>> welcome to the news hour live from our headquarters in doha. the war in yemen, houthi rebels making gains despite saudi-led airstrikes. >> the battle for yarmouk hundreds of forced to flee. >> mourning in kenya some

relatives collapse in grief after identifying victims in the university attack. >> higher and faster, we look at plans to speed up baseball in the world that's losing its attention span. >> we begin in yemen where despite airstrikes by the saudi-led coalition houthi rebels appear to be making gains. the coalition is also shelling targets from the sea. yemeni tribesmen are reportedly in control of the the eastern port town, which had been briefly overrun by forces loyal to ali abdullah saleh. houthi rebels reported to be advancing in the southern city of aden, one of the main strongholds of the countries embattled penalty adou rabbo mansour hadi. there's been fighting in the central province, too.

we have the latest. >> the saudi-led coalition unleashed an 11th night of airstrikes lighting the sky of sanna. the targeted included the military base and locationses controlled by houthi rebels and fighters late to former president ali abdullah saleh. this village near sanna was also affected. >> four rockets came down on our village and they said they were targeting a militia camp, where is the camp? is this a camp? these are sleeping muslims. >> houthis ransacked position addition homes and arrested them after they expressed support for the coalition strikes. >> these illegal force are a result of other objection to what is being done by that the houthis and supporters against our brothers in the south

particularly in aden. we reject all those procedures again. >> in the south the fighters control aden where houthis are gaining ground. jets from the coalition air dropped weapon to say help bolter supporters as the bombing campaign began from the sea aimed at houthi i am anything else supply lines and depots. parts of aden have now been without water or electricity for two days, and sustained fighting is adding to fears of a growing humanitarian crisis. >> we had random shelling by houthis on homes civilians and i feel like the humanitarian crisis in aden is actually getting worse by the hour, so we really wish there are cooperations between houthis so we can pass by with medical supplies. >> russia is appealing for a pause to the airstrikes in a draft resolution at the u.n. to

law humanitarian aid a get in and civilians and diplomats to get out. >> the u.n. security council has been deliberating the proposal along with another aimed at a political solution to the conflict. the diplomacy isn't felt on the ground. >> tribal fighters have been battling with houthi rebels, preparing with tanks and missiles for possible houthi advance. they've also reportedly regained control of the area taken over by fighters allied to former president ali abdullah saleh and known to be former members of al-qaeda. all signs that yemen is strongly in the grip of war. >> let's take a closer look at key military facilities which hold the key to controlling aden. the other force base is west of the main airport. the armed police base is nearby. then there's the military base on the mountain so the south and

the base near the coast. just north of that, the military base providing access to aden by the sea. all five bases are on the aden peninsula, meaning there is limited road access in and out. as the russian proposal is considered so humanitarian aid can get into the areas the u.n. says more than 500 people have been killed sings the bombing campaign began almost two weeks ago. more than 1,007 hen people have been wounded. tens of thousands have been forced to take refuge in nearby somalia and djibouti. a political analyst joins us now from new york on skype. good to have you with us. this is the 11th day of airstrikes. has it radically changed the nature of the battle in yemen? >> well, yes and no. in terms of achieving the

sawed's aims to decimate the military capabilities of the houthis and force them into an unconditional surrender it has not worked at all. in terms of the facts on the ground we're seeing increasing divisions between people in the north and the south of the country. all we've seen of the main sunni knee islamist party come out in favor of air strikes. most in the north of the country are horrified by what has happened. there have been a number of civilian casualties, which has ramped up the anti saudi sentiment in the northwest. in the south however, we're seeing a mounting resistance on aden in particular. i heard you reporting earlier that it was a stronghold for

president adou rabbo mansour hadi. they are not backing hadi, their taking support from the saudis because they want to fight the who it is, bethey are hard line secessionists in many cases. we're seeing the saudis begrudgingly getting in contact and arm a number of groups in the south to fight the houthis but most of these people are fighting with the aim of getting rid of the houthis and secondly declaring independence for the south. what we're seeing really is support in the south for the what the saudis are doing but eventually going independent and a growing anti saudi sentiment does not make for a very pretty picture in the next weeks and months. >> we'll move on. i guess there's a question here, will the mounting civilian casualties receive criticism of the houthi shelling of civilian

areas, we've seen human rights criticize the airstrikes as in its words being disproportionate and contributing to civilian casualties. will the rising civilian casualties increase u.n. intervention? >> we heard debate over what should be done about the humanitarian crisis. the problem seems to be that there's a bit of horse trading in terms of what will the saudis and the others get in exchange for opening up a humanitarian corridor which is very disappointing to hear. you would think if you're going to launch a campaign of this size and scale, that you would consider the humanitarian implications of what you're doing, and at the same time, the houthis per my sources are absolutely in discriminately shelling homes in aden in the

south, so both sides are being quite, quite thoughtless when it comes to the civilian implications. the bigger problem is this is a country where 50 or 60% of people live in poverty and where 90% of people, 100% of rice is imported. imports aren't coming in. food fuel and water are increasingly scarce and expensive. we're on the verge of a major humanitarian disaster. >> the houthis don't seem to have the sort of manpower to control the whole country. the airstrikes may be effective in the air but they have limitations on the ground. to what extent will the loyalty of one man the former penalty ali abdullah saleh ousted by a revolution to what extent will his loyalties influence the outcome of the battle?

>> >> with ali abdullah saleh it isn't about loyalty it's about what he's going to get out of things at the end and where this is control clause lice. about a week ago he gave a speech in which he promised not to republican for the presidency again and promised no member of his family would called for airstrikes to be end understand and a call for airstrikes, a signal that he is changing his position. no response was forthcoming. it certainly looks like the republican guard and other security services loyal to saleh la continue to work side by side with the houthis. i think the problem with saleh at the moment, if he is looking for a way out the saudis and coalition forces have decided he's not a man to make deal with which is reasonable given how slippery a character he can be. if you want the fighting to stop a major element will be getting those forces to stop fighting alongside the houthis

and as long as no one offers saleh a deal, a better proposal than he's getting at the moment, it looks like he will continue to support the houthis. >> all right thanks so much for your thoughts on that. >> thank you. >> egypt's president al sisi said securing access to the red sea off the coast of yemen should be a top priority in the fight against the rebels there. he said the strait is important. >> three people have been killed in an explosion in cairo. the bomb exploded in a bridge in the upscale district. one victim was a policeman. >> >> what happened is that all of a sudden, a truck stopped in the middle of the crowded road and then suddenly, a bomb went off and there was lots of smoke. the soldier in the kiosk was

killed. his body was torn apart. >> a journalist based in cairo has been to the scene of the attack and spoke to us a little bit earlier. >> one policeman was killed, apparently and this is unconfirmed, the bomb was placed under a small kiosk near the down ramp of the bridge. we've seen the targeting of police and security forces that have claimed hundreds of security force's lives ever since the overthrow of the president mohamed morsi that has particularly been concentrated in northern sinai but has since expanded into the delta and cairo, as well. >> in syria hundreds of civilians in the yarmouk refugee camp escaped to safety after the area was she would. isil fighters have taken control of most of the camp on the outskirts of damascus. at one time, more than 150,000

registered refugees lived in the yarmouk camp. many have fled because of the syrian conflict. there are now around 18,000 people living in terrible conditions. food is scarce. most of the buildings have been destroyed after intense shelling. now as isil fighters control more of the camp, conditions are likely to get even worse. stephanie decker reports. >> the yarmouk refugee camp has been besieged for two years people starving, no running water and no electricity. isil has taken control of most of the camp. some civilians escaped to neighboring areas. >> the civilians are afraid of isil control the camp. most people fled to areas nearby. they're afraid of being attacked by isil. shvillages rock ken side with the regime and aid is coming to the areas. >> thousands remained trapped.

there is fear of government attacks trying to push isil out. the syrian observatory says that the government is targeting isil positions with barrel bombs. this catch is less than 10 kilometers from the center of damascus. other groups joined in the fight against isil but not managed to gain ground. there are allegations that al-nusra an al-qaeda affiliate are helping isil. there had been a reconciliation in the works. a deal was about to be signed where the palestinian factions would lay down their arms and in return the government end the siege, but al-nusra doesn't with a that, so its fighters allowed isil to enter the camp. whatever the politics, already a desperate situation for the 18,000 civilians trapped there has now got much worse.

united nations has called for a humanitarian corridor to allow more civilians to leave. the people in yarmouk are fully democrat on aid and none has been delivered since fighting began. hospitals and clinics are no longer functioning properly. with isil in control of most of the camp, negotiating any form of humanitarian relief seems further away than ever. al jazeera beirut. >> palestinian president abbas has condemned the attacks in yarmouk, saying he is doing all he can to help. >> the palestinian liberation organization in damascus has formed a crisis cell to handle this tragedy trying to work it out with the least losses. we are in touch with our brothers there to find a way out and protect our people from this tragedy. >> the head of the u.n. relief and works agency for palestinian refugees wants the international community to insure people in yarmouk are protected. >> i think what you have to see

is that the hour has never been more desperate in yarmouk than now. it is true that a number of people have been able to find shelter and leave the camp. we have assisted around 100 of them who came out and provided them with basic commodities. for them, there is certainly a better situation under these very tragic circumstances but of course our worries are and remain acutely with the thousands of people of which there were 18,000 as indicated in your earlier report, among which 3,500 children who remain in a very, very dangerous and precarious situation. that is why we call on the parties to refrain from hoss tillties that would put civilians in danger and also for actions to be taken to allow people to move to safer grounds immediately. >> iraq's prime minister says

the islamic state of iraq and the levant can't be defeated if it continues to use foreign fighters. alal abadi wants governments to do more to stop recruitment for the armed group. >> a suicide attack in libya happened in the area in the east of misrata. the suicide bomber targeted check points. >> the foreign minister of iran is warning his country will not respect the terms of thursday's nuclear agreement if the west view lathes the deal. he says the agreement includes the lifting of all sanctions against iran. >> we will prove to the world we are committed to our promises and that others are seeking pretext against us. if at any time our national interests are harmed, we'll decide how to act. anytime a deal is finalized, we will definitely act if the other side violates the agreement.

then we can return to our current level of activities. >> much more to come on this news hour. we'll have the latest on the investigation into a slavery scandal in indonesia. there was supposed to be a new home for refugees, but this believe in germany is now the subject of an arson investigation. >> still ahead in sport we're in istanbul for reaction to the attack on turkish league leaders's team bus. >> kenya has begun three days of national mourning for the 148 victims of an al shabab attack on the university. outside a morgue, some family members who had to identify relatives were overcome by grief. president kenyatta is promisessing to punish those responsible for the attack. four gunmen were killed, five suspects arrested.

al jazeera's malcolm webb is following the events for us from nairobi. >> at the mortuary, parents are coming today to identify the bodies are students who were killed in garissa in the attack. outside the morgue from here, i can smell the very strong smell of the bodies and the chemicals used to treat them. it's an extremely somber affair. parents are gathering in these tents and queuing up. we went through with one family who found their daughter who was killed in that attack. there are dozens of bodies inside lined up and clearly more additions have done their best to make them decent and recognizable for the families, but that was evidently a very difficult job. people are coming out one by one after they've identified their loved once, many screaming and crying and in a state of shock which is an extremely traumatic experience. a few days ago, for the

relatives, this is the first chance to see the loved ones they lost. >> kenya identified one man accused of carrying out the attack. we have the details from garissa. >> we spoke to multiple sources in man dara who told us one gunman killed was a resident of man dara. they say he's a law student a graduate from a very reputable university in nairobi. they described him as a quiet and brilliant upcoming lawyer. we also spoke to a journalist who spoke to his father, who confirmed that that was his son. his father said that his son went into somalia disappeared from home last year and immediately, he, the father, informed the government of that. people that we are talking to

say that he wanted initially to travel to syria to fight alongside isis, but he could not get a passport. now, another suspected mastermind the suspected mastermind of the operation here in garissa is also said to be a kenyan somali. he comes from garissa here. he was one time a teacher of a religious school. i spoke to many religious leaders, human rights group and leaders here who say that for the government to win this battle it must come down, it must engage the local communities, it must work with the local communities not against them. >> mali's army said mortar rounds have been fired in the north. it's unclear who fired them. immediate reports of casualties, france led an operation to drive fighters out of the region following an uprising in 2012, but the area is still unstable. >> eastern sierra leone recorded

its first case of ebola in four months. a nine-month-old boy tested positive near the border with guinea. the area was once the center of the ebola crisis in sierra leone. more than 10,000 people of died in the current outbreak in west africa. >> indonesian government is taking legal action against a thai company accused of forcing fishermen into slavery. 300 have been rescued. it's believed hundreds more are trapped in tim larr conditions. al jazeera is on the island where some of the rescued men have been taken. >> a rescue operation this region has not seen before, a convoy of six fishing vessels protected by the indonesian navy brought 315 fisherman to safety. men mostly from myanmar were smug would to indonesia and say forced to work without a salary. many say they were also abused.

the company allegedly changed their identifies by giving them thai names and documents. indonesian officials are now registering them under their real names and checking their health before handing them over to the authorities in myanmar and cambodia. the government in thai land denied the accusessations. indonesia said it will present all the evidence soon. >> all the evidence will be studied by our judicial team. the minister has put a special team on this case dealing with all the legal facts. this will tell us what criminal acts have been committed. >> these people are only a small partly of the thousands was fishermen stuck in indonesia. >> finally they are free after such a long time when they wanted to go home so debt prettily. these are only a few of others who are still out there and nobody knows where they are. >> many are still working on the boats. others have managed to escape.

they survived with the help of local communities in remote parts of the country. some for a very long time, like this man brought to indonesia 15 years ago, seven years after enduring hardship and abuses at sea, he escaped. he and his friends from myanmar work at illegal loggers in the forest. >> i don't know if my mother and father are still alive. all of us want to go home. every day i think about how i can get home. if it was possible to walk from indonesia to myanmar even if there were mountains, we would all have done that, even if it would have taken us months. >> for the first time in 15 years, his hope could become reality. although he and his friends are not part of the government's rescue operation they hope by registering their names they, too, can leave soon and that they will celebrate their return

home just like these rescued men. al jazeera indonesia. >> hundreds of people in the philippines returned home from shelters after typhoon maysak weakened. the priests gave thanks to god for sparing the country from the worst. the storm is blamed for at least nine deaths in mike micronesia. >> catholics stood in the rain as pope francis led easter mass. ♪ >> the pope urged worshipers to go beyond their comfort zone and boldly live their faith. worshipers were asked to remember convictions targeted by al shabab in the recent university attack in kenya. the calendar ends easter sunday. >> iraq christians displaced by

fighting celebrated easter in the northern city of erbil. they've been living in camps. the majority arrived in erbil after fleeing mosul and surrounding areas seized by isil last year. >> christians around the world attending easter mass may not realize their baseballs are made in an atheist company. the world's largest bible factory is in china. we get a look inside. >> there was once a time when china's communist leader little red book was the only best seller here. now there's another one. it's been around a lot longer. more than 130 million copies of the bible have rolled off this production line. 13 million last year alone. many exported, but the majority were for the domestic market, purchased for churches, sanctioned by china's atheist government.

>> first principle is that serve our churches, serve our brothers and sisters. then if we still have the capacity will serve the overseas churches. >> the factory publishes bibles in 90 languages from arabic to russian. such is demand for the holy book it remains an around the clock operation. according to official figures around 30 million people are christian. unofficially it's 100 million more members than the communist party has. while religion is tolerated the government is wary of its growing popularity, red here. >> the company began publishing biles, today it's proof that there is money in religion, a contribution that is perhaps only possible in today's china.

>> in today's china more people are seeking meaning and spiritual confident that neither communism nor capitalism seem to have supplied. >> we are human beings, not animal. when we have enough for food, we are always thinking that why the value of the life, what is the value of the life? >> he believes 20 years from now, there could be 160 million chinese christians and was they'll all need a bible made here. >> still ahead on al jazeera we meet former women fighters in nepal's maoist army trying to move on from the civil war. >> some people felt left out of the city of lights.

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>> welcome back. let's recap our headlines here. >> houthi rebels in yemen appear to be making gains in aden despite strikes by the coalition. >> gemini tribesmen are said to be in support of the post loan briefly helically forces loyal to ali abdullah saleh. >> flee i would in cairo the health ministry said one of the dead is a policeman. >> kenya says one of the gunman behind the attack at the university is the son of government chief in the eastern province of mandara. people have begun three days of national mourning for the 148 victims. >> four ukrainian soldiers have been killed near donetsk.

>> german police are investigating a suspected arson attack on a believe which was supposed to be a shelter for asylum seekers. two germ mans, the only living in the believe at the time, were able to escape. the attack has led to protests in the eastern town as we explain. >> this building should have been housing asylum seekers in the near future. it was the emergency services who came. the damned roof shows the the intensity of the flames. state officials believe the blaze was started deliberately. >> it is a sickly severe arson attack. the building was a home. this was a threat to the community of the worst kind. >> the plan to house asylum seekers here had been proposed by the mayor. however, he quit last month when supporters of the far right staged a protest against his

plans outside his house. on saturday, he spoke of his shock over the fire. >> we are here for a difficult horrible and sad region. i am speechless. this morning i tried to give some sort of explanation to the press, but i don't have words for it. >> east he were germany witnessed weekly demonstrations by the group in recent months. the movement has been warning of what they call the growing islamification of western europe. in january, 25,000 people marched in dresden in support of their message although there were also large counter demonstrations. news of the fire on saturday prompted opponents of the far right to take to the streets. the premier of the state emphasized that plans to house asylum seekers would still go ahead. >> this is not just a question

of fighting crime. it's a question of democracy of our free and democratic constitutional order. we will defend our constitution. i assure you we will not back down. >> in the last year, germany has seen a large rise in the number of asylum seekers it houses. the authorities say this fire will not deter them. al jazeera berlin. >> bangladesh opposition leader has been granted bail in two corruption cases. she'd been allowed to leave her office for the first time to attend court. she is accused of embezzling money by forming a charity prosecutors say doesn't even exist. >> women who used to fight in nepal's maoist army are facing a difficult future. since the civil war ended many say they've been shunned by their villages and the party has

forgotten them, too. some of finding new ways to survive and flourish. >> a decade ago she never thought she'd become a farmer and live outside the valley. she was a member of nepal's maoist army. almost a decade later she can't return home. >> 12 years is a long time and society has changed during this time and so have we. after ejecting our society, to go back and live there is difficult. >> some of started a farming cooperative here. the women here have managed to use their money they were given when they were demobilized in 2012. >> the u.n. verified 3800 women at former maoist soldiers. 100 eventually joined the nepal army. most of the rest have been unable to return home and are living in clusters throughout the country.

>> a battalion commander in the maoist army, she said most have run out of the money given to them as a demobilization package. she has established an n.g.o. to help her foamer colleagues. >> women's participation in the war as fighters has proved the strength of women yet those women are in a difficult situation today. most are not in touch with the party. they are politically and economically weak. they need help and that's why we started an n.g.o. >> the u.n. security council has adopted a resolution on women peace and security and the u.n. was a major player in the path's transition to peace. nepal has an action plan for the transition analysts say it looks good on paper but has major problems. >> the focus was to get them

out, so basically the counseling part the basic needs part and economic security part was entirely ignored. >> these once-powerful women now snubbed by the state and their own party hope they can build a life for themselves. al jazeera katmandu. >> people say a ban on the killing of bulls threatens they're livelihood in mumbai. >> these are the last animal hides to be produced at the tannery. the leather is used mainly in products for export and provides jobs across the country. he says the recent state ban on the slaughter of bulls has put that all at risk. >> the leather from the state was sent for finishing in other parts of the country, then came back to make jackets shoes and

bags. a lot of people have lost their jobs and now can't feet their family. has this government come to help us or ruin us? >> many in mum by that's leather industry say the ban has hurt them. here only three of the 10 sewing stations are used. those may soon shut down, as well as supplies run out. the ban is hurting not only people in the leather industry, but also poor people who eat beef. >> those objecting to the ban say it unfairly targets minorities. the law has led to the price of meats to go up by 10%. those supporting the ban say it protects the animals from abuse. >> this religious group meets every sunday at this cow shelter. some of the cattle here were seized from transports taking them for illegal slaughter. here they're fed and cared for. volunteers support the new ban. >> letting are can be made from other sources too.

these workers who say they are going to become beggars are not telling the truth there are other jobs. they don't only have to work in the leather industry. it's not acceptable to us to kill a cow. >> these unemployed workers meet in this empty leather tannery to share their frustration with the ban. most spent their lives working in the leather and meat about business and can't find work elsewhere. >> we are so angry but can't express it. if we show our anger the police come after us. we force our young people to sit and control their emotions, because if they raise their voice, they'll face trouble. we pray for the government to see what we're going through. >> these empty slaughterhouses are slowly coming back to life as buffalo are being brought in. though their meat and leather is not the same quality. the government plans a countrywide ban on cow slaughter that suggestion that the workers

in the meat and leather business is not a priority. >> investigators suspended search for bodies at the site of the germanwings crash. investigators accuse the co pilot of intentionally flying the plane into the french alps, killing owl 150 on 150 aboard. >> it's been 10 years since riots in paris. high unemployment is still an issue. many feel is late because of poor transport links. >> the round trip can take up to three hours so the journey on foot and then by a bus and to trains starts early. she lives just a few kilometers from central paris. it takes time to cross the city. she is one of the millions who live in the suburbs and struggle

to get where they need to go. >> when it comes to work, it's a problem, because employers say look you live in the suburbs. i don't know if you're going to make it on time. they give the job to somebody who lives close by. >> the lives of those living in central paris and those of its suburbs can feel like worlds apart. nowhere is that clearer than here a suburb about 15 kilometers away. unemployment here is four times higher than the national rate. people feel penned in by poverty, prejudice and a lack of opportunity. poor transport only fuels those feelings be. >> some people feel they live in a ghetto because they can't get out. they can't access the capitol. psychologically, it's a big thing in people's heads especially for the young. >> some pin their hopes on a new

transport project ear marked for the area. >> this is the extent of the building work on this new tram way link to central paris. more many, this is long overdo, and it's going to take years to complete. >> for those in the area and other suburbs around paris time is precious. any delays in improving the network could hold people so keen on moving forward back. al jazeera paris. >> all the sport is coming up with robin includinging they called it the toughest foot race on earth the marathon gets underway in morocco.

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>> welcome back. now the world's big effort and most powerful participate accelerator restarted after a two you're shutdown. after an upgrade the up grade allows unchartered corners of the university to be examined. they are trying to unlock clues on how the universe came into existence. >> sky gazers around the world are treated to a lunar eclipse that only happens every two and a half years. this one was special for another reason. on the banks of the river thousands of devout hindus watch and wait. they offer prayers.

it's time for a holy dip. tradition says the moon is being gobbled up by a demon and when returns, means worshipers have been let off the hook. >> as per mythology baiting in the ganges during a lunar eclipse, you can gain all of god's blessings. i usually all to springical holy water on them to get god's blessings. >> you had to be quick to get a glimpse. this was the fastest eclipse in a century. complete with out of this world sound track nasa broadcast the eclipse live from the observatory in los angeles the time laps shows the moon turning a supernatural shade of red. >> imagine yourself standing on a dusty lunar plane looking up at the sky. >> nasa says to get a better idea of how it works picture

watches it from the surface of the moon. >> you're seeing every sunrise and sunset in the world all of them all at once. >> it might be a while before we're snapping pictures from that angle but from down here, these admirers say this view is more than enough. >> some question marks hanging overment turkish football league and here to tell us why is robin. >> developments, as well. calling for the turkish football league for the attack on the bus. the driver was shot. he remains in a stable condition in hospital. no players were injured and they were later returned to their home base of istanbul. the government believes the shots were fired from a hunting

rifle. >> turkey is going through difficult times but the incident you have witnessed is not a simple one because obviously, this is an attack aiming to kill or injure the driver because nobody else was wounded. this coach was passing over a sigh duct. they wanted it to be smashed and wanted to see the footballers dead. >> our correspondent has more now. >> this could have been a lot more serious as the team coach was traveling through the gunshots fired at the coach injuring the driver. had a bodyguard not taken control of the wheel that coach could have plunged over a bridge it was near and into a river below. the team have condemned this attack but there is long standing animosity between both the clubs. this was strength they understand in 2010 when the team won the league here in turkey, the others runners up. a few months after there was an

investigation into match fixing. the chairman was suspended as a result and the team suspended from the league for two years. it was felt the title was snatched away. turkey struggles with fan violence. the four biggest teams in turkey their fans aren't allowed to travel to away games. that's been the case for five or six years because of this problem of violence. >> in other football news, the gap is closed on spanish league leaders barcelona. nineteenth in the league at the moment the play of the year, hat trick in eight minute spell in the first half and adding to it in the second, running up 9-1 winners in the end.

they are one point behind now. >> iran announced that a controversial ruling which barred women from attending male sport events has an approved proposal that would see women and families loud inside stadiums. they may still that prevented from attending sports where men aren't fully covered like wrestling and swimming. >> the rule was imposed by iranian authorities following the 1979 islamic revolution. for the past three decades women were not only banned from stadiums but prevented from gathering with men in public places to watch matches. fifa president described the situation at intolerable and believe that had iran was overlooked for the cup due in part to the rule.

>> the early return to the pool in recent months and placing fourth he has faced problems such as receiving treatment for sleeping pill addiction.

>> >> the ncaa college basketball championship is the biggest sporting event this time of the year in the united states. it started with 64 teams now down to two. the lucas oil stadium home of the indianapolis colts hosted the time four, kentucky bidding to become the first unbeaten team in college basketball since 1976 were beaten by wisconsin. wisconsin with a chance at their first national championship in 74 years. standing in their way is duke university beating michigan state 81-61. they are aiming for their first championship on monday. >> another big occasion on the american sports calendar on sunday is opening day in major league baseball with the chicago cubs meeting the st. louis cardinals. with declining crowds and sharp drop in young series being

introduced. new rules aim to make the sport more attractive. >> modern life seems to have sped up everything, including the american national past time. >> i love baseball, coached it for 14 years now but it gets boring. when you wait 10 minutes for some guy to come back to bat after every swing at-bat. >> with baseball games lasting more than three hours fewer fans are willing to sit it out company changes are introduced. baseball is now on the clack and that has set off a national debate. >> it has to be sped up. it can't be three hours. >> you have been catching baseball your entire life and you grew up with this stuff. you mean it is so far out of hand they need to change it? >> it is big business, 70 million fans follow the game every year. that business has slowed in the stands. >> every generation are doomsday stories about how the public is losing interest in baseball.

i just don't see it. the sport is popular overall but it could be suffering a little built because of the slow pace so i think major league baseball has the right idea trying to pick things up. >> watching the boys of summer is a lifestyle in the u.s., a tradition as much about tailgate barbeques and sunshine as it is about a nine inning faceoff between pitcher and batter. traditionalists like their traditions. >> you're going to mess up the game. leave it alone. don't change it. >> the younger generation wants things faster. >> a little more extra. >> the new rules require a pitcher to deliver the ball within 12 seconds if the bases are empty avoiding time wasting at the mound. batters will have to keep one foot in the batter's box unless there is a wild pitch or foul ball. >> they are going too far with

not being able to step out of the box at all but it was getting too much, every pitch. >> breaks between innings are now just two and a half minutes and new pitchers have the same amount of time to warm up. >> you have to appeal to all the people that want instant gratification? >> no, we don't need to speed it up. >> whether it puts more fans in the stands is a debate that won't end when the new rules come into effect. al jazeera chicago. >> well known in motor sports circles, he won three world tights in formula one. he competed in the electric car championships this weekend. victory comes 55 years after the day when his famous father won at the same track. >> the toughest foot race on

earth, competitors start the 250-kilometer journey through the sahara desert. it's the equivalent of completing five and a half marathons over six days. it's in extreme environments. competitors are required to carry all their belongings, including food and sleeping gear with them every day. >> all of today's big sports story on our website aljazeera.com/sport. >> the world's longest kite is flying high in china. the six-kilometer long dragon theme petitioned was launched at the international kite flying festival. only part was flown because of air traffic controls. that brings us to the end of this news hour. we're back with another full bulletin of news, so don't go

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