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>> that 55%, that 1.6 million votes is a substantial vote for scottish independence and the future of this country. >> and we'll be live in scotland reflecting on how calls for change here could impact the still united kingdom. in other news fighting getting closer to the center of the yemeni capital sana'a. and sierra leone begins a three-day lockdown. ♪ and we'll tell you about an artistic revival in the ruins of the roman city of pompeii. ♪ in the last few weeks the

opinion polls had said it would be close, but in the end voters in scotland rejects independence by a sizable majority. it would have meant the end of 307 years of being united. the final results show just 45% of the electorate wanted to break away, but a little less than 55% wanted to stay. some possibly swayed by concessions london offered in the final few days. and although it's over, it's not over? >> reporter: exactly, david. i think the referendum was nearly a stopping place for people to pause and think about what is next, not just for scotland but the whole of the u.k. even the people who voted no and those who voted yes are looking

to hold politicians in the u.k. to account over these promises over mow power for scotland. so the mood is quietly confident that those powers will come to fruition. let me share some of the headlines with you. i do apologize these papers are a little bit wet. you see andy murray on the front there. he came out for the yes campaign, but the headline matters, it says a new dawn for scotland. it is positive in tone. and i would say it's a new dawn for british politics perhaps. let me show you this next one here. my favorite this little scottie dog would you believe he even had his own twitter account during the campaign. it says the nation speaks, and of course we know the nation has spoken, but are the politicians really listening, and i think

that's what we'll find out and be able to glean in the weeks and months to come. this local paper here, scotts make history, i don't think anybody could disagree with that headline. we met people from all over the world with palestinian flags, and they had all come peer to stair in that one momentum moment. i think politics have become sexy again, there is a belief that perhaps we can ask our politicians to change peacefully. and one more, what it basically says is the day. so there is a sense of a quiet victory, if i can call it that. and there were moments at 3:00, where we thought it was going to be a close-run thing, but of course in the end scotland voted no for independence. >> reporter: during a long night at the end of a two-year campaign, scotland watched as

its future played out on tv. [ cheers ] >> reporter: as the votes were tall lived the yes campaign had a few highs winning significantly in scotland's second city glasgow, but there were more lows, more wins for the noes, before the man who lead the independence campaign accepted defeat. >> it's important to say that our referendum was an agreed and consented process, and scotland has by majority decided not at this stage to become an independent country. i accept that verdict of the people and i call on all of scotland to follow suit in accepting the democratic verdict of the people of scotland. >> reporter: the no campaign has been described as uninspiring

relentlessly negative. on thursday voters turned out in their biggest numbers in scottish electoral history to make perhaps the most important decision of their lives. >> i voted yes, and it's mainly for the education. i have been told we are going to lose our education should bevote no. >> reporter: the arguments will rage over why the scots voted as they did. was it fear or did they see sense in preserving an age-old union. they were presented with the possibility of independence. not by the gun or revolution, but by the ballot box. in the end they looked independence in the eye and said no. but make no mistake, the flame of separatistsism in scotland has not gone out.

>> thank you to scotland for 1.6 million votes for scottish independence. >> reporter: an enormous number did vote for independence, what they have been promised instead are more powers of self determination by politicians hundreds of miles south. >> scotland voted for a stronger scottish parliament backed by the strength and security of the united kingdom, and i want to congratulate the no campaign for that, for showing people our nations really are better together. >> reporter: in london at westminster, they will know now that a changed scotland will hold them to account. david, perhaps the voters that will be most affected by what happens in the coming weeks and months and whether scotland gets those power that arement patrol mised are tremendous 16 and 17 year olds who were given a chance to vote. i visited some of them to find

out what they made of voting and of course the end result. >> we are the oning who are going to be living in scotland for the rest of our life. so we would really decide what is happening. >> [ inaudible ] something as big as that, and it was [ inaudible ] entrusted like that. >> we have been talking about it for the past month in school, we have done a lot of assemblies on it as well. so we have done our own referendum here as well. so it was interesting to see, like everybody had an opinion on it, and that was really good. >> reporter: david what happened in scotland has triggered a constitution constitutional earthquake over all of the u.k. back to you. >> julie, we thank you very much indeed. now let's go to westminster, the

geographical heart of the british government and talk to a senior researcher at the institute of go. would it be fair to say that the real loser in this is a prime minister and a government that has had to give away so much power to scotland, and the real winners would be those who campaigned for just that, because they got far more in the end than they could have hoped for at the start. >> well, i don't think it is necessarily the right way to think about it as a zero sum gain, who has more or less power. what is interesting is that, yeah, this referendum was not a choice between change between independence and no change, it was made clear that a no vote would lead to a constitutional change. the big question now is not whether there will be change, but how the different parties are going to reconcile their

differences and agree on a package of new powers for scotland, and also agree on how that is going to effect the rest of the country, whales, and england and so on. these are the questions now being debated here in westminster. >> emotionally how do you think the united kingdom has changed? >> reporter: well, i mean, yes, construction -- constitutionally it hasn't changed. but yes, 45% of scots voted to leave the united kingdom, and i think that rightly has been interpreted that there is quite strong desire for change. even when they were agreeing on the details on the referendum, lots of people agreed there should be yes, no, and more devolution. and now we're ending back up at

the position of agreeing on this new package that i think will actually enjoy the support of the majority of people. >> does david cameron then, what eight months before the national general election, does he come out as a weakened man or the man in the end who did save the union? >> well, there is always some internal party political discussions about who is up and who down after this kind of event. my interpretation of this is david cameron has now set out clearly his plans for a cross-party process to agree on further powers for scotland. there will be some people in his party who may not agree with all of the detail of what may come out from that. some people from england may think that scotland already has too much power, and there will

be pressure on the government to also answer the so-called english question, do we need to have further devolution in england to ensure that only english mp's can vote on certain kinds of legislation. david cameron obviously has a big job ahead of him, but him and the other party leaders as well have to work out a package. >> which is where i was leading. do you think westminster as it is known as the house of parliament, house of lords is actually going to change significantly within the next year or two, or will they be filibustering to prevent it happening? >> well, reform of westminster, the big question there is yes, we have this quite strange situation where scottish mp's can of course vote on legislation, that doesn't apply

to scotland at all. they can vote on english schools and health policy for example. so, yeah, the big question is whether you can come up with a way to resolve that. it's quite a difficult thing to do actually. it's difficult to identify which situation you might need to apply special procedures to, and there is also a question if you have a prime minister who has a majority across the u.k. as a whole, but not within england, and then may not be able to pass legislation that a prime minister would normally expect to do, so i think that's quite a big question. >> in many ways the most interesting bit begins now. thank you very much indeed. thank you very much indeed. now, houthi rebels have

shelled yemen's state broadcaster in the capitol of sana'a. houthi fighters pushed into a sana'a on thursday. international airlines have suspended flights into the capitol. the editor in chief of the post joining us now on the line from sana'a. i saw some of the notes you gave to our producer before we came on air, and it looks as though you are very concerned about what is happening on the streets of your capitol. >> yes, we are very concerned, but also there are reasons to be optimistic. there are very strong chances that they will reach a ceasefire agreement, though, it has not been announced yet. right now the situation is very tense. [ inaudible ] around the capitol, north [ inaudible ] homes over the last t24 hours,

and casualties are very low, though gunfire can be heard every minute here. >> are you seeing face-to-face fighting between the government troops and the houthi rebels? is it that intense. >> that can be seen, that is why these homes have been evacuated. going towards the central area, very few clashes can be heard. >> it's not a great line. i'm going to leave it there. but thank you for filling us in on that. let now bring in our own correspondent who has spent months if not years in yemen and ask you about -- you heard what he had to say there.

this is the most intense it has gotten so far. >> exactly. there is heavy fighting about one kilometer from the center. when i left yesterday, four areas were under the control of the houthis. and the -- near the airport. today two areas fell to the houthis. there are thousands of fighters around the capitol, and [ inaudible ] and inside. you are talking about a group that is emerging as the most powerful and organized political faction in yemen. >> what happens next? is the army able to suppress them? >> the president comes from the south. so the north is not his power

base. houthis have ruled for thousands of years. they see sunnis emerging as kipg [ inaudible ]. and they are very concerned. the potential for a sectarian war in yemen exists. i have been talking to a houthi leader, he has this afternoon to sign the agreement, if he files, we don't know what will happen. >> and saudi absolutely terrified about what might be happening with the rise of the houthi group there. >> absolutely. we was told we want you to use force against the houthis but the establishment is from the north, it's shia. it's not going to be easy to

convince them to fight against their shia brothers. when i was talking to yemenese, they said the international community doesn't seem to be concerned. we need a forceful international commitment and political support for the president if this is going to end one day. >> hashem ahelbarra thank you very much. in sierra leone a three-day nationwide shutdown has some into force to help stop the spread of the ebola virus. >> reporter: formally this man employs up to 40 people to tend his rice crop. but this year the arrival of

ebola prevented many from traveling to his form. he has grown a quarter of his normal crop, and he says many farmers he knows have been forced to eat their seed. >> you are not able to finish it. you eat any seedlings. that's exactly what has happened. >> reporter: the united nations world food program says more than 50,000 in the region now need food aid. but this number is expected to rise. >> during the war, you could run and hide somewhere. you could go outside of the boundaries of sierra leone, and you can have some safe haven and become a refugee for example. with ebola there's nowhere to run to, because the countries you will run to are refusing to

go there. >> reporter: the ebola outbreak has also effected local traders. here at least 70 have died in the virus. banks have closed their doors and traders have struggled to do business. >> we have nowhere else to go. [ inaudible ]. now it is not happening. so we are suffering. >> reporter: for now the u.n. says it has a month's worth of food here. these trucks are being loaded with more than 60 tons of it for an area near the border with p gip -- guinea. we'll bring in ashley a british photo journalist working independently in sierra leone, joining us now on the line, and we have some photographs, ashley

that we will show as i'm talking to you. first of all, the lockdown, do you believe that people are obeying what they have been told to do, staying inside most of the time now? >> reporter: if i'm hearing you correctly, yes, the lockdown started at 12:00 last night. today out in a remote part of the country, it's very, very quiet. you can't get any food or shop. people are out and about, but they are mainly staying close to their private compounds. you can't buy anything at all. we're out with essential staff, so when a dead body is reported, even during the lockdown, they are still required to come out

and deal with the dead body. >> is it possible to know if the person or people have died because of ebola? because of course there will be other causes of death as well. >> i'm sorry, can you repeat that. >> i'll ask you a different question. we're looking at an awful lot of people lining up with blue packages. are people prepared to cooperate with authorities, do they show no sign of trust at the moment. >> people are able to operate. the wfp has been giving out emergency packages to cover certain needs during the outbreak. the general mood is quite is accepting. people are not angry. they are very accepting, they understand why this needs to happen. the impact that it will have on

businesses, and people's agricultural plots polite remains to be seen. >> thank you, ashley. france has carried out its first air strikes against isil. the president says french fighter jets destroyed an arms depo on friday morning. they are the first to join u.s. in the fight in iraq. i'll ask john hendren more about that in a moment, but first, john, isolated attacks in the iraqi capitol. >> that's right, david, there have been two car bombs here in bagdad. there was one in kirkuk.

dozens have been wounded. there were two car bombs last night, two exploded here a prison. it was believed that was an attack on the prison itself where there are isil inmates camped there in the northern part of bagdad. and air strikes have been carried out just outside of the city itself. this is a demonstration that isil is still active despite the air strikes, david. >> does it appear that the french air strikes were anything other than the fact that they were lending their support to what the united states was already doing? >> well, france has said it was going to do this. it had been surveilling targets since monday. andite identified this supply depo as the first one. they say it was an isil supply

depot, and this broadens that global coalition we have been hearing so much about. it also subjects france to some possible retaliatioretaliation. the people that were beheaded they had been targeted. now that france is involved that likely makes france a target, and we'll see if there is any retaliation there. but this is the beginning of the expansion of that coalition that president obama and so many of the leaders have been talking about, david. >> john thank you very much indeed. now to syria, the u.s. government has approved a plan to help some moderate syrian rebels in a fight against isil. isil fighters are in southern

damascus, where they are said to be building alliances in preparation of being attacked. >> reporter: this footage shows fighters apparently from the isil group on the streets of southern damascus. the group is understood to be working to reconcile with some of the opposition forces. >> translator: we don't have conditions for a reconciliation agreement, but we don't fight those who don't fight us. we stick to the agreements, but they have very difficult conditions. >> reporter: it's a different story in northern syria, where kurdish forces are said to be fighting isil forces. it is claimed that isil forces have captured 21 villages close to the border with turkey. the kurdish forces claim that isil forces are committing massacres and kidnapping women

in the area. despite a growing coalition preparing to fight the group, this isil commander was bullish. >> translator: we are not afraid of nip. we do not care of these threats. we will not change your stance. >> reporter: isil says it has withdrawn fighters from the big cities and spread them out across a large area, to minimize losses in the event of aerial raids. it's a strategy they hope will lure their enemies into a ground war, which isil believes it can win. okay. time in the news hour when we are joined by our meteorologist stephanie. >> the philippines have had a rough time of it lately. this is what is giving us our mayor issues. this is what it looks like in manila at the moment.

you can see how bad the flooding is there. these people have had to swim. that's thanks to 268 millimeters of that fell in just 24 hours. the problem has been due to a storm that has developed just to the northeast of the philippines. we can see the huge area of cloud that has developed. and that is what has given us flooding. on top of this on monday and sunday earlier in the week, we were hit by another storm, so this is the second one we're seeing. the ground is already water logged and in some places still flooded. and then we're seeing this other storm that is giving us wide-spread flooding. the storm is going to gradually track its way towards taiwan.

the amount of rain will be around 500 millimeters in around 48 hours, so will give us a major problem with flooding. david. >> thank you. still to come on the news hour, we'll have more on the referendum in scotland. i'm in southern pakistan. coming up, we'll visit one of the worse-affected areas in the flooding, and find out how thousands of family are now having to live on the side of the road. and how the pirates are a step closer to the playoffs. the rest of sport in just about 15 minutes. ♪

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♪ good to have you with us on the al jazeera, news hour. i'm david foster. voters in scotland have rejected the idea of independence, and chosen instead to stay with the united kingdom. 55% voted no to independence. scotland's prime minister accepting defeat, but calling on the national political parties to deliver on promises of greater powers for scotland. david cameron has promised to honor those commitments made during the campaign to hand over more powers. he has called the result a clear win, and said it is time to move forward together. a three day nationwide shutdown is coming to sierra leone. people have been told to stay in doors as health workers look for

victims of the ebola outbraek. pakistan's government says this month's flooding will cost the economy about $15 billion. the flood waters have now reached this province, upstream, though, this punjab, 2.5 million people have been affected. nicole johnston reports. >> reporter: when the flood waters started to rise this family decided to stay put. now they are on a small island and out of food. the neighbors have all left, crops are underwater, and their mud brick home is starting to crumble. it's time to go. >> translator: we are upset. the kids are very upset. our house is damaged. parts of it have collapsed. now we're thinking, what will we

do? if the government helps us, good? if not, i'll work and rebuild the house. >> reporter: the family isn't taking much with them. some thin blankets, a couple of bots. mohammed is staying behind to look after what is left. this is the only way to reach the village now. it's hard to imagine this used to be a village with homes and fields. this was a school behind me. the question is how do you go about rebuilding all of this? every house has been flooded. roads, fences, and farms swept away. electricity cables dangle in the water. soon they are back on dry land, exhausted and hungry. they are looking for the rest of their family. >> translator: we're facing problems because people aren't cooperating with us. some are refusing to leave.

they knew it was coming. many are still sitting at home surrounded by flood water. >> reporter: the roads have been cut. the government diverted the flood waters too rural areas to save cities. the poorest and most vulnerable communities have been hit hard. >> translator: when the flood started i didn't sleep for four nights. earlier the government said they weren't going to breach the embankment, but later they did. i couldn't save much, just our lives. >> reporter: the flood waters are starting to recede. still it will be weeks before people can return home. they will need a huge amount of support to rebuild their villages, but many people aren't that hopeful it will come. nicole johnston, al jazeera, southern punjab. as scotland's independence, we're back to that one, or

scotland's no to independence. go to barbara sarah live for us in london. in many ways we knew the arguments wouldn't stop now. in many ways the most interest part begins now. >> absolutely. because now for the moment at least the union will not be broken up, but it probably is not going to be the union as it was before the government made promises. part of the debate is still about whether this is somebody scottish nationalism. we're joined by colin jones from the guardian newspaper. was it nationalism or anger. >> clearly there is always that strain of scottish nationalism

which always existed, but above all yes, the reason the yes campaign surged is huge disillusionment with england. just 17% of scots were voting conservative. and last because of massive deindustrialization, we saw traditional industries stripped away, and in scotland that was very strongly opposed, but at the same time, the labor party as well -- can't let them off of the hook. after the conservatives lost scotland, they later became the party of scotland, but they are seen as failing to represent the

working people. so the disillusionment with those two main political parties in westminster has really caused the problem -- >> the 85% turnout is huge, and i guess that shows that westminster does have a mandate by the people of scotland. >> a few months ago, the idea that we would have ended up with this at all would be seen as incredible. for a long time, support hovered around the 30% mark if not lower. the only reason we have seen a poll back is because of various promises made by the westminster parties. also promises from the labor party who are seen to have abandoned their roots, and they will recommit to social justice. the question, though, is whether

that will happen, and if it doesn't happen, scotland will still end up walking towards independence. the only demographic that opposes independence defensetively is those over 65. so unless there's change, they would be quite likely to win it unless there is a change in equality, and social justice. we have a million people dependant on food banks, and unless those issues are dealt with, this issue won't go away. >> owen jones from "the guardian," thank you very much. >> there you go.

saying this decision has been made for a lifetime, but if most of the problems aren't solved this may not be the end of the debate. >> i can see the border guards packing up in the distance behind you, barbara for at least a generation. thank you very much. the chinese power house alibaba started trading on the new york stock exchange in what could be the biggest public offering in u.s. history. this was new york gist a few minutes ago on the stock exchange floor. it is valued at $168 billion. more than amazon, cisco, and ebay. this is basically an online company that justs stuff, so why the excitement? >> reporter: well, stephen i think investors are eager to get

in on china's technology boom. we're talking about an online retail company that is described as a cross between amazon and ebay, and it accounts for 80% of all online retail transactions in china. the world's second largest economy. and the number of people online in china is growing. it is expected to hit 800 million people in the next year. so investors are seeing huge potential for growth and also potential for huge profits. this is a company that made $2 billion in just the last quarter. and there's also a lot of excitement about jack ma, the charismatic leader of this company. he has been described as a visionary, someone compared to apple's steve jobs. >> people are so sorried about the fact of doing business in

china, although a lot more transparent than it was 10, 15 years ago, it can still be difficult. >> yeah, that's one of the risks that people are talking about. we're talking about a communist country where the laws are different than here in the united states and the west, and there has also been criticism about the opaqueness of the company it's a and the management structure, jack ma, and a close group of long-time alibaba employees have an unusual partnership arrangement, that allows them to control management decisions without input from the shareholders, so that is worrying to some investors, in fact the company was not allowed to have the initial offering on the hong kong exchange because of that

setup. but nearly $22 billion have been raised in the ipo, and the shares have not actually started trading on the floor here yet. the traders told me the stock exchange likes to go slow when there is such a huge and highly anticipated opening for a company like this. >> kristin thank you very much. a bomb explosion has killed two lebanese soldiers near the syrian border. three others were hurt. let's go to rula. >> it was a roadside bomb today at noon that blew up the vehicle. the prime minister said lebanon should be ready to cop front the armed groups. so obviously the government

feels the battle has not ended yet, and they have a job that has not been done. there are hundreds of militants hiding in the mountains between lebanon and syria, very close to our south. and they have been attacking lebanese army positions and areas inside of lebanon, 15 lebanese soldiers have been captured, and there was confrontation about a month ago. but obviously the army feels going after these groups is a very difficult mission, and armed groups are coming down from the mountains attacking the soldiers. so this is putting a lot of pressure on the government to act. now how they will act is a very tricky question. >> we'll leave it there. thank you. somali's group always face discrimination. the groups are often poor, and

often rejected by most clans. many have fled the country and become refugees. while others are displaced inside somali it's a. >> reporter: on a dusty piece of land, 11,000 families have set up base. they have come here for protection. it's all they have on youred for since the conflict in somalia began four years ago. at least 100 of them were killed just a few months ago. following a dispute over land. this is the community chief. >> translator: some people were shot dead. many others among them children, drowned in the river, and others were burned live in their homes. a total of 29 villagers were destroyed. >> reporter: this woman's husband was killed in the attacks that continued for a whole month.

she is now forced to bring up her five children on her own. >> translator: we have no food or water here. no meaningful shelter. we want to go back to our homes and continue farming our land. we can't go back, though. >> reporter: the ban to have long faced [ inaudible ] and when the civil war began, they did not take up arms as most others did. and that along with other factors have made them targets. killing, rape, and robbery, are just some of the many crimes committed against this community. they are poor unarmed, and helpless farmers. they are known as the people for whom no one cries. and death continues to haunt them. this family is in mourning. this man's wife died after delivering a baby girl.

she bled to death. she didn't have enough blood to begin with, he tells me. the camp lacks the most basic of services. this is the village clinic. a few tents of medicine are all they have. the water they drink is sold by merchants from the nearby town. at the piece keepers base, women and children line up for handouts. it's a daily ritual for them. others are here for any leftovers from the troop's mills. they say they are ready to wait for as long as it takes. still to come on this news hour: >> london. [ applause ] >> and which other cities will be part of that event? we'll tell you in sport. ♪

♪ for years fisherman off of the gaza industry have struggled to work under israel's naval blo blockade. since the ceasefire began last month, the dangers have increased. fishermen have been shot, arrested, and offered bribes to spy. >> reporter: mohammed and his crew of five set off from gaza's po port. they say israeli gun boats could

arrive at anytime. >> translator: the area is not big enough. we are about 5,000 fishermen, i need 2,000 dollars every day just to operate the boats. >> reporter: israel's blockade of the gaza strip means fishing these waters was dangerous even before the war. >> translator: this happened before the war, three israeli boats cut our nets, shot at us, and confiscated my other boat. >> reporter: with so many fishermen trolling off of the coast, fish stocks here are significantly depleted. and they say they are suffering intimidation by the israeli boats every day. one fisherman says he was even offered money to spy. he says he was fishing within the area that israeli allows,

when the israeli navy arrested him and confiscated his boat. >> translator: they handcuffed us and left us blindfolded in a room for three or four hours. they asked us for names of people in hamas. they offered us $1,300 a month if i would work for them. >> reporter: off the coast circles a palestinian fishing boat. soon after the israeli disappears, three fishing boats dare cross the boundary. hussein lives inside the fishing exclusion zone. he is recovering in hospital after the israeli military shot him in the leg. >> translator: i have been living and fishing here since 1956, and was in my boat 100 meters from the beach. the army shot at me from a jeep

on the shore. >> reporter: back on the boat mow -- mohammed and his crew are happy with their catch. now we're here with sport. >> yeah, very good news for london. the football stadium has been confirmed as the venue of the euro 2024 finals and semifinals. >> london. >> reporter: 13 european cities will host the event. it's the first time london will stage a major final since 1996. it's one of four cities that will host the quarter finals, plus three group games. they have didn't picked despite that russia's employment of crimea will break up the area.

three time europe league champions inter have kicked off the season with a win. two time grand slam champion, and choo that's biggest star has announced her retirement from tennis after she failed to overcome chronic injuries. the world number 6 won the australian open in january, but has been sidelined since july. now with asia's first-ever grand slam winner after victory at the 2011 french open. the asia golf club have voted to allow women members for

the first time in its 260-year history. it has hosted 28 british opens. it has 2,400 members on the issue. of the three quarters that responded 85% agreed to allow women to join the excuse if club for the very first time. lee welling has more on what that vote by the r&a actually means. >> this yes decision has implications beyond the famous old st. andrew's club. the club has a lot of power in world golf, particularly outside of america. and it runs the prestigious club. and one of it is [ inaudible ] due to stage [ inaudible ] in 2016 so pressure may be applied on them to change before 2016. [ inaudible ] is also up with of

the courses, and at some stage i expect them to have a vote on admitting female members. what you won't get is a lot of women rushing to join. what you will get is immediately some high profile female golfers and figures joining. the irony about all of this is that women have been playing on this course for many years, and some are happy with the clubs they are already members with. at least the decision to apply is now in their hands. major league baseball now, the pirates move closer to second playoff spot in a row. they beat the bossin' red sox on thursday. the game ended 3-2. it's their third straight win, and they are looking good for wild-card spot.

while things are not looking good for oakland, the athletics lost 7-2 to the texas rangers. that means they fall out of the wild-card spot. that's all of the sport for me. back to you, david. >> thank you. it is already one of the most visits places, now though, pompeii is looking to attract even more tourists. every year thousands walk through the agent roman city that was destroyed in the year 79 ad. well, it has launched an opera festival to put the site back on the map. ♪ >> reporter: in pompeii, opera is making history. it opened in the 2,000 year old open air theater, a musical

festival that inject new life in the site. experts struggling to rescue the site from decades of neglect, say the idea is music to their ears. >> translator: we're very happy because the theater has been closed for a long time. this proves we are preserving pompeii, and giving it the value it deserves. >> reporter: the last time major musical event took place in this theater was a live recording by pink floyd in 1972. since then the main sound echoing across pompeii as been the noise of crumbling rocks. ancient houses, walls, and columns regular collapse. mismanagement, and corruption means what was left after the erupt remains work in progress. in 2012 the european union pledged more than $150 million

for the biggest restoration project in pompeii to date, and yet, two years later, only 2 out of the 39 plans restoration projects were completed. but think idea of a music festival hasn't convinced everyone. antonio says it is a publicity stunt. >> it's a decoy. it may be good to promote pompeii, but it draws a vail of violence over the real issues here. the fact that restoration works aren't being performed in the time given by the european union. >> reporter: a performance will take place here on saturday. if the shows are successful, this will become a regular feature of the summer months. but for once culture rather than criticism took center stage in pompeii.

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