aljazeera.com/technicalknow. this is al jazeera. >> hello there welcome to the news hour, i'm shuly gauche. proactivists have seized government buildings in donetske. al jazeera calls for immediate release of its staff in egypt.

afghanistan chooses its next government. from europe. fiefersurvivors of srebrenica. >> in ukraine, pro-russia protestors occupying a government building have unilaterally declared an independent country. from donetske, kim vanel reports. >> this is a celebration of independence. thousands of pro-russia

demonstrators, listening to songs of the sof yes era, those inside by midday called donetske an independent republic. not only here today have they announced donetske is now an independent republic, they've also declared inside a resolution, passing on to vladimir putin asking for his help. their first demand, a referendum whether to join russia. >> translator: we are addressing you vladimir putin as the last hope for our future and the future of our children. in russia we see the last remaining defender of the cowltd culture of the russian world.

s. >> responds with violence. ukraine's acting president though says russia is to blame, accusing it of sending provocateurs across the border. >> the second wave of the russian federation, the goal is to destabilize the situation in the country, topple ukrainian properties, and to tear our country apart. >> activists have spread across the city, at a local television station, sent activists running. at main sites police are few and far between. seeking government building to be taken, protesters remain well in control. taking weapons could be riskier.

the government in kiev has warned a new antiterrorism unit and will take government protesters with force. note they will have to act quickly, bloodshed which ousted the last president crucial. now kim, in donetske, prepare for another night, what's going on there now? >> they are still in control of both the local government administration building and the state security building here. in donetske as you mentioned they are preparing for another long night. not just here, kharkiv, ant others places, they want the referendum, but what happens until then? are they waiting to recognize their demands or indeed for

authorities from police at kiev, and across the eastern ukraine region or are they wanting russia to step in and to act on their requested demands for help or are they just waiting, holding firm, hoping they'll get more support from across the region? i think this is showing that eastern ukraine is in a state of unrest, it's really shaken the interim government, exactly how they'll act, what they're going to do, leading up to the presidential election also next month. >> and the government in kiev has made it clear that it blames moscow for orchestrating these events in eastern ukraine. what can the government and local authorities do? >> well, the local prosecutor has already said that they have already identified the people inside the administration

buildings here in donetske. they'll bring them to justice in good time. the interim president is saying, this will not be the repeat of the situation in crimea but exactly that is what pro-russian activists here tell us they want to happen in the long term. >> kim vanel reporting live in donetske there. judges in kiev call for a cleanup, they were demanding a change to legislate which means officials cannot be given a role with the new authorities. meanwhile the u.s. secretary of state has told sergey lavrov that events in eastern ukraine do not appear to be spontaneous. at the same time, white house press secretary jay carney warned that there would be

consequences. >> if russia poof moves into ean ukraine either overtly or covertly we caution against further military intervention. all of this is of concern to us. and we made very clear that should russia take action that violates ukraine's territorial integrity or sovereignty further there will be further consequences. as you know the president signed two executive orders and the second one creates authorities that would allow the united states to level more additional sanctions, aimed at sectors of the russian economy. >> it's now 100 days since al jazeera aps joirnlts were detained in --'s journalists

were detained in egypt. the trial of peter greste, baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy resumes on thursday. a false journalist -- a fourth journalist abdalla al shami has also been held. al jazeera demands their immediate release. for all this time their families have been tighting for their freedom. hashima hambra has the story. >> reporter: they have been in jail for more than three months. the trial of al jazeera's journalists, peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed has been adjourned many times in the past and the judge has refused to grant them bail. they are falsely accused of providing a platform to the outlawed muslim brotherhood, charges dismissed by the al jazeera network.

last week the al jazeera journalists were allowed out of the cage dock for the first time. remeantly denied any association with the muslim brotherhood. their families have been demanding their release for months. >> he has two children, four years old and five years old. he is expecting a new child. very kind person, all our relatives and friends like him so much. professional journalist. >> my brother mohamed fahmy is in no way whatsoever associated with any political group. seeing my brother in this situation is absolutely the worst feeling. >> reporter: the case in which others are charged has attracted international recognition. all called for their release of

the al jazeera staff. peter's parents say they are frustrated. >> i think that i've just about reached the end of my tether. i don't know what happens to people once they get over that edge. but i feel that i'm not very far from whatever it means, cracking. but you know, we've -- we're not far from that point. >> we're exhausted and tired. and we feel as if we're running on empty all the time now. >> reporter: a fourth journalist, al jazeera's arabic's abdalla al shami has been held without trial since august. he has been on hunger strike. al jazeera continues to call for the hea immediate release of als staff. >> you can see our -- colleague at al jazeera air about a,

abdalla al shami has been on hunger strike. his wife continues to push for his release. just update us on the condition of your brother, he's refused food for several months now. >> abdalla started his hunger strike last january. on the 1st of january. demanding his release. his immediate release. abdalla hasn't been referred to court. he hasn't been given medical check except twice only. according to him then they stopped it since last march and he's -- his health continues to get worse. and there's no kind of releasing on bail allowed to him. and several times we asked the, we give them proof that abdalla

is a journalist and if he did the crime they should refer him to a court but they still refuse to refer him to court even though the egyptian law says six months is the maximum time you can keep someone in custody without trial. >> when did you last see your brother and what is he saying about his arrest? tbli last met abdalla -- >> i last met abdalla last month when i i was in cairo and his health wasn't that good. and still now he lost more than 30 kilograms, and started to be worst from his hunger strike and he refuses to break his hunger strike until he is freed look ag

with his colleagues, with no guilt in egypt. >> we have seen a massive global campaign in support of abdalla and other journalists in prison. how do you feel about that? how do you feel about the massive publicity this is gaining and the sheer strength of feeling around the world? >> of course, i like it's good that people are still talking even though it's not same in egypt like everyone in egypt is scared of the crack down. it's unfortunate we can't find campaigns happening like this in egypt because of course there will be a crack down by the police and the army on the outlines. but when i -- outlines. whejournalists. detained in egypt everywhere in the world and africa and asia and south america, all this makes me happy and i still feel yes, there are people who are talking about the cases and it's not been forgotten.

>> just one last question, mohamed. it must be very difficult for yourself, brother and the rest of abdalla's family about what's happening to him. and really not getting too much information about what's happening to him. >> yeah, of course, it's hard for us and for my dad and my mom, even his wife. abdalla spent in the jail more than he spent with his wife, like this is -- this is a fact, this is not a joke, abdalla is present for eight months and he spent with his family, less than -- less than six months. and he was arrested (inaudible) and weigh asked for the immediate release of abdalla, baher, and peter, because they work with channels that are pro, the military coup and their

channels don't even care about them because they were arrested. we hope they will all get freed all the journalists in egypt, the jowrnt journalists were also arrested with abdalla, he is a photojournalist and covering the crack down, still they refuse to release him or release abdalla or any of the other journalists. >> our thoughts are shared by their colleagues, thanks very much for that many mohamed al shami. as we have been saying, journalists around the world have long been campaigning for if release of al jazeera staff. some hours ago members of various media organizations gathered outside the hurs of the b -- headquarters of the bbc.

rory challenge was there. >> not on the 100th day of incarceration for al jazeera satisfy in egypt. outside london's bbc headquarters, came together to observe a minute of siedges. >> we are competitors. we do have different points of view. but we're united in saying, journalism soon isn't a crime. i don't think the al jazeera journalists were doing anything wrong anyway. >> also being used for an annual symposium on the safety journalists. the targeting of journalists is on the rise, delegates heard, though many of them knew this firsthand. 547 jowrnts have been killed since 2007ing according to

unesco. heather allen was there to talk about the fate of al jazeera staff in egypt. >> it has been truly remarkable to watch the foreign press corps from every corner of the earth close ranks behind us. it's just been incredible. i think they realize that there but the grace of god go any of them. >> these protests are for pgd, for mohamed fahmy and also for baher mohamed. for the unknown numbers yet to come. rory challenge, al jazeera london. >> you can get more on freeing our journalists on the website. journalism is not a crime page. there are messages from family members and from our own staff. go to aljazeera.com.

>> for 100 days. >> 100 days. >> 100 days. >> my colleagues have been hementd in an egyptian jail. we demand justice. >> they're innocent. we want them home. >> you are not forgotten. >> the world is watching. >> egypt, do the right thing. set them free. >> a lot more to come in this news hour. rwanda has been working 20 years against the genocide. the country's president has ignited a controversy as to who should share the blame. >> a jesuit missionary, we'll tell you more about it. and oscar pistorius begins the defense of his murder charge.

rwandan president has called on external powers responsible for events that led to the 1994 genocide in his country to admit wrongdoing. paul kagami was speaking at one of the commemoration events marking 20 years since the massacre. >> genocide, demand because we wish to shift the blame onto others. and those others should have their moment to be humble in the face of historical facts. >> well, al jazeera and model ado was there and he sent us this update. >> there is a somber mood where marks to mark the 20th anniversary of the rwandan

genocide were held. people attending there most of them relatives of those who died, many of them overcame by grief, dozens of them were being taken out of the stadium by medical assistance, specially in almost all parts of the stadium. talk to you, tell you that there's more need for more reconciliation, need for justice because some of those people who carried out the attacks are living side by side by those individuals they wieched out. >> the french government says it's up to all nations to ensure the events of the genocide are never repeated. >> in its potential statements on the 20th anniversary of the beginning of the rwandan genocide, the french presidency is not referring at all to this latest diplomatic spat between france and rwanda. france says it was the duty of

all countries to make sure that the events in rwanda should never take place again, in other countries, that it was the responsibility of the international community to prevent genocide. the statement went on to say that this principle informs all of france's foreign policy, be it on the u.n. security council in terms of sponsoring resolutions or the way that france votes or is it actually to do request french policy on ground in africa, referring to mali and central africa republic. the genocide is upper most in people's mind, when you have intercommunal violence, very much the rwandan memory is alive there. >> most of the victims of the slaughter have been trying to

forgive what some people believe is unforgivable. katherine visited, victims and perpetrators living side by side. >> it took alice years before the je genocide, years before se could walk along this road way. it took many more years to bring herself to embrace the man who cut off her hands with a ma mace and left her to die. >> translator: i went down on my knees, raised my hands in the air, to beg her forgiveness. she collapsed and we had to take her to hospital. >> just knowing who did this gave me what he i needed.

forgiving him kept me sane. >> reporter: people here still have weekly community work sessions and group therapy. 45,000 died in this district, today they are clearing areas for houses for five homeless families. >> hutus and tutsis work together. the goal to strernlgten their dks to strengthen their relationship. >> clear understanding of the fact that they have to live together. i think that's something that's been achieved. you might like me, or don't like me, but you understand that me and you are going to live underneath this surgeon together. >> more than -- this sun together. >> more than a million of people, tens of thousands are

incarcerated. >> many do not want to confess. >> no one has apologized to claw dean yet. her -- claudine yet. >> she was gang raped and murdered. her three-year-old child was also killed. she says she can't forgive but will not trust. about 10,000 people are killed in this church in yamata that's now a memorial. their blood stained clothes worn with age fill the puts. many of their relatives are still waiting for a it's fill the pews, many of their relatives are still waiting. >> oscar pistorius, accused of killing his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp, last year. he began business apologizing to

the parents of steenkamp. >> i'd like to apologize, saying there hasn't been a moment since this tragedy happened that i haven't thought about your family. i wake up every morning, you're the first people i think of. the first people i pray for. i can't imagine the pain and the sorrow and the emptiness that i've caused you and your family. i was simply trying to protect reeva. >> the words of oscar pistorius there. now let's go to the are netherlands, now. for lauren taylor who is in our european news center. lauren. >> thanks. the 1995 massacre was europe's worse since the second world war. now the organization representing the so-called mothers of srebrenica, from the

hague, paul brennan reports. >> the mothers of srebrenica have waited nearly two decades to get to this point. financial compensation will never bring back the men they lost, during the summer of 1995. but accountability is what's important here. >> srebrenica was a safe haven, it was responsible for the deaths of our relatives. >> outnumbered and in fear for their own lives but in saving themselves and surrendering the town's muslim men to the serbs, they avoided a genocide. remains of her youngest son were found he only last year in a mass grave. >> last year i buried my youngest son but basically all i had to bury was just two small pieces of bone. my son was literally a abducted.

i was begging the serbs for his release. the dutch didn't try to help. >> these relatives in court today have been encouraged by a ruling last september which confirmed that the netherlands is responsible for the actions of its peace keepers. but their attempt to sue the united nations failed. there are those here who believe now that needs urgent reform. >> to my opinion, it's wrong that the u.n. could have upheld immunity in this case. when you look at the sincere facts and what happened. i mean we're talking about genocide and responsibility that the u.n. has. and all the mistakes that were made. >> the precedence has already been set. the dutch does bear legal and political responsibility for

what happened in srebrenica the 1995. the question is how many families will benefit from that. the judges will release their decision on that later this year. paul brennan, al jazeera, the hague. the groups hiding equipment's real destination and waiting until the right moment to transfer it to iran which would violate international sanctions. hungary's prime minister has won a decisive victory in the country's election. victor oban won about 45% of the vote. far right opposition party accused of antisemitism. and in france a group of models have staged a demonstration calling compensation for the victims of a bangladesh factory collapse. killed 1200 workers a year ago.

benneton has thought. let's go back to sh sheely. >> we'll talk to a film maker locked up in the same prison. and the scandal vatican bank, plus the sports, chelsea considers risking one of their biggest champions. york. >> stories that impact the world, affect the nation and touch your life. >> it's like a brawl here in the waters around monterey. >> only on al jazeera america. [ grunting ]

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>> these protestors have decided that today they will be arrested >> these people have chased a president from power, they've torn down a state... >> what's clear is that people don't just need protection, they need assistance. >> i'm actually quite nervous... >> as u.s. forces prepare to leave afghanistan, fault lines brings you an eye opening look at what life is really like under the taliban. from girls attending school, to enforcing sharia law.

>> they rely on the local population, and so they need to win the hearts and minds of locals to be able to fight. >> then immediately after, an american tonight special edition, >> explain how you were able to get access to the taliban. >> fault lines: this is taliban country then, an american tonight special edition only on al jazeera america >> hello, welcome back.i'm shul. pro-russia protesters have unilaterally declared an independent facing in the city of donetske. warning there will be consequences if it interferes further in the ukraine. now 100 days that the al jazeera journalists were

arrested in egypt. last few hours members of various media organizations have gathered in solidarity in london. and rwandans have marked the 20th anniversary of the yen genocide. president kagame, some 800,000 to a million people were killed in the 1994 massacre. at least eight people have been killed at a palestinian ref refugee camp. among those killed is the leader of the brigade group as well as his brother. bruda amin is on the outskirts of the refugee camp. >> reporter: we're standing on the outscissors of then palestinian refugee camp.

5,000 palestinians live there. clashes were so fears tha fierct least eight men lost their lives. islamist palestinian group been here in the camp for years. the other group is headed by someone called ahmed rashid, associated with a leader residing in abu dhabi. all killed in today's clashes. for now the clashes have ended and the situation is under control. but the frustration amongst people in the camp is still very strong and there's a lot of disappointment as in many cases when these clashes take place in a refugee camp it's usually forces from outside the camp whether lebanese or regional who use the camp and the palestinian factions to push their own

agendas. and it's their sons who pay with their lives with it. >> john grayson in montreal, himself detained in a prison for 50 days, swron john, welcome, ts about that experience and how you were treated. >> it's hard to choose sleeping on the concrete with the cockroaches, pretty bad, the only shower we had was a sawed off fanta bold, plastic bold and we dumped cold nile water over our heads. that was some of the day-to-day. some of the good things, despite how crowded we were, living like sardines in a small box, my fellow prisoners, ordinary egyptians really helped take care of myself and my fellow

canadian prisoner tarek lubani. >> you were put into a cell with 36 other men. it must have been difficult to cope. were you given information, access to lawyers, anything like that? >> we had about ten minutes a week with the consulate and had to do everything including food, pencil and paper, medical, legal, and connection with family and friends back home. so it was an intense ten minutes every week. we did have a lawyer who worked very hard and was often prevented from meeting with us by the prison authorities and the prosecutor. >> so you know exactly what it's like for us al jazeera colleagues who have now spent 100 days in prison. i know you've been speaking out about the arrest of the al jazeera journalists who mohamed fahmy who is a canadian citizen. what's been the reaction in canada over these arrests? >> i think everybody's shocked

in that a journalist this mainstream, mohamed is known for working for cnn as well as al jazeera, a very respected journalist, we're shocked that he's locked up, we're shocked that it's been 100 days, we're shocked of images of him in the courtroom which circulated last week. we know there's been outrage from around the world from other journalists and politicians and public figures and we're very surprise they'd our own prime minister has said so far absolutely nothing about mo's case. >> it's interesting, i wanted to ask you about that. because of course there has been this huge public global campaign to get journalists out of prison in egypt. but i mean you do feel then that the canadian government should be doing more because of course that's been a criticism leveled at them that they haven't been

putting pressure on egypt. >> our priermts harper -- our priermtprime ministerharper andn baird, inexplicable. people have speculated is it because mohamed is a quote, high fennated canadian-f hig canadiad canadian? the thing we feel very difficult, the canadian government may be cozying up to the regime in cairo. >> what's going going on in egypt, what do you think this crack down on journalism and

freedom of expression is having on egypt and its path to democracy? >> well, i keep thinking it can't get worse. we were lowngd with a very -- lowngd with a very well-known journalist who was arrested by police after he left a talk show. he had been invited as a guest oon the talk show to talk about the coup. he left, two minutes later was picked up by police, and has been in prison ever since. we thought it couldn't get worse and it has. there's another al jazeera who has been locked up since august. we are approaching eight months since his detention. heart topping news last week, 529 protesters sentenced to death for ludicrous, absolutely ridiculous charges. we of course have had the threat of serious charges hanging over our heads but were never charged, whereas in most case,

mohamed's case and the three al jazeera journalists they are facing very serious charges. and this show-trial which i don't think there's any other word for it, does seem calculated to just send the worst chill down the spines of anyone trying to speak out or ask questions. >> john, thank you so much f deeindeed for speaking out for l jazeera journalists and ore journalists in egypt. speaking from montreal. >> thank you. >> a dutch priest has been shot dead. francis van derloot refused to leave when others had to be left behind. mary ann hunt has more. >> the jesuit monastery in the old city of homs, violence

death, a lack of food and medicine was his daily reality and nothing like the netherlands he had left behind almost 50 years ago. but when asked to evacuate in january he refused. syria he told journalists was his home now and if the syrian people were suffering he would share their pain. >> i hope these people whose lives are at risk don't die as a result of all this. >> reporter: since the start of syria's conflict rebels and government forces have fought hard for control of homs. tens of thousands of people have died or fled, an estimated 70,000 christians once lived here. now there are thought to be less than 100. those who knew him say he worried about the fate of those remaining criticism. >> a man of faith, a man of hope, he cared for the poor, he

cared for the handicapped. he was not only a priest, he had studied psychology and psychotherapy and he was working to a fantastic degree of excellence. >> but the 75-year-old priest told journalists he didn't distinguish between muslims or christians. i see a human being first and foremost, he said, it's what conspired him to make a display on youtube to get home. >> it's impossible for us to continue like this. we need a lot of help. >> through the world's attention but limb has come in the way of real assistance. later he spoke via skype for the misery of people still living in homs. >> people are running down the street, screaming, they're saying, "i'm hungry." >> vavan derloot himself lived n

poverty, an empty jar once filled request wheat. humble conditions but in keeping with a man who said he was prepared to risk his life to repay the kindness the people of syria had shown him. >> despite months of speculation that pope francis might close it down, lauren, the pope has now given the bank his backing then. >> that's right, trudy, yes. pope francis has a reform plan for the vatican bank instead of its closure. the bank manages funds for priests and nuns. tax avoidance and money laundering scandals. more on the story, phillip willen. in roam. are you surprised to keep the --

in rome. are you surprised to keep the bank open? >> no, not really. the vatican has already been working for sometime on cleaning up the performance of the vatican bank. the financial group has been combing through the accounts. it would be cheer that this was wasted, and surprising if the decision had gone the other way. >> the work that's been done so far, they've talked in the announcement about many to follow the papal directives on transparency, supervision and financial information. how stringent do you think the conditions will be and will the bank be able to meet them? >> yes, i think the bank is trying hard to bring its practices up to normal standards for international banks these

days. the climate and the international banking world has changed really since the financial rice is and governments trying to crack down on tax evasion, throughout europe. so the climate that allowed them to sail pretty close to the wind in the past has changed, and i think they are working hard to bring up their standards to what would be considered normal for an important international financial institution like the vatican barng. >> and we should a couple of people arrested last week trying to deposit trillions of euros in the vatican bank. perhaps that's something they'll be trying to put behind them. >> that's right, that was really quite an embarrassing throw-back to the past. it's not clear exactly what was involved, and it's possible that the individuals may have simply

been released ant quietly left the country. but it is embarrassing that people thinking of trying to pull off a major fraud should still think of the vatican bank as one of the first places to go. it seems they didn't have much chance of success. but the very fact that this strange episode happened, is exactly the kind of thing that i think once people ought to be forgetting and putting well behind them into the past. >> thank you phillip very much indeed. staying the court in the northern section of bari, human rights groups have raised concerns about the living conditions at the center. if it is shut it may, other centers in the country. from bangui.

>> behind bars and yet not in jail. for thousands of migrants in italy this seems more like prison. the center in bari, migrants are held before repatriation. human rights organizations have, found there is no access to recreation, have limited free tom of speech. life here can be alienating and migrants have to resort to danger alternatives to basic needs of boiling water. >> i can't sleep, i have insomnia. i'm dying here, this is my child and i'm locked in here. what kinds of law is this? >> conditions here is pretty bad, it's dirty and every time i take a showers, i fear i'll

catch hepatitis. now a chaks le class action leda lawyer. >> haven't committed any crime that requires incarceration. >> the judge ordered restructuring within 90 days, or face closure. the deadline was monday. >> for the director of this center it told us that conditions in here have somehow improved, migrants can be detaindz for up to 18 months and their fee dom of movement is somehow limited. while this is not officially a prison but it certainly looks like one. the judge who ordered the, have

to decide whether to shut down the sher, an unprecedented ruling that may change the way migrants are treated in italy. claudia levanga, al jazeera in bari. >> that's all from me in europe. back to doha. >> now polls have closed on the first day of india's general elections. voters in the northeastern states are the first to take part in the mammoth process over weeks. more than 1500 political parties are contesting. the two most popular national parties are the congress, and the right wing b jp led by nairnd modi. , so a whole host of other middle weight, will throw their support behind either of these

two men. this election 18th corruption activist ar vin kejleval. reflected in the political landscape. sahal raman reports from new del high. ds del high. delhi.

as you can see there's already quite a few people gathered here. >> the task is huge. with so many extra voters more days were added to the five week schedule. one down, eight more voting days to go spread over april and may.

the next scheduled vote is to happen on wednesday when five more states from the northeast of the country will head to the ballot box. that will progress to 29 states and seven union territories that make up the republic of india. the group count and the vote won't be known until may the 16th. sahil raman. al jazeera, nu delhi. >> action right now looking to bounce back from their slipup against napoli last week. 18th place levorno 2-nil. victory would restore events this eight-point lead at the top of the table. and short ac milan will be hoping to string three leads together. genoa is three points him them

in. english premier league, sunder left-hand, tim sherwood is to be replaced in the summer. challenge for a top four finish after investing millions in new signings. currently sit 7th, 8 points behind ars nal, with tonight's game at enhance. champions league st. jermaine, injuring a hamstring against arsenal last month. he trained away from the group in london again on monday. chelsea trailed 3-1. the champions league is one of the most popular leagues in the world, not only with fans but sponsors. nissan just signed a four year deal with uefa, the deal is

believed to be worth about $75 million per season. sponsorship of sports worldwide is a multibillion dollar industry but according to a forbes list of most valuable sports events in 20 three 13, te champions league sits seventh, grand value of $117 million. winter loiks is valid at 123 million. the major league baseball in united states occupies fifth spot on this list. college basketball in the u.s. is big business. the ncaa competition is valued at $137 billion. that's worth even more than the nba, this month's event in brazil is expected to generate about $4 million for fefa. summer olympics into second spot, it's valid at $348

million. but taking top spot is the nfl super bowl, a 30-second tv ad alone costs on average $3.65 million. so why do companies spend such huge sums to sponsor? we ask followed the champions league earlier. >> the champions league represents about 4 billion cumulative viewers every season. the final just on its own is i think over is 300 million viewers. that's bigger than the super bowl in the u.s., it's actually the biggest annual sports event on tv and therefore not only does it give us huge responsibility but partnership with uefa, that generate activities that give excitement and more fun for the fans.

it's a matter of being there the long term all the way august to may all year long where the excitement is, so it's a fantastic platform for us. >> one event which you won't see much sponsorship is the toughest and enduring day of the world, scorchinscorching saharan deser. stage 3 which traditionally sees the highest number of competitors drop out. two goals and austin matt jones, ranked 88th before this tournament, jones started the final round six shots short of matt kuchar.

followed that up with a birdie chip on the first home to clinch his maiden tj title. and finally, you probably wouldn't expect to see a mass brawl between new york police and firefighters but that's exactly what happened during their annual charity ice hockey game. benches were cleared from the second period when players from both sides joint in, ghaim game delays. refused to comment on what started the fight. now there's much more sport open our news, gun shots were fired at rios's olympic park. check out aljazeera.com/sport. back to you. >> that's it from both of us.

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