>> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ welcome to the news hour i'm darren jordan from al jazeera's news center here in doha, these are the top stories. a top commander of a syrian rebel group is killed in an air strike. arrests are made in india have a mob drags a suspected rapist from prison and beats him to death. in turkey a teenager goes on

trial charged with insulting the president. ♪ but first some developing news from the united nations security council in new york. in the past few minutes it has approved a resolution condemning the use of chlorine as a chemical weapon in syria. james bayes at the u.n. for us now. what more can you tell us about this latest resolution on syria and what it means. >> reporter: it's a rare moment when the security council managing to agree on a resolution. this resolution was passed. only one country was opposed and that was venezuela. we're still in the meeting right now, some of the countries explaining their national positions. the french ambassador is speaking now, explaining the french positioning in his national capacity as we speak.

we have heard from a number of other ambassadors saying this resolution is important because there have been these chlorine attacks in syria, and this promises that there will be measures taken in future if there are chlorine attacks. the venezuelans interesting said they did not support the resolution, because they said it opens a dangerous path to the use of force. >> james two years ago, syria agreed to destroy its entire arsenal of chemical weapons under a deal with the americans and russians so why is the u.n. voting on this again? >> reporter: well because technically chlorine doesn't count as a chemical weapons. it is not one of the weapons involved. so now this new resolution

covers chlorine, and we know there have been these chlorine attacks. the latest report said 13 people have been killed. we're listening to the russian ambassador explaining his reason for voting in favor. earlier on comments that i don't think he'll like came from the u.s. ambassador samantha power, and she said yes, we passed this resolution it's very important. but she believes that only one side is responsible for those chlorine attacks. she said the fact-finding mission of the opcw said many of the witnesses of the attacks had heard the sound of helicopters, and only one party to the conflict has helicopters, and that is the syrian government. >> james, thank you. now a senior commander of the al-qaeda-linked rebel group us in are front has been killed

in syria. abu hammam al-shami was killed. he held the title of general military commander for the al-nusra front. zana hoda reports. >> reporter: abu hammam al-shami was al-nusra front's second in command. there have been reports that syria's al-qaeda bunch has be asked to cut links with the organization, and become a purely syrian force so it can receive funds and weapons. this video was reportedly filmed in aleppo in december it emerged and al-nusra announced his death. abu hammam al-shami was fighting to al-qaeda in afghanistan and iraq as well. analysts say he was among the so-called hard liners. >> they were the hard liner extremist proal-qaeda settlement of al-nusra. which was the manifestation of

al-qaeda, supposedly who has been approached to take a different course. al-nusra has been asked by many channels -- by many -- via many channels and by many external forces regional and international that it has to decide. >> reporter: the syrian government claimed responsibility for what is being described as a painful and powerful hit. the state news agency said abu hammam al-shami and a number of other al-nusra a leaders had been killed in an army operation targeting the meeting held in a rural area of idlib. a weakened al-nusra benefits the syrian government it has been one of its most powerful rivals if not the most powerful ryal on the ground. but a weakened al-nusra could work against the government. its presence has been one of the reasons why the west hasn't

provided much-needed weapons to the syrian opposition. if those weapons start to flow in, it could be a game changer. but al-nusra has already changed the face of the opposition. it has been responsible for weakening the so-called moderate camp. they declared all out war on the u.s.-sponsored movement which forced it to disband. for many that was a message to the west. >> reporter: we have to remember something important. the coalition public says its war is against the islamic state of iraq and the levant but the truth is al-qaeda is the big tlets to the west. >> reporter: the u.s. lists al-nusra as a terrorist organization and is under u.n. sanctions. there may be different mind sets among them but there's also an ideology that will be hard to defeat. zana hoda, al jazeera, beirut.

fighters from isil have started destroying one of iraq's most important archaeological sites. the city lies on the tigris river and dates back more than 3,000 years. this what it looked like before bulldozers supposedly destroyed the city. the u.k. based oil company british petroleum has signed agreements worth $12 billion to develop a gas production in egypt. egypt plans to hold a major economic conference next week aimed at boosting foreign investment in the country. meanwhile hundreds of anti-military coup protesters have held rallies across egypt. protesters have called today's theme, egypt is not for sale.

israeli police say a palestinian driver has been shotted and injured after his vehicle plowed into pedestrians in occupied east jerusalem. four of the five hurt are israeli police women. a mob in india has beaten a suspected rapist to death after dragging him out of prison. [ shouting ] >> guards say they were overpowered by thousands of people. the 35-year-old man a somebodying cued of raping a 24-year-old woman last month. it is believed he may have been an illegal immigrant from bangladesh. the prison is in the northeastern state of naggaland near bangladesh. >> reporter: local media are suggesting that what started as a peaceful protest against the alleged rape of a local woman late last month took an unexpected turn.

at least one thousand people turning to the prison where the rapist was being held. they beat him and paraded him to the center of town where the died of his injuries. they say there is no connection between the events that unfolded in india as the result of a documentary that relates to a 2012 gang rape and what has happened in naggaland on thursday. however, it is fair to say the incidents have unfolded at a time when there's a resurgent debate about rape and sexual violence in india, and calls for greater action on part of authorities, on part of local and federal authorities to do more, and find permanent solutions to these cases that just don't seem to be going away. peace talks between the two

rival groups in south sudan have been halted indefinitely. >> reporter: the talks have been as long winded and difficult as they have been intense. 13 months of negotiations have ended in a stalemate. the president and rebel leader held several direct talks this week. their position on key issues power sharing, the security arrangement of a transitional government, and composition of parliament are still miles apart. the two sides blame each other for the failure to agree. in front of cameras, though they chose to be more diplomatic. >> negotiation is a process. it's not an event. so whenever we -- we come here to come and negotiate, and we depart from here it doesn't mean that we have faith, but it means that we are giving

ourselves time to think over some of the disagreed issues so that when we come back we will come and continue negotiating. >> we want to help our people the south sudanese and the piece lovers, let them not lose their hope. it is a difficult task but we will make it. the peace process has not collapsed. >> reporter: but many people here in south sudan are losing hope. now there's a genuine fear about what might happen next. those who are suffering the most are ordinary south south sudanese hundreds of thousands of whom are still in displacement camps like this one. they were hoping they would be home by now, but clearly they have to wait much longer to lasting solution to the crisis here. this woman has been struggling to survive in this camp for displaced displaced people in juba.

>> translator: this place is not my home. i lost all of my things. i have no property. i just get little help from aid organizations. if there is peace, i will definitely go back home. >> reporter: for now those like her continue to live in confinement too afraid to leave u.n. protected zones. they say this is not what they expected only four years after they had won independence. still ahead, a russian dissident is released from prison after serving a 15-day sentence for promoting a protest rally. on patrol with the new police force in southern yemen. and in sport, the man who runs world football is in conflict with iran. find out why later in the program. ♪

now representatives from libya's rival governments are meeting in morocco to prevent the country from sliding into civil war. hashem ahelbarra joins me live from the moroccan capitol. bring us up to date on what has been happening? >> reporter: the rival factions have just come out of a meeting, and one of the top leaders of the tripoli based gnc said there are signs of landmark agreement. basically they said that both parties agreed on two main issues which were the biggest obstacles to face instability in libya. basically they agreed on the security arrangements which include the implementation of a ceasefire, disbanding of militias and setting up the budget that would look after security across the country.

then they have also made some major progress about a national unity government. we do understand that they will meet tomorrow here in the capitol rabat, then they will travel to libya to meet with their respective governments to pin down the details of that agreement. they are hoping to be able to return to rabat next week for a final ceremony that would pave the way for a final agreement that has eluded libyans for quite sometime. the general sentiment as we speak here in the moroccan capitol rabat, is that there has been some sort of break through here. >> these two sides weren't even in the same room face-to-face. i mean there's a huge trust deficit here between both sides, isn't there? >> reporter: absolutely. the trust deficit has been going on for quite sometime. the international community have

been trying since january to bring them together to talk about how to move forward, but most of the time it was the same format two separate rooms with a united nations special representative shuffling back and forth listening to both parties, hearing their grievances and trying to come up with a general format about how to move forward. what changed here is the international community has been trying to ask the libyans to come to an agreement and that the international community is not going to opt for any other option but diplomacy. they wanted the libyans to stand united to have their own road map for the future and this is something that could potentially start from today here. >> hashem thank you. france's former inteen your minister during nicklas sarkozy's president is in police

custody. he is being questioned about a possible illegal funding of the 2007 presidential campaign. jacky rowland has more. >> reporter: the questioning that has been going on since the early hours of friday morning surrounds a sum of approximately $700,000 which appeared in claude gueant's bank account back in march 2008. now the police want to know what was this money? where did it come from? it was a payment from overseas. now the explanation provided by claude gueant is that this was payment for two paintings, which he said he told to a malaysian art collector, but there are some questions, some doubts over this version of the story, partly because the paintings themselves are believed by experts to be only a frac shin of what they were allegedly sold for. and if you are selling valuable

paintings and shipping them overseas you have to have a special export license. so there are some big question marks, which is why police are digging a bit further to find out if this could be money that came from the regime of colonel ga gadhafi to finance the campaign of nicklas sarkozy. russia and ukraine have agreed to double the number of observers of the ceasefire. on friday a car bomb in the city of kharkiv left two people injured. simon mcgregor-wood has more. >> reporter: the car exploded as it passed through a suburb of kharkiv kharkiv. it belonged to this man.

all are said to have be stable condition. the local police say they think the explosion was caused by a magnetic mine. they have accused russian-backed groups of trying to open a new front to destabilize parts of ukraine they want to control. on the 22nd of february a bomb exploded during a proukrainian rally in the same city. four people were killed including a police officer. but it's not only in kharkiv. this police video shows a car packed with explosives in the city of mariupol. the ukrainian authorities detect the hand of russia. >> translator: we have confession testimony saying who recruited them where they were trained, and it was on the territory of the russian federation. we know the exact people they made contact with in russia. it was representatives of the russian security services. financial support came from the

russian side. kharkiv has a significant russian population. although it is controlled by a pro-kiev administration. over 700 pro-russian suspects have been arrested here in recent months. this latest attack shows the problem has not gone away. >> translator: we adapt, we learn from the fate of israel and the united states awaits us those countries which live under continuous threat from terrorism. and there threat will continue while vladimir putin remains the president of russia. >> reporter: the conventional fighting between the ukrainian army and russian-backed separatists may have decreased as a result of the ceasefire, but a less conventional clandestine war may now be starting. russian dissident aleksei navalny has been released from

prison. boris nemtsov was murdered last week on the eve of a protest. >> translator: i know you will have lots of questions concerning recent tragic events. i have already expressed my opinion on this and i won't add anything more for now. but our activity will not change in any way. we will not lessen our eh ports or change anything. and the act of terror that took place will not achieve its aims. i'm sure it will not frighten anyone. it has not frightened me. and it will not frighten my comrades. >> rory challands has more from moscow. >> reporter: aleksei navalny is very dismissive that boris nemtsov was murdered as a result of a atmosphere of hatred in russia. he says that is nonsense. he says that boris nemtsov was murdered either by a government intelligence agency or a

pro-government group specifically on the orders of the political leadership of the country and deliberately names vladimir putin as being a possible origin of that order. so where next for the opposition? well, many of them might consider that their safety is in danger. you could argue that navalny has been for sometime a more prominent member of the opposition than nemtsov and therefor maybe he is a more obvious target. another opposition figure was warned at boris nemtsov's funeral that she might be next. but there is where it goes on the report that nemtsov was working on calls for an investigation into the russian military's involvement in the conflict in ukraine, that will still be published and the opposition march which was going to take place last weekend, which became nemtsov's memorial

mar -- march that is being rescheduled for april. but the opposition is going to have to overcome the prevailing mood in russia at the moment which is one of fairly strident conservative nationalism, and that is going to be very difficult indeed. student leaders in myanmar are accusing government leaders of trying again to curb academic freedoms. now protests that were largely peaceful for two months have turned violent. >> reporter: student protesters say this was a heavy-handed crackdown on a peaceful protest. >> translator: security men in plain clothes were doing this to a girl in downtown. what are they trying to show? does this brutality belong in this day and age? >> reporter: demonstrators are angry at the government for pushing an education bill they

feel would stifle academic freedom. these demonstrations have gone on for months. authorities say it is the first time they have taken action despite the fact that activists did not get the proper permissions. student activists want to march to myanmar's largest city. >> translator: we are protesting because we want reform of the education system which has been neglected for something like 60 years to the government. we written letters, had meetings, and submitted demands, but they don't care much. >> reporter: they are calling themselves the 88 generation samed after student protests in 1988 that sparked a pro-demom aresy movement. now a semicivilian government is in charge after 49 years of military rule. >> translator: the government is

still watching us and no decision has come from them yet. i think they want to cut us off and stop other students from joining us. we think they are trying to separate us from outside communication. >> reporter: campaigners say they will continue their protests until their demands are met. in turkey a 16 year old has gone on trial for allegedly insulting the country's president. he could face up to four years in prison if convicted. the case is adjourned until next month. earlier i spoke with a lecturer of international law at the university in istanbul. he says there has been a recent rise in these kinds of prosecutions in turkey. >> it is quite significant when we consider the general framework in which it has taken place. this is not a unique case. there has been a dramatic increase in the number of cases that are hold on similar grounds

on the grounds of insulting the president. when we compare the previous term -- and the initial six monks of erdogan, we can see the dramatic change. over the seven year term of flefous president, there were only five or six similar cases, but over the last six monks only according to studies, they are not confirmed studies, but we can determine that there are more than 45 cases, involving more than 80 people that were brought against people on the grounds that they insulted or they allegedly insulted the president. and moreover the thing that is all the more tragic is that no person -- all they -- though they may be tried, they may not be detained. however, neither the prosecutors nor the judges respect the text

of the law. and over the last couple of weeks or so more than [ inaudible ] in turkish jails because of these allegations. >> so the law has been there all along, but this president is using it much more aggressively than his predecessor. why is erdogan cracking down on descent? >> in the very first place it relates to erdogan's character. he is a dicktator, and over the last year over 2014, the president's governing party took very important steps to clamp down on the impartiality of an independent judiciary system and since the -- since

august 2014, that is to say since erdogan was elected as the president, they have removed more than a thousand of judges and prosecutors from one place to another. and in july 2014 the government changed all judges who were entitled to decide decisions on detention of people. those who are detaining those people right now, the judges who take decision on detention are those who are directly appointed by this government. >> it is quite ironic that some observers point out that erdogan himself was charged for insulting the work of an artist. he was fined, i think, $4,000. why is it okay for the president to insult others but he can't be insulted >> that's an interesting case. but the important point that we should underline, the case that you mentioned is a civil case.

it's not a criminal case. we know he doesn't have a number of prosecutors and judges that he can enlist. therefore they use the ones they have in their pocket for the criminal system. for the civil system we do still have some independent judges. and this case was taken by one of the judges and she was a female judge. our female judges tend to be more courageous than the others. i think this is a good symbol. still ahead we go back to school in the town where nearly 300 schoolgirls were kidnapped by boko haram last year. stay with us. ♪

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the 15 members, with venezuela abstaining. a senior commander of the al-qaeda linked nusra front has been killed in a government air strike on thursday. there were signs of landmark agreement between representatives of libya's rival governments. now in southern yemen president hadi has put local militias in charge of all government institutions in aden. hadi fled sana'a last month where he was being held under house arrest by houthi rebels. mohamed vall has been to meet some of those protecting the president's interests. >> reporter: these are the men in charge of law and order in southern yemen. they have been patrolling the city for months but now they have replaced all regular

security personnel. >> translator: i think the popular committees have become a key factor of security and stability. they were able to defeat terrorists more efficients than entire governments. >> reporter: the popular committees now guard the presidential compounds. >> translator: we welcome the committees among us because they are very useful. they helped us tremendously especially in matters of crime and illegal weapons. >> reporter: the committees were formed in 2012 by president hadi. they are said to have shown efficiency and made some success, and that's why the president relies on them now for his own protection and to keep security in the city of aden. >> translator: we saw the aggression that look place in sana'a and some northern

provinces. we can't let the same thing happen in aden. >> reporter: but regarding security in the north, the popular committee's commanders appear divided. some are open to the idea of an anti houthi offensive. >> translator: we limit ourselves to the south. we welcome the president, but we're not ready to go with him to the north to fight the houthis. >> translator: we will mobilize our forces for war once we have a military order as well as an agreement between all tribes and provinces. >> reporter: right now there is no plan to make a military move on the houthis in sana'a. and people here say they are concerned the presence of political players from the capitol may turn the south into a playground for instability. al-qaeda still operates here and only the committees are here to protect the south.

the man accused of attacking the u.s. ambassador to south korea has made his first appearance in court. 55 year old kim ki-jong was wheeled into court on friday. police are investigating the motive of the attack and the multiple trips keystone pipeline made to north korea. the ambassador needed 80 stitches after his face was slashed at a forum about korean unification on thursday. a meet ing in tokyo will address strained relations between china and japan and the dispute over own ipship of islands in the south chaiia sea. nepal's only international runway remains closed after a turkish airlines jet lost control when landing. the plane was damaged but nobody on board was hurt. airport crews are using special

equipment brought in from india to help remove the plane. the army is closer to finding the schoolgirls abducted by boko haram in nigeria. the town was retaken by the nigeria government in november. >> translator: a nigerian delegation traveling to the area. it was cleared of boko haram fighters, but still trying to come to terms with the abduction of its schoolgirls last year. the idea is simple go into areas that have been freed from boko haram control, and build new safe schools. it's a new part of a strategy against a group with a name that basically means western education is sinful. all of the places like this have new schools.

students in places where boko haram is still in control, are being relegated to they can attend school too. >> laying new foundations soon to rebuild this school. the safe school project finds ways to strengthen the school surroundings for our children. particularly in the [ inaudible ] the national initiative was started nor [ inaudible ], all -- what do i mean by that? we are looking at hardware and software. >> reporter: the nigerian military is confident that schools like this will reopen soon. >> we have been taking the liberty of new equipment, like you see behind me there. before tlefl of this weapons it was a defensive operation, but now we're on the offensive. >> reporter: the government says the safe school projects will

guarantee safety for students in areas affected by violence. but after 276 students were taken by boko haram from this school 219 of them are yet to come home. something this community hasn't forgotten. the kidnapping still hangs over the area. many people here say the government's priority should be the return of their missing daughters. this woman's daughter is still held by boko haram. her pain is evident today. >> translator: i really don't know what to say. i don't know what is happening to her. she was taken when she was recuperating from a surgical operation. i just want her back safe. the idea of rebuilding a school is okay but i just want my baby back. in south africa there are fears that power cuts should threaten the economy. the state lex traditionty company has been struggling to provide a steady supply and as

erika wood reports, analysts are concerned about the impact on big businesses. >> reporter: south africa's power stations are old and can no longer cope with demand. new ones are being built, but it will be sometime before they are online. the state-owned energy company has warned people and industry they will have endure regular power outages. >> we have given them our word that we are working on restoring the stability of the power system, but it is going to be a long and painful process, i'm afraid. >> reporter: south africa's chamber of commerce says any interruption to the electricity supply is not good for foreign investment. >> we're very concerned about the impact this could have on international investment. you need a secure supply of energy, and it needs to be at a reasonable cost, and it should not be a tipping force for a decision not to invest. >> reporter: that reasonable cost is set to rise in april by

13%. they have justified the hike by saying it still has some of the world's cheapest energy. but for owners of energy hungry companies that cheap power is only useful if it's switched on. they are say they have given the businesses fair warning and asked them to cut down or generate their own energy. bmw has cut energy consumption by 28% in the last five years. and a company that turns coal into oil has done even more. >> we have installed enough equipment to generate up to 70% of our power requirements. in the form of various equipment from steam stations to gas-fired turbines to gas-fired power plants. >> reporter: but asking industry to provide its own electricity

is potentially damaging to south africa's reputation as one of africa's most stable and economically advanced. >> many of our partners are working together with us to find a lasting solution to this issue. >> it's kind a bit late though isn't it? >> it is a bit late. i do acknowledge that. rfrp south africa's growth slumped to just 1.5% last year. it's too early to tell whether this will have an massive impact on international investment but a power shortage could make companies think twice about coming here. erika wood al jazeera, johannesberg south africa. we spoke to a political analyst, she says early warnings were ignored. >> this dates back as far as the late 1990s. in fact you know, in the decade between 1997 and about 2007 there was a survey done by one

of the non-government affiliated unions, which showed that south africa was decreasing supply to sectors such as mining and industry, but of course there was an increased supply to those households that had previously not had electricity, but were now joining the power grid but south africa was also increasing its sale of electricity outside of its borders. we provide firm contracts to several countries in the neighborhood. and we also provide electricity on so-called non-firm contracts to our neighbors in zambia and zimbabwe. and south africans are saying why are we selling off all of our electric capacity. it is going to have a huge domino effect on the economy. international analysts such as the hsvc downgraded their growth forecast for south africa in january this year.

and the south african reserve bank has already done so twice this year. last month from 2.4% down to 2.2, and this week down to 2%. and they have brought the economic forecast for next year down as well which tells you a lot about the actual growth rate is then likely to be in this country. international art experts have condemned reports that isil has bull dosed one of iraq's most important archaeological sites. >> nimrod is is one of the most important cultural centers. the ak logical evidence dates back to the second millennium. and it becomes a cultural center of the asirian empire. there are palaces, temples, and

other places of evidence for a vibrant academic culture. so the destruction is something that is a big loss for the cultural heritage of iraq. >> i'm quite distressed by this. this is one of the most important archaeological sites in all of the middle east. there is nothing really like it. so i think if there is some evidence of actual destruction going on it's very distressing and depressing actually. so i'm hoping if there is damage it will not be as extensive as reported. still ahead, we're in mexico, where the war on drugs is slowly helping business get back to normal in some areas. and serbia returns to national team duties. raul will have more details after the break. stay with us. ♪

♪ a week ago the mexican drug lord known as la tuta was arrested by security forces. he ran the cartel which terrorized the northwestern state with a campaign of kidnapping and extorsion. but his arrest has revived hopes that life my now return to normal. >> reporter: lines of big business in the state, southwest mexico, not just for producers, but also the knights templar cartel who spent years offering

them and other local businesses a simple choice pay up or face death. but no more. >> translator: the extorsion of a systematic you had to pay the cartel as if it were a tax, but now that is gone. >> reporter: last friday's capture of the leader mexico's most wanted man, was the culmination of a year-long operation in which federal forces flooded the state. >> translator: today we find an area reactivateing its economy. a place for investment once again. >> reporter: tell that to this man. his brother was stabbed to death on the sidewalk three days ago. >> translator: honestly the interior minister is lying because crime hasn't gone down. every day we have assaults

robberies. the police aren't controlling the situation. >> reporter: federal forces and vej land tee groups have speakened the cartels. people say they are no longer being extorted but criminals still freely roam the streets. 400 people were killed between december and january this year. legitimate jobs are needed to offer a way out for those who still earn their living through crime, says a local priest. >> translator: they contaminated our society. there are people who the nights templar trained who are now infected and are waiting for a moment to rise up again. the government has to invest in the economy so these young people have other opportunities. >> reporter: as the government celebrates the end of gomez's rule this family mourns another

lost life. it's clear that for them and hundreds of other families here true peace has yet to arrive. john hullman, al jazeera. all right. time for the sport now. >> darren thank you very much. fifa president has asked iran to end its ban on women watching football matches. he has described the situation as intolerable. he said he spoke to the iranian president in 2013, but so far nothing has happened. women and football either watching or playing it has had a mixed history in iran. the game did receive a huge boost recently in 2014 after fifa lifted its ban on head covers. the game is massively popular

amongst women in iran. but with the iranian revolution of 1979 came a ban on women attending games, although women were allowed to play matches under supervision. in 1997 there was the iran football revolution where women breached a police barrier and entered a stadium to celebrate the 1998 world cup. in 1996 there was an awarding winning film which depicted women trying to attend a world cup qualifier in teheran. and there have been two recent incidents involving chelsea doctor and a referee. 25 cases of sexist abuse have

been reported this year. last season just two were reported. >> i think more people have more confidence to report. that's what has happened. there are these incidents that people have been frightened to report. we have a reporting application that gives people the power in sort of anonymity to be able to report. so more people are reporting. sense you are going to have more incidents highlighted. italy's teams have voted to give parma $5 million in emergency funding to help the club finish out the season. the funding to come from fines for crowd trouble within the league. parma's debts are estimated at over $100 million. players haven't been paid in months, and their past two games were postponed. but they are expected to play on sunday. europe's top body is

expected to set up a league in crimea. they have been visiting the area. they ruled that crimea clubs wouldn't be allowed to participate in the russian league. the new league could start as early as august. to cricket and india produced a win over west indies. >> reporter: indian had won their previous three games at this world cup. but when you are faces chris gail anything is possible. after a typically tacking start, though, gail went for 21 as his side slumped from 85 to 7. but the captain produced 57 at number 9 to helps the windies salvage a total of 182.

india certainly made life hard for themselves. the top man fell to 4 for 78 with a cool head who came to india's rescue. his unbeaten 45 steered them to a 4-wicket victory. >> the last few games we have played under different conditions. the guys have stepped up, you know, they have altered their behavior. so all of it is looking very complete the performance so far. >> reporter: india are now guaranteed to top pool b, while the wind's fate is out of their hands. tennis world number 1 gave serbia a winning start against croatia. he beat world number 158. the opening in the best of five

world group first round. serbia finished the day 2-0 up. victor come from two sets down against the 18 year old. he eventually won in five sets in a match lasting over three hours. now the chinese marshall art of wushu will once again try to become an olympic sport. the sport missed out on inclusion for the 2020 tokyo games. he says the report needs to expand its reach and will feature at this year's all africa games in congo. much more sport on our website, for all of the latest check out aljazeera.com/sport. we have blogs and videos from our correspondent right around the world. and you can vote on which team you think will win the cricket world cup.

new zealand if you want my two pennies. [ laughter ] >> raul thank you very much. trust in spain's politicians is at an all time low after a series of corruption scandals. now one neighborhood group is trying to restore confidence in the system by getting involved in politics themselves. >> reporter: it may be a sleepy computer town outside of madrid but in its own small way, it has been quietly revolutionizing politics in spain. some 23,000 people live here and it has taken grass roots politics to another level. a group of residents set up when the council decided to take matters into their own hands and form a local party. their priorities were to make local politics accountable and get rid of the town's debt. they won beating the ruling

parties 24-year hold here. once in power they began to make necessary repairs. they trimmed down expenses and got rid of their debt. all of this while most still held on to their own day jobs. >> we don't have a political motive. just like our only -- our only idea is management. okay. we just think that -- that we have to manage the city as if it were a home. the same thing you do. first you repair the pipes before buying a new tv set. >> reporter: it would almost seem an extraordinary feet that at time when spain is bitterly divided, there emerges an all certaintive. the neighbors of this town have managed to ruffle the feathers of the main stream political parties, but it has had

newcomers taking note. the latest national poll says that 96% of spaniards have no faith in politicians. unemployment and corruption are at the top of the list of worries. no less than 800 cases of corruption have been uncovered since the year 2000. 676 local councils have been found to have been miss using public funds, and it goes across political parties. more and more voters are looking for ways to ring in the changes this election year. what these people have shown is it can be possible even without the support of main stream political parties. all right. well that's it for me. stay with us here on al jazeera. more news at the top of the hour. you can keep up to date with all of the news on our website.

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