>> announcer: this is al jazeera. from al jazeera's headquarters in doha, this is the news hour. coming up in the next 60 minutes, case dropped. the international criminal court says there is not enough evidence to take kenya's president to trial for war crimes. he speaks his mind and has never served in think military. barack obama names ashton carter as his pick for the u.s. secretary of defense. a town in ruins. the battle for kobani drags into

its third month. kurdish forces say they are biding their time. plus -- >> three, two, one. and liftoff at dawn. the dawn of orion. >> 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. the heard was accused of masterminding post-election violence in 2007 and 2008, which left over 1200 people dead. >> today at the hague, the prosecutor hases dismissed the charges. [ applause ] >> reporter: the cabinet

secretary for foreign affairs announcing the news to a group of kenyan business people. for more than three years the international criminal court in the hague has struggled to make its charges of crimes against humanity against preside president -- kenyatta stick. and the icc itself was accused of not cared out a proper investigation. >> this is a huge blow to the prosecution of the icc. clearly it seems it didn't do as much as it should have to ensure it has a trial -- or a case that is ready to go to trial. in terms of the larger story of post election violence and justice for the victims of that violence, this is yet another disappointment. >> reporter: more than 1,200 people were killed in the riots

and violence in 2007 and spilling over into 2008. kenyatta was accused of organizing some of the attacks. kenyatta has always maintained his innocence, and said he -- felt vindicated. >> for many they want the president to come back and do his job so the country can move forward. >> we want him to be given a chance so he can rule the nation. [ inaudible ] and the country can move forward. >> it's good. >> i'm happy our president is going to be doing back. but i'm sad for the victims who want justice. >> reporter: regardless of what decision has been made at an

international court, inside kenya there are those that still want justice. and while this case at the icc has been dropped, kenyatta has not been acquitted. if other evidence is brought before the court, the president could be charged again. katherine soy is monitoring developments for us from nairobi. >> reporter: we're told already there are celebrations in the streets especially in kenyatta's strong hold. this was widely expected. the prosecution has said many times that they don't have enough evidence to prove the guilt beyond reasonable doubt. she cited frustration in the case including government's refusal to cooperation, witnesses being harassed and intimidated, a negative media complain from kenya as well. the president has issued a statement and he is saying that he is excited and relieved. he accused the prosecution of

[ inaudible ] investigations and accused human rights groups of conspiring with the prosecution. but it seems the biggest losers in all of this are the victims. they are running out of options for justice. there seems there is no political will to try the purpose rate -- perpetrators of the violence. the deputy president's case is still going on. to our other top story, u.s. president barack obama has nominated ashton carter as his next secretary of defense. he is widely viewed as a technocat. his appointment still needs to be confirmed by the u.s. senate. >> reporter: in a sign of just how contentious this transfer of

power is, the white house said chuck hagel would be here. he didn't show up an almost unheard of snub to the president who named ashton carter as his pick to lead the pentagon. >> he was at the table in the situation room. he was by my side navigating complex security challenges. i relied on his expertise and judgment. >> reporter: he has been in the situation room but never seen combat. he does know how to fight in the pentagon complex. he is known for demanding results and fierce intellect. his degrees from yale and his doctorate from oxford. he is being characterized as kind of a hawk.

in 2006 he urged president bush to bomb a launch pad in north korea before a missile test could be conducted. but even if he pushes for a stronger response, analysts have said he is unlikely to be able to move the president. >> 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: still carter is known for speaking his mind, something the white house complained hagel didn't do. >> if confirmed in this job, i pledge to you, my most candid strategic advice. >> reporter: he is expected to be confirmed by the senate, but if the experience of the last three secretaries of defense are any indication, getting the job might be the easieiest part. graham allison is the director of the center for

science and international affairs, and joins me live now. you know ashton carter pretty well. this is arguably a job that no one wanted. how do you think he is going to adjust to his new position? >> well, i think it's a good choice, and i think ashton will prove himself to be well suited to the job. i had the good fortune to know him for more years than fear i can remember. i recruited him here when i was dean. i appointed him assist important professor. he grew up to become a professor. he was the director of the center i currently direct. ashton has shown himself to be adaptable, adjustable, agile, but always determined, and i think that he's just what the job needs at this point. >> what was he like to work with? how did he deal with conflict situations from what you remember? >> well, again, when i have seen

him both in the university context and in the government in the clinton administration. ash is analytically grounded. he works through a problem first in his own head, and comes to a conclusion. he is quite ka leejal. we wrote a number of pieces together. and in the clinton administration when he was assistant secretary, and i was an assistant secretary, we worked together on the nonelugger cooperative threat reduction program. so ash has shown himself to be able to work with people across a brood spectrum. >> and you have worked with him -- [overlapping speakers] >> i think the republicans will be more sympathetic to him --

>> right. and you have worked with him a great deal in academia, how might he handle a micromanaging approach from the white house? >> well, i think that's an extremely good question, and i think that most of the problems that are at least alleged to have been the problems with secretary hagel, as least as many of them emanate from the white house as the pentagon, but i think that same set of tensions will persist. ash believes strongly in the defense department and the u.s. military, and will try to manage the pentagon effectively. not be a pat seat for anybody. but i think maybe he'll be more effective in expressing and a ar -- articulating his views than secretary hagel.

but he is not shy of expressing his views, on the other hand he is very oil -- loyal. >> what do you think his approach will be to addressing the -- the islamic state of iraq and the levant, and developments in syria and iraq? >> well, i think as you suggested before, the policy towards isil, or the islamic state, as well as the policy in iraq, is mainly the president's policy, and it has mainly been made in the white house with a very tight circle of advisors. so i think the secretary of defense whether it's ash, hagel or whomever it might be, will only be one more voice in effect in a stew or in a boulibase, in which most of the ingredients

will come out of the white house. >> graham allison thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. >> thank you very much. well u.s.-lead air strikes in iraq's northern city of mosul have killed fighters of the islamic state of iraq and the levant. at least nine soldiers were killed, and a further four fighters were killed in a second attack. many minorities used to live in the area before isil took over. isil has launched an offensive to retake iraq's largest oil refinery. the oil refinery was taken back by government forces just a few weeks ago. to developments in syria now where a battle is underway for the border town of kobani. it has been 82 days since fighting erupted.

bernard smith reports from the turkey, syria border. >> reporter: there doesn't seem to be much of kobani left to fight for. nearly three months of air strikes, mortar fire, suicide bombs and street fighting have reduced large parts of this town to rubble. most civilians are long gone. many would have trouble finding their homes if they came back. but despite any destruction, these durdish fighters are dodging isil fighters along the front lines. >> translator: it's true we haven't made a major advance in kobani. our fighters make progress ever day, but it is slow because the situation is difficult. but the slow advance is deliberate, as we prepare for a major advance. >> reporter: there are air strikes every day. at least 16 around kobani in the first four days of december, compared to 11 across all of the parts of iraq under isil control.

kobani was never really strategically important but it became symbolically important as syrian kurds put up a fierce resistance to isil's advance. now both sides are locked in a battle that has a lot to do with trying to preserve or enhance reputations. supply routes are still apparently unaffected. this was a recent suicide car bombing at a border crossing. victory for isil in this kobani would be trumpeted has victory over the u.s. >> translator: we have enough weapons to eliminate isil, but it will take a long time to completely clear them out from here. street fighting is really tough. we can only advance by clearing one house at a time. >> reporter: the u.s. and its coalition partners are unwilling

to provide troops to fight in syria. they prefer to train so-called moderate fighters. so for now the kurds must fight their own battles. much more to come for you in a moment on al jazeera. russia weighs in on the syrian war and tries to reignite talks between the rebel factions. 25 years after the fall of the berlin wall, we'll tell you why communism could be making a comeback in germany. ♪ in somalia at least ten people have been killed in two suicide bombings. the explosions happened in the western city. witnesses say the bodies of the

victimser with scattered around the blast site. hundreds of people have been taking part in anti-government protests across egypt. security forces detained a number of protesters. demonstrators came out in several towns and cities after friday prayers. tensions are particularly high after the acquittal of former president mubarak in the deaths of protesters. meanwhile a local egyptian channel has aired an audio recording it says is 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 pro-muslim brotherhood tv channel has broadcast what it says are leaked audio recordings of abdul al-sisi's top military aids.

the aids can be heard discussing interfering in the proceedings against morsi. the tv channel maintains that the recordings reveal a number of generals discussing ways to deceive the public and courts over the whereabouts of morsi. morsi was president at the time and 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. in this recording a man said to be the military's legal advisor explains what is at stake to the officer manager of 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 who needs to be done to prevent weakening the court cases against morsi. >> translator: we have to be ready for the worst-case scenario, otherwise the spying case will fall apart. the spying and [ inaudible ] case 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. 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. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: they were broadcast just days after a criminal court in cairo through out the case against the deposed president. he had been accused of being complicit in the deaths of more than 800 protesters, in the revolution of january 25th. earlier i spoke to al

jazeera's senior political analyst. he explained more about what the recording reveals about the case against mohammed morsi. >> there are three things to look at, first of all the meaning, the timing, and the repercussions. the meaning is basically that the old state, the mubarak regime, the sisi regime has been doing what they have been accusing the morsi government of doing, which is basically taking away evidence, invent evidence to make sure that the former president does not get off so easily. so in so many ways this could be -- or this could prove what so many suspected, what so many argued over the years that the sisi government and the mubarak government undermined. apparently there is a power

struggle going on in egypt between the mubarak era sort of officials, and the new sisi era intelligence, military officials, et cetera. that conflict between the deep old state and the new deep state could probably explain the timing, meaning the sisi government is both justifying why mubarak needs to let go free, but on the other hand praising the january 25th uprising against mubarak. so in so many ways this will also allow sisi to turn the page on the mubarak regime and open his own. and this could mean this protest movement in egypt will gain momentum because of these kind of discoveries, in the sense for something like this to be coming out from those offices of the military, 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. egypt's security forces meanwhile have started the second phase of the burr zone expansion in the sinai peninsula. they are extending the zone an extra 500 meters. the army has started destroying homes in the designated area. nasa's unmanned space capsule has returned to earth just four hours off it was launched. it made his splash down in the pacific ocean after hitting the intended high points above earth. andy gallagher joins us live from cape canaveral, florida. what is the mood like there, andy? >> reporter: well, they are saying that this was basically a flawless mission. i heard one engineer say the

orion capsule was built to perfection. this was a vital test of this capsule. remember this was an unmanned test flight. 4.5 hours. it went up to 6,000 kilometers, that's 14 times higher than the international space station, and everything went so well. it was basically a test of the craft for future missions which will be manned. and there were 1200 sensors on board testing for things like radiation, and the heat shield that was superheated on the way back in. but everything went so well. ultimately around the year 2021, nasa wants to put four astronauts on board the orion, and they will go into deep space, the first time humans have been that far, and they hope ent eventually to the planet mars. >> tell us more about what this could pave the way for.

>> reporter: well, it really was an incredible mission, and over the last few years, i was here for the end of the shuttle program, and morale was pretty low at that point. but this is a whole new era and it could bring fruit to all sorts of things. ultimately the goal is to put four people on this capsule and take them out to asteroids and the planet mars, which could lead to all sorts of different discoveries. for the next few years engineers will be going through all of those readings from the sensors on board the orion now. >> yeah, a sense of elation there in florida as the orion space capsule returns to earth. well for the first time since the fall of the berlin wall, the german party born out of the old communist has a state

leader. from there, tim friend reports. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: he was jubilant. victory in the second round of voting, but according to the german chancellor, carl max, the father of communism is back in the state premier office. he is deeply aware of his communist's anti-seedents. and the hated east german secret police. >> translator: we'll personally approach people who have been done injustice, who's lives were destroyed. we need to make up, not divide. >> reporter: the left party rules here in coalition with the greens and the center left. previously, angela merkel's christian democrats held sway,

but their popularity plummeted after allegations of corruption. their leader is alarmed by mr. ramalo's success. >> translator: thousands of people have protested. and this on the 25th anniversary of the fall of the wall. >> reporter: well this is where he will take office in a short while. being a man of the left, he might well take angela merkel's compare season with carl marx as a compliment. views are split among the public. >> it's a mess. the people are back in power >> translator: i think it's good, because the red-green coalition has triumphed, and it

will be good for the people. >> reporter: political observers in germany, say the landscape has been changed dramatically here. coalitions with the left party could emerge elsewhere. but old wounds are still felt acutely. still ahead for you on the al jazeera news hour. australia revives a controversial immigration law. plus, flying high, china's aviation industry is taking off, but it can't train pilots fast enough. and can tiger woods improve on his disappointing first round in florida. we'll have all of the latest news from his second round coming up in sport. ♪

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president has collapsed. all charges have been dropped after prosecutors couldn't gather enough evidence against him. u.s. president barack obama has nominated ashton carter as his next secretary of defense. if confirmed he will be obama's fourth defense secretary and will succeed chuck hagel who resigned last month. and clearly three months of air strikes, suicide bombs and street fighting have reduced large parts of the syrian city of kobani to rubble. meanwhile diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis inside syria have all but stalled, but that could be changing. the former head of the syrian national coalition has told al jazeera that russia wants to revive the political process. >> reporter: it's been almost four years of fighting and no one has been able to bring about a divisive victory.

the russian government has now stepped in. >> translator: now russia is at the forefront of efforts to restart talks. there is no russian initiative as such, but the international community is moving towards finding a political solution. the russians and americans are talking. >> reporter: this is a prominent opposition figure. he was headed the syrian national coalition, the snc before resigning out of frustration. last month he was invited to moscow. he says russia wants to help opponents of the government to engage in direct negotiations with the government. >> translator: what russia is doing is providing a venue from opposition members 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 rounded ended in new agreement. now some reports say that the u.s. agreed that other groups could rep sent the opposition in future talks and this time around president bashar al-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 the opposition, with a clear timetable for a handover of power. >> reporter: there is no guarantee that moscow's efforts will be able to stop the war, but it will help the international community win the fight against the islamic state of iraq and the levant which exploits the war to survive. two british men who traveled to syria to fight for al-qaeda linked rebels have been

sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison each. a recent law has made it illegal to join the group. nick spicer reports from berlin. >> reporter: he is known only has [ inaudible ] and his face must be hidden as he's being tried as a minor. but the prosecutors are convinced he knew full well what he was doing when he went to syria. the accused says he only went to syria to help its people bring down president bashar al-assad, but he didn't fight, was quickly disillusioned and returned. at this mosque there is a feeling that more such cases will come to light in the coming months. there are so many people that the government is looking at taking away think travel documents of people who may want to join them.

>> translator: this is a devaluing of contempt for the basic laws of the country, human rights, the freedom to be able to travel anywhere. freedom of thought. what i get out of this is they want to take out those considered radical and put a brand mark on their arm, so they could be recognized in society to say he could be dangerous. >> reporter: germany isn't the only european country with new laws for citizens wanting to go fight in iraq. british prime minister david cameron has even pledged news through try to prevent britains from going to the conflict zone and ban them from re-entering britain if they do make it there. >> reporter: the country is bound by a u.n. resolution to stop the flow of fighters, and keeping germans out of the fight will be a challenge. >> we'll have to approach the

families, sport clubs, the mosques, et cetera, it's a gigantic, monumental effort that will involve the entirety of our society. but we're talking about young muslims that are an inthingal part of our society, and we want them. >> reporter: mosques across germany have taken to holding payday -- days of peace and prayer. many will tell you the perception of the threat will only worsen if there are more cases brought. france has agreed to pay a new round of compensation to holocaust families. they will eligible for the

$6 million fund. the new deal will help american and israeli citizens and those who weren't eligible for other programs. china's security chief has been excelled and arrested. he is being investigated for corruption. since coming to power, the chinese president has launched a high-profile campaign to stomp out corruption among government officials. anger is mounting in the united states over the decision not to charge a white policeman for the shooting of an unarmed man. the u.s. department's decision to launch a civil inquiry has failed to calm demonstrators.

the arrest and choke hold was all captured on camera. both cases have opened a wider debate about whether police should wear body cameras. >> reporter: sheriff's deputies in kansas know how to work with body cameras. they had them for three years. it cost more than 1 100 -- $100,000. when a shooting in ferguson, missouri, set up a protests, the price sounded cheap. >> i don't think there is a law enforcement officer in the country that didn't say to themselves if only he had a body cam. the ability to see what actually happened, and what was said and

what they did, that is always going to be a good thing. and when we screw up, we should be held accountable. >> reporter: now other police departments are introducing pilot programs of their own. >> we're dealing with a lot of unexplored territory on this issue that the public, the media, and we in the police profession and the courts don't fully understand. we're all going to lech together. >> reporter: it's a rare point in which police and civil libertarians agree, mostly. >> if there's a shooting or evidence of a crime on a video, and that should be releasable, but all of the other videos should never see the light of day -- >> reporter: sometimes having the video does not leave all sides satisfied. in the case of eric garner, officers were not charged with choking him to death despite

this video. officers serving warrantss can wear the devices on their chest, lapel or on their heads. there are over 100 cameras here at the booking facility. since august '44 deputies are wearing body cameras that record every interaction with every inmate. many law enforcement officers welcome the added scrutiny. >> we like them, because it keeps the inmates accountable for what they do as well as the deputies. >> reporter: is there a down side? >> not to us. >> reporter: as ferguson police and the family of michael brown know too well, there is no limit to the down side of not knowing what happened. al jazeera continues to demand the delease of its three

journal list who have been held in prison in egypt for 342 days. they were jailed on false charges of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their convictions. peter greste, and mohammed fahmy were each sentenced to serve years in prison. baher mohamed was given an additional three years for having a spent bullet casing in his possession. attacks by gunmen in indian administers kashmir killed several soldiers. >> reporter: what was once a sleepy border post became a battleground. at 3:30 on friday morning. heavily armed men stormed a military camp in a village close to the line of control between india and pakistan. several members of the security forces were killed, along with a

number of gunmen. >> reporter: last few days intercepting the terrorists, and eliminating them. so i think it's sign of increased interception by army. >> reporter: more attacks soon followed on the outskirts of the capitol, and in south kashmir after an election rally. some security analysts say separatists fighters are trying to undermine elections currently underway across the state. >> after the second fades when again there was an over 70% turnout, i think that's when panic bells must have started ringing. that they need to do something to ensure -- the credibility of the elections is called into question. >> reporter: the prime minister is due to address a rally in the state on monday, ahead of more voting next week. thousands of soldiers have been deployed, but the concern now is

whether they will be able to ensure the safety of voters. at least half a million people have left their homes before typhoon hits the philippines. evacuees are taking shelter in the most secure buildings they can. it has gusts of up to 230 kilometers an hour. the founders of hong kong's occupy movement have taken a new approach to protesting in the city's district. it's part of an attempt to keep the rallies alive as rob mcbride explains. >> reporter: it's called a shopping tour. the latest form of protest. protesters arrange to meet at a certain time and place to go shopping, and they chant between we want democracy or we want shopping. it's a way of poke fun of

comments made of hang kong's leader that he wanted this part of hong kong to get back to normal, shops to reopen, and people to go shopping again. people can't obstruct sidewalks but there's nothing to say they can't go shopping, so that's what they are doing. their way of keeping the protests alive. >> i'm here right now this way -- this is the only way we can do right now. >> so we have to continue giving out our voice. >> reporter: this has a reputation of being one of the most densely populated place on earth. previously some of these protesters have spilled out on the streets, causing obstructions and resulting in confrontations with the police. it's quite telling on this occasion, a friday night, and we're only seeing up to several hundred protesters come out and take part in tonight's

demonstration. and we may well will seeing in the next week or so, the final clearing away of the occupation site on hong kong island as this umbrella movement seems to be entering its final episode. right now all asylum seekers arriving by boat in australia are held in processing camps. andrew thomas reports from sydney. >> 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 rickety boat to australia. that was in april 2013. he was initially held in a detention center before being released on what industrialia's government called a bridging visa. his life since has been in

limbo. not allowed to work, living on a subsistence government income. it has he says broken him, he has felt subhuman. he and 30,000 like him will now be put on temporary protection visas. they will be allowed to work, but the criteria of the refugee claims will be stricter. most will likely to be sent back to the countries from which they fled. >> not only the government has sent another strong message to the people strugglers 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. >> reporter: to get the new law through parliament. the government made concessions to politicians. all children 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. 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 have want a pat on the back? you have got to be kidding yourselves. these kids could have been out 15 months ago. >> reporter: most children of asylum seekers are held on christmas island. the government hopes to have them on the mainland by christmas. judged by their own criteria of stopping the boats, the government's efforts seem to be working. they say that stops people from dying when the overloaded boats sink. more to come for you on the

news hour, including all of the sport. a pitch invader of a different kind halts a football match in crete. we'll tell you more in ta moment. ♪

♪ welcome back. china's aviation stwri -- industry is taking off. and that requires more pilots, flight attendants and planes. but the industry is struggling to keep up with demand.

>> reporter: military style students march to class, but they are not training for the army. these are rookie pilots in a country that desperately needs them. china's biggest aviation academy is turning out 600 pilots a year. this 21-year-old is one of them. it can be a lucrative career in china. a pilot's potential salary almost 100,000 a year. >> translator: compared with other jobs, the pilot's salary is considerably high. this is going to make my life better, and also the life of my parents. >> reporter: he is among the 60,000 students who apply each year at the academy. only one in ten is accepted. china's growing middle class is driving the growth in air travel. the civil aviation authority says the country will need half a million more vie lots by 2035.

few industries in china have expanded as rapidly as aviation. but infrastructure and training simply aren't keeping pace with demand, which means that china has a shortfall of samb 10,000 pilots. >> translator: -- >> reporter: it's not just pilots china is short of, more air traffic controllers are also needed. currently there are only 8,000 triened at the academied a well. >> we need 15,000 to 20,000. we still have a lack of 7 or 8,000 in china. >> reporter: the academy had no women trainee pilots. the majority of the female students are learning another skill, the etiquette for becoming a flight attendant.

next year china will relax the rules that govern its skies, allowing private planes to fly below a thousand meters, creating an expected surge in aircraft ownership among the wealthy. time now for your sport with rue raul. >> thank you very much. a footballer playing in russia has been banned for offending fans who were racially abusing him. he was targeted with monkey chants by opposition supporters. he reacted by making a gesture towards them. the football union says the gesture was offensive and they banned him for three matches and fined. it cams after the coach himself was banned for five games after making racist comments about black players on his own team. racism in russian football

is nothing new, and it is a problem that shows little signs of improving. as i said it's an issue that is affecting russian football as a whole. in august 2010, the fans of oak locomotive moscow with a banner showing a banana. they claimed the banner was harmless slang. a year later, roberto had a banana thrown at him by his own fans. in december 2012, st. petersburg fans wrote a letter calling for blacks to be banned from the teams. and yaya toure was subjected to monkey chants during the champion's league march in october of last year.

toure has said since he may boycott the world cup. the russian anti-doping agency has launched an investigation into claims of sim attic doping in the country. a german television channel aired a film saying that positive tests were being covered up. the president has slammed the claims. >> translator: our preliminary analysis suggests that the film contains many falsefied assertions. if we pay attention to those who act as [ inaudible ] it is five people who were under sanctions for doping. they have serious motives to produce this. the three time world cup winner has been in hospital since november 24th after complications from an operation to remove kidney stones.

he was moved to a special unit last week, but is hopeful of moving hospital soon. >> don't worry. thank you very much. i know everybody worry about my -- my health, but i am okay. okay? i invite you one more time to come to brazil. enjoy the games. we're going to participate in the games together. thanks god. and thanks everyone who always pray for me. >> now european football chiefs say they are fed up with fifa and have once again reiterated the call to fully publish a call into corruption. despite allegations of corruption continue to playing the world governing body.

>> every day there is something coming out. so it would certainly be helpful to have once and for all some clarity. i think the uefa president has said it already as well several times that it would be helpful to publish the report, because everyone says a little bit of what he wants without any shred of any evidence of anything. tiger woods has begun second round in florida. he carded a 77 on thursday, but began with a birdie on friday. luke donald is leading the way at the opening event of the european tour season in south africa. the englishman shot a 9 under

par round of 63. he leads ross fisher by two shots. it has been a difficult time for australia cricket captain following the death and funeral of his close friend and teammate philip hughes but he will return on tuesday. he has also struggled with a hamstring in recent months. >> i'm sure they are going to be fine. they are looking forward to getting out there and playing cricket and training, and getting ready for a test match. obviously hughes would want us to do that as well. the death of philip hughes has been felt in cricket circles worldwide. the women's cricket team held a

ceremony to remember the batsman who died after being struck in the neck by a ball. martin has made his debut for his new team, the st. louis blues. he signed a one-year contract with the blues. made 20 saves, but failed to keep his new team from slipping to defeat. the predators winning 4-3 to stay atop the western conference central division. clearing off of the line has taken a new meaning at a football game in crete. the game was brought to a halt by a goat. the initial first clearance wasn't successful, as he managed to make his way back into the goal. >> he is a stubborn all goat. thank you very much. our next bulletin of news coming

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