. >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello and welcome to the news hour, i'm at doho with the top stories on al jazeera, john kerry flies into a diplomatic roe as they accuse the united states of spying on people, we examine insider attacks in the afghan armed forces. new pictures emerge of kenyan

soldiers during the west gate mall siege which shows upscale looting and uganda where a mysterious brain disease is affecting thousands of children. ♪ hello, we begin with a developing story out of france where a diplomatic roe is brewing with the united states. the u.s. national security agency is accused of spying on millions of french citizens. and foreign minister called the nsa spy program unacceptable and the newspaper says the u.s. swept up 17 million phone records and text mess j as in a one-month period and based on documents leagued by former contractor edward snow den. >> translator: i've summoned the u.s. ambassador and we knew

about this since june and took action but seems we need to take it further and it's unacceptable and want to make sure it doesn't happen again. >> reporter: let's bring in tim who is life from paris and that is what u.s. secretary of state john kerry is flying into right now. i will ask you about the statement that has been made, what does he mean when he says take it further? >> well, i think what has been revealed monday morning here in france is the extent of all this. i think france probably had a pretty good yesterday that the united states was carrying out some sort of surveillance on its phone calls and text messages because of earlier revelations from edward snow den as you say, the former contractor who is now in russia. but what emerged now from the highly-respected french newspaper is a total of 70.3

million phone calls in france over a 30-day period between december and january this year. now, it also included surveillance of text messages and according to them it wasn't just people who were suspected of terrorism but also people from the world of business and politics. and i think this is what has outraged the french leadership here. as you were saying, the u.s. ambassador no sooner had he been at the airport welcoming the secretary of state to france where he is due to update colleagues on the progress of the israeli palestinian talks and summons to the french foreign ministry to be told in no uncertain terms of france's outrage of what lamond has revealed. so the timing of this could not be worse for the u.s. secretary of state who you will probably

remember just last month was describing france as the united states' oldest ally because of willingness to take part in any possible u.s. strikes against the regime in syria. >> reporter: tim, thank you for the time being, that is tim reporting from paris. well, mexico too is demanding an explanation from the u.s. after a newspaper revelations that the national security agency hacked into e-mails of the previous government led by phillip and it's documents leaked by edward snoden and said they spied on nieto. they are allied with the taliban and taken with him packed with guns and high-tech equipment and he was part of a 20-man special forces unit in kunar and he

switched sides and joining the islam organization and jennifer glass has more. >> reporter: a problem in the area and if he doesn't come back they are threatening to launch a military offensive in the area, local elders say they are trying to negotiate the return but he surrendered to a militant leader who is his cousin in islam. it's been a problem in the afghan forces insider attacks and the afghan military has gone to get lengths to vet people in the ranks to make sure they have no ties to the militants and he has been planning this since he joined the afghan army and he was a captain in the forces, one of the more elite forces in afghan military. >> reporter: nato say roughly 50,000 soldiers, 26% of the army desert every year and unclear how many they went to insurgent groups like the taliban but they

are graspingly with the rise in attacks by soldiers and about 60 incidents reported in 2012 and total of ten confirmed cases so far this year. al jazeera's faith is joining us live from kabul to discuss e february shuns and diserections because this is not the first time someone from the army defected and how big of an issue is it in afghanistan? >> the story is drawing a picture of the current political situation this afghanistan which is uncertainty. afghans are very, the afghans are working with the government and security forces or with that section of the government, what happened behind 2014. the members of the security contract with the afghan america is a sign and zero option for the president of the foreign forces behind 2014 is on the

table for some so far someone like kaan from the area and relatives with opposition armed group is bringing uncertainty to what to do, what he should do next. and what happened by 2014. that is why it is increased day by day. >> reporter: what you are saying is that these defectors are fed up with uncertainty and not lured to join the other sides such as taliban an other affiliated groups? >> yes, because they are not sure like behind 2014 what would happen, are they willing to fight with their relative whose are now with the taliban or with the islam like kahn surrendered to his cousin mohamed kahn so this uncertainty in 2014 there

will be no foreign forces and war so he has to stay with his relatives and make sure he is safe behind 2014. reporter: relative or not surely this mouth be giving a boost to the taliban as well as other insurgent groups in afghanistan. >> sorry, can you repeat the question? >> reporter: how much of a boost these defectors give to taliban and insurgent groups by joining them? >> well, the story of kahn he took with him night vision goggles and they dying for a piece of the government they really fight. anyone well trained like kahn who was trained in the special forces and here for many years growing with taliban gives them support and they can use this against the foreign forces and the afghan government. >> reporter: okay, thank you, that is reporting for us from

kabul. an 8-year-old child is among three people who have been shot dead at a church in egypt and gunmen opened fire at a wedding in cairo and churches have been the target of a number of attacks since mohamed morsi was deposed. >> reporter: they were on motor bikes and opened fire without warning. their targets were a christian congregation at the church of the virgin mary and they just arrived when the gunman arrived. >> translator: we were running and i found a woman sitting on a chair with lots of bullet wounds and blood coming out everywhere and it was a very difficult sight and many people had fallen around here and a child who had been shot in the neck and shoulder. >> reporter: the local priest said although the target was a

christian church this was an attack on the entire country. >> translator: what happened is an insult to egypt and it's not directed only at the christians. we are destroying our own country. imagine what people outside of egypt will think when they hear that something like this has happened. we are an internationally known church. >> reporter: christians makeup 10% of egypt's 84 million population. in resent months dozens of churches have been attacked across the country. fueling tensions between kris crayons and the majority muslim population. it's understood the church of the virgin mary had been left unguarded for several months. the head of police security in giza says officers will now increase their patrols outside churches following this attack. dominick cain al jazeera cairo. >> reporter: there has been more protests against military at a university in cairo.

students at the university called for a major up rising and demonstrations being held at the institutions other campuses in the cities of sweet. here with the al jazeera news hour and this is coming up, calling for better pay and benefits there are protests in indonesia capitol. >> israels ortoodox, following the death of a spiritual leader can they regain power. >> the man of mexico's next leader and why he is confident he will go to the next world cup. ♪ but first newly-released security camera footage appears soldiers looting shops last month and they are seen to be

holding plastic bags with unknown items during the four-day lock down and at least 68 people were killed by the group al shabaab and i imagine the footage with looting angered a lot of people, peter. >> yeah, it absolutely has and people are questioning the government's version of events because initially after we heard the early reports of looting the government set up an inquiry and late last week there were a number of pop tigss that insisted there was absolutely no evidence and reviewed all of the videotape and found no evidence that soldiers had done looting at all and we seen pictures now that show very clearly soldiers walking out of the shopping center it carrying bags of goods and we don't know what is in the bags but it's hard to believe there is anything other than

looted goods and how most people are interpreting those pictures. as you say it has made a lot of people very angry indeed and we are exactly one month to the day after the attack started and a lot of people are asking questions about what took place in the west gate mall at the time. we are speaking to people who were looking for the lost relatives. here is what they had to say. >> and the west gate shopping mall is not a memorial as it is a grave. he was supposed to join his two children here to celebrate the oldest one's fourth birthday on the day they attacked and all three are still missing. the photos are painful reminders of what happened here. >> my aunt. >> reporter: and she brought her paul and daughter to west gate for a treat and since then james heard nothing and now he is full of unanswered questions.

>> did not protect her on that pillar of a frame and now they are hiding with i is very wrong because we need to know the bodies are there and we need to do a ceremony and go and bury our people, but they are not doing that. >> reporter: one month on from west gate we still know very little of what happened after the shooting began. police and civilians in the military did their best to rescue people in what now seems like a well intentioned but tragic attempt to contain the crisis. new silent video from security cameras seems to show just four relatively relaxed gunmen hunting down and shooting anybody they could find. this doesn't look like a well-coordinated military operation, more a random attempt to create as much blood shed and fear as possible and seems to raise far more questions than it answered and if there were four men involved in the attack as

the video suggests why was the government telling us there could be as many as 15 involved and how was a small group of likely armed men were able to fight off the kenya security services here for almost four days. >> he is a former intelligence officer and he believes the government should have seen west gate coming. >> and officers were aware of a possible attack and we didn't seem to be prepared and didn't seem to have been prepared for it. >> reporter: the government has lost an inquiry but so far it has declined to release the results or give any more information about what happened inside a building that has become a word for terror and confusion. >> reporter: i understand that you were at the memorial service earlier today that was being held for some of the victims. what did you see? what was the mood like?

>> well, that is right. we have seen a lot of those very difficult, angry questions set to one side for a period of at least here at the forest memorial. one of the things you notice as you walk around are the number of different names, each of the trees has been planted by a relative of the victims. here for example is an asian and he is a kenyan from the coast and further around we are seeing french names and nigeria and english and a host of people from not just around the world but various religious backgrounds as well. muslims, christians, all sorts of people across asia and speaks not just to the multi ethnic background of the country but multi ethnic background of the people caught up in the attack. this is a look at the memorial plaque here and it's temporary

and it's a list, a temporary list and don't have a complete list of people that were killed in the attack and don't know the final numbers. authorities go through the rubble and try and find a list of the victims and it will take time before we get a complete list of people caught up in the attack and the authorities say they will be able to put a final permanent plaque on the memorial. >> reporter: thank you, that is peter reporting from nairobi. in australia brush fires and it's working and hundreds of homes have been destroyed in wales and could reach the state capitol sidney and we have more. >> reporter: this high spot in the blue mountains is normally a look out but now virtually all you can see is smoke and down in the valley fire. the concern is that this fire joins with another one further towards sidney and the two

combine to form what is being described by some as a mega fire, one with potentially a 300 kilometer and as the wind changes the direction it could bring the fire in the sidney suburbs and it's the worst scenario and they are demolished them if they are in the way of fire fighting efforts and monday night we will go out with firefighters to see some of the work close up, some 2000 firefighters trying to bring these fires under control. >> reporter: let's find out about the conditions in australia and cross over to everton fox. >> we have clouds to the south of new south wales and rain we see over the next couple of days essentially will stay to the

south of sidney. possibility of a few spots of rain coming into sidney hopefully but we look at 10-20 millimeters of rain at best. so this area of low pressure, it is over south australia and going to vicotria and winds coming from the north or west direction and hot winds out of the interior and the temperature is 34 degrees celcius and it's dry wind and the humidity will be lower than it is at the moment and better news for thursday and temperatures will be 22 degrees but the strong, gusty winds will remain in place and north we have strong and gusty winds going to japan in the form of a typhoon, the latest is called san francisco and it will go to southern parts of japan into friday and wet

weather adding to flooding we have seen from the previous storm. >> reporter: thanks much for the update. a suicide car bomber has driven into a busy cafe in baghdad killing at least 55 people and dozens more injured. it happened in baghdad's neighborhood a mainly shia district and iraq has a surge in violence in resent months, as many as 700 people have been killed this month along and more than 7,000 this year. so why are the armed forces and police unable to tackle the growing violence? one man is in charge of the defense and interior minister and there he is and he is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. the army was disbanded in 2003 after the u.s.-led invasion and it was built from scratch and are a number of groups who pledge allegiance to various political parties. government intelligence, the

army and the police have been accused of repeatedly failing to coordinate. for more on the situation let's bring in maria fantappie, she is the analyst at the international crisis group speaking to us from iraq and good to have you with us. can you pinpoint the increase in violence in iraq and say that it's simply because of a break down of the country's politics or is there more to it? >> yes, indeed there are political reasons why there is this strike of violence and most specifically the resent political cries that engulfed iraq and specifically the crisis between the iraq government and the suni provinces that started at the beginning of 2013. as you pointed out one of the main problems is the coordination of the security of

iraq. i want to point out besides the technical issues what is more important is to point out that the most important failure of the security establishment is to establish a good relationship with the local population. and specifically the iraqi army and more and more is not able to really cooperate in the suni area and suni neighborhood contributing to the population and for this reason lacks the human intelligence to prevent this attack to happen. >> reporter: all of this maria plays into the hands of insurgent groups who are affiliated through al-qaeda. >> well, yes. i mean more and more i think that more and more especially suni populated area close to syria and the people, the ordinary people tend to have

government forces and specifically the army and not state security forces but as an enemy. so they don't tend to cooperate and reluctant to cooperate with the iraqi armay and this plays in the hands of al-qaeda groups to create safe haven in the area. i think really it looks at how to solve the problem, the iraqi government should shape the security strategy and have more locally security forces in its operation especially in this suni-populated area to acquire the human intelligence to prevent attacks. >> reporter: finally, briefly because these attacks we are seeing are not limited to iraq, you see them in other countries in the region, i wonder how much the war in syria is contributing to the violence in iraq and

uncertainty and instability. >> certainly the overall regional environment has heavily impacted iraq security to the extent that especially our areas in iraq who are close to syria which are suni-populated areas, they are divided into the strongest. we can see that more and more in this area, the people tend to see al-qaeda as let's say a monument which is contributing to weaken the government in baghdad and because it operates in iraq as well as in syria and not only the government in baghdad but also the government of damascus. so al-qaeda to some extent became the sector of the suni

resurgance. >> reporter: that is maria from iraq. foreign ministers from the european union are arriving in luxenberg and discussing how they should act on the issue of chemical weapons and talk about the political developments and the humanitarian crisis. meanwhile in syria the government has accused turkey of supporting rebel fighters to advance interests and they deny the accusation. resent developments on the ground have seen groups linked to al-qaeda making gains on the border and we have this report from the turkish/syrian border. >> this is one of the smallest provinces and shares 110 kilometer border and half of

them are syrian refugees but some turks are worried about the impact that is having on our lives. many are also nervous about al-qaeda-linked rebel groups in the area. >> translator: it's a danger, al-qaeda is a killer organization. . >> translator: we are worried, al-qaeda. >> reporter: this is a road that leads to the syrian border. beyond this turkish village and border posts parts of northern syria is a stronghold for al-qaeda state in iraq. last month the fighters controlled the syrian town and the rebel which is only five kilometers from turkey. >> translator: fighters say they are strong and well equipped. this rebel calls on people to join their cause. and in the providence the armed group is powerful in reaching out to residents giving free

meat to the needy and displaced during the muslim holiday. al-qaeda-linked group stay in iraq and live along with other rebel groups want to control moreland on the turkish border and syria says the turkish people back the groups. . and they warned turkey will pay a heavy price for supporting armed groups in his country. now, a group in syria affiliated to al-qaeda is just a few kilometers from here and that worried the turkish government. syria's accusations are baseless and he says al-qaeda's presence near turkey is not welcome. >> translator: this problem or threat is a security one, not just for killers but all border provinces and we have a security fear and we are tightening them

and it does not have a nation or religion and it targets innocent people and military and intelligence are working really hard. >> reporter: the war in syria is already causing a lot of problems for turkey. but now as different armed groups including al-qaeda make gains on the border, turkey's security could be at risk. al jazeera. >> reporter: coming up, on al jazeera the global nuclear watchdog gives a verbal on the battle to contain the crisis of the fukushima nuclear plant and foreign finances may decide if the greek fears and businesses that represent price will be sold off and in sports what had this brawl in an argentina football match, that is coming up.

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♪ with the al jazeera news hour and welcome back, this is a reminder of top stories france summoned the ambassador that they spied on millions of citizens and the foreign minister called it unacceptable. newly-released footage appears kenyan soldiers looting shops during the west gate mall sage last month and 68 were killed by the group al shabaab and 55 people are dead after a suicide car bomber drove in a busy cafe in baghdad and happened in an

shi muslim neighborhood. the fate of dozens of female prisoners held in syrian government jails is unclear. they were supposed to be part of a hostage deal which is erasing the release of men and two turkish pilots and blamed turkey. >> reporter: the most out spoken hostage hardly ever stops receiving well wishes and he believes his 530-day ordeal should have been over much sooner. >> translator: as a country as great as turkey you should know details because you raise the groups and turns out what you supported turns out to be a disaster. >> reporter: and the repeated denial of detailed knowledge of the group that took him hostage and most of the captivity was in a building 100 meters from a turkish border. nine men were blind folded for

release and it was after they crossed the border they realized they were with turkish intelligence officers. his daughter, ania who on saturday night struggled to find her father in a reunion at the airport believes the turkish airline pilots have not been kidnapped and her father would still be a hostage. >> we don't like this move. but when they kidnapped the turkish pilots we said, oh, god, it's going to have an end. that is it. >> reporter: this is a large, close family in a tightly-knit community and looks after each other and who organized the kidnapping of the turkish airline pilots? he said he doesn't know but it wasn't the right thing to do. >> translator: no matter who they are icon demeanor the act of kidnapping but it was out of necessity and the only answer to our plight.

>> reporter: the families deny involvement lebanon security services still suspect the pilot's kidnapping was organized in this district and the families may well have been involved. andrew simmons al jazeera beirut. >> reporter: it may be years before people can return to homes close to japan's damaged fukushima environment. the cleanup of the most contaminated towns is way behind schedule and people were forced out of homes when the nuclear plant went in meltdown in 2011. a team of international experts delivered the preliminary findings into an investigation at the site. >> we have seen that the demolition program is in good coordination with the reconstruction efforts. all of it of course will be aimed to enhance the living condition of the people affected by the accident and the team also offered some new advice on

things where it reconsidered that there was still room for further improvement of some practices and especially to increase the public confidence. a number of lessons learned have been noted by the mission team to start with the international community. >> reporter: for more on this we are joined by a doctor and good to have you on the news hour and you are following the story extremely closely and been with us a couple of times and were you happy with the news conference given? >> no, it was very bland and the team all they did was run around the effected nuclear power plant site. they were as the general man mentioned they were talking about lessons learned and advice on some practices on how to close up the communication gap with the public who was concerned. but when they were asked about

the real worry of the people there, what are the leaking radioactive water from the tanks and when they will take out spent fuel from number four, a very dangerous and fraught with problems he said oh, it's not us, there is another team coming to look at the actual damaged nuclear plant. so this team, as i said, the conclusion was advisory in a very general sense. it doesn't satisfy the thirst of the affected people of what is the current danger. as far as clearing the areas there is 100 in japan around the nuclear plant affected and some of them maybe 5-10 have been completely cleared and people can return but some of them are, no, they were much more contaminated than earlier expected. >> right.

>> and it's being --. >> reporter: let me ask you what the government is saying because environment officials came out and said the cleanup is so far behind schedule right now, why is that? what is going wrong? >> when the accident occurred, there were very short-term responses on who to evacuate, what to do. now things have settled down after years and have long-term plans of monitoring the activity, getting not reliable data. the waste and the treatment of the nuclear waste is more on let's say is underel kro -- under control and realize the extent of the problems and earlier times they were trying to get rid of the fires and are seeing the damage and giving a more proper assessment. all for the prevention of the

exposing the people there to danger. mind you, not a single person yet has died because of radiation from the fukushima plant, which is quite all right. >> reporter: looking at tepco itself it is in charge of the operation the whole time, are you satisfied with the performance so far? it doesn't sound like you are. so should they still be in charge of this whole operation and cleanup? >> they cannot be not in charge. they have the technical, they have the regulations, they have the structure for dealing with the problem. and they can use advice definitely. they can use some support. but they have to be in charge. to me the most relevant event coming is next month, in november. tepco is going to try to empty the spend fuel storage tank of the fourth reactor. now that fuel is a mixture of

uranium and platonium and the structure of the building is fragile and no cranes that run accurately automatically and it has to be done by hand, manually. the whole exercise next month will be fraught with unimaginable consequences. >> reporter: and dangerous. >> it will take two years to finish. >> reporter: thank you for the time being and thank you for joining us. israel's right wing party is searching for direction after the death of the spiritual leader earlier this month and he has been influential in the 30 years served in government but currently in opposition. from jerusalem we look at what is at stake for the orthodox people. >> reporter: when he died earlier this month hundreds of thousands of people joined the funeral procession in jerusalem.

and the jews from the middle east the support base are still trying to workout what direction he will take under the leadership of dari, the controversial figure who lacks the credentials of rabbi yosif. and this is in the ultra orhtodox party and says they need to get back in the government. >> translator: i think he needs to be in the government to influence policies so israel doesn't resemble copenhagen and we believe and practice the religion and important the next generation inherit the identity from us. >> reporter: and they got the first local elections 30 years ago and the party has been influential in the israeli government but currently it's in opposition, the prime minister netanyahu teaming up with other

parties instead. and they turned the ultra orthodox community into a political force and she gone and how much influence they will have on future governments. many supporters are furious about a change in the law that will force ultra orthodox men to serve in the israel army rather than study at religious schools like this one. >> this government is described by parties which is mainly a secular, anti-arabia government and dangerous. >> reporter: so if they try to strike a deal with the government he may anger voters but if he doesn't reach out to netanyahu they will carry on feeling excluded. for now the challenge is to hold together a movement mourning the founder and al jazeera jerusalem. >> reporter: the european union

and the international monetary fund are putting pressure on greece and as john reports selling them off sits at the core of greece's national pride. >> he has worked here since he was 14. his wife and son work here. now he fears he may lose everything because the government may have to close this melting plant. >> translator: we work, we produce, we sell, we bring in dollars and until now the company makes money and pays contractors and salaries and i can't see it as a problem. >> reporter: tempers are frayed at the local union and the men know they have little power over their own fate and the future of the plant and mines is hammered out not in athens but power centers of greece creditors. this is the largest nickel producer in europe and top five

in the world and expert industry and shipping to the stainless steel mills of europe but for five years they have been losing money and creditors say it has to be sold or shut down. the same choice faces the vehicles industry. it partially built the tank for the greek army and a range of transport vehicles but a poor transporter and last year lost $25 million and ammunition debt is more than $1.2 million. >> they were used at political hide aways fores cquiesee -- f sequesters and strike went it felt like it and pays for salaries were extremely high for the labor involved, so in essence they just went under. >> reporter: the timetable is

tight and all three companies must be privatized and wound up by december and some 3,000 jobs are at stake and they have a better chance of staying open and the payroll is tight and nickel in high demand and union combative. >> translator: we are not prepared to give the company up to special interests or foreign capitol, it belongs to the greek state and country and people who work here. >> reporter: but like the defense companies it is paying off would debt with political overstaffing, at the end of the day the luck is up to the buyers, whoever wants the nickel will have to pay the dime. and i'm john with al jazeera in central greece. >> reporter: still to come on the al jazeera news hour. [singing] former therapy is having an impact on the fatal nodding syndrome and we report from northern uganda. and in sport battling and we will tell you who showed no signs of slowing down at the

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♪ we are getting reports of an explosion in russia and four people have been reportedly killed in that explosion. hundreds of migrants who died trying to reach italy this month have been buried in sicily and the government said it would hold a state funeral for victims but as we report that may have just been political rhetoric.

>> as they often do on sundays they visit their family mosuleum at the local cemetery and the flowers are for the dead they have not met but buried by close relatives and offered a burial plot to a woman and her four-year-old child, two of hundreds of migrants who died in the shipwreck on october 3 on the coast of sicily. >> translator: they would have been forgotten if they were buried elsewhere, nobody would have left a flower or remembered them. this way when i come to say a prayer for my grandfather i will say one for them too. >> reporter: the mother and child are among those who were promised a state funeral by italy's prime minister. they are now part of a few who were given a dignified burial. most of the 400 migrants who lost their lives are buried in cemeteries here.

despite promises of a state funeral they were given a private and somber ceremony and all that is left behind to mark them are numbers on a wall. on monday preparations were underway for a controversial ceremony to commemorate the victims at the port here, an event with government representatives but no coffins. >> translator: this shows the difference between our local population who rolled up their sleeves to help and a government which makes grand statements with little concrete contribution when faced with tragedy. >> reporter: in the meantime tens of migraines arrive everyday on the coast of sicily and the prospect of being another forgotten number in the island cemeterys, al jazeera. >> reporter: pakistan's prime minister is in washington and the latest attempt to improve the two country's tense

relations since the death of osama bin laden and they asked congress to resume more than $300 million in blocked security assistance to pakistan. before the trip he urged world powers to resolve pakistan's dispute with india over cashmire and it has annoyed india. thousands of children in east africa suffer from a disease called nodding syndrome. little is known about what actually causes it and there is no cure. and uganda one group of children is showing signs of improvement and al jazeera malcom webb reports from the district. >> and he can no longer talk and he can barely eat. he is 12 years old but the growth of his body and brain are completely stunted. he has nodding syndrome. it's only found in certain areas of east africa. here in northern uganda

thousands of children have it and no cure and eventually it kills. his sister grace has it too. most of the time she is too weak to come out of their hut. the parents don't know what to do. >> translator: it's very difficult to look at these two children. as a mother it's unbearable and i hope for any support from a well issuer and feel useless and eventually i think they will die. [singing] a few kilometers away is a different scene and they also suffer from nodding syndrome and coming to this special center everyday for a year. and the improvement in their health is astounding. they are given basic education, balanced meals and they help them to wash everyday. >> they were not talking and now they talk. they are here. you can see them. he could not play. they are now jumping, kicking,

hah and happy and smiles on their faces and they laugh and jump. >> reporter: but they are still not cured. nodding syndrome gets its name because victims get seizures that often begin with nodding and the children still get seizures but they happen less frequently and staff are trained by doctors how to handle them. and treating epilepsy and vitamins help but the drugs have a limited effect. the whole program of daily activities at the center is crucial. it was set up by two american doctors. they run a charity for nodding syndrome victims called hope for humans. nodding syndrome has baffled disease experts and don't know what causes it and there is no known cure but the children here have improved considerably and they are relatively healthy and happy and seems to a large extent that simply because they are getting what all children need, balanced meals, exercise and suitable education and some

simple hygiene. and that suggests that the reason that nodding syndrome is so devastating in this area must at least in part be because of the broader contact of extreme poverty. and she too far from the center to walk there. the government provides services for children with nodding syndrome but with much less success. so for most it still causes great suffering and eventually death. and malcom webb al jazeera in northern uganda. >> reporter: and you can watch and catch the second part of our investigation in the mysterious nodding syndrome on tuesday when we visit doctors from the center for disease control to find out if a cure is on the horizon. now, it's time for all the sports news. >> thank you so much. mexico fourth football coach says he fully expects to qualify for the world cup next year and he had a press conference since replacing victor manuel and

after two games in charge he was tasked with leading to a two-legged playoff with new zeeland next month and in danger of missing the cup since 1990. >> translator: we have a big equipment and take responsibility and we will be in the world cup and have faith in the group of people who worked well this year and we will try to do it the same, better or a lot better in this task than we have been given. >> reporter: another coach fighting for his job is the egyptian boss bob bradley and provided a must needed boost after advancing to the finals of the african champion league and they are realing for 6-2 loss in the first leg of the world cup playoff against ghana and doesn't know if he will be in charge next month for the return leg. >> if it's left to me i will be with the team because we have been together throughout this

period with a dream and it's important that we can stand together one more time. it was a difficult day. many factors came together, certainly nerves, emotions, the field, the referee, for me most of all the players who love egypt so much i think the pressure of everything that has happened in this country the last two years was great on this day and when you put it altogether it was too much. >> reporter: top number facing a hefty fine from the english football situation after an flare was throne on sunday, two visiting supporters were arrested at villa park after the 31st minute incident and david brian was struck on the back of the neck but didn't require treatment. it over shadowed the 2-0 win that included townsend's first goal for the club.

>> obviously it's not great to see. it should be avoided completely. i think it touched the lives of family and situations like this don't have a place in football and i sincerely hope that it doesn't happen again. >> reporter: and they continued the climb up the spanish table and hosted a club record 4th consecutive win to jump to 5th and they did all they could to help out having a man sent out and opening the scoring for a goal. and the results was in the 55th minute. and they had two wins this a row and galvez had a kick with 12 minutes to spare. there is no love lost between juniors and crews in the argentine league and had a

penalty in the third minute to have a 2-2 draw. and they let out anger and streaming on the field and took several minutes for them to be separated. a stunning goal in the brazil league by teenager lucas and the 19-year-old had the fourth start against lamango and set a standard for himself and the first ever goal and secured a 1-0 win. the coach said he will make a complaint claiming 70% of players in the under 17 world cup are over age. and it came after his side lost 6-1 to brazil on sunday and they have not won't in ten years and are to the knock-out stages and we report. >> they picked up the second win from two matches and this time it was the host of the uae at the end of 6-1 thrashing and the

famous star at the tournament had a quiet match and his teams were buzzing around him and he couldn't find the back of the net. it was two on the way to that 6-1 win. that results puts brazil to the knock-out stage and uae the host will have to beat them comprehensively if they go through as one of the best third-place teams. >> the australia open is keeping alive chances for qualifying for next month's world finals and he passed the name sake of the netherlands and had 4-2 and winning four straight games in the match and it's the 15th career title and the second. and he claimed a golf title since the u.s. open in 2012 and had five under of 66 in the final round of the us-pga event

in las vegas and it was the 6th victory and his fourth in the career. and the nhl the ducks beat the dallas stars for the 7th win in a row and 43-year-old veteran started off scoring for his 678 career goal. and the captain had a goal in three to leave the ducks to a 6-3 victory over the visitors. over in winnipeg the goalie carter had 38 saves for the first nhl leave and the predators beat the jets 3-1 and the winning streak is five games. the blue jackets ended four-game losing streak with a win against vancouver and the first goal of the season and snapping them with a 14-game run. that is the sport for now and back to you. >> see you later and thanks much and we will be back in a minute al jazeera with much more news

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