to be run by cell phone lot. an explosion at a power plant was responsible. announcer: this is al jazeera. hello, i'm felicity barr, and this is the newshour live from london. coming up the u.s. says it's speeding up weapons supplies with the coalition targetting houthi rebels in yemen. the red cross warns of a cata catastrophic situation. iraqi forces say it's safe for people to return home to tikrit. protests in kenya as

students call for better security after the garissa university attack. >> why waiting for your mobile phone to recharge could be a link of the past. >> i'm lee wellings with support. sepp blater told africa that all of the continent nations vote for him to stay as president of f.i.f.a. hello. the u.s. says it is speeding up weapons supplies to the saudi-led coalition which is fighting houthi rebels and allies in yemen. washington says it's increasing intelligence sharing to stop the houthis taking more of the country. the world health organisation says more than 540 people have been killed and 1700 injured in fighting in yemen over the past few weeks. u.n.i.c.e.f. says 74 children are known to have decide since

the saudi led operation. it's believed the real figure is high. the red cross warns of a catastrophic situation in the port city of aden and wants a truce to allow aid and surgeons. it's hoping to fly in medical supplies on wednesday. the saudi-led coalition spokesman gave more detail about the delivery of humanitarian aid to yemen. >> yesterday a plane evacuated red cross members. today we authorised aship moving from djibouti carrying humanitarian aid and red cross individuals. it is a divisive part of the storm campaign. safety and organization are important. we finished the authorisations and the evacuations of citizens are going well. flights are scheduled. we have had difficulties providing flight to carry people saudi-led coalition forces

are continuing air strikes on aden. the coalition spokesman said weapons store are being hit. saudi arabia has been reinforcing troops along the southern border with yemen. the footage shows troops. operation divisive storm aims to isolate the houthis in yemen until they lose ground and retreat. we are joined by a correspondent in the saudi city of jazan, on the border with yemen. what is the latest you can tell us about the air strikes. >> in the beginning i'd like to clarify kilogram regarding the air strike. they do not take off from jizan. it takes off from another city which is more than 300km from why i am standing. regarding the updates, the

spokesman has stated in a press conference in riyadh he confirmed, actually that they have targeted many weapons, storage and ammunition storage, and stressed on something. he stressed that there are many and huge numbers of storages in yemen. that they are targetting. he said they are trying to limit troops movement and by that he means the militias and are trying to prevent support that houthis might receive in yemen by targetting infrastructure that they are using. in the end of the press conference he says one important note. he says in response one of the questions that iran and hezbollah are involved in training houthi militia.

>> tell us more about what is happening in the border area? >> actually we have spent the whole day here at the port at tual. it is one of the most important ports between saudi arabia and yemen. it's one of the biggest ports between two countries - more than 60% of the movement between the two countries are through the port. and more than 65% of the commercial exchange are also through this port. today, from what we can see, and as you can see behind me the movement is smooth. there is a decrease in the amount of houthis travelling to yemen, and there is yemenis coming to visit saudi arabia most of them.

most of them have relatives in saudi arabia or some have visa, they are allowed to come to saudi arabia. today we reached the last point in the houthi borders between yemen and saudi arabia. and yemenis can be seen clearly from where we stood today, and we have seen some evacuating process for some foreign workers in yemen. some groups we have seen and interviewed some groups from jordan egypt and other countries. joining us there from the border town of jizan, thank you with me in the studio is the yemeni journalist and film-maker. thank you for coming in to al jazeera. we heard earlier from the saudi coalition press conference that they are targetting houthis, con voice and camps inside aden.

we know that civilians are dying. it's hard to know how the civilians are dying, particularly in the city of aden at the moment. >> in the north civilians are dying as collateral damage from the saudi coalition strikes. there's houthis fighting back to the saudi coalition with others. you have fighters freed from prison. you have tribal fighters from the neighbouring areas - neighbouring to aden. you have fractions of the army loyal to ali abdullah saleh, and factions loyal to abd-rabbu mansour hadi fighting each other. you have the people stuck in the crossfire. >> presumably many of those people don't have a religious or political afailiation. they are ordinary people.

>> the majority yes, but you have the people from the south, part of the southern secessionist movement who have gone out and are in the middle of the fighting. >> a very complex situation. you are yemeni i know you were in sanaa recently. >> yes. >> you are obviously in touch with people in yemen. what are they saying about what is happening at the moment particularly as records the air strikes and the yemeni government, the main leaders are not in the country? >> the people in yemen feel abandoned by the government that there's no control whatsoever in yemen. they are living in fear from the saudi arabia air strikes. you hear fighting all day long. the houthis forced people to evacuate their homes and put anti-aircraft systems on the rooftops. even though the saudi collisions say that the strikes are precise, there has been a lot of mistakes and a lot of civilians

dying in the middle talking about the fighting now, what two weeks ago we talked about the possibility of some sort of sit down around the table for political talks. how far away is a political solution and what will it take to get the very dispirit groups particularly the houthis and the abd-rabbu mansour hadi government to sit around a table and talk about solving the problem? >> political powers in yemen are deep rooted and complex. conflict is in the solution. if it continues, all we'll see is more civilians dying and yemen going into deeper - you know deeper poverty. more problematic situations. the only solution is to sit around a table and negotiate. the national dialogue was progressing positively in this way, and halted by the conflict. >> it's a terrible situation for the people in yemen. thank you for coming in.

>> thank you. >> pakistani prime minister is calling on iran to join the debate on security in yemen. nawaz sharif made comment to pakistan's comments on the second day of debating whether to join the campaign against the houthi rebels. saudi arabia requested the support of its land sea and air forces. the u.n. security council called for humanitarian access to the palestinian refugee camp of yarmouk in syria. most of the camp is in ruins after being overrun by i.s.i.l. top u.n. officials suggested the security council consider emergency measures to effect ute people. thousands have been forced to flee and are staying at a temporary camp. >> reporter: we heard that they are breaking walls and there were clashes. we did not know anything. when they were closer they said

i.s.i.l. fighter are killing women and children. when the syrian army entered they moved us to another venue where they were safe. they secured a road for us to get out of the camp. >> translation: we could not see them. we heard they were beheading the young men. they called for civilians to leave the camp. we did not believe them. we heard they killed some people who left security forces in the iraqi city of tikrit say it's safe for people to return home. tikrit was recaptured from i.s.i.l. fighters who took control of the city last june. charles stratford reports. >> reporter: many of the roads and buildings in tikrit remained deserted. the iraqi army allied with the militias may be in control, but the fighting has been intense in recent weeks. the islamic state of iraq and levant overran saddam hussein's home down in june. security forces are trying to

reassure people it's safe to return. >> translation: we are in control of security. we control all the government buildings, and we have secured the residential areas. >> the iraqi military victory was helped by u.s.-led coalition care strikes. evidence of atrocities was discovered in a mass grave, believed to contain the bodies of soldiers. >> i came to this place to look for my nephew. i was told he was killed and buried here. >> reporter: iraq's p.m. visited the kurdish north, and repeated a promise that the iraqi army would work with the forces to take back control of the province. >> translation: we are here to cooperate and coordinate a joint plan. we'll work with all the sides and sects to liberate the area for the benefit of its people. >> the streets of tikrit may be

quiet now. i.s.i.l. controls huge areas, and various areas north of the capital, baghdad. israeli media says wooden planks are being banned from being imported into gaza saying the israeli government believes they are used to rebuild hamas's tunnels under the boarder. following the assault on gaza there's a shortage of concrete. israel says the arm group is using wood as an alternative. gaza wood dealers say it could affect local furniture, construction and decorating industries. still to come on the newshour - mexican police ambushed by suspected drug gang members with devastating consequences. >> plus. i'm andrew simmonds reporting from donetsk and i explain why families are living in these

conditions underground even though there's a ceasefire. >> and in sport after an illustrious career one of china's i chronic athletes is forced to retire. retire. first, hundreds of kenyan university students have been marching through nairobi calling for better security after the kenyan garissa university attack. they want compensation for the families of 148 victims, construction of a memorial and tighter security on campuses. the students stopped at the office of the president to present their demands. over the last couple of hours a vigil has been held in nairobi, for the victims of that attack. mohammed adow is there and joins us live of the tell us about

what has been happening? >> a very sombre mood engulfed the park freedom park in nairobi. hundreds of kenyans came to pay respects tore 147 people killed in the garissa attack. some lit candles. others brought flowers, and some notes in honour of the victims of that attack. there were 147 forces representing the graves of those that died. there were survivors of the attack who arrived here some were speaking to the media about their experiences, some breaking down and lost control of their emotions. a sombre mood here. it followed that the vim ill

followed a huge campaign on social media, where they used a hashtag 147 is not just a number, and they told stories of students who died in the attack. we saw some students marching through the capital. many angry at what they see as a lack of security at the university. >> yes, indeed. what the university students said when they demonstrated is something that is held across the board. many asking tough questions on why the security situation is as it is. so people who want to attack attack without - with a lot of

ease. the students say at the public stugss that universities have not within protested enough and they don't want a repeat of what happened in garissa. there's a lot of questions asked about how the rescue mission was handled at the school with some saying the gunmen had so much time on their hands that they insulted and killed the students. >> mohammed adow live in the capital nairobi. thank you. when kenya's president spoke after the university attack he voiced concerns about the radicalization of young people in his country. on saturday uhuru kenyatta call on religious and community leaders to put a stop to it. we met a mother in nairobi, that fears she may have lost her son to al-shabab this woman's son left their home in nairobi with men were

the mosque when he was 22. that was in 2012. she has never seen him sincement the certificates show a conversion from christianity to islam, and she believes he's joined a group, likely the somali armed group al-shabab. he called her in the night to check on her. she asked him to come home. he told me he can't, because he's wanted by police. he told me mama we'll meet in heaven. >> police and people from the mosque questioned her and put her under pressure. they least nairobi, and came to live here in this house in the country side to have peace. she's not alone in losing her son. there are dozens of families across kenya who say young men and boys disappeared, and they suspect they have gone for

paramilitary training with al-shabab. the kenyan troops are recent additions to the somali fighters. one escapee said planners sent foreign troops to carry them out. when the group rose to prominent in somali the main aim was to overthrow the western-backed government. they brought a brutal form of the law, and instability in the areas. ugandan troops arrived to support the government. the first country to contribute. al jazeera threatened retaliation in uganda. in july 2010 it came with devastating effect. 74 were killed by suicide bombers. the first attack outside somali. kenya's army joined the fray in 2011. it entered southern somali following al-shabab's kidnappings on the kenyan side of the border. a week later attacks in kenya began. the 2013 attacks court the

world's attention. 67 were killed. attacks on civilians in somali and abroad detracted from the claims to be a movement from the somali people. they drew the attention and support of al qaeda. at home al-shabab lost most of its territories to the afghan union troops. >> they are pushed away from territories they used to hold. including the port of kiss my u. therefore al-shabab is desperate to create its relevance. >> the government provides few services and is accused of being corrupt, a situation al-shabab tried to exploit. the groups attacked last week on sleeping students was the bloodstainsiest yet. killing more than twice as many as as westgate. while weaker than in years, it poses a deadly threat 15 state police officers in

mexico have been killed in an ambush by suspected gang members. the attack happened in the west. a second assault on security forces in the region in less than a month. it has long been plagued by an halisco new generation a drug cartel described as one of biggest security threats. we are joined by john holman in mexico city. tell us about the attack on the police officers. >> well we have been talking to analysts and experts and looking through newspaper records of the last knew years in mexico. this is a big deal. 15 police men killed in a single attack. this is the biggest number killed in a single incident in recent years in mexico. from what we have been looking through for the entirety of the drug war. this speaks of a cartel, a new generation in the we were sit that is growing in power, and

feeling in a confident position. so the attack happened in the western state, on a highway. a police convoy was moving down the highway, and it was an ambush. gunmen appeared and shot at the gunmen killing 15 officers that was not anything that was spontaneous. something planned with precision. police and authorities tell us this was in retaliation to the police killing the boss of a local drug plaza called el gringo. this was a revenge attack and speaks to the power and stranglehold on the state. the cartel is in a good strategic position. it has the two mexican oceans it can use for drug smuggling routes and has amongst the members know how and international contact that it needs to carry out drug smuggling, and is involving

itself in the nut techniques of crime, involving extortion and terrorizing the loningal population. this is one of mexico's fastest growing cartels and a headache for president peno nieto. he's been saying he's getting on top of organised crime. he's had significant arrests of some of the region's biggest drug traffickers, but organised crime, the violence continues in the region. by arresting or killing certain leaders, it's not going to make its stop. cartels like this continue to spring up and be powerful here. >> john holman live in mexico city. thank you the u.s. republican senator rand paul announced he's running for his party's nomination in the 2016 presidential race. he's the second person after ted cruz to declare his candidacy for the republican ticket. >> we have come to take our country back from the special interests that use washington as

their personal piggy bank. the special interests that are more concerned with their personal welfare than the general welfare. [ cheering ] >>. >> the washington machine that gobbles up our freedoms and invades every nook and crannies of our lives, must be stopped. [ cheering ] the people of ferguson in the u.s. state of missouri are voting in first council elections since an unarmed black teenager was shot dead last summer. michael brown's killing by a white police officer stoked racial tensions and led to violent protests. two-thirds of ferguson's residents are black. the city's councillors are mostly white. that is set to change with a record number of candidates standing there. rob reynolds joins us live from ferguson. this could be an interesting election. >>le yes. it is bound to be one way or the other.

there has been drying rain here in the earlier hours. that is dampened down the number of voters that made their way to the polls. now there's gusty wind. the weather is not optimal for the vote. election officials in st. louis county of which ferguson is a jurisdiction say that so far the turn out has been in their words, paltry. there's 5.5 hours to go before the polls close. we could see a later rush of voters in the day. now, i'm joined by our guest, alicia street she's the political activist and belongs to ground level support. alicia you have been trying to get people out, registered. get them to the polls, is it a heavy lift in the community? how would you characterise it. >> definitely a heavy lift. it's a start. trying to get people who never

voted before to come out to vote now. a lot of people are questioning about the change in ferguson. so you have to go and try to be a little positive or be positive, period. and get them to release or register to vote. >> if they have not voted before do first-time voters do they feel embarrassed to go do they not know what to do do they feel like it's too much trouble. what are the comments that you get? >> to be honest. i'm not too sure. a lot of people are anticipating to vote. they are excited. if it's the first time especially and being in ferguson, with august 9th and the michael brown situation, now to come up and oh i have a chance to change things i'm excited about this. i want to vote i want my voice to be heard. >> now, ferguson of course has become notorious after the event

of august 9th and the subsequent civil unrest in the city. it's not the only place where african-americans do in the exercise political power in accord with their numbers in the community. in what way can this day in ferguson be an example or a metafor for those places? >> i think it's a stepping stop. i believe that once we get - we have three open seats in ferguson today. and i believe if three of those come in who are - i'm supporting that candidate. i believe it's motivation that we have. the smaller ones. so i think it's a good start. you know you have to start somewhere. probably by today, voting and people coming out to vote - hoping that they'll show up and

show out for us. i'm excited about that. >> thank you very much for being with us today. so there are six seats on the city council. three are open. eight candidates. for are african-americans, we expect the vote totals later today, and will of course keep you updated on the situation. an interesting day of voting in ferguson, missouri. rob reynolds live in ferguson. thank you so much. washington d.c. - several high profile government buildings were among those left without power after a blackout hit much of the city. the daily press briefing at the u.s. state department had to be rescheduled as the room was plunged into darkness. pep coe said it was caused by a fault in transmission. equipment that doesn't switch off. authorities ruled out terrorism still to come on the newshour - malaysia is accused

of taking a step backwards as it reintroduces detention without trial. preparing the ruble. how russia's battered currency is fighting back. and the heat is on in the moroccan desert. the latest on what is known as the toughest foot race on earth.

hello, welcome back to the newshour a reminder of the top stories. the u.s. says it's speeding up weapons weapons supplies to the saudi-led coalition. 74 children have been killed since the end of march, says u.n.i.c.e.f. iraqi forces say the city of tikrit is under their control and is safe for people to return. it was recaptured last week from i.s.i.l. fighters who overran the city in june hundreds of student marched through the kenyan capital calling on the government for better security measures in universities following last

week's attacks in garissa turkey's president recep tayyip erdogan has been in iran for high-level meetings on the agenda syria and yemen. bernard smith has more from istanbul. >> recep tayyip erdogan had been previously accused iran of some attacks. but on this visit they focussed on economic ties. >> translation: we have signed various agreements. the region we are located is volatile. we had the chance to discuss matters and see what common steps we can take in the international area. a series of economical

agreements from signed and it was left to the iranian president to talk about yemen. >> translation: both parties are of the same view that this ability, conflict should come to on end. both think we should end the conflict in yemen, and there should be a ceasefire. the attacks from neighbouring countries should come to an end, and we should have the situation where we can provide humanitarian support. >> reporter: before flying to iran recep tayyip erdogan met the interfere minister. turkey suggested that it may offer support to saudi arabia as it carries out its military campaign against the houthis in yemen. the turkish president said nothing about yemen. he referred to the region as being in a ring of fire. if recep tayyip erdogan had anything to tell the iranians about his late-night meeting, it was not for public consumption.

62 turkish military officers gaoled for planning to topple recep tayyip erdogan in 2003 when he was prime minister have been acquitted. 236 other officers were acquitted in the same case last week. a judge ruled some of the digital evidence was inadmissible including documents from 2003 which used a typeface that didn't exist until 2006 turkey restored access to social networking sites a day after they were blocked over images of a hostage held at gunmind. a prosecutor died in a shoot-out between his captors and security forces. a picture was posted with a fun to his head. there was a call for facebook twitter and youtube to be banned until the pictures were taken down malaysia great a terrorism law that they say is needed.

it introduces indefinite detention without trial, a policy revoked three weeks ago, passed hours after 17 were detained on suspicions of planning attacks in the capital. we have this reaction from kuala lumpur. >> there was overwhelming support for the passing of the prevention of terrorism 2015 in the malaysian lower house 79 votes. 16 against it. it reinstickates a law allowing detention of an individual with no access to a lawyer or appearance in court, or any idea the duration of that detention. that'll be up to the authorities to decide. we are hearing civil society groups complaining about this - what they are describing as

draconian law being implemented by malaysia. there's been a growing support in asia pacific to join the conflict in the middle east and support groups like al qaeda, and i.s.i.l. so the malaysian government feel that they have to storm on this recruitment campaign. now the 17 individuals that were arrested on sunday aged between 14 and 49 they were supposed to allegedly target locations in the capital kuala lumpur and the federal state of putrajaya, where the main seat of government highest court in the land and the prime minister's office is about 30km from k l the u.n. says more than 140,000 children have been forced to leave their homes because of the conflict in eastern ukraine. despite the ceasefire some live

in under ground shelters. andrew simmonds report from dan esque. >> reporter: children shouldn't have to live like this, an existence under ground, with little food. it's the poor who suffer the most at times of conflict. there's no exception in the self-declared republic of donetsk. places like this answer the question is there confidence in the ceasefire. families living underground in musty damp conditions. here there are 28 children trying to get by. many families refuse to give up their space, because they are convinced fighting will resume. some of the children have foster parents who can't afford to clothe and feed them. this woman used to get $100 a month allowance for fostering anton. in the breakaway republic of donetsk, there's nothing. they were advised by a welfare worker to put anton into an orphanage.

>> translation: how could they say this? he is mine. he is mine. i will not give him away. never, never. do you love your mum? at the nearest orphanage, rebranded with a flag of the pro-russian, self-declared republic, there's a depressed mood. you withdrawn crane -- ukraine should supply the families with support. ukranian welfare payments are not sent here. the breakaway republic is not paying them other, and haven't paid staff salaries since december. institutions like these when parents couldn't cope. children were placed in the care of the state, categorized as

social orphans. sometimes they develop mental health issues and go into adulthood without being given the chance of independence. the self-declared republic couldn't tell us when it would start making foster payments. the fear is the fear is if things get worse, more children will have to go into state care. the ruble hit highs for the year against the u.s. dollar and the euro it's a turn around for the russian currency which lost 40% of its value last year. rory challands has more from moscow. >> a plunging ruble late 2014. this season the first quarter of 2015, the ruble is the best performing currency in the world. >> indeed rouble has been up about 20% from its lowest point in the end of january.

the scenario that everyone forecasted at the end of last year is not realising ecata rina puts it down to a rally in the price of oil and a ukranian ceasefire that though repeatedly violated seems to have calmed. when it comes to why the rouble is strength then analysts are not in agreement. oil is a factor said this analyst, but something else is having a bigger influence. >> russian population sell more currency than buy. >> reporter: it's normal people off-loading dollars. >> yes, yes. they are looking at the savages. it's less. >> it's not much of a surprise that there's disagreement. few saw this coming. for those people - and there are plenty of them who predicted the rouble's precipitous slide or bet against it this is all a

bit perplexing. time for a scratch of the head, and time to nurse a few financial losses. there won't be too much sympathy for traders who made the wrong don't. the ruble may have clawed back value, but it's well below where it was this time last year. more to the point russia is mired in double digit inflation and the beginnings of a recession. >> a fire broke out on a nuclear submarine and russia it was repaired in a shipyard. there were no weapon on board and the nuclear reactor reportedly had been shut down now, researchers at stamford university invented a battery that takes a minute to charge. waiting hours to a mobile phone to charm could be a thing of the past with an aluminium-based

battery. the inventors say it's cleaner, safe. but it offers half the voltage of a lithium iron battery. joining me in the studio is technology journalist paul marks. how big a break through is it in in terms of batteries? >> it's promising, exciting stuff. it's early days they made a breakthrough in working out which materials - aluminium, or graphite, will produce decent power, fast charming without the risks of lithium, which anyone who looked at youtube knows smartphones and laptops bursting into flames when damaged. >> i guess the smartphone and tablet industry is looking at this. you plug it in. it's recharged. it's amazing. how long will that charge last for is the other question. >> exactly, they haven't said

how much power you'll get out of it. they talk about the voltage, you get voltage from lemons. if you put zinc and copper in a lemon, you get voltage. they got somewhere, it's early days. the point is what will the battery deliver in terms of power over a period of time. that's what they have to improve and tell us. they haven't done so yet. >> has therein about a lot of people looking to improve batteries or changing it. this is a fundamental change from lithium to aluminium. >> yes. >> i've been looking at it for some time but it's taken a while to be developed, which i find surprising given the developments in tablets and smartphones. the battery hasn't changed that much. >> it's driven by the electric car and the smartphone - sorry, the large product end and the phone. there's huge reach into this. there's another company in israel called store dot trying

to make a fast-charging battery succeeding in charging them. they claim to have a phone charging in 30 seconds this year. it's a massive research. the whole point it to do a thomas edson. he worked out, after 45,000 attempts, what is the best material to make a light bulb filament from. turned out to be bamboo carbonized but it took so many tries to get it right. battery makers are trying the same kind of thing, working out what is the material what is the anode, the cathode and the electro light producing the best and safest performance, so we don't have the problems we have with lithium, regarding the fires. >> i have an image of charming my smartphone with a lemen. that will not happen. thank you for explain that to us. still to come - the app...

>> a person with amazon gets up steps on to the floor, and an alert is sent out. >> it is designed to keep alzhiemer's sufferers safe. >> and in sport why money and support doesn't guarantee success. the n.h.l. team one of the biggest underachievers in world sport. also... ♪ so bye, bye ms american pie ♪ the million dollar auction of one slice of an iconic song.

millions of people around the world are affected by alzhiemer's. patients offer wander -- alzhiemer's, one teenager found a way to help patients at risk of wandering off and into harm. >> reporter: the sweet sound of music. in this daycare facility for the elderly in new york, alzhiemer's patients pass their time trying to stimulate their mind, listening to song. for 73-year-old betty lee, who forgets if she's at home or in or her native trinidad, it's a safe environment. she is like everyone else, a wanderer. a term used for people suffering from alzhiemer's or other cognitive disorders, who can't remember who they are and dangerously and suddenly set out for unknown situations, becoming missing persons. betty's smile hides the fact that her memory loss leads her to wander.

>> sometimes i forget things. >> reporter: researchers say wandering caused by alzhiemer's is a major public health crisis. >> we know if someone with cognitive impairment is not found within 24 hour, there's a chance they'll never be found or found deceased or injured. it's why it's an incredible issue the problem of memory loss and wandering has no geo and wandering has no geo graphic boundaries. >> reporter: in the united states 5.5 million suffer from alzhiemer's. 60% are wanderers. globally 44 million have alzhiemer's, and by 2050 it's expected to triple. the issue of wandering hits close to home for kenneth. his grandfather who has alzhiemer's got out of bed, walked outside and was found on a busy highway before being brought home by police. >> it was devastating.

knowing that my grandfather's life was at risk essentially because of his wandering. reporter: the 16-year-old had experience in inventing things, and started coding on his laptop and the safe wander app was born. >> the caregiver places the sensor on the bottom of the sock. once of person with amazon gets out, and steps on to the floor an alert is sent out. >> reporter: his invention is about to be put on the market. he hopes it will help millions stay safe and prevent them from wandering, a problem that is global and cannot be ignored. all right. time for all the sports action now. >> thank you. head of african football says every one of its 54 countries will vote for sepp blatter in the f.i.f.a. presidential election. blatter is in africa to open the

football congress in cairo. after an awkward reception at uefa he is among friends this week. his rivals have been lobbying in africa that has not made a dense. he kicked off the congress by calling for stronger international action on racism. >> translation: we should punish discrimination and racism not be withholding money, you can suspend a team take points away it should be done that way. financial sanctions will not work. money can be found. we cannot fight racism with money russian premier league club will have to play two more games in an empty stadium as a punishment for a fourth racism-related instrument. the fans displayed a banner with a nazi symbol. they were required to play the

next two home games behind closed doors for racial abuse of an opposition player turkish police detained two people following the attack on a football team coach. the bus carrying fenerbahce players was hit by gun fire while the league team travelled to the airport. the bus driver was injured. the turkish lead suspended for a week china's first male athletic lee jang had to give in to the inevitable and retire. the sprint hurdler has been unable to compete since 2012 london games after suffering an injury. he was one of china's recognisable stars after winning goed at the 2004 athens olympics and won the world title and broke the world record. it's not just golf fans and television companies pleased na tiger woods will play in the masters, the first major that

gets under way at augusta. many players say they are pleased to have him back too. the practice round on monday was the first time he played publicly for two months. he dropped out of the world's top 100, the 4-time masters winner will be the major draw when he tees off on thursday. >> he hasn't played for a while. everywhere is excited and interested to see how he perform this week. what the state of the game is for him. he's a huge part of golf. >> it's the third gruelling day for the marathon des sables in the moroccan desert the toughest foot race. 37 runners retired over the first two days. moroccan runners tom date. -- dominate. it's been run 17 times by competitors. and last year's winner leads

after tuesday's stage. wednesday they set off for the fourth leg, taking them over 91 kilometres. contenders for the play-offs are close to being decided with the top 16 teams starting a knock out for the stanley cup. the toronto maple leafs will not be among them. for the ninth time in the past 10 years the richest and best supported team has not made the cut. daniel lak reports on hockey's biggest underachievers from toronto. >> reporter: they are sports legend the biggest team in hockey. the toronto maple leafs. fans are loyal, that every home game is sold out years in advance. around the city the devotion is on delay. this leaf-loving couple were married in the team's home arena at centre ice, and the dogs wear team colours. it's written in stone which team future children will support. >> we know there's one choice.

>> there's no options for the kids. they'll be leaf fans whether they like it or not. >> that's right. >> what they don't know is when or if they'll see the beloved team do this. win the stanley cup like they did in 1967. they barely have come close. this year and for much of the decade they have not made the playoffs. [ singing ] ♪ i'm giving up on you ♪ this young singer recorded a song of heart break and loss. >> in the music industry a lot of music is about heart break or heart warming, right. there's maybe a little bit of in between. that's what most of it is. the leaf's song for the past 50 years has been a heart break song. >> reporter: think of manchester united or the new york yankees, the leafs have that much money and popularity in canada. they lose and players fail in

toronto only to succeed in other cities. the most recent player commemorated outside the arena retired in the 1980s. he wrote a book "leafs abomination" trying to explain why the team is dis nal, likening them to the chicago cubs who have not won a championship in a century. >> they cultivated a loveable loser, unlikable losers this seep. they are the richest tape a team with a rich tradition, yet, as you say, 50 years since they last won it they are looking for another. >> reporter: a final irony, this is the city where the stanley cup, hockey's top trophy is stored between championships. a tourist attraction. fans have to be content looking at it through glass, and wondering if the team will win it again. >> it's spring and many of the rinks are emptying out. maple leafs players are trading

the hockey sticks for golf clubs. as for the die-hard fans we say there's almost next year. losers and winners. >> i want to see daniel lak skating. that was unexpected. >> he's in the team. >> thank you final lay don maclaine's handwritten manuscript for his song "american pie" sold at auction for $1.2 million. ♪ bye, bye ms american pie ♪ the 16 pages of handwritten lyrics was auctioned which christie's in new york and they described the lyrics as wistful, buoyant and enigmatic. "american pie" was a hit in the u.s. pop charts in 1972 and 1991, and madonna made it a hit in 2000 with her version.

that's it from the newshour. we have more in a couple of minutes. bye-bye. bye-bye.

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