this is ooshingsz. r . >> hello. i am laura tatum. this is the newshour life from london. coming up, a tie off and on lashes the philippines to ming trees. four months after the yazitti's fine, rescue efforts continue. >>ap a rescue attempt goes wrong in yemen. protests turned violent in

athens on the 6th anniversary of the fatal shooting of a routine ager. more than half a million people fled homes in the philippines seeking shelter as the typhoon lashes the nation. despite being downgraded to a category 5, it's the most powerful storm to hit the country this year bringing down trees and knocking down the power. it made landfall a few hours from takaman city devastated by tie off and on haiyan last year. this report from manila. >> reporter: makeshift homes like these are all that stand behind some people left in tacloban and a powerful tie off and on. the city was badly hit by a powerful cyclone and storage surge only last year. now, it has sustained wins of

175 kilometers an hour is headed their way. hundreds of thousands of people have left the most vulnerable areas. mistaken are crammed into temporary shelters. >> they telltises the waves will get bigger. >> that's why i am worried it will be like what happened last year. >> others are trying to get the last of their valuables together before the typhoon makes landfall where they are. >> we are afraid of the typhoon but we have to pack our belongings and move them upstairs before we leave. >> reporter: the military is on full alert. it is weit is strong and unpredictable. it has the potential to create high waves like typhoon haiyan did last year when it killed 7,000 people. people in the low-lying coastal areas like this are again the most vulnerable.

it will affect about half of this country's population. it won't reach man ill a until monday. >> that's where there could be serious flooding even here in the capitol. >> everton fox explains what typhoon hagger hagiputh is staro do next. >> it is weakening but heavy rain is making its way. as we go on through the next 48 to 72 hours, because it really is going to take three or four days to get clear of the country. plenty of rain already making its way through. as we go on through the next 34 hours, it will be for central parts of the fill. monday, the weather will be south of manila.

we are talking the equivalent of a category 1 hurricane. damaging winds in evidence. >> wet weather filters its way through. it will be tuesday before it makes its way through. by that stage, some could easily see 300 to 500 meters of rain. >> for more on typhoon hagiput, joining us on the line from manila, thanks for being with us. vaude chance to get a picture from your people on the ground as to how bad it is? >> it is way is persons staying five hours away and the landfall happen. and after that, we couldn't have any more contact. but we have some -- we have some

of our people who have connection or contact, some people where the landfall happened, and we were told that there were some casualties but these are not confirmed. so for now, we can assume because the landfall happened at 9:15, so already, we are waiting for the morning to come so we can start checking and going to the area so to see where people are staying now. >> sorry to interrupt. what kind of measures have you taken before the -- sorry to interrupt there. i wonder what kind of measures you took? >> sorry. >> before this arrived. >> well, we have boots on the

ground and also, our people again those were measures but i think you know, the most that we can do is and seeing much about the situation on the ground at the moment because it's still very dark. we have seen rainfall in some of the areas. there is no power, and we were told that there is a bridge and, you know we are waiting for the sunshine to come out and we can start. >> agained lin, thank you very much combined for talking to us. december i can't know government forces have been accused of using chlorine gas. the syrian observatory for human rights, a british-based group

said they used the gas to fight off an assault in an area of heavy fighting. the group says 68 isil fighters have been killed inside the battle which is eastern syria. rebels are under siege from government forces in dara. >> reporter: this is the aftermac an irstrike in dara. the victim of the bombing the men hurry to get him how the. this city is rae pebblingly now in the fourth year of combat, fighting is relentless renlz say much of the old part of the city here, the rebels are trying to drive assad's forces from base using a combination of ground fire and improvised art i will abby shells.

>> revolutionaries have managed to dominate all but the area. it is considered to be the last strongholted. regime. it is importants because it over looks the security square. >> that is the near part of the city. it contains government buildings and security basis. most have been turned into b barracks. preventing food and other supplies from getting to rebel areas. before the war, nearly 100,000 people lived in dara. not anymore. now, it's an urban battleground. peter abasi, al jazeera? >> 50 fighters from the islamic state in iraq in the lavant action it happened in bashiko, 5 kilometers from mosul. they say the isil gunmen were holed up on the side of the mountain when they were hit.

>> in no th other than iraq, many are trapped on a mountain after seeing isil fighters in the summer. al jazeera's sue turton is at a base where plains are flying aid and bringing them out. cold and hungry, but most of all, they are desperate to get off of the mountain. these families fled the fighting in the summer. now, they are living in tents further up the mountain with dwindling fuel and food supplies and the battle getting ever closer. there is only so much help this air lift can bring. for some, it's a hard discretion. this mother escaped with two children leaving three behind. we are told this woman escaped from isil fighters. the flight off of the mountain is risky. with isil ryanly fighting on the -- routinely fighting on the helicopters saz they leave. the yazitti fight other have

come back to report back to the kurdish president. >> every hour that passes is crucial. it's urgent. i am very word about the civilians who are in a dire situation. >> i am asking the international coalition and the u.s. but everyone who cares about this injustice to help because winter is coming, and my people are desperate. >> the general says a joint force of yazzi forces are protecting as many as 10,000 people. jamil and his family escaped but they fear for those left behind. >> our people need clothes because they are freezing and food because a thousand families are trapped. this is urgent we need planes to get people off because the weather is freezing. >> with the weather good, the

helicopter did load up again. >> these pilots are making as many flights as possible, to take as much aid as possible and to evacuate as many off of the moucht an this say it will be so much quicker if they had larger transport planes to take many more people before winter closes in. >> without coalition help, there is little chance all of the yazziti can escape. the peshmerga and iraqi air force are doing what thing. many of these people will be left to fend for themselves when winter starts sue turton, al jazeera, fish harbor on the iraq/syria border. >> e job description court has sentenced seven men to death with the killing of 25 policemen last year. it happened in oughte august 2013 near the border with israel. it came after the government violently cleared out two cairo

protest samples set up by supporters and the deposed president mohammed morsi and the court sentenced 25 others arranging for 15 years to life on related charges. >> al jazeera continues to demand the release of three journalists who have been detained for 340 days. they are jailed under false allegations that they helped the out lawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their convictions and jail sentences. two were sentenced ford seven yooerpz. bahraears. bahra was sentenced to an cpa 3 because of a bullet he picked up at a protest. >> photo journalist luke sommers and south african teacher pie air korki died. president obama authorized the next because he said their life was in danger. he condemned their killing as

barbaric. patty colhane. >> it was the second time u.s. forces tried to rescue somers. u.s. officials say they were shot by their captors in therammian peninsula in the seating of yemen. one of my sources told me they started to kill him and they tried to escape with him but the operation was very strong and they were surrounded so they killed him. >> according to media reports, the hostages were evacuated on an osprey like this one. one died en route. the other on the operating table against the us macon island. u.s. officials are defending the operation? >> luke somers was murdered. he was certain hostage his life was clearly in danger. >> u.s. officials reportedly

believed somers was going to be killed by his captors within hours. al-qaeda had released a video saying he would be executed his family released this video plea. >> luke spent the last two years making yemen his home. he is a good person and he has only been trying to do good things for the yes, ma'am eveni population. >> he had been held hostage for the last 15 moingz. korkie had janua. /* h been held since last year. >> of course, americans have hostages. >> president obama has ordered a review of how the u.s. deals with hostages. but he has ruled out changing the policy: the u.s. does not pay ransom. analysts expect there will be more operations like this despite the outcome. >> iblt this needs to continue and i think they need to go that they are going to be in this business of murder, that there is going to be consequences.

>> sequences and risks that u.s. officials believe are worth taking. patty colhane, al jazeera, washington. the latest from andy gallacher in miami for us. andy, i am not sure. i am afraid we lost our communications with annie. we will try to get him back a little later in the bulletin. well, just to return to hundreds of why i amen yemeni yemenis have been protesting. angry about attempts to absorb houthis into the army and security forces. the region in sanaa currently being controlled by the rebels. they are a minority in yemen. now, violence has broken out at a massive demonstration in the greek capitol.

tear gas and free testers have thrown petrol bombs and damaged shops in downtown athens. the clashes came after six years since police shot dead an unarmed teenager. 8,000 have been deployed to the rally. sir john, worst this year than in previous years. why is that? >> this year there is a friend of the young man who was killed six years ago who is now, himself, in critical condition because he has been on hunger straight for 26 days in protest against the fact that the authorities will not allow him jail leave in order go and pursue his studies on university campus. he is forced to study in his cell. he is there because he attempted to rob a bank two years ago. there seems to be a great deal of sympathy with this young man, not only in his own age group but among high school and middle

school students younger than he and, of course, among creek political left which is now in the opposition and has used this anniversary as a more general protest against the government's austerity policies. as one lady that we met earlier this evening said to us, young people are extremely angry because they know that even if they successfully enter university and finish studies, their certificates of education are useless because they won'ts have a job at the end of it. there is a sense that the young people of this country are the hardest hit in many senses by the crisis. >> john, there are political under tones to the dem demonstratio demonstrations? there are indeed. the mars we have seen today both during the peace full march and the morning and in the evening have been predominantly from the far left from splinter groups but also from parliamentary groups. having said that, i think that this round of con frontation

with the police is now in abayonce, a very heavily police force has managed to kong tain whoever has been throwing the malatov cock tales within a made in which the anarchist and left have traditionally head their strong hold. they are now off of the main averages and streets of athens. we have been down there up until a few months ago next to the athens poly technic campus where there was a heavy police blockade making sure that more an arkansasists didn't jump the next on to the university campus there. it seems to be very much under control. >> and you say it's under control. and do you expect demonstrations to continues for another day after this, or do you think it will be limited to the anniversary day? >> well, it is al possibility that's been discussed here there have been reports of a rather heavy-happened please response to this march today.

some people have even suggested that plain clothes police dressed up as anarchist have lanced the boil of this march today and provoked the violence in order to contain it all the sooner rather than to allow it to spin out of control. we shall see. there may be a second round on the part of the an archists tomorrow to avenge themselves. >> that's a possibility with these anniversaries. it's something we have seen many, many times before. in these street protests of plain closed policemen provoking the police into a heavy-handed response with tear gas and stun grenades in order to move in on the protest march in question. so, it wouldn't be surprising at all. >> thank you very much for the contact from athens. thank you. ukraine's president says a preliminary deal has been reached to hold new cease-fire talks in belarus next we're. on a visit to the kakid region

could congratulate servicemen on armed services day. >> the preliminary agreement has been reached so far that the meeting in minsk will be held on december the 9th. the object is that ukraine is setting to confirm the plano and a schedule of realizization and implementation of the minsk agreement. >> means that the day of artillery silence should start from december the 9th and within 30 days move to the contact line which is stipulated in the minsk protocol. >> ending the fighting in ukraine's east was on the eye ao agend add. the prime minister, the crisis talks with vladimir putin. he says he hopes to stop a new east/west division in europe. he is the first to fly to russia to attempt to diffuse the stand-off. let's get more now on the hostage rescue effort that led to the death of it a photo journal accident and teacher. tell us about what went wrong in this case.

>> we know, lauren, these operations are extremely risky. we know that the u.s. government refuses to pay randsoms but what we have gleaned from the briefings we have heard is that there is 40man's special operation team moved in to the co compound. they landed 6 kilometersa from the compound, made their way on food to where mr. summers and the other hostage were believed to have been kept. their information was accurate. within feet of that compound, it's thought that the al-qaeda operatives were warned, someone, a dog barked or some kind of sound warned them. one of the opinion operatives or hostage takers moved in to where the hostages were and shots were fired. we know boast hostages at that point were still aside, were rescue utilization by the special operations team taken on board the nearby osprey aircraft but both died on the u.s. navy ship waiting thereby. this was actually the third

failed hostage rescue attempt by the u.s. government in the past few months. it reiterate how risky these operations really are. >> and, you mentioned briefly the fact that the u.s. doesn't pay ransoms. will any of this change that policy or do you think it's going to stay the same anyway? i think it's pretty certain it will stay exactly the same. president obama who issued the order for this operation to go ahead has said he will now look at these operations once again, but it certainly won't be to then pay rather thannedsoms to operatives associated with al-qaeda and places like yoemen. i think he will expect the u.s. government to continue to pull out all of the stops to rescue any of their citizenship held by any organization around the world. >> okay. andy gallacher in, thank you very much indeed. zimbabwe's president has accused husband vice president of plotting against him with the u.s. embassy.

mugabe said his spies followed her to where she planned the assassination. it formalized the position that the first lady, grace mugabe as leader of the women's league. it for initially puts her on a path to follow her husband into power. before this congress, i shall truthfully, honestly lead the women's movement without favor. >> it gives her a seat on the ruling partyts top decision-making body, the policyit bureau. it is claimed she maprayed a pa

in the did discrediting the vice president. more from herari on the sig i was in caution of the appointment of the women's wing? >> that is a very powerful position in zimbabwe. they come to the decision-making process and policy making processes. the peter's ultimately of the country. her husband has been named president and first secretary general. so basically means effectively the mugabes are firmly in control, a husband and wife team. those who support the mugabes are he can static. those who don't are worried. they say this could be the same policy we have seen over and over again, policies that have been blamed for the demise of the economy. it will likely be justice minister umbugawa.

he could be the next leader of zimbabwe. somalia's parlorpal voted out its prime minister for the second time this year. he has been i am broeld in a dispute over a cabinet reshuffle. his predecessor was voted out after a disagreement over the cabinet. the u.n., u.s. and eu have world it will hammer the progress it has made in fighting al shabab. still to come on this hour, water, water, everywhere but why are the maldives running dry? plus? >> i am paul brennan in romania where the success story of a home-grown car maker is producing a real dilemma for the workforce. >> in sport, action from the due by rugby sevens as south africa take on australia in the

the top stories here on "al jazeera america." more than half a million people in the philippines have south shelter has a typhoon lashes the

east coast that made landfall hours before it was expected knocking down trees and causing power cuts. two hostages have been killed in a failed rescue attempt in yemen. luke somers and south african teach ter korkie were killed. violence has broken out as a demonstration in the greek capitol. clashes in downtown athens come as thousands attended a demonstration. six years since police shot dead an unarmed teenager. >> now top al-qaeda leader linked to a plot to attack the new york subway system has been kill killed. he was head of kuwaited's external operations, a role once hilted by the mastermind of the september 11th attacks. a ganaese national. he grew up in the u.s.

he was one of the fbi's most wanted in a $5 million reward offered for his capture. the prosecutors say he was recruited and trained men in 2008 for attacks in new york and london. both of which were foiled. one man in afghan joins us now from washington, d.c. thank you very much indeed for being with us. what do you think the significance of this killing is? >> well, it's a further example of the way in which we have been able to degrade leadership of al-qaeda. obviously, we are aware of the fact that everybody is replaceable, but this is an individual who we -- the united states had particularly within its sites because of the charges that were against him for flotting -- plotting terrorist attacks here in the united states and elsewhere. >> you say, "we." is your impression that the pakistani military had help from

the u.s. or were they acting alone? >> no. no. i think that not all all, but i do think there is a connection here in that the army chief, pakistan army chief, general sharif, was in washington recently and, you know, it strengthens the narrative here in washington that when the pakistanis wants to go after someone, they know where they are. i am sure there will be a lot of discussion in washington that this was the kind of repayment for the fact that the united states just recently renewed its finance were support for pakistan's military, for its actions in the frontier. so, it's the way in which the two can great, but the united states has to keep its finger prints off these kinds of operations. otherwise, they lose the legitimacy in pakistan. >> you mentioned that the fact that they could find them if they needed to find them. so who are they being protected

by when they are at large, do you think? >> well, it's not a matter necessarily of protecting, although it could act to that, but it could simply be the fact that they have addresses now. this particular individual was located apparently in north riziristan and left for the south when the recent campaign took plates. it's been often said that they get advanced warning about possible military operations by the pakistanis. and have been able to, as in this case, relocate, but, of course, this is all speculation the fact is, however, that pakistani has done the united states a favor and there is a great deal of transactionable reaction here the united states does things for pakistan. pakistan does things for the

united states. >> okay, thank you very much indeed for your analysis on that story. international crill court's decision to drop charges against the their president has produced mixed reactions in kienya. it's vindication he was not involved in the violence that followed 2007's election. relatives of some of the 1200 people who were killed say they are being denied justice. >> reporter: these people are afraid. they say they could be attacked if they seem to be talking about what happened during the violence that followed the contested elections. this mother tells us her husband was killed when president of the tribe's men came and slew him into the sewage. she never saw him again. >> it pains me to be here. i avoid this place as much as possible because his body is still underneath.

it hasn't been retrieved. she said government authorities have never made any effort to find out who was behind the violence. she is not sure who is to blame u but this man says he has no question in his mind who chased him out of his home. he left everything behind and never went back. >> beyond reasonable doubt, we are aware. we have the business tycoons here who are involved. >> he was accused of organizing and financing some of the violence and raising tensions between ethnic tribes. he has denied the accusations. the international criminal court was plagued by witness bribery and intimidation. many retracted testimony and others went missing or are suspected to have been killed. the icc is accused of not carrying out a proper investigation whether you want

to believe it or not, it's up to you. it is impossible. you would be fool to give evidence against the head of state of your own country. nobody would do that more than 1,20 people lost their lives in the weeks that followed the disputed elections thousands more were raped, displaced or wounded. on the street in the kuru town, many people died. the victims say there has been no political will to investigate and now that the i ccs case against them has failed, they may not get justice externally either. >> i don't have faith in the government because i have had no help and i struggle alone. >> justice delayed is justice denied. tell me this now can happen again if you want to retain power, he will still do the same. >> victims we spoke to say no matter who was behind the violence, someone must be held accountable. if they are not, they are afraid it may happen again erica woods,

al jazeera. >> britain hasciled a deal with bahrain to open a new military base there. the agreement marks a strstrate shift which formally withdrew from the region more than 40 years ago. britain already maintains a naval presence in the gulf, as does the u.s. and france. the agreement to build a permanent base is a sign of growing concern in the west about stability it regards as strategically important. it's britain's first new military base in the middle east since it withdrew a permanent presence in the region in 1971. >> we will have the cape ability to send more and bigger ships and sustain them and their crews in permanent facilities. a clear statement of our commitment to our sustained presence, a reminder of our historic and close relations with bahrain and another example of our growing partnership with

gulf allies to tackle the threats we face together. terrorist groups such as al-qaeda are not the only terrorist threats we face. state-sponsored tearvism a problem. the prime example of this is hezbollah. a terrorist organization that receives significant state backing and has recently expanded into syria. >> the bates will be built near the one that the british have been using for patrols. bahrain will pay most of the $23 million construction costs for the port that will be big enough to take the largest ships including the aircraft queen elizabeth which won't be operational until 2020. the deal is not without con stroers e. bahrain continues to see protests with claims of discrimination. last month's elections were

boycotted by the opposition, with reforms being slow to be implemented. >> it was a few weeks ago that the house of commons foreign affairs committee reporting on the government said the bahraini government has not improved its human rights and reform situation sufficiently. it should be put on a list of countries of concern. some coming weeks after that, such a big political decision effect effectedively rewarding the bahraini government, i think that will raise some eyebrows as to whether or not that's the best way for the uk to push a reform if the gulf. >> it was anounced at the 10th research natural summit in bahrain. a meeting which has been dominated by the threat did posed by isil, in iraq and syria. no time time frame for the completion of the base has yet to be released. richard martin, al jazeera. community leaders have gathered in london over the last two dawes for a conference on ending mott earn day slavery. british government stilts there are at least 10,000 victims in

the subject. >> alone. barnaby phillips reports from london. >> this young woman was used as a slave by an older woman who brought her to britain from nigeria. she was made to cook and clean for long hours. she slept on the floor and she was not paid. when he she asked why things had to be like this, the older woman threatened to send her back to abusive relatives. >> i don't have friends. i don't have anyone to speak to or, you know, i just felt this is maybe that's just life for me. and she just said to me, oh, would you rather go back to your own place and he beats you and kills you than to be here? so i had no voice. i had nobody to talk to. and i just felt i just have to go along with the things she says. >> here in central london, police officers and leaders of the catholic church from around the world have come together to discuss the growing problem of 21st century slavery. according to the british government, in this country

alone, there are more than 10,000 victims of illegal trafficking. they include sex slaves and abused domestic workers and laborers. british police have had succe successes. this is a dawn raid on suspected russian trafficers. but this trade in human misery is very difficult to stamp out. this former police woman runs a shelter for female victims of trafficking. she says the criminals are ruthless and those who control prostitutes make big profits. >> if your commodity is a person, that person can go on for a very long time making you money. so, for instance, i have known before, females that have been trafficked to this country that can maybe up to 50 dollars in three months. and then they can carry on making you that amount of money so it may cost you 800 pounds or $1,200 to bring them to the country on a flight. they are going to make you $50,000 in the next three months. >> victims of human trafficking often feel isolated and

frightened. the conference in london could be a first step towards changing that. >> wir going pursue the criminals and punish them by going to prison. it's about changing the balance. at the moment, vict ims are reluctant to come forward. they are sometimes not actually supported and sometimes criminals get away with it. >> these women have been trafficked to the u.k. and forced to work as profit stewarts. the british police can't solve this along because this is an international criminal trade, the youly side of globalization. barnaby phillips. one of the leaders which the group we know, for

example, that there are 52 million displaced people in the world. and many of them reach out to any possibility and are easily deceived and led in to modern slavery. what do you think this conference has achieved, if anything? >> this conference achieves more than anything else is bringing d disparate groups, whether it's the police, church, civic or glom attic community, we are in this conference with a shared ambition to work together to tackle human trafficking. >> cardinal, thank you very much indeed. clearly, this conference has

given them a lot to think about and highlighted just how much is yet to be done. a romanian company has become one of the fastest growing car manufacturers in europe. sales at dachia grew 35% in the first six months of this year. the success of the company which is based in the town of euovini is causing friction with labor unions. paul brennan reports. >> the production line of the factory north of bucarest almost can't keep um with demand. the economic crisis which gripped europe in recent years has created a significant niche for low-cost, no-frills vehicles. the entry model costs 9 and a half thousand dollars. last year, it generated turnover of 5 and a ha$5 and a half bill dollars. it's a world away from the days when this company was state-owned. >> i worked under the communist system and now i work using the international standards and the

difference between the two is incredible. there is just no comparison. >> 65 cars are hour are coming off of the production line. the company all out to meet demand and the dilemma of how to reward the workforce that made that possible. >> after a 15 day strike in 2008, a deal was agreed to raise wages and benefits in line with the company's fortunes. now, the union wants a new deal. >> multi-nationals in general are losing interest in good labor relations. we are in a small conflict with the management to ensure they respect the previous deal. they seem to have forgotten the strike ofspray. some years have passed. perhaps we need a more radical conflict now to remind the management to maintain good relations with the workforce. >> dachia is part of the french renault group. which that comes part of globalized production. the top boss says wages mustl

rise but the union has to be careful? >> we have to be wise and patient and not accelerate too much the wages increase. otherwise, we would have to reconsider the volumes on the project between the other countries. >> the town sits right next to the daichi plant. nearly half of the people here directly depend upon it for their livelihoods. almost everyone you meet has a connection with the factory. >> it is very important for my city because most of the people in the city work at the plant. my relatives, friends, young people, old people. i worked here for 40 years and now my wife and my kids are working here. >> the dilemma for the workers here, negotiate a fair reward without driving away the success story that their labors created. paul brennan, al jazeera, mir i

have a n. >> a state of crisis has been declared in the maldives because of a lack of safe drinking water. it follows a fire at a desalination mracht on thursday. 100,000 people have been affected. india and china have set bottle water to the island country. other governments have been forehelp. there could be another two days before the desalination plant is brought back on line. paul johnston has this update from male. >> on every street corner, there are hundreds of people lining up to get either three liters in drifshing water, a government providing for them, or here to try to get water fornking water providing for them, or here to try to get water for cooking and cleaning. most people say they are getting enough water. earlier, there were some problems, fights breaking out as people tried to by whatever was left from the shops help has arrived from the maldives.

ten airplanes with more than 400 tonses of water as well as a ship from indiana with desalination facilities on board. another one is coming from the united states and china is providing water. >> we are live nag 10-story building and we are not getting water. even for cleaning ourselves. we have to collect water from distribution points. >> even though the lines we have seen waiting for water have been very orderly and it seems quite organized, some people feel they are not getting enough to meet their back of needs. this situation could continue for a few more days yet until the government is able to get the desalination plant up and running again in the meantime, sunday and monday have been declared public holidays. all of the schools and government offices across the maldives will be closed because of the water crisis. >> the u.s. authorities are investigating threatening e-mails sentence to the employees of sony pictures. it comes in the wake of a cyber

attack on the company last week which put confidential information and unreleased films online. >> want to go kill kim jong-un? totally. >> a cia attempt t they have yet to comment on the e-mails that threaten the families of sony employees. >> when we come back, we will have all of the sport, including real madrid go for a 17th win in a row as they take on maliv in la liga.

sgfrnling an update on one of the stories we are covering, the lebanese security forces held hostage by the nusra front around 24 hours after it killed one policeman, the group is threatening to kill two more solids unless all women and children detained by the authorities are freed. it says it will negotiate the release of the remaining 26 soldiers and policemen. it wants the -- once the women and children are returned. now over to raoul in sport. >> thank you very much. cristiano ronaldo has broken the record for the most hat tricks in la liga history. the first goal was a, shall we say a for to you tows penalty. t the 17 successive victory is also a club record. ronaldo has now scored 23 goals

in liga games this season. 2-nil at elcha. >> chelsea missed out with a new club record after they lost two-1 away. the blues were going for 24 matches unbeaten in all competitions but instead, they lost for the third straight time at saint james' park after ta goalless half. gave the magpies a lead. but there was the inevitable chelsea comeback. drogba got one goal back. morino's men failed to emulate them. >> lucky. look lucky.

lucky day for us. lucky day for them. >> outstanding today. we haven't got the crown jewels that chelsea have. we had to play a tactical game today where we didn't? >>, we couldn't have as much on the pitch as we would like. our defenders today were absolutely brilliant. >> champions' manchester city have closed the gap on chelsea but it came at a cost in form. a knee injury and he could be a doubt for roma on wednesday despite that, city won against everton thanks to a torre penalty. liverpool were goalless. arsenal 3-nil down after their first half but they managed to pull two goals back but held on.

tottenham were held to a goalless draw by palace. >> the confederationcup, 1-nil with a late strike in cairo, a rare chance for home supporters to see their side in action. fans have been lock out of games because of crowd violence and the players responded with a score six minutes into injury time to make it 2-2 on aggregate. after an away goal, it gives a chance, they become the first egyptian winners of the second-tier competition. crowned j league champions for a second time but not without drama. they were held nil-nil by tokishima and face add nervous wait to find out the results from nearest rivals, reds. the reds were leading 1-nil from the first half but two goals after the break. >> that's their chance in the winning the title. the results were then relayed to

the gamba team and their fans and you can see from their reaction. they were quite pleased about it. it's the first japanese league title in 9 years. congratulations to them. the draw has been made for the women's world cup which will take place in canada next year. japan and they will be happy with their draw. we will show you groups in a moment. meanwhile, the hosts will meet china in the opening match of the tournament in june. one of the favorite united states will come up against another heavy weight in sweeden. a former u.s. coach as their manager. >> well, canada will meet new zealand and the netherlands as well as the chinese in group a. only the top two going out to the knock-out phase. germany are the seated team in group b. norway are previous winners and the ivory coast and thailand are less experienced. reigning champions with an easy draw against schwitzer randy ha

had, suiweden wasn't seated butn that group, australia and nigeria. brazil is led by 5-times winning world player of the year will face south korea, spain and costa rica in group e. france ranked fourth in the world will face england, colombia and mexico in group f. tiger woods battled nausea and fever but managed through the third round of the hero world challenge but the former world number 1 does remain in last place. despite his illness, he carded a 3 under 69, his best score this week. >> means he is only even par overall. he is playing his first tournament in four months because of injury, still way off of the piece, speith 19 under par. in south africa, another former world number 1 leads after three rounds of the golf challenge at sun city. he card add 69 on saturday beat 13 under par. he leads a par of ross fitcher

and dany winnet. willett had the round of the day. he's recorded a 7 under par round of 65. rugby in this year's dubai sechz has been won by south africa. this event is one of the most prestigious on the world series tour. it's also serving as preparation for the teams as rugby gets ready to return to the olympics in 2016 and brazil after an absence of 92 years. on saturday, the springboks took on australia in the final of the due by sechz of the south africa slashing the wallabes 33-7 for the fourth due by title and their first title since 2008. now, it's been a rough year for red bull. they missed out on the f-1 championship and thieves have stolen trophies. six men drove a car through the front entrance of of their their factory. police say the car is believed

to have had aphon number plate. none were harmed. co horner said they were devastated by the raid. he want to to add beyond the aggressive nature, we are perplexed why anyone would take these trophies. the value of the team is extraordinarily time but the intricks intrinsic value is low. many were replicas. laura in london. >> the christmas season has kicked off in palestine. the ceremony held in bethlehem, fireworks lit up the night sky as a crowd of thousands began their seasonal celebrations. that's it for the news hour. back in a moment with a full round of news. thank you for watching the news

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