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and are battling a growing problem. and sprouting up all over the world the sky-high gardens that could be the trend of the future. ♪ while the political standoff in the thailand is becoming increasingly tense protesters are out on the streets of the capitol defying an emergency law and threatening to continue occupying state buildings until the government steps down. protest leaders are calling for the entire nation to join in on antigovernme governmengovernmen are moving around bangkok and staging sit-ins at the interior and finance ministries and the arrest for the opposition leader. the protesters want an end to what they call the taxing system. the legacy of the former prime minister and his sister is now the prime minister of thailand

and florence is live in bangkok and covering the story and how much bigger are these protests expected to get? >> well, the protest leaders have already said something big is going to happen on wednesday, they have not given us many details on what exactly that entails but they have said and asking their supporters to march to city halls across the country to demonstrate how angry they are with the government and the system here. as you mentioned the protest is out for one of the leaders and the police said they will go to the finance ministry compound to speak to protesters to ask them to leave. and she is in the finance ministry and will hold a press conference in about an hour's time. protesters have shown no signs of even leaving. they will settle in for the long

haul bringing in food and water to last several days and they marched to several of the sites like the agriculture and tourism and ministry and as well as outside of the prime minister's residents. >> reporter: the protesters have gone into some of the government buildings, what has been the government's response? >> well, the prime minister has vowed not to use violence to break up these rallies. but what she has done is in large security law to cover more areas. and that security law allows them to impose curfews and seal off use and ban electronic devices in some areas. people still remember the bloody crack down in 2010 which left more than 90 people dead and more than 1900 people wounded. neither side wants to see street violence taking place. but both sides are digging in.

in fact, the opposition is trying all means necessary to remove the government. the opposition leader had some very strong words to say about the prime minister calling her the center of comprehensive corrupt practices. they have tabled a no confidence debate that is taking place and a vote is expected on thursday. but the prime minister is expected to win that vote easily because her party comes from a majority in parliament. >> thank you, that is florence from bangkok and honduras is closer to naming a president with two thirds of the votes counted they say the ruling party candidate has an insurmountable lead and the main opposition candidate refuses to back down. >> a former president removed from office by force trying to get his message out to the world. but his wife too is being robbed of power by a conservative elite

and what he is saying is he got one more vote than anyone else. >> translator: until they show us otherwise we have victory at our hands and we won the election. >> reporter: time and again party leaders allege those behind the 2009 coup are orchestrating defeat through fraud and including the electoral tribunal and they cheered when he threatened to take their fight to the streets if they don't get to review every ballot. most of them stood with him after the coup. one was overcome by this moment. >> translator: we voted for a president for a fair change. we can't bear what this country is doing to us. i'm a small business owner and we are bankrupt. we have no opportunities. the only thing we have for an opportunity is to win. >> reporter: announcement from

honduras tribunal that hernandez has an irreversible lead will give the party more confidence it will stay in power. >> translator: a win is not negotiated. it's the people's will and at the same time the voice from god. the numbers are more than clear. >> reporter: the dispute over the vote count is unlikely to be over yet and it's not just the party questioning electoral tribute numbers the anticorruption party is rejecting results too. with little faith in the system including the electoral process supporters will not claim anything which means defeat and waiting to see what the leaders ask of them. >> reporter: the u.s. national security advisor susan rice is in afghanistan and she is with

karzai talking about future of soldiers there and they approved the deal to allow american forces to remain in afghanistan after 2016 but karzai said he is still not convinced and jane ferguson has more from kabul. >> reporter: despite late-night negotiations between national security advisor susan rice and karzai this pact between afghanistan and the u.s. is no closer to being signed. president karzai still will not sign this deal until he has certain guarantees from the u.s. and mentioned various points that he wants to be reassured on things like the u.s. forces will never enter afghan homes and he now would like to push the point that afghan detainees from gitmo be released and will not sign until he is happy with conditions he has. white house responded with very strong language and some of the strongest language we have heard

since the start of these negotiations over the security pact and said if it's not signed by the end of the year that is unacceptable to them and they will have to make plans to pull out every last u.s. troop from afghanistan by the end of next year. now they have also upped the stakes by mentioning aid money. they have said that any failure to sign this agreement could jeopardize money that was pledged by nato country and allies earlier last year basically to help afghanistan post 2014. that really ups the stakes here because afghanistan depends largely on this aid money, not just military aid but money for the government here simply to run itself. so neither side willing to show who is bluffing just yet but the crisis continues to deep in. >> reporter: the national coalition is bringing groups together for a peace conference and first talks are scheduled for january the 22nd.

snc says islam groups fighting in syria will attend but al-qaeda affiliates are not welcome and james reports. >> the new year holding out perhaps new hope for the people of syria and they have been talking about face-to-face talks to be held here at u.n. headquarters in geneva for 7 months now and said a sad standings down is a precondition and a new approach to force their hand the u.n. have gone ahead and announced the date for talks january the 22nd. >> this is a mission of hope. we go with a clear understanding that the geneva conference is a vehicle for a peaceful transition and it fulfills aspirations of all the syrian people for freedom and dignity and which guarantees safety and protection to all communities in

syria. >> reporter: and refusing to answer any questions from reporters and there are serious question marks about the proposed talks. in geneva he added he hoped the opposition would attend but couldn't say if key regional powers, iran and saudi arabia would be invited. >> we have not established a list yet and the two countries will certainly be among the possible participants. >> reporter: the opposition are deeply divided and if dell -- delegates go they may will linked with al-qaeda. >> we want to rupt everybody and we represent the aspirations of most syrians who are fighting the regime and whether the peaceful movements or the

rebels. >> the talks will start january 22nd in the important john kerry and russian foreign minister and u.n. secretary general moon and then ambassador rahimi wants them to leave and wants syrians around the table and nine people representing the opposition and nine members of the assad government. the fall of the taliban which installed karzai in power and there is a big difference, at that point in 2001 taliban defeated and seems that the fighting ended and in syria the blood shed is far from over, al jazeera, new u.n. >> they are staging a 48-hour strike to push the government for an election set for january the 5th and at least four people

have been killed in violence so far and we are in the bangladesh capitol on the phone for an update on the situation there and tell us exactly how he got to this point. >> all right, i do apologize, that is al jazeera and we are just having difficulty establishing communication with him but we will try to get him back later on the news hour to get an update on bangladesh. the world's largest refugee camp may be shutting its doors and details on that in just a moment and stepping into the past, how much would you pay for a piece of french history? and european teams continue their push of the 16 place in the champion league and we have that and the rest of sports a little later.

♪ france announced it is sending 1,000 soldiers to the central african republic and said it's going go chaos after rebels took the capitol in march and warning of a possible civil war if peace keepers don't intervene. >> the car is becoming a breeding ground for extremists and odd groups in a region that is suffering from conflict and instability. if this situation is left to fester, it may develop into a religious and ethnic conflict with long-standing consequences even a civ war that could spread into neighboring countries. >> the israeli government approved the building of more settlements in the occupied west bank and pal stint officials say the construction of more than 800 homes is israel's way of

expressioning anger with a deal with iran and are illegal under international law. it's the largest refugee camp in the world. established 20 years ago. and it's home to nearly half a million people. but the kenyan government said it's closed to close the camp near the border with somalia and it will be voluntary but many somalians fear they will be forced to go home and we are live from the capitol nairobi and tell us why the decision was taken by the kenya government, peter. >> well, i think the kenya government is under a lot of political pressure and domestically. this statement seems to be a fall out from the west gate siege from a few months ago with al-shabob and killed a lot of people and it has been breeding ground for a lot of extremist and they are now under pressure

to push those people but over the weekend the interior minister was in the refugee camp and implied they are preparing to close the camp and this is what he said. >> no turning back. the process must move forward and the process will be done as smoothly as possible but the process we have no return. it's our country. we are glad we have hosted our brothers for more than two decades now and saying we are not ahead of them, we are telling them to rebuild the country. >> reporter: peter, it's reported that this process will be voluntary, but what do we make of that and how are somalis reading that? >> if you listen closely to what was said in the statement you notice there were no particular

deadlines and no dates were set and in a way it makes his statement very much a statement of principle and the support the kenyan government wants them to return in principle and want to close the refugee camp and without a deadline there is no compulsion but the rumors of plans to close at least one of those and the talk of the aid agencies moving back their operations inside somalia has pressure for the refugees that even though they accept the voluntary returns there, they feel they are under enormous pressure now to go back. >> peter thank you, that is peter reporting from nairobi and apologies for that connection with peter. and let's return to syria and the news that the geneva peace talk also go ahead and we have

the staff of the army and collection of rebels fighting against the syrian government and joins us on the line from the turkey/syrian border and if you can outline your position as commander of the free syrian army on the geneva two talks. >> thank you very much. as we said before we support the political solution for the countries in syria. and geneva we are or we have a very clear position. we are not talking geneva two, the talks are going to geneva and sitting with the regime and nobody talked to us about who will participate in geneva and i can tell you very clearly that we will not go to geneva if our conditions are not filled and this is the first of many

important positions that bashir should leave power and no role in the future and not only him but all people who have a decision in killing people or in destroying the country. and we will not stop fighting for geneva two and we will continue fighting even if there is a geneva meeting. >> reporter: if the political opposition, the syria national coalition which whom you report to, if they do agree to attend geneva two pending their conditions are met, what will you do? will you support that? >> we will support them under our condition, if there is nothing clear as we see now, we will not support any kind of meeting especially as you know

the russians are trying now to bring them and many others as oppositions to sit with opposition, the syrian opposition who are fighting on the ground, who are giving martars and blood and together i will not support anyone who will go to geneva to sit together on the part of the opposition. >> reporter: let me ask you this because you say you support a solution to the crisis in syria, a war in its third year, so what exactly is your solution if you don't back peace talks, how do you propose putting an end to the war? >> the end of the war must be very clear that bashir, he will not have any role in the future of syria and talks and fighters and iraqi fighters must leave

the country and transitional government under control of the opposition, that is our conditions. >> reporter: okay, so the commander of the free army thank you very much. well scottish government is unveiling it's case for independence from the united kingdom, the first minister hopes the 670-page document will convince skeptics that they can survive on their own after 300 years of union with england and we are live in glascow to tell us more about that document, the paper and what it sets out, sonia. >> indeed. in fact, the white paper sets out is perhaps the most comprehensive details in the scottish government for detailing what it would be like for scott land under independence.

now, in this very weighty document it says there are answers to 650 questions which outline directly what the scottish government says would be scott land, an independent scott land and this for example addressing issues and shows the economy, the continuing relationship with the uk, issues of defense and also how it would be sorting out its monetary principals here. what we also have are detailing interestingly enough is the fact that the scottish government would like to see the monarchy still as the head of state. that is what it said that it would like to continue the ongoing situation and seeking union over common wealth with the uk and also what it -- what it also out lined is it would like to continue to us the pound sterling which has raised a lot of debate earlier on.

in fact, the foreign minister had said initially he would like scott land to join the euro and had a lot of criticism so debate and answers to be found in that document details the details, the comprehensive details and including as well as on going membership or indeed membership of organizations like nato. >> what are the opposing voices saying in reaction? >> well, the voices, a lot of them have been on the banner of a group called better together which they say have cost the site their own political differences, to put forward their argument for scott land to remain within the union and they say even though these answers have been provided in the document, it still is a little bit too nebulous and there are still no absolute categorical answers to such situations. taking for example the idea that scott land could retain the

pound sterling and that very much depends on what the chancellor in the uk would really agree to that as well. there are also issues that pertain to the defense issues which need to be sorted out and not for getting of course issues of those international organizations such as the european union and nato and those are things that have to be clarified and cannot be clarified simply at this stage here. so what they say really that there is is not really as comprehensive as the scottish government would like voters to believe. >> okay, sonya thank you, we are reporting from gloscow. we have breaking news on syria and we are hearing the iranian foreign minister mohamed says that if iran is invited to the geneva two talks on january the 22nd on syria then iran will attend. so the foreign minister came out

and said if his country is invited then they will attend and they will attend with no preconditions and this is from reuters and we will give more details as we get them. in is the world weather situation and we hear a storm is heading for india and we have the latest. >> that is right. we have a large area of low pressure. this is making its way across the bengal and it is quite sizable and will drift east and plenty of rain, 237 millimeters of rain in port blair in the islands and that is the kind of rainfall total we can see as the system makes its way to the east coast of india and northern parts of bangladesh seeing heavy rainfall and strong winds as we go through the next couple of days. the eye of the storm makes landfall on thursday and looking at sustained winds of 175

kilometers per hour and gusting 200 kilometers per hour and damaging winds is a possibility and storm surge as well. the wet weather is going through the coast on wednesday but thursday we expect to see the really heavy rains and damaging winds starting to push their way into east of india. the south of that it looks fine and dry and showers are a possibility into southern parts of india and shranka and north is settled and go to warm and pleasant sunshine and overnight is a possibility but essentially here it's looking pretty good over the next couple of days. >> thank you. and sidney the latest and tallest example of a modern garden is attracting attention for people with green fingers and pockets and it's not cheap as andrew thomas found out. >> you could call it an urban jungle crawling up the side of a

building in sidney are vines, ferns and flowers and this is the example of the latest architecture and gardens and one central park has the tallest panel anywhere at 42 meters it runned up 14 floors, the outside of the building is the latest project of the french architecture. >> it's a very special project. it's the highest garden in the world. and it's challenging. >> reporter: due to fully open at the end of the year, the design is part of the growing trend for greening the outside of buildings. partly it's for esthetics and part is to see greenery in the middle of the city. >> you will see mosss and ferns and bugs inside so it's actually developing its own eco system. >> reporter: the planting is also a signal of the building's

deeper and less visible credentials and power emissions and low-emission gas to make electricity and turning waste water to good water and the same water is trickled through the vertical gardens. >> it's a veg. it's an libel and the branding and identity, the visual display of what this project is trying to achieve which is. >> which is an unique development with a broad and innovative sustainability agenda. >> reporter: living art, in other words, acts as a billboard. the developers behind this project wanted to make it iconic so that authorities would approve a building of this size and buyers would pay a premium to live in it. the gardens seem to have done the trick and it's far from finished and already 1250 of the 1400 apartments have been sold at an average twice of three

quarters of a million dollars. there are similar projects being developed in singapore and yamagoochi and greening one building at a time. andrew thomas sidney. >> still to come five years after a devastating attack on india capitol is the city safer today and digging into the past they make a discovery of the history of bhoodism. and we will have details later in the program. ♪

. ♪ you with watching the al jazeera news hour and welcome back and here is a reminder of the top stories in thailand they are the street defining an emergency law and thousands are in paris and bangkok are in state buildings and say they will not stop the protest unless the government steps down. in bangladesh opposition supporters blocked roads and rails across the country about want the government to postpone elections in january and four people have been killed so far in violence. honduras is a step closer to naming the new president with two thirds of the votes counted they say the ruling party candidate has an irreversible lead. and we are on the top story in the antigovernment demonstrations in thailand and protest leaders are calling for the entire nation to join in on antigovernment rallies. and the thai courts approved an arrest warrant for opposition

leader. let's speak to the chairman of the center of strategic studies of bangkok university and he is live from the thai capital on from what you are seeing on the streets of bangkok and what is going on are the protests different from the massive protests last time around which were in 2010? >> yes, we are seeing a very mass protest against this broad base amnesty bill which will give amnesty to all those who have committed the disruption and the riot of 2010 and on top of that it will give amnesty to the former prime minister all the corruption charges plus the death of the muslim 150 muslims

in the south and also advance into this year and until august to pardon him from the corruption charges which cost thailand $400 billion or close to $10-$15 billion u.s. dollars. >> reporter: we see antigovernment protests and rallies as well that are progovernment. so how do you expect this to pan out and how much bigger do you expect the process to get? >> we have to divide them into two groups. the people who are out in force now in bangkok are galvanized they can accept the amnesty of the riots but they cannot accept the amnesty of corruption. and the rich were bussed in from

the provinces and stayed at the stadium on the out skirt of bangkok, nine kilometers and back home and they are a close-knit branch and each being brought in by the mp of the area and 310 mps and can bring in about 30,000 people easily at any given moment. >> reporter: the prime minister as we understand is going through a confidence of votes later on i believe it is today, i mean will she survive that vote considering the situation right now in thailand? >> yes, definitely, because as we look back several days before on the 31st of the night of the halloween 31st of october at 4:00 a.m. in the morning, the article was passed, the free reading was passed 4:30 a.m. in the morning which have never been done before in thailand or

elsewhere. and it was unanimous so when they have the majority in parliament they will pass the no confidence no matter what because all the mp are being super supervised outside of the country. >> reporter: who are you talking about? >> the former prime minister. >> right. >> i have a public --. >> reporter: the opposition does accuse the former prime minister of running the country behind the scenes through his sister who is currently the prime minister. finally let me ask you do you think he will take a step back if he sees that that is the -- in the best interest of the country? >> i don't think he will because history has shown that never give up and the people that he

called upon have submitted this amnesty bill for him to choose, there were 7 bills so he chose one with the broadest base that will give him the most leeway to come back free of all charges. >> okay, thank you for joining us on the al jazeera news hour. well the conflict in syria shifted political allegiance across the middle east and we want to look closer how it's impacting the kurds and northern syria is home to ethnic kurds and fighting for a state there long before the start of the civil war and many live in turkey and they are concerned about what is happening back home. >> kurds in turkey are marching for their brothers and sisters in syria and they are the region of northern syria where most live and called western kurdistan and it has been

broiled in civil war and for decades the kurds fought the assad regime and al-qaeda backed fighters but al-qaeda wants to wipe them out and build an islam state and they warn islamic fighters are the number one threat they now face but kurds hold the government for the region responsible for unleashing them and says to the turkey fighters take your fighters out of here. >> translator: massacres are taking place but you have to see who is now turning a blind eye to it. the turks and the iranians are trying to eliminate our freedoms and autonomy and doing it by allowing a military operation to be siege the region. >> reporter: and turkey parliament and concerns remain in some quarters that the hidden

agenda is still a separate kurd state. a rally like this in estan bull shows it's in turkey and the fighters are too dangerous to mention out loud and kurdishdan is becoming mainstream and they are seeking sanctuary in turkey and spend years in exile in europe but opened up a cafe in estan bull and says turkey has no need to worry. >> translator: turkey should change the attitude to us, after we defeated al-qaeda groups and fighting them in open ground we will have a presence and we have to work together and we are neighbors and cannot move away. >> reporter: but turkey's government is still building a separation wall on the border of

abraham town and breaking more alliances than it's making, al jazeera istambul. they are postponing the election set for january the 5st and we are live for us in the capitol doka to talk about the situation on the ground and how we got to this point of the protest. >> well, there hasn't been any luck on the project. the latest we have is that governments and leaders have been killed by the opposition in a martar and there are 20 people who are injured and even in the city in the northern part of the city police and opposition clashed about an hour back, several people are apprehensive

and panics because there is no compromise between the opposition and ruling party and the interim government and if that happens people are concerned that the violence and demonstration will go on and shut down and blockade. >> reporter: you say there is no compromise between -- you say there snow compromise to the ruling party but how is the ruling party responding to all of this? >> they are saying the opposition can join us and the critical one like the home ministry but the opposition is not bothered with the cabinet and saying the prime minister should step down because there is a serious discussion between the two parties because they don't feel they have a level playing field if the current prime minister is there and that is the key sticking point and if there is any diplomatic move between the united states, india

and eu and the opposition and started the dialog and sort of understanding before and have an inclusive pole because one party poll will not be by the population in general as well. >> reporter: if you can clarify something you are saying they are staging a 48 hour strike, what happens after the 48 hours? i mean, does it feel like or do you get the sense that the strike will continue and protests will continue and they will spread? >> well, from the pressure we can tell you because now it is sort of a no end window of opportunity seems to be there and there may be a few days of break and have a new program in. probably at shut down or roadblock aid because i said earlier if a poll is announced and prime minister is there we will continue to protest and demonstrate for more shut downs and blockades and it doesn't

seem to be much help down the road. >> reporting from bangladesh. and cases of drug abuse are on the rise in many parts of nigeria and fueled by unemployment and poverty. but as we report some projects are trying to battle the problem. >> getting set for a patrol of cattle, one of the most popular cities in nigeria they are drug law enforcement and other security agencies preparing to tirade a hideout. the last two years have been busy for them. more than 1500 people have been arrested with about 8 tons of cannabis, some cocaine and other substances confiscated here. >> in the past i think i recall in 2004, 2004 we started the business so recently i think we have been having issues here and there. >> reporter: raids and arrests is what the security agencies can offer at the moment. and this is where suspects and

drug users are brought before they are taken to court and he has been on drugs for 15 years now and clashed with the security forces before and lacking in skills and good education he says drugs relieve him from stress and worry. >> translator: these drugs give me an escape and strength to do things i would do like get business from politicians or people who want us to do certain jobs like teaching their rivals a lesson. >> reporter: the drugs law agency has a new and friends in their sight but the fight is beginning to change as the government focuses on rehabilitation and support. this is one of the watch ships and reform institute and inmates are taught basic skills and the center is run by the state government in nigeria and all drugs and substance abuse in the country and authorities hope that treatment and counseling the inmates will reintegrate

well into the society. operators of the institute have rehabilitated 23 youth with history of cocaine, herowin and substance abuse. >> they come here to training program and medical and then the detoxification exercise and move to counseling and go to acquisition. >> reporter: here they are taught furniture making, metal works and painting and other skills. the law enforcements say they are winning the war but unless the government can cut unemployment publically and insecurity the country will continue to see a rise in the number of substance abuse and i'm with al jazeera nigeria. >> robin with will be here with the sports news including top two tennis players face each other in a court in a rather unusual setting. back in a moment. ♪

♪ for many of the world's 5 # 0 million buddhist think it began in the bc and there is proof from the buddhist birth place and we explain. >> archeologist made a discovery at the heart of a buddhist site in nepal and may prove when they were born. the temple is named after buddhist mother and celebrated as his birth place and

archeologist find a wooden structure at the center. elements of it have been scientifically proven to date back to 600 b.c. >> until now we didn't know if we have any evidence of the structure there, we only had a 300 years later but now we know during the time of buddhist there was a temple structure which was a timber structure which was superceded. >> and was born 2500 years ago but in resent years they argued he was born 200 years later in fourth century b.c. and the site looks like the temple built on top and features an open area. further study has shown tree roots once grew here independent

because he is said to have been born under a tree. >> we have no real idea what the archeology will be like there but we know the center of the temple should be one of the most important points. >> reporter: the ruins were discovered in dense jungle in 1896. around the temple it dates back to 300 b.c., millions of mondayings and pilgrams visit every year and it's so well preserved underneath and this is kathmandu. >> european football teams will take another step to qualification for the last 16 of the champion's league and four teams are already confirmed for the knock out stages and barcelona and munic and english

side and it's a different story for last seasons finalist and germany on the brink of crashing out as richard reports. >> group f is particularly close with english leaders also a win against already eliminated marsay for a 11th straight time and he is not under estimating his opponents. >> that is true because it's always the case when one team has no points, you know. but we know what is at stake and we want to qualify and we know that this is a very big game in the stage of qualifiers and we have an opportunity to do it at home. >> reporter: the other two teams in group f rid jan napoli on the same points and last season's finalist who are three points behind and german prep

rayes have a 3-0 to the team that beat them in the champion league final in munich and need a win to stay in the competition or they will drop in the league. >> the fact is if we do not win the next two games then it will be difficult. our opponents know that and that would certainly influence the game. >> reporter: in group e english side chelsea is one draw away to secure their place as group winners and a loss for the home site will see them knocked out and the manager believes will work to his team's advantage. >> i think if somebody tomorrow has to feel the pressure it's not us. because they are in a limited situation to qualify for the next -- for the next round.

so i think, yes, they are under pressure and, no, we are not under pressure. >> so busy match day could see big names qualifying for the next stage and also exiting europe's richist competition and richard nicholson al jazeera. >> and the spanish will be without their players and the scorer in the 5-0 on saturday and late in the game and they have revealed he could be out for three weeks after confirming he picked up a thigh injury in the game. staying in spain for fifth place closed the gap between them and the champions and the only goal in the first half and scoring and the class for two and after the break we will go to level

and san jose and 2-1 win and staying in a point of fourth place. and the start of the top spot in the table and held to a goal at home with calvary and won the first ten matches of the season and 2-2 and they got off to a great start and shane scoring twice in the first 11 minutes but phillip came back with golds and 2-2 the final score. and 10 former plays filed a lawsuit against nhl saying the league did not do enough to prevent concussions and include two maple leaf players saying they sustain a thousand hits to the head in a single season.

they allege the nhl deliberately hid the risk of brain injuries and this is months after the nfl agreed to pay $765 million to settle lawsuits from thousands who developed dementia and delayed injuries. on the ice there was a thrilling end between the top two sides of the eastern conference, the boston bruins and the pittsburgh penguins and 3-2 win in regulation time and pittsburgh's sidney scored with 0.3 seconds left on the clock. and he could prove 34 seconds into overtime and ending the penguin's 7 win and they are top of the standings and will travel to detroit to face the red wings on wednesday and the new york rangers on friday. tampa bay it ended a four-game

losing streak and victims with the new york rangers and receding of 5-0 hammering and they were honored earlier for nhl game and two assists and moving to second place on the nhl career points with 936 loss against the rangers, six-game winning on the road. you may be 35 but kobe bryant is in demand and his team the la lakers said they agreed to a two-year extension on the contract and earn $48.5 million and ensure that bryant end the career with the lakers and since joining in 1996 he won five nbl championships and southwest division leaders and they went to the 11th straight win and defeated the pelicans and they

sunk three pointers. the top to tennis players faced each other the second time in the month and nadal losing to the world tour finals in london and this time they have been playing each other on a rather unusual surface, the ice. and they were involved in an exhibition match on a ferry next to the marine and it's too cold to get any of the action there. the south american tour with david to mark his retirement. more about sports stories covered on the website al jazeera.com and that is your sport and more later. >> thank you. and how much will you pay for a piece of french history? someone decided a small section of the eiffel tower is worth a quarter of a million dollars. the staircase has just been auctioned off and sold for five

times the presale estimate and we are in paris and explain. >> since the construction in 1889 more than 250 million visitors have climbed the staircases and risen in its lifts. it remains to this day the highest structure in paris and recognizable worldwide as the symbol of the french capitol and it's a pioneering example of art and engineering combine. the chance to own an original section of the eiffel tower was something very special indeed. >> it was the invention of the structure so a lot of houses have been made because of this new technique and art and technique and magic. >> reporter: eiffel stands on the staircase and his son below and halfway up the tower today. and valuing an unique object is

always difficult. in october this year a violin played on the titanic went for $1.7 million at auction. the other end of the scale a small piece of the berlin wall can be bought just over $50. how about a whole bridge, in 68 a developer bought london bridge for $1 million and rebuild it in his arizona theme park and an eiffel staircase is an object of desire. >> translator: i think it's a very beautiful object because it's not just a piece of the eiffel tower, it's also a staircase, it's also a sculpture and also a rock iron and there is a historical dimension to it so it's plenty of things. >> translator: i wouldn't mind buying a piece of the eiffel tower because it has sentimental value and others are by the statute of liberty in new york and the gardens of the osh in

japan and collectors own a few others, the new owner of this section joined an exclusive club. painted the battleship gray and slightly rusting at the edges this staircase doesn't display the full romance of the eiffel tower but to look at it that way is to sort of miss the point because it's from as sending and descending the stairs and knowing you are literally standing in the footsteps of eiffel himself, paris. >> reporter: and dinosaur lovers have a chance to bring the real thing home with them. the rare skeleton was dug it in the united states and it's up for auction in the uk and the winner will need a pretty big display case to house that dinosaur as you can imagine, 150 million-year-old skeleton is more than 4 meters tall and 17 meters long. that is it for the news hour and myself in doha and good-bye for

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