>> >> announcer: this is al jazeera. hello, welcome to the newshour. i'm steven cole in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes. thousands of groups rally around the country in a show of force. a u.n. report shows half of the syria's population is in need of aid. maurey tainians head to the

poll pope francis takes on calabria - a stronghold. first, to the turmoil in iraq, where sunni fighters have taken more territory, said to have seized the baiji oil refinery. the most power of the groups are promising or are promising to fight back. one held a show of power against its enemies. supporters of the muqtada al-sadr rallied across the country. others are involved too. the biggest event was in sadder city in northern baghdad. men turned out, including the northern town of kirkuk, under kurdish control. they are getting ready for a long battle. >> we urge you to be ready to sacrifice yourselves and befriend the beloved country. >> imran khan is in baghdad for

us. tell us what happened in sadder city. >> well, there was what you call a show of force. i was down there and saw thousands of volunteers rallying in support of muqtada al-sadr. it was a military show of force. a lot of people with ak-47s, automatic machine-guns, rocket propelled grenades and knives on show. this was the biggest military rally they have held ever in sadder city. replicated with others in basra, bacuba. it was a show of force. it was a defensive army, designed to protect baghdad and other shrines. muqtada al-sadr is at pains to point out that they are peace

platoons, they are not going on the offensive. >> this is a show of strength, a show of force. it's not a march of parade, a show of power in support of the prime minister. >> no, that's right. prime minister nouri al-maliki, and muqtada al-sadr have been at log are heads with each other and muqtada al-sadr openly criticised prime minister nouri al-maliki. this was a show of force designed to convince the people of iraq and the shia community that they are able to defend themselves. the key thing is you have to understand that they wanted to defend the shrines and the towns. one of them, when hit by al qaeda in 2006, it sparked a sectarian war in the country, lasting almost three years. that is why the shia militias are showing the force and that's why we see them on the streets. let's look at what the

volunteers will be fighting for. sunni fighters seized the border post on the frontier with syria. the rebels are said to be in control of the largest oil refinery. it accounts for a third of the capacity. the two sides are fighting for control of the airport on the road to the syrian border. the deposit said it has retain the town. fighting goes on for towns north of bacuba, 60km of baghdad. the army controls 70% of the province. mosul and tikrit are in rebel hands, falling two weeks as soon as. i.s.i.l. rebels took fall usualinga -- fallujah in january. towns are shelling the area to take back towned held by groups, including to the north of bacuba, 65km from baghdad.

residents are calling for an end to the violence. a director of policy analysis at the doha institute joins me in the studio. how do you read this show of force, show of power in sadder city? >> i think iraq is descending into a full-fledged civil war because nouri al-maliki managed to present the sunni uprising in the north and west of the country as an act of the i.s.i.l. and they are seeking to eliminate shiite. he managed to mobilize the shiite factions who were against nouri al-maliki himself. he managed to mobilize them behind him. now, i fear that we are going to see a bloody civil war in iraq. are we also seeing the drawing of new geo graphical

borders. are we seeing the emergence in a short time of a new country in the middle east. >> i think over the past few years, because of the sectarian policies of the nouri al-maliki government. the se clugs and marginalization, i think it has become difficult for the sunnis and the shiites to coexist in one state. this has become so clear recently. >> if they can't coexist, who is to blame. >> i think the president obama administration. we can't say that it has nothing to do with this. nouri al-maliki in the first place, he's the - he was picked up by the americans and iranians to rule iraq, and the americans have not put enough pressure on nouri al-maliki over the past two years since the withdrawal from iraq in 2011 in order to

include the sunni, to have them as part of the political process. nouri al-maliki has been teleim nating and sebbing cluing his -- has been eliminating sebbing lewding his political did opponents. >> he eroded parliament and took control of security and intelligence service. he eroded the power and marginalised sunni groups. how much support does he have amongst shia. >> as i said earlier, because he managed to were not the issue of i.s.i.l. fighting against shi'as, and you know the ideology of the i.s.i.l. - they are concerned that shia - they, in fact, explain shia and consider them as not true believers. we have seen over the past few days...

>> you say he's enjoying a force. >> absolutely. >> does he enjoy the same support from tehran? >> i think he does. iranians have been keen on having nouri al-maliki, and he is implementing the policies in iraq and allows them to do whatever they please. let's let me go back to where we started. before this, nouri al-maliki was not enjoying the support of the shiite. >> that was my point. >> this is because, as we said, it's becoming the sunni - if we don't fight the people. they'll take power. the parties will control iraq, one more time, and this is something the shiites will not allow. many thanks for joining us. >> thank you. in a rare intervention iraq's respected shia leader joined calls for nouri al-maliki

to form a deposit representing all iraqis. grand ayatollah ali al-sistani's thinly veiled approach was read at friday's procedures, calling for a new government to avoid past mistakes. al jazeera obtained a copy of a u.n. report on the humanitarian copy of the crisis in syria, saying 10.8 million are in need of help in syria. more than 6 million people are internally displaced. 5 million are difficult or impossible to reach to help with international aid. in a plea, the head of the u.n. called on the security council to impose an arms embargo to stop foreign powers to provide weapons to both sides. james bays reports. >> reporter: a truck bombing in hama before dawn in a conflict where the international

community stopped counting the death toll. the same moment from a different angle, an explosion that took dozens of lives. some in the international community lost interest in pursuing peace talks. >> in an unusually frank speech he gave his reaction to the indifference of many countries, including members of the security council. >> i'm here no express anger and disappointedment at the cold calculation that seems to be taken hold, that little can be done except to arm the parties, and watch the conflict rage. >> in homs province, air strikes by g bashar al-assad's forces. ban ki-moon condemned attacks like this, sometimes dropping barrels full of xs pleasives on -- explosives on areas and indiscriminate bombing and made

this call. >> i urge the security council to empose an arms embargo. if divisions in the council continue to prevent such a step, i urge countries to do so individually. >> reporter: the secretary-general wrote a report to the security council about the situation in syria. al jazeera obtained a copy. it those 10. -- shows 10.8 million are in need of humanitarian assistance. >> the secretary-general is speaking out at a time when syria's conflict is spreading beyond borders. efforts to get an arms embargo is doomed. russia's ambassador, says his country, the main weapons supplier, will not change its policy. voters in mauritania are casting ballots in an electionment the president is expected to return to office. his main rivals called for a

boycott saying the vote is not transparent. he is a former army general taking power in a military coup and considered to be an ally. one of the top rivals is a prominent antislavery activist, promising to address mauritania's problem of modern day slavery. the other hopeful is a second woman. hoping to make the fight of rites of women and children as a stop priority. we go to the capital of mauritania. tell us about how the vote is going. >> the vote started at 7am in the mauritanian capital. it is going smoothly. we have been visiting a polling station here.

people were queueing to cast their votes. according to many people we have been talking to, and observers, there's almost no doubt that the incumbent president will win the vote and be the next president in office for five years. he is a former army general, coming to power in a coup, and is running on a platform that he says mauritania, since he came to power in 2008, after the military coup, and then in the election in 2009, is a bitter place to -- better place to be than it was before. there's no more terrorist cell. it's considered by its neighbours and western allies. this summer they'll co-chair

with president obama the american african summit in the united states. >> what is the - how would you describe the main concern on the minds of mauritanian officials? >> the main point or concern of mauritanian officials or the observers is the tonne out. whether it will be like the last election. the parliamentary and local elections in october and november 2013, which was 75 or 72%. whether it will be 70% or not. this is the main point people have in mind. everyone thinks the president will win, without needing a run-off. he needs 50% of the vote.

otherwise we will have a run-off on july the 5th. >> thank you for joining us. there has been protests in kabul over fraud in the presidential election. protesters rallied in support of abdullah abdullah, who dropped out of the race and demanded the vote be stopped. president hamid karzai wants the united nations to intervene. one person died in an explosion in kabul. police say it was a suicide attack targetting an afghan high peace council official. he survived. the council was established by president hamid karzai to engage with the taliban. chinese police shot dead 13 people reportedly trying to attack a police station. the group drove a car packed with explosives into the police station. the region saw a security

crackdown after 31 were killed in an attack on a market. ukraine's army started a 7-day ceasefire on the orders of the president. petro porashenko said forces should stop military action against separatists. fighters told al jazeera they don't trust his promise of amnesty or safe passage. we have this update from donetsk in eastern ukraine. >> a unilateral ceasefire declared by the army - the separatists have not signed up to it - there's less than 24 hours old and there's evidence that there has been flare-ups. what we here from sources in kiev is that there's squirpishes near kramatorsk airport and a stronghold near slovyansk. it's clear that the militia, pro-russian militia are not

anything up without a fight or abiding by the idea of a ceasefire being caught. i'm in the center of donetsk, controlled by the pro-russian militia. behind me they are having a swearing in ceremony. below me is the people's governor of this donetsk people's republic. it's being loosely organised. we are not expecting numbers. there will be existing fighters renewing their vows to the donetsk people's republic, and they hope there's new recruits that will sign up. organizers say it may be less than 100. we'll watch, observe and report back. the u.s. blacklisted thailand, venezuela and malaysia for failing to stop people trafficking. they were downgraded and

secretary of state john kerry said there should be no impunity and everyone was responsible for ending the trade. >> wherever rule of law is week, where corruption is engrained, and where populations cannes count on governments and law -- can't counselled on deposits and law enforcements, there you find zones vulnerable. where rule of law is strong, where individuals speak out and governments willing to listen, we find zones of application against trafficking. that is possible if we double down on dignity, which is what we are doing here stood. a spokesman for the thai government rejected criticism doing all it can to address the problem. >> we are disappointed. i repeat, very disappointed. we disagree. the reason for our disappointment is that thailand clearly has not been ignoring the issue. what we are doing now to combat human trafficking, we are doing it because it's the right thing

to do. we are adhering to human rights and humanitarian principles. we are not doing it to respond to a ranking. the presbyterian church in the united states is taking a stand against israel. >> the vote passes by 51% to 49%. plus... >> i'm andrew simmonds in north-eastern nigeria, with the vigilante force, trying to quell attacks by boko haram. and dancing to a costa reekan beat as they win again at the world cup. at least 30 people in the u.s. state of california have been told to leave their homes

as a bushfire burns out of control. it started in the country on friday. fire crews are fighting. it has destroyed two homes. let's take a look at the weather with richard. >> it's that time of the year when things are not going to get better. we have the long hot months to look forward to. so really we are not expecting a great change across the region, let's run the sequence through. there's a same old picture across the west. warm conditions too, and, of course, we are, what, two hours away from summer tore the june solsters. that's what we are seeing across the other side of the atlantic, fine conditions. these shots coming from stonehenge. for something like 5,000 years people gathered to view the sunrise. this is one of the occasions where they see the sunrise.

it was relatively clearer across the u.k. about 35,000 were out celebrating the sun reaching their most northerly point above the tropic of cancer. we have the longest day, to put it incorrectly at the moment. an area of high pressure keeping weather fine across the west of yooup. further towards the east, where we have horrendous floods, weather conditions look to be improving. we have, in fact, seen that rain beginning to move away. better conditions affecting south-eastern parts. the area of low pressure across parts of the black sea. we have to keep an eye on it. generally improving. reports out of egypt say 180 people have been sentenced to death, including a senior muslim brotherhood leader. the group guide, one of hundreds of people arrested in a crackdown following the removal of president mohamed mursi last year. a judge at the criminal court is

delivering final verdict in the cases of 683 people accused of supporting the former leader. three egyptians have been killed and 20 injured in cairo. [ siren ] it's unclear how the three died. it happened after friday prayer squirmishes broke out between ousted president mohamed mursi, and those who support the recently elected president abdul fatah al-sisi. a verdict in the trial of three al jazeera journalists is expected on monday. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have been behind bars for 175 days. they have been accused of collaborating with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. al jazeera rejects the charges and demands the release of its journalists. correspondent simon mcgregor-wood worked with baher mohamed during the violent crackdown on anti-coup protesters in egypt last year and says he has professional and

impartial. >> i'm simon mcgregor-wood, and i'm a correspondent working for al jazeera english. and i first met baher mohamed. we worked for the first time in the sum are of 20 -- summer of 2013 in caro. he made a lasting impression on me because he was everything you want in a young journalist - energetic, engaged, always relentlessly professional, he was calm under the pressure of deadline, he was asking the right questions, wanted to found out more about the stories we were covering. he was a good person to have on your team. don't forget these were stressful dangerous days. he was the right person to have with you. one of the most amazing things about him was despite the fact that he was egyptian and we covered the time utility use events in his capital and country, i didn't know what he felt about what was happening. he never revealed his political

views, and i thought that was an outstanding sign of his commitment to the standards of journalism, his commitment to balance and impartiality and i will be grateful for everything he did for me, the help he gave me in the days we worked together in cairo. i fervently hope - i am sure everyone does - in this terrible ordeal is at an end. we want to see him back where he belongs, back with his family and back doing what he is so good at - being a journalist. i would lo to see him again and i would love to work with him again. anger on the streets of india, thousands protest in response to an increase in rail fares. protesters burnt an effigy of narendra modi, the new prime minister. he warned that price rises were necessary to revive the economy.

passenger fares rising by 14% and freight costs by 7%. in nepal issuingiologists are trying -- archeologists are trying to stop artefacts being taken. many have been taken over the past 50 years. we have a report from kathmandu about the effort to get them back and put them in the places they belong. >> reporter: it's difficult to not see temples, and statues are everywhere, worshipped by thousands. an open museum with a living heritage. this architect has been working to preserve nepal's art. >> it's established in the sixth century. this is the oldest in the whole area. >> reporter: a 1500-year-old spout provides water for the city. around it a few statues have disappeared. hundreds of artefacts, images and statutes have been stolen from kathmandu. no one knows how many.

>> you never think people will steel the gods. everything is - it's not reinforced or tightly fitted. >> reporter: with so many pieces of art around the city most people hardly notice. there's a handful of books chronicling lost statues much over here there used to be a statue of the sun god, stolen in 1985. a crude replica has replaced it for now. artefacts in the west have trouble finding their way back home. >> translation: according to the unesco intervention a state party has to have a photograph of the image and establish where it came from. we don't have the records. >> reporter: 36 artefacts have been returned, many exhibited in the national museum. in the past 10 years some 2,000

images were recovered before they could be smuggled out of the count rip. the city, itself, is -- country. the city, itself, is a museum. this palace is part of it. they don't want to keep images in the buildings, and prefers to remain where they are supposed to be. stolen images left holes in the beauty of this 18th century decorative spout. reminding people that the long hands of thieves is not far away. still to come on the newshour from dae ha - -- doha - they are cheap and fake. how the illegal trade in counterfeit drugs leaves many in africa very ill. [ ♪ music ] and the drums are beating in malaysia, helping to rebuild the region's identity. in sport, cricket, west

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you're watching al jazeera. a reminder of the top stories. a powerful armed shia group in iraq staged a show of force against its enemies. supporters of muqtada al-sadr held military prayers to oppose the rebel advance. in iraq government shelling continues in dhuluiya. a town on the border of syria

has been seized. they are reported to be in control of the largest oil facility why in beige way. president petro porashenko told forces to stop military action against separatist for 7 days. back to the top story in iraq. thousands have heeded the call from sheet site cleric muqtada al-sadr to hold parades. imran khan was at a rally in sadder city and sent an update. >> clearly this is a show of strength. what they want to say is they are ready to defend baghdad. these are designed to be peace plat oops, not design -- platoons, not designed to go on the offensive. these im 'ems will -- images will worrisome people, reminding them of the mahdi army and reminding then of violence. muqtada al-sadr said this is not

the mahdi army, but a peace platt on designed to protect -- platt on designed to protect baghdad. there are several shiite groups. the mahdi army led by muqtada al-sadr was a leading group against u.s. and british forces during the war, with an estimate 100,000 fighters. it fought against nouri al-maliki in 2008, disbanded, but has reformed. the league of the rishous is a sadderist splinter group with 10,000 fighters. another is hezbollah, the iraqi branch is believed to have 40,000 fighters. the badr core is an important group founded in iran, thought to have 12,000 fighters. communities in northern nigeria formed vij landy groups to -- vigilante group to protect themselves from boko haram. they have vowed to stop the

group from taking over their city. the fighters have never been more active or deadly. andrew simmonds went to the region so see the vigilante groups in action. >> reporter: they are not well arm. they have little training. this is a vigilante force that is growing in size and determ e determination to protect the country night in day. tens of thousands of young me are at check pointed or joining patrols or joint missions. they are all officially backed by borno state and provided with equipment - some are paid wages. >> the moment we see them or follow them, we are prepared for that. >> recruits have been easy to find. like mohammed, joining after boko haram attacked his district. he lives in old maiduguri, a deprived part of

the city where the young have little. it's in areas of ab jelent poverty -- abject poverty that boko haram thrived. this is a place where they maintain a vigilance for anything suspicious. his family is traumatised by the attack in which boko haram shot dead seven people, including his father and three younger brothers. >> even they try to kill my grandfather, so they couldn't make it. they kill so many peoples in our area. with boko haram attacks increasing the role is not just concentrated on a high-profile job. many members are tasking with intelligence duties, spying on people who may be informers, tracking attackers. this is a war and the vigilantes are playing an important role in defending the city. there's a siege-like mentality.

boko haram are commanding the ground outside the city, killing at will. whenever and wherever they want. not far away, 4,000 who escaped from attacks seeking shelter wherever they can find it. among them is this man and his family. two weeks ago boko haram made him watch as they shot his 17-year-old son dead and 47 other people. >> i saw it with my own eyes. i have to accept it as god's will. i'm helpless, i can't do anything. i don't have any way of fighting then. this force is raising alarm among human rights groups. these are desperate times. the vigilantes outnumber the soldiers. unlike the army, they know the neighbourhoods well. in the nigerian capital they

wage a war against an illegal trade. the country is one of many, where people die of taking fake medicine. last november emanuel got mill airia. the drugs he took were fake. he brought them at a pharmacy in lagos. >> i was week. i had some reaction in my nose, boils in my nose. it was like - my health was deteriorated. the world health organisation said hundreds of thousands get sick in africa every year from taking fake drugs to treat illnesses. scientists at the national anti-counterfeit drug agency do their best to get the drugs off the street. by testing what is on sale.

consumers can text them, to check whether drugs are authentic. the drugs keep coming. >> sometimes with the parts, they are rubbed off in clothing, materials, like that shipped. it is difficult to uncover them. >> reporter: the agency carries out raids. several men were arrested for selling drugs treating malaria and tush tuberculosis. it's difficult to stop people buying fake drugs. genuine medicines are expensive. many feel if it looks like the real thing, it will work. many fake drugs are sold to pharmacists who don't know they are fake. doctors say it's affecting their relationships. >> a lot of time patients come back and saying "you treated me,

i'm not okay", and they doubt your competency and integrity as a clinician. it makes you look like you don't know what you are doing. >> reporter: raid like this helped to reduce fake drugs for malaysia and tuberculosis. by 2012, 20% of drugs were counterfeit. pope francis is visiting calabria, a mafia stronghold in italy. he will visit a tomb where a 3-year-old boy was recently shot dead. we have this report from calabria. >> reporter: rosa and her son are haunted by her husband's death. an innocent gunned down by the mafia in a case of mistaken

identity. >> translation: they are worse than animals. they have no redepret, no heart. they are ready to destroy the families of innocent people. >> five years after the attack marco suffers emotional difficulties, watching his father die in front of him. they hope that the pope's cyst will mark -- visit will mark the beginning of the end of violence. here, in a beautiful part of italy, and one of the poorest, the mafia killing continues. just a few kilometres away in this tiny church in march, the priest was murdered. father lazaro lombardy was beaten to breath by a drug dealer demanding money, a dealer on the fringes of a world of organised crime. >> that murder and the shooting of a 3-year-old boy prompted the latest stand against the mafia, giving neighbouring priests new

determination to speak out. >> i never felt in danger. danger comes with fear to test ourselves. that is the biggest danger. >> the pope can get a direct account of mafia activities when he shares lump with his reformed drug dealer, having earlier visited a local prison. >> my life has been a journey through bad situations. i touched evil with my own hands, from drug addiction to gaol. >> normal life goes on, despite the violence. many vatican analysts doubt the pope's power to overcome the mafia. in the past the church turned a blind eye to organised crime. the presbyterian church is taking a stand against israel and what it describes as is rail's unjust occupation of palestine territories in the

united states. they promised to sell off investments in three american companies operating there. >> the vote passes by 51% to 49%. >> reporter: it was a vote heard halfway around the world in israel. the presbyterian church u.s.a. voted to devest from three american companies accused of profiting of israel's occupation of palestinian lands. it will pull investments from caterpill caterpillar, hewett packard and motorola. it was a controversial move inside the church. >> really it misses the mark insofar as a solution. it just adds fuel to the extreme position from an evil tide. >> we need to divest because of investment, breaking the apartheid in south africa, and i

think money talks, and there's times when we need to divest the troops and take a moral stance for right and justice. the debate grew in jewish groups wearing love us don't leave us t-shirts. >> we need to meet people where they are, and not come at a place where we are demonizing them. >> reporter: others wore shirts another jew for divestment. >> we jews like to say two jews, three opinions. in a statement katter pill area said: hugh lat park ard said:. >> reporter: the vote declares the church on one side of the debate in the middle east,

increasing pressure on israel to come to the table. a day earlier the church reversed its position on gay marriage, voting to redefine marriage and allow ministers to perform same-sex marriages, a vote that needs to be ratified by a majority of prest bet earian churches, proving it's not a church of yesteryear. one of europe's most renown art galleries is reopening doors after a two year makeover. in the netherlands it is famous for dutch masters. we went to the hague. >> reporter: it's a busy day for emily. she's the director of the art gallery in the hague. now it's reopened after a major makeover. she is showing it off to the world. >> it is really unique, small, in a good way. you can see everything in a day, you don't get a feeling that you get in a huge museum.

>> if i had to save one painting it would be this one. it is an extraordinary painting. it radiates, it's so beautifully painted. it's so capturing the atmosphere of the netherlands. i know know other painting like it. >> reporter: one of the attractions inspired a novel and film. she has been touring the world. this is the best known work of art and they are happy to have it back after two years. this place is about so much more than just femere. one artist, the famous dutch painter. nowhere better to see how rembrandt developed his style. >> you see it very well in the collection. an early work painted when he was in amsterdam making a career. what he wanted to be was a painter of history.

he introduced a story and later on he did the same with individual. the collection housed in a 17th century building. they call it the golden age. it was struggling to cope with numbers. then an art deco building - it's a new winning. as the architect behind the project explanation, to get from one to the other, you have to go underground. our brief was to telent the buildings in the most natural inviting way. we designed this entrance fora that we are standing in and made it as big and open and live as possible. >> the public don't get to look around for another week. when they do, the galry is expecting a quarter of a million. that will be something to celebrate.

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available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now welcome back. the american inventor responsible for the bullet-proof vest, known as kevlar has died. stephy crolak was 90 years old.

we look at the woman who broke barriers and saved lives. >> the year was 1975. stephanie was a working woman, and an industrial chemist. then the discovery of a lifetime when she developed a liquid crystal solution that was the basis of a superstrong fabric known as kevlar. the fibres were 5-times stronger than steel and fire resistant. at first kevlar was meant to replace the steel in tyres. it revolutionized body armour, using bullet-proof vests and helmets. it's credited with protecting and saving thousands of people. >> it's an inherent part of me that once the excitement of invention and creativity. when i reflect on my career, i am inspired bit the fact that i

was able to do something that was of benefit to mankind. >> today kevlar is found etch, and makes building materials bomb resistant and better able to withstand storms. it's an important component in modern aircrafts. permission poods and sporting -- bridges, boots and sporting equipment. at her death she was called a true pioneer for women in science. [ ♪ theme ] you are up there, robin down here. costa rica pulled off an upset at the world cup to q for the round of 16 in brazil. ecuador beat honduras.

france beet uruguay in the opening game and beat italy 1-0. >> reporter: italy came into the match beating demand in the opener. mario barra tellie almost doubling with an early charge. the costa reekans came back into the match. the pressure almost rewarded when joel was shoved over. the referee thought differently, sending the costa rican coach into a frenzy. pinto was smiling minutes later as captain headed in what proved to be the winner. costa rica's weapons of two wins from two games puts them in the last 16 for the first time in 24 years. there was no shortage of gold in the next match between france and switzerland. they opened the floodgates for france in the 16th minute. from there the goals kept on

coming. benzimar finished with a double, the french blowing a hold in the swiss descent. 5-2 the final score. honduras scored a goal of the world cup peoples in 32 -- finals in 32 years, as they opened the scoring against ecuador. the lead didn't last long. valentia scoring to equalize three minutes later. valentia managed one more after the break to seal a 2-1 win, leaving honduras on the verge of a world cup exit. >> this is how group e stands. france assured of a place after two wins from two. ecuador and switzerland vie for the second. the final group games played on wednesday. costa rica's victory ensures that england is eliminated. italy in yoour a guy face each

other on tuesday, the winner advancing to the last 16. rio de janeiro on costa rica's stunning result. >> this is turning out to be a fabulous story from the world cup in brazil. the protest drawn together with three former world champions. they are through from this group with a game to spare against england who are eliminated. having beaten uruguay, to beat italy with a goal scored, a man who said when the draw was made, this is complicated. you don't see them achieving much. they managed it already. and another fine performance. the celebrations led by the president who tweeted that he felt costa rica would win, and is delighted with that. he led the celebrations of tens of thousands, reminding him of 1990 when he this a good world

cup. in a way they would have achieved it in a hard draw. it reverts back. it's not only from the region, honduras are going out. they haven't had a great tool. you look at the other two teams from the north and central american region. mexico and the united states are doing well. it's a proceed time for them through the dominant force in the world cup. there are three more games to come. argentina going for a second win against iran. and germany, thrashing portugal in their first. ghana and bosnia head to head. join us for an update at 1540 g.m. t - five hours from now. we'll be live in rio and buenos aires. freddy kanouta is our special

guest. england thrashed, a 17th straight win, equalling a win in south africa. 36-13 victory in hamilton wraps up a series whitewash. a different story for new zealand's cricketers, suffering a defeat in the windies losing the second test and star of the show for the ind which is, chris gail, whose left-handed batsman smashed six sixes in an unbeaten innings of 80. equalling the record of the second-fastest 50 by a west indian, without loading a single wicket. the series tied 1-1. the final test on thursday in barbados. former world number one tiger woods is getting ready for a return to competitive golf. he has been sidelined since march after back surgery. he is the world number four and

says he'll make a return at the pga event in maryland, starting thursday. >> the biggest thing for him is to make sure he does not push it too hard. he's not 21 any more. he's 38 or so. i push itted a little bit -- it a little bit, came back to justin auger, and had to -- augusta, and had to take three or four weeks extra rest. i hope he's 100% healthy, hoping he doesn't hurt himself. the youngst person to qualify, lucy lee's run comes to an end. she carded a second round giving her a total 16 under. the leader at the halfway stage is michelle wee, once a teen prodigy in her own right. holding a 3-shot vanning.

>> i'm happy with how i bounced back. i'm happy about it, yes. >> plenty on the website. aljazeera.com/sport - there's a link to the brazil 2014 website. results, fixtures and reports from our correspondents around the world. and the results of the rugby too. >> indeed. even that. a celebration of musical heritage. thousands of people are in eastern malaysia for a festival combining ethnic music from around the world. we have this report if a malaysia state of sarawak. >> reporter: against the backdrop of the mountains of bonnio indigenous musicians gather to celebrate their heritage. they say they are creating music that serves as a bridge for the current generation of listeners, to songs long forgotten.

for manuela, reinventing southern italy and dance tradition means finding a new way to discover the people's identity. >> this is my soul. this is important for me. i played the commercial music. i play all the traditional music. this is very important. this is the base of the people. from the story of the people. the gathering is seen as one of the most successful world musicfest vales. >> over -- musicfest vales. >> over 100 are here to perform. through the songs, they hope to revive parts of their lost heritage. >> for 17 years it has been held here in sarawak in east malaysia. the local deposit sis it's -- deposit ace -- government says it not only helped the region,

but increased tourism. >> this is part of the journey, making people proud of their own heritage, and for the state we have more than 28 ethnic tribes. because of modernization, organization, sometimes they tend to lose their history, you know, their heritage. >> it may seem like another party. most of the musicians use instruments and language considered obsolete by some. they draw musical inspiration from nature, a method used by ancestors hundreds of years ago. top headline from iraq - bay any oil refinery is in sunni hands. jane will be with you for

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[ speaking foreign language ] marching in step. shia groups show unity with the iraqi government. and a u.s. presbyterian church votes to take millions of dollars out of the israel because of the conflict with palestine. >> sounds to me like they are saying in one day all the things i learnt in buoy