>> hello, welcome to the news hour. i'm live in doha. coming up: >> those members of al-qaeda and other terrorists organizations literally can run, but they can't hide. >> john kerry says the units will never stop pursuing those responsible for terror. >> tight security in cairo as people mark the 40t 40th anniversary of the 1973

israeli-arab war. >> this chemical arsenal teams begin to arrive on site in syria. >> the u.s. secretary of state john kerry has sent a warning to al-qaeda saying it's operatives can run but they can't hide. they issued this message after u.s. special forces launched two raised in somalia and libya within hours of each other. in libya, a seen other al-qaeda operative wanted bit f.b.i. for 15 years was captured. his name is al liby. he was reportedly captured in the libyan capitol of tripoli, taken from his home while he was on his way home off the performing dawn prayers. the libyan prime minister demanded an explanation to the

u.s. for this operation. >> the americans have also confirmed that they carried out the operation against al shabab fighters in somalia on saturday just south of mogadishu. a military helicopter dropped soldiers close to the house of an al shabab commander. soldiers also arrived by boat but were forced to retreat after a gun battle. here's what secretary of state john kerry said: >> we hope that this makes clear that the united states of america will never stop in its effort to hold those accountable who conducts acts of terror and those members of al-qaeda and other terrorists organizations literally can run, but they can't hide. we will continue to try to bring people to justice in an appropriate way with hopes that ultimately, these kinds of activities against everybody in

the world will stop. >> while we have correspondents in the u.s. and somalia, first to peter, live for us in the somali capitol of mogadishu. what more have you learned about this raid and who it was targeting? >> we don't have anything more than officially at least from what we've heard from the pentagon and that is simply acknowledging that the raid took place and that it was unsuccessful. they missed the target they were after. unofficially, we understand that it was the seal team six, the navy seal team responsible for killing osama bin laden, but attacked that house on the beach. the target, we also understand was the leader of al shabab. as we've already heard, they missed the target. there were no senior military officers or commanders at the time of the raid. their only casualty was a regular guard shot and killed during the attack.

>> peter, al shabab had seemed to be on the back foot recently in co malia because of the presence of african union forces there, but the recent mall attack in nairobi clearly shows they're still a force to be reckoned with. >> yeah, there are a lot of differing opinions as to what that signifies as to al shabab's exhibits. a number analysts here think that it's a mistake to assume that this means al shabab is on the decline. that attack was very well organized. it would have taken a lot of preparation. there were a lot of people involved, so the fact that they were able to carry that out undetected says that they still maintain a significant capacity. here inside somalia itches, there's been a fairly bloody internal power struggle between the nationalists and idealogues. it seems the idealogue's have

come out on top. it seems to have given the extremists relatively free hand to operate without having to go through all sorts of messy internal debates. al shabab has lost ground across the country and lost control of key revenue sources, such as the port here in mogadishu. what we're learning from a lot of people, a lot of businesses is that al shabab is still insisting, still demanding that those businesses pay taxes at the same rates as before. the businesses have no choice but to pay up and help finance al shabab operations or risk being targeted themselves. the movement seems strong, capable, a lot of people think it's a mistake to assume that they're weakened. >> thank you very much, peter. >> now on the arrests of anassal bibby. what is the u.s. administration

saying about this arrest? >> she have alleged that al liby was kidnapped. the press secretary of the department of defense says that he was detained under military authorities and the that he is being held currently lawfully, lawfully detained under the law of war in a secure location outside of libya. that's the only response at this point to what the libyan government has to say, as you know, anas al liby was wanted since 1998, there was a $5 million reward on his head. the f.b.i. does have teams that are ready in these instances to go wherever needed in order to read the rights to individuals

of this sort, where he'll be taken from here has not been spelled out explicitly, whether he'll be tried in u.s. courts or there will be a military tribunal. we have yet to see answers to those questions and there are many. >> a lot of questions then. the libyans are complaining about this arrest. is it clear to you whether the u.s. actually cleared this with the lynnens beforehand? >> there have been reports of american officials saying there was communication with libyan government officials. we have not heard that directly from any u.s. officials ourselves and that's unclear at this point in time. >> thank you very much, live from washington, d.c. with the latest there on the arrest of anas al liby in tripoli. >> people in egypt are marking the 40th anniversary of the

1973 arab israeli war. metal detectors have been set up to the entrances to tahrir square and police are checking people on the way in. this occasion is being used to demonstrate, but authorities say anything protesting the military today will be treated as a foreign agent. let's go on the line now to our special correspondent. tell us what's happening right now. you are outside of tahrir square. home people are out there today. >> i see a few thousand congregating inside the fair with kind of a an very well atmosphere, people selling flags you can wave around. a convivial atmosphere. they know that a number of

marchs, perhaps a dozen are being organized by the anti troop alliance and we know a number of those marches are headed toward tahrir square. the ambition is to get in tahrir square, the security forces trying to frustrate that. we already heard of one clash with one march coming down here. the picture across the country, we understand that tear gas has been used on another anti coup alliance march there. way down south, a muslim brotherhood supporter we hear has been killed. medical sources say that one has been killed in clashes and injured. that area is seen as a strong hold for the fighters there. the protest was nearing the police station there.

according to initial reports, the police responded with live fire. we are seeing pictures of demonstration all over the country and also in various pockets across central cairo. >> we are in fact looking and it is live pictures right now of one of those demonstrations in cairo. we've got a second correspondent on the line now who's been with the anti-government marches during the morning, and he's joining us now, i believe. tell us about what's happening around you and what was the mood amongst these people who are still demonstrating against the military state? >> we're with one march that is heading towards tahrir square or is trying to head toward tahrir square. i have to say i can count the number of people in the march in the low thousands. it's certainly the largest march, individual march that's

been here in cairo since that crack down on the two pro morsi camps in august. just in the last few minutes, security forces have used tear gas rounds to force the crowds backfired rounds into the air to force people back, so the crowd has turned away, and it's moving away from its attempt to try to move on tahrir state to get to tahrir square. that's how the situation looms and i have to say considering the violence that was unleashed in mid august and more than 1,000 people of course killed by security forces then, this crowd seems very determined, despite the fear of violence that they may meet.

>> a very determined crowd with you there, you say, but those in tahrir square also very defiant. let's listen to what one of the pro government in tahrir square had to say about those marches toward the square. >> the protestors won't be able to reach here. we won't let anything defeat us. we are prepared to die defending egypt. >> let's bring back our correspondent over looking tahrir square now. there is a real fear of violence breaking out between those in the square right now and those marching toward it. what sort of precautions have the security forces taken to prevent violence from breaking out? >> there's a lot more security forces, from dawn, i was seeing

them bring in extra backups and they set up with barriers all the way around tahrir square in all the entrances and three gate ways have metal detectors. there are three check points, civilian check and army check. that is why they are not seeing as large a number in tahrir square. there's not at many as when there were demonstrations in the square because it takes so long to get through the checks. they are taking off key route that is they believe the marches are going to come down making any headway towards the square. really, it will be interesting

to watch this develop as to whether any marches manage to get to the cordon around the square or whether they stay further back. five different main areas will be starting the marches from and they say many, many of the mosques will be having prayers on sunday and then heading towards the square, so a lot of different smaller marches coming this way and it's possible that the security forces are not tracking everything. that is the challenge for them, really is whether they can catch each of them coming in or whether they mark to get near the square, that could be a problem. you heard the man talking about this was their day and they wanted tahrir for the celebrations. there could be clashes between

the two sides. the security forces goal is to keep them very much apart. >> thank you for that update. fears grow of potential violence between opponents and supporters of the military who are taking to the streets today to mark the 40th anniversary of the arab-israeli war. we'll bring you developments as they happen. >> let's move on to syria now. disarmament experts have begun the process of destroying chemical weapons. a team of inspectors is heading to a weapons site to begin verifying and destroying chemical agents. the 20 person team from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons began work inside syria last week. what's involved in destroying these weapons and the facilities where they're made?

a former u.n. weapons inspector involved in training the inspectors working recently joins us now by skype from belgium. thank you very much for being on aljazeera. what exactly is this process? what involves it? how do they go about verifying and destroying these weapons? >> what they're going to do now at first and what we have heard through the media is of course they have started the disruption process today. at first, they destroy those things that can be destroyed easiest in the safest way. from what we have heard is they have started destroying certain bombshells and warheads, and i suppose that all of those are empty at this point, so they were actually forcing to be filled by chemical agents by the syrian regime. >> does that mean that the actual verification process is now over? >> no, that's not true, but the

thing is they have tight time lines, so they need to do both at the same time. they are verifying the declaration, trying to get a very accurate picture on the ground by inspecting certain storage facilities. on the other hand, they are starting simultaneously at the same time the destruction process from what i have seen and understood, because the first deadline that they have is the first of november, 2013. they only have a few weeks to destroy certain elements and facilities. >> syria is estimated to have a thousand tons of chemical agents including must start gas. are the weapons going to be destroyed on site or transported out of the country and destroyed at a different location? >> that's something that needs to be seen over the next few weeks. that's why the first inspection team on the ground is relatively strong, also in terms of man power, there are about 20, 19 on the ground right now, supported

by a team of 13 people. they are trying to get a very accurate picture of what can and cannot be done in the near future and which destruction process to use and also identify possible locations. >> thank you so much for sharing your insight with us. thanks for your time, sir. >> meanwhile, the syrian president bashar al assad said he may have made mistakes. most of his comments were predictable. he said we did not use chemical weapons. this is a misstatement, so the picture you paint of me as a man who kills his own people, then he goes on to say that there were personal mistakes made by individuals, every human makes mistakes, he said, a president also makes mistakes. reality has shades of gray. >> weather coming up shortly,

plus the taliban's message to candidates lining up for afghanistan's presidential election. >> i'm john henry in gary, indiana where the city is selling blighted buildings for a dollar apiece. >> blow outs and blow ups, the grand prix coming up later in sports. >> let's get an update on the world weather now. >> the weather across north america is showing all the extremes we see across the continent this time of year. beautiful swirl of cloud on the satellite imagery, very active systems. huge rains in kentucky. they've got a big rainfall deficit, they need rain, but perhaps not that much in 24 hours. to the west, we have an e.f.4

tornado in nebraska, blizzard conditions across wyoming and south dakota. the weather conditions remain quite extreme just at the moment, along this frontal boundary. it's the beauty of north america, really. nothing to stop the cold air clashing with the warm air coming up from the gulf of mexico. torrential line likely down towards the south. still very warm, fine in washington, plenty of sunshine, that's going to change as the front works towards the eastern seaboard, some quite nasty weather here. by the time we get to thursday, turning considerably cooler. >> in afghanistan, the registration process is now closed for candidates running for the presidency.

there was a flurry of activity as big name candidates arrived with bodyguards and supporters, but whoever runs is already being threatened by taliban fighters. we have more from kabul. >> as the very last candidates and their supporters arrive here to register for running for president of afghanistan, that really closes the first, most significant day for the 2014 elections. from here on, the election officials will be mostly concerned about security, not only for the candidates here, but also for any officials running these elections and voters themselves in april of next year. it's a huge challenge for the afghan national security forces, and also the taliban themselves see it as a huge challenge for them and a very high profile target. >> as the candidates come forward to take over the

presidency from president karzai, there are taking place 12 years later, some say his report card is good, but still plenty of room for improvement. we report now from western ago. >> it's teacher appreciation day at this girl's school in western afghanistan. there's a lot to celebrate. education is one of the biggest successes here. in 2001, when the taliban fell, there were only about a million afghan children in school, mostly boys. this year, there are 10 and a half million afghans in school, 41% of them are girls. this girl hopes to go on to university. >> if you want to make your country better, for that, you need to go to college, go to any university that she wants,

especially girls, because the girls, makes them help society. >> under the taliban, that half of society was hidden away and denied an education. >> for six years, the gates have this school were closed to girls. the second they heard it was opening, they came back in big numbers, even though there weren't enough classrooms or foul 3,700 of them. >> english teacher was one of the girls girls through the gates. painted flowers on the wall chart the school's progress from no graduates 12 years ago to more than 200 this year. not all schools are as successful. >> they come to school, they don't have any facilities. they don't have any buildings and security is the biggest challenges in the countryside. >> the united nations said only half schools in afghanistan have buildings and fewer than a third of teachers have official qualifications.

still, this teacher who taught during the time of the taliban said things are better now. he says three quarters of the students left school then because of too much emphasis on religion. now he says the curriculum is the best it's ever been. there's still more to be done with that the school doesn't have the money to put grass on its playing field, but the students are clearly happy to be here. >> in southern afghanistan, four foreign soldiers have been killed in a bomb attack. an i.e.d. was detonated as the soldiers were on patrol. those killed were americans. 132 foreign soldiers have been killed in afghanistan this year. >> the u.s. defense department is recalling thousands of staff sent home last week in a partial government shutdown. they were forced to take unpaid leave for five days after congress failed to agree on a

budget. we report from washington. >> come back to work, that's the order from the secretary of defense to nearly 400,000 civilian employees worldwide. saturday, chuck hagel announced thanks to a law guaranteeing u.s. troops pay during the partial government shutdown, the pentagon can eliminate furloughs for employees whose responsibilities continue to the morale, capability and readiness of service members. some of that well being lies in the commissary where military families can stretch their dollars. the shopdown forced all to close, and has radio inned thousands of family budgets. >> i would say that it's kind of ridiculous that you're taking that away from the people that are fighting for your country, like that's just ridiculous. >> even with the pentagon staff recall, hundreds of thousands of other federal workers are still in limbo. at the johnson space center, only those assigned to mission control are on the job.

other nasa employees wonder what will happen to them and their families if congress and white house don't strike a deal soon. >> i think they're playing chicken with our lives, and we've been through a pay freeze, and now this. i've had enough. >> meanwhile, the president and republicans in congress spent saturday pointing fingers at each other. >> what we can't do is keep engaging in this sort of bringsmanship where a small faction of the republican party ends up forcing them into brinksmanship. >> it doesn't make sense why the president would want to put the american people in the middle of that and force the pain on them. >> it's a political stalemate that's incom presencable to millions of americans who now realize just how much they do count on the federal government

for their well being. aljazeera, washington. >> emergency crews have been assessing the damage for more than a dozen rare autumn tornadoes that hit america's midwest. homes and businesses have been damaged in several states, including nebraska, south dakota and iowa. no deaths have been reported, but 14 people have been injured. the national weather service said as many as 18 tornadoes struck the region at the weekend. tropical storm karen approaching the southern coast of the u.s. has been downgraded to a tropical depression. heavy rain and coastal flooding is expected. the storm is expected to make landfall in louisiana sunday and mississippi, alabama and the florida panhandle afterwards. >> mourners in vietnam have paid respects to the referred general who died on friday at age 102. thousands lined up outside his

home in hanoi, which was open to the public. he led the vietnamese to victory over france and the united states. he spent his final years in a military hospital. a state funeral will be held october 13. >> indonesia's president called on countries to break down barriers for trade and investment. there was a speaker who talked to leaders about opening markets. >> coffee producers asking asian leaders to help them compete in word markets. we'll have more from the summit. >> calls to free the green peace activists accused of piracy. >> in sports, could there be

revenge? details of the china open coming up in sports. just stay with us. hi, my name is jonathan betz,

>> welcome back. you're watching the aljazeera news hour. there have been clashes between pro and anti military protestors in key reas egypt marks the 40th anniversary of the 1973 war. at least one person died in sunday's violence and there's heavy security across the country. >> u.s. special forces have captured a libyan man wanted by

the f.b.i. for 15 years. the u.s. has also carried out a raid in somalia, looking for a man linked to last month's siege on the west gate shopping center in nairobi, kenya. >> syrian chemicals weapons are being destroyed. >> the u.s. raid on somalia on saturday, target be a senior al shabab commander. thank you very much for being on aljazeera. what more can you tell us about this raid and were the somali authorities aware of this raid, was it done with your consent? >> thank you very much. i can confirm that the raid attacks took place on the fifth of october, saturday, and

then all i can say to you is the government are very grateful for the cooperation that we have with our friends and allies, and this was targeted to al shabab leaders, al-qaeda associated, and very very grateful on this. >> were somali forces involved in the operation? >> we have cooperation with our allies, in particular the u.s., and for this kind of an operation, so that's all i can say for security reasons, and as you know, we have been fighting with al shabab and al-qaeda in somalia for a very long time. our african forces, brothers and sisters and forces have managed to win the war militarily and now is the time for us that we need our allies, friends to completely limine the threat of al shabab. they are not only threat to somalis, but the world as we

have seen in the west gate attack. this is the global phenomenon that we are dealing with here. >> who was the target of this operation? >> the target was al shabab leaders and the fortune operatives from al-qaeda and this kind of of targets attacks are really something that we have been crying for a long time in somali. our forces do not have the capacity and means, so that's why our alice are helping us. >> our reports tell us that this operation failed because no one was arrested, no al shabab commander was arrested. can you confirm this to us? >> at the moment, we are investigating the aftermath. this has been very successful -- >> how has it been successful --

has anyone been arrested? >> successful in the terms that leaders hiding away in somalia can see that our friends are there to help us, so that is how successful it was, but i can assure you that the investigation is still undergoing and i cannot tell you any further due to security reasons. >> thank you for telling us what you've told us at least. thank you very much, presidential spokesman for somali joining us live there from mogadishu. thanks for your time. >> thank -- >> we are hearing about the competing demonstrations in egypt, happening on the occasion of the anniversary of the arab-israeli war. >> the famous scene that is marked the first and only time egypt's military had the upper hand in four wars with israel. although an israeli counterattack followed a few

days later and the stalemate settled through peace treaty, egyptians consider crossing the suez canal in 1973 a major victory, a heroic moment that restored arab dignity. it not only raised the status of the egyptian army, it was also seized by every leader for decades to follow as an opportunity to enforce their rule. the president lacked the leadership of his predecessor. he was assassinated during the 1981 ceremony. his successor hosni mubarak rode the wave from his role as an air force commander at the time. during his time in parliament, he held over the top

celebrations, which often turned into musicals idolizing him. including this one, in the 1990's, featuring some of egypt's top performers singing we chose him and vow aladies and gentlemennenc allegiance--allegiance to him. egypt's first democraty elected president, morsi. he used the ceremony to present

a report card for his 100 days in office, inflating achievements and in the process antagonizing his critics and the military. today, the 40th anniversary of the 1973 war comes as the military once again plays a major role in running the country after removing morsi from power in july. egypt has since been divided. rifle rallies have been called for in tahrir square for sunday, the six of october once again an opportunity to advance political agendas. >> joining us here in the studio is the director of globe sites here to tell us more about the significance of this commemoration today in the current political context in egypt. >> this is a key moment in egypt's history. both parties are trying to claim

it for themselves, the pro morsi or anti coo oh group and the pro government or pro military factions. this state can galvanize they're state of supporters or for the morsi camp, creating momentum to try to put their issues at the forefront. >> those who support the muslim brotherhood say the egypt military is not what it used to be. is that a a case or is it still a very respectable institution. >> it maybe a popular and respectable, and is the largest organized institution and enmany ways, the most national of institutions. the army tries to play on that on this day. at the end of it, this is not the egyptian military of 40 years ago. they have been not been fighting israel or any external enemy for quite some time, so these

occasions to celebrate, while interesting and yes, many egyptians have fervor for it are really claims to a past that never was. there's only a few days of advances. >> so what are the implications of the israel-arab war 40 years on? what have they done for the arab world? >> definitely it's much most of are a symbol today than it was 50, 40 years ago. today, you see the relationship between the egyptian government and hamas and really it's a peripheral issue, on the edges of not just the government, even the populations who are seeing the internal situation in the country being much more dangerous at times than even the arab-israeli conflict. >> did they achieve anything for the countries?

what's left of it? >> it achieved two things. number one, israel had seemed invincible in many ways until that point. this is the first time we saw arab advances against israel, caught by surprise and even in israel, this led to internal investigations. sinai was returned to egypt and claimed as a territorial victory, but did not lead to change of the occupation in the gaza strip, due to the acquiescence of egypt to the israeli regime. >> now let's head to indonesia, which is the world's largest coffee producer, but many

operations small scale and unable to compete in the global market. some growers have given up and are turning to more lucrative crops. >> desperate measures in desperate times, farmers who have been growing calf fee for generations are cutting down their trees, that's because prices have dropped one third compared to one year ago because of an oversupply of coffee on the world market. that's why coffee farmers have decided to plant orange trees instead. >> we were traumatized, it was high production costs and after we managed to create a good coffee business, the prices dropped dramatically. since the government keeps its eyes closed to our problems, we have no choice but to cut down our trees. >> here in the mountains of bali, farmers are suffering despite the actions of the government to help them.

they are now giving up. indonesia is the world's fourth largest coffee producer, but compared to brazil, it's coffee is still unknown. the government has organized training to increase production and quality. despite this, this man has still not been able to sell last year's coffee beans, let alone this year. he does not want to quit yet. >> our family has been producing coffee for generations. that's why i can't just simply give up. that whatever happens, i will continue to try and grow coffee, although it has been very difficult. i hope prices go up again next year. >> coffee producers agree more needs to be done to make indonesian coffee more popular. they say farmers should not only export coffee beans, but produce their own brands that can be sold at a higher price.

>> starbucks uses a lot of coffee from indonesia, but people only know starbucks. this is why all the foreign brands are still known, starbucks coffee bean, black canyon and others. this is something i want to change. >> but for now, indonesian coffee farmers closing shop and as more international markets open in the future, this is a strong warning for indonesia to increase its competitiveness worldwide. aljazeera, bali. >> all the sports news coming up very shortly, including how the oakland athletics got back into the series with the detroit tigers. >> a sudden storm meant that two football teams will have to wait to decide the champion league semifinal. stay with us.

>> welcome back. france may be one of the few places banning sunday trading, but there's been growing calls for the law to be relaxed. workers and politician say the current controls also including a ban on late night shopping are counter productive. they are struggling with poor economic growth. the government is ready to negotiate on the issue. >> david hamas, professor of economics joins us live from paris. thank you for being on aljazeera. now france being a champion of

secularism, we know this is not about religion. why are the french reluctant to open shops on sunday? >> well, it's about the idea that you should have one day of the week not devoted to consumers and devoted to spending time with family, and other activities than just shopping, although it is true that this time of behavior is already changing. >> where do the majority of french people stand? do the majority of people want shops open on sunday or not? >> there have been some polls suggesting that a large majority want the store to stay open on sundays. there was a poll that said 80%, but that people in order to be incentivized would be higher pay to work on sunday. >> these are tough economic

times, of course. >> yes, so you want to extinguish between two type of activities, those dependent on tourism. for this activity, not being open an sunday is a big loss, because it's just business not done and that could be done on that date. for the rest of the activities, opening on sunday, there should still be some additional activities created in particular because the world has changed and you have a lot of families, where both adults are working, they work 9:00 to 5:00 of the week, they have a lot of commute and then they have to do other shopping on just one day, saturday, so allowing for more shopping opportunities will boost activity. >> do you think the laws are likely to change very briefly? >> i think it's going to change,

at least in the retail sector, because today there is strong pressure not only from consumers and businessmen, but actually from workers who want to have the opportunity to work more on sunday and to be paid more on these days. >> thank you for talking to us, live from paris. >> time to catch up on all the sports. here's joe. >> closing in on his fourth straight world championship. he won the korean grand prix. the race was anything but straight forward for the rest of the pack. >> he stands to become the youngest-ever quadruple world champion, but admits he's not yet thinking about claiming the ultimate prize this season. the driver started from pole in what turned into a chaotic race, throwing the issue of tire wear

into the spotlight. a blowout was experienced in the middle of the race, bringing out a safety car. no sooner had the debris been cleared, the indian spun into mark weber. the red bull driver pulled over just in time to see his hopes of rejoining the race go up in smoke. out in front, there was a thrilling battle for podium places. he found his way past his teammate, as they finished second and third respectively. it was sebastian easing to his third victory in korea. in five races, the german can wrap up the championship in. >> pan.

>> jockvich continued his love affair with the tournament in beijing, winning three straight sets to win his fourth title in five years. he will be a new world number two. >> very important win for me at this stage of the year. after i lost matches in the last 20 years, for the final, i really, really wanted to win and needed to win. i've done really great today and i felt really comfortable on the court. fantastic atmosphere, a lot of supporters for both him and myself. it's been an enjoyable week. >> in beijing, serena williams beat j ex-lenajankovic.

>> 0-0 no the ninth, the only run, smashing an r.b.i. single to steal a 1-0 victory for the a's. oakland win the series one all. >> boston red sox extended their lead to 2-0 over tampa bay with ortiz homering twice on his way to a 7-4 win. boston can close the series when the teams meet monday. >> in football, real madrid staged a great escape, struck twice in the dying stages to secure a 3-2 victory. we wrap up the action. >> in their last league start, five points adrift, this was enough to scare any real madrid

fan. opening the scoring in the 57th minute, their lead didn't last long. sergio with was the equalizer. though it's just four minutes remaining in regular time, the upset was seriously back on the cards. a brilliant pace of work in the box. the match level on 19 minutes, and this from rinaldo. three of his last four delivered. this might be the most important of the lot, securing a 3-2 win. barcelona faced its own scare as

a lead was taken. sanchez had them back on level terms four minutes later. prevailing after the intervalue, sanchez added a second, also on the score sheet to complete the 4-1 victory. barcelona a team to win their opening eight games of the season since real madrid in 1987. >> penalty was missed, but going ahead just before the break. the brazilians stuck again in second half, leading to his 10th goal of the season in the last hour. they held head on for a 2-1 win.

>> english premier league champion chelsea are in action currently leading >> the african champions league match will have to be replayed later this sunday, 24 hours after abandoned because of heavy rain. the game was hit by a storm in the second half, which made the

pitch unplayable. the score was 0-0 at the time. in such an instance, the match to be replayed in the as i am venue with the same referees. >> huts his opponent down three times going to a unanimous decision. he has another five years to catch up with record holder joe lewis. that's all sport for now. >> global protests have been held for green peace activists charged with piracy in russia after trying to storm a russian oil rig to protest exploration

in arctic waters. >> outside the russian embassy in london, hundreds joined the call for the release of 30 green piece activists accused of piracy. >> i don't think that they should be held here. they're here to benefit everybody, they're not pirates. >> even putin said they are clearly not pirates. >> joining demonstrations in 40 cities across the world, all say russia has crossed the line. russian authorities boarded green peace protests vessel last month, arresting the 28 activists and two journalists onboard. a lawyer for the group said the piracy charge is outrageous. >> i've never seen such charges during all my years as a lawyer. they refuse to understand what charges they should defend

themselves against or what they have done wrong. >> the activists could be sentenced up to 15 years in prison if convicted, but people here say the courts won't release them unless russian authorities listen. >> the legal action is whether russia had the right to seize the ship at all. the protest site is russias first active oil rig. >> it may not be the world's cleanest stretch of water, but that didn't stop 2,000 people joining in this swim in hong kong. the race follows a route usually taken by the city's ferry boats. the event made a comeback two years ago after a 33 year suspension because of concerns over pollution. >> more news coming up very shortly on aljazeera. do stay with us.

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hearing is expected to last less than five days, after that the group will decide to uphold, reduce, or overturn the suspension. if the suspension is upheld, rodriguez would lose some $32 million in salary, and he wouldn't be back on the field until he is 40 years old. the big story tonight, people, the rays will be taking on the rangers in a tiebreaker in arlington, so we decided to bring in our mlb columnist rob parker.