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countries are named and shamed for not taking in syrian refugees. plus -- one and liftoff. >> better late than never, nasa launches a rocket that could one day take us to mars. ♪ >> the case against kenya's president for crimes against humanity has collapsed. prosecutors at the international criminal court failed to gather evidence to take kenyatta to trial. he was accused of masterminding post-election violence which left over 1200 people dead. stephanie decker has this report. >> reporter: the case against kenya's president included charges of crimes against humanity, murder, and rape. prosecutors at the international criminal court spent four years investigating kenyatta's role in

the post-election violence in 2007. the judges ruled that there was simply not enough evidence to take kenyatta to trial. the investigation was tainted by allegations of witness bribery. kenya is still recovering from the post-election violence that broke out after the disputed vote. kenyatta supported one party. he has always denied any involvement in the killings. the icc accused him of having linked to an outlawed militia. two other men still face charges similar to those dropped against kenyatta. but what happened in the kenyatta case will no doubt be a blow to many of the relatives of those who were killed and who

want those responsible to be held accountable. we can now cross to katherine soy who is live for us in nairobi. and if you could start by giving us reaction to these charges being dropped particularly among the victims in this violence. >> reporter: a lot of mixed reactions, foley as, as expected. the president has issued a statement saying he is very excited and relieved with this news. he maintains his innocents, and says the cases were rushed without proper investigations. he criticized human rights organizations and the criminal court prosecution for what he says conspiring to prova -- portray victims of human rights violations. what is your reaction to this news? >> i'm very happy, and i'm happy for the president.

he always said that this [ inaudible ] and he has managed to get behind him. icc has stated before on this problem that it is a tool for political intervention, and change in africa. in the case of africa, it hasn't worked. so there is relief. and we are very happy. >> reporter: what about the victims, what options do they have for justice? they seem to be overshadowed by all of this. >> when there is mass post-election violence or human rights abuses, victims do not seek justice. they seek reconciliation, so the best option for the victims has always been reconciliation. and this is how kenyatta won the presidency. they reconciled with the warring tribes, and therefore that

option is still the best. >> reporter: the prosecution has said many times that this case has been frustrated by the government refusing to cooperate. there has been bribing of witnesses who were to testify against kenyatta. what do you say to this? >> the people who should have been charged with what happened in 2008 in kenya were the former president, and his protagonist. but the icc did not go there. those were the ones principally responsible for what happened. so right from the beginning, the opt, did not do a good job, and they were never on the ground. they relied on people here, ngo's, and therefore, they were likely not to do a good job. it was a very sad affair that something did not come of it, because the job was not properly

done. i have happy to see them drop these cases. this is a good day for the icc to start thinking how to do the job properly. >> reporter: you talked about reconciliation, and a justice commission was set up that never really worked. why do you think? >> the chair of the organization was himself one of the people kenyans were complaining about. so right from the beginning, again, that was not likely to work. it was called justice and reconciliation. it would have been better to do it like the south africans. there was truth and reconciliation, so that you do tell the truth and reconcile both the victim and the aggressor. when there is a massive abuse of human rights like happened in kenya. like happened in south africa for so long. that's the route to go.

this was a mistake. >> all right. thank you very much. and foley, i have over the years spoken to many of the victims of the post election violence, and they seem to have lost all hope in justice. there seems to be very little political will to try the perpetrators of the post election violence. and some people i talked to today said the biggest losers are the victims -- the relatives of those who died are the biggest losers. they have been looking for any justice for close to seven years now. actually it will be seven years on the 28th of this month. >> yeah, it is certainly a difficult day for them. katherine soy, thank you. the u.s. president barack obama has nominated ashton carter as his next secretary of defense. if confirmed he will succeed chuck hagel who resigned last

ponth -- month. >> reporter: chuck hagel was basically fired. the islamic state of iraq and the levant is now the focus. >> it does mean as we consider the next remaining two years of the president's time in office, that another secretary might be better suited to meet those challenges. >> reporter: so i that are replacing hagel a man who was fought and wounded in vietnam, with ashton carter, a man who never served in the military. >> i think leadership comes with a responsibility of also knowing when it's probably a good time to let someone else come in and -- come in behind and pick up where you have left off. all right carter is very familiar with the massive mash -- machinery that is the

pentagon. known for demanding results and a fiercing inth elect. he has two degrees from yale. his doctorate is in theoretical physics. in 2006 he publicly urged then president bush to bomb a launch pad in north korea before a missile test could be conducted. he is known for speaking his mind and speaking truth to power, but past secretaries under this president have complained that they weren't really listened to. analysts don't believe carter can change that. >> in terms of having an impact on brood policy, i don't think he's in that position. if chuck hagel wasn't he certainly won't be. >> reporter: carter is expected to be confirmed by the senate, but if the expeerns of the last

three is any indication, getting the job might be the easiest part. >> so how is the appointment being viewed where you are in washington? >> reporter: the republicans that will matter, the ones who will have to decide, have basically said they think it is a great idea. they still have problems with the president's policy especially when it comes to fighting isil, but because he has been in washington so long, he is well-known and respected. the important republicans have said they will confirm him. >> so what extent is president obama's own reputation when it comes to national security at stake here? >> i think a lot of people drew parallels between when president bush fired rumsfeld and president obama fired chuck hagel shortly after the midterms, but rumsfeld was pretty much the face of the iraq war. secretary hagel is a well-known

figure, but it hasn't been in the job for that long, or really made a splash or had a huge public imprint. so i don't think it is going to change the american's perception of the president's handling of foreign policy, and i can tell you, when it comes to that area, the polls have been plummeting in that area. >> yeah, not a lot of confidence when it comes to president obama's recent handling of foreign policy as you say, patty. what sort of personal relationship can we expect between the president and the secretary of defense? >> secretary hagel has a very long-standing relationship with president obama. but the president wasn't happy with his performance. but ashton carter we don't believe has any real relationship with the president. and that might prove one of the issues. the past three have said they have been micromanaged. they didn't feel like the president was listening to them. choosing instead to listen to

his long-standing advisors, so without having that personal relationship, it's not clear that ashton carter is going to be able to move the president when it comes to policy, but he knows how to get things done in the pentagon, and not a lot of people have that skill set. one of the issues that he is probably going to focus on has to do with the budget. the pentagon has been facing budgets. he has been very outspoken in saying that is a mistake. the pentagon keeps asking congress to let them get rid of certain plains and ships. and the congress keeps saying, no you have to keep buying these planes and ships that are made in my district. the president is running behind, i know that will be a shock to every single person who is watching, because he is always on time. the room is filling up, and as soon as they come into the room,

we'll let you know. >> yes, thank you very much, patty. more words from president obama, going to tell us more about his new defense chief ashton carter expected to succeed chuck hagel at the pentagon. much more still to come, power play, [ inaudible ] weighs in on the syria war. australia revives a controversial immigration law that critics call a shattering blow for asylum seekers. plus -- the moment ration yacht hit a reef, leaving the crew shipwrecked in shark-infested waters. we'll have the details a bit later in the sport. ♪ might to developments in

syria now on a day that amnesty international has slammed the pitiful handling of the refugee crisis. 380,000 people need to be settled but nobody will take them in. and there's no letup in the fighting on the ground. there have been heavy battles. the islamic state of iraq and the levant says it has taken control of a city near the air base. it is now trying to take the base itself. to the north in kobani, it has now been 82 days since fighting erupted between isil and kurdish forces there. let's take a look now at what amnesty international has been saying about the crisis specifically. they have named and shamed the countries that failed to help the syrians fleeing the war.

the arab states in the gulf even though they are the richest in the world, they are the worst. germany has accepted the most. followed by sweden. finland and france have resettled 500 syrians each. we have spoken to the head of refugee and migrants rights at amnesty international and he says donating money is only one part of the solution. >> the crisis has been going on for three years now. it has been very clear that the neighboring countries will not be able to cope with that number of refugees. but people are living in extremely difficult circumstances in places like lebanon jordan, and turkey, all of the countries of the world have only pledged to take in

60,000. and this number hasn't actually happened. they just said they will take them, but just a fraction have been able to make it to other countries. some of them are giving money. crete has given lots of money for the humanitarian assistance. but just money will not solve it. there are people who have survived torture, rape, unaccompanied children, elderly people, who need a place that is able to provide them with healthcare, education, and decent housing, and the countries like lebanon and jordan are not able to do that. turkey has spent $4 billion of its own money to look after syrian refugees. it has taken more than 1.5 million people. you can do both. and it's very important to do both. yes, the money is needed. the food crisis has to be solved immediately. but that is not enough. you also need to take the people who are vulnerable.

hundreds of people have been taking part in anti-government protests across egypt. security forces detained a number of protesters trying to enter cairo's iconic square. demonstrators came out on to the streets in other towns and cities after friday prayers. tensions are particularly high after the acquittal of former president mubarak over the best of protesters in the 2011 revolution. a local egyptian channel has aired an audio recording it says of top military commanders. the leaks are said to be from the office of al-sisi who was defense minister at the time. >> reporter: a promuslim brotherhood tv channel has broadcast what it says are leaked audio recordings of al-sisi's top military aids. the aids can be heard discussing the forging evidence and

interfering in the jude ashal proceedings against the deposed president morsi. al jazeera cannot dentally verify the contents of the recordings. the tv channel maintains that the recordings reveal a number of generals discussing ways to deceive the public and court over the where abouts of morsi. he was being detained by the army after a military coup in july 2013. he was being held at a secret military location, and that made the generals nervous. the legal advisor explains what is at stake to the office manager of al-sisi. >> translator: they will appeal against his detention. and his detention will be considered illegal, and then he will be released. >> reporter: in a second recording, the same legal advisor, tells egypt's navy commander what needs to be done to avoid weakening the court

cases against morsi. >> translator: we have to be ready for the worst case scenario, otherwise this case will fall apart. the spying and the [ inaudible ] cases will be undermined. the place morsi was detained from july 3rd, until he was sent to prison will be proven illegal. this will undermine all of the legal cases against him. >> reporter: the egyptian military and the presidency have not commented on the recordings, but the general prosecutor has accused the muslim brotherhood of spreading fabricated news and staging recordings to destabilize the state. >> reporter: they were broadcast just days after a criminal court in cairo, through out the case against mubarak who has been accused of being complicit in the deaths of more than 800 protesters in the revolution of january 25th. let's bring in al jazeera's

senior political analyst. tell us more about what these recordings reveal of the case against mohammed morsi. >> there are three things to look at. the meaning, the timing, and the repercussions. the meaning of them is that basically, the old state, the mubarak regime, and sisi regime have been doing what they accuse the morsi regime of doing, but basically taking away evidence, inventing evidence and so on and so forth in order to make sure that morsi does not get off so easily. so in so many ways this could prove what so many suspected and argued over the years that the al-sisi and mubarak regime have undermined the legal process. and apparently there is a power

struggle going on between the mubarak and sisi group. that generational conflict between the deep old state and the new deep state could probably be -- it could probably explain the timing. meaning the sisi government is both justifying why mubarak needs to be let go free, but they are praising the january 25th uprising against mubarak. so in so many ways this will allow sisi to turn the page. and this could mean that the protest movement in egypt will gain momentum because of these kinds of allegations or these kinds of discoveries in the sense for something like this to be doing out from those offices of the military, from sisi's own office, means that people high up in the egyptian government

are implicated in violating the law, and that could push the protest movement forward in the country. >> all right. thank you. meanwhile egypt's security forces have started the second phase of its buffer zone in the sinai peninsula. they are extending the zone an extra 500 meters. the army has started destroying homes in the designated area, the eviction process began in october. australia is reintroducing a controversial temporary visa for refugees. all asylum seekers who arrive by boat are held in camps. under the new law they will be allowed to stay and work for five years, but denies them protection. >> reporter: in afghanistan this man ran a human rights organization, and did work for the american government. when his brothers were killed, and he was shot in the leg, he fled to indonesia, and then on a

boat to australia. that was in april 2013. he was initially held in a detention center before being released on what was called a bridging visa. his life since has been in limbo. not allowed to work and living on a subsistence government income. it has, he says, broken him. he has felt subhuman. he and 30,000 like him who came by boat will now be put on what is called temporary protection visas. they will be allowed to work, but the criterias will be stricter with few rights of appeal. most are likely to be sent back to the countries from which they fled. >> not any of the government has sent another strong message to the people smugglers about our resolve to end their business forever, but a strong message of resolve from the australian parliament, and that is something that will only further

strengthen our country's borders. >> the government made concessions to politicians. all children held will be released, but using that as a bargaining chip has angered those who weren't won over. >> i am appalled. many people in this country tonight would be appalled. us using children as hostages is never okay. and only a sociopath would do it. >> these kids have been sitting there for 15 months, and you want a pat on the back? you have got to be kidding yourselves. these kids could have been out -- >> all right. taking you live now to washington, d.c. where we're expecting to hear from u.s. president barack obama as you can see there, we'll hear more about his appointment of ashton carter as the next defense secretary. let's listen in. >> -- and ash is willing to

indulge me. last month, america's businesses created more than 300,000 jobs. now this keeps a pace so far this year that we have not seen since the 1990s. so far this year, over the first 11 months of 2014, our economy has created 2.65 million jobs, that's more than in any entire year since the 1990s. our businesses have now created 10.9 million jobs over the past 57 months in a row, and that's the longest streak of private sector job growth on record. we also know that the pick up and the pace of job growth this year has been in industries with higher wages, and overall wages are rising, a very welcome sign for millions of americans. so we have got an opportunity to

keep up this progress if congress is willing to keep our government open, avoid self inflicted wounds, and work together to invest in the things that support faster job growth in high-paying jobs. that means exports, infrastructure, streamlining our tax code, immigration reform, giving minimum wage workers a raise. it's been a long road to recovery from the worst economic crisis in generations, and we still have a lot more work to do to make sure that hard-working american's wages are growing faster, but the united states continues to outpace most of the world. over the last four years we put more people back to work than europe, japan, and all other industrialized advanced countries combined. and we're going to keep at it until every single american who is willing to work can find a

job and a job that allows them to support their families. but it is worth every once in a while reflecting on the fact that the american economy is making real progress, and if we can continue in this trajectory, if we can continue to grow robustly, and if we make sure that those companies who seeing profits that are probably higher than any time in the last 60 years, that they are also making sure that their workers are sharing in that growth, then, you know, we can get a virtuous cycle that is going to make a difference. and national security starts with a strong economy here at home. now, i know that some people think i'm announce cabinet positions on fake twitter accounts. this is not the case. [ laughter ] >> a year ago when ash carter

completed his tenure as deputy secretary of defense, secretary hagel took to the podium in ash's fairwell ceremony and looked at the audience, and said i have known ash carter for many years. all of us here today have benefited from ash's hard work, his friendship, from his inspiration, and from his leadership. and chuck then went on to express his gratitude to his partner for what ash has done for this country and will continue to do in many ways. today i'm pleased to announce my nominee to be our next secretary of defense, mr. ash carter. with a record of service that has spanned more than 30 years as a public servant, advisor, scholar, ash is rightly regarded as one of our nation's foremost national security leaders. as a top member of our pentagon

team, including his two years as deputy secretary, he was at the table in the situation room. he was by my side navigating complex security challenges that we were confronting. i relied on his expertise and judgment. i think it's fair to say that ash in your one-year attempt at retirement from public service, you failed miserably. [ laughter ] >> but i am deeply grateful that you are willing to go ak at it. ash brings a unique blend of strategic perspective and technical no how. as a student of history, he understands the united states is the single most provider of security in the world. and he played a key role in devising our strategy to advance that security. he is also a physicist, which means he is one of the few people who actually understands how many of our defense systems work.

[ laughter ] >> and that has also allowed him to serve with extraordinary breadth and also depth. he has helped create the program that has dismantled weapons of mass destruction around the world, and reduced the threat of nuclear terrorism. he has never been afraid to cancel old or inefficient weapons programs. he knows the department of defense inside and out, all of which means that on day one he is going to hit the day running. ash is also known by our allies and friends around the world. having served both democratic and republican secretaries he is respected and trusted on both sides of the aisle. and he is admired by civilian leaders across the country because he is a mentor to so

many. there is one other quality of ash's service that i think often gets overlooked and that is his true regard, his love for the men and women in uniform and their families, his relentless dedication for their safety and well-being. when he cutout dated, unneeded systems, he did it because he was trying to free up money for our troops to make sure they had the weapons and gear that they needed and the quality of life for themselves and their families that they deserve. her our troops are struggling to defend against roadside bombs, he moved heaven and earth to rush them new body armor and vehicles. there are countless americans who are alive today in part because of ash's efforts. when our forces sat down for thanksgiving dinner far from home or our wounded warriors recovered in the hospital, or when our fallen heros returned

to dover, ash was there, often on his own time without any publicity or fanfare, and i know that ash will be there for them now as secretary of defense. we face no shortage of challenges to our national security. our combat mission in afghanistan ends this month, and we have to transition to a new mission. we have to keep degrading and ultimately destroying isil in iraq and syria. we have to build counter terrorism partnerships and new platforms. we have to continue the fight against ebola in west africa. we have to continue to strengthen our alliances including nato, and continue to rebalance our defense posture in asia pacific. our armed forces are necessarily going to be leaner, but as commander in this chief, i'm going to make sure that we have a military that is second to none, that continues to be the

greatest fighting force in the history of the world. that means we're going to have to bolster new capabilities, our cyber defenses. how we deal with our satellites, and how we're adapting our military and investing in new capabilities to meet long-term threats. we're going to have to work with congress on a more responsible approach to defense spending, including the reforms we need to make the department more efficient. that's how we're going to preserve readiness and keep faith with our forces and our families, deliver world class care to our wounded warriors, and ash is going to be critical to all of these efforts. when we talked about this job, we talked about how we're going to have to make smart choices precisely because there's so many challenges out there, and we're going to have to squeeze every -- everything we have out of the resources we have, in order to be as effective as possible, and i can't think of

somebody who is more qualified to do that. and his career, ash has been confirmed by the senate three times. if it were entirely up to my dear friend carl levin who is sitting here, i suspect it would happen really quickly, because -- because that's the kind of guy karl is, and karl i know has had a chance to work with ash in the past. my hope is in the new congress we get similar speed and dispatch. by the way we will miss carl levin. i just wanted to mention that. [ applause ] >> one last piece of critical information that may have tipped the scales in me wanting to promote ash. ash is a big motown fan. [ laughter ] >> and one of his favorites is a

classic by the four tops, "reach out, i'll be there." so ash i'm reaching out to you. you have been there for us, our troops, our families, our nation. i also know that he's been there for his lovely wife stephanie. sometimes by skype because he has been traveling, but the sacrifices that stephanie has been willing to make, this is a team effort, so we're very grateful to stephanie. she joined ash on a lot of those thanksgiving trips to see our troops. and she knows the sacrifices our wounded warriors are going through. stephanie we thank you for your service. we thank will and ava who couldn't be here, but we know they couldn't be prouder of their dad.

and with that i want to let our hopefully soon new secretary of defense say a few words. [ applause ] >> thank you, mr. president. and mr. president, mr. vice president, it's an honor, and a privilege for me to be nominated for the position of secretary of defense. general scowcroft, my long time mentor, thank you for being here. and thanks to bill perry who can't be here today. and thanks so you, chairman and many other friends and colleagues past and future for coming out today. i accepted the president's offer to be nominated for secretary of defense because of my regard for

his leadership. i accepted it because of the seriousness of the strategic challenges we face, but also the bright opportunities that exist for america if we can come together to grab hold of them. and i accepted the offer because of the deep respect and abiding love that stephanie and i have for our men and women in uniform. as we talked together in the past week mr. president, we discussed the challenges and opportunities, and the need to keep america safe and to make a better future for our children. if confirmed in this job, i pledge to you, my most candid strategic advice. and i pledge also that you will receive equally candid military

advice. and finally, to the greatest fighting force the world has ever known, to you, i pledge to keep faith with you, and to serve our nation with the same unclenching dedication that you demonstrate every day. [ applause ] >> all right. we have been listening to president barack obama, and his nominated defense secretary,

ashton carter, speaking in washington, d.c. president obama hailed carter's experience as you would expect, going on to cite the very serious national security challenges currently facing the u.s., chief among them the battle against isil in iraq and syria. let's bring in patty culhane in washington, d.c., and we heard president obama hail ashton carter's three decades of experience. he may be a physicist, but is he going to be able to navigate that difficult pentagon bureaucracy and a complicated relationship with the white house? >> i think that's why he nominated ash carter for this position, because he is well-known in the pentagon. i have been speaking to a lot of people who know him, and they tell me he has the respect of the top brass. that is very important if you are going to get things done in

the pentagon. they also told me when it comes to issues that he cares about like increasing the body armor for troops, that he is a fierce advocate, basically saying you do not want to tell him you will get something done and then not get it done because you will pay for it. his relay lay shunship with the white house will probably be the most difficult part. he doesn't have a long-standing relationship with the president. and the president tends to trust the people who have been with him since his days in chicago. those are the people that past secretaries of defense have said were listened to above the secretaries of defense. i think it's interesting that the president began with what secretary hagel has said about him in the past. because he was supposed to be leer.

and then defense officials said the secretary chose not to come because they wanted it to be ash carter's day. and that's a giant slap at president obama, and confirms that secretary hagel was very much forced out. >> this comes at a very sensitive time for barack obama when you have a difficult situation in iraq and syria, and perhaps a lack of confidence domestically in the u.s. when it comes to obama's handling of these foreign policy issues. >> reporter: and the people i have been talking to say don't expect him to become a media darling. he is going to try to push the president behind the scenes. it was interesting the president talked about how many times ash carter was in the situation room with him. because when they fired secretary hagel they said they needed somebody with a different set of experiences. but ash carter has no experience when it comes to combat. he never wore the uniform, and

his expertise, although he is a physicist is not in the middle east. so it is interesting that he is being harolded as having all of these experiences, but when you talk about the biggest challenges, which is ailz, he doesn't not a lot about that. but the people i have talked to say he is a pretty fast learner. >> patty culhane in washington, d.c. thank you. ♪ well diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis inside syria have all but stalled. that could be changing though. the head of the coalition has told al jazeera that russia wants to help revive the political process. >> reporter: it has been almost four years of fighting and no one has been able to bring about a decisive victory. the russian government has stepped in to try to revive the

political process to end the fighting. >> translator: now russia is at the forefront of efforts to restart talks. the international community is moving towards finding a political solution. there is a willingness. the russians and americans are talking. >> reporter: this is a prom next opposition figure. he once headed the main opposition in exile before resigning out of frustration last month he was invited to moscow. according to him, russia wants to help opponents of the government agree on a new authority to engage in direct negotiations with the government. >> translator: what russia is doing is providing a venue for opposition members from various groups to sit down and come up with a united front. whoever is ready to join hands to save syria, it is their right to join, and i believe the friends of syria will agree. >> reporter: there were direct talks earlier this year, but two

rounds ended with no agreement. the opposition was represented by the snc, now some reports suggest that the u.s. agreed that other groups could represent the opposition in future talks and this time around, assad doesn't have to step down before negotiations begin. >> translator: we all know a transitional government can't happen overnight, but there needs to be a clear agreement between the regime and opposition with a clear timetable for a hand over of power. >> reporter: there is no guarantee that moscow's efforts will be able to stop the war. it will help the international community when the fight against islamic state of iraq and the levant. people living in the capitol of malldese has no fresh water.

india has promised to deliver over 100 tons in the next three days. we are joined by the foreign minister of maldese. you are completely cut off from any drinking water, what are you doing to try to salvage the situation to make sure that people there can access drinking water? >> hello, yes. because of the crisis situation from yesterday, due to the fire at the water and sewage company, obviously people have been having difficulty in accessing drinking water and water. but from yesterday relief operations have started and the government is working to quickly restore the damaged parts of the water plant and to quickly start production of water. we're currently estimating that

normalcy would be resumed within the next three days or so. at the moment we're relying on assistance from india and sri lanka that have come in. and the capitol remains very calm. >> the population is 130,000. how long is that relief likely to last? and will it be enough for everyone in the city? this >> yes, definitely we hope so, and there is water available in the rest of the country. all right water production is about to start, and currently water is being released even now. and tomorrow with additional hours of water would be released to the public, so the public can go about that business as normal. so we're hoping within three days that it will return to normalcy. >> for viewers that may not be familiar with the maldese, we

are talking about a country where it can be difficult to obtain suitable drinking water. is the government looking at contingency plans should something like that happen again? >> yes, learning from this experience, we're definitely going to look into having backups and prevent such a situation in the future. mali is very heavily populated as you have already marked, and hence our reliance on one plant for desalination, it requires 13,000 metric tons of water per day, and india has provided over 50,000 tons of fresh water, and an additional 50,000 will come in. i would like to thank the countries for their support. >> thanks for joining us and

shedding a bit more light on the situation there. tens of thousands of people are leaving their homes before the typhoon hits the philippines. they are taking shelter in the most secure buildings they can, like churches. it's on course to hit the eastern and northern provinces, and the city where thousands were killed by haiyan a year ago. beijing criticized australia for not donating to a green fund designed to help developing nations cut emissions. it came a day late, but a new era in space travel has begun after nasa launch orion into orbit. >> one and lift off at dawn.

the dawn of orion. >> the orion rocket was sent off from florida. andy gallagher has the details. >> reporter: it has and was a perfect launch in the words of nasa engineers. it la -- the mission itself, th maiden mission will last for about four and a half hours, the unmanned craft will orbit the earth twice, do vital tests for radiation, and this mission is basically a test of this small capsule, because, remember there will be an another unmanned mission in a couple of years, and eventually it is hoped to

put men on this missile. there is a real sense of triumph here at nasa. so a successful launch. we're expecting the craft to re-enter the earth's atmosphere for a vital stress test. and in another couple of hours it will splash down just off of the coast of mexico, and all being well, it should be a hugely successful first launch of the orbiter. >> australia's critic captain looks to be on course to make a much-needed return to the team. jo will be with us with all of the details. ♪

♪ welcome back. jo is here with sports. >> thank you very much. tiger woods will be out on the course for the pga tournament in florida. he has spent almost four months out, but as richard nicholson reports, his first competitive round back was memorable for the wrong reasons. >> reporter: tiger wood's latest come back from injury couldn't have gotten off to a worse start. driving out of bounds with his very first shot. his short game wasn't much better. mis-hitting his chip at the 8th on the way to a double bogey. but glimpses of the game that have won him 14 major titles were also on show. this shot on the 12th almost

going in for eagle and bringing a smile to wood's face. the now world number 24 followed up that birdie with a shot all amateurs will be familiar with. leading to yet another bogey. 11 shots off of the leader after the first round. >> i have shot 80s a bunch of times here actually. but usually when it's a cold north wind and about 30 out, but not like this. today was -- it was weird. i didn't feel like i hit it that bad. and my short game was awful. i missed it on a few times on the front nine on the wrong side. but it was just one of those days where just really nothing went my way. >> reporter: to his return to competitive golf ended with him at the bottom of the leader board, and still a long way off of closing in on jack nicklas's

record. another man who has made his return to sports is three time stanley cup winner martin [ inaudible ]. the goalie who signed a one-year contract with the blues after 21 seasons with the new jersey devils [ inaudible ]. winning 4-3 to stay top of the westerner conference division. australian cricket captain michael clark is on course to play in next week's delayed contest with india. he has been struggling with a hamstring injury and dealing with the death of teammate philip hughes. >> i'm sure they are going to be fine. they are looking forward to getting out there and playing

cricket and training. obvious hughes would want us to do that as well. russian footballer has been banned for offending fans who were racially abusing him. the midfielder was targeted with monkey chants by opposition fans. he reacted by making a gesture towards them. the football union say the gesture was offensive. european football chiefs say they are fed up with the crisis at fifa and have once again reiterated the call to fully public a report into corruption. last month they found problematic conduct by individuals involved in the world cup bid process, but not enough evidence to recommending a revote. despite that allegations of corruption continue to playing the world governing body. >> every day there is something new coming out, so it would

certainly be helpful to have once and for all some clarity. i think the uefa president has said it as well several times it would be helpful for example, to publish this report, because as long as only few people know what is there, and some things that are leaked here and there, everybody says a little bit of what he wants without shred of any evidence of anything. footage has been released of the moment a yacht hit a reef in the indian ocean. well the 65-yacht smashed into the reef tearing a huge hole in the full. leaving the nine-man crew stranded. >> five hours to daylight, we're on the reef -- oh. the bow section is fine. the aft, can't quite say it's the same. what you just heard was a bit of

cracking. behind the bulk head doors behind me, there is zero boat left. >> the skipper told the crew to abandon the boat in knee-deep water to a dry position on the reef, that despite the coast guard telling them they were in shark-infested water. they were stranded for three days before being rescued. >> the other night was for sure -- it was definitely the toughest night of my life and i think for sure for the guys. we hit the reef hard doing 90 notts, and the impact is undescribable. >> that is all of the sport for you. >> thanks very much. do stay with us here on al jazeera, we'll have in the full bulletin of news coming up for you in just a few moment's time. stay with us. ♪

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