> a warm welcome to this al jazeera newshour with david foster. these are the stories we are covering - a powerful cyclone causes destruction in eastern india. mass evacuations keep the death toll low. >> the torture victims of assad's regime. we hear from those who suffer at the hands of syria's security forces. >> i believe the world is looking at to us stop a lot of

this. >> native american tribes is winning its fight against heavy machinery. >> and powered by the sun - we are at the finishing line of an exhausting race across the australian outback. >> cyclone phailan had the potential to kill hundreds, even thousands. a combination of modern technology and mass evacuations avoided disaster in eastern india. three people have been reported killed so far. still, millions of people are having to deal with shattered homes, and livelihoods, and the rain has not stopped. let's hear from our reporter. cyclone phailan with wind speeds in excess of 300kph , smashed into india's eastern coast in the early hours of

saturday evening. authorities evacuated 800,000 people - most inland shelters, away from traditional huts found in small communities along the coast. as the storm hit land, it slowed considerably. >> translation: at this time the wind speed is 40 to 50kph. this will decrease and go below 30kph. choppers will be called in to carry out rescue operations. >> early reports suggest there will not be too many to rescue - with a death toll in single figures. though communications have been cut in some village areas, and trees uprooted officials are confident that advance preparations and evacuations saved hundreds of lives. >> the impact of the cyclone will die down with the passage of time. normalcy will come back soon.

our primary responsibility was to protect the valuable lives of our citizens. i think we have been successful in minimising the loss of pressure lives. >> damage to agriculture were downplayed. workers were on the scene, clearing and cutting trees and opening roads. officials say they have learnt is lot of lessons since 1999, when a cyclone killed more than 10,000 people. lessons that appear to have paid off. >> let's talk to faiz jamil, in srikakulam, and andhra pradesh state. how bad is it where you are? . >> well, this area was actually spared from the storm. the main brunt of it anyway. part way through last night the rain stopped, as the storm moves to the north-west and rid other

states. the death toll is in the single digit. that is because power is out in many areas. it will take a couple of days to go to the areas and check the damage. >> some of the areas where the storm passed through are extremely remote, inaccessible at the best of times. it's possible it had a d devastating effect in places we haven't seen. >> that's true, as we made our way here yesterday, we found a fishing village. they were sitting on the beach. we asked why they hadn't gone to a shelter. they didn't know there was a shelter. no one from the government had told them there was shelters. that was one small village. there may be others like those. in the state of odisha, many others may not have been lucky. >> rice crops and other means of

sustenance, agricultural sustenance - important to the people around there. as i said in the story, the extent of damage that has been downplayed, is that what you have seen yourself? . >> well, again, most of those are in remote areas. a lot of crops, especially rice is a very important staple in this region. a lot of that is along the coast line. any significant damage could have an adverse effect not just to the local economy, but the local food supply. there's other cash crops, like mango, cocoa nuts and cashews. effects on those would hurt f m farmers in the pocket book. >> let's go to the meteorologist for more on this. it appears to have passed through with little damage at the moment. what is happening next?

>> it looks like it's passed through with relatively little damage. there's uncertainties in some remote locations. here is what happened over the past few hours. the storm there is working inland. now that it's over the lapp lan the sea is the energy source, the wind is easing and rain dropped. we have seen over 130mm of rain in some places. there has been incredible amounts of rain, and more to come. it's working northwards. for the eastern parts of india and up as far north as nepal, there could be more floodings. >> see you later on in the newshour for a general forecast. thank you for now. >> staying in india, there's a developing story in mod madhya

pradesh. some victims were crushed at a temple. others fell into a river from an overcrowded bridge. >> other news from around the world. four labourers have been killed, 16 hurt when a building under construction collapsed in china. witnesses say the workers were spreading concrete on the roof when the structure came down. rescuers are looking for a worker thought to be buried in the rubble. >> a truck has driven off a cliff in par u. it was travelling -- in peru. it was travelling in the and yeses when it skidded and fell down a ravine. 14 of the victims were children. rescue workers say it was impossible for anyone to survive. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry is back to the u.s. with no agreement on how to deal with any crimes committed by u.s. soldiers in afghanistan. at a press conference held about

mr kerry left president hamid karzai said he would defer the issue to a council of eldsers. >> the issue of jurisdiction is one such issue that is beyond the authority of the afghan government. and it is only an entirely up to the afghan people to decide upon through two mechanisms. one is the traditional people of afghanistan, the scop is the constitutional mechanism, the african parliaments. >> the stories are horrific, their lives never the same. al jazeera spoke to former inmates in syrian prisons. what they told us backs up a report by an international human rights group, that torture is

route each in president assad's detention centres. the images may be disturbing. we have this report from in turkey. >> this man recalls the torture he recalls in different prisons in syria. he was detained three times for inciting violence and calling for the regime to be toppled. a court released him in june for lack of evidence. >> you would hope to day every second, to the point you cop fess to everything, hoping it would kill you to end your suffering. there was a lot of people screaming, imagine the sounds of the electric shock and the smell of burning flesh in here. i was blindfolded, the first to sign the paper. they told me to confess against my mother. they brought a woman and beat her. i fainted. it wasn't her.

>> a human rights report suggests that torture and abuse has been used as a tool in the prisons. this man spent 40 days in the state security prison for filming a demonstration. he said he was given electric shocks, burnt with cigarettes and beaten while naked and constrained. >> you confess to anything under torture. many were innocent. they treat animals better than us. >> the syrian government denied reports of torture, saying systematic torture is basicses. president admits to some mistakes. there is allegations of abuse. syrian rights groups and activists forced videos like this on the internet, saying it's proof of widespread mistreatment of prisoners. al jazeera cannot verify the prisoners. they show disturbing images of the mistreatment of wounded men

in a hospital. other videos were too graphic to show. this is a glimpse of what it's like at the temporary detention facility. this is said to document the agony of a teenager. the violation documentation center in syria says torture is endemic. this is a researcher for a group in turkey. he was detained and waiting for trial along with colleagues. we agreed to conceal his face. >> translation: the violations in syria could compare to midevil when there was nothing called human rights. we concluded there is systematic torture and orders came from higher officials. >> the scars will not disappear. this man's name can be added to the list of victims of syria's war. >> coming up on this al jazeera newshour - keeping healthy

during the hajj. why piil grimes take extra precautions. >> i'm in idaho where a native american tribe and allies are taking on america's biggest corporation. at issue - whether this highway will be turned into an industrial corridor. >> and sebastian vettel claims the japanese grand prix, is that enough to secure a fourth world championship. we'll tell you in half an hour. >> steph - a lot of storms in india. what about elsewhere in asia? >> that's right. it's a little bit storm-tastic at the moment. looking to the east of vietnam, we see a massive cloud. from its rotation that it has, it's a tropical system. it's working towards the west, and will continue to do so as we

head through the next couple of days. it's not moving particularly quickly, but it is moving steadily and going to be a strong storm by the time it makes landfall. this is what we are expecting - sustained winds of 160kph , with, of course gusts of wind on top of that. when it makes landfall it will cause problems with the speed of winds and the rain will cause problems. for the central parts of vietnam, it will be wet and incredibly windy as we head through the next few days. that's not the only storm. we have another making its way to the north. you can see there a well-defined eye. that is now going to work towards the north-east. we don't expect it to make direct landfall in japan, it will skirt close to the south-east corner. that means for some of us it will get very, very wet. there's a risk that we could get flooding, perhaps landslides, but not the worst that the storm

has to offer. >> thank you for that. oil companies in north america are looking at billions in lost revenue after a landmark court decision ruling in favour of the american indian tribe. vehicles carrying oil production machinery are banned from driving through their territory. rob reynolds reports from a remote stretch of highway in idaho. >> a road that twists through the wilderness lies at the heart of the battle, pitting some of america's powerful corporations versus a small tribe of native americans and their allies. the corporations are losing. >> we are not going to stand by and let this happen again and again and again. >> highway 12 runs through the tribe's reservations and historic cultural territory - along the banks of the clear water and rivers in northern

idaho. it's the cheapest route for the exxon mobile, connickal phillips and general electrical to transport giant equipment like this. manufacturers in asia supply it for use in alberta, canna da. the shipments are too big to fit through overpasses. they take up the width of the two lane roads. the highway 12 is protected from develop as a place of unique natural beauty and environmental value. plans to run hundreds of megaloads through the corridor appalled those who lived all their lives along the river. >> it's incomprehensible something beautiful, historical, as this could be industrialised. >> this area is too important to the american team to sell it to

exxon, mobile or connickal phillips or ge or anybody else who wants to transport the route into an industrial route. >> the couple began organising legal action to stop the megaloads. a worry that megaloads would harm the habitat of salmon in the clear water got the tribe involved. aaron penny runs the state of the art fish hatchery. >> the river system here has been our life blood for thousands of years. my worry about the megaloads is that it's the tip of the iceberg of leading to something bigger, possibly more dangerous to the environment. >> in august hundreds of the tribe blocked the highway in the reservation, halting a general electric megaload. the cell phone video was recorded by a demonstrator.

after several nights of peaceful protests, dozens were arrested. this mother of two was one of them. >> i was picked up by two state police officers, manhandled, i was bruised. my arms were hurt. >> ge's equipment passed through. but to date that was the last megaload to roll down highway 12. >> on thursday a federal judge reaffirmed an order barring any megaload travelling on the highway until further environmental, cultural and social impact studies are completed. >> a ge spokesman contacted by al jazeera said the company had no comment on the court ruling. >> the tribe fought powerful adversaries to a stand. . in 1987 they won a series of battles with the u.s. army. tribal leader chief joseph surrendered to prevent a

massacre of women and children. the fight against megaloads is a fight against the ecological taj in the tarsan region and is a blow in the battle to stop mann maid climate change. >> i believe the world is looking at us to stop a lot of this, depending on us. the tribe and their allies are winning the battle so far. >> >> in chile, fighting broke out at the lands right protest. hundreds of indians marched through santiago demanding the return of their ancestral lands. they were protesting against an anti-terrorism law they feel is being used unfairly against them. in mexico millions of people are struggling to find a house they can afford to buy. to meet demand builders will have to put up 8.5 million new homes in the next 12 years.

developments that have been built are standing empty. what is the story? >> these homes were supposed to be a dream come true for millions of mexicans - hardworking men and women struggling to find affordable housing. like silvia and her husband. after getting the loan, their dream of home ownership turned into a nightmare. >> translation: there's no public transportation. there's crime, we can't find jobs. there's few schools and places for children to play. >> only 30 square metres, it's barely enough room for them and their sons. silvia had to turn her kitchen into a storm to buy a car for her husband's 2-hour commute to his job.

>> many people like us came here but lasted two or three months, because they couldn't afford transportation and work. >> many homes were abandoned, others were never sold. this house has been abandoned like thousands of others. what this illustrates is the mexican government policy failure over the past decade to try to provide affordable housing to low-income families. >> since 2000, more than 2 million low-income homes have been built with government subsidies. the problem, says this urban planner is the developers focused on making a profit rather than building viable communities. >> translation: this has been the housing policy by the federal government. for the developers it was financially successful in the short term. in the long run it's costly to society. >> in january the president

announced a new policy, saying the government would only offer financing to housing products closer to the city, and built as high-rises, rather than urban sprawl. welcome news to this family, living in a camp for 20 years. she can't afford the high prices in the city. >> translation: i hope the government helps us with a loan to buy a proper house. the camp is too small. >> like many, she wants to be a home owner without leaving her community. >> all of those talks to raise the u.s. debt ceiling appear to have collapsed. this is raising serious concerns days ahead of a deadline that could cause the deposit to default on all the money that it owes. officials in the u.s. state of arizona have something to cheer about. >> we have reopened the grand

canyon. >> [ cheers ] . >> the state agreed to find the money the pay the national parks and wildlife service more than $90,000 to open the landmark. officials say it was worth it as during the closure it lost millions in revenue. >> mill -- millions of muslim pilgrims are in the middle east for hajj. they are taking precautions against a pandemic of a virus, fatal in half of all confirmed cases. >> this is one of the biggest gatherings of people in the world. millions of muslim faithful convert in mecca for the annual hajj. this year is different. health authorities are on alert for anyone suffering from mirs.

it has affected 119 people in the king dom. 51 of whom have died. some people wear masks for protection. but many have no idea whatsoever about the disease. >> translation: i was more interested in learning how to perform hajj, i didn't care about diseases. it's been eight days since i arrived. i'm fine. >> in the coming days millions will live, travel and perform rituals in crowded areas. a situation with diseases like mirs could spread easily. >> part of the problem with mirs is world health organization has what it calls very limited information on how it's spread. still, the saudi health minister who toured the clinics and hospitals at the holy site says he's confident. >> i would like to assure everybody that the status of hajj is excellent. the health of piil grimes is

excellent. we don't have indications of epidemic disease or infectious disease. >> in this hospital a doctor shows me isolation rooms where any patients with infectious diseases like mirs will be treated. for the time being hajj authorities ask piil grimes to wear masks and maintain personal hygiene standards. people with cronnic diseases were told to defer the hajj. >> there's little known about the way that the virus transmitts. we know that it transmitts from human to human. but the mechanism and the speed of transmission is still unclear. >> piil grimes with respiratory problems are treated in hospitals like this in mecca. samples are taken and analysed. but as serious as mirs is, it's not the only health concern

during hajj. sun stroke and people's underlying health issues in the past proved to be the biggest problem for piil grimes. this syndrome doesn't do anything to change that. >> let's say hello to gregory - talks on behalf of the world health organization joining us now on skype from geneva. given the fact that millions will pass through airports, going to in close proximity to one another at mecca, do you think the saudi authorities have done enough in terms of taking precautions here? >> it's interesting, listening to previous bits of the reports, saudis recommend that the general hygiene measures be respected. that's about the only thing we can do for mirs at the moment. there is only one case of mirs so far in a piil grim or one

confirmed case in a piil grim. e with can't recommend special measures for mirs. we know that there are millions of piil grimes coming from outside of saudi arabia, and we want the countries where the piil grimes are camming from and where they are returning to be vigilant in case they develop symptoms similar to mirs. >> why is the world health organization finding it difficult to learn enough about mirs to say, "this is what causes it to spread, we must prevent that and everyone will be okay." is it a diff virus in that report. >> a year and a half since the first cases of mirs were detected. there has been 138 confirmed cases. that is not many case, and that is from a huge geographical area stretching across saudi arabia,

going up uae, it from jordan to qatar. there's not a huge body of information. it's not like sars, for example. we have 8,000 cases in a short space of time. this is different from sars in the way it behaves and ineffects. we would love to know more, we need to know more. we are building up information, but we don't have clear ideas of how people become injected, what causes people to become infected. >> interesting. appreciate your time. gregory talking to us on behalf. workings. >> hundreds of prosecutoring world health organization. hundreds of thousands of mourners lined the streets of vietnam for general vo nguyen giap's funeral. we have this report. >> they waited in line for hours, to pay their last reports to the man who many in

vietnam regard as a war hero. known as napoleon, general vo nguyen giap's legendary status is second to the revolutionary leader ho chi minh. general vo nguyen giap was slightly built, but his accomplishments were huge. he is remembered for using guerilla tactics to defeat u.s. and french force, despite his lack of formal military training. for a hero the government held a 2-day state funeral. the carriage carrying his coffin went through the streets. he will be remembered as the man who made vietnam who it is today. >> i don't know what to say. the only words i will say is i feel sorry. >> up to now uncle ho and general giap are in the hearts of the people. i'm touched now.

>> the general has been buried in central vietnam. a place that will become a source of national pride. >> still to come on al jazeera newshour. a dying profession. why the writing is on the wall for rwanda's street. in sport - ununwelcome record in baseball. we have sport in 15 minutes.

again, you are watching al jazeera newshour with david foster. these are the top stories - people in eastern india are cleaning up after the worst storm in 14 years. at least three people so far have been reported killed. the leader of odisha state says advanced planning and moving 800,000 to safety min missed deaths. >> the u.s. secretary of state john kerry left afghan after failing to reach agreement as to whether crimes committed by american soldiers should be prosecuted in afghanistan or united states. the issue was highlighted after staff sergeant robert bales killed 16 villagers. thousands in vietnam played last respects to general vo nguyen giap. he died at the age of 102. he is credited of driving french and u.s. troops out of vietnam.

>> more on the cyclone in india. let's talk to vice chairman of the national disaster management authority, joining me on skype from new delhi. tell us about how you managed to put your plan into action. what did you think as some suggested, that it has been successful? >> thank you very much. it is one that has given us satisfaction in the mapper in which we have been able to handle the disaster. i would like to place on record at this point in time that india has a record, a good record in cyclones and floods. we had huge recreation - human recreation in the past down in 1990. we had 650,000 people repatriated. evacuations - disasters cannot be prevented and loss of life

can happen for everyone involved in disasaster management. >> tell me about this time, if you don't mind, sorry to butt in. now is what we want to know about. how did you put it into action? . >> we had, you know, we've been following things closely from the time it was known that it was developing to a cyclone that the - that the intensity of the cyclone was something which was forecast accurately by the indian met department. this was in contrast to what american agencies talked about - that this would be a bigger storm. the indian met department stuck to it and it was downgraded the categorisation of the storm. we have a specialised response force in this company, trained to deal with national disaster

response force. we had excellent combinations of these that were going to be affected. our people were repositioned. they assisted. the first responders were assisted to evacuate large numbers of people. all this would be accomplished on time. >> are you confident that you got to everybody who needed assistance, or could there be one or two remote areas where the storm caused more damage than you are aware of so far? >> i think all the areas have been pretty much covered. we have not heard reports - there's a report of 30 people stranded in the village in andhra pradesh, but they are safe. we'll rescue them during the course of the day when conditions improve.

by and large the evacuation has taken almost all the people away from the area. >> that is good to hear. thank you very much, indeed. not only for joining us, but for enacting what appears so far to have been a good disaster emergency plan. talking to us from new delhi. >> survivors from one of three boats that capsized in the mediterranean sea on friday arrived on shore. they were rescued by the italian coastguard and taken to the island of cystly. one who survived travelled from syria, and told us what happened. >> move from the city at 12 o'clock at night. and, you know, we walk all the day, all the night peacefully.

until, i think, on friday at 4 o'clock we go to sink in the sea, and the wave was rough. it was very horrible. we cannot describe. it was very horrible. all of us, we think we are - will be dead but the rapid help from the mountains changed the situation. >> one of the boats went down near the island of malta. 37 drowned there. many of them were syrians fleeing the civil war. we have this report. >> huddled on deck the survivors of the latest tragedy - help on

to dry land and a new life. among them many children - shocked and cold but alive. it is thought many from syrian. the maltese prime minister appealed for help from the e.u., saying the mediterranean was becoming a cemetery. >> we feel abandsoned, no mincing words. this is a european problem. malta, lampedusa, italy - we are not our own front. we are europe's front ears. that's who people are looking for a future in europe. our colleagues cannot turn blind faith to this. >> it could have been worse. 200 were rescued. maltese and italian rescue shapes were quickly on the scenes. these images filmed by the italian navy, people are swimming for their lives. dozens float in the water,

waiting to be picked up. here a toddler is handed on to the ship. once aboard they sit wrapped in blankets, recovering from their ordeal. on the nearby island of lampedusa, this child was brought in with his mother and father, but his 3-year-old brother did not make it >> translation: when we knew about this, we knew a helicopter with 10 injured people was on the way. we activated our people, doctors, annas thesiologists, cardiologists, we are all here. >> it is barely a week since the last migrant boat disaster, the worst yet, claiming 350 lives. on saturday the coffins became their journey back to the homes they hoped to escape. there appears to be no end to the human traffic. thousands are willing to risk everything, including their lives in the search of a better

future. >> the african union is saying that its leaders should be protected from prosecution. the international criminal court - from them - while they are in office. it's pushing the united nations to delay the icc's case against kenya's president. we have the detail from ethiopia's capital addis. >> leaders arrived at the headquarters of the african union, to discuss the relationship with the international criminal court. it's taken a turn for the worst of the the kenyan president is due to stand trial next month. african leaders say he doesn't have to. >> we have resolved that no serving head of state or government or anybody acting or entitled to act in such capacity shall be required to appear

before any international court during his term of office. >> this is where it all started - violence following kenya's disputed 2011 election. more than 1,000 were killed and half a million displaced. the prosecutors say president uhuru kenyetta are among those responsible. he and his deputy are facing trial. they have cooperated and attended. they are obliged to because kenya is a member of the icc. a statement made at the african union doesn't say that, butt it's a strong political statement in defines of the court. >> in the early years the criminal court was popular. many of the its first cases were requested by african countries, many against rebels and warlords. now that african politicians are

in the dock, things are changing. many of the governments meeting here at the african union argues that africa can deal with its own problems. victims' groups and human rights activists are saying that leaders are trying to seek impugnity. >> this man campaigns for international justice m rights organizations like his has not been able to attend the last african union meeting. >> the leaders are trying to protect themselves, and victims should suffer, no victim should be given the right to justice which is unfair. >> sued niece president has been tried. he is wanted for genocide. he refused to attend trial. the court issued an international arrest warrant. while the e.u. statement doesn't get uhuru kenyetta off the hook, it's a victory for him to have

africa's support and a test for the international criminal court. >> they have been typing up everything from business documents to love letters for the people of kagal jirks for years. the march of technology is forcing street type its in rwanda to readjust. as part of our still going strong series, peter greste reports. >> triumph at a typewriter is a lifelong. this woman doesn't know when it was built, but it is older than she, and she's 35. it was bought second hand in 1995. she's been here with two friends in a side street off the bus terminal ever since. they are the last of the street typists. it used to be a claterring rack

of a dozen. internet cafes took most of the business. there are still enough people willing to pay $0.50 a page for job lctions, business correspondence and love plk job applications, business correspondence and love letters. >> translation: i needed help looking for a job and they type, they know how to do it quickly. if i did it myself i wouldn't do it well. >> the three friends know their days are numbered. they only need to look to their neighbour to see that. which is why the government is sending them on a course on information technology. >> i'm excited by it and looking forward to the day i get a computer. once i graduate i can give up the old machine. >> still, there are plenty of people who will be sad to see them go. >> of course, in the age of the internet and the smartphone this is a dying art. there are plenty of people who

bring their documents here, because they believe the old-fashioned look makes their letters more persuasive. across town the keyboard is the only thing that is familiar. none of the typists have worked with computers until a month and a half ago. now they are developing skills in a government-run program to drag rwanda into the digital age. the software is english, jargon unfamiliar. this is not just about career development, it's about survival. >> still to come in this newshour - why venice may have found a way to protect itself from rising sea levels. >> one of the world's most extreme sports is held in hawaii. find out what these athletes put up with. stay with us.

venice, i am sure you know, is famous for canals, tourists and everybody else - they often get their feet wet when the city floods. city engineers hope they have found a solution. we investigate. >> rising to the surface after decades of planning - this is what should save a world heritage site from rising sea levels. the first four mobile gates of a system of barriers built to protect the city of venice from

high tides were tested on saturday. when completed in 2016, 78 will be raised from the bottom of the lagoon, to stop tides of 3 metres reaching the city. >> the barriers will protect vepive vepive vepise venice without taking away the it tide waters. >> we are going to close them only when it was 1 metre and 10 above sea level, otherwise we'll be obliged to close too much times. 1.10 - we'd have to close 5 times, 80cm, more than 40, 50 times a year. this will affect the echo system and the port authority. >> venice believes that high tide is rising sea levels means their higher and more frequent. in the last 100 years venice

sunk 23 centimetres. experts called for a solution before it's too late. >> the system of barriers has been in the making for a long time. it was conceived 30 years ago and has been underconstruction for 10 years. $7 billion - this is one of the most expensive, complex projects attempted in italy. while it stops high tides reaching venice the barriers attracted criticism. >> some locals believe stopping the tides coming into venice will change the lagoon's eco system, turning it into a pond. barsiers will only be activated when necessary, and it's the only way to make sure that venice is forever. >> the lagoon will not change its behaviour, because this is temporary. the number of closures will be limited. the lagoon will be interrupted only for a few moments,

few hours. it will not damage the lagoon itself. >> with the first test deemed a success, hopes are rising that venice will be shielded from the forces of nature. >> at last - thank you very much indeed. now we have sport. >> thank you, the latest from formula 1, sebastian vettel claims victory at the japaneseconversation. he'll have to wait -- japaneseconversation. japanese grand prix. alonso took fourth. >> sebastian vettel dominant as he secured his fifth race victory. mark weber completed a red bull fl one-two. >> i had a poor start. i clipped the front wing. i think lewis had a puncture

after that. i couldn't go anywhere. after that we were patient enough, looked after the tyres and incredible pace towards the end. >> tennis - novak djokovic faces a tough battle in the final of the of the shanghai masters, claiming the first set against dell pot roe, who beat rafael nadal, claimed the second. they were in the third, novak djokovic leading by 4-3. >> well, two days after he was knocked out of the tournament, former world number one roger federer split from his american coach. the 17-time grand slam winner dropped to seventh in the world, and is battling to qualify for the world tour finals next month. the pair have been together for more than three years. >> if a quest is continued to reach the fifa world cup , as the final stage of qualifying

continues in africa. they are home to nigeria in the first leg. kamha loan faces chelsea's striker who will play. cameroon qualified for five of the last six world cup s. >> meantime the ivory coast are a step closer to reaching the tournament in brazil. beating senna gal in 3-1. drog ba among the scorers. faso had never reached finals. >> boston has been upstaged by the detroit tigers in game one of the championship series. in the sixth innings, it was

enough for detroit to claim a 1-0 win. >> good pitching will be good hitting. that was the case in game one of the american league championship series. sanchez was lights out, setting down the big bats, sanchez threw a no-hitter, striking 12 batters. the ball pen was kept intact until the ninth innings when daniel got a base hit. that was it. tigers took game 1, 1-0. the last time the red sox were shut out at fenway park, back in 1918 against the chicago cubs. boston will look to bounce back. the buckos get a start. >> the winner of the series between boston and detroit will face st louis or the la dodgers.

a lone run in the fifth innings for a 1-0 win. >> it's about getting the outs when you need them and getting the key hit. this - the series up to this point, we don't have the key hit. we weren't able to put the run up when we needed it. if we get two key hits, we'll walk out up 2-0. >> the home coming in high wan - houston rockets winning against indiana. a sell-out cloud were on hand, and the first asian american team didn't disappointed. they scored 17 as the rockets won the two pre-season games. >> final preparations are under way for the first major barra thon in the united states since the tragic bombing. police promised increased

security as 45,000 runners take part within the 42.1km route. almost 2 million spectators attended. bag ige checks and restricting access to key points of downtown chicago have been enacted. >> no shortage of extreme sporting events, few requiring the endurns of the hawaiian ironman. it was staged on saturday, involving a 3.8km swim, 180km cycle and an entire marathon. australia's mirander won the title. she was two minutes off the record. a belgium claimed the men's in a time of 8 hours, 12 minutes and 29 seconds. >> afghanistan's cricket team returned home to a hero's welcome a week after securing a place in the first of world cup.

tourists packed the streets as the team was honoured with a presentation and celebration at the kabul cricket stadium. the squad has been promised $1 million to prepare for the tournament held in new zealand and australia in 2015. >> that's it for me. >> good to see teams like that coming from the african capital. >> two teams from the netherlands won the world solar challenge, a motor race across australia, covering 3,000km in a little more than 33 hours. the race cars were powered by the sun. andrew thomas reports. >> this is the solar car equivalent of a formula 1 starting grid. these cars take off with a hum, rather than a roar - motors powered by the sup's energy are near silent. their race through australia's harsh desert outback as every bit as arduous of anything their

petrol-powered cousins attempt. 3,000km, from darwin in the tropical north to adelaide on the south coast. the cars were driven during daylight. the drivers and support teams camping wherever they end up overnight. fires was the car from the neth , completing the -- netherlands completing it in over three hours. >> we have a better model. we have concentrators, more efficiently solar cells and laminate giving us extra income. >> it may be held together with sticky tape, but the car has a top speed of 180kph. teams from 20 countries raced. some competed for the first time this year in a cruiser class - cars with passenger seats. they were judged on speed,

space, energy efficiency and comfort. >> this from idaho university took the honours. >> these cruiser cars are practical for the ones built. they are more like the ones you may see on the road. crucially, they still have to be just as light. >> when energy is precious, you make every bit count. >> it was the number one extent at home with the old cars - it looks cool, but it looks like a spaceship. we want something that people relate to, that people see themselves putting groceries or golf clubs in. >> 40 cars are being deconstructed and returned to the count ris where they were designed and built. the future is being packed up and loaded on to diesel-driven trucks. >> great stuff. maybe 1 day we'll drive something like that. that's it for now from me. david foster, and the rest of the al jazeera newshour team

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