs. apparently they're coming up soon. the most important money stories of the day might affç]ey stories

we report on how charles' commercial interests are affecting people in cornwall

where a lot of the businesses are based. >> reporter: they're packing up for the end of the tourism season, and for many people that means wondering how to make money during the winter. here in truro there are the usual signs of collapse, but on the edge of town, there's a different story. plans have been agreed to by a supermarket, land owned by the duchess of cornwall. it the create 200 jobs and sell local produce to help the farming community. yet, all the same, thousands of people signed a petition against it. >> the discussions he's recently held on green field sites and for the need to look at after small dairy farmers and need to plant areas of wild flower mead meadow, he did that around highgrove, his beloved home in

gloucester. >> reporter: much of it has the property of the duke, but the current duke, the prince of wales, turned it into a massive business. he owns thousands of property and the coastlines, rivers and beaches. it's been reported he and the queen will share the profits from gold discovered in a tin mime. there's an investigation into his power and influence. indeed, there are local and national ramifications for this. prince charles' empire based here may be worth over a billion dollars, but cornwall is the poorest county in england. not only that, but the prince doesn't pay any capital gains tax or corporation tax on his profits because it's deemed a private enterprise. the future king has a particular view on architecture. his building projects are designed with heritage in mind. they point out that a proportion of homes are designed specifically to help poor and local people through affordable

houses. it prompted criticism that more properties will end up in the possession of wealthy people. >> it's indistinguishable for any developer. any developer wants to bank land and build houses to make a profit, and that's exactly what the duchess is doing. >> if you die here without making a will it doesn't go to the state but the duchess. >> it's completely just private. you can't ask questions about it. it's not on websites. it's not like council spending or government spends. it's completely under the radar. >> reporter: supporters of the prince say his views on environmentalism should be seen as a model of the future that mainstream politicians have adopted many approaches over time and he acts z aan ambassador for cornwall to the world. there's a vocal body of opinion that continues to insist his business empire acts against the

interests of local people. lawrence lee, al jazeera, cornwall. on sunday we'll have the second part of that. lawrence lee will look at whether the future king has exceeded his powers by what should be left to an parliamentary inquiry i would have thaw. the cuban made a surprise announcement, allows athletes to play for r foreign teams. we have the report. >> reporter: cuba continually produces some of the finest athletes on the planet. over the next few years this major league baseball star is set to earn over $40 million. he's no sporting icon. he deeffec defected to the u.s.e change of policy allows cubans to play for foreign teams is an attempt to change that. >> this is ultimately about the effort of the cuban political

lead to reinvigorate the country and reinvent themselves as an open, more confident socialist country. >> reporter: in cuba professional athletes that earned $40 a month see their wages rise considerably. top baseball players on the island could earn over $200 a month. it's still no match for what athletes can earn in the u.s., but sports lawyer aaron resnik says current u.s. laws don't allow anyone to do business with cuba, make the new policy unclear at best. >> we don't know yet what this means. does the cuban government own the athlete? does the athlete own himself? is doing business with an agent from cuba or the cuban government mean that you're violating the current laws of the united states? >> reporter: uncertainty remains over what may be an employment political gesture. whatever happens, cuban athletes that play here will always be admires. over the years they tee nounced the talented athletes that play

in the u.s. of late relations appear to have fought. cuban citizens can travel more freely, send more money home, and start more businesses. this latest move comes with tricky and political calf i can't tells and until it's clear until they can and will work relationships are strained at best. here's robin. >> thank you so much. tottenham will host chal chelsea in hours. it's a game between two title contenders, it's the first time that joseph will face him anz aposing manager. he employed abb as a member of the staff in porto. on thursday he hinted the past relationship are broken down. >> our breakup point was

because, you know, i was full of ambition to give him something extra, and i want it for the involvement of the jobs we are doing at that time which is scouting and match preparation. i felt i could give him much more, so my initial idea was to keep on working with him. but it tint didn't feed the need for somebody near to him or in another position as an assistant. >> how you describe your relationship? >> i won't describe it, because i'm not going to discuss relationships with the manager. i think it's a personal thing, and i'm going to discussion it. >> reporter: he says the relationship -- >> i don't care what he says. i'm here not to comment on what he says or to know what he says. i'm not interested. >> he's expected to be playing

real madrid. they play late on saturday. the record signing trained on friday after missing the last two matches with a thigh injury. they haven't defeated the rivals in the league since 1999. after beating them, many are tips a close contest. both sides are still unbeaten this season. >> everyone knows that they'll be here. that the most important game, one of the most important games of all time is when you have to play with a strong team. i think for this kind of game, to have the confidence to do the best and not be worried, staying forward and try to play at your best. >> they stretched their unbeaten run to five matches and needed to come from behind having gone 2-1 dune. they produced a brilliant volley to make the score 2-2. that's how it ended as well.

up to 7 for that result. to tennis any. kritova won the title, she came back and won 6-2, 0-6, 6-3. kvitova moves up to seventh. in bangkok the top four seeds have won. the top seed had the last meeting with france after his victory over lu of taiwan. they see richard gaske taking on canada's raonic. australia will be -- after the second win of the championship series when they face south africa later in cape town, the unbeaten new zealand

side are in argentina. argentina have yet to win a match since joining the competition. golf now, and tom lewis is the second round leader at the links championship. the englishman shot 65 on the old course at st. andrews to go 15 under. this event is played under three courses, and lewis is down to play saturday's round. a month away and anticipation is mounting over the returns of some of the game's biggest names. kobe bryant is one of them. he's been on a promotional tour in dubai as he continues to recover from a torn achilles tendon. the nba champion injured himself just before the playoffs in

april but isn't 100% sure he'll be ready for the start of the season. >> now it's about recovery time from monday a tough workout to do the same workout on tuesday and wednesday and so forth and so on. it's about shortening that recovery time, and i should be okay. one man who should be ready for the new season is chicago bulls star is derek rose, the former mvp to her his left knee in the 2012 playoffs and missed the whole of last season. he's expected to play in the preseason opener in i understand next saturday. >> i'm doing fine. i'm happy to be back moving around just being a part of the team, just being in the meetings. i'm feeling healthy right now, and last year was last year. i'm just trying to look forward. this is a new start starting with today. >> in major league baseball the st. louis cardinals clenched the

national league central title after their win over the chicago cubs on friday. a home run from matt holliday rounded up the scoring against the cubs. they have their first national league central in four years. that means the pittsburgh pirates miss out on the central division crown. they're still headed for the playoffs, though, and friday they beat the cincinnati reds 4-1 with pedro alvarez hitting a two-run homer to seal that win. the nfl team the steelers have made the trip across the atlantic and are in london to take on the minnesota vikings. it's the first of two intermittent games to be played at wembley stadium in a month. both the steelers and vikings have yet to win a game this season. >> if you look at records, yes, but for us every game is a must-win. i know people want to throw that must-win term around, but for us every single game is a must-win.

that's the way we approach it during the week and on sunday. the only difference about it is we're in a different country. it's not uncommon for famous athletes to have something named after them. he's had a burger created in his name. it's made in the footballer's image, and it's enormous and equaled and powerful. it also matches it when it comes to price at $40. it contained 600 grams of beef and four types of cheeses. >> translator: i hope that zlatan will come but after a match but before. you need a good seeiest at that to digest afterwards. thank you very much and some cooking as well. lots more to come here on al jazeera. lauren will be with you for the next half hour.

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>> . congress is running out of time to keep the government running after the senate worked out one deal, house republicans will put together their strategy to push their own plan. the u.n. security council agrees syria's to get rid of chemical weapons or face consequences. a presidential conversation breaks three decades of silence. the next steps after president obama speaks to his iranian counterpart. >> cuban athletes are getting a chance to play sport in the united states without defecting from their home country.