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scientists warn of an irreversible point. the u.s. has gbegun surveillance flights as part of an international rescue effort to find the kidnapped school girls. the armed group operate across these .3 states in the north. the president requested an extension of the state of emergency de-claired in the region a year ago. boko haram had hideouts along pouros borders. more than 2 sent girls were taken from their school in chibok. they are being held somewhere in this area. on top of the surveillance planes, the u.s. sent 30 experts to help with the cert. science and the u.k. have sent experts. boko haram released this video to swap the girls.

they are studying the pictures closely for any clue that might help find the girls. our state department correspondent joins us live from washington. ro rosalind: >> reporter: we don't have independence confirm medication that general david rodriguez who is the commander of africom is in nigeria but they are making a full-throated push to help the niger grand government locate and return these girls safely to their families. this is a major foreign policy for the obama administration. there is international concern about these girls' wellbeing as well as about the apparent growing strength of boko haram, which is a foreign terrorist organization, as listed by the united states government. >> so what exactly are the u.s. teams on the ground going to be

doing? how are they going to be helping the nigerian military? >> essentially, the framework is this: the u.s. says that it is going to be taking the nigerians' lead on how they want the kind of intelligence information that the u.s. can provide, how they can provide hostage negotiation tactic even though the u.s. does not believe in trading hostages for any sort of reward with an alleged kidnapping group, and they are going to be working on ways to help strengthen the capacity of the nigerian military. you will recall that after years of military rule in the first years after independence, the current government has not given the nigerian military the amount of funding and the amount of equipment that it would need to be able to carry out these sort of search and rescue operations. so this is basically a catch-up mission for all parties involved. >> said, the u.s. is very keen

to make it clear that it is not putting any armed troops on the ground to help recover these girls unless the nigerian government specifically requested that. and that is probably not going to happen at least for the foreseeable future. >> right. because some people, rosalind have been simulated before is trying to emulate al-qaeda. could we see a greater insurgency. >> the u.s. has been concerned about boko haram want to be make it's more than a nigeria-focused organization. >> that's part of the reason the u.s. has designated it as a terrorist organization. it is concerned boko haram is interrupting the security situation in nearby countries and because of its view, as it

were, of what the koran says, the u.s. considers that a kind of security threat, a perversion of a very important religious text. and so the u.s. has been working with the nigerian military, nigerian rangers, for example, to improve their ability to c e carry out search and rescue operations, sending in marines with their comen sur ate troops on their ability to carry out missions. the u.s. is already taking boko haram seriously but it's only going to do what the president, goodluck jonathan under and his administration want them to do. nigeria's government has struggled in its battle with boko haram, the group has been blamed for the deaths of thousands of civilians. the military response: >> attacks like this one in

abuja suggest the nigerian government's handling much armed groups has failed. but the government insists it's gaining ground. >> this war against terror is on course. people are under the impression. >> but security isn't all that worries nigerians. >> part of the problem is not simply terrorism that requires a military response. but part of the problem is that the life for many people in nigeria, despite all of its wealth, has gotten worse, not better. there is a tremendous gap between the wealthiest and the poorest >> reporter: people sigh widespread corruption prevents the government from being effective. then there is unemployment. the world bank estimates 80% of young people don't have jobs and that unemployment means more

desperation and rising crime. nigerians are disappointed with the power sector. they say the power supply hurts production. the economy is worth over $500,000,000,000. instability is worrying its neighbors and trade partners. >> it has come very recently africa's largest economy, a major oil producer and i think rising instability in nigeria is going to have everybodyin have across the region and in terms of security >> reporter: these days, many nigerians don't feel safe. they are worried about rising instability and they want the government to do something about it. al jazeera. ukraine's prime minister is meeting in brussels to discuss the ongoing crisis in the east. it's the latest diplomatic effort to end the unrest less than two weeks from presidential elecs. meanwhile german's foreign

minister has arrived in kiev to try to kick-start talks. activists in the donetsk region have formally requested to join russia and split from ukraine. they say more than 90% of people there voted for self-rule in sunday's unofficial refer end um. for the very latest, let's go to paul brennan from donetsk. before we talk about the meeting with the german foreign minister. you have been hearing what the state minister says. . >> interesting stuff. he is, as you say, is the kooecht-appointed governor here, not the self-proclaimed donetsk people's republic govern, the people who have seized power. what mr. toruta said is that the donetsk people's republic doesn't exist as far as he is concerned. only in name. he said the referendum which

took place meant nothing more than a social logical questionnaire, he said. and he also said, rather intriguingly, that talks are going on between the teretua team and the peoples republic team but the difficulty was every single day when they turned up for these talks, they were talking to new people. the leadership of the donetsk people's republic seems to be fluid. new people keep appearing. it's difficult, he said, to work out exactly who has the authority to make something stick. it's very interesting stuff. it feeds into what the acting prime minister is going to have to brief the european commission when he goes to brussels today. the german foreign minister is in kiev meeting with the leadership there. what sort of reainsurance are they offering? >> reporter: well, he is offering the reassurance of the support of the european union. we saw on monday the european union extending sanctions, 13 more individuals, two more companies have been sanctioned by the european union in the

wake of the annexation of crimea and the events here in the east of ukraine. so the german foreign minister came here, went to kiev and is apparently coming to eastern ukraine although i believe it might be odessa and he is basically offering the reassurance that the european union staningz four square behind the kiev government. what he said was, in reply, mr. yatsenyuk, that it's not kiev who will be able to solve this. he said it's moscow that can solve this. if moscow stops supporting the terrorists and the separatists, all of this could be resolved very quickly indeed. >> paul brennan reporting live from donetsk in eastern ukraine. in iraq, at least 28 people have been killed in a series of bombings in the capitol, baghdad. serial car bombs exploded in predominantly shiia neighborhoods. 70 people were injured. imran khan has more from

baghdad. >> a series of attacks have hit baghdad. the operations commander, the people tasked with securing baghdad have placed the blame on the islamic state of iraq, saying they would attack shiia targets within iraq and in particular within baghdad. these car bombs have taken place in shia areas. one of them was in a sunni area. the six of them took place in shia areas. now, there is a power struggle going on between various jihadist groups within the movement to try and take over the leadership. the leader of al-qaeda who is currently resident in afghanistan, according to most sources, has crit sued isil and said they are not part of the jihadist movement and said supporting another group across the border in syria, now isil are involved in a fist-fight

across the border and that's having an impact here in baghdad. isi are trying to say that they are the lead group within the jihadist movement, that can take on this file. what we are seeing is this power struggle having a spill-over effect in baghdad. in syria, fierce battles in the northern city of aleppo. >> these pictures are said to show rebels attacking a government positioning. rebel forces appear to be holding ground in the province following a series of defeats. the government forces in the south and central portions of the country. mean chile, activists say warplanes have been striking various districts in aleppo including a civil defense building once under government control. these pictures are said to show an unexploded barrel bomb dropped in the hitan suburb. they say the syrian military has

used these extensively over the last few months. al jazeera cannot independently verify these pictures. sawudi arab i can't has invisited al visit to riyadh. the fortunately minister says his raenian counterpart is welcome at any time. iran has not yet responded to the invitation, but its relations with most of it's gulf neighbors have improved since reaching a landmark nuclear deal with the west last year. former israeli primary minister ehud you will member was found guilty of taking bribes in a controversial real estate deal during his time as jerusalem mayor. corruption allegations force did his resignation as prime minister in 2008. more from jerusalem. former israeli prime minister ehud you will member was sentenced to six years in prison and given a one million

she cannel fine in his involveme involvement. he is expected to appeal this sentence. the holy land real estate affair involved his time as mayor of jerusalem from 1993 to 2003. he was convicted of bribery, charges, you will mert has 45 days to appeal. >> he has maintained his innocence from the start but if and when he is sent to jail, he will be the first country's prime minister to do so. >> coming up on this newshour from doha, a stark warning for south sudan. the u.n. says half of its population could be displaced or dead by the end of the year if violence continues. plus, killer robots, millions being armed and put on to the battlefield. in sports, the brooklyn nets feel the heat as miami give a champion display in the nba finals.

first, yemen's oil pipelines and power plants have been recently targeted in a series of attacks. it's left many struggle with fuel shortages and blackouts and a report from the capitol of sanaa, people are becoming increasingly frustrated. >> this isn't a traffic jam during rush hour. it's a line-up at a petrol station. people in yemen are facing severe fuel shortages. sometimes, they have to wait for days to fill their tanks. arguments turn into scuffles. >> we have been suffering from fuel short applications for months. we pay the price, and black market traders make the profits. fuel prices in yemen are high compared to neighboring

countries. it sells for sometimes $3 in nearby qatar, it cells for about $0.25. >> it's carried through pipelines where its main oil fields are. when the pipelines come under attack, which happens very often, refineries start rationing supplies, prompting petrol stations like this one to shut purposes. >> this isn't the only problem people here face these days. attacks on power plants by armed groups or angry tribes often throw the capitol into darkness. he is one of millions forced today cope with rolling blackouts that sometimes go on for more than 18 hours a day. >> it's really too much for us to handle. on one hand, you have fuel sh t shortages and then the recurring

power cuts. our patience is running thing. if the government doesn't find a permanent solution, yemen will face an uncertain future >> reporter: to cope, many people have bought or rented diesel power generators despite the excessive noise and air pollution, they are often the only way of keeping the lights on. half of south sudan's population could be displaced, starving, or dead by the end of the year if violence continues. >> that's the stark warning from u.n. secretary general bank banke moon. our diplomatic editorrots reports from new york. >> the u.n. secretary briefing the security council about what he describes as the mounting crisis in south sudan. just days after the country's president signed a face-to-facer agreement with the rebel leader, there have been fresh clashes. >> the secretary general visited

the country last week. 80,000 people are now sheltering in u.n. camps, fearful of being targeted in ethnic violence that's now lasted five months. there are warnings, too, of what banke moon says could be a catastrophic famine. >> if the country continues, half of the south sudan's 12 million people will either be displaced internally, refugees abroad starving or dead by the year's end. >> the secretary general now wants accountability, proposing a hybrid tribunal, a court similar to the one that set in sierra leon, a mixture of national and international justice. >> the key issue of impunity is really at the heart of what set the stage for this conflict. we have seen past peace processes that made no provision for accountability and all we have to show for it is a big fat war. >> the u.n. knows it must tread

gentle. the situation on the ground in south sudan is so fragile, it doesn't want to upset the two men who signed last week's agreement, president salva kir and opposition leader, rick mashar: the only two men who could i didn't peace. >> when you spoke to the leaders, what was their reaction because they could end up being prosecuted by that court. >> my message to president kir and both was quite clear and loud that we have found the crimes against humanity by both sides. so you must stop this one. otherwise, you will be held -- those perpetrators will have to be held accountable. >> the idea of a new court is not the only one being discussed. the u.s. recently introduced sanctions, the first to be put on the list with the right hand men of both leaders. some now want international u.n. sanctions, too. james bays, al jazeera, at the united nations.

a vietnamese patrol vessel has retaliated against chinese ships after being attacked with water canon. it was after the vietnamese boat approached an oil rig in the south china sea. china has put the giant oil rig in the area that is also claimed by vietnam. anti-government proceedtets or in thailand are celebrating buddha's birthday in bangkok. hundreds chaventd as they prayed for the senate to install a neutral prime minister. demonstrators are demanding the current government step down. they want a new prime minister to oversee electoral reforms before a vote in july. now, scientists are warning that vast glaciers appear to be thawing. it is based upon satellite measurements for the last 20 years. the details >> reporter: for years, we have been warned the mighty frozen continent is melting.

now, two separate studies paint a sobering picture of what's being described as an irreversible, unstoppable thaw. a gracier system in western antarctica previously started to be stable has started to retreat. this shows the six big glashiers that are affected. the reason say researchers is global warming. it is blow sea level. more water causing ice along the coast to thin from beneath. as that melts, the ice above retreats into the sea. the six glacieriers in question hold enough ice to raise sea level by 1.2 meters. their disappearance would destable ice the ice sheet. >> if it is the whole ice sheet, we are talking about 10 to 15

feet. this will affect millions if not billions of people around the coastline throughout the world. >> and it's areas such as these that are most threatened. average year people on small islands in the pacific and low-lying coastal nations see their land gradually disappearing. the fear is that one day, all of it will be under water. most scientists agree a rise in ocean levels is inevitable given our current trajectory but they are urging people and governments to do as much as possible to slow down that process. gerald tan, al jazeera. for more on what's happening in antarctica, here is richard >> reporter: thanks. i thought we would take a look at the situation in antarctica. as you look tes great land, you can see the situation. there is west antarctica and

there are the dmrashi the gras . the temperatures remain very much as they have been. i have been looking tell japanese station, an elevation of 3,800 meters. the temperature is minus 64 degrees celsius as we speak and the temperature tonight will probably go down to about minus 74 degrees celsius. so, if that's the coldest place in the world, where do you think the warmest place in the world? where are we going to? libya? ethiopia? doha, someone says in my ear. correct. the hottest place in the planet, at least a couple of hours ago was the military base out in the desert. here in doha, itself, the temperature was a mere 35 degrees because we get the breeze off of the desert and it will cool off a little tomorrow. so here, we are going to enjoy it.

a glorious day of sunshine and 35 degrees. >> richard, thank you very much indeed. exit poles in india are predicting al winner, the front runner to become india's prime minister and the bjp is forecast to the win 270 seats. the ruling congress party is expected to take about 100 seats, its worst ever result. the final results are expected on friday. the number of political kidnappings in bangladesh is on the rise. more than 50 activists have gone missing this year alone and as mya sata reports, human rights groups are blaming the abductions on the security forces. >> reporter: the weight tied to the bodies didn't work. sixteen bricks for each body and still they floated up. the seven men had been abducted. two days later, their bodies were found in the river. all had been involved in local politics.

local councilman's wife new her husband had enemies but she didn't see this coming. >> i can't imagine that they could kill seven people like this. it takes a lot. you need so many people. you can't just kidnap and kill all of them with your bear hands. >> killing and torturing them like this is not an easy thing to do. >> if the weights hadn't failed, she may not have known what happened to her husband. >> dozens of people have been reported missing. they are usually not heard from again. when these seven bodies washed up on the shore of this river, it shocked the whole country and may have pushed the authorities into taking action. . >> rights groups accused security forces of committing over a thousand murders in the last 10 years but no official has ever been prosecuted for these crimes. the police chief in charge of investigating the seven murders promises that this time will be different. three military officers, including a relative of the government minister have been

forced into retirement after being linked to the abductor. >> if i get anything, anybody with this case, i will process it accordingly. i don't find any problem, and i am not distracted by anybody. >> most people belong to opposition parties or rebel faxes. their leades move about only in groups. an opposition leader said he is often harassed by the security forces as he arrives at party headquarters, police show up to ask what he is doing. >> translator: to tell the truth, our lives are not normal anymore. we don't sleep in our homes. we don't walk in the streets by ourselves. whenever we go outside, we make sure that we have people with us. politics in this country has often been violent. with the latest waive of abductions, politics may have become even more dangerous.

al jazeera. lethal rob bots may make the leap from sci-fi films to reality. machines that can be armed and put on to the battlefield. israel and south korea have developed high-tech drones and robotic guards. the u.n. wants to bring these robot killers under one agreement >> reporter: in the 21st century, a weapon will be invented like no other. robotic killer millions have long been the subject of science fiction. evil cyborg asass ins battling good. at stake: the future of humanity. now that fiction is close to becoming an issue of fact and the subject of international talks. robots like these being developed in the united states are increasingly able to be armed and put on the battlefield. >> you can get close to the action, look around the corner, make sure there are no civilians

there and make it possible for the human to make a decision. we are not saying there shouldn't be robots on the battlefield. we are saying it should always be up to a human being to make that decision about whether to fire the weapon. >> there are already some autonomous weapons. there is antimissile system developed by the u.s. military automatically fires on incoming threats. south korea has used robotic armed guard posts along its border with the north. al human makes any final decision to shoot. israel has used this drone, which once launched can automatically attack radar stations. currently, each military decides how and when it did use these weapons. the u.n. talks are aimed at bringing them under a treaty. some say it's evolving too fast for this to be effective. >> given these machines have such specific stafkz, missile

defense, reactive armament, the attack against iran's nuclear enrichment system this is a pure software issue if you want. you can't just discuss all of those machines in one treaty. . >> many countries haven't put forward their official positions on the u.uous of killer robots. there are expected to be widely differingviews. with those countries from the most to gain from the technology and those which most fear their potential use of force. al jazeera. more to come on the program, includi including: 30 years after a u.n. convention outs lawing torture, a new report finds its prevalent in as many as 141 countries. plus, fears of a water shortage in brazil's biggest city less than a month ahead of the ball

world cup. in sports, closing in on a major milestone. coming up in about 20 minutes. stay with us.

welcome back. you are watching the newshour on al jazeera. he a reminder of top stories now. the u.s. has started reconnaissance flights over northern nigeria looking for more than 270 kidnapped school girls. the nigerian government says all options are being considered to bring the girls home. the group boko haram took the girls a month ago released a

video of them on monday. germany's foreign minister is in kiev to try to kick start talks between the government and separatists in the east. anti-government activists in donetsk have asked to formally join russia less than two weeks before presidential elections are held in ukraine and at least 28 people have been killed in a series of explosions. several car bombs exploded in predominantly shia neighborhoods. 70 people were injured. now, in 1984, the united nations adopted a convention t outlawing the use of torture. three decades on, amnesty international says torture remains prevalent in countries on every continent. a new survey of 21,000 people until 21 countries has found that nearly half of those questioned are afraid of being tortured by authorities. amnesty's report says that at this moment,an 79 countries use torture.

more have been known to use it in recent years. in some places, it's routine. torture takes many forms from electric shock to sleep deprivation, even rape. it's used to extract information, silence dissent. it's illegal under international law but perpetrators are rarely prosecuted. a warning that this report by barnaby fi phillips contains images some might find do disturbi disturbing. >> these are from sir yar and spashlthshow people have been tortured. some starved. some have had their eyes gouged out. some are children. but amnesty international's view report says that torture has certain place in 141 countries in recent years. these are british soldiers brutalizing prisoners in iraq. amnesty says that democracies as well as dictatorships ignore the

u.n. con convention against torture. >> we have a convention and a legal system to proceed hibit torture, probably the most comprehensive compared to most of the international human rights law. despite that, what we have on the ground is complete double standards and hypocracy. one of the main reasons you have this practice so rife and so ram ant in all corners of the global is simply because people get away with it: the whole point of impunity. >> the global survey found that in many countries people thought it was possible they would be tortured iftainly into custody. in some countries, many people believe torture can be justified to obtain information that protects the public. but in most of the countries surveyed by amnesty, the majority believe that torture is always wrong. >> the victim, blood is coming from his nose. >> i met a human rights activist from nigeria where it is said

police use torture as a matter of routine. >> in my left eye and i hheld m head firmly, and i was kept behind a concrete wall and the hair on my head, smashed it on the connell concrete several times and i collapsed. >> amnesty said the countries that are serious about fighting torture should open to independent monitors, allow interrogations to be filmed and keep medical records for all prisoners. small steps maybe, but for now, in too many countries around the world, those who torture feel they can get away with anything. barnaby phillips, al jazeera. >> loretta ann res alice, a survivor of torture, herself, she is now live from london. thank you very much, ma'am, for being with us. i would like to go hear about your story, of course. first, give us a view of the overall situation in the philippines. how widespread is torture still

today? >> well, torture has actually reduced since we have had several laws passed against torture. in fact, from the convention against torture, the optional protocol and the domestic law, antitorture law, which is now being implemented, we have seen some did he did he have an, a b of reduction. this is not to say that torture still exists. and we have not been able to eradicate this. so, in this regard, what has been good for us is the fact that in the particular law that has been recently passed, for police lock-up cells and regular provencial jails run by the bureau of jail management have actually had to report regularly

to the commission on human rights which i chair. so that's fine. >> that's an improvement because at least we are able to monitor as best as possible the tensions, especially where torture would normally exist as in police lock-up cells. however, we have recently found out that there has been some clandestined police jails where torture has taken place. so, it has not been eradicated, and there are still a lot of problems that we have to face. >> so a lot of problems. i know you have survived torture, yourself. you are a torture survivor. tell us about your story. i understand that you actually met one of your torturers. >> oh, yes. i was arrested twice, and in the second arrest, which was in august of 1976, i was tortured in a safe house, which i call a torture chamber. during that time, it was, you

know, a continuing, 24 hours or more, but what they did was i was certain from a restaurant where i was with some friends of mine, and we were blindfolded and brought to this torture chamber and tortured. some methods that they used involved, you know, the candle wax poured on my skin which, of course, was hurting. it's next to burning the skin with the cigarette butt. and then, also, they tried russian roulette. and they tried to suffocate me with a belt, and then they used this rug, if i can remember, a wet rug into my mouth. i think you call this waterboarding. >> right? >> and there was sex molestation, yeah. >> you met one of the torturers, i read, in the philippines

congress. >> yes. yes. after my torture, i was elected, after the oust of marcos, i was elected as a member of congress and i met the guy who removed my blind fold right after my torture. so, i knew who he was. he was congressman and i told him that the last time i had seep him was in that torture chamber where he removed my blindfold. and, of course, he felt quite embarrassed about it. and he tried to tell members of congress that he actually did not touch me, but who cares? nobody really knows. the fact is, he was really part of that group who tortured me at the time when i was blindfolded. he didn't apologize but he felt very sheepish, and kept on denying that he ever touched me. >> has anyone been convicted in the fill peeps for these torture acts in the 1970s?

and, you know, a conviction is taking place right now. >> definitely not. in the 1970s, there has been foconviction of anybody. well, torture was not a crime in the neep 70s. but today, it is a crime in the philippines. there are several people whom we have actually arrested, arrested by the police and the criminal charges have been filed against them. so, it is for the commission on human rights and all other agencies of government to make sure that these guys who were arrested because of torture should, in fact, be prosecuted convicted and punished in jail. >> okay. ms. rosales, thank you very much indeed for being with us. thank you for sharing your experience with us. chair of the philippines on the commission for human rights. thank you for joining us.

al jazeera arabic correspondent, alshame has been on hunger strike for 113 days. he has been taken to an unknown location. two days ago, his lawyer asked egyptian authorities to transfer him to hospital. recent blood tests showez may be dangerously close to death. >> three other journalists have been held in egypt for 136 days now. peter gresta, mohammed fami and barham mohammed real accused of conspiring with the muslim broth brotherhood. al jazeera rejects charges and is demanding their immediate release. canada is being criticized for treatment of aborig natural people. the united nations special investigation toured canada last october and has published an extensive report. more details >> reporter: the report speaks of a crisis in relations between

aborignatural can aideians and the government. it says there is a daunting list of challenges the government needs to address. it talks about 1200 aboriganal women have been murdered or gone missing and says an urgent national inquiry needs to be held on that. it says far too many people of aboriginal origin are in the prison system. people who live in the communities don't get their fair share of government services. housing is singled out, the sorry state of housing and the fact that young aboriginal people aren't employed at the same rates that non-aboriganla canadiens are. this would be something that leaders have noted and say they plan to use the report to put more pressure on the government. for its part, the government said its proud of the way it works with aboriganal canadiens. the minister says his staff are looking into the report,

examining the recommendations cable and seeing where they can take action to improve things. >> canad an blackberry has launched a smartphone for places like indonesia. a report from jakarta. . >> the mobile phone known as the zep 3, the latest happenedset is how the company hopes to convince customers in one of the fastest emerging markets that blackberrry is still competitive. >> it's also a strong market for blackberr blackberrry. some market analysts consider indonesia as blackberrry's last frontier. many indianesians remain attached to their blackberries.

>> the first service was the blackberrry service. it is the part of our culture. it's this messaging services that makes it so popular in indonesia. not only for their personal network but for business, too. although other brands are offering similar services, many indonesians are so attached to it that they stay loyal to blackberrry. but indonesia's love affair with blackberrry is fading as it has around the world. other brands are rapidly taking over the market. >> sales have gone down dramatically since 2011. people have moved to samsung and sony who have been selling more now. even the iphone loses the competition with and droid phones. >> the jack arta edition has models. at $200, it's relatively cheap. if at a time manages to strakaed customers, it is expected the company will launch it in other countries as well.

jakarta. coming up on the newshour, the defending champion, spain, get ready to announce ahead of a football cup in brazil. details ahead in sports. do stay with us.

welcome back now to brazil where in the largest city, people are strulling with a water crisis which could lead to rationing during the ball world cup. the competition kicks off in less than a month and this report from sao paolo.

>> reporter: in anna brito's home they don't waste one drop of water. no water is allowed to go down the drain. all water is reused in any way possible. >> if it's dirty water, we use it to water the plants. if it's soapy water to clean clothes, we reuse it to clean the clothes. it's important everyone tries to conserve. >> for now, ms. britto at least has water to save but maybe not for long. this is sao paulo's main reservoir or what's left of it, a moonscape of dead nothingness, cracked, parched earth. in the past couple of years, this area has received only about a quarter of the average rainfall but demand for water has gone up and this is the result. >> this time last year, this reservoir was at 62% capacity. exact llt 1 year later today, it's at 9.8% capacity, the lowest in recorded history.

the visual effects of that are pretty obvious but the long-term effects could be quite dramastic. >> experts say even if rainfall picks up again, which is not dpar anted, it could take anywhere from five to 20 years for this reservoir to recover. the state water agency is now drawing on what they call a dead water supply, a last resort ground reserve that is estimated to last a few months. such extreme measures are necessary because the reservoir is one of the key sources of water for busy sao paulo, south america's largest city with 11 million people. despite the low levels, the governor says it's unlikely there will be water rationing this year. he claims some find it irresponsible. >> translator: we need to declare water rationing right now so people start saving water. it will be difficult, yes, but it it's necessary so the also water we have can be used in a sustainable way.

>> at the reservoir, a day after we filmed here, the water levels dropped to blow 8% capacity. a water crisis that is quickly going from bad to worse. gabriel lazando, barz, brazil. >> the cost of building the world cup stadium has nearly tripled to $900 million. it's public money and government auditors say the extra $600 million is mostly due to fraudulent trningsz. critics are calling it the poster child for out of control spending and mismanagement. time for sports. here is rahul. preparations in full swing. >> the extraordinary figures and we are going to talking about now, the defending world cup champion spain have announced their world cup squad. very successful group of players have run a world group in two european championships. they are attempting to become the first team since brazil way back in 1960 to successfully

defend the trophy. if they succeed, they will become the first european at the scene to win a world cup in south america. well, here is the 430 man spanish squad goalkeeper and defender: that will be cut down to 23 players and that announcement will be made on the 25th of may. but for right now, i am joined by richard martin who writes on spanish football for the press association. richard, you have had some time to digest that squad. the core group of players that won the worldcup and two euros. do you think we are getting to the end of this current cycle of

players and are they capable of one last triumph? >> we are certainly getting to the end of the current cycle of players. hernandez has been a permanent member. he has admitted this will be his last major tournament. the will be for llonzo. the can'tip might have one world cup left in him because of a goalkeeper, he's got a longer life span than the other players, but we could be reaping the end of the cycle of players. a cycle of success, certainly spain, they are not perhaps as strong as they used to be. people are finding them in the world cup qualifying group. they didn't win with the same kind of panache as they used to but they are certainly capable of another success. but they also extremely tough group. it's possible they come second and play brazil as soon as the second round. it's not going to be easy for the them. >> do you think there is more

tension in this squad than in previous years? rumors of a feud between the captain and the midfielder? alonso does get in some digs? >> well, there was a lot of tension after the world cup generated by hose awe more -- b jose morino. there has been a little bit of tension again from the this season when there was a stamp on the net of pepe. there was a war of words with some people in the team declared to have been out of order and captain, a friend, says next time i see him, i think give him a clip on the ear. so, it's not quite as happy as it could be. but there is a suggestion that

costa, the new addition, the brazilian, born in brazil nationalized only last year. there is a suggestion he has been taken out for non-sportsmanship. >> okay. ? >> and it's. >> we will have to leave it there. thank you very much to hear your thoughts on that. moving to basketball, the defending nba champions, miami heat have served notice they are not quite ready to give up their title just yet after losing their first game of the post season on sunday against the brooklip nets. the heat in the particular, that fellow lebron james is still the team to beat. matching his best ever score nar play-off game, 49 points. winning this one, miami, a ridiculous 3 poynter. if they can win game 5, they will go through to the eastern conference final. >> i was happy i was able to

make enough applause to help our team win. that's all that matters. it will wasn't at ease. it's hard work and dedication, all of our guys and we put in a great effort to get this game. >> the montreal canadiens with their semifinal to the bruins after a deciding game 6 on monday. 3-2 in the series, the canadiens started scoring in the third minute. the goaltender kept the brew in hopes' attack scoreless.

>> meanwhile, cruising into the second round of the role masters follows the straight sets win overall ex ander, the frenchmen race to a 5-1 lead in the opening set, eventually winning

that. his opponent came back strongly in the second. tsonga having to dig deep, saving two set points before eliminating the ukrainian. now 1 win away from 300 victories on the act tour -- the apt tour. >> dinitro has gone 3. he was up against the 22-year-old who will lost 4-6 but recovered well winning the next 2 to set up the next round clash. t moving into the second round as well beating fell isiano lopes. up next, set to face number 8, andy murray. 2012 tour de france winner bradley wiggins won stage two of the tour of california, finish, the 20 kilometer time trial course in 44 seconds faster than the rest of the field. his 23 minute and 18 seconds

time gave him the overall lead ahead of australia. more sport on our website. check out aljazeera.com/sport sports. and see how to get in touch with our team using twitter and facebook. >> more later. >> now, the european court of justice made a surprising ruling giving people the right to be forgotten the right for lying. t the cou the court ruling they can ask google to delete datei data. it relates to information that is outdated or inaccurate. the case was brought by a spanishman who complained a years old auction notice of his repossessed on home he will infringed his privacy. google said it's disappointed by the ruling and will analyze its i c implications. that's it for this newshour on al jazeera. do stay with us. we have plenty more world news coming up shortly. we are back after this very short break.

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