the bottom line. >> but what is the administration doing behind the scenes? >> real perspective, consider this on al jazeera america >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ welcome to the al jazeera news hour and i'm in doha and coming up, in the next 60 minutes thousands of people try to escape boko haram in northern nigeria and eight groups say a humanitarian crisis is looming. [shouting] riots in zambia over dismissing of a prominent politician. they are moving closer to the capitol irbil. and voting in mid term elections

which will determine the fate of the remaining two years of barack obama's presidency. ♪ we begin this news hour in nigeria where a string of attacks in nigeria has fears over the government's ability to deal with security and on monday a suicide bomber killed at least 29 shia muslims preparing to mark the holy day and more than 100 others injured and in central state gunmen blew up a prison reported to be holding many suspected boko haram fighters and 140 inmates were freed there. and a violent boko haram take over, a movie forced 10,000 people to flee to the capitol and we report from there.

>> reporter: they come seeking safety. a resident of the town arrived in the capitol less than a week after the town was over run by boko haram fighters. some on foot. some by car. hundreds made the 150 kilometer journey but hundreds are missing, lost in the cares of invasi invasion. >> this is by the mountain. >> reporter: and boko haram robbed the banks, burned down the main market and murdered teachers and the local universi university. five military commanders and dozens of soldiers fled

battalions and in media they say they were outnumbered and out gunned by boko haram. no fewer than 10,000 people from village's like mobi are living in refugee camps and many people here say there isn't enough food and shelter is poor. aid agencies say they are doing the best they can. >> i want to say that it's full and we don't have room. >> reporter: kidnappings by boko haram in the northeast have been on the rise in resent weeks despite hopes for a ceasefire. they have been able to claim at least one town but it is feared boko haram is gaining ground. and it is the people of nigeria who are losing the most. >> and we are joined now from a camp for displaced people near

yola in the state. and very touching story you just told but just tell us what security is being offered to these people fleeing boko haram? >> well, actually as you know when boko haram invaded movie there were reports of the military and, in fact, it has been confirmed that some military and security personnel went to movie before the invasion of boko haram and have left town and the military command is launching an investigation into this. at the moment nobody can exactly say what is happening and telephone communication have been cut over the last 3-4 days and nobody can say specifically what is happening. but the military authorities and officials are saying that the military have launched a ground and air assault on boko haram targets in the town of mobi trying to retake control of the town. the town is specifically

important because it has a base for nigeria army in the effort to try to take back some of the towns and villages by boko haram in the last few months and the north and southern part of the state. for the moment though at this camp when we stepped in there was little security on the ground. >> so many attacks are being conducted by boko haram, there are also reports of soldiers abandoning their posts. is it fair to say then that boko haram is gaining advantage? >> well, if we look at the past few months, boko haram has actually launched attacks and took over villages and towns and nobody can say specifically what is going on and the military says it's on top of the situation and the situation on the ground and what we hear from such places is the military or security forces are no where to be seen and therefore it's

always difficult to say what is happening. what little or no communication begin the people on the ground here and people in the villages are abandoned by the military and civilians and it's difficult to say who is in control but what we hear it's boko haram that is hoisting the flags over the towns and villages as we speak. >> complex situation there and thank you for speaking to us near yola. dozens of people have been rising in zambia after the dismissing of the ruling party general and police fired tear gas in the crowds in the capitol, just days after the death of president michael sata, demonstrators are angry that the acting president was sacked, edgar who was widely expected to be the new leader and the justice and defense minister

says the dismissal is illegal and joining us on the line of the capitol is former cabinet minister and thank you for being with us and explain to us what was the reason for his sacking? >> well, it's not so much why and this is for the active president of the nation and explain to them so it was a surprise to everybody. >> now, we have seen protests on the streets. we have seen the riot police as well-being deployed. he says his dismissal is illegal. what do you think is expected to happen next? >> well, the people are not

happy over the rule. and there is a contention but the situation and what happened by the president and the country and they are not supposed to be condemned to surrounder to the president because it was given by the president himself and it angered a lot of people because in the beginning of the night when he was acting president and they are willing to become actually president under their control and the people are not

happy about that. >> we will have to leave it there and thank you very much for speaking with us, former cabinet minister there speaking to us from the capitol. the african union is giving military leaders two weeks to hand over power to civilian rule or face sanctions and the army took control over friday after they forced long time president to resign and we are live now and get us up to speed as what is the latest there on the ground? >> well, initially the military rulers said they wanted to be in power for 90 days and they prepared the country for elections and this is remains of the parliament building and it was destroyed a few days ago in the wake of that unrest and tension military leaders said it

would take three months to put together elections and rule and under growing pressure from politicians and the people the street they agreed to do it much sooner and said they will hand over to a traditional or transitional civilian authority that will oversee the transition back to civilian rule. but we just heard four heads of state will be coming in here tomorrow from the region. presidents of nigeria, ghanna and togo and visiting international community and has its eye closely on what is happening here and the region and eu have been saying power should quickly be handed back to civilians, what we are waiting for on the ground is the military and political opposition to publish lists of names of people who they think should be in this transitional authority. we spoke to some opposition

politicians yesterday here and in headquarters about this. let's take a look at that story now. >> people are waiting to find out who will be their next ruler and here in an sweltering meeting room they are waiting for politicians to announce their next move. on saturday an army colonel said she in charge. but the opposition says it expects a swift handover to civilian rule. >> we are very happy to participate and agreeing to some discussion. yesterday afternoon he came to a meeting in headquarters and i will say it was a very normal discussion and he shows some openness. >> reporter: last week tens of thousands protested against the president's attempts to extend his term in office and he resigned and left the country. his 27 year rule ended abruptly and headquarters of the party

are now in ruins. they set it on fire and all that remains now is ash and rubble and a few documents. this is one of the offices and here is remains of a photo copier and this is the political opposition and the army trying to work a way forward. the army talked about leadership and monday morning he met with foreign diplomates and under pressure he is promised a quick handover of power. >> translator: we are in contact with all political actors to rebuild executive power which is actually vacant. the executive will soon be led by a transitional team. >> reporter: meanwhile this is what is left of parliamentsh he tried to get politicians here to remove term limits and they broke in and burned it. opposition member showed me

where he once sat. like many here he is anxious about military rule. >> translator: this is a democratic fight for a peaceful shift of power, the shift should be to civilians and unfortunately we are facing a different situation with the military in charge, we just need the military to take care of our safety and property. >> reporter: he ruled with a mixture of democracy and oppression but the grafitti and hoping what comes next will be better. so meanwhile the former president is in a government-owned mansion in neighboring city but in the newspaper here today there is a letter from him, a statement from him in which he says that he chose to leave in the best interest of the people and that he was willing to be a

sacrificial lamb for the progress. people here on the ground see it very differently and they say he was forced to go because of the overwhelming number of protests the street and protesters had enough of his 27 years in power. you can see from the state of parliament that things were very heated here and former president may not have been safe so they say he didn't have any choice about leaving. meanwhile two of his former allies, france and the u.s., they both have military bases here and they have been watching events very closely and french media have been reporting that the french government actually helped him in his exit possibly with a helicopter to fly him to neighbor i neighboring countries and that is among people here because they feel that france interference in politics is not welcome and actually getting in the way of what they feel should be a people led and democratic

revolution. >> malcolm thank you and reporting from the capitol. still to come on the news hour early findings have been released into what caused the virgin galactic to crash on friday and we will have all the details plus. the world economic forum takes place in new deli and looking at the government and vicious plan to recover india. the race that stops the nation and over shadowed by the death of a favorite and we have details later in the news hour. ♪ flush tlu in iraq fighters from the islamic state of iraq and lavont are inching to irbil in the kurdish region and battling kurdish soldiers at a village 50

kilometers away and we have the latest now from irbil. >> peshmerga, 15 kilometers from the village and closest from flying there was heavy shelling by isil on peshmerga, potentially a push by isil to come to the regional capitol here and comes on the same day as iraqi delegation from defense ministry including defense ministry himself pledge agree brigade of 2000 volunteers, 2000 kurdish volunteers to help come defend this front line in northern iraq. what is important here is defense ministry said the volunteers will be under the iraqi army and peshmerga still seeing if they will accept the army and looking to winter months ahead with greater

difficulty defending the front line and iraqi army pledging heavy weapons, more weapons for kurdish forces, kurdish forces saying they received some weapons from coalition forces but asking for more. heavy fighting close to the regional capitol and this offer by the iraqi government pledging more support for the kurdish regional government here in defending against isil attacks. in syria fighters from the al-qaeda linked al-nusra front said this town is a stronghold for the revolutionary front but fell to al-nusra after fighting on the weekend. >> reporter: they show up weapons recovered from the syrian revolutionary front, the weapons appear to be u.s. made. the srf is one of the rebel groups the white task wants to use to defeat the islamic state

of iraq and the lav arc nt group. but on this evidence american made weapons may have ended up in the wrong hands. last week's fighting led to many deaths, both sides have said the other is to blame. with this in fighting between rebels, on monday, the government signed a declaration with what it called civil forces in junct opposition to isil. >> translator: these forces may have their own ideological, political differences but agree they need to put syria interest before their own, rising above party lines to fight the danger that threatens syria from outside its borders. [gunfire] these pictures from damascus show reality on the ground is very different, no rebels want to join fighters to combat isil and not even those it wants to

kill. in this footage by hammer rebel forces seem to capture what is an important check point of assad forces and with it in their hands they can get the government enforcement line and for its part the syrian government said it reclaimed the road in the northeast of the country. state t.v. broadcast these pictures on monday. demonstrating that any prospect of national reconciliation is remote. dominick cain, al jazeera. the leader of one of two competing parliaments in libya is calling for new elections, omar and allies are in the capitol tripoli and internationally recognized parliament has taken refuge in the city and fighting continues in the country and at least 13 people have died in resent violence between fighters who call themselves libyan army and

other groups and are fighting for control of territory from eastern benghazi to the western mountains. at least 40 people have been killed in yemen in the past 24 hours during fighting in the town of rada and dead an are houthi rebels battling tribesmen and al-qaeda linked fighters in the town and drone strikes believed to have targeted fighters in the region and we report from there. >> reporter: witnesses say the fighting is the heaviest over the last ten days. the al-qaeda fighters as well as tribesmen attacked houthi positions from three directions. the clashes continued late monday into early tuesday. dozens of houthis were killed. one of the clashes were over the al-qaeda fighters as well as the tribesmen were retreated to the northern parts and u.s. drone attacks hit a number of targets.

there are reports of casualties and don't know details but the prime minister is looking into the names that will be forming the new government, however, he is facing difficulty because he needs to find truly independent technocrats to fill the cabinet positions. students and professors at saini have a raleigh to denounce the killing of the man shot dead at the capitol on sunday and he was secretary-general of the union of the party. there has been anti-government protests overnight in egypt, dozens of people demonstrated in the capitol cairo and supporters of the opposed president mohamed morsi and he was removed in 2014. al jazeera demands the release

of journalists detained in egypt for 311 days and greste and fahmy and mohamed are accused of helping the out lawed muslim brotherhood and are appealing. they are talking about the death of mohamed's grandson and this is a scene in iraq where huge crowds have paying homage to a man killed in battle 1300 years ago and crowds turned out in large numbers in lebanon following a call from the leader of hezbollah and there was a day of mourning and here is more from beirut. >> reporter: this shoot out has the tightest security ever and thousands turned up here to commemorate the death of a man who is the grandson of the prophet mohamed and this is an area controlled by hezbollah

with security checkpoints every couple of meters and you have men on the rooftops taking care that nothing is happening here and translates to tensions here in lebanon and the spill over of the war in syria has infighting and people as well as fighting in syria on behalf of them and it has problems here and it's a sectarian society already. we also heard from the secretary-general of hezbollah and appeared by video link and message to the followers and people and the fight is to protect lebanon and against extremist and not a sunni shia fight it's against extremist and the message is clear saying they will stay in syria just to protect the borders here. israeli government changed the criminal code to make stone throwing punishable by 20 years in prison and it's the latest step in israel's zero tolerance policy from demonstrations and we report from ramala.

a palestinian student from east jerusalem and just come out of jail, like many of his friends he took part in protests after the killing of an arab youth in jerusalem in july and jailed for three months for throwing a rock at police officers and missed much of the summer term but he has no regrets. >> translator: on the contrary i'm at ease with what i did. i did nothing wrong. i was expressing my rejection of the israeli occupation against our people and our children. the least one can do is throw stones. >> reporter: israeli police arrested a thousand palestinians since the start of the conflict in july and charged 300 in connection with protests, most recently there is anger about visits by israeli activists trying to pray at the mosque compounds known to jews as temple mount and they attacked the light rail system as well as public buses and now they want

jail sentences of ten years for throwing objects at a moving vehicle or ten years if there is injury. >> the decision is made by the israeli police and border police in conjunction and coordination with the municipality and after several weeks of constant disturbances and talking about by people who are part of the communities and have taken the law in their own hands it's time to crack down and prevent the incidents from taking place. >> reporter: checks at the entrance of palestinian districts and may not take much to trigger further violence. a growing cause of friction is activists moving in the heart of palestinian neighborhoods sparking regular confrontation between police and local youngsters. >> in the absence of agenda or a strategy challenging israeli authorities, it is left for the youth of jerusalem. in the day time they work in

israel but in the night they come to close the roads and throwing stones and challenging the israelis with international pride. >> reporter: increased security measures are clearly having effect, tensions never far from the surface and restrictions could create more resentments. al jazeera occupied east jerusalem. >> argentina and rain killed at least two people and forced thousands from their homes and authorities say at least 1400 families have been forced to evacuate their homes and residents north of the capitol of buenos-aires wade through floods in the towns and placing bags outside their homes as the flood waters continue to rise and let's check on the weather and everton any break in the weather for argentina? >> something of a dry spot coming and looks better over the next couple days and look at the rainfall we are talking about, 132 millimeters of rain coming down in only 24 hours, hence

that dire situation that we have seen in buenes-areas. and bright skies coming behind and bright white cloud are at the highest with the thunder head and moving to the south atlantic and better weather certainly on the cards here. we have also seen some flooding on the other side of the continent, this is peru and north of lima and 300 kilometers north of lima and people evacuated from the homes, 200 people evacuated from homes here and mud slides. in the case of peru we will see the showers and rain persisting and heavy downpours continuing from the western side of amazon and pushing further west. as we go into the next day the rainfall may intensify and we have dry weather from south palo where there has been a drought

and you can see through the weather day and going into thursday and a few showers in the southeast of brazil but should be fine and dry for buenos buenos-ares. >> still to come on the news hour and estimate that 10 million people in the world are not citizens of any country, we will take a look at a new campaign to end statelessness. and in sport captain gerard is set to be dropped for the chap champion match against madrid and we will have more later.

♪ welcome back, reminder of the headlines on al jazeera, a string of attacks in nigeria raising the government's ability to deal with security and the armed grope boko haram is attacking villages and thousands are leaving their homes and officials are warning of a humanitarian crisis. dozens of people in zambia over the ruling of the secretary-general and they fired tear gas in the capitol days after the death of the president. four african heads of state are due to arrive in the capitol as the military faces pressure to hand over power to civilian rule and u.n. and after african union are threatening control within two weeks. 13 people still unaccounted for after a boat sank off the coast

of turkey and 24 migrants from afghanistan and syria when the boat capsized and six others pulled alive tomorrow the freezing waters of the black sea. the u.n.'s refugee agency has launched a campaign to end statelessness in the next decade. it estimates that 10 million people around the world do not have citizenship in any country and more than a third of them are children. they are excluded from society and have no legal rights, no passport and no vote, access to education, employment and education, employment and healthcare is also limited. ethnic discrimination is one of the main roses that group like roma and more are among millions who are stateless. and chris nash is the director of the european network on statelessness and joins us live from london and mr. nash thank you so much for making it on the show, now the u.n. is trying to eradicate statelessness within

ten years is what the campaigns say and some people say that is an ambitious goal and just how realistic is this timeline? >> i think the first point to make as you mentioned 10 million stateless people worldwide, a baby is born stateless every ten minutes and surprising this issue has received little attention and hugely welcome that you have initiated this campaign which hopefully will have a real galvonizing effect and realistic and ambitious and where there is political will progress can be made. even in the last decade 4 million formerly stateless people acquired national naturalty and take 2008 with a single stroke the high court in bangladesh issued a ruling with 300,000 people in the count interest i -- country to have

nationality and with will this can be achieved. >> a major debate as you know over illegal migrants and asylum seekers in europe and fall under the category of statelessness, how do you convince governments to provide them with identity papers? >> it's a good question but i think the first point to emphasize is not all asylum seekers and refugees are in fact stateless but it's certainly the case that statelessness is one of the root causes of forced displacement and -- >> can i go back to what you just said there, not every asylum seeker or refugee is stateless and yet they are leaving conflict countries to go to another country seeking asylum and wouldn't that mean they are stateless then? >> well, the usual protection and solution for these individuals would be for them to

obtain refugee status and equally there are many refugees that are also stateless and a good example would be the rohengar from myanmar and not all will be stateless but it's true some individuals will travel to europe already stateless or after arriving in europe they will become stateless and there may be difficulties in proving their entitlement to nationality especially if they look birth certificates or identity documents. >> u.n. is trying to get countries to sign on to the 1954 u.n. convention on statelessness and as i've read malta, hystonia and a few others and other countries that are not signed on, why are they not honoring the signatories? >> the eu and the four are yet

to ratify the 1954 statelessness convention and the problem in europe is states have taken the first step by ratifying the convention but not taken the second step to introduce dedicated termination procedures so they can workout in the territory who needs statelessness and they recently concluded a campaign calling for more european states to take exactly that step. >> chris, great getting your insight and krish nash the director of the eu network on statelessness and speaking to us from london. now in just a few hours voters in the u.s. will head to the polls for mid term elections, this year's vote is expects to be the most expensive in u.s. history, let's break down the numbers now for you. the 2014 poll is set to cost $3.9 billion. now, that is compared to $3.6 billion in 2010 and $2.8 in

2006. republican push is expected to spend at least $1.92 billion and democrats and liberal supporters at $1.72. now in the house of representatives republican john boehner from ohio state spent $16 million and love spent the least at $4 million. the stakes are much higher in the senate where kentucky republican mitch mcconnell spent the most at nearly $23 million while his texas colleague spent nearly $11 million. and republicans are looking to increase majority in the house and take control of the senate as well, that outcome could decide what president barack obama can accomplish in his final two years both at home and abroad. mike hanna reports from washington. ♪ there is no u.s. ambassador in sierra leone to report on the fight against ebola.

nor in turkey which is on the front line of the war the u.s. has declared against isil fighters. and no u.s. representation in bahrain which hosts the u.s. fleet, one of the most powerful projections of u.s. foreign policy. u.s. ambassador posts are vacant around the world. the reason, republicans in the senate are intentionally blocking hearings more than 60 foreign service nominees along with president obama's suggestions for judges, cabinet and the surgeon general and arms withering in the face of repudiation of the country's president and his decisions. the log jam could get worse if republicans gain control of the senate, together with what is likely to be a renewed majority in the house, the republicans could have the power to effect shut down foreign and domestic policy during his last two years

in office. the current i ran pal policy could be crippled and stripped away if a new majority leader allows sanctions to be taken on the floor. >> the president opposes additional sanctions. why don't we let congress speak? let congress have a voice? >> reporter: and the republican-led armed services xh it tit -- committee would be in syria and iraq. >> if president of the united states said if syria crossed the red line the use of chemical weapons we would have to respond and obviously we didn't. >> reporter: despite the fact so many generations of soldiers have been killed abroad foreign policy seldom is part of the u.s. election debate but in the autumn of discontent that marks the beginning and end of the obama era this is a central

domestic issue, mike hanna, al jazeera washington. early findings into what they have caused the space craft to crash on friday and the founder richard brandson said space travel is still worth the risk. >> reporter: contrary to initial reports investigators say there was no explosion before the virgin space ship crashed. >> the fuel tanks and oxidizers were intact and showed no signs of burn through, no signs of being breached. >> the safety board leading the investigation says a reentry system was prematurely deployed shortly before the craft broke up, what is called the feathering system and helps the craft land by increasing drag and it was deployed too early. >> the unlocked leveler was not to be moved to unlock until

acceleration to 1.4 and occurred 1.0, that is correct. >> reporter: the video shows the pilot unlocking the feathering system prematurely but shouldn't have deployed the system and they stressed this was a statement of fact and not of cause and months and months of inquiry will follow. the owner said if the feathering system deployment was found to be the cause it could be fixed and he added he will not be deterr deterred. >> it's a grand program that had a horrible setback but i don't think anybody watching this program would want us to abandon it at this stage. >> reporter: the craft copilot died. investigators waiting to speak to the pilot who is recovering in the hospital, i'm with al jazeera. a major military operation by the pakistan army that began in june displaced 800,000 people and many of them have sought refuge in the town of banu but

after four months and with no end in sight to the fighting people are growing increasingly desperate. as part of our special series on education kamil looks at how this conflict is affecting children. >> reporter: pakistan military launched major offense in the middle of june most of the schools in that area were closed. the children were on their summer holidays and after the offensive by the military over 800,000 people from the north were forced to flee for the safety of banu and other towns and the bulk came to the town of banu and therefore it was a priority to reenroll all these children back into the schools so they do not miss out on their studies. now, according to the education officer of the north up to 55% of the students have now reenrolled in banu.

there are no statistics available for other cities they have gone but priority is to absorb these children into the education system so they do not miss out on their studies. the other important thing will be to put in more resources so that they can be supplied with books and uniforms and ensure the people can continue with their education which is going to be north and for the future of these children. business leaders meeting in new deli for the economic fore rm and they are using the summit for a scheme to revive the struggling manufacturing sector and we report. >> reporter: like a good garment economies work best when the feel and fit are right. for more than 30 years he and his family have operated a garment production and export business on the outskirts of new deli and profits have improved

but doing business has not. >> translator: it's easier to do business elsewhere, bigger garments producer are moving out of india and setting up in countries like bangladesh and i'm a small player and hard for me to move my business. >> reporter: he returns around $4 million a year making clothing for some of the world's biggest labels but a large part of his earnings is spent on production cost. in india garment factory workers earn an average of $200 a month, the same worker in bangladesh earns less than a quarter of this. higher wages are not the manufacturing factor's only challenge and business like this struggle from inadequate facilities to complex regulations. the government wants to improve conditions in 25 sectors and says a better business environment will stimulate growth and create millions of jobs. prime minister modi announced

the made in india campaign to help local businesses and young people like 22 year olds here and the name of the camp page has itself become a talking point but what it could do is set him up for life. >> translator: i'm learning how to weld and this skill guarantees me a job, once i finish this course i want to be able to support my family with a reliable wage. >> reporter: make in india is the government's pitch to the world, states have for years welcomed firms to set up manufacturing facilities in commission zones and it may be sometime yet before the global call to action translates into an industrial boom in india. >> documented which talks about 25% of share of manufacturing by 2022 we do believe that is definitely achievable. >> reporter: they are busy

taking orders for next summer and they are hoping in the years to come their international client list expands as india's manufacturing sector sets its sites on a new look, i'm with al jazeera. still to come on this news hour the tweet that triggers debate about the future of italy's coliseum. i'm paul at the medieval championships where we are going in the 21st century.

once the arena for battles and entertainment and now one of the most visited landmarks in the world and a new proposal could see tourist stand where they once fought and claudia reports. >> reporter: once upon a time this was a scene of bloody entertainment and gladiator combat and today this is nothing more than a photo opportunity but not for long. in a tweet posted on sunday night italy culture minister talked about replacing the floor a century after it was taken off. the idea was floated by an italian archeologist who said it should go back to being used as arena where events are staged. >> the coliseum is the most ancient and most visited monument on earth with 6 million people coming from all over the world to see it every year so

they want to see the place gladiator fights taken place and now they see a hole where it has taken place and let's make the floor and make it like it was 2000 years ago. >> reporter: tourists like the idea and have some of their own. >> o, you come as a tourist. >> this would be really cool or something else like a music show could be nice. >> maybe opra or something like that would be nice. >> reporter: modern day gladiators say they support the plan as long as they don't have to go back to fighting lions. >> translator: it's a good idea because the coliseum would go back to what it used to be. >> reporter: the tweet by the minister may remain wishful

thinking but one thing is for sure if it's turned into a fully functioni functioning ampi theatre this will go back to being the greatest in the world, i'm with al jazeera in rome. it's time for sport now and here is adam. german horse protection is the sixth non-australian hours to win the melbourne cup and the race traditionally brings australia to a halt was in front of fans at the race track and my ambivalent was first and realed in by the eventual winner protectist ridden by ryan moore and the race was over shadowed by the death of prerace favorite and cup winner admire racti after the race.

>> he did a marvelous job and getting the horse ready and bringing it down here and long-term plan and he is quick and this is the greatest race in the world and would like to thank everyone and i hope you enjoyed your day. >> andrew thomas has more on the race from melbourne. >> 22 horses began the race and 10 flown from other countries for the most famous races and the german protectist went to the victory and heavily backed and not the favorite and a roar as the horses went by and some held back the winner. >> we won the melbourne cup, yeah. >> awful close. >> yeah. >> and everything was loving it today. >> it wasn't announced an hour after the race immediately after it the horse that had been the

favorite going in the cup, the japanese horse had collapsed and died. now on monday there was an animal rights protest in the middle of melbourne why horses die on race tracks each year and the number seems to be going up and the favorite to win the cup died as a result of this will only mean more protests along those lines in the future. african futbol says they will kickoff as planned but we will know next week if morocco will host the tournament and they asked for the event to be moved over ebola fears and they have been in a to plot away which is now a little over two months away and decided to give them the weekend to decide if they want to host it or not, a final decision will be made at an executive meeting in cairo. >> translator: cannot confirm the dates, the 17 of january to 8 of february 2015, we asked the

federation to specify the definite position of morocco by 8 of november and the period is given for other national associations to organize the competition and meeting of executive committee will be held on the 11th of november in cairo to take the decision required. >> reporter: and we are back for madrid ahead of the champion's meeting with liverpool on tuesday, the world's most expend i've player recovered from an injury two weeks ago when the spannish team won 3-0 and he scored in the game and could be the competition record goal scorer if he has two more. >> i don't think that he is thinking really about his record because he can beat his record tomorrow but he has time. i don't think it's the last time in the champion league and he has time but i think think he

is focused for the team, to play for the team and not to beat the record. >> reporter: a player that might be missing from liver pool is captain and said to be dropped from the madrid match as they look to the match against chelsea on saturday. and they trained in the spanish capitol and looking not just to keep him at bay but the royal madrid attack. >> we have many, many top players at this club and obviously this is another one there to come in and at the same time i feel like even in the first one they have a place to come in and are doing well and is a top player as well. n.b.a. baseball have a win against the new orleans pelicans and led most of the way but new

orleans made a game of it and davis throeing a one handed dunk by a miss by gordon to keep them three points midway through the first quarter and memphis too much with mark leading the way for the home team with 16 points, with a win memphis improved to 4-0 on the season and extend the home winning streak to franchise record, 16 straight. you might think medieval sword fighting belongs in movies or reenactments but people are taking it up as a serious sport and they are estimated to practice along shores worldwide and recormshores worldwide and record nm inters taking part in elite contest but it hinges very much on the past and we report from gothomberg in sweden. >> reporter: 800 years since it was used on a battlefield, this

is making a come back and this is a sport known as european martial arts and fighters get points for technique and control and it is blunt but it can break skin and bones and here at sword fish the championships in sweden he is looking to add to a list of wins but the century old practice means more to him than just sport. >> you have to be an athlete, i spend a lot of time in the gym but it's also a link to my heritage, to my roots and i fight and manage to perform a technique no one has seen in 500 years with a link to the culture and men and women who fought for me and has huge appeal and perspective. >> these championships have grown from about 30 competitors eight years ago to more than 250 of the top fighters from 23 countries. contests are open and american

jessica finley pits her skills against men. >> there is a certain amount of fear factor and a certain amount of tactical consideration you bring to the game and they are likely stronger than you but you try to factor that in ways that are demonstrated and written about in our medieval text and apply your own fight to that moment. >> reporter: so to get involved in sword fighting you need your helmet so you don't lose an eye, the rest of this armor is optional and you need your sword and also need people who are willing to look back through the centuries to see how they did this for real. here in the belgin fighters is revealing techniques to fighters.

>> it's fantastic and when you read the specs you get to know these guys and have a huge respect for these masters. >> reporter: back in sweden there is a new master and another page in the story of this marshal art after centuries of omitted chapters. and there is much more on our website, of course, check out al jazeera.com/sport and details on how to get in touch with our team using twitter. that is the sport for now and more later. thanks very much. in a rare display of openness the north korean embassy in london opened its doors to the public. it is showcasing paintings from four artists from the monso art studio, the north korean ambassador said the event will help contribute to better understanding between his country and britain. stay with us here on al jazeera, we have another full bulletin of

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