>> hello welcome to another news hour follow al jazeera from our headquarters in doha. coming up in the next 60 minutes: >> arab leaders say airstrikes in yemen will go on until houthi rebels pull back. >> ready for the final push, iraqi forces are on the verge of forcing isil out of tikrit. >> in london, the top stories

including tough talking in lausanne as efforts to hammer out a nuclear deal with iran intensifies. >> the local elections in france, a test of popular support. the leading political parties. >> all the sport including australia win the cricket world cup for a third time by crashing new zealand in the final. >> we begin in yemen where the saudi led coalition is bombing houthi rebel targets for a fourth day. the arab league said the strikes will continue until the houthis law down their weapons and withdraw mom sanna. the airstrikes in saada in the north, saudi arabia said it's destroyed all houthi airplanes and communications centers. it says that one air strike in

the port city killed dozens have houthi fighters. the houthis are still on the move, reported to oh be marching towards aden, while they've been battling sunni tribes. more now: >> airstrikes hit targets across the country including in the capitol, sanna. jets from the saudi led coalition bombed ammunition depot he is, airports and language range rocket launchers. this is the aftermath of an attack on the air base in the capitol. it destroyed helicopters fighter jets and a fuel facility. the saudi's have deployed thousands of soldiers along the border they share with yemen.

>> the houthis are a group of militia that is staged a coup with the backing of the iranians and former president saleh. >> so you had led airstrikes seem to be weakening houthi fighters, who are retreating from areas in the south according to local forces. sunni tribesmen are on the move to recapture areas they lost in the last few weeks. he's are houthi fighters killed in an ambush in the southern city. >> the arab league summit has been dominated by yemen's deteriorating security situation. the saudis and their allies say the airstrikes will continue until the houthis and the former president saleh disband their militias. they insist that president adou rabbo mansour hadi who fled the country is yemen's legitimate

leader. >> yemen was on the verge of collapse which brought a response from the arab states and the international community. the move came as a peaceful solution to end the coupe and restoring the legitimate government failed. it will continue. >> saudi media reported that ali abdullah saleh's son was in riyadh a day before the attacks were launched against yemen suggesting the former yemeni president is willing to turn against the houthis if international sanctions against him are lifted. the saudis apparently no longer trust saleh accusing him of colluding with the houthis to

destabilize the region. >> let's he get nationals now from al jazeera's senior politicallal lift in london. your latest blog post, you're very critical of the arab league the saudi coalition taking action in yemen and the arab league's plans to form a unity force. why is that? >> it's actually the easiest way to react is to be critical, of course, the sitting penalties and leaders of the arab world today are partly to blame for the terrible situation that the arab world goes through. a lot of the things they criticize and are trying to confront are of their own making in some ways, as well as the making of some other cynical leaders in the region, as well, whether they are iran or israel, but be that as it may it seems to once again everyone's

talking about military solutions to what in so many instances political problems, or are are intra arab problems that need to be dealt with through dialogue and unity which the arab league summit seems to emphasize but when they look for solutions they emphasize military solutions. some like president sisi, of course was a former general and they tend to see political problems through military prisms, and the likes of like the intermilitary force which he would like to use in places like libya. >> how this force will be used remains to be seen. the coalition put together is taking action in yemen right now, that was done remarkably quickly, and it was pretty straightforward to do it. >> >> this is what you call in

military affairs or strategic affairs the eternal now. you know, the strategic temperament cannot be about this week. of course, saudi arabia enjoys aerial superiority and it's expected that they will be ail to destroy so much of the houthi power. as we've seen in iraq and elsewhere, one thing is to lead with air strike, another is to control a country especially a very divided complex and heavily armed nation like yemen totally divided quite a rough terrain and so on and so forth. it remains to be seen what's going to happen in the next few days and weeks. having said that, i agree with you that there is a real strategic challenge facing the arabs, which is an over-reaching iran. iran has been interfering in arab affairs follow lebanon to syria to iraq and yemen and

there is a strategic challenge they he need to respond to, paradoxically saudi arabia near yemen, but this needs to go baaing to dialogue or negotiation table because there are no military solutions to these problems. >> that's the next point i was going to put to you that there are no military solutions, that dialogue, among let's face it, neighbors is the only way forward. this cold war that seems to exist at the moment between saudi arabia and iran is counter productive and going to lead to trouble. >> exactly. it's been going on for years for even decades a proxy cold war between saudi arabia and iran and now exposed with saudi arabia acting directly in yemen and iran in iraq. not wanting to lead from the

front, now it's up to various region ale powers to take matters in their own hands perhaps with the support of the united states as we've seen in yemen, as egypt hopes to do in libya, as perhaps turkey might do in syria or iran has done in iraq. once again what we see now is an entire region being plunged into violence, chaos instability and basically civil wars. are more military solutions a joint military force the answer to all of this, of course not. is this the answer to the cause of the arab spring, of arab people to took over the squares of the arab streets years ago asking for justice security, freedom, liberty and development? of course not. so once again we've seen limited answers to complex questions with lots of slogans and lip service to the needs of every day arab. >> you can read more at

aljazeera.com. our senior political analyst live in london. we'll speak to a military analyst about this jointly arab military forced proposed by the arab league and the campaign, the ongoing campaign against the houthis in yemen. >> talks in switzerland continue but two stumbling blocks remain. >> it is the third day of this round of negotiations in lausanne and iran is refuse to go budge on two key issues. firstly, continuing its advanced nuclear research and secondly the speed at which sanctions will be eased. all parties are trying to reach a deal before a tuesday deadline. >> aside from those sticking points, the policy chief said a deal has never been closer. >> i think that we can find

solutions that are good for all that can guarantee that iran has no nuclear weapons cannot develop nuclear weapons but can develop a civil nuclear program if this is the common ground that unit us all not only tonight and tomorrow, but alleges in the last month, we can have a good deal, a deal that can be solid some say solid, some say robust, still a good deal for everybody, and having a good deal would be obviously very important for us all. >> the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the negotiations are dangerous and warn that iran could be in a position to conquer the middle east. >> i expressed a deep concern towards this deal emerging with iran and the nuclear talking about. it appears to bear out all of our fears and even more than

that. in parallel to their coming together around this dangerous deal iran's proxies in yemen are moving to conquer large parts of this country changing the maritime balance and global oil supply. >> james bays joins us live from lausanne. >> there seems to be optimism, how much progress has been made? >> there seems to have been made a great deal of progress at these talks. they are closer than they have ever been before to a deal. there are sticking points they have to work through. for most of this week and all of last week, we have the u.s. and iran mainly doing the negotiations, now we're getting closer, other countries are joining, germany and france

arrived saturday, china arrived sunday morning. the uk and russia are expected in the next few hours. when they're all here, that shows you they are getting close, but there is no deal yet. >> tell us about these two key sticking points, these key issues. >> these are issues that have been sticking points for sometime. they were basically the same sticking points when the talks adjourned at the end of the last week here in lausanne. one of them concerns iran's future research and development on its nuclear program. how long there will be restrictions on that, just 10 years of what would happen years 11-15. the other key one is about sanctions and particularly the u.n. security council sanctions because it takes a great deal to get all the countries of the world particularly the security council's 15 members to agree. particularly difficult now to get many sanctions through the security council, because of

russia, because of ukraine not so keen on sanctions. the worry of some of the countries are if you were to lift the sanctions on iran and then iran wasn't to comply, you'd find it difficult to put them back in place. some are talking about snap-back provisions new resolution saying that the sanctions will be lifted, but could come back if iran in some way was to breach the deal. >> james bays live there waiting to see what the deal might be. thanks very much indeed. >> i'll have more from europe a little later in this news hour. right now let's go to doha. >> breaking news from afghanistan this hour. there are reports of a suicide bomb attack in the capitol kabul, the target reportedly one of the nation's politicians. al jazeera's jennifer glasse is on the line now from kabul. jennifer, what more can you tell us? >> two suicide bombers were

targeting an afghan member of parliament in kabul outside the very center of the city. those two attackers fought with police for a little bit of time. one of them detonated his suicide vest the other was shot in an exchange of fire, two dead and eight injured in this attack. this is the second attack in kabul in a week, a suicide car bomb in the very center of the city wednesday evening killed eight and wounded 31. >> more on that suicide attack in kabul when we have it here on al jazeera. >> the iraqi military says it's in the final stages of an operation to recapture tikrit from the islamic state of iraq and the levant. government forces have been helped by airstrikes on the northern city from the united states. particular result has been in the hands of isil since june. >> only meters away from enemy

lines, iraq key forces prepare for what they call the final push into tikrit. >> our forces have advanced towards the out skirts of the neighborhood to flush out isil. we advanced from four fronts and established fire 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 fighting the hideouts of isil where snipers are stationed at several buildings. thankfully, we are making gains. our security forces have advanced now on the gates of central tikrit and by the will of god, we will be victorious and will crush isil until none

is left in iraq. >> optimism is high since a u.s. led coalition launched airstrikes wednesday. the three day campaign after the united states insisted that shia militias pull back from the operation with the iraq key forces. the fighters had been instrumental to the tikrit battle since it began earlier this month. >> our iraqi forces are heading toward the city of tikrit. we are a collection of collaborating forces and by the help of got we will be unparticular result very soon. >> the government has predicted several times before that it will win back tikrit, regaining control seen as a vital step to its eventually taking back mosul, iraq's sect city which isil took over last june, al al jazeera. >> the mastermind behind the

attack on a tunisia museum has been killed. that attack prompted tens of thousands to march in solidarity through the capitol. france's president francois hollande and the italian prime minister joined the crowds. >> still to come on the analysis hour, tens of thousands crowd the streets of singapore to bid farewell to a leader who pull the the city state out of poverty and into prosperity. >> out with the old in with the new, the changing face of istanbul has some worried that it's losing its historic character. >> a former world champion proves he's still got it. details of the grand prix coming up a little later in sport. >> people in parts of nigeria be

getting a second day to vote in the elections for parliament. 300 of the 150,000 polling stations had problems. we report from one affected area. >> people are impatient and angry. voting was supposed to end saturday. on sunday, many are still waiting in line. this is in the commercial capitol. >> this morning again, they are telling-- >> officials say technical problems are to blame. some machines made to read voter i.d.'s didn't work. >> it is quite unfortunate that such a thing could happen, because of what happened yesterday, in the first place

they came without their register. we have to stay here for are a long time. then when it was around 3:00, there was not -- it was not functional. >> it's still not good news for some. people are ready to vote, but there are no ballot papers. it's hot. despite delays, they are not giving up their right to vote. >> we want to make sure we vote today. everybody is ready. everybody needed something and everybody didn't know what they need. that's why they are trying to endure any situation they are going to go through this time around. >> officials say final results will only be announced when everyone registered to vote has done so. >> the delay in voting means it could be sometime before final official results of announced. the electoral commission is asking nigerians to remain patient and be calm. >> counting of results has started where it went smoothly. those wait to go vote hope they,

too, get a chance to choose nigeria's leader. >> we are live in the capitol. these electronic voters were supposed to make the whole election process more efficient and transparent. what's gone wrong? >> well, the electoral commission always said that there may be challenges with the card readers. a new system, it was introducing for the first time in these election, which was designed to basically make sure that there wasn't double voting. they are saying people just need to be a built more understanding and patient. looking at the scale of the election alone up to 60 million people participating in over 150,000 polling stations, the independent national electoral commission are saying it's difficult to do this. it's a huge country infrastructure is poor, there are porous borders and they are facing major challenges not just

with the card readers but in some places, even he with the distribution of election terse. it's worth wearing in mind yesterday that president good luck jonathan voting was kept waiting for over an hour. the main opposition presidential candidate had a smoother time of getting accredited and voting yesterday, but said technical hitches, the late arrival of electoral materials should not be an excuse for any violence or bad behavior, or any counting of votes in any area. the general feeling is some people are frustrated, some have not voted. 350 polling units are reopening today for people to vote. people have to understand the scale of this election, how difficult it is to conduct and be patient. >> polling extended in some places in the country. it was by all accounts a pretty

tight race. when will we start to get the first results? >> so far there's no official announcement by the umpire on when we'll get the presidential race result. we do know he that there wasn't be any announcement until at least 48 hours after people have stopped voting. now, the system goes like this, if you are accredited to vote, you must vote, you have the opportunity to vote and the right to vote no matter how long it takes. there is no end to voting. polling stations are not closing at a particular time, but once everybody has voted the chairman of the commission says it will be about 48 hours before some results start to come out however, local newspapers in the capitol and some report that president good luck jonathan has been defeated in two polling stations in the presidential villa complex where the president works and lives.

he was defeated there. that is just two polling stations out of 150,000 across the country so it's not exactly indicative of the end result, but if this is accurate information, and as i say, they are not saying that this is accurate yet, but you if it is, it's clearly bad news for president goodluck jonathan that he could lose literally on his own doorstep. >> many thanks, live in nigeria's capitol. two al jazeera journalists have been held in a hotel since tuesday. al jazeera is demanding their release. >> tens of thousand us paid final respect to say singapore's founding father. lee kuan yew passed away monday. we report now from singapore.

>> at 12:30 local time, the coffin of former prime minister lee kuan yew is taken from parliament house. 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 countryman to see him one last time. the rain came down, but that didn't deter the thousands that lined the streets to pay respects to the founder of this nation. young and old and across the social and economic spectrum, the crowds waited patiently. some families watching the if you know really on their computers, for many here, 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 a lot to him in this country. >> we should show our respect to him. >> lee transformed the nation from a colonial back water to one with an internationally

respected economy. while some credit sides his policy toward free speech and dissent, politicians lined up to pay tribute. >> singapore's transformation is a tribute to 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-racial, multi-religious nation. singapore would not be based on race language, or religion, but on fundamental values, multi-racialism, he equality, integrity and rule of law. >> along with much of the journey was a military guard of

honor and 21 gun salute. >> this country has been in mourning for seven days, and as monday approaches, a new political dawn begins, one without lee kuan yew. his legacy will endure and be interpreted many ways in the coming years but how this island nation moves forward socially and politically will depend on the new younger generation. al jazeera, singapore. >> we're approaching the midway point on the news hour. still to come, jordan makes overtures towards iran but joins the fight against shia houthis in yemen. we report on their conflicted foreign policy. >> in canada's yukon territory some live off the grid, no running water no electricity and some unique ways of keeping winter's old at bay. >> the nuggets demonstrate why you should they have turn your back on your opponent. the latest on the race to the

nba playoffs.

>> the saudi led airstrikes on

yemen, a etired air force general joins us live from amman. thank you for joining us. the saudi led coalition said it had air there arty. >> is an. >> air power alone would not achieve the whole thing unless there are ground troops on the ground to get directors. having said that, any ground top invasion or incursion from the saudi or egyptian or any other arab country that is a war of attrition. this war will take a very, very long time to end. >> are they hitting the right

targets, should they con send straight more on the houthi strong hold in the north of the country? >> absolutely right saying about the north of the country especially saada that is the center of gravity for the houthis. it is very close to the saudi border that's where the important targets are bound in the future. having said that, the houthi, i think they'll tree to provoke the saudi and introduce them to ground war sort of scenario. the geography is very hard there, hard to beat and there is going to be a war of attrition if that happens. >> we were hearing earlier in

the program that yemen is a heavily armed country, there are a lot of weapons around. to what extent will the various tribes living in yemen be of assistance or perhaps a hindrance to any saudi led ground operation? >> yemen has been neglected for a long time and it's going to take sometime to get them back and also, you need sort of to appoint a military leader. there is no military leader concerning the hadi forces. you've got the saleh held forces the royal republican and

you've got other forces. it's a very chaos scenario what's happening in yemen and this will take time to be resolved. >> one final question, your thoughts on the arab league and green lighting of this joint military force that it's going to create. that's what we're seeing at the moment isn't it, with this saudi led coalition. >> that's exactly right and gives hope to the yemeni people. this might be sort of for a short period of time, for, you know, because there's a big difference in interests and vision amongst the arab nation to form such arab deployment for deterrence. mainly it's against iran,

because iran really through hezbollah and the brigade by saleh are near the border, so sending the messages to saudi that you are surrounded. imagine if they get over jerusalem, the houthi, the whole gulf would be surrounded by the influence of iran. >> good to talk to you. many thanks indeed, retired air force general in jordan. >> jordan is just one country in that alliance against the houthis right now. the jordan government said its participation is designed to support yemen's legitimate government let by adou rabbo mansour hadi. many jordanians agree with their government. >> yemen is nowhere close to jordan's borders, but that hasn't stopped them from joining the war against the houthis. the reason given to defend arab

national security and territorial integrity seen as having been violated by iran. jordan is a country of sunni muslims and doesn't tolerate shia groups backed by iran. the sentiment is strong. >> houthis have nothing to do with islam. they follow iran and we are against iran destroying arab countries. we don't want houthis to expand. we are sunnis and houthis are killing sunnis. >> people need convincing here. it wasn't until isil burned a jordanian air force pilot alive that people here started to call for isil to be wiped out. many jordanians feel if yemen falls into the hands of iran, it could happen to any arab country. >> most jordanians were not strides to hear about their countries decision to join the anti houthi alliance.

many believe jordan's security is inseparable of that of saudi arabias, but what some don't understand is their government's recent attempts to improve relations with iran. >> earlier this month jordan's foreign minister visited tehran and met president rouhani. the visit was the first in eight years. three weeks later jordanian jets bombed houthi targets in yemen. some strike that as jordan's contradictory foreign policy. >> it is a vision that iran will eventually play a serious role in running the affairs of the region and maybe jordan wanted to be early in mending their relationship with iran, which jordan thinks it would allow it to play a greater role in the region. >> some analysts argue that

jordan is part of the arab alliance against the houthis as a matter of obligation, but that it's more serious about fighting isil in neighboring iraq and syria. jordan fears the conflict in yemen could overshadow the war against isil. >> more news from europe now from our plan don news center. >> we are going to begin in france where the policies of the political parties are being put to the test. voters are at the polls for the second round of local elections. they're seen as a gauge of what people think of their leaders with the next presidential election only two years away. >> voting on sunday morning she hopes this will be a break through election for the national front. it came second in the first round, a good showing but not as good as the polls suggested. the national front only holds two council seats today.

by the day's end it will be more like 200. it's anti immigrant nationalist rhetoric is gaining traction bay france shocked with terrorism and stalled economy. >> today all pensions are taken from the elderly. we don't have anymore buying power. the unemployment is very high. i don't know if she will do anything, but i hope we will give her a chance. >> here in a struggling town with high unemployment, it's a runoff between the national front and right wing u.m.p., led by former president sarkozy. francois hollande's ruling socialists were knocked out in the first round. >> these elections are likely to confirm the national front's place in the mainstream of french politics, but while they're gaining votes at grassroots level they're not likely to win council seats because of strategic voting by the socialist and u.n.p. that is a scenario likely to be

repeated in the presidential elections in 2017. >> the socialist government of francois hollande has been punished. he's unpopular and blamed for france's economic stagnation. the big winner on sunday could be nicholas car zeroy's u.n.p. his return to front line politics hasn't been a great success but he hopes this will boost his chances at becoming a presidential candidate. >> whoever wins on monday morning, half councilors will be women. al jazeera, outside paris. >> belarus has long been russia's most dependal ally, but things are changing inspired by the ukraine crisis.

we report now from minsk. >> this isn't an english class not french, spanish german or mandarin chinese. these belarusens are learning their forgotten tongue. classes have been filling up. >> ukraine events forced people to think about who they are a national identity. >> for the people here learning their own language, it's not just in intellectually rewarding experience, it's also an act of political independence, but this isn't just a grassroots phenomenon. it's also going on right at the top of government. in recent speeches, the

president surprised many by delivering sections in bell la russian and fired warning shots that will have been heard in the kremlin. >> some may have lived here a long time who think this is part of the russian world almost russian, forget it. belarus us a sovereign and independent state. >> it was ruled by imperial powers. the polish lithuanian commonwealth, russian czars then the u.s.s.r. >> there is a very serious dependence both economic and military and political of minsk

and moscow. the rhetoric which can be heard from here should deceive no one. >> belarus was signed into the european union and this is election year, so talk is cheap. nor should signs of gentle popular defiance be dismissed. nationalism can become a difficult force to control. al jazeera minsk. >> france pope francis led celebrations for palm sunday in st. peters square to mark the start of holy week. during mass, the pontiff paid tribute to those killed because of their faith. especially victim of the islamic state of iraq and the levant.

>> you're watching is on t.v. or on line, the chance you're taking the electricity supply making those devices work for are granted. some people in canada's yukon territory have shunned modern way of living, producing their own water heath and building their own homes. we went to meet the people choosing to live off grid. >> along the rocky shore a man's home for 18 years now. >> good morning. >> how are are you doing today? >> good. >> they call them safe man built. there's just room inside to eat and sleep and do the fine carpentry that earns a living. water comes from the river and heat from fire wood gathered a few steps away. spartan, yes but it's a way of

life ether issues. >> just relaxing lifestyle. i know so many people put themselves into an early grave chasing something that they never achieve. you know, they do it in such a manager that they never will achieve it. it's not for me. >> i actually had to use 117-bales. >> he drove to the city in his utility van now lives in it. bails of straw covered you with plastic and show, inside cramped, but comfortable enough for him to live and run his web design business from what used to be the driver's seat. >> i kept stacking and stacking and stacking until i got to the top and then luckily everything panned out the right height and i was able to stock across the top. land's really expensive here, so that takes time. for the first winter, i just wanted to make sure that i could

stay warm, because once you have warmth, food and shelter, you're good to go. >> it's all about her dogs, dawson city doesn't allow more than two as pets. she has nine that she uses to run a dog sled. she lives in a small cabin built of spruce logs and mets snow to get enough water for all the thirsty mouths outside. again, it's about independence. >> sometimes in a bigger city, everything's taken care of few you and you get and get lost. it's neat to know if you want heat it's you that makes the heat. it gives you a sense of confidence and accomplishment, because you're doing things for yourself and you're self sufficient. i kind of like that feeling. >> being off the grid isn't for everyone though it clearly suits the dozens who live this way up here. next winter, he and his beloved dog plan to move to a log cabin

further in the forest, in search of a sense of freedom that's growing harder and hard tore find in a world that's more urban and crowded than ever. >> find out how defending champion djokovic got on in his second round match of the miami masters. we'll be right back.

>> time for sport. it has ban cricket match today. >> oh very disappointing day for

new zealand though. australia crushed new zealand in the final by seven wickets the first time they've won the competition. >> it seemed an ideal final cohost and rival head-to-head in melbourne, but unbeaten new zealand made a dreadful start. providing resistance, but broke their century partnership and new zealand crumbled in their first world cup final. australia's revered attack was rampant, they're fielding just as good. new zealand bowled out for 183. it was not enough. their homes were raised by the first over, out without scoring but quickly showing australia

was still in control. australia captain was enjoying his last international with 74 ones. he was out with a target in sight. it meant a speech ovation. victory by seven wickets with over 100 bowls to spare. >> i think i made it very clear that it was going to be skill not emotion that won us the world cup. a lot of the things i've said have actually been for myself. i'm saying it out loud so i can hear it myself. i think that's one of the main things i've been saying, skill over emotion will win the world cup for us. >> australia's fifth world cup triumph, the first time in front of their own fans. they are kings of 50 over cricket. al jazeera.

>> in formula one the former world champion upstage the the current one. after a dominant season, the front row in the circuit was a familiar one. defending champion hamilton starting from pole position, but right behind him was the four time world champion who hadn't tasted victory since 2013. after a smooth start the first twist came after four laps when he spun off the track. from the resulting safety period mercedes pulled their car into the pits and put on hard tires. staying out on the medium tires to take the lead, he made it count. they swapped the lead through various pit changes but after lap 38, hamilton remained 14 seconds behind and could never

catch up. a lengthy drought was ended for the team. [ cheering ] >> ferrari's formula one's most successful team, but their last victory at the spanish grand prix in may 2013. >> it's been a while. my first time obviously with ferrari. i'm speechless. i don't know. >> hamilton claimed second, but his teammate third. >> congratulations to ferrari and sebastian. they did an amazing job. they had good pace today. >> the championship race perhaps no longer is straightforward as it seemed. al jazeera.

>> tennis, world number one djokovic has booked a place in the third round of the miami masters, winning in three sets. racing through the opening sets to take it, but fighting back in the second set showing great spirit, however that was to be the highlight of the match for the slovakian. djokovic raised his game in the deciding set on the way to competing 6-0 5-7 6-1 win. >> nba now in the golden state warriors sealed the western conference's top seed for the playoffs. in portland, the blazers beat the nuggets. 32 points, but the play of the night goes to denver's wilbur to

know getting the assist of an unsuspecting right and really dusted the playoff bound blazers and were just three behind in the final quarter for the triple opening the 10 point lead from where portland closed out the win 120-114. that's it for me. back to adrian. >> the city of istanbul is changing again, $100 billion spent to turn it into a modern met he trop listen. there are critics. >> it's a shop from a by gone age paying by gone rent. just over $2,000 a month on istanbul's most famous street, it could fetch more than $20,000 a month on the open market. ilia said he he's being forced

out. >> they say you will go. >> this is the corset shop. we've been here for 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? costs now are so high, you burn your hands. his landlord, the cash-poor catholic church is taking advantage of a new law that means tenants of 10 years or more are can be evicted without cause. they worry this ancient city is losing its culture. >> the cultural heart of the city, now shaped by the investors, investment's vision, investors came and spend lots of money and turned a movie theater into a shopping mall. there is not just one example. >> this cinema is next to a new

controversial shopping mall. a few minutes walk away, another istanbul 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 to strike a fine balance between preserving the culture and history of an area and creating a modern living environment. it is part of $100 billion that the national government is spending on infrastructure projects in istanbul. >> istanbul's 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. al jazeera istanbul. >> today's top stories straight

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