>> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ welcome to the news hour i'm i'm richelle carey in doha. we're well aware of the support that iran has been giving yemen. >> iran's president calls for an end to sawudi-backs air strikes in yemen. and greece agrees to hand

over over $500 million to the imf. iran's supreme leader says not reaching a deal on the nuclear program is better than making a bad deal. he is referring to a framework agreement signed between iran and world powers in switzerland last month. the president is warning that his country will not sign a final accord unless it is accompanied by the lifting of sanctions. >> reporter: president rouhani is a savvy political operator. he has managed to remain popular with conservatives and moderates in iran. he knows he must convince skeptics of the nuclear deal at home that iran isn't bowing to western pressure. so many say it's important for him to talk tough. that's exactly what he did, when

he addressed this nuclear technology ceremony in tehran. >> translator: we will not sign any agreement unless all economic sanctions are lifted at once on the very first day of the implementation of the agreement. >> reporter: iran wants a deal to go ahead. but the conditions must satisfy this man. ayatollah khomeini. he insists the deal is non-binding, and says he neither agrees nor disagrees with it. there are questions now about what this all means for the framework deal made here. after months of talks, iran agreed to limit its enrichment capacity and in return world powers would lift a crippling embargo. >> nobody has the guts to say no to possible nuclear deal with the west because today iran's

leader said that i support the continuation of talks, i just want to make sure that i am not making a mistake. >> reporter: president obama also had to convince his own skeptics mainly in congress that he's not making a mistake. >> i am convinced that if this framework laids to -- leads to a final comprehensive deal it will make our country and world safer. >> reporter: the deal also has its worldwide critics including israel. france and saudi arabia are also cautious. the deal is always going to be about more than just the nuclear issue. it marks a change in relations after decades of hostility. the next few months will bring more hard bargaining and tough rhetoric before the final deadline at the end of june.

al jazeera's senior political analyst joins us live now from new york. the ayatollah has said that a bad deal is worse than no deal. president obama has said the same thing. obviously they don't agree on what a bad deal is but is the gap getting wider? >> i'm not really sure it is. i think what they are saying today is expected. in fact even before the deal was reached everyone knew that as soon as it is reached, everyone is going to be talking to their own domestic audience. what is important is not what they are saying. what is important is what they are doing. and if you look at iran you will see that -- that the conservatives are basically lining up behind the deal. we haven't heard any -- any serious criticism from any

serious official in or around the regime to the nuclear deal. so for the time being and until june, iran has basically gained a lot from the deal. basically all of its nuclear facilities remain open, and it continues to insist all sanctions need to be removed once a final deal is made. >> a major point is whether or not these sanctions will be lifted immediately. if that does not happen do you feel the public in iran will still support this? >> that has always been a point of contention between the two sides, and that's why the political deal if you will only looked at some of the headlines, knowing all too well that the next three months are going to be tough, and most of these points need to be discussed in detail. what does it mean to lift all of the sanctions at once. which sanctions? the u.s. sanctions?

the european sanctions? or the u.n. sanctions? what inspects? any time any way, or certain ways that are dictated by the iea. and so on and so forth. but i think for the time being, it's clear that each side is trying to prove that they have got the best possible deal for their own side. >> iran has called for an end to the air strikes in yemen, and secretary kerry as ahead that basically they are medaling. but how does what iran is doing in relation to yemen circle back to the nuclear talks? does it? >> yeah this is another -- another complication added to the already chaotic and confused situation in the middle east. it is to be expected that yemen aspiring regional power would want to have a foothold in yemen that really one of the most strategic areas in the region

with a foothold in the red sea and so on and so forth. so there's no doubt that iran is cynically using the situation in yemen for its own advantage. and secretary kerry is also playing both sides. he is weighing in on the side of saudi arabia now that they have a deal in its fight against the houthis that are supported by iran. so certainly a regional complication, the united states is talking to both sides and playing both sides. it remains to be seen whether the saudis the arabs and the iranians are smart enough to start talking to one another about these complicated issues instead of racing down the barrel. >> for more analysis go to aljazeera.com for his latest the summit we need. iran's supreme leader and president have spoken out against the saudi-lead air

campaign in yemen. the ayatollah and the president have called for a halt to the saudi-lead air strikes. iran's ships have arrived in the gulf of aden. iran says it is part of an anti piracy operation. john kerry is accusing iran of providing support to the houthi rebels. >> they have been -- there are obviously supplies that have been coming from iran. there are a number of flights every single week that have been coming in. and we trace those flights and are aware of those. and iran needs to recognize that the united states is not going to stand by while the region is destabilized or while people engage, you know in overt warfare across lines

international boundaries in other countries. the u.n. has estimated that more than 100,000 yemenese have been displaced since the war began. families can be seen fleeing from their homes as a result of the fighting between houthi militias, and fighters loyal to president hadi's government. they have gathered at a port trying to get to neighboring countries by sea. some have been escaping across the boarder to saudi arabia but as our correspondent reports, they are facing more problems. >> reporter: they escaped the war in yemen, only to get arrested in saudi arabia. these yemenese were picked up by saudi security forces after they managed to smuggle themselves across the border. >> translator: if i could have entered legally, i would >> translator: i am simply trying to escape the war in yemen. >> translator: i came here to find a job to feed my family.

the war has destroyed everything in yemen. >> reporter: these border guards are secondary to the army and report to the minister of interior but their job is crucial. >> translator: we are considered the second line of defense after the border guards. our task is to prevent any smuggling activity. >> reporter: the unit has been around since the establishment of saudi arabia. many of its personnel now follow in the footsteps of their forefathers. >> translator: you can track a smuggler by monitoring the footprints. >> reporter: so far this hasn't been an exodus of yemenese trying to escape into saudi arabia, but if a ground offensive is launched there could be an influx of refugees. we're joined by a former

advisor to the last three yemeni prime ministers. iran has called for an end to the saaddy-lead air strikes. they have spent warships to aden and secretary kerry is accusing iran of metalling. >> it is quite worrying because with this -- all maneuvers going on people are losing focus on what is happening in yemen, you know? the civilians in aden especially are suffering very badly. we haven't been expecting some aid -- and international aid to reach the civilians. and the hospitals are lacking basic steps for -- you know treating the injured. no antibiotics or bandages things like that. so we would rather see, you

know some sort of foot on the ground to get to a place where these people can help the resistance, you know to gather these, you know, aid, as it happened. the war is going in -- in 2012 in libya, and it had some people there on the ground who could help. they were not fighting. they were helping the people who were lost and who are amist these things. so i think the whole situation now, and the iranians are trying to bring down the yemenese to a sort of surrender because of the civilian you know, casualties and fatalities. >> all of these casualties and fatalities that are happening as a result of the saudi-lead air strikes, is that a strategy in are the air strikes actually a strategy? >> the civilians are falling not because of the air strikes, it's because these people in different camps -- because the saudis have hit them they have

left those camps -- especially in aden there were five to seven military bases. so they have hit those civilians in the streets, and they are fighting from there, and sometimes there have been proven attacks on civilians so more civilians could fall to bring the world's attention. that's why it's quite a different ball game completely. so i think we have got to have specialed a tension for aden. and feet about some sort of foot on the ground it's only for aden. the adens are fighting and holding very well but they need backing. >> is the resolution something diplomatic? >> well, we're hoping the u.n. now the drafted resolution if the chinese and russians don't stop it it should help a lot, because at least it shows that the world is fighting and they want these people to get back to the dialogue table and to go

back from what they have -- you know they have started again which is going to fail and the iranians are actually -- have swallowed a bait from saleh. if the former toppled president has given them some promise that he will handle yemen, then i think they are in a complete sort of loss. and now they are against what they have signed this -- you know framework agreement, and now coming back on it and so on as if they have lost the whole situation, and i think the americans have played very well now on them. i don't know where it will take us. because the iranians can hit back and with their warships and so on. >> it's incredibly complicated and gets more so every day. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> russian's foreign minister says those opposed to syrian president bashar al-assad are moving closer to face-to-face talks with him. russia is hosting talks with the

syrian government and some who oppose it but the main opposition group is boycotting that meeting. rory challands has more from moscow. >> for the first two days of these four-day talks, it was just the opposition groups here discussing things. the government's representative only turned up on wednesday. when he did, he was handed a document which has been formulated by the opposition groups, and this document includes things like discussions of humanitarian issues and what they call the fight against terrorism. what we believe it doesn't discuss is the fate of bashar al-assad syria's leader. that is important, because remember, the syrian national coalition, the main opposition group in syria has been boycotting these talks. it sees the removal of bashar al-assad as the main precondition for any kind of negotiations. but the landscape for syria's

opposition groups has shifted considerably since the war began five years ago. recently we have seen the rise of islamic state, and this has replaced bashar al-assad as the main boogie man in the region for western governments, so we have detected a noticeable softening in the kind of language that the united states has been using when it talks about bashar al-assad. the other thing that has happened of course is the nuclear deal with iran. when sanctions are lifted against iran this will allow iron to operate more freely as a regional power, supporting his allies one of those allies is bashar al-assad. so what is good for bashar al-assad is of course bad for syria's opposition. coming up in this news hour -- >> if you don't have education, we cannot improve our life or improve our country. >> the giant strides afghanistan has made in enrolling children

in school. plus -- >> i'm catherine soi, at the choke point in [ inaudible ]. i'll be looking into why kenya somalis feel alienated by the go. >> and we'll look at the masters and how tiger wood has gotten ready for his return by playing a round with his family. [ applause ] ♪ a major french television network is trying to restore its service after a cyber attack. a group calling it's a cyber caliphate which claims to be linked to isil is thought to be behind the hacking. >> reporter: in television a black screen usually spells disaster. when several french channels went to black on wednesday night, producers in this office knew something was wrong. >> it has been a very powerful cyber attack.

because we have very strong firewalls. and that had been checked very recently. >> reporter: this is how seriously the french government is taking the attack. not one, but three ministers spent the morning at the tv headquarters. >> translator: we have taken measures in order to respond at a technological level, because it's necessary not only to deal with the situation, but also to get ahead of what the terrorists in their sick brain might have in mind. >> reporter: 11 tv channels were taken off air for a brief period. messages like imif references to the islamic state of iraq and the levant kept popping up on the website and social media pages. on its facebook page one message read: but are threats by faceless hackers just a knew sense or something to fear in?

we asked a security expert. >> of course it really helps people in my position to say that you should be so it's probably easy to dismiss, the truth is you are starting to see it happen more and more. so it's not something you should be having sleepless nights about, unless that's your job. >> reporter: like intelligence officials at pentagon one of their twitter feeds was hacked into by the same group earlier this year. they left a message saying watch your back. we know very little about the group, whether it is really is linked to isil or just jumping on the bandwagon, but it's online ambush is making headlines and has the attention of governments. perhaps it's mission accomplished then. isils bombers have argued syrian opposition fighters in the northern aleppo province.

dozens of sillians and commanders were reportedly killed. charles stratford reports. >> reporter: this is all that remains of the syrian opposition military headquarters. a suicide bomber with the islamic state of iraq and the levant rammed his vehicle into the building and detonated the explosive devise. dozens of civilians and two opposition commanders were reportedly killed in the attack. >> translator: god's willing the northern countryside of aleppo will remain steadfast. we will never allow isil to advance. >> reporter: the war in syria involves various competing groups trying to remove president assad from power. it has been further complicated with the isil offensive. isil wants control of all of syria, and that also means the

removal of president assad. this school was also destroyed by an isil suicide bomber. more than 15 civilians and opposition fights or were reportedly killed in the attack >> translator: isil don't have the ability to send fighters. that's why they send car bombs. >> reporter: millions have been forced to flee from their homes since the war in syria started more than four years ago. the fighting between isil and syria's opposition groups makes any prospect of this conflict ending soon seem even more remote. international committee of the red cross of the u.n. have called for immediate access to a camp in syria to deliver humanitarian aid. thousands of syrian and

palestinian refugees have been trapped there since isil fighters stormed the camp on the outskirts of damascus. water, food and medication are scarce in the camp. >> reporter: they remain extremely alarmed at the sustained hostilities as they continue to inflict unimaginable pain and suffering to the 18,000 palestinian, and syrian men, women, and children trapped inside the camp who remain unable to safely access water, food, and basic health care. humanitarian access to civilians who need assistance and the safe evacuation of sil-- civilians who want to leave. the police have extepgded their security control in parts of the occupied west bank following a deal with israel. armed palestinian police are patrolling towns here jerusalem. >> reporter: this is the

palestinian town it's only a few kilometers from jerusalem, and for nearly 20 years, the only armed and uniformed security forces you would see here were israeli. but that has now changed. for the first time palestinian police have come here to protect the streets fully uniformed and armed. earlier we spoke to their commander, who told us what they will be doing. >> translator: the presence of police in this area is very significant. these are suburbs of east jerusalem the future palestinian capitol, god willing, and people here need law enforcement because they want to get rid of drug dealers and other criminals. >> reporter: neither the israeli or palestinian authorities have said why now? why they have allowed palestinian police to come to towns like this one and to

effectively police the areas. it also comes at a time when the relations between the palestinian leadership and the israeli government is in a dispute over tax revenues. at least on a security level, the cooperation continues. turkey's president says he will only consider improving relations with egypt if the lois ousted president and his muslim brotherhood allies are released from prison. the muslim brotherhood is now outlawed in egypt. three attacks in egypt's sinai have killed 13 civilians and two soldiers. houses in a town bordering gaza were hit by mortar fire another missile landed ofrn a house, and the third attack was on a military vehicle. at least five have been

killed and 26 others injured in an attack in northern afghanistan. two gunmen stormed a government compound in a town killing the police chief and two other police officers. officials say the taliban is behind the attack. a man suspected of taking part in last week's attack in kenya has appeared in court in nairobi. he is one of six suspects arrested. police are accusing him of supplying guns to the four men who killed 148 people mostly students. the interior ministry says the man was arrested while hiding with grenades at the scene of the attack. in the northeast of the country, an uneasy relationship between locals and government officials have made it difficult to fight al-shabab rebels in the region. some accuse government forces of racial profiling. catherine soi reports where

al-shabab gunmen killed 148 people last week. >> reporter: muslim clerics, and the people they serve meet to condemn last thursday's massacre at a university. they talk about peace, and the need to work with the government to expose any al-shabab fighters hiding here. here is the problem, many people are too afraid to give any information to the government. i met some clan elders who told me why. >> translator: i once give information to police. they arrested me saying i'm al-shabab. how do you expect people to give information, if they feel they will be victimized. >> reporter: somalis from this region accuse police of indiscriminately targeting them in crackdowns. this is the main market. in 2012 when three soldiers were killed by unidentified gunmen

just outside, there was a government crackdown, and this market was burned to the ground by soldiers. they believed the gunmen had passed through here and blamed the traders for it. this person was shot in that raid. it took her two months to rebuild her store, but much longer for her wounds to heal. >> translator: we had no cars so people had to carry us to the hospital. >> reporter: and now a dusk to dawn curfew is in place, and people are already complaining of arbitrary arrests and disappearances. this man says his relative was arrested last month, and they haven't seen him since. >> translator: we found his bloody shoes at the hotel where the raid happened. we reported it to police. >> reporter: this man hold us his priority is to win over the

people here. >> they have promised to -- to me that gives me a [ inaudible ] to really get into the people. >> reporter: but he also says somali's perspective of where they come from must be screened. at this check point, the police do just that. this is one of many roadblocks set up. some travelers say they don't mind the checks but they have a problem with what they see as racial profiling and the bribe they sometimes have to pay. still to come on the news hour the presidential election in sudan is just days away but the winner is all but assured. we'll see how the people are faring. plus president obama's visit

to jamaica. can he convince the caribbean to reconnect with the u.s. and robin will tell you about a show-stealing performance of the baseball field. details later in sports.

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top stories now on al jazeera. iran's supreme leader says not reaching a deal on the nuclear program is better than making a bad deal. the president warned his country will not sign a final accord unless it is accompanied by the lifting of sanctions. fighting in yemen is causing families to flee their home. more than 100,000 have been displace ed -- displayed. russia is hosting talks over the conflict in syria. president obama is in

jamaica meeting with leaders. he u.s. is seeking to revive its influence in a region where china has increased its influences. there are growing signs the u.s. is ramping up its focus on the caribbean as venezuela scales back its oil production. our latin america editor reports. >> reporter: for the last ten years the united states has watched as venezuela has gained friends and significant influence throughout the caribbean, through a general program of oil. now the tables have turned. the price of oil has plummeted, venezuela is deeply in debt and

has been forced to cut its shipments to the caribbean by almost one-half. including to cuba. and that's why president obama is visiting jamaica. he is the first american president to visit the island in 33 years and he will be discussing energy security. the white house is keen on trying to win away the caribbean's dependance on venezuela oil. the president will be meeting with members with the association of caribbean nations, but they are also trying to secure their own fuel independence, they know depending on either the united states or venezuela comes with a high political price tag. eric joins us live now from panama city. we appreciate your time very

much. president obama, and cuban president in the same room the same event, what can we make of that? >> well it's a start, there's no question about it to have the two leaders in the same place. they'll have handshakes and exchange words of greeting and that by virtue of the fact that it is happening is historic. i don't know that there will be a lot of substance that will come out of that meeting, but having said that the president may very soon act on the removal of cuba from the list of state sponsors of terror. the president said he would act on that likely. so he may preview that decision with -- raul castro here in panama. >> you think that's one of the things that is on the president's agenda. what else might be on his agenda for this event? >> well clearly the meeting

with cuba as you mentioned is historic but that's really not the only thing. there is a massive agenda that the president and the rest of the region want to seize, and that's the economic agenda commodity prices are being reduced, china's growth is slowing. the economic projections for latin america and caribbean for 2015 is quite low. in venezuela's situation there is a predicted contraction of 7%. so there's a real partnership that can be built there to the extent that the leaders want to build an economic partnership and not focus on the political issues that may divide the regions. the white house are looking for

a fresh start with the region. they think a shift with cuba will allow that to occur, and i think the question in terms of venezuela resides in car raucous. the white house wants a better relationship with venezuela. they send a senior official to car raucous in the last couple of days. the question is does venezuela's president want to improve their relationship, or do they want to focus on the united states as a potential enemy, frankly is the way he has put it. so we'll have to see if he is willing to make a change as well. >> often conflicting agendas for sure. vice president of the council of the americas. thank you. for more on venezuela now, two officials sanctioned by the u.s. have been promoted to the

cabinet. the president announced they will be given vice ministerial positions. washington imposed sanctioned against seven individuals. greece has paid their install to the imf. barnaby phillips has the latest from the capitol, athens. >> reporter: to the greek government has cobbled together the money to make this latest payment back to the imf. but there is the -- impression they are living increasingly hand to mouth existence. they are struggling to raise the money to pay pensions and salaries to civil servants in this country. there has been a marked deterioration in relations

between the greek government and its creditors. irritation in some european capitols that the greeks have come out in support of the russians. tsipras arguing that sanctions against russia were not productive. and there is this dispute between greece and germany. greece demanding that germany pay reparations back to greece because of the nazi occupation during the second word war. an issue which the germans feel very strongly was resolved many years ago. this all leaves greece in a very uncertain position. the essential problem being that what the european union is demanding of the government is incompatible with the promises that the government made to its population when it was elected back in january. myanmar's president has held talks with dozens of rivals

including an opposition leader. they met to discuss the up coming elections and details of a ceasefire deal with rebel groups. a draft agreement with multiple armed group was drafted last week. they are pushing for a lift on a constitutional ban on her bid for presidency. the founder of a leading india software company has been sentenced to seven years in prison. he his brother, and eight others were convicted by a court for massive accounting fraud. he had confessed in 2009 that he manipulated his company, costing shareholders more than $2 billion. our correspondent has more on the verdict. >> reporter: it has taken six years for this case to come to some kind of end, and he is expected to go to jail for seven years. the big question going forward,

though, is how this sentence will be served and whether or not that around the three years he has already done will count towards the seven. verious reactions across india and around the world as we go forward with this verdict and sentencing. on the one hand there was expectations that he would be given the maximum 14 years in jail that was expected or this kind of case can carry. however, he has been given half of that. on the other side there will be a greater sense of relief that this case has come to an end, that there is a definitive judgment in what is described as india's biggest fraud case. it draw a lot of attention to the way business is done in one of the world's most promising emerging markets. there have been a great deal of changes put in terms of regulations. the question though is what kind of confidence will this

bring back to foreign investors? it's a particularly stagnant time for the indian economy, so there will be hope that this be hope that this perhaps blooss confidence. elections in sudan are slated for next week. the president is up against 15 challengers but he is widely expected to win extending a near 30-year rule. under his rule there has been continuing unrest including the 2003 darfur conflict. he is accused of war crimes for the deaths of more than 200,000 people there. he lead sudan through a 22-year civil war that finally ended in 2005. he oversaw the country split from south sudan in 2011 after the people of the south voted for independence. some activists in sudan are afraid to speak out against the

government as natasha ghoneim reports. >> reporter: an activist says he expected his participation and peaceful protests would eventually get him arrested. he describes what happened when security forces picked him up last year. >> translator: they hit me continuously. they used their hands steal batons and [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: human rights attorney says even the elderly aren't spared. he is defending two activists in their 70s and 80s. they are sick imprisoned and facing terrorism charges. >> most of the people do not -- do not feel anything other than despair. they just see the go doing whatever it likes. >> reporter: human rights activists say since? killed an estimated 200 people during protests in 2013 there has been a chill on the streets. they say the government is also targeting the media.

last month 14 different newspapers were confiscated before they were distributed. in order to promote freedom of expression human rights groups and journalists, [ inaudible ] eased some of its sanctions against sudan two months ago, now people can easily by american-made products. the national commission for human rights says getting required permits for protests is the laws, but permits are frequently denied. regarding media freedom it points to a variety of government and independent outlets routinely criticizing the president and his government. >> translator: the freedoms of people are affected the condition conditions in sudan are comply indicated because of the war. >> reporter: with the election days away this activist doesn't

anticipate large protests against the government but he says that's irrelevant. activists are simply looking beyond the election. natasha ghoneim, al jazeera. university of south africa has removed a statute of a british colonial after students demanded it should go. they say it represents a failure to transform a euro centric education. >> reporter: an unser moanal end to the statute as it is removed from the university for safekeeping after weeks of protests lead to a vote for its removal. most of these students were born after the fall of apartheid, but to them this britishal colonialist represents a university system that has failed to decolonize or embrace african knowledge. >> is the university really not

interested in integrated into the greater cause of redressing and transforming and decolonizing. >> reporter: he has been gazing out over the western cape for over 80 years now. it's one of countless statutes sitting outside of public buildings. the historians say we should learn from these statutes they are very much part of the country's heritage. similar protesting targeted in statute and the war memorial provoking a counter demonstration against [ inaudible ]. elsewhere other [ inaudible ] of a british king and the prime minister have also been defaced. in the vaults of the heritage

foundation row afro of artworks from the history, busts of paintings removed from public buildings that the cure rater is committing to protecting as she believes they hold historic significance. >> we have to cherish the diversity of our culture. i sincerely hope they are not thinking by demolishing or scrapping evidence of the past it erases the past. you can't. i mean we are all the products of centuries of predecessors and what they did, and what they accomplished. >> reporter: the final destination for the statute is now up to the south african government. the zimbabwean president said he voted against resuming the remains just in case his spirit

rises. still ahead all of the sport. an australian surfer in his latest stop. >> protestors are gathering... >> there's an air of tension right now... >> the crowd chanting for democracy... >> this is another significant development... >> we have an exclusive story tonight, and we go live...

♪ it has been 15 years since 164 countries agreed to improve access to education. the u.n. says only one third has succeeded. afghanistan used to be among one of the worst places in the world to go to school but now things have improved.

>> reporter: morning assembly at this school shows how far afghanistan has come. in 2002, there were 37 students here. now there are more than 3,000. nearly half of them girls. this man founded the school. 13 years ago he went door-to-door to convince parents to educate their sons and daughters. >> now my students they are practicing their freedom, freedom of talk freedom of expression freedom of [ inaudible ] interacting with their families in a very good way, but that has come all with the support of the community. >> reporter: the community spirit is obvious here. there is an elected student council, and a student committee to maintain discipline and in the classroom there's a real hunger for learning. >> it's important in this time and this world that we should learn education, because if you don't have education, we cannot improve our life or our improve our country.

>> reporter: in gender parity afghanistan has made the fastest progress of any country in the world in the past 15 years, and it has one of the biggest increases in enrollment. the increase has also created problems. afghanistan doesn't have enough qualified teachers or classrooms. some students have to study in shifts. and for those who do graduate high school getting into universities isn't guaranteed. 270,000 students are competing for 130,000 higher education spots. the examine process has been tainted by allegations of bribery and cheating. the test was canceled in several areas because education fishlts believed it couldn't be properly administered. >> translator: we want the government to build more universities, and also tackle corruption. >> reporter: afghanistan's education officials say they are aware of the shortcomings and are working to correct the problem. but they say for a country that has endured decades in conflict

in education, at least, afghanistan is doing well. jennifer glasse al jazeera, kabul. time for sport now. here is robin. it's golf time. >> that's exactly where we start richelle. thank you very much. the 79th masters is currently underway. some of the biggest names already on the course. the american leading the way right now. defending champion bubba watson down in a tie for 11th place. world number 1, mcelroy chasing his first master's title to complete a grand slam. 14th time major champion tiger woods tees off in a little under two hours from now. the american is returning after a two-month absence with a back injury. the world number 111th these days. warming up for the event with a

traditional par three contest with his children. >> the kids were exciting last year watching the par 3 contest, and obviously i was in bed watching this. and i said hey maybe next year you can do this if you want to. and it comes closer and they start bringing it up. a bit of football news for you munich moving ahead. coming closest in the second half of the game. but it had to be decided on penalties. missing their close chance as you see now. perfect in the shootout. just returning from the sidelines from injury wrapping up the 5-3 win. footballers have made it nine wins in a row in their 4-point lead in la liga.

spelling the latest victory at the expense of some of the scorers. real madrid currently second. they are 2-0 winners on wednesday. liverpool's players and fans celebrating another step towards the crown. a fourth round play securing their ticket to a semifinal. 20 minutes from time in this game giving them something to cheer about in the wake of their 4-1 defeat to arsenal this past weekend, which damaged their champions league ambitions for next season. >> as a team we -- we wanted -- you know [ inaudible ] season, you know we -- we want to -- to compete at the top end of the league and challenge for trophies. we wanted a trophy this year. that has been clear, but for us

we just need to stay calm on the game and focus back on our performance. >> now let's get you caught up with news on the nba. the grizzlies have clenched the chance for the playoffs. memphis dominating the pelicans. marc gasol one of the standout performers. zach randolph also netted 15, along with jeff green. bringing memphis level with houston. houston beaten by reigning champions, the spurs. the race for the final two spots in the east. boston securing an important win over detroit. brooklyn level with them after losing to atlanta, and indiana beat the knicks and they trial by a single name. the washington capitals have

beaten the boston bruins as they continue their charge. that would mean they would start they playoff campaign at home. john opening the scoring in this game. niskanen got the second. they wrapped up the game in the third. johansson getting the goal. washington now has a 3-point lead over the new york eye islanders. the blue jackets will not make it to the post season. they are pretty much out of the picture. they got a 13th win in 15 days. >>to the mlb now, the nationals beat thenew york.

he wasn't done there. zimmerman showing off his skills in the field. making this acrobatic catch. the nationals sealing a 2-1 win. and the world surfing league latest stop the defending champion managing to defend off the challenger. the battle there puts him level on the battle with the american. the surfers will have their next event on wednesday. >> every year we're on this tour, we all give it our all, and we just hope we are putting on a good show and thank you all for coming down and supporting this event. >> that's your sport. >> all right. robin, thank you so much. keep it here on al jazeera. another full bulletin of news is straight ahead. keep it here. ♪

deal or no deal? iran's president says he won't sign any agreement unless sanctions are lifted the same day. ♪ i'm jonah hull this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up. greece agrees to hand over $500 million to the imf. plus -- >> i'm catherine soi at the choke point. i'll look into why kenya somalis feel alienated by the government.