check check > welcome to the newshour. we are here in doha with the top international stories. >> getting aid into homs - humanitarian concerns take center stage as syria's peace talks continue. >> digging in their heels - proteste proteste protesters in ukraine reject concessions from the president. we are live in kiev.

>> thai rallies turn violent. a protest leader killed as groups try to block a polling station. >> establishing a humanitarian corridor to homs. that appears to be the goal on the day of the syrian talks in geneva. lakhdar brahimi says an aid convoy is ready to go into the besieged city as soon as the syrian government gives its approval - prisoner exchanges and ceasefires will be discussed. a deal on any of these issues will be the first tangible win for the talks, and could set the tone for the rest of the negotiations. we cross to geneva. zeina khodr, we know the talks are not centered on regime

change, but how optimistic are the delegates that some concessions can be made with humanitarian aid? >> well, we understand that that was discussed during yesterday's session, and that they will try to finalise this deal so that aid can reach the old city of homs, which has been under government siege for overeight months now. the advisor to the syrian president bashar al-assad told me minutes ago that this is not a government concession. so the government really doing its best to say that they weren't - they are not giving in to demands of the opposition. the opposition really demanded that aid reaches homs. let's hear what she had to say. >> the s.n.c. says that aid will reach homs. is this a concession from the government? >> to reach homs. the government has a plan 201,

to try to reach all areas that are badly affected because of this terrorism. we have a plan now for 2014. reaching affected areas is not a concession. we are trying our best. these people are trying to focus on one small area. we want to reach all of syria, all the people in syria. humanitarian agencies give positive reports about what bashar al-assad is doing. unfortunately the media, and now you are here, the media, do not take any positive about what the syrian government is doing. >> what about, for example, the issue of ceasefires, they are talking about localized ceasefires. will we see it on the ground. >> the word ceasefire is used between two armies or countries fighting. this is not the right term for what is happening in syria. what we want, we submitted a plan for mr lakhdar brahimi to

discuss, after the joint confidence in paris, where mr kerry said let's start with aleppo. we said we didn't mind, but to take the terrorists out and allow humanitarian and food and medicine to enter and redeploy police so the city has its normal life, we are ready to do that, and take this example from one to another. please, please, when you hear something verified think about it and see if it's logical or not logical. >> it seems that there's more of an argument over semantics. let's move away from the humanitarian and the ceasefire issues. what else is on the discussion table today? >> well, there hasn't been any progress on the political front. geneva i communique calls for setting up a transitional body.

it sees the government duds not see in as a priority. what i was told was they do not consider the people that they are sitting on the same - in the same room with as partners for peace. in her words the s.n.c. is not a legitimate representative of the opposition. for her there are many opposition parties inside syria who were not invited to the talks and pointed out that the russians tried to press the americans to make sure that the internal opposition will be represented in geneva. but the americans refused. in her words, geneva ii is the first round, and what the syrian government will do is press to ensure that there will be more representatives from the opposition sitting on the table. this is just the beginning. they do not believe the s.n.c. has any influence on the ground. they have been doing their best to discredit the s.n.c. we are not expecting a political

deal at the end of geneva ii. but goodwill gestures from both sides would help the people on the ground who have been suffering from the lack of basic supplies. >> it is a start. we have to start somewhere. thank you for that. zeina khodr reporting for us from geneva. >> well, let's take a closer look at the city that will be the focus of this sunday's talks. homs is syria's third-largest city with a prewar population of over a million. it's on the road link syria's coast with damascus. it was one of the first places where the protests began and for a while the opposition called it the capital of the revolution, and protests swelled in homs in march and april of 2011. president bashar al-assad responded to largely peaceful marches in may by unleashing the military. part of the army defected and the u.n. passed a resolution

condemning the violence in homs, and the suburb became the symbol of the anti-bashar al-assad uprising. syrian troops besieged rebels after weeks of bombard: the free syrian army retreated. since late 2012 there has been sporadic fighting in homs, with both sides taking and retaking ground from each other. the government now controls most of the city. there are opposition fighters in some areas. the center of the city is in rebel control and is besieged by government forces for more than a year and a half. the syrian national coalition says the conditions inside homs is dire. >> translation: the old part of the homs has been besieged for over a year and a half. nothing gets in there.

no food, no medicine. there's 500 families, 2500 people. most of them are children. we have spoken to international donor organizations to provide food and medicine. the assad government objected to this. now there are 12 convoys waiting to be allowed in >> one of ukraine's opposition leaders says protests will not stop unless president viktor yanukovych meets some of their demands. there were confrontations between police and the opposition. they surrounded a building that the police were using an a base, breaking windows and throwing in molotov cocktails. protesters are guarding the barricades in the center of the capital. let's go to sue turten joining us from the capital. president viktor yanukovych, and opposition leaders had met a

little earlier. what was the outcome of those talks? >> well, the opposition leaders brought the outcome of those talks to independent square to lay out to the tens of thousands of people who amassed late on saturday night in subzero temperatures to listen to what president viktor yanukovych was wanting to offer. he made a number of concessions but the opposition leaders decided it was too little too late. >> at last a breakthrough. after more than eight weeks of protests in subzero temperatures president viktor yanukovych offers to embrace the opposition into his government. but it's too little, too late. >> translation: our clear position is to rescind these laws, full stop.

our demand is to hold presidential elections this year. we are not stepping back. we are holding our position in the regions. >> translation: what happened today viktor yanukovych announced that the government was not ready to take responsibility for the country and offered for the opposition to lead the government. are we afraid of this responsibility. we are not afraid to for the responsibility. >> after three hours of negotiations the offer to make sinyuk prime minister and vitaly klitschko the prime minister. and an independent square - that's a deal breaker. >> translation: first and foremost he has to resign, i repeat, resign, resign - that's as much as i can say. >> we are not asking for anything unreasonable. we want a normal life. he's bargaining for his own

money and safety. q. >> also on the table the constitution could be rewritten. an amnesty for all protesters will be granted if people leave the frontline and occupied government buildings >> viktor yanukovych has offered the top government to the opposition leaders, the protesters thinking he's losing his grip on power. they believe the unrest moving to towns outside the capital is the reason. >> translation: when it was kiev he was secure, he didn't take it seriously. they would calm down and go home. regional support is playing a role in destabilising him, blurring his vision and he's unsure of what will come next. >> as the leaders talked to the president, the fires continued

to burn on the street outside parliament. the protesters resolve is as strong as ever, and they believe the president has blinked first. >> and as the sides continue to burn, we know that parliament is expected to hold a special session on tuesday. is that in any relation to the protest? >> yes, indeed. president viktor yanukovych called the emergency session where a number of days ago he promised the opposition leaders where they'd debate the draconian laws, the public order laws brought in a few days ago, rushed through parliament by the president, meaning the tents erected in intendens square, people wearing masks and helmets are against the law. here looking to get rid of the laws in that debate on tuesday. there's still pressure put on the government, on the president in particular to give way to the demands that the opposition

leaders are calling for. last night, saturday night, we saw the protesters attack the convention centre along the road from where i'm standing. they caused havoc there. they were sending in molotov cocktails and fireworks. there were 200 police officers based in there. they wanted to take them hostage, bargain for the protesters held in the prison cells. a leader you saw in the piece, vitaly klitschko, went down there to negotiate the police to be allowed out of the building. it was violent for some time. they are determined to keep the pressure up, both for the discussions that are due to be ongoing for the opposition leaders and the president and before the emergency session in parliament on tuesday. >> great talking to you. thank you for that. reporting from kiev. >> gunmen have opened fire on an egyptian military bus, killing three soldiers and wounding 11

others. the attack happened near a military post. egyptian officials say the bus was hit by gunfire and a grenade at the same time. a coup removed mohamed morsi in power in july. the number of people killed in the violence in egypt rose to 49, and more than 1,000 are in gaol. the country is marking three years since the revolution that removed hosni mubarak from office. patty culhane has more. >> once again there are scenes of chaos and bloodshed on the streets of egypt. a nation divided. but its leaders are trying to project an image of unity. it was three years ago that egyptians stormed the square in huge numbers, demanding the removal of a former military leader-turned president. three years later they are back, demanding a new military leader,

general abdul fatah al-sisi take the job. this is a military sanctioned and protected protest. where only their supporters were allowed in, free to talk to the media. >> i came down today to celebrate with all my egyptian brothers and sisters. the great 25th revolution. >> that wasn't the case for those opposed to the military backed government. the former president ousted in a coup, the muslim brotherhood labelled a terrorist organization. al jazeera told of one case where snipers fired live ammunition into a crowd. >> the protestor from not armed. they were throwing bottles at the security forces. police in the past used tear gas, on this day they used live ammunition >> just to clarify, have you treated women or children? >> few of the protesters were

women. there were some children who were injured. a 10-year-old child died as a result of being shot in the head. seven people died in a nearby hospital. >> dozens are dead as egyptians turn on each other and the military cracks down on dissent three years after millions of egyptians united to demand democracy. the country is divided. >> al jazeera cannot report from cairo because our journalists have been defined. producers mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed, and correspondent peter greste are in custody now for 29 days. they are accused of spreading lies. allegations that al jazeera says are unfounded. two other journalists from our sister channels are held. abdullah al-shami is a reporter and mohammed badr is a

cameraman. they vice-president detained for over five months. >> still ahead on the newshour, one of china's leading human rights activists is gaoled for his anticorruption campaigns. plus, keeping the home fires burning. we report from china's rural heartland as millions gather for the new year festival. and coming up in sport, the australian chinese community celebrates the oldest grand slam winner. >> a suicide bomb attack in afghanistan killed four people and wounded 22, including children. the bomber detonated explosives next to an army bus. two killed were afghan air force task and the taliban said it carried out the attack. >> this is the latest attack in a surge of violence in kabul. >> afghan national air force

staff from on the bus that was attacked at 7am in eastern kabul. it's common at that time of the morning to see government employees being bussed from their homes to a place of work, whether security staff or working as part of the bureaucracy in the capital. in this says a suicide bomber on foot wearing a suicide vest attempted to board the bus. he was unsuccessful but did debtonate his explosives outside the bus. the government, years ago, stopped using marked buses for security forces. afghan national army was written on the side. they used civilian looking buses, subtle vehicles to take the staff to work, to avoid this signed of attack, which is not uncommon in the capital. it has not worked entirely. this attack comes a day after

comments from the african president hamid karzai pushing for the peace process involving the taliban and the u.s. to move forward. it is clear this morning that afghanistan is far from peace. >> news out of thailand - an anti-government protest leader was skilled. scott heidler joins me on the phone from bangkok. we have a fatality as the process ramps up ahead. polls. what details do you have on who was killed? >> this is a profest leader, not the main leader. everyone is familiar with the spokesperson. this was not him. this was a leader of the movement, but a smaller faction, if you will. the details are - today is sunday. they are calling for national

elections due to take place on february the 2nd. what protesters were doing, at the polling station, they were preventing people going in. they were successful in doing so. that majority of the polling positions were shut down. 45 out of the 50. this was an example of what was going on at a polling station at an area outside. this is where the protest leader was shot. we are getting some details from the bangkok and thai police. they confirmed that he was killed and others were injured by the gun fire. how it happened, what happened after it we don't quite know, because details are coming in. we have people that have been on the streets after it happened, and it was over quickly. this is something we haven't seen, a tense day of events turning violent late in the day 2:00 pm local time.

>> what impact would this fatality - what is it likely to have on the demonstrations that are ongoing in bangkok? >> yes, this is demonstrations going on since november. this is a fatality. why this is more significant, why today's is something that - you know, it's a fraction of all the people that could vote. what many people will focus on and are concerned about was if there's going to be violence because of the main polling going on next weekend, the opposition party boycotted. they said they'd do everything to stop it. a lot of people were viewing today as an example of what could happen when the polls goes on. that's why this gun fire outside a polling station is very significant and when you look at the other fatalities, this has a

little more weight. a significant in relation to the general election. in >> thank you for the update. >> one of china's prominent activists has been sentenced to four years in gaol. a court found him guilty of gathering crowds. xu zhiyong was campaigning for better education for rural students and in a movement that organised street demonstrations. there has been criticism by foreign documents in beijing. >> we are concerned that today's conviction is retribution for xu's public campaign to expose corruption and the peaceful expression of his views. it is part of a pattern of arrest of the public interest lawyers, journalists, remmageous

leaders who challenge views. >> he is one of a number of people, it is sending the wrong signal to the outside world concerning the chinese government's commitment. >> in china authorities have produced a list of offenses against a wiger scholar. an activist is accused of spreading separatist thoughts. human rights will not improve in china without an independent judiciary. >> the only thing that can keep the government and the party clean is an independent judiciary. that is not the case in china. the party is above the law. the only check on corruption is

the internal memberinganism and this -- mechanism and that failed. this week was the revelations about the offshore accounts, that government leaders were filling their pockets with money and stashing it away. >> when you have a citizen or a low activist asking for an official asset transparency, the response from the party and the government is clear - arrest this person and gaol him. >> millions of chinese are making their way home for the lunar festivities. more than 3.6 billion journey over the period. craig travelled with one couple to a remote part of the province. >> this is when hundreds of millions of chinese migrants, and families travel from the

cities to head to their villages to spend chinese new year with their family. we travelled with a cleaner, bringing us to a small village where she and her husband grew up. four generations gathered for the celebrations. eating is the best way to catch up. >> translation: all the food is grown by us. we don't use fertiliser or pesticides. it's safer and tastes better. >> tang works seven days a week. her husband and son work in the capital. this village is empty, abandoned for the promise of riches in the big cities. >> china's migrant workforce has been the back bone of an economic rise. it comes as a cost. these villages are drained of labour. leaving villages like these almost empty.

>> when the new year celebrations are over only the young and the old will remain. tang's father is 82. he and his wife spend 10 hours working the 3,000 square metre organic farm. >> translation: the young people all left home. my wife and i do the farm work. young families don't want to do the farm work at home. the village is empty. >> li's grandson left the village. he has a daughter and son, paying a penalty to the government as a privilege. works as an electrician in beijing means spending the year away from his family. it's a sacrifice worth it. >> i work hard in beijing to save money to send my children to good schools there. >> many village families left the countryside altogether. this loss of agricultural application and expertise is a

challenge. tang plans to return to her village. >> i'm 50 years old, i want to make money for a few more years, buy insurance, keep cash in my pocket and i don't want to become a burden. >> tung will spend 15 days with her family. when the holiday ends, she and husband li will endure 36 hours of the road and rail network. >> let's take a check on the weather with everton. we have rain and snow causing problems across europe. give us a look as to how it's going to look over the next few days. we have heavy rain around the south-eastern corner of here. you can see the satellite picture. snow to the north. it's pushing northwards and then you have very unsavory weather pushing across the north-western corner of europe.

the sharp back edge on the cloud. it's indicative of stormy weather coming across the u.k. in the next couple of days. temperatures will tumble making our way through the course of this week. we have flooding concerns. that will remain in the forecast over the next coup of days. we see heavy rain into turkey. 58mm of rain coming down here. to the north of that in romania heavy snow. major problems as a result of the snow form. strong winds, blizzard conditions, difficult to get around. the snow is in the forecast here as we go through monday. the wet weather remains. that will be the case as we go through tuesday. snow making its way towards ukraine. >> thank you. and still to come on this

newshour - powering the future. india looks to build on its nuclear program, despite growing concerns of coastal communities. s. many on the streets in ukraine. >> and how tiger slumped to one of the worst rounds in his career. details in sport.

>> welcome back. let's take a look at the top stories on al jazeera. the establishment of a

humanitarian corridor to homs appears to be the goal of the day at the syrian peace talks. >> changes and local ceasefires will be discussed. >> opposition leaders say protests will continue despite president viktor yanukovych's offer of top cabinet jobs to the opposition. anti-government protesters besieged a police station in kiev, throwing molotov cocktails and breaking windows. an anti-government protest leader has been killed during demonstrations in thailand. he was shot in the head whilst giving a speech. >> the al qaeda link said group, the islamic state of iraq and levant called on sunnis to abandon the lebanese army, and the group is operating on the ground in syria and says it set up a local unit in lebanon. al jazeera's correspondent has

this report from beirut. >> these are groups based in syria and have links to al qaeda. they have threatened hezbollah, which is sending fighters and fighting alongside the syrian government against rebel groups and the opposition in syria. they threatened to attack hezbollah here in lebanon, and to attack the neighbourhoods where hezbollah and the shia live. some threats that have been posted in recordings or on twitter accounts belonging to the affiliated groups go as far as calling on sunnis in lebanon not to go to the neighbour hoods or live among the shia, who are a major part of the social fabric. back in may it was announced that hezbollah would fight the al qaeda-affiliated group

because they are seen as a threat to shia in lebanon. now it appears that the groups came to lebanon to confront hezbollah for its role in fighting in syria. >> protesting garment workers fought with police in the c cambodian capital. they demand the release of 23 garment workers there monning. >> coming from pe wrong pen is supposed to be a better life to these people. the industry is booming, bringing in there 5 billion from the u.s. it acts for 5% of the the country's exports. 25-year-old woman says things have not turned out. she is paid $90 a month and part of that is sent home. the rest covers represent,

electricity, food and water. >> translation: i'm not happy. the money i earn is spent right away. nothing is left. >> she shares a small room in the city with three other relatives who work in factories. it's a cramped space and life here, she says, is hard. hundreds of others are not happy either and are taking to the streets in defines of a government ban. the ban was put in place after a similar workers' demonstration turned violent. the government use of force shocked many. troops made it clear they'd continue to do what they can to enforce the ban. >> officials are in a bind. a cabinet minister said he feared raising workers salaries would mact the country less competitive and drive investors or buyers away. not doing so could lead to instability, which may have the same result. >> 33 global brands and unions called on the government to

resolve the situation. local civic society groups petition foreign governments to get involve. >> there needs to be more dialogue, illegal underpinnings in terms of behaviours of trade unions and employers. there needs to be a more method logically sound process. >> for now the work continues on factory floors. >> if the salary is raised i will stay. if not, i'll have to go home. >> at the end of the day the thought of home and their families keeps the workers going. with little choice they'll be back in the morning with the hope that things will improve. >> japan's prime minister is in new delhi and strengthen ties with india. shinso abe is the guest of

honour as india marks its 66th republic day and joined president singh for the traditional delay. they offered to hep in the energy sector. we have this report where a nuclear plant came online in july. >> nuclear power plants are the centrepiece of the energy policy. for more than 40 years consecutive governments invested in the hope of providing millions of people with electricity. >> production has begun, the newest edition to the nuclear power network. >> it's a democratic country. >> activists are convinced they have a cause to fight for. >> they claimed they started it. it doesn't mean they cannot shut it down. it's the people's will, a democracy. >> earning a living is a daily

struggle. this man has fished in these waters for 50 years. a nuclear power plant in the neighbourhood ruined his livelihood. >> i used to earn $8 a day. now i struggle to make $0.50. i can't fish where i used to. if i tried to go near it the nuclear power plant people stop me. >> india's first power plant was built in the 1960s. the government turned to countries like france and russia for help in developing its nuclear energy program. the director of the observer research foundation says india's unwillingness to sign treaties governing nuclear weapons hindered the chance. >> concerns heightened assistance the fukushima disaster. japan has been supported. besides fukushima japan had a

constraint - it wants the india to sign some treaties, a nonproliferation treaty before it proceeds. that is where india has problems. >> the negotiation tables to small seaside villages, there's little denying the impact that the nuclear energy plants, if rds, could have. >> the building and operation of this nuclear power plant highlights a challenge that the indian government long wished to deal with. nuclear energy is a hard sell here, especially since the accident in fukushima in japan. with a few viable alternatives, the government insists it's one of india's best options when it comes to powering the future. >> let's get more analysis on this with the security and strat eemic affairs editor for the

india news channel. thank you for joining us on the show. an obstacle to the nuclear deal in india and japan is a reluctance to sign the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. what is behind the he's tans to -- he's tans to become a signatory. >> it's a position taken in the late 1960s. it will not sign it because it's discriminatory against smaller nations, nonnuclear powers. this was the position before india had done the nuclear tests in the mid 70s and the late 1990s. there's nothing knew. india stalk to the position that it's discriminatory. >> japan understands that.

prime minister shinso abe is a guest of honour in new delhi. explain to us what is behind the renewed vigour to the indian-japan ties. one factor is china. that is the biggest factor. whenever china has a border dispute with india, a land-border dispute and tensions with japan are not new, but have been renewed in the past year or so. therefore both india and japan. largest democracies in asia think they should get together to counterbalance china, if not contain it. >> japan decided to come closer to india and take the relationship to the next level. >> thank you for your insight. security and strategic affairs editor for ndtv.

>> now, a polio vaccination drive in pakistan's khyber pakutwra province has been called off. it has been delay following taliban threats. we have more from peshawar, one of the most-affected areas in pakistan. >> for this man something as simple as getting up to april the door is a struggle. he was not born like this, but missing the vital polio vaccine means he cannot use his legs. >> i was about 1.5 years old. my parents tell me i had high fever. after that all of my lower body was paralyzed. i didn't give up and concentrated on my work. >> hassan says the disease disabled him and quashed his ambitions. >> i have been deprived of many

things i wanted to do. i wanted to learn. every school rejected me. i don't get out. my life rewolves around this shop and my home. >> getting rid of polio is a challenge for health officials. their teams are attacked and there's a mistrust among the community after it was revealed that the c.i.a. used a fake vaccination drive to locate osama bin laden. the world health organization found some of the virus from peshawar to syria. it's putting thousands of lives at risk. the government is taking note of it and is deploying thousands of political workers to administer vaccines. >> in the next three months we are doing an emergency. it's like a health emergency. we'll have 12,500 volunteers who will go door to door and will tackle the diseases.

polio is one of them. then the police will provide them security. health workers demand more concrete actions than mere assurances of security. >> translation: they don't pay us on time. the government should provide insurance. we risk our lives for children and don't know if we will return home. >> while the government struggles to provide security and identify those attacking health workers. the plea to parents is simple - don't be enemies of your children. vac sinuate them so they can have a better future. >> lots more to come on this al jazeera news hour. including the treasures inspiring big dreams. we'll report from the bolivian festival where small is beautiful. christian ald -- cristiano

ronaldo - we talk about him in sport.

>> welcome back. now, protesters in brazil fought with police during marches against the world cup, outraged that brazil is spending $20 billion on the tournament. there were protests in seven cities. the biggest in sao paulo. >> this is the busiest important avenue in all of sao paulo, and

this is the first anti-world cup protest held here in the city in 2014. the numbers are not nearly as big as what we saw last june. this is very much a youth-led movement. i would say well over 1,000 people. they are saying that brazil is spending too much money on the world cup, pointing to things such as this. if the country is spending $20 billion to get ready for the world cup, $4 billion to build 12 stadiums. >> translation: we see huge amounts of money superintendent on the world cup, but health, public housing it's all the basic rites of brazilians are taken away. >> we see signs that say "f.i.f.a. go home" "say no to corruption and capitalism", "people power", and this one, "don't come to the world cup in

2014." huge police preference here as you might understand, but this is nothing compared to what it's going to be like when the world cup is here. the brazilian government says if they are going to have tens of thousands of police officers available, including a riot force deployed to all 12 host cities, they say they will not tolerate non-peaceful protests. a movement it leading the protest. they are considered trouble makers and vandals. they say they are not. they are here simply to retaliate against potential for violence against peaceful protesters. things are starting to get out of control. some of the protesters and police are clashing. you can see some things are going off now. protests have turned into situation such as this.

it shows how a few protesters can throw the city into chaos. >> it's time for sports and here is jo. >> thank you. >> the men's final at the australian open turn understood a ril thriller. rafael nadal is playing stanislas wawrinka now at melbourne park. rafael nadal, the top seed went two sets down because of an injury that barely saw the 2009 champion move around the court much a medical time out, and pain-killers put him back in the fight. theys taken the third set -- he's just taken the third set. >> li na has spent australia day showing off her title, a victory welcomed by the chinese community in australia and back home. andrew thomas reports from melbourne. >> in the end her victory was emphatic. >> in winning her second grand slam a month off her 32nd

birthday, li na was the oldest woman ever to win the australian open, and the first from china. >> i have to say again this is my favourite. i'm so happy to win here. i cannot wait and looking forward to coming back. >> on sunday morning a stream of chinese tourists took photos we were in melbourne when, so they could post it home. >> i was so excited. i could not sleep. i'm so proud of li na. >> those li na fans here in personnel on saturday night were witness to something special. sunday is australia day, and australia's sizeable community has something extra to celebrate. in melbourne's china town over australia day lunch the talk was of tennis. >> not for lunch, holiday and go home. it's very exciting for me and my friends in shina.

>> after the match lena joked she was looking forward to getting back to china. the crowds are likely to great her as a hero. >> li na won the french open. chinese tennis coming of age. li na in her third attempt at the final. >> on to football. real madrid moved past barcelona and atletico. cristiano ronarkldo stars again. we have this report. >> a home coming for christiano ronaldo and his trophy. "real money" fans paying their tribe ute to the world's best footballer. it was a more unpleasant outing for the world's most expensive footballer. gar ith bale on the refusing end and substituted.

>> ronaldo put on a show. this spectacular overhead kick the highlight of the first half. he made it count after the interval, putting real ahead with a strike. >> completing a solid 2-0 victory, a fifth in a row. real now with a 2-point lead at the top, barcelona and atletico madrid to play on sunday. >> all four goals 2010 valen sia. eth jan ol ahead. they exchanged goals.

a fee of $61 million is a club record for lionel messi to change teams. he'll go straight into the team on tuesday. >> chelsea begins live later. before that chevedly host fulham. manchester surviving a scare, coming from 2-goals down. bayern munich the only time to win. it changed after a break. a hat-trick and a goal helping city to a 4-0 win. >> it's bad news for a world cup team. a player looked set to miss the tournament after suffering a fracture. several of the team-mates were unable to look at the injury. everton winning 4-0.

>> liverpool beat bor mouth 2-0. wigan kept the title defense going. n.h.l. held an outdoor game if warm weather. >> 54,000 witnessed perry scoring 28 goals. 36 saves as they won 3 of 0. >> in the n.b.a. the denver nuggets beat the indiana pacers. chandler scoring a 25 points. jj hickson slam-dunked the time points of the game. they have the best record in the n.b.a. >> simon gerrans won the tower

down under. gerrans becomes the first to win the race three times, beating compatriot cadel evans by five seconds. >> the world's best golfer slumped to the second-worst round. tiger woods is the defending champion at tory pines and won eight times. saturday's third round tested him with the approach on the 18th going into the water, the first of two double bowingies. he missed his secondary cut. the leader gary woodland is on 2-under. >> sergio garcia set a win. it could be the start of an amazing year. after three extra holes it was the first victory since the masters in 2011. today was really nice to be able to show 65.

you need to shift something like that and all three holes with a great chance. so, i'm very happy about it. >> there is plenty more on the website. check out aljazeera.com/sports. that's it for now. >> thank you very much. >> an indigenous tradition in blifa spawned an annual festival attracting a new kind of treasure hunter. tiny treasures inspire big dreams. small is beautiful. >> the city of lapaz is steeped in tradition, many dating back to before the arrival of the spanish colonialist. they moved with the times. the festival of miniatures a good example. an indigenous fare selling bank notes, flat-screened tvs and

computers. we live in a world in which many things, telephones and cameras are smaller. in bolivia they have taken miniaturizition to a new level. here small, very small, is beautiful. >> this means buy me. the annual festival begins on 24 january and the tradition, the god of abundance and the host of the festival will provide all you want for the year, if you guy a miniature version of what you require. a good deal of time and effort goes into keeping the details right. >> you can see the details. the secret is in how to make the mould. i invest a great deal of time. if you put in the works, the results are excellent. >> this man has been working on

the min tours. he makes saints, little saints, that he believes, if treated right. he will know what the openers want. >> festival min tours over time gives us visitors from other artists. some artists exhibit at the festival and nowhere else. >> with steep streets and mountain setting it is alive with tradition and culture. the focus for the next few weeks, it is very much on the intricate detail. >> scientists discovered a new species of river dolphins. it's thought there's 1,000 of them in the river running through the amazon rainforest. this is the first discovery of a new dolphin in a century. >> time for me to swim out of here and leave room for others

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