on twitter, facebook, instagram, google+ and more. >> from al jazeera headquarters in doha, this is the news hour. coming up: >> saudi arabia continues to pound houthi target in yemen. >> people head back to the polls engage after a technical glitch forces officials to extend voting. >> tens of thousands crowd the streets of singapore to bid farewell to long time leader.

>> all the sport including australia win the cricket world cup by crashing new zealand in the finals. >> first let's start with yemen where saudi arabia is showing to nine of easing the military campaign against houthi rebels. saudi arabia describing its mission to date as a success. while it says it's destroyed all houthi airplanes and communications centers and that one air strike in the port city killed dozens of houthi fighters. the houthis are still on the move. they are reported to be marching towards the southern city of aden. they've been battling sunni tribes. we're hearing at least 20 houthi fighters have been killed. more now:

>> airstrikes hit targets across the country including in the capitol, sanna. jets from the saudi led coalition bombed you ammunition depots airport and long-range rocket launchers in sanna sada and other areas. this destroyed helicopters and the a fuel facility. the saudis have deployed soldiers along the border they share with yemen. >> the houthis are a group of militias that stage add coup. they have expanded because of the backer of former presidential saleh and the iranians. >> saudi led airstrikes seem to be weakening houthi fighters who are retreating to the south

according to local sources. sunni tribesman are on the move to recapture areas they lost in the last weeks. these are houthi fighters killed in an ambush in the southern city of lahag. yemen has a deteriorating security situation. the saudis and their allies said the airstrikes will continue until the houthis and the deposed president ali abdullah saleh disband their militias. they insist that president adou rabbo mansour hadi return. >> the move came after all other means to achieve a peaceful solution that includes ending the houthi military coup and restoring legitimacy. the action will continue until the houthi hand over their

weapons. >> ali abdullah saleh's son from -- ali abdullah saleh was reported to be in rehe idea a day before saudi launched attacks. it suggests the former president is willing to turn against the houthis if international sanctions against him are lifted. the saudi's apparently no longer trust ali abdullah saleh. they accuse him of roll including with the houthis. >> script's president says joint action is needed to fight intervention in the middle east. he said a panel will work under the supervision of arab chiefs

to work out the structure. the alliance will be made of of at least 40,000 elite troops. >> it has decided arab leaders to undertake to establish a joint arab military force that an elite team will be formed under the supervision of the member states armed forces to study all aspects pertaining to establishing a joint arab force and formation. >> al jazeera's senior political analyst joins us live from london. is this a force that's going to be deployed in yemen? >> you know, it dependency. if we're talking about lump summing a number of soldiers from egypt, saudi arabia, united emresist altogether in one military base, i guess it's possible. but that's not what's meant usually when you talk about a joint military force. you mean there is a lot of

groundwork logistical areas where a number of forces can work together. we've seen that when nato deployed forces in iraq and afghanistan, and so fort. what is meant for this, there is actually no blueprints. if president al sisi means we are going to send soldiers to fight alongside this is not much of a different force this is just different countries fighting together. >> how will it be funded, governed, will it need arab resolution each time before some member states wants to deploy its force into some conflict zone? >> well, you know, it's nice to be able to roll one's eyes in front of a camera, but look, let's remind our viewers around the world that the arab league has come up with a common

defense treaty in 1950. that's over half a century ago but that treaty has never been really actually implemented so now to speak he about an arab force 65 years later and expect this will go into action and expect this will be developed and as you said, who will pay for it, how it will come about there is no expertise, there is no experience and there is no precedence for this kind of a joint military force to take place, so who are the enemies? is the enemy going to be israel? of course not. they won't be ail to fight a country like israel. is it symmetrical enemies. is it a fight that president sisi is willing to fight in libya, in yemen? is it about combating terrorism? that requires a whole different military force that is more rapidly deployed that could

fight a symmetrickical warfare. none of that is known to us yet. >> the whole gist of this arab league summit, it seems the agenda is about stability and stabilizing the status quo rather than reforming it. >> you know, the arabs convene their summit when it reaches division. we've never seen the region at war from the atlantic to the gulf. eve and every country is involved in war or touched by war, each and every arab citizen is touched or devastated by violence and war. it's normal then for the arab countries to call for unity for stability and dialogue. what is the only actionable thing that came out of this summit? as you just said it in your

earlier statement, it is a joint military force so it's really seeking military solutions for what is essentially political problems that need political dialogue and for the very essential needs of the arab citizen. now, who is really absent in this summit? it's the invisible arab. those arabs who went to the streets of the arab world four years ago and asked for justice freedom and development. none of their calls are being heeded. if anything, this summit has turned the page on the calls of justice that we heard from the arab spring. >> is there also an invisible person in this summit, i.e., iran? >> well, let's put it this way iran is the elephant in the room. everyone talks about external pours intervening directly and

indirectly in the arab world in order to divide the region according to as he sectarian and other dividing lines. so yes much of the effort to stand behind saudi arabia on yemen is actually to stand for or against iran in the region and to stem the tide of rising iranian influence especially if iran reaches a deal with the united states over its nuclear program. having said that, the really missing elephant, the ones that the arab world that be preoccupied with for the last half century the united states has not been mentioned and if membered mentioned by passing. if anything, much that has been discussed over the last days has been discussed against the backdrop of a belief in the arab world or at least in that summit that you cannot depend on the united states, that the arabs must act alone and the united states might follow as in the case of yemen that now the

united states supports the sawed initiative in yemen but won't initiate it. the egyptians might move into libya and expect support from them. >> thanks for that. >> now voters who missed out casting their ballots in line of scrimmage saturday are getting another chance today. polling booths will stay open in some parts of the country on sunday. violent attacks and technical glitches forced some voting centers to close early. >> we are at a polling center in nigeria. >> many people couldn't vote on saturday because of logistical problems. the polling station here, people first have to go threw the accreditation process literally start again. you first get accredited and

then you vote. that machine there is the cause of it. that's why so many people couldn't vote. the machine wasn't working. officials are saying things are up to scratch now. they are saying this was postponed so officials to get things in order. why are they say they are now voting on a second day? they wanted the this over on saturday. that didn't happen. people hope the voting process goes smoothly and they all get to vote and the results announced at quick as possible. >> let's get the view live now. tell us first of all i know it's early on, but since counting is supposed to be underway any indication where this is going yvonne? >> well, so far no indication, no official announcement from the independent national electoral commission. in fact, the chairman has said

that the results will be announced 48 hours after voting ends. voting is still going on in at least 350 polling stations around the country that were not able to operate yesterday so it's when those individuals and those polling stations done with voters that some of the ballot papers from those polling stations will start coming through here and there will be an indication of just what way the presidential race, the most important race in this election is going to go. local newspapers are reporting this is not verified by the independent national electoral commission that the incumbent president goodluck jonathan has lost in two polling stations inside the presidential villa complex. that's where the president operates, that's where the president has his office and his home. local papers say he's lost to the opposition in those two polling units.

that is two out of the 150,000 so not precisely an indication of where this vote will go, where this election will head, but that is not good news for the president if he could lose literally on his own doorstep. >> i understand there were technical problems yesterday. of things going shootinger today? >> the independent national electoral commission said yes. before the vote took place they foresaw problems. they were introducing the card reared which is all about identifying voters and accredited them before they vote. last time around four years ago i was here, so i remember there was a lot of double voting, there was a lot of underage voting. there have been technical glitches with these card readers and the electoral commission did anticipate that this could be the situation. it's a battery operated device, sometimes some of them can run on electricity, but as 19, we have a huge problem in nigeria

with constant power supplies. the electoral commission said the problems are being resolved, playing down the magnitude of the problem saying it's only 350 polling stations affected by technical. issues and that in the coming hours all of this will be resolved. what i've seen on local t.v., people are taking this in stride. there i also frustration in some places, but this election is so important to people, they're not going to cause violence jut yet they're giving the electoral commission time, they're trying to be patient with the umpire. >> all right, thank you for updating us. >> two al jazeera journalists have been detained covering the election. they have been held at their hotel since tuesday.

both were embedded with the military before being detained. al jazeera is demanding their release. >> you're watching the al jazeera news hour. still to come, a fight for food. desperate people in sierra leone defy a government lockdown and scuffle to get supplies. >> we'll report from guatemala where 36 years after being killed the victims of a massacre are getting a proper burial. >> the former world champion proves he's still got it, the grant free coming up in sport. >> talks are continuing in switzerland on iran's nuclear from. iran won't budge on continuing its advanced nuclear research. all parties are trying to reach a deal before tuesday's deadline. >> our diplomatic editor, james

bays joins us live from lausanne where talks are taking place. more diplomatic activity today top diplomatics coming and going. what does that mean? >> very frontic diplomatic activity. more delegations here now the french, the germans the chinese joining the iranians and the u.s. the u.k. and russians on their way. we're hearing that all of these nations are contributing ideas to try and deal with the final point they need to resolve before getting this framework deal. remember the deadline at the end of the month. it's worth pointing out that they are very, very close. i've said this before, but even closer now to a nuclear deal than at any time before. many of the detailed technical issues have actually been resolved. what we're seeing now in the last few hours is the meetings have been a lot shorter.

they were meeting for several hours, discussing the. >>. now they meet for 15-30 minutes. that that is because they are focusing on these remaining issues, trying to come up with a compromise that will be acceptable both to iran and the international community. >> give us an idea, james what the sticking points or point is. what is the issue with iran being able to do nuclear research, if that's the problem. >> that is one of the problems. there are a number of different problems still being dealt with, that they've got to come up with. those problems are one iran's future research, how many research and what research would it be able to do. the other is about the whole time line of the deal, the u.s. talking about a 10 year time line, other nations not sure that's long enough. they are talking particularly about year 11 today up to year 15 what would happen in that

period, would there be after the 10 year period, would there then be an extra period of another five years with reduced scrutiny but continued scrutiny on iran. the other issue is sakes of the united nations and how they'd lift those sanctions. those are the sort of issues they're discussing. we're not being given a complete running commentary, clearly but they're going to continue talking about this and they may well go until that deadline on tuesday, the 31st of march. what is certain is there cannot be a deal yet because not all the foreign ministers are here. we are expecting all the foreign ministers to be in place by the end of this evening and then at any point behind closed doors they could reach a deal. this is very, very tough. they make that not reach a deal. >> tonight might be the big night to keep your eyes on. thank you for now. >> in iraq, a joint military and police forces in the final

stages of retaking the city of tikrit from islamic state of iraq and the levant. the troops have been edging closer to their goal after an aerial bombing campaign this week. we have a report. >> only meters arm from enemy lines, iraqi forces prepare for what they call a final push into tikrit. >> our forces have advanced towards the outskirts of the neighborhood to flush out isil. we've advanced from four fronts and established five contact with the enemy. >> members of the national police, the army and elite forces are on the edge of the city waving the iraqi flag as they cross a bridge into the city center. they fire targets with machine guns and rocket launchers and report successes telling al jazeera the plume of smoke is from homes close to a destroyed mosque previously an isil

command center. >> we are targeting the hideouts of isil. thankfully, we are making gains. our security forces have advanced on the gates of central tikrit and by the will of god we will be victorious and crush isil in that none of them is left in iraq. >> the u.s. coalition launched airstrikes on wednesday. the three day campaign began after the united states insist shia militias pull back from the operation with the iraq forces. you the fighters had been instrumental to the tikrit battle suns earlier this month. >> our iraq forces heading toward the city of tikrit. we are a collection of collaborating forces and by the help of god, we will be in tikrit very soon. >> the government has predicted several times before that it will win back tikrit. the regaining control is a vital step to taking back mosul

iraq's second city isil took over last june. al jazeera. >> tunisia's foreign minister said the man behind the attack on the museum has been killed in a security raid. he is thought to be among nine suspected fighters who died in a fight near the algerian border. one other was injured in clashes. twenty others have been arrested in connection with the attack in tunis more than a week ago. >> thousands of people marched in solidarity through tunis chanting tunisia is free and terrorism out. the leaders of france, italy and the palestinian authority were among those marches. at least 22 people were killed in the assault most of them foreigners. >> tens of thousands of mourners have paid final respects to singapore's founding father

lequan yu. >> his body had been lying in state since wednesday. draped in the national flag, his body was carried by members of the armed services, a chance for the count mymen to see him one last time. the rain came down. that didn't deter the thousands to pay respects to the founder of this nation. young and old and across social and ethnic spectrum, the crowds waited patiently. some families watching the funeral on their computers. for many, it was a chance to pay tribute. >> he was a man of great courage and conviction. we have been here for 12 years and owe to lot to him in this country. >> he was a great leader so we should show our respect to him.

>> he france formed the nation from a colloquial back border to one with an internationally respected economy. quite a while some criticize his policy toward free speech and dissent, politicians lined up to pay tribute to him. >> singapore's transformation is his legacy. >> the funeral service took place at the national university. here, his eldest son and current prime minister spoke warmly of his father's achievements. >> he went for the nobler dream of a multi-nation, multi-religious nation. singapore would not be based on race language or religion, but on fundamental values, multi-racialism, equality, integrity and rule of law.

>> along with much of the journey, there was a military guard of honor and 21 gun salute. >> this country has been in mourning seven days, a new mythical down begins monday, one without him. how this island nation moves forward both socially and politically will depend on the new, younger generation. al jazeera singapore. >> time now to catch up on all the weather. rob's here. rob, the last time we spoke, we were talking about too much rain now there's not enough of it in some parts of america. >> this is an ongoing situation for years, we are talking about the desert states of the western u.s. the feed for this is what we call the pineapple express. the desert states down here, of

course, would love to see a bit of that and we did a little bit in march but not very much. it really is quite important because the major feed of water for all these states is the colorado river this thing that snakes around on the map with two major reservoirs. there are hundreds of downs but two major ones, lake meade feats las vegas and lake powell is blow half its state. this is below half full. it's not a good prospect. you should be able to moor boats here. no chance. not enough water here. we're not really picking up anymore potential, there is nothing but light showers. the second one a continuation

of winter, more snow to go across the northeast. when will it end? >> billions of dollars have been spent in afghanistan during the past 30 years to develop the country, but not much is being down i am plouffe the ambulance service. kabul that only one ambulance service that provides 24 hour transport for 6 million people and it's struggling. >> my name is abdul i'm a nurse working with kabul ambulance. my team is me and a driver. my duty is to transfer patients to a hospital. our dispatcher in the main office calls us on the radio. we are told to proceed, for example, to this area. we are given details about the patient's condition. we administer first aid and

decide which hospital the patient should be taken to. we face many problems with traffic jams. motorists do not give way to ambulance. we have only 18 ambulances, and so many people in need of urgent medical attention. when there is an explosion it becomes more difficult to help all the injured people. my worst memories are from an explosion in kabul. the explosion injured more than 100 people. about 50 others were killed. we asked help from every organization. we faced a lot of problems transferring the wounded to hospital. if we had enough ambulances, perhaps we could have saved many more lives that day. >> still much for to come here on the news hour, including split between two continents,

it's one of the most significant cities in history but istanbul is changing, and some fear losing its character. also ahead: >> i'm in la paz where the indigenous voice is louder than it has been for years. >> why you should never turn your back on your opponent. the latest on the race for the nba playoffs.

logistical >> casting ballots in nigeria's election saturday are getting another chance. polling booths will stay open in some parts of the country after violent attacks and technical glitches. >> tens of thousand us paying final respects to singapore's founding father, lequan yew. >> a retired air force general joins us live from the jordanian

capitol. if we could start first with the fighting who are the tripes involved? >> well, i could say now clearly that yemen is in chaos. finance and money play great role in shifting alliance, so it's very hard to tell which tribe fight each other or army. you've got three armies, also. shebwa is a critical area. if somebody took it over, then this is the way to marab the staging ground to sanna on the north or towards the south so who's fighting there?

the sunni tribes and the houthi and the saleh army. i can't speculate the fighting going on. perhaps it might be street to street or neighborhood by neighborhood fighting, so it remains to be seen. but having said that, sada is the critical joint the major area. this might avoid a ground troops if the yemeni tribes, the sunni yemeni tribes could do the fighting and supported by air power in sada or any other part of yemen. i don't want you to speculate

but do you see any pattern suggesting perhaps coordination between the airstrikes and those tribes on the ground? sad da >> i don't know, possibly here, we might see some arab qualified ground troop or special ops direct such air power to their target. having said that, air power cannot win the war at all. it has an effect, but you need the ground troops. that's why the yemeni should come and fight and they need

support from air power in some part of the area. >> we've seen a shift in airstrikes from aden more towards saada and sanna in the last 24 hours. why? >> very critical, as i said, they are very critical and the the hub of the activity, especially saada mosul their leadership is there and that's where the houthi concentrated areas and, you know, they have all their influencing that area. sanna, yes with he might see but it's still -- it's chaos there. as i said, they need, you know, hadi need sort of military council, reform some of his army to do the fight probably. you need a big finance and support from the gulf and the arab world to do that. the campaign did well, you know,

they scared the battlement. they have the air supremacy over yemen, but still they need the ground troops on the ground to do that. the best way of doing it is the yemeni them receivers and the hadi army. >> thanks so much for your nationals on that. >> now yemen's neighbors are feeling the effects of the conflict. ships and commercial flights have been diverted to. jabuti. >> this is the port, the crisis in yemen is proving a test for the countries shipping. so far, seven ships have arrived, five oil tankers and two carrying containers.

>> we are giving them all the infrastructure and handling they need in the port to discharge all the goods and to feed the ships. of course, it's very costly to keep a ship waiting, the cargo is very costly. some ships cost up to $50,000 u.s. per day. >> it it sits in a vital corridor providing access to the red sea. at its narrowest point it separates yemen from djibouti. >> much of it is on the way to and from the suez canal. more ships are expected to be diverted in the coming days and they say they have the capacity to handle the traffic. air traffic has also increased. following the closure of yemen's

air space and flights by its national carrier all come to djibouti. passengers are still stranded in djibouti. >> we came from egypt. we have sick people, children and families with us. we have more than 20 people who had surgery and are very ill. we appeal total gulf nations and our president to help us return home. >> authorities in djibouti are preparing themselves for an in flux of refugees from yemen. they are preparing a camp that can hold up to 5,000 people about 180 kilometers from here. aid workers say the number could be far higher than that as 200,000 refugees living in southern yemen could flee back through djibouti. >> guinea's president says new measures will be taken to combat the spread of ebola including restrictions on burials and possible lockdown. the three day lockdown is underway in sierra leone but

some defied the government's order. we have the story. >> they came looking for food and when there wasn't enough, fights broke out. this is devil hold, an impoverished area in capitol free town and hotbed for ebola cases. hundred was people defied a government lockdown together at a food collection point. people are desperate for food because of how the distribution is going. they think they will not be able to get food because of the number of people present. this has led to panic. >> many people were taken into custody and the police struggled to deal with the crowd. >> initially, we were overwhelmed, but with the arrival of the military, we've been able to put the situation under absolute control. >> health teams were sent door to door to look for cases. in the last few months, the number of new cases has spawned

and remains a threat. there are fears of complacency setting in. 6 million people were asked to remain indoors for three days. >> we just want to reenergize people remind people, because that's all we've been in this fight for almost 10 months and people are beginning to be tired, be complacent. >> more than 10,000 people have been killed and just last week, 79 new cases were reported in the three worst affected countries. many understand the need for a occur fee but for those below the poverty line, stocking up is not an option. >> because of this three day lockdown, there is nowhere people can get food for their survival. when they heard about this supply they came around to have something for the three days. >> it's not just sierra leone. anyone knee has declared a health emergency. the president has ordered restriction and confinement in five regions. many are concerned that the government might not be able to

provide adequate food and medical supplies to the affected communities. new vaccines and quarantine measures are slowly and steadily winning against the deadly virus. for the people, their fight against ebola is far from over. al jazeera. >> france is heading to the polls to elect more than 4,000 council members. french president francois hollande cast his ballot. former president nicholas sarkozy's party is leading in the polls. la paz is also holding elections. >> this is election campaigning. at least for some of the community, which makes up more

than half the country's population. governor of ba 'is trying to wrest control from the opposition. she quotes a long struggle against discrimination. >> they made us live in two bolivias, one was abandoned while the other had all the privileges. now we have to integrate because we are all bolivians. >> a supporter of eva morales with in office since 2006, many credit him for creating space and in still confidence for indigenous candidates to engage i have not elections. >> i believe the future will see this period as one of consolidation and profound change that sees society participate far more, not just indigenous communities but also women and afro bolivians.

>> a former minister in president morales government didn't like the direction in which it was headed. >> the team of the indigenous struggle has been totally subsumed which has weakened the government. >> the economy is agreeing 5% a year largely due to gas exports. the challenge is to ensure the wealth is spread among a population marked by inequalities. the fight for the indigenous community to emerge from centuries of discrimination has been long and hard. the symbols of cloneallyism is strong here, but their voice is now loud and diverse and getting stronger. >> that indigenous community

speaks more than 30 languages and practices many customs. it's been united in its suffering, as it emerges so, too, does it differences and conflicting demands. al jazeera, la paz bolivia. >> students from the southern mexican state of guerrero have fought with police. >> the group had been traveling from the state capitol in what police suspected was a stolen bus. the police tried to stop the bus. students later set fire to a police car and ambulance outside a police station. >> people in the remote part of guatemala finally giving loved ones a proper burial three decades after they were killed. it was considered one of the worst atrocities during the countries 36 year civil war. david mercer has more from the mountainous region of nabat.

>> it's a vivid reminder of one of the darkest challenges in good malla history. each coffin holds the remains of a massacre victim killed during the country's civil war. thirty years after the killings, and nearly a decade after forensic teams dug up the bones they are loaded on a truck ready for the final journey home. >> we are on the way to a village about nine hours from guatemala city. hundreds of thousands of family members are waiting for the remains of their loved ones. >> guatemala's civil war pitted a right wing government against leftist gorillas. it was the indigenous trapped in the middle who suffered the most. >> the pain the government cost will not go away. it's because of them we are poor

and don't own our homes or have land to grow food. >> the garcia family lives 100 meters from the spot where 98 local men were accused are colluding with the guerillas and massacred by the soldiers. the brothers prepared a space to mourn their father's death but the reality of having his body back home is overwhelming. >> i can't explain my sadness. i never knew my dad. i never new what he was like or what kind of man he was. i'll never know. >> as fight falls a church service begins. the evangelical movement has surged since introduced by wonderful the most notorious dictator. people here put their faith in god. >> we're celebrating god. the most powerful, because we don't want our young people to suffer what we have lived through. it is only through god that there is hope.

>> the following morning people prepare to bury their dead. coffins are loaded into tombs one by one lives that have been lost but will not be forgotten. david mercer, al jazeera in guatemala. >> stay with us here, sport is up next. find out how defending champion djokovic got on in his second round match at the miami masters.

>> another very good day for new zealand fans. >> was we'll start with cricket, the world cup it's the fifth time they've won the competition. >> unbeaten new zealand made a dreadful start. providing resistance, but they broke their century partnership and new zealand crumbled in what was their first world cup final. australia's revered attack was rampant. they're fielding just as good. new zealand bold out for 183. it was not enough.

their hopes were raised in the first over, without scoring. australia captain was enjoying his last ever one day national with 741's. he was out with the target in sight. it meant a speech ovation. victory by seven wickets with over 100 balls to spare. australia's fifth world cup triumph and the first time they did it in front of their own fans. they are kings of cricket. al jazeera. >> ending the drought in formula won, the former world champion over the current one.

>> starting the season, the circuit was a familiar one defending champion hamilton starting from pole position, but right behind him was sebastian the four time world champion, who hadn't tasted race victory since late 2013. after a smooth start the first twist came off the four laps. mercedes pulled their cars into the pits and put on hard tires. staying on the medium tires to get the lead and he made it count. they swapped the lead through various pit changes but hamilton remained 14 seconds behind and could never catch up. going on to end an lengthy drought for him and his team.

[ cheering ] >> ferrari's formula one's most successful team's last victory had been at spanish grand prix in may, 2013. >> it's been a while. my first time obviously with ferrari. i don't know -- >> hamilton claimed second, but his mercedes teammate third. >> congratulations they did an amazing job. they had some good pays today. >> the championship race perhaps no longer as straightforward as it seemed. al jazeera. >> netherlands a chance of qualifying for the 2016 european championship to remain tar from certain. they enjoyed a difficult night against group a. visitors went ahead but the

dutch equalizer deflected snyder's shot two minutes into injury time. the final score the netherlands on the group in seven points after five gains. >> goals and plenty of them scored across europe, 13 total. the czech republic foiled by latvia. >> tennis world number one djokovic winning in three sets. he raced through the opening sets to take it 6-0. in the second set showing great spirit to take it 7-5. however, that was to be the highlight of the match for the slovakian. djokovic raised his game in the deciding set going to the win.

>> japan advanced beating the russian 6-2 6-1. the four seed won 70% of his service points. >> in the women's draw, world's number one serena williams managed to beat man company in straight sets, 6-3 6-1. >> nba now the blazers beat the nuggets. the play of the night goes to denver's with i will burton, getting the assist off an unsuspecting wright. denver really tested the bounce.

a triple opened a 10 point lead. 120-114. >> that's it. >> thank you so much for that. >> now the city known as istanbul is changing again. $100 billion being spent to transform it into a modern metropolis. that sent rent for properties soaring and opponents say little is being done to stop it. we have the story: >> it's a shock from a by gone age paying by gone rent. just over $2,000 a month on istanbul's most famous street. this shop could fetch more than $20,000 a month on the open market. he says he is being forced out. >> they are saying you will go.

>> we've been right here for the past 80 years. every customer knows us here, if i leave here, where will my customers find me? how will it set up a new shop? how can i rent a new place? costs are now so high you burn your hands. >> the landlord, the cash poor catholic church is taking advantage of a new law you that means tenants of 10 years or more can be convicted without cause. activists worry the city is losing its culture. >> cultural center of the city, the heart of the city, but now shaped by the investors. investment's vision. investors came and spent lots of money and turned a movie theater into a shopping mall. >> this former cinema is next to a new and controversial shopping mall. a few minutes walking away,

another district is being renovated, home to some of the city's poorest people, it was almost in ruins. >> the local council tells use it has a strike a fine balance between preserving the culture and history of an area and create ago modern enenvironment. the national government is spending on infrastructure projects in istanbul. >> the former mayor and now turkish president is the driving force behind an ambitious scheme to turn the city of 15 million people into a modern global metropolis. some including ilia, will struggle to find a place in this vision of the future. bernard smith, al jazeera istanbul. >> that brings us to the end of this news our back with another

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>> saudi arabia continues to pound houthi targets in yemen and said it destroyed all of the group's airplanes. hello, welcome you to al jazeera. live from our headquarters in doha, also ahead people head back to the polls in nigeria after a technical glitch extends voting. negotiations between the u.s. and iran over tehran's nuclear program enter the final stretch. >> split between two continent