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we'll have more about manchester united's manager. >> welcome to the program. we begin in ukraine. the acts president is asking for a resumption of military operations against pro-russian groups in the east. two brutally tortured bodies were found. jackie, so what more has the activwe haveseen. >> reporter: the situation here in the east is becoming markedly more tense. now on dues there has been this

incident that has been reported by the president himself according to which two bodies were found, one belonging to his own party, apparently abducted and now found dead. and another announced on tuesday, a plane belonging to the ukrainian air force was hit by small arms fires from one of those pro-russian check points. the pro russians on the checkpoint say they were responding to the fire itself. the fact remains that tensions are getting higher here and certainly the announcement by the acting president intends to resume those so-called anti-terrorist operations which does nothing to calm the situation. >> jackie, how likely is this to go down in moscow. the russians have been sensitive of use of force by authorities in kiev?

>> there's a lot of trading of allegations going back and forth at the moment. the russians have been accusing the ukrainian authorities in kiev, the interim government of not honoring the deals struck in geneva last week which is meant to calm the situation. and they've been accusing the authorities in kiev employing double standards in particular exacerbating the situation here. from kiev we've heard not only from the ukrainian authorities, but also from the u.s. vice president visiting the country, awith accusations against russi. it is not a situation that

fosters people making good gestures and at the moment everyone is stubbornly sticking to their situation and accusing the other side of bad faith. >> jackie, thank you. staying with ukraine whereas jackie was saying the u.s. vice president joe biden is currently visiting, biden met with prime minister yatsenyuk. >> reporter: vice president joe biden was warmly received in kiev. any government in a desperate situation in ukraine would be happy for u.s. backing, and they had tough words for russia. >> no nation, no nation has the right to simply grab land from another nation. no nation has that right. and we will never recognize

russia's illegal occupation of crimea, and neither will the world. >> russia should stick to its international commitment and obligations. we demand that russia fulfill its international obligation and not behave like gangsters in a modern century. >> reporter: the americans are promising more support from the ukrainian economy. for example, to help ukraine reduce it's dependence on russian gas. that will take time, and time is something that the government in kiev does not have. in kiev's independent square the crowds have gone, but the roads are still blocked. the mood still defiant as if there is unfinished business here. last week's geneva agreement said that the illegal publication of all public spaces in ukraine should end, and the russians argue this applies as much here in kiev as it does to anywhere east of the country. but here in independent square

they say that their country is under attack from russia. and these barricades and this occupation should continue because the future is still so uncertain. joe biden having encouraged the ukrainian government with his strong language, but he now returns home to washington, leaving the ukrainians to try to deal with their powerful neighbor to the east. barnaby phillips, al jazeera, kiev. >> u.s. troops will be deployed to poland and the baltic states to underscore the u.s. commitment to its n.a.t.o. allies. the first troops are due to arrive on wednesday. >> russian he's aggression in ukraine has renewed our resolve to strengthening nato's defense plans and capabilities and continue our commitment to enforcing our n.a.t.o. allies in central and eastern europe. a company-sized troopers from

173rd infant try brigadry briga. this is the first in a series of expanded u.s. land force training activities in poland and the baltic region that are scheduled to take place for the next few months and beyond. additional companies from the 173rd will move in the coming days to lithuania, latvia and estonia for similar exercises. >> let's get more from roslind jordan, she joins us from washington, d.c. talk us through what the u.s. has decided to do? >> well, what the u.s. has decided to do, darren, is to send 150 pai 150 paratroopers fe 173rd. first poland, lithuania, latvia, they will all be on the ground by the end of this week. by sunday night according to the

pentagon. they are going to be there in open ended rotating exercises. it's assumed they will have a full compliment of weapons with them, that this would not be just dry drills with their counterparts in those four countries. this is a step which the secretary of defense chuck hagel has authorized as a way of the u.s. showing that it is, indeed, committed to article 5 of the n.a.t.o. charter which said that it's going to be able to provide support and help defend its allies as part of the n.a.t.o. alliance. >> roslind, why didn't the americans do this through a n.a.t.o. organized umbrella? >> reporter: well, what the pentagon is saying, darren, this is not an either/or situation. the supreme allied commander of n.a.t.o. forces, has already come up with a list of options for n.a.t.o. to carry out as an alliance, but they have not decided which of those exercises

to undertake first, or which deployments because we should underscore these are deployments that should be under taken first. the u.s. said it will take part in whatever n.a.t.o. decides to do, and we should expect to hear from the pentagon in the coming days about what those joint exercises will be. but the u.s. will take this unilateral step, as far as they know there is nothing to prohibit the u.s. from carrying out these joint exercises so close to the russian border. >> roslind, thank you. meanwhile, russia has ordered the canadian diplomats to leave the country. the mood has been in retaliation for canada's dismissal for an attache from this month. rebels were behind the massacre of hundreds of people.

they went house to house looking for victims, and there were piles of bodies. they have been battling forces loyal to the former vice president machar. we have this exclusive report from juba. warning you may find some of these pictures disturbing. >> reporter: we had a sense of what we might find coming into the land because from the air we could see dead bodies on the road. but it wasn't until we reached the center of town that we were really able to see the extent of the killing that has happened. the things that could be seen along the road between the airport and the mosque were horrific. but with no preparation of what was to come. there are so many dead bodies construction equipment was used to move them. outside of the gates there was another pile of bodies. by the drag there or killed together. the stench of death was overwhelming. even for the rebel soldiers

standing guard. according to the government of south sudan the presence of rebels in the town is a clear indication of responsibility for this massacre. >> they have been violating the hostilities in which all hosti hostilities must come to an end. >> reporter: bentiu like other towns in south sudan has changed hands several times since fighting began in december. in bentiu people in darfur were believed to be targeted for a reason. what is going on here is disgraceful. what we have seen in bentiu is utterly horrible and beyond description. >> reporter: the u.n. has accused the rebel forces of killing civilians based on their ethnicities, a charge the

commander in the area denies. denies. >> no, we did not kill those in the mosque. we don't know. >> reporter: as this conflict continues the level of violence seems to be escalating with the trillion places of sanctuary coming under attack. the rebel leadership has denied responsibility for what happened. all we know for certain at this stage is that the town was under the control of anti-government forces. so in rebel command when the massacre took place. there is a human rights investigation under way at the moment. one that concludes hopefully we'll have a better understanding of what happened that day. >> describing what he saw. >> over the past few days bentiu has seen severe violence, targeted, deliberate violence

that struck individuals of certain identities. i think that what i've so far seen and the mosque and then other parts of town has really been very, very heart wrenching, certainly atrocities have been committed here on a very significant scale. >> for those fleeing the violence in south sudan finding peace, even refugee camps are difficult. 58 people were killed in a camp last friday. even those in the camp live in fear. >> reporter: their family has lost three sons and all their property in the recent fight in bor. >> we. protect our destroyed homes. we have taken shelter in the u.n. camp. it's no longer safe. we hope humanitarian organizations could provide us shelter and food. >> reporter: more than 5,000 people are seeking rehuge in this u.n. camp. they had to leave their moments

as the fighting between pro government and opposition forces intensifies, but they are still not safe. dozens were killed here on friday when more than 300 men attacked the base with automatic weapons and rocket propelled grenades. there are fears of revenge killings. >> some of our young men and also a number of loyalists were killed. we gave the u.n. a 72-hour to convert these loyalists to another area 2347 the u.n. has condemned the violence calling it unacceptable. secretary general ban ki-moon demanded the protection of u.n. bases but that seems to have little effect on the situation on the ground. >> they don't have--they are afraid especially because of what happened. we are concerned about their life and their welfare.

>> reporter: south sudan is facing a humanitarian crisis. aid agencies are warning unless urgent steps are taken to allow farm tours plant crops next year it may face one of the worst if a minutes in recent history. >> lots more still to come on the news hour including farming from the rooftops and making commercial sense. how agriculture is finding a space in crowded cities. plus setting an example. the afghan housing project that is giving up positive glimpse into the future without foreign aid. and in sport, christian know ronaldo fit for the final. that's also to come. >> now parents of a girl abduct bid a gunmen say the number of children miss something much higher than authorities admit. the army put the figure at 129 but they say more than 200

students were taken. we have reports from the capitol. >> these are the firs first imaf what suspected boko haram fighters did to this school. at least 200 girls were kidnapped in the violence and driven away on lorries into the bush. this girl managed to escape. >> we thought there were soldiers. they asked us to board the vehicles. my friends and i jumped from the vehicle and ran back home because we realized they didn't look innocent. >> reporter: the attackers spoke to one teacher.

>> they runaway. >> reporter: how many of them? >> around 200, over 200. now we have gotten around 42 students. >> reporter: but these numbers are not been confirmed by the parents. no one has claimed responsibility for the attack. but it does look like the work of boko haram. the armed group has attacked many schools in the region before. it's against western education, and wants a strict islamic law imposed throughout the country. on saturday boko haram reportedly set fire to a residential building at a school. none of the students were harm harmed. >> reporter: the nigerian military said they have launched a search to find the girls. hundreds of soldiers are being used in the operation. but a week since the girls were abducted many parents feel not enough is being done. al jazeera, nigeria.

>> removed and destroyed 88% of syria's chemical weapons. the syrian government has increased the pace as the deadline approaches. meanwhile the u.s. is investigating allegations that an industrial chemical was used on civilian in hama province earlier this month. syrian rebels and the government both blame each other. we go to the board on syria. >> reporter: they have problems breathing. they cough. vomit, doctors say these people are victims of chlorine gas bombs. this is a hospital in a town in the northern countryside of hama. activists say syrian government helicopters have been dropping barrel bombs. over the past two weeks hundreds of people have been treated. >> there have been six attacks where they use chlorine gas. when the bombs are dropped, the smell of chlorine spreads, and

critical cases were sent to turkey. three people have died so far. >> reporter: this is not the first time that toxic materials have been used in the war. sarin gas was used in a damascus suburb last august killing hundreds of people. the united states is trying to determine the attacks. >> we have the toxic industrial chemical probably chlorine in the option dominated village. we're examining allegations that the government was responsible. we take all allegations of the use of chemicals in combat very seriously. >> reporter: but the people who are being targeted say that's not enough. they want these attacks to stop. >> they're using it as a field for experiment. they want to see how effective

chlorine gas is to force people to flee. many people have left the town. >> reporter: chlorine-related incidents have been reported and the frequency of these attacks is increasing. >> reporter: chlorine is not listed as a banned chemical agent, nevertheless it's not allowed to be used as a weapon of war. the prohibition of chemical weapons has destroyed 80% of syria's declared material, but the government did not include chlorine in its list of stock pile. >> civilians have largely been the victims of these attacks. these chlorine bombs are being dropped on populated areas not far from the front lines. >> i think you're going to hear noise abouts this, but i don't think any country or international community is going to act on this right now. you sort of got that sense from the white house because they want to wait until the last bit of chemical weapons is officially destroyed and then they take on this other issue as a separate investigation. people here feel the government

is banking on international eye silence as it continues to clear these towns in its push to retake territory. al jazeera. >> the head of arab league has joined western powers in criticizing the syrian government's plan to hold presidential elections in june. and the u.n. chief ban ki-moon warned it would undermine efforts to provide political resolutions to the war. multiple candidates would be allowed to run i as promised in the referendum of 2012. but they can't have foreign passports. some say the election is a propaganda effort to show the world that syrians want bashar al-assad in office. >> this is for the outside world, telling the outside world that the syrian people overwhelmingly elect bashar

al-assad, so telling the opposition we're not going to, you know, force him out because the syrian people want him in. that's the most significant message that they want to send. but you know, nobody is buying that message. the whole idea of election is silly and incredibly silly and impossible. you have half of the syrian population misplaced. forget the conditions now. half the syrian population displaced. there is no mechanism of going to these refugee camps, and then you have the syrians under the regime who is going to control the intimidation and falsification that's going to happen by the regime. it's not going--it's not going to happen. the conditions for that elections do not exist. >> the trial of al jazeera's journalists detained in cry row have been adjourned to may 3rd. they are falsely accused of

providing a platform to the muslim brotherhood. they've spent 115 days in jail. the fourth al jazeera journalist in detention has been held without trial since last august. we have more. >> reporter: the trial of al jazeera's three journalists jailed in egypt has been adjourned once again. the judge refused to grant bail to correspondent and producers who have been in jail for more than three months. they are falsely accused of providing a platform for the outlawed muslim brotherhood. the prosecution presented new material that it says supports the case against the al jazeera team including this report on child labor in egypt, and this video of a report o of women sentenced to jail after taking

part in protest. the women appealed and got an one-year suspended assistance. prosecutors also pai played recordings that people in the courtroom could not hear. many say the material is not related to the charges or is standard reporting. observers closely monitoring the trial say they are concerned. >> it's dragging on. it's dragged on for four months now. we were told it was the final for the prosecution to present everyday against the journalists. the journalists in the courtroom were shown videos allegedly belonging to three students, co-defendants in the case not working for al jazeera, but the sound quality was terrible. no one could make out what was being said. >> the fourth al jazeera

journalist in detention has been held in egypt for more than nine months. and has been on hunger strike since january 21st. his trial of the al jazeera journalists have attracted global attentions. al jazeera strongly rejects all the charges and continues to call for their immediate release. al jazeera. >> also in cairo a criminal court has postponed the trial of deposed president mohamed morsi and other muslim brotherhood leaders. their charges revealing national security secrets to foreign organizations and accused of carrying out violence by coordinating with armed groups. the trial has been adjourned until next week. the palestinians have played down the threat to dismantle the

authority. they would hand responsibility for governing the territory back to israel if peace talks remain stalled. and the head of those talks demonstration was held in gaza city calling for unity between the palestinian groups fatah and hamas. >> we demonstrate here every tuesday for reconciliation. the people demand unity. >> time for a short break. when we come back the workforce is shrinking even as people are living longer. china's plan to raise the retirement age. and the chapter in the life of a literary icon. and in sport. men who have been penalized by their organizations. stay with us.

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we have a look at the top stories. ukraine's acts president is calling for the resumption of military operations against pro-russian groups in the east. and two tortured families have been found. one is believed to be a member of the their own political party. u.s. troops deployed to poland to begin a series of military exercises across four countries in eastern europe. the move is meant to bolster n.a.t.o. allies in the wake of russia's annexation of ukraine's crimea last month. the troops are due to arrived in poland on wednesday. an industrial chemical was used in syria. meanwhile, chemical watchdogs say that they have removed and destroyed 80% of syria's chemical weapons. the south korean ferry that sank last week volunteers continue to search for 200 passengers still missing. most of those are children.

we have reports from jindo island, parents are struggling to cope with what has happened. >> reporter: they just want to take their children home to give them a funeral. but still they have to wait and watch. as each newly discovered body is marked up on the white board, description, clothing, distinguishing features. more than 100 now and counting. at sea this huge operation is still classified as a rescue effort goes on. diving crews having to feel their way to the ship to get to the areas where most of the dangerous are thought to remain. >> this accident has thrown up questions about safety standards and regulation and enforcement across south korea's shipping industry. the government on tuesday instructed all shipping companies to carry out safety checks. heading if deemed necessary inspectors would turn up anonymously and unannounced. >> as a company classified excellent they never conducted

external inspections. they only needed to provide documents. they spent very little training its staff. >> reporter: according to the annual report it spent just $500 on staff training. looking at that we can say that they didn't spend any money on education including crew member safety training. >> reporter: the student passenger's hometown say the investigation could wait. they called on the government to move faster. >> understanding the anguish hearts of the parents who want to go into the water to search for their trapped children themselves. they are dedemocratic the delayed reaction of the government. >> reporter: on saturday, her mother told al jazeera that her fate was in god's hands. her father, who had been sustaining himself by challenging authorities spoke of his guilt for not telling her to

get off the ship. at least now they can take their daughter home so many others are still waiting nearly one week on. al jazeera, jindo, south korea. >> in pakistan two separate attacks have been carried out on police officers in northwest. a bomb went off in a busy market. at least three civilians were killed and dozens jurie injured. five policemen and a civilian were killed there. two local applications have been killed by suspected rebels. they were expecting a vote on thursday as part of india's mammoth elections. separatists have called for a boycott. now as afghanistan tries to wean itself off foreign aid one housing development is being used as an example of how the country can move forward on its

own. but it still has many challenges ahead. we have reports from kabul. all right, we'll come back to that story later. china is looking to raise it's retirement age by five years as millions of citizens approach 60. it's been prompted by shrinking workforce which threatens to dampen economic growth. we'll have that report from beijing a little bit later. we'll be back in a few moment's time. stay with al jazeera.

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outside of this vast scheme.is g warlords are building houses

with impunity on state land. but inside the project the two-room apartment can be bought for $26,000 paid in five installments. >> more demand, yes, and as people try to come here, so the people trying to have house here. >> the apartments are sold only to those who fulfill strict government criteria, which includes not only owning property. there are about 40% cheaper than flats sold privately. but there is a healthy demand for full-priced properties within the project. there is a common belief that the outside world use them as total--views them as totally reliant on foreign aid. here they want to show the world that this country has got potential. >> reporter: but to succeed the

developers need a stable, economic, and political environment. that's a challenge as reduced foreign funding leaves the government with a $400 million budget shortfall this year while the countries will goes through a long presidential campaign. bernard smith, al jazeera, kabul. >> china is looking to raise the retirement age by five years for the first time since the 1950's as millions of citizens approach 60. it's been prompted by shrinking workforce which a looks to dampen economic growth. >> reporter: when he turns 60 in a few months here. he will say good buy to his job as a company driver but he isn't ready to say good buy entirely. with retirement set at 60 for men and 55 for women in government service, he still feels he has more to contribute than sitting at home. >> i think most people of my

generation think we can work a few more years because physically we are still fine, but the government has this regulation that you have to retire at a specific age, so that's the reality. >> for employees in private enterprises retirement ages are lower, 60 for men and 50 for women. retirement agencies were sent in the aftermath of the country's civil war. then the average life expectancy was below 45. with many people living to 75 and beyond, those retirement ages are looking younger all the time. china will have 500 million people over 60 who will need to be supported by a shrinking number of people as the so-called one-child generation moves into the workforce. >> for season year 10 or 20 yeal have a shrinking force, and then

an increasing number of pensioners. that's the reason why we must wait reform. >> he currently looks after his mother as he gets older they will both rely more heavily on his one grown up daughter. at 84 and still going strong, his mother took retirement in 1982, and has had effectively another working life since then. >> i looked after my grandchildren to begin with, and then when they grew up i worked in a store for a while. and later did another job as a bookkeeper. >> with his retirement longer than her working life it is a systesymptom of the system the government says needs to be changed. >> india has an independent candidate who has been spinning an unusual campaign. he has been drawing inspiration

from the comic book super hero peter parker who has been hanging from balance concies in mubalconies in mumbai and has bn creating more support. >> you don't have to be giving up on your small problems. just stand tall and take responsibility for things. >> president barack obama will visit washington state to meet with families evacuated by the mudslide. 41 people have been killed in the mudslide in oso, that is north of seattle. 30 people are still missing. environmentalists have been warning for years of the region vulnerable to this kind of disaster. tuesday marks earth day where

millions take action to tackle some of the challenges th the planet is facing. the theme this year is green cities, and urban farms play a big part. we went to one in new york. >> reporter: we got bok choy growing there. we have green leaf lettuce. >> reporter: lettuce and tomatoes are not the only things growing at gotham greens. >> we want to be as lightweight as possible. >> reporter: he claims to have the only two commercial rooftop greenhouses in the country, and they're in the process of building more. >> i think investors were very intrigued due to this growing trend in the marketplace of locally sourced food, sustained produced food. we were able to attract investment. we raised $15 million. >> this is about as local as it gets. the second. gotham greenhouse was built

right on top of a whole foods supermarket. the main advantage of growing produce in the urban environment is the shortened supply team. >> gotham specializes in highly perishable fruits and vegetables and herbs. they ship it downstairs as well as throughout the region. this reduces the transport the produce as well as the cost. >> many get their produce from california, that means it's a-week-old by the time it hits store shelves, but not here. >> it's a model that is gaining investors. bright farms is another company raising money to grow produce for grocery stores that want to sell their products. >> the produce will be. fresher, tastier, safer, more attractive.

are supermarkets love this idea. >> reporter: so, too, does government which has provided grant money to gotham greens and other urban farms. >> they don't just produce film but they stem storm water off to our system. they provide greenery for our neighborhoods and places where people can learn to farm and get job skills, they really are beneficial in a lot of different ways. >> reporter: experts caution the business model is still new and largely untested. but as long as the demand for fresh local food continues, urban farmers expect their profits to keep growing. al jazeera, new york. >> let's go to sport now. >> reporter: thank you very much. manchester united has sacked it's coach after ten months. david moyes was described as the chosen one. but with united unable to qualify for next season's champion league and millions of dollars at stake the club has terminated his contract. we have reports from manchester.

>> reporter: the rain clouds brought a gloomy backdrop, but the speculation about you david moyes' future has been swirling around the club for weeks. his officers season in charge was always going to be about transition but few could have predicted how last season's champion team could be brought so low, and how quickly the so chosen one would fall. >> i'm personally surprised that david moyes was not given until the end of the season and time to get the squad set up exactly how he wanted rather than the squad he inherited from sir alex ferguson and given until next year at the least. but i think the writing was on the wall after the performance against everton when it really did look like manchester united's players were not performing for their manager. >> there was no comment from the sacked manager, only a brief glimpse from the training ground

where he was clearing his desk and saying his goodbyes to the playing squad. but his sacking is far more than the football in crisis. >> they sent $1.74 million buying manchester united and football more than ever is a brutal business these days. this decision to sack david moy es is just as much reassuring investors and shareholders as much as appeasing the fans. >> a deal worth $559 million. sponsorship with nike expires in 2015. it's worth $100 million to the club. that level of corporate back something essential. if manchester united still hopes to spend $300 million on new players during the summer offseason. in fact, united's financial strength has been largely uneffected by the troubles on the pitch. share prices have been

uneffected despite poor performance o. manchester united is undoubtedly a global club with a worldwide business. it has fans spread all around the globe. outside of the club on tuesday it was not difficult to find loyal fans from south america, mainland europe and china and all feeling that they'll recover from this episode. >> because of its long history, it has a lot of fans in china. >> reporter: a likely successor to moyes, but he's the with the netherlands' squad going to the world cup. paul brennan, al jazeera,

manchester. >> who next for manchester united while they have a favorite, ryan griggs will step in temperature rarely. others are having a great season as coach of atletico madrid. they're currently top of the spanish league and in the semi finals of the champions league. and could alex ferguson be tempted to come out of retirement. the 72-year-old is still director and ambassador to the club, and he said that moyes sacking is a sad move.

>> it is the right move at a wrong time. they should have done it sooner. they should have put in griggs then and they could have reuni reunited manchester what it's best known for all over the world for the past 27 years and more, but the past 27 years, david moyes is a good man. it was important for british coaching that he succeed. it was a savage blow to british coaching that it hasn't. now manchester united will fall into foreign hands. which means that three of our top four clubs now are in foreign hands. that's something that we didn't want. we wanted david moyes to succeed, but the further it went, the longer it went, the more inevitable it would have to come to a short and sharp conclusion. >> the champions league is underway. spanish league leaders taking on chelsea. it's just under way where atletico have lost just one this

season. there has been no score so far. real madrid will take on bayern munich. he said he will not play cristiano ronaldo if he has not recovered from his injury. >> cristiano trained normally today. he has trained well in the last few days. tomorrow we have another session with him to be sure and afterwards we will make that decision. it's clear that he will play if everyone agrees that he can play without any problems. we are confident now that we will make the final decision tomorrow. >> to football and the spanish capitol of madrid, and this season atletico have been stepping out of the shadows of neighbors real. >> atletico. >> real madrid. >> atletico.

>> real madrid. >> there is no sitting on the fence in madrid unless you're a politician. a local is either for atletico or real madrid. those are the rules. real madrid. >> it's quite divided between the two teams. but even though this week all the people were real madrid, and all the people for atletico madrid really want one of them in front of the teams for another country. so in this case all those more madrid. >> real translates as royal. it was bestowed on the club back in the 1920's. together with the crown that is still on the club's emblem. real is the rich club, the elite, the global financial powerhouse, a big google business. atletico madrid here in the south of the city has

historically always been the club of the working class, legend has it their famous red and white shirts from made from discarded from spanish mattresses which came standard in those colors. the team were even nicknamed the mattress makers. atletico made it to the world cup once. they were beaten by bayern munich in 1974. real madrid has won it nine times. the book "white leadership" defines the club. >> real madrid is one of the most successful prize-winning clubs of this senator. the ideology of the club inspires people from all over. the emblem stands for global excellence. >> both clubs are in yo uafa championship this week. equality finally for atletico

fans? >> atletico is back at the top of international football, competing in europe's major competitions again. the club has paid in six finals in the past six years, winning four in europe. yes, there is now equality. >> reporter: the streets of madrid will be deserted this week when uefa final matches kick off? could we be lo looking at a spah final? >> armstrong's manager for all seven of his tour de france victories. they have been suspended for eight years. armstrong was banned for life and stripped of his tour titles in 2012. the grizzlies beat the oklahoma city thunder in game two of their nba first round

playoff series. the oklahoma came to top score with 36 points and 11 rebounds. zach randall with 25 points to lead memphis to 111-105 overtime win. they are series is tied at 1-1. >> we weathered some punches. we took the runs. it came back and executed on the offensive end. you know, we can do that on the road. it's very, very good for us, and our team. >> and there is more on the big changes at manchester united on our website. you can check out www.aljazeera.com/sport. there is also detail there is on how to get in touch with our team using twitter and facebook. the address again, www.aljazeera.com/sport. that's it for me. before we go we'll give you a quick update on the champions league on the way, it's still 0-0. >> thank you very much, indeed. thousands of people have been

paying their last respects to columcolombian wrighter gabriel garcia marquez. >> admirers and friends of 2058 ages pay their last respect, to the author of magic realism. >> he placed latin american literature the vanguard of world literature and untangled the essence and identity of latin america and projected it to the entire world. many have learned about and loved latin america thanks to his literature. >> outside of mexico city's palace of fine arts people waited in endless lines to go

inside. [♪ singing ] >> we used to play and sing at hotels. we come to say farewell. >> there are also thousands of people here carrying yellow flowers, not just because they were gabrielle garcia marquez's favorites but because they could not bring butterflies. thousand was kilometers away in the town where his most widely read novel was loosely set people are paying tribute to their most famous son. gabrielle garcia marquez was born here and always insisted no matter how fantasticcal his

story they were rooted from here. >> we have a lot of legends about that, so it's our common landscape. our common landscape is magical. >> reporter: in his later years garcia marquez told friends what worried him most about dying is not being able to die in love. still, the 87-year-old writer would perhaps would have been pleased to see those who loved and admired his work sent him off symbolically with yellow butterflies. >> north korea has often portrayed it's leader kim jong-un of a tough man but now they're portraying him as a child. showing him at 5 years old in his air force uniform and another showed an older kim. still here on al jazeera america more news at the top of the hour. thanks for watching.

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