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foreign spies and organized crime. i have all of the sport. fifa say there will be no compensation for clubs disrupted by the 2022 world cup date change. ♪ it is a tactic designed to spread fear. in iraq over 100 men and 9 boys some of them just nine years old have been kidnapped by the islamic state of iraq and the levant. they long to one of the biggest tribes in the country. iraq's defense minister is a member of the same tribe. all of those taken come from a single village east of ta creek. we'll hear about the abduction in a moment but first to syria

where isil it's a is under attack from kurdish forces. zana hoda reports. >> reporter: syrias kurds have been at war with the islamic state of iraq and the levant for months. isil fighters were defeated in the border town of kobani now kurdish forces are trying to force them future. it's not an easy fight. it is a province in eastern syria, which is home to kurds arabs and christians and where isil controls pockets of territory. it borders territory controlled by the group across the border in northeastern iraq and there is an important supply line.

>> translator: what is happening now is that there is a real fight against isil. it controls about 30% of the province. kurds are fighting on one front, and regime soldiers based in the province are also attacking them from another front. isil cannot afford to lose here, because it needs to keep its supply lines open. >> reporter: it borders the iraqi city of sinjar as well. the crossing is in sinjar it corrects syria to iraq. it seems the offensive is part of a broader military plan. if isil is defeated here it would severely restrict its freedom of movement. the u.s.-lead coalition and its partners on the ground need to cut the group's supply lines

before any major military assault. it is hundreds of kilometers from mosul and other isil strong holds in northern iraq defeating them here would weaken them there. let's get more on the abduction of more than 100 people from iraq. with me is a reporter from iraq. what more do we know about the circumstances? >> we know for the last few days isil waged raids and searched through houses and kidnapped about 127 people mainly from the tribe. we understand also there were some change taken. a few days later about 20 were released and the rest according to the tribal leader are still under isil's captivity. >> and we don't know where these people are? the >> we don't. and there are fears that they could have been killed already.

however, at this stage, we don't really know. >> so what is the point here? why is isil doing this? >> i think they are trying to send several messages. one they want to force them into submission. if an area didn't pay homage or alee g&as allegiance to the group, then they will take them hostage. last week about over 100 members of a tribe was killed in western iraq. the other possible reason they could be trying to clamp down on what isil calls informers who report to the iraqi government forces the movement of isil within tikrit. >> because isil is operating within that area and is more or less in control, although the army is fighting to remain control. i suppose there's nothing the army can do at this moment

aside from looking for these people. >> absolutely. the city center and other parts of tikrit are under isil control. i think they could help the tribal leaders to look for those people, at this stage nobody knows where they are. >> many thanks indeed. our correspondent who has reported extensively from iraq. now four french members of parliament have met with the syrian president in what has been called a personal trip. according to one of the mp's the group spent over an hour with president bashar al-assad. it's the first such meeting since france closed its embassy in syria in 2012. now to yemen houthi rebels have used tear gas to disperse

demonstrators who were demonstrating to support the president. mohamed vall reports. >> reporter: this is aden yemen's de facto capitol. the houthi militia made a coup a few weeks ago and put him under house arrest, but he managed to escape and now he is trying to rule from aden. but the reaction of many here may surprise many. >> translator: aden is the capitol of only the south. we don't want the north here. we want independence. >> reporter: it's not a secret that there is a long history of bitterness between the north and south, so people we talked to expressed apprehension and mistrust. >> translator: there is zero

trust between the north and the south. the southerners were the first to demand unity. they control 80% of the country's resources, but have received nothing in return. hady is a southerner, but he doesn't speak for the south, if he does so then we will support him. >> reporter: there is an air of peace and calm in aden. people here hope for a better future and a return to what they perceive to be a better past. the symbol still flies high wherever you look. since the two yemens united in 1990 people here tell us the south was let down forgotten and exploited, despite the fact that most of the oil and other natural resources come from here. >> translator: we accept aden to

be a temporary capitol. >> reporter: some believe the shifting of the capitol will only bring trouble. >> translator: the houthis are now threatening to invade the south because we have the capitol. we don't need the capitol here. we want peace and calm. they should say there, and we here. >> reporter: aden was regarded as a southern quarter. although that may be about to end, many fear what problems the new status may bring. at least 90 people have been killed in a series of avalanches in afghanistan triggered by heavy snowball. the provincial government described the avalanche as the worst in 30 years. >> reporter: dozens of people have been killed by avalanches in the province and emergency

teams are having a difficult time trying to get there. pan geeia has two large mountain ranges with a narrow valley in the middle. and one road. the provincial government told us they have managed to get around 300 people together to help but they don't have the right equipment, they are using shovels and in some cases their bare hands to try to get these people out. many of these houses are are up in the higher mountain ranges. even here in kabul there has been very heavy snow. there has been no electricity for two days. the city is running on generators. there has always been heavy flooding here flooding in the east of the country and flooding around jalalabad.

also the main road from southern afghanistan to the north, that road has been cut at the pass again, because of heavy snow. now it has taken a while for the winter weather to really kick in here in afghanistan. up until now it had been a mild winter. plenty more still to come here on al jazeera. nigeria's military goes on the offensive against boko haram, but is the army being used as propaganda in the country's election campaign. plus six months on from israel's assault, the people of gaza they have had nothing but broken promises. and we'll here from fifa on why clubs won't be compensated for the world cup 2022 date change. ♪ amnesty international has called for the five permanent

members of the u.n. security council to give untheir veto. they accuse world powers of a shameful and dismal failure to protect civilians. the response in 2014 was ineffective and often guided by political self interest. the u.s. china, france and the u.k. all have the right to veto u.n. resolutions. russia and china have used that power four times to prevent resolutions on syria. the u.s. used its veto to block resolutions on the middle east and the palestinian conflict eight times. >> russia and the u.s. using their veto to protect their own self interests, instead of protecting civilians, so we think it's high time that there's a real break through, a game-changing solution.

and if the permanent members voluntarily renounce the veto there is some chance the u.n. can protect civilians rather than protecting their own interests. >> james this idea about surrendering the veto is not new. how do the five permanent members feel about it? >> well i think there's division on this. certainly the french entirely agree with amnesty international. in fact it was their idea first that the veto should be dropped in cases of atrocities and genocide but i don't think you will getting a agreement to this certainly from the russians and the chinese. i think it might be worth me giving you a little bit of context. to take you back some 70 years, because 70 years ago this month we were very near the end of world war ii and the world powers gathered to discuss how

to run the world after world war ii, and they decided there should be a new body of the united nations much stronger than the league of nations that the u.s. never joined because there was opposition in congress, something that really hasn't changed in 70 years. they persuaded russia to join the body and sit on the security council by saying we're going to give us five the key players, the ones who won world war ii a veto. and that has been in place ever since. it was part of the key deal that set up with this organization all of those years ago. >> if there was enough momentum james to get this idea going, how would it work? who would decide when the veto was to be surrendered? >> i think that is one of the huge problems and why i don't think this is going to happen any time soon. this would have to be part of a

package of security council reform, which was agreed by the security council and by the wider international community here at the united nations and there are so many different ideas of the way forward. there are other countries that want to join the security council. germany would say to you, why are france and the u.k. on the security council and india is not. and of course if india was on pakistan would want to be on. it's a really big problem trying to come up with some sort of reform of the international system, but it's pretty clear the international system is dead locked. they can't reach much agreement on issues like syria, for example, or ukraine. ukraine an interesting one adrian, because that meeting i referred to 70 years ago was in crimea, which was in ukraine until it was annexed by russia

last year. >> james many thanks. nigeria's opposition has accused the president of using the fight against boko haram as quote, positive propaganda to win votes in next month's election. it follows the release of a video, showing the army in combat against the rebel group. ivan has more from the capitol abuja. >> reporter: the aerial video is believed to have been recorded above borno state. nigerian fighters battling boko haram. the video's release follows tuesday's suicide tack by boko haram. 24 people were killed and many wounded when two busy bus stations were blown up. >> it seems they came as passengers from outside of the city. so they came in -- they were driven in as passengers in the process of moving out of the

[ inaudible ] arriving at the park, that is the time they debt detonated the bomb. >> translator: i saw the two guys and i did not trust them i suddenly heard the explosion. i saw many people fall shortly after the blast. >> reporter: the president condemned the attacks as a desperate act of a group facing distinction. military groups claim they have taken over control of many grounds. >> the government says they have won the battle but why are they not taking journalists, fresh people to go to the place? i expect that the press would be the one to feed us back. so we see a government that believes in propaganda in making dilutions look like

reality. >> reporter: analysts say goodluck jonathan is says iffing the greatest challenge to his presidency, and failure to combat boko haram could cost him when voters go to the polls. the government denies that it is propaganda. the suicide attacks are likely to further worry millions of voters. they may decide to stay at home despite military assurances of election security. >> i'm joined by the chief spokesperson for the opposition party in nigeria. the presidential election was moved to give the army some time to sort out the security situation in the north of the country. what are we to make of this criticism by opposition parties accusing the government of positive propaganda in order to win votes? i mean surely the government is caught between a rock and a hard

place here. those accusations are surely political opportunism, aren't say in >> absolutely. it took the nigerian government six years to decide they were going to mount a battle against boko haram. and the timing of this surge, and this challenge is very suspicious. clearly it's nothing but to win sympathy for the government and we the opposition would believe very firmly that the presidency had all along [ inaudible ] boko haram insurgency for its short-term gain. >> i was accusing the opposition

there of political opportunism, not the government. the government had to do something about boko haram. >> no if anybody is to be accused, i think it's the government. because the government has allowed the boko haram insurgency to fester because there's such to profit from it. they are such to gain sympathy by misrepresenting the insurgency. they caught to portray the insurgency as an insurgency that is [ inaudible ] for getting that boko haram all along been oppressioning since 2002. >> sir, given the level of violence that we're seeing at the moment in the north of nigeria, the number of attacks in the last few days alone, do you not accept that postponing the presidential election was the right thing to do? in >> absolutely not. how do you think they can achieve in six weeks what they

failed to achieve in six years? >> isn't this an issue, sir, where given the level of violence where all political parties in nigeria should come together? >> no i -- i think [ inaudible ] the fact. there are four local governments in nigeria. boko haram is active in less than 20. how will we postpone elections [ inaudible ] because involved? >> so how would your party be tackling this problem, the security problem if you were in power right now? >> first of all, we are going to have a more realistic strategy against terrorism. when we come to power. secondly, we have realized that the military in recent years has not been properly armed, properly equipped nor properly trained. we are going to increase the

capacity and capability of the military as soon as we get to power. we are also mindful of the causes of boko haram, which is primarily the corruption by the governors, empowerment and hardship. while we are addressing this we will also put in place a federal anti-terrorism task force that will comprise of crack, you know units from all of the five military -- security units in the country. >> okay. sir, many thanks indeed for being with us. in the democratic republic of congo the government has launched a military assault against rebel forces. they are taking on a group known as the fdlr even without the support of the u.n. mission. it includes rwandan hutus who took part in the genocide years

ago. the group is active in areas surrounding a lake which has huge quantities of natural gas. they have been accused of murder, rape and recruiting child soldiers. let's go live to malcolm webb who joins us live from the ugandan capitol. how difficult will this be to route out these rebels? >> reporter: it will be difficult. there are many different factions spread over a wide territory. and they said they want peace talks and that they want to come out peacefully and find a political solution but it seems that is not really an option, the government is not willing to have any talks to them. they missed a deadline to surrender, so now they say a military solution is the only one available. but it seems they will be running away and by the time

the congoeze government gets there, they will be gone. >> is there much of an appetite for a military operation there? >> among the local population, no. we have spoken to a lot of people in the affected areas. the fdlr have been accused of many atrocities and people want them to go but they want them to go peacefully, and it's the civilian population that have suffered the brunt of all of the previous offensives against the fdlr, so over two decades basically they have seen a lot of very brutal and horrible conflict. when the fdlr are under attack they take it out on the civilian population. so that are worried that that just means they are going to get

caught up in more violence. >> all right. malcolm many things. al jazeera investigative unite has revealed spy documents that reveal serious problems in south africa. will jordan reports. ♪ >> reporter: lions prowl around south africa's state security agency. the spy cables show foreign intelligence agents do as well. while fences keep the animals at bay, the spies have broken through. a secret report from december 2009 says they have total freedom of access to ministries, parliament, and security installations, posing threats to national security. another reveals south africa suspects there are over 140 foreign spies in the country.

former spy chiefs have seen a major rise in espionage since apartheid. >> diplomatic presence in south africa grew exponentially. and therefore, the espionage activities increased. >> intelligence services around the world are interested in the secrets of other countries, south africa is a big player on the continent. >> reporter: foreign spies also influenced a notorious multi-billion dollars weapons purchase in 1999. they played an active role in persuading decision makers on the so-called arms deal. computer security is also seriously flawed. another secret report reveals an array of incidents. one computer had eight militia software applications leaving military secrets exposed.

serious deficiencies leave the government vulnerable to fraud, corruption and worse, espionage. >> as bric countries, we are literally naked compared to some of the first world countries. we are sitting ducks and open targets. >> reporter: south african spies say it is impractical to watch over millions of people but they are struggling to simply monitor dozens of foreign spies and organized criminals. the south african minister of state security has launched an investigation into the leaked materials: we're approaching the midway point on this news hour. still to come on the program,

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taking on the democratic forcing for the liberation of rwanda which is accused of human rights violations including murder and rape. six months after israel's 50-day offensive on gaza much of the area is still in ruins. many palestinians say they have received nothing but broken promises. nick schifrin reports. >> reporter: today in gaza the ruins of homes are children's play grounds. factory floors are filled with destroyed machinery. the only power plant, storage tanks are a crumbled heap the devastation has obliterated entire neighborhoods. gaza has never been well off, but today it is perhaps worse off than it ever has been. whying didn't your family been able to rebuild?

>> all building materials are so expensive. >> reporter: part of the problem is poverty. this man is a teacher and only received 60% of his salary. omar has no job, that's 60% of gaza is unemployed. the family can't rebuild without help. >> translator: the process is slow. they said the funds from the u.n. haven't arrived yet. >> reporter: the u.n. agency that helps palestinians is broke. countries have promised donations but not delivered them. >> which i can only describe as unacceptable that this organization has run out of money to help refugees. >> reporter: this man says the donors haven't paid up because of the political conflict

between hamas and the palestinian authority. >> there is a lot of bad blood. you still have two different strands of civil administration in gaza. that of course needs to be resolved. >> reporter: until it is there aren't even plans to rehabilitate devastated neighborhoods. nick schifrin, al jazeera, gaza. israeli settlers have been accused of setting a mosque on fire in the occupied west bank. racist graffiti was also left on the walls. there were more than 110 attacks against mosques in palestinian territories last year. >> translator: if you follow the actions of the occupation's military and the settlers it's an around the clock systemized policy to steal palestinian land and display palestinian people. vladimir putin says that europe's gas supplies could be at risk if ukraine doesn't pay for its own supplies. and he has accused of kiev of

failing to supply gas to the separatists areas of luhansk and donetsk. a pipeline had been planned to go through bulgaria but that has been scrapped now. two pipelines enter europe via ukraine and belarus, and a third brings gas under the baltic to germany. let's go live to moscow. rory challands is with us. it seems gas is being useded as a weapon in the war of words between russia and ukraine. >> reporter: yeah, and yet again, that seemingly intermable gas negotiation wrangleing that was going on last year well it seems here we go again. so a little bit of background to what has been going on. last week kiev basically said it was going to stop supplying

gas to the separatists regions of eastern ukraine, because they said there was a damaged pipeline. russia stepped in and started pumps gas across the border. ukraine said the pipeline had been fixed, but it wouldn't pay for the gas that russia has given to the eastern parts, because it had no idea how much russia had actually supplied and therefore wasn't going to pay for it. yesterday we have from the head of gazprom, the russian gas giant saying unless kiev paid it prepayment obligations for march, it wouldn't supply that gas, and therefore, the gas would be shut off to ukraine in a couple of days vladimir putin said in the next three to four days if it doesn't pay up for march it will be shut off. >> what threat to european

supplies does this spat pose, rory? >> reporter: well the russians are saying this will be a threat to european supplies because if gas gets completely shut off to ukraine, then the -- the through-flow to europe will be hit as well. so i think that's probably a warning shot to the european union that maybe they should take notice of what is going on and maybe give kiev a helping hand or at least a bit of advise. all of this is going to happen anyway, because the agreements that were reached at the end of october, or in october of last year, were only going to take us through to about march of 2015. so there was always going to be a point at this end of this winter, early spring where a new gas deal was going to have to be negotiated so we're not quite to that point yet, but consider this to be the opening

in that new battle. >> rory many thanks indeed. in ukraine, while mariupol has been the recent focus of the conflict, the area around donetsk has remained relatively peaceful, but the withdrawal of heavy weapons is still a sticking point. >> reporter: i am just to the west of donetsk city center which has been used by the separatists forces to launch attacks against ukrainian forces in that direction. as you can see the debris is all around. let's have a look at this box here. this box would have held some shells for a 122-miller either a toad field gun, or the self propelled howitzer. i can also see a box for a 152-millimeter box of shells but as you can see, this whole

area now is deserted and the scrapes, already, they haven't been filled in but there is no evidence they have been used in recent days at all. it does give strength to the idea that both sides do appear to be drawing back. they have had a few photo ops, they say showing withdraw of the weapons. but the dpr people are not saying where those guns are being withdrawn to. and the international monitors need to know that information to verify that the guns really are being withdrawn. the osce wants to know where the guns are now, both ukrainian and separatists guns which routes will be used to remove those guns, and where the final destination of those guns will be, and without that information, they cannot verify

that a withdrawal has actually taken place, despite the photo opportunities. the osce says it desperately needs that information. but at least the guns have fallen silent. there is no sound here for the first time in many many months. a jury in the u.s. state of texas has found a former u.s. marine guilty of killing the navy seal who's book inspired "american sniper." the jurors rejected the lawyer's argument that he was in this sane and suffered from psychosis. plans to build a controversial oil pipeline across north america are now in limbo. u.s. president barack obama vetoed the bill approving the

pipeline f. it was his first veto in five years. >> reporter: after countless protests millions spent lobbying and a heated debate in congress, a bill trying to force barack obama's approval of the keystone pipeline has been vetoed. and now the wait continues. the u.s. president has laid out the criteria for his approval. >> our national interest will be served only if this project does not significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution. >> reporter: the u.s. state department said the canadian tar sands would be developed regardless, and a pipeline was better for the environment than using trains or trucks to move it but because of the drop in oil prices right now the

pipeline wouldn't be affordable. and in one year it would be the equivalent of adding 5.7 million cars. republicans say it isn't about the environment but economics. the bottom line this is more about politics than any impact the final decision will have. >> i think it's more symbolic for politics than it is for the economics of oil in terms of the world target so it won't make any difference the price of oil, but it might make a difference in this terms of the united states's ability to move forward with energy policy which is important. >> reporter: it is the first clear indication that there will be many more battles over the next two years. venezuela's president has ordered an investigation into the killing of a teenager during an anti government protest. a policeman has admitted to

shooting the boy. >> reporter: they came out to protest against the economic crisis, then vie scuffles began with the police. this 14-year-old was killed and many others injured in the city in western venezuela, which is becoming increasingly synonymous with anti-government demonstrations. government leaders say police officers were attacked with stones. the policeman who allegedly fired the pellet gun killing the teenager has been arrested. >> translator: i condemned this murder. when i found out i was in trinidad, and i ordered those who did it to be captured. this has been done. they have been detained and we have established what happened. >> reporter: the use of deadly force to maintain public order has cut the numbers buddies satisfaction seems to be growing. opposition leaders say many

leaders have been arrested in the past week along with the mayor of caracas. >> translator: i am permanently harassed by the police. chasing me and attacks on my honor, and even threats to my family. for these reasons i think this regime knows that change is very close. >> reporter: the government has been battling spiralling inflation by adjusting exchange rates and l controlling imports to try to cut prices in the shops. the president has been trying to tell the people that he can steer them out of crises but the government is also tightening its grip on power to face political and economic challenges. and that appears to be making it harder for viz -- venezuelans to

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♪ hello, again now sponsors have pulled the plug on a martian version of the reality tv show big brother. they won the short listed candidates for a one-way ticket to the red planet but the project looks like it could be lost in space before it ever gets off of the ground. >> reporter: it's the most audacious plan in history, to make this inhospitable planet a home for humans within ten

years. but that's exactly what mars one, a private space exploration company intends to do with all of the glitz and glamour of a hollywood movie. tens of thousands of people applied for the one way mission, but only a hundred were short listed including maggie lou, a phd astro physic's student who has volunteered to be the first mother. >> it's inevitable that we have to reproduce or else we're just die out. there is huge adventure, and i'm very excited. >> reporter: but they could be in for a long wait before going anywhere. despite all of the pr critics say the proposed time line is unfeasible. in only three year's time mars one hopes to send a stationary lander and communications

satellite to the red planet followed by a rover in 2020 and only a decade by 2025 it is hoped the first four-man crew will arrive and live in parts like these. and all of this for a meager $6 billion. >> it is unrealistic completely from every single point of view. from the experience of people organizing it on the budget and time scale, it's completely unrealistic. >> they will live in confined conditions. will need to produce their own water, oxygen and grow their own food. mars one was always hoping to gain sponsorship from the makers of reality tv show big brother until they pulled out. and spacex listed as providing rockets for the mission say no

contracts have been signed. but the team behind mars one remain optimistic. >> it's a big misconception that we want to finance the mission from media revenue. that's not the case. it's not entertainment, it's inspiration. humans going to mars is the greatest story of the 21st century, and we need to share that story with the world. >> reporter: the company say they have now teamed up with the makers of their mission trailer, and as mars run races to meet their ambitious goals, it's a mission they hope will soon be on your screens. they will miss the 2022 world cup jo. they will. >> reporter: greece's top league has been suspended for the second time this season because of continued violence.

and a brawl between club officials at a board meeting on tuesday. egypt's football league will be allowed to resume but only behind closed doors. the league was suspended indefinitely after a fight between fans and police earlier this month. football can resume after a mourning period of 40 days but the fans will be excluded. fifa will not compensate european clubs by moving the 2022 world cup to november and december. the secretary general of the football's governing body also ruled out any apology. he has been meeting in doha. andy richardson has more. >> reporter: some really interesting detail emerging from this meeting. while the november/december move still has to be ratified by fifa next month, it is effectively a

done deal. it is likely to be down from the 32 days we saw in brazil to 28 days. that means we would be seeing four games a day. and the secretary general saying as far as he was concerned there would be no compensation for leagues or clubs impacted by the move. >> the seven years to reorganize football around the world for this world cup, we enjoy football when all is okay. why we don't want to organize ourselves and make sure we can enjoy football in a different environment, in a different situation without suddenly screaming and saying that is impossible. it's not impossible. it is very possible. >> reporter: when we have the africa cup of nations due to take place in january of that year in guinea. the federation of african football have agreed to move

that to june. and the federation cup of 2021 will still take place in june of 21 but it will be in a different asian country, not qatar. qatar instead is likely to host the club world cup of december 2021 as its test event. there will be a big reunion for arson wanger on saturday. he spent seven years at monaco as coach between 1987 and 1994. kerry brown reports from london. >> reporter: welcome to what is set to be a special night for arson wanger. they tried to take him back to monaco in the summer, in fact when the russian owners took over three years ago, they asked for his advice a frenchman too has been in fantastic form but

i expect arson wanger's key criteria is to be going for a clean sheet. he said the downfall of arsenal. monaco have a great defensive record conceded just one goal in the group stage, but they are struggling with injuries. familiar face here his time in put nam says he still doesn't have the pace he did back then. but he is clever and knows how to outwit arsenal. madrid traveled to [ inaudible ] the team have an impressive record in this competition. they have lost just once since september 2013. the spanish champions take on a side which has only one once in 2015. >> translator: we are not just going on their last two matches,

but looking at their form for the past four or five months in all competitions, and we see that this is a very courageous team, always with chances of winning and utilizing them because they play a defensive game that can be very dangerous and use their chances to score goal. the cricket world cup ireland remain on course after securing a tense win from the united arab emirates. anwar is now their first player to score a world cup century. ireland struggled in rely until the last ten overs or so when gary wilson, and kevin o'brien stepped up the chase, ireland clenching it with just two wickets. fernando has been released from hospital just three days after crashing his car into a wall during testing. he was being treated for

concussion, but made his way home on wednesday cleared of any serious injury. he has confirmed he will miss the final week of testing in barcelona has he recovered. lydia coal has returned home for the first time since reaching the world ranking. wayne haye reports. >> reporter: there have been many firsts in the young career of lydia, but this one is special. she is back home to play in new zealand for the first time as the world's number one women golfer. >> to be in that position is great, and it's great to share it with all of the people here in new zealand. >> reporter: she strengthened her position with victory in the australian open on sunday. [ applause ] >> reporter: her rise to the top

has come as no surprise to her former coach. guy wilson says she will continue to improve, but the pressure on her will also increase. >> she hasn't failed yet, she has just got better and better and better and won enough events to continually move up the leader board, and now she is on the top of the world. >> reporter: she has had a big impact on the game in new zealand, with the number of teenage girls playing golf increased 20% last year. this week she will also have to contend with a strong wind. but one of the most incredible things about her is that she's so experienced at such a young age. she has one new zealand open title to her name and this will be her sixth appearance. >> i still get really nervous,

and i think just because in the back of my mind i know it is a major, and i feel like i need to perform at my best in that week. >> reporter: regardless of how her year goes one thing is certain her trademark smile won't be far away. and that's all of the sport for now, adrian. >> ever been on a world the world trip jo? >> no but i would love to. >> i have done it and i traveled on a plane, a boat train, but meet a man who's journey has taken him 18 years because he is doing it on two wheels. he has arrived in the iraqi city country number 145 for him. he has already been through asia europe and north and south america. that's it for the news hour. more news straight ahead here on al jazeera. see you in a moment. ♪

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