>> but idriss - and so many other rohingya muslims living as outcasts in their own land - believe that risking it all on a dangerous journey is better than submitting to a slow death. the been a business going global. >> welcome to the news hour in doha. the top stories. a massacre in kenya, al shabaab fighters ambush a bus and shoot dead 28 passengers. >> new guidelines for troops in afghanistan. they will be able to target the taliban after the end of major combat operations this year. deadline day is approaching for iran nuclear talks. negotiators say they are big gaps between the two sides.

and as russia accuses the west of trying to topple president putin, we report from the arctic on the signs of a new kind of cold war. 4 hello. 28 bus passengers in kenya have been shot differential diagnosis by al shabaab fighters, the group saying it's revenge for some alia. it took place near mandera. non-muslims on the bus were separated from the rest of the passengers and killed. harry smith reports. >> reporter: witnesses said the victims were forced from the bus at gunpoint. they were ordered to read versus from the qaran to separate out the non-muslims who were forced to be lie down and shot in the head at point blank range. 60 passengers were on board.

28 were killed. nine women and 19 men. among relatives waiting for news, one manifold how his brother had an amazing escape. he survived the attack by lying still and preparing to be dead while those around him were shot. >> they were shooting other people. the blood from the people beside my brother. he kept and they said people went away. he kept lying there, not knowing what to do. >> the attack happened near the kenyan border with somalia. the bus had been traveling towards the capitol, nairobi ambushed near the town of mandera. it's believed there were about 10 gunmen. police sies they are trying to track them down. >> with a heavy hand. between kenya and somalia. the kenyan government said it

was determined to bring them to justice. >> they can categorically confirm they have been taken, they have been identified where they came from and continue to make inroads to make sure that we bring to justice those responsible. the islamic group, al shaboaab, during the raids, one was shot dead and more than 300 arrested after police said the mosques were being used to recruit fighters and stole weapons. >> they are the whoundz closed the mosque did in mombasa. the ones we killed worked for the kenyan government. this is a war between muslims and non-believers. god tells us to fight non-believers. if they want peace, they should withdraw their troops from somalia. >> kenya has suffered a series of deadly attacks since it sent

troops into somalia in 2011. it's part of an african union force to bolster the u.n.-backed government against al-shabaab. the assault on the west gate shopping mall in 2013 resulted in the death of 67 people. al-shabaab said it carried out other attacks on kenya's coast earlier this year in which at least 90 people have died. late on saturday, the bodies of those who died in the latest attack were flown by military aircraft to nairobi. at the airport gates, relatives waited to receive the dead. others waited for news of those they hoped had survived. harry smith, al jazeera. >> the other major african group fighting to impose their version of islamic law has carried out a new attack. it happened in borneau state close to the border with chad. there are reports up to 50 people were killed.

many of whom are believed to be farmers. uous u.s. troops will be allowed to target taliban fighters next year under new guidelines reportedly approved by president obama. sources inside the u.s. government say the army will also provide air support for the afghan military. the u.s. combat mission in afghanistan ends next month. around 10,000 american troops will stay in the country beyond 2014. previous plans had limited their role to tackling al-qaeda fighters and training afghan troops. joining us live from washington with more on this, shihab, a bit of a turnaround for president obama. what's behind the decision? you will remember in may in the right house rose garden, president obama said the combat mission would end these are not. we understand this decision was made in recent weeks. it's great debate within the

administration, heated debate according to the "new york times." the president overruling some of his civilian advisors according to the "new york times" in order to give the pentagon pretty much everything they wanted for quite some time, it has to be said. as you said, the u.s. military will be allowed to target taliban and any other forces diamond to be a threat to u.s. or afghan troops. it's a wide agreement. not just on the land but by air. >> that's quite significant because on the present, hamad karzi with operations had all but suspended because of the heavy civilian death toll. not so much of a concern for the pro-u.s. government now installed. the timing of this announcement quite interesting, it was leaked to the "new york times" but the new york times found it. it was released on a friday evening when if anyone was talking about politics, they were talking about immigration here in the u.s. very little discussion so far about this. also interesting to note,

though, that the afghan lower house of parliament on sunday will be discussing pass a bipartisan bill based on these principles. the bill was not perfect. it's a compromise. that's how it works in congress. that's how it works in a democracy. not every was satisfied with a provision. it was a good, solid, common sense bill that would have made our immigration system a lot better. it would have doubled the border patrol agents. for those who wanted security, that was in the bill. it would have made reached. >> let's face it, the u.s. military wanted whethit for qui some time. remember, we are being anonymously briefed by various forces who have their own reasons for, for giving -- for giving us a particular spin.

what is the u.s. goal? what's the u.s. strategy? does this mean that there might be the potential for even more mission creep in afghan starn? is the timetable still on track to have forces by the end of next year, about a thousand by the end of 2016 or might this slip and go out the window now? these are the sort of questions which would be hoped for the u.s. and the sunday talk shows, for example, coming up in the next 12, 24 hours. so far, very little discussion here in the u.s. because it's kind of slipped through. >> reporting to us from washington. thanks. there are sides a deadline for a deal on iran's nuclear program could be extended. talks are taking place in vienna where u.s. secretary of state yon kerry met iran's foreign minister and eu envoy catherine ashton. western powers wants to limit tehran's nuclear capabilities in return for lifting sanctions. they have two days to reach a final agreement but talks on a

possible extension could begin on sunday. >> we are working hard. we are making careful probation but we have big gaps. we have some serious gaps which we are working to close appear agreement over iran's nuclear well has eluded neg other than ate orders. it turned in june of last year with the election of a political moderate. he showed a new willingness to resolve the stand-off. negotiations between iran and the p5 plus 1, the 5 permit members in germany began in january eva shortly after that. in november, a historic interim deal was struck. iran had to reduce its uranium enrichment in a partial easing. but in july, key hurdles remained more time was needed. the deadline was extended to november 24th to finalize a

deal. jonah hull is following those talks in vienna for us. >> the negotiators have spent the day hunkered down in closed hoof door meetings giving little away to the media. technical teams have been hard at work as well looking at and testing different proposals and scenarios to see if one may be better than another john kerr r, the u.s. secretary of state, mohammed jarif and catherine ashton leading these talks for the p5 plus one finished their fourth trilateral meeting of these talks and the german foreign minister has arrived as well but his british and french counter parts are back in their capitols, russian and chinese foreign ministers haven't elect theirs. there is no indication when they might. what insight we have as to where these talks are at come bevels reuters news agency report quoting a source in the european delegation close to the talks

who says this, that the chances of a final iran deal by monday's deadline are very small, that there is no significant progress on sticking points around iran's uranium enrichment program and the lifting of sanctions and the discussions on a possible extension of these talks may begin on sunday. now, what exactly that means, we are not clear whether they may talk for a day or two more if they believe a deal is in sight or whether indeed they may break up these talks to return at a future date remains to be seen. >> coming up on the program, as tunisia prepares for a landmark presidential vote, we look at the main contenders, plus action i am harris whitbeck where the government is applying economics to a fight against illegal drugs. >> trying to find out who has the edge going in to the final race of the formula one season.

authorities have received a distress signal from a boat carrying hundreds of migrants believed to be syrians stranded off of the coast of turkish occupied northern cypr. us. nearly 700 have been rescued off of the coast of italy in the past 48 hours. the u.s. vice president joe biden has been speaking to turkey's president about how to confront the islamic state of iraq in the lavant. the u.s. is trying to get turkey to play a bigger role in the coalition that's fighting the group. >> in iraq, the president told me of his impressions of the developments taking place in iraq. i had an opportunity to spend several hours yesterday and again this morning with the prime minister who just returned from iraq and we are on the same page. we have the same view.

and i was -- i told the president how -- how impressed and police pleased the new iraqi government was that the fact that he and his government reached out a hand to the iraqi people and the ramie government, and they are working in close coordination with prime minister doctor abadi. >> translator: we would like to continue to strengthen our separation with the u.s. we discussed issues of common interests. firstly, we focused on developments in syria and iraq and, also, the threat posed by isil. we held comprehensive discussions on this subject. we have seen isil emerge from mosul and go to syria and growing stronger there and coming back to iraq. we have had detailed discussions until now and we'll continue to do so. >> a u.s. vice president biden is the highest ranking american to visit turkey since erdowan was elected president in august.

bernard smith is in istanbul and sent this report. >> reporter: despite almost four hours of talks between the u.s. vice president joe biden and the turkish president erdowan, the u.s. seems to have made little headway in attempts to persuade the turkish government to take a more active role in the fight against isil. there is still, again, no indication that the turkish thoughts would allow the us to use air basis in turkey to launch sorties in isil positions. >> means u.s. and allied aircraft will have to fly, continue to fly those long journeys from the mediterranean and the gulf. turkey continues to insist that it sees the regime of syrian president bashar al assad as much of a problem as that of isil, and it wants the u.s. to take on assad as well as taking on isil. it also wants a no fly zone in northern syria so that moderate

anti-assad forces can regroup and so that syrian refugees can be housed. the u.s. continues to maintain that it's priority is isil. this is where the divide remains between turkish and u.s. policy and today's visit by biden doesn't seem to have closed that gap. >> at least eight civilians have been killed by airstrikes targeting isil fighters in the iraqi city of hyth in central iraq, northwest of the city of romada in anbar province, the latest vises annuals of the aftermath from the baghdad. >> eight casualties were brought in as a result of airstrikes, four children, four adults, two of which were women and five people injured. it hasn't been confirmed whether they were coalition air strooiksz or iraqi army airstrikes but through social media, a sunni rebel group has

claimed it was iraqi air force that mounted the airstrike that resulted in those civilian casualties, the iraqi army, security forces haven't confirmed that so far. while that was happening negotiation, another claim, coalition strikes hit a training camp of isil fighters there, near heet at the train station killing at least 85. once again, that hasn't been confirmed. all of this comes as an assault has taken place on ramadi which began on thursday night and is still ongoing. now, the assault on ramadi city has taken place in the north. in the south where iraqi forces, together with sunni tribal fighters are trying to push isil fighters away, this is the biggest assault by ramadi since the iraqi army took it over in october these airstrikes are likely trying to be backing up and disrupt any isil activity coming through trying to take over the city of ramadi. >> isil is just one of the

forces involved. others are battle to go keep control of damascus. the government is opposition fighters say it's the heaviest bombardment in this area over the last year. they started their attempt at dawn. they used ground to ground milingsz, heavy weapons on the jobber front.

it is simply too dangerous. fighters are treated in makeshift hospitals though there isn't much to treat them with. not even a bed. the government wants this area under its control. so far, the reynolds have managed to hold them back. >> translator: the jabar district has a strategic importance because it is noor the southern highway and the area of other districts. >> the opposition has dug in for the fight using tunnels to move around. the jabar neighborhood is a gateway to the east earn front. government can take jabar, it will clear the way to this front, which is one of the largest opposition strongholds. elsewhere in syria, the army and hezbollah fighters are battling armed groups belonging to the al nusr front.

this is what's happening in the town of flata near the lebanese to town. they say they wounded hezbollah fighters and members of the syrian army. sukri, al jazeera. >> russia has accused western countries of trying to topple its government by imposing sanctions over the crisis in ukraine. moscow is accused of backing the separatists who have declared self rule in the east. russian foreign minister certaini sergei [ laughing ] says it is intended to damage is that's economy cleve. >> as for the concept behind the use of coercive measures, the west is making clear it does not want to change the policy which, in itself is an illusion. they want to change the regime. practically no one denies this. >> the ukraivanian crisis was triggered by protests a year ago and led to the overthrow of a

pro-russia present. many who supported the uprising are involved in activism. now, they focus on helping their army fight separatists in the east. robin forstier walker reports from kiev. >> reporter: saturday is just another day in the. it professional rungs a back to page in his spare tile, raising money for the war in ukraine's east. he joined the pro-european protest movement last november, and his family hasn't had a day off since. >> translator: this work has healed ukraine. thanks to the war, a lot have woken up and felt unable to take up arms to defend their country and become soldiers. >> that's the kind of patriotism driving the donations which pay for this equipment, warm clothes, sleeping bags, tell scopic sites, even homemade

armored vehicles much the volunteer battalions into which so many ukrainian civilians have enlisted. this commander who lost an eye to a snip they are summer says the public donations are vital. been >> translator: from the first day, since our battalion came into existence, the volunteer movement has given us a massive powerful aid. the way the ministry of defense helps, i can't say it helps 100%. only 50%. the equipment is old. >> the country has, through social media, helped raise tens of thousands of u.s. dollars. it's an important civilian contribution to the war effort, and it's now going where its urgently needed to the front. >> the funds are still flowing at the spiritual center of ukraine's revolution on the mydan. here, the sentiments of andre and his family are shared by many ukrainians. they believe much has been won, a new president, a new

parliament, a new patriotism. so many lives have been lost and they expect more sacrifices to come. robin foristier walker, kiev. >> ukraine's economy was in bad shape before the revolution, but a year of upheaval has almost brought it to collapse. the economy has contracted between six and a half to eight %. the currency, the hervinia has fallen 50%. >> that's had an impact on inflation which is currently at 20%. months of fighting in the east has crippled the industrial hartland. donetsk and luhanskthed for 16% of the gross domestic product before the. was annexed. deep debt is another problem and the country needs to repay $14,000,000,000 by 016. our political risk analyst says the ukrainian government will have to make some unpopular decisions to get help for its

economy. >> in march of this year, the international monetary fund pledged $17,000,000,000 to help the ukrainian economy. the problem here is that that comes with a very long list of conditions. the ukrainian government hasn't taken some of the very painful steps to start to comply with those conditions. one of them includes freeing up the energy market and allowing energy prices to rise. politically, that's going to be extremely unpopular, and it hasn't happened yet. the imf is a very, very tough lender. they are not going to like the fact that ukraine so far is skirting these conditions. there is talk of something like a marshal plan for ukraine, the bail-out at the end of world war ii. right now, as far as economic capacity and political consensus, those talks remain just that: a lot of talk. there isn't a unified voice coming out of the european union to revenge u ukraine financially and until that, that will

materializes, won't see the help coming. the biggest impact will be the devaluation of the currency that will have an inflationary impact. what it does is it wipes out your savings. most of what ukrainian people are buying are priced in units and hard currency. everything is imported and comes from somewhere else. those goods are becoming increas increasingly expensive. the financial system is grind to go a halt as far as using credit cards or atms. on a day-to-day basis, it's difficult to transact business in ukraine. >> on the prospect of a new cold war sending shock waves across europe and beyond from ukraine to the arctic, russia plans to build at least 13 new bases there, breathing new life into outposts left on ice following the collapse of the soviet union. ali velshi reports from sevelbar, in norway? >> high arctic. >> reporter: 3 factors matter most in both real estate and

geo-politics: location, location, location. and for those interested in water front property, with breathtaking views, plenty of wildlife and the potential for future riches, this island could be a hidden gem. up here in the high norwegian arctic, it seems like there is nothing but land. but very little of it is for sale, save for one parcel on a mountain across the bay behind me. you can't see it for the snow and the fog. what's interesting is a chinese businessman wants to buy that land. there is very little economic value in owning land up here today. so one wonders whether it's of greater strategic value. but this isn't the only place here in svalbard that's attracting interest. as tensions ramp up between russia and the west, a soviet out post called barensberg is also drawing moscow's attention. to find out why were not, we

jumped in a boat and headed there by way of the sea because there are no roads that connect the roads on svalbard. here, in this russian cold settlement, the hallmarks of a by gone soviet era are everywhere. >> our goal was communism here of course, our goal is not communim today. >> yeah. yeah. >> just a memory for the spirit of russia. >> like those old soviet days, this settlement still receives supplies and food imports from moscow. >> that's despite the fact that the amount of coal produced here has declined dramatically over the years. but that doesn't mean barentsburg is valuable. with 13% of the world's undiscovered oil and a third of its inatural gas located in the arctic, many here in svalbard many thing russia is holding on

to to it to keep options opens. >> the politics of russia, the being here is very important for them. >> today in barentsburg, only a hearty crop of russians and ukraineians are left. after conflict erupted in ukraine, new tensions are emerging even here local officials fear fist fights could break out between russians and ukrainians deep inside these mines. >> my parents stay in ukraine. that's why it's very difficult. >> this new cold war is putting strains on those like constant teen chekolev, a coal miner who came here after learning he could make four times as much as he earned in ukraine and so much like china's business tycoons and russia's energy prospectors, he left hear them earna in a

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this is what we do. al jazeera america. hello again. the top stories here on al jazeera, 28 bus passengers in kenya have been shot dead by al shabaab fighters near the somali border. the group says it's a ring attack for military involvement in somalia. non-muslims were separated from the rest of the passengers and killed. the u.s. troops in afghanistan will be allowed to target taliban fighters next year under new guidelines reportedly approved by president obama. previous plans had limited their role to tackling al-qaeda fighters and training afghan troops. at least eight civilians have been killed and five injured by

airstrikes targeting isil fighters in the central iraqi city of heet. the strikes come after an assault ramadi that will began on thursday night. in bahrain, the largest shia muslim party is boycotting parliament earlierary elections since a government crackdown on shia led protests three years okay. nicole johnston reports. >> the government asked all bahrainis to turn out and vote in the parliamentae elections. many did, but not everyone. the largest shia party and three other groups boycotted the vote. >> unless we agree on the system, that represents the people and make officials accountable and serve the people and protect their right, we can for the part is pate. >> in bahrain, a sumni muslim monarch e rules over a population which is mainly shia. this imbalanced caused plenty of

tension. in 2011, shias protested demanding greater rights. the movement was crushed by the government which was backed by tanks from neighboring saudi arabia. this is the first election since those tense days. ♪on thursday, in the northwestern village of durez, it was still tense. demonstrators marched through the streets. on friday, instead of voting, some people tried to block the traffic and prevent others from voting. they scattered rocks and rubbish across the street. the police fired tear gas in the area. more than 260 candidates are competing for 40 seats in bahrains election. however, the real power lies with an unelected political leadership, the royal family. after crushing the opposition in 2011, the king announced an inquiry into human rights abuses. it found detainees had been

tortured and shias fired from their job. now, the government says it wants to reach out to the opini opposition, and it blames iran for medaling in bahrains affairs. >> the door is open to them. it was an invitation for dialogue, a second invitation to pursue dialogue but they refused to participate. they refused because in their mind, bahrain should be delivered to iran. >> weather people are voting or protesting, bahrain is a long way from national unity. it's a deeply divided country and the memories of the unrest and repress during its arab spring are still fresh. so few people are expecting this election will bring the sunni and shia communities any closer together. nicole johnston, al jazeera. the it happens. houthis capture.

since pushed south. west. there malitias. making advances. took control of tripoli in august, and fighting comes mainly from zintan linked to halifa haftar. in egypt at least seven fighters have been killed and another 67 arrested after they attacked security forces in north sanaa. the clashes happened on thursday and friday. the army says they destroyed more than 100 vehicles without license plates as well as hide outs used by the fighters. hundreds of police officers have last year. al jazeera continues to demand the release of our three journalists now jailed in egypt

for 329 days. they are falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their convictions. they were sentenced to seven years in prison and mohammed was given an additional three years for having a spent bullet in his possession which he had picked up at a protest. tunisians heading to the polls for presidential elections for the first time since the revolution in 2011, they will be able to choose a new leader. a report that the election is being seen as important for the whole region. >> campaigning in tunisia's presidential election has been loud and lively voters are looking forward to exercising their democratic right for the first time. >> in tunis, we want someone who moves tunis forward and serves the country. >> i hope tunisia will get

better and all tunisia stands united. the president who was opposed by enforcement leaders . we should bring our immigration system into the 21st century, and once and for all we should give the 11 million people living in the shadows a chance to make amends and earn their citizenship the right way. those were our principles. we laid them out. we were very clear. [applause] 2011. >> some of them have. most of the candidates still running promise to bring stability, improve the economy and create jobs. according to some polls, the frontrunner is baji. the secular party won more seats

in the parliament in the elections last month. he was the prime minister in the 1960s, in parliament in the '1990s. he campaigned to restore the prestige of the state and rule with experience. the current president, mohammed musuffi, a long thooim rights activists and champions the poor. others remain in the race despite fierce xeshings some analysts believe the politics in tunisia the. all parties seem to have a tendency for a consensus regardless of who wins the presidency and form a national unity government. they seem to realize the social, economic and external damangers facing tunisia.

direct say who will win. there is talk of a possible second round of voting, something that only a few years ago would have been difficult to imagine. am al jazeera, tunis. >> the world health organization says 40 people have died from plague since august and 119 cases on madagascar. the w.h.o. says there is a risk of a rapid escalation. the blubonic plague is spread by flees on rats. they have asked the u.n. african mission to prepare to leave darfur. the foreign ministry representative did not give a reason but said the request had been made a few weeks ago. sudan's government says it is not related to a u.n. investigation into allegations of mass rape in northern darfur.

solids real accused raping women on two separate occasions in the village of tabet. the sudanese army denies this. he has started his one year term. a former foreign minister took over power from the military. the army led by lieutenant colonel isaac zida took charge after protests led to the overthrow of the long time leader. he is now the interim prime minister. the army has been warned it shouldn't be part of the government after next year's elections. >> the army is apolitical and shall submit to the dually elected party. military personnel who take on elected positions must severe

their ties with the general. >> a release in the coming week, the government suspended peace talks. ruben alzati was taken with two others in a remote area. the highest ranking officer to be captured. alexander has the latest from western colombia. >> manuel santo has confirmed on saturday that the government and enter the national red cross have received the coordnapts for the release of rubin al sasi ruled by the farc last sunday. it's a complicated matter, different fact orders that need

to be in to place and red cross officials have told us that the conditions are just not there yet. for now, we can tell you that military operations are still underway here in k kyto. we have seen military helicopters fly okay saturday. >> is something that needs to stop for the actual release operation to happen. to further complicate things, another group of farq rebels attacked a police station on the island of gurgona killing one police officer and wounding four. >> was an attack, then, by a different group of faq rebels from a different front, but still on the pacific side of columbia and it's becoming increasingly difficult for colombians to reconcile farq on one side say they want peace and on another, continue attacking armed forces. president santos has made clear once the captives are free, the

general is back home, he will send the government negotiate orders back and the peace talks will be able to restart. >> bolivia is ones of the largest producers of the plant used to supply make cocaine. after kibbing the u.s. drug enforcement agency out of the country in 2008. harris whitbeck traveled there to see how the program is working. >> he has farmed this idyllic plot oflant since she inthartd from her parents more than three decades ago. she is proud of her bountiful and diverse crops. it is this one concentrated on 1600 square meters of her land that is her favorite. this is coca, the leaf that has been used for medicinal purposes for centuries. it is the raw material for the production of cocaine.

plants like hers have been at the centers of controversial between bol i haveia and drug enforcement agencies for years. the u.s. drug agency had enforced an aggressive and sometimes violent campaign of full eradication of the plants in the region claiming it was being sold to make cocaine. in the approximately, former leader of the coca groerdz union kicked the dea out of the country in 2008. >> the dea wanted to fully eradicate everything and the growers were opposed do that because coca is their livelihood. there was much violence and many deaths until we found this way out. >> morales put the control of the crops in the hands of the coca am groerdz' unions. they are supposed to self police allowing individual growers to form one plant per year.

they encourage growers to grow other forms of crops. >> it can be harvested 4 times a year. >> and the price it commands make it a more attractive crop than others such as coffee, plan certains or citrus fruits. >> the drug vzar said much. coca is, in fact, being used for elicit purposes. >> that coca is up for human con surgery but it's not very good. it has a very bad taste and it's not commercial. people don't want it, don't buy it. >> coca is not going to the traditional markets. >> the government is convinced its approach is the most effective way to control the illicit use of coca. farmers like fidelia would prefer to be allowed to grow more but say they prefer the self policing than the control

from the past. harris whitbeck, bolivia. >> still ahead, as the hammer goes down on another multi-million dollar art sale in new york, we look at what is pushing up prices and in sport, find out who is leading the way at the world tour championship in dubai.

♪ >> the sport now, here is andy. >> thank you. after qualifying in poll position for sunday's f 1

championship decided in abu dhabi, double points for the first time, the german who is 17 points behind hamilton can overhaul and with a win if hamilton finishes third or lower. after qualifying on saturday, the britain may feel lucky to be second on the grid after an error-filled session. >> of course, you know, it's only one step, very small step and because this weekend, it's about the championship, not about poll position or anything. so, of course, i was hoping, you know, who knows? after he said he got his perfect lap together. there wasn't anything else in there. it would have been great if somehow there could have been a williams between the two of us action but that can always happen tomorrow. for sure, starting first is a great place to be. it should be a good start. >> i definitely had the best laps but it was a qualifying section. the car was fantastic. so, you know, as nocolas said,

it's a special day. >> little messi has broken the spanish premier league scoring lead. the argentinian striker bringing the 251 goal mark in some style. sdworing a hat trick to finish on 253 goals. >> that's coming in on 289 appearances. well the champion league record earlier on in the month. a straightforward progress to another german league title has continued. they beat hofenhei m-4-nil and are 7 points at the top of the opener. i am robin setting up number 2 for robert levindoski. following the league action on tuesday when they play manchester city. chelsea have also opened up a 7-point lead. this time at the top of the english premier league.

black to score his 11th league goal. 2-nil and that was how it finished. chelsea's 12 game unbeaten starts the season now a club record. quality was high quality high quality. maud the pitch very, very wide with people, creating places to play inside, scored two goals. we should score much more than that. >> here are the results from england. rooney scoring on a 2 on win manchester united at arsenal. up to fourth now. tory got the win for man city as they came up from a goal down to be swanzy. third in the table, newcastell's 5th consecutive league win at

home to qpr. henrik stinson will take a share of the lead with the season ending world tour in dubai. rory mcroy, severe suffering 4 shots off of the pace. stinson surrounded his overnight 2-shot lead with a few shots like that, gave him a round of 68. he is joined at the top of the leader board by spain's rabao who fired 7 birdies to finish 14 as well. switzerland and roger federer have moved within one point. an impassioned crowd as they beat doubles, putting switzerland 2 and 1 up. federer winning sunday's first singles match against joe

wilforsonga. in rugby, wailz' 61 year weight for a win over new zealand goes on. 34-16 at the stadium ireland beat australia 26-23 and england ended a run of five straight defeats with a win over somala. in a few hours' time, manny p.a. pachaio, are for a guaranteed payday of $20,000,000 tax free dollars. he is the only 8th division title holder but hasn't had a knock out since 2009. pacquiao says he will retire in 2016, the recordbreaking fighter said he will run for the country's senate after he quits. he has already been elected twice to congress. in the buildup to the latest fight, rob mcbride has been to his power base in his home city,

general santos. >> taking aim with a keen eye on his future. in a competition, he is sponsoring, pacqiao proves he is a winner with a pool cue as well. >> it's important. i like billiards. i am not only supporting billiards but sports. >> branching out into professional basketball as a player and a coach, he is the ultimate sporting ambassador, supporting multiple causes in his home city known as ginsen. and where he is known as the pac man, from the convenience store named after him to his commercial endorsements, it is difficult to miss him. >> people love him, you know. he is approachable and he seems a lucky guy. he has a future in public service. >> a big supporter of local boxing. this weigh-in is attended by his

life-long friend, boo boy fernandes. >> for me and the people of general santos. because that's it. >> columnist edwin who has followed his career from the start, now a congressman and tipped for the senate or a governorship, there is speculation he could go all the way to the top. >> he is close to the people. he wants to serve the people. the gbetter way is for governor perhaps. maybe. some day. >> pachaiou is renowned in the past for a love of gambling. with a few fights left in his career, he faces the biggest gamble of all, taking the reputation and good will he has earned and staking it on the high-risk game of philippines politics, rob mcbride, general santos city in the southern

philippines. >> more later on. >> thanks, andy. now, new york's art auction houses are hammering out record prices. this week, georgia o'keefe set a new record for the most expensive work sold by a female artist. kimberly halkett has more now on what's driving the market. thank you so much 39 of 5. lisa. >> with that, one lucky billionaire took home georgia o'keefe's jemson weed. a recoworld record sale. dozens have sold for staggering sums at new york auction houses where the you want tra rich throw around a half a million dollars as if it were small change. >> sold. >> among the other huge sales this month were mark rothco's red, black, orange and brown from 1953 which sotheby's sold for $45 million. over at christie's, this untitled painting went for

$69.6 million. and andy warhols triple he feelis which bidders jostled the price to just shy of $82 million. southeby said november saw bids come in from 38 different countries. the world's newly wealthy driving demand. >> i have heard from other collectors that the high prices, it's almost not so painful to take one expensive thing off the wall as a kind of hedge against inflation. >> with global financial markets uncertain, sellers are choose to go cash in some wealth. this art critic says given headline grabbing prices have little to do with the wider art world, such high-priced buying may harm it. >> the going pitch that galleries listen to most and artists, creative people, is wealth. and if that's the message, it doesn't take a genius to imagine that art today is going to

reflect precisely those kind of values to the exclusion of others. >> others are critical of the lack of transparency in the markets. during one week, sales nearly half the total hammer price of lots were guaranteed. >> means the auction house underrights or promises the seller a certain undisclosed amount no matter what happens with the bidding. >> it either indicates that guarantors are bullish about the fact that they can make money on these deals or indicates auction houses can't get people to confirm their best -- con confirm at the their best works. >> outwardly, auction houses are profiting from the process along with sellers. >> $340,000. >> but relying on those desperate for a painting, prestige and a deversefied portfolio, kimberly halkett, al jazeera. >> just about does it for this news hour. a full bulletin straight ahead in a couple of minutes. stay with us.

>> just an hours drive from kabul, is charkh district, afghanistan. as the us and nato prepares to pull out most of their forces later this year, i travelled here to try to see what life is like in areas of afghanistan under the rule of the taliban. after days of negotiations, through intermediaries - i was told i would be allowed in, with