jen rodgers in for ali velshi, thanks for joining us. >> announcer: this is al jazeera. from al jazeera's headquarters in doha, this is the newshour. i'm martine dennis. coming up in the next 60 minutes - health workers in mali scramble to find dozens who may have been in contact with a baby who died of ebola. an emergency meeting in egypt after dozens are killed in the signi peninsula.

the -- sinai peninsula. the army vows revenge the world is ignoring atrocities plus, we are in the afghan capital where hundreds are lining up for a tiny device that will change their lives forever. we start with the latest on the ebola crisis. health officials in mali are scrambling to track down people who may have been in contact with a two-year-old girl. the world health organisation believes the girl travelled hundreds of kilometres by bus through the country with her grandmother whilst contagious. >> reporter: mallee's first case of ebola was brought here to kayes. now the country has its first victim. >> translation: well, i can say

it's a 2-year-old girl who travelled, accompanied by her grandmother. it's possible the two arrived at a time when the symptoms were not detectible, but the illness evolved. >> mali officials say the girl may have contracted the disease in the case where the first ebola case was identified. the girl had symptoms and was likely contagious when she travelled by bus to mali's capital. dozens who came into contact with the girl have been identified and isolated. officials say there could be hundreds more. there are fears one of the poorest countries is not well equipped to contain the deal. staff from the world health organisation were here luckily, discussing how to prepare should a case occur. >> i trust the mali government and the world health organisation. i'll they'll find a solution.

>> translation: people must wash their hands with soap. this is the first plan. now for the rest. we are waiting. we do not have much information. >> while there is hope, ebola is spreading rapidly, with experts warning the rate of infections could reach 1,000 per week across north africa. and with such a risk of exposure, the country will have to work hard to contain it. >> world health organisation and doctors without borders are sending teams, and a plane has flown a tonne of medical supplies to the country. mali is the sixth country to be affected by ebola. the u.n. is treating the case of the toddler as an emergency. the worst effected is sierra leone, guinea and sierra leone. the outbreak was detected in march. nigeria and senegal have their

cases of ebola, but the world health organisation declared these two countries free of the disease. in the u.s. all workers returning from west africa could be quarantined. right now it's those in new jersey. that's because a doctor was hospitalized after a return from guinea. some african immigrants are worried about discrimination. kristen saloomey has that story no one in the united states is concerned about ebola. they have seen the disease take a toll on family members, whilst being treated with suspicion. >> we are talking about sitting in a sub. where you have someone from africa, and people move from you. >> for the community there's a

fear and a stigma. people - we are worried that they will not go to the hospital. >> a confirmed case of ebola in new york city. >> ebola came roaring back... >> news that a new york doctor has the disease is adding to concerns. craig spencer came home from treating ebola patients in guinea. >> it's no cause for alarm. new yorkers need to understand the situation is being handled and well. there's no cause for every day new yorkers to be alarmed. >> reporter: the mayor says the fires sign of fever, he was quarantined, designated to deal with the virus. >> reporter: as officials tried to calm, the chances of it spreading are thin. the first case is local national and international media attention. all the talk has city residents

worried. >> worried that the doctor rode the subway has many asking why he wasn't quarantined. >> he should have been quarantined as soon as he came. >> because of the deadly disease - if i get it, my family get if. i have a 4-year-old son. i'm worried about it. >> in little liberia, there has been meeting after meeting about what to watch for and how to help. almost everyone here nose someone at home who died from the disease. >> you're going to send us money, supplies, some hygienic supplies, medications that we need now that the disease is in the united states largest city, they hope more americans will want to help too now, at least five people have been killed in the syrian city of aleppo in what activists

say was a barrel bomb attack. this video appears to show the aftermath in al-hyder rear district. children and elderly are among the dead. >> translation: i went up to the rooftop and saw the plane coming. we ran and hid behind the wall. later we found my mother dead on the bed. she had been sleeping. i found her covered with blankets. what can we do. is there a god watching. >> syrian activists believe a fight against bashar al-assad is forgotten. so much attention is focussed on the fight against i.s.i.l. in the north, and as stephanie dekker reports, bashar al-assad's army is taking advantage. >> reporter: the syrian regime controlled the air here. as the eyes of the world and the u.s.-led coalition firepower focuses on kobane.

there has been a significant increase in air strikes on rebel positions by bashar al-assad's air force. >> he is busy. he has priority to achieve military success and priority. the first is damascus. second is syrian cause. and then their own. he is now taking advantage, and this time his intensive military observations. >> the syrian observatory for human rights reports since monday there has been 450 government air strikes across the country. many inside syria feels no one is paying attention now that the narrative is all about i.s.i.l. we spoke to an activist in the countryside. >> the world is ignoring the regime actions. we should mention an important point in kobane, a few hundred people are besieged. in the east or west, 800,000

civilians under government siege were left without food or medicine. >> reporter: there has been reports that multiple brigades of the free syrian army want to join the fight against i.s.i.l. this woman in aleppo is asking why no one is protecting them, they'll have to take up arms themselves. the battle it intensifying. >> it's good news for bashar al-assad. now he's taken advantage from this time to gain on the land when they will arriving to say sit down on the table. he can have strong ties. time is running out. he is interested to gain on the field, on the land before sitting and starting to discuss any political solution. >> the syrian opposition is divided - politically and when

it comes to the many different groups on the ground. there may be an international coalition when it's fighting i.s.i.l., but there's no agreement on when to win the war, a war that has killed over 200,000 syrians and displaced millions now, egypt's president called a meeting of the armed forces to review security in the sinai sinaied peninsula, imimposing a state of emergency after at least 30 soldier were killed on friday. 37 dying in alarish when an attacker rammed the vehicle packed with explosives into a security checkpoint. in a second, three were killed when a gunman opened fire. egypt's president abdul fatah al-sisi declared three days of mourning. the military has been struggling

with waves of unrest since the overthrow of mohamed mursi in july. we can talk to a senior lecturer at the university of exeter. he joins us from skype from oslo, the norwegian capital. tell us about the armed groups operating in the sinai peninsula, who are they. what do they want? >> well, there are various armed groups. the most famous of whom is the supporters of jerusalem, that started its operations in 20 - or became more and more apparent in 2011, and it was mainly targetting the gas pipelines. to export gas to israel between february 2011 and august. and even a documentary about its operations, the title was the

maskman. the mask man blowing up the pipeline. after that, there was a court order stopping the exporting of gas. they did some operation against the israeli defense forces across the borders, leading to a multiple armed operation and crashes that in august 20th doesn't kill some egyptian border guards by mistake after the israelis were after the militants on the border. in the border area. and then after that, several crashes happened between the police and security forces in the region, and we are talking about the north-east, the further north-east district of sinai, and some action happening as well in the central eastern areas, and in other districts.

>> sorry, i just wanted to ask you these latest attacks do they signify is gear change, a shift in tactic. security forces have been targeted, clearly. >> it's true. there has been a change from 2012, to be honest. the clashes with the security forces and army forces. after 2015, after the coup in july, and after maintain the crackdown in mraba in august 2015, there was a statement issued saying that they were against democracy, and the process, and condemning the muslim brothers. but then they rechanged their rhetoric, a narrative saying e they will not defend the muslim

mothers, but the ones killed and they launched several operations saying that this is in defense and revenge. they changed the narrative to be behind quotations in defense of killed muslims. the clashes were between... >> are they... >> the activities... >> are the activities related to the wide-spread political dissent that we see in urban areas in egypt, cairo and alexandria. are the two connected? >> it's a very complex problem. part of the problem in sinai, and this is mostly local able to vix that became a national issue after the coup, but it was mainly local issue that goes back to since 2000. and you can trace it back since

after the israelis, after the liberation of sinai. since it happened there was crackdown, accusing tribes and clans of assisting the palestinians across the border in gaza, and this led to multiple ways of violence and counter violence throughout the 10 decades. after 2011, it manifested within the framework and escalated. it turned from a regional group to a national group that was able to do operations in central delta, claim operations in cairo, and claim operations in the north of upper egypt. and we saw, also, the capacities have interposed in the post july 2013, for the first time they were able to bring down a helicopter and second army helicopter, doing up the attack.

we saw a turn in the outreach. >> omar, thank you very much indeed. thank you for explaining a very complex situation. three gaoled al jazeera journalists have been contained in egypt for 301 days. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were convicted of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their convictions. al jazeera has dismissed the charges against them and continues to demand their immediate release. peter greste and mohamed fadel fahmy from sentenced to 7 years, baher mohamed received an extra three years for having a spent bullet on him, which he picked up at a protet we have a lot more to come on the al jazeera newshour. we are in the democratic republic of congo, where a 16-year-old is among 12 people on trial for the killing of a popular army colonel. >> almost a year after ukraine's

madan revolution began, parliamentary polls are set to open. not everyone will be able to vote and the top two football teams in asia do battle as the western sydney wanderers play in saudi arabia. jo will be here with the details in a little while. iran executed a woman accused of killing a former intelligence official. human rights groups argued she was acting in self-defence when a man tried to sexually assault her. they called for a stay of execution, accusing prosecution of pressuring her to confess. the u.n. was critical in what it described as deep flaws in her trial. >> let's go to yemen where the

security situation is deteriorating. dozens of shia hooty rebels have been -- houthi rebels have been killed in southern haddar city. there has been fierce fighting between houthi and sunni tribes. a number of strikes targeted al qaeda positions in and around the city. we can talk to omar al saleh, our correspondent in aden. you are also in the south of yemen, and there seems to be more and more bottle fronts in this -- battle fronts in this part of yemen in particular. >> yes, absolutely. the fierce battle front of the heaviest fighting that is taking place in yemen seems to be concentrated on badda.

the development coming over the last 24 hours, and it's continuing right now, with clashes there. tribesman from win al-bayesa and outside joined farces they are battling the houthis. what exacerbated the continue there is the u.s. drone attacks on suspected al qaeda. tribesman there feel there is a sectarian aspect of the crisis much the shia houthis, rebels advancing, so there is a sectarian aspect. they are united with other tribes to repel it. what is important to highlight here is that for the first time the government forces seem to target the tribesman. they think tribesmen in albyeda,

that there's an alliance with the government and backed by the u.s. drones. it will estimate and fuel the sectarian tension. >> you are in aiden, the center of the big ses session movement that seems to be gathering momentum and strength whilst there's chaos in other parts of the country. absolutely. we are talking to the protesters. they gave the government an ultimatum to withdraw forces. if the government does not take all the troops out and declare the south independent. they could take it to another stage. what do they mean, there could be an escalation here. the north is high. they described the unity as an

occupation. north and south came together to form the republic of yemen in the 1990s, and ever since the sentiment is on the rise. what is different is the agreement of independence is not new. after the first time they saw a week government in sanaa, and want to take advantage of it. >> okay. omar al saleh reporting live there from aden in southern yemen now, ukrainians head to the polls on sunday for the first parliamentary elections since viktor yanukovych was forced out of president in february. with russia's annexation of crimea, and the turmoil in the east of the country, barnaby phillips reports on how people are desperate for stability. >> reporter: these are dark days in ukraine. darth vader is on the ballot paper, promising peace and an

end to corruption. >> if ukranians share his concerns about where the country is going, they are unlikely to vote him and his government into parliament. there are credible parties emerging. these activists paid a prominent part in the overthrow of viktor yanukovych. but their revolution, they say, is not complete. his systems in courts, general prosecutor office in all saturday agencies and women is working, unfortunately. his state is alive. we should keep it. >> frustration at the slow pace of change is boiling obvious. >> in recent weeks crowds attacked members of the previous government, whom they feel should be brought to justice. the man assaulted here was a minister under viktor yanukovych. we met him in his office. new legislation, he says, that

punishes senior civil servants and ministers that work for viktor yanukovych is unfair. >> it's a catastrophic mistake that could affect a million civil servants, professionals that the government can't replace, it's a political vendetta. we hope to repeal. >> no one in kiev will forget the battles that took place in this square. now that viktor yanukovych has gone, ukrainians go into these elections divided. some want to see the old system completely swept away. with the economy shrinking and a war in the east, ukrainians know that the country is in desperate need of stability and unity. president petro porashenko is not running in the elections. opinion polls suggest his party, the petro porashenko block is likely to be the winner. he hopes to form a new

coalition, giving ukraine a stronger government. the changes of the past year have been violent and unpredictable. there's no tradition of con census and compromise. whichever government emerges from the elections will struggle to hold the country together. >> massive challenges. let's go live to barnaby in kiev. so what supplemental choice is before the ukranian electorate. at least those allowed to vote in the elections? >> well, i suppose on the one hand you have a reformist bloc. you might call them pro-e.u., pro-western block. and president petro porashenko would like to see himself as the leader of that block. opinion polls suggest that he'll be able to form the winning coalition, perhaps working with the outgoing prime minister. but i think there's a suspicion

among people involved in the revolution. they see a lot of old faces in parliament. the kinds accused of having stymied reform, cropping up in the president's coalition. you have radical new alternatives. you saw some in my package. but the old regime of viktor yanukovych has not gone away completely. his party of the regions has been disbanded but reformed under new names and opinion polls suggest it will get over the 5% threshold and be represented in the parliament. it is strongly represented in the east where that war is going on. >> so clearly there are massive security problems to contend with for whomever is victorious from the elections. with reason any virtually on its

knee, that will take attention, isn't it. >> we, it's a difficult economic situation for ukraine. some protections that g.d.p. could shrink by as much as 10% this year. the national currency is falling against the euro, the dollar. it pushes up imsports. a lot of ukraine -- imports. a lot of ukranian bangs are in trouble -- banks are in trouble. it's running at 14%. >> and there's the war, that is very damage of course, because it involves an industrial part of the country where a lot of steel mining and coal mining should take place, and the expense of trying to run the war. it's being done in an ad hoc way, but is a train on the country's coffers. >> barnaby phillips will cover the important elections as they

take place in ukraine tomorrow. >> we'll look at the world weather situation. roads have turned to river in the greek cap fall. here is steph to tell us a bit more about what is going on, and is it getting better. >> remember the storm that hit bedroomuedo and the u.k., gone -- bermuda and the u.k., d gonzalo, it's the same thing. it gave heavy downpours in crease and ath -- greece and athens. imagine if that started on the street outside your house. there you can see the cars whisked away by the water and smashed into each other, all against walls. as well as seeing a lot of rain, there's a fair amount of wintry weather out of the system. somewhat surprising, given that

it did start as a tropical storm. all thanks to the area of high pressure over parts of russia. moscow is maximum temperatures, reaching minus 4. the cold weather extending to the area of low pressure, the remains of the storm. that's why you are seeing a lot of snow on the northern edge. a lot of wet weather, some wintry over the south-eastern parts of europe and feeling miserable for the remainder of today and heading into tomorrow. the system edges eastwards, more of us in turkey will see heavy downpours over the next few days. >> more to come on the newshour, including... >> i've been on a week-long roadtrip in brazil, caging the mood of -- gauging the mood of voters ahead of the election. i'm in a city divided, like the rest of the country. >> moving from a bedroom near

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hello, you are with al jazeera, the newshour. the top stories - the first confirmed ebola patient in mali died. the w.h.o. is trying to trace people who have been in contact with the 2-year-old girl, who travelled from guinea. egypt's president scored a meeting with the armed forces to

look at security in the sinai peninsula. 30 soldiers were killed in two attacks on friday. at least five have been killed in the syrian city of aleppo, in what activists say was a government barrel bomb attack. children and the elderly are among the dead. >> tunisia is to take its next step in its democratic transition with parliamentary elections on sunday. many hope that this will be the end of a 4-year transition period. after president fled the country. our correspondent hashem ahelbarra is in the capital tunis. unemployment and poverty were key drivers of the original revolution. to what extent are they still a big important issue for these elections? >> very important issues in this election. when tunesizians cast a vote,

it's not just to this side or to choose a new parliament, it's more to ensure that the country that inspired the -- inspired the arab spring has a peaceful move to democracy. you are talking about 16% of a population that is unemployed, 15% that is poor. these will decide whether we'll see a huge turn out tomorrow, or not. having said that, you are talking about millions of people who are the solutions with tunisia's process, as we see in this report. >> reporter: the youngest tanned date in the up -- candidate in the upcoming election, campaigning in the area where he was born and spent most of his life. 23-year-old mok dead graduated from university and wants to win

a seat in parliament. his friend's bike is the only way to move around and meet people. like the young, he doesn't trust the political party. >> translation: i have decided to run for the election so young people in tunisia take destiny into their own hands. here political parties use the young and poor to distribute banners and posters. when the elections are dofr, they ignore him. people say they are willing to vote for mokded, but are unsure whether he can solve their problems. mokded is getting a taste of challenges candidates mace. this woman plays with her family, she wants a decent house, financial aid and medicine. a day later mokded is in good

spirits, joined by young candidates for a final rally. apart from relatives and curious schoolchildren, many chose to attend rallies held by prominent candidates. >> if i win a seat in the parliament, i will create job opportunities for the young people, and push for the creation of a fund that helps young people create projects. >> reporter: the government has given mokded and his colleagues $300 to pay for his campaign. if they fail to get 3% of the vote in their district, they'll have to return the money. >> that was hashem ahelbarra, our correspondent reporting there from tunisia. let's talk about the situation in tunishia with a senior associate at the carnegie middle east center. she joins us live from beirut. tell us how fragile would you say is tunisia today, the fledgeling democracy.

how much can it withstand? >> i can't hear you. >> sorry, we have problems with beirut. we'll try to get back to our guest in. we'll talk a little more about the situation in tunisia. can you hear us? >> i can hear you now, yes. >> great. sorry, i was asking, really, how fragile do you think this phlegmling -- fledgeling democracy of tunisia is today? how much pressure can it withstand? >> i can't - i heart half the question. >> we are having problems. we will come back to you because we really want to talk more about the situation in tunisia.

now, in the meantime, whilst sorting out the technical problems, let's go to egypt. the president, abdul fatah al-sisi, is speaking. let's have a listen. >> to begin with, this operation is backed by outside forces. outside logistics were provided for such an provision to be carried out as the egyptian armed forces. the question why. the must be aware i address all egyptians. this is to dent the resolve of egypt and the egyptian armed forces, for being the cornerstone of egypt.

many are not willing for egypt and the egyptians to stand back on their feet, many are not willing for egypt and the shans are to move forward -- egyptians to move forward and achieve milestone achievements. i'm addressing all the shans -- egyptians, be vigilant. a plot is being woven against all of us. all what is happening. it's been expected. we have raised these issues before. this was before 3 july. we have been expecting such a journey, a journey we are obligated to cover. a challenge we had to face. we always said we all egyptians

must join forces to address this challenge, and the army is up to it. we cannot be shaken, our resolve can't be dented. do not think that we are not feeling the pain for those who have fallen. yet those brave heroes have fallen to defend egypt. many have fallen. and many are expected to fall. it is a huge wall. egypt is facing a huge wall. egypt is battling a huge wall. a battle of existence. we should remain united. one hand, one heart. we can feel the pain, yet remain wary of the bigger plot. it is a huge plot against egypt

and egyptians. i'm not concerned but for one thing. i feel for you, the egyptians. we are up to any change. we are up to any threat. so long as - and i repeat myself, so long as the shans are are standing up together. united. vigilant, that the objective behind these obligations it to overthrow the stage. we cannot falter. we cannot fall. we cannot allow our stade hood to be -- statehood to be undermined. i repeat. we are up to any challenge. we are up to any problems. so long as the egyptian people are standing up steadfast

united, joining forces with the armoured forces the state and execution. no 1 can drive a wedge between the egyptian people, between the shans and their army and state and institutes. this is the true threat. however, we should remain village lant. stand to the ground. steadfast to one objective, to bring egypt back to its feet. this is our objective. to bring back egypt on it feet. it is not an easy task. it requires is great deal of patien patience, sacrifice, a price that has to be paid by all egyptians for the sake of

egypt - egypt now and tomorrow for the coming generations. the sum of all our effort in the past few months are countless. even in our battle against terrorism dozens are targeted and killed among the terrorists. we are not happy with the outcome. we appreciate the magnitude of the challenge. we have been fighting terrorism. dozens have been killed in the past months and weeks. hundreds of terrorists were eliminated. you can't imagine how sinai would be, a ground for terrorism

and terrorists. it's an ongoing battle it has not come to an end and will take months to come. we should stand our ground, our resolve cannot be depth, nor the resolve of the armoured force, and no 1 can drive a wedge among the egyptian people. we are all -- no 1 can drive a wedge among the egyptian people. if so, this is the true threat today and yesterday we have taken certain measures much these measures are in the face of recent developments. the certain measures must be taken in order to approve

terrorism, the problem of rafah, and all the problems in this area should be uprooted. i address all the egyptians. rest assured keep the peace. we have to have hope and face in god first, and you second. by the grace of god. tomorrow is brighter than today. i always say our objective is to build and restore not to destroy or kill and god almighty cannot

prosper against those seeking good cause and deeds. once again i offer my heart-felt condolences not only to the relatives of those that have fa fallen, but to all of us, the egyptian family, our children, and they have fallen for the sake of egypt, to remain high, and egypt will live on. egypt will live on. long live egypt, thank you so there you had abdul fatah al-sisi, the egyptian president speaking at almuza military airport, outside the capital cairo, and a defiant speech. it looked spontaneous, following

on from the meeting he had with military chiefs to work out what to do next about military strategy with regard to the sinai peninsula. this following from two attacks on friday killing 30 members of the armed forces. he talked about a plot against shaps, and said -- egyptians, and said it was backed by outside forces and designed to dent the resolve of egyptians, particularly the resolve of the armed forces, and entreated all the egyptians to be vigilant and he said that again this is a huge plot against egypt, saying that they'd been fighting terrorism for months and referred to the fact that the armed forces managed to eliminate hundreds of terrorists in this sinai region, a state of

emergency has been declared in sinai in parts, the rafah crossing has been closed. that was a speech from the egyptian president with regard to the sinai peninsula. we'll move on and look at brazil. millions there will cast ballots in a presidential run off elections, the two candidates beat competitors in the first round. what do they stand for. dilma rousseff has been the president, and her poll say had been state intervenes in the policy. aecio neves is her opponent. a governor of brazil's second-most popular state saying the country needs less state involvement and more business friendly policies. al jazeera has been reporting from small groups in min ash

ganache, an important place with 15 million voters, and is deeply divided as to who should be the next president. we visit a town which is split down the middle. this person sits over a room weaving cloth and stitching blankets and rugs. like other families, he works in a small shop in his home and with his mother in the city that produce the handmade rugs. they can't escape the election. a tv is played in the background and eyes are drawn to it for the final commercial for dilma rousseff shown. in this family they relate to the president's message. >> translation: dilma rousseff helped a lot of people who don't have many resources. people that need social

programs. with the dilma government, the situation improved a lot. the poor have more opportunities, including for us to start a full business. don't think that everywhere in the town is in agreement. they are not. in the first round of voting dilma rousseff and aecio neves received 43% of the vote. down the street this couple are humped over a loom, weaving a blanket. each one taking four hours to make by hands. they sit silently working with a lot of time to think. like many, they are not much into politics, but the vote is for sure. >> translation: it's the best of the worst options. this is a small time. federal government benefits many times don't reach us.

if they arrive, they are late. >> reporter: whether it's small towns or big cities, people agree on one thing, brazil today is a different country to 10-15 years ago. is it better now or worse. who is best to fix the problems. that's the question na divided so many, and why the election is contested and unpredictable. the arty scans are united by the love for their work, but divided on politics, like the rest of the country time for sport with jo. >> we begin with football. the western sydney wanderers take a 1-0 league with a tie with al-halal. the first tie was tight and goalless. tommy you're itch slid in con --

you're itch, he pushed for an equalizer. the wanderers taking a slepder advantage to riyadh next week a 4-month man for bite are for luis suarez finishes next week. luis suarez will get minutes, said the coach, and what could hardly be a more high-profile debut. his coach said he's looking forward. >> doesn't change our tactics of the game. i think it's good news that luis suarez can play in the spanish league maryio barra tellie may be on the subs bench after changing

shurts with a real madrid player in the champion's league match. it's the on-pitch performance that may see him subbed. second placed manchester city heads to west ham. sunderland will feel the sting of a loss. they play arsenal. to the m.l.b. kansas city take a 2-1 lead. the quints have a 6-game home-winning streak snapped as david garrett reports. >> reporter: two one-sided games, one win each, this would be closer. kansas city's escobar made contact on the first play. jorge lorenzo out to shortstop. escabar running home 1-0. same score in the sixth. distance on this one. over to gregor, enough for an rbi double.

2-0 for camden city. two becomes three. kansas produced in the sixth in game two, and it's day jar video. hit, gordon scores. the royals lording it, 3-up. the giant fight back, two runs in the bottom of the sixth. michael morse doubles to the left. a chance to tie game three at three. pab low ground out, the royals stay ahead 3-2. tension on the kansas city faces, as they look to see the game out. great reactions by pitcher greg holland. game over. 2-1 in the best of seven, heading to game 4 on saturday rafael nadal has confirmed his tennis year is over because of appendicitis. he will miss the season-ending

atp world tour finals, taking place in london next month. rafael nadal made the decision following a shock loss to croatian at the swiss indoor championships on friday. the spaniard hoped to delay surgery until after the london event. roger federer is on course to reach his ninth straight indoor final. he beat gregor dimma tof and will play in the final four serena williams made it to the final of the end of season wta final of a thrilling win. the world number one lost the opening set and temper, smashing her racquet in frustration. that seemed to be a catalyst for change in the match. serena pulling it back to 1-set all, and wept on to win in a tie

break. a fourth match point in a contest that took over three hours williams will face the winner of another semi. it's halep who has tape the first set 6-2 mark marquez recently was ground world motogp champion. the spanish rider has surpassed the record of most in a single season, most polls. he was fastest in qualifying for the malaysian grand prix. the 13th time he'll start from the front of the grid. >> there's more from sport later. >> now, in afghanistan - hundreds of children and young people are due to hear their parents voices and other things besides for the first time.

hearing aids are being given out. it's part of a joint programme. jennifer glasse is in the capital kabul the end of silence. he has been deaf since birth. his hearing aid, low cost, low power model will allow him to hear for years. he can't wait to show his parents. so many dreams could be fulfilled, a new life for the hearing impaired afghans. >> it would mean a better education, learning skills, you know. communicating, which is basic, communicating with the rest of society.

it would be life changing. >> it's expected many will benefit. most from kabul's two schools for the deaf. >> for years, the hearing impaired lived in a world of their own. this opportunity gives them an opportunity a chance to rejoin society. until now, all they have known is sign language. with hearing aids, they could learn to speak. something afghanistan's overloaded health care system couldn't offer them. >> we have so many problems, lots of challenges, and priorities, child mortality, immunization, malnutrition. and this is one of the examples we are non for profit organizations can do.

>> an organization brought their equipment here at the invitation of an afghan host. >> turning it on is the first step. it takes time to get used to hearing the sounds around them. selim says rocket explosions robbed him of what little hearing he had at birth. now he is listening to music for the first time. at 18 he never had a job. now he hopes to get one, his dream to work for the afghan government. >> we have a lot more to come at al jazeera. we are looking at the elections taking place this weekend. they are taking place in tunisia, ukraine, and, of course, in brazil. plus we are keeping up to date with a developing crisis of ebola in west africa. the latest being that in mallee the latest tick -- mali the latest victim died and she travelled whilst contagious. that is a big story.

egypt's president warns the state to remain vigilant against attacks on security person. >> translation: a plot is being woven against all of us. . >> hello. this is al jazeera live from doha. another day of bloodshed in yemen. mali the sixth african country to be affected by ebola. a 2-year-old girl dies. >>