'll take you there, giving you a glimpse into the future. >> "the stream". tomorrow, 1:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. this is al jazeera. this is al jazeera. hello there i'm barbara serra. this is the newshour live from london. coming up in the next 60 minutes, counting the cost of the cyclone. residents of vanuatu survey the damage left in its wake. back at the table the u.s. and iran hold hours of talks in switzerland. on trial ten years on. over the deaths of two teerch agers which sparked weeks of rioting. head to head, can israeli prime

minister benjamin netanyahu secure another term in office or will hertzog steal his crown? >> policies as the country's highest paid footballer. >> hello there, thank you for joining us. vanuatu's president is urging the world to help his island nation rebuild from a cyclone that's caused massive destruction. sever tropical cyclone pam hit wednesday night with winds up to 120 kilometers per hour. remote villages have been flattened. president baldwin all development of recent years has

been wiped out and vanuatu vanuatu will have to rebuild everything. he blames climate change. andrew thomas from the port villa. >> full impact cyclone pam had on port villa. aid agencies say 90% of the village's buildings have been damaged, some beyond repair. rain and floodwaters made what the wind did worse. thankfully few people died in port villa and injuries were lot. at the hospital was colin litch trying to save his garage and car, it was futile. >> the metal of the garage that sliced your foot?

>> yeah. >> litch's partner had pleaded with him not to go out in the storm. >> i was praying. i was -- i was panicked. i thought i'm going to lose him. >> litch is a builder. there will be plenty of work coming his way within meters of his house destruction houses crushed by trees boats thrown from the normally idyllic lagoon. you can see houses have been totally destroyed. the house had been in annie's family for generations. moiks, you >> emotion, you know, when the roof came off.

>> reporter: similar stories are everywhere. help is arriving into port villa, but a lot of help will be needed here and many outlying islands haven't been heard from since the storm. andrew thomas, al jazeera port villa vanuatu. the chair of the climate coalition lobby group joins us live in the studio. thank you so much for being with us. what do you think of vanuatu's president's comments that this has to do with climate change? >> he has a point. the scientists say in the future the models that they predict that these kind much events will become more intense due to climate change, due to global warming. they may not necessarily become more frequent but more intense such as the one we see here and such as the one we saw in the philippines. >> i guess the difficulty is proving that that particularly

incident happened because of climate change. the president asking for help in rebuilding everything would have a financial impact as well. >> you can say in the future that these kind of things are going to happen more intensively and i think that's why the president is really good to point out those two parts. he is saying that this is likely to happen because of climate change and actually what countries such as vanuatu will need is the financial assistance from the international community to adapt to that climate change and to mitigate the changes they are already seeing. >> often we've seen the countries that most bear the brunt of these kinds of natural disasters are often the ones that can least afford to then deal with the consequences. do you notice a change within the international community sort of difference in approach to dealing with climate change? >> i think so. i think what we've seen in the

international meeting that we had in lima and the one we're going to have in paris much more openness of governments that they have to grasp this mettle, they know what the signs is saying to them and they know they need to take action. >> yet all of these things they know what the issues are yet very little ends up being done. >> absolutely that's still the case. i think it's important force us to not necessarily build paris up to a very big moment. we know it's not going to be solved by one meeting. these things are long term and we all need otake responsibility for these things as well. >> neil thorn thorn chairman of the international climate committee thank you so much for being with us. latest talks on iran's nuclear deal have wrapped up in lausanne. four hours in discussion with energy experts from both countries. zarif is in brussels to continue

negotiations with european foreign ministers. simon mcgregor wood joins us from brussels. what has he been discussing with the european foreign ministers simon? >> well, as fredericka margarini told journalists before mr. zarif arrived, she understood there were big gaps between the two sides over clinching this deal and she hoped she would be able to play an active role, the eu would be able to play an active role in helping to close some of those gaps. we understand that foreign minister zarif has had his little bilateral meeting with ms. margarini and that meeting has been extended to include the france germany permanent members of the p-5 plus one the

plus one being germany who are integral to this whole process. i think it's clear that they will want a briefing from mr. zarif on what has been described as a meeting in lausanne today after this evening session mr. zarif returns to lausanne to continue the talks with the americans tomorrow tuesday. as this week progresses all the while the deadline for this framework deal being the end of march we will see a greater involvement from the french the british and the germans and the fortunate ministers will probably arrive in lausanne towards the end of the week as momentum builds towards trying to get this deal done. >> simon mcgregor wood with the latest from brussels, simon thank you. during this round of talks both sides hope to narrow the gaps before a march 31st deadline for a political agreement. and then a final deal must be reached bring the end of june.

there has been significant progress. iran has agreed to curb sensitive nuclear activities by only enriching the uranium to the levels needed for nuclear power. there is of course disagreement over how big iran's nuclear program will ultimately be. block attempts to permanently explicit sanctions against the country. there's opposition too from washington's top allies in the region including israel and saudi arabia. well joining us now from beirut is the iranian commentator sharwan narwani. thank you so much for being with us. we did hear i guess we could say positive comments i believe the nuclear chief said he was very optimistic. similar tones from the foreign

minister ever iran. do you agree with them, do you share that this could be a time when momentum really does go towards a deal between iran and the west? is. >> i certainly think this is a time of opt mitchell. even a month ago there was no sign of or indications of which way this would go. but certainly in the last two weeks, we've seen activities that suggest that we're very close to a deal or at least the key points that the contentious points have been agreed on. i mean you have to just look at signs in the region, having jordan's foreign minister pop over to tehran after an eight year gap is significant. kerry going to saudi arabia was preparing the ground to let the saudis know that the u.s. was close to reaching an agreement

with the iranians. >> we don't want to preempt the final talks and say that there is an agreement already but why do you think the momentum is shifting, the wider challenges of the region i'm thinking of the u.s. fight against i.s.i.l. in iraq and syria do you think that that is actually playing a prominent role? just because the two sides need each other more than they used to? >> i think you're absolutely right. i think i.s.i.l. has played a huge role. i think the americans and their regional allies, through everything including the kitchen sink at syria and when things didn't go in the direction they assumed, they -- one element of that alliance decided to pull back. that it wasn't worth it and with the rise of extremism we've seen this since i think the summer of 2013, that things were getting out of hand and the

extremist beast had to be pulled back. and i think that's when we started to see the p-5 plus one change its teud towards the iran -- attitude towards the iran talks. iran was still one player that enjoyed stability and would be able to play a role in syria iraq and other areas where extremism was spreading. the boots on the ground we keep hearing about well they're not going to be american, they're not going to be gulf boots. it's going to be iran and lebanese bhoots boots and syrian and iraqi boots ultimately. this is when we'll see things happening. i think iraq has pushed the p-5 plus one and iran together to reach a settlement. >> just one more question, what do you think biggest stumbling blocks will be when it comes to the nitty-gritty of negotiations?

>> i think you know the iranians have been very flexible on this. they've pulled back on a lot of their nuclear activities. they i think one of the stumbling blocks could be sanctions, the iranians are drawing a red line around this, they are saying all sanctions or nothing. the americans are going to have a tough time convincing domestic audiences that they've sort of worked on for 30-odd years to then scale back on these and eliminate them altogether. i think the fight is going to be inside of the united states. >> charmine irwani. thank you very much for sharing your views with us. still to come on the newshour, the daily struggle to survive. overcrowded refugee camps. south sudan, the struggle to deliver thousands of tons of food before the rainy season hits. and why these cricketers are

coming home, despite an early exit from the world cup. a pair of french police officers have gone on trial over the deaths of two teenagers ten years ago which sparked weeks of rioting. zaid and buna were remembered by demonstrators over the weekend in paris. the pair were electrocuted in 2005 while hiding from police at a power substation in paris. more than 10,000 cars were torched during the riots that followed. the officers could get up to five years in prison. jacky rowland has more from rennes. >> what lice at the heart of the case is the deep mistrust that existed between young people in the suburbs and the police force at the time that the two boys were electrocuted. what happened is the police received a call from a local

person saying they had seen some youth on the building site and maybe a burglary had taken place. a police patrol came into the neighborhoods. the two boys saw the police, feared they were going to be hassled as had happened times in the past and they fled. the police chased them. they went over the fence into this electricity substation and we all know what happened afterwards they were electrocuted and it's taken ten years for this trial to actually come to court. the families say that there are a lot of unanswered questions about what happened on that day. negligence they say and really events that were symptomatic and the hostility with which the police treated local people from immigrant backgrounds. the police on the other hand say that they understand the desire for families to have closure but that these two police officers should not be turned into scapegoats. the trial will go on for five days and it could take two or

three months before the judge gives a verdict. >> the iraqi army says it's paused the offensive in the city of tikrit to allow any other remaining civilians time leave. a coalition of iraqi forces shia militia and sunni tribal fighters is trying to capture tikrit from the islamic state of iraq and the levant. i.s.i.l. took total control of the city in june of last year. let's go to yemen now where houthi rebels have released the prime minister and several cabinetscabcabinet members from house arrest. placing the entire government under arrest, the move destabilized the country and raised the risk of north-south split. candidates in israelis's election are making their positions known.

whether benjamin netanyahu can secure another term in office. latest opinion polls shows that his lehud appeared is trailing. imtiaz tyab reports from northern israel. >> when benjamin netanyahu forced snap elections late last year it was almost certain he would keep his job. but as israelis go to the polls his future is less clear. netanyahu and his right-wing lehud party are trailing and this has become a referendum on his nine year tenure. at this rally organized by proisraeli settlement groups on sunday the strain was starting to show. >> translator: they're attacking me, if we don't close the gap with our rivals there is a real threat that a left wing government could come into power

power. >> reporter: this is the man who could be israel's next prime minister. isaac hertzog. left of center alliance with the hatnua party. zionist party signaling a potential shift in domestic and foreign policy. hertzog wants to repair ties with the palestinians and the international community particularly the united states, when netanyahu addressed a joint session of congress, warning against a deal with iran, without first asking for permission from white house. >> to be strong, strategic with full alliance between us and the united states.

>> the party expected to place third in the election is the joint list, an alliance of israeli palestinian parties, it is the first time the parties which are divided along religious nationalistic lines expected to gain 13 seats in the 130 seat parliament, any government coalition some political analysts suggest that if the right wins more votes than expected they just might. potentially deciding the results of the election. no party generally wins an outright majority in israel's parliament and the party leader that wins the most seats doesn't necessarily become prime minister. the job typically goes to whoever can form a governing coalition with smaller parties and it is looking increasingly unlikely that benjamin netanyahu will be able to do that. imtiaz tyab al jazeera west

jerusalem. strnchts the >> the war in syria has forced palestinians into exile again. zeina khodr on the detail daly struggle to survive. >> she's too old to care for her disabled and mentally challenged daughters. their neighborhood in damascus became a battle ground two years ago. they say they are barely coping with the little hope they get but they were alone when the eldest daughter died from lung infection. >> translator: to one was next to me to help her. she died in my arms. no one came in time to bring her a doctor. >> reporter: her and her daughters live in the largest palestinian refugee example lebanon, overcrowded and people

are poor. now they are sharing this space with thousands of palestinians who escaped the war in syria. >> we have been under pressure since the arrival of syrian palestinians. we are finding it hard to survive. >> there is competition for jobs and aid provided by the united nations. this has caused tensions. syria's palestinians enjoyed the same rights and benefits of syrian nationals. they had access to schools universities health care. this is not the case here. according to the united nations relief and works agency 5% of the 45,000 palestinian refugees from syria cannot survive without handouts and for many this camp is a prison. the lebanese government which has had a history of conflict with its own palestinian population has imposed tight restrictions. >> one of the biggest problems that the palestinians have is the fact their visas have

expired and that makes them much more vulnerable about restrictions of movement. they can't come in and out of the camps as often as they want. they could be stopped. and their documents can be confiscated. they could be detained. >> this is just one of the reasons why many of them try to find a way out and at times it has cost them their lives. this palestinian family was hosting the relatives from syria before they were lured to take a boat to reach europe. >> my cousins anded from were on thefriends were onthe boat when it sank. >> it has ended for her daughter for those left behind, it is a daily struggle just to survive. the zeina khodr being al jazeera, southern lebanon. the muslim brotherhood's top

leader has had his criminal case referred to egypt's grand mufti. 13 others to the state's highest islamic legal official. the grand mufti's decision must be had before any execution can take place. the charges against him includes murder and insighting violence in cairo in 2013. campaigners are demanding a limit to the time people can be held in u.k. immigration detention centers. the u.k. has 13 such centers most of them in england. together these centers can hold nearly 3300 people. the largest is in harmon's worth in west london from which lawrence lee reports. >> for a country which describes itself as a more compassionate member of a family of nations the u.k. atracks a huge amount of criticism. it is harman's worth who names

describes exactly its function. variety of issues ranging from racial abuse of inmates by staff, to a basic lack of care. this man is said to have suffered an etch help tick fit and then fell down the stairs. we spoke to one man who is facing imminent deportation. he claims serious injuries are being left to fester through a lack of care. >> translator: what sorts of medical conditions do they have that they want to be treated? >> some people have torture from the bam home they came from, some people have bullets fire in their bodies and they still have the lead inside. treating us like detainee prisoners. painkillers, that's it. >> reporter: the one issue of most concern to every nment is inmate is

the indefinitely detention. no upper limit how long a inmate can be held for. it remains unclear whether the next government will make this a priority. >> you can never say legislation is straightforward unfortunately but what i want to see there's certainly political will from this group of mps and peers and what we want to do now is to see party leaders take this up and look at it seriously and look at it in the next parliament. >> the sense of committing no crime but being locked up indefinitely which breaks people's will. >> someone says to me you have two years and then you'll be out, i'd be happy to that i was working towards a target. one of my favorite phrases from freed voice and member is in prison you're counting your days down to go out. in detention you're counting your days up and up and up and up. >> the government it takes the welfare of detainees seriously

and detention is only used as a last resort. the detainees say no one is interested in their welfare. in the coming months in the next parliament it will become clear if anything will change. lawrence lee al jazeera london. >> well still to come in the second half of this news hour the asian country that according to a new report is now the world's biggest arms importer. plus. >> i'm lucia newman in santiago chile, where a teenage are suffering from an incurable disease has caught world attention by demanding the right to a lethal injection. >> and paying the price for his team's poor form.

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we'll take you there, giving you a glimpse into the future. >> "the stream". tomorrow, 1:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> thursday. >> to the apaches, it's an ancestral place. >> sacred lands threatened. >> were the apache consulted on this? >> no. >> a controversial deal. >> we would love to have a mine in the community. at the end of the day, it is an issue of fairness. >> america tonight gets an exclusive interview with a foreign mining company accused of taking native american land. >> people have been very critical of your company, saying that it'll leave a permanent scar on the landscape. will it? >> an america tonight special report: "mining sacred lands". thursday, 10:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> now a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. the death toll in vanuatu of the tropical storm pam has risen to 24. more than 3,000 people have been

displaced. the president blamed climate change for the disaster. the latest of nuclear talks has wrapped up up in the swiss city of lausanne. and a pair of french police officers have gone on trial over the death of two teenagers 10 years adding. electelectrocuted in 2005 while hiding from police in a power substation. well on sunday the u.s. secretary of state was talking about syria. he said that president bashar al-assad should be included in any negotiations to try to end the conflict. assad has since acknowledged kerry's comments but says he's still waiting for concrete action from washington. >> translator: we are still listening to the comments and we have to wait for the action he and then we will decide.

-- actions and then we will decide. we have had no alternative but to defend our country. any international change if genuine that come out are sounding positive. >> well for more of this to the reaction of john kerry's comments is rosalind jordan. roz do you think he meant to say what he did? did he say too much maybe? >> well barbara, when you take a look at what secretary of state john kerry said in a televised interview he did not say specifically that the world should be negotiating specifically with bashar al-assad. when you take a look at what he said, he did talk about the need to negotiate with the assad regime. and that might be where some of the confusion, at least as far as the state department is concerned, is coming from. the state department's position has been and continues to be, according to aids here, that

bashar al-assad is not the legitimate leader of syria and needs to leave. and that the only way to achieve that is going to be through some sort of political settlement. but they stress that does not mean that bashar al-assad would be sitting at the table for that negotiation. >> and roz since i.s.i.l. pushed into iraq over the summer most of the international discretion has been focusing on iraq rather than syria because syria seems such a heck and so impossible to resolve. are there any fresh efforts within the state department to try to stop the killing in syria? >> those questions were raised at monday's daily press briefing here at the state department barbara, but the state department's jen saki raised the issue, there is no fresh effort to have a munich 3 for example or to try to have some sort of grand peace negotiation to try

to deal with the problem. there are russian efforts as we've seen to try to bring the syrian option in to try to discuss ways to end the civil war but there are key components that so far have refused to take part. those are the parts that happened to be engaging with the u.s. government. so it's not going to happen at least not any time soon. >> rosalyn jordan, at the state department, thank you. aid agencies in south sudan are rushing to get food to where it's needed before the rainy season. katherine soy reports from kodok. >> most of these supplies must be delivered in areas that are are hard to reach because of bad roads and poor security. rebels have allied themselves to

both sides still control large areas. these food rations are being repackaged for air drops in places that cannot be accessed by road and mainly controlled by rebels. >> we're in a situation where 2.5 million are facing acute hunger and with no peace deal, and the peak hunger season coming, we can only see that number swelling. >> reporter: in many parts of the oil rich but troubled upper nile state food is transported by boats using the river nile. it is less dangerous. we are reaching a center housing 7,000 people. the needs are many. this food was supposed to be in kodok by february. it's only getting here now. they're being given 15 days

worth of rations to last them over a month. >> when the crisis happened we couldn't harvest and the displaced people who came were more than us so we had to feed them. >> reporter: grandchildren walked to kodok when their village was overrun by rebels. >> sometimes we get food, sometimes it's delayed. we have to wait because we don't work. >> reporter: donor countries have pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to assist to help the people here, but to move the aid to where it's supposed to be is needed now. katherine soy al jazeera kodok south sudan. a new report is now indicating india is the largest arms importer. soviet stockpile is replaced with new weapons and as stock

grows, it's looking to buy even more. fez jamil are reports. >> since independence india relied heavily on the soviet union and later russia for most of its arrangement amounts baw because russia gave india a line of credit. some military analysts says india imports arms because it has no other choice. >> we do not have a very robust defense industrial base in the country. the defense industry policy opened in 2001 to private sector. so that's the reason why we are the number one importer. >> india's arms imports have risen steadily over the past ten years. despite that, as india's military responsibilities grow, the country needs to buy more

weapons. >> it isn't enough. the threats and challenges to india's national security are growing by the day. we have unresolved territorial and boundary disputes with china and pakistan and in my view we are not spending enough on defense to be able to cope with the growing threats and challenges. >> india has recently become closer to the u.s. and may soon be able to procure american arms that have long been embargoed. at the same time under prime minister narendra modi the country's intention might be to become a destination for buyers and traders as well. critical deficiencies, but since that could take years india is in the short term expected to remain one of the largest arms importers in the world. fez jamil, al jazeera new

delhi. let's go to lies lucia newman with a special report. >> my name is vanel teen valentine ramira. >> valentine'svalentine's plea for assisted suicide has gone beyond chile and beyond. her brother michael died from the same disease when he was six years old. and l valentine says she doesn't want to die like he did. >> my son struggled for six years. i saw him fading away until he suffocated in miss arms. a couple of weeks ago valentine

saw her best friend in the hospital die of the same disease and that hit her hard. >> reporter: thanks ovalentine's highly publicized message the government has transferred her from a public hospital which is all her family could afford to this private facility where her father says she is getting much better care. president michel bachelet said, children should be helped to live not to die. euthanasia is a controversial subject for adults, even more so for those considered too young to make crucial decisions on their own. in fact belgium is the only country that allows children of any age suffering from an unbearable irreversible disease to choose just as adults to choose to die. valentine's request.

>> they would be treated as objects. >> the only thing certain in life is death so to speak of her dignified deaths is to address the fundamental rights of a patient as a human being. >> congressman rossi is one of the few calling for legalized euthanasia, even he is reluctant to allow utd for allow it for children. despite doctors efforts valentine's life is fading. she's been struggling to live all her life, she knows it's a losing battle. the only question is whether it will end at a time of her own choosing. lucia newman, al jazeera santiago. belgium is the only country louingallowing euthanasia at any age.

thank you for joining us on al jazeera. the report we just played out about valentine's story obviously no one can be failed to be moved by this story but just explain to us how the law you have passed in belgium actually works. what checks would have to be put in place before euthanasia is franted to a minor? >> well -- granted to a minor? >> well, the minor has to be suffering from an incurable disease and is pain and then he can ask for euthanasia then he has the treating doctor who has to well, be assured that indeed, the disease is incurable. then the second and a third doctor is incorporated, to oversee the whole procedure. and there's also a psychological interview with the patient to see if he or she is pla dhur mature enough to make that decision.

that means that he or she has to understand the meaning of the whole idea of life and death. and also, the fact that she knows or he knows that when he chooses that this really ends. so the idea of euthanasia. >> we saw in valentine's case obviously she's an older child and i believe holland has a similar law to belgium. they have the cut off age of 12 years of age but belgium has the issue of any age. why did you feel your law needed to be open of children of all ages even very young ones? >> first of all had was a law in holland and there indeed they have a limit of 12. we didn't norm incorporate a limit

because the fact is if you put a limit on it, that means that you look at the age. we wanted to look at the miles an hour in way they -- the minors in way they are age of matureness not at their physical age but age of matureness. that means you could have a 13-year-old that doesn't have the matureness to really oversee the whole idea of euthanasia. and that you could have an 11-year-old that is mature enough to make the choice. so we didn't put an age not in the idea of a mierch of 12 or 13 -- a minor of 12 or 13 or 11 is or isn't capable of making that decision, but we made the idea of a minor who is really capable of making the distinction between life and death, and really, knows the situation he or she is in. >> i mean this is obviously a

very controversial issue and will affect people in a different way. ironically even if you have had a law in this case you haven't had a situation that you would have to apply it. when you get a case which i'm assuming will still divide the nation in some way that i guess the sort of controversial aspect of the law will be really felt then, when people of belgium will see a specific case and that will prove divisive. >> first of all i have to say that we've had the law on euthanasia for adults since 2002. and the fact is that we -- >> i was speaking of the one specifically for children. >> yes, i know, we've had the law since 2002 and it's very important that we have a commission that organizes the whole thing and really makes sure that there isn't any abuse. also we have the same thing for the minors, and the fact is that all over the world, there are

medical teams helping adults and minors at the end of life. and we have a law for it. i think it's very important that a minor who is capable and who is suffering pain, there is no age limit on pain. that we give him or her the freedom to choose for himself or herself how to cope with that. around i think it's very important that we open up that debate not only in belgium but in the rest of the world because we have the medical possibilities of today and the question is, at a certain point do you give the possibility to the patient who is suffering and who ahas an incurable disease to choose for him or herself how to cope with it. it's a very important debate and we have to open it up and that means also for miles an hour who are capable of making that making that

distinction. >> thank you very much for bringing your side of the debate flemish physician who co-sponsored the bill on belgium's euthanasia laws. still to come on the program we're going to tell you how this chinese mona lisa has joined other flam point works. and serena is a woman on a mission.

>> now with sports here's sana.

>> thank you very much, barbara. highest paid football ser in the middle of a political row. an angry the swedish striker has apologized. he has confronted officials in the tunnel after the game suggesting they wake up and saying it wasn't an amateur lead, he used an expletive as he appeared to criticize the whole of france. in response to that footage and the referees report the french football league has called a disciplinary hearing on thursday. the player himself says he didn't mean to insult france as

a nation. >> first of all i was not aiming for the people or whoever there when i said it, i was angry in that moment. whoever felt offended or took it in a wrong way if i took it, i apologize for that, i have no problem, because i am a man of honor, i will stand by the things i do and i apologize for that. but i think people whoever saw it or however they need the strength to swift twist it, i think the french people are strong enough to understand the situation. whoever were offended or took it in the wrong way i apologize. it's football of what i talk and lest let's focus on the football. >> the striker has been heavily criticized far right leader marin la popt. itpont.

>> i'm joined by sports journalist jonathan johnson. did zlatan actually mean what he said? >> i don't think that we can take what he said and think that he literally meant that happen i by hethat.i think he was caught up in the heat of the moment. knocking out at stanford bridge getting held and beaten by a border team they were used to beating. they wanted to get to top of league and couldn't, i think ibrahimovich, thought he pulled his weight for the team but that the referee had perhaps not made things as easy as he could have done for them by not making one decision in particular regarding a pass-back that should have

gone in psg's favor. i do think it was a bit strange game for ibrahimovich to pick. gave him some for fortuitous decisions. >> has there been reaction for french football fans? >> it has been. there was initial shock because it wasn't initially clear exactly how he delivered what he did. but once people were able to see the video and listen to ibrahimovich talking with no disrespect, english is not his first language and a bit got lost in translation with that. and i think football fans who were able to watch the game and sense the frustration in the player after the match because some of the decisions made by the referee were questionable, there have been people within the sports world who have agreed or not -- maybe not agreed but seen the sentiments that

ibrahimovich used, was the piggest mistake he made but not the point he was trying to make. >> jonathan, do you think after this meeting they're having on thursday do you think zlatan will leave the league? >> i don't think he'll leave the league. i think we can expect him to be in france for at least another season. i think league will use the disciplinary meeting they have one every week's on a thursday, they will look to push this one through as quickly as possible and look for a sanction that perhaps makes an example about this. i think we're talking about right around five matches. >> jonathan johnson from french football weekly thank you very much for that. new manager after sacking gus boyette. took over the club in 2014 when

if club was at the bottom of premier league. he led them to the final and just one of the last 12 league matches. the eight teams left in the contradict world cupcricket world cub the first match in sydney gives south africa another chance to end an unwanted record. as they take on 1996 champion sri lanka. first appearance 23 years ago. >> it's been part of cricket for a period of time, every time we get to easy events it's going to be questioned. we've spoken about it, there's no doubt about it, we've let every opportunity slip by us and hopefully we will have learned from the lessons that previous have made from this. >> the six eliminated sides have all been arriving home.

for most of them it will be an unhappy homecoming. afghanistan has been getting a hero's welcome after playing in their 50-50 world cup. jennifer glasse was there. >> a homecoming from afghanistan's cricket match even though team won only one of its six masms as you can see they are being -- matches you can see they are being hailed as a hero. cricket is a relatively new sport. coach andy mull hosted the world showing, makes it, only in practice matches. >> tennis now world number 1 serena williams, making a return

to the california tournament which is regarded as one of the biggest outside the grand slams after a 14-year boycott. she says fans racially abused her in the 2001 final but she's having no problems on her return to the court dropping just two games in her victory over sarina diaz. that's sport for me. i'll hand you back to barbara. >> thank you very much. asia's leading contemporary art fair has opened in hong kong. but local artists seemed to have been left out. >> for a couple of million dollars this two meter bronze pumpkin is yours. a disak of colorful cakes stack of colorful cakes. this year's art basil has put hong kong firmly on the art

lovers being forecast. >> art being people are not interested in meeting new people. they're a bit shy. for us a lot of these artists we approached them. >> that's what hong kong's newest art fair set out to do under big white tents by the harbor. 20 perforates artists are local. you don't need a pile of money to buy a piece of art here. it is being billed as the more affordable and edgy art fairs here. vivian poon whose work for the first time will be seen by thousands of people and many collectors. >> i talk to my friend and said do you think my work is good enough or am i embarrassing myself? i really worried. >> her creations stand alongside more flamboyant pieces like a

chinese mona lisa. colorful behind a life size silver rhino and showcased other artists. her works proved to be popular. >> i saw a simplistic but to the point message. today with all the technology and busyness busyness, i'm drawn to more minimalist colorful work which brings about a feeling of joy and happiness. >> lou marson all of vivian's pieces have sold. local artists a demand. divya gopalan, al jazeera, hong kong. there the address of our website, aljazeera.com. that's it for me barbara serra and we'll have more in just a few minutes hope you will be

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