watch "real money" at its regular time monday through friday right here on al jazeera america. that's our show for today. i'm ali velshi. thanks for joining us. this is al jazeera. hello, and welcome to the news hour. here are the top stories. turkey shoots down a syrian jet it says violated its air space. gunmen attack a church in kenya opening fire on the congregation. at least five people are dead. this is the news from europe includes nato voices its concern over a russian troop buildup on ukraine's eastern border. two women from different sides of the political divide

but only one can become the first female mayor of paris. if you violate my air space, a slap after this will be hard. those were the words of russian prime minister tayyip erdogan. first we have this report. >> the battle inside syria for the vital strategic border cross between syria and turkey now involves turkey's military.

le remains of the the fighter jet burned, shot down by turkish f-16s after it jetted across to enter the air space. today the political rally of the leadup to local elections on march 30th, turkish prime minister erdogan told his supporters -- >> translator: a syrian plane invited our air space. our f-16s took off and hit the plane. if the violate the air space the slap will be hard. >> damascus says the plane was in syrian air space when turkish jets attacked. it's the second time turkey has downed a civilian aircraft. last september they shot down a helicopter in the same region after it strayed off the border bombing opposition fighters. rebels today posted a video

showing them in control of the border crossing, bought fighting remains fierce. the crossing matters because it's the last northern post to be captured by opposition fighters and opening up a passage to the mediterranean sea. not only that, but it's in a region inhabited mainly by syrian alawites. his home village is only 30 kilometers away. kasab village insist is an armenian community with my jeefs. the inhabits are said to have all fled the fighting. the opposition come from the stronger, more conservative brigades. the syrian government says turkey is helping these groups in their latest assault. the syrian army and national defense forces are still fighting back and are being reinforced.

syrian fighter jets have bombed the area for the past few days. >> al jazeera was at the turkish prime minister's election rally in istanbul. he sent this update a short while ago. >> the military was very clear, especially the air force, because i remember the turkish military issued several statements when they retaliated themselves. they warn them then not to do it again. they had the opportunity with all of the residents and also to be shooting down on the turkish planes two years ago. the turkish armed forces issued a statement saying that they've won before it answered in turkish air space to ignore the warning. then two f-16 turkish shot one

missile and brought down the syrian fighter jets. at least one person has been killed during fighting between pro and anti-syrian fighters in the lebanese capital of beirut. the fight beganing in a sunni district in the south of the capital early in the morning, and this follows nine days of violence in the northern city of tripoli, which has killed at least 27 people. we'll have much more on the shooting death of that syrian jet for you around 20 minutes on al jazeera. just a reminder, in the meantime keep up to date on news on the website. there it is on the screen. aljazeera.com. in kenya masked gunmen opened fire during a church sister near the coastal city of mambasa. katherine sawyer reports from nairobi. >> reporter: this is the aftermath of an attack inside this church, a tourest favorite along kenya's coast.

men with automatic weapons stormed into the church when the service was about to begin. there was indiscripple nature shooting, and when it was gunmen simply walked away. two people lay dead on the chufrj floor. several others died in hospital. they try to prevent it for their naems. two men stormed the church and one of them started to fire on worshippers. >> reporter: smfome of the injud were taken to mambasa. this is attack daying after they arrested two nen in mambasa in a vehicle with explosives. the bomb was so powerful it could destroyed a 20-story building. it was placed under high terror alert and security was tightened. many are concerned with all the measure in place, gunmen can

walk into a church and shoot and vanish with a police station 100 feet away. nop one has taken responsibility, but they have carried out multiple attacks across the country which is called revenge. kenyans are increasingly about the ease at which some fighters appear to move in the country. it's complicated, but there's an ongoing crack sgloun on al shabaab members, leaders there say muslims are unfairly targeted. last month several people were killed when police stormed into a meeting where they believed it's being used to rekrut them to join al shabaab. last year they had a responsibility for an attack on the westgate mall that killed 67 people. al jazeera, nairobi. you're with the al jazeera news hour.

there's much more to come, including on board the renegade libyan oil tanker that made it back in port after it was captured by u.s. navy skills. the outbreak of ebola kills almost 60 people in guinea and there are fears it could spreads further. we have an english premier update a little later. as the crisis continues in the crimean peninsula, nato's top commander in europe issued a warning on the russian troop buildup on the eastern border. the man in charge philip breedlove says the russian force to the ukrainian border now to the east is very, very sizable and ready. ukrainian troops have maintained

defenses along the board for some weeks now. there is no plans to increase truth of numbers in the region. rosalynn, first of all, how significant do you think it is that general breed love himz has made thaz comments. >> breedlove, the supreme commander as well as the commander of u.s. forces in europe made thiz comments because they come on the heels of a phone call which nubbing hagel with his russian counterpart earlier in the week. essentially the message was this. we are aware of your movements and we are prepared to deal with them if we decide that is what needs to be done. generally breedlove also today attendees at the brussels forum, which is under way right now, that this is not a sign that nato forces are simply going to

move their assets along the border inside ukraine, which is not a member of nato, by the way, in order to confront what they do say was a very skillfully maneuver into crimea and an effort to take over that part of what the rest of the world still considering ukrainian territory. >> ukraine is not a member of nato but moldova is. they should have issued a slight warning that moldova might be a risk. normally what kind of action would nato take in response in russia troops buildup. >> there are russian troops deployed inside moldova with their consent. what is important to ♪ that under article five there is a responsibility on the part of nato members to defend a

member if they're attacked. that's only been invoked one time before, and that was after the september 11th attacks. now, there's certainly a concern, though, because that there is a sizable population inside moldova has been sympathetic to russia and has ethnic ties to russia, there could be an effort to essence put up intentions there. general breedlove told attendees they're trying to stay as engaged as possible through military-to-military channels to basically not see what happens in crimea be repeated anywhere else. thank you. moscow has confirmed that 89 ukrainian military bases on the crimea peninsula are now under russian kroet. the ukrainian soldiers that manned the bases have to make tough decisions about their future. nick spicer has more from crimea

now. >> the major spoke with al jazeera before russians took over the base. the soldiers were still holding out. he read us the russian offer. leave the ukrainian army, become a russian citizen and get a job with better pay in the russian armed forces. he has never lived in mainland ukraine, and his parpts and family live here in near by sevastopol. he has rel tifs buried here, but there's something stronger than that. >> translator: as for me, you i will definitely leave and go to mainland ukraine. despite all the endless offers, i won't accept russian citizenship and pledge aledge yens to russia. you can only give one oat in a life. if you betray it, you're not worthy of respect. >> the ukrainian defense

ministry says they're heroes that served a nation well and promises them financial support and housing. many soldiers leaving to the mainland say the government should have given them clearer orders in good time. torn between his officers dignity and disappointment, he's going to puck up more than his uniform, a whole life, memories and joys and sfoiment are coming for a trip to the destination he doesn't know yet. this is something else. he says this flag flew over the base during the three-week standoff with the russians. the officer decided to dut it up and share the pieces in the hope to fly it someday over their base once again. for now he needs to get his paperwork off the base now with russian soldiers. after that, a long road but for

the major there's simply no other one to take. nick spicer, al jazeera, crimea. in ukraine itself thousands of people have protested against russia's actions in crimea. about 3,000 people joined the demonstration at kiev independence square. the foreign minister spoke at the rally and says the whole world supports the integrity of ukraine. let's go back to doha for now. hundreds of people mourn the death of ijurmist and his family in kabul. he was killed alongside his wife and two children on thursday. they were among nine people that died when four gunmen attacked diners in one of kabul's most secure hotels.

she worked for the french news agency. security footage off the attack has emerged showing four taliban gunmen passing through checks and they should goled weapons in by hiding them inside their shoes. the men were patted down at boast checkpoints. their shoes were not checked. one of the egypt's prominent political strifs and hosts mubarak in 2011. he faces trial along with 21 others for protesting against increased neutral power. on the hef of his appearance they show the mistreatment of young men and women in custody. we have more. >> reporter: this footage was

splimed gi anti-coup activists in egypt. it shows women taken into custody, and here teenage boys are led away by plane clothed officers. they're accused of taking part in anti-government protests and transferred from a juvenile detention center in alexandria to torah prison in cairo. their families try to invade to stop the transfer. >> translator: there were only 25 of us. we said not to transfer our children, but they responded with water cannons, even though we're all women. >> reporter: those still held in alexandria are staged between 12 and 13. they accuse the prison authorities of beats them and restricting access to them. trrp visitors to criminals get a long time, but we were all loyed

only two minimum sxits is subjected to strict body searches. when i put food in front of my child. he told me that he was not going to eat. >> reporter: human rights groups say many children are illegally being held alongside adults in egypt, but are routinely mistreats. soom roirs detess the position. >> some were arrested and this showed the strategy of using women and children to perpetrate illegal acts. it's they're only maintaining order fwhout any violations by human rights. these heinous acts are strongly condemned as now legal act is tall but international law says children should be detained as last resort, and in today's

egypt it's far from a rear event. one of three al jazeera english journalists held in a cairo prison for 85 days has been taken to hospital for a shoulder injury. shown on the right he has received little medical care for his shoulder, which was dislocated before his arrest in december. he's detained, and they're all accused of having links with a terrorist organization and spreading false news. al jazeera rejektds all charges against it's staff and continuing to demand their immediate release. almost 60 people vr killed by the ebola virus, which was spread across the west africa country of kenya. it could spread to syria leon. 19% contract the virus and die and docket fors are trying to lose the outoutbreak.

>> for weeks now an outbreak of hem hemorrhage logic has gripped them. >> reporter: investigation teams going from village to village to figure out the sewers. >> obola is one of the most life tlenting to humans and it can cause blooding externlt internal. it was first identified in 1976 after significant academics in the previous republic of congo. the bodily feuds or tissues are a person who is nfked. it will spread at fun israels. it kills up to 90% of its victims. ebola outbreaks usually happen near tropical green forests. the last big outbreak was in

ugan uganda, but the disease has never bren before been diagnosed in guinea. >> translator: i'm scared because it affects me. >> translator: this is guinea's breadbasket. >> reporter: medical officials say they're overwhelmed. doctors without borders is reinforcing its presence there to assist the government. >> the outbreak is contained by being able to follow-up all of the cases. if the cases are coughing up in different locations, that makes running down all of the contacts and looking at their well building very challenging. >> reporter: ebola has no known cure or vaccine. they're working as quick a possible, and there are concerns the virus may have spread to neighboring syria leone. jsz. australia's prime minister

say there are new and credible leads in the search for the missing flight. chinese satellites defect debris in the southern indian ocean. it's not clear what the objects are and that's the focus of the search. they tool have satellite i am mallings calling potential objects of interest. they float within the search area about 7500 dlab rates southwest on perth. >> we have significant developments new to satellite imagery. it's satellite imagery. it does seem to suggest at least one large object down there consistent with the object that earlier satellite imagery discovered, which i told the australian parliament about last week. yesterday one of our civilian search aircraft got visuals on a number of objects in a fairly small wrar in the overall

australian search zone. mishd obama visit the great wall of china. she's on a week-loveng visit to promote education among chinese students. she was accompanied by her two daughters ma lea and sasha. hundreds of protest z occupied parliament in taipei, but critics say the agreement would leave the i land vulnerable to political pressure from beijing. the president tsz the island must ratify the deal for the sake of future generations. >> translator: the approval of this trade pact is to open it further and allow our country to have more advantageous conditions compared to other foreign countries. young people have big treems.

we should support them into a bigger market. myanmar environmentalists have started a 2400-kilometer trek to protest the construction of a hydroelectric dam. they plan to march 9 because of the sight of the project in kach kachin. they're worried because construction will resume next year. 90% will be exported to china. bangladesh has become one of the biggest exporters of shrimp in the world, but the success of its farms came at a coast. we have the story from the district of kula in southern bang lash desh. >> they call it would it gold. for 30 years now they mading for me. it leading only to the garment industry. for shrimp farmers it's been easy money.

>> translator: take my farm. whatever i nervous i get sxiks nine numbers in turn. it's a really profitable business. >> the industry has not rewarded vrnl equally. all of this was farmland and home to a large number of farmers. we can work this stretch of lant, by hiring one on twor laborers. that's good news for the shrimpers. it would have provided an income for several dozen farmers. >> a few hours away he struggle to flow his sards on the island. because of all the shrimp farming salt maurt intrusion from the bay of bengal is a major problem in the area. >> reporter: "the stream" farming habben fitted already those on the lot of lange. those who want to research, small farmers haven't gained from it at all. >> they say many of his neighbors have been displaced

because they can no long support themselves off the land. for though backing the shrimp industry say it employees more than 1 million people. they they crops should be grown elsewhere. >> if we do not produce rice and then they're upset, there's no wrob with that. because all they can is produce rice. the bangladesh cannot grow it the fruit. >> like the garment sector it's a system of how country is changing from farmer to factory workers, perhaps an catch-up as me try to catch up with civilization. >> while shrimp farming has good revenues, some say it can hurt the environment. see the second part of the story monday here at. >> paking tribute to the

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ukrainian military installations on the crimea peninsula. about 3,000 people demonstrated against the russian governmented in kiev's independence square. more on the shooting of the syrian plane in turkish air space. it's not the first time this has happened. in september last year, turkey shot down a syrian helicopter. at the time syria said it was on a reconnaissance mission and had mistakenly crossed into turkish territory. prior to that syria apologized to turkey for the jet off the syrian coast in june 2012. the first turkish civilian casualties from the conflict were in august of that year when a stray shell from syria landed in a turkish border town killing five. since then turkey has retail yated whenever syria fire breaches the territory. i'm joined by andrew finkel. he's reported from turkey for 30 years. the question is is turkey going to retaliate for what it says

the syrian jet was in its air space and its tear another in he's warning syria of a heavy response. what does that mean to you? >> well, i suppose turkey already has retaliated. they shot down this jet. they said they gave a fair warning. they said they warned it four times. the jet was within 10 nautical miles of turkey and infringed turkish air space and two of the f-16s by the turkish air force shot it down. turkey has the feeling they have done their part. it's a question whether syria now feels it should show retaliation. >> syria is saying this is, in fact, aggression, so do you see it escalating? >> well, if syria tried to escalate the conflict now, turkey would have no opposite than to take the bait. this is an election week in

turkey. this time next sunday turkey goes to the polls and it's a sensitive time. any action by syria during this week would certainly be -- turkey would almost feel obliged to meet it in kind. it's a question whether damascus feels strong enough to take on turkey, and personally i don't think that's going to happen. >> domestically, andrew, is it in their interest to retaliate at this point prior to the elections? let's not forget it's a critical time for him in the country with the banning of twitter and allegations of corruption. >> well, the opposition has warned during this past week that turkey might -- that the government might feel that it will get involved in some sort of syrian adventure. no one thought it would be an incident like this. there's a big within syria, the

famous sulman shah grave. this is turkish territory within the syrian border, which turkey will defend it syria tries to take it away from them. people thought that might be the incident that provides the spark. it is probably an unrelated thing with that. it would be contentious for the government to actually go to war. it would have, you know, would it get them more votes or scare the electorates in his heart to say. i think the smart money is perhaps that this incident will calm down. otherwise, we have nato involved in the syrian conflict. >> that brings me to the next question, andrew. you were questioning what syria's next move might be. turkey's membership of nato does not affect what syria does or does not do next? >> well, certainly if syria were to mount a full-out attack or even an attack on a nato member,

nato would be obliged to respond. there are already patriot missiles stationed in and on the turkish border with syria to defend against incursions. it would be suddenly governed by the nato chargers, so that, of course, would be a disincentive really for damascus to take this one stage further. >> let me just ask you, you're joining us from istanbul, but what's your take on what happens because as i rep the turkey says it was in air space, and syria says it was in syrian territory attacking rebels on the border. what's your take? >> well, i have obviously no way of knowing from istanbul which side of the border the jet was when it was shot down. we know it fell on the syrian side of the border.

the assumption is it was not there to infringe turkish territory but try to take back rebel enclaves on the syrian side of the border and it may have slipped across the border. maybe turkey was trying to give the rebels a little help to shoot down some planes. early way, as you mepgsed, there was an incident two years ago in which a turkish jet was probably probing syrian air defenses and shot down by syrian in the mediterranean. turkey may think in the tit for tat and avenged the incident two years ago. >> thank you. now, a tanker that escaped libyan waters loaded with oil has been steered back to tripoli by u.s. special forces. the morning glory left the port two weeks ago, breaking a naval blockade. we have the report.

>> reporter: right in front of the media, libyan navy forces displayed the 21 crew and three rebels they're'ed. it took the help of u.s. special forces. they seized control of the ship off the coast of cyprus a week ago. >> the intervention of u.s. forces prevented the destruction of the tanker. thanks to god we received the tanker yesterday. >> reporter: these are the men that managed to cause the government so much embarrassment it led to the sdmigs after of the prime minister. the mortgage floefry defied the libyan government earlier this morning when it docked in asidra to load oil. it took on thousands of bears of withdrewed before sailing pew waters somehow escaping the libyan warships that were flanking it. the crew wouldn't speak on camera, but the captain's family

said it forced them to unload the oil and escape from libyan authorities. trrp now all the individuals rested will be referred to the relevant authorities. >> reporter: libyan's government has struggled to croyle and the recapture of morning glory is the latest example. while it hooks like paris is go to bet its own first lady. let's get more on that from our european person. >> that's right. the top two contenders in the paris mayoral race are indeed women. across france millions have voted in local body elections. there are major midterm test for president howl landy and his socialist government. the result in paris is highly anticipated. emma hayward has more. >> reporter: this is a chance to run all this, one of the world's most distinctive cities. whoever wins this election in

paris will make history. becoming the first feel male leader. on the right is the umm missouri morizet and then there is anne hildago. they both compete hard but do it differently. morizet is a rising star on the right and an ecology minister. >> because i want to change paris for the beth. because i love paris. >> reporter: while high dahl gotays a morley co-approach. she's the current deputy mayor. >> translator: i hope they choose progress and humanism over swerving itch and regress. >> the woman needs to keep in

mind the interest of 11-2 people. this is the first real electoral test since francois hollande struggled in the peels. this has been dock na -- dominad by the discussion for better housing. politics like in many places is dominated about saids men. the two main mare oral cannots have been scrutinized in a way they weren't have been in they were man and compared not only on their politics. >> reporter: the interest in the fact that the candidates are women could be seen in the media. when they talked about the color of their hair, how they dressed. they have to play on a different level which is one of suction to play the wobble to be able to represent the image of the mayor. >> reporter: both candidates

want to revitalize paris, and if generally isn't the main issue in the ballot week this weekend, maybe it could lead to greater equality and politics here. we're live from paris. polls haven't closed in paris themselves. they have closed in other parts of france. do we have any idea of exit polls or turnout? any clue? >> not really blab. because the polls close in parities, when we go there and there's poles in 20 minutes time or so. they won't give us a picture of what happened in paris and what's happened here in nationally. what we do know is there's been a great number of people who have decided not to go to the polls yesterday. the latest figures we have show that there have been 35% ascension. two-thirds of people decided not to vote. that is of no great surprise really, given the disi will

lukesment from people with politics here. if those figures are correct, that would mean fewer people voted this time than they did six years ago when the last local elakzs were held in france. >> not graelt news for the president. a lot of people are unhappy with the economic and he's e78 relbrieled in the scandal from a few weeks ago. how many are these for president hollande do you think? >> it's a litmus test for him and his government, of course. his approval ratings is 19%. 1 in 5 people aren't happy with him at all. it's not just people unhappy with the socialist, the ruling government. they're also very disillusioned with the opposition as well. the u.n. tea party, nicolas sarkozy the former president party as well. the disillusionment spreads across the boards really.

it's interesting in the election to see how well the national son does fielding more candidates than ever before in this election. of course, we won't get the final results tonight. we'll know the winners and losers in a week's time. >> the polls will close in 20 minutes. we'll check in at the time of the 19 gmt news here. thank you. the thing in france is controversy there's an auction of napoleon's prernl effects. they were recently discovered in the home descended from napoleon's horsemen. they were going to be sold on sunday but the auction was blocked by his family who say the items belong to them. the search the french emperor wore on his deathbed was expected to sell for $55,000. spain will observe three

days of national mourning to observe suarez dying at the age of 81. he steered spain through one of the most turbulent periods in history. we have more. >> reporter: he's been called one of the most important names in spanish history. suarez not only spain's former prime minister but the architect of the modern democracy. in 1976 he was chosen by king juan carlos to lead the country after the death of the facist dictator general francis franco. his appointment was controversial because he'd been a part of franco's ajeregime, b ez charisma. he legalized previously banned like the communist. >> let's push forward the necessary reform in sfan for citizens to have real freedoms.

>> suarez led the government until he resigned in 1981. he was in the process of handing over power when there was an attempted coup. suarez refused to move even when the guns came in. last week he was admitted to hospital with pneumonia because he was suffering from alzheimer's for a decade. in a statement king juan carlos describes suarez as a loyal friend and a political partner saying his death caused him great pain. >> translator: it's a sad day for spaniards, but it's a day of tribute to one of the most important figures in our history. it's time to show our respect and gratitude to the man who made our democracy possible. >> reporter: suarez died on sunday in madrid, age 81. that's it for me and the team here in europe. let's go back. venezuela's prosecutor says that security forces have been

using excessive force to brake up opposition protests, but that's something president nicolas maduro denies. at least 61 people have died since february, and as newman reports from carraacacaracas. the opposition is divided how to move forward. >> if there was any question about serious divisions within the venezuela's opposition movement, the nationwide mash called in support of imprisoned mayors and political leader left no doubt. as he was scheduled to seek, capriles, who nearly won last year's presidential elections and until recently was the unquestioned leader of the opposition abandoned the rally. >> translator: maduro, if you resign, you'll open a path to peace for venezuelans. >> reporter: a letter written from prison by leopold calls for president maduro's immediate

resignation and threatening to bring millions out on the streets if it he refuses will signal the breaking point. between mod ralts who want to change the government at the ballot box and hard liners who argue change can't way. >> it is our right to demand the president's resignation, and we'll keep fighting because this can't continue. >> reporter: not to be outdoon, students marched to the professional pass to here it. >> i repeat my invitation to the opposition to accept our call for dialogue without conditions, because they refused because they think as time passes the government will fall. >> reporter: the opposition is also split on negotiating with maduro. in a statement he said it was time to get off the streets and go into poor neighborhoods to start a dialogue to end polarization and repression. on this day of national protest, his words fell on deaf ears.

after every peaceful demonstration comes the confrontation. hid me you see masked man waiting for the riot police to come down and stop them from blocking this road. >> translator: we are here to take a stand, and we are prepared to fight if the police attack. >> on this occasion the tear gas did its work and the protestors dispersed, but with no end in sight to venezuela's latest political unrest, no in it's sixth week. well, with the football world cup just weeks away, brazil's police are crashing down on drug fwangs, and they've been focusing on a marnl gateway. that's sao paulo international airport. gabriel has more. >> reporter: federal police at sao paulo's international airport take two nigerian passengers away. they're both suspected of carrying drugs. they were checking in for a flight to togo to west africa,

but fake tourist rouse suspicion. searching the luggage they found what they're looking for tightly packed. an investigation taking samples the powder. if it turns blue, it confirms it's cocaine. they then switch to the luggage of the second person. inside this suspects suitcase were several of these womens purposes, and what the investigations did is cut open up one of them and inside release white pa packets. this is pure cocaine. it's 4 kilos, just a small rt positive of the 1.6 tons of cocaine confiscated from 400 passengers arrested last year trying to smuggle it out of the airport. on just one flight last year from sao paulo to aub date of birth, 24 people on the same mraern were arrested for o'kane

smuggling. they sought the doctorings go to africa and both countries if you go to the same destination. >> it's a warehouse for the drugs to be stored. however, the planes on flight to the middle east doesn't meet the airport. >> with only a handful of police agents working each night in an airport that 36 million passed through last year, stopping all drugs is impossible. behind the drug mules there's as network of the nigerian of ma ya who runs the entire trafficking operation according to this officer that didn't want to be identified. >> translator: the mules arrive with little money and are told to go to a hotel where they're contacteded by traffickers and bill it and send them a ticket.

>> you are under arrest for international drug transportation. >> reporter: on this night two are arrested, no tells how many ours got through. a typical night in what could be one of the busiest airports for trug. much more ahead on the jz news hour, including could pakistan get their campaign off to a winning start against a favorite, awe australia. we'll have all the action with robin coming up in just a moment.

hello again. time for the sports news with robin. >> thank you so much. we'll start with the latest football news out of spain where we have a new leader at the top of the la ligue. they're letting them charge to the top coming after a 2-0 win. the men played to the second afternoon. costa doubled their lead to seal the win for the visitors. athletico's stay at the top could be a short one. we will see them open up a 7-point gap over the rivals barcelona. they're third with nine matches remaining after sunday's game. they lost the previous classico in october. they get into the clash of a 31-match unbeaten run in all competitions. >> we have a lot of confidence.

everyone knows that it will be really difficult, but i think that we have the ability to stand and the personality to do our best. >> suppose it's safe to say the pressure is on them to get a home at the biggest rivals. they can take some solace from the recent good record where they have them in the last ten games there. >> translator: this is probably the last chance we have of winning the league. after this match we have nine games left, and it sent the same winning with one point or four points or seven points. the big teams don't falter this time of the season. sunday's english premiere league action is much like the day before.

five came against tottenham. then the spurs clawed back with a double from christian erickson, the winning come in with segerson with their first victory since the 2nd of march. >> i think that the european games take their toll week after week. we seem to finish very well at the european games. we don't start the games very well. that's a good sign with southampton you get punished, you know. 2-0 down after 28 minutes, and i was coming in here. >> they're fifth in the table with their win in sunday's other game. aston villa squandered an early lead to lost 4-1. in total 42 goals were scored in ten games in england this weekend. back stan cricketers have an impressive history. they had a total of 191 for

there 20 overs. he was the star smashing 94 runs of 54 balls. it included four sixes, so it was right in between. adam finch hitting 75 and maxwell belts 66 with a quick inning but they lose seven crick wets for 29 runs. pakistan clenches the 16-run victory. >> translator: -- >> anyone can win the game for you. he always brought a brilliant talent. we want him to go there, and today was a day he was unbelievable. >> we have a basic inside viktsary at the tournament. tha bet the defender champions in the west indies and they went through it and attacked in india. a seven-wicket win. raffaele raphael nadal

deposed of him smashing through the second in 27 minutes before closing up the former world number one in the second. nadal faced dennis next. he had a broken leg a few weeks ago, but in the sec seven minutes he starting on pole for the cat far gp. the spaniard is the youngest ever champion last season. he sit the quickest time. he'll start from second. >> i feel much better. i have a good feeling, so tomorrow is the most important. it will be for me, because when i do many, many laps, i get tired eggs specially because i can't push with the leg. anyway, i will try to do my best, take some points and we'll see where we can finish. the dodgers have completed a clean sweep in australia.

pitching five shutdown innings to the crowd of 59,000 yesterday. they advance and the dodgers beat the diamondbacks in five. they return to the united states with two wins from two. >> it's been a great experience coming here and to be able to see the city. you know, to be able to play in this atmosphere, it was a great atmosphere. i felt like the last couple of days. so that's all positive. it's been i feel like a great experience for our guys. go to aljazeera.com/sports for more. that's it. see you later. thank you very much, robin. that's the end of the al jazeera news hour. for the viewers in the united states, it's back to regular programming for al jazeera america. for the best of the viewers

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