only on al jazeera america this is al jazeera. ♪ welcome to the news hour, i'm in doha with all the stories making headlines on al jazeera. as a fight for anbar province intensifies the u.s. will speed up support for iraq's government. and they begin face-to-face negotiations in ethiopia. dangerously cold, people are freezing to death in north america and will look at how wind chill is making things

worse. the northern pakistan and coming up, find out why more women are being encouraged to be police officer in one of the countries most volatile and conservative provinces. ♪ the struggle for control of iraq's biggest province is getting more intense the iraq prime minister nouri al-maliki have talked about dire consequences if they support the army and military reenforcements are going in and they are on stand by to wait to see if local tribes can defeat the fighters. and u.s. vice president called the iraq's prime minister for support against the fight against al-qaeda the u.s. is speeding up the delivery of

missiles to iraq. >> we are accelerating foreign military sales and health fire missiles as early as this spring. >> reporter: and al jazeera's conn spent a lot of time in iraq and joins us to give us more of an idea of what is going on there in iraq and what is the u.s. military angle here, they are talking about speeding up delivery of military equipment, is it going to get there in time for this offensive? >> probably not. this military equipment was promised to prime minister nouri al-maliki over the summer and he had a huge shopping list of what he wanted and got most of what he wanted and has missiles which will be key in a battle like this but will not get there until the spring and probably not going to get there until possibly after the elections. so this is going to be tough to say the americans are going to face a tough sell and say we want to help you in the fight,

however the military hardware probably will not arrive until late spring. so this is very much the americans trying to say, look, we do want to help and do want to support the u.s. secretary of state john kerry a couple days ago and say this is an iraqi fight and want to support them and they are words from the americans and have been here with the americans and at the moment the americans say they are trying to do something but realistically and practically those weapons won't arrive in time for this operation. >> reporter: okay, you have i understand been in touch with people inside fallujah and what have they been telling you? >> in the early hours of this morning there was an iraqi military convoy and it came attack and it wasn't clear if they were tribal fighters linked in the city itself or if they were al-qaeda-linked fighters and that is the situation at the

moment. the town is very much a ghost town and we have seen pictures emerge with empty streets and i was looking at some of the pictures and you see places that have been shelled, that have been bombed, there are hardly any residents there. the humanitarian situation is getting worse. a lot of the aid trying to get in the city to the residents remaining there has not been able to go in. there is a lot of fuel that is needed. there is a big fuel shortage in fallujah as you can imagine and they have not been able to come in and it's a very dire situation in the city for people who remain there and people living outside of the city who fled and now are living in schools. >> reporter: thank you very much once again. and staying with iraq a suicide that has killed two people and several others were injured in that explosion. let's move on to news out of syria and the main opposition to

bashir al-assad's group and al-qaeda executed 11 people and include fighters from another al-qaeda-connected group and activists and dozens of national coalition members threatened to resign and won't be attending international peace talks in geneva later this month and missing from the talks is iran, the country has not been invited to attend the conference and the u.n. said it never got approval from u.s. and russia to do so. [gunfire] this video meanwhile is said to show fighters of the islamic state of iraq exchanging fire with other opposition fighters in idlib. rebel groups are clashing with isil fighters throughout opposition controlled areas. and we are live in istanbul and

why have they threatened to resign? >> well, in the statement they produced last night and in the long discussions we had with them in the darkening hours of the late evening, they told us that they didn't feel they could be seen to be going to geneva when so many of the commitments made to the international community and the gestures by moon and asked for the assad regime and said it was blood shed and didn't feel as part of the syrian people and opposition could go to the negotiations in these circumstances. they felt they were being railroaded into a process by outside powers. they didn't name them. they wouldn't name them but we think they mean countries like the united states who in their view want to see geneva happen no matter what with no preconceived conditions and no under takings and are not a part of the process and say they are

resigning. but today the official statement we were supposed to see did not arrive. a committee has been appointed in the syrian national coalition to try and talk them out of it and the press conference announcing the resignation has been postponed. what we are seeing here i think now is a bit of a power struggle going on within the snc. they want the geneva talks in some shape or form to still happen but it's how they get there and how the syrian national coalition stays together while keeping faith with syrians inside. this is a delicate balancing act they are all trying to do. >> thank you and anita is in istanbul for us. they have been interrogated by state prosecutors and questioned on wednesday and may home is one of three held in custody in egypt for the past ten days and peter greste and fahmy and baher

mohamed are accused of joining a terrorist group and are being held separately in a prison outside of cairo and peter greste seen here in the last report with cairo is reported extensively across africa and fahmy has worked with cnn, the "new york times" and red cross and also an accomplished author. and baher mohamed has been working with al jazeera as a producer for most of last year. face-to-face talks to prevent a full-scale war in south sudan started in ethiopia and the sudan government is expected to talk about brokering a cease fire and there has been a deal with the government but others are talking about oil fields and mohamed has more.

>> reporter: sudan president said the visit to duba was a combination of mediation and support for south sudan and not one party against the other. >> translator: we came so we can get a sense of what our role should be and what needs doing. we are convinced that harmed conflict will only create complications to do no good and the people of south sudan must and will come back to the negotiating table. >> reporter: but president bashir's return a few hours later, made it clear the two sides have opened a new chapter of cooperation, one that obviously may not please the rebels seeking to overthrow the government in duba. >> translator: as per the request from south sudan we have shown readiness to set more than 900 oil technicians to help with protection of the oil fields in the south. >> reporter: and he said the two sides agreed to discuss the agree of creating a joint force to protect the oil wells and he

implied other countries should follow the president's lead. >> all these countries have an obligation to defend the rights of each member's debt. and it is there and taken power by military force is a crime. they should have come out very openly condemning these people and the actions. >> reporter: they say being neutral about the conflict in the south is one thing but staying idle and not finding an answer is another. they have unresolved issues with migration and the final stages of the area, an open-ended war in the south is going to further complicate those pending issues. >> reporter: that was mohamed

reporting from sudan's capitol and we will speak to him live in just a moment but first let's talk to the south sudan capitol and let's talk about the deal, the cease fire the government agreed on with david, i believe he is just one rebel leader in the state, is that right? >> exactly. he is one but people are saying and maybe it could bring peace and the other rebel leaders to consider and it could be violent until other elements go in the fold and talking about ethiopia and i am joined with the press secretary to the president and the vice president is saying political detainees should be released as a condition to the talks. in the interest of peace why wouldn't be government just release the detainees? >>, in fact, the country has

come back to consult with the government and when we finish constitutions he will go back in due course. >> reporter: is there a time they could be released? >> well, they cannot be released because this is a crime that they are committed and the minister of justice has tried them and the president doesn't have constitutional power to come in before the people are charged and taken into custody. if the president pardon them they pardon them afterwards and no constitutional provisions to allow the president to release them at this point. so the matter is in the hands of minister of justice and the police. >> reporter: so what is the way forward then? >> well, the way forward is that they should drop this precondition of release of the

detainees out of his agenda, out of his, you know, demands if he wants a peaceful solution to the problem. these people are the one who have committed the core attempts on the 15th of december and many people died and people of south sudan wanted these people to be actually accounted for. the people here. and for the people who died on the 15th. that person should come to their place and then they go to others. >> reporter: in the interest of peace, is there a chance of sharing power with him? >> there is no power sharing. you heard it directly from the president. if these people are actually really serious about democracy they should come back and form their political party and tell the president in the 2015 general elections, but not power

sharing, power sharing is not part of what the government is trying to ensure because these people have been in power for the last 8 years and not done or delivered anything so i think it's new to those thinking they are high profile but not to south sudan. >> reporter: thank you very much. >> thank you. >> reporter: well, he denies having any to do with the coup plot and saying he has been victimized and the government denies and people want something to come out of the talks but right now people see both sides are unwilling to compromise and it's not clear how long these talks will last or if anything fruitful will come out of it, back to you. >> reporter: thank you, in the south sudan capital, duba. now this is not just a problem for south sudan. kenya is the biggest foreign investor in south sudan and positioning itself to be an alternative oil export route. neighboring ethiopia is hosting east africa nations between the factions and the two biggest

world power is watching and china buys most of south sudan's oil and u.s. pulled some embassy staff out of duba because of security fears and mohamed, so many countries watching the crisis in south sudan. what is sudan's interest in this? why is the sudan president doing what he is doing, gone to south sudan and taken sides and before this he maintained it was neutral? >> yes, among all those countries that you have mentioned, sudan says it's the most concerned the country that should be the first to be concerned and to do something about the crisis and the conflict in the south. and we have seen it in the last three weeks that the country -- the government is neutral and saying time and again they don't want to take sides and don't want to get involved in that

conflict or interfere with the affairs with the neighbor in the south and yesterday was a surprise but since yesterday we are trying to understand why the president bashir have taken dramatic steps with the crisis in the south. it's clear from the information we have from the beginning of the crisis in july when the president talked about the vice president and senior members of the sb and m it's very clear from that beginning that those senior members were siding with the rebels inside northern sudan and were the ones who were sending armies and sending weapons and money to the rebels in the south. so president bashir has decided his interest is with them and signed recently agreements of sharing of oil, about giving the

north a share of the oil for the pipeline that is used to transport the oil to south so doon and other countries. he decided his interest and his benefits here rely on his reliance and he decided to take those dramatic steps we have seen yesterday. >> reporter: thank you very much mohamed in catoon for us. coming up, in just a moment. >> a large number of the people in these jails are here simply because they are members of the opposition. >> reporter: does the day after a landslide election victory for bangladesh and we visit the jails overflowing with opposition activists. monitoring territorial, and we will tell you how poaching by foreign ships is effecting local fishermen and he gives his tribute to the late eusebio and

details with robin. police in bangladesh capitol arrestd three members of b and p party following an election on sunday which ended in a landslide victory for the ruling party and it was marred by violence and protests and presents in the capitol of doca as we report. >> she can barely walk and come home from the hospital after a c-section and the man she wishes was by her side is not by her because he has been in jail for months. and baboo an opposition activist is a political prisoner. >> translator: my son was born, he didn't get a chance to be held by his father. what the government is doing to me is absolute torture.

>> reporter: they went to the streets to stop the january 5 general elections from taking place and turned out to be an emergency threat. the reason for that is because bangladesh are full of opposition activists. the cells are crammed, number of prisoners three times capacity and it's been this way for months and getting worse. an opposition activist who wanted to be identified is here to see a political senior inside the central jail and says the government is terrorizing the opponents. >> translator: we are always afraid whenever we are out on the streets we could get trashed or arrested. how can we carry out a political activities like this? >> reporter: the government justifies arrests by pointing to the violence that gripped bangladesh in resent months and says opposition activists are actually the terrorists. >> translator: you can't call

what these people are doing a political movement. they are throwing grenades and bombing buses with tetra bombs. >> reporter: it's murky and violent politics many arrested do have strong links to criminal activities but that cuts both whys, so do activists of the rubin party, a large number of people in these jails are here simply because they are members of the opposition. and the winner takes all politics they are desperate to cling to party and desperate to seize it back, whatever the costs. the lives of the people and children end up as collateral damage in the struggle. i'm with al jazeera, taca. >> reporter: indonesia says relations with australia is difficult and they have difficulties saying that australia spied on the government and leaked by the

whistleblower edward snowden say they and wife and inner circle all had their phones tap. >> the current state of indonesia relations is in a difficult face, at the same time, i am of the view this is an aberration and not the rule and that in due course the relations will be back to where it has been in resent past. but as i have indicated earlier, the diplomacy and foreign policy and relations among nations is a p process and not an event. >> reporter: the father of hong kong movie str -- star has died and he was 107, he had the largest privately owned studios in the 1950s and went on to launch china's biggest local tv station to help to bring kong-fu

films to the world and well-known for his charity work. they ceased a russian troller it says was fishing illegally in the territorial waters and 50 people were aboard when it was captured near the border and illegal fishing costs them $250 million a year. cambodia is celebrating the 35th anniversary of the regime being driven from power and millions of people died and tried to enforce an agriculture utopia and it's after striking garment workers and they are asking young and old cambodia. >> reporter: they are greeting

supporters and it's a rarity but after difficult weeks in the country he was out on tuesday getting face time. as the ruling party puts on the show for the 35th anniversary of victory day some members are questioning their loyalty because of how they have been handling this growing opposition and also it's crack down on striking workers. and he is a ruling party official in a small farming community and his son was shot dead by security forces while protesting last friday. kim worked in a garment factory for nine years. >> translator: and the order for the military to use violence on protesters, i'm very disappointed. >> reporter: the grieving father was a member of the people's party at the beginning in 1979 and says it's going to be difficult for him to continue his support if the government does not change the minimum wage and stop the violence. but there is another issue that the deepening the line between the ruling party and opposition,

a growing generational divide. >> the older generation who survive from war what they have now compared to that is better and anything is better than zero and nothing can be compared to zero and because of that all they want to have is their life. for us, the younger generation need more than that and we need life and a life we can smile and be happy and be proud. >> reporter: to those who have followed cambodia development since the civil war it's much more than politics and can determine the country's future. >> we are at a cross road now if we are moving to a modern society where democratic system will function, where we are all going back to the dark days of communist era. >> reporter: there are many challenges ahead to determine just which system will prepail van which one the two--month-old daughter of a slain garment factory worker will live under,

scott with al jazeera. >> reporter: a court in spain has summoned the king's youngest daughter over allegations of tax fraud and the daughter and princess is a suspect in a tax court and money laundering investigation and linked to her husband's business affairs and the first time a direct relative of the king will appear in court accused of wrongdoing. a record-breaking lou temperatures are causing a deep freeze across the united states and canada and thousands of flights cancelled and the national weather service has warnings about life-threatening condition and reagan has more. >> reporter: the freezing weather sweeping in from the arctic across much of the united states is having serious consequences, on the streets of chicago volunteers are searching for homeless people still out in the cold in the neighboring state of kentucky and hundreds are seeking shelter or warming

centers. >> it's a matter of life and death outside now at night with the wind chill and everything and if it wasn't for someplace like this a lot of people actually would freeze to death. >> reporter: the wind chill factor has made temperatures feel as cold as minus 40 degrees celsius in places and cold enough for exposed skin to freeze in minutes. in some parts of illinois it's the coldest it has been for to decades. at chicago's o'hare international airport usually one of the world's busiest fuel supplies frozen and forcing hundreds of flights to be cancelled and motor risks find highways impassible. >> we are deploying all of our resources of the state of illinois to help the people get through a very serious and dangerous situation. it's not only the cold weather but the combination of black ice and drifting on our roads makes things very, very dangerous. >> reporter: hundreds of schools across illinois,

indiana, wisconsin and minnesota have been forced to closed and won't be any let up soon. similar conditions are set to continue across the united states and canada over the coming days. john reagan with al jazeera. >> let's hear from our weather expert richard who is here in the studio and we hear about the wind chill making it worse and how does that work? >> we should start with an example of chicago. the windy city of course. and here we have an average temperature of minus 1 as a maximum and minus 8 as minimum but it has been minus 18 and no higher than minus 18 on monday and as low as minus 26 degrees. looking at the latest observations from chicago we is have a temperature of minus 24 celsius with a wind speed of 19 kph and when you put the two together it's wind chill of minus 35 and that is how it feels and the temperature of the

wind combine have. the reason for that is when you have this terrible weather as you can see here the wind basically blows it away from your skin. normally your clothes will insulate the layer but it will push it out and your body will radiate more and more heat to compensate. so really it's quite furocious and 10-15 minutes can experience frost bite in all extremities exposed. high pressure dominating most of continental u.s. but it is really the position of the jet stream which will shift a bit further to the southeastern sea board and will eventually push the really cold weather away. for the time being we have still got some extreme temperatures. again, this is maximum temperatures through tuesday so we are looking at sub zero temperatures stretching all the way to atlanta and the south and should be looking at maximum temperature close to 11 celsius at this time of the year and with overnight temperatures of

minus 12 and minus 13 and highs of minus 4 and temperatures up the southeastern sea board and minus 23 in winnipeg and slightly less cold air west and a dip of cold air will push in over the next 24 hours here. but by the time we get through to wednesday we will notice the frontal system is all the way and we seen record-breaking snowfall in some areas and temperatures coming up, to zero in washington and atlanta we are plus 5 and no worries about win chill. >> reporter: thank you very much. much too cold there. still ahead on the program, all the latest widgets, gadgets, tech and toys and coming up, we are life from the consumer electronics show in las vegas. and later in sport the president's social media backtrack after criticizing world cup preparations in brazil. ♪

. ♪ welcome back, reminder of the top store i haves on al jazeera. the streets of fallujah and iraq are deserted and they are asking for help to drive out opposition fighters but al-qaeda-linked groups said there would be dire consequences if they support the army. dozens of members of the syrian national coalition threatened to resign at a meeting in turkey and many coalition members are against in taking part in the talks set to be held in geneva later this month until they have

assurances that the assad regime will be removed. face-to-face talks to prevent a full-scale civil war in south sudan taking place in ethiopia and trying to have a cease fire after three weeks of violence. back to our top story and the fighting in iraq and he is an iraq political and list and president of the association in london and we will jump in and you are a vocal critic of the iraq prime minister and disagree with how the international media have been covering what is happening in iraq. why? >> because the demonstrations which took place in the western part of iraq has been going on for a whole year which was a peaceful demonstration of the people, asking the government to give them their rights, to treat them properly, to release the prisoners, to give them equal share in the state. the world has accepted that and

pretended it didn't exist. suddenly when nouri al-maliki uses force and uses that against fallujah. >> reporter: no. >> what do you mean no? >> reporter: we have been reporting about these protests in iraq and have not been ignoring these have been happening. >> well, maybe you haven't ignored it totally. but certainly it wasn't the part of the news on the first item of the news. now it's the first item on the news because everybody is using this magic word of al-qaeda and now they give weapons and russians giving weapons and this information pedalled has suddenly become viral. every item of the news, it's top news and preceding the syrian

war simply because it has a magic word al-qaeda. it's really the tribes are supporting the army but they are afraid of al-qaeda. that is load of rubbish and it's not true. it's the people of anbar and the tribes who have been against the government and army all the year along. now they are supporting --. >> reporter: isil is not involved, you are saying at all, the al-qaedal-qaeda-linked grout involved? >> i did not say that and there is more terror there than fallujah and you have more explosions in anbar and there is al-qaeda and terrorist organizations over iraq but to try and give the impression that it is really al-qaeda which is holding fallujah at ransome

because the way is news is portrayed is that nouri al-maliki is saying they are supporting the army but afraid to do so because they are being taken hostages by al-qaeda which is really the disinformation that is being pedalled by most of the news items because everywhere whether it's al jazeera or whether it's the european one is really taking on the issue that it's al-qaeda and the iss. >> reporter: thank you very much for sharing your perspective with us. and he is an iraqi political analyst. and al-qaeda-linked fighters are operating in syria and across the border in lebanon and fears it's encouraging impressure shunable youngsters to take measures and family of a suicide bomber said he was brain washed and they sent this report from

beirut. >> reporter: this sunni town is in shock, one of their own has been identified authorities as the bomber who blowup a car in a neighborhood in beirut last week but people here 19-year-old was just as much of a victim as those killed in the attack. >> translator: they stole his mind and used his body. they filled him with sectarian hatred and telling him for champ that the shia are your enemy and they are brain washing young men. >> reporter: thursday's bombing was claimed by the al-qaeda-linked state and supporters of hezbollah have been targeted in retaliation for the armed political groups decision to military support the regime and his remains were found near the car and so was his identification card. >> translator: how is it possible that his body was burned and not his id?

we have many concerns concerning the entire operation even the claim of responsibility was made 70 hours later. those who carry out attacks are usually proud and immediately announce it. >> reporter: and he was last seen by his family five days before the bombing. there are those who say this young man had extremist tendencies. his family and friends say he was not an extremist and may have been a supporter of syria opposition just like the people who live in the region but people here say that does not mean they are ready to kill lebanese over political differences. but five lebanese were killed in the attack. and he lived a few kilometers from the border and the conflict there has deepened sectarian divisions here. this family does acknowledge that sectarian insightment has radicalized many lebanese. >> given the situation in syria a lot of lebanese have been

brain washed according to islamic front or the program. >> reporter: elders from the mainly sunni region have not only condemned the bombing, he was used by a third-party to ignite the strikes, that may be little confort to those who are killed. janet yellen will be the first to be in the head of the reserve and it was confirmed by the senate, the 67-year-old economist and professor takes over from ben bernanke who has been the chief for the last 8 years and david is a strategist at bell point management and says yellen will face a tough road ahead. >> she was not the first choice and the first name was larry summers but had a lot of resistance on both sides of the

aisle and from investors as well because there was a concern that larry summers would roll back quantitative using far quicker and perhaps raise interest rates a little bit too soon and that was the fear. she will follow in the same footsteps that ben bernanke and the path he was setting. in his last message to the press, he stated that they are going to move at a measured pace and started quantitative and the first round is to reduce the 85 billion per month in bond purchases by ten and i suspect it will continue and do it at a measured pace and do it dependent. i think the real challenge for the fed is as follows: i think most investors understand that the ten-year treasury interest rate will probably raise to 3.5%. the real issue is how fast do we get there, they need to manage those expectations. >> reporter: one of the largest consumer electronic shows has be gone in las vegas with eager

people looking forward to the latest in the tech world and jay gray is live from las vegas and jay what are some of the highlights there and has anything jumped out at you? >> hi. everything jumped out at me. there is so much here, so much amazing high-tech gear and a lot not on the shelves yet, you cannot purchase it and the stuff we will talk about we will be going over for the next several years. one of the big things at the show is the convertible laptops that turn into tablets and it's intel powered and it has an magnet here and it's easy to use and the audio is a big player here as are mobile devices and things that have to do with your phones, your tablets our your pads. when you talk about that you want to make sure you have protection so cases are abun --

abundant and it has every color and type to make these and this converts to a keyboard and that is kind of nice with protection and you open it up and type and audio a big deal and bigger sound out of smaller packages. this speaker really sounds great and it sells for just under $80. this is not a purse at all, a speaker, a blue tooth speaker and going to led with smartphone or tablet or pad and you can make this light just about any color you want on the spectrum and that is kind of neat and fun as well. this unit is called the eye to eye, you slip you ipad in the unit and i will give you something to look at with ours and you slip it in and close it

and you can video chat and conference and do what you want video wise and blog straight from the unit and keeps it still and there is a prompter that runs so you can read what you want to post on your blog and delivers it straight to the internet. a lot of amazing things here and a lot of things that will continue to mold which direction we go to in the future. >> reporter: thank you very much, jay, let's for tech geeks out there, jay gray live in las vegas. and coming up, on the program, sochi security, the city in lock down a month before the winter olympics begins. and in sport the top baller who made an appearance at a japanese wedding and robin will be here to explain. ♪

consider this: the news of the day plus so much more. >> we begin with the government shutdown. >> answers to the questions no one else will ask. >> it seems like they can't agree to anything in washington no matter what. >> antonio mora, award winning and hard hitting. >> we've heard you talk about the history of suicide in your family. >> there's no status quo, just the bottom line. >> but, what about buying shares in a professional athlete?

. ♪ welcome back, sochi is going into lock down a month ahead of the big event and visitors can expect more restrictions at airports and train stations and registered vehicles allowed in and let's talk to fred and hi again and restrictions i mentioned just a tip of the iceberg, aren't they? this is one of the biggest security operations in olympic history. apparently we have lost fred. unfortunately. we will try and get him back later. but we are going to be -- we

will tell you more about sochi and troops on combat alert and olympics are under protection and a status system is being launched, we will give you some other news first. police chiefs in one of pakistan's volatile provinces is doubling the number of female e recru recruits and dangers of the job keeps many away and we report. >> reporter: this is the future of policing in pakistan's northern province. these female cadets are in basic training and will one day be constaboles and she is the mentor and joined in the 1990s and one of the most senior female officers and she is pleased the government is actively trying to recruit women to the force and knows firsthand just how difficult it can be.

>> translator: my family was not happy when i joined. society wasn't ready either. i had to confront men and convince them i was capable of doing the job and it makes me proud to know other women are following in my footsteps. >> reporter: but recruitment remains the biggest challenge, women only makeup around 600 of the provinces, 60,000 strong police force. senior police superintendent is determined to change that. he and other local police chiefs push the government to ensure 10% of all new recruits are women, doubling the current number. he says the reason he is such a strong advocate for more female officers is simple. >> afghan 51% females are part of the population. if you are not involved in the police department, this means

this is service for population of the pakistan. >> reporter: this summer they opened women's desk in 60 police stations and female dorms have been built and three training colleges and women don't have to wait months for basic training. despite the improvements they say female officers still have a long way to go before they are equally represented. but says more women in law enforcement can only lead to better security. >> translator: our province is dealing with terrorism and many women in the society don't have a voice. with more female police we can not only help them but also change our communities. >> reporter: change these police cadets are determined to be part of. i'm with al jazeera northern pakistan. >> reporter: robin is here now, time for all the sport news. >> thank you so much. and they narrowed the gap from barcelona and the man to frank is one of the favorites for the

player of the year and he reached an incredible milestone in the win and we report. ♪ and they paid respects to the late great eusebio before their match. perhaps the somber mood can explain the lack luster first half. and he had just returned from a trip to catar to go with a friendly and he came close from distance. the world's most expensive one was midway through the second half and just recovered from a calf injury. and things finally picked up for the home side in the 67th minute and they popped the ball in the net to make it 1-nil.

and the portuguese had it and scored 69 times in 2013. before the final whistle blows this is the second and 400th goal of his career and winning 3-nil and closing the gap of barcelona and madrid, back to five points and richard with al jazeera. >> reporter: and we are within two points of the league top four and moved up to 6th after getting second to the bottom, 5-2 away. and getting the hatchet for the yellow submarines and they posted a crucial cdl victory and the brazilian had double in the win and also won on monday. and the president is backtracking after criticizing brazil over preparations for this year's world cup and

speaking to a swiss paper they say no country has been so far behind in preparation since i have been there even though it's the only host nation and 7 years in which to prepare. brazil's president by twitter promising the country will stage the cup of cups and took to the social media network saying he agreed with the tweet but will be great and the country plagued by problems leading up to the tournament which begins june 12, 6 of 12 host stadiums and the 31st and deadline for completion and three workers killed in resent accidents at construction sites. one man is out of the world cup after suffering a serious knee injury and 24-year-old picked up the injury after the victory of the english cup on saturday and will miss and say he will be out

for at least six months. out of the faa cup and it turns to the lead cup manager and david is expected to recall a number of big-named stars for the crush and michael and david are coming back as well and sat out of course the united cup loss to swanzy at the weekend and the first leg of the semi final takes place at the stadium of light later and united place have been struggling in the league and they are currently bottom of the table. >> as i said before i want to try to give to every competition and it's a job to do that and get the cup and win it and we will try and do that but have to overcome a two-game march and see if we can do it. >> we are trying to forget about the league. concentrate on this nice competition and try to take advantage from being home.

but i think we are not thinking about this. we are just trying to win this one. >> reporter: fortunately three days of mourning after the death of iconic footballer, the player widely recognized as one of the best of all time was laid to rest on monday and paul brennan reports. >> dignity and ceremony more usually associated with head of state the body of eusebio was brought to the scene of some of his greatest football triumphs and in lisben is home of the football club which eusebio went to 11 championships and hundreds of goals along the way. >> translator: playing football he was spectacular. even compared with renaldo or messi was the best and a great player, immortal and has not

died and for me he is immortal. >> reporter: earned 64 caps and scored goals for portugal and stool for almost two decades and part of the team which won the 62 cup and played in other three european cup finals, his name of black panther came from speed, skill and finishing and scored 730 goals in his professional career. >> translator: i feel it's a huge loss because he was the icon of portugal and no others like him. >> reporter: the captain wrote eternal and rest in peace. and he described eusebio as immortal and the hearse was driven to a funeral mass and thousands more people lined the streets. >> translator: i feel very sad because of the loss of one of

portugal's greatest symbols and in the country we live in nowadays we need more examples of greatness like eusebio. >> reporter: it concluded with his body being at the cemetery in the portuguese capitol but there are suggestions that the remains be moved alongside the tombs of figures from portuguese history. and paul brennan, al jazeera. >> reporter: details of a $765 million to come seat retired players who suffered head injuries and the filing in a u.s. court monday is a step toward a long running legal battle and still needs to be approved by a judge, more than 4,000 players are in the suit accusing the league of hiding dangers of concussion and $675 million will be compensating players who suffered head-related injuries including

brain trauma and dementia and determined by a player's age and any unrelated medical issues and for medical testing, research and education of existing players and play for players lawyers and the total pay out amount to $900 million, the league's annual revenue tops $9 billion. and johnson is continuing the impressive form winning the first pga event for the year in hawaii. this is the way to a bogie and under par and 66 and wins $5.7 million and third victory in six starts and the 11th pga win for the 2007 master's champion. and cricket team celebrated with supporters following the cd white wash of england, a few thousand flocks to the sidney

oprah house including the prime minister abbott and had tribute who claimed one of the most famous prizes in international cricket since the first time in 2000 and the only man missing was rogers who slipped through and arrived late. >> there was plenty of michael jackson last night so perhaps that is why i'm late today. >> reporter: did you bring out the memoir? >> among other things i think i brought it out. >> reporter: won by defending champion in the cardi vision and won the stage between rafael, 46 seconds ahead. and peter also takes over the over all lead of the day and going for the rally. and previous won the motor bike rises. football fans will remember the brilliance of the player and he

has been showing off skills in japan and there he is lining up to take one of those prekicks for which he became rather famous but this target is a wedding cake. take a look here. [cheers] and the bride and groom of the large cake with shall i say precision. no question as opposed as to who the best man is on the show. and this is japan's top league these days and dare i say he looks as surprised as everybody else. brilliant kick there. [laughter] that is the way we leave it now and thank you for watching. >> only in japan. robin thank you very much indeed. there is lots more ahead here on al jazeera. do check out our website, al jazeera.com. again al jazeera.com. good-bye for now. ♪

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