this this >> here in doha in london, top stories. throwing down the gauntlet, the former vice president tells al jazeera he wants the country's top job. a new wave in tension after three men shot dead by the french army. dropped by government helicopter did, barrel bombs killed 25 people in the city of aleppo. i am salleana downs in dlon with the news from europe

including russia's best known political prisoner pardoned and free says the struggle for power is not for him. >> back on the streets of kiev, 100,000 ukrainians demand the preside president step down. >> so the man dismissed as south sudan's vice president five months ago says he now wants to be the country's next leader. speaking to al jazeera from an undisclosed location, he insists the president must go in order for the blood shed to end. he denies he was behind an attempted coup this month. it is this rift that threatens to drag sudan back into civil war. up to 500 people have died but that is rising as the conflict spreads north. rebel groups are in control of

unitstate in the north where a military government has been established. >> david foster spoke to him. the former president spoke to him about why shalvacara should leave? >> the ruling party, the army and i believe these two organizations here, he has failed to unite the people. inciting fighting dividing the country. >> if salvakara does go, do you want to take his place? do you want to be president of south sudan?

>>. >> so the answer is, yes, you would like to be the next president? >> well, yes. we heard from the government, who said they have been trying to negotiate with him >> reporter: when i spoke to the information minister, he said that, yes, the government has lost control of the capital of unitstate. he said they lost the town of

jaal. he said the violence seems to be escalating as well. he seemed to be losing patients with the forces. this is what he said to me when i asked him that question. he basically said, we as the government will not allow him to kill our people while we fold our hands and keep waiting for him to make peace. we will have to move in a particular line of our people. another concern he said is that they don't control the government, the town, those people who are in that town fled. those who could have run. those who continue are hiding in the bush. he said there are dead bodies on the streets but he couldn't tell us how many people have been killed because they aren'tability go into the towns a and retrieve bodies. some soldiers are defecting joining the rebels. he said they are joining toward war and help in the rebellion going on. a lot of concern from people here but there is still hope

that there can be a compliment attic solution. the u.s. envoy and the nigerian invoy. some feel there is time to avert a civil war. >> they intervened. french soldiers who were reportedly trying to disarm rebels, accused of shooting dead three of them. they were with the selica alliance group. forcing thousands to leave their homes. andrew simmons has this update from the capital >> reporter: we were in a mainly christian district near the airport just after this shootout took place. we understand the french army encountered a former selica vehicle and inside were armed men. at some point, there was an exchange of fire and three of those men are dead. now, on leaving the area, there

was a whole gang of selica people, not apparently armed at first. putting tires down and blocking the whole area off. it was blocked for some considerable time. we were stopped and soon realized a wave of hatred of the french was coming about. we were threatened with a grenade at the window of our car after being asked if we were french. we managed to get away from that somehow and then what transpired was that selica brought journalists over to a barr bara and showed the three bodies. this is what a relative of one of those men had to say. >> i am asking you, french, go back home all of you. since independence, he did nothing from this country. you have done nothing. now you are manipulating it. sometimes you are with us.

which side are you on? i am asking you, go back home. >> all of the french army is telling us is that there was an incident, an exchange of fire but no more than that right now. there is a wave of tension in this city overs possible reprisals and we are hearing now that there are demonstrations going on. selica demonstrations against the french near their embassy. >> syria now, air strakes by government forces have killed 25 people in the northern city of aleppo. it has gone on for eight days now. there appears to be no let up in sight. the major make shift ambulance races toward the black smoke. the driver calls god is great time and time again. this is the neighborhood in the northern city of aleppo.

activists say government helicopters dropped barrels food of explosives on their targets. one hit a bus, reportedly killing everyone inside. carry him, shouts one of the men the injured man shouts back to go and help those who are seriously hurt. detonated two truckloads of explosives at a hospital. president al asaad's people have turned this into an area where the central prison is converted into a military base. >> this is just one of the series of attacks which will target the regime everywhere.

we will not rest until we reach the palace in damascus. >> as with most games, the capture of the hospital was soon followed by government counterattack. barrels filled with explosives and other bombs were dropped in the aerosols on saturday. sunday is the 8th consecutive day of government air strakes on these deeply divided city. charles stratford,ays. ikes on these deeply divided city. charles stratford,ays. >> a coalition of party in egypt opposed to the coup that toppled mohammed morsi in july has called for a boycott of the referendum. it includes the muslim brotherhood a group called next month's referendum false and said it will be carried out by a fascist authority. >> a secular group condemned jail sentences, three who have

been sent to jail for three years, key fingegures in egypt' 2011 uprising. will were find more than $7,000 each. they have raised concerns. cairo's rossi reports. >> this is important for a number of reasons. the first is that for the first time, we have seen activists from the secular center being imprisoned until now, the government has focused most of it's attention on the muslim brotherhood but the april 6th movement has really been involved in -- was at the forefront of the revolutions which brought down hosni mubarak. the muslim brotherhood came in on the back of that. it has been active in a lot of respects, politically not just on the streets. they were instrumental in helping draft the 2012 constitution. and remember that at the moment, there is no formal political opposition, so particularly the april 6th move is the closest

thing that this thing has to a political opposition. i think that imprison can these activists is going to be seen as an attempt to really silence political dissent across the board. the human rights watch has already criticized the government for some of these kind of actions. i think we are going to see thatspread. i would have to say that the government is insisting that they are simply following the law, that they are enforcing the legislation that was dualy passed and that these activists were responsible for breaking that -- those laws and simply paying that price. now, i also mention a news conference of april 6th has just held. they have said that the road map is not going in the right direction and that we should withdraw from it, and we should fight it. they have also described the three activists as political prisoners. >> one of those activists that peter was talking about is a founder of april 6th. that group's media advisor on the

line from cairo. just heard peter there, the position saying the road map is no good and it would be better to withdraw from it. what's your option? what would you be advising to do otherwise? >> hello, first. these days, we are going back to the regime like mubarak regime again. the act visits, satisfying something again, in' script. we think that january 2014 will be critical point. >> you are going to be out protest that day pushing for what effectively was pushed for in the 2011 revolution? >> yeah. that's right.

>> what sort of numbers have you got when you talk about protests in the movement, what sort of things do you think you have? >>. >> what sort of sent from do you think you struggle in your april 6th movement, the numbers of people? how effective do you think your protests can be? >> we have the power of people. we have the power of people. most of the egyptians now, the regime, what's the regime doing? >> do you think that the election -- sorry not the election. the ref rendum will go ahead january 15th? >> the elections? >> sorry not election. i meant reverendim. i'm sorry. >> the constitution. lost the line there unfortunately. speaking to a media advisor from the april 6th movement there. lost him there. still ahead, police push back protesters in tie land as mass

opposition rallies are held through the streets of ban cock. a luxury, why a simple glass of clean water in indonesia is so hard to find. one of the fastest ever hat tricks scored in spanish football at 10 to the hour. rescue teams are trying to prop up two cargo wag options after they de-railed in kenya's largest slum. six people have been pulled from the wreckage alive, but the fate of many more thought to be trapped under the rubble is still unknown. here with this report from nairobi >> reporter: crushed by the derailed train in one of africa's largest slums reduced to wreckage. it took an hour to get to the scene in kavera and by then, people had already started helping those trapped. >> when i reached there i heard

a noise saying can you help us? some people we went there. we tried to dig down. we took two children, one age 5 years and another one, six years. hundreds of people gathered around the accident site. police struggled to cordon off the area and push people back. the transport minister said the government had been pleading with residents of the area not to set up their makeshift homes so close to the railway track. rescue workers have told us the proximity of these homes has been complicating rescue efforts. they have brought in a crane, with the railway mangled. train officials say the train was traveling at a slow speed. that may have cost the wagons to give way under the heavy weight of the wheat cargo it was carrying. they say this is a crueltyian

era railway line that receives next to no maintenance. >> the trains are unstable when they come from town because of the alignment, there are depressions and inclinations. many say they know their probatiximity to the train putsm at risk but they say they have no other place to go. the train crash, all three 33 people on board were killed when the train came down in the national park. he said he locked himself inside the cockpit as his copilot tried desperately to get back in. motive at this point is unclear. the pressure on thailand's government to quit is growing. more protests in bangkok by supporter's thailand's busy light.

they accuse the prime minister of being a proxy for her brother who was ousted in a military coup in 2006 and is charged with corruption and fled into exile. jonathan has this report >> reporter: to demonstrate the power and depth of the protest organizers led protests. tennessee if not hundreds of thousands of the so-called yellow shirts filled the streets waving flags and mobilizing in a show of strength. >> small groups split and the prime minister's group was part of the mop that charged the gates. they were repelled by police presence. we want him out. it's better for the country. >> as demonstrate organizations gather throughout the city, opposition leaders use the city's sky train to move between groups. at each, stirring the crowds with promises of change and threats of more public protest.

>> we want to kick yingluk out because she is the leader of this group. the anti-government protests have stamina and the ability to organize. they have been able to set up an e lap brat stage and bring in tennessee of thousands of people. the question remains: is the government listening? the prime minister in an attempt to circumvent charges that her parent wasn't addressing needs said she was willing to set up a collision to deal with change. >> the process of national reform can be achieved in parallel with the election without conflicting with the constitution. then again, it is necessary that we go ahead with the election. democrats have run not to -- vowed not to run in the e next election. there is only one thing that is

clear. >> that's that the protesters will stay and this battle is far from over. jonathan gravener, al jazeera, bangkok. the russian oil tycoon who was pardoned in a surprise move by president vladimir putin says he won't be involved in politics now that he is 3. >> yes, once russia's richest man and putin's biggest putin says politics is not for him but he said he will coom pain for the release of other prisoners. emma has this report >> reporter: if the criminallen hoped the world would release about him after they were wrong, a museum dedicated to the cold war past, he arrived under the glare of flash bulges. it was chaotic. he was quick to thank those who

had helped secure his release which he admitted came as a surprise. >> i did not have a choice at the time i was released. i was told i would be going home, here during my trip, i found out it would end in berlin. >> he said he would fight to help those left behind. there are other political prisoners who are still left in russia, not only those related to the criminal case. you should not see me as a symbol that there are no more political prisoners in russia. i am asking you to see me as a symbol of the efforts of civil society that could lead to the release of those people who nobody ever expects to see released. >> mikel had spent a decade in detention. he always denied the charges against him. from behind bars, he wants russia's -- once russia's richest man was a thorn in the side of the establishment, a

fierce critic of vladimir putin, once lauded as a possible rival, he outlined plans for the future. >> i am not going to engage in any political activity, i said that in my letter to president putin and reiterated it several times since. i am going to engage in public work. the struggle for power is not for me now. >> mikel korokovsky may have ruled out a role in front line politics but it is unlikely he will stay silent on what's happening in russia and what he does will be closely followed by the kremlin. mikel has a visa to stay in germany a year. he said a return to russia is not imminent because he may face more charges. emma hayward, al jazeera, in berlin. >> maria lipman is a political analyst at the carnegie moscow center. she said negotiations have been

going on behind the scenes for year. >> putin made sure he will have nothing fofear from him. as we learned, the negotiations lasted for at least two years. those were spanned by put in's side to make sure there are safeguards and guarantees that he would not be a threat in any way, political, business, in terms of possible litigations, lawsuits, et cetera. one is the president, one is a prisoner t he has such a strong spirit. he was so unbending. he became an equal party in this deal. including out on the street, tens of thousands of protesters in ukraine demand the designation of the country's president.

police have charged 13 people over the worst factory fire in bangladesh. the building's owners, security guards and managers have been charged with culpable homicide and causing death due to negligence. it was 111 people who dpied in last year's blaze on the outskirts of the country's capital. half of all indian easians, 100 million of them, have no access to clean drinking water. for those fortunate to have it on tap, not fit to drink and their water bills are some of the highest in asia. for the rest buying in bottles is a major expense. now from jakarta. >> something many take for granted but for muhuati, it's not a matter of turning on the tap. this mother of 5 struggles every day to find drinking water. andaf buying six gallonses she barely has enough for her daily

consumption. >> 30, $0.40 for three gallons. this means we pay around one quarter of our income to water and this is only when water supply is good. otherwise, it is even more expensive. we have to use the whole day and we are not even sure we will get it. >> a part of daily life. it's a luxury item they page a huge part of the daily income to buy it and then, it's too dirty to drink right away. >> after being preserved by water companies, it reaches only 40% of households in the capital and it's still undrinkable. government and water companies admit that asian equipment -- aging equipment and polluted rivers and mismanagement are the

main reasons many indian easians have no access to gos drinking water. >> if you talk about mismanagement, i don't want to comment but i want to say we have lived up to our target did, doubled our customers in 15 years. the government has not given us enough usable water sources they say it's often unusable for cooking food or washing clothes, let alone for drinking. >> despite paying one of the highest water tearives in asia, most are forced to buy water in bottles: the government admits something as crucial as water was never a priority. >> if you ask me why it should not have been fixed, it should have been fixed 30 years ago. it comes down to a lack of

allocation. >> the government aims to supply clean drinking water to all indonesia indonesians by 2020. it doesn't mean it can be consumed straight from the tap. people are hopefully they won't have to depend upon sources like dirty rivers anymore. jak a. are. did a. >> plenty more to come on the news hour as we go shopping in pakistan where price hikes mean a trip to the supermarket isn't what it used to be. segregated, we meet roma families in greece fighting to enter mainstream society and in sport, we will see if the cricketers can pull off a chase against india.

every sunday night join us for exclusive, revealing and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. tonight - >> i've spent my whole life thinking about themes and thinking about how to structure movies so this is highly unusual. >> the director of "the sixth sense" says there are five things we can do fix education in america. >> the united states has education apartheid. that's the facts. >> talk to al jazeera with m. night shyamalan.

on the newshour here, the former vice president of south sudan says he wants to be the next leader of the country. he denies he was behind an attempted coup but said the blood shed must end. >> in central africans rep public politics, three men said

to have been loyal to the selica alliance which toppled the government this year died in that confrontation. al secular activist group in egypt has condemned jail sentences handed down to three prominent campaigners. they were convicted of organizing protests in defiance after controversial law which restricts demonstrations. >> whether it's food or fuel, the cost of basic items in pakistan is skyrocketing. the inflation rate for november was 10.9%, the highest in nearly two years. the leader of the opposition party has addressed large ralli rallies. many angry at rising prices. the former cricket player is blaming the government. >> talking to some of the people affected by the rapid price hike, from northern pakistan

>> reporter: the weekly shopping here isn't what it used to be. he has had to cut back on basic did like cooking oil and rice because prices have increased dramatically. the father of four tells us he isn't sure how he is going to feed his family if costs keep rising. >> it's very hard to supply these days. prices keep going up day by day. i have electricity bills, school fees for children and medical expenses. but i have no choice but to look after my family. >> inflation is on the rise after austerity measures were implemented by the government. they are aimed at satisfying this strict measures attached to a more than 6 and a half billion dollar bail out by the international monetary fund. >> the imf approved a three-year loan package to stabilize pakistan's economy earlier this year. in return, it required the government to make deep budget cuts. they operate at a loss.

price hikes, but some economists say the measures have added to the sharp depreciation of the rupee and the/ing of food and fuel subsidies have contributed to the inflation rate of nearly 11%. politician i am ranckahn. he says prime minister sharif is squa squarely to blame. yes ing can's motives. >> they are pulling the real issues. by taking out demonstrations. they wanted to detract the people's attention from the real issues. >> whatever the case for people

like nizam ahmed, he wants prices to come back down so he can provide for his family the way he used to. al jazeera, pashawar. >> 100,000 people in ukraine have been taking part in a mass rally against the country's government. more on that. >> demonstrate orders are continuing to demand that the country's president, victor yanokovich, after he rejected a trade deal with the european union. jennifer glass has more from kiev >> reporter: there is still the power to draw tens of thousands of people to independence square from the center of the capital. these demonstrations again as a protest when the government failed to sign a deal with europe four weeks later, many of the protesters here wandering

what's next. >> december 1st, after seeing police crack down on demonstrators. he said he will stay here until the government agrees to their demands. what next? >> i haven't thought of that. the next step has to come from the government. our cards are on the table. >> the demonstrations are entering their second month. the president has called them revolutionary and criticized the liters for personal ambition. >> again, ukrainians come here to independence square in their tens of thousands. the gorgers say this protest -- organizers say this protest will continue. they have called on people to celebrate new year's eve here and to demonstrate into 2014. >> valentina martinshook is impatient. she has been here since november 24th and says something needs to change. >> we can't just stand here and wait. we need to act. there must be concretionconcret

a peaceful outcome is impossible here they have said they are willing to shed blood, head toward violence. >> no chance at all. >> that's what president yanokovich is willing. we presented all kind of violence. we are really for european opposition. >> there will be some movement toward europe to appease the protesters. >> the government's miss steaks would he need to correct our mistakes so the situation will calm down. the people on independence square will not be easily won. after a month here, they want to see concrete changes before they will consider leaving. >> stay here in the days and weeks ahead. they have offered really no concrete plan to move the

situation forward. there is still a stalemate with the government. people here want the government to enact some european reforms to turn moved towards europe. no inclination of that so far. the people hearsay they will stay as long as it takes, but as long as it takes is unclear. there has been no movement. the only new do. we have seen is the opposition leaders have announced a new people's movement, independent people's movement designed to draw in what they say all walks of life to try to get some momentum in this. but in this cold, cold winter, cold, cold ukrainian winter, you had people living in the square for a month now and it's uncertain how the situation can move forward who might make concessions. the government or the demonstrators. >> jennifer glass in kiev. thousands of people have marched in an anti-fascist protest in the swedish capital.

16,000 took to the streets of stockholm after a similar protest of a few hundred was attacked by neo-nazis after nazi gaffe feet e and in a subway. >> answers about a man's death of british orthopedic surgeon arrived with his body on sunday. he was helping to treat wounded civilians when he was arrested last year. his family have dismissed claims from the syrian government that he hanged himself just days before he was due to be released. >> they need to help us get to this. they need to contact the syrians, make a strongly worded letter, make strong contact with them and ask them why this has happened and why have they let this happen to my brother. >> the pope has urged anti-austerity protesters to use dialogue not violence to make mayor their case. the demonstrators were pilgrims

in saint peter's square, angry over cutbacks to try to rescue the country from its economic crisis. >> today, some i will atians are gathering. i wish them to make a positive contribution to the dye log, rejecting the temptation to violence and conflict, always following the path of dialogue and defending the rights. >> an estimated 10 million roma people live in europe, many are poor and face discrimination and prejudice because of their background. in grease they have been segregated in a roma-only school despite a european court ruling that it's illegal. as john seropalas says they are fighting a bureaucracy that seems determined to keep them apart. >> he wants his grandchildren to grow up middle class. he wants to be a policeman. marina, a teacher, authority figures in a world where the roma are usually on the wrong

side of authority. here in the central greek town as elsewhere, the roma live segregated. that brings in this elementary school, built to keep them out of sight. >> more than 500 are en rolled. only half that many fit inside. >> in may, the european court of human rights ruled that the agreement government discivic natures against the roma by running this elementary school exclusively for them. through that lawsuit, 23 roma children won the right to transfer to mixed schools. so far, only three have done so. that's because they have been deliberately held back for bureaucratic formalities. the latest defense against their assimilation. >> if you go to the mixed element areas you will see the roma at their desks. no one is complaining about them. but the government wanted to place 500 roma students there. that would have meant one

non-roma to three roma. >> the elementary school is key to change. only a handful country make it to middle school because their grades are poor and because by 12, some roma girls are already being married off to become part of a cycle of poverty that fuels prejudice. >> authorities and the media wrongly assumed in october that a blond child living in a roma camp must have been an abducted westerner. she turned out to be roma. all the "t's" same, the local mayor said, he can't sacrifice the non-roma half of his constituency. >> the romas didn't begin to attend school in large numbers until the 1990s. as soon as that happened, the ghetto schools were set up. now, finally, the roma realize education is important to find work and get away from this lifestyle. >> they hoped the court deposition will lead to gradual closure of the roma school but given such poverty, the fight to enter the social mainstream is

unlikely to end there. john serapolos, al jazeera, central greece. >> that's it from london. back to you, kam a. l in doha. >> thank you. i want to take you back to the story on the escalating violence in south sudan. we will talk to the chief of staff for the secretary general of the sud an people's liberation movement in dubai to point out to our viewers before we get going, your secretary general, a critic of the ruling government and has been arrested link today this apart coup so our viewers know your position. can i ask you what you think about the vice president's position now saying he wants to challenge for the top job? >> i don't believe this should be our concentration at the moment. i believe that the situation is very tension, fragile and if nothing has been done, or nothing is being done to stop the violence we have seen

advance, advancing to and we have a general declaring he is joining the fight. now, if the situation is not controlled, if the situation is not -- there is no negotiation, i believe that the situation will get out of hand. it's proven. it's showing that the violence might even late. >> how does he get it under control? >> i believe there is a number of actors, nationals. i believe that members members of the detainees or the politician that are being detained in juba can do a lot in terms of trying to bring -- narrow the gap between the former vice president and president kier. now, these gentlemen who have been arrested have been detained, they have a lot of mistake. they have known the harm. they are war veterans,

negotiating. i believe despite the differences in politics. i believe the mother of the country, the widow of dr. guran has a lot to do in terms of narrowing the gap. >> maybe. maybe his position say i want the top job, maybe that's an impetus to do something. i have warned the situation is getting tense. by the same if nothing is done, the situation could get out of hand. the situation from the get-go. at the moment, we cannot go in the past. what to do. we could start by releasing the

detainees. they could react in terms of getting help maybe from the region. troops advancement. there is a general in unity who declared that he is joining the fight. another general in any part of this country trying to join this situation. it could get out of hand. we are talking about violence and we have seen plenty of that. it's an issue for south sudanees oil effectively paralyzing the country. >> we have these resources. resources can come and go. we could lose it all tomorrow in terms of lives, not we have got out of war seven or eight years

ago. people are fearing for their lives and this is a very dangerous situation we are in. so, we could talk about the resources. >> that's not helpful. we could talk about who started it. >> that's not helpful. it's about where to go from here. >> that's negotiation, talking, and getting dialogues going. president kier in my view is democratically elected. until 2015, regardless whether the circumstance that he that he might be taken by fours or recall his position is moved -- force or removed. i am of the view this is not the way to go. it's dialogue. now, we have learned from our history that fighting does not get us anywhere. we could fight today or tomorrow. but unless we sit down, we have to do it immediately, as soon as possible so that we shed lives

that are innocent. the u.n. reported there is a lot of displacement and especially until unity and in juba. i don't think if the not through dialogue. we thank you for your time. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. in the news ahead, weaving their way into the workforce, how the revival of authentic afghan carpet comes with a western twist. beijing's summer olympic stadium embraces winter sports. that still ahead.

welcome back. afghan stan has been non-for its carpets but many women in an isolated villages for them, weaving could be a way to make a living if they can export carpets. an organization in chicago is helping women in baman province. john has this story >> reporter: the rich cultural history was largely blown up by the taliban along with these towering statues of bud buddha and then the heart of the nation's historic industry and income leaving shoeless children and jobless afghans.

>> there have been a lot of changes. people who are unemployed before can work now. the wages that they give are very high. >> as you can see, it's very -- >> the american came from former investment banker who visited afghanistan in a u.s. state department mish in 2004 in return with a business custom designed for afghan women. >> it was seeing the conditions of women, many living in rubble, with their small children that hooked my heart. we are not there yet. why? we need to sell more rugs. >> the revival comes with a distinctly western twist. >> we are comfortable with the

foreign designs because they are simple. >> at first, most of the women were i will llliterate signing thumb print? >> first year, thumb print, t m thumb print. now signatures. these women know how to write, read. they are learning math. it's what we've done, how we have transformed their lives is inspirational. >> it's a change appreciated also by the men. >> some of the people here have nothing. nothing. nothing to move their lives forward. thank god the lives of the people have gotten better. >> move okay with their lives remade as dramatically as the designs on their looms. john henry, al jazeera, chicago. it's sports time. how are you? >> i am all right. thank you, kamal. barcelona reclaimed their position on top of the division. they just scored a hat trick in

nine minutes as barsa came. here is the report. already in the rare position of scoring twice in the first 15 minutes. a champion team knows how to respond in style. pedro getting barsa on the board, all himself two minutes later. an entire turnaround completed in a space of nine minutes. fabregas put out of his misery

scored to complete the 5-2 win. barsa on top. >> real madrid will be in action later on sunday. facing valencia without vale. he is battling a leg injury. real are 8 points off the top of the table. >> a team with motivation, more focused team. when the team gets a new coach, they will be more concentrated on the match. this will be an important game for us because we want to end the year well, playing well and with three points. >> earlier, espanol beat by a lead 4-2. the three points moves them into 9th place in the table over just one place of the relegation zone in 17th place.

>> putnam has won the first game in the english premier league since firing manager andres. it was a tough afternoon for sherwood. his side was forced to come from behind against southampton before winning 3-2. twice from the net, salked last week after spurs lost 5-nil at home to liverpool. >> i wanted to have a chat with the chairman and see what's best for the football club moving forward. i need to know what they are thinking, you know, moving forward. i don't want to the stop for five minutes. it makes nor difference to me. we are going to -- are we going to go forward with it or not? >> in the match on sunday, everton moved up to fourth place on the table after they beat swanzy. 2-1 away. south africa worked out on breaking the world record for the highest test in cricket

history. they needed 458 to beat india in j johann johannesburg. they had the fans dreaming for the partnership of 205, both making centuries. it came down to the final over with requiring 16 runs for victory and despite a 6-off at the last ball by dale stein. he and vernon fill ander couldn't get the job done. >> south africa falling 8 runs shy of an incredible victory as the match finished in a draw. the second of the two test periods will be played in did you bin starting on boxing day. >> south africa would have seen them beat the previous world record for the highest run chase, by 30 runs. that record was still rest with the west indies at st. john's in 2003. south africa have the

consolation of second after making 414 to also down australia to 208 and 1st. the third highest total was posted back in 1976 by india after reaching 406 against the west indies. well, some are labeling england's ashes as the worst on record on top of trailing 3-nil in the series, baller graham swan has announced retirement from cricket, the surprise move, with england having certasurren to australia. the 34-year-old has undergone two elbow surgeries and rears ahead of the fourth test in melbourne. 255 test wickets making him the 6th leading cricked player of all times? >> my body doesn't like it. my arm doesn't cope very well, you know, and then repeating it in the second innings a day

later anymore. so i could feel my performances tapering off to the back end of games and i wasn't happy with that. i am not willing to just hang on and get back on. >> sports now, hersha won his second giant slalom in italy. the two-time defending champion, second in the men's race, by .35 seconds on the course. beijing's stadium was transformed to host women's freestyle world cup aerials. china zanzin made the most of the support at the summer olympic venue. she beat libya lasilia in the

super final. >> 27th southeast asian games come to a close on sunday. it was the first time in 44 years that the country formerly known as burma played host to over 1,500 athletes from the region, competing in 33 sports. singapore will hove the next games in 2015. >> top of the medal table with 107 goals. the tie that dominated track and field breaking 5 fea games records. the host, second place with 86 goals and a total of 233 meltss. the most the nation has ever won at these games. vietnam round out third. there is more on the website, aljazeera.com/sports. >> thank you for that. back in two hours time with another news hour here onaj english coming up next. another full bulletin of news.

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