>> announcer: this is al jazeera. hello there, welcome to the newshour live from al jazeera's global news headquarters in doha. i'm shiulie ghosh. these are the main stories we'll be covering over the next 60 minutes. boris nemtsov, a leading opposition figure in russia is shot and killed near the kremlin the death of the former prime minister comes ahead of a major opposition rally. a vocal critic of putin, speaking out against the conflict in ukraine. >> india's new budget narendra

modi's government introduces a social security programme and reduces corporate tax rates still going strong - zimbabwe's president shows no signs of quitting as he setbrats his 91st birthday. -- celebrates his 91st birthday. boris nemtsov was a northern in the side of the kremlin. a vocal critic of vladimir putin. he spoke out against russian involvement in the war of ukraine and the annexation of crimea. he served as a prime minister under boris yeltsin. early on saturday morning he was shot dead in central moscow, hours ahead of a massive opposition rally. we have the latest. >> reporter: boris nemtsov received death threats before but pushed them aside and said if he was afraid he wouldn't

lead an opposition party. on saturday morning, the 55-year-old was shot four times from a passing car and killed near the kremlin. >> translation: he was big, handsome, bright and talented - the kind they kill. we needed him very much. >> boris nemtsov was killed a day before he was supposed to lead on opposition rally. thou there's anger -- now there's anger in the movement, some calling his death an assassination. >> this is a new spiral in the dissent into the state. it is a political murder of one of the brightest politicians. >> vladimir putin offered his condolence and called the murder a provocation. and vowed to oversee the investigation into boris nemtsov's death. those that new the opposition leader say the government did nothing to protect him when he received threats.

before he died boris nemtsov was working on a report that he believed proved russia has been directly involved in the separatist rebellion in eastern ukraine, and criticized what he called the government's inefficiency and corruption. the hope is that the opposition march planned for sunday will become a rally, to mourn a man seen as a voice attempting to hold the government accountable rory challands is in moscow for us. clearly a lot of speculation and theories about who killed boris nemtsov, and why. vladimir putin taking personal responsibility in his death, what are you hearing about that? >> well he is obviously taking a close interest in this because this was a man who was a close or strong critic of his policies and style of leadership. so, yes, he said he would

personally supervise or oversee the investigation into it. we are starting to see little things coming out from the investigators about what they think might be the reasons behind boris nemtsov's murders, saying it may be a personal reason, and he was a man with no shortages of girlfriends - that was something to do with it that he'd fallen foul of ukranian businessmen and this might have been a motivation and that the kremlin referred to them as the party of war in kiev and they wanted to get rid of him. or the government and investigators are saying it could have been a provocation, something designed to wind up the kremlin, to make the kremlin look bad. those are the reasons that are being given for why boris nemtsov was killed the the opposition have a different perspective. >> indeed.

boris nemtsov was spotsupposed to be leading on opposition rally scheduled for sunday. it's still going ahead, a likely bigger affair than before isn't it? >> we'll have to wait and see. this rally is now not looking doubtful. there are questions about how it will go ahead, and where. the leaders of the demonstration have requested the authorities in moscow that this rally could be held in the center of moscow and be used as a memorial rally. the moscow authorities said no the process for getting this thing takes a long time. we can't approve this straight away. there's a question mark about how the rally will take place and what it will be. >> thank you for that. rory challands in moscow there. >> as you have been hearing. boris nemtsov was reportedly researching a report on russian

involvement in ukraine. both sides have been withdrawing from the front line. pro-russian rebel forces have been moving the grad rocket launches the the whole process is overseen by a group of monitors from the organization for security cooperation in europe. >> the fighting in eastern ukraine forced more than a million people to leave their homes. many thousands of others have been unwilling or unable to leave. local hospitals have been turned into trauma units, struggling to cope with staff or medical supplies. >> reporter: for this 2-year-old and her younger sister home is this simple room in the children's hospital at horlivka. they are too young to understand what has happened to them or their town in recent months. >> it's really difficult. all the children are scared. as soon as they hear the slightest sound or noise. it's frightening for adults.

imagine how the children people. >> the fighting was raised the hospital caught in the crossfire, a third of rooms rendered unusable. 90" of the children have psychological problems. it's the fight when the bombs fall, and the fear after they have landed. they have problems with speech stammering and stuttering. they lose confidence in their appearance. when adults are frightened children are frightened as well. >> the current pause in the fighting has not stopped the flow of injured and ill arriving. it's shifted the emphasis. >> as the guns fall silent the attention of medical staff is switching host conflict issues. on thursday a 2-month old baby was brought this here as a result of a mine being accidently detonated. a short distance from the children's unit. adults are treated. people like this 69-year-old,

who is sitting at home when a piece of shrapnel sliced off her hand. >> so many casualties. so much blood. everything is destroyed. i wished for the war to end as soon as possible. >> the hospital director tells how in the darkest days of the conflict the civilian hospital became a front line trauma unit. >> from the 29th of january, we received 74 wounded people. most of them soldiers. among them burns victims from land mines and shrapnel. on that day heavy fighting was going on and they brought the injured to us. the slow of patients was never ending. >> back in the children's unit. drip by drip 2-year-old barbara is treated for a stomach infection. >> like many she doesn't care what made her ill, she wants it

to get better the prime minister of greece says his country will not be looking for a third economic bailout. alexis tsipras made the pledge after german mps backed the rescue package. it provoked a backlash against the syriza party. >> reporter: this is the first anti-government protest in athens since the election. it is coming from syriza's left. they may have won tolerance to experiment but it is legally and politically bound to the same austerity strait jacket as predecessors. >> translation: the previous government's commitments became this government's commitment. we no longer have a troika but the same united nations. -- same institution.

is minimum wage going up. we heard more of the same. >> syriza was once smaller. the communist party senses an opportunity, it's positions as an anti-austerity alternative. the communists are more radical than series. they want greece to leave the euro, the european union and n.a.t.o., and are floating a bill forcing series to vote against and paint themselves as a formist. continuation is high. one cabinet minister refusing to agree. there is pressure from europe. in berlin the bundize lager ratified a 7 page letter from greece to fulfil obligations to gemini and others. prime minister alexis tsipras is ploughing ahead with a clutch of bills next week. one providing food and electricity to 300,000 destitute

households. another focussing on bringing in tax revenues with no help from creditors for two months and needs to pay off debt in the meantime. >> i call on you all as of tomorrow to work hard implement the public mandate of january the 25th so that the country can turn a page. i call on you to work hard. with less comment and more work. less talk and more action. >> syriza may get its partners to agree on a deal in june. which will replace many austerity terms. for now it has to earn their trust. opposition at home is sure to make the task more difficult at least 11 people have been killed in twin blasts in western iraq. two car bombs blew up in diyala targetting a busy market. 31 people were injured. >> condemnations continue over

the destruction of iraq's shaint relics by i.s.i.l. fighters. the minister for tourism and antiquities says it needs help from the international community. >> what happened is a gross violation not only to the iraqi civilition ace, but the huge -- civilisation but the human heritage. we call on the world to stand up to this gang. the world community should come together and support iraq. we'll open the iraqi national museum and promise the iraqi people that our answer will be to open more museums and shape the future. >> the u.n. envoy to syria is heading to damascus for a 2-day visit. stefan is trying to get the rebels and the government to agree to a truce in the city of aleppo. he said the syrian government indicated a willingness to halt aerial bombardments over the city. they are sending a separate team

to aleppo to assess the conditions. >> in yemen protesters gathered in aden and other areas to demonstrate support for abd-rabbu mansour hadi, and denounced the coup. having established a base in aden the u.n. said on wednesday it was backing abd-rabbu mansour hadi as yemen's leader. >> a u.s. drone attack in yemen killed four al qaeda fighters. they were travelling in two vehicles in the southern provinces. there's more to come on the al jazeera newshour. including... >> i'm nicole johnson in panjshir in afghanistan. coming up we'll find out how emergency crews are coping with dozens of avalanches and heaviest snow this valley has seen. >> and bangladesh, a blogger hacked to death in central dack

a and australia and new zealand put on a thriller at the cricket world cup. action later this hour. the afghan government is appealing for international help to find remaining survivors of the avalanche in the north. 200 are known to have died. as nicole johnson reports from panjshir the afghan government is accused of being too slow to respond. >> the panjshir have seen snow this is different. meters and meters of it turning jagged mountains into smooth white slopes and valleys into slept gorges. the the capital, it was anything but quiet. helicopters bussed overhead. hundreds of troops trumped uphill to secure the peaks, and

a convoy of the military vehicles blocked the only rode through the valley. while the commotion - president ashraf ghani was flying in to check out the rescue efforts. the problem is the only bit of rescuing we saw was a lone grader struggling to clear the main road meter by painful meter. >> this is as far as emergency crews can get. the road has been blocked by snow. dozens of villages have been cut off, and are not getting any help. >> at this rate clearing the rest of the road over 50km could take up to 10 days. this man is desperate for news. his wife and eight children are in a village he can't reach. >> all my family is stuck up there. i had no contact. i come up here in case someone comes from the other side.

>> the government says it's doing its best. 1,000 security forces have been dispatched to the area. people are getting angry at how long it's taking to clear the snow. >> 18 members of my family are under snow. targetting no help. >> it is dotted with villages. all caught out by the heavy snow. >> the bulldozer does not have chains, if we get strong machinery, we can clear the road and focus on villages. >> down in the valley people are used to living with snow. high up in the mountains thousands of their country men wait to be rescued. outrage is growing in bangladesh over the murder of a

blogger who spoke out against religious extremism. hundreds gathered in dakar, and pledged to demonstrate until the attacker is arrested. >> he was well-known for books and blogs. he advocated i thinkyism where most from muslim. he had been threatened many title. >> translation: he may not be physically present with us. the books will be appreciated by the people in this country. our goal is to move to secular society. >> the attack happened near the police station. officers were barely 100 metres from the crime scene. attackers ran away disappearing into the crowds.

hundreds gathered at the square. issuing an alt mate ultimate. in february 2013 a man was hacked to death. protesters want justice this time. this is a conspiracy going on to turn the country into a religious state. we gathered to protest about a move and have given an ultimatum to arrest the killers, otherwise we'll protest until the demands are met. >> police suspect the involvement of hard line groups. >> at this time we are investigating. we are trying to seek help.

>> this is the spot where he was hacked. he died on the way to the hospital. what is ironic there were hundreds of people around. they were crying out for help. no one came to help them out. the government will be under scrutiny to solve the case. >> india's finance minister unveiled the first full budget. government. the jufbz of a social communicate -- introduction of a social community health was announce the. >> one of the biggest announcement the drop in corporate tax from 30% to 25%, boosting the you economy and

attracting investment. they say it will increase revenue. besides spending the government announced other policies people will government for accounts. one think affecting hundreds of millions was the spruskedz are jufbds of a social security -- introduction of a social security programme. the budget had a lot of inspection. there was no big bang. more of a populist budget giving a little of something to everybody, trying to make everyone happy. >> time for the weather with rob. we have been talking about the

weather system developing. this time there's nothing in the sky. if i run it forward, you'll see the crowd springing out of nowhere, intoxing from the south of pakistan. karachi covered, the wind picked up. it's only just stopped, it wasn't a lot and the sun disappeared. a sympathetic crowd was nearby. it's not the same system. it looks like itself. it's a strong wind. the freeze is from the south-west and the rain has started here. not a lot. if we run it, it's a bit more development. tomorrow's forecast is still present. i would think we have a few mim

meters of wane. 20 30 40. it's been dry. it's not the south-west monsoon period. it's an interesting development. for the time being, it's a nice change. >> thank you very much indeed for that. zimbabwe's long-time leader robert mugabe is celebrating his 91st birthday with a lavish party. in a country with an i'lling economy, spending close to a million dollars, it's foolish. kathryn sawyer reports. >> robert mugabe and his wife arrive at victoria falls to host another of his famous birthday parties. more than 20,000 from across the country are here to celebrate with him. the estimated cost roughly $1 million.

mostly paid for by his political party. both invited. a league organising since 1986. they say they choose to celebrate the good things they have done. >> through good leadership he has given in parliament to the youth. he has given education. the critics, and there are many find it hard to see the good in the fog. a struggling economy, high cost of living the majority of zimbabweans were employed and the list goes on. >> you have to not have a dinner party and focus on the funeral in the community. and the funeral in the community is the situation. >> perhaps what best illustrates the economy is the industries. >> the manufacturing sector has

been hit hard in the last decade and a half. injuries collapses. a thriving city. few factories are open. many of those are struggling to keep afloat. this man and his neighbours pray for things to change. he said life has never been more difficult. we are exporting jobs to those cannot ris which are purchasing those things. >> at the venue children rehash their steps. organizers say they invited many children. including those with a birth date. critics argue that he is a man living in the past. unable to fix the problems of the present. >> live for us in victoria

falls, re have been hearing about the condemnation of the money spent, but many people taking part. tell us what is happening in victoria falls. >> yes. robert mugabe arrived about 45 minutes ago. we expect him to give a speech very soon. it's quite a celebratory mood with people not just celebrating robert mugabe. they are celebrating his elections as african union chair. and his election as the southern african char. they are celebrating a revolutionary, suiting up against the west. what is robert mugabe expected to say? well he's a man full of surprises. he can go off script and say what you don't expect. we expect him to talk about some

of the tax issues affecting the country like poverty and what the government is doing. we expect them to talk about the public. empowerment and education having been a teacher the country has one of the highest literature. we know his party has been fragmented and troubled. there's debate about who controls the presidency a lot of people saying it seems that his wife has been pulling strings. and i must say a lot of his critics are question his age. they do not see how at 91 years

old, as president of zimbabwe, they don't see how robert mugabe can move the country forward, steering it in the right direction and solve the problems aficted in the country. >> they have been saying that for a few years. still to come on the newshour. ... live in les auto where voting is under -- lesotho where voting to elect a new government. and we investigate latin america's three presidents all subject to corruption standards. golf's world number one is not happy at missing the cut at the honda classic. all the details after the break.

welcome back i'm shiulie ghosh. the top stories - the u.s. called for an anything and impartial investigation into the murder of leading opposition figure boris nemtsov. killed near the kremlin on friday night in moscow. supporters paid tribute to boris nemtsov. mourners arrived to lay flowers at the scene of the shooting. >> well let's spoke to a political commentator and joins us live from moss coy. -- moscow. i know you worked closely with boris nemtsov, and his death

sparked a lot of death and speculation in russia over who may have killed him. >> it would be an exaggeration to say i was too close to him. i contacted him as columnist of "sun daly", we should not trade theories, we'll have to wait for conclusions. what we see is different theories. some loyal to the kremlin, saying it was to fuel opposition feeling. hard-line russian opposition say it was arranged. whatever trem tur comment, it would complicate the situation. >> as you were saying a lot of

speculation at his death. some fingers pointing at the christian democrats. others saying vladimir putin have not gained anything. he marginalized the opposition there was no need to have them soft killed. >> well boris was popular in the '90s unfortunately for him, the time as gone and vladimir putin enjoys 86 popularity rating which is unprecedented. that's why i can hardly imagine how boris - how killing can fuel mass public protest. i don't think from that point of view that the kremlin was interested in his killing. i don't think that the kremlin is responsible for that. however, it is equally true that what we see in russia is generating hatred and atmosphere of intall wraps to anybody who questions official line and this is very dangerous because

when you live in the society where someone who questions the official post it can be labelled as national traitor. then you see an exercise in patriotism and anyone can come up and do something similar to what happened. >> lot of opposition figures. if you are a critic of the kremlin. do you think it will be a backlash against the kremlin? i don't think that that really can be a game challenger in the movement. the vladimir putin is in full control of the situation: i don't see anything serious on

the political process. they make some part of the society to think where russia is heading: action not taken to take such acts. >> we have been getting lines from the investigative committee who is looking into this murder. it could have been an islamist extremist attack. could be an attempt to destabilize russia. do you think we'll get a full view of what happened to them. >> those lines illustrate my point that we would be snowed with hastily made theories because journalists need to explain it.

this is not the first political killing in russia. there were other killings. they show that this is a long story and we often don't know the truth. and this might happen as well. good to speak to you. speaking to us from moscow voting is underway in lesotho's general election. the poll is held two years ahead of schedule in a bid to ease political continuation. in august the prime minister accused his deputy and the military of planning to topple him. >> eric wood jips us from the capital of lesotho. a lot of high hopes rising on the election. what are people telling you. how are they feeling about the election? >> well there's a lot of

anticipation. these people are basically hoping there'll be a solution. they came in 2012 to vote for a government, the first coalition government. that's when they thought they'd get a solution. that didn't happen. they are back two years earlier, having to vote again. there are fears that there may be trouble at the vote. i have a woman from an african observer mission, monitoring things, and how it's going. the vote so far from what you have seen. is it free and fair has it been running smoothly. >> i think we have to say in the voting stations things have gone on very well. all the stations that we observedment voting is continuing peacefully. no sign of trouble. as we speak, it's raining a lot.

but you can see the people are standing in the cue, despite the rain to cast their vote. >> there's a sense that everything is proceeding smoothly and peacefully at this point in time. >> the international community was concerned. they were given five months to bring the polls together. has it been done in a transparent way. are we sure no one will cry foul? >> we have to comment the. >> ec. they only had five months to prepare for the election. initials are well trained in all the stations that we visited. we didn't see anybody. they seemed to know the law, all the procedures. so i must say that i'm quite impressed by the job that the ic

have done. considering, also that all the three commissioners are all knew and managing an election for the first time other than the bi-elections that they managed. >> thank you so much. this is an election where as we say, the heavens opened up. people are sheltering. they have high hopes, they want schools, education, all these things. above and beyond they want a stable government. >> yes, and a bit of rain is not putting them off. >> thank you for that now, u.s. president obama has signed a bill that gives the department of homeland security one more week of funding. in a vote in congress, the agency shortfall was averted. congress has 7 days to find a solution. women's equality and

opportunities are discussed at the united nations women's summit in chilly. south america made inroads in breaking the class ceiling for women in politics. but the three female precedence are embroiled in corruption scandals. erroading the image of women. >> south america, the only continent with three president's. brassed's rusev. cristina fernandez de kirchner and chilly's michelle bachelet the host of conference women in power. all three are serving terms in congress all three are in the hot seat. fact that under the leadership brazil's economy shrunk. what has some opponents asking

for impeachment is a corruption scandal involving the state-owned petrol giant petrogas, on whose board she once served. >> the petrogas corruption deeply impacted the system in the sense that it's the biggest scandal in financial terms, millions going to the pit cat parties. argentina's cristina fernandez de kirchner, whose approval rating dropped from 70% to the low 20s is plagued by corruption charges involving her, her deceased husband, business partners and staff. she denies them all. the courts are investigating. the president is on a head-on collision with judges and prosecutors. chile's president has seen her popularity plunge to the low

"0s. her -- '30s. her son was forced to resign. he and his wife abused their position to obtain access to a bank loan. >> argentine deputy says it's a pity that women making history as presidents are embroiled in scandal. >> women in politics are not better or worse. we are knew in politics we have modernized politics. does it mean we exercise power in a better or different way. apparently not yet. >> clearly women in power have the same problems and temptations as the male counterpart. political psychologists say public opinion expect more of women in higher office. charges are more harsh when they

stumble. peru's cotton producers are struggling with lower prices and clothing importers are affecting the textile industry. we have more from the peruvian cotton institute. >> reporter: it was one of peru's product. for centuries peruvians wove a high quality cotton. the industry is slowly dying. pedro producers under one tenth of the cotton it used to. the country imparts 90% of the -- imports 90% of the cotton it used to. farmers turned to other crops. this man cannot give up four hectares of cotton because he only nose how to care for this -- knows how to care for this crop. >> farmers are scared. we wait for the crops to sell and give us some money. hopefully we will because

families defend on this. >> reporter: two main varieties have low yields one per year. most are on small parcels of land. the openers are poor farmers with no money to invest. they don't get subsidies. critics say they have not promoted but have encouraged them to change the cross to berries and grapes. as a result the textile industry has shrunk too. >> translation: if there is no cotton no one will invest in the spinning companies, in time they'll disappear. if they don't exist, the weavers and ready to wear industry will be useless. if that first echelon is lost the whole chain will be weakened. >> the peruvian cotton institution is funding a programme to monitor the cotton.

the director says it's the only hope for the cotton farmers. >> translation: we are beginning to spread the new variety with good results in terms of fibre and productivity. that will help the farmers. >> reporter: but this programme is more, and may end up being a case of too little too late for the cotton farmers. still to come on the programme - he lived long and prospered. we trek through the life of hollywood star and cultural icon len ord nehm oi and in -- leonard nimoy. and in sport, more action.

welcome back over the next two days video gaming fans will descend on the opera house to watch the european call of duty championships, millions tune in online to watch live broadcasts. harry fawcett reports from where it began in seoul, in south korea. >> the history of online gaming as a spectator sport started in this studio in seoul in 1999. it's going strong. south korea is regarded as having the best professional league backed by major sponsors supported by an elaborate infrastructure. and this year the korean olympic

committee gave the sports an associate membership classifying the players as sports people playing the most popular game league of legends. it is not just being followed in korea, but there are eyeballs around the world following the game. that's why there's commentary in korea and english as well. >> we look at the numbers for the league of legends world championship taking place in seoul. there were 40,000 live spectators, and 30 million view erts around the world, putting it in the same bracket as the game 7s from the world series and n.b.a. finals. we kind of arrived. a lot of people don't know about it yet. it is mostly broadcast over the internet and doesn't get a lot of mainstream coverage. the popularity is there. the glowing popularity can be measured in cold hard cash.

the streaming service was bought by amazon for a billion dollars. it broadcast event. as a whole it's worth 23 billion every year. a fifth of that comes from here in south korea. the growth of the industry has been slowing, some insiders blame restrictions to combat online gaming addiction. >> for a growing number of people, the distinction between physical and digital sport doesn't exist. >> more about the rise of e-sports, tristan donovan joins us from lewis in the u.k. for the uninitiated, tell us about the "call of duty" european championship in london. it's a big deal. 28 teams, people from all over europe, two days long.

>> yes, this is a european final. it will lead to teams going forward to the world final in los angeles. and the prize money for that contest is 1 million. there's a lot of money at stake. >> i know what "call of duty" is about. is it interesting watching other people playing, as a spectator. >> yes, you get to see the best players, their tactics and strategies, and you get to learn that, and you will appreciate the skill that is involved. you'll be able to go back to "call of duty", and try the strategies itself. it's kind of a learning and appreciation of skill. we have been listening to the report about how this is big business in south korea. are countries like the u.k. catching up with us? >> yes, we are a bit.

i think compared to the rest of the world. the u.k. lags behind and south korea is miles ahead of this. they were into sports 10 years ago in a huge way. the u.k. has been a bit slow. on the u.s. and other parts of europe, they are a bit more into the resource. we are getting there slowly. >> i've heard that london but it is getting its own thoughts purpose-built venue, and have game there every weekend. is this something that is commercially going to make a lot of money. >> i think so. if you look at something like this. almost a billion, that is a vote of confidence that the sports will grow. there'll be more money in this in a way that is only tarting. with the venue, the sports is

adaptable much it's not like cricket or football where you need a dedicated venue. you can have a venue in almost any indoor environment. it was never brought on by pacman or space invaders. tristian speaking to us from lewis in the u.k. >> bit of real sport now. this is not real sport, it's down and dirty sport. >> thank you. we'll start with cricket. and the cohost of the world cup have gone head to head in aucked. new zealand beating australia by one wicked in a thrilling pool a encounter. richard parr reports. >> reporter: a packed house in auckland included the prime ministers of nz and australia. it looked like it might be a one-sided affair as the new zealand bowlers ripped into australia batting line up.

michael clarke could only get 23 after his return from hamstring. he fell to trent bolt as the aussies were bowled out. the black cats and their captain looked like they were going to blast their way to victory. they were on their way to the target. 78/2. mitchell stark brought the aussies back into the match, taking six wickets, including three in the face-offs four balls. stark stet up a finale, the black caps needing six runs. kain william sop smashed the ball over pat cummins' head for the required six. giving new zealand the one wicket win. >> i was looking to hit a boundary ideally a six. after what was at the ordinary end, it was obviously quite

tough. trying to get a boundary away was the plan. >> we were extremely poor there's no doubt about that. i think credit needs to go to new zealand bowlers. they swung the ball nicely and bowled good areas, but our shot selection was poor. and i think our defense more than anything else was an area that was a lot poorer than we would have liked. >> new zealand have four wins from four. another match going on in perth right now with the united arab emirates playing in the u.a.e. limping to 102 all out after 31.3 overs. india cruising towards victory on 88/1 world number one rory mcilroy is on the verge of missing the cut at the honda classic in florida. his second round of 74 on friday put him at 7-over. the first time in nearly a year he has two consecutive rounds over par.

the cut will not be made until saturday as a 4-hour rain delay means some players need to finish their second round. >> i think it's been since the open in 13 the last time i missed a cut. i don't like missing cuts. you want to play on the weekend, and i'm not there. i'm here i'm home. but i'm not going play this weekend. which is not nice. >> italian side have caused a league match on sunday to be called off. they will not make the trip. players threatened to strike over underpaid wagers. they have not seen a pay check all season and the club has a debt of $220 million. last week's match was called off as the club couldn't afford to pay the stewards. >> bayern munich are 11 clear at

the top of the bundislega. they played cologne 4-1 on friday. robin got the 17th goal of the season and made two assists. second-pleased wolves berg play on sunday. world number one, novak djokovic will face 17-time grand slam winner roger federer in the dubai champ conship final -- championship final. novak djokovic got past tomas berdych, taking the first 6-0. tomas berdych came back in the second breaking the serb twice. novak djokovic returned fire winning 6-4 to book a pleas in saturday's -- place in saturday's final roger federer had an easier time making it into the final, sweeping aside teenager born ark korni c. the world number two is it

chaises a second title of the -- chasing a second title of the year. this week leaves that 19-17 us open runner-up kei nishikori is through to the time taking on ferrer. a japanese player knocked out kevin anderson. he defeated his opponent 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. kei nishikori has a shot at claiming the number 3 ranking if he wins this final and rafael nadal losses the argentine open. >> somehow i found a way to win. happy to win today. first time in the finals here in acapulco. >> the houston rockets got the fourth straight bin betting the brooklyn nets on friday. brooklyn off to a fantastic

start with devon williams arriving out a 10-.lead. -- 10-point lead. james harden edged the rockets ahead 102-98 the final score in houston. and that's all the sport for now. >> thank you very much. now, as the television series it lasted for three seasons, but the sorely "star trek" came to define a generation the adventure of the crew "enterer press" was popular. mr spock was one of the characters. it made a star of leonard nimoy, who died at home on friday. tom ackerman looks back at his career. >> reporter: leonard nimoy was an accomplished artist acting teacher. his role in the "star trek"

series turned him into a global star. he played the half vulcan mr spock. a character that favoured brain over emotional brawn. >> remind me to tell you i'm sick and tired of logic. >> that is the most illogical attitude. >> reporter: the aerial series lasted three seasons it was a hit around the world leading to movie and computer franchise. leonard nimoy came up with a split-fingered vulcan salute inspired by a jewish blessing resembling a hebrew level. >> what do vul cans do. i suggested this. he said okay. that's how we did it a vulcan greeting. boy, that took off through the culture. it was amazing. >> leonard nimoy was 83. huge loss there.

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