of the people if you don't get their voices out there, and al jazeera america is doing just that. ♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. hello and welcome to the news hour, i'm steve in doha and seeking justice for rape victims and a victim in the trial of 39 soldiers in the democratic republic of congo. >> i'm in the center of the village where 8 agencies and afghan army started giving aid to people effected by deadly landslides. nigeria president promises to free over 200 school girls as

the government faces growing criticism and happy families and australia is to make adoption easier. ♪ but we open in the democratic republic of congo where the biggest rape trial in the country's history is waiting for victims, 130 women say they were raped by government soldiers and waiting to find out if the men will be convicted or not in a special military court. and, malcolm web is at the town of the center of the allegations. >> this woman says when she was 16 rebels abducted her and kept her prisoner six months raping her repeatedly and when she escaped she was pregnant. in november 2012 a few months after giving birth things got even worse. >> translator: we heard that government soldiers were coming

and were looting, 17 of them came into where we were hiding, there were 14 of us and they raped all of us, after they finished one of them took my baby boy, i found him the next day but later he died. >> reporter: she is dozens of women who say they were raped in the same time in the same town east of the democratic republic of congo and soldiers retreat on the road on the shore after being defeated by the m-23 rebels and when they reached here they went on a spree of looting and raping that lasted about three days and almost a year later on the mounting international pressure 39 of the suspects were charged before a military court in the first case of its kind in congo. the most resent hearings were in this town hall in the provincial capitol and people rarely stand trial and he works with victims of sexual violence and says sentences are rarely upheld and impunity means attacks continue.

>> translator: you act like you arrest someone and later you find them out and about. the rape victim will feel unsafe because officials said he was arrested, but you find him walking down the street. he is sentenced for some years and after a few weeks he is out. >> they are waiting for the judge's final verdict and waiting to see if his own precedented trial will actually bring any change. malcolm web is live from goma where the trial is taking place. any sign at all malcolm of the verdicts? >> reporter: at the moment the judge is finalizing the case, which has gone on for over five months. we started in november. the morning the suspect arrived, the military judges arrived to military court and they are

finalizing. and they will find out what their faith is and congo has the death penalty and they could actually receive the death penalty and they have been given the trial and international pressure it's unlikely they give someone the death penalty under international justice and would be controversy but jail sentences are likely and they are waiting to see if the soldier also be treated differ from the sunni ones if they will get off lightly or even held to account for possibly tolerating the atrocities that happened. >> very important trial, malcolm, in many ways, not least because if there are convictions, that will send a very strong message about the safety of women and men's attitudes or soldiers' attitudes towards them. >> reporter: absolutely. that is something that has been

in congo for many years and through the many hundreds and millions of women have been raped. and it just continues. and a change in direction with a large number of soldiers being tried and if they are sentenced but crucial to that the human rights activists say if the sentences are upheld and could be sentenced in a matter of weeks or months and then they say the impunity will just continue. and so people are waiting for the verdict but of course it depends on how long these people stay in jail, if they are given jail sentences if it will mark the beginning of the end of impunity. >> reporting from goma and thanks, malcolm. reports of shooting at the site of the landslide in afghanistan where up to 350 people were killed and many more are still missing. and fighting erupted when 15

army trucks arrived with supplies and up to 4,000 people are homeless and in desperate need of help. and we have this report from the scene of the disaster. >> reporter: kandahar is 15 years old but already lost so much. his mother along with his two sisters, to brothers are buried somewhere in this mountain of mud. >> translator: at the time of the landslide i was holding my mother's hand and somehow it slipped and i escaped or i would be buried in the same place with him. >> reporter: he knows his family is gone but says he needs to find their bodies for his own peace of mind. >> translator: i want to see their dead bodies. i want to see their face so i can come to terms with it. we have been working here two days without food and water, i'm devastated, i lost everything i have in my life, my wife and

children are all buried under the mud. >> reporter: the house is standing on the hill side provide an idea of what the village looked like when it was whole, now it's torn in two. hundreds of people are camping in the conditions and have been given tents and aid agency continues to provide food, water and medicine, but people here fear that another part of the mountain could collapse any time. people have told al jazeera that the aid they are getting simply is not enough. the tents are helping to protect survivors from the rain but many people are going hungry. there simply is not enough food and water to go around. right now we are working on recovery mission as you see. and people need immediately shelter and we brought tents for them and they need food. they don't have a place to cook right now.

we are bringing food for them. >> reporter: people are also upset because the government has given up search for bodies. the government of the province says the houses are simply under too much mud. >> translator: that's why we are digging here by ourselves, the government is not helping us at all to recover our family. it will take more even if it takes ten days and i will look for my family as long as i breathe and there is no other option than to recover my family. >> the idea the homes will be turned into a masquerade is too much for people to bear and the houses are gone and the mountain is still a threat, the future of their village is in doubt. but for now they dig. >> reporter: at least three people have been killed after a bomb attack in kenya and two buses were hit by homemade bombs in the capital nairobi and jane

ferguson reports. >> reporter: bombs on two buses in the capitol nairobi exploded at 5:30 on sunday and traveling close to one another on a busy high with way on the city center and dozens were rushed to the general hospital. >> 1 out of 16 are dead. and six are critically injured, but all of them are in stable condition at the moment and attended to by the medical team. >> reporter: no one claimed responsibility for the attack but bombings in kenya increased since the country entered somalia to fightsha bob -el shabob and a bomb was discovered in an up market hotel in the same town. kenya's government vowed to step

up its currency crack down named operation security watch. but attackers are still able to strike targets in major cities at well. jane ferguson, al jazeera nairobi. >> kenya has been hit by attacks recently, most have been blamed by the government. on the al-qaeda-linked group el-shabob and they admitted to the four-day siege at the west gate shopping mall in september and at least 71 people died in the assault. in march three bombs went east of nairobi and known as little mogadishu and four people were killed in a bomb attack on saturday and sunday two crowded buses were hit by homemade bombs on one of nairobi's busyist

roads and we have a security specialist for franklin consultants and is live from nairobi. does this look like the work of el-shabob? >> most certainly el-shabob holds the tactical initiative from the border in mandara all the way down to the coast. >> and why would el-shabob target members of the somali community in kenya? >> el-shabob are aware that the kenya police developed a certain technique or tactic that does not differentiate somali citizens from those who might be guilty. in fact, by targeting their own people in eastly they

participated the rounding up of some 12 somali citizens as well as refugees and placing them in the stadium, processing them, in essence -- >> we may well have lost andrew. i think we have lost andrew. i'm sorry about that. we lost the picture, it's broken up, andrew talking about the security situation especially for samali in kenya which experienced a number of attacks believed to be from el-shabob, al jazeera has the first images of the jailed reporter since his arrest in egypt last august. the pictures of him have been taken on saturday. we may well see them very soon. he was being transported to court when his detention was extended for 45 days and has been on a hunger strike for 105

days and taken water since march the 16 and he lost more than a third of his weight and images taken before his arrest showed him in normal health but he celebrates his 26th birthday today. he has been held without charge and denied access to a lawyer or medical treatment. al jazeera has also received an audio recording of him speaking to reporters during a caotic hearing and held at a distance by police and the recording is of poor quality.

three al jazeera english journalist are detained in egypt and held 128 days they are peter greste, fahmy and mohamed and they are accused of conspiring with the muslim brotherhood and declared a terrorist organization in egypt and al jazeera demands their immediate release. coming up, on the program promised parents on the way but not soon enough for families of people killed on mt. everest. >> reporter: i'm in mexico, coming up, i'll tell you why some people are trying to ban children from becoming bull fighters. in sport christie produces another moment of magic but it was still a frustrating night for madrid and we will tell you why on return of the program. ♪

more now on the landslide in afghanistan, we are live from ab-barack and i want to check with you there first. >> yeah, you can hear me. >> i didn't ask anything, i just wanted to check you could hear me. but what i think surprised many people is very, very early after the landslide that the search for survivors was stopped but, in fact, local people now are still digging to try and find their relatives, either hopefully alive or their bodies. >> well, the relatives now believe they are dead but they want to see their loved ones. yesterday they were telling me they want to see their faces so they can satisfy themselves and they told me that they will continue digging for as long as

it takes for them. they were angry this morning at the aid workers here, at the government and why they are not providing them with the machinery to dig and they got angry and said they won't receive any help, any food and won't start digging and they will continue to dig right now as i am speaking. >> is that part of general criticism, the inefficient reaction of the central government? >> it is indeed. this morning there was an roe between two war lords and parliament and an influential commander in this area had an argument with an mp with distribution of aid and a lot of criticism of coordinating this aid. it's the fourth day and still people are in tents and most of

them have received aid. but, still, there has to be a lot to do. >> many thanks indeed and we are live from pakistan. in an abrupt turn of events in the case of the abducted school girls in nigeria and three have been arrested for carrying out protests from the government and follows a meeting with the president's wife and two released and one still in custody and they say the government has not done enough to rescue the 276 girls that have been missing now for three weeks. and we report from aboosha. >> the church is praying for kidnapped girls to be found and there is pressure on the president good luck jonathan and are investigating how they took place and why the rescue effort has so far failed.

some church goers are planning overnight vigils until the girls are found. >> this is pitiful, i have a son and it's pitiful and putting them in the shoes of their parents, it's painful. >> reporter: the president said this on the missing girls. >> we believe wherever these girls are we will get them out. and what we request is maximum corporation from the guardians and the parents of these girls because up to this time they have not been able to come clearly to give the police the identity of the girls yet to return. >> reporter: public anger fueled by the conflicting levels of government about how many girls have been affected. >> they are told lies about

finding 121 girls. while after sometime we discover it was a pure lie. and i believe they are still working on that lie. they are not doi anything up to now. they have been promising us those girls would be found but this woman i am talking, nothing has been done. >> reporter: the anger is as high as it is also because schools have been attacked before. in february 59 students were killed at a school nearby and that is despite billions of dollars being spent fighting the group. meanwhile the military insists there is an on going operation to free the girls but won't give up details for what it calls security reasons. i also asked when the presidential committee on the abductions will report back. despite international pressure a presidential spokesperson would only say soon. i'm with al jazeera nigeria. >> the government says al-qaeda

fighters killed a security officer from the ministry of defense and gunman shot him dead in his car in the capitol and shortly afterwards a roadside bomb target a bus injuring two passersby and the attacks happened a week after offensive of driving al-qaeda out of two provinces. a car bomb killed three people and car getted a restaurant on the road between baghdad and estimates 600 civilians were killed in the country last month. ukraine is continuing to make advances in the east. the russian stronghold this has been heavy gunfire on the outskirts of the town and also reports of separatist fighters fleeing positions and meanwhile international observer is due in moscow on wednesday for talks with vladimir putin to start what is called a national dialog

with ukraine. in the south more than 60 prisoners are freed in odessa after pro-russia activists stormed the police headquarters and the police offered no resistance as men with clubs batted their way in the building and tensions are still high after people were burned alive in a trade building on friday as we report. >> reporter: to cries of our heros they emerged from the police station more than 60 pro-russian protesters who had been arrested for taking part in extreme violence in odessa on friday night. for hours as riot police simply looked on from behind their shields, the crowd had shouted freedom, demanding the release of those inside. some forced their way into a vehicle entrance to the police station and once inside they seemed to be on the brink of complete control.

and then from somewhere an apparent police decision to aquiese. this is a city where violence was on friday and verge of violence again and seems as if the police force widely blamed for failing to separate in and prevent violence on friday actively decided here to stand back and do nothing in order to prevent it from happening again. the crowds' anger was inspired by what many saw when they were allowed in the blackened remains of the trade union building and dozens were killed on friday, trapped in the building of so called pro-ukraine crowds and circled them outside. >> translator: i'm going to seek revenge for my people for every drop of blood for victims. >> reporter: ukraine interim prime minister was actually in

odessa on sunday. and blamed russia for instigating the violence and vowed to root out corruption in the police force that he says did nothing to stop it. in section of the population his words have little meaning. i'm with al jazeera odessa. >> let's go to ukrainian capitol kiev and we find nick spicer and i understand there is fighting there and tell us more about that. >> well, an al jazeera source in the city center tells us he is hearing heavy gunfire. this is corroborated by reuters personnel saying they saw people fleeing the city as well as ambulances inside and hearing the checkpoints surrounding the city which has been cutoff by the ukrainian army the main road cutoff as well have been falling

into the hands of the ukrainian army taken away from forces. >> just to stop you for a second, while you are talking to me we are seeing the latest pictures from slovansk and it looks like heavy weaponry or heavy vehicles. anyway, sorry carry on. >> no, thanks for that, steven. the ukrainian military has been having a hard time taking this town. one top government minister saying it feels helpless in the past days. the armored personnel carrier is taken over by pro-russian separatists and not sure what side they want to be on and looks like a show of force and decisiveness when soldiers have been complaining about what they say is a lack of clear orders and guidance but the reports we hear from the sources and from the news agencies, if they are true then it would ap appear the

government is deciding to do something about the city of 160,000 which effectively has been under the control of the pro-moscow forces if you will, separatist forces and significantly steven one thing we hear from ukraine media is the television tower has been taken back from those pro-russian forces. why is that important? because ukrainian government feels the russian tv channels, that antenna has been pushing out propaganda and changing people's minds and afraid of the government in kiev, significant development there and the control of information critical at winning hearts and minds. >> nick as i'm talking to you i'm looking more closely at the pictures that we are covering our interview with and it seems a roadblock full of tires is being broken through by what looks like two tanks, armored

personnel carriers and i think they are tanks and variance people swarming over the tanks and i don't know if they are pro-russia or whether they are, in fact, ukrainian soldiers but certainly they have driven through the roadblock it seems to me. >> yeah, well, there is a heavy military deployment on the part of the ukrainian army which has been struggling to take control, not just here but other cities playing a cat and mouse game with the tires which can be set alight to obscure the view and moving on and coming back the next day to find them reconstituted. it would appear what is going on here is an attempt to create a permanent statement of affairs where there will no longer be resistance within the city but the ukrainian army needs to be under minded and under financed and over stretched and some

soldiers are not side which side they should belong to. but definitely the news we are getting out of here amounts to an escalation for the ukrainian armed forces which last week lost two helicopters over the city, shot down perhaps by a service to air missile and it's significant because if these are just local rebels with handguns and so on you might ask the question how can they get their hands on such weaponry and the answer in kiev is they are being sent the weapons by moscow. >> nick spicer in kiev reporting, thanks for the update, nick. let's turn to the weather where you are in the world and everton is beginning with a damp here. >> we have a fair amount of cloud around and in uk rain here and we would expect to see some wet weather in place. wet in italy and balkins and

serbia, 146 millimeters in 24 hours and that led to some flooding and in eastern parts here we have dull and gray skies in ukraine and that wet weather, the dull weather will stay in place over the next couple days. high pressure in central parts and squeezing the wet weather out of the way but the clouds will stay across the eastern side of europe and stay across the western side of europe too. bringing cloud and rain in and across a good part of western europe through the next couple of days and seen heavy rain moving away across romania and drifting further eastward. brighter skies for central parts and temperatures 16 celsius for vienna and the clouds and rain is in place across ireland and

will drive further east as we go on through tuesday. wet weather into the southeast and it cons to drift away and brighter skies back in behind with cloud and rain into central parts. >> thanks very much, much more to come in the news hour from doha including finding work in south africa where unemployment is wound of the major election issues. in sport, was this eagle for jim enough for a win on the u.s. pga tour? we will tell you in a moment. ♪

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welcome back, reminder of the top stories on al jazeera now, in the democratic republic of congo is waiting for a verdict in the country's biggest rape trial and dozens of congo soldiers are accused of raping 130 women and girls. good luck jonathan applied for help to find 276 kidnapped girls and anger over not rescuing them and they were abducted three weeks ago. the land slide in afghanistan after 4,000 people are homeless and in need of help and fighting erupted when they had supplies that arrived and we have the organization world of migration and helping aid distribution effort at the center there and welcome back to al jazeera. tell us your views of the aid

operation so far at the scene of a landslide. and we shared the reports in combination and share with government of afghanistan. so during the night which was here we dispatched international organization to the affected village, and despite food for 700 families. and this is an effected villain

so we did some assessment in here and we talked with several community leaders and find out 255 people identified that they are killed and dead by this incident. so yesterday there was an officials from the government of afghanistan to visit the site. they are committed to buy land or they will talk with ministry of agriculture to find the land to immediately display and distribute the land for them and they will also share the reports with several groups to create and construct houses and shelters for this displaced

families. right now some agencies are like iom, akf and some private organization and also foundation distributed this to families. so some of the agencies also hire people and trying to set up their tents and then they will displace more and families are living in an open area and into the tents. >> many thanks for that and we must leave it there and good luck with the aid operation. thank you. parts of india's state have come to a stand still in a protest over recent violence, dozens of organizations and political

parties are supporting the shut down after 34 people were killed in three attacks last week and people are burying the victims and they are accused of targeting immigrants from neighboring bangladesh. gunman opened fire on a convoy and they were on their way to afghanistan and they were attacked, three people are thought to be wounded. no one has claimed responsibility for the violence. libya confirmed its new prime minister despite divisions in parliament and needed support of to thirds of parliament and deputy speaker said he has not received enough votes and declared the move invalid and the former prime minister resigned three weeks ago after security concerns. south africa's longest and costly mining, strike goes on and the union instructed 70,000 of members to press on with

action against the world top producer and lasted 14 weeks and it doubled to $1200 of salary a month. 1-4 south africans out of work and it's a major election issue and after the fall of apartheid and black people are to be joblejob less than whites and we report. >> people were cut out of business in apartheid and the good evening's policy of black economic powerment or bee helped and put some black people in charge of formerly white owned business and used to exclude them but the white managers cannot get past the skin collar. >> the government is saying to them listen there needs to be a transformati transformation. and telling them and chairmen and directors are telling them that but do you know what it's

not getting done. >> he enskrois passing bee on to decorators and giving her sample books and space to display her work, otherwise she would have to meet clients here and struggles against prejudice. >> it's difficult to go past the attitude or the way of thinking. i think you are still a long way for us who are black decorators, for us to actually get our foot into the white markets. >> she is a trainee and this is at the end of a chain of beneficiary of the black economic empowerment policies which the african led government says are necessary because there are millions of unemployed black people. and be works and critics say it created a black elite and not enough jobs. most black people are in low skilled employment like mining, which is currently gripped by a strike in the platinum sector.

south africa's mines are supposed to be 26% black owned and be requirements like that and labor unrest can detour foreign investors. >> they would look at that and say i would rather go somewhere else and that certainly then has had an impact on creating new jobs, new factories, opportunities for south africa. >> the minors have taken their fight all the way to the seat of government. they will be among millions of people who came to see if the buildings new occupants have new ideas to solve the old problems of race discrimination and unemployment, tonya page, al jazeera, south africa. australia is making it easier to adopt abroad and there has been scandals in the past and some say relaxing the system may not be a good idea and andrew thomas reports

>> when she was nine months old they adopted her from thailand where she was living in an orphanage but their story is unusual and there were 129 inter adoptions in 2013 and adoptions that happen are normally the result of bureaucracy and heartache for years. >> it goes on and on and on and on and it got to the point where i think everybody was just getting warn out with the wait. >> reporter: so australia government has agreements with other countries to simplify adoptions of their children by australian couples and overhaul of australia's bureaucracy. >> i have a significant new hope for parents without children and significant new hope for children without parents. >> reporter: to those with children adopted from abroad and trying to help others do the

same the overhaul is welcome. >> with complications, less negativity, a streamlined approach and entering into agreements with a large number of sending countries, i think all of those things will make the whole process a better one. >> as we forgive them. >> reporter: but others are concerned. for a long time in australia adoption was a dirty word and resent governments had to apologize to a stolen part of children taken from their parents and quarter of a million people who as babies were forcibly adopted because their birth parents were unmarried. an international agreement, the hague conventions looks over country adoption but not all countries they have agreements with are signatories. >> they may be in adoption processes and might be children who experienced trafficking and trafficked into adoption stream

or people separated from the families but not genuine orphans. >> but they think the safeguards will be enough. there are thousands of couples desperate to adopt and thousands of children around the world in need of homes and australia government is ending forward but only too aware of the risks, andrew thomas in sidney. >> a circus stunt went wrong in the united states and the curtain drops and they are tangingly and the harness snapped and falling 13 meters to the ground on top of a dancer at the bottom. it's been two weeks since 16 guides died after an avalanche on mt. everest and many were primary breadwinners for the families and now relatives rely on government compensation but we report from the capitol kathmandu but the money is failing to be delivered.

>> reporter: grief for a son who lost his father. and he had been to mt. everest nine times and spent 20 years helping people achieve their dreams. >> translator: he was a very honest and decent man. he used to help everyone. i miss him a lot. >> reporter: now he has prayers in his home where the families and observe the traditional 49 days of mourning. the rituals can cost 10s of thousands of dollars and so far the family received no money from the government. and 21-year-old daughter now has to look over her brother, sister, mother and grandmother. >> translator: the oldest one in the family and it's my responsibility to look after my family. if an i get a sponsor i will continue my studies but if i don't i will work and let my brother and sister continue

their studies. >> reporter: the president says family of the dead has been given up to $500 and eventually will get about $10,000. the tourism admits there has been some delays but first payouts will be made within two weeks. >> it will take some time but it is already decided and government gives the money and other things. >> reporter: mountain guides are well paid compared to most people in nepal and can earn between $4-$8,000 a year, many times the national average but it's dangerous work and many people live in kathmandu and have no interest in the mountains. those that do want to become guides are better educated, more savory and want the same rights as international climbers. >> this is a british area at the capitol and where many in the community live and come here to

pray for those who they lost on everest and perhaps they will get what they want from the government and international climbing committee and will spare thoughts with those continuing the tracking season in the world's tallest mountain joanna at kathmandu. still to come on the news hour the secret to staying young. it may all be down to what is in your blood. and in sport, a finish at the nba playoffs, details and who reached the conference semis coming up. ♪

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in mexico children as youngs as eight risk their lives to become bull fighters and matadores and it continues in government academies and one is fighting to ban young people from taking part and we report. >> reporter: a proud moment for eight-year-old edison and his first fight with a bull, bull fighting is in his blood. at home he shows me his tools including his sword and cape and he says he could get injured but dreams of going around the world. >> translator: i want to be a famous bull fighter and for lots of people to come and see me fight. >> reporter: three times a week he takes lessons at the bull ring where crowds come to walk matadores fight. for most of the students bull

fighting is a family tradition. in their genes they say since the days of the spanish and learn discipline and focus and their trainers say the earlier they start the better. >> translator: this take as lot of time and dedication to be able to become a professional bull fighter so the younger you start the more time you will have to prepare. >> reporter: there are over a dozen of these government-sponsored academies all throughout mexico and teachers here insist it's far from a dying tradition but their critics say exposing children to such violence is wrong. in this video the most famous of the child bull fighters nicknamed chilito is knocked down by a bull in columbia and he started at just five years old and organizers are accused of using children to boost crowds. in mexico unlike spain there is no age limit and congressman is trying to ban what he says is

tantamount to child abuse. >> translator: we are fed up with violence and everyday more and more mexicans want to do away with these sort of violent acts. mexico, columbia and peru are the only countries left in latin america that promote bull fighting. >> reporter: watching from the stands edison's parents admit their son doesn't completely understand the dangers. >> translator: we don't know if he has a future as a bull rider, for the moment it's a game for him and eventually we will see if he has what it takes. >> reporter: they say they will support his passion until the moment comes when he decides if it's really worth risking his life, rachel in mexico. time for the world of sport and here is your guide. >> thank you steven. football first and surprising result in spain's league over the weekend and saturday

barcelona went home as atletico got one point and they could not breakthrough in the first half and it was the visitors who scored the opener and poor marking allowing them to deflect the ball in the net. the second half saw improvement fro tomorrow home side and this was equalized and the third goal in two games but on 65 minutes they were stunned. and they gave valencia a shot lead but 92 minutes they scored an unbelievable goal to rescue a point and final score was 2-2. >> translator: it wasn't a small opportunity, it was enormous but we have to forget this game and think about the

next one and we gave up the fight and the draw but what we needed was the win tonight. >> reporter: breathing an sigh of relief and league leaders lost to the other team earlier on sunday. the home side taking the lead in the last second and they made sure the points were on the home side and atletico is three points ahead of bars -- barsa and they play them in the final season. >> we could not do it in the end and the team tried to win and we just couldn't do it. >> confirmed as champions without kicking a ball and comes after the rivals roma lost 4-1 on sunday and england and chelsea missed out on the chance of going top on the league after they were held to a draw at home and chelsea has failed to win at home in any competition since the 8th of april.

>> i think that when we lose the semi finals we will know that you are not realistically in the title race. i think especially the mental energy disappears. >> reporter: that draw means they are a point behind liverpool and man city but title could be officially ended if they beat crystal palace on monday and they had fourth place and they are heading in the only goal of the game. to basketball and the line up for nba conference semi finals is now completely top seeds in the west, san antonio spurs booked a spot and joining them are the brooklyn nets but only that they travel to toronto to

take on ratpures and it changed hands frequently and with seconds left ross pulled it to a point of brooklyn. he then came up with an amazing turn over. unfortunately for him his teammates could not take advantage and couldn't take the winning basket and won it 104 so here is that conference semi final line up, in the west the portland trailblazers go to the top seeded san antonio spurs in the best of 7 series on tuesday. before that on monday the third ranked la clippers go to the second ranked team in the west, oklahoma city thunder. eastern conference on monday the number one side indiana pacers playing wizards and defending miami heat play brooklyn on tuesday. in the nhl playoffs the stanley

cup champions chicago has 2-1 lead in the western semi final against the minnesota wild and comfortable winners on sunday and getting the first and the world goal tender and that is winning 4-1. much closer in the eastern conference series between the pits berg penguins and new york rangers and they finished with 22 saves and pittsburgh scored three of their own to win 3-0 and the series are 1-1 and the teams will do it again on monday for game three at madison square garden. golf jb homes won the fargo championship in north carolina and the american was chased all the way here. and sinking this eagle at the 15th on his way to 7 under par round of 65. and that put the pressure on his opponents and holmes was 14

under and he claimed his third pga tour. >> it has been a long journey for me and i had some ups and downs and it's a great feeling to be up here and get one done and i'm happy the way the year is going so far and happy about it. >> reporter: on the top seed thomas in the final of tennessee portugal open and claiming the second single title of his career and he looked as if he was on track for a comfortable win and breezing through the fest first and the opening game of the second before taking the set and he powered through the third and winning 6 games to 1. reigning world champion has a perfect start to the motor season after claiming his first race in a row, he followed up wins in cutter, texas and

argentina with victory in front of 15,000 people and spanic grand prix and becomes the first rider since 992 to win the first four races of the season and rosi was second and pedroza is third. >> i'm really happy and it's a different victory because in this way we are doing what we can and my level and level of valintino and that was in the beginning. >> and more on our website on al jazeera/sport and details on how to get in touch with our team using twitter and facebook and that is the sport for now and we will have more later. >> thank you. it sounds like something from methodology, youth, and it manages to reverse the aging

process and three groups of researchers in the united states believe they are on their way to uncovering that secret substance and derek reports. >> the affects of aging are well-known and largely unavoidable, our ability to remember and learn things decreases and the structure of our brains become set, our muscles lose their tone. but now three separate studies from the united states have shed light on a possible way of stopping, even reversing these changes and it all comes down to blood. researchers took blood from young mice and gave it to older animals and they made fur less, errors and more neurons and the basis for memory and it's not clear what compound in the blood is having this effect but earlier research points to a protein called gdf-11 and saw

remarkable changes of mice when it was taken from young mice and injected into older animals >> when we corrected the deficiency so the old animals had levels of the substance equivalent to young animals we could reverse these changes that occur with age and the heart and blood is full of lots of things and trying to narrow down what might be the responsible factor was going to be a big challenge. >> human trials of the protein are at least three years away and warn against individuals trying to arrange their transfusions of young blood because there could be side effects but do say their discovery show promise and could one day help in the development of treatments to combat age-related illnesses. >> that was terry and i'm steven and jane will be with you to take you through the next half hour with of course the latest

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