♪ this is al jazeera. >> hello. a warm welcome to the newshour in doha. our top stories: polls have closed in tunisia in a historic election that will see voters see their first ely since these years ago. confronting isil in iraq, kurdish forces fight to hold their ground in sinjar. volatile markets with prices sinking. we look at the impact on the global economy. two new york city police

officers are sdhot dead by a man refusingring on social media. to iraq where execute forces have had to retreat from beiji, soldiers have been trying to rekay tour the northern city from the islamic state of iraq in the laughent. this is a fight in the sinjar. >> the 2350i9 has been intention. for almost a week, kurdish peshmerga clarifies fighters have faced stiff resistance of isil fighters who are in control of the town at the foot of the mountains. sinjar has been aware isil has committed some of the worst

masud visited the frontline. he addressed the displaced families. we have opened and controlled the roads and broken the siege. today, we have liberated the whole area, liberation of the sinjar town was not part of our plans. but we have managed to take control of a large area of it. we will not leave any member of the terrorist on any area which we can reach and our approve peshmerga are ready to teach a lesson to anyone who dare to attack our people. jets belonging to wounded at the

based on top of the mountain. the fesh pesh troops in a convoy of vehicles have bright colors to avoid being bombed by coalition aircraft. the opening of an access corridor for the mountains is good news for the thousands of families stranded there. it means that more aid can finally, return with temperatures expected to drop even further, returning to their homes is their biggest wish. that depends upon who gets the upper hand in the fight for their town. mohammed adu, al jazeera, erbil in northern iraq. in yemen, 30 houthis have been killed with sunni tribesmen. it took place northeast of the capitol, sanaa. a local tribesman said violence

erupted with houthi fighters abducted more than 40 from the tribe. there has been shelling in the damascus countryside in duma. several people were killed. dozens injured. douma is home to a large number of opposition fighters. syrian airstrikes have killed 11 people in raqqa. dozens were injured in the aerial attack in the city. it is the capitol of isil's self-proclaimed caliphate. countriesr that border syria are presented to take in more refugees. many think they will have a better chance at a new life by leaving the region and going to europe. zeina hodr reports. >> reporter: handush is preparing to start a new life. she is a refugee who moved to

lebanon with her family two years ago. her husband has a heart problem and cannot work. >> puts the family in the most vulnerable category of refugees and, according to the united nations, eligible for resettlement in europe. living in lebanon hasn't been easy. it is a country over womened by the burden of refugees caught up in the conflict next door. >> there were no jobs and in lebanon, we are paying the price because the political differences. we are targeted whether there are tensions between the opponents and the syrian government here. >> it is a feeling shared by many who wait for hours at a u.n. office in beirut just to apply for asylum. many of them tell you, they have spent their savings and can't find jobs. it is not just economic hardships. the syrian government has powerful allies here. >> it's a difficult life. people are scared. being in lebanon as if one didn't leave certain 8.

in the europe, we would be treated by human beings but this about countries accepting ref uming ease are not be true. there are more than a million dollars registered in lebanon. so far, the u.n. has resettled 7,000 people since the conflict started. it is a small percentage of the number of those who need urgent assistance. >> in terms of the process, yes, it can be lengthy. it depends upon the individual country. but usually, what we have to do is interview and determine who these people are and then they go through certain security and medical checks before they are admitted to third countries. but we are also working to improve the processing. >> it couldn't have come any sooner for ismael's family. move to go denmark means his children can return to school. it is a hard decision to leave the region. >> we have a choice: go hungry and live without security, or we will be safe and able to eat. >> they don't have thaird choice even though what they would prefer is to have the option of

returning home to syria. zena hodr, beirut. >> saudi arabia's oil chief has dismissed allegations his country is responsible for a drop in oil prices. he said he believes the market will stabilize. >> that's after the united arab emirates blamed non-arabic states. the price of oil has fallen by nearly 50% since june. brent crude is trading below $62 per barely. the u.s. is predicted to be the world's largest oil producer next year. let's go to erica woods from ababu dha dhabi. what else has saudi arabia said about not cutting production? >> saudi arabia has said it was the right decision not to cut production. >> decision was made last month at an opec meeting. saying that decision was correct because it needs time just to stabili

stabilize. he has spoken about one other things. the claims that saudi arabia is to blame and is conspiring to keep the oil prices low. the saudi minister said that those claims are baseless and that any motivation on saudis' part, purely economic cal and not political. >> of course, it doesn't come as any surprise, erica, that you have divisions with opec. that's nothing new. some countries like saudi arabia are strong enough to withstand a sustained decline in prices, but others are feeling the pain. >> they really are because if you think about present with crude as your example, in june, we were looking at about $111 per barely. >> that's dropped to about $61 per barely. so, if you have got a country that is relying heavily on their oil revenues to keep the country going, that's a

50% drop in the revenues. and so if you haven't budgeted for that, that's a big impact on your country. you have to remember what it is that some of this oil revenue is being used for in the case of iraq, for example, it's really feeling the pinch because it's using the oil revenue in its battle against isil. of course, many of its oil producing areas and some of its refineries are being taken over by isil. it's really finding it tough to keep that war going. russia, of course, not in opec. it's one of the ones that's saying that saudis conspiring against the oil prices, it's really seen a massive drop in the rubal against the u.s. dollar. it, also, is suffering because of this drop in oil prices. >> ericawood in abu dhabi, thank you. now, tun easy i can't, the home of the arab spring, polls there have closed in what could be a historic presidential vote. the run-off election is the

final step in tunisia's democracy. voters are choosing between two candidates. 88-year-old is seen as an establishment figure of the former regime. critics say he is too old for the job, though. supporters, pointing to experience and a broad coalition that stands behind him. he did win nearly 40% of the vote in the first round. his opponent is interim president marzouki, widely seen as the candidate of the revolution that overthrew the decktator. he is a well-known former human rights activist. he took a third of the vote in the first round. joining us live from tunis, a landmark election in many ways. how do people view this election? >> well, mariam, as you point out, polling stations close their doors just over an hour ago now, and the initial figures

we have just got from the election committee is that there is a turn out of just over 50%, roughly 53%. >> number could change maybe by a few % more, but it was never really expected to be a huge turnout. 53% is still considered successful, particularly when you compare it to much older democracies like the u.k. or the u.s. where electoral turnouts is around 55, 60%. it's imports to note that tunisia has had three different votes in the past two months. this is the third of them. there is some sort of a sense of fatigue amongst the voters here some of them maybe don't have the same enthusiasm as they had the first time when they elected a parliament under two months ago or during the first round of the elections. regardless, there is still strong feelings amongst the population here on both sides of the political spectrum. people are waiting in anticipation to find out the results. >> jamal, mr. esepsy appears to

be the frontrunner. are there concerns about what his victory could mean for the future of the country? >>. it is a tightly contested election. but if indeed the expectations or the predictions made by the pundits turn out to be true and he is elected or announced the winner, there is concerns amongst the revolutionary forces and some of the youth gripes here that tunisia rwould return to the best case scenario. in their view, one state or rather one party state because he issibsi holds a majority in the parliament. if he was to win, they would control both positions.

>> because, so far, tunisia has set itself apart from the other countries. arab spring by bag able to maintain the democratic process, to be able to maintain democracy and through political discourse rather than picking up arms or having the army intervene and conduct a coup as we saw in egypt. there is a lot of hope on one side that regardless of the result, that this march towards democracy continues. >> jamal in tunis, thank you. still ahead for you on the al jazeera newshour, we look at how a slowing domestic economy in china is speeding up beijing's investment in infrastructure intrard. major environmental group taking to court for damage, the earth instead of protecting it. later in sport, the late, late show in sunday's standout football fixture in europe. an update from the liverpool

arsenal game coming up with robin. kyrgastan has enough coal to power it for centuries but it doesn't have the infrastructure to get it from the mines to the markets. we meet a man who is trying to change that. >> reporter: immediate vladimir sm smirnoff, he was a geologist looking for gold. he had to work in secret, he said. it was like being a kgb agent. his work brought him to the outer edges of the soviet state and what found was better than gold. coalez he says provides stibltty. buricked under mountains, it isn't easy to get to but the potential is too big to ignore. there are no roads, so smirnoff built one.

these are the black mountains of southern kyrgastan. it's no mystery how they got their name. this quarry is one of the biggest operations in the area and produces thousands of tons of coal a year with the potential for millions more. but it's still just a fraction of how much coal the country actually has. >> in the country last year, we mined 1 million tons of coal. 20 years ago, it was 5 million tongs each year. as you can see, it can be miserable work getting the coal out of the ground. >> but once you have it, you can harness its power almost immediately. this is the coal-powered stove that pretty much runs the whole house. >> reporter: it's tough work, and when the rain is too much, it's time to come in for a cup of tea. this isn't your usual mining operation. it's been profitable for

investors. it's been good for them. everyone here is from local villages. they work and live together. >> i worked here for one year. everything is perfect. i just miss ice cream and i send the men to bring it to me from the town. >> the clouds pass and it's time to get back to work. with more investments, smirnoff said the model his company used here could be used at a national level. >> translator: our country and our neighbors need a big amount of coal. for example, coal from the uzgan pool is used by uzbekistan and we have a lot of potential. the main thing is if we maintain coal mining, it will improve life of local people. >> this coal pit is a reflex of his life's work. the mountains, he said, are sacred and connect man tonate and god, and what's inside them has the potential to dramatically improve the country's economy.

zane businessrati in southern kurdistan. >> china is expanding its influence by boosting infrastructure projects around the world. this week, construction is due to start on a giant shipping canal groos across nicaragua costing $50,000,000,000. adrienne brown takes a look at the man behind the project. >> the businessman behind this high profile deal tends to keep a low public profile. wang jing made his for the in telecommunications but has no experience with such large infrastructure projects. wang insists he doesn't have a political background yet the companyts website wid of his links to government leaders. whatever the true nature of the relationship, the deal is very strategic for china. sisdz about roads and air 40s and, also, tourist regards and will create a lot of jobs for the local people. the local people will benefit

from it. >> project in europe to build a new project in montenegro. small change compared tovine's investments elsewhere in the world. only last month, a state-owned company signed off on a $12 billion contract to expand nigeria's rail network with a high-speed train service. it has to have the capacity. >> that's the challenge for beijing. >> many of china's other projects are also very strategic. it's working with pakistan to develop a port on the indian ocean that will be linked to china byroad and rail.

president shi jing ping is encouraging this to gain access to the natural resources china needs to fuel its economic growth and infrastructure projects are often thrown in as part of the deal. the most ambitious to link china with europe via new highways and ramirez. how does the chinese government pay for this? it's currently sitting on savings of more than $4 trillion. adrienne brown, al jazeera, b beiji beijing. agree protests draws attention to issues. but a message has instead landed greenpeace in court. david mussar explains. >> reporter: they are one of peru's most famous monuments,

images scratched into the desert a thousand years ago. when activists for greenpeace used the lines for a publicblicity stunts, an action that was meant to draw attention to clooimate change back fired. on friday, an angry crowd hurled en sults at the executive director as he arrived at a per you've i can't courthouse to testify about the incident. riptd just spis. activists went into the desert to place their sign. around 20 activists are accused of leaving footprints and overturning stones in the ecologically sensitive area. the stunt coincided with a major climate change conference that took place in peru's capitol earlier this month. >> i am saddened that this happened in the middle of the conference. as a country, we felt so proud to be the host country and this

is an he want that fills us with shame because it should never have happened. >> back at the courthouse, greenpeace's directliar apologized for the group's actions. >> there was no justification to put our foot on that sacred place at all. i have indicated i am willing to provide whatever assistance the peruvian authorities need and i will be willing to come back, and they have responded positively to that which i am grateful. >> but these assurance that greenpeace's leadership had no knowledge of the plan if he would to quell people's anger. experts say someone in the group must have had intimate knowledge of the site. >> this was preplanned in someone's if. why the humming birds? it's known worldwide and it's the main icon of our cultural pat trim moan e. they haven't gone to damage it. they have gone to attract attention. they didn't take the proper

precautions. green decision peace says it will work to be protect the lines and to greene peace's reputation has already been done. for miami families, picking out a christmas tree is a normal part of the shoulder season. often very little thought goes in to where they come from or who cuts them down. as robin-for steer reports, getting trees can be a risky business. above the forest canopy.

a kilos worth of these cones is about, on average, $0.70 together, it's possible to collect several hundred a day as a team. that's why it's quite lucrative. there is even a black market and manyga angels are prepared to take the risk to climb these trees even without the right equipment. gaga fell to his death 20 years ago gathering cones without a harness or a license. his brother, ratti is now the local mayor. he said tragedies still happen when june lus buyers and trade i will is italy. >> the police departments help us to control blocks in the

forest where people pick the cones but this is a vast area and it is impossible to control it totally. the black market is harmful for our budget because companies who operate on the black market avoid paying taxes. >> companies operating legally could, themselves, do more to support russia's economy says baba nashvili. trees sold in europe are grown fromgan seeds. >> russia has branded itself. we have to take care of it. we have to know what russia needs and support and participate in development. you can't just make money here in this wonderful area, pay almost nothing and just disappear. i don't think it's fair this is the only program with a social program supporting a health clinic and two local schools.

it pays above average prices for the cones. it gathers only a fraction of the local harvest. fsh sillbrading christmas this year, you might want to think about where your tree came from and whether you paid a fair price for it. robin foristier-walker in the forests of russia. >> still ahead for you this hour: violent protests in gaban as demonstrators call for the police department to step down. activists in the united states filing for the rights of homeless people. robin will have details for us in the sport.

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tunisia. it's the first time they have voted for a president since the revolution three years ago. iraqi security forced forces have been forced to retreat from beigi. fighters have taken control of the city after an intention battle. united arab emirates have blamed non-opec members. the price has fallen by nearly 50% since june. now, in other news, egypt has re-opened the raffa border crossing for the second time in the past month. he job description officials say at this point, the opening is only 10 rather. natasha gname reports. >> reporter: the bags stuffed to the seams were a sign people could finally, leave. but the faces revealed the miss reand frustration they have intoourd. everyone carries responsibility, including president sisi. i appeal to the arab countries, europeans and u.s. to help us because all of them are

responsible. they are partners in the siege against us. among the thousands who found themselves trapped in the gaza strip for almost two months, the sick, the elderly, and 100 students. i lived forr there for days. nothing was open. >> the egyptian government closed the raffa closing in late octave coordinated attacks killed 33 soldiers in the sinaii peninsula. hamas controlled gaza and has controlled to the muslim brotherhood. it is crossing for two days, for humanitarian purposes. he jimingsz have given no indication of their future plans some had a sliver of hoch. >> the relationship between the palestinians and the e job descriptions is not daccing. we are talking about egypt all the time was the side of the

palestinians. >> opening the crossing permitly is one way palestinians say they can stop living like they are in a prison and have the basic freedom to come and go as they please. thing continue to call on the international community to pressure israel to end the blockade on gaza making life difficult for 1.8 million people. natasha gname. >> egypt's intelligence area has been sacked and replaced. sources within egypt's military say that this was because of health reasons. his successor is national security chief o hochlt rac race fazi. >> barack obama has condemned the murder of two new york city police officers a man approached them while they were on patrol in brooklyn. a social media posting suggests it was in retaliation for the

death of eric garner who died in july. >> authorities think they have put together the chain of events that led to the kill of the two police officers. ismal brinzley traveled to the home of an exgirlfriend in baltimore. he shot and wounded her. he then posted a message on instagram saying, quote, i am putting wings on pigs today. they take one of ours. let's take two of theirs. he invoked the names of michael brown and eric garner, two black men, one black youth and one black man who killed by police officers even though they were unarmed. no police officers face any prosecution as a result of their killings. the brooklyn -- the baltimore authorities then did attempt to alert authorities in new york about this instagram posting. spaikt, their message got through half an hour before the killings took place. brimzley then shot two patrolmen

in their car in the area of brooklyn in new york at point-blank range. he fled to a nearby subway states and killed himself. as you would expect, the president, the may offer of new york, civil rights leaders, those ing demonstrations that have been continuously mounted since the killing of michael brown, the youth in missouri by police officers, all of them condemning this killing, perhaps most interesting, though, has been the reaction of the new york police department, the head of the union said there is blood on many hands tonight. those incited violence on the streets under the guides of protests but try to tear down the nypd officers every day. we tried to warn it must not go on. it cannot be tolerated. they also, the head of the union also said the blood on the hands starts at the steps of city hall in the office of the mayor. this obviously a rememberance to the mayor, the new york mayor who has spoken in favor of the protests, his fears for his son who is black and his

interactions with the police department. it raises several questions. one, does the new york police department really think that the protests that have been ongoing since august are simply about inciting violence, or are they actually protesting what protesters feel is systemic violence against the black community, young black men are killed at a rate 21 times higher than their counterparts by the police. another state from the new york police union is of some concern. we have become a wartime police department. we will act accordingly. if that is the case, the question is, who does the new york police department feel it is at war with? andrew stolla criminal defense and civil rights lawyer in new york joins us now. let me pick up on the point that we were just hearing there about the reaction from the main police union in new york city. are these shootings likely to add to that feeling that the police, security forces there, that that feel that they are under attack, if you like?

>> reporter: the should is not. these union chiefs don't speak for our society. i don't think they are appropriately speak okay behalf of the rank and file officers at this point. look. this is not us versus them. you know, strengthening police accountability strengthens the police. these tprotests have been i think those comments are sad and indicative of how in touch these police chiefs are, to create positive changes. >> they criticized the mayor, didn't they, for not offering enough support to the police

department during the recent wave of anti-police violence how can you tackle that? what needs to happen to bridge the divide? there needs to be a recognition there are entire societies that have legitimate grievances and these unions are seemingly oblivious that entire parts of the society are disenfranchised. they don't seem to recognize it's possible to have a different perspective and a different point of view about what's happening on the streets.

>> why has that the not been forthcoming? >> like i say, these are people who are not elected by our society. i think it's a sort of knee-jerk protection, a knee-jerk perception that they need to protect the rank and file and that any change is anti-cop. but again, these are not -- these changes are not anti-cop. they are proceed cop to strengthen the effectivenets of the policing in this city and to strengthen the trust of tthat t community has in the police. so, i can't speak for why patrick lynch doesn't understand the changes need to take place well a real administration here from the new york city from the mayor on down that seems to recognize he represents the

entire city, not just one small con techni-ince see of the city, not just he is not in the pocket of the unions. so, i think there is pushback there. i am optimistic over time, things are going to improve. there is going to be positive changes. look. these protests on the street, they have been largely peaceful and the police response to the protest has been largely effective and peaceful. it's really been a good demonstration all around about how people can air their grief applications in a paragraph 5s way and how the city can tolerate dissent and debate, but you are obviously not hearing that from theun yu chiefs. >> andrew sole in new york, thank you. on any given night, more than 600,000 people in the united states have no place to sleep except on the street. hundreds of homeless people die from exposure to the cold. so activists across country have

decided to commemorate those lives. kimberly halkett reports. >> reporter: how many nights did you spend in this park? >> countless. >> for six years, this is where 29-year-old reggie black often used to sleep. when rent got too expensive, he lost his home and eventually wound up here? >> it was almost as if my life was in danger. and i thought that it would never happen. the next thing you know, oh, man, i am living in boiler rooms, sleeping in parks fortunately, he is lesleeping better now. he qualified for subsidized housing but he worried about the friends he left behind fblth at night in washington, the temperatures dip we will below freezing. across the units this year, more than 2,000 people have died. most from exposes you're to extreme temperatures. >> that's why this homeless advocate staged a silent memorial to remember those who lived and died on the street. >> but it hasn't always been

this way. in fact, homelessness is a mostly modern problem of cash-strapped, state and federal government. shrinking budgets meant there is less money for the addicted, the a aged, mentalie ill and those who couldn't catch a break. >> the u.s. homeless population is down from the height in the 1980s and '90s but not enough. the chronic lack of basic services what's costing lives. doctors say hypothermia can kick in when the temperatures fall to 10 degrees celsius but city emergency shelters in pittsburgh, pennsylvania won't open for the homeless unless it's minus 3 degrees celsius. in madison, it's minus 6 degrees and in baltimore, it must be minus 10 degrees celsius or colder before emergency shelters will give the homeless ref eugenia. this will advocate says homelessness persists because of misplaced priorities. local governments are more likely to fund projects they

expect will bring their cities revenue. >> the one thing that every mayor or city commissioner could do is to make it a priority. i find it always interesting that people get all excited about a new soccer stadium or a baseball stadium. let's have the same enthusiam and commitment for housing. >> reggie agrees and says affordable housing is critical for endings chronic homelessness in the united states and savings lives. >> it is inhumane for people to have to live on the streets. it's inhumane for them to have to die there. it's inhumane for them not to have support. >> he says even the most challenged homeless person isn't looking for a handout. just a hand-up kimberly halkett, al jazeera, washington. kolbane is bracing for protests after one person was killed in anti-government gonestrations. they want the president to step down. at least 20 per were arresting in scuffles on saturday.

many more were injured in gabon. south africa has the highest number of hiv and aids sufferers in the world. scientist are searching for a vaccine that could reduce the rate of new infections. in the final part of our series, tanya page reports from cape town. >> reporter: zambii is on the cutting edge of hiv research. she has volunteered to test a new vaccine that could save millions of lives. the trial is run from the hiv research center in cape town. a scientific hub dedicated to fighting the virus. it's time to see if it's still working. so far, all of her blood tests have come back negative for hiv.

>> maybe in three years time or, there will be nothing left, like no people dying of aids. >> the second phase of the trial involving 200 volunteers starts in january. within two years, 7,000 people could be taking it. >> this is the pharmacy where everything being tested at the research center is kept. the vaccines, drugs and hiv preventitive call outs here or at different temperatures in one of the fridges. it's a scientific advance making a bigger difference in people's lives right now. instead of taking several pills, some hiv positive people are now on a single dose anti-ret proceed viral because it's simpler, it's easier for people to stick to. she has seen potential vaccines come and go. but this is the first one they are talking about licensing for widespread use by 2022. >> in terms of is this a game

changer? the current interventions are our mortgage while we find an hiv vaccine. so for me, to be part of a team to find an hiv vaccine would be the best thing that could happen to me in my life. >> balla feels the same? >> i feeled good. i can't wait to finish this. i can do another one. >> she will be back in a fortnight for another blood test with every negative result, south africa gets a step closer to finding an hiv vac scene. tania page, cape town, south africa. >> in the united states, new jersey's governor wants cuba to return convicted police killer joann chesamon before restoring diplomatic ties. she was found guilty of murdering a state trooper in 1973. but she escaped from prison and pled to cuba where she has been protected by the cuban government. she was the first woman to be added to the f.b.i.'s most wanted terrorist list. >> the new deal between the u.s.

and cuba is giving hope to busy owners in havana. looking forward to better sxhib days ahead, restaurant owner isabel martinez tells her story. >> reporter: >> my name some nuris martinez. i have had my own business in havana cuba. having this business was a life-long dream. it's been a financial as well as personal achievement. we have had many challenges along the way. the issue here in cuba is that the market is very unstable. the market is not equipped for our needs and the result is very high prices for the final product. the price of ingredients is very high. there is great expectation for what's ahead and we think these new changes will help us greatly. there will be more tourism and better financial options. we feel we are entering a new stage of economic growth.

more people are going to come back because there are a lot more people who want to come back. we are close to being together again. it's emotional for me. what can i say. >> still on the newshour? >> phil lavelle. back in the 1950s -- or at least that's how it feels with all of this old equipment, find out how these machines are helping set new records for vinyl records. >> in sport, boxing great mohammed ali has certain to hospital with pneumonia. we will have the details on that in a few moments' time.

is. >> robin here with sport. >> sunday's stand outer fixture. liverpool host arsenal. it we want the distance. nearly 100 minutes of football. liverpool took the lead on the struck at ha through catinio. it lasted 60 seconds as arsenal went level courtesy of debochi. 2-1 in the 64th minute. homeside down in the second half. rescued a point. scopal making it 2-2. real madrid hih hiding back to spain having been crowned the best in the world, they have won the fifa club world trophy not first time in history. they swept aside lorenzo in the final and morocco on saturday.

a report. >> reporter: 2014 has been ex exception al for real madrid. they have achieved success in the champion's leave uefa super cup and copa delray and the icing on the cake. divine intervention was lacking as they struggle to match the caliber of some of the most expensive players assembled in the game. just an idea. sergio has got it. the spaniard has won every major trophy in football and the maiden world cup is well within his team's grasp. in the second half, they took their eyes off bahl for the briefest moment and allowed the

welshman to seal the 2-nil victory. it was their 22nd straight win in all competition. >> it's been an amazing season for us and amazing year. hopefully there is more to come. there is still a lot to play for and we are looking forward to it. >> we had a lot of hope because our team is quite strong. i think we deserve to win this title because we can honestly say real madrid are the best team in the world. >> reporter: in the 112-year history, real madrid has won over 60 major titles. this was their first fifa club world cup. in this kind of form, enchilatti's side expects more before the season is over. al jazeera. football given a huge boost, third place in the morocco. the team won more than

$2 million in prize money after meeting cruz. penalty at this in the third-place play-off. oakland city will get to keep more than half of their winnings in new zealand. >> unbelievable. honestly, the club t buzzing because, you know, when you look at the -- we are going to get a bronze medal and a football championship, a team from new zealand. that's unbelievable. probably no one here or in morocco ever expected that had to happen, you know. it's happened. >> in addition to being on top of the world, real madrid will end 2014 on top of the spanish league barcelona, a point further back. moving up to 5th. earlier on sunday, champions athletico madrid take on athletic bilbao.

a win would have seen the bottom of the table. last seasons's heading into the winter blake in 17th place second from bottom. it follows the loss on follow brennan, 5th defeat. clemmons derby with the second goal. doltman in 17th place, second from bottom. second place, the visitors going ahead in the 11th minute, dominic monroe. five minutes as equalized from close range. now, headed home to win 12 minutes from full-time. wolfburg beat koln. in charge in australia, the news comes despited the alleged involvement in match fixing in spain. spanish prosecutods accused the

56-year-old of rigging a game back in 2011. the japanese football association says aguirre, won't coach the national team but they have septa delegation to look into the claims. >> mohammed ali has been hospitalized with a mild case of pneumonia. his condition is stable. his spokesman said the pneumonia was caught early, prognosis good at this stage. the 72-year-old battles parkinson as being diagnosed in 1981. >> a new year for a record equaling world cup victory into the women's super g looking to match a record of 62 wins set back in 1980. crashing through the gate, unable to finish the last race of the year. fourth time world champion will have another go at the record when she returns on january 10th

in austria. two female bobsled racers made history come peeing in a 4-man race with their male counterparts. the two-time olympic champion kelly hump freeze and e lona taylor in calgary in canada. the sport's governing body only gave the go ahead for the mixed gender team in september. it hoped a 4-woman bobsled event wille be add to the olympic program. the fifa world player of the year, ronaldo had a new statue erected, a larger than life size replica in his hometown on the portuguese island of madierra, a day after he helped real madrid win the world cup title. all of the day's big sports stories on aljazeera.com/sport. it's been football. we have the action for you there as well. aljazeera.com. sport, that's where we leave it for tonight. thank you for watching. >> thank you, robin.

now, it's been years since a vinyl record got to number 1 in music charts, but it seems records are fighting back against downloads. final sales have just passed the one million mark in the u.k. for the first time in almost 20 years. phil lavelle reports on a new record for the record. >> reporter: once upon a time before these, before these, before these, there were these. the snap, crack he will and pop, a sound track to many alive. vinyl record sales passed the one million mark last month. retailers say if you take into account the busy christmas period, that will be more like 1.2 million by the end of the year. it's the first time we have hit 7 digital since 1996, the year we first heard about at a time spice girls. whatever happened to them? it is nothing compared to

vinyl's hayday. >> year, 1.1 billion records were sold. >> if you look at the charts and see which records are performing well, nots just the established artists, david bowies and pink floyds. but a news artists, the arctic monkeys bringing it if you are exploring it for the first time. >> of course, it is ab acquired taste. you need bullky, hardly portable equipment but the enthusiasts never tired of it. it became more small scale, but it was still there, and when that happens, i think often, then at some point, it becomes quite trendy again. it starts to see, again, more into the mainstream because people are looking for what's happening maybe in the sort of underground or independent or what may be younger people are doing. for some, vinyl borders on art. case in point: this studio in

london which uses original 1950s equipment to press classics the old-fashioned way. business has gone through the roof with international orders for records costing in some cases thousands of dollars. >> food is a good analogy. the vinyl consumer is the person who enjoys maybe a good wine, maybe good food, a certain lifestyle. the digital consumer is that kind of fast-food animal. >> vinyl in 2014 has more competition than the viable of the '80s. downloads, cds and so on. but for the real audiofiles, nothing come close. this return is quite literally music to their ears. phil lavelle, london. remember for the latest on all of our stories, aljazeera.com is where you need to go. that's it from me. we have another full bullet news bullet ahead straight ahead from

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