>> this is some of the best driving i've ever done, even though i can't see techknow >> we're here in the vortex >> only on al jazeera america this is al jazeera. >> hello wherever you are in the world it's good to have you with us. as we begin another news hour at al jazeera's headquarters in doha. the world's top stories. anger as a cairo court sentences nearly 700 people to death including the leader of the muslim brotherhood. >> lauren taylor from london, leading the news from europe. >> increasing the scope of the sanctions placed on russia is the right response. >> u.s. and europe turn up the

heat on vladimir putin's inner circle. exploding to violence in eastern ukraine. international buyers circle. >> and searching through the wreckage after a wave of tornadoes kills at least 17 people in the united states. it has been an unprecedented day in egypt with 683 people sentenced to death for their roles in the violence following the ousting of mohamed morsi last july. one of the 683 is the muslim brotherhood leader, mohamed bahdi, who says he quill continue his course. however commuted several other death sentences passed in march. al jazeera reports.

>> relatives in shock. moments after the verdict was announced. heavy security was deployed outside the court building, where egyptian presiding judge said youssef subjected members of the muslim brotherhood to death. including the group's leader, a political group to which former egyptian president mohamed morsi belongs. the defendants sentenced on monday are accused of insighting violence, killing a policeman in southern egypt. the attack happened last august. shortly after egyptian security forces carried out raids on two large antimilitary protest sites in cairo. hundreds of people were killed,

leading to riots in other parts of the country. monday's ruling represents the largest number of people to be sentenced to death by a court in egypt. it also sets a world record. >> it's the scale but also a lack of due process. we have documented the trial that you referred to for the 529. it was carried over incredibly fast and we have information that current trial, the one for the 683 today, was also count conducted in the span of a single substantive session. >> reporter: subri also sentenced, supporters of mohamed morsi to death in less than two hours. most of the defendants were not present in course. they were accused of killing one police officer, seizing government weapons and damaging property, when a police station in watai district south of cairo was attacked last august.

that ruling in march was overturned on monday commuting most of the december sentences to life in prison and upholding the death penalty for 37 defendants. the mass death sentences have sparked outrage worldwide rights groups expressed outrage over the proceedings. campaigner for amnesty international, he said serious questions about the independence and impartial of egypt's judicial system. >> many of the defendants weren't even in court. defense lawyers told us they were barred from one of the court proceedings, the prosecution in one case didn't even read out the charges against the men. you know we had an amnesty

international official at the trial and they confirmed these were truly unfair trials. again it raises serious questions about the impartial of the trials. killing a police officer, conversely almost no police officers have been sentenced for killing is protesters, in years of egyptian crisis. egypt needs to exert its independence but they need to expert their judicial independence. >> rosalyn jordan joins us from washington, d.c. what is the u.s. government's reaction? >> we just got a reaction from the state department spokesperson sane, to issue nearly 700 death sentences to members of the muslim brotherhood and two, the

decision to ban the april 6th youth movement, the department goes on to say, i want to quote from the statement, these court decisions run counter to the most basic democratic principles and foster the irresponsibility that the government says i.t. seeks to resolve. very tough can comment coming from the u.s. state department. >> what can he expect to hear when he meets with obama administration officials on tuesday? >> well, it is an extremely likely that navil fahmi the egyptian foreign minister can expect to hear much more of this kind of talk particularly from the secretary of state, john kerry, who did speak with egyptian leaders last week before the u.s. government decided that it could certify that the egyptians could get some key military equipment. that certification is required by u.s. law.

however, one point that the secretary made during his phone calls last week was that the u.s. is very concerned that egypt is still engaging in what the u.s. considers anti-democratic behavior. cutting down on political protest, censoring the media, arresting protesters and those who are considered an assent to the government. navil fahmi can expect much more of this talk from key obama administration officials on tuesday. >> rosalyn jordan from washington, many thanks indeed. new sanctions from the u.s. and european union. more on that from are lauren taylor in our european news center in london. lauren. >> adrian, thank you. the eu has added 15 more people to its russian sanctions list. we'll find exactly who they are on tuesday. several more people in vladimir

putin's inner circle as it tries to pressure the russian leader to deescalate. >> upping the pressure on the russian leader by hitting those close to him. deputy prime minister dimitri kozak, who was in charge of the winter olympics, the boss of russian oil giants roznef. and the head of roznek, and joining others on the sanction he list, sergei ivanoff. sanction he so far have already had an impact by scaring investors into pulling $65 billion out of russia's economy. also this year the key stock index has been down by about

15%. while russia's currency the renewablruble has lost 9% since, export licenses for any high tech equipment that could be of use to the russian military. william haig promised further sanctions to be revealed in brussels on tuesday, with another 15 russians targeted. >> increasing the sanction he placed on russia is the right response to failure to implement the geneva agreement and the continued destabilization of eastern ukraine. >> the kremlin said the sanctions would knot go unanswered and the response would be painful to washington. this latest set of sanctions is unlikely to cause the kremlin much pain. but it knows that lying down the road there are more far-reaching sanctions that would hit energy, banking, and defense. and these would have a serious

effect on the russian economy. peter sharp, al jazeera in moscow. >> where senior fellow for the peterson institute on world economics joins us now. how would you say this last round of sanctions, compares with the first round? what's the key element here? >> this is another round of say slaps on the wrist by the u.s. administration and tomorrow we'll know who is included in the eu list. but these still fall short of the economically meaningful tougher sanction he agains sanct banking and showing putin the west is serious for holding him to katy for implementing the geneva accord. >> so far the european politician he have been pointing out that's been the impact on russian economy with investors pulling out and so on. you think that actually doesn't

make so much difference to russia at the moment? >> i think that yes it does make a difference at the margin but it's not going to be anywhere near enough to change the political calculus of vladimir putin. you know for that we will probably have to have a severe reconcession in the russian economy for which again will require the kind of blanket sanctions on financial and energy sectors that may be in store down the line. >> and in store down the line what do you think would prompt that? >> well, i think the key issue here really is, does it require additional russian aggression? if tanks were to roll over the borders in eastern ukraine you would see these kinds of sanctions. the vladimir putin continues to engage in a kind of passive-grearvaggressive behavin ukraine that in my mind are clearly aimed at undermining the

prospects of a free and fair election in ukraine on may twiech25th and also goes againse spirit of the geneva accord will that be you newspaper of enough to cause the cr western governments to -- increase the pressure. i don't think that's enough. >> thank you, for your time. >> pleasure. >> in ukraine itself, several men attacked a ukraine unity valley in the eastern city of there donetske. hundreds of men descended on the rally armed with bat tons and bricks and stun grenades. barnaby phillips is live, barnaby the tell us what happened. >> we understand that about 300 pro-unity activists, pro-ukraine

activists tried where are tried to march through center of donetske, their rally was broand ubroand -- broken up by are pro-russian group. they are putting out a statement that say they are doing their best to keep the order certainly they appeared relatively powerless to put it mildly and more than adozen people were injured in the clashes in the center of donetske. >> barnaby paint us a picture of how you feel things are shaping up in eastern ukraine and outside donetske as well. >> well, it feels lauren as if the government's authority, bit by bit, is being eroded away. pro-russian separatists are controlling a larger area. they took over more government

buildings outside donetske today. this is very important for them. remember, they are trying to hold this referendum on the status of eastern ukraine and they say they want this happe to happen on may the 11th. they need a certain administration behind them if such a vote is to be credible. and they seem to be succeeding in their goal, of course the other time frame which gives urgency to what is happening in eastern ukraine is that the government wants elections to take place in may the 25th so as to bring some sort of legitimacy to the central government in the district which it lacks at the moment. >> barnaby, thanks very much indeed. violence in eastern ukraine, in the second largest city, kharkiv the mayor was shot in the back as he was exercising. he was critically wounded.

police station distributed ribbons associated with the pro-russian movement. are be be al jazeera is there. >> south defense units, this time their target was to local council building in the town of con staconstantinifka. >> puppets of americans, we are defending our people, we are the peaceful people, they are the ones that broke the truce. we haven't started any conflict. >> here like elsewhere, they met no resistance, and then with the help of their supporters this new pro-russian position was fortified. first the sand bags, then the tires, and finally complete blocks. once the barricades are up it's difficult to see how the ukrainian government will retake control of this building. actually it seems it's losing

ground here in the east by the day. anastasia has come to the local council in the morning to do paperwork. >> translator: i supported the pro tefts iprotests in kyiv butt got violence. they are belittling the local governments and they have got to do. there is no rule of government in ukraine it's scary. >> reporter: if this was peaceful the crisis is taking its toll elsewhere. protesters demanded russian state tv be put back on air. in the city of kharkiv, the mayor, known to be a supporter of eunt ukraine was shot in the back while out jogging. the little men in green as they are called here vow to continue

to extend their power influence the east, it seems ukraine is stuck in a zero sum game. al jazeera constantinofka. >> still to come on the news hour, are barack obama signs a ten year deal for military assistance the philippines. later in sports how the actions of a barcelona player have reignited racist feelings in football. in iraq there has been a large suicide bomb explosion in the eastern province of bialla. at least 30 people killed and 60 others injured many of them

kurdish pashmurggas. runup to wednesday's election. >> town is on the iranian border. pashmerga forces and residents of the town came out to celebrate that the iraqi president had voted in berlin. he has been in berlin after having suffered a stroke about eight months ago. rarely seen, moving pictures of him able to go and vote, in berlin. they were there and celebrating it was in such a tight area,. >> imran i'm sorry, the line has just dropped out anyway but terrible call, we couldn't really catch what imran was

saying. we'll try to get back to him a little bit later. let's move on. israel is in danger of becoming an apartheid state. john kerry stated, ati abawi reports now from jerusalem. >> exploirve remarkexplosive re. secretary of state john kerry, are in a leaked recording from a meeting with foreign dig friday dignitaries, he said a two-state solution will be clearly underscored as the real alternative because a unitary state ends up either being an apartheid state with second class citizens or ends up with the capacity, former israeli ambassador to canada allen baker

said kerry acted irresponsibly. >> coming from the secretary of state of the united states, i think it shows a considerable amount of ignorance. >> the palestinians say the proof is on the ground as illegal israeli settlements continue to carve out ground part of a future palestinian state, and as they are subjected to more and more limitations. the sprawtion behind me has -- the separation behind me has become a security fence by the israelis who credit it for stopping suicide attacks but it has also been named the apartheid wall by many palestinians who say it has further isolated them. palestinian officials welcome kerry's statement and say israel should take note.

>> one state solution and which israel is clearly seen as an apartheid state. >> and while each side blames the other for the scuttled peace process kerry says he could possibly draw up his own solution back in washington, in which case kerry says the israelis and palestinians would in his words take it or leave it. >> can syria's president bashar al-assad has confirmed he will run for reelection. third term in office for himself despite the three year civil war that started with protests against his rule. are condemned the election as a parody of democracy. delegates from both sides in south sudan's conflict have arrived in ethiopia's capital for talks. the u.s. ambassador for south sudan says she is skeptical that

progress can be found before there's a assess fir cease firee ground. >> it is dull to see that there will be much in the way of negotiations until both sides really agree that they need to stop the fighting on the ground. and when one side or the odor has taken sides in ventu and bor, it is easy to see, no way to be resolved through armed fighting and we are encouraging both sides to really put down the weapons and abide by the cessation of hostilities agreement they agreed to last january. >> do you think those sanctions will be implemented? >> so the sanctions work in a way where the secretary of treasury along with the president have the ability now

that the executive order has been released, to put sanctions on any individual who is deemed to be violating either the talks, is committing atrocities, is creating an impediment to the peace talks, any of these we can then put on a list. and the package has to be put together, and that's what is in the works. >> riek machar said he made the his goal, to install a military coup. >> right now we have a president that was elected. and we do not support people trying to overthrow a democratically elected government. so it does make it difficult to then try to work withing riek machar who is -- obviously gone on record saying that he is trying to overthrow credit president ceer. wkiir. we have very credit firm

provisions in the act that would make it be impossible to work with riek machar if he managed to take over. >> human rights abuse he that have happened here, you confident that we will ever see some kind of accountability in country? >> you cannot have a leader, rebel or otherwise who says i'm in charge of all of these troops, they fall under my command and my control. and then say oh but i'm not responsible for their brutal behavior. yes, yes you are. >> susan page, the u.s. ambassador to south sudan speaking to annika bell. tornadoes have wiped out certain areas of arkansas and oklahoma. rescuers are struggling to find survivors as they dig through the rubble of ruined buildings.

jay gray joins us from mayflower, arkansas. what was that there that we're looking at? >> adrian this is the kind of debris, the devastation that the crews are looking through. you can see everything piled up against the front door here. believe it or not there were three employees inside this building, along with their pet kitten. what they did was rush into this area and down into the basement, that's what saved their lives. they got in here as the storm started to pass over. there's even a two by four that pushed through sheetrock here. take a look at what it left behind, an area that used to be filled with recreational vehicles, cars, all just turned and twisted, thrown, some completely wiped away here. they're just beginning to assess what's happened. we're in faulkner county, probably the hardest hit county.

there's at least ten people killed here, fear that the number could go up as the rescue efforts continue here. >> there's a huge area there, what has happened to people who have lost everything, whole entire houses reduced to rubble. >> this is an area of the country where they understand what tornado season is, and really, a lot of people pitching in here. those who weren't injured, who didn't lose their homes or businesses pouring into this area to help. family and friends, shelters being open by fema, federal emergency management agency is helping the with aid here. the system that has already affected 17 stays not only with

strong winds and hail sometimes the size of baseballs affecting the community, it may not be over adrian, this is a system that continues to move east and really there's the opportunity for severe weather again for the next few days in an area from louisiana all the way to ohio. a lot of people on guard, a lot of others mourning as they begin a difficult cleanup process. >> many thanks indeed, jake rader in mayflower arkansas. still to come on the program, why al jazeera has launched legal action against the egyptian government. are sworn in for a fourth term as algeria's president. >> racist comments of l.a. clippers owner. details in around 20 minutes.

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doha. our top stories. relatives react with dismay and age are after an egyptian court sentences 683 people to death. they include the leader of the muslim brotherhood, the u.n. secretary-general says the death sentences are likely to undermine prospects for long term stability in egypt. in iraq a large suicide bomb explosion in the eastern province of bialla, 30 people killed 60 injured many of them kurdish pashmurgas. kremlin officials have sanction enacted. another city in erin ukraine. abdelaziz bouteflika, too sick to participate in his reelection campaign, a stroke left him in

hospital for three months last year. bouteflika also named his former premier, alabama del malek salal as prime minister in his new government. let's get a view from sol jebba, international analyst. in frail voice, are bouteflika said the election was a victory for democracy. was it? >> i don't think we have any idea of what democracy is. because this region since 1992, promised some sort of credit reparation or paving the way for democratization. it has never land. more elections have happened in algeria more than anywhere else in the world.

the regime hasn't changed. composed of military and military security elements who are the real power and the rest of the government, prime minister, minister apparent power. but there is a big difference between the reality and the apparent issues. civilian parliament and so on. this election hasn't changed anything. if anything, it is an indication in which shows that the regime is not willing to change from within or from without. >> i want to talk to you about that in just a moment. first will bouteflika be able to fulfill his constitutional duties? he's obviously a sick old man. what happens if he can't? >> well, bouteflika since he came to about the president he always said i've been three quarters of president. in other words, the real power wasn't him. nothing has changed regarding

that position. and he's an ill man with an ill regime which really moving from one crisis to others. and you know, the evidence of that is the former president of algeria, who came in 1994 to help military to find a way out, he resigned, and recently he call -- he you know, he criticized the president for running for fourth term when he is incapacitated, and he described that as president change the constitution from two terms to an open term. so no one in algeria will believe this regime, they no doubt talk about change in order not to change. and there is a total divorce between the regime and thal jeeran population at -- than the algerian population at large. >> has the regime credit, i

think you will say it has prolonged algeria's feuding, blighted the country more or less its independence. >> that is the case. but the difference is that between the collectivity of generals and other regime running the country or one person running the country. so the factional fighting before the election was that if bouteflika stood for election again that means he will undermine the system which is based on collectivity than one person and i think that program was resolved among the factional fighting and they came together and said we are one. in other words one system, the old system versus the algerian population and the algerian people. and there is nothing will change as long as this regime continue. the same thing. and it would move from one crisis to another and that is not a solution for good government in algeria or good

government or good way of paving the way for democratization on any sort of let's say, alternative way or transitional period for democratization. there is month way the regime is moving that way. if anything they are telling to the population we are here to stay to end with you. >> good to talk to you. so many thanks indeed. al jazeera has launched legal action against egyptian government for loss of tens of millions of dollars of media assets. the media says its business has been badly damaged by a sustained engagement against its journalists since last year. >> the qatar based al jazeera network has many since 2001. >> this is al jazeera. >> now the network is estimating

losses of more than $150 million. and it's blaming it on the action he of the military-backed interim government since the ousting of former president mohamed morsi in july 2013. after the military coup, al jazeera has been subjected to a sustained campaign of harassment, intimidation and jamming of its transmission. egyptian security forces have raided al jazeera apples offices shut it down an confiscated equipment. a number of its journalists have been detained, four of them remain in custody. now al jazeera says the 1999 bilateral investment treaty between qatar and egypt should protect its investments in egypt. under the provisions of that treaty, the network is demanding egypt to unusual the legal rights of -- ensure the legal

rights of its employees. international arbitration if the egyptian government fails to resolve the dispute within six months. al jazeera. >> u.s. president barack obama has signed a ten year defense pact with the philippines but said it is not intended to contain china. china is involved in territorial disputes with various countries including the philippines. jamalla lenduggan has more. >> just a few hours after the u.s. and the philippines signed a military agreement that will mean increased american military presence in the country. the only former u.s. colony in asia the philippines has long been america's strongest ally. when george w. bush visited in 2003 he was drumming up support from the philippines to back the u.s. war on terror. aquino says the government will

not be just a military one. across manila activists are protesting, calling this an extension of u.s. imperialism in southeast asia. >> high growth rate new peace deal that kind of thing that is a showcase of what american friends in the region can hope to achieve. the interesting thing about the controversy over u.s. troops is the extent to which it is not shared by the average philippine citizen. >> but antichina sentiments run even higher here. the philippines is currently locked in a tense territorial dispute with china in the south china sea and aquino wants america's help. >> at the end of the day we are not a threat mill tarly to any - militarily. we don't have a single fighter aircraft in our inventory. now we have i think legitimate needs. we have a 36,000 kilometer

coastline. i think no country should bee grudge us our rights to attend to our why needs. >> our goal is not to contain china. our goal is to make sure international rules and norms are respected. we don't even take a specific position on the disputes between nations. >> the deal also means the u.s. will play a bigger role during any future humanitarian crisis. the u.s. led emergency efforts during supertyphoon hyan in the region last november. this has helped soften the stand over the pact. what sort of facilities will the u.s. military be building and what it means for country's sovereignty? before aquino obama's visit is constant significant. being able to turn to the united states once again means that the country has entered a new era in its defense negotiations

particularly during these troubled time in south china sea. jamilla allendoggan al jazeera. deporting elm immigrants if he comes to power. reporting from new del high. >> looking for work or a better life. some are refugees from neighboring bangladesh. you wouldn't see a difference. >> there's no work back home. that's why we have all come here. >> reporter: they act, speak and behave like any other indian. some have forged documents to say they are indian. yet on sunday bjp leader nairnd

narendra mod said. >> you better be ready to leave. >> these are the sharpest comments he made about illegal immigration. it worries some seeing modi playing divisive politics. >> there are bengalese here. many refugees from bangladesh have been here for years. if modi gets back we'll get back at him. >> we're all indians, where can we go? they are driving out and alien ating muslims. >> supporting migration to the state of hindus from bangladesh. it is the same state that nearly two years ago saw muslims driven from their homes in communal violence that left over 70 dead

and hundreds seeking shelter in refugee camps. there are two weeks left and several voting days to go. mr. modi's can comments will resonate in large urban cities and in the states that surround bangladesh. will it make any difference? we won't know until may the 16th. al jazeera new delhi. >> tries to stop a top engineering firm going offshore. the details on that from lauren in london. >> arfrancois hollande has spokn to siemens, jacky rowland reports. >> french government owns less than 1% of alston stock, which begs the question why is it

getting involved? it's a matter of frer french pr. this major company working in high speed trains is french. advantage of having chrome and independence over the production of energy again one of alston's major fields. for all of those reasons there is a lot of resistance of the idea of g.e. an american company taking over alston. on the other hand, the proposal of siemens is more attractive. high speed training expertise that would combine alston and siemens, and under the siemens banner we would see an energy conglomerate that would dominate these two spheres. that is something the german

government and the french government have expressed a lot of interest in. >> in macedonia, lucky to fall short of an outright majority after winning its fourth straight election. but almost all of the votes now counted after the weekend poll, party looks to have secured 61 seats in the 123-member parliament. the center left opposition refuses to credit recognize that result. rntion scotland would be a more constructive member of the european johnny than united kingdom. to join the eu should it split from the u.k. steering a referendum in september. >> europe and scotland, very few want to abolish it. the differences in westminster,

lots and lots of people see abolition of europe, a viability option. in scotland we want to do things positively, making things better for working people across scotland. are cervantes who worked during the late 16th and early 17th century, the writer of don quixxote, now almost 400 years later spanish historians want to find his bones to honor him. >> it is a convent church. a few people were buried here, it's a limited area. the first phase will be carried out by a can an expert to locate

the burial place. >> cervantes moved to madrid in 1606. don quixote is considered one of the best pieces of fiction ever written. it is a piece which cemented cervantes piece in history as the father of the modern novel. the novel broke all the rules of the time but created a new genre in the process. >> it was entirely groundbreaking. up to that point there were books of history and there were books of fiction. but don quixote, actually addresses the man who is writing his story and obviously confused people very much and enthralled them at the same time. the wounds he sustained in

battle as well as the way he wrote about himself will help archaeologist he identify his remains. >> he talks about the fact that when he died he only had six teeth, he had lots of trouble with his back. he sustained an injury again in a fight. at le panto. >> cervantes was also taken hostage by turkish pirates, are that's why it's thought cervantes asked to be buried in a trinity church. kim vanel, al jazeera. >> that's it for europe. let's go back to adrian in de la. >> fiery football match in poland. erica

>> all right time for ports here, farral. >> adrian thank you very much. threw a banana at a brazilian footballer. reaction from an anti-violence commission. will have his ticket revoked for life, lengthy stadium ban and fine. responded after that game by saying we have suffered this in

spain for some time. you have to take it with a dose of humor. we aren't going to change things easily if you don't give it importance they don't achieve their objective. sport has gone viral. football stars posting pictures of themselves with bananas. the striker using the hashtag we are all monkeys. solidarity with brazil female player mar that. we say no to racism he tweeted. are pierre power, he is from the fair network that addresses races in football. from london. why does this continue to be such a problem not only in spain but across europe? >> well, i think there's a number of different factors. and actually in spain it's been going on for a very long time. and i have to say, the actions

been taken against theville la a really fan, it's come very late. the economic situation is difficult and there's incidents of racism in every day life and football is no different. it's a space which brings together 35,000, 40,000 people and so we see those public expressions of racism taking place targeted at black athletes. >> what is being done to stop this from happening? >> well, i think the spanish authorities now as i say have acted. and this is a first step what we have to do of course is win people's hearts and minds. we have to educate people, tell them the damage that this does, not just do a individual football match or indeed the psychology of an individual player but the damage that it's doing to spain, the fabric of society. the way in which spain is being seen. and in the end, the way in which

it brings us all down. these sort of incidents really have a multitude of victims. >> and in your opinion, do you think that fifa is doing enough? >> i think there is a big role here for international governing bodies. we're work very closely with uefa but also with fifa. this is about the spanish authorities taking action. fifa of course can be very clear with them as to the action it wants taken, be very clear about the position football has top down but the action has to come from below. i think there is really now an urgency to the sort of action that we need to see taking place. this is now happening very regularly. this is the fourth incident that we've monitored taking place in europe involving a banana being thrown at a black player in one week. now if you take that across the

season that's a lot of bananas being thrown at a lot of victims. >> all right, we'll leave it there for now. pierre power thank you very much for speaking with us. meanwhile, racism is a hot topic in the united states, following the comments of l.a. clippers owner donald sterling. announcement about their investigation while the system's players have staged their own protest, richard parr reports. >> a sign of unity. the l.a. clippers players dumping their warmup jerseys in a silent protests, against the comments made by their owner donald sterling. the players wore black arm bands and are socks in their defeat against the golden state warriors, outrage from the basketball community, staff at the clippers are still trying to

be diplomatic. >> i'm not going to deny that we had other stuff. i just you know, lfn, i just believe when -- listen, when a game starts the game starts and nobody cares anymore. >> i believe everybody was affected. not just the clippers. i don't think anything was said directly towards the clippers and their players. i think it was insulting to all of us. >> 80-year-old sterling is alleged of criticizing a female friend for posting pictures of herself with bra black men inclg magic johnson. >> he shouldn't own a team any. he should stand up and saying i don't want to own a team anymore. especially when they have african americans renting his apartments and playing for him. it's bad for americans, i'm

really upset about it. >> it's not first time that sterling who is worth $1.7 billion, was accused of racism. >> wanted a plantation mentality with poor blacks from the south working for a white coach. there is a story about how when he was interviewing raleigh messamino, many years ago, walked in inebriated, with a woman who is not his wife, who walked in and said i want to know how you're going ohandle these, n-word. >> 1-nil lead hitting into the second half of, recorded nine

victories and one draw. kareem ben zima scored a goal in madrid, him and christian reynaldo are expected to be fit. >> what happens next if we go through the final now, we don't speak about the final, we speak about semi final second leg. we have great job to do tomorrow and we are focused on that. >> now to a startling image, a steward had fired tear gas towards, saw the man momentarily burst into flames. he was not hurt thankfully, that's it for me now. >> that's it for the al jazeera

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