>> announcer: this is al jazeera. from al jazeera's headquarters in doha this is the news hour and coming up, in the next 60 minutes a politician shot dead in the capitol triggering widespread condemnation. a city on edge, we will be live in baghdad where there are visitors to the holy sites that will be targeted. the new military leaders call for patience as protests once again hit the capitol.

plus, running on empty, we meet the man who maxed out his credit cards to run in the most expensive mid term election in history. ♪ we begin this news hour with a developing story out of turkey and 24 suspected illegal migrants drown after a boat sank off the coast of istanbul and looking at waters north of the straits and thought to be carrying afghan migrants to romania and seven people have been rescued and updates as we get them. to yemen with widespread condemnation of the killing of a politician and he was shot dead in the capitol. he had been helping negotiate a peace deal between the rebels

and the government. family members say he was targeted by a gunman on a motorcycle. and we are live from the yemen capitol. now, omar, he was a mediator in this peace agreement in the capitol. where does this now leave the dea deal? >> well, it's anyone's guess, but if you gauge the reaction from the different political parties as well as the president, you can sense that everybody is really worried about that process. now, the president said the perpetrators were aiming to mix cards and try and create more chaos and unrest. so this is clear indication how worried the president is. on the other hand the houthis

are the major force in yemen especially in the capitol condemned the assassination and held the government responsible for failing to provide security, other political parties are also expressing their worries that this is an indication of the return of what they call political assassination with assassinations which will only deep enthe unrest in this country. >> separately we saw yemen security forces battle al-qaeda elements in the province and there are reports that houthis may have taken advantage of this situation. >> yes, absolutely. according to witnesses particularly in the area of jebal they say tens of houthi fighters were driving in their pickup trucks, armed and set up checkpoints in a number of

locations. what happened is that on saturday al-qaeda fighters launched a number of attacks on security, yemen security forces at the security building as well as checkpoints and killed at least 20 soldiers and kidnapped three others and drove off with some government and military vehicles and then they were retreated back to the nearby mountains. now, this is important to highlight the fact that the houthis, all of what happened in yemen the houthis are saying we are doing this to confront the spread of al-qaeda so this really tells us that their aim is to go take areas where they claim there is a presence of al-qaeda. >> as you say the houthis are a very powerful tieb -- tribe in yemen and in iraq 45 people killed in the past two days in bomb attacks in the capitol and

most were shia muslims as they prepare for the occasion and the report is there may be more attacks to come. >> reporter: already violence has struck the capitol, on sunday a parked minimi van exploded the street in baghdad and tents shut up to greet muslims who will arrive monday night. >> translator: two men got out of the mini van and came in the tent and drank tea and ate biscuits before leaving saying they were going to do some shopping, the van exploded moments after. >> reporter: they commemorate the death of the grandson hussein and particularly significant for shia muslims and 2013 visitors to the city, the focus for the commemoration had lots of people there and preparation for thousands on the streets and despite the danger

from attack many are ready to brave whatever may come. >> translator: those isil rats are trying to infest us with fear and hatred and i'm not scared to be here at all. >> reporter: his words are common here and nothing will stop people from coming and showing love for hussein and there are fears there will be attacks across iraq and he is commemorated for monday night into tuesday morning and this street will be packed full of the faithful and there is unprecedented security operation and hoping they will pass peacefully. but already the government's words seem hallow and spiritual nature across baghdad and food and drink are important and given away for free and politics plays a part with slogana fried

and isil are on three sides of the capitol and increasing sights of attacks. >> we are live from baghdad and we know this is an extremely religious area here and tell me why is baghdad so difficult to secure? >> of what baghdad faces are terror tactics and car bombs and suicide bombers and the type of explosive material is difficult to detect and it's not high grade like tnt, this is made of ordinary household materials and can get through check posts and baghdad is a metropolitan city and a city with a large amount of traffic so spotting a car bomb becomes very difficult. now the iraqis and baghdad

residents put it in place and fighting one suspicious vehicle on a street where thousands pass everyday is very, very difficult. what they are doing is bouncing mobile checkpoints and have random searches and closing streets off in the city and trying to get all of the religious faithfuls to come to various areas they can control better but it's those areas and the concentrated areas that have been attacked so it's difficult for baghdad authorities to be able to control the flow of this mass amounts of people into various small streets but that is what they are trying to do in order to be able to secure the area but like i said it's very difficult given the type of threat that baghdad faces. >> this is a time when thousands pour into iraq for this and give us an idea just how large the religious tourism industry is. >> it's the second most

important industry in iraq after oil and comes a distant second after oil but it's worth billions of dollars a year and not just during ashura and religious tourism occurs all year around and iraqis are keen to show people can come from all over the world and this you're for sure they ease restrictions on visa for lebanese and other middle east rn countries and actively trying to tell people from the west to come and visit the religious site here in iraq. but there is that fear of violence, there is that fear that something will happen to tourists if they come and speaking to people within the tourism industry here and happy the government was able to ease the visa restriction but without real proper security getting the high spending tourists from western countries will be difficult and all of that said we seen record numbers of people

coming to visit and last year 15 million visited during this period and this is an industry worth billions of dollars and it's not in control of the government per se, this is money that gets spent in the marketplaces and near the religious places, it goes directly almost into the pockets of ordinary citizens. >> very important part of the economy as well. and thank you and speaking to us in baghdad. the military promised to install a new unity government days after seizing power and u.n. threatening to i'm pose sanctions and on sunday they fired shots in the air for protesters demanding a return to civilian rule and dominick cain reports. >> reporter: a crowd marches on state t.v. and come to hear an opposition member explain why she should be the next leader. but he won't get inside the

building. [gunfire] this gunfire is directed over the heads of the protesters, fired by a group of soldiers, in the confusion state t.v. is taken off air for several hours. military action continues as armed jeeps patrol the streets. but the new military leaders are at pains to insist their aims are peaceful and democratic. >> translator: we ask to be given some space to work to putting our country back on tract on interest of all parties and this does not interest us, a transition body put in place with all components to be adopted by a broad consensus and for a duration that also will be specified. >> reporter: the army took charge last week following days of unrest after the president tried to prolong his 27 years in

office. both the african union and the united nations expressed deep concerns about the take over while the opposition parties have said they fear this could be a coup. >> translator: the political opposition and civil society organizations insist the victory of the popular uprisings belongs to the people and therefore the transitional government falls to them and should not be confiscated by the military. >> reporter: armed forces have insisted they want a consensual transition government to emerge, dominick cain, al jazeera. we have the editor for africa international live from berlin and thank you so much for being with us. now, the military say they have all intentions to install a unity civilian government although they have not given a deadline as yet, how much weight are you giving this statement?

>> okay, first i think this is right because they don't need to outlaw the constitution, if they want to be part of the process they could just decide it and have it in store, security, whatever you want, but what we have now is not supposed to be a coup. it's supposed to be a president stepping down after people are asking to respect constitution and showing it in many demonstrations so what people need is interim government with the constitution being respected because what the military are trying to install is sort of a transition and we know what it is. many people mingling interfering and. >> here is a question i need to ask you, according to the

constitution, the president of the senate is supposed to take over once the president actually resigns. why do you think that hasn't happened as of yet? >> because the military to cover, that is what happened. >> why given the political system that is already in there, why didn't that kick in? >> because it was a situation of confusion and also i must say some of the insurgents and the civil society thought maybe it would be good to have the military taking over and doing what we have seen in some countries which has succeeded because or most of the times military stay armed and do not relinquish power and that helped the military to come forward and as we see they have their own

agenda. we are not sure if they really want to go on the footsteps. >> i have to move this discussion on. now i just want to broaden out this discussion and i see there are several other african presidents who are facing term limits in the next few years as well and among them would be the leaders of angola, liberia, sierra leone and rwanda and will be watching the events here and do you think they are learning lessons from what is happening her here? >> unfortunately history has shown that head of state don't really learn lessons. people wanting to move forward on democracy and having their say. they want so much to stay in power that he used to joke at

like president tanja staying on and being over thrown but he did the same. they watched what happened in egypt for instance where we had a very strong president and who was over thrown. same thing and i'm afraid many of the countries facing elections in the next time will be tempted to confiscate power and it will be, i would say, a runoff struggle between the population, the civil society and the incumbent government and somebody would win. at this point it's difficult to say. >> marie it's so good getting your insight and thank you so much, the editor for africa international speaking to us from berlin.

and still ahead on the al jazeera news hour, security is stepped up across pakistan for victims of sunday's bombing. plus eyes in the sky, mysterious drone fly over france nuclear plant and who controls them and where are they coming from? decision day for the biggest football tournament but will ebola stop it from going ahead in morocco in january, joe will have all the details in sport. ♪ 70 members of iraqi tribe killed by fighters from the islamic state of iraq and lavont. this video apparently shows the bodies of the men from the town of heat and thought more than 300 members of the tribe have been now killed for defying isil and 65 others are missing.

well across the border in syria kurdish soldiers from iraq say they are making progress against isil and resupplied with weapons and bolstered by more u.s. led air strike answer isil battling to capture kobani that sits next to the turk ish border for more than a month and we will go to the border and peshmerga said they gained ground and what more do you know? >> reporter: well, in the past few hours there have been some fierce battles taking place and a new frontier has been opened and that new frontier is behind me now to the southwest of the town of kobani. on this hill you will see as the camera zooms in some peshmerga troops who have been positioned there and just away from that the camera unfortunately can't bring there is some smoke rising from some of the surrounding

villages and suburbs to the southwest of kobani where essentially the kurdish coalition of peshmerga and syrian kurdish forces have been saying that they are opening up this new frontier essentially to try and gain more ground on isil fighters and push them out of the entire southern part of kobani. it's also important to note the reason why today we have dressed up in this gear is some shells have actually landed inside turkey for the first time in a few days if not weeks, a few hundred meters behind us. so there is an evident escalation in the battle, so far all be it without any real significant change in terms of who controls what across the town. >> highlights how close the fighting is as well. now jamal the success of this operation in kobani really does depend on the strategy between the peshmerga and the syrian

kurds. is there any more development on that strategy? >> well, the way they have been operating so far today is that the peshmerga forces are providing cover from the rear essentially shelling positions, paving the way for the sierran kurdish ypg forces to move and take control of them on the ground. however, you mentioned a very important point which is the success of this operation, this is an operation that has gone on or battle that has gone on for a month now for a tiny town really that until now people are questioning how can it be scene as a success if until now it's incapable of being captured from isil with the might of the coalition thrown behind it. >> great talking to you and thanks for the update and live from the turkey/syria border. well, renewed violence in the

eastern libyan city of benghazi and battling armed groups by the hospital and known as the council of benghazi controls large swayeds of the city. security is being tight at the main crossing to india after a suicide bombing. funerals being held and stop and search checks carried out on the border posts on the nearby city. at least 55 people were killed and dozens more were injured. two groups links to the pakistan taliban claimed responsibility for the explosion. it happened at waga which is near the city of lahor as the crowd was gathering to watch a military ceremony at the border and we report now from islamabad. >> reporter: rescue workers are such to take the dead and wounded from the site of one of the deadliest attacks in

pakistan in resent months, a suicide attacker struck by a restaurant and a military check point resulting in a high number of casualties. >> translator: more than 40 are dead and among them women and children, we are transporting the dead to the moring morgue and others to different hospitals. >> reporter: the pakistan city of lahaul, a military flag lowering ceremony takes place there every evening and hundreds of people come to wash the ritual with the border guards especially on weekends, the attack took place close to an area that is secure and forces were already on high alert ahead of processions during the month here. already there was speculation that the attack was a reaction to the pakistani military

operation in the militarys and splinter groups from pakistan took responsibility for the attack. the newly-formed group of edp say they carried out the bombing, as investigators gathered evidence it's not sure which claim to be believed, i'm with al jazeera. organizers of elections held by pro-russia separatists in eastern ukraine say poroshenko won in the region and he was already the unelected prime minister of the donetsk republican and they hope this election will bring legitimacy in eastern ukraine but eu says it will not recognize the vote. and we have been monitoring developments for us from donetsk and joins us live now. it was a foregone conclusion that he would win and gone from rebel chief to prime minister

but prime minister of what? >> reporter: well, of the next people's republic if you ask him which he says is legitimate after the vote and the final results came out about an hour ago and they point and won with 79% so 2% less than the exit polls that were released last night. one interesting number that came out of the electoral commission is the number of voters about 960,000 and he would have taken 750,000 of these votes, so about two thirds of the people voted for him. but that number also shows you how many who are registered voters here did not vote, only a third of them actually and before the elections, the election commission said they printed three million ballot papers while two million of

those are still piled up somewhere and have not been used and certainly, yes, he did win but if you analyze this they were here before this conflict started. >> the eu, u.s. and western nations are not recognizing this vote so what does this actually mean for the donetsk people's republic? >> reporter: well, he said that he knew that there will be no international recognition for a long time. but what he got is basically a mandate tomorrow the people who voted for him to try to end the conflict. in their view he now has more power and when he goes to another round of talks and negotiations in minsk he would

be like a leader and most people we spoke to said it really was not about the personality or person they were voting on, they wanted someone from donetsk given a mandate to try to end the conflict and i think the vote mirrors the alienation that has grown between the people who are here and the authorities in kiev so that is what it's all about now. if you ask him what are you going to do next, he says with this legitimacy i have i will have to kick start the economy and if you see behind me there is a long coup of people and waiting for food to be handed out and mainly elderly people who have not received pensions in months and others have not received salaries in months and these are all very real problems away from the front lines that he will have to try to solve as quick as possible if he wants to keep the support of these people as we are now entering in the bitter phase of the winter. >> he has major challenges ahead

of him and thank you for that and speaking to us from donetsk. time for a look at the global forecast and everton is here and you are keeping a close eye on africa. >> interest weather in africa and showers on central parts and rather lively weather making its way across southern and northern and 58 meters around the northern cape and large area of clouds out of mangola into south africa itself and generally moving south and making its way further east and you can see how the wetter weather will gradually continue to go through the east as we go through the next couple of days so for remainder of monday there is wet weather and some heavy bursts as well and slide further east as we go on tuesday and clears into the wetter states and plenty of

showers there in place into s zimbobwai and central africa where we will see the most widespread of showers and 170 millimeters of rain in 24 hours and the wet weather staying in place on cameroon and pushing up to southern nigeria and the wet weather will go further east and across a good part of africa and to the north heavy rain in the far northwest with possibility of some flooding. >> everton, thank you, we have more to come on the al jazeera news hour including conflicts in iraq, turning classes into makeshift camps and forcing children to miss out on an education, plus we will tell you why these protesters in the u.s. want the nfl to change the name of one of its teams. and in sport the new york knicks

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♪ you're watching the al jazeera news hour, reminder of our top story, 24 suspected illegal migrants drown off the cost of istanbul after a boat sank, rescuers are searching for survivors in waters north of the straits and thought to be carrying afghan migrants to

romania and they denounced the killing of a prominent politician and he was shot dead in the capitol. he had been helping negotiate a peace deal between the rebels and the government. security has been tightened across iraqi capitol ahead of the religious occasion and a string of bomb ings in baghdad over the past two days killed 45 people. well, the conflict in iraq disrupted the education of millions of children, in the first part of our series in education in crisis hit countries and charles straf ford reports from northern iraq. >> reporter: he shows me the school and the 16-year-old student stopped studying here two months ago and the school is a place of refuge of families who fled from the fighting in his country and neighboring syria and they came here because there is little room for them to stay in the cal camps and there

400 places like this in the north kurdish region of the hook. >> translator: i wish all these people could go back to their homes, i feel terribly sorry for their families but i miss school. i want to complete my studies so i can go to university. >> reporter: making space in the schools for people to sleep and people who climb on them are not receiving an education either. >> translator: cutting them from education is cutting them from life and the situation is difficult and terrible my children cannot go to school. this is part of our suffering. >> reporter: there are around 50 families staying in this school and came here around three months ago and the only children getting education in this part of iraq are actually staying in the camps. this is the camp near the city of dehook and around 37,000

syrian refugees are living here and this is one of five schools with child refugees in the camp, more than 1600 children between 6-15 years old study here. >> it's dramatic for kids in the higher grades because they need to finish the exams and for them they miss two or three months of school the school year is gone and finished. >> reporter: the local government is struggling to build more camps so the schools can be opened again. >> if we finish the six camps which we have we will have more than 20,000 units which is very good. we can create the schools. >> reporter: no sign in the war in iraq or syria ending soon children in both countries continue to have their studies either disrupted or stopped altogether. and they have little chance of a decent education at all. charles strafford, northern iraq. >> let's get more on the situation with jeffrey bates

from unicef and she life from irbill in northern iraq and thank you so much for being with us and this conflict has disrupted the education of thousands of children in iraq. what does this mean for future generations? >> thank you. glad to be here with you today. what this means for future generations is if children are deprived of their fundamental right for education and the progress in this area is interrupted, then there is a high chance, a high probability this will never be regained in iraq and other areas in the region will be facing an entire lost generation. it's imperative the united nations, the government and other humanitarian actors come together quickly to provide these educational opportunities before they are lost to prevent this type of spiral continuing on. >> now, jeffrey, we can appreciate that it's difficult to provide a normal life for these refugee children, much

less a normal education, just explain to us the challenges of trying to educate children in refugee camps. >> well, it goes well beyond the refugee camps. we have referencely 220,000 from syria and more are coming but we have nearly 2 million, 1.8 million internally displaced people across all of iraq. and it's these people who have sought refuge in schools in the kurdistan region 623 schools occupied. now not only are these displaced children deprevioused educational opportunities but the children in the communities where they have taken refuge are also deprived of education because the schools are occupied. so what we are trying to do working with partners, government, is to refurbish schools once they are evacuated and provide alternative learning

arrangements in the form of prefacts which is structures put in place or semi permanently or tents. right now unicef is looking at providing over 500 tents in order to provide educational opportunities to over 57-60,000 children. >> right. now, jeffrey talk to us about the tools of education, how difficult is it to attain the schools and talking about educators and school books. >> well, we are talking about the entire system and structure so we have existing schools, ones that are occupied and need to be evacuated and reif esh -- refurbished so people who come here don't speak kurdish so we want to make sure it's arab and following iraq but arabic language and face teachers who

are able to teach in the curriculum and we have classroom learning materials to provide those not just in the form of school books but chalkboards and recreational activities so it's massive challenge and one that needs to be met quickly and it was supposed to start 22nd of october and some places it has been able to start and some places postponed until december but many places it won't be able to start on that date and if children cannot go to school and not able to participate in their testing then this is going to be a time that is going to be lost and potentially never regained. >> jeffrey we appreciate you taking the time to highlight this situation for us from the organization of unicef and speaking to us from irbill in northern iraq. a political party in bangladesh is calling for a country wide strike to begin on wednesday.

that is a day earlier than originally planned. a few hours ago one of the senior members lost appeal against the death sentence and mohamed is the assistant secretary-general of the political party and last year he was found guilty of genocide and torturing civilians during the 1971 war of independence with pakistan. the party leader and another senior member have been sentenced to death in resent days for similar crimes and we have more from daca. >> reporter: speculation within the public and media as to why the government is in such a hurry to hand out the victim suddenly now. last year it took quite a bit of time, all this process to take place. the critics on the other hand are saying this is nothing more than political strategy and the government is trying to under mine the opposition movement demanding for a general election and inclusive general election rather because they are not happy with the last general election which was not inclusive

and he has not been in the street like last year and very few protests and calling general strike across the country which has not been that effective and they said it may be a strategy because the government security forces have been quite heavy and do not want to be further marginalized and we have to see how soon the victim will be carried out by the government which could possibly create unrest but that is something we have to see down the road. >> around 200 egyptian journalist rejected a new policy by newspaper editors to ban criticism of security forces and the pledge by editors follows request by president si si and al jazeera demands immediate release of journalists who have been detailed in egypt for 3 ten-days, greste and fahmy and mohamed are falsely accused of

helping the out lawed muslim brotherhood and al jazeera rejects the charges against them. a british banker has been charged with killing two women this hong kong, the 29-year-old has been remanded in custody after a brief court appearance, he was arrested on saturday after police found the victim in his apartment. one of the bodies was inside of a suit said on the balcony and the victims are believed to be sex workers. ♪ well, it's the final day of campaigning before tuesday's crucial mid term elections in the u.s. and the outcome will shape american foreign policy for the next two years and let's look at what is at stake and in the vote and control of both branches of congress is up for grabs, all 435 in the house of representatives will be contested and a third of the 100 senate seats and 33 seats will

be watching the closest. the democrats have a 10 seed majority there now and got that through 53 seats of their own and two independence who have joined them, the republicans have 45. now, that means the republican party will need to win six more seats than it already has to take control of the senate. now do remember that it already controls the house of representatives, republican majority in both houses would make life difficult for president barack obama for his remaining two years in office so what do americans think of the mid terms? we took a bit of a straw poll in the u.s. state of georgia and here are a few of their opinions. >> i believe that it can be for the better if at least the senate can maintain its democratic control. seriously it's going to be hard to remove the republican control of the congress but you need that balance. >> looking for somebody who can really bridge the gap between

all political parties so we can work for america to become one, to be strong, a strong nation that we once were. >> i think they are important just because people are not involved doesn't mean people shouldn't be involved in policy and decision making and taking the right that we have and using that in the ways that we can. >> money is such a factor now, such a factor now in politics that honestly in my gut i don't have a lot of faith in which direction any party will make it. >> reporter: almost $4 million will be spent on this year's mid term election making it the most expensive ever but some candidates are campaigning on the cheap and krchristian met a man who said no to corporate donations. >> reporter: a jog through the high plains of wyoming is nothing for 75-year-old charlie hardy but the former priest is running an up hill battle to get

elected to the senate. a democrat in a republican state, hardy and a handful of volunteers traverse the mountains by bus trying to unseat a three-term incumbent who spent 50 times more money on his campaign. >> my parents taught me that priest politicians should be someone who listens to people and accompanies them in struggles and what we have in washington today and includes people who listen to money. >> hardy for the united states. >> reporter: hardy and volunteers have been campaigning the old fashion way. >> i'm charlie hardy. >> reporter: listening and talking to voters. >> and the major contributor are pharmaceutical companies. >> reporter: the wyoming nursing association supports expanding healthcare for the poor like hardy and opponent voted against it but to many here hardy is an unknown commodity. >> he is a very nice man with a

very tough race. >> reporter: you never guessed it from outside but this is headquarters for senator mike and neither the senator or staff would speak to us on camera about donations and $3.7 million that has come from the healthcare industry and the energy sector, natural gas, petroleum and coal. some don't see back rolling candidates. >> it doesn't matter if you are republican or democrat noelle lekt ee e lekted -- no elected official is going to do that. >> reporter: money has changed the way they campaign and they rely on contributions and may be less likely to challenge the party line in washington. >> it's harder to carve out independent paths when the only way to get any kind of a name recognition is through media and

media buys and spending money. >> reporter: hardy who financed his campaign on credit cards will note take money from lobbyists and if the polls are an indication he faces a long road ahead to the election. i'm with al jazeera, casper, wyoming. thousands of native americans and supporters protested the arrival of a team in minnesota and john hendron was there and sent this report. >> reporter: they came in traditional clothes bearing innocence, chants dating back centuries and a simple plea. >> change the name! change the name. >> reporter: it represented football in the u.s. capitol since 1932 and many fans want to keep it that way. >> i don't think changing the names levies the people. it doesn't do anything to change

how they feel, does it? >> new gear. >> you want them to keep it. >> i want them to keep it. >> how about you. >> i agree with him. i don't think this is right. >> there is a lot of other names out there that and they came from hurtful terms and derogatory but it's a football name and not a big deal. >> this is native american country and the name means the clear blue water in the language and this is the university of minnesota stadium and filling in while the vikings build a new one and they came by the thousands to tell the red skins to come up with a new name or go home. >> the name and the fact that it is here is the offensive part. the university of minnesota sits on historic dakota land. >> they are not welcome here in our home because it means demeaning and it's dehumaning.

>> reporter: other names, the cleveland indians and the atlanta braves and the chicago black hawks but none talks about the color of their skin and that is why the protests will go on whenever the washington redskins play here. >> i like my brothers and sisters representing tribes across the country, over 570 federally recognized tribes, i am not, you are not a mascot. [cheers] with massive protests growing the redskins might come to dread each return to the land of their mascot, john hendron, minneapolis, minnesota. stay with us on the news hour and we will tell you who was waiting at the finish line of the new york marathon for this woman's dennis star and back in a moment. ♪

♪ welcome back, french authorities say they are baffled by drone strikes and do not know where they are coming from and who is controlling them and tim friend investigates. illegal to fly a drone within five kilometers of a nuclear plant but in france they are hovering over power stations, this is 100 kilometers east of paris and no one has claimed responsibility for the flights often at night, a leading nuclear safety expert

who advised the french government told al jazeera there was genuine cause for alarm. >> there is absolutely no doubt that one can easily paint a scenario that would be a complete catastrophe because these small engines are big enough to carry small quantities of explosive materials. >> reporter: this is a piece of equipment that you could buy in a high street shop for $700 but it has baffled the authorities in france and critics say it's an example of state security not being able to keep pace with potential new threats. the flights have been going on for a month. drones have been spotted on more than 15 occasions at widespread locations. france has 58 reactor, the world's most nuclear dependent country.

the government is playing down the risk saying the plants can withstand earthquakes and plane crashes. >> translator: for the moment we do not know who is behind this and do not take the matter lightly but not over dramatizing it either, today there is no risk to the power station. >> reporter: the environmental lobby group green peace which stages protests at nuclear plants in france denied involvement in the mysterious drone flight and this involves more than one person. whoever it is if they are caught they face a $93,000 fine. tim friend, al jazeera, france. time for the sport and here is joe. >> thank you, decision on whether morocco if they will host the cup is on monday and known as calf wants to postpone

the event because of ebola out break and will begin on january 17 but say holding it risks the spread of ebola among one million people due to attend and teams from sierra leone and liberia and guinea forced to play the qualifiers at neutral venues because of ebola in those countries. pakistan clinched their first test series against australia in 20 years after winning the second test by 356 runs, australia 6600 and all out for 246 and handed pakistan the biggest ever win by runs. there was hamilton with the 32 3 formula one grand prix and the

most wins by a british driver and his teammate who started in poll position in the america in austin, texas and he won the battle over taking the rival for the title for 24 and hamilton took the checker flag for the fifth straight race and another 1-2 finish for the german team and stretching the championship lead to 24 points, the next stop is in brazil where hamilton won six years ago with to races left of the season and double points up for grabs at the final race in abidabi. >> this is an incredible place with such great support here so big thank you to all the fans here. that is great. again, i have been so fortunate with an incredible team and car and i had a great competitor today and i'm really grateful to

be up front. >> reporter: reached the 20,000 points milestone in the nba as the new york knicks edge the hornets 96-93 on sunday and hit the mark with three points midway through the first period and the 40th player in nba history to break the barrier and in the fourth quarter with just 1:23 left on the clock anthony put the knicks in the lead and held on with the game finishing 96-93, the knicks winning their second game of the new season. and yokovich strengthened number one and had far too much from the round with canada and won the first set 6-2 and winning the title for a third time and he took the second set 6-3 and have to be in the finals in seven days time with a healthy

lead with federer to end 2014 as the world's best. >> we have some surprises and players who are not expected to win and then they win. so to be able to win it took two years in a row with, again, a final tournament of the year ahead of me, it's great. i enjoy playing in paris, play the best match of the entire week today when it was most needed and got a lot of returns back and just over all extremely happy with the performance. >> kenya@looets dominated the new york city marathon in both the mentions and women's races and this year's london winner doubled in new york and edged ahead in central park to clinch the $100,000 prize in a time under 2 hours and 11 minutes and relieve half million for appearances over the season and

won by mary katoni in a tight finish and runner up coming in three seconds behind her with 2 hours 25 minutes. tennis player ran her first marathon and did rather well, completing the course in three hours 26 minutes and 33 seconds and running for charity she was greeted at the finish by her best friend serena williams and gave the star a finisher's metal. police arrested three people after a huge brawl broke out in the middle of a football match and began in the second half of the fourth division playoff and they brawled with each other and one member of the coaching staff was knocked out cold when he was kicked in a head, a camera man was also attacked. there is more on our website, check out al jazeera.com/sport

and details there how to get in touch with our team using twitter and blogs and video clips from correspondents around the world, that address is al jazeer jazeera.com/sport. that is all for now. >> how are you with heights? >> not very good at all. >> you might want to look away for the next story and before we end this news hour have a look at this, only if you dare. >> listen to that roar. >> daredevil nik-wallenda completed the walk between two skyscrapers in chicago and he did not have a safety net beneath him or a safety harness and walked two city blocks up hill suspended 50 stories above the chicago river and then he did it blind folded. more news at the top of the hour, stay with us.

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24 suspected migrants drown as a boat sinks off istanbul. ♪ hello, i'm samplery at al jazeera headquarters in doha and baghdad and visitors to sierra holy site also be targeted and new military leaders call for patience as protests once again hit the capitol. and we explain why hundreds of native americans in