>> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ a very warm welcome to the news hour. our top stories from doha. a huge search is underway in northern france for the two brothers accused of the charlie hebdo attack. paris stops for a minute of silence to honor the dead. suffering through the storm, how syrians are now facing a battle against the elements. and i'm here with all of the

sport. as the dakar rally winds its way through chile we meet an amateur driver who is being squeezed out by the high costs. now a huge search operation is underway in france to fine the two bothers suspected of carrying out the attack on the paris office of charlie hebdo. the manager at a service station says he saw them around 10:30 this morning. as the police search paris continues the mourn. here is barnaby phillips. >> reporter: france is grieving and not just for the dead. the french are also in grief because they know their country will struggle to recover from these wound, and they fear what

will come next. this is the center of paris, but the silence was observed across the country, a long poignant pause. but even as the country mourned there was another attack on the streets of paris just south of the center two police officers shot. and shortly afterwards colleagues heard news one of those shot a policewoman has died of her wounds and yet again, the killer got away. we don't know that there is a direct link between this attack and wednesday's attack on charlie hebdo, but we do know the gunman here according to eyewitnesss used an automatic weapon and deliberately targeted officers in uniform. all of this ads to the sense of crisis in the french capitol. there are reports that they were seen on thursday in a car in northern france.

these are the prime suspects for wednesday's attack. the french police say the brothers of algearian decent are armed and dangerous. president francois hollande says this is a time for national unity. >> translator: france has been instruct directly in its heart, the capitol in a place where the spirit of liberty and resistance breathes freefly. these gatheringst throughout france shows once again that our great france knows how to come together. >> reporter: brave words but many of those on the streets simply feel numb. >> i feel empty. it's something so unbelievable and -- they were like my family

and -- like me they -- they liked too much laughing and -- and -- against the -- the silliness in the world. >> reporter: whatever the eventual consequences will be there is now something of a political truce in france. for the authorities the priority is to catch killers on the lose. barnaby phillips al jazeera, paris. police are running security operations in a town east of paris as the search for the suspects continues. wednesday's attack took place at the offices of the magazine charlie hebdo, and 12 people were killed. on thursday the two men were sited at a petrol station about 80 kilometers outside of paris, the area where the police are

working is about 20 meters away from there. jacky we'll talk about the mood the atmosphere there in a moment as vigils and the mourning continues, but there have been some sightings of the individuals. what more do we know about the manhunt. >> reporter: we know the police have promised to leave no stone unturned and promised to follow up on every single lead and one lead came from a phone call from the manager of a petrol station. these pictures are out there, it was believed that they went to the petrol station, and certainly eyewitnesses said that they had seen them. one eyewitness said he had seen two armed men wearing masks again, and also apparently they

robbed -- they held up the petrol station. but they didn't stay for very long. the police went the police questioned people. they carried out a search an investigation of the premises maybe there was cctv footage there. but the fact of the matter is the two suspects -- if it was the two suspects, the two people that raised the suspicions of people working at that service station they had already moved on by then. but as you start to trace the line from the scene of the killing to the -- the exit of the north of paris where they went with one of these stolen cars on wednesday, there was also reports of a police activity to the northeast of paris, looking there for evidence, some premise that police were searching, maybe looking for documents or dna evidence in order to try to track the suspected killers, and now the most recent location

mentioned, basically in -- not far from the border. actual actually you mentioned getting close to the belgium border. one of the things that was mentioned was the police won't be giving a blow by blow account. they say it is very important to not in any way cause anymore danger or anymore security risks, but also crucially not to compromise this investigation, which as we have heard, more than 24 hours after the killings, still hasn't resulted in the apprehension of those two suspects. >> that's right, jackie those efforts are continuing as we know. a policewoman was killed in a shootout in paris a little bit earlier on in the day. police haven't said that there was any link of course to the attack at charlie hebdo

yesterday, but what more do we know about that? >> reporter: well obviously at the moment people in paris, apart from the shock and outrage, very anxious at the fact that these killers are still out there, that the police haven't been able to apprehend them, that they were able to kill 12 people injure several others and escape in a getaway car, also concerns about whether thigh were alone, or whether there could be other people who would be in some way inspired or set an example by the attack on wednesday. now on thursday morning in the early part of the day, there was an attack against police officers in the south of paris this time. on that occasion witnesses said that a man in a week with an

automatic weapon again opened fire on police officers. one of those officers a policewoman died of her wounds. and again, the presumed assassin the man with the armed weapon was not apprehended, so though very much public attention has been focused on the search for the men in wednesday's shooting at the same time we have to remember on thursday one police officer was killed and another seriously wounded in a separate incident. we don't know if they were related. we also don't know really what inspired -- what we reasons were. you know what were the motives for these shootings? but they do add to a growing atmosphere of insecurity and concern about the security force's ability to track down people who are currently putting the population as a whole at risk. >> certainly a sense of anxiousness there in the french capitol. jackie rowland, thank you very

much. the next edition of the charlie hebdo will come out on wednesday. lawrence lee reports. >> reporter: the words don't only mean charlie hebdo is in our hearts it also means the magazine has our full support. that was the offering by one cartoonist for the newspaper in the hours after the shootings. the next day is a deeper analysis the charlie hebdo flag over the presidential palace the dove of peace with newspaper for wings, and the armed men in confrontational terms. he had known the men who were killed for 30 years. and your readerer is saying if you want to kill them then you should kill us as well. >> yeah we have to continue the battle. it is a big -- beginning of the

battle. >> reporter: france's most respected newspaper has described this as its own september 11th. but just as the vigils in support of charlie hebdo have shown a resilience and defiance in the national mood so the media here has said the spirit of the magazine will be financially and physically supported by the rest of the media. >> when you attack liberty of opinion, of freedom, speech freedom, press freedom, we are going stronger and more -- cellular and we will be -- charlie hebdo will resume and the freedom of press will be stronger in france. >> reporter: outside of the building where the words talk of the depth of night and the human spirit armed police stand

guard. journalism is under attack here but they are fighting back. france says its press and democratic values have come under attack. in the days to come the french media is going to have a very tact role to play. the ability to say what people want without being directly attacked and not pandering to bigoted and particularly anti-islamic values. the staff held their own silences at lo monday. there was a lot of shock, no doubt some fear but there also seems to be a realization that there is a further opportunity in this. to further isolate those who would kill people who's opinions they disagree with. we're now going to bring in a professor of contemporary islamic studies at oxford university. thank you for speaking to us. in the midst of the intensive

media coverage we have seen strong language from leaders all over the world, and the grief that is being felt by many across europe. what is important about yesterday's attack? what is it that we need to understand? just put it into context for us. >> look i think first as a muslim, and muslim scholar, we have people who use islam or refer to islam, and we have to say we are condemning this. this has nothing to do with our religion, and second to pay tribute to the victims and victim's families. the second thing is to stick to come principles we have. protecting the right of saying what he was saying it's

important. the problem i had with him at that moment was you still keep on criticizing and stigmatizing the muslims, and it's as if there is a normalization of this discourse in the west today. so there is islamaphobia here. >> do you think they are aware of it? that self awareness, that acknowledgment is there? >> but the charlie hebdo? >> well also the traditional parties that you mentioned. >> yes, and no. because now we have this normalization of this discourse, and the problem that [ inaudible ] who was a cartoonist in the same journal criticized -- made a joke on the jewish [ inaudible ] and he was fired within two weeks. and my question to them was then how you are speaking of

freedom of speech and there is a double standard. if we are for freedom of expression -- >> do you think islamaphobia is a form of racism? >> it should be. and we need to also need to say i'm ready to get criticism against our muslims are ready for this. i was the first to say, [ inaudible ] was a political [ inaudible ], and then what i said also when it came to the cartoons -- the danish cartoons i told the muslims take a critical distance. don't be involved. just say we don't like it and be beyond this full of dignity. >> but they don't always do that. >> no but all of europe -- and if you look at what happened in the west great majority of muslims are not reacting to this. >> isn't that part of the

problem that there are a silent majority that are not speaking out. >> this is my advice to -- >> why would you say they are moderates? >> i don't like the moderates -- >> they don't subscribe to -- >> [ inaudible ] in france was talking about the moderate muslims. the moderate muslims they drink alcohol. >> yes, people that -- muslims that would be willing to speak up that would be able to articulate the fact that there is no separation between islam and the values and principles of islam and the principles of freedom of speech freedom of expression. >> but these are muslims by the way. this is why we have to promote this. and you are right on one point. we need to have more vocal people in the west. and we have to stop being

reactive and we have to stop isolating ourselves, and western citizens. i am a european citizens and this is the time for us to be main stream and not only to talk about islam, we need to talk about education, social justice, economy, the issues that we are dealing with in the west. this is something which is very important, and then there is one thing that we have also to add to this as much as we are condemning this we want the people throughout the world to give the same value to any human life, because today, 100 people are being killed for the same reasons in syria in iraq and it's as if this is normal. 12 in france this is an international topic. we need also to be dignified by the way we stand for justice,

and the dignity of the people in syria, in iraq in palestine, everywhere in the world, and this -- >> do you see the -- the dialogue in the aftermath of this attack moving in -- in this direction? do you see that -- you know, is that where the discourse is going? >> no emotionally it will be the exact opposite. but we have a responsibility today in this global world to stop reacting emotionally and to become wise with our principles to reconcile ourselves with our principles meaning we have to come to the big picture, and the big picture is today the west and some western governments targeting -- now asking the muslims to apologize are themselves involving killing millions, and hundreds of thousands of people by policies that are not giving value to their life. today the standard is that the life of the arabs and the life

of the muslims has less value than the life of westerners. >> let me ask you to tell us more about the attack that took place yesterday in paris, and of course there were certain islamic-related slogans mentioned during the course of the attack. but i know you are making it very clear there is absolutely no link between islam and islamic principles and what we saw yesterday. many people have described the attack as being carried out with military precision, when you look at the planning and execution, how does it compare with similar attacks, actsover violence that we have seen in the past? >> there are many questions that we still have to ask, because, you know, for example what we happened in september 11th what

happened in madrid and london and now what is happening in france. we heard yesterday that they left two identity cards in the car. it's just so sophisticated as to the means and so silly as to the things that they are leaving behind. i think we need to ask question who are these people? how come they can do this? >> does it resemble more a bank robbery as opposed to an act of violence in the name of some sort of cause? >> no quite clearly they were referring to islam, and this was the proif it's revenge. and i respond that no it's you betraying islam and our religion. now we need to go deeper than that. in knowing who are these people? how are they involved in this? what is the role of the intelligence in the whole thing? where are they? how come is this possible in

such a way? how come it is possible to go and to do this and then to get a hint about what -- what we are -- how we are going to get them by having their identity card in the car? so we i think we have to con con -- condemn but we should not be deceived. we should know what is known by the intelligence and the french intelligence in the first place. >> thank you. >> thank you. well we're have much more from france later on in the news hour. we'll be taking a closer look at the two main suspects in wednesday's shooting. and as australia prepares to host the biggest football tournament in asia we'll have find out who the favorite is to win. all of that and more coming up in sport. ♪

now at least 20 people have been killed in a series of explosions in iraq. police sources say at least eight were killed and 23 others injured in think blast. the attackers drove a truck laden with explosives into a check point being manned by police. meanwhile in western bagdad at least eight people were killed and 16 others injured. it happened when a suicide bomber set off his explosives belt in a mosque. and south of bagdad a suicide bomber drove his car into a police check point. now three syrian refugee children have died after a snow storm destroyed their tent. record-low temperatures across the middle east are adding to the struggle for hundreds of thousands of refugees who were living in makeshift tents. jane ferguson reports from beirut. >> reporter: if the snow keeps coming their tents will

collapse. syrian refugees inside lebanon, try to avoid being entirely submerged. they are running out of everything necessary to survive. >> translator: we don't have bread or heating oil. look at me. we don't have socks. everything is in these tents. no relief aid, no food no water, nothing. just absolutely. nothing. >> reporter: -- snow usually hits these areas by a storm which began on wednesday has been particularly cruel. >> translator: we need heating oil and bread so our children don't die. >> reporter: the cold hits children the hardest. the united nations have handed out food and heating supplies but lebanon has no formal camps for syrians, they are scattered throughout a huge area and reaching everyone in the snow is

difficult. >> refugees are scattered in over 1700 different locations, and last year 3% were living in insecure dwellings, this year it's around 50%. they are living in these informal settlements, plus they live in unfinished buildings, animal sheds and storage facilities. >> reporter: the storm is affecting multiple countries with heavy snowfall and strong winds. but syrian refugees in lebanon are the most vulnerable. having endured war and homelessness now they must battle nature for their survival. well staying with the winter storm in the middle east syrian refugees have had their tents destroyed by strong wind and snowfall in jordan. this week the temperatures have dropped to 0. about 70,000 syrian refugees

live in the area. in syria, the al-qaeda linked front has stormed two shia neighborhoods in aleb poe. egypt's government says it is doubling -- it will involve the destruction of more than 1200 homes and the eviction of residents in the area in the north will be widens from 500 kilometers to one kilometer. and egyptian military say i say it will stop the smuggles. peter greste's brother says he is hoping his brother will be deported. imran khan reports. >> reporter: 376 days and counting. that's how peter greste and his colleagues baher mohamed, and

mohammed fahmy have been behind bars in egypt. their only crime is to report. on january 1st, egypt announced a retrial, but no date has been set. >> immediately after the announcement from the sort of cassation in egypt that a retrial was ordered, peter submitted an application to the -- to have -- to -- to get him deported under the guise of the presidential decree that was announced back in november. so we say this is an opportunity for the president to exercise his -- his powers under this decree, and deport peter, particularly now that he's an accused person. he goes from being a convicted person to an accused person so we're hopeful that the egyptian authorities will consider this in a timely manner and come to a decision that -- that does see peter deported and it will benefit all parties.

baher mohamed family says deportation papers have been submitted. but it's not just legal issues peeping the three in jail. >> the whole thing is political. it is not anymore legal. and of course the -- the court of cassation, when they ordered the case back that is -- gives me hope that they could be acquit acquitted or released. but that will not depend on legal grounds, but it will depend on political basis. >> reporter: egyptian president has come under intense criticism from governments globally for

the handling of the men's trial. sisi has said he would have preferred to have the journalist deported giving many hope that that might happen. now that a retrial has been announced. >> reporter: protesters have also gone global demanding the release of the three and many of the media organizations have stood firm. all three men insist they have done nothing wrong, and the original trial has been widely criticized for being grossly unfair. evidence included sheep herding videos and examples of peter greste's work from kenya. much more still to come for you on the news hour including counting begins in sri lanka after the nation votes in a snap presidential election. and serena williams brushed off her shaky start to the season. jo will have more.

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people on an attack on a friend. stat tire call magazine. the manager of a service station says he saw two arnled men who fit the description of the killers around 10:30 local time this morning. a moment of silence has been observed in france to remember those who died. well ins at the cathedral in central paris rang for two minutes. flags on all public buildings are flying at half mast. and the killing of a female police officer in a separate attack on thursday is being treated as a terrorist attack. the deadly attacks in paris have raised fears of a backlash from the far right across europe. >> reporter: messages of solidarity outside of the french embassy in the heart of berlin. while some germans have offered personal tribute, thoughts are

also turning to what comes next. as well as expressing sympathy for the french nation germany's government has stressed that the muslim community should not come under general suspicion. but there are signs that that is exactly what is happening. a government called pegida emerged condemning what it calls the islamization of the west. ahead of more gee da rallies monday, some skeptics say the movement has a point. >> translator: the connection is very simple. the pegida demonstrators are fearful of developments in europe that are related to islam and islamism. now the experience in paris that there have been islam attacks. the connection is self-evident.

>> reporter: this commentator from dresden claims by such moments that they are not targeting the whole religion. >> at least the leaders of this movement use terrorist attacks by islamic fundamentalists to -- to make people in europe afraid of muslims in general. >> reporter: but for this deputy chair of the turkish community of germany, the coming weeks will be sde sighsive. >> translator: on the one hand we fear that racists and right-wing pop lists will juicefy -- justify their attacks. but germany must take a clear stand. >> reporter: all of the messages of solidarity do at least offer a glimmer of hope. nadine barber al jazeera,

berlin. what do we know about the suspects police have issued war rents for these two men. there is also a third suspect who drove the getaway car, all three are believed to be french muslims of north african decent sharif was arrested for being connected to a criminal cell. he went on trial in 2008. the court heard he had become radicalized after the hearing of muslims in iraq. sharif was handed a three year sentence, which he already served. how would you describe the motivations of these attackers? >> well very simple. i mean it's an attack on france.

it's an attack on the ideology of the state. just for your viewers, in the eyes of militant of all kind of al-qaeda variety, whether you are talking about isis or whether you are talking about al-qaeda france now is public enemy number one in the eyes of militants. a bigger enemy than the united states of america. why? why do you say france has now topped america as the enemy? because france is seen by most militants as waging all-out war against -- i mean whether it's mali chad north africa syria, or iraq. so france now is fully engaged in the war against the so-called jihadist jihadists. and they have called on muslims living in france to carry out

attacks against the state that is targeting jihadists. .1. .2, what people don't realize, the newspaper charlie, in the eyes of militants of al-qaeda variety, charlie is the symbol of the french state, the so-called -- they view it as the kind of hyper secularism how the state itself is imposing hypersecularism, and humiliating islamic values. so again, there is a cultural component. the three attackers represents a dominant narrative among militants who view france as launching a military campaign but also a campaign to impose its values on the militants. >> we know these suspects were

of north african decent. how dpuz this raise questions about a marginalization, and the isolation of people in certain communities. >> the dominant question by the western media is what is the responsibility of islam? can we blame islam. when i look at the muslim community, not just in france you have 5 million muslims living in france the largest community in europe. what people don't realize is the muslim community is pressed between iraq that is militants within the come

community -- let's keep in mind it is a french phenomenon. what we are seeing is that this french minority within the muslim come come -- community -- literally they have become hostages. and neither islam nor the muslim community is responsible for what is happening with the rise of the far right in the west and the rise of the militants within the community. both the brothers are what i call the iraqi sharif was radicallized by the american occasion in iraq between 2003 and 2005. and said was radicallized as the result of the syrian crisis. they have served to radicallize and militarize young muslim men

living in the heart of europe. >> thank you for sharing your analysis with us. cartoonists from around the world have used their work to condemn the attack in paris. we spoke to one of the cartoonists. >> reporter: this is a muslim cartoonist he killings at the french magazine charlie hebdo have affected him, but he agrees we can disagree with both the senseless killings and the publications. >> it should not happen anywhere in the world to anybody. i don't -- i'm not a big fan of the publication. but again, i will standing for their freedom of speech. from a child to a grandfather of all levels of education is -- should understand the cartoon, that's the message of it. it appeals to everyone. and i think this is why it is scary. >> reporter: he was inspired by

the late palestinian artist best known for criticizing arab governments and the israeli occupation. who was killed in london in 1987. he has always chosen to fight with cartoons. but he believes that challenging people must be done responsibly. >> everybody can connect through cartoons. you don't need to know the language. you don't really need to know -- read books on the situation. so it's very hard for a cartoonist not to be a propaganda propagandaist. >> reporter: his cartoon after the attack in paris was an ordinary muslim being accused of being both an infidel and a terrorist. not everyone agreed with charlie hebdo's satire but the response has been unanimous. this online post says he

couldn't sleep after the artoonists at charlie hebdo were killed. this one says he is mortified but still believes freedom of speech will prevail. and this cartoonist drew this parallel with the september 11th attacks in the united states. his life as a muslim cartoonist means working under censorship and the fear of angering the wrong people is part of daily life. he understands expressing his opinion is risky, but cartoons are powerful because they deliver a message with an almost instant impact. >> anybody can make a funny cartoon about anybody. but to make that cartoon funny and not vulgar or -- or -- it asks a question and it delivers -- you know it

delivers a certain message, makes people think, this is the challenge. >> reporter: and many believe if freedom of expression is allowed to be censors then a blank canvas will be all that is left. the indonesian navy releeted underwater footage showing wreck age of the airasia jet lying on the sea bead. drivers were able to show images of parts of the plane. attempts to find the plane's black boxes have so far failed because of poor conditions. now polls have closed in sri lanka's elections. they report sporadic incidents of violence but for the most part peaceful. >> reporter: it was time for the 15 million registered voters to cast their ballots. their choices included the incumbent president who is running for an historic third term. standing in his way, his former

health minister. >> translator: when there's one heard for a long time there must be a change or else it becomes autocratic rule. >> translator: he saved our country from war and we are thankful. >> translator: >> reporter: what at first looked like almost a sure win for the president became a fight for political survival as his formal party colleague mounted a surprise assault. compared to the hype leading up to this election polling day has been relatively uneventful. and the next few hours will be an agonizing wait for the con tend ders. as the campaign intensified so did allegations of wrongdoing election observers are looking at this closely. >> in our assessment the concerns raced by various groups about abuse of resources and the

partiality of the media, violence they will all go towards establishing in our judgment whether there has been a level playing field. >> reporter: this person has ordered a place in history for ending one of asia's worst conflicts. thursday's election result will reveal if he becomes the country's first president to win a third term. we're joined now with all of the latest. and there were a few incidence of violence but essentially the voting went off peacefully? >> reporter: that's right. that's what we have been hearing throughout the day, and the election commissioner confirmed this when he gave a press conference at the end of the day, where he said by far and large the elections were free and fair. in terms of the incidents where we heard from election monitoring groups there were

some sporadic insid enss. a couple where particular sup porers had chased away some of the officials, but overall and by far and large, a peaceful election as we're even seeing that kind of mood continuing behind me. a government school behind me some of the vote is being counted. a quiet type of activity going on in the background. >> thanks very much. now just ahead for you in sport, a fan gets more than he bargained for after interrupting a basketball game. more on that in a moment. ♪

♪ welcome back. jo is here with all of your sport. thank you very much. the biggest tournament in asian football the asian cup will kick off in melbourne on friday. host australia will open proceedings against kuwait. australia is looking for their first-ever championship. they can expect tough competition in this tournament including asian powerhouse south korea, who they will play on the 17th. >> it's a tournament we're hosting, and we hope to be successful regardless. and that will only happen if we

come out every night and play well and have a strong performance. our focus has totally been on the first game and -- nothing beyond that because if we do want to go on to win the tournament. >> some would argue the cup is also the most underperforming. asia failed to register a single victory at the most recent world cup in brazil and no teams made the knockout rounds. in fact there are only five countries who have ever made it out of their world cup group, jap nan, south korea, australia, saudi arabia and north korea who reached the finals in 1966. earlier i spoke to scott macintyre. he says asia hasn't always been so far behind. >> these things come in cycles.

if you look back at the world cup in 2010 on a percentage basis, there are more asian nations that progressed to the knockout stage than there were in european ones. so it wasn't great in brazil admittedly. but i think part of the problem is there's not the stage on which to test yourselves regularly. it's really for the big nations, the japans koreas and so on. their test only comes ever four years when you reach the world cup. so the only way that sish shan football is going to get better is by having more teams going to these big tournaments. look at the players. so there's certainly the talent coming out of asia i think it's just the big match experience as a nation that is lacking. qatar's [ inaudible ] continues to lead the dakar rally has stage five gets

underway in chili. but the race is getting out of reach for an increasing number of competitors because of high costs. more than 30 years ago, the backbone of what was the paris to dakar rally was made up of amateur drives. there are still hundreds of private entries every year but it's getting more commercial as andrew simmons reports. >> reporter: he's a farmer from zambia and a long way from home. david is the only competitor from the small african state in the dakar rally. and he's only too aware of the dangers for bikers in an endurance race that snakes 9,000 kilometers. >> you have a bunch of crazy people who bode a community. this is a very close community.

you know we -- we -- it's a spirit. we -- we help each other out. somebody crashes, you stop. >> reporter: david has made two previous attempts both of them ended with broken legs but despite more than 30 mainly successful years in motorcycle sport, he is running out of money now, and if he doesn't finish the dakar this time he won't have any sponsorship or favors left to call on. this bike is rented and this isn't a work service team the mechanic here has his costs covered, but he's working for free. this is about commit and passion. this man from france met david at a rally in morocco. he is providing some of the favors. >> it's not usual to rent a bike. he's a very nice guy. >> reporter: the biggest favor comes from scott spears who is providing round the clock services for the whole two-week

rally. >> i love motorcycles. i was born and raised and grew up on them and to be able to support these guys and know what they are going through, and be able to give them the best possible assistance is a passion for me. >> reporter: the biggest sponsorship deals and rising costs are making it harder for private entries, yet they have always given this rally its spirit and the sort of determination you will see there. >> i will not sleep well until i get to the finish line. the fact that i probably won't be able to come back if i don't finish, i don't even want to think about that situation at the moment because it's quite depressing. >> reporter: and so there rider says he will concentrate less on the racing and more on finishing in an effort to avoid a repeat of what happens to so many in this dakar rally. one of bangladesh's best

cricketers could miss out on the world cup next month after being sent to prison. in a case filed by an actress claiming he failed to carry out his promise to marry her. no date has been set for his hearing. the position of spider cam at the sydney cricket ground has come under fire. after the australian captain dropped a key catch saying the camera interfered with his line of sight. it allowed india to get themselves in a healthy position. the skipper matched smith's effort of four centuries in the series scoring an unbeaten 140.

india is still 230 runs short. >> i actually like watching it. i think they just have to get the position right on the off side and making sure we get that right moving forward. i think it's great vision for the people at home and entertainment throughout the day, so we just have to make sure it's positioned right more than anything else. >> tennis now and maria sharapova's warmup to the australian open is shaping up nicely with the world number 2 and top seed cruising into the semifinals at the brisbane international on thursday. up against spanish seventh seat. she easily took the first set 6-1. navarro put up more of a fight in the second, but it wasn't enough. the russian depete -- defeating

her 6-3. serena williams has shaken off a disappointing start to the season. she took the first set, but her czech opponent wouldn't go down without a fight. williams's teammate also won the men's singles. usa winning 3-0 in the end. and this player is also hitting good form. the canadian giving her country the upper hand. winning in straight sets. her teammate then helped canada to a 2-0 lead. italy managed to pull back a point in the mixed doubles, ending canada's hopes of reaching the finals. the atlanta hawks have recorded their sixth consecutive win downing the grizzlies by 10

points. it was fight until the final quarter. before the hawks took control, al horford started the run with this jump shot and then jeff teague followed with a brilliant 3-pointer. leading the hawks to a 96-86 victory. and a basketball match was disrupted by an angry supporter but he got more than he bargained for. he was punched in the face by one of the players. security and police broke up the fight and the match was able to continue. there's plenty more on our website, check out aljazeera.com/sport. there's also details there of how to get in touch with our team using twitter and facebook. and that is all of the sport for now. >> jo thanks very much. that's it for now, but i'll be back with another full bulletin of news in just a few moment's time. stay with al jazeera. ♪

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