g and inspiring memoir. thank you so much for talking to al jazeera. jazeera. ♪ hello and welcome to another news hour from headquarters in doha and coming up, in the next 60 minutes, saudi arabia tells the arab league strikes will continue in yemen as bombings against houthi targets intensify. a setback for syria and it's the second place to be captured by rebels. nigerian overcome technical glitches and threat of violence to take part in a historic vote.

>> live in africa's largest democracy, we are up to 60 million people are set to choose their next leader. and in london i have the top stories from europe france's foreign minister joins talks on iran nuclear program calling for robust deal but can it be done by tuesday? ♪ the war in yemen is dominating the arab league summit in egypt and air strikes the third day on houthi targets across the country. the king of saudi arabia has told arab leaders that military strikes against houthi rebels won't stop until yemen is safe and stable. leaders from across arab are there and king soloman said

houthis are a grave threat to security across the region. >> translator: these houthi malitias and by foreign forces were able to subvert the government and take control of the state and institutions turning a blind eye to all the calls initiated by the gulf countries and continue with the hostile actions against yemen people and authority posing a threat to regional countries. >> reporter: yemen's president says the military campaign is meant to protect the yemen people and haidi is attending summit in egypt and called on houthis to surrender. >> translator: i am adamant to continue to exercise my authorities as the president. i call on all the yemen people to continue to back and support the legitimate authority of yemen and the state institutions and to join forces to stand up to those malitias to take to the streets and peacefully

demonstrate suppressing their free will. >> reporter: qatar told the arab league meanwhile all sides in yemen should negotiate for the good of the people and also said there was no military solution to the crisis in libya and he said that qatar was confident about its relationship with iran. >> translator: i would like to reiterate on the good relations with iran and a neighboring country, reiterating that this relations is based on mutual respect of space and sovereigntys and refrain from intervention in the domestic affairs. the lawful president of yemen haidi resulted to the gulf corporation council and the legal states calling for help and assistance and this call was heated based on the resent development. we call on all the parties and

political forces to lay aside the differences and give presidency to the national interests. there is no military solution to the crisis in libya. the only route out, the only exit is a political, diplomatic solution living up to aspiration of the libya people. >> reporter: analysis from al jazeera's senior political analyst and live from london and perhaps not surprisingly giving the arab league's reputation for unity. there was none especially as far as yemen is concerned and the saudi-led attacks on the houthis. >> well, the iraqis expressed reservation and opposition. i think setting the algeria as well and have been passive about it. overall you could say that a big majority of the arab state are supporting the saudi campaign in yemen. and certainly all of them are in support of a return to the

dialog in yemen. you know a quick look at the arab region certainly syria, iraq, libya and yemen, anyone understands that further violence simply leads to the destruction of an entire nation and the displacement with people. so, you know there is certain support now and you could tell everyone that the tables have turned in so many ways on iran and in favor of saudi arabia over the last 48 hours. saudi arabia was passive and active in some ways isolated you know increasingly so as iran improved its dialog with the united states and involved in sort of proxy expansion of its influence in yemen and syria and lebanon, iraq and so on so forth and all has changed over 48 hours and of course it remains what will happen in the next few days and weeks but for the time being it seems the saudi gamble has succeeded. >> is it possible do you think

there will be the idea of a regional strike force so that countries countries arab league countries can police their own backyard if you like? >> you know, i've been following these things for so many years and i must be of course skeptical. you know, we are a summit of instability division and violence in the region. so it's to be expected that the arab league would be calling for stability dialog and unity and for a common joined arab military force. but, you know there is a defense treaty among arab league members that is simply collecting dust on the shows of the arab league. there is no precedent for a real operational coordination logistical or otherwise on arab military forces and will require a huge investment and huge sponsor ship and a real will on

the part of the leaders and i do not see that coming. i see the wish and i don't see it actionable. i see that there is attempt, if you will to sugar coat the situation and try to do something about it or give the impression to the arab people that the arab leaders are doing something about it. but i don't see it terribly realistic at this point in time. >> qatar said he was confident about his country's relationship with iran. of course the u.s. and world powers at the moment trying to negotiate a nuclear deal with iran, is there any any do you think in the future the arab league and iran can put aside their differences, that iran will be brought in from the cold? >> you know, qatar has a historically played a role in being a host of a dialog and bridging from people in the region and outside and it was a place where there could be a

dialog among sudanees and lebanon and so and so forth and attempted to make some sort of relations with iran conditional on iran not intervening on arab affairs. and doha is a place where yemen may want to come and restart their dialog there in order to reach a quick resolution of conflict there in yemen. in so many ways you could say there is an attempt at that. but now i think the arabs feel more comfortable after the campaign in yemen that any operation between them and iran would be no longer on iran conditions even or if there is a deal with the united states on the nuclear program. there has been fear over the last few weeks, adrian and

months if iran reaches a deal with united states it will increase and amplify influence in the region and the saudi message in yemen this is not going to happen and a good number of arabs will be reunited against the kind of influence iran would like to exercise throughout the region. >> always good to talk to you and thanks indeed and senior political analyst in london. coalition air strikes continued for a third day. there have been a series of explosions at an arms depo in the south in the compound and looting is reported there over the past few days as houthi fighters challenge forces loyal to president haidi. in the capitol sanaa jets have targeted missile brigades in the atan area as a special forces headquarters. military air base near the international airport was also struck and just outside the capitol in the mountains a weapons depo has been destroyed

and al jazeera mohamed reports. >> reporter: a third night of saudi-led air strikes against houthi rebels and this rare view from the receiving end. this video posted on youtube by an activist appears to show arab fighter jets hitting in the early hours of saturday. coalition says the targets included weapons be ng longing west of the area of the capitol sanaa and hit missile batteries and aviation academy and different sites. also attacked were missile brigades and special forces headquarters and the air base and international airport all in or near the capitol sanaa. >> the attack by the coalition now this is under control of the yemen army. we continue, we will continue to target their movement their

concentration of forces until we clarify all the areas that they are controlling now. >> reporter: the houthis remain defiant but remain ally and former president has called for negotiations. >> translator: we propose the following initiative first thing is to immediately stop the saudi-led military campaign and should coincide with the halt of operations by the houthi movement and honest return to negotiating table under the u.n. the dialog should be moved to the uae or any other location. >> reporter: international lead government says political dialog is still an option but only under conditions. >> translator: we insisted on the importance of dialog. we always asked for it and still do. but it hast to be on equal grounds where we wouldn't have one side dominate the other. it has to be under legality of the president and the state, not under the legality of a coup or malitia that control state

institutions. malitias discard everything in order to deliver yemen to iran. >> reporter: any sort of dialog to end fighting seems to be a far off possibility at the moment and until the two sides agree to some sort of discussions, people in yemen can only expect more of this. mohamed with al jazeera. we have the deputy editor and chief of the newspaper on the line now from aiden in southern yemen and thanks for being with us and tell us more about the explosions at the arms depo there in aiden today. >> well, a bunch of youth tried to reach the arms depo and led to the explosions today around 2: 2:15 in the afternoon and latest casualty reports we got 45 killed and 61 injured. the explosions subsided around

3:00 p.m. and now in the past half an hour have come back again throughout the city. other than that the -- during the two hours people were able to retrieve some bodies but not all of them. >> looting the past few days and what is it people were after there? >> the people are generally unarmed so with tell least armed in yemen so they told them they have been left to fend for themselves after the malitias so they were in fear they would have to carry on with the homes and that would be the main reasoning behind using that camp. >> and do we know whether the explosion of the arms depo as a result of a strike or was it an accident, something that was triggered by the people who were

looting? >> well, there was no reports from one of the injured, but the people are trying to move the depo and tried to break a lock with a machine gun. it rickashayed in the depo itself. the main reason for the initial explosion. >> what is the situation in the rest of the city right now? >> right now it's quiet. the conflict between the popular committees and the houthi malitias subsided. they are not in control of the airport so far. and in the outskirts of aiden they seem to be getting the upper hand especially the coalition have bombarded a column of tanks that are heading

towards aiden earlier this morning and which 15 tanks were destroyed among the armored vehicles. >> okay, so thank you very much indeed for being with us and the deputy editor in chief of the newspaper in aiden. now in syria groups led by the al-qaeda linked al-nusra front have the city adlib and taken after five days of intense fighting and it's the second provincial city to be fully controlled by the rebels and al-racca is under the control of the islamic state and levante and stephanie decker is following that story for us in beirut. there had been an intense battle over the past few days for adlib, steph. >> reporter: it has and some people will tell you they are surprised at how quickly it has

fallen but as you said it's led by the al-nusra front but this is a new coalition formed last week including different groups and elements of free syrian army come together to push. this is significant, hugely significant really because it had been under the control of government forces throughout this war. this is a city that was functioning. it was a city where people were being paid their salaries. a city also where a lot of internally displaced people were seeking shelter. it was a relative safe haven throughout this war and really the pictures we are seeing coming out of course is very difficult for us to report inside syria but the fighters are aware getting their message through the internet is significant. we have seen videos come out in the last few hours of fighters defacing al-assad and stepping on pictures and taking down postures and are in the security compound so very symbolic for them this is coming out and these are the images we are seeing on syrian television and

troops the army has moved south. they were grouping there to fight what they call terrorists but certainly at the moment very clear who is in charge in idlib. >> what are the implications of this for the syrian regime and its control over syria? >> i think it's twofold. firstly, i think we have to look at moral certainly it's a blow to the syrian army to the soldiers. they also have been fighting a very long fight and also politically it does weaken president assad certainly if you talk about any sort of negotiation we know that negotiations have failed. but the more ground he loses in syria the weaker his hand becomes and the more powerful card the opposition and those who support their position have to play in any final solution a final solution of course is a long way off. but this is something that more and more we are seeing recently. he is losing ground. there is another battle going on in the south. they are trying to push regime forces out of that area.

so if you look at it from that point of view he certainly is losing ground. he holds strong and says he is not going anywhere. we are hearing of course also from the u.n. and americans he needs to be part of some kind of solution but his position will be weakened if these groups take more and more ground in syria. >> all right stephanie thanks and stephanie decker live in beirut. across the border in iraq government forces are pounding i.s.i.l. positions in the northern city of tikrit. the assault is part of offensive to recapture territory from the group which began in march. the second or rather began on march the second. iraqi army backed by shia malitia and supported by air strikes from the united states. still to come here on the news hour, a 12-hour siege on a hotel in somalia capital and among the dead representative to the u.n. and we will tell you more. in sierra leone 6 million people

are staying home this weekend. we will tell you why. and lewis hamilton gives his chances of winning the malaysia grand prix a big boost and details a little later in sport. ♪ nigeria and there have been multiple attacks on polling stations in northeast of the country and 8 people are reports to be killed in two drive-by shootings, technical glitches have also effected this election. the election commission has decided to suspend voting in some of the areas which suffered technical problems. around 68 million nigerians are registered to vote in the fifth presidential of national assembly election since the end of military rule and president goodluck jonathan goodluck jonathan is a

frontrunner among 14 candidates and we report. >> reporter: there was some confusion that the school in abuja where hundreds showed up to vote and unsure how to organize everything and some election materials did not arrive. not far away at the national assembly preventel office things were a lot smother and hundreds in the heat in orderly lines, men separated from women. and has been waiting to vote five hours and knows what she wants the next president to deal with. >> corruption is everywhere. if we can fix corruption we fix it and we fix education and we fix unemployment, we fix power. basically power because if there is power every system of the economy will work. >> reporter: card readers being used to identify voters before they can cast their ballots, this is the fifth presidential and parliamentary election since

the end of military rule in 1999. close to 60 million people are expected to vote in over 120,000 polling stations. civil society organizations say everything is going smoothly so far despite some concerns about security. >> we did get one report of controlled explosion in southeast of nigeria but have been told this is not a major concern and we do know that in the area of high security concern. we have been receiving reports as well from the state where we are told that police officers have been restricting the number of people who can come out to vote to 60 unit, this is not allowed. >> reporter: these voters are not too worried but may be here a long time the accreditation process is taking longer than expected and voters could be here until night fall. >> reporter: live at a polling

station in abuja, what is the situation there now evon? >> reporter: well the situation here is going fairly smoothly. as you can see, the voters in the back have been accredited to participate in the polls. they all have been accredited. they will soon have to join yet another one in the back there to collect the all-important and critical ballot papers. once they have collected those ballot papers the most important moment of the day, the casting of the ballots into these ballot boxes they will be voting for a new president, senators and members of the house of representatives. many of these people are expected to be here into night fall because the polling stations do not actually close. every single person will be allowed to vote no matter how late the vote may take place. the independent national electoral commission say in places where they have been problems and challenges in particular with the card readers

it's a new identification system to make sure that the right person is voting. the election could continue into tomorrow but here things are going fairly well. >> election is thought to be pretty close between the two main candidates and the sitting prime minister and a former military ruler. if the election is going to go into tomorrow when will we likely know the results? >> reporter: small correction, president, not prime minister. on the result, well what the independent national electoral commission are saying adrian is first results out within 48 hours. you have to remember that this is a is an exercise and a young democracy and the fifth election since military rule in 1999. over 120,000 polling stations like this across the country, some are in extremely remote areas and rural areas like the

northeast. we also know that there are nearly 60 million people expected to vote because that is about the number of people that actually collected their permanent voting cards. quickly, security has been a major issue as we have been reporting through election coverage in abuja it has been fairly well but we have reports of situations in security happening in parts of the country and particularly up north. but the electoral commission are saying the overall things are going fairly smoothly despite as i say some incidents of insecurity. >> thanks for keeping me straight we are live in abuja and we have an independent researcher on war and conflict study and joins us now live from london. both the incumbent president goodluck jonathan and main challenger appealed for a peaceful polling day. it looks like they are not going to get that as we said at least

eight people killed in two drive-by shootings today, what do you make of that? >> yeah definitely looks a bit worrying because we have had a number of incidents today. there was one in the state where people have been killed on two occasions and both were attacked and it was complete destruction of voting in the state, in that part of the state where the killing took place although we are not sure that is going to continue that way. and in the state we also had some incidents of shooting and destruction of ballot boxes which is also worrying to anyone that is watching this situation and of course we have had intimidation in other parts of nigeria and i think it's directly contradictory to the peace deal of the two leading countries. so i think anyone of this institution should be worrying at this time because it means if it continues like this it could affect the outcome of election

and any of the candidates could be disputed. >> who might be responsible for violence like this? obviously in the north of the country one would suspect boko haram but who else in the rest of nigeria? >> well, we cannot say for sure. but from what i heard in the river state they are aware of some thugs who came in unknown thugs and came in and did the ballot boxes and a case of shooting as well. and one cannot say for sure who is behind this violence. but i think the two political parties, two major political parties should call supporters to order. >> could this violence be linked-in any way to the fact this election was delayed? of course it was supposed to happen, what, six weeks ago but problems in the north of the country it was delayed, has that increased tensions do you think? >> well, in a way it has

increased tension because people are open to this and apprehension if the election was going to hold or not and let's not forget the fact elections in nigeria are always full of tension like remember in 2011 there was widespread violence in northern part of nigeria after the results were announced. so it's not completely out of character for seeing these things happening at the minute. but it's a bit worrying. >> all right good to talk to you, so many thanks indeed in london and al jazeera has teams across nigeria covering the presidential election and al jazeera journalists are supposed to be reporting for us from the north of the country but at the moment they are detained at their hotel by the military. the equipment has been confiscated and confined to their rooms since tuesday. they are accused of loitering and operating without

accreditation despite being with the military prior to the incident and al jazeera is demanding their immediate release. troops in somalia forced al-shabab gunmen out of a hotel after fighters of the groups stormed in and killed at least 20 people and wounded dozens of others. and gerald tan reports. >> reporter: al-shabab fighters were held up for more than 12 hours inside this hotel. they blasted their way in and sprayed bullets at anyone in their way. witnesses say some people jumped out of windows to escape and that loud explosions were heard. >> translator: suicide car bomb went out at the rare entrance of the hotel and then gunmen attacked and that caused more casualties. i saw injured people being taken to the hospitals. >> reporter: a unit of somali special forces engaged attackers in a fire fight that lasted until saturday morning. the african union mission in somalia also joined operation to

rescue hostages. among those killed were somalia permanent representative to the u.n. in geneva and mohamed barry barry, many government officials were caught in the siege. the hotel is popular with diplomates, politicians and journalists. a day earlier somalia government announced capture of two al-shabab commanders and african union military campaign and a series of u.s. drone strikes have not managed to stamp out al-shabab. the group launches frequent attacks on government and foreign targets often killing civilians and the siege is further proof of threat to the stability in somalia, gerald tan, al jazeera. we hit the mid point on the news hour and still to come on the program. i'm jennifer glasse and on the kabul highway and 85% of roads are in bad shape and rebuilding them is a big job.

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presidential -- president today for the fifth time since the end of military rule. police say there are at least eight people have been killed in drive-by shootings on polling stations in the northeast of the country. the latest now on the ongoing iran nuclear talks in switzerland and we are in the london news center with that. >> reporter: yes, those negotiations continuing in switzerland to reach initial deal on iran nuclear program before tuesday deadline and it has been confirmed the eu foreign policy chief will join those talks shortly. the french foreign minister has already arrived and spoke briefly to reporters and said he is pushing for a robust deal. >> translator: iran absolutely has a right to nuclear power for civilian purposes but as for a nuclear bomb it's a no. the discussions have been long and difficult but pressing ahead

nonetheless. what is important obviously is the content of the agreement. but i also insist on the transparency of the mechanism as well as controls so that any agreement made is respected. >> reporter: al jazeera editor sent this update. >> reporter: well you are seeing more foreign ministers arriving and more on their way. remember all of last week and for three days this week you've seen the two main players the u.s. and iran but others coming now. you saw the french foreign minister there, france known as a hawk in these negotiations and german counterpart is also here interesting the german foreign minister said when he looked out over the scene here and overlooking the lake and the alps when i look at the mountains i'm aware at any climb the last part is the toughest. well, that i think is where we are in these negotiations. very near the end but the very toughest details to be ironed out as more foreign ministers

come remember the deadline for these talks is the end of the month tuesday. what i think we are going to see is nonstop meetings taking place from now on. worth pointing out when the first meeting of the day secretary of state john kerry sat down with the iran foreign minister and asked are you expecting a good day. he said we are expecting an evening today and then his iran counterpart said evening night, midnight, morning. i think they are prepared for the long haul here to try and reach a deal before the first of april. i don't think they actually want to reach a deal in the early hours of the first of april and may seem a minor thing but i don't think anyone wants headlines of april fools day deal. the site of the germanwings plane crash to honor victims and support their families. ♪ dozens gathered in a church to

pay their respects. 150 people on board died when the plane crashed into the french alps on tuesday. french authorities believe the copilot andreas lubitz intentionally brought down the aircraft. and german newspaper quoted a girlfriend and said he thought it would hurt his career and talked about doing something dramatic people would remember him for. a report by the u.n. refugee agency says italy received a record number of asylum seekers last year, 148% higher than the number in 2013. last year nearly 64,000 migrants requested political asylum in italy and majority of them came in boats from africa and the middle east. the largest number arriving on boats were from syria and atraia and the biggest number staying there came from mali and nigeria and gambia and many risked their lives to get as far as libya

where they faced imprisonment and persecution. >> i was never good but it was risky anyway. it was very risky. to be frank with you i was scared, so scared. it's not easy being in a sea, you know where you can't hold anything, anything can happen there, it's only god that can save you. >> reporter: a russian space craft has successfully docked at the international space station for a year-long joint mission with the united states. the craft taken off from kazistan and an american astronaut is the first to spend 12 months at the station and both countries announced plans to build a new space facility to replace the international space station from 2024. that brings you up to date with the latest from europe and back to adrian. >> ghani wants afghanistan to be

the cross roads of asia but the state of the actual roads in the country are a bit of a stumbling block to ambition, 15,000 kilometers of roads have been upgraded since 2001 but as jennifer glasse reports now many of them are still too dangerous to use. >> reporter: this should be a busy street but it's so bad few cars bother to use it. shop keeper who like most afghans has one name blames this road for poor business. >> translator: with the dust water and rain forget humans even a dog wouldn't walk here. >> reporter: it was built about five years ago with no sewers to drain water the tarmac reverted to dirt and this is in the capitol, outside the problems are worse. like on afghanistan's highway one that links kabul to other major cities, and kandahar and

iraq, poor security and maintenance make it a hazardous journey. >> translator: the road to kabul is very bad. there are many craters from roadside bombs. there is no security at all. >> reporter: afghan troops here say they will stop abductions but the truth is they only guard parts of the highway and much of it is unsafe. we are on the edge of kabul and basically from here the road gets dangerous. drivers say they often have to stop several times on their journey because of fighting along the way. or traffic jams where parts of the road have been blown up. >> translator: afghan officials have an ambitious plan to build highways criss-crossing the country and need international money and expertise. >> our private sector don't have that capability and experience to do the job which we wanted which we needed. >> reporter: afghanistan's

mountain terrain makes the task more difficult, despite the billions of dollars spent here the world bank says 85% of afghan roads are still in bad shape. most of the country's economy depends on road transport. so connecting afghanistan cities and rural areas to the regional neighbors is essential if this country is to thrive again, jennifer glasse, al jazeera, kabul. in sierra leone people are largely respecting a nationwide lock down to try to stop the spread of e bow and three day quarantine running until sunday is over seen by army and police and carolyn reports. >> reporter: the only people allowed on the streets of sierra leone are health workers. and the police and military officers enforcing a 60-hour lock down to stop ebola from spreading. while the country's 6 million people are at home ebola response teams go door to door and isolating new cases.

>> we have been in the fight for almost ten months and people are beginning to be complacent and we have ebola and four out of the 14 political districts but we still have ebola. >> reporter: most people are doing what they have been told and understand why there is a need for such strict measures. >> it's the right thing to do. it's the only way for the government to stop ebola. >> reporter: the ebola virus spread from guinea to other parts of west africa more and a year ago and controls between sierra leone and liberia officially on the verge of being ebola free. >> translator: what we need is international support, if you look at the set up that liberia got that is the same set up we have here you will see we will continue to fight the battle and succeed. we will not get any more cases on this side and we will not get any more cases on that side. >> reporter: ebola is spread through bodily fluids and causes

fever, diarrhea, severe bleeding and death and vaccines produced internationally being tested in liberia, head of u.s. infectious disease center in the trial says ebola needs to be controlled across the whole region. >> the numbers in sierra leone and in guinea are also down from their peek but with ebola which is a very unusual infection when you have an outbreak of ebola until you have essentially got it under control, the very last case and you are down to 0 there is always a threat of a rebound. >> reporter: this outbreak has a low mortality rate than previous strains but it killed more than 10,000 people since december 2013. ebola remains one of the most dangerous viruses known and tough action like a three-day lock down in sierra leone may tip the balance against it carolyn with al jazeera. still to come here on the news hour a big screen

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at the crime scene. decades of poor medical care he has been diagnosed with cancer and we went to meet him. >> these are the resent ones i have. >> reporter: after 30 years on louisiana's death row glen ford was released with an shrug. >> they say there was a minor mistake made on their behalf and he was sorry. give me $20 debit card, shook my hand and they released me. >> reporter: a minor mistake? >> yeah. >> reporter: what do you mean minor mistake? >> i don't know. i didn't want to question him. i accept it for what it is and got out. >> he walked out a free man today. >> reporter: ford's first steps from angola prison were covered on the local news. state authorities said evidence emerged that ford was neither press, at or nor a participant in the murder of a louisiana

jeweler in 1983 and he is thinner and just received a new diagnosis from his doctor. >> my cancer has spread to my ribs, to my spine and maybe to my brain. >> reporter: the state says if it knew then what it knows now ford may never have been arrested or indicted but the record shows there always has been clear evidence that others committed the murder and yet they kept him on death row. >> it cost me 30 years. and it is still happening. >> reporter: under state law ford is eligible for a maximum of $330,000 and it won't cover his medical bills but the louisiana attorney general is contesting ford's claim, arguing compensation may be denied without the state proving any

fact. the petitioner on the other hand must prove a negative. he must prove that he did not commit any crimes based upon the set of facts used in the original conviction. the attorney general declines to be interviewed but ford must prove he didn't handle any goods stolen at the time of the murder, a charge not proven at his trial. ford lives at a refuge for former death row prisoners set by john thompson himself exonerated after 18 years sentence and 14 spent on death row. he has little faith in the justice system that can snatch decades from the innocent. >> didn't want to play god and people who did this. >> reporter: glen ford is destitude. >> i would like to spend a few months with my family while i'm active and i'm in california and i'm here and i have no means of going there. >> reporter: litigation is expected to last for several

more months at least. i'm with al jazeera, new orleans. all right, time for sport and here we have it. >> reporter: thank you and we start with formula one and driver lewis and we will start sunday's malaysia and poll position and the reigning world champion was fastest a day at the circuit. hamilton will be looking for his second straight win this season, just behind him on the grid will be sebastian and his teammate qualified the third fastest. >> it's always difficult because you go out and none of us have driven this weekend in the wet. so the first stop is always the unknown and you don't take too much risk so you don't get the lap that you need my lap was feeling pretty good so i was pushing and then the next one was up at one stage and just lost a little on the lap but

generally i'm fantastic job. >> reporter: australia captain michael clark announced he will retired after sunday's world cup final against cohost new zealand and clark missed the match after a string of hamstring injuries and struggled to hit top form since returning averaging just 29 at the tournament and he will continue as captain but first will aim to lead his country to their fifth world title. >> i think it's the right time for me and the cricket team and like i say i was very fortunate four years ago to get the opportunity to captain this one day team and that was really good preparation for me leading to the world cup and i think the next australian captain deserves the same opportunity. i don't think it's realistic it will be here and able to play the next world cup so i believe it's the right time. >> reporter: new zealand fans started defending a cricket grand hoping to see their side

when the first ever world cup the team itself are undefeated at the competition so far and beat the obvious in the group stage. >> it's been a great ride so far but this is so the ultimate game for us to be able to play and everyone is very excited about it and some will be nervous tomorrow morning but there is excitement about what we are going to be able to going out there tomorrow and putting our skills against them in the backyard and we will have the appetite and the greatest stage we can ask for so tomorrow is going to be a special day. >> reporter: 2016 qualifying continues saturday and a game kicked off and taking on ice land in group a and ice land two up and later group leaders and czech group b qualifying on the list of belgium facing seecyprus

and on group leaders croatia. fewer and fewer countries seem to want or be prepared to pay for the bid for the winter olympics of 2022 and is down to just two contenders and kazistan and beijing china after four other nations pulled out and china has another chance to host another international event and harry faucet has more. >> reporter: a beautiful blue sky day in china and if they have their way this is the main venue of the 2022 beijing olympics linked to the capitol by high speed train and good for winter sports enthusiasts. >> translator: people are happy and economic growth is at a top of the world. when the country is rich they want to develop sports. >> translator: if we win more people will become interested in skiing. >> reporter: this week the inspectors from the

international olympic committee are in china to evaluate progress and this one and another are still in the race and both pledging to abide by newly instituted rules on human rights and freedom of expression. >> we have nondiscrimination as a reenforced grows on the city contract and it has been discussed and we have gained reassurance that they would live up to the expectations from the olympic movement. >> reporter: and accesses of 2014 games in sochi and spent $50 billion and costs causing other bidders to withdrawal, beijing has been careful to keep its budget down to about $3 billion and promising to reuse indoor venues created for the 2008 summer games and make the most of already built mountain facilities. . >> translator: inspection has given us appraisal and we will

make good use of 2008 venues. we are committed to deliver economic and sustainable winter games. >> reporter: no shortage of existing skiers and this is where the snow board, cross country and free style skiing events will take place and what it lacks are long enough and steep slopes for the blue ribbon events of alpine skiing and down hill and slolom will be in the mountains here and plenty steep enough but missing one ingredient more snowflakes on the boards than the slopes and 5 centimeters falls here every year and they will build a new resort relying on artificial snow when treatment of the environment is under particular scrutiny. lack of snowfall didn't stop sochi and russia being awarded 2014 games nor south korea hoet in 2018 and those enjoying the artificial stuff this season a

brand new ski field closer to beijing would go down just fine. harry faucet, al jazeera, china. that is it for sport for me and robin will be with you later on. >> thanks indeed. a cinema on wheels is giving people in tie land a chance to watch movies on the big screen and some of them for the first time in their lives and it cost $2.5 million to build and can host 100 viewers at a time and scott reports now from sanglaburi. >> reporter: it's the luck of genuine anticipation waiting to see something for the first time. 13-year-old has never been in a movie theatre. never seen a film on the big screen. but that's about to change. >> translator: it's cold inside. i like these beautiful seats. i dressed well and made sure i was not naughty today. >> reporter: one of a thousand

students at this rural school who will see a movie in this 100 at a time over two days. it's a mobile transportable cinema built within a truck trailer. it takes about an hour for it to make its transformation from taller to theatre and it will travel to all of thailand's 77 provinces this year. most rural ty communities like this don't have a proper theatre, the organizers of the cinema mobile want an experience of seeing the art form as it's intended, on a big screen and in the dark. but also it opens their eyes to experience different cultures by seeing films that do more than simply entertain. its manager is looking to challenge the audience, move them beyond the comfort of lighting themes and popular films. ♪ . >> translator: movies help students shape ideas and thoughts and could be a good medium for learning and we don't only show the films we encourage

discussion afterwards this helps them understand the movie's message. >> reporter: even though the government is partially funding the program, it recently used movies to get across its message. a month after the military took over the government last year it gave away free tickets to a national film which some said was attempt to stoke pride in tys during uncertain times but they say it's about broadening horizons and not telling one side of a story. with their newly-gained experience with being transports to a different place and a different culture, the children's excited anticipation will still be there for the next showing but now have an idea of what to expect, when the lights go out and the show starts. scott with al jazeera, thailand. that is a wrap for latest on the top stories straight ahead on al jazeera, i'll see you again in just a few moments. ♪

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