>> welcome to the news hour on al jazeera in doha. coming up in the next 60 minutes. isil abductions in iraq. more than 100 people are taken from one of the country's most powerful tribes. support for yemen's president spreads as the deposeed leader makes his presence felt in the south. we'll reveal our israel's policies across africa are fueling conflicts. >> we have a look ahead to we

know's champion leagues time. pleasant greece suspects it's top football league indefinitely because of continued crowd fights. >> it's a tactic designed to spread fear in iraq over 100 men of nine boys. some of them just nine years old, have been kidnapped by the islamic state in iraq and the levant. they belong to a tribe one of the biggest in the country. iraq's defense minister is a member of that tribe. now they were all taken from a single village east of tikrit in an area where isil is involved in fierce fighting with government forces. meanwhile, in syria isil itself is under attack from kurdish forces in the province of hasaqa. >> syria's kurds have been at

war with the islamic state in iraq and the levant for months. isil fighters were desecretted in the border town of kobane. now kurdish fighters are trying to force them from hasaka. they lost a few villages. it's not an easy fight. u.s.-led coalition aircraft have been helping the kurds by targeting isil positions from the air. it is home to kurds arabs and christians where isil controls pockets of territory. hasaka is strategic for isil in the fight for the armed group. there is an important supply line that isil uses to move from its so-called city of raqqa to mosul. >> there is a fight against isil in hasaka. it controls 30% of the province. kurds are fighting on one front

and regime are attacking them from another front. isil cannot afford to lose her because it needs to keep its supply lines open. >> hasaka also borders sinjar where iraqi kurds have been engaged in fighting the islamic state in iraq and the levant. the cross something in sinjar at and it connects syria to iraq, and it is being used by isil fighters. >> it seems that the offensive against the group in hasaka is part of a broader military plan. if isil is defeated in hasaka and sinjar, it would severely restrict it's f hasaka defeating it here would weaken them elsewhere. al jazeera beirut. >> four frenchmen in what has been called a personal trip according to one of the mps the group spent over an hour with bashar al-assad.

it's the first such meeting since france closed its embassy in syria in 2012. now to yemen where houthi rebels have used tear gas to disperse protesters. there have been demonstrations across the country in support of president hadi. there has been support for hadi. >> i talked with his excellency, as for support, it's going to continue as before. the gcc leaders are happy for his excellency's escape. >> life out of aden, mohammed, what is the latest? >> we see a growing number in

size. saa september. as a result of what has happened here the last few days. they gave protest to the outies. the outies have used live ammunition and cut down before on protests. the houthis are trying to really control the army. yesterday we have seen they have taken one of the most strategic. after several hours of fighting they were able to control the and this is happening at the

same time when hadi is trying to create a new party for himself in the south and the support is not very obvious as you can see in the following report. >> this is aden, the de facto capitol since president hadi arrived here. he was under house arrest for several weeks in sanaa. now he's trying to rule from ha fromaden. >> they're shouting, no, no aden is the capitol only of the south. we want independence. >> it is not a secret that there is a long history people we talk to express apprehension and mistrust. >> there is zero trust between

the north and the south. the southerners were the first to demand unity. they have received nothing in return. hadi is a southerner, but he doesn't speak for the cause of the south. if he does so, if he addresses our problems, then we'll support him. >> there is an air of peace in aden despite high levels of poverty people hope for a better future. the symbol of the flag of the former people's democratic republic of yemen or southern yemen for short. since the two yemens reunited in 1990, many people tell me that the south was forgotten. despite the fact that most of the oil and natural resources come from here. >> we expect aden to be a

temporary capitol until the brothers in the snort can sort out the problems. >> many believe it will only bring trouble. >> 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 stay there and we here. >> aden was guarded as a southern back quarter although that is about to end. many fear what problems the new status may bring. >> israel's policies in africa are cynical and fuel conflicts on the continent. that's according to south african intelligence. leaked documents suggest that spies have damaged egypt's water supply. we have the latest now from the spy cables.

>> the spy cables reveal israel's intrigue across the africa continents. and the resulting anger and suspicion in south africa. one secret cable details a meeting. the african chief breaks protocol to call directly. nobody even knew the agent was in the country. the south africans describe it as. >> no appropriate behavior. the agent was very arrogant and self assured. he boasted he was in daily contact with the president and heads of services. >> the south africans con fluid that the mos ssad stie is.

>> i didn't want to have anything to do with mossad whatsoever. so i'm not prepared to go into internal operational activities. >> the spy cables also confirm israel's historical collaboration with apartheid south africa to develop nuclear weapons. ironically israel is working to stop it's rival iran from doing the same thing. it frequently warns of tehran's ambitions. this cable from 2010 describes a possible shipment of uranium to iran and accuses an armenian broker. >> he was departing for turkey where he would be preparing for yellow goods. we assess this is yellowcake. from the same country where iran previously obtained 500 tons, which we assess is south africa.

>> it urges south africa not to arrest the broker so they can continue monitoring him. lieberman's visit to five african nations in 2009 was the first by an israeli foreign minister was the first in 20 years and it was also an exercise in cynicism according to another cable. >> israel's security, economic and political tentacles have reached every part of africa behind a philanthropic facade. >> of arming and training militias in africa, it also says israel is working to fuel insurrection inside sudan. israel has even targeted egypt the first arab country to give it recognition readying itself against sabotage of the country's water supply. >> israel has create a type of plant that observes such types of water to significantly reduce

the volume of water that reaches egypt. >> in this way israel sabotages its enemies and friends alike furthering it's own interests in africa. >> still to come on the news hour. the leaked spy cables that appear to show that china may have been behind a high profile break in in a nuclear plant in south africa. >> he said that the president has promised in the nation's history. >> the power failure in ghana because the electricity demand far exceeds supply. and later in sports, arson wenger prepares to meet up with old friends in the champions league. details coming in 35 minutes. >> at least 124 people have been killed in a series of avalanches

in afghanistan but it was triggered by heavy snowfall north of kabul. they described the avalanche as the worst in 30 years. more from al jazeera's nicole johnston in kabul. >> it dozens of people have been killed by avalanches in the province and emergency teams are having a difficult time trying to get there. basically there are two wide mountain ranges with a belly in the middle and one road in and out that have province. so far they've been able to clear 50 kilometers that have road. thethe provincial governor told me that they mansioned to get 300 people together to try to help the emergency teams. but they don't have the right equipment. they're using shovels. in some ways their bear hands to get people out. but many of the houses that had heavy dumps of snow on them are up high in the mountain ranges.

even in kabul there has been heavy snow up to a meter. and other parts of the country two meters. in kabul there has been no electricity for two days. the city is running on generators. there has also been heavy flooding here. flooding in the east of the country and 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's taken awhile for the winter weather to kick in here in afghanistan. up until now it was a mild winter but that has changed over the last couple of days. >> the israeli speech to congress next week is destructive to ties between the two countries. rice made the comment to charlie rose. prime minister benjamin netanyahu was invited by john

boehner to given an address on march 93. it's likely to be critical of iran's nuclear program. the founder of the national iranian american council we're live by skype from washington, d.c. why would national security adviser susan rice think that the speech that netanyahu is going to make would be destructive to ties between the two countries? >> well, i think she's signaling that the efforts to undermine a very important and historic nuclear deal that would insure that on one hand does not get a nuclear weapon, and on the other hand ensure that the united states would not have to go to war again that it would have a cost. and benjamin netanyahu is becoming increasingly aggressive in these historic deals.

>> what is in the historic deal? is it about the nuclear program? >> in a statement two days ago every deal in iran would be bad. i think the relegal is concern is not the details of the deal. the concern is that the deal between the united states and iran would eventually legitimatize iran in the region. and that the united states would no longer be automatically trying to contain and confront iran but rather would try to find a different type of relationship with iran. this would be very problematic for israel. relations are thawing as a glacial pace.

what kind of impact would it have on israel and the u.s.? >> i think it would be very good for israel because at the end of the day iranians know very well they cannot have a sustained improvement with washington if they at the same time continue with the very harsh rhetoric with israel. we've already seen in the last two years ever since negotiations began that iranians have really toned things down and now have gone out of their way not to be confrontational with israel. but that's not the way that netanyahu sees it. this would enable iran to become a major player in player in the region. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> president vladimir putin said that supplies to ukraine is at

risk if they're not able to pay for their gas. the key supplier of national gas to ukraine and other western european nations well, in ukraine itself there has been a lull in fighting, but the cease-fire is still very shaky. >> we've come to the city center. as you can see the daybreak of the repeated attacks is all around. let's have a look at this box here. this box would have held some shells for d-30, a several pro felled howitzer. i can see a box there for 152-millimeter box of shells. as you can see this whole area now is deserted.

the crepes are ready to be filled in. there is no evidence that they've been used in recent days at all. it does give strength to the idea that the two sides appear to be drawing back. there is an important sticking point with that. they're not saying where those guns have been withdrawn to. and according to the minsk deal, the international monitors need to know that information in order to verify that the guns really are being withdrawn outside of this buffer zone that was created by minsk. they want three pieces of information. they want to know where the guns are now. the ukrainian and separatist guns. they want to remove those guns from the danger zone. and finally it needs to know where the final destination of those guns will be. without that information they cannot verify that the withdraw

has actually taken place despite the photo opportunities. at least the guns are falling silent as you can listen. there is no sound of artic rather here in donetsk for the first time in many months. that in itself is room for some degree of optimism. >> amnesty international has called for the five permanent members of the security council to give up their veto. they accuse world powers of a shameful and dismal failure to protect civilians caught in conflict. amnesty said that it's annual response in 2014 was ineffective and often guided by political self interest. russia and china has used their veto four times to prevent resolutions on syria. the u.s. has always stood by its ally israel, and voted against resolutions on palestine.

>> to protect it's own self interest rather than civilians, we think the high time for a game-changing solution, and we believe if the security council members, renounced the veto there is some chance of the security council can stop protecting civilian rather than protecting their own political interests. >> former ambassador to nato live from washington, d.c. this idea of giving up the veto is not exactly knew. what is your take on it? >> well, i don't think that it's a good idea. i think there ought to be a high bar before there is legitimatization as the u.n. security council vote would be.

>> when you look at what has happened at syria. >> i don't agree with that either i think there is always the option for countries to intervene. there can be other legal bases basis than the u.n. security vote. it is the responsibility to protect. the idea that a government should be protecting it's own citizens instead we have a gross humanitarian catastrophe of the assad regime killing hundreds of thousands of its own people. there is a possibility for countries to intervene absent an u.n. security council resolution. i don't think it's the u.n. that is balking that. it's the will of the countries to do so or not. >> but you're arguing that countries can by pass effectively the u.n. security council, doesn't that make it irrelevant? >> i think it has a role to play in conferring legitimacy when countries of very different views all agree. if you have russia, china

france, united states, u.k. all in agreement then that is a powerful signal of something being so heinously wrong that it can be decreased. it does confer that. but in case where is there is disagreement and sometimes it's a legitimate disagreement, sometimes it's a spurious one. you can see countries act as need: there was the intervention in kosovo to save lives there. certainly all of russia's invasions of its neighbors have gone on without security council intervention. and we're bombing inside syria without u.n. security council resolution. there are ways that countries do act if they choose to. >> but isn't there a danger that conflicts can escalate if they go their own way and not by the security council? >> as we've seen over the years in fact, the total number of conflicts have gone down, but the intensity of some of these conflicts have gone up. i think that the countries will act in their own self defense

first, that's a legitimate right. secondly, when you see gross humanitarian violations and you see great reluctance of intervening in general. there is a hesitation to do that, and it has to be very high stakes for countries to be willing to do so. >> ambassador, thank you very much indeed. >> thank you very much. >> now to ghana and the outrage over outages. power cuts sometimes last for days on ends because demand for electricity far outstrip supply. >> thousands have gathered here. and the theme of this week's march is we're tired. people are tired of the current power situation and they say they're going to continue their

marchs across the country every few months until they see the situation resolveed. this situation where they've seen power outages and effecting of the ordinary people in all kinds of ways. here is how people are being effected. >> these workers packet 20 tons of fruit per day for export. it's a 24 hour temperature controlled operation at the blue skies factory on the outkits of ghana's capitol. they're using generators more and more because temperatures because electricity on the grid is more and more infrequent. >> it's currently running at 70%. it's almost doubled and it puts strain on us. >> businesses and homes are

experiencing power cuts for days at a time. there is just not enough supply to me demand even though the country's power plant has the capacity to generate more electricity than is needed. >> it's able to call on demand when demand is needing supply. that is what is needed. we need to improve on our culture of event netanyahu. >> the president has set up a power ministry to deal specifically with the crisis. the man in charge said that in the past they've failed to manage the power in the power sector. >> collectively they have not given this issue the seriousness that it deserves. but the president has promised that this episode will never be repeated in our nation's history.

>> as they prepare for another evening without power they wonder whether to trust the minister's assurances that serious action is being taken. what they know for sure is that the longer the crisis continues the more its costing the nation. al jazeera ghana. >> we are approaching the midway point. still on the program on the offensive boko haram but is nigeria's army being used as a propaganda tool to try to win votes for the president? plus we'll talk to the disabled women in mexico who say they're being forcebly forcebly sterilized. >> i'm reporting from new zealand where a teenage golfing record breaker returns home to celebrate her success.

>> we pray for the children in the womb >> a divisive issue >> god is life , so it's his to take >> see a 10 year old girl who's pregnant, and you tell me that's what god wants... >> a controversial law >> where were you when the babies lives were being saved? >> are women in texas paying the price? >> fault lines al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> today they will be #-gz >> hello for the news hour here in dee had a. 100 men and boys have been kidnapped by the islamic state of iraq and levant.

they belong to one of the biggest tribes in the country. houthi rebels in yemen have used live rounds and tear gas to disperse demonstrators in sanaa. president hadi now has fred to the southern city of aden. ofavalanches have killed people in afghanistan. it's been described as the worst in 30 years. in china, a secret meeting an american news network suggested that the culprits were terrorists trying to build a nuclear bomb, but sky cables raise a very different theory.

>> the two groups of armed men launch a dairy break in at this south africa plant in 2007. when spotted they shot one man in the chest and ran away. one american news network dubbed it an assault. >> it's the kind of things that keeps presidents awake at night. >> "60 minutes" on cbs raiseed a theory that they may be trying to build a nuclear bomb. >> how much highly enriched ukraine yumriched uranium would a group need become. >> just a six pack's worth. >> playing down the nuclear theory and they didn't mention spice either. they said it was low-level crime by petty criminals.

>> it's probably a burglary attempt. >> by the south africa spy cables reveal a state espionage of the reactor. >> many have shown interest in the pbmr research and development. >> the government feared they were highly trained trained operatives sent by china. >> it would advance china's rifle. china has developed one year ahead of apbmr project that started several years after. >> china continues to work on

its synergy project. will jordan, al jazeera. >> joining me now the editor for the city press, a weekly south african newspaper. welcome to al jazeera. >> thank you. >> south africa's ministry of state security has launched investigation into these leaked document. it has been con dimmed in the most possible way concerned. what do you make about that? >> there has been a lot of behind the scenes of damage control. and it's a predictable statement. officially a massive leak was going to cause consternation and the tone of the statement shows that. >> is this making business news at the moment? >> it's making huge news. today big budget day less news,

but there has been narrative. >> let's look at the report there, according to the spy cables chinese agents were responsible, and not nuclear terrorists. what do you make of that? >> when the break-in happened, it was huge news, and it wasn't around the world. it's been quite quiet possibly because china is such a huge trading and diplomatic partner of south africa. turns out now that it is chinese breaking in trying to get intelligence on the modular reactor technology, which now has been sheffield now. >> you said that china is a huge trading partner. >> yes. >> it's more than that as the spy cables are showing it has a lot of access to south africa's security service. >> that is a key theme running through the cable that are

installations are not properly secured at all. they also look at numerous other plants and specific concerns about logical one. >> the cable also show us that israel is heavily involved as well. what is the general feeling of israel's importance? >> i think the leaks are possibly the most damaging because they were a very strong partner. and i think it's going to make that relationship that more difficult now. >> thank you. from the city press, a weekly south african newspaper. now nigeria's opposition has accused president goodluck jonathan to using the fight against boko haram to collect votes. we have more now from the

capitol of abuja. >> reporter: the aerial video is believed to have been recorded above borno state. nigerian soldiers have been battling boko haram fighters over the last couple of weeks. the video's release follows tuesday's suicide attacks by boko haram. 24 people were killed, and many wounded in two busy bus stations were blown up. >> you >> they come in as passengers and. >> i saw the two guys, and did i not trust them. but i did not pay attention. i suddenly heard the explosion.

>> president goodluck jonathan con deputied the attack as a desperate group facing extinction. they said that there were sever several northern eastern towns taken from the boko haram control over the last couple of weeks. >> the government said that they have bombardments, but why are they not taking journalists press people--i expect the press would want to see this. so we see the government who believes in propaganda. and they look at the reality. >> analysts say that goodluck jonathan is facing the biggest challenge of his presidency, and it could cost hip re-election when voters go to the polls on march 28th. government leaders deny the new video is positive propaganda for the president to try to secure more votes. the attacks further worry

voters. >> in the deppic republic of deputyic republic of congo taking on the group called the democratic forces for the liberation of rwanda or the fdlr. the group has between 100,000 1500 to 2,000 fighters. they've been accused of murder, rape and recruiting child soldiers. they say this military operation could go on for months. >> many people have been doubting whether the congolese government and the other countries involved actually have the political will to attack the

fdlr. the congolese government has been accused of hiring them before to fight wars on behalf and fighting long side them. there are politicians involved, and there are many in their territory. on the other hand the congolese government said this time it is going to end the fdlr. the u.s. has come out and supported them. the u.s. has urged that this must happen. it's hard to imagine now that they'll turn back at this stage. the military operations could go on for months, even years. so it's too soon to say if this is going to bring the end of the fdlr. people want them to go. but people want them to go peacefully. it's the civilian pollalation who has suffered the bankrupt of the fdlr by militias that rwanda is accused of backing. over two decades they've seen brutal and horrible conflicts. when they're under attack, they behave worse and take it out on the civilian population.

civilians worry that they're going to get caught up with yet more violence. >> inch athens tackling tax avoid dense is one of the suggested reforms suggested by the government in a bid to extend its bail out. facing charges of the tampering for the list of greeks who hid money in overseas accounts to avoid paying tax. >> global bank has apologized for helping clients avoid tax. they say that their meth has been unassessible. they have been appearing before uk politicians who have been monitoring banking protocol.

a campaign group called disabled rights international say that 4 in 10 women with mental health problems are forcebly sterilized. they've been speaking to some of them in mexico city. >> for this woman schizophrenia does not stop her painting or wanting to lead a normal life. last year she decided to try for boyfriend children with her boyfriend. >> i thought the doctors would tell me that i could have children. they told me i had to be sterilized so i would not pass on my schizophrenia. i was devastated. >> many say they had been coerced or forced into sterilization by doctors or their families. >> when the government sterilize women, it's arguing that it's protecting them and their children that they would have if they were pregnant. however, the government does not

protect them. it's violating their rights. sterilization is not the solution. >> an organization of people with psychiatric disorders who campaign for the rights of fellow sufferers questioned over 50 women for the study. they found testimonies not just of sterilization but physical and sexual abuse. the grouped surveyed many independent women living within the community but they fear that the conditions can be far worse for the invisible population those institutional "id" behind closed doors like this one. >> in one constitution we found that every woman and girl is forcebly sterilized. in our opinion this is to cover up the sexual abuse that goes on in the institution by preventing any pregnancy. >> doctors and nurses who spoke to al jazeera on condition of anonymity confirmed the culture of sterilization. >> they had been abandoned by

their families for a long time and put in constitutions they're sterilized whether they agreed to it or not. >> doctors cite evidence that sick psychologically disabled women can pass on their mental illness to their children and have trouble caring for them. >> what does my life have to do with them? why are the doctors getting involved in a decision that could be mine? >> she could have that choice taken away from her like many women with psychiatric problems in mexico. >> all right just ahead here on the news hour, we'll tell you why a planned journey to mars is looking less and less likely. and in sport the united arab emiratesarabarab emirates in cricket. we'll have all the details.

>> hello again. sponsors have pulled the plug on a martian reality version of big brother. but the project looks like it could be lost in space before it even gets off the ground. >> it's the most audacious plan in history to make this inhospital ininhospitable planet

home in ten years. but that's what some want, a private exploration company wants to do with all the glitz and glamour of a hollywood move. tens of thousands of people applied, but only 100 were short listed, including maggie allow a ph.d astro physics students at birmingham university who has volunteered to be the first martian mother. >> if we can't to start a colony. we have to reproduce or we'll die out on mars. it's a huge adventure and i'm sited. >> but maggie and others could be in for a long wait before going anywhere. despite all the p.r. the proposed timeline may be unfeasible. in only three year's time, they hope to send a lander and communication to the planet followed by a rove center 2020 and cargo missions two years after that. and then only a decade by 2025

it hopes the first four-man crew will arrive, live in pods like these. all of this for a meager $6 billion. >> it's unrealistic completely from every point of view. from the experience of the people organizing,en budget and time scale are unrealistic. >> they'll live in confineed conditions. they'll need to produce their own water oxygen and grow their own food, and that takes continued investment. mars one was also hoping to gain sponsorship from the makers of reality tv show "big brother," that's until they pulled out. one major company space x listed on mars one website is providing rockets for the mission say that no contracts have been signed. but the team behind mars one remain firmly optimistic. >> it's a big misconception that

they wan to finance through media ref news. we'll finance through investments. it's not entertainment. it's inspiration. humans going to mars is the greatest story of the 21st century, we need to share that story with the world. >> the company now says that they've teamed up with their makers of their mission trailer to document the project. as mars one races to meet their goals it's a mission they hope to have on your screens. al jazeera london. >> all right time now for sport. >> yes, we're bringing you back down down to earth. greece's top football league has been suspended indefinitely for a second time this season because of continued match violence. sports chiefs and greece's government have come though decision. once more, a meeting to discuss the incident descended into a brawl between club officials and

the board meeting on tuesday. bowling will be allowed to resume but only behind closed doors. the league was suspended when 19 people were killed in a fight between fans and police earlier this month. the egypt gospel say that football can resume after after a mourning period of 40 days but fans will be excluded. now there will be a big reunion for arson wenger in an hour's time. he'll come up against one of his former team monaco in the last leg at the emirates. wenger spent seven years between 1987 and 1994 in monaco. >> what is set to be a special nate for wenger. they tried to take him back to monaco in the summer when they took over three years ago they asked for his advice. it's important for wenger not to

be seen as the master of his own down fall. his key criteria will be to be going for a clean sheet. they've been conceding a goal here in the first 30 minutes. expect arsenal to be cautious and take their chances on the break. monaco has a great defensive record. they are struggling with injuries in defense and a familiar face, time in to the ham, and they say he still does not have the pace that they have back then. but he is clever, and he knows how to outwit arsenal. let's see if that's the case. >> mental, atletico madrid travels to fight l verkusen.

>> we're not just going on the last two matches but looking at their form from the past four or five months, in all competitions, this is a very courageous team alls with chances of winning and utilizing them because they play a form of defensive game that could be very dangerous and forms a chance to score goals. >> in the 2006 world cup the captain is facing ten months in jail for breaching a court's order to keep out of its poverty. well he is currently the coach. his property in naples has been seized. the former world player of the year was reportedly caught swimming in his pool having broken into his own house. the jail sentence will be suspended until his appeal is heard. now fifa won't compensate clubs for disrupting their

seasons by moving the world cup. they've ruled out any apology. meeting with qatar's world cup organizing committee in doha. we have more. >> interesting detail emerging from this meeting which would indicate that while the norm-december move has to be formerly ratified next month, it is effectively a done deal. first the duration is likely to be down from the 32 days we saw in brazil to 28 days. that would mean in the early stages of the tournament would be seen four games a day. also saying as far as they were concerned there would be no compensation for leagues or clubs impacted by the move. he hoped that an an am an amicable agreement could be reached. >> we enjoy football. why we don't want to organize

ourselves and enjoy football in a different environment in a different situation without suddenly screaming and saying that's impossible. it's not impossible. it's very possible. >> we have the african cup of nations in 2013 due to 2023 due to take place. they've agreed to move that to june. and then the confederations cup of 2021, traditionalcally a test event for world cup hosts that will still take place in june of '21, but it will be in a different asian country. no qatar. qatar is likely to host the world cup of december 2021. >> to the cricket world cup on course. after a tight win against the united arab emirates, the first ever world cup centurion smashing racking up 186 ireland

struggled, but it just managed to edge over the line winning by two wickets and four bowls remaining. now returning home to new zealand for the first time since she became the youngest golfer to reach the world number one ranking. this week the 17-year-old will compete in the new zealand women's open. >> there have been many firsts in the young career of lydia cove but this one is special. she's back home playing in new zealand as the world's number one world golfer. >> to be in that position right now is great. it's great to share this number one ranking with all the people of new zealand. >> the 17-year-old became the youngest player to reach the number one ranking this year. and strengthened her position with victories in australia on sunday. her rise to the top has come as

no surprise to her former coach who worked with her for ten years. guy wilson said that she'll continue to improve, but the pressure will continue to increase. >> over the last five years she kept getting better and better and better, and she would continue to move up up to the leaderboard and now she's on top of the world. it will be interesting to see where she goes after being number one. >> she has basketted golf in new zealand with the increase of young girls playing golf increasing 20% last year. playing golf comes with unique pressures. lydia ko will also have to contend with strong winds. but one of the most incredible things about her she's so experienced at sum a young age. she already has one new zealand open title to her name, and this is her sixth appearance in the tournament. her target is to add to her impressive list of achievements by winning one of the five major

tournaments. >> i still get really nervous because at the back of my mind i feel like it's a major and i feel that i need to perform my best at that week. that sometimes gets to me. >> regardless of how her year goes. one thing is for certain her trademark mile won't be far away. >> we'll have more sports on our website. check out al jazeera.com forward slash sport. we've got videos and blogs from our correspondents. >> that's it from doha. we'll head to london with the latest. i'll see you again. bye for now. >> at one time i felt that selling cocaine was my purpose. >> as the amount of drugs grew guns came in. >> murder rate was sky-high. >> this guy was the biggest in l.a. >> i was goin' through a million dollars worth of drugs every day. i liked it.

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>> isil kidnapping more than a hundred men and nine boys from one of iraq's biggest tribes are taken hostage. hello, you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up on the program in syria isil fighters are under attack from kurdish forces in the strategic province. the democratic republic of congo launches a major offensive from rwandan hutu rebels, and why a