randall pinkston. the new froms london is next and for the latest head lines go to aljazeera.com.^ below is next, and for the latest head lines go to aljazeera.com. announcer: this is al jazeera. thanks for joining us. i'm jonah hull and this is the newshour live from london. coming up, iran's nuclear deal. its president said he will not sign an agreement unless sanctions are lifted on the same day. the united nations secretary-general describes the situation in the yarmouk refugee camp in syria as a circle of hell. greece hands over $500 million it the i.m.f.

plus... ..celebrations as a controversial statue is removed from a campus in south africa. some argue the past shouldn't be erased. >> i'm here with all the sport, including how six years after a gun attack on the sri lankan team international cricket is set to return to pakistan. iran's supreme leader says there's no guarantee it will sign a nuclear deal. ayatollah khamenei was referring to a framework agreement made between iran and world powers in switzerland last month, and referred to the other parties as stubborn and treacherous. erica wood has more. >> translation: any final approval of iran's nuclear agreement has to come from this man, the supreme leader ayatollah khamenei. the latest comments show there's

some way to go before it's a done deal. >> translation: what has been achieved so far does not guarantee a deal and neither do the talks leading up to the deal. it doesn't guarantee the peace talks will continue to the end and lead to a deal. >> reporter: the hard line talk will be disappointing for the p5+1 involved in the marathon final talks in switzerland last week there iran agreed to limit its nuclear capacity in return for a crippling embargo. the deal to be signed at the end of june. iranian president hassan rouhani was part of the nuclear negotiations now he's back on home soil where there's resistance to the deal. he too is talking tough. >> we will not sign any agreement unless all economic sanctions are lifted at once much on the first day of the implementation of the agreement. >> he has a fine line to walk

politically both internationally and at home. so far he's managed to remain popular with conservatives in moderates in iran and he must convince skeptics of the deal, that his country is not bowing to western pressure. u.s. president obama has to convince his skeptics mainly in congress. >> and i am convinced that if this framework leads to a final comprehensive deal will make our country, our allies and our world safer. >> reporter: but the deal has critics, including israel. france and saudi arabia are cautious. a deal between iran and the west is always going to be about more than just the nuclear issue. it marks a change in relation tos after decades of political hostility. no doubt the next few months will bring more hard bargaining and tough rhetoric before the final deadline on june 30th

on that iranian author and journalist gave his analyse. >> number one - calming the situation, especially about the doubters and number two, to position themselves for a tough negotiations that will come at the end of june. i thing we should expect the comments to be heard. i think the key factor was ayatollah khamenei says he is supporting the negotiators, but there's no way to congratulate me or anyone because we have nothing concrete. therefore, i think he is reflecting the reality as it is but president hassan rouhani, of course said we are interested in negotiation, we continue to do so this is part of the - the first part of app attempt to

open with the world, and was happy with the negotiating let's go live to alan fisher in washington d.c. iran's supreme leader calls the west deceptive with devilish intentions. what does the state department say. >> it stands by everything said. it put together a fact sheet in lausanne, and as far as they are concerned is that is agreed and part is iran will see the sanctions lifted gradually as each step goes forward and is verified by international observers. the u.s. president says it will be a difficult 2-3 months of negotiations. if it's a bad deal he said he would walk away rather than sign any deal. the state departments believe they know what has been agreed but it's now just about discussing the detail in the

next 2-3 months. alan both sides have powerful conservative elements opposed to deals teen the two countries. the leaders must choose language that appeals to the sides. there's always going to be the chance isn't there, of mis misinterpretation hedging bets all the way up to the june moment. >> it's interesting the right winners in iran and u.s. oppose a deal. i'm not sure in they meet in a circle at one point. there is a lot of discussion this is a framework agreement. there'll be concerns when you get down the nitty-gritty and there'll be concerns when the likes of the supreme leader of iran and the president of the iran speaks to the domestic audience rather than the international audience. president obama has to see

things to make sure a large part of congress is kept on side. the idea is to move the train forward. it will move forward slowly and perhaps there'll be a few juders along the way. the americans believe they are on the right track and think that the iranians are with them that the international community is pushing in the same direction. it's a difficult 2-3 months of negotiation, but they believe a deal is to be had alan fisher in washington. we'll leave it there. >> iran's supreme leader and president has been speaking out against the saudi air strikes in yemen. they called for a halt to the attacks, and president hassan rouhani urged countries in the region to bring yemenis to the negotiating table. iran summoned a saudi envoy, after a spokesman for the saudi-led coalition said iran has been training houthi fighters something they deny.

secretary of state john kerry accused iran of supporting the rebels. hashem ahelbarra has this report. >> reporter: these are from the international committee of red cross arriving in the southern yemeni city of aiden. the doctors arrived by boat after the trip was approved by the saudi-led coalition. >> it's a mandate of the icfc to make care of the victims of war. for us as a surgical team we have the skills and expertise to treat the special type of trauma caused by high-speed bullets and bombs. >> reporter: the conflict in yemen made life difficult for millions of people. no clean water, electricity is cut most of the time and people have to queue for days to fill the cars. we have been witting for four days in this queue for gas. today is the fifth day. we are hopeful. due to the air strike the gas

tanks were not able to arrive. we are waiting. we borrowed money for gas, that's because those targetting yemen and the yemeni peep. >> reporter: there's discontent across the country. dozens of angry soldiers besieged the central bank of the tiaz saying they have not received salaries since september when the houthis took over the capital sanaa. in aden civilians take cover in the city center where fighting continues between houthis backed by soldiers loyal to the president, and forces loyal to president abd-rabbu mansour hadi. in the port city of makhar hundreds flee. they have been stranded waiting for the first boat to sail away. those that are lucky board the small boats, headed for eastern africa leaving behind a country on the verge of a civil war. well in his daily briefing

the spokesman for the saudi-led coalition says the campaign against the houthis was continuing to be a success, and accused the rebels of endangering civilian lives. >> translation: i wish to confirm an important piece of information, that the houthi militias are storing vehicles and ammunition in residential areas, and with the help of some individuals known to the yemeni authorities. the coalition confirms this kind of work will not be ignored and emphasise that this should not happen others the locations will be targeted and destroyed. we can go to the saudi city on the border with yemen where our correspondent is standing. we know saudi forces arranged to cross the border with yemen, what do you see? >> as we heard in the briefing

the lieutenant mentioned that the coalition forces targeted the province sadr. it's in the northern parts of yemen, reaching to the southern borders of saudi arabia. although there are a lot of cultural and tribal ties between the province of jizan in the south saudi arabia and sadr in the north, we spoke to a lot of locals, and they showed a lot of patriotism and support to the coalition forces probably partly because it is led by of course saudi arabia. another thing to mention is that a lot of families here in the province of jizan and others in the south side of saudi arabia are still waiting on a government decision on whether to continue suspending the schools at the border. more than 90 were suspended last monday for the whole week.

now the government has announced that it will meet and decide that they'll continue suspending the schools at the borders for another week or further. >> thank you for that the u.n. secretary-general says the residents of the yarmouk refugee camp on the outskirts of damascus are in the deepest circles of hell. his words. 18,000 are inside the palestinian camp after fighters from the islamic state of iraq and levant overran it last week. aid agencies are calling for a halt to the fighting so that aid can reach residents who are facing food and water shortages. a senior palestinian official has reached an agreement with the syrian government to use force to expel i.s.i.l. ban ki-moon says what is unfolding there is unacceptable. >> the refugee camp is resembling a desert camp. the residents of yarmouk,

including 3,500 children are being turned into human shields. they face a double edged sword, inside the camp and government forces outside. we are now hearing worrying reports of a massive assault on the camp and all civilians in it. this would be yet one more outrageous war crime for which those responsible must be held accountable. most immediately we need to stablilize the situation in the camp. i join the security council in commanding an end to hostilities, access to provide humanitarian assistance and safe passage for civilians who wish to escape safely. joining me now from jerusalem is chris garnis a spokesman for the united nations relief and works agency.

you heard the secretary-general there, the deepest circle of hell, a refugee camp that is more like a death camp and one where he said of a new assault. what have you heard? >> well we do know that there has been fierce street fighting all day, and there are unconfirmed reports, as they have been for the last few days of aerial assaults on the camp. we can't independently confirm that we haven't had access to the camp since 28 march. the imagery and language that the secretary-general is using squares with what we here from within the camp. the lower reaches of hell a death camp a place where children have become hostages. they are entirely appropriate. there are 3, 500 children who are in that camp and unless we have access fears are mounting that what we may witness is a

slaughter of the innocent. that must be avoided, at the verbal suggested at all costs. >> news coming out that palestinian factions reached a deal with the syrian regime forces to go in together and get i.s.i.l. out of the camp is that good news as far as you are concerned or another intensified conflict for the people trapped in the camp? >> i can't confirm the reports of that kind of speculation about military action. we have continued to say, let me say again, is what we need is a cessation of hostilities, as the secretary-general demanded and the security council demanded. what we don't need is an escalation. there are 18,000 civilians. the majority are in the areas under the control of the armed groups. given the situation, the

physical reality of yarmouk, the suburb where civilians are trapped. one must only and can only fare for the security and protection of civilians, if we see a military escalation. >> chris gunness in jerusalem. thank you for your thoughts. more to come this newshour including... >> i'm catherine wambua-soi at a checkpoint in garissa. i'll look into why kenyan somalis feel alienated by the government a french television network taken off air of an attack by the so-called cyber caliphate. and in sport - the latest from the first round of the masters golf. can tiger woods rediscover his old augusta magic? suicide bombers with the

islamic state of iraq and levant targeted syrian opposition fighters in morne aleppo -- northern aleppo. dozens of civilians and opposition commanders were reportedly killed in the two attacks. charles stratford reports. >> reporter: this is all that remains of the syrian opposition military headquarters in northern aleppo province. a suicide bomber with islamic state of iraq and levant rammed his vehicle into the building and detonate the explosive device. dozens of civilians, two opposition commanders were reportedly killed in the attack. >> god willing, the north and west of aleppo we are steadfast. we will not allow i.s.i.l. to attack. >> reporter: the war in syria involves various armed groups trying to remove president bashar al-assad from power. the conflict is complicated by the i.s.i.l. offensive. there are reports of cooperation between some i.s.i.l. fighters

and certain opposition groups i.s.i.l. wants control of all of syria, and that means the removal of president bashar al-assad. the school in this up to was also destroyed by an i.s.i.l. suicide bomber. it's believed the attacker was targetting another syrian opposition base close by. more than 15 civilians and opposition fighters were reportedly killed in the attack. >> i.s.i.l. don't have the ability to send fighters that's why they send car bombs. their aim it to kill opposition fighters. >> 200,000 people have been killed and millions of others forced to flee from their homes since the war in syria started four years ago. the fighting between i.s.i.l. and syria's opposition groups makes any prospect of this conflict ending soon seem more remote russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov says syria's

opposition and the west are moving closer to holding talks with syria's president bashar al-assad. russia is hosting talks with the syrian government and some opposition figures this week. the main opposition group is boycotting the meeting. rory challands has more from moscow. >> for the first two days of 4-day talks the opposition groups discussed things among themselves. the government's representative turned up on wednesday when he did, he was handed a document formulates by the pois and it includes discuss of humanitarian issues and fights against terrorism. it doesn't discuss the fate of bashar al-assad syria's leader. that is important. remember the syrian national coalition, the main opposition group in syria has been boycotting the talks, seeing the

removal of bashar al-assad as a main precondition for any kind of negotiations. but the landscape shifted since the war began nearly five years ago. recently we have seen the rise of islamic state and this replaced bashar al-assad as the main bogey man in the region for the western government. we have detected a noticeable softening in the language that the united states uses when it talks about bashar al-assad. the other thing that happened of course is the nuclear deal with iran when sanctions are lifted against iran this will allow iran to operate more freely as a regional power, supporting its allies one is bashar al-assad. what is good for bashar al-assad is of course bad for syria's opposition. well greece made a repayment of just over $500 million to the

international monetary fund leaving 24.5 billion owed to the imf. they owe under $350 billion. the largest amount 141 billion is owed to the european financial stability, an organization set up to help countries hit by the financial crisis. repayments on that don't start until 2023. barnaby phillips has more from athens. >> reporter: so greece lives to fight another day, cobbling together the money to repay the installment to the i.m.f. it will owe more to the i.m.f. and the central bank in the weeks to come. there's an impression that it'sere's an impression that it's living a hand to mouth existence, scraping together money for the repayments scraping together money to pay pensions and salaries to civil servants. it needs a lasting agreement with other european partners. that looks difficult because of the suspicion that has grown up

over the previous weeks between the administration and other governments. we saw irritation across europe over alexis tsipras going to moscow and saying there that greece did not support the e.u. sanctions against russia over its alleged military involvement in the ukraine. and then there was an agreement between greece and germany with the greeks saying that germany owes it money in return or for reparations in return for the nazi operation dating back to the 1940s all making it difficult for the greek government and the european union to finalise an agreement to south africa where cape town university bowed to student pressure and removed a controversial statue of a british colonialist. protesting students say it was a symbol of white privilege. the historians argued that the

past mustn't be forgotten. sue turton has more. >> reporter: an unser mope call end to cecil rhodes as his statue was removed from the university for safe keeping after weeks of protest led to a vote for its removal. most of the students were born after the fall of apartheid. to them this british colonialist represents a university system failing to decolonize or embrace african knowledge. >> is the university trying to protection itself or funding or is it not interested in integrating into the greater ke colonizing it's a conversation about decolonization. >> reporter: similar protests targeted the president's statue and the war memorial in pretoria with a counter aring exchanges at the av carnes museum. other effigies of british going

george v and the prime minister lowy bova have been defaced. in the vaults of the heritage foundation in pretoria row after row of art works from av carnes history. busts and paintings removed, that the curator is committed to protecting as she believes they hold historical zaps. -- significance. we have to cherish the diversity of the culture. it will take a while. i hope they are not thinking by demolishing or scrapping evidence of the past that erases the past. you can't. we are all the products of centuries of predecessors and what they did and accomplished. >> reporter: the final destination for cecil rhodes statue is up to the south african government. the zimbabwean president said he had decided against removing

cecil rhodes remains from his grave in case the spirit rises uneasy relations between armed groups responsible for killing 149 people in garissa. how willing are people to provide authorities with information ahead of an attack. some feel increasingly alienated. catherine wambua-soi reports from garissa. >> reporter: muslim clerics in garissa, and the people they saw meet to condemn last thursday's massacre at the university. they talk about peace and the need to work with the government to expose al-shabab fighters hiding here and those that helped them. here is a problem. many people are too afraid to give information to the government. i met some clan elders who told me why.

>> i won't give information to the police they arrested me saying i'm al-shabab much how do you expect people to give information if they feel they'll be victimized. >> somalis from this region accuse police and the military of indiscriminately targetting them in crackdowns. >> reporter: this is garissa's main market. in 2012 when three soldiers were killed by unidentified gunmen outside. there was a government crackdown. this market was burned to the ground by soldiers they believe the gunmen passed through here and blamed the traders for it. >> reporter: this man was shot. it took two months and the help of relatives to rebuild her stall, longer for her wound to heel. >> they shot me the bullet aim out the other side. we had no cards. -- cars.

people had to carry us to hospital. now there is a dawn curfew in place, people are complaining of arbitrary arrests and disappearances. this man said his relative was arrested in a raid. they have not seen him since. >> translation: we found his bloody shoes at the hotel where the raid happened. we reported to police. >> reporter: the county commissioner in charge of security told us his priority is to win over people here. >> we engage in religious leadership which is more important. they promised. to me that gives me an opportunity as an entry point to get into the people. >> he says somali's irrespective of where they come from must be screened. at this checkpoint the police do that they check documents and fingerprints. this is one of many roadblocks set up all the way from the border. 800km away to nairobi.

some travellers don't mind the checks but they have a problem with what they see as racial profiling and a bribe they sometimes have to pay. plenty still to come. we'll tell you about the leading indian software company at the center of a big corporate scandal. workers in their thousands clog the french capital demanding an end to public spending cuts. and they've been running for two days. was it all downhill in the latest tainable of morocco's extreme marathon. we'll find out with joe in sport. sport.

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agreed. he has been speaking out against saudi led yemens calling them a crime, urging a halt in the fighting and peace talks to begin the u.n. secretary-general described a situation inside the refugee camp in damascus as a circle of hell. ban ki-moon says children are used as human shields after i.s.i.l. fighters overran it last week the french television network tv-5-monde is trying to restore its service after a cyber attack. a group called cyber caliphate, claimed to link to i.s.i.l. is thought to be behind the hacking. we have this report. >> reporter: in television a black screen spells disaster. when several french channels went to black on wednesday night producers in this office knew something was wrong. the channels director says he was shaken and the problem is not over.

>> it's been a very powerful cyber attack. we have very strong fire walls and that had been checked very recently. they were said to be very safe. >> reporter: this is how seriously the french government is taking the attack. not one, but three ministers spent the morning at tv headquarters, armed police underlying the sense of urgency. >> translation: we have taken measures in order to respond at a technological level, because it's necessary not only to deal with the situation, but to get ahead of what the terrorists in their sick brain might have in mind. >> 11 tv channels were taken off air for a brief period. messages like imif a reference for islamic state of iraq and levant kept popping up on the website and social media. on facebook a message read:

the so-called cyber caliphate staged a similar online ambush before. at the start of the year it hacked into a twitter feed run by the pentagon. the message to american soldiers said "watch your back." in the newsroom a reminder of an attack on the paris based satirical magazine "charlie hebdo". since then french media has been an alert. france is part of the coalition fighting i.s.i.l. in iraq. this is a different kind of warfare. and very sophisticated. well for more on the story, i'm joined by cyber security expert greg day. thank you for coming in. an audacious attack in cyber terms. is there an easy explanation for how they did it? >> unfortunately we see this pretty well every day.

unfortunately, for different motives. sometimes it can be for financial gain. other times cyber warfare and other times terrorism. we see more the attack starting weeks, if not months ago, where they would have socially engineered their way into the organization building a relationship with somebody to then steel genuine credentials, but they could come back at any point of the ledger to gain access into the systems. >> proppa granta presumably is a big part of it us talking about what they did is a big part of the motivation. >> i can never process to be an expert in what the motives are. if we think about it technology is the predominant method we use to communicate with each other. >> how do we prevent it. how do we stop it? the challenge is attacks were a single entity. now it spans over multiple months and it's different components.

it's about being able to monitor your environment, look for those little nuggets of things that look suspicious but then joining those toot -- together to see the big picture to recognise it before it gets to the end state of the attack greg day, we'll have to leave it we are running short of time. thank you for your insight tens of thousands of workers marched through the french capital over protests re public spending cuts. the rally coinciding with a second day of strikes by air traffic controllers. staff at the eiffel tower have taken part in the marches, forcing the landmark to close. now, they were two of france's controversial politicians and had a public fall out. marine le pen, a presidential hopeful, began disciplinary proceedings against her father saying his outbursts are

uncomfortable not just damaging her, but the party that he founded. phil lavelle reports from paris. >> reporter: she was his vocal supporter, or was. he was straight to be president at one point. his daughter marine le pen by his side. now she is leader. john's outspoken remarks too much for her. marine le pen will block him from running as leader of one of france's regions, and she wants to distance herself from him. >> they do not share the same ideology and they do not belong the same generation and there's an internal fight within the party. as to whether the founder, john le pen should remain or not. >> it's a fight that many have seen coming. john's outbursts are more and more uncomfortable... >> i apologise for that.

technical problems in london can't be avoided. we'll do our best to come back to normal programming in a moment. let me tell you about u.s. president obama, who is preparing to fly to panama to join other regional leaders for the summit of the americas. protests have taken place with his meeting with the cuban leader raul castro. former president bill clinton praised cuba's presence calling it an historical move to restoration. al jazeera's latin americaned tore lucia newman is there and joins me now. the last time the u.s. and cuba held talks was in 1956. what do we expect to happen now? will they try to get to know each other or are they going to sit down and have a summit? >> it will be helpful if they get to know each other. if it's a handshake or a pat on

the back that will be seen as a major advance. they may be frozen or for man half a century. it's the begin, the beginning of a process to welcome cuba back into the fold of a family of americas of which - from where it was expelled back in 1962. mainly because of the united states insistence. so president obama has taken a big step forward by allowing cuba or by agreeing to sit at the same table at the summit when it begins on friday in panama city. of course it wasn't out of the kindness that he did this. he was basically given an ultimatum by all the rest of the latin american nations who said they would not attend the summit or there would not be a summit of americas unless cuba was allowed to attend. >> there's a long way to go towards restoring full diplomatic relations, which is what was announced in december by the two countries.

they haven't reopened embassies. cuba appears on the states that sponsor terrorism. >> that is right. president obama was in a big hurry to arrive at the summit with something concrete in his hands to tell his regional neighbours hoo united states and cuba established full ties. they are in progress. the president is expected to announce as soon as friday or saturday maybe while he's here at the summit that he is recommending or rather that the white house will be taking cuba off that list of countries that are supposed to be promoters of state terrorism. that is important for cuba and a condition for restoring full diplomatic ties. as you can see, steps are being taken, but are not going as fast as mane anticipated. >> thank you, lucia. >> now, three attacks in egypt's

north sinai region killed civilians. mortar fires hit homes in a residential area and a missile on another house. a third attack on a military vehicle. the government has fought a group pledging allegiance to i.s.i.l. in the area a political activist opposed to the marginalization of people in north sinai, and i asked him whether fighters want to set up a caliphate in the style of the islamic state of iraq and levant. >> translation: basically the armed resistance the presence of extremist in sinai mass been there for a long time. however, the numbers are far and few in between. the problem - the main problem in sinai is the practices or draconian practices exercised by the existing regime in egypt.

on the unarmed peace force, civilians that live in sinai. basically we have never seen anything like i.s.i.l. before. but these practices that are exercised by the regime were basically fehr ing the ground -- fermenting the ground for something like this to grow. we have not heard of something the scale that i.s.i.l. has been exercising over the years. prior to that but i believe it was the practices by the egyptian regime allowing fertile soil allowing something like this to grow out of it. there are problems caused by regimes. for example, the displacement of people living in sinai. there were 20,000 displaced. 4,000 homes, buildings were

demoll irned. -- demolished. the regime is forcing people to mo but is not providing solutions for them as an alternative. there's a random killing exercised by the security bit the state security. young men are being arrested at random by the military and the security forces. they seem to be taken and detained. and then body - their bodies found a few days later with signs of torture, and bullet holes in them execution style. the state newspaper declared there were three people from a tribe arrested by the special forces, and a few days later the bodies found after they'd been shot and tortured british counterterrorism will take over the police investigation into the murder of a syrian-born imam in london. he was found in a parked car

with gunshot wound to his chest, in the wembley area on tuesday. he was a critic of syrian president bashar al-assad police in london say they are hunting the gang behind a multi-million burglary that took place over the easter holiday. the robbers broke into a building housing a safety government box company and emptied 70 safes filled with julie. police say there's no -- jewellery, police say there's no signs of forced entry and power tools were found at the scene, including a drill to break through the 2 meter thick wall. >> the scenes are chaotic, the floor has discarded boxes and power tools. lots of dust. we are in the process of identifying the owners of the safety government boxes they were interfered with. we are contacting them to take statements and find out what has been stolen. this is a show process.

we are still forensically examining the scope for evidence as we go through the process. myanmar is expected to hold long called for 6-party talks on friday. the meeting between the president, his army chief, ethnic members and the opposition leader. aung san suy kyi said she hoped the talks would lead to free fair and inclusive elections. >> the elections are very important, much more important than the elections of 2010. the first elections that brought about the so-called transformation are never so important as the second elections. the second elections decide whether the reform process really is a genuine one, and weather it's going in the way in which we all hope it is - it should go. to india, where the founder of a leading software company has been sentenced to 7 years in prison for one of the largest

frauds history. ramalinga raju his brother and ate others were convicted by a court for a massive accounting fraud. he confessed that he manipulated his company sat yam's books costing shareholders millions of dollars. >> reporter: it's taken six years for this case to come to an end and ramalinga raju is expected to go to gaol for seven years. the big question going forward is how this sentence will actually be served and whether or not the around three years that he's done in judicial custody will count towards the seven. various reactions across india and around the world as we go forward with the verdict. on the one hand there was expectations that ramalinga raju would be given the maximum 14 years in gaol that was expected. this kind of case can carry that. he has been given half of that.

on the other side there will be a sense of relief that the case came to an end, there's a definitive judgment in what is described as india's biggest fraud case. it drew attention to the way accounting practices work and the way that business is done in a promising emerging market. there has been a great deal of challenges in terms of regulations put in by the securities and exchange board of india from 2009. that's been some years. the question is what kind of confidence will this bring back to foreign investors, it's a stagnant time for the indian economy. there'll be hope that it boosts confidence in one of the world's largest market. >> still to come on this newshour - getting top marks, the strides afghanistan has made in enrolling children in school. and in sport - why six years after this attack international cricket is finally returning to pakistan.

it's been 15 years since 164 countries agreed to improve access to education, a u.n. report says that only one-third succeeded. one of them is afghanistan. which was once considered to be the - among the most - the worst places for schooling after decades of civil war. education deteriorated after the taliban took control in 1996. no girls are allowed in secondary school and only 4% attended primary school. things have improved greatly

since the taliban was ousted. by 2012 afghanistan made the fastest progress of any country towards gender equality with 87% of girls in primary school. >> many afghan children are keen to learn, but moving on to higher levels is a challenge. jennifer glasse has this report from kabul. >> 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 person founded the school. 13 years ago he went door to door to convince parents to educate their sons and daughter. >> my students are practicing the freedom of talk and expression and freedom of the world. they are interacting with families in a good way. that is with the support of the

community. >> the community spirit is obvious. there's an elected council and committee to maintain discipline. in the classroom there's a hunger for learning. >> it's important that we should learn education, because if you don't have education, we cannot improve our life or our kuntry. >> in gender parity afghanistan made the fastest progress of any country in the world and has bun of biggest increases in enrolment. the 7-fold increase in enrolment has created problems. afghanistan doesn't have enough qualified teachers or classrooms, some study in shifts. for those ta graduate high school getting into university is not guaranteed. 270,000 students are competing for 130,000 higher education spots. the exam process has been tainted by bribery and cheating. the tests were cancelled in

several areas, because officials believe it couldn't be properly administered. >> translation: we want the government to build more universities and tackle corruption. >> afghanistan's education officials say they are aware of the short comings, and are working to correct the problems. they say for a country this endured decades of conflict in education, afghanistan is doing well. jo is here with the sport. >> thank you very much international cricket is set to return to pakistan for the first time in more than six years. zimbabwe have agreed to take part in a 5-match one-day series next month to be played in lahore and karachi. foreign teams refuse to tour pakistan since the team bus was attacked by gunmen in lahore in 2009. pakistan has been forced to play scheduled home fixtures if the united arab emirates but the

security situation improved since the military operation against the taliban controversial england contributor kevin pitter son is making a set to start his international career. he refused a place in the premier league team. he was sacked after criticizing management and team-mates in an audio biography. surrey believes if he played well peter son can earn a recall. top golfers are teeing up in the masters, the first major of the new season in the united states. the special interest in sebastien auger, georgia, for two reasons. firstly rory mcilroy is aiming to complete a career grand slam of four major championships. five golfers history won all four. one of those is tiger woods, and there's interest in his comeback from injury. woods has not played for

two months and dropped out of the world's top 100. here is how it was looking a short time ago as players finish their opening rounds. charlie hoffmann from the united states and englands justin rhodes are joint leaders, 5-under par 67. rory mcilroy and woods are level. tiger recovering after bogeying on his first hole. ibrahima vich is about to find out his punishment for an outburst after a league match last month. a disciplinary committee is meeting to discuss the incident. he criticized the french league and france as a nation. he publicly apologised the next day but could be given up to a 5-match ban it's an eagerly awaited third round of formula 1 season in shanghai where the drivers are preparing for a first

practice. lewis hamilton defending world champion is in top form. he dominated qualifying in the two races, winning the season-opening australian grand prix. sebastien vettel is looking to pull off a surprise after a shock victory in the malaysian grand prix two weeks ago. >> the team has not won for quite a while, so i think they enjoy the fact they have something to celebrate. there's a couple of rituals involved. it was nice for them to get that feeling again. for the next races nothing has changed. we want to confirm we have a strong package and car and stay ahead of the people we stayed ahead of in the last couple of races. the owner of vettel's former team red bull threatened to pull out if it can't get a better engine. they had a difficult relationship with renault, and

they told the press we'll stay in formula 1 with a competitive team and a power unit. he went on: over the years we have seen sons of formula 1 drivers emulate their father's achievements with degrees of success. the sound of the greatest driver history, michael schumacher is hoping to step into the racing line light. 16-year-old mick schumacher has the biggest shoes to fold with his father winning seven world titles. he stepped in a formula 4 car and makes a debut, after switching up from cart racing where he was runner in the world, european and german championships. >> translation: from my point of view obviously i must ask that people don't set their expectations too high. this is clearly an entry-level year for mick.

it's the first year he made the transition from cart racing to formula racing. during this year he'll gain new experience and at the same time he'll obviously do all he can do produce the best results. i would like to ask for some restraint so he can achieve the results now, it's been a gruelling 36 hours, but competitors completed the longest ever sage at the marathon des sables. day 2 of the 91.7 stage brought desert heat and withdrawals from the field as the runners continued to the finish line. a moroccan is the leader and there's two more staples left that's the sport for now remember as ever. more on everything on the website, aljazeera.com. that's it from me. lauren taylor will be here in a moment for half hour of the day's news. goodbye. goodbye.

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in a lift all sanctions, the day a deal is done iran's supreme leader triggers a tough approach to nuclear deals with world powers. this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up the united states secretary-general describes the situation in yarmouk refugee camp as a circle of hell greece hands over 5 million to the im sf., plus... . i'm phil lavelle in paris. it's a