♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ welcome to the news hour, i'm darren jordan in the news center in doha and these are top stories, cutting al-shabab supply roots and take one of the strongholds. isil fighters close in on the syrian border town. wins the first round of brazil presidential election but fails to secure an out right majority. the bronze of nigeria and how the city is trying to bring back home some of africa's greatest

art. ♪ welcome to the program, surgeon kurdish forces are pushing back fighters in iraq near the town of kabini and part of the aleppo province and close to the curbingish border and thousands went to turkey after weeks of fierce fighting between isil and kurdish forces. this isil video shows the group's advance toward the town and isil fighters had been occupied a crucial hill toward the area but a female fighter blew herself up to dislodge them and we have more from turkey. >> reporter: it's an indication of the desperation of the syrian, kurdish fighters in kabini but took a female suicide bomber from the ranks of the syrian kurdish fighter to dislodge isil from a position on a strategic mountain to the south of kabani and on monday

morning shelling and gunfire continues in that town. it's relentless but holding the town and sooil not able to penetrate into kabini and we understand that the leader of the main syrian/kurdish parties are muslim and he was in the curbingish capitol a couple days ago meeting with turkish officials and we understand out of the meeting from turkish reports on monday morning he asked the turks to facilitate the movement of weapons through turkish territory and into kabini and what we believe the syrian/kurds do not want is the military to go in kabini and unlikely to see them on the soil that the kurds consider theirs because they don't want the turks there but what the

syrian/kurds do want is help getting weapons through. opposition fighters have made gains in an area between the province of kanatra in the south and took control of the hill to push north in the country side surrounding the capitol damascus and we report. >> reporter: [gunfire] opposition fighters on the offensive and stopped al--hara hill and despite the government trying to get them to stop using airplanes and missiles. >> translator: we are not terrorists, we are finding our killers and fighting ourselves and only represented by the regime and down with assad. >> reporter: this is strategically important because it's between the two provinces. opposition wants to build a corridor to the country side in the north which is already under its control. >> translator: god willing we

will march toward assad's presidential palace. >> reporter: the opposition is also taking control of the town of al--hara, home to a syrian army infantry brigade. they are based the nearby hills and opposition said it killed more than 50 government forces and destroyed seven tanks and also says it sees a large quantity the of arms and ammunition and the next goal is to control the root leading to damascus but that could prove difficult. the syrian airforce controls the skies, a weapon that is proven fatal for the opposition and on the ground, opposition fighters continue to fight government troops and the armed group islamic state of iraq and lavant, i'm with al jazeera. now at least five people have been killed in government shelling in the iraqi city of

falujih. hospital sources say they are targeting residential areas in the city. the iraqi government has been trying to force isil fighters out of fallujiah and what is the latest with the fighting in iraq and in particular the fighting in fallujiah. >> reporter: what is happening in fallujiah is one cutoff point in baghdad and the main supply root and isil forces going through the town they control parts of into amaria and if that is a force it's a blow to baghdad and part of isil assault to try and get in baghdad. isil control parts of fallujah and two of the biggest cities in ambar and moving further west and control heat and two other towns. iraqi army has surrounded them and fierce, intense clash going

on all through ambar province and what we see is another isil offensive in where sheer maysha r malishia and making a big difference and the fighting is spreading to much more urban areas and we saw it before in the village's and the large offensive when it began in june and isil forces are spreading further in the provinces of iraq and fighting in urban areas and led to massive concern here in iraq about civilian casualties, that is a big issue here in iraq because air strikes if you go in heavily populated urban areas you're going to get civilian casualties and that is problem and tackle trying to get isil and avoiding casualties.

>> reporter: thank you. african union and somali government troops recaptured one of al-shabab strongholds and important source of revenue and the operation in the coastal town is clear of al-shabab fighters and they have controlled the port town since 2008. the joint defensive by the african union and somali forces were launched against al-shabab in march and have been in control of major towns and cities and on the retreat in resent years. the group was forced out of mogidishu in 2011 and the last blow was the port in september 2012 and the fighters were paid a percentage of the lucrative charcoal trade and after assault by ethiopian troops and this leads to mogadishu and kenya and it controls much of rural is a somalia and government-held

towns and we will go catherine travelling with the union and what is going on here and what more has been happening here? . >> reporter: darren, we just came back for the base. we have been here since two hours ago and basically it remains quiet, security forces, special forces are going through buildings looking for elements of al-shabab and explosive devices as well. earlier when we were in barrow where the new administration and somali army leaders met with the civilians there, a few of them trying to build their confidence. there is still a lot of fear. we tried to talk to several of them and afraid some of al-shabab fighters blended in the civilian populations because it can carry out attacks and

could be sniper and that is why they are careful going door to door making sure that city is safe, darren. >> has al-shabab been putting up resistance at all, where have they gone? >> they haven't really put up much of a resistance in barrow where there has been a lot of resistance along the way, in barrow where they more or less retreated, they left a couple of days ago and hearing they used to see a lot of movement at sea and we are told heading toward the south, by the south to another key stronghold of theirs called middle duba and they have seen be headings but many more resistance. we spoke to the brigadier general leading the uganda forces in this offensive and he

told us when they were entering borrow on the western side they faced some resistance and probing short but not much resistance. when they entered the town they fired some warning shots as well. these are troops and fired warning shots and this is a warning for anyone trying to do something but in barrow itself, darren, no serious resistance. >> reporter: just a final thought from you, you have been traveling with the au backed troops for a few days, what is their morale like? do they think they can beat al-shabab? >> they are very confident. we have been coming with them, the morale is very high. they have been taking all this territory and taking the towns anvils with very little resistance and the places where they do see heavy resistance they are managing to push al-shabab back and this is a major victory for them, taking

barrow and it was one of the biggest strongholds, the main port and it was their economic and low g logistic center with fighters and weapons as well and very rich in agriculture and they used to pack the people as well and losing barrow for al-shabab is a big loss and that is why their confidence has been sought so much here because they have saying if they can take barrow with little resus answer and no where else they can take and kenya to the south are going to advance and port cities and towns that al-shabab uses to export charcoal so the mood is junior upbeat. all the forces somalia national army and troops are all saying very soon they will take the territory that al-shabab is holding. >> reporter: in south somalia

and thank you. a runoff vote will be held later this month to choose brazil's next president, in sunday election the current president failed to win an outright majority securing around 41% of the vote and will face the center right in the second round and he got nearly 34%. in third place was a socialist party silver, in august she was ahead in the polls after taking over for campos who died in a plane crash and we have more from south palo. >> reporter: up beat in victory but not reelected, she did not get enough votes to avoid a runoff. >> translator: this is a simple message that i have to move forward and i have to continue this fight together with each one of these borders to change brazil. >> reporter: the story of the night is the dramatic late surge to finish a strong second and his message to get the economy growing again without traction

and coupled with a strong last debate the candidate from the right social democratic party now finds himself on the cusp of the presidency. >> translator: my candidacy is a great benefit to brazil, ever since it will be planned with the best intentions and i want to make the most of the coming days. >> reporter: in a country where half the people say they are not satisfied with the government but where unemployment remains at record lows both candidates will try to draw out their different visions for the country. >> continuity with some change and some change with continuity as well so both of them are very close in their platforms and it looks like a conservative and more of a social program. >> reporter: more than 100 million brazilians cast a ballot in the election the message from those who didn't vote was just as loud and people seemed dissatisfied with the candidates

and abtension was tens of millions of people who decided to vote for nobody. many brazilians made it clear they need a little more time. bruce will try to give those people something to vote for in the next few weeks. gabrielle with al jazeera in south palo. ahead on the news hour warning of impending famine in south sedan and the latest in duba. scared for the future and we immediate if indian workers who fled their job in the middle east because of the deepening conflicts. and in sport the latest on yankee's condition after his serious crash in the japanese grand prix, that is also to come. ♪ civil servants in hong kong returned to work after protesters blockaded their offices for more than a week and demonstrators appear to be

losing momentum but some students say this is a start of their battle and brown reports. >> reporter: civil servants going to work would not generate interest but in hong kong it was a significant moment on moment morning, perhaps even a turning point after days of unrest. the city's leader warned of unspecified police action if government workers were not able to return to their desks. outside the office complex the barricades remain but far fewer protesters today, one student leader admits the movement is losing momentum but denies the campaign is over. >> this is very strong and we don't know when it will end but it's a long-term challenge or long-term battle. >> reporter: the government asked them to clear the streets and has so far gone unheeded. but the barriers were pushed asaid outside the office of hong kong's leader cy-lung to allow a

delivery of food to police. last week were there several thousand protesters here. today under a scorching sun just a determined handful. >> with the amount of people here we have no bargaining powers. we only have less than 10 persons, 10 people here. so the police, they pretty much can do whatever they want. >> reporter: the president of hong kong's leg -- legislature, powerful in the city appealed for restraint. >> we certainly hope the government will not take drastic measures to evacuate this place by force. >> reporter: with government workers able to return to their desk, the crisis has eased for now. but many of the students are weary divided over whether to continue their action or call it off. the protesters are angry at china's plans to vet candidates when hong kong holds elections in 2017 and beijing says the

campaign is doomed. brown with al jazeera hong kong. thousands of people fleeing violence in the disputed region of kashmir and exchanged gunfire along unofficial border killing five and it's claimed by india and pakistan and parts administered by both countries and both accused the other of firing first. more than 700,000 indians work across the middle east but fighting in iraq and instability elsewhere has forced some to return home deep in debt and scarred by their experiences. and jam i l reports. >> reporter: these three friends grew up together and went to work as labors and worked in bad conditions and slept on the floor and routinely beaten by employers and had a gun pointed to their head if they complained and the latest conflict in iraq began.

>> translator: we returned from work to have lunch and found a dead bomb that fell in the camp, someone called the owner and then had it collected by the police. >> reporter: as the fighting drew closer they returned home with the indian embassy's help and they each owe local employment agents between $1,000 and $3,000 but the problem is there is no work in the village and they have limited employment opportunity are targeted by agents looking for skilled and unskilled labor. from this village along 500 of 4,000 residents gone to the middle east for work and returned people are burdened with debt and scars of employer abuse. those we spoke to said they had no idea where they were being sent and never imagined it could be to a conflict zone. a local travel agent say sending those to iraq operate in the

saad al hussei shadows going to saudi arabia. >> they are getting larger salaries and paying $2000-$3,000 a month. >> reporter: the head of the village says the problem is on going and ads promising high-paying jobs in the middle east appear in local newspapers. we spoke to an agent recruiting people to work in iraq. the agent said the waiting period would be two or three months because of the conflict and then travel would be via dubi for about $3,000 each. back in the village the options are limited. he has a family to raise and debts to repay. he says if things were better in iraq he would return. >> translator: there is a big problem now in iraq and libya, if there wasn't i would go back to work there. >> reporter: there are others like him, people struggling to make end meet, willing to risk their lives at a chance at a

better life. in the village in india. ad agencies warn if the nine-month conflict if south sudan continues the famine will grow worse and say the hungry people in south sudan will increase by a million in the first three months of 2015 and that is on top of two million who are already starving, 10,000 have died since the conflict between the government and rebel forces began in december last year. 1.4 million people displaced from their homes, fighting pushed up food prices. many people had their livestock stolen or force to sell animals cheaply and an ad agency says a current approach to peace talks failed and the international community needs to put pressure on all parties to enthe fighting including an arms embargo and we have the director from the south sudan tear fund and she spoke to me earlier from duba.

>> reporter: we project 50,000 children will die of malnutrition if something is not done and something can be done. and since december the -- in the last nine months of conflict as you said 1.4 million people left their homes, left everything they had and living in communities that already did not have enough food. so these communities gave everything they have and run out of food early. there is no question that beginning in the dry season in october/november there will be a sharp spike in malnutrition and people might die. >> it's staggering and 40% of south sudan has shortages any way and people on a daily basis struggle to feed themselves. >> reporter: exactly like mary who i met in the program area, she fled from a location, walked for two weeks with her children, arrived in a community where they didn't have enough food and they gave her what they could

and has gone 24 hours without food so her children can eat and people resorted to eating the seeds they planted and that grew last year and resorted to eating leaves. there is no question that now the hunger gap, the pitch of the dry season is yet to come and they are already on the brink of survival. so tear fund and other agencies work in south sudan to try to prevent and help people recover from malnutrition and work with children under five. we help provide emergency feeding. we work with 140,000 people across south sudan and agencies like tear fund and other aid agencies, it can be stopped. it doesn't have to be this way. there are children like a little boy i met. >> i was going to say catherine what message then are you, is your agency, tear fund sending to the international community in terms of what help is needed for all the people you just

mentioned. >> reporter: a little boy with skin falling off his body and three times the number of children in this country who is on the brink of fighting for life and death. he does not have to die if there are more resources that are possible, the community is international community has been great in providing resources thus far but more are needed and it can prevent further loss of life and peace. we need peace and stability in this country. >> reporter: a final thought from you, what about the government of south sudan, are they helping or at least allowed aid agencies like yours to get on with their work? >> i would say it's a very complex situation and like most chronic emergencies there are challenges. but, as i mentioned, there are possibilities to be able to respond. there is the ability to respond. it's not a hopeless situation if

we are able to respond soon n the next few months. >> reporter: now ancient priceless treasures from nigeria have been in museums in western countries and rob says there is hope the greatest artifacts could return home. >> reporter: the bronze age lives on in the outdoor workshop of sculptor here and casting molten metal in a clay mold employing the basic methods his ancestors used. >> the bronze castor is passed from father to son. so we have that blood in us. >> reporter: for centuries he was a powerful empire and bronze makers crafted magnificent pieces for the palace of the king. today many of the master piece of african art are prized possessions in museums across europe and north america but you

want find many of them here in baneen, in 1897 a british army came here and decimated the king's troops and burned the city to the ground and then they carted away thousands of works of art in bronze. >> they were looted. they were looted. >> reporter: the prince of the royal house has been demanding the bronze's return for decades. >> this is morally wrong to remove those things from here and keep them outside here. so it's morally wrong. >> reporter: he likens the effort to the campaign to return art looted from jewish families by the nazis and most of the treasures wound up in the british museum in london, a spokesperson from the museum told al jazeera no request from the nigerian government has been made for their return. earlier this year mark walker a

british doctor returned two bronzes that have been in his family since 1897 that mobilized nigerian officials into action. this is the director of nigeria museum and monuments commission. >> what we are seeing is they are going to be surfaced and we will make these available to everyone, to the whole world. but first they have to return home. >> reporter: the nigerian legislature is working on a measure that would require the government to officially demand the return of the bronzes from the u.k. and other countries. for the first time in many years, banine has more reason to hope that its priceless art may one day return to the place where it was forged. rob ronalds, al jazeera, nigeria. let's check on the global weather with stef now and stef it looks like as one storm is leaving japan apparently nothing one is coming in.

>> western pacific have been active for storms recently and looking at the satellite picture we see the first storm and this is on its away across tokyo and clearing away and that one, well looks like the worst has now past and when it was with us it gave us stormry weather and the winds were problematic but it's the amount of rain, 272 mill meeters in tokyo in two days and the average this time of year is 198 so we have more than that in two days but that wasn't the most rain we saw and also it will be further to the southwest, 466, so that clearly is a phenomenal amount of wet weather, no one wonder we had flooding and land slides and this is going through the day on tuesday and moving to the northeast and behind it generally fine and dry, just a handful of showers perhaps that you will catch if you are very unlucky. we do have a keep an eye what is going on a bit further to the

south because as darren said there is another form that has already formed. this one is all right a typhoon and already fairly strong. 165 kilometers per hour, those are sustained winds and make it a category two hurricane and it is gradually strengthening running northward in the general direction of japan, darren. >> thank you very much, still lots more to come on the news hour. >> i'm in southwest mexico with classmates and family members of 43 missing students and taken over highways and toll booths and coming up, we will tell you what their demands are. seeking justice people in highty promise to continue their case against a former dictator accused of rights abuses. in sport trying to get to grips with a whole new ball game. more on that. stay with us. ♪

♪ welcome back, reminder of the stories on al jazeera, african union and somali troops recaptured one of al-shabab's strongholds and operation of the coastal town and is clear of al-shabab fighters, kurdish people push back on a crucial hill in kabani and people left after fierce fighting between isil and kurdish forces. runoff will be held later this month to choose brazil's next president and in the election the current president failed to win an outright majority and will face the center right

candidate nevens in the second round. more on the situation in somalia and we have the director of the nairobi-based think tank and joins us by skype and al-shabab appears to have lost the town in somalia and how much of a setback do you think this is from the group? >> a major setback symbolically it was the last headquarters of al-shabab and they still control some other secondary towns but this was their main operating base which they planned and staged attacked through the region and this is a major loss and financially a major loss and this was a significant port for the export of charcoal and the import of commodities to areas controlled by al-shabab and their inter lands so their revenue is also going to take a

significant hit as well. >> reporter: it's worth pointing out the group had a significant number of setbacks recently and lost the port city there and many of their leaders have also been killed but they bounced back in the past, haven't they? >> they have. and the important thing here is to important that,sha bob has been defeated numerous times and bounce back because they are more than extremist group and a group also involved in a gorilla insurgency and thrive on grievances on opposition to the somali government and president to foreign forces so unless there is a political strategy or counter strategy al-shabab is far from finished. >> reporter: you touched on the issue of politics there is there a solution to the al-shabab crisis and if there is what would it look like? >> it has a number of parts.

first it involves a political strategy and leadership on the part of the federal government to reach out war and practice genuinely inclusive politics and understanding the grievance of groups and plans throughout the country and brigging them in. also somalia has adopted a federal structure and so part of the responsibility for bringing groups into the political process is going to lie with federal member states or merging administrations trying to take over the areas that were formally controlled by al-shabab. >> just a final thought from you what about divisions within al-shabab itself and there is an al-qaeda affiliated wing and can they take over and will it weaken the group? >> i think this will add to pressures on the group's leadership and raise questions

within al-shabab as to whether the current leadership, which is aligned with al-qaeda is on the right path. and we will probably see those divisions within the group deep enand with the group that aspires to affiliation with the group calling itself islamic state we may see a vigorous push from the wing of al-shabab. >> thank you for your time, 16 people killed in the libya city of benghazi and got in fierce fighting between forces loyal to the renegade and launched attacks and targeting from mizrata and have chaos in the country. al jazeera demands the release of journalists in egypt and fahme and mohamed and greste detained for 282 days and falszfals

falsely accused of aiding the muslim brotherhood. discovery of mass gravs and disappearance of students are related and there are blocks from the students and parents are accusing government leaders of lying and some convinced the students are still alive and we report from the state where tension is high. >> reporter: even the army can't get through. classmates and family members of the 43 missing students took over a major highway here in southwest state blocking traffic for hours. they say the government has ignored their pleas for the safe return of the students. rather than engage in a fight, this officer ordered his men back. a sign perhaps the government doesn't want to escalate an already tense situation. minutes later, a burst of action. protesters took over a toll

booth and ran off workers and started collecting funds for the missing students. >> they will keep taking over highways and taking over toll boos until their demand is met and that demand is to return these 43 students alive. >> reporter: they don't believe the bodies unearthed at a nearby series of braves contain the students and feel abandoned by the president who is ranlargelyt talking about the case. >> translator: the governor of the state hand over them alive. >> reporter: between ages of 18-22 and the second year at a rural teaching college and were seen taken away by police who they say worked for groups and this mother of the missing would not give her name. >> nothing they told us is true and we don't believe it really. we know the governor has them. >> reporter: the governor

didn't respond to requests for an interview and so far have not confirmed the bodies of the mass are the students but a government institute told al jazeera he believes the remains would prove to be those of the missing youth. with rumors and speculation federal experts are conducting tests, something that could take days and family members with violence and corruption say they will only trust independent experts from abroad, adam in the mexico state. honduras arrested a cartel and arrested by the guatemala border and wanted in the united states for smuggling thousands of kilos a month. vowing a prosecution of crimes against humanity and he died of a heart attack on saturday, age

63 and then we report on how people are reacting to the news. >> reporter: some of haiti's darkest days being corrupt and brutal and over seen by this man better known as baby dock and at the age of 19 he was declared president for life following the death of his father. baby dock accused of using his fear on the malitia to torture and kill people during his rule and hundreds of thousands of others fled the country risking everything for a better life. he was forced in exile in 1986 but to the surprise of many he returned 25 years later and his trial halted and he lived a free man in porta prince.

>> his death brought mixed reactions among people with an average age of 27 many are simply too young to remember his rule and other want to show respects to a former leader who still has family here and surprisingly there is nestalgia. >> if you are crossed up and in trouble with them you lived a peaceful life and the streets were clean and people cannot liter as people do now. >> reporter: from the current president a tweet that reads on behalf of the entire government and people of haiti i take this sad occasion to extend this to the relatives and supporters across the country. no mention here of right rites abuses and point to more of the former associates including his son work in the current government. and george is known for his friends as prince say his father

was tortured under the rule and death of the former leader brought him no comfort. >> my father die and i don't care he die. he supposed to be dying for so long. i don't care about him. >> reporter: the death won't bring closure to people like prince, the human rights activists say they will continue to push for prosecution. andy at porto prince. >> reporter: former karati champion will be the prime minister for the second time following sunday's election and the party will be the largest party in parliament but without majority and we report. >> reporter: this is the man who must now try to form a viable government in bulgaria and once a body guard to a former communist leader and

karati champion he will need his skills to try to form a coalition. >> translator: this is a point of no return. if we work together and prepared to make compromises we can have a moral right to make reforms. >> reporter: it won't be easy, more than two thirds of people who voted on sunday are pessimistic about the future according to polls. they lost faith in the political class after a succession of fragile coalitions. >> translator: the most important thing is for those who enter parliament to work together so we can get out of this crisis. >> translator: i'm an optimist by nature and pessimism over takes me and i don't believe the election will change much. >> reporter: it can take up to three weeks for the president to bring parties together to form a workable coalition. the main issues of the economy, fighting organized crime and corruption and a festering bank

crisis. >> people are getting to the point where who wins the new election and what coalition is formed has reforms otherwise this is really going down. the population will dominate that. >> reporter: he has been here before, this time he has fallen well short of an outright majority on the lowest ever turn out. now the tradeoffs with the smaller parties will begin. it appears that support for the far right has fallen away, but politics in bulgaria remains fractured. as winter comes and fuel bills come in there could be more street protests turning to violence as hard-up families feel the chill of austerity. a suicide bomber killed five

during festivities of a holiday and he was 19 and missing from his home for two months and they have been battling a separatist insurge guy -- insurgency but no bombing since 2012. rocket attack on sunday and nobody was killed in the latest shelling, the number of homes caught fire, a fragile ceasefire between ukrainian troops and russian separatists was declared a month ago but donetsk has daily fighting. greece expected to see its economy grow by 2.9% next year and some think the prime minister's projections are overly optimistic, since the crisis in 2010 they had two bail outs totaling $308 billion and the government is hoping it doesn't need aid by the end of this year. pope francis has opened a meeting of senior clercs saying

not to raise burdens on leaders and talks about the church and divorce and remarriage and we have the details. >> reporter: a year and a half in his pal papasy and he and catholics began talks on controversial issues affecting the church. >> translator: assemblies are not meant to discuss beautiful and clever ideas or the most intelligent, they are to nuture and tend to realize the dream and plants and people, in this way the lord is asking us to care for the family. >> reporter: the main topics include the use of conception, abortion and same sex relationship and up for debate to allow remarried people to take communion, another subject that divides the faithful.

>> translator: i wouldn't agree if the pope decides in allowing divorcees to have holy communion because the family is composed of man and wife so one can really build a family and have children. >> i believe divorcees should be allowed to have a public communion. >> reporter: the pope wants bishops to listen to the catholic community and already sent a strong signal. last month he preceded over 20 couples and one bride was already a mother, some couples had previously been living together and others had previously been married. but over the next year he is sure to meet strong resistance from many cardinals. >> i think the pope wants the cardinals to grabbel with the issue because this is now and not used to do this and they have begun to engage on the issue and as we go forward because this is a two-part process, this year and next october 2015, i think we are

going to see bishops lining up on each side of the issues. >> reporter: the talks will last two weeks and some in the vatican say reforms will not happen but catholics take the new tone struck by pope francis. more to come on the news hour young film makers showcase the work in the international film festival and in sport let's see if he can keep his team going in the playoffs. more to come. stay with us.

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♪ welcome back, now being a budding film director in zimbobwai is not easy and presents challenges but doesn't stop people from telling their stories and we went to the 16th international film festival in harari to see what they have to offer. >> the recovered, the movie theatre and people making sure they have what they need to enjoy the show and it's not caan but there is a film festival and

a chance for artists to show off their work. this year's open is a president directed by the first black president and his widow came especially to see the film. and for young film makers it's a chance to learn. >> we get to sort of meet people from different countries and different film makers get to engage and talk about film. so we wait all years for one moment. >> reporter: 67 films from 32 countries will be shown and films about love, hope, betrayal, revenge and politics. and some are reluctant for politician and generals and government officials and film makers hope that changes one day. some are tying to push the

boundaries and tell the story of the ups and downs. >> we need to get the political environment saying my criticizing doesn't mean i don't like you by i love you and it's difficult to understand it's because we want the best for the country and the best is being self critical. >> reporter: film makers get no government funding and finding sponsors is difficult but there is a renewed sense of excitement in the industry. ♪ and what is a festival without some home-grown music to help celebrate that. i'm with al jazeera. time for the sport now and andy is here. >> thank you so much darren and the yankees formula one teach russia asked for patience and understanding regarding medical updates while he is in the hospital and had surgery on sunday after crashing at the

japanese grand prix and he was described he had a severe head injury and with a recovery vehicle with the conditions at the track and unconscious taken to the hospital and further news will be released about his condition only when doctors there say it's appropriate. now amazing run of form has continued for madrid with a record 20 second spanish hat trick and israel won 5-0 and the 13th goal and 17th of the season in competition. behavior on the field and pitch is not unusual but two managers getting involved in a physical altercation is rare and he says he has no regrets for not giving his counterpart a little push during sunday's perma league game and he was unhappy with the challenge made on one of his

players. >> i wanted to go from a to b and somebody confronted me in betwe between, resulting in the near sign office welcome. >> i do so many things in football and sometimes you lose emotion and did wrong things but not this time because this time i was just in my technical area and it was not my problem. >> u.s. swimmer michael phelps is to take a break from sport and under go treatment after again being arrested for drunk driving and 29-year-old was charged by police last week and plead guilty in a similar situation this 2004, the 18th time olympic champion is to put the come back on hold while he attending a rehabilitation program. and baltimore oriols reached the

championship series for the first time since 1997 with a win over the detroit tigers and cruz put his team in the lead in the sixth inning. >> fair ball, home run. >> reporter: the final 3-0 series sweep. next up for baltimore it's kansas city. >> if you tell me we will see that i don't believe it. like you say they have three great pitchers you know and to have a great offense also and to be able to enter this was pretty shocking. >> golf one mcilroy didn't have things in his way in scotland and missing on the title by a single stroke at st. andrews and irishman not helped by the bow g guy -- b o gie and the first

title winning by a stroke and 17 under par. tennis world number one dropped to games in winning the final and he said his 66 minute win was arguably his best ever performance in a final and the 5th time he won the open and never lost a match in the event and title number four for the year and the 46th of his career. and she is two in the world in china and taken three sets by her opponent. australia cricket won the series against pakistan in t-20 and limiting pakistan to 96 runs. and max well was the star performer getting three wick ets and won the chase and australia winning with six to spare and the teams will meet 31 days ahead of a series.

south america is in a different stage in development and columbia just played a match in four years and with brazil and peru. >> reporter: it might be too much to call it a favor but the temperature is rising in columbia's cricket. the country created its board in june and hosting its first ever international tournament against brazil and peru. still in early days and i think we have the highest number of players between madeen on record. we have indians, australians, south africa and british and a few colombians. >> brazil and peru are council affiliates and regulars at the championship and a chance for colombians to show their strength. >> i look at columbia and say we

were like this ten years ago so columbia has lots of potential and in some ways we come here to play in the tournament but saying to columbia cricket we can support you. >> reporter: the history of colombian cricket goes back to 1903 and reached its height in the 1960s before fading away when violence pushed foreigners to leave until the recent resurgance and made up of experts but there is a wick etkeeper playing for the national side. discovered cricket as a child and proudly shows his collection of bats and a towel hanging in his living room. >> for me it's something comparing to an ancient battle like maybe i say the example of water lou like up one side and weldington on the other and people preparing for a battle. it's just beautiful.

controlling the ball at 26 meters is a challenge but the biggest one may be getting an unfamiliar audience to understand the game. >> it's a game and i don't know if somebody knows the rules and it's current the way you play and it's difficult but it's good, it's good to see this over time in columbia. >> reporter: the players believe they will get more colombians to pick up the bat. and we can show they can win over powerful opponents, a first step on the road to the south american championship in 2015, i'm with al jazeera. i'm not sure about the cricket and more from that. >> that is it for me and stay with us on al jazeera and we are up next, with more news at the top of the hour and quick reminder keep up to date with the news on the website, there it is on your screens, the address of course is al jazeera.com. that is al jazeera.com. thanks for watching. stay tuned to al jazeera.

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