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has let them down. in parts of eastern ukraine, voters are casting ballots on a referendum involving self rule. it has been described as a disaster by the kyiv government. the ballot has been held in two regions. donetsk and luhansk well 6.7 million people. but only people under separatist control are voting. organizers say there are more than 3,000 polling stations. people are being asked one question in ukrainian and one in russian. do you support self rule? a recent opinion poll suggests more than two-thirds of people in the east don't support the separatist movement to join russia and break away from the ukraine. but polls also show that the majority in the east reject the new government in kyiv.

in a moment, we will go to kim vannel but first, to paul brennan, who is outside a polling station in donetsk. but i guess it's not hard to speculate about what the outcome is going to be, paul? >> reporter: no. i think the outcome is a foregone conclusion. i am here at school 12, which is in the east of central donetsk. you can see we have had an ebbing and flowing. there was a hughes queue outside weight, people waiting in the sun. still a steady flow of people voting. they come in, register with ids or passports, pick up a ballot paper. some of them wait to use, in this polling station, a voting booth in the corner over there. the other polling station that we were at earlier this morning did not have one of those polling booths. then they put their vote into this prospect's box and we have seen a grand total of two votes

for "no." every other vote that has gone into those boxes has been "yes" to self-rule for this donetsk people's republic. and i can hazard an educated guess that a very similar proportion will be voting in a similar way in the luhansk area. >> let's s go to kim vanell and find out how they aresponding to what's going on. kim? >> reporter: jane, we have heard from the acting head of the presidential administration and from the justice minister reiterating the government's position that it believes that this referendum is illegal and both of these officials came out and said they believe this is no more than the actions of what they called murderers and terrorists trying to cover up criminal activity. they went on to say that the prosecutor general has warned city council members in the eastern regions that they will be held criminally responsible

for their actions to do with this referendum. they went on to say they believe that in the coming days, representatives from the east or self appointed representatives will come out and give some fake results and they also mentioned that they believe no more than two-thirds of people in the territory have not participated in this referendum. we have heard in recent days from interim president. he said that a vote for independence or independence in the east would be a step toward the abyss. he said he believes independence would be the total collapse of not only the economy and social programs but, also, of the way of life for many ukrainians. >> thanks for that, kim. let's move on to other news now. at least 11 yemeni soldiers have been killed in the city of mukula in the southern part of the country. three gun men have been killed after they tried to attack a security checkpoint near the presidential palace in the

capital. live in sanaa. let's start there. hasham, what happened in the capitol today? >> well, there was an attack on a military checkpoint near the presidential palace. the same spot that was attacked on friday. security forces say they came under fire, returned fire and they killed four gun men. there has been no claim of responsibility, but the government says that during the military offensive, they confiscated laptops with notes of intelligence about the whereabouts of the movements of key operatives of al-qaeda and potential suicide bombers here in the capitol and now hunting down and chasing those people because they are concerned they might stage revenge attacks in the capitol. >> i mean the security issue just doesn't seem to be going away in the country. what is the government doing about this? what sort of positions are they in to handle this?

>> well, i can tell you the atmosphere is quite somber here, very, very tense. huge concerns about retaliatory attacks by al-qaeda. the government says it has made significant gains in shabuwaa, areas that were voted by al-qaeda for the last three years. now, they have been recaptured. the problem is that we think those are the al-qaeda operatives -- most of the al-qaeda fighters managed to escape under the protection of tribesmen which means al-qaeda can easily regroup and launch retaliatory attack. what we have seen today, the suicide bombing attack is a clear indication that al-qaeda has the logistics to be able to hit back. >> thank you for that update from sanaa. violence, too, in iraq. police say around 40 soldiers have been killed in two separate

attacks. they were kidnapped, their convoy headed today a village south of mosul. they were killed a few hours later. in the city of fallujah, 22 soldiers who were kidnapped by armed men last friday have now been confirmed dead. live in the iraqi capitol, baghdad. imran, why this focus on soldiers? what's been going on there? >> it's another tactic being used by both the islamic state of iraq and the lavont fighters and anti-government tribunal militia. the idea you can go in and attack soldiers and soldiers' convoy is a big prop at that pa began a win for the antitribunal government militias. it's something they have been concentrating more and more on over the last six months or so. we have certainly seen a huge number of attacks take place over the last six months on iraqi forces. it is very big propaganda

victory. it has to be said that it takes quite a lot of coordination planning and effort to be able to mountain attack on iraqi army forces, particularly when you take a look at the attack that happened just a few hours ago, a 11:30 a.m. local time this morning when they were able to stop a convoy in the middle of two army bases, surround it, get the soldiers off, tie them up, and execute them. so, it's certainly, it's a tactic that we will see increasingly being used because of its propaganda and because of the fear fact or it sends to cracky society who look at these attacks and say if the army can't protect themselves, how can they protect us. >> the army, what we are hearing and government are using barrel bombs. why have they resorted to doing that? >> well, let's say that we haven't got this absolutely confirmed. the iraqi army have said to us categorically that they have not used barrel bombs in fallujah, but that said, pictures have been given to al jazz era.

they are very distinctive looking, literally, physically oil barrels that are stuffed with explosives. they are then thrown down from helicopters and they explode when they hit the ground and u.n. resolution 2139, the use of barely bombs has been condemned in syria. it's actually a war crime according to the united nations as well. if these barrel bombs are used in civilian areas. we have seen these pictures. we have spoken to people in fallujah who have said to us, yes, they are using barely bombs. we have seen them. we have spoken to witnesses who have seen them. we have spoken to experts within fallujah who said the bombs have been filled with up to 200 kill grams of rdx. certainly there is compelling and strong, at the very least anecdotal evidence that they are using barely bombs but that has been used by the iraqi army. the question is why would they use these bombs? so far, nobody has been able to

tell us why. the reason barrel bombs are used in syria, many military analysts suggested the syrians were running out of conventional weapons. >> that's not the case here in iraq. so we don't know why the iraqi army have resorted to the use of this worrying tactic. >> imman, thank you. >> the cease fire meant to stop fighting could be on the verge of collapse. the south sudanese army is accusing rebels of breaking the deal by restarting vial lens. the rebels say they have come under attack from government forces. the agreement was struck on friday between president salv salva kir and the former vice president. it called on the warring parties to lay down their weapons. al jazeera's mohammed ada has been covering the peace talks extensively. he joins us from the kenyan capitol, nairobi. what's going on here? each side blaming each other. what happened? >> reporter: well, both sides

are trading accusations of having broken the cease fire just 48 hours after it was signed in the ethiopian capitol following huge pressure from regional government and the international communication. a little while ago, we spoke to the spokes man for the out sud an, armed forces, who told us his forces were attacked in the upper nile, in the oil-producing state. however, as a spokeman for forces rkhan told us that it was the government side supported by the rebels who attacked them in three different areas in the jungle region as well as unity and upper nile. this have been the flash point states in the past rounds of fighting. and he went on to add that it's not in full control of his forces, or he was insincere in

signing that agreement. >> the cease fire appears to be shattered, mohammed. what does it mean? what's going to happen next? >> this is a huge setback for the humanitarian community who have been -- who really welcomed the peace deal once it was signed and they have been trying for a long time to try to get humanitarian coredoors where they could deliver aid to those people who need it most. there are more than a million people dispersed within south sud and they need food and urgent medical supplies and there are fears now that if they don't get this kind of help, that there could be a huge famine in south sudan. >> that's first of all, a set back for the international community as well because they have been really hopeful that at last, these conflict could be brought to an end with the signing of this cease fire and negotiating the not only a perm

ceasefire but a transitional national governmentfire and negotiating the not only a perm ceasefire but a transitional national government. now, that all is up in the air. but without a proper ceasefire, monitoring mechanism on the ground without troops that have been promised by countries like kenya, u gandz a, aon the groun, it would be very difficult because south sudan is a huge country. it's the size of kenya and more. it would be a huge challenge to monitor who is breaking the cease-fire or not. >> mohammed adow talking united states through what's happening in south sudan. still to come on al jazeera, barreling stitching it together, how the political upheaval in thailand is making life difficult for small businesses. excluded from the world's biggest ely with, why millions of indians have been unable to vote. and the english premier league season reaches its climax with liverpool and manchester city

vying for the title. we look ahead to sunday's final round of matches. vietnam and the philippines want stronger action against china as a territorial disputes in the south china sea. they made the plea at the association of southeast asian nations meeting in myanmar's capitol. beijing claims almost all of the resource-rich south china sea putting it in conflict with taiwan, vietnam, the philippines and brunai. chinese ships actedly rapidly vietnamese police boats if disputed waters at few days ago. another issue is the crisis in thailand, the protest and political upheaval are hurting the economy and as florence reports, companies are holding off on investing and people are cutting back on spending the

saha is struggling. she and her husband run a small tailoring shop and depend upon subcontracts from factories that make uniforms. orders have been drying up. the thought of moving back to the countryside where the cost of living is lower. >>? >> they have been helping us because they don't want to see us leave at the factory. >> her biggest concern is her children's education. she wants to stay in bangkok where she says the schools are better. i itt at a time former leader lives in self imposed exile. a political party loyal to him is in charge. anti-government protesters are intent on getting rid of it t the down turn in sasha's

tailoring business started when the political crisis began but it's gotten worse. to make ends meet, her husband, banyet has now taken on a second job as a motor bike taxi driver. >> this is the lowest point in my life. i used to have five to six people working for me. now, i am barely scraping by. >> he has also taken on odd jobs as a laborer. but that's still not enough, and he has had to borrow money from relatives. >> this is the street where the family lived. many other shop owners here tell us they have been badly affected by thailand's political uncertainty. people and companies are reluctant to spend money. business is down. >> whichever side wins this power struggle, ordinary thais are eager for it to be resolved. bangkok. >> in pakistan, a suicide bomber has killed four people and

wounded level more. dominic cain's report has the latest >> reporter: this is the aftermath of the explosion, the bomber targeted an adps, posing as one of the refugees looking for help. but when he got in the camp, he opened fire. >> a suicide attacker who was in his early 20s came here as an internally displaced person. as he entered, he started firing at officers on duty. as they retaliated, he blew himself up. >> the camp is a reception center for refugees around the area. it's understood that many people from the tira valley region were waiting to register when the attack happened. a forensic investigation of the blast area has allowed police to say around 10 kilograms of explosives were used. analysis of the shrapnel suggests the bomb had been packed with ball bearings, designed to cause maz casualty. the dead and wounded were taken

to engineer hospitals. many with life threatening injuries. some were too badly wounded to be saved. this part of pakistan has been plagued with fighting between the government and the taliban for many years. dominic cain, al jazeera. >> seven policemen have been killed by a land mine in india. it, ploidied as they searched for maoist fighters. after the blast, there was an exchange of fire between police and the rebels. two other policemen who have been injured were taken to hospital. it is the latest attack to coincide with the election in india, the final phase of the 5-week vote. there were tens of millions of peoples who were prevented have voting. >> reporter: three generations of the rapi family talking about one thing: the elections. most were able to voted.

>> do you have pent-pup? >> you have a lot of pent up emotions. you want to work for a party with whom your ideology goes for and when the day comes, you go there and you don't see your name on the voter list. and you feel helpless. >> the iraqis have voted in previous local elections but no one but the election commission can tell him why he wasn't on the elector roll this time around. just two out of mistaken millions who are eligible to vote but couldn't. they include groups in transit t indians working or studying abroad or on core medical staff. the government stilts that there are over 10 million working abroad. many low-paid my grant who can't afford to come home and vote. there are others whose issue isn't cost nor distance. sayingel recently had surgery and it meant she missed out on a

chance to vote. >> if the government had a ballot and had the people coming in to my house, i would have certainly voted. i would have. i don't know why the government hasn't talked about it. >> only a few people can vote by mail. they include security personnel, polling staff as well as diplomats abroad. india's supreme court has ordered the election commission of india to look into the problem. >> the postal value has to be the exception and not the normal. it should be available for people who for a valid reason, not elect argy, not watching a movie on television. those shutted no should not it be the reasons. >> analysts report india is heading for another coalition government but the many millions would have an effect. the world's largest democracy has a problem that can only be fixed by the election commission

in time for the next general election in 2019. hill raman, al jazeera, new delly. >> the korean language is changing. 70 years of separation between the north and the south has created two distinction vo cablaries. as many as half of the words used in day-to-day conversation are different in the two. more from seoul. >> aran is a one woman success story. she built a restaurant business with a north food culture. but the same can be said of language. she first studied in seoul she said she understood about 30% of what was being said and her recipes would turn out differently from her classmates. >> the misunderstanding is deeper and.

>> we met two university students. win sso. h and you would swa hook from the north. >> it comes down to a donut. what's that in south korea ian? >> donut. >> north korean? >> koranpi. >> a pen? >> pen? >> wunjopen. >> i used to watch movies and republicans in the north. at first, i couldn't understand anything that helped me when i arrived here still, there were words that i didn't know. since 2005, hanyon un and his team have been working with north koreaean counterparts for a dix area due for publication in 20s 19. he says the issue comes from contrasting attitudes to foreign words and different social and

political systems require different vo cab lawyers. >> we found that 52% of words commonly used by south koreans in detail conversation differed from north korea e avrnz and for the professionals, it was 66% because differences have become deep for professional terminology. >> in downtown seoul they celebrate one of the heroes who in the 15th century was responsible for the korean alphabet spreading literacy and communication. nearly 600 years later, his country men would be divided by a heavily mil tarized border and diverging language. harry fawsett, seoul. >> fighting in eastern china. demonstrators had been protesting for two weeks against plans to build a huge waste incinerator. residents feared it would be harmful to their health and to protection in the city of it yohan the lovell government

says all work on the incinerator has stopped and it would consult the public on whether it should go ahead. >> in southwest china, fire fighters re present people from the city of gerlin. days of heavy rain caused the yang river to overflow in scenic spots leaving visitors stranded. let's find out about the weather in china. will it get better? >> it's going to take quite some time. we are getting to the tyime of year. in fact, you see the rain all the way north across the far north of china. weather systems pushing in earlier on -- high fresh there but over the course of friday into the weekend, we had some quite stormy skies over japan. we had some signature hailstorms

developing there saz this next system begins to push in. and that's going to be heading in across the korean peninsula toward japan as we move through from monday into tuesday. so some pretty stormy weather there. as we have seen, stormy weather further toward the southwest it has disrupted transport through hunan prove incident. you expect it to continue for a little while yet. another 100, 150 millimeters range possible in some parts of south china it will stay that way through toward tuesday. more heavy rain to come. the clear-up is going to take quite some time. jane? >> thanks. thousands of mexican mothers have called on the government to do more. more than 26,000 people declared

after the former government declared war on the drug car tells. little has been done to finding the missing. their loved ones aren't happy. a report from mexico city. where are our children, as sarah robella mars. many travel from all over the country to protest against the government for not doing enough to find their sons and daughters. >> sarah's 31-year-old son disappeared last september. a successful chef and a father, he planned to open a restaurant with his mother. but after having dinner out one night, he never came home. i don't have any to celebrate. i am missing one of my kids. i miss him. i don't know where he is and authorities aren't investigating. >> there are thousands of mothers throughout mexico searching for their their disappeared children. the president promised his

government would help them find their loved ones but these women say they feel frustrated, angry and let down. more than 26,000 people have gone missing in mexico since 2011. >> that's when the former government declared war on the drug cartel and violence exploded. >> after the president took office, he formed a experienced missing persons unit to help investigate the disappear answers. it has been a year since the unit was created. sarah is still waiting for help. investigators haven't collected evidence, tracked down phone or e-mail records or traced her son's bank accounts. every time am mass grave is discovered, she calls experts and give them the information. >> i am the detective. i don't want to give up hope, but i have to consider he might

be dead. otherwise, his ma body might ben a mass grave turning to dust. >> they haven't finished creating a national database. >> the human rights director of the missing persons unit is committed but frustrated. >> it doesn't matter. unless we find them alive, the mothers will feel we aren't doing enough. her words may sound offensive but they are inaccurate. >> sarah and the other mothers say all they know is that their children were certain alive and that's how they want them back. rachel lavin, al jazeera, mexico city. >> too dangerous to explain, let alone send back to german. still ahead. >> an collection of nazi art.

>> life gets increasingly difficult in syria where one of life's necessary he isties is running out in sport, a horrifying crash in the latest round of the indy car championship. those details coming

the suicide car bombers has killed at least 11 yemeni officers. it appears to be a revenge attack by al-qaeda over the enemy army's campaign south sudan's ceasefire meant to stop fighting could be on the verge of collapse. the agreement was struck on friday between president salv salva kir and the opposition party. >> more on the top story, the crisis in ukraine. the u.s. has condemned the he haver endum' simple rule as a violation of international law guas jonah hull reports from donetsk, many have ignored warnings and cast their votes anyway. the referendum drew large numbers of voters to a small number of polling stations in

eastern ukraine. this was the regional city of donetsk, would-be seat of the people's republic of donetsk. the ballot paper asks whether voters agree with the proclamation of the people's republic or not. most here want little more to do with the central government in kyiv. >> well, big crowds have turned out to vote. just one question on the ballot paper, a simple yes or no. the problem is there are multiple different interpretations of what exactly it means. >> we want to live with russia in friendship, says this man. >> this woman isn't entirely sure what she's voted for. tran >> translator: i voted for our national republic, she says. . >> i want peace in this country.

i don't want this horrible mess from kyiv that they created in the maidan, a war and it continues here. >> it isn't indies to find a voice in opposition to all of this. to do so, we traveled to the town of horlika, firmly in anti-government hands where one man was prepared to talk to us. he didn't want to be identified. >> amount of people who are against it and more people who are for it. in general. they have not understood what kind of a threat it poses. it appears russia doesn't want us. >> that's done our own. this region will head toward catastrophe. >> are you afraid here at the government? >> the difficult to say, i am tired of being afraid but it's very tension after several killings of innocent people against this movement.

it has gone ahead until defiance of calls for delay. the government says it's i will legitman and warns of an decent into the abyss. some fear this has happened. i will put that question to our guest. one of the voters, somebody who didn't vote was worried this would now leave the region in theabis. do you think russia will present that from happening? i do not think the referendum will have consequences it is not

clear whether the ballots can be delivered to the center of the region of donetsk because some of the roads are blocked and short of practical consequences, i do not think this referendum will add much to a difficult situation that has already emerged over there. the refer endsum says and that's for sure is that people in that region resent the government in kyiv and do not recognize it as their legitimate leadership when the people voted in crime e a, russia stepped in. why should this be different?

in crimea >> north richland hillses a majority that was in favor of crimea. in russia, per se, over 80% of people over the years regarded crimea as parts of russia even though they were not ready to take action for it. this region in the east of ukraine are different and according to a recent poll, only 12 or 13% the problem is resentment. those regions would not recognize the their government for now, but it's not clear what it is that they want one of the problems certainly for russia is the economic impact of taking all of this on. >> yes, indeed, of course, there are comic problems for russia. russia's economy had been on

decline there has been a deterioration of most indexes including the economic growth which is now zero and the country is entering a recession send further deter will exacerbate the situation in russia. however, president putin in his policies have not been as popular as they are now over the past several years. >> good to talk to you, maria lipman. thank you. >> my pleasure. >> people in syria's largest city say they haven't had any tap water for a meek t in part of aleppo, people are handing out supplies. some people are so desperate that they are digging wells to find water. there are conflicting reports about who is responsible for the shortage >> reporter: these children have

to queue here to get water. many haven't had any for days. >> people people here have been looking for water for the past few days. now they are getting it for wells in mosques. this is mainly used for cleaning but we don't have any other option. we don't have tap water for more than two weeks or more. we come here to this mosque to transfer water to our homes. we are really getting exhausted tap water has you can get cut off. the peopboys are trying to get r from mosque taps. without this, we wouldn't have a single drop of water anti-government people say they have been flooded because of bombed out water mains. it accuses anti-government fighters of cutting supply lines to western parts of aleppo.

it says the rebels were trying to cut off the water to government areas and in the process, also destructed the supply to other areas. >> there has been no water here for a while. we had to dig a we will so people could use and drink water. they don't have water at home. >> that's why you can see this place is so crowded. there is neither water nori electricity here. >> the city was once home to millions of people. years of fighting have crippled the municipal infrastructure. activists warn untested water carries the risk of spreading disease. but for many in aleppo, the choice is between taking that risk or going thirsty. a soldier has been killed after an army convoy was attacked in the inai peninsula. officials say another soldier was injured. they are blaming members of an al-qaeda inspired group for opening fire.

a member of egypt's muslim brotherhood has gone back on trial. spiritual leader and 51 other defendants are accused of directing protests against the government in the rava scare in july of last year. he has already been sentenced to death at the same time as nearly 700 others. he was found guilty of an attack last year on a police station south of cairo. three al jazeera english journal accidents could be held in an egyptian prison. they are falsely accused of conspiring with the muslim brotherhood which has been declared a terrorist organization by egypt. al jazeera rejects all of the charges and is demanding their immediate release. a colleague has been held in an egyptian prison since august and has been on a hunger strike for 111 days. blood and urine tests were carried out on thursday, and they show he is dangerously close to death al jazeera

obtained a copy of his medical report. it shows signs of micro cytic anemia due to a iron deficiency and is keeping iron levels. there are high levels of urea in his blood. he has a urinary tract infection. he is very close to failure which is a life threatening condition. . >> a trial has been disposed until may 25th. gadaffi has been held by militia in the city of zintin and has been tried by video link. he and dozens are facing charges ranging from corruption to war crimes resulting from their alleged role in suppressing the 2011 uprising. this update from the libyan capitol, tripoli. >> the judge decided to postpone the trial to the 25th of may

because the lawyer for saif al islam gadaffi was not present. another defendant failed to show up. the session lasted over an hour. they weret they were telling the judge they didn't receive copies of the evidence used by the prosecution or any documents used by the prosecution against their clients. they were asking the judge for more time action and they were asking the judge for evidence so they can prepare their defense for their clients. human rights groups have questioned the entire process. some groups were even questioning residents of the libyan judiciary to offer a third trial to members of the former regime, including saif s saif islam gadaffi. >> afghan election frontrunner received a boost to his

campaign. he got 44% of the vote in april's election. now, one of his opponents has backed him saying they will form a coalition. the final results will be declared on wednesday. for more, live from the afghan capitol, kabul. i should imagine he was celebrating with this news >> reporter: indeed. a very happy abdullah abdullah. he announcing that the two are joining together. >> rashul is endorsing his bid for the presidency. this is good for abdullah abdullah for a number of reasons. he is an inflew initial politician, served as foreign minister for a number of years before stepping down last year to run in this presidential vote. but it's the voters, the supporters that rashul can put behind abdullah abdullah that is making a game changer here he is from the south of the country. he is an ethnic pashtoon and

abdullah abdullah is from the north. he is annethnic pajek. but his support is in the north. now that these two sides have joined, it's all but certain that abdullah abdullah will become the president of this country in this run-off vote which is expected sometime next month. >> all right. let's leave it there. thank you very much. >> still to come, we have got the sport including can mer sies ease make four consecutive grand prix runs? we will have the details shortly.

it's been nearly 70 years since the ends of world war ii, and yet the u.s. still holds a massive collection of nazi art. 500 pieces are being stored at an army base in virginia and are deemed too dangerous to return to germany. shihad britanzi explains >> reporter: these are the sort of things you would expect the army to have in its art collection. off the u.s. war experience abroad but a few stekz away, the subject matter transforms. >> one of the main issues with this particular piece is that you look at the skull and cross bones and you look at the individual's collar badge. >> signifies the ss. it's a very direct message glorifying the ss. >> this piece is one of 456 german works held at a u.s. army base just outside washington, d.c. under the terms of the potsdam agreement on the.

>> paintings weren't returned if they were 2k50e78d overt propaganda, or depictured nazi leaders. >> the argument is this work has lost its artistic privileges becau because of the message. contrasting art commission by the nazis for those of the u. >>. >> that's not what you are seeing on the painting of the gis below the scene of the american b-17 coming in. the engine is on fire. it's firing flares. they indicate that there is wounded on board. >> for u.s. authorities, the championing of artistic freedom was the propagandaa message, not the specific work. a strategy that continued into the cold war. >> per the allies, i think it was important to show the difference between these regimes, what they stood for. >> the u.s. holocaust memorial

museum has organized exhibitions of nazi art, in some of its permanent collection. seen within the context of the horrism, the cure ator says such work retains some valve. >> it's imports for these objects to be preserved and available for displays in the proper circumstances. you have to look at the consequences that caused the deaths of 55 million people. when you look at this art work, you have to examine what role does it play? >> german authorities in the d and the /* /- in the u.s. don't seem too concerned about getting it back. when cathied about the collection, the german embassy in washington declined to comment. the official consensus appears to be that this cache of hist ocal artifacts could should remain locked up in a warehouse. virginia. >> excitement of a grand prix with rahul. >> exciting. in the last few minutes, lewis hamilton has won the spanish grand prix. it was marcedes in the front

row. >> the britain going for his fourth consecutive win but he was pushed all the way by rosberg, less than a second between the parrot final lap. hamilton managed to hold on to win. leads the world championship driver standings. >> spain with motor sport and the united states, an indy car driver was lucky to walk away from a crash at the starts of the grand prix of indianapolis. the crash was triggered by sebastian sebedra. several managed to avoid him. he . remarkably, he wasn't badly hurt. the race was eventually won by honderspjanal. >> in a few minutes time, the final round of matches in the english premier league. two teams can win the title. manchester city and liverpool. city are the favorites. they need just a point against west ham to claim their second

championship in three seasons. you have to go back slightly further for liverpool's last league triumph, 24 years to be exact. they host newcast he will and victory downfield, a city defeat, you will see them crowned champions for the 19th time. >> i think that we have had a remarkable season. the players have put liverpool on the world map again in terms of what we are looking to achieve here as a club. the performance level has been exceptional over the course of the season. coming sunday, we will fight to the very end. >> normally, it may be the last games are the most important because it's a finish of what you did the whole year. but i always talk with the players that it will be decided by the one point or one goal and that point is at the beginning. season or the middle of the season or the end of the season. so, if you don't play every game thinking that winning today, we win the title, it's very difficult to be in this position at the ends of the season.

we can talk to sports correspond event, lease legs. it's been appear season of twists and turns. could there be one more on this final day? >> it's been a most extraordinary premier league season in history in many ways. two years ago, manchester city won the title, of course, adding a long period not winning the league title. they did it with the last kick of the season. the question is cot reverse happen to them. they did look like already pooing were going to complete an extraordinarily journey. manchester has certain steps in the last two weeks. it could take one last twist if they slip up and don't win it. liverpool was the one at home when the 2-nil win stopped liverpool in their tracks and whoever goes up to crystal palace before crystal palace came back of the all of the drama we have seen. manchester city seemed to have

gotten it there. they are playing a team that will might try to do their teammates one more favor. >> it could be a big battle. but they could be facing a bigger one off of the pitch with the fight for fair play? is that right? >> it's remarkable something so big is happening on the pitch. off of the pitch, uefa talked about getting tough with financial fair play. they are coming down on manchester city. imagine chester city are thinking about whether they agree to euefa's punishment for going over limits with the spending on financial fair play. how is manchester city going to accept that? the punishments at the moment look like they are as much as an $18 million fine. only 21 players allowed in the champions league, 25 are potential salary cap. if manchester city don't accept that or something close to that, and then the matter goes further, they could ends up facing even harsher penalties

like expulsion from the champions league. so that would be the last thing they would want having achieved so much on the pitch. i think this matter might even come to a head on monday. >> lee, it's going to be a fascinating to see what happens both on and off the pitch. as i say, those matches kick often in a few minutes. for now, thank you very much. to spain, the top 3 all in action later, athlet co will secure the title. if they avoid defeat and second place barcelona lose al elchay. on saturday, villa real maintain their push for european football. they are 7th and comfortable winners on saturday. within two points of the europa lead. platini has visited gibraltar, officially in town to present a trophy to the gibraltar cup. matt ransey explains. >> euefa president was welcomed

as guest of honor by a marching band in gibraltar, his first visit to the british overseas territory since it joined the euefa ball. like any family, misunderstandings can occur. mr. plattani. was expected to shake hands with the players but at the last moment declined to do so. he also refused to speak publically about his visit. spain opposed gibraltar joining euefa. the two are being kept from playing each other. was the president's low key involvement political? >> i mean i can't answer for mr. plattini. i can answer on our behalf, and we have it very clear and we have had it very clear from the very beginning. we remain at any moment ready to develop develop. federation to federation at a personal level, an excellent relationship with the members of the president and other members,

senior members of the spanish federation. >> will continue. we are very keen as are they to ha keep politicians at an arm's length. >> insk versus college europa saw two disallowed goals and turned nasty after the break. it looked every bit like a game going in to extra time when liam clark stole the trophy for lincoln after two minutes of time added on. his goal made the final score 1-nil, a cup and league double for lincoln and with it, a place in next season's euefa champions league. >> you know, it's incredible. in the first round, it was going to be made up of the sporting nations. after that, we can get past the first round. we are looking at teams like celtic and think at that that's amazing, unreal. >> a remarkable achievement and an opportunity for what is really not much more than an

amateur football team. >> the celebrations here in gibraltar are over. it's lincoln that will play euefa champions league. it's not a professional player among them. a customs officer, and president plattani has flown out for euefa member has just landed. matt rumsey, gibraltar. >> beating iranian champions, miami heat in the eastern conference city t 104 to 90 but they trail 2-1 in the series with a top season, the west, san antonio spurs are continuing to dominate their play-off against the portsmouth trailblazers. they thrashed 118 to 103 in game 3 to take a 3-zip lead in the series. the top scoring for the spurs, 29 points, so they can reach the conference final. in portland on monday. well, in the western conference

nhl playoffs, the anaheim ducks leveled their semifinal against the los angeles kings at 2 apiece. bruningz are one game away from the from the eastern conference final after winning game 5 in their best of 7 match-up against the montrial al canadians. the playoffs series changes 32 seconds apart in the middle period. it helped the between stanley cup champions to a final 4-2 win and a 3-2 league in the series. >> more sports on our web 150i9. check out aljazeera.com forward slash support and details on how to get in touch with our team using twitter and facebook. the top stories there are about the opening game play-off in the n.f.l. draft, michael sams. >> that's support for now. i will have more later, jane. >> if you want to get news, you can log onto our website, the address, the same and i shall see you in the next couple of minutes or so for the next bulletin. do stay watching.

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