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divided country. i have the sport including this. ♪ south africa in shock after the captain is shot dead during a robbery. ♪ kurdish fighters in kobani have overnight offensive by i.s.i.l. and some of the heaviest fighting the syrian border has seen to date and trying to take this in turkey to the north of the town and i.s.i.l. cutoff reenforcement and kurdish fighters say they desperately need and helped i.s.i.l. and gain new ground and let's go to our correspondent and we are near ckobani and how is it goin

on there? >> reporter: it has picked up and hearing consistent artillery fire and gunfire and a lull in the last few seconds but it's going on pretty intensively and that is after sunday night, last night where kurds in kobani with the heaviest fighting so far and they are determined it seems to try and take a border crossing in an area that it's in the control of kurds and it could be used as an access point for reenforcements to come and may be iraqi persmerga or reenforcements from the free syrian army and i.s.i.l. wants control of the boarder crossing to stop them getting through and make attempts to take it and

last night was biggest so far and kurds say they came in at the last-minute to stop the border from falling in i.s.i.l. hands. >> we are seeing live pictures from kobani from the border and smoke rising from there. are we going to see the reenforcements that are expected to join the fight in kobani, what is the hold up there? >> this has been very difficult to predict or say when the reenforcements are coming and turkey said it will allow iraqi persmerga, 150-200 will cross through turkey and kobani and they want and will allow reenforcements for the free syrian army through but these are yet to materialize and fighters in kobani say turkey is stalling the approval process, stalling how it will allow the

persmerga through and no response from the turkey government but there is a cabinet meeting this afternoon but the kurds desperately need reenforcements and have not had any since i.s.i.l. is trying to take control and they are lewising fighters and some are killed and some injured and they distally need reenforcements and this is allowing them to hold their ground. >> thank you for the update and we can see smoke rising from the area from the turkey/syria border near kobani and we will be keeping an eye on developments from there throughout the program and through the day of course. elsewhere in syria rebel fighters have launched and coordinated attack on a government-held city and managed to capture three army checkpoints in idlib and this is a supply route to capitol

damascus and they launched air strikes in the area and let's go to our correspondent stephanie decker joining us from beirut and neighboring lebanon and stef what is the latest on the attack and now the government air strikes? >> that's right. we have been told by activists there is still fighting ongoing in the permanent perimeter of the city in the early morning hours and a small fighters belonging to al-qaeda nusra got in the city and heard from television confirming this and the city is secure and they are no longer inside and what is confirmed is the fighters from nusra took 5-6 kilometers south of the city, that is close to a government military base and some people will tell you if they manage to take that the chances of get ing this the city are higher but we need to put it

in context, it will be difficult for the fighters to take the city and the government is strong there and at you said they have been carrying out air strikes on the hill that nusra and barrel bomb ings that happened in the last couple hours in rebel-held positions in the city. >> and expecting something of a major rebel of offensive for sometime and why is that so important for the opposition now? >> i think we can break it down into two areas, strategically and symbolically and neighbors with a government stronghold and very close to turkey, the government last week took an area to the south which opened up a major highway and this is military strategy in terms of gaining ground and supply routes and blocking them whichever side you are on and talking about the opposition i want to make sure

it's not just one opposition, there are lots there and this has been taken by al-nusra and want to take the city and the city would be the second city under control of rebels, that we would see. and daka under the control of i.s.i.l. and this would be a symbolic have victory and because that aenvelope po and east of an aleppo and to remind the humanitarian impact of this is the city hosts internally displaced refugees and there is of course a concern that if this now becomes a new front line the new humanitarian effect there will be critical. >> that is our correspondent stephanie decker joining us from beirut and lebanon. i.s.i.l. fighters in iraq carried out a suicide bombing on an army check point, attack took

place in a village just north of alsaka and the town was recently retaken from i.s.i.l. by the iraqi army. and we have the latest from baghdad. >> suicide bomber drove a hum v on the outskirts killing 15 people and injuring 23 others. this was not in the main town and the army say they do control but in a village just outside and now this was an operation to capture them and the army say it was a ground success and took 72 hours from the beginning to taking of the city and say the city is in control and we have a key area and it's the jumping off point if i.s.i.l. controlled it for my offensive they have on the key religious cities and this is very key for the army to take control of the city. now what they are doing is they are moving out and finding out in the surrounding areas and

clearing them of any remaining i.s.i.l. forces and may well see more attacks like this as they push i.s.i.l. forces out of the area. there are still pockets of i.s.i.l. fighters in the area and cutoff from the main fighting forces and makes them slightly more dangerous because they have nothing left to fight for. they can't get to the areas where they are from and they pose a much bigger threat and we may see more attacks like this. the fact this was a captured special forces vehicle will be of concern to the iraqi army and this is the reason the suicide bomber was able to get so close to that check point causing such devastation. hundreds of thousands of people in the kurdish north of iraq have been displaced by the advance of i.s.i.l., many of them have fled to the capitol arbil and a number had to leave vulnerable family members behind. >> translator: i'm her mother and she is my baby she says.

i have lost the dearest thing in my life. she and her family were forced to leave the town when i.s.i.l. fighters over ran it in august. her husband is blind. he sifts through the family i.d. cards so he son can find the one that belonged to his three-year-old sister kristina. and describes the day i.s.i.l. took her daughter away. >> translator: they came to our house and put us on a truck. they took us to the medical center. they said they would give us medical checks and medicine if anyone was sick. then they ordered us on a bus and searched our bags, took our money and gold and even our clothes. a young man wearing black clothing of i.s.i.l. came on the bus and armed i.s.i.l. fighters surrounded the vehicle. >> translator: he took my

daughter from me. i followed him and was pleading with him to give her back. >> reporter: the man disappeared into the medical center, after a few minutes another man appeared holding kristi kristina. >> translator: he was around 60 or 70 years old and carrying my daughter, she was crying and i was begging him to give me her and he threatened saying if i didn't get back on the bus i would be killed. i feel tortured, my heart is crying out for my daughter and i have no idea where she is and how she is and i have no information at all. >> reporter: her bus were ordered to follow an i.s.i.l. armed vehicle and she and a group of 20 men and women were driven out of town and left in the desert and took them ten hours to go to irbil the kurdish region of iraq and live in cubicles in this unfinished

shopping mall and most people are staying here in comparison to hundreds of thousands of displaced people facing winter in tents and the families are fortunate and there is great fear and uncertainty here. especially for those like ida whose daughter was left behind. the story is not uncommon. rights groups here say there are reports of family whose say that i.s.i.l. have taken their daughters, for the time being there is nothing these families can do except pray they will see their loved ones again, irbil. the fighter jet hurt suspected al-qaeda targets with air strikes in the providence and fighters are battling al-qaeda and sunni tribal in south of the capitol and dozens killed on both sides and reports of suspected u.s. drone strikes in the area. israel is pushing aahead head in

occupied east jerusalem and 600 additional homes will be built and 400 and let's go to correspondent and is joining us now from west jerusalem, what more do we know about this planned settlement expansion in east jerusalem? >> well, it's a pretty sizable expansion, as you rightly point out a thousand unit also be constructed as part of this plan and we understand it will extend in the west bank and a number of roads will be built and student center and parks will be built as well. many people are questioning why the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is choosing to announce to extend the settlement particularly at a time of such unrest in occupied east jerusalem and seen confrontation between israeli security forces and palestinians

in occupied east jerusalem since the gaza war and the short answer to that is politics. later today mr. netanyahu will be convening the parliament here and he has had some political difficulties lately and party built on coalition and one of the coalition partners threatened to pull out, a partner which is prosettlement and the fact that we now see this announcement can pretty much assure that his coalition, benjamin netanyahu's coalition will stay together and political people looking at the announcement and seeing the politics and under scores the tension across east jerusalem and people upset about the news. >> thank you very much for that, that is our correspondent joining us from west jerusalem. much more to come here on the al jazeera news hour, stolen, assaulted and sexually abused

and report from nigeria of the women and girls taken by boko haram and families waiting for them to return and they are not prepared to deal with a possible ebola outback and joe will be here to talk about how the j vi helped roger federer in tennis. ♪ to south korea where prosecutors demand the death penalty for the captain of a ferry that sank in april killing more than 300 people and closing arguments in the case of the captain and crew of the seawall ferry have been heard at a court and accused of abandoning the ferry after telling passengers to stay in the cabins and relatives gathered outside calling for maximum punishment and correspondent harry faucet is in

seoul now and family asking for the maximum punishment and not just for the ferry captain as the prosecutors are but the entire crew. >> that's right, that is what they were asking for when they went in and there has already been some reaction from the lawyer, some of the founding members and indeed according to the news agency one of the family members saying the sentences as heavy as they would be if they were put in place by the judge, the panel of judges in november that they are not enough. one apparently saying the death sentence itself wasn't enough for the captain and that the maximum had not been given in all the other cases. just to take you through what the prosecution is arguing for they want the death penalty for the captain and life in prison for three other senior members of the crew who like the captain charged with homicide by willful negligence and case of 11 other

crew members charged with lesser charges, breaches of maritime law and the like 15-30 years. we did hear from the captain himself in court and he said that he apologized again to the families saying although we are aware no apology would be enough he also said he would regret what happened to his last days and he said that when the independent happened he would have nothing like it in as many years at sea and his body ceased to work properly and he could not even think of rescuing people and also apologized to the fellow crew members and one of the crew members the helmsman and said it was the captain authority and no authority on their own. another crew member in charge of the bridge, the third mate at the time the turn was taken which set off the cap size she said she had not been able to think properly either and simply cried like a fool and she would be angry and ashamed.

one thing to note the death penalty is on the statute books in south korea but if it were handed down it's under moratorium and no one executed since 1997. >> that is our correspondent harry faucet joining us from seoul. japanese officials are in north korea assessing the proprogress of abduction of citizens by a north korean agent in 1970s and 1980s and hopes to find out more of what happened to at least 12 japanese citizens it believes were abducted by north korea and in may they agreed to launch a new probe into the alleged abduction. now she is known as the iron lady of brazil and she is back in power. dilma rousseff elected for a second term and task of reviving the economy and uniting her divided country and the closest

brazil election in generations and rousseff secured 51% of the vote with her rival taking just over 48%. latin america biggest country looks and feels divided and on the amazon north and poor northeast state and the other took wealthy parts of brazil and now the leader must reconcile brazil and rousseff says she will improve services and fight corruption and we report from the capitol brasilia. >> reporter: she is known not for charisma but for fighting spirit and in the end it gave dilma rousseff to overcome opposition enough to win a second term as leader of south america's largest nation. >> translator: i do not believe honestly from the bottom of my heart these elections have divided the country into two

halves, the elections mobilized ideas and emotions that have at times been contradictory however have been driven by a shared feeling, the search for a better country. >> reporter: aligned with the left and in her youth she joined an urban gorilla group and tortured and in prison and it shaped her character and often referred to as brazil iron lady and tough and rose as the energy minister and chief of staff. a period which brazil's economy grew and poverty shrank as never before. but in her term the economy shrivled and so has scandaled linked to her political party. her opponent, brazil's third largest state ran on a ticket for change and saying the policies would modernize brazil

without cutting government social programs. but ultimately rousseff was able to convince enough of her countrymen she is best suited to reignite the economy, a daunting task. >> she has to give the middle class an opportunity to look to the future and see in her and see the most prepared ones to a brighter future for the middle class. >> reporter: it was by far the most aggressive and decisive electoral campaign in resent brazilian history and although president rousseff won she knows countrymen are tolerant of corruption and more demanding of their politicians, as one analyst put it they wanted dentures and now they want broadband and the economy will be under more pressure to deliver. i'm with al jazeera brasilia. and to ukraine where

prowestern parties set to from it parliament after a big election and the vote is a notch away from russia and this is where the former president yanukovich was and signs are ukraine's political landscape has been transformed and winning parties are promising sweeping changes. >> translator: i ask you to vote for democratic pro-ukrainipr pro-ukrainian and i thank you you heard me, i thank you that you support this call. >> reporter: earlier the president traveled to the east to show his support for the army and his commitment to restoring ukraine's unity but in rebel controlled areas millions did not vote and it's not clear how

a new government will convince or force the separatists to back down. although ukraine gave clear majority to reforming parties they split their votes among these parties and so a delicate period of coalition building is likely to follow. the parties that will form the new government are saying that this election marks a decisive break with the old corrupt ways of ukrainian politics but a new government will struggle to o r overcoove overcome vested interest and bring peace to the east. political change has come at a heavy price in ukraine. winners of election have a daunting task making sure the sacrifices were not in vain. kiev. >> to the weather with richard and the latest on the tropical cyclone and arab sea. >> this is an interesting one

and we have tropical cyclones in the arabian see and it's unusual but not rare and quite a spectacular feature on satellite image as you can see. there it is going around and a limit how far north it will go and the ultimate north is the jet stream across northern india and winds blow west to east and this storm will turn and the question of course is when. so this is a track it's projected to take and it goes on the coast and makes a shock there abwhat can we expect when it makes landfall in india and thinking it will go north to karachi and see the system going across and normally don't expect to see rainfall this time of the year and vir kully nill and could see 300-5 00's not out of the question and below hurricane and 110 k.p.h. and some will

reach category two in the sea and heavy rain because of circulation but really it looks like the next couple of days the weather conditions across much of india is quiet and the peninsula we will see bad weather and strong winds along the southern coast in the next 24 hours elizabeth. nigerian girl whose escaped boko haram gave details of torture and rape during captivity and in a report by a human rights group and 500 women and girls from northern nigeria abducted by boko haram since 2009 and telling them to stop attacks with civilians and immediately release all those in custody and also criticized the government for not doing enough to prevent the abductions or punish those responsible. well, earlier this month nigerian government announced it had made a deal with boko haram to secure the release of 200

school girls abducted in april and we report that many parents are still waiting to hear any news about the whereabouts of their children. >> reporter: rebecca samuel is afraid to leave her daughters alone and supposed to be tour four of them but the oldest was abducted in april, if she could send her a message this is what she would say to her missing child. >> translator: be strong, sarah, god will help you escape if you are still alive but if you are dead then there is nothing i can do for you, my child, except pray that you are at peace. >> reporter: sarah and more than 200 school girls in northeast nigeria not the first to be kidnapped by boko haram and hundreds of women and girls are still disappearing in nigeria and some who managed to escape have disturbing stories to tell. >> translator: .

dealing with the physical and psychological abuse isn't easy. >> when they hear a sound, just a sound, of a gun or a sound of something being hit they get freeze. so and that you can feel, you can get freeze by hearing the sound of something issues the level of the traumatic situation which is true. >> the nigerian government is not doing enough to protect people and nigerian officials deny this. >> it's an attempt at rescue that the numerous surfaces recorded by armed forces occurred and you can see that many of the incident commanders have been taking in, some are fleeing and some are giving up,

so on and so on and we are advancing and the government of nigeria will not forget the citizens in need. >> reporter: for rebecca that is not good enough so she left the northeast and left to the capitol abuja but her family is not complete. >> we like this. >> reporter: ten-year-old misses her big sister and hundreds of families across nigeria they are waiting for her to come home, i'm with al jazeera abuja. much more to come here on al jazeera. ♪ a rhythm palestinian at the film festival and in sport joe will tell you what the san francisco giants are doing with the kansas royals and the first with the crown in 29 years. ♪

♪ kurdish fighters in kobani repelled overnight offensive by i.s.i.l. and some of the heaviest fighting they have seen to dade and they are hoping for reenforcements to come to their aid from across turkey border. south korean prosecutors demanding the death penalty for the captain of a ferry that capsized in april killing more than 300 people and relatives gathered outside of the court and 15 members of the crew are on trial.

brazil's president dilma rousseff won a second term in office and won 51% of the vote and her challenger got less than 49%. u.s. ambassador to the u.n. is touring three west africa countries hit hardest by ebola outbreak and samantha met leaders in the capitol and set to visit sierra leone and liberia. meanwhile the government of mali says it's doing what it can to try and contain the virus, the country's first victim, a two-year-old girl died on friday. and dominick cain reports there are fears the mali may not be prepared to deal with a wider outbreak. >> reporter: preparing to bury mali's first ebola victim and the grave they are digging is for a two-year-old girl who came here from guinea. she had traveled on a bus with her grandmother while already showing frank symptoms of the

disease. until now mali had not been directly touched by the ebola outbreak in west africa. >> translator: the announcement of the first case of ebola here hasn't been easy for the people and health workers panic, this disease is new for everyone in the world and not just the people here. >> reporter: the world health organization has warned the little girl may have had high risk contact with many people on her bus journey and her grandmother is currently being kept in isolation, one of 43 people who have been identified and are being held for observati observation. >> translator: people were not calm because of the illness but we took precautions with toilet and keeping the children at home and none have gone to school, there was fear and worry everywhere but although the person has died thank god we know what precautions we have to take to isolate and secure people. >> reporter: news of the first

ebola case in mali prompted the neighbors to close the border and they air-lifted in a ton of medical supplies to help the authorities try to deal with the problem. dominick cain al jazeera. northern afghanistan now where four suicide bombers forced their way in the prosecutors office killing a police officer and one attack was killed by police and another detonated the bomb at the gate, two gunmen are still being sought. meanwhile british forces formally ended combat missions in afghanistan and handed bases in the province over to afghan forces marking the end of nato operation in the province and jennifer glasse reports from southern afghanistan. ♪ the lowering of flags marks the end of a 13 year combat mission in afghanistan, british forces and u.s. marines handed over their last bases in the helman.

and this began in october of 2001 and once more than 30,000 foreign soldiers on these bases alone and nato combat mission is over at the end of the year and most of the troops are going home and they say they achieved their mission. >> there is a stable future because we have a government of national unity and an army supported by the population that represents all parts of afghanistan. >> reporter: the afghan forces suffered heavy losses with battles with taliban and hundreds of troops and civilians have been killed or injured. the head of british forces admits the security situation remains difficult and why 12000 forces will remain in afghanistan until 2016 to support afghan forces but their role will be vastly different than in the past, they will

train, advice and assist the 300,000 afghan security forces and for britain and u.s. marines the hand over means their war in afghanistan is over. jennifer glasse, al jazeera, kandahar. in a few hours preliminary results expected in tunisia landmark election and the parliamentary vote is a vital step in the democratic transition since the overthrow of the president in 2011. elections that year brought in a party inspired by political islam to power. under that government a new constitution was introduced in january. and new rights of freedom and subjecting the government to parliamentary oversight and sunday's election sets the stage for a presidential election next month and we are in the capitol tunis for us and uncharted territory today in tunisia.

>> yes, it is and it's a lot of excitement and talk in the cafe in tunis and around the country and this is a person from i-watch monitoring the elections and the newspapers are full of news about the high turn out, 60%, were you surprised by this figure? >> positively surprised actually and we are expecting the boycott containing to be of an interest and to be like somehow in the ground and we have 10% more than 2011. it's funny that some news outlets consider this as mediocre turn out and i don't know how they make their own decisions but with this idea i can speak on behalf of others where they are positively surprised and we think we just made it happen and now we are thinking of is fatigue if you want and we asked tunisia to go three times in two months and

want the turn out as high as possible even though it's a bit of a challenge. >> presidential elections coming up. >> has to be there also. >> second round. >> second round. >> let's talk about this private holding station which has come with exit polls which appears to show that tunisia is a secular party and in the lead. now, you are not particularly happy about this, are you? >> exactly. what you are trying to propose in them embrio and this is 2:00 in the morning as the last polling station in san francisco closes and that is only the time when we have the right to have the information. we have seen national and public media outlets sharing this information. for us this is not just the total and taking them to court, this is really serious infringement. i don't want to discuss the

results more than the process and we did not respect the law and it's time to sue people who did not respect and start a new chapter as of date. >> thank you for joining us here and of course all eyes religion those official results that we are expecting at some point, tonight or tomorrow. >> thank you very much for that and natalie in tunis. people have taken to the streets in boodapest on tax on internet data use and this is proposed next year and will be the first tax of its kind in the world and our technology leader reports. >> reporter: drawn on to the streets and angry at plans to charge them for accessing the internet. the proposed law could see 7 million internet users of paying a tax capped at $3 a month.

>> translator: it's a human right to have internet. this tax is the most stupid thing. other countries like astonia give internet free to everyone, here in hungry you have to pay tax on every gigabyte and a certain percentage will turn into income for the state. >> reporter: gathering in fronts of here in budapest and think it's a broader move by the government. >> translator: the government could not completely stop the freedom of expression with the media law in 2010. this is why they try to tax internet this time so they will make the internet more expensive when young people already live under the poverty line and it will be difficult to pay the tax even if it's two euros. >> reporter: the controversial levies and penalties by the government on phone calls and text messages and advising revenue and hungry is one of the

most indebted nation and measures intended are helped to restore its finances but one leading telecom company says the tax could cost the sector and people of hungry more than $4 million a year. >> translator: this is a good occasion for a lot of people to come here to show they are unhappy with the government's tax and economic policies. this was only the icing on the cake but it's interesting this topic brought so many people together. >> reporter: the protest organizers have given the government 48 hours to withdraw the tax law and threaten more protests on tuesday if this doesn't happen. i'm with al jazeera. much more to come here on al jazeera including. >> i'm rob mcbride in the west of china with the wine makers making an splash on the world stage. >> reporter: and in sport we will visit the basketball academy in sinagal hoping to turn the best players into nba

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♪ the palestinian's struggle remains the over arching thing at the 10th al jazeera documentary festival that just wrapped up in do what and 90 countries took part in the event and we were at the closing ceremony. ♪ a group of child dancing for the palestinian cause. a theme that has permeated the al jazeera international documentary film festival.

and culminating from the golden award for this. and encounter with a lost land revives a childhood memories of french people who lived before the creation of israel. >> the power of this film is the people talking about daily lives more than the people who have done it, you know. and i was from palestine when everything was calm and life was beautiful before. >> reporter: broken strings are a prize-winning palestinian film, it's a short production which gaza children use the power of music to detract from the deception of israeli air bombardment. >> translator: it's a musical symphony in the face of a war

symphony and music rebuilds the dream of war and design by occupation. >> reporter: but the festival is not only about palestine, it includes dozens of countries with a variety of themes. they uncover the little known about social and religious grounds and tales in the pacific island of new caledonia and/or deals of migrants trying to settle in europe, just a few examples of the many human stories featured in the festival. ten years ago only 14 films participated in the inthe inauguration of the festival and this year it's 160, this huge in quantity organizers does not mean quality is being compromised. >> translator: division of this year's edition reflects the initial purpose behind the launching of the festival ten

years ago and introducing the real face of the region which is rich of civilization and culture and not just a bunch of blood thirsty nations. in just ten years the festival help shaped of what is arab documentary film and the aim in the next few years is to elevate the festival to the highest international standards, i'm with al jazeera in doha. >> reporter: time for sport with joe. south africa police said the captain was trying to protect his girlfriend during a robbery when he was shot dead. ♪ the 27-year-old goal keeper seen in a video posted last week died from a single shot to the chest in joe hans -- joe hanjohannese

have more from johanne seshgsberg. >> two armed men boost in with his girlfriend on sunday night and demanding cash and cell phones and at some point he was shot and declared dead upon arrival at hospital. the armed men escaped on foot along with a third who was apparently waiting outside as a look out. no one has been arrested yet and police are offering a $15,000 reward and she may set up a special police task force to try and find the assailants and this country with a rate of crime people are well used to attacks such as this but whenever it involves someone well-known or famous it grabs a lot of headlines and attention and a lot of reaction and a short while ago an m.p. for the

governing party, the congress was shot using a cash machine and is recovering in hospital. there has been an out pouring of grief and condolences from fans and team management and the minister of sport, and he was 27 years old and had a promising career ahead of him and started with his club the orlando pirates in 2005 and on the national team and his outstanding form and leadership qualities led him to be named captain of both his club and the national team. a young man, adored and respected by fans shot dead in his prime. and the u.s. clubs orlando pie roits postponed the scheduled match on saturday against the chiefs and south africa delivered his tribute. >> translator: as we sit and deliberate for the up coming mat

match, guess what the name is on the top of the list and playing the winners and as you know all the time if you want to know who is going to be the captain. without any doubt as we track names down his name always came first. >> reporter: baseball fans mourning the death of a major league top prospect and outfielder died in a car accident in dominican republic on sunday and they debuted this year and had a pinch hit home run against san francisco in the

playoffs. this kid had a great future ahead of him. he hit a big home run against us and it's a loss for his family, the cardinals, baseball because this kid looked like he was a special talent and was going to have a great career and my thoughts go out to his family, everybody that knew him. >> reporter: and before that press conference san francisco took the lead in the best of seven world series against kansas city on sunday,, in fact, one win away from clinching the crown and sarah reports. >> the ace of the giants. >> reporter: in san francisco in front of a stirred up home crowd he toyed with the kansas city royals. striking out batter after batter. scoreless until the bottom of the second inning, the giants

finally had some joy. brandon crawford sacrificing himself to send a runner home. and they extended that with crawford doubling the store with a single. >> base hit and captain center and scored to make it 2-0. >> reporter: it just wasn't the royals night and the giants terrorized the royals from the mound. >> seven strike outs. >> reporter: and then at the plate. >> ball in the center and the ball is off the top of the wall. one run scores. >> reporter: 5-0 the final with the giants a 3-2 series lead with just two more games remaining. >> i'm just happy with one, that was a big game for us inside of 2-2 and so you know going back

into kansas city with two games, it's a whole lot better we have to win one instead of winning two and that was a big win for us. >> the royals head back to kansas city, game six on tuesday, a match they must win to stay alive in the series. sarah coats with al jazeera. roger federer closing in in tennis and won the sixth crown after winning 6-2, 6-2 and moves him to 500 points of world number one with only two tournaments in the season remaining. and andy murray improved chances of making end of season tour finals after clinching the third title of the season and had to save five match points in the open final against tommy and murray won 3-6, 7-6, 7-6 in the

tournament of the year and is fifth in london. nba season starts on tuesday. it's a league which millions of young basketballers inspire to play in and one academy in sinagal hoping to make that dream come true for african teenagers and nicholas reports. >> reporter: focused, strong and fast, and he is a point guard training at the nba acmy in senegal since he was is 13. >> he is a great kid and we will dream big and that is what i say, have big dreams and the biggest dreams there is nba and that is why i say you can play and you just do the work and believe in yourself and you might get there. >> 6 foot 8 and stands out on

the court and says the academy told him to rely lesson his height and more on his skills. >> translator: i wasn't enough of a team player before. i defended, scored hoops but i wasn't playing basketball as a team. this is something that coaches here taught me to do. >> reporter: founder is a former basketball player and now vice president of the nba, center looks for talents both male and female from across afri africa and most players will not make it to the nba and many will play basketball and talent alone is not enough and skills acquired oidz of the court that will make a difference and guaranty to universities in the united states. he has eight brothers and sisters and without the scholarship from the academy he wouldn't be in school and his mother can't afford to send him

to university and places high hopes on her son. >> translator: basketball means everything to us and if he makes it it's not just a better life for him it's a better life for all of us. >> reporter: offers courses to bring the england level to american university standards and the coaches say which colleges they apply to and it's a charity and doesn't make players and the aim is to get more people to play professionally and ensure those admitted to university receive full scholarships. and he graduates next year but it's in october when the nba season begins that gets him motivat motivated eager to share his skills with the world, i'm in sinagal. more on our website and check out al jazeera/sport, there is also details there of how to get in touch with our team using twitter and facebook. and that is the sport for now,

elizabeth. thank you, joe. and now china is not usually regarded as one of the world's great wine producing nation but a remote region in the west has been surprising the world with the quality of its vintage and rob mcbride has the story. >> reporter: this year's crop of merlo grapes is being harvested, a bumpy year for a wine industry that is booming and reknown for quality grapes giving altitude, climate, soil and irrigation and is quickly gaining recognition for its wine. boutique wineries like this one has been winning awards thanks to wine makers here and trained in france, a country with centuries of experience she has brought some of that expertise back home. >> western people are surprised and trying to make drinkable wine. >> reporter: china has of course been making wine for

years, just not very good wine. the problem for the wine is production and little reaches foreign markets and means perception of chinese wine is based on mass produced stuff from other parts of the country and is as they say in the trade just a little bit yuk. and he is out to change that. at a competition in beijing wine experts gather to sample its offerings and a region some say could be china's napa valley. >> from the beginning the strategy is from the small winery and most or many of the wineries have their own vineyard so they grow their own grapes and this helps and puts focus on the quality instead of quantity. >> reporter: a new cellar is ready for the expansion but wine

makers are conscious of maintaining quality in a country with a rapidly developing appreciation of good wine. >> we need to make good wine for interesting or local customer and not only bad ones. >> reporter: throughout the remote province government initiatives and collaborations with foreign wine makers are expecting production. >> driving around in the amount of vineyards that will be planted and talking big vineyards like one vineyard is the size of a region. >> reporter: growing domestic production means lit be consumed here and helping to make sure he is china's secret and this is western china. that is it for me and the news hour team and thanks for watching. ♪

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