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conflict. >> lesotho elects - voting early after allegations of an attempted coup three women presidents in latin america, each one the subject of a corruption scandal. here they are taking away the body of boris nemtsov, a thorn in the side of the kremlin, a vocal critic of the president vladimir putin. he spoke out about russia's involvement in the war of ukraine, and the annexation of crimea. the 55-year-old served as a deputy prime minister under russia's first president boris yeltsin. he was shot dead in central moscow hours ahead of a massive opposition rally. we go to rory challands live in moscow. i don't know if you are near the scene - you'll tell us that -

but a thorough investigation promised by vladimir putin, yet he was a critic of vladimir putin. are there those that believe it could be a fair investigation? >> well it depend who you ask. certainly the people that have come down here to where boris nemtsov was shot - they would believe that an investigation is going to be essentially a whitewash, and have come to pay their respects leave flowers. vladimir putin is saying it will be a thorough investigation. investigators are coming out with various theories at the moment about why boris nemtsov may have been shot. maybe it was a personal issue, maybe he was a man with many girlfriends, one could have become overly jealous, maybe it was something to do with islamic extremism, that possibly it was to do with ukraine, that he had varies friends, powerful businessmen in ukraine, powers within the ukranian administration that wanted him

to upset the apple court in russia create a bit of domestic dissent and they had him killed. the third is this is an act of provocation, and that they were - whoever killed him was trying to make vladimir putin look bad. a lot of different ideas. what is beyond doubt is this man was considered a man of great hope for liberal russia that didn't materialize. >> reporter: boris nemtsov received death threats before and brushed him aside. he said if he was afraid he wouldn't lead an opposition party. friday even before midnight he was killed near the kremlin, shot four times, by a passing car. >> translation: he was big, handsome, bright and talented, the kind that they kill. we needed him very much. this is a new spiral in russia's dissent into a fascist state

much the mastermind is obvious. it's a political murder of a bright politician. >> the assault was killed in four days. now there was anger within the opposition movement. and some are calling his death an assassination. >> this was a man once considered a successor to former president boris yeltsin, instead he chose a spy chief, vladimir putin, and boris nemtsov's future was one of opposition much the opposition he fought for found it harder and harder to make itself heard in an increasingly patriotic anti-western russia. president vladimir putin offered his condolences and called the murder a provocation. he ordered a full investigation into boris nemtsov's death. those who knew the opposition leader said the government did nothing to protect him when he received threats. before he died.

boris nemtsov was working on a report that he believed prove russia was involved in the separatist rebellion, and criticized the government's inefficiency and corruption, and wants the man mourned, as a voice attempting to healed the government accountable. >> if he wants a symbolic location this is it. about 20 meters from the walls of the kremlin itself. that brings a political atmosphere to this murder. the people that came to pay respects feel that it's very unlikely we'll know the truth about what happened to boris nemtsov. it's worth remembering that this is a man not everyone saw as a saint or saviour much i was at a rally where people coming out on to the streets, thousands to say that what happened in kiev last

year - that bloody revolution was something that should never happen in russia. for those people there are a lot in russia boris nemtsov was a dangerous force, they considered him a traitor, and it's worth remembering this was a divisive figure. >> rory challands live in moscow. the gaoled leader of the kurdistan workers party called on the p.k.k. to discuss laying down its message. the message was shared with the public during a press conference. p.k.k. fighters waged a battle for kurdish autonomy in the south-east of al jazeera, bernard smith joins us live from istanbul. they have made over tours over the -- overtours over the years.

is there a particular significance to what he's saying now? >> well, this time abdullah says it is an historic call to replace an armed struggle with democratic politics. al jazeera's deputy prime minister assess that both sides are closer than ever to peace. perhaps since ochelan declared a ceasefire in 2013 this is a significant statement. that ceasefire essentially bringing an end to an armed struggle between the turkish state and kurdish separatists that saw more than 30,000 killed since 1984. the peace process that that started stalled. the kurds say it's because the turkish government has not introduced promised reforms. the turkish government wants the peace protest to start again. >> what is ochel ark n saying

the turks have stalling what does he want for his people or party, that there's a red line for him? >> the political line we are getting, the political leadership of the kurds involved in this as well. they are saying before they can go ahead, before the extraordinary congress goes ahead, it wants to see the government-reformed security bill that it's bushing through parliament. it will give the turkish police wide-ranging new pours. it was introduced after rioting in kurdish areas last year that saw more than 50 killed. the kurdish political leadership assess in this bill goes too far. the turkish government showed no indication that it's willing to water down the bill. but there are national elections in the summer. after the elections the ruling ak party is hoping to change the

constitution to create an any presidency. it may need kurdish hep and support to push through the changes. a lot happening in the background before you might ultimately see an announcement that the kurdish separatists laid down their arms. >> interesting times, bernard smith there in i.s.i.s. well next door 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 overwhelmingly backed a 4-month extension of the financial rescue package. it provoked a backlash in greece against the newly elected syriza party this is the first anti-government protest in athens sense the election and coming from series's left the -- series's left -- syriza's

left, the communist party syriza is bound by the same strait jacket as its conservative predecessors. >> translation: the previous government's commitments became this one's. there's a few changes in words. we no longer have a troika but there's the same institutions. is minimum wage going up? smaller government getting rid of some cars series -- syriza was once small. the communist party is positioning itself as an anti-terrorist alternative. the communists are more radical. they want greece to leave the euro european union and n.a.t.o. they are floating a bill forcing series to vote against it -- syriza to vote against it

pointing itself as a reformist. one member has agreed to abide by privatize agency. in berlin the bundislegaa ratified a 7-page letter of intent from greece to fulfil obligations from germany and others. the prime minister is ploughing ahead. one will provide food electricity and shelter for 300,000 households. another focussing on bringing in tax revenues that greece needs. it will have no help from creditors for two months and needs to continue to pay off debt in the meantime. >> translation: i call on you tomorrow to work hard to implement the mandate, work hard, less comments more work. less talk more action. >> reporter: syriza may get partners to agree on a deal in

june replacing many austerity terms, for now, it has to earn their trust. opposition to compromise at home is sure to make the task difficult. >> reporter: italian navy is ready to carry out a libyan exercise, the warships sailing there a few days ago and will do drills on monday. we are joined from rome. they say this is nothing, the italians, nothing more than an exercise. what are others reading into it? >> well it's what they are saying, the navy saying this is part of a regular exercise that they under take now and then. the last time something like this happened was in 2013. they said that this time all they want to do is test anti-warships, anti-submarines and antiaircraft technology, and they need to have a them of

vessels, they haven't specified how many between libya and southern italy. this is what it is. an exercise. but, of course the timing of this exercise is particularly sensitive. if you consider that a political instability in libya is a cause of concern here they see it as a threat to national security. if you see that i.s.i.l. taking footholds in libya has threatened directly italy and the vatican, saying in propaganda that they wanted to infiltrate fighters tens of thousands of them they arrive in italy every year and are concerned about their economic interests. there are strong economic interests between italy and libya, and in particular the oil pipe line that starts from libya, transports crude from

libya into italy, it's under water, of course. the observers here are seeing the presence of ships there as a flexing muscle. it's a show that potentially has a way to defend that pipeline and the economic interests between italy and libya from sabotage and attacks. >> a lot of people may have heard of the italian operation. it costs a great deal of money, saving many lives, it's replaced because of the expense in many's minds because of a europe wide obligation, is this an indication that what they did before was more effective. >> in a way you can read it that way as well. throughout 2014 that was a search and rescue operation through which italian warships

were deployed coast to the coast of libya, picking up 170,000 migrants throughout the year. that has been replaced as you said by tritan run by the border agency projects. it's a border. controlled operation. ships can't go further away than 30 meals from the italian coast. in a way it could be read as italy saying it's not working, because since the start of rear despite the fact that 6,000 migrants tried to make the perilous journey into italy from libya, and hundreds died in the attempt. it's a way of saying look we need worships out there, as you did. and during the exercise they may as well pick up the hundreds of

migrants making their way. thank you. not only saving lives, in the newshour - the new budget, the narendra modi government bringing in a social security programme. reduces a corporate tax rate. >> in sport. new zealand and australia putting on a thriller at the cricket world cup. we have rehabilitation later this hour. egyptian court declared the gaza-based palestinian group hamas a terrorist organization it's a month after the military wing was put on a terror list. it's called the decision dangerous to the palestinian resistance against israeli occupation. joining us on the line.

the foreign minister. i know you are furious about this. it must come as no surprise given the fact that the muslim brotherhood is in egyptian eye, a terrorist organization, and hamas is pretty much its sister organization. >> we are shocked. something unaccepted from the egyptian court. it will involve aggression against gaza. the susan shaprio court has no evidence or proof to prove that hamas is a terror organization or that it conducted a criminal action agates the egyptian security or military it's a big shame. the shame for the judicial system in egypt. and i think that this will give support for others to continue aggression against our people.

and i think they understand well. we have contact with the egyptian officials, and i think they have all the time according to our discussion with them, they have one prove, not one prove that hamas is involved in any action against the egyptian army or people. >> well they say the military wings of hamas are taking part in operations killing egyptian soldiers in the sinai, that's the contention. >> look i think all these are lies. we understand and i think even the egyptians, they under that this is a big lie, and that what is done in the melissa chan media, it's taken as a fact to the court. i think this is the problem. they don't understand how to judge them how to take it. they don't have witnesses,

proof, anything in order to say that hamas is a terrorist organisation. in time it will be in court, hamas is not a terrorist organization nor with the transition will it be under conviction. >> when you say that this presents a danger a danger to whom? >> this is are a danger to the relationship between the palestinians, it needs a resistance against occupation. it's a crime. it's a struggle against occupation a crime. all the factions not only hamas, people from all factions they are accused to be just an organization, it is dangerous. the egyptian government - it's understood that this is a funny

thing by some people. i know they can use some paper, websites go to the courts and take it from this court in 20 days to say that hamas is this organization. >> we'll have to leave it there. thank you for talking to us. and an egyptian court sent the spiritual guide of the muslim brotherhood, and 18 others to blifs in prison. mohammed baddi was accused of inciting murder. four others were given death sentences. badie had been handed the death penalty and a life term in other pleases. 11 killed in twin blasts in western iraq. two car bombs blew up targetting a busy market. 31 were injured.

>> condemnation continues to come in about the destruction of iraq's latest relics. the minister for tourism says the country needs help from the international community. >> what happened is a gross vielation, not only to the iraqi civilisation, but the human heritage. we called on the international community to stand up to the bank. the world community should come together and support iraq. we'll be opening the iraqi museum and promise the ricky people that the museums should be opened and shape the future. >> stefan is trying to get the rebels and the bashar al-assad to agree to a truce in aleppo the biggest city. last week he said the syrian government indicated willingness

to end bombardments there. a separate team is being sent to aleppo to assess the conditions there in yemen protesters gathered in sanaa, the captain, and in the south to show support for president abd-rabbu mansour hadi. demonstrators denounced a coup carried out by the rebel fighters. he established a base in aiden in the south, after fleeing the capital. 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 suspected al qaeda fighters. they were in two vehicles in a southern province of shabwah. >> india's prime minister unveiled the first budget of governor narendra modi. the interufz of a social -- introduction of a social security project was announced

and boosting growth and investment. >> one of the biggest announcements was the drop in the corporate tax rate from 30% to 25. that will boost the economy and attract investment into the country. they'll balance that by eliminating corporate tax exemptions, which will increase revenue from corporations obvious the next few years. besides increases in defense and infrastructure suspending which were expected the government announced other policies such as a gold monitorization policy where people government goals, and one major things affecting hundreds of millions is a social security programme covering accident, life and pension - little details on that. the budget had a lot of great expectations, there was no big bang that people were expecting. it was a populist budget giving

a little of something to everybody, trying to make everybody a little happy. >> joining rob, we hear change in that area in the weather. >> yes, a big departure from the norm if the forecast comes off, it's wet are than it should be. it's visible from space. we start with no cloud in the sky from yesterday. coming into pakistan it rained in karachi, it went through, and the sun came back a strong north-easterly. it's a massive cloud that shouldn't be there. it ran up from mumbai. cloud then what - roughly speaking 21 in karachi, before it went dark. and the rain circulating. it's started raining. in the next 24 hours, it will spread up and you have a big

circulation, unusual for february and march. how much rain you might ask. well if the forecast comes off, it will be this order, 50mm around about mumbai. 100 inland not in these places and 120 further north. this is what you should expect to find at this time of year. maybe 15 in new delhi, and three in mumbai. maybe you'll get more further north. 18mm possible, but none of the figures are that big. if the rain comes off in the forecast. it's a big departure from what you might expect. it lasts through into monday and then tries up. >> we are off to peru. >> producers struggling with low prices. they are affecting peru's industry as well. let's hear from marianna sanchez

with more from the cotton institute in peru. >> translation: it was a product, for century yeas peruvians wove a high quality product. now the industry is dying. it produces under a tenth that it used to. the country imports 90% of cotton used. farmers tournamented to other crops. they can't give up four heck tears of cotton. he only knows how to care for this crop. farmers are scarred. we only wait for the crops to grow and for god to guide us and win moneys. >> they produce two cotton varieties with low yields one a year. most are on small parcel of lands, the owners poor farmer

with no money to invest. they don't get subsidies. the government have not promoted cotton cultivation, it encouraged them to change the clots to berries, asparagus and grapes. >> the textile industry shrunk too. if there is no cotton no one will invest. in time they will disappear and the weavers will be useless. if that first echelon is lost. the whole chain will be weakened. >> a programme is being funded to genetically modify feeds. it's the only hope for cotton farmers. >> we are beginning to spread a new variety. that will help the farmers

profitability. this programme is more, and may be a case of too little too late for the cotton farmers. coming up on this newshour an al jazeera - continuing silence in myanmar. seeing thousands looking for shelter in the monasteries. plus... >> i'm in panjshir in afghanistan. coming up we find out how emergency crews are coaching with dozens of avalanches, and the heaviest snow in decades. >> and coming up in sport. golf's number one at the honda classic.

he's out there. there's a guy out there whose making a name for himself in a sport where your name and maybe a number are what define you. somewhere in that pack is a driver that can intimidate the intimidator. a guy that can take the king 7 and make it 8. heck. maybe even 9. make no mistake about it. they're out there. i guarantee it. welcome to the nascar xfinity series.

you're watching the al jazeera newshour, i'm david foster and these are the headlines - russians are following several lines of investigation following the murder of boris nemtsov, shot dead near the kremlin on friday night near the moscow the gaoled leader of the kurdistan workers party called on the p.k.k. to talk about laying down weapons. the message was shared by the public by ocalan. p.k.k. fighters waged a many year battle for greater autonomy in the south-east

an egyptian court declared hamas a terrorist organization. this is after the brigade was put on the terror list. it was dangerous to israeli occupation. >> we are off to les ot u. in august the the prime minister accused his deputy and the military of planning to topple him. we can see erica wood outside the capital. you'll tell me if i said that correctly, erica. i don't know if the rain is putting people off. give us a sense of the feeling in lesotho. >> it's sort of been on and off. the heavens opened up this afternoon, people were coming. they are hopeful and seem to be

coming along to vote. they have come early, they want a resolution for the broken coalition, they came in 2012, and hoped that the first coalition government would be is solution to the political problems and hope they are worth a few lessons. >> when you accuse people of plotting a coup having an election two years originally, that's a secures security issue. are there concerns about security? >> yes there's concerns the finion were saying that they had some fears, they termed it tense, the relationship between the political rivals and the police and the army you have to

understand that the background is - the incumbent prime minister has support from the police whereas his deputy has his support base in the military, the army promised to stay in the barracks so they can allay forwards, it's the background. it's a tense situation. we haven't seen anything so far so good. >> lesotho is a country not on the international scene. give us a sense in that place in that part of africa and what the people want. >> well it is a beautiful country first off. it's what they call the mountain kingdom. it has a population of 2 million people. they reon the neighbour, south

africa. their economy relied mostly on south african trade. a big revenue earner is selling water throughout south africa. a lot want an economy that is stronger, more independent. allowing them to be entrepreneurs, they want better health facilities, this is a country the u.n. calls one of the best nations, they want services. >> thank you very much indeed in lesotho. >> president obama signed a bill giving the department of homeland security another week, only another week of funding. a last-minute vote in congress averted a shutdown of the agency in charge of security. congress has seven days to find a longer term plan to the amount of money that the department

gets women's equality and opportunities are disputed at a united nations women's summit in chile, south america made inrods in breaking the glass ceiling for women in politics. the three female presidents are embroiled in corruption eroding the image of women leaders. >> reporter: south america, the only continent with not one two, but three female presidents. brazil's dilma rousseff, leader of latin america's largest nation. cristina fernandez de kirchner president of argentina. and chill scre's michelle bachelet the host of the commence on women in power. all three are serving second terms in office and all three are in the hot seat. bad enough that under dilma

rousseff's leadership the economy shrunk. but what has some opponents asking for her impeachment is a scandal involved the state-owned petrol giant, on whose board she served as chair woman. >> the petro bass corruption scandal impacted brazil's political system it's the biggest scandal in financial terms history, with millions going to the political parties of the ruling coalition. >> reporter: argentina's cristina fernandez de kirchner, whose approval rating dropped from 70% to the low 20s, is plaguing by corruption charges involving her, her deceased husband, business partners and staff. while she denies them all, the courts are investigating, putting the president on a head-on collision with judges and prosecutors. even chile's president,

considered squeaky clean, has seen popularity plunge to the low 30s, michelle bachelet's son forced to resign as head of a government charity amid he and his wife abused their position to obtain privileged access to a $10 million bank loan. argentinian deputy says it's a pity women making history as presidents are embroiled in scandal. >> but women in politics are not better or worse than men. they are just new. we are new in politics we have modernized politics. does that mean we exercise power in a different or better way - apparently not yet. >> clearly women in power face the same problems and temptations as male counterparts. yet political psychologists say public opinion expects more of women in high office and judges

them more harshly when they stumble well from south america to afghanistan, the government saying it needs help from the international community if it will find further survivors of an avalanche in the north of the country, it has known that more than 200 decide, and there's three address of mourning in afghanistan. as nicole johnson reports, the afghan government is accused of being too slow. >> reporter: the panjshir has seen snow before. this is something different of the meters and meters of it turning jagged mountains into smooth white slopes and valleys into silent gorges. in the provincial capital it was anything but quiet. helicopters buzzed overhead. hundreds of troops trudged

uphill to secure the speaks and a convoy of the military vehicles blocked the only rode through the valley. while the commotion, ashraf ghani was flying in to checkouts the rescue efforts. the problem is the only bit of residuing we saw was a lean grade are, sfruging to clear the road meter by painful meter. >> this is as far as emergency crews can get. dossens of villages are cut off, right now they are not getting help. at this rate it could take up to 10 address. this man is desperate for news. his wife and eight children are in a village they can't reach. >> all my families are stuck up there. i have no contact. i come here in case someone

comes from the other side. >> the government says it's doing its best. 100 security forces have been despatched to the area. security has been dispatched to the snow. >> 18 members of my family is under the snow. they are getting no help. cars and helicopters are here for sightseeing. >> it is dotted with tiny villages. carved out by the snow. >> the machines need to be greater. we can clear the road quickly and focus on the villages. >> down in the valley people are used to living with snow. high in the mountains thousands of their country me wait to be rescued. >> reporter: hundreds of homes are destroyed by a fire in the

philippines. in a residential area east of the capital manila. despite the damn no one is reported to a died in the blaze. there are people many people we understand fleeing from the region in the north of myanmar. it's an area of renewed fighting and ethnic co-can fighters and has been going on for the last three weeks. we have this report. >> reporter: the quiet town in the north has seen the population grow in recent weeks. fighting between the military and co-can fighters displaced tens of thousands in the region home to an ethnic minority of the same name. most of the violence has been around the capital. many have fled across the goreder to southern china. some made the journey south, ending up in this monastery,

offering food shelter and medical aid. >> there were four or five people who arrived, who had shrapnel injuries 400 to 500 others had ailments. we had several volunteer doctors and nurses. >> reporter: the people have been donating not just money, but clothes to help those that had to leave their home with scarcely anything. >> translation: they did not bring blanket. i hope to go backar martial law, we need to go home and work again >> reporter: when the fighting was at its force around mid-february, the monastery received up to 1,000 a day. the numbers dwindled to about 100, they are still arriving. some speak of violence that they have witnessed. >> translation: in a nearby area a group of villagers were

drinking whiskey. the burmese army arrived and ordered them not to run. they were scared they ran. the army shot at them. >> reporter: even aide workers were not spared. the myanmar red cross came under fire 2003s. fighting in the co-can region is not the only one faced. it's trying to end hostilities, with several groups. >> the renewed violence with fighters makes it difficult for the government as it attempts to negotiate a nationwide ceasefire deal before elections this year. still ahead on the al jazeera newshour. he lived long and prospered. we trek through the life of hood hood -- hollywood star leonard

nimoy. >> and the action of cologne and the rest of the sport.

the government in china is going to tighten up internet convictions. on march the 1st, all users are going to have to register their accounts. how will that work. here is adrian brown in beijing. >> a song in praise of chinese

sensor chp performed by the men and women who police the internet. it is the official theme tune of the cyber space administration, and was posted on the website days before china announced a tightening of internet restrictions. this economist is not one singing along. he blogs on corruption and censorship. >> there's so much information out there, and, of course, there's criticism. this is normal. people should be able to speak. the sky will not fall if you let people criticize and vent unhappiness. >> from march the 1st. there could be more unhappiness. >> from sunday the government will ban social media and internet accounts that are not registered in the names of the real users, it's aimed at

halting the spread of users and lessoning the impact of social ipp stabilitily. yes, the arab spring movement had an impact. the government cracks down on any voices. if the group tries something similar, they'll be oppressed. >> it's surprising what is committed. these are comments from people reacting to a news report about how eight in mates died in one prison in the past six years - what is wrong with this country, it's dark and horrible. another assesssays - if we don't get rid of corrupt officials, the party is finish. this is a way for the public to find a place and prevent anger. but for the guardians of the

sovereignty, the song is the same. soap soreship is turning china into a rising power. >> video fans are descending on the opera house in london. there are call of duty championships. e-sports are a massive spectator event. millions of people tune in online to watch where it all begone. >> reporter: the history of online gaming starred in seoul in 1999. it's going strong. south korea is regarded as having the best professional league. this year the korean committee

gave sports a membership. classifying as sports classifying the players as sport people. they are playing a popular game. it's not just followed closely here but there are eyeballs on screens around the world, that are following the game. that's why there's commenty live in korea and the english language. >> if you look at the numbers, the league of legend championships took place in seoul, 40,000 live spectators and 30 million viewers around the world. putting it in the bracket of the n.b.a. finals. we have arrived. a lot of people don't know about it it's broadcast over the internet. the popularity is there. >> the growing popularity can be measured in cold hard cash. the streaming service 2006 was

brought by amazon for a billion. broadcasting event like this and the onlime gaming industry is worth $23 billion every year, a fifth coming from here. the growth of the industry has been slowing. some blaming restrictions brought in by the south korean government to combat a problem of online gaming addiction. for a growing number of people the distinction between digital and physical sport doesn't exist any more. >> and now sara with the sport. >> we'll start with cribb, and the co-hosts of the world cup have gone head to head in auckland. nooez beat australia by one wilent in a thrilling pool a encounter. >> a packed house in auckland included the prime minister said of new zealand and australia.

looked like it may be a one-sided affair. australia captain michael clerk could only get 23 in his return from hamstring surgery which, one of five to fall to present bolt as the aussies were bolled out for 151. the black cats and their captain brendan mccullen looked like they'd blast their way to victory. he fell to 50, but on the way to the target. 78/2. mitchell starc brought the aussies back taking three wickets in the space of two balls. it took the ninth wicket. kane williamson smashed the ball over the head giving new zealand a one-wicket win. >> i was looking for a boundary

ideally have six the it started the other end. it was obviously tough. trying to get a boundary away. we were poor. no doubt about that. credit needs to go to the bowlers. they swung the ball nicely and bowled good areas. our shot selection was very poor and the defense more than anything else was an area that was poorer than we would have liked. new zealand has four wins of four. >> india recorded a big world cup victory beating the united arab emyr amounts by nine wickets. the u.a.e. stumbled to their lowest total. ash win took four in perth. brad kohli and brad sharma put on a show.

sharma unbeaten india reaching the target in 18.5 owners they've won all three of the world cup games. >> end. stay every game you take is a victory. every run is a world cup run. it was really motivation you know to come over here and repeat the performances or the way we executed this the past few games. we were happy with the way the individuals turned up and got recognised. >> world number one rory mcilroy is on the verge of missing the cut at the honda classic. his second-round 74 on friday putting him at 7 over. it's the first time in nearly a year he had two consecutive rounds over par. a four hour rain delay means some players need to finish the second round.

>> i'm pissed off. you know it's - i think it's been sense the hope in "13, the last time i missed a cut. i don't like missing cuts. you want to play on the weekend. i'm not there. i am here i'm home. i'm not going to be playing this weekend, which is not nice. italian side palmer's financial troubles caused a league match on sunday to be called off. they will not make the trip to genoa after players threatened to strike over under paid wages. they haven't seen a pay check and the club has a debt of the $120 million. last week's match was paid off. the club couldn't afford to pay the stewards. >> bayern munich are top of the bundislega. they have scored 18 times in the

last three games. a 17th for robin. second placed places on sunday. >> world number one novak djokovic faces 17-time champion roger federer in the time. novak djokovic got past tomas berdych, taking the first 6-1. tomas berdych back in the second, winning 7-5, breaking twice. novak djokovic returned fire winning the third 6-4 booking a place in saturday's final u.s. open runner-up kei nishikori is through to the final at the mexican open where he'll take on david ferrer. he knocked out kevin anderson in the semis, hitting six aces and 29 winners during the match. he has the shot at claiming the

number three world ranking if he wins and rafael nadal loses the argentina openment. >> somehow i found a way to win. really happy to win today. first time final here. >> thank you very much indeed more sport for you. as a tv series is lasted three seasons. the original "star trek" defined a generation. they had altruistic values human problems. the show adds iconic character, half human, half spoke. tom ackerman looks at his career. leonard nimoy was an accomplished artist acting teacher and photographer. >> space, the final frontier. >> reporter: his role in the "star trek" series in 1960 turned him into a global star. leonard nimoy played the pointy

eared half human, half vol can, mr spock. a character who favoured brain over emotional brown. >> i'm sick and tired of your logic. >> it's an illogical attitude. >> reporter: the original series became a hit around the world, lasting three seasons. leading to a movie franchise. it was leonard nimoy that came up with a vul can salute inspired by a hebrew letter short for god. what do vulcans do. i suggested this. he said okay. boy, that took off to the culture. it was amazing. leonard nimoy was 83. from the newshour team good to have you with us on al jazeera. thanks for watching bye-bye.

>> 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. it's hard to believe that a friend would set you up. people don't get federal life sentences and beat them. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america.

>> the former deputy prime minister just ahead of a major rally. i'm david foster coming up in the next 30 minutes. the jailed leader of the kurds offers an olive branch to turkey to end the decades-long conflict. the egyptian court with regards hamas a terrorist organization. >> i'm nicole