airs week nights. i'm ali velshi, thank you for joining us. ♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ welcome to the news hour, i'm darren jordan in doha, a ceasefire appears to be holding but rebel fighters are shoring up their control in major parts of the capitol. [gunfire] confronting isil kurdish fighters have stopped in a mayor town but thousands of people are still fleeing for their lives. students in hong kong boycott classes to call for democratic

elections and. i'm nicole johsnton in pakistan, since the flooding tens of thousands of people have become sick with abdominal problems and skin diseases, coming up, we will find out how doctors are coping. rebels in yemen raided the houses of military and tribal figures in the capitol and this is hours after they signed a peace deal with the government to overt a civil war and a ceasefire appears to be holding but there are concerns about how they are using their new-found influence and we will go to the capitol in a moment but we report on the deal to bring peace to a fractured country. >> reporter: it's a deal whereby a malitia will dominate politics for the time being and

they go through the capitol taking almost every major government building as well as the military general command. by the time they completed the assault comprehensive peace agreement was signed, the president called it historic. >> translator: all the parties and faction supported by the international community we have secured this historical agreement which we hope will bring a new dawn to yemen and commend the special efforts of the envoy and urge to work together to implement the agreement with effect. >> reporter: the brokered agreement tackled all issues facing yemen but came short on some specifics on crucial aspects such as security and the take over of the capitol. >> translator: the president has constitutions with all parties to have a technocrat government in a month of the agreement and the current government will continue to run the country until a new one is

form and must be inclusive of representatives of society, the duties of government will be delegated centrally and also on a federal level. within three days of signing the deal the president must appoint two advisors, a new nonpartisan prime minister must be appointed. >> reporter: other points include a special committee to reform the community and regulate prices, another special body will be tasked with resolving the security situation in the northern areas that are now under control but they did not say when the fighters will pull out from the capitol or when they will put down their arms. they repeatedly set their campaign at the top of the government will come to an end once the deal is fully implemented and they have a stronghold in the north and from there thank you went south taking a string of important cities before reaching the

capitol. their supporters stage mass demonstrations demanding a more inclusive government and cuts to fuel prices, but some observers say the real goal of the group is to cease power and rule yemen with the backing. the latest violence is the biggest challenge yemen faces in its transition to democracy and they have for a long time refused to turn it to a political party, several peace acknowledgments between them and the governments crumbled in the past. and sunday's agreement is no exception, in view of the unique circumstances under which it came to light, mohamed in al jazeera. who are the main figures in the crisis? he is the un disputdisputed lea the rebels in yemen and took charge as a 25-year-old in 2004 after the death of his brother hussein who was killed fighting government forces and the rebel al-haide is the embattled

president of yemen and took over from his predecessor who was the president of yemen for 33 years and forced to step down after popular protests against him continued for more than a year and he has a cloud in the military and fighting the yedizis and we will go to a political analyst. so the peace deal has now been signed but of course many questions about what happens next and if this peace deal will even hold. >> i think it will hold. and he has gained a lot in the past few weeks and they will try to maintain those gains by withdrawing to an enclave in the northern suburb of sana and handing over the government demonstrations they control now to the government. >> well, i mean but that is not happening now because there are reports that they are already

raiding the homes of senior political, military and tribal figures in the capitol. >> unfortunately this is driven by their desire for revenge. i wish they would have the vision to know that revenge is not the way and they must be gracious at this time, having won and they need to have the support of the people to be able to maintain their position. >> yeah, but the desire for revenge will not cement the peace deal and there is one other very large hole in this peace deal and it is that the agreement doesn't say when the yedizis will leave the center and doesn't say if they are going to lay down their weapons. that is a huge hurdle, isn't it? >> i think they are there to stay. i think they have established an enclave for themselves in the northern suburbs and will remain there for the foreseeable

future. we know the prime minister has resigned and of course a new government, does this moon they have everything they wanted? >> for the time being, yes, there will be other issues that will be raised in the future with regards to zoning of the region. but at this moment i think they got everything they wanted. >> and what about regional power players who are looking in on events unfolding in yemen and saudi arabia and iran and accused of backing them and how will they look at events unfolding now? >> iran is a big winner and saudi arabia is obviously the big loser. but i think the yemeneeze are able to work this for the best interest of the people of yemen for serving the interest for the countries. i think that they have the wisdom to work with the president against him. >> we have to leave it there and thank you for your time, sir. >> you're welcome.

>> the latest on the battle against the group known as islamic state of iraq and kurdish forces stopped attack of isil on a town as thousands of kurds flee for their lives. and syria kurds are spread across large parts of the north and isil fighters have over run village's here and also known as kabani in kurdish and isil fighters have been threatening the town itself until the intervention of fighters, it's the third intervention center for the kurds where more than 200,000 people have fled from elsewhere in syria. well, we know more than 100,000 refugees will arrive in turkey in the last three days and u.n. calling for international support to help a country deal with a crisis and victoria reports. >> reporter: for many months kurdish fighters have been resisting isil in the far north of aleppo province but in the last few days they have been out

gunned and say isil acquired more powerful weapons including tanks. like many others he and his family have arrived in turkey. he though doesn't plan to stay long. >> translator: i brought my family here to put them this a secure place. now i want to go back to fight against isil and liberate the territory they have captured, they are our lands. >> reporter: most though do want to stay but they face an uncertain future. >> translator: my husband is ill and my children are sick and thirsty and hungry and in a bad situation and we fled from brutality and it's no where to live and where can we go and it's three days we have been waiting. >> translator: people with friends and relatives in turkey will stay with them. but for those who don't have any family here, the situation is bad. they are stuck in the middle of no where. >> reporter: thousands more refugees who were waiting to cross into turkey have now done so after the border was reopened

on monday. more than 100,000 have arrived in turkey in the last three days. >> primary effort so to connect these people to their extended family members and where they want to live, most of them. if we can't locate anyone that they know then we transfer them to the refugee camps. >> reporter: the u.n. says the exodus into turkey is one of the biggest since syria's war began more than three years ago and the turdish government is struggling to cope. i'm with al jazeera. with tehran is a political analyst at the university and is from istanbul, before the latest refugees there was already a million sierran refugees inside turkey who fled bashar al-assad and what do you think the crisis is now having on turkey? >> we are already the refugees, before this latest wave came,

were presenting problems in a variety of ways, turkish government was trying to house them, but the numbers are too large. the social and economic balance of small towns where some of these populations have settled have been upset. and people are complaining of essentially free roaming, syrian immigrants in major towns so this is going to be another challenge which tu turkish government has to meet and there are no choice their lives are threatened. >> many analysts say turkey is reaping what it sowed by allowing fighters to cross the border and didn't do much about it in the first place, what is your response to that? >> well, i think there is some truth in it, if not a whole lot, and that is to say that the

turkish government did not necessarily engage in the intents of efforts, most intense efforts to prevent movements across the border. but one also has to keep in mind we are talking about a border that is 900 kilometers long and there has historically been movements or goods and people in the form of smuggling which turkish governments were not able to prevent. so i think in addition to whatever tolerance turkey may have extended to these movements, the movements have been extremely difficult to contain and control. >> let me ask you, what about the kurdish fighters from the pkk who have been calling on kurds to join the fight against isil, is that likely, do you think, to threaten the peace

deal between the pkk and the kurdish government? >> well, a number of things have been happening on a variety of fronts which threatened the fragile sort of efforts to the kurdish problem, pkk problem. this is another one. a number of fighters from turkey have already crossed into kovani region and other parts of syria and iraq to fight along with the core ethnic people in the area and obviously this is going to be a problem if these forces then come back to turkey. >> okay, i want to ask you a final question, mr. turan, do you think turkey will now have to play a much more aggressive role in the fight against isil?

we have the refugee problem, you are talking about the kurdish problem. i mean, if isil is defeated presumably that would stop the refugee crisis from getting any more. >> that is true. turkey, the turkish government seems to be of two minds, on the one hand it seems to recognize the problems, but on the other hand it sort of thinks of other problems that isil could present in the long-term, but there is also considerable allied pressure and pressure from friendly countries in the region. i'm frustrated that turkey will eventually have to do more against isil than it's doing now. >> we have to leave it there, thank you very much for your time, sir. >> thank you. syrian government jets have shelled a lebanese town targeting opposition fighters and happened in a mountain area of a northeast town and fighters linked to al-nusra and isil are

reported in the report and several killed and wounded. improvement in relations between gulf rivals i ran and saudi arabia after the country's foreign ministers met in new york, iran foreign minister suggested the talks could mark a new chapter. in response to isil growing advance they told local media the countries could be influential in establishing regular and global security. i ran's foreign minister met u.s. secretary of talks john kerry on the third day of nuk all right discussions between i ran and six world powers, a state department officials say separate and apart from a nuclear issue they discussed the threat posed by isil. going forward the secretary and foreign minister agreed to meet further as needed while in new york this week. >> the topic of isil has been discussed between the two sides

already from earlier in july when it was talked about but i think it's important it's more out in the open because both sides actually do need each other. there is some coordination taking place behind the scenes. but there seems to be a greater comfort level of keeping their collaboration and their coordination behind the scenes rather than keeping it in the open. but i'm not so sure that is the right track to go, but i think there is a need for a more open policy about this because this is a strong common interest the two sides have and it's about if united states, i ran and iraq work in tandem with each other other than letting political issues get between them. this is a strong common threat to the three and the rest of the region. one thing that in the past has exaggerated problems and more difficulty than is needed is when united states and i ran used the theatres to compete with each other rather than collaborate. right now the cost of

competition is very high and the cost of cooperation quite high. more to come on the program victim of crimes in central african republic demand justice plus playing for peace, can musical harmonys bring about political harmony in the middle of the fighting in iraq. and in sport find out what driver sparked fireworks at the singapore grand prix. and that is all to come. ♪ now doctors in pakistan's flood-hit areas are warning a health crisis is unfolding as thousands become sick in temporary camps and abdominal problems and skin disease are becoming problem and nicole johnston reports from the province. >> reporter: a baby girl born four days ago and named after her mother, she had to give

birth on the banks of these flooded fields, the family home was swept away from the rising tide a week ago. >> translator: i was in acute pain lying on the bed for two days, i cannot afford to visit a doctor or get medicine. >> reporter: the weakest is suffering especially children, pregnant women and the elderly. we count a dozen babies in this small camp alone and children are developing sores. >> translator: we need a doctor and money and we need care for the babies and food and hygiene and clothes and a tent for giving birth. the government has given us nothing, we are exhausted. >> reporter: 2 1/2 million effected and many cannot go back to their village and living ton side of the road with no toilets or clean water. across south urn areas here flood waters are slowly starting to recede. but it's leaving behind dirty,

stagnant water which breeds more disease and misery. people are using the water to bathe in and wash their clothes in dishes, some areas they are drinking it. and many people are already getting sick. >> we are living right next to their homes, not inside because there is water over there. they have their beds right outside on the roads and we have the stagnant water and insects around them and they are gathered around them and it's making the situation worse and the conditions they are living in. >> reporter: this medical center for flood victims is run by a charity and also in the middle of a major road and children have skin infections and diseases. this woman tells us she is suffering from vomiting and stomach cramps, all of these women have the same complaints. doctors are treating around 2000 people a day in this tent alone. >> most of the problems we are

seeing are related to stomach issue, diarrhea and skin diseases like scabbies and boils and people show up with temperature and more diseases. >> reporter: medical staff are pleading for more help. they say it's a crisis here. at least these flood victims have somewhere they can go for medicine and to see a doctor. in more isolated regions there is no one. so for now baby and her mother have to struggle alone. nicole johnston, in pakistan. multiple explosions killed two people and injured many others according to state media and this is home to muslims and several bomb and knife attacks over the past year and beijing blames on weaker separatists. the government has been accused of suppressing their culture and religion. thousands of students in hong kong are rallying against china

decision to restrict electoral reforms and students boycotted closes at a week-long strike and they ruled out open candidates for elections to choose the top leaders scheduled for 2017. voters in hong kong are only allowed to choose between prescreened candidates. >> translator: when the national people's congress made their decision, it crushed the dreams of some hong kong people who have been fighting hard for democracy for the past 30 years. >> translator: i think the boycott will achieve very little and maybe close to nothing, i think after beijing's congress made its decision, it wouldn't be affected by hong kong's class boycott. >> reporter: now, there have been years of instability and conflict in central african republic but over the past few months there is growing concerns of alleged crimes by african union peace keepers sent in to protect civilians and al jazeera has this report from the town of

boulee. >> reporter: report reads out the names of people who are missing, on the list are two of his brothers, their wives and children. they were all staying at the home of one of his brothers, this man, self declared rebel general morise, an antibalica leader in a mainly christian armed group. when they first disappeared in march he thought his brother might be in prison. >> if he was in prison i would have been able to take him coffee, cigarettes and food but from the 24th of march until today i've not heard his voice or seen him and that definitely means he is dead. >> reporter: in march an african union peace keeper was killed here. there were reports that antibalica was behind the attack. soldiers then turned up at the rebel general's house. this is the last place the general and his family were seen

alive. witnesses say peace keepers from congo base here took them away. the youngest person in the group was less than a-year-old. the african union has replaced the contingent in bali with these men and they are also from congo and now under a u.n. mandate. their forced commander won't comment on the incident and six months on there has been no conclusive investigation. but the u.n. says its new mission will be different. >> the u.n. has a zero tolerance policy for any violation of any sort and that briefed the african contingent commanders and includes of course sexual behavior. but i think human rights in its globality is something that we have to uphold. >> reporter: but u.n. peace keepers can only be prosecuted in their own countries.

>> if this mission continues to ak with the impunity that we saw with the congo contingent on the mission, that will delegitimize the mission and negate all the work they are trying to do, we are trying to protect civilians and not abuse them. >> reporter: this is where he wants to bury his family but he says that their bodies will never be found so he will continue to mourn in private until he has answers and justice. i'm with al jazeera, central african republic. >> reporter: let's check on the global weather with richard and it appears the flooding is moving across eastern asia. >> this tropical storm and never got typhoon status but as rainfall it has been vicious as it goes up to the east china sea. but as it went across the philippines we saw well over a month's worth of rainfall, probably six weeks worth of

rainfall in a space while here 72 hours. further north there is a familiar picture for taiwan, here, again, huge amounts causing flooding and taiwan thinks it was well organized and managed to evacuate people and people in the philippines and ten fatalities largely as a result of flooding from the system and it continues to move away towards the north. so it is going to the east china sea and a lot of rain around taiwan at the moment and indeed the next couple days the case of the systems you just get the circulation and moves away but get enhanced flow and sucks the air in if you like so moit air and showers for taiwan and north perhaps seeing showers but there you can see it beginning to move away. so eastern china where we will see what, 250 millimeters of rain quite easily 24-48 hours and there is the track it's going to take, moving northwards and then eastward toward the

islands, southern korea. we are expecting a lot of heavy rain to effect far south of korea and find heavy rain beginning to push across the southern islands of japan. shanghai from tuesday to wednesday should see slight improve nment -- improvement in the weather and this is going across japan and western areas and heavy rain will push its way in tokyo later on in the day and you are still having dry weather up there and looks north korea will just about miss the worst of the rain associated with the system and we will be thankful when the system moves to the pacific and things can begin to dry out on this part of asia down here. >> thank you. after a ten month journey after 700 million kilometers the space craft is now orbiting-mars. >> it is on mars orbit.

>> reporter: it will continue orbiting for a year as part of a $670 million mission and we will learn more about the red planet and the atmosphere that surrounds it. still to come here on al jazeera, more on the situation in yemen and that peace deal, we will have a view from i ran of what is going on. [chanting] the biggest ever climate change march and thousands talk about extreme sea levels and weather. and a player spoils chelsea's day and we will have more on that. stay with us. ♪

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♪ welcome back, reminder of the top stories on al jazeera an an rebels are there after hours of signing a peace deal with the government for a threat of all-out civil war. tush cherokee reopened the border with syria where more than 4,000 refugees have gathered over 100,000 refugees crossed in to turkey since friday. students in hong kong started a week-long strike against china against electoral reforms and beijing ruled out open nominations for candidates for the first-ever elections for the top leader scheduled for 2017. back to our top story and a deal between the government and rebels and they are a significant off shoot of the

yatizits and they have found this against sectarian lines. >> reporter: they are on the periphery of politics to taking center stage. there are only 150,000, a small fraction of the country's 9 1/2 muslims and they have sheer discontent and the most active in the shia struggle in yemen political affairs. >> you see people sign up to support the movement politically as a political movement because they feel they can create the change they see but they are not part of the status quo here. >> reporter: they are persecuted by the central government and had no choice but to take up arms against the government. the movement controls this area, south of saudi arabia including southern province and its influence is growing elsewhere. members of the tribe descended on the capitol this summer, the

group's young leader gave an altimatum for them to resign or face the consequences. >> translator: the time has come for the third stage of this popular escalation which falls into the framework of civil disobedience. >> reporter: yemen government says they are supported by the region shia power iran but tehran denies this and saudi arabia is linked to the group as well and using it to pass fie the border and against al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula and despite its small size they are under major political gains but their struggle for influence may marganilize other groups there. >> reporter: and we are joined now from the center and the

peace deal is not even a day old but there are already serious worries that it will hold. do you think it will work? >> well, i really hope it will work because that is the hope for keeping yemen together. it took a major effort to broker this deal and involved consultations with all political parties, consultation with the leadership and even the top leader of the movement and i had two meetings with him and the first meeting three hours and the second meeting seven hours but there was consensus again on the way forward. an agreement that is comprised of three parts. the first part is the political process, the second half of a new inclusive, competent government through a number of mechanisms for establishing this new inclusive covenant. and the second and third part

about some very important issues concerning security and disarmament. the situation is very complicated and it is the result of a number of mistakes and miss calculations have been made by various sides and we are there and we welcome the agreement on call on all sides to make sure that it is implemented in full. >> you sound as though the deal, you know, it's not perfect but there are reports already of going around and raiding the houses of party members, tribal leaders, if that is true that is going to undermine the deal, isn't it? >> absolutely. there is no ambiguous about the deal. it calls for maybe a ceasefire and means all hostilities must cease and means old armed groups

have now, who are now in the city, taking over government insertions will need to leave and this is what was stressed today in the statement of the secretary general of the united nations. we cannot have legitimate institutions taking over by armed groups, this is very clear. >> that is an important point you make, jamal because here in lies one of the biggest holes in this deal, there is no agreement on when the hoothies will leave the capitol and no agreement and no discussion whether they are going to disarm. >> the deal was worked out, you know, before the hoothies took over the city so there were delays in the signing while they continue to advise and taking over the city. but there is a clear reference

in the agreement that implies a ceasefire and also for all armed groups to leave. and this point is also repeated concerning other areas taken over by hoothies like i ran and some other parts and there is no ambiguity, the ceasefire agreement and process of disarmament, a process for new security and administered arrangement in a number of provinces. without in the agreement cannot be implemented so we call on all sides, you know, to cooperate in the implementation. >> okay, you are the u.n. enjoy to yemen, so how worried are you, jamal, i understand but how worried are you, the security arrangement part of the deal

hasn't been signed yet? we seem to have lost the u.n. envoy to yemen and if we can we will track him back later in the program. the gulf corporation gcc has welcomed the peace deal in yemen and said we hope it will lead to a commitment of legitimacy and boost the security of yemen. yemen's president is accused i ran of insighting turmoil in the country by backing the rebels and let's get the view from i ran and talk to a political analyst from the university of tehran and accused of backing the shia rebels and how will tehran view the country as the peace deal is now signed? >> i think the i ranians

predicted this all along because when unpopular regimes in this region are confronted with the rather of the people, they look for an external enemy to blame. the reality in yemen is that the regime is corrupt, that the hike and the price of gasoline and fuels has hit poor people very hard but the regime failed to recognize this. they have marginalized the majority and not just the group but the overwhelming majority which it is comprised of people in the south and people in the north as well. if yemen wants to move towards stability it has to form an inclusive government and from the beginning the hoothies is what they were saying, the government miscalculated time after time until we reached this stage and now under duress they

are accepting a deal they should have accepted a long time earlier for their sake. >> some people are saying this deal is very much unbalanced because they say that the losers here are the sunni movement which is long confronted the hoothies and given those wounds it's not clear if it will work for a week, is it? >> well, i wouldn't say -- put it as hoothie and soonie because the yemen population in the south, many of them especially the separatist movement, they are very much against the government and also against the extremist. and one reason why there is a problem with the unity of yemen is because the regime fails to recognize the will of the majority of the people. if it did, that would help unify the country, the southern separatists are willing to live within a united yemen as long as they are respected and they are

for the majority of sunni so it can last if external forces try not to make this sectarian and try not to twist the reality to their advantage. the people of yemen must live alongside one another and the extremists, the extreme groups are also now very much a concern for countries like saudi arabia. it's not just hoothies or sunni in yemen. >> i was going to ask you about the regional power play influences here because that's actually a very, very strong factor in all of this as it plays out, i mean saudi arabia will undoubtedly see these advances by the hoothies in yemen as an advance for i ran, will it not? >> i think the way to look at it is to see it as an advance for the people of yemen. the more inclusive the yemen government the more stable the country is and it's located in a very strategic location on the

map. i think it's not in the interest to have al-qaeda strengthen in yemen or extremists that are very similar to isil. and the only way to confront that is to have all the groups in yemen in the south and in the north to come together and to be part of the government. if you marginalize one group then it's going to distort the reality in the country and only going to make things worse. so to put it in sectarian terms is not only unbalanced and dishonest but also it's going to lead to further troubles in the future. >> thank you very talking to al jazeera. >> thank you. afghanistan's taliban announced a pack by the country rebel candidates to form a government and he was elected on sunday and the arrangement with abdoula-abdoula is three months after a disputed election result but they say the deal is a sham.

al jazeera continues to demand release of journalists in prison in egypt and have been detained 268 days and falsely accused of helping the muslim brotherhood and they got five and then mohamed got additional three and they are appealing against convictions. more than 300,000 people marched in the streets of new york on sunday in what may have been the largest climate change in history and ban ki-moon and al gore and leonardo dicaprio. they are on the front lines of climate change and they are losing their neighborhoods to rising sea levels and extreme weather to groups who traveled

from the southwest of the united states. delegation we brought are being impacted by development for over 40 years and we have a big boom of fracking and history of uranium mining, and coal country and we felt the negative impacts for years and we are here to join with brothers and sisters with the economy. >> reporter: dignitaries on hand including former u.s. activist al gore and ban ki-moon and moon will be here for a climate summit on tuesday and they are trying to reach international agreement by next year. >> nothing will happen in new york by the u.n. and the big action is out on the streets and this is finally the climate change movement coming of age demonstrating it's a profound concern for people. this is the biggest political

gathering about anything in the united states in many years, okay. and that's the message above all that we need to get across. >> environmental activists have been down this road before. what is different this time is the coalition facing this and labor unions and hoping to create a ground swell of public support or action. major unions brought thousands of people reflecting labors evolving position on how climate will impact jobs and the economy. >> it's not going to hurt the economy, it's the only choice we have, if we do not combat climate change then our economy will ultimately be devastated. >> reporter: with strength in numbers activists call for agreement to keep the rise in temperature to under to degrees celsius and going to clean energy by 2015 and they say we

must act now or pay the price later. al jazeera, new york. time for a short break and when we come back we will have all the sport. qualify for major league baseball post season heats up, details next, stay with us on al jazeera. ♪

welcome back and tie land has hundreds of thousands of migrant workers for a better life and

the children often face difficulties but there is a school to help and provide opportunities and scott reports. >> reporter: free haircuts at school. to most families in thailand $2 a month wouldn't make that much of a difference but to the migrant families of these children could mean an extra meal. he is lucky and most children don't have access to schools and many are undocumented. the fed learning center is for children like this one who left minmar looking for a better life and go to government schools and he still has to work the family lives on. >> i get to sleep for an hour and shower and come to school to study. during recess, after lunch i get to play with my friends. >> reporter: his family left

myanmar years ago but he just started school in may and his father wanted to wait until he got a better job in the rubber plantation before he enrolled him in school, that way he knew he could afford $10 semester tuition and it took him five years. human rights watch focused on the undocumented migrant children in thailand. >> i don't think they are intentionally trying to get children locked up but because of the dysfunctional refugee and migrant laws children end up in detention. >> reporter: military government making some progress and in the last three months it documented over one million migrants, that is one of the biggest issues says the director as a former revolutionary he fled myanmar years ago. >> support for the military region over the world, according to this and eyewitnesses working in thailand that time of the

government is trying to provide some legal assistance to the undocumented migrant workers. >> reporter: he might be making some migrant workers lives better in thailand but there is a lot of work to do changing laws, documentation is only the first step. and with the fluid political situation here there is always the chance their efforts could be undone by the next government. scott with al jazeera, thailand. all right time for the sport now and raul is here. >> we will start with formula one and lewis hamilton won the grand prix and to throw his teammate at the top of the driver championship standing and we report. >> reporter: a nice race in singapore in the season so far, leader and teammate and rival lewis hamilton separated by 22 points. and rossberg conspicuous by

absence on the grid had to start from the pits. things didn't get much better for him as electronics failure forced him to retire and his teammate closed the gap and having a 22 lead over the second after pitting in the 5 third lap he replaces the red bull tire and with new tires he retakes the lead. and mercedes driver taking the flag for the 7th time this season and more importantly retaking the championship lead. and teammate daniel ricardo claimed second and third respectively. >> looking for that weekend and this has been it, it has been fantastic and it's not perfect for the team because we are striving to get both cars to finish and i don't think that happened before and that was our goal. things we can still work on but a big thanks to all the fans,

incredible support and thank you. >> reporter: five races left and 150 points up for grabs and leading by three points they are still too close to call, i'm with al jazeera. football in barcelona maintained a perfect start to the spanish league season and the latest victims of the bottom of the club and sport agree similar looking kit to barcelona and barcelona in red and infl t inflicinflic inflicting defeat with pedro and mesi scoring and wins for villa on sunday. and he missed the chance to get on the top of the league after they lost 4-1 on sunday and both sides coming off losses in europe during the week but he opened the scoring and rodriguez with two goals coming from the penalty spot for the home after he was reduced to ten men eight

minutes in and the second is after the break as he registered the first win of the season. in england he was said to be furious after his team had 3-1 league and the north had 13 minutes to go, despite starting with a front four van-persi and van howe lost 5-3 and was up and scored four goals condemning united to a second league loss of the season. >> you never expect that when you are 3-1 ahead for the second time, two goals ahead. then you have to kill the game and you have to keep profession but we could not do that. >> reporter: the most talked about goal scorer of the day was frank lampar chelsea goal scorer

grabbing the equalizer from manchester against his old club and it's weird saying that and over the champions from mls in new york city. now on saturday cameroon, i've right coast and guinea are hosts for the 2019, 2021 and 2023 africa cup of nations respectively however we don't know who will host the 2017 edition, original host libya had to pull out because of the poor security situation the country and countries hoping to host the tournament have to submit bids by the 30th of september and nigeria and zimbaboie is interested and this will follow morocco at the end of january and we will speak to football journalist gary smith who is on skype and good to talk to you

and frontrunners to host the 2017 edition and say nigeria should be the host because of the successful world cup earlier this year. >> reporter: nigeria indeed, in all core -- corridors they say they are the frontrunners and in terms of their political situation nigeria is in a great position to host the tournament because of the currents record in terms of public good will and another country that could give them a strong, you know, run for their money would be ghana look into also before the 30th but talk around the african football is saying nigeria will be the host for 2017. >> is egypt interested in hosting the events and it was hosted in 2006 and this is less than stable situation in the country and not allowed to attend matches following the disaster in 2012.

>> reporter: too close for egypt to host it because if you give hosting rights to them there needs to be a massive shot in the arm in terms of public confidence and at the moment you have to listen to bullets of egypt news and up and down the country they are not ready for political infrastructure, in terms of having stuff in place. they do have a great stadium but i don't think they are ready right now, egypt, to host it. >> great to hear you thoughts on it and we have to leave it now. to major league baseball they are beating them on sunday and the lewis cards went to the post season hours after they played cincinnati but plans to celebrate will be put on hold and a flashing by the reds and spoiling the party, 3-1 homer helping cincinnati win, 7-2. the race to win the american league central division is heating up, kansas royals beating the leaders detroit 5-2 and trail the tigers but 1 1/2

games. that's it, more later. >> see you then, thank you very much. now iraq was once a sophisticated center for art and learning, so on sunday some of its best musicians tried to overcome the resent violence and political instability with their b bows and strings and other instruments. this might be the least likely weapon iraq has deployed against isil. this is iraqi national inany in clb rays with the baghdad youth orchestra and begin with an antham and say this is crucial in the battle against isil who is sworn to destroy anything that doesn't conform to the group's ideology and that includes music. a lot of people have come to watch the concert, some say that is a reflection of desire for more events like this despite

leaving the neighborhoods and travelling in the streets and for the conductor attendance is less important than just the ability to play. >> translator: for years our music has been marginalized by religion declaring music forbidden but this is a serious art and it's our message to our audience that we can transcend war and give a moment of peace and tranquillity. >> reporter: the challenges of a concert are many and a blackout disrupts for a while and without air conditioning it's stifling but for the musicians the concert is crucial for development and image of their country. >> it's very important in these difficult times because what the world is going through right now in so many countries, so i hope that this concert should like to go through other people and be an example that even though we

are living in iraq and people still care about music, especially classical so that is the point i guess. >> reporter: more concerts will require a big effort. in the year since the american invasion and occupation iraq has declined and lack of investment means this once grand billing is in disrepair and because of hussein they were common and well attended. putting this concert on is a hopeful moment for the iraq art scene and they will want to grow in regular and more series of concerts and get back the name that iraq called for centuries the cradle of civilization, baghdad. that is it for me, stay with us here on al jazeera. my colleague david foster is up next, with another full bulletin of news at the top of the hour and thanks for watching al

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