announcer: this is al jazeera. hello, welcome to the newshour. i'm in doha with the top stories from al jazeera. a shoot-out at a bank in southern afghanistan between gunmen and security forces - 13 people are dead. a day of burials in peshawar after an attack on the school. latest moves by palestine to gain recognition by the u.n. and the european union

instability in the russian economy. some concerned residents rush to exchange rubles for other foreign currencies. gunmen and afghan soldiers are fighting at a branch in afghanistan's helmand province, several attackers have been killed, four security guards and three civilians. jennifer glasse joins us from kabul to tell us about the situation at that bank. >> that's right, the attack happened at the kabul bank. the governor spokesman tell us of the seven dead. as you said, three civilians, three guards and a member of the intelligence services. the government spokesman said six attackers have been kill. fighting fierce inside the bank. it's a 3-storey building making it difficult. he says that the bank, is the

bank where government salaries and the salaries of the police and military are paid out. in recent days afghan police have been at the bank, collecting salaries, as it's at the end of the afghan month. it's the second attack across afghanistan, eastern afghanistan, magnetic bombs underneath a police vehicle killed two police men elsewhere. wounding five others. we have seen over the past few weeks sa number of attacks targetting members of the afghan government, the afghan security forces and anyone believed to be a spate of attacks. really, since new president ashraf ghani was inaugurated. >> thank you. jennifer glasse reporting from kabul. >> a drone trike killed nine taliban insurgents in afghanistan. the attack happened on tuesday in the district of nangar-har

province. they were targetting a group including a taliban leader pakistan begins three days of mourning after 140 were killed, 132 students. nawaz sharif is lifting ban on the death penalty for terrorist-related offenses and is holding talks with all sides against violence. they ordered stepping up the campaign against the taliban. scott heidler joins us from pakistan. you van looked in the school where the attack took place. what did you see? >> we were escorted by the army into the compound. we could see the wall over which the attackers were able to enter into the compound.

about 20 meters from that wall is the main auditorium. the attackers went into the auditorium. that's where the maximum number of children were present, they were pinned council because they had no escape. the attackers made sure that there was at least one of them on the main area. that is where a number of people that were killed was over 100. just behind the auditorium was where the administrative block is. this was gruesome, because that's where the suicide bombers blew themselves up. the walls were splattered with human remains, blood, all the administrative documents strewn across the ground. indeed, horrific scenes in the school. >> three days of mourning declared in the country, how did the people in peshawar and across the country feel, and what were they saying about the

government? >> people are shocked. most families are unable to come to grips with what has happened. here in peshawar the grief is closer because people have been burying the dead, and the fact that today the traders, businessmen, everyone has shut down the city in solidarity with those who have lost loved ones. this is a city which is in mourning. but that mourning is across the country. in every province over pakistan, people are aggrieved with what they saw yesterday, and these are people who are nervous because they know that there may be more such attacks in the near future. >> okay, scott heidler -- kamal hyder reporting. now to islamabad, and we'll speak to an analyst, an air marshall in the pakistani air

force. when the prime minister nawaz sharif says earlier this month that the campaign in north waziristan against the pal stan delivered -- taliban, delivered a fatal blow, did he get it wrong? >> absolutely. it was heartwrenching to see young children killed for the first time. politicians across the board got together today, but my complaint is that they are still very, very reactive. they must be proactive on the problem, say sorry to the nation, having brought together so many non-state actors, groups, militias, and that we are reversing this trend and extreme right wing and do something positive. that is yet to come. >> when you mean something

positive, when you say that, what do you mean. what are the pakistani government do differently now? >> number one - number one, please remember that this wave of right wing extremism was created specially during the time, when he had a lot of dollars in some areas, so he helped create it. and he created militia in pakistan, serving what he perceived to be the national interest. so many groups came up. he must remember, the red mark that was created, these people were given the choicest plot of land, money, and created this in the aftermath of the red mosque cooperation. now, that is when ttp came up. the problem is there. number one, on the problem. number two, it doesn't work any longer. number 3, say that this threat -

the jihad has to be called off. number 5, number 4, declare this to be a common security interest of the region and the world, that we have to reverse this policy. and number 5 date day. >> is it a common security issue in pakistan itself, because historically we know that there have been links and loyalties between the pakistani army and the i.s.i. and the taliban within pakistan itself, are all of pakistan's members of the military, all of pakistan's members of the government dedicated to fighting the taliban. >> i agree. that is the problem. if you look at it. they have taken a clear stand on this. they are not ready to say look, there is a problem. the military, the government, all the institutions, they need to give up the policy and talk

to india, afghanistan, iran. >> we understand from our reporter in afghanistan that the head of the army and pakistan is in afghanistan and meeting with ashraf ghani. what will come out of that. this cannot be done without the support of afghanistan. is there enough support? >> absolutely, but i think the change in government means a lot. there are key taliban, pakistani taliban actors handed back to us. we started the operation in north waziristan, and the army chief who is the number one spokesperson in pakistan, off of the entire populous. he says that look, we are not a target. he loves this. probably that is the reason. this is the good thing that has come out of the conference, that the v g.i. si, led by the army chief. probably what you need to ask

for is who is the key person hiding. should be arrested, handed over. who have owned the attack, this horrendous attack on the school. they belong to a particular school. i must say that yesterday we saw a change in strategy. the purpose is the same. the strategy is different. this time i can smell the telltale signs. pakistan must be worried, india must be worried. the region must be worried, america must be worried. >> thank you for speaking to us from islamabad. >> while the european courts in the lower house requested the palestinian group to be removed from the terror list, this coincides with a european parliament vote on a resolution, calling for palestinian statehood. we'll talk about it in a moment.

we are joins from strasburg to talk about the ecj decision on hamas. >> well, on wednesday, the european code of justice in luxembourg confirmed that it ordered the removal of hamas, sources told al jazeera it's a procedural matter and is for three months only, pending resignation from other european bodies. they are stressing that the e.u. has not declared hamas a terrorist organization. there has been positive rehabilitation from groups, factions in the west bank, the fatah movement, have welcomed this removal for three months. it remains to be seen exactly what will happen three months from now.

the resolution for palestinian state hoods up for a vote - what is the update on that? >> well, of course, as well as developments at the united nations in new york, a lot of eyes have been on the european parliament here, which was expected to vote not long from now on a resolution calling for a recognition of palestinian statehood. on tuesday, the various political groups here got around the table and came up with a compromise resolution. let me read a notable part of that to you. the text says - support in principle, recognition of palestinian statehood and the two-state solution, and believes they go hand in hand with the development of peace talks which should be advanced. that's a lot weaker than some hoped for. someone in favour of the original resolution, calling for plain and simple resolution was richard howard, member of the

social democrats here, and he is with me now. what is your reaction to the compromise as people call it? >> as you say, it was our initiative. we chaired the negotiations. we'll sign up to the compromise. the word in principle, it's a power of competence, exercised by the european union, there's no legal difference using the word. the point of hand in hand - if we get technical and look at the wording. that means at the same time, simultaneous by, but does not make one dependent on the other. the critics - they say if you pass the recognition it will be a disincentive. yet the palestinians said "we want talks to be advanced, not just to exist." i think the critics could be wrong. i'm proud that we have got to a situation where five major political groups across the european parliament are signed up to this.

they'll vote for a text in large numbers that says support palestinian recognition. given what is going on in new york. i believe it will have an influential impact in terms of getting the global deadline to the state of palestine to be set out. >> some might argue that this resolution doesn't change the stance of all parties all along in the last 20 years. >> the european parliament has never voted for recognition, the palestinians regard it as historic facts. we saw socialist and democrat parties in spain, portugal, britain, and france and swedeb pushing the initiative through their own parliament. what is notable is that we are calling for a common position for recognition, meaning we call on each and every state to do this, and that is something that

is the first occasion that that has happened. in the end, when we had a week of terrible bloodshed. status quo is not good enough. innocent people are dying. this is a major effort to say let's break the deadlock. >> thank you. we'll bring you the latest on the vote in the coming hours on al jazeera. >> we'll cross to you when it happens. nadim baba reporting from strasburg. >> palestinians are hoping that a u.n. security council member will present a resolution on wednesday, calling to an end to the occupation. it will give israel two years to withdraw from occupied palestinian lands. the diplomatic editor james bays has the latest from new york. >> we have the complains saying since the weekend in ramallah, on wednesday, they'll be in new york, submitting the resolution. the reality is this.

the palestinians can't submit a resolution to the u.n. security council, palestine is an observer to the u.n., it's not a member state. it's not a member of the security council. the only people that can bring a resolution to the security council are the 15 members of the security council. that's why certain countries are key, and they are the countries that have involved with the palestinian and the involvement with this matter. first of the countries is jordan. they are the member on the security council. are they going to submit a resolution won'ts. i put that to jordan's deputy ambassador a few hours ago. we are talking with our partners, anything can happen. the other key players is the french. they came up with their own target of the resolution. we have seen some of the language in the draft. the palestinian draft talks about a time line for the occupation, the french talks

about a time line for negotiations. french diplomatic sources are making it clear to me that they will not put forward a resolution that doesn't have consensus. they are certainly not going to produce a resolution or submit a resolution in the security council that the u.s. are going to veto, which i think leaves us in more diplomacy for now a fierce 48 hour battle in syria in the province killed government soldiers and rebel fighters. rebel groups including al qaeda's syria wink, the al nusra front took control of two bases. there's fighting in homs and aleppo. >> iraq's military reportedly began arming over 1,000 fighters in the war against i.s.i.l. activists uploaded the images of the recent fighting with gunmen, close to ramadi.

defence ministry says sunni fighters have been given medium and light weapons after advisors completed a training course in the military base. >> the egyptian army says 17 so-called terrorists died. the operation destroyed vast areas of farmland. residents voiced concerns over the military campaigns, which they say do in the differentiate between civilians and others. >> taking you back to the top story. that's what happened in afghanistan, a gunfight between fighters and security forces at a branch at the kabul bank in helmand. you are looking at the later pictures from the area. 13 people, so far dead. that includes six attackers. more on that story. also coming up, a strike by oil

workers, causing disruptions, including fuel shortages. >> i am not going to the poc because i'm not trusting them. >> and a report on how the conflict in south sudan undermined trust between the different tribes. >> coming up in sport. real madrid are a win around from becoming club examplions in the world. first, russia's prime minister is holding meetings with the c.e.o. of the central bank and other officials, as the ruble is under pressure. despite renewed intervention in the market. wednesday morning the finance ministry said it would sell several billion in foreign exchange. a combination, plunging oil prices is what is dragging the

ruble down. rory challands reports. >> reporter: like a fox chewing off its snared leg, one commentator observed. the huge strike is a savage attempt to solve a problem. >> 17% is the rate for banks that need their profit. for the final borrowers, it will be about 22%. at this rate the investment protest stopped for most marketplace, except the profit industries, and the biggest companies for whelm a special independent rate is set. in germ, if the rate persists the process will stop. >> the pain of this interest rate hike is likely to inflict on the economy may be in vain. they brought a few hours of respite for the rub 'em. before tuesday morning was over, it continued the tumble. there's not much that individual russians can do about this. this website advocates a little

calm. watch the ruble fall against the dollar and hero, along with the oil price in real type with a relaxing sound track. a "titanic" spoof cartoon shows a strip hitting an iceberg and a ruble singing beneath the waves. "i dropped a ruble down there, let me down further, i can't see the bottom." despite the black humour, this is no laughing matter. this is a rare display of public anger on moscow streets. the kremlin will be watching closely to see this doesn't spread. >> translation: they'll take the flat. the fine is growing. i have to pay $2028. i have to pay insurance. the dollar grose so quickly. my mum and daughter will end up

on the street soon. >> blink on the streets of moscow, currency boards change again. russians can't see the bottom. but they know they are not there yet in nigeria, a nation-wide strike by oil workers obstructed supply. >> reporter: desperate to stay on the road, drivers queue up to buy petrol here. this is the scene across many cities as a strike by oil workers continued. some have been here for hours and they are not happy. >> translation: i spent a lot of hours looking for fuel. i can't make money, this is affecting me seriously. i use a lot of time to buy fuel, and in the end when i go out, the customers cannot stay. they say, "no, they don't have

money." >> reporter: the fuel shortage means a thriving market where owners pay for than double for petrol. >> we sell at 1, 800 lira, roughly $10. the pump price is less than $3. >> this is forcing the cost of goods and services to go up. >> transport increased to some areas. traders and markets are passing on the charms, by increasing the cost of basic goods. if this lasts longer, price hikes will be seen as well. >> the unions promise to keep up the pressure on government until demands are met. nigerians feeling the impact of the strike cannot understand why they are subjected to such hardship, despite the usualing oil resources -- huge oil

resources. the government and labour unions agreed to meet in a bit to find a solution to the oil strike. that is little comfort to commercial vehicle operators who have lost time and funny maus of the action. religious leaders have come together in south sudan to discuss how to end ethnic divides. catherine soi on the challenges ahead and unifying distrustful tribes in the newest country. >> this man belongs to the same tribe as leader riek machar. he came to the camp in february, saying the dinka, the president's tribe, bashed down his home. >> i am not trusting them. i'm not going to the poc, because i'm not trusting them.

>> reporter: in another part of the camp, this man says he escaped from his home, telling us that his livelihood was destroyed. >> i can't go back to live with them. i have a right to live safe. the nuer like to fight. why would i stay with them. >> reporter: this camp, like others, is divided among ethnic lines. dominant tribes live in different sections, it's too dangerous for people to mix. what started as a political dispute escalated to a full-blown ethnic war. to understand how complicated it will be to reconcile the country, you need to come to a camp like this, where communities are fragmented and people don't trust each other. >> religious leaders have been appointed by the president to reconcile people. their job is to heel emotional scars inflicted by 2.5 decades, compounded by tribal wars, and

now this latest conflict. >> we were not a country. it was turkey ruling us. and the british game. then the arabs came. all this time our people were separated. they were not together. so they were given a lot of information against themselves. >> i don't see myself. upper nile state governor shows his home. down near the province. deeply divided people must be a priority. >> you are a dinka, you are a nuer, you are a como. you must live together. whether we kill ourselves, it is us to live in this country. >> back at the mallet ka camp, where children sing the songs, build the bricks and work, the

play areas have been segregated along the tribal lines, and told their parents prefer it that way. malakal and south sudan's upper state. >> a low-cost indian carr i don't remember grounded its fleet. oil companies refuse to give the cash-strapped air line the fuel that it needs to operate the planes. thousands of passengers have been stranded when planed ran out of fuel. the government tries to bail out of the debt-ridden carrier. $94 million are needed. now the weather, and japan is hit by snow blizzards. are they over the worse? >> this is the worse winter storm in over a decade. quite a bad one this. around 1,000 september meters of snow. a meter behind for some. take a look at the cloud.

this is what the weatherman has been like. areas of cloud swirling away. i can see how nicely the cloud is lined up. here is the area of low pressure. tightly packed isobars, winds of around 100 k/hr. blizzard conditions. lots of snow fall, sorm parts into al qaeda saw around 64 millimetres of snow over of the last 24 hours. as i said, some parts have seen up to a meter of snow, and it has, of course, caused whiched spread disruption. we see is making to this way away. look into thursday. more across northern and southern parts there. more wintry weather. sheltered by the mountains, 8 degrees celsius. that's plenty. cold and crispy behind that.

top temperatures minus 7 or 8 degrees. one towards friday. things brightening up. >> thank you. still to come on the al jazeera newshour. >> take him out. you want us to kill the leader of north korea? >> yes we'll tell you why this movie will not be screened by most theatres in the u.s. there's a now report saying 100 journalists have been imprisoned around the world. coming up in sport. will the knicks get out of their slump as they take on the nabs. details later.

the top stories on the al jazeera newshour. [ gunfire ] a gunfight between taliban fighters and security forces takes place at the branch of kabul bank in helmand province, these are the latest pictures from the area, that includes six attackers. four security guards and six civilians. there were reports of car bomb in the area. there's pictures of the attack at an army-run school in the north-west of peshawar. 132 students, and nine other people were killed, when the pakistani gunmen stormed the school on tuesday. the european courts lower

house requested hamas be removed from e.u. list of terrorist organization, coinciding with a plan to call for palestinian statehood australia prime minister announced an urgent review into the event surrounding a hostage siege in sydney. two were killed by man haron monis, after he took 17 people hostage in a central city cafe on monday. wayne hay reports from sydney. >> reporter: the period of mourning and reflection is likely to go on for some time in sydney. increasingly there's analysis about the event in the heart of city, leading to the deaths of two hostages, and what, if anything, can be done to present it happening again. there has been a notable increase in police presence, not because of any particular threat, but to reassure the public that the streets are safe. >> certainly our intelligence is there will be no other incident.

we have seen the look on the people and the faces at martin place, there is forward. the best way to ensure people that they are safe is to have a police presence >> reporter: new footage of the scene is released. the gunman, man haron monis can be seen through the windows. confirmation from a police sniper in the final minutes that there's casualties. in recent months the government started so tighten anti-security laws designed to give greater power to agencies and police launched several raids on suspected terrorists. the focus on terrorist attacks came in september as participation in coalition fights was confirmed. attacks on western nation, including australia. criminologist vince hurley was a negotiator with the new south wales police, he says there's indication that man

haron monis was answering that. therefore, there's no need for an increase in concern about terrorism. >> it wasn't a political target, it wasn't the opera house, the harbor bridge, it was a cafe. i don't think that it was a terrorist related incident at all. >> reporter: many more details will emerge about the siege, and whether a change to security laws will be made because of it. 220 journalists are in prisons around the world. that is nine more people compared to 2013. the committee to protect journalists says the rise highlights a resurgents of repressive governments around the world champing down on media freedom -- clamping down on media freedom. together, china and iran hold a third. the top 10 worst countries include eritrea, ethiopia,

vietnam, syria, asa bay jarn and turkey. 20% are held without charge. more than half of those in gaol are online journalists, and the figures don't include those taken by armed groups much more than 20 journalists are estimated to be held in syria. most are believed to be held by the islamic state of iraq and levant or i.s.i.l. >> let's speak to a spokesman from the middle east or north africa, from human rights watch. what needs to be done to counter this rising trend of imprisoning journalist and holding government to act? >> thank you. it has been trending for a while. over the past few years we have seen the latest report by the committees for journalists that the new commerce has entered

into the arena of the most abusive government, in term of gaoling journalists, and, you know, sort of putting those who transmit information to the public in gaol over arbitrary charges. the real question has been over the past year, is two fold. one of them is that we have - we know that this phenomena of impunity is increasing, pretty much increasing dramatically in areas like the middle east and some parts of north africa where armed conflict is marking the political and social environment. with that is other folds, the protection systems. there's no international systems that recognise journalists other are than being civilians at the time of conflict, and which provides critical protection to them in that country. >> that's the question, how could an international body

force governments to make sure that journalists are given the justice that they deserve? >> absolutely. well, within the spectrum of abusers. we are not only talking about armed conflict where journalists and bloggists and unline activists, we talk about countries where there's no armed conflict and the states are involved, and charges that has no basis. the real question is - the answer to the question would be carrying the sentences. should be accountable. >> at least in their local system. the question about armed

conflict. requires international bodies in the system. empowered by a political world. by the powers of other country. >> let's move away from armed conflict for a moment. i mean, how do you see the trend in the region. in clamping down on media freedom. where you sit. they are currently, from what i understand 24 laws, including sanctions and state secrets and documents. do you see this as a trend in clamping down in the region. >> yes, and that kind of trend has been developing over the past few years. unfortunately, it's sort of like, you know, having its greatest momentum. unfortunate greatest momentum with a sort of overall political sort of environment in the

region. we are seeing that in jordan, where sort of the so-called environment for the practice of free journalism is declining, you know, and has been in 2012 there has been a major low that puts severe restrictions on the ability to put information on the worldwide web. in egypt we are seeing journalists put on trial for no charges. they are sort of detention by the egyptian government. putting the whole practice of independent journalism. >> thank you very much for joining us from imam in jordan. speaking to us. fahdy mentioned egypt. it's worth reminding you that we, al jazeera, continue to demand the release of our three journalists, imprisoned for 354 days in egypt. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were gaoled on false charges much

helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against convictions, peter and mohamed fadel fahmy are sentenced to 7 years, and baher mohamed an additional three for having a spent bullet in his possession, which he picked up at the protest. >> the official mourning period is coming to an end. and this opens the way for kim jong un to further consolidate his own grip on power. while in office, the younger kim conducted nuclear missile tests and executed top officials. >> some have decided not to show a film about the as sass nation of a north korean leader. this after threats by the same group that hacked into sony pictures. >> millions of people watch the

show. >> reporter: "the interview" was supposed to be sony pictures block buster. it's at the series of a set of cyber attacks, forcing the country into lockdown. >> kim jong un wants to do an interview. >> if that ain't a real story, what is. >> three weeks after the release, social security numbers, emails and more. guardian of peace released more information, in what it calls a christmas gift. now something more ominous, a threat against movie goers. someone claiming to be from the group posted a threat to attack those that see the film, a film about the fictional attack of north korea. >> take him out. >> you want us to kill the leader of north korea. >> yes. >> what. >> the threat was posted on a file-sharing type, reading in part:

sony has not responded to al jazeera for comment. newly leaked documents show some sony executives were concerned that the interview could inflame north korea. seth rogen says he had no regrets about making the movie and it was never meant to be controversial. rogen has cancelled at least one public appearance. industry insiders say it's ub likely that sony will pull it out of theatres. but may be will do something creative. >> maybe they'll release to amazon, netflix and live stream. they have the ability to take it away from those make the the threats but still put it out to the public. >> reporter: the fbi is continuing to investigate the hack. a department of homeland

security tells al jazeera, dhs is aware of a threat made online. we are still nagzing the credibility. in this time there's no credible intelligence to indicate an active plot about movie theatres within the united states. if movie goers are not at risk, the worse may be yet to come. >> this kind of malware has the capability to wife drives cleanment it can destroy data. north korea has the ability to do that. whether or not this hack was by the north korean government. it's an open question. >> "the interview" is set to premiere in new york on thursday, and supposed to open in theatres on christmas day. ken ca's government promised electricity bills will come down thanks to new investment in geothermal energy.

it's good news for household incomes, and hopes are high that there'll be a boost to big business the heavy machinery at this tire retreading shop uses a lot of electricity. while everything is working smoothly now, philip nose that he may at any time suffer a power black out. >> it's an extra cost to the company of around $400 a month in diesel. >> the number of power black outs has gone down, so, too, has the electricity bill. >> it's about 15-20% it has come down. >> because an upcrayed in lines. and a rejection of power. last year's thermal resources. >> hot, high pressure, natural energy, bursting up from deep

underground. >> the people who are getting electricity are about a quarter of the population. and we can develop all the resources, we can give 100% of the population. that means the guys in the rural areas will get the energy. >> the gso want it added to the power grid. it saved the country million in diesel. it has been relied upon heavily to bolster power supplies. 70% of number comes from renewable sources. governments investing to include that. >> the country's development is dependent on the energy development. if you have gr it available, you have every reason to bring industrialists around and develop industrially. >> that is the aim, the government wants to turn kenya into more of an attractive prospect for foreign investors

and big business. >> jeff, who overseas the energy sector, says that there's some way to go. >> there's progress, you know, in the sector. there's a lot of governments effort towards improving the energy situation in the country. over time there has to be a coled effort to ep sure cheaper, better quality power. >> in the short term philip noticed fewer blackouts and less money spent on running the generator, that meant more reliable tire production and a little more profit here is what is coming up on the al jazeera newshour. all the sport, including bayern music extends their lead at the top of the bundislega. find out how they did it - that's next with senna.

african leaders are calling on western countries to intervene in libya, warning that the ongoing violence could bestablilize neighbouring nations. libya has been in chaos with two rival governments competing for power. fighters from the libyan coalition launched an offensive and are trying to seize major oil facilities in the east. the fighting has caused two terminals to be shut down. >> chaos in indonesia is a

reason for violence. many flee to france and hope to make it to britain. for thousands, the channel port of calais is the end of the road. >> reporter: the port of calais, the closest french town to england. on a clear day the english coast and the iconic white cliffs of dover are clearly visible, for the 2,500 migrants holed up in calais, that is the destination. as their numbers grow tensions between them increase. a member of calais's local council owns a van not far from one of the migrants makeshift camps. >> translation: business have gone down, people are sufferingment they are scared to come to the maybe our hood, specially after the problems with the migrants on the streets. >> it's scenes like that this the people are uncomfortable

with. the number of migrants more than doubled since may this year, as conflict in africa and the middle east sends an influx of refugees in police say criminal activity are rising. a police officer says it's a small number of migrants involved in the activities. >> the police workload increased. investigating the incidents takes a lot of our time. there are not enough of us to deal with the workload. >> reporter: not everywhere dislikes the presents of migrants. this woman is part of a group of volunteers hoping and assisting the migrants with food and clothes. if you get to know the migrants, you realise they are not scary, they are nice people.

there's nice and not so nice in every slice of a population. people from calais included. the night rants have their own tales. stories of horror not lost in the battle to survive. they complain of police violence. this egyptian migrant had to have five stitches on his head after being beaten with batons. he was trying to board a lorry headed for britain. that does little to deter the migrants. they believe a better life, fuelled by desperation. >> time for the sports news. here is senna. >> real madrid is a win away from being crowned f.i.f.a. club world cup champions. they fielded their strongest available line-up against a

mexican side, and it showed on the pitch. we have this report. >> going in the first game of this year's club world cup. upagainst mexico. european champions real madrid were calls going to be a force to be reckoned with. unbeaten in 20 games. >> sergio got them up. they were up in 15 minutes, real in front by a header. >> dan yes's cross was turned in by french striker to make it 2-0. after the break, reining world player of the year cristiano ronaldo set up gareth bale for a third of the game. he came close, pulling it back. real scored again. cristiano ronaldo the provider - with a finish in the 72nd

minute. real madrid fielding a 4-0 win, the 21st consecutive victory. >> this has been a record year for real madrid. they are on a positive series, they win, making our supporters happy. in that sense it's a real treat to compete, to try to get the title. hopefully they'll bring it home. >> truly we are sad about this loss. we dreamt about winning and moving forward. at the same time we are aware that we played one of the best fames in the world, if not the beast. obviously real madrid was not easy to play. >> real are only a game away from being crowned the best football club in the world. the odd nature of the counter emphasis the fact that one of the teams is an amateur side.

new zealand's auckland city are in morocco, being ocean's title winners, they have beaten two african teams, including being on the way to a last full came on wednesday. >> translation: i have done a lot of work talking to the players, telling them there will not be a second chance. we are aware of the gap between them and us. the key is to convince the players that we can win bayern munich won, moving 12 points clear at the top of the bundislega. it was a special night. the dutch international opening the scoring with a 100th goal. thomas muller 2-0. a seventh straight win.

cricket and india are in control of day one. second test, australia and brisbane. injury and tat eeg affect the ousties. scoring 144 as india reached 311 for four at stumps. australian all-rounder mitchell marsh suffered a hamstring injury, mitch stark and josh hazelwood left the film with exhaustion. >> there are concerns i head of the 2016 olympics to be held in rio de janeiro. with researchers in brazil discovering a drug-resistant bacteria. and one of the places it was found was where the river flows into the city. it is the sight of sailing and windsurfing. >> it can cause infections, with residents told to take care,

with spills into the bay. olympic organizers promise a major health risk come 2016. >> i think there's not a big risk for the sailors themselves, because the bacteria was found in the upper sides of the river, not on the see itself. but it's absurd that we still have hospitals throwing sewerage on the river. as if it was just water. it's a shame. it's something that the authorities have to address. >> staying with the gains, and the united states olympic committee will host the 2024 games. u.f.c. won the most medals, but have not hosted the games since

1996 in atlanta. the big cities are yet to be decided. >> there are 105 voting members of the i.o.c. and many different opinions about which city they think we should put forward. but we are going to take our time. we'll go through a deliberate and thoughtful process and pick the city that we think has the best chaps of winning the competition against the other cities from around the world. >> to n.b.a. where the golden state worriers winning streak. the new york knicks face the mavericks. chandler had three dunks on a return for new york. 16 points scored, and the mavs winning 107 to 87. >> that's it for me. >> that's it for the viewers in the state, backs to your regular

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