>> who do you protect? >> ...of what's really going on in ferguson >> they were so angry because it could have been them >> fault lines, ferguson: race and justice in the u.s. one hour special only on al jazeera america >> welcome to al jazeera. >> under siege in iraq we report from a town where isil is attacking some three sides.

>> hello, the palestinian president mahmood abbas has accused israeli soldiers of murdering one of his ministers. he died after protests in the west bank. it happened when a group was demonstrating against illegal israeli settlements. >> reporter: this was supposed to be a peaceful event, but it quickly turned violent after israeli soldiers confronted a group of palestinians trying to plant trees on land illegally

coupe occupied by israel. shortly after the altercation, and clearly still out of breath he spoke to the media. >> we're not going. this is stopping palestinians were acting on their rights. we came to palestinian land to plant olive trees. they attacked us without anyone throwing a stone or attacking them. this is a terrorist-occupying army that stops palestinians from enacting on their rights. >> reporter: but his health deteriorated. he was rushed to the hospital and died. >> someone beat him in his head. >> reporter: distraught family members consoled each other after his body was taken away ahead of his funeral on

thursday. palestinian president mahmood abbas described his death as barbaric and said that his government would take the necessary steps after an investigation into the circumstances behind his death was held. >> what happened today is nothing but a crime. it is a crime by all measures, to which we cannot remain silent. >> reporter: but senior figures are calling on abbas to suspend security operation in israel, a major blow to the israeli government if that happens. al jazeera, west jerusalem. >> let's talk about this and speak to president of the foundation for middle east peace a u.s. group that promotes a two-state solution. which we'll talk about that in a moment, about that two-state solution. but mahmood abbas was speaking earlier on, and he said all options are on the table following that incident in the

death. what are the options for the palestinians right now? >> this is a step where there has been concern. we have the efforts at the united nations to bring forth a resolution calling for a limited time frame in which to end the israeli occupation. another step, which you just noted is to se down grade the security option between the security forces. this is something that has been fairly effective over the past several years and one of the few areas where we can say there is some measure of respect between the leadership, at least at the security level to see something

like that-- >> how likely is that to happen? >> i don't know how likely. i think we'll see the slowing of the tempo of those conversations. a decreasing of the number of contacts. i think it would be very unlikely at this point to see a complete cessation. remember this benefits abbas and the palestinian authorities although it benefits israelis far more. there will definitely be intense conversations in the next couple of days. >> i wonder how that would translate on the ground should it happen? >> well, it's difficult to say. i think the palestinian authority, one of the things that we've seen at least politically that is damaging to abbas and the palestinian leadership is the perception amongst any palestinians that their own security services are

acting as a subcontractor for the israeli occupation. the flip side of that coin is you have a competent security service that is patrolling palestinian areas, of course the israelis can go anywhere they want as well as the military sovereign. it does accrue some benefit to the palestinians as well as israelis. but if that cooperation were to cease it's possible that we could see a growing kind of protest movement, which the israelis have very effectively suppressed over the past several years. but the authority security services have shown a willingness and at times to suppress themselves. >> the palestinian proposal calling for an end to the israeli occupation by the end of 2016. we know by monday in a couple days time that benjamin netanyahu and secretary of state

john kerry will be meeting. how will that meeting play out? what will kerry be telling netanyahu? >> my sense is that he'll give something. netanyahu has been very--safe to say he has been very recalcitrant. he said repeatedly over the past several months that the israeli defense forces will need to maintain a presence in the west bank almost imperpetuity, which is another way of saying that the occupation will never end. this is hugely provocative for the palestinians. also, calls into very serious questions whether netanyahu's own support for the creation of a palestinian state is genuine. so i think what we'll be seeing from kerry, obviously it's a private meeting, it's an effort to close down even further provocative actions in jerusalem in settlements in ran in and

around jerusalem. and some statement were ne netanyahu's government, i think at this point the palestinian leadership will need to move forward to show that they're not going to take the killing of this palestinian minister lightly. >> thank you for speaking to us, from washington. >> thank you. >> afghanistan's president said that the u.s. senate report exposing secret c.i.a. torture revealed some c.i.a. agents violated all accepted norms of human rights. the report revealed on tuesday also says that the torture of prisoners did not yield any useful intelligence. but the obama administration has ruled out prosecuting the people behind the program. jennifer glasse has more from kabul. >> reporter: in an address to the afghan nation, president

ashraf ghani said that afghans were among those who were tortured, and he's calling on the state to see how many from tortured and they'll go forward in a legal manner. he said he'll wait for the former president hamid karzai to return here and then meet with senior leaders of afghanistan, senior leaders in afghanistan to decide how to take this forward. >> unfortunately, this report shows that our countrymen were also tortured, and their rights have been violated, and the exact numbers of these people are not clear. this is really painful. the report indicates some of our country men who were tortured have been totally innocent. >> reporter: he did mention that the new bilateral security agreement, one of the first things he did when he took office two months ago will mean that americans can no longer

detain afghans here in afghanistan. that it opens up a new chapter, any decisions made here will be made by the afghan government. >> poland's former president has acknowledged for the first time that poland did let the c.i.a. run a secret prison on its territory, but polish officials did not authorize harsh treatment or torture of its inmates. >> the americans turn to us with a request to find a quiet place where they could conduct operations to effectively obtain information from people who were willing to cooperate with them. we agreed to this. did i know what the c.i.a. does? i told you no. not inside the compound, no. >> four people have been killed in the northern nigerian city of kano after two female suicide-bombers attacked a busy

market. seven others were injured. kano is nigeria's second largest city. more than 20 peshmerga fighters have been killed, and 20 wounded in fighting with isil in iraq. seven were killed in, and nine in tikrit. in that city, a suicide-bomber ran his vehicle into a gathering of fighters. the kurds say 700 of their fighters have been killed in the conflict against isil since june. that's when isil launched an offensive in northern iraq taking over several cities. the kurdish regional government said that it will help the families of fighters. while isil has been trying to take further control of strategic areas in iraq, the latest town to come under siege is north of baghdad. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: this is the strategic front in the fight against isil. it's the outskirts of balad. a mainly shia city north of baghdad, and near one of iraq's biggest air bases.

iraqi federal police fighting with shia militias built these sand barricades here after isil rolled in to northern iraq in june. police here are firing back at isil gunmen in the fields and orchards. u.s. airstrikes have weakened isil's ability to launch the huge attacks in the summer. here the group is using snipers and explosives to keep iraqi forces off balance. security officials have told the city's 150,000 residents to stock up on food and fuel while the battle rages. >> there is no work or jobs now. it has all stopped here all because of isil. they attack us and leave us in chaos. i'm baking bread for 11. >> reporter: she would normally rely on her two sons, a barber and taxi driver. but both of them are out of

work. surrounded by fighting with only one way out of the city most people have stayed in balad. they're left here with no jobs and no money. they have taken the kerosene heaters to make a living. >> the city has been under siege for more than five months already. there are no jobs. there is hardly electricity. we're running short of gas and kerosene oil for the heaters as winter approaches. >> he's recoverin recovering from a shrapnel wound from isil shelling from a few weeks ago. most of his children have left the city. there are a lot of different fronts in this battle, but one of the things that they have in common is iraqi forces fighting an unpredictable and adoptable enemy. iraq is asking the u.s. for more airstrikes and heavy weapons, but in many places it's the forces on the ground that will make the difference. al jazeera, baghdad. >> still to come on the al jazeera news hour, an indian

and a pakistani has jointly won the nobel prize for peace. >> thousands of migrants whose only goal is to make it to britain are living here. >> first the u.n. refugee agency said that 348,000 people have made the sea crossing since january. the highest number since records ever began. >> reporter: for the first time since records began refugees account for almost half of all

the team making these dangerous sea crossings. most come from syria escaping civil war. or from an area in the grip of an intensive recruitment drive. the most common routes are from morocco to spain or turkey to the island of greece. even though it's winter which usually puts people off, and unprecedented numbers of people are still risking their lives to escape. >> we attribute this to the desperate condition of the sending countries. libya with up to 200,000 nationals who came there to work and who have been stuck since the violence picked up. they're stick in libya under very tough conditions. they're going to get on a boat and hope to make it to europe. not because they don't fear the weather, but because what they fear by staying is even more

life threatening. >> the mediterranean route is by no means the only one. this year 80,000 people made the journey across the red sea. leaving ethiopia or somalia heading to yemen, saudi arabia or on wards to the gulf states. more than 50,000 people, fleeing myanmar and poor bangladeshis made the route. more than 4,000 people across the caribbean leaving haiti and the dominican republic hoping to hit the coast of florida. >> michael layton head of the migration branch, and she told us what needs to be done to solve the crisis. >> the first thing we have to focus on is creating decent work opportunities, so migration becomes a choice.

we know that people are still going to continue to migrate. so governments have to consider opening regular channels of migration and finding safe and more regular ways for migrants to come, and at the same time look at their labor markets and ensure that workers and employers are really part of the dialogue in terms of solving this problem. the problem is one that is urgent, that needs government attention. the lack of governance, and we have a fragmented global government system when it comes to migration, and the lack of this governance really is born out by the tragedies that we're seeing. >> authorities in the french port of calet say they're overwhelmed by the number of migrants trying to get to the u.k. they're mainly from ethiopia, sudan, and syria.

>> reporter: under the rain, this is a makeshift camp for the migrants in the french port of. >> there are many times that i thought i would die. >> most of the migrants here are from ethiopia and sudan. the origins of the misery in calais. for many this is not the end, but a leg of a journey that crosses deserts and overseas.

>> he deserted his country's army after eight years. he said he was forced to sign up. >> i would like to have a family a normal life here. >> reporter: this man fled, too. but for different reasons. poverty and a need for work. >> my mother is dead. my father is in prison. forced to care for my three brothers on my own i decided to come to work in europe. >> reporter: every evening the migrants line up for a meal provided by a local charity. it's the only meal they'll get all day. for many calais is a dead-end. many do not want to stay in france. they want to get to britain because they feel its easier to

get work there. >> i want to get to england. you get a home. yoit's not like you have to live in the streets like here. >> reporter: it's another day and another opportunity for migrants to try to get to england. they do these by smuggling themselves in to containers and trucks, traveling down the channels tunnel, and on tracks to the british port. the truck drivers must continuously look for stowaways hiding in their trucks. with britain refusing to accept them, the french must do everything possible to stop them from trying. many say they will not give up.

>> kai lash satyarthi and malala yousafzai has received the nobel peace prize. >> before norway's queen and king, in the city hall the price was given to malala yousafzai and kailash satyarthi. one, a campaigner for education. the other, against child labor. united and passionate in their work for the rights of children wherever they live. >> i refuse to accept that the world is so poor when just one week of military expenditure could bring all the children to

classrooms. i refuse to accept that the liberty can be stronger than freedom. i refuse to accept here. >> i am those 66 million girls who are deprived of education. and today i'm not raising my voice. it is the voice of those 66 million girls. >> most winners have paid a high personal price for their work. malala famously survived an taliban assassination event. kailash satyarthi has been beaten up several times while trying to save enslaved indian children. their prize, the determination to carry on their work. >> most have opponents at home. in pakistan it's not just the

taliban that continues the campaign against girls going to school. in india there are still millions of children working when they should be in school. in the audience, two of malala's friends injured in the same assassination attempt, and they all campaign for girls' education. technically the peace prize is awarded to those who promote tradition turnty between nations and the abolition of armies. supporters of this year's winners say fighting for child's rights for its childhood and it's right for learning is as good a way as men to promote world peace. al jazeera, oslo. >> "time" magazine has named those fighting ebola it's 2014 person of the year. the award celebrates the work of medical relief teams, doctors, nurses, ambulance drivers and burial teams working in west africa. ebola has killed more than

603,000 people. joining us from london, matthew mcallister. i would like to talk to you about what you found out, what struck you the most about these ebola workers in just a moment, but first tell us how you reached this decision. >> well, every year the editors gather and we discuss it for weeks, for months who the person of the year should be. this year the most extraordinary story in a very news-packed year was the ebola epidemic. this is a story in which institutions, governments and the bodies we normally rely on to leap into action pretty much failed. it was individuals, people in west africa, people in the united states, people from all over the world who individually decided to leave their homes, to go to clinics and hospitals, and

to do an extraordinarily brave thing beyond the call of duty not just for themselves. not just for their communities, but frankly for all of us. >> can you tell us a particular story of one individual, for example, that stands out the most for you? >> yes, there was an ambulance driver, he had picked up all of the members of a family in liberia who had contracted ebola. but there was a little boy who was left hyped, who did not at that stage show any symptoms. he got a phone call saying that the little boy started to show symptoms. he went back, picked up the little boy, and he himself contracted ebola. he went through the hell tha that is ebola. like some people do, the minority, he survived. we asked him, do you regret picking up that child? he said, absolutely not. what happened to me was a gift.

i'll continue looking after people who have ebola because it's not over by any means. and doing it again and again. >> yes, the death toll now surpassing 6,000 as we understand. so what message would you send out to this election? >> well, i think these people are inspiring, and i think as people make individual choices not just doctors and nurses, but you know, grave diggers, and body-collection teams, administrators, and so on, this is a disease that can be defeated, and will be. but that will defend on the individual acts of courage that we're honoring with the person of the year this year. >> was it an easy selection? who else was in the running? >> well, number two in our list was the ferguson protesters in the united states. number three, president vladimir

putin. there were others involved. and we acknowledge all of them. all sorts of people had remarkable years. we considered all sorts of other people as well. taylor swift even. we look broadly, and we see who has had the most impact this year, and this was our decision, the ebola fighters. >> all right, matthew, thank you very much for talking with us on the al jazeera news hour. matthew mcallister speaking to us from london. >> thank you. >> still to come on the al jazeera news hour we'll have more on the death of a palestinian minister at a protest in the occupied west bank. >> and anger in ireland after the introduction of a water tax. and coming up in sports, find out if one of the all-time greats can inspire to a much

needed win.

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>> top stories for the al jazeera news hour. a palestinian minister has died shortly after being hit by israeli soldiers during a protest in the occupied west bank. palestinians authority president mahmood abbas said that what happened is a crime, and palestinians cannot remain silent about it. kailash satyarthi and malala yousafzai received the nobel peace prize. the c.i.a. repor reported

forture revealed. >> can you tell us what you saw at the rally and what happened? >> well, first because we filed a petition. we arrived very peacefully. the army was already waiting there at the scene. already shooting gas at us. the protesters were very calm and peaceful, the people

themselves who participated. >> you're saying it was a purely peaceful protest? >> exactly. >> when the israelis started firing tear gas. what wa was ziad abu ein doing at that point? >> i didn't see him at that point. i learned that he went to the hospital and later he passed away. >> you're unable to confirm what some sources are saying that he was hit in the chest by a rifle? >> well, we were talking to a lot of people at the scene, and some people were talking about military border police--not military, but border police officer who actually gave him a

punch with the butt of a rifle. >> do you think there will be a thorough investigation? israel is saying that it will conduct an investigation into what happened. >> we already wrote to the general asking for an investigation to be opened immediately. and of course demanding that the investigation be thorough and efficient. >> and just tell us about what exactly--unfortunately, our-- >> go on, please. >> i just wanted to say that the thought that we have about the investigation, most of them are closing without indictments. the numbers are 2.2% of investigations lead to an indictment. >> tell us about the

confiscation of land that you research and you study in that particular area where the incident took place. >> well, today we saw the high courts in justice in israel about this, regarding one specific outpost which effects the livelihoods of neighboring villages. basically the possession asked tposition asked to be evacuated because of violation of human rights every day. without considering the fact that occupations are illegal. we see a phenomenon, which is

when there is an outpost there is a ring of security in this outpost, and there is no access for palestinians. there is another ring of security that ace louis access to the land twice a year depending on the permit from the army. and these acts of cutting trees, removal of property, taking over palestinian lands without authorization of the owners. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. we'll have to leave it there. ziv stahl from tel aviv. >> a frenchman who was kidnapped three years ago has now arrived back home. he was the last of the french

kidnapped b by al-qaeda. president holland has encouraged people not to travel where there is al-qaeda. >> china has jailed a second senior government figure in corruption. the former department of a state agency is accused of receiving bribes of $6 million. he was sentenced to life in prison. peace stalks have restarted between colombia's government and leftest farc rebels. the talks have been suspended after the rebel group captured five people including an army general. they have since been released. 200,000 people have been killed in a 50-year war between

farc and the colombian government. now the c.i.a. covert program took place at hidden sites around the world, meaning that dozens of other countries were involved. the report says that 54 countries spanning from africa to north america were involved in the enhanced interrogation program. five countries were home to secret c.i.a. prisons. former polish leaders have now acknowledged that the country housed the clandestine c.i.a. facility. information had four such sites. one location called cobalt, and in the in the report is where one detainee died of suspected hyperthermia after being tortured. crossing over to katherine, human rights professor. she joins us from the state of massachusetts. thanks for being with us. since you're over in the states, let me start out by asking you

about accountability for those involved in the program in the states before we go on to talk about the other countries. >> as you know, there has not yet been any accountability for any c.i.a. officials involved in this program or any higher level officials. >> how likely is that to happen. >> there have been attempts of civil accountability in courts, but the administration has blocked those. >> and what about the other countries that are involved in this program with the states, will they be held accountable,ed and can they be held accountable? >> well, the european court of human rights has heard a number of these cases, and has in three cases held governments accountable. the case that held macedonia government cooperating with the united states in torture and

deprivation of liberty, and they found european court found that the government had not met it's responsibilities under the european convention of human rights and ordered them to pay damages. just this year two other cases are decided against poland for the same reasons, and the polish government was found to have not met it's obligations by contributing to torture, and. >> what about the international criminal court, katherine, how is this a factor? will we see any movement from the icc in bringing about cases against countries that have signed on to the statutes and aided the u.s. in this program? >> the difficulty of the international criminal court will be difficult because it has to take place in countries that

ratified the statute, but the real tool if countries want to hold u.s. accountable, the real is torture convention. it was ratified in 1994, and it says that any country that ratified the convention, if they find a torture, an alleged torture on their territory from whatever country they can either extradite or prosecute that torturer. that gives every state party to the torture convention a tool to hold their own governments criminally accountable or hold officials criminally accountable if those officials are on the territory of another state. >> thank you very much for joining us from cambridge. well, al jazeera says that it's deeply concerned about the kenyan government's threat to prosecute its journalists, who reported on a secret assassination program. in the documentary "inside ken

kenya's death squads" members of counterterrorism you wants admitted to killing radical muslims on government's orders. they claim the orders came from the national security council, a body chaired by president keny kenyatta. al jazeera defends the rights of journalists to freedom expression and condemns the restriction of professional journalism. >> al jazeera continues to demand the release of our three journalists, who now have been held in prison in egypt for 347 days. mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste were jailed on false charges for helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they're appealing against their

convictions. thousands of police in hong kong are getting ready to clear roads occupied for two months by protesters. protesters want a greater degree of democracy for 2017. although protesters are returning to their jobs and studies they still hope to make a difference. rob mcbride reports. >> reporter: a tank made out of trash guards the approach to this site. neither it oh nor the barricades will stop the police when they come. the self-styled umbrella scare of hong kong is where the occupation movement began. it is where it will likely end. on september 28th thousands surged past police lines to block one of hong kong's bus iest highways. activists jeffrey chung was among the first to protest. over two months on he is still here and waiting to be arrested when the police move in.

>> i believe there is no such thing as the last day. the last day is just another start. >> reporter: kelly chan has an eight-year-old son to return to. she, too, is packing up. she believes this is the start of another campaign, and there will be more actions. >> yes, there will be. i don't know when, but there be. welcome back as the banner suggests. >> reporter: when the hours ticking away, there are many who come to witness and document the flourishing cultural movement. >> it's sad that this will be lost and become history. we may not see the change now, but people's awareness about democracy has been awakened. >> reporter: but as this community is swept away, gone with it will will be any expectations of immediate change. >> as the movement has bomb increasingly marred by violent clashes, infighting and falling

support, what began as an autumn of discontent, it has become dashed hopes. >> the city of detroit will start the press of paying off its creditors. once the powerhouse of the u.s. motor industry the city ended up $18 billion to $20 billion in debt. the plan to restructure that debt has now gone into effect. >> there is now over $1 billion that will be set aside to reinvest in better services and better things going on for the city of detroit going forward. if you look at the time frame over the last year or so we've seen a major improvement in city services, which was long overdue. and it's exciting to see response times on public safety and blight removal taking place. trash removal taking place. to say this is only the beginning of a stronger foundation i'm confident that the mayor city council will only

make things better and better. >> now many of detroit's residents have had their water supply cut off for not paying bills. activists are now taking their right to water campaign overseas. and they join protesters over in ireland who are fighting government plan to charge for water there. >> there's riots and revolts in the air. there are many on the street who say that their rights are under attack by government who wants them to pay hundreds a year for tap water. >> no way. we won't pay. >> no way, we won't pay. >> until now water in ireland has been paid out of basic taxation. but government says that the infrastructure needs a massive

overhaul and the situation has become unbelievably toxic. >> they have mismanaged our money. this is something that we've paid for. we've already paid for the water. we pay every day in taxation that goes over 200 years. >> reporter: children out of school p people off work, huge crowds outside of parliament. this has become a political crisis. >> the government said that it's finished his commitment to the european union fulfilled. the water charges seems to represent a more american way of doing things. charging people directly for what they use. this is what they've got to show for it. >> you have a right to water. your water will always flow. >> reporter: ironic that the protesters have been given support and perhaps a glimpse of their futures from these campaigners from detroit. the bankrupt american city where

the poor had their water turned off. it is not a division that they much cared for. >> it's devastating. psychologically it's probably the hardest thing to deal with. water is all around you, but you don't have access to it. it's not because it's not there. it's because someone else has said you don't deserve it. because you didn't give me what i said i wanted. >> reporter: outside of the organized protests this sort of thing is now happening every day. when the workmen from irish water turn up to put th the new meters in, groups of activists try to stop them. [bleep], [bleep]. >> this is what workers do. they push us around. we can only try to stop them. >> reporter: several years of austerity here caused nothing like this, but the idea of ireland's poor having to pay for water while the country's creditors grow rich has tipped the country over the edge. the government never saw it

coming. >> coming up in sport we'll tell what you happened to a footballer who was hit by lightening during a match. that coming up.

>> hello again. we've been telling you about the joint winners of this year's nobel peace prize and splitting that ward between an indian and pakistani. the nobel committee has dra

brought new attention of the two countries. >> reporter: the conflict between india and pa pakistan flared up last week. the two countries have fought three of their four wars over kashmir, which is divided between them but claimed fully by both sides. though the nobel committee's decision to split the aware between winners from india and pakistan is highly simila similasymbolic. >> my generation wants our relations to get better. only if our relations improve can we attract foreign investment and economic development. only then can india reach it's potential. >> the nobel has been given to

both countries, so definitely the whole world will know our name, there is a good chance that relations between us will get better. >> a ceremony to mark the closing of the border between india and pakistan takes place every day. last month it was targeted by a suicide-bomber. some analysts say the animosity between the two countries is too deep for the nobel prize to have an impact. >> it's unsolvable issues like kashmir, the water problem, nuclear weapons, militarization. all sorts of things are there. i feel it will take more than a shared nobel peace prize to even attempt to resolve let alone resolve them. >> reporter: the long-term attempt of the shared nobel peace prize has yet to to be

seen. >> now time for sports. here is sana. >> thank you very much. games coming up in the european champions league in the next however. english champions take on roma. it could be enough for the italians to progress while city must beat roma if they're going to have a chance of going through. city will take without sergio gereau. he is said to be out for a lengthy layoff with a knee jeer. >> we made a lot of mistakes in the game,ness against the russian team. however, we have our chances. >> we have more on the latest from both camps. >> reporter: manchester city

manager denies that they will be under threat. he's challenged his players to prove there is more to manchester city than sergio aguero. hhe will undergo late fitness tests. di rosy is expected to start here tonight. good news for roma. they were able to rest them over the weekend so they come back fresh for this encounter. >> tsides that have qualified for the next phase, but a draw will see the champions finish, and they'll avoid the other

group winners in monday's draw for the last 16. >> you want to qualify in first position. you want to show everyone your power. you want to stay in this position. you want to win the game. >> bayern are already through. >> from dramatic footage coming up from a game in peru where a footballer was struck by lightening. thankfully he did survive the impact. it happened at the competition as players were waiting for the second half of kick off.

the match was suspended. news agencies say that he suffered second-degree burns, but he's now stable and recovering in hospital. cricket captain michael clark has hit a century in his first game back. 128 on day two of the test match with india. clark had to retire hurt on tuesday because of a back injury. but with the assistance of some pain killing injections the 33-year-old was able to resume his innings in adelaide and helped to put his country in a very strong position. >> australia closing 517-7, also a good day for smith who remains upbeaten. >> i think he--you know, a few shots hurt him, but he got himself in as many good

positions as he could. he played beautifully under the circumstances. >> nba conference leaders 105 105-101 on constitution. lebron james would record an eighth straight win. kobe bryant scored 32 points with l.a. beating sacramento to end a three-game slide. the lakers going on to win 98-95. and there is more sports go to www.aljazeera.com/sport. there are details of how to get in touch with our team using twitter and facebook. that's it. >> thank you very much. we go back to your regular programming on al jazeera america. for the rest of our viewers, we

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. >> a palestinian minister dies after clashes with israeli soldiers at a west bank protest. hello there. you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up on the program as the world condemns the u.s. torture report a former polish presidented a notes hosting a secret c.i.a. prison. plus. >> i am those 66 million girls who are deprived of education. >> malala