baltimore anatomy of an american city only on al jazeera america >> good to have you along. i'm david foster, and this is what we have coming up in the next 60 minutes. >> we have made already significant progress in two and a half months. but we also acknowledge there was a lot more work yet to be done. >> the u.s.-led coalition against isil tries to put together an unified strategy. al-qaeda with the ambassador's residence in yemen setting off a

bomb nearby. anand the little box that revolutionized the gaming industry. teenagers and even some grownups celebrate 20 years of the playstation. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry said that the coalition against isil is winning, but it still has a long way to go, and the fight could take years. now the meeting in nato headquarters, mr. kerry said coordinated action has helped to defeat isil's ideology and disweren't it's finances. 12 countries including the u.s. are involved in carrying out isil in iraq and syria. so far the u.s. has droppe the

u.s. has dropped 942 bombs, and the rest of the coalition has dropped 189 bombs. this is what secretary kerry had to say. >> we've already made significant process in two and a half months, but we also acknowledge there was a lot more work yet to be done. daesh is still perpetrating terrible crimes, but there was a consensus that the momentum which it had exhibited two and a half months ago has been halted, that it has been forced to modify it's tactics, and some of those modifications severely hampering their ability to operate in the way that they were, certainly. >> kerry referring to daesh,

another name for isil. the secretary also said that the united states is not coordinating attacks on isil with iran as has been suggested. >> i'm not going to make any announcements or confirm or deny the reported military action of another country in iraq. it's up to them or up to the iraqis to do that if it, indeed, took place. we're obviously flying our missions over iraq, and we coordinate those missions with the iraqi government. we rely on the iraqi government to deacon flick whatever control of their air space that may need de-confliction. nothing has changed in our fundamental policy of not coordinating our military activity or any other activity with iranians. we're not doing that. not only are we not coordinating militarily right now, but there are no plans at this time to

coordinate militarily. i think it's self-evident that if iran is taking on isil in some particular place, and it's confined to taking on isil, and it has an impact, then it's going to be net effect is positive. but that's not something that we're coordinating. the iraqis have the overall responsibility for their own ground and air operations, and what they choose to do is up to them. >> our correspondent in that meeting in brussels is tim friend. >> the coalition partners here believe they've had a successful meeting. they have checked on their progress. they each have contributed what they feel are areas of importance that need to be addressed. of course, it is a fairly wide divergence of opinion of how quickly this process should proceed because some people would like a speedier result.

others are being cautious because they don't want to perhaps make the mistakes of the past. but john kerry admitted there was still some way to go. he said that isil was being checked, and he spoke about these other areas, the propaganda war, for instance, that he believed was slowly being won. the cutting off of supplies, and curtailing of recruitment of young men to go to fight with isil. he also spoke about these reports that iran had made a bombing raid on isil positioned over iraq. now mr. kerry said that he wouldn't comment directly on that, and he was keen to suggest that there was no coordination with iran. but he said if iran restricted itself to attacks on those positions, then he was of the opinion that that might well be

a positive thing. so the coalition will meet again, but as john kerry was saying, there is still a long way to go. >> the mc mechanics are there in the fight against isil, but there is also a human side to this. else has displaced thousands from their homes in iraq. >> reporter: with four families and one house the only place to play is the street. the family has lived in the neighborhood of baghdad since they left their home south of here in july. for this woman and her grandchildren, home was one of the fronts in the battle for baghdad. there they had farms and nice houses all leveled now. >> we left with only the clothes on our backs. we left everything. our cattle, our houses that were

destroyed later. we left our crops. >> they pay $200 a month in rent for a place that had no electricity or running water. while the iraqi parliament investigates a corruption scandal over aid to refugees, hundreds of families live like this here. the neighborhood leader has been distributing aid from charities to 2,000 displaced people. >> we asked for tents. we ask for trailers. but so far their response is, please, wait until we approve the 2015 budget then we will help pup as you can see most the family is living in miserable conditions. they just want a warm place to live. >> reporter: living in an attic with five children. he tells them that they need blankets, mattresses, hot water and a heater. >> there have been waved of

displaced iraqis for almost a decade. but the isil takeover of large parts of this country has turned it into a crisis. hundreds have been forced to leave their homes. a lot of displaced by the conflict have fallen through the cracks. no group has been spared from the violence. this camp near baghdad is home to shia turk men from the syrian border. this woman struggles to care for her son. his epilepsy is going untreated. >> we left our homes overnight at 2:00 in the morning. we heard that isil militants were coming. they killed my brother, my cousin, and some of my close relatives. >> with cold coming there is only plastic to cover the windows. the children struggle t to listen a normal life but there is nothing normal about this.

>> joining us from new york, retired u.s. army major and fellow with the truman national security project. i want to run through as john kerry listed as success. i want to ask you about this. he said that isil's momentum has slowed. has it? >> yes, no question. it has slowed inside syria and as well. they're taking place inside the anbar province, but they've been halted. that's the power that airstrikes can do. they can hold that ground, keep that enemy were advancing. however, it can't get that back with fund memorially it has halted their advances. >> forced to change their tactics, he says. >> well, what they've done is they've gone to ground. they're not out outside as well as they used to be before. they don't travel in any open as they resupply. they have to do that at night when they're subject to being attack.

they're a learning organization but they've changed their tactics. >> they still have mosul. they still have fallujah, but john kerry said that their hold on territory is slipping. >> well, so they control major road networks that go along the tigers euphrates frame. they hold those cities, they hold those rivers. when the iraqi security forces win them back, they win them back and they'll get to mosul. what's really slip something their hold on the towns along those valleys. >> one more before we get on to the iranian side of all this, they said that their finances are so important to them because they're very well financed at moment. they say their finances have been hit. >> no question. that's one of the major tenants of the strategy. there is an entire cell within the united states that is

focused on going after their finances. that's how they pay their soldiers. if they can't pay them, they're going have problems. they won't be able to recruit or do the things that they were doing before. that's also been another successful path of the strategy. >> major, what is happening with iran's suggestions that it was tied up in the coalition. the u.s. said no. iran says no, but they don't deny that they're trying to take out isil by flying attack mission noose iraq. >> no, as you look today we have iranians being a better ally in fighting isis than turkey is. i think that it's probably a good thing as long as coordination is taking place on the ground with iraqi security forces. however, we've got to be careful going forward. if the iranians want to get involved with the coalition, i think they need to, along with other countries who are involved, that will take some united states work to do and coordination as iran is an

unfortunate enemy of the united states right now. and as secretary kerry said there is no coordination currently taking place. >> a long fight, said john kerry. how long? >> well, i think you have to break this up into two parts. the first part is the destruction of isis inside of iraq. that's really the united states' prim primary goal right now. using forces that are better on the ground to push them out and then inside of syria. when he talks about the long war, he's talking about what happens inside of syria. how does the assad government look? how does it survive? what's going forward from there? what is the army on the ground that goes inside of syria and defeats the remnants of isis there. we're still not successful in vetting any military right now. that's not going to happen. if that does not happen any time soon, that's why it's going to take years. >> we really appreciate your concise analysis. thank you very much, indeed.

>> thank you. >> now to news out of yemen. bombs have gone off near the home of the ambassador. al-qaeda said it was hyped the attack. >> reporter: this is the hole created after a blast at the iranian ambassador's residence in sanaa. al-qaeda claimed responsibility, saying that it detonated the car bomb remotely when the ambassador left his house. >> the explosion was terrible. it shook the entire neighborhood. most of the houses have broken windows. [ sirens ] >> reporter: government officials say that no diplomats are among the victims. >> the government condemns the attack that happened today in sanaa against the ira iranian ambassador's residence. a guard was killed and 17 others

were injured according to initial findings. >> reporter: a source tells al jazeera that the iranian ambassador was not home at the time of the attack. he was only appointed to his post earlier this week. >> the new ambassador is known to have good links with the houthies who now control sanaa. >> reporter: this is not the first time that iranian diplomats have been targeted. one was killed this year as he tried to fend off a kidnapping. another is being held hostage by armed fighters. iran is claimed to be backing the shia houthies. it forced the president to form a new government with greater corporation among groups. the houthies now have expanded beyond their northern stronghold. along the way there is fierce resistence from both sunni tribesmen and members of al-qaeda. al jazeera. >> coming up on the news hour 20% of china's land is poisoned.

who protects the people? and australia enters the debate over medical marijuana as one state goes ahead with clinical trials. and the farewell of the emotional scenes as family of friends and teammates mourn cricketer philip hughes. >> president kenyatta is charged with charges. the icc has given them one more week to get their case together. >> this is a big blow to the prosecution. the two prosecutors have said

they have been struggling. witnesses are withdrawing at an unpres unprecedented rate. she has asked for crucial documents of the president's including bank and telephone statements. the defense told the court that it has provided all documents needed. now they are in a very difficult position right now, and it will be interesting to see how this plays out in the coming weeks. >> staying in kenya, in the families of the 36 people killed at the somalia border has been

to identify the bodies. [ sobbing ] >> grieving relatives went to the mortuary. al-shabab said it was behind the attack. al-shabab stages another attack, this time inside somalia. the target was an united nations convoy near mogadishu's airport. it's not the first time that u.n. has been the target in somalia. >> traveling in an armored convoy with your own private security may seem a safer way to get about the streets of mogadishu. but this has become a dangerous city. on wednesday four u.n. cars at the airport when a suicide-bomber ran his car into the envoy. if it's aim was to kill u.n. staff, it failed.

>> some people died, including a security officer and many others were wounded at the scene of the explosion. now we're still investigating. >> al-shabab has claimed responsibility for the attacks. the group was forced out of mogadishu three years ago. however, it still controls parts of the countryside. from time to time they were in the capitol. there has been other attacks on u.n. and government convoys. last year al-shabab carried out a brazen assault on the u.n. base. the gun battle lasted an hour while u.n. workers sheltered in a room in the basement. the al-shabab fighters were killed. the mayhem has been in neighboring kenya as well. gunmen killed 36 non-muslim workers at a quarry near the board of kenya and somalia. this happened close to an area where a bus was hijacked and 28 people were killed in november. al-shabab has claimed responsibility for most of the

violence. u.n. has tried to the defeat al-shabab in sow mall y since then it has become the groups' target. >> calling for new elections in march of next year. the anti-immigrant sweden democrat party rebelled against leadership by voting down the budget. without a budget the prime minister said the government faced a crisis. the highest rate of asylum application of any country. in the european union there is a policy that the far right party wants to see reversed. >> reporter: sweden has not seen political drama like in in many years. first in the afternoon in the parliament building behind me, the minority governments budget for 2015 was defeated essentially because of opposition by a far-right anti-immigration party that rose

to become the country's third biggers in elections in september. then the prime minister held a press conference declining to resign, as many people thought he might, but he said at the end of the month he'll call for a snap election to be held next year. he called it a serious crisis that would redefine the deedish landscape. he said he would not go silently. and this is why he's calling for the immigration. anti-immigration talk until recent, the government spokesman said this, we go to new elections because we will never let the swedish democrats dictate the politics of this country. >> the failure of the biggest power plant in ukraine has cut power to regions south of the country and in crimea. they insist that the accident

poses no danger. the plant operators say that a short circuit caused a drop in electricity production. now in the east of ukraine the situation is desperate for many as winter arrives and fighting continues between the military and pro russia rebels. nearly 350 patients have been left isolated at a hospital not far from the rebel-held city of luhansk. the neurological hospital has run out of medicine and has no heating with many fighting to survive. >> we sleep in our clothes because there is no heating or water either. >> now to hong kong where three founders of the occupied movement there has surrendered themselves to police. they were then released without charge. does it mark a turning point in the pro-democracy campaign? sara clark reports from

hong kong. >> the founders of occupy hong kong arrived clearly emotional. they're insisting that this was not defeat. they addressed their supporters, then it was time. short walk to the police station to face whatever consequences await. >> they didn't do anything wrong. they just have the truth to the world, show the truth to the government. they now need to--i'm sorry. >> fellow protesters join the surrender, declaring their role in the occupation. >> i think it's a very brave and courageous and responsible for them to take this last step of the civil disobedience. >> anti-occupy groups hailed it a victory to end the protest that is now in its third month. >> it is time for them to leave completely and go back home.

it is enough for all citizens in hong kong. we suffered a lot in the past two months. >> the occupation founders said that they will take the consequences of their actions but there are many students who refuse to surrender and say their commitment remains on the street. >> the protest leader may be wrangling over the next move, but they all agree on the long-term goal, greater voting rights in the next election. they're demanding elections for the city's next leader in 2017. rather than a vote between pre-scened candidates that beijing said it would allow. >> the movement remains united in th that we all share the mission of democracy, and we all understand that this is going to be a very long term struggle. >> the whole hong kong is different from two years ago. >> china refusing to negotiate for now the pro-democracy

campaign looks to be trapped in an occupation that is going nowhere. sarah clark, al jazeera, hong kong. >> china's rapid rise to become the world's second biggest economy has come as a high price for some farmers. the chinese government has recently admitted that more than 20% of the country's airible land is now too polluted to grow food on. adrian reports from hunan province. >> reporter: they used to harvest rice twice a year now. but now it only happens once and that does not yield much. there is nothing in it, he says, of the dry husks. like confetti it blows away easily. close to the village are the factories blamed for the pollution that environmentalists say have poisoned the landscape

and damaged people's health. >> i do worry about my granddaughter's health. i heard the air and the water are not safe, now we have found too much lead in her blood. >> reporter: factories encircle this farmland leech into rivers and streams. the same water that farmers. use. the tests show high levels of metals that have cancer-causing potential. the rice purchased in the market produced the most alarming result. in the supermarket rice th the

cadmium were six times higher than allowed. in chromium it was nearly four times china's limit. there are signs that china's government is becoming more open about this scale of soil pollution. vice president recently conceded that up to 20% of china's airible land is now contaminated. it is a sensitive issue, and so it wasn't long before local government officials arrived. they demanded we leave the area and refused to answer our questions. [ yelling ] >> reporter: the villagers, though, were determined to have their say, accusing the authorities of ignoring the problem. compensation is being offered by the government. along with measures to cleanse the land. that, though, could take years. while the damage to the children's health could last a

lifetime. adrian brown. al jazeera, hunan central province, china. >> coming up, we will report on how life is about to get harder for these syrian refugees in lebanon. as the u.n. runs out of money to feed them. we have a very famous golfer who says he's back on course preparing to make his come back from injury.

>> a dirty deal. struck at the heart of government. >> egypt mismanaged its gas industry. >> taking the country to the brink of economic ruin. >> it's obvious that egypt was

being ripped off. it's basically saying to the israelis, "look if you want to screw us, here's a tool you can use to screw us". >> al jazeera exposes those who made a fortune betraying an entire nation. >> you don't feel that you owe an explanation to the egyptian people? >> no... no... >> al jazeera investigates. egypt's lost power. december 17th. 10:00 eastern. on aljazeera america. >> we run to the global headlines. alcid said that it was behind the bombing in yemen. the ambassador, we understand, was not there, and at least one person was killed. the trial of kenya's president is in doubt. the criminal court has told prosecutors to get their case together in a week or it will be dropped. president kenyatta is charged wit.

>> secretary of state john kerry said that the u.s. did not assist in iran's actions. what did you make of kerry's press conference, and also the message that came out of it? >> just a few weeks ago secretary of kerry said that there a number of reasons why an iran cannot join the coalition against daesh, against isis. now he just basically changed the tone and conversation said, look, if they can beat daesh in the eastern part of iraq, that's

good. >> he also said if iraq wants to let them in, it has to do with iraq, no not us. >> just a few weeks ago, david, critics in america were saying that the obama administration is not leading. america's friends in the middle east were saying that the obama administration is indifference. and foes are saying that obama is weak. >> suddenly secretary kerry, chairman of a meeting of 60 countries that lead on finance, security, military, and a good number of other humanitarian, and like the chinese saying it's using a crisis as an opportunity

for the u.s. to lead once again in the middle east. that's giving it a lot of leverage. >> put aside the dangerous that isil present, what opportunities does the u.s. see in this, if in your opinion, if in your opinion it sees some kind of benefit? >> there is no doubt in my mind that the end game is to beat daesh. but remember the prospect was peace between palestinians and israel. for 20 years the united states were champion of the peace process. today the united states is champion of a new regional order. it's called the war against daesh. that involves a good number of allies, including new ones like

iran and old ones like turkey. >> just a quick thought. if it has enjoyed it and it sees itself as a champion, why does it want to be in that position because it makes very little difference to the voters at home. >> oh, yes, i think it makes a lot of difference. the middle east is effective on the mood in america as the midwest. they have to be clear that they'rthat there is a lot of fear that fighters might come back to the west. this is something that people want to know, that their president is leading on this question. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> more than a million syrian refugees in lebanon are getting ready for what promises to be a pretty terrible winter. one would imagine by the "u.n. world food program" saying it could no longer give them help when it comes to food.

>> it's hard to believe life could get tougher for these syrian refugees. but a shortfall in u.n. funding means all food assistance to them has been canceled for december. 900,000 syrians rely on cash from the u.n. each month to buy food. a single mother to seven children, and her tiny makeshift kitchen is nearly empty. >> we only have god. what can we do? with these few dollars and work here and there we try to live. i only have the united nations. this is what we live on. >> many in the valley pick crops for a few dollars a day. but in the winter that work becomes rare. winter is the worst time of the year for syrian refugees living in lebanon. these people have already been living through a lot of rain over the last couple of months. but soon snow will fall on these children where they live. in these very makeshift

rudimentary homes. and their families say that now that they've been told they will have less food to eat over the winter. that just adds to their worries. the u.n. said that it warns of a shortfall in october, and cannot say when food assistance will return. >> we don't know, for now this is a hand-to-mouth operation. we declared whenever we have information about when we have the funding to continue assisting or not. we don't have accurate information on confirmed information about the situation of the funding. >> next month will be the start of another year for these children. in camps where nothing in life is guaranteed, not even the assurance of something to eat. jane ferguson, al jazeera. the valley, lebanon. >> al jazeera continues to demand the release of three of our journalists who have been

held in an egyptian president for 340 days. mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste were jailed on charges of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they got seven years and bader mohammed another three on top that have for having in his possession of whic of a spent bullet of which he said he picked up at a protest. >> we have reports from jerusalem. >> reporter: date for an early election. this comes just one day after prime minister benjamin netanyahu sacked economy minister and justice minister. march 17 is when israelis will head to the poll and right wing political parties are expected

to win more seats in the next knesset, according to a fresh opinion poll. >> i think the mixed government will be more homogenous. the prime minister who will form the government will know how to give priority to those parties that have been loyal to him. instead of those who are hostile. >> and netanyahu said that he's tired of what he describes as threats and ultimatums from some ministers. by going to early elections netanyahu hopes to go to a government that holds his policies rather than one that continues to challenging him. at the heart of the political crisis is the jewish state that netanyahu introduced. some say that he intentionally predict on the table because he knew that some ministers would reject it on the grounds that it

would undermine values. but they believe this is a bill he'll keep pursuing. >> i think he was--he believes this is the right build to introduce to the knesset, and we believe just the opposite. this is the wrong bill. this creates a certain society between jews and arabs. >> jewish settlers in the occupied west bank are keeping a close eye on the political development. their hope is that the next government will be even more supportive of settlement expansion. >> a lot of-- >> not good. elections are not good. it's a waste of a lot of money. but it's good for netanyahu, who will have a stronger government, more right wing and more religious. >> a new mandate would give netanyahu more leeway to create policy that would make it next to impossible to move forward with anything with the palestinians. >> israeli police say that a

palestinian man has been shot after he stabbed two israelis in a settlement. the attack was in the west bank. tensions between israelis and palestinians have been increasingly high in recent weeks. cancer in its many shapes and forms affect the people the world over. in 2012 there were 14 million new cancer cases and 8.2 million people died from cancer-related illnesses. that is about 15% of all deaths. by 2035 the number of new cases is expected to have risen to 22 million. 30% of cancers we are told are preventable. these five big bad behaviors

greatly increase your chances of developing cancer. smoking, cause 20% of cancer deaths. 60% of new cases come from poor countries. while caring for those who have cancer is in the spotlight in a conference in melbourne, australia. while australia determines whether to legalize marijuana for medical use, they continue with clinical trials. >> cannabis, daniel thinks, is good for his health. what started as bowel correspondence has spread to liver and bones. treatment to slow its spread comes with its own draw backs. chemotherapy was making him so sick that he was losing weight. when cannabis was suggested

could help, after he took it, now as cannabis oil his nausea disappeared. >> people think i haven't tried everything, i have. i tried everything. cannabis works. >> reporter: largely because of haslam's campaign, they ar there are trial plans.

>> many athletes are sponsored for the race to get his medicallal they have raised $70,000. he's supportive of the use of cannabis for treatment. >> if it helps people that are going through this horrible disease, just give it to them. >> but used amongst those in the crowd are mixed. >> i think there are too many people who are trying to get it and possibly use it for the wrong circumstances. >> i don't believe in just taking it for no reason, but it helps the patient, yes. >> reporter: daniel haslam used to be an athlete. he was studying sports science when his cancer was first diagnosed. now just walking is hard. cannabis is all that gives him

relief. andrew thomas, al jazeera. >> stay with us on the news hour. we have this coming up. the sunny playstation almost grown up. 20 years old, and it still has a firm grip on millions of video gamers. now we have to go to the african cup of nations. stay with us.

>> we are talking the world's

best selling gaming console right now. sony's birthday has a birthday. the first one launched in japan in 1994. other models followed, and since they've sold 400 million you wanyouunits worldwide. it has developed new types of controllers and dvds to the market. it's 3d graphics including a number of iconic games has boosted its popularity even further. in recent years the use of internet for central gaming introduced home entertainment. let's say 20 years ago we would not have been able to do this interview via skype because it was not around then. but then along game a great

advance in technology. playstation, and you didn't even like it, did you? >> no, that's true. thanks for having me. when i first got it, i got it for christmas. i was used to old school 2 d, two dimensional games, that adjusting to three-dimensional game playing was rough for me. i didn't like it, and my parents played it more than i did. >> what's changed in the past 20 years? >> definitely the internet. the internet is the biggest thing to come to video games, especially now that gamers are not going to the store to buy video games. a lot of these games are stored on our hard drives. they're no longer cartridges that we put in consoles. now we're much more social playing online and sharing videos and sharing pictures of each other's game playing, it's all become bigger than when it started. >> it definitely is social in the sense of not meeting people

but going in a room that involves mechanics. >> there have been large scale communities that have developed, and i've met many people online and in game words that i never met in reality, but i'm happy i did because they're great people, and now i communicate with them almost every day in video games. >> is that how playstation has changed the world? >> i think that's how playstation--it has made it more mainstream. usually the gaming online communities connected through pc gaming and complicated hardware set ups, but now everyone can do this, make friends and play socially online thanks to consoles, and they can play on their couch. >> do you think some of the games that people play are too nasty these days? >> i would say nothing is nastier than what someone would see in a movie. there is always the controversy out there, but in the and of the day art takes many forms, and one of them is violence. >> jake, thank you very much,

indeed, and with our amazing technology we probably to make you disappear into a box right there in a little map called new york. thanks for having me. why couldn't we see it? i don't have my controller, have i. sana the sport. >> thank you very much, david. australia's memorial of hughes, who was hit in a game. we have more. [music] >> philip hughes was just 25 years old when he died last week. the australian batsman was struck in the neck by cricket ball in a state match. this funeral was held in his hometown in new south wales in

front of family, friends, teammates and the country's prime minister. >> i still can't believe that i'm hear saying my final goodbyes, even though you're my little brother, you have taught me so much. you have given me confidence, strength, you supported me. and gave me a strong desire to succeed. >> service was broadcast around australia and many fans watched from the sydney cricket grounds where hughes suffered the fatal injury. after making his international debut into 2009, hughes played 26 test matches for australia. many of them along side captain and close friend michael clark. [♪ singing ] >> we must begin to get through, and we must play on. so rest in peace, my little brother, i'll see you out in the middle. [applause]

[music] >> his father gregory was in tears as he helped to carry his coffin at the end of the service. thousands followed the hearse as it traveled through the heart of hughes' hometown. his death has resonated throughout the cricketing world and beyond. a young sportsman cut down just as his life and career were starting to flourish. al jazeera. >> england had beaten sri lanka by five crickets. after three-hour delay, sri lanka with 242-8, and although the they did it with eight balls less and just the top score for england were

knocked out. last month ecuador new guinea would host on the 17th of january. the draw is still going on. but after that we'll go live to lagos where our football journalist journalist is, i know we've had this conversation before, do you think ecuador new guinea is ready for this tournament? >> well, according to the organizing body in africa, they say they will have some problems because they don't expect the country to pull off because it has barely two months until

commencement. the president of the african football union has come out to say that i ecuador new guinea can pull it off and control any problem that could come up. >> we still have not seen the draw yet, but which team do you think will make a surprise this year? >> well, in africa football there are always surprises. there are quite a number of players who are playing in english premier league, so i believe that they are a team to watch out for. you can also say that we have gabon.

they also say that they may get to the semifinal stage. i think these two countries are probably going to be dark horses. >> this is the biggest tournament in the continent. how excited are the people in nigeria, for example. >> well, in nigeria, expectedly disappointed and upset. this is a very huge tournament in ranch comprising of the best of the best on the continent, and not being able participate has been a huge disappointment. i think all over the continent a lot of countries are excited because it's undoubtedly the biggest tournament here in africa. countries talk about going there to prove their chance on the continent. ghana in 1928, but they said

they're going there to show the rest of the continent that they want to do it. brags rights are big. players have an opportunity to prove themselves. this is the biggest tournament on the african continent. >> thank you very much. now chelsea will face to the ham in one otottenham in the hatches. they're so confident that not even a loss could effect them. >> not losing one match for four months, i think we're doing things very well. >> after losing to manchester city, they will be hoping to bounce back with a win at

arsenal. and second place city traveled to sunderland where they haven't won a match since 2008. >> because they are home and away, this is a team that' that knows exactly what they must do to win the game. i think we'll have more luck. >> handing the sacramento kings their fourth straight loss. the raptors were at sacramento on tuesday. former world number one tiger woods would make his return to competitive golf after servicing recurring back injury. he said he would take part of the challenge in florida.

the american has not won a major since 2008, but he said he's confident he would regain the form that saw him win 4 of golf's most important titles. >> it will be nice to play in an tournament this week and get a feel for being under the heat and seeing where my swing is, see where my misses are. not my good ones. i know my good ones are good. it's where the misses are going to be, and am i able to rectify it right away or will it take a shot or two or whole or two, or maybe i won't be able to do it at all, and maybe that won't an good thing. >> of course, there is much more on our website. check out abando www.aljazeera.com/sport. we'll also have the draw for the african nation. >> tiger woods another major beat jack nicholas? i don't think so. sana, thank you very much. and thank you for joining us for the news hour. bye bye for now.

>> we also acknowledge there is a lot more work yet to be done. >> fighting words from the 60 countries united against isil. an admission that it's defeat could be many years away. >> hello, you're watching al jazeera from london. also up on the program, learning lessons of war. children are caught up in the fight against isil. >> strengthen your case or drop it, the international criminal court issues an ultimatum in the trial