>> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. . >> announcer: this is al jazeera. hello, welcome to the newshour. i'm here in doha, and here is what is coming up in the next 60 minutes - yemen's government is sworn in. it's been rejected by houthi rebels. security breach - questions asked as a suicide bomber gets inside headquarters. returning homes, two americans freed by north korea, after the intervention of a top intelligence official. >> i just want to say thank you

all for supporting me and lifting me up and not forgetting me. at the same time i was not forgetting the people of north korea we'll take you live to germany. that's where celebrations are underway to mark 25 years since the fall of the berlin wall we begin in yemen where a new government has been sworn in. it's been created as part of a un brokered peace deal after shuty rebels captured the government. the houthis are rejecting the new go. . hashem ahelbarra is there. what has the prime minister been saying, he's been speaking after the swearing in of the new

government. >> he is confident about the future, definitely determined to move forward and his ministers are starting work. if the houthis are negotiating with him, he will. if they choose to stay in the capital, he says he's going to implement his agenda. he says he has huge problems, he's aware of the problems, but determined to tackle the problems. the rise of al qaeda, the declining economy, violence in the sectarian divide. to give you a challenge that the government is facing. the hills and mountains you see behind me are controlled by the republican guard. this is a unit loyal to the deposed president. not the kourned president. the new minister of defence of yemen has to implement dramatic overhaul of the military

establishment. he has to buy loyalties, sack military commanders loyal to the former president. it will be a delicate challenge - that is, the government will deal with. >> so he's offering the houthis, as you are saying, the chance to negotiate. will they negotiate. if they don't, how much sway do they hold, as well as does the former president hold. he's han speaking rat part of this? >> -- he's an integral part of this. >> we have a reality the president and vice president based in the presidential palace. but the houthis controlling the capital. from saddar, the north, to south of the capital sanaa. we see that political divide for months to come. the houthis say they rejected the government.

they say that off the record, most likely they will take to the streets, call for mass protests against the government. we'll see that political divide continue for months and ponths. then we have to see the reaction of the international community. if they provide substantial political support for the government, the prime minister and president will be confident and tell the yemenis "we will move ahead itself. >> hashem ahelbarra reporting from sanaa in yemen to afghanistan where there has been an explosion inside the police headquarters in kabul. it happened outside the office of the police chief. at least one person has been gild. jennifer glasse has been -- has been killed. jennifer glasse has an update from kabul. >> it was a suicide bomber responsible for getting into police headquarters and blowing up near the police chief's

office. he was uphurt, but a deputy was killed and season people injured in the attack. police are looking at closed circuit footage to determine who the man was. they say he was not in a police headquarters. they came in asking to see the police chief. he got to pass through layers of security, and they are trying to determine how he did that. this is a compound not only to the police headquarters, but the government's objects of course, and a prison. 30,000 a day went through the come pound. it is a fortified compound with many levels of security. the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. the police will be looking into how they managed to breach the heavy security at the heart of the capital, and how they managed to get explosives in as well. >> al jazeera continues to demand the immediate release of its journalists who have been

detained in egypt for 360 days, peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their prison sentences. mohamed fadel fahmy and peter greste from sentenced to 7 gers, baher mohamed with an extra three for having a spent bullet in his possession, by he picked up at a protest. >> kenneth bae and michael todd miller were freed after the u.s. director of intelligence flew to pyongyang for talks. victoria gaetan by reports. >> reporter: back home on american soil, kenneth bae steps off a plane at a military pace in washington state to be reunited by his family. he's joined soon after by michael todd miller. the two men were held in prison

camps. miller was held for espionage charges. they and the military was kidnapped. he had been trying to convert north koreans. and serving a 15 year term. >> thank you for your support, prayers and love. that is encouraging for me and others who are in the same shoes. thank you. god bless you. >> news of the men's release was welcomed by president obama. >> it's a wonderful day for them and their families. director clapper is james clapper, the u.s.'s director of national an intelligence. he was the highest ranking

official to visit pyongyang in more than a decade. it's not clear where clapper was brought in to negotiate or meet with officials in pyongyang. the north koreans prefer to negotiate with either former presidents or high-profile documents on the fate of u.s. citizens. there's speculation by releasing the men, kim jong un may be trying to soften the country's image. >> north korea faces sanctions. the u.n. security council could refer kim and other north korean officials to the international criminal court for human right violations. neither kenneth bae no miller will be prosecuted for travelling to north korea. but the obama administration is warning americans it's not a good idea to visit crossing over to london and speaking to the former u.k. ambassador to north korea. thank you for buying with us on the al jazeera newshour. along with the two american

citizens, let's not forget there was jeffrey fowl -- fowl another american citizen, with why is all of this taking place now? >> i think there are various factors driving this. firstly the international situation seems to have turned against north korea. they have watched china and japan, and know that president obama will sit with president xi jinping. and prevent to drive a wem has not gotten -- wedge has not gotten anywhere. >> is freeing hostages out of goodwill the way that north korea operates. the united states in public say no concessions were offered.

do you buy that? >> they said it in plain terms. if the state department says no deal was down, i'm prepared to believe it. it doesn't mean the north koreans didn't get part of what they wanted. i think the decision by director clapper itself didn't play a part. he may have tape back to washington a message, probably about dialogue with the united states, something that the north koreans have been pursuing for a long time now. >> when you say they got what they wanted, what is that. being familiar with north korea, you were a former ambassador there, what would that message have been? >> we don't know. the united states have not said anything beyond that there was no deal. i suggest when i'm talking about a mess um, i'm speculating -- message, i'm speculating. if there was, it would say something like "we two need to

talk." the united states has not revealed details, it's just analysis. >> the united states seemed to thank sweden for its role in this. >> absolutely. this is for the good reason that because the united states has no diplomatic relations with north korea, sweden acts as the power. so if the americans get into trouble with north korea, it's a consular case, it's the swede ib emwas r basse -- swedish embassy that has to drop anything else and help the united states. it's rite that at the moments the united states would express gratitude to sweden. >> thank you for joining us on the al jazeera newshour. >> still to come - why some syrian - excuse me, defines catalans head to the polls for a symbolic - paddon me, this is what is coming up.

syrian - defines catalans head to the polls for a referendum on independence. plus - why syria refugees are excluded from the u.n. world food program.

... telling reporters "enough, i'm tired." protesters set fire to vehicles,

and attacked several government buildings. they have been chanting, "enough, i'm tired with corruption." here is adam raney from mexico city with the latest. >> reporter: protests in mexico on saturday turned violence as students and angry protesters torched vehicles and state government houses in the poor western state, where the students went missing. meanwhile in the capital in mexico city, we have protests converge on the main plaza, where we had hundreds, if not thousands of people protesting against the government. calling for the resignation of the attorney-general, and the president. it comes a day after the attorney-general announced that suspected criminals had confessed to killing the missing students. he played christmasly images of evidence and re-enactment of these people confessing how they

killed the students. after playing the provocative material and saying this before a national audience, the attorney-general said he still considers the students missing. the family members see this tactic and strategy by the government to give updates on the case as a way of seeing the children as dead, a main priority for the parents. they say that they want the government to put as much energy into looking for them alive as they are dead. >> u.s. air strikes hit a gathering of fighters from the islamic state of iraq and levant. the strikes hit a convoy of 10 vehicles, thought to be carrying members of i.s.i.l. u.s. officials cannot confirm if he was part of the convoy. he made a rare appearance.

imran khan joining us from baghdad. it hit the i.s.i.l. leadership on the border between iraq and syria. >> that's right. it shows you that the border crossing is hope and in use by i.s.i.l. and controlled by i.s.i.l. that will be a blow to iraqi efforts to defeat the group. they hope the border crossing would have been closed by now. we are hearing from local police saurss that abu was not hit in the attack. but senior i.s.i.l. commanders were hit, and they are hoping it will be a big blow to the group. pro i.s.i.l. sites have been pushing hard. their leader was not in the convoy. that he is alive and well. they won't say whether he's in iraq or syria, but he is alive and well. the alcame crossi qaim crossing

crossing. the fact that i.s.i.l. can use it to cross to their territory is a concern. >> imran khan reporting from baghdad, iraq there has been a leaked report about it bolagize tan people in afghanistan saying i.s.i.l. recruited thousands. it shows the group's name on groups in quetta, the capital of bolagize stan, and the report says they plan to attack military installations target buildings and the shia community the unalready world food proij is cutting thousands of families from its assistance programs in germany. all fled the wr.

the u.n. is saying that the families not able to meet their basic needs have to get priority. some of those excluded say they can't survive on their own this is a syrian widow in jordan with her four children. she has barely been able to make ends meet for the past two years. now they have been hungry. she got a text message inching her that her family was not eligible for food assistance from the world food program. they have been identified as meeting food needs on her own. she has rice and vegetables. she's been forced to borrow money from friends to buy the food and is two months late on paying the rent. >> after we lost the food vouchers, this is a policy designed to force us to refugee camps or our country.

we'll die, if not from shelling, from hunger. syrians are unwanted. >> syrian refugees are not allowed to work here. up to 12,000 families have been excluded from the food voucher programme. a study conducted by the world food program concluded that they have access to sufficient incomes or support networks. many appealed to be reinstated. >> reporter: the majority of refugees don't have enough money to by food, so they rely on vouchers. without that support, they may have to send their children out to work or begging to put food on the table. food vouchers are a life line for many. most families sell their vouchers to buy nonfood items or pay rent. the u.n. says it had to prioritise vulnerable families,

which concluded that 15% of syrians don't need the vouchers, there may be errors. >> some people are clear, we can see it's an error, we can reinstate them. some we are clear from the living conditions, that they can survive on their own, and they'll be executed. >> there are many who can't survive on their own or return to syria, and the conditions are getting worse, the lodger they stay in exile the commander of n.a.t.o. troops in afghanistan told al jazeera that al qaeda is hiding in the country. n.a.t.o.'s mission in 2001 was to eradicate the group. 13 years later, nato troops are pulling outlet they are not sure if their force is strong enough to support them on the battlefield. sue turton reports. >> reporter: on board an afghan army controlling kuehna

province, an area hotly contested by the taliban. the local people are salafists, and don't leave in borders. afghanistan and pakistan melds into one. an easy place for al qaeda to operate. as n.a.t.o. pulls out, the top commander fells al jazeera that the group they came to wipe out is still here. >> i think there's an al qaeda presence here. i think there has been a continued fight against that of the last 13 years, a lot of damage on the leadership. there continues to be an al qaeda presence in afghanistan. >> was the mission to eradicate al qaeda from afghanistan an impossible mission. >> i'm not going speak of an impossible mission, it's 13 years ago. the mission evolved. we continue to take a hard look at not only al qaeda, but other groups that facilitate them.

you know, if you sit in the united states, if you sit in england today you don't worry about al qaeda. >> these afghan soldiers are worried. their base comes under attack, and they held this ground until now, thanks to n.a.t.o. air support. >> our only need is for air support for planes. when we go on an operation we need to be in contact with the air. when we face the enemy, we need air strikes. it's impossible to do the job in kuehna without it. >> the airfors is not just needed in the fight, but to evacuate the wounded. the general says the afghan airport is growing in strength. >> we continue to train their pilo pilots, nurses, medition to perform the care. they are getting better and better. >> the new afghan president ashraf ghani voiced concerns

that if afghan troops are injured on the battlefield, his own air forces will not be able to evacuate them. >> translation: i cannot look at a soldier or police officer to say that i can evacuate them. they could die. our heroes need a strong air force. >> reporter: after 13 years of conflict n.a.t.o. is leaving afghanistan with the battle far from over. the most the afghan forces hope to do is contain the taliban and the al qaeda fight erts in the -- fighters in the country there has been intense artillery bombardment of the separatist controlled city in donetsk. the overnight shelling is described as the worst since a ceasefire pass signed between the government and pro-russian fighters. we go to donetsk with the latest. >> we have heard shelling throughout the night in central

donetsk. it intensified at 2:30am, and was heavy for about two hours. but there has been continuation of that shelling throughout this morning, as daylight struck. we don't know of confirmation of casualties but destroyed engines in the center. it appears the fighting is going around the airport area, where there has been a sustained off between the pro-russian and ukranian forces. >> u.s. president obama is on his way back to asia to join the apec summit. he has a number of times highlighted the goal of improving u.s. relations with allies in asia. >> reporter: u.s. president obama once again heads off on a long journey to asia, with stops in china, myanmar and australia. another chance to fulfil a long-time promise of his

presidency. >> the united states back to asia, a desire to pivot and focus on the asia pacific reason. >> we are able to pivot to the asia pacific region. >> reporter: the pivot was part of the re-election campaign. except for rotating a few thousands troops into australia, military presence has not increased. >> the numbers may have looked higher or greater. since the budget cuts, they've been able to hold asia level, while other areas faced serious cuts. it's not necessarily as dramatic as one might have thought. >> if you look at trade, that's worse. the u.s. trade debt, when the president took oft. in 2013, it was 429 million. if the president heads back, he has a chance to change that, by pushing ahead with the trans-pacific partnership. more possible because he's only lost control of the senate.

it was democrats against giving the president more authority to negotiate a deal. as the president lands in china, it's expected he'll make a push for the trade agreement on the sidelines of apec. he'll head to myanmar, trying to save what his administration held up as a chief foreign policy success. liberalization and internal reconciliation, which all but stalled. president obama is a man in search of a legacy. hoping this trip builds the foundation for that. >> a check on the world weather with everton on the al jazeera newshour. tell us about the storms that have been taking place. >> we have seen rough weather. big massive cloud. as you can see, it's in the process of pulling across greece, edging towards the eastern side. into turkey. things will quieten down for

central areas, but for a time, you can see we have a fair amount. this is the offending area bringing the heavy rain and the violent storms across the region. sicily saw most of this. damaging winds, gusting as high as 100km per hour. and driving rain. you can see the damage resulting because of that system. it's paying its way across greece, pushing into the western site. coming in for a time. here comes the next batch of violent stormy weather coming through. up into the north sea, running into france, heavy showers and wet weather to the western side. look at the temperatures. pretty disappointing for madrid and paris. it's unsettled with the weather. monday sees the next area of rain pushing into the u.k., into

the peninsula. pushing across the western med, meaning more heavy down pours for italy still ahead - the kenyan government tries to diffuse a tribal war over cattle and grazing rights and have met with deadly results. and coming up in sport, the formula 1 driver, who hopes this isn't an omen ahead of the brazilian grand prix. >> she giggles everytime she steps into the revolving door of justice >> she became legendary... >> the finer the store, the

bigger the challenge >> al jazeera america presents the life and crimes of doris payne >> just moments ago the president nominating loretta lynch for attorney general of the united states. here's a little bit what the president had to say. the top stories on the al jazeera newshour. hello again.

yemen's new government has been sworn in, created as a u.n. brokered peace deal after shiee rebels captured the government. the new administration has been rend by the houthis. questions are being asked after a person killed in the suicide bombing inside the police headquarters kabul. and the explosion happened outside the office. it carried out that attack. north korea released the last two american citizens in its custody. kenneth bae and michael todd miller touched down. they were freed after negotiations of the u.s. director of national intelligence it's 25 years since the fall of berlin wall in germany. event are held to mark the occasion. german chancellor angela merkel laid roses at a stretch of wall. she was after a huge party, at the brandenburg gait.

the wall divided the commune yist east germany and the west. it became a powerful symbol of the end of the cold war. >> mikhail gorbachev will attend the celebrations and says that the world is on the brink of a new cold war. >> translation: bloodshed in europe and the middle east against the backdrop between a breakdown of dialogue between major powers is of concern. the world is on the brink of a new cold war. some say it has begun. >> a symbol of the cold war may have begun. it is a tourist attraction. we'll cross to nick spicer in berlin, let's look at where the fall of wall was important. >> reporter: east germany built a wall after a quarter of its population fled to west germany. in an example of communist devil speak it said the barrier was to keep western fascists out. the east german people tore the

wall down. the regime called it the peaceful revolution. >> nowadays the wall is big business. trinkets and tours on offer everywhere. and then there's a checkpoint charlie site. the guard house is not real. tourists pay $3 to get their picture taken. this is another phoney checkpoint located in a shopping mall. prove that memories of the wall is good for business. >> the wall is cause for reflection, history of where the world is going now. if you are determined, it's almost a place of pilgrimage. >> translation: it was a wonderful thing when you consider how long the wall was standing. people have to live on the communist regime, essentially locked up. when the wall fell.

i was relieved there was freedom for all germans, for some, it is a call for faith in the future. few thought that it would ever fall. >> then it came dawn. it's hopeful that hong kong or china or other parts of the world, it's hopeful for them. >> the fall of the wall lead to german unification, and a treaty that created the european union. >> almost all of the wall is gone now. some fear its lessons are at risk of disappearing as well. >> there is a danger of that complacency falling back. you see with ukraine, with, you know, event over there, that that's not to be taken for granted. >> on friday lights lit up 15

qums of where it stood. a pathway for people to wander, and wonder about the peaceful protests and the changes brought to the world in that day. >> crossing to nick spicer, joining us from berlin to tell us what is happening today. >> you are getting an example of the music. you are getting a sound trick. electronic music and classical music. the conductor is leading the orchestra in plays the "ode to joy" by beethoven. angela merkel will be here, with a man that helped to bring about peaceful change in poland, and one to two million people coming to celebrate the fall of berlin wall, which is one of the most

proud moments in german history. i'm joined by an historian to shed light on this. what does that mean to germans this day history. >> this year, germany and europe remembers 100 years, first of all, of the beginning, 25 years of second world war, and 25 years of peaceful revolution. the peaceful revolution marked the extremes as the british saw it. and the 25th anniversary of the revolution is the end of extreme fortune, the division has ended, and people live together unified and so it gets a central focus in our memory culture, together with the dark side of german history. >> it's the event that the germans are proud of. >> definitely. it was a peaceful revolution. there was no violence. they overcame a dictatorial system that had weapons and arms

on his side. the people overcame the regime. what else could we be proud of than this story. >> is it something that old people remember more than young people. are people forgetting what happened. interesting enough, new survey shows that elderly people, some in the majority are more or less reluctant. 80% of people up to the age of 30 say we want to know about the subject. this is important for us. the efforts to bring this subject, the history to younger people are strengthened by the institutions on the field. >> is there a reappraisele of what is happening. >> the focus of media historians are on the dictatorial system. in the last year every day life is more into the focus to understand how you can lie a normal life in an unformal

system. shedding light on what today means for germans, a day of pride in a reunified country. >> thank you very much. nick spicer reporting from berlin well, voting has begun in an unofficial referendum in catalonia. it is expected to result in the strongest show of support yet for breaking away from spain. the central government both say that the vote is illegal of the let's find out how it's going and clause over to claudio lav arnia. >> thousands of catalans are queueing outside a thousands locations all across catalonia to cast their unofficial ballots. there were many schools turned into unofficial polish stations

telling they will it will be illegal to do so. everything is orderly. the organizers are telling you wills that it's going through the way they expected. the one question that remains is that this is - it's not a referendum on independence that they wanted. it's not a consultation, it's more like an opinion poll. to understand more about the issue, i'm joined by a political analyst. miguel, clearly the outcome of the vote will not have an effect on the status of kata lone why. why are many turning up. >> they want to put pressure on the central government to allow a real vote to take place. for that to happen, of course, they have to get a lot of people out to vote. and here the crucial mark is 2 million people. if more are voting, that will have an effect, an impact in the way in which the hole conflict

is perceived. >> madrid tried to stop the vote. and they called the referendum illegal, and the public consultation unconstitutional. how do you think madrid will react to the vote tomorrow? >> in principal it depends how many turn out to vote. if the number voting passes the figure of 2 million. only people supporting independence will vote. the government will feel very much concern. and perhaps some form of that. the problem is it's not clear that the government has anything to offer atta lonia. on the other hand the nationals entrenched. visualised independence and probably don't want to negotiate anything else, and that's something the central government is not ready to grant. >> thank you for joining us. it seems that the offense by the

central government in madrid backfired. because now clearly the independents see the goal of sheer independence closer by the day, and as miguel said here, 20% of the catalan population will turn up, they may ask for an official referendum on independence to take place. >> you are for the time being. reporting from barcelona. >> next year's africa cup of nations has been thrown into doubt. hosts morocco confirmed they no longer want to stage the football tournament. that's after a series of meetings and the country asks for postponement. the federation of football has rejected the wish of morocco for the event to be delayed.

farah is here with more details on that. >> what does this mean, what happens next? >> after a series of emergency meetings in morocco, the country decided against hosting the tournament in january, because of the threat of ebola. the sports minister said ebola is a serious threat and don't want to run the risk of it spreading to its country. they asked that the tournament be postponed for six months or a year. but it's not a possibility. now caff have to decide whether to move the tournament. the problem is it's november. the tournament is due to be hosted in january. no other countries publicly came forward saying yes we want to host the tournament. as it stands, the tournament is in serious jeopardy. caff will make an official announcement on tuesday. i'll be here in a few moments

with more on the story and the rest of the day's sport. into you will. in under 10 minutes we'll speak to you then. thank you for the time being. moving on to other news. kenya's military is sending reinforcements to the valley after 23 police officers were killed. the army is trying to retrieve foreign weapons used at a surge of unrest. katherine sawer reports of heavy-handed actions by the government. >> reporter: tribal elders hand over a firearm to activists in north kenya. one of weapons stolen from 23 security officers attacked. the elders were given the wepen by men afraid to hand it over. the young men were believed to have killed the officers in this truck. a few kilometres from cappedo. the tribe fought for control of

this. >> maybe after giving the government their gun, we come down and ask who are the boys that did this. >> the killing is the peak of tensions between the tribes. they fought for decades over cattle and grazing land. now oil and natural gases has been discovered. and the area is a politicized sophisticated and violence. >> this man's son was decapitated by a man from a rival tribe and what he believes is an attack. it's been a month, the body is at the mortuary. >> i cannot bury him without a head. it's taboo. >> 2,000 police and soldiers have been deployed to disarm the tribes holding thousands of

illegal firearms. security forces have been accused of destroying their homes. >> reporter: this is a home killed by security officers. hundreds fled. we cannot see a civilian movement on the roads. that's because we are told people have gone further into the interior, to the bushes and the hills of this vast region. >> at one town center this man came from his hideout to find the shop still smouldering. it's one of several destroyed here. >> they said they are looking for guns, but we are far from where the attack happened. we have no guns. >> a police spokesman told us any former comprint will be investigated. that man and his neighbours are worried. they say they want peace, but there are concerns if the government does not deal with

the conflict and those fuelling it, it may get worse supporters and friends of two kidnapped tunisian journalists held a rally to have them released. they were working in the eastern libyan region when they were taken in september. a group belonging to khalifa haftar was holding them but released them. the reporters were then immediately recaptured by another unknown group, and they are missing you're watching the al jazeera newshour. here is what is coming up. what were they thinking? two dare devils put their lives on the line. coming up in sports - the world's best men's tennis players get ready for the last big appearance of the year.

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once again farah joining us with an update on the top stories. >> as you have been hearing, next year's african cup of nations has been thrown into doubt. morocco confirms it no longer wants to stage the conference during the scheduled time slot. after a series of emergency meetings, they asked for a postponement because of concerns over the ebola outbreak. the confederation of african football rejected the wish for the championship to be delayed by six months or a year. caf will announced if the tournament will be cancelled or moved to another country. we are joined by football journalist and broadcaster live

from lag judges in -- lagos in nigeria. thanks for joining us. how surprised are you with the decision? >> i'm not surprised. we are expecting an influx of between 200,000 and 1 million fans. to have a tournament postponed to 2016 - that is dictated because of the ebola and the risk of it spreading. we have estimated $9 billion in tourism revenue. the government is risking that for the african cup of nations. they have their own country's interests at heart, and to be honest, that's is what is important. >> what options are caf left with now. is it realistic for another host

to step in at this point. >> caf have approved some countries, sounding out ghana, egypt and south africa. south africa and egypt and ghana are some countries. egypt hosted in 2006, ghana in 2008. and the two countries are probably do have the logistics to stage things at a short time. >> we'll leave it there for now. thank you for your time. bayern munich confirmed their dominance at the top of the bundislega, putting four goals past frankfurt. it included a hat-trick for thomas muller. bayern won six of seven games and are aiming for a third-straight title. they are seven clear of the nearest rival. >> english premier league

leaders chelsea maintained an unbeaten start to the season, beating liverpool 2-1. liverpool had the better of early exchanges at anfield. the homeside with the lead after nine minutes. cahill equalized and diego costa's 10th goal secured the win for chelsea. >> everything except the points, with good results. my team didn't accept. the way they performed in the second half was the expression is self belief, the confidence they have in the moment, it is fantastic, fantastic performance. >> i think it's disappointing for us. it's a big decision in a game that we didn't get. it wasn't an indictment. it was a clear handball. you need to get that.

my players give everything and they deserve something and they weren't going to get it. an open play from the penalty spot. we are disappointed we didn't get that. >> manchester city trailing chelsea, only just avoiding defeat. the second from bottom in the table twice took the lead. two goals from a player saved his manager dealing with difficult questions. >> at this moment it's an important day for us. he needs now the hope of the team growing again. in a way that we normally play. >> four more games coming up this sunday. newcastle looking for a fifth consecutive win. swansy and ars fall have a

chance to swansy and arsenal with a chance to move into the top four. >> they have some of the best players in the world playing. it's a tough game. us at moment, we have confidence of the group, and with the fans behind us, it's a good game. >> the new orleans pelicans stunned n.b.a. champions, spurs and san antonio. the spurs led with 28. 22 in the first half. despite his efforts, san antonio couldn't hold off the pelicans. anthony davis finishing with 27 points and 11 rebounds. he had the game winning basket giving new orleans a 100-89 victory. >> lewis hamilton will start second on the grid at sunday's brazilian grand prix. his team-mate and championship

rival is in poll position. lewis hamilton had a few interesting moments. 24 points ahead of rothwell. two races left informant season. the local hearing qualified third fastest. >> very emotional to be here in brazil and have a competitive car start on the top three, and i didn't use everything i could from the car. >> six time motogp champion claimed his first poll position for overfour years for the season ended grand prix. ross levi posted the fast islam ahead of the race. mark marquee is aiming for 12 wins in the season, starting on the second row of the grid after crashing out. >> when i saw that i was on the first position on the

television, it was a great surprise, and i'm sad it is from 2010, and it's important for the race of tomorrow. >> bubba watson sealed a win at the wcg champion tournament in shanghai, watson winning in a play-off. a double-bogey on the 17th looked to have cost the american any chance of victory. on the last it saw him heading into the play-off. then a birdie on the first, gave watson his first ever world golf championship roger federer and novak djokovic are set to begin their battle for the number one ranking at the atp tour finals. the world's top tennis players have been taking in a few of london's sites before the tournament begins on sunday. 33-year-old roger federer has the chance to take the top ranking from novak djokovic much

his opening group game is against newcomer milos roon itch from canada. >> very excited to be back again. been to the world tour finals so many times? a. so many years. it's been a goal and a dream to be part of the elite eight at the end. one of the coolest events that we have on the tour is here at the 02 in london, and i'm happy to be part of the show. >> you have to accept it for what it is. it's a big goal for myself to be here. you have to understand that's what it is. but this is another week. i've got to find that find the level and a way to perform and give myself the best opportunity to win. >> there's more sport on the website.

check out aljazeera.com/sport. there's blogs and video clips from correspondents around the world. the address aljazeera.com/sport. that's it from me for now. >> thank you. see you later on two dare delves crossed the victoria falls in zimbabwe, high up in the air. they prepared for two years before make the the spectacular 100 metres crossing. the false, known as the smoke that thunders carries more than 500 cubic meters of water during the rainy season very nearly at the end of the al jazeera newshour, but before we go let's remind you of what is going on in berlin. events are held to mark the 25 year anniversary of the fall of berlin wall. german chancellor angela merkel laid roses at a remaining stretch of wall. and later there'll be a party at the brandenburg gate.

it once divided communist east germany and the west, and the fall became a symbol of the end of the cold war. thanks for watching the al jazeera newshour. more news in a moment.

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