>> announcer: this is al jazeera. hello, welcome to the newshour i'm jane dutton live from the headquarters in doha. coming up, saudi led air strikes target houthis, as much-needed aid arrives - we hear from the red cross. anger and frustration at a polling station in nigeria as people gather to vote in vocal

elections. a new chapter for u.s.-cuban relations. and a love affair with the shanghai circuit for lewis hamilton. and headlines at the masters - rewriting the history books at augusta we begin in yemen, where the saudi-led stepped up air strikes in and around the capital sanaa. military installations are the recent targets. it's 17 days since the operation against houthi rebels began. gerald tan has the latest. >> there has been no let up in the fighting. the war in yemen is in its 17th day and the frontline is unclear. in the neighbourhood of aden witnesses speak of street

battles between supporters of embattled president abd-rabbu mansour hadi, and houthi fighters. the houthis are the target of an intense campaign by a saudi-led coalition. yesterday there were fighting. the coalition released military pictures which it says shows the bombing of a sports statium in aden, used as a houthi ammunition store. >> translation: the use of schools, stadiums and civilian installations is evidence of the abnormal behaviour of the groups and the actions intended to damage the daily lives of citizens and their infrastructure. the houthis reportedly had presence in over half of yemen's 22 province, and have a firm grip on the capital where thousands turned up to march and support.

>> translation: we, the yemeni people, came to take part. to refuse the act of aggression. the people of yemen are peaceful. i consider these to be an occupation of our land. >> reporter: concern is growing about the humanitarian impact of the war. two planes carrying aid arrived in yemen since the first time since air strikes began, bringing in medical and surgical people. >> we managed to have a much-awaited second game, 35.6 tonnes of medical supplies, but also generators, and enough material to fix the broken systems. >> reporter: the saudi-led coalition is trying to help president abd-rabbu mansour hadi return to the country. he fled to saudi arabia, but not all the kingdoms back the military campaign. pakistan's parliament voted to stay out of the air strikes,

offering to mediate a solution instead. we'll talk to a former advisor to the last three yemeni prime ministers. you told me certain parts are no fly zones. >> the ministry of foreign affairs issued a statement saying all yemeni water are no fly zones without permission to those flying on the water what impact will it have do you think? >> i don't know it's aimed at iranians they have two frigates. perhaps they were flying helicopters or something over there, which is serious. the iranians are trying to push towards a head-on collision. >> that's the saudi line though. >> i don't know people are suffering.

we have received calls. there are double standards. they are dealing with it because aid has reached sanaa, but not aden. this situation whereby we find tanks and armoured vehicles and people inside there, in the streets. they didn't go back to the gary sons they are afraid to be hit. the civilians... >> it's a disaster zone. i know the coalition forces are saying they are securing some successes, but you have houthis in 22 province they have the capital under their control. how will this play out. what is the success here. >> first success is to secure aden and we reiterated aden is a courageous young people who are fighting you know resistance. they want help as regards

coordinating their efforts. there are pockets of resistance no collaboration between the pockets. if you have forces on the ground happening in libya... >> that is not going to do it. >> there's boots on the ground that cannot be seen by saudis egyptians or anyone in the hundreds. to coordinate the effort. they are fighting courageously. the houthis are on the run. someone with an ak-47 cannot fight a tank or armoured vehicle. they are suffering a lot. they are threatening the people in aden that they'll die of starvation. if they don't see help ships, the seaport in aden can receive ships and international aid. i mean people are there on the lapse of god waiting for

something to break. if the allied forces can get success, that's a turning point. from aden it can spread across. >> thank you. >> thank you in nigeria, state elections are under way. voters returned to elect governors and state representatives, the ballots watched to see if the new president's party can consolidate the victory. muhammadu buhari defeated goodluck jonathan in the presidential vote two weeks ago police fired live ammunition to control a crowd in port harcourt in river state. people were angry because voting turls did not collide. ynonne ndedge is covering the elections, what happened there as far as the violence and voting is concerned. >> unfortunately the electoral

process seems to be thwart with problems. we reported on the gunfire shot by police this morning at a station where electoral materials were supposed to be distributed to 4,000 polling stations. there were no materials there. we are getting reports of 2-4 people dead voters. one beheaded. another one shot. it's not clear if it's accurate it's difficult to independently verify what we hear from voters media. one police officer has been killed. he was hacked to death. the police have been able to confirm that is the truth. the media are under attack. a local tv station had a crew attacked. a local radio station, a reporter was severe beaten up by supporters of the ruling party.

there has been reports of widespread irregularities taking place, snatching of electoral materials, and electoral office was burned down where materials were inside. no election staff showed up. election staff are there in other place, but no materials. where i am a primary school things are peace. it's not clear what has gone on people are not voting yet. they are supposed to start soon. there was an accreditation process between eight and one. we are waiting for the voting to get underway. the overall picture from the state is no election is taking place. muhammadu buhari not the big prize two weeks ago, what is important about the elections now. >> so many things. let me talk about river state. it's the richest oil-producing state, contributing tens of millions to the party coffers of whoever is in charge.

this is the heartland of the ruling party, goodluck jonathan's party, a state they cannot lose considering the defeat for president jonathan at the presidential level two weeks ago. 50 weeks have gone in the run up. everyone is watching what happens in real estate because it's fundamental to the ruling party's dominance control nationally. here is a report on the background to the violence and unrest we have seen in this state. >> reporter: vincent, an opposition politician alleges nine were killed when his home was attacked in river state on april the 3rd. >> the people behind this act, there's no other persons than the people's democratic party. all i have done in my life, you can see it. can see that i have lost everything vincent believes the attack

was planned to stop him and other opposition candidates running in saturday's election. voters will be deciding on 36 state governors, and hundreds of state assembly members. according to nigeria's according to nigeria's human rights commission, at least 50 people have been killed in attacks. people are afraid of more violence. behind the fighting is a battle for control of river state. it's the richest oil-producing state in the country, producing tens of millions each year to whatever party is in charge. giving the party national clout. people in rivers always voted for the p.d. p since the end of military rule 60 years ago, and pdp they won by a landslide victory when the voters chose goodluck jonathan over muhammadu buhari, the opposition, when presidential elections were held on march 28th. the opposition are not only accusing the ruling party of political killings, but are

planning to rig the vote on saturday. the p.d.p know they are going to lose. >> they believe that. they know that they cannot in river state win election. they cannot. they cannot. therefore they go all out to making sure they don't vote. >> reporter: opposition forces are protesting the election, and promise more marches if the vote on saturday is not free and fair. a curfew and restrictions on vehicle movement have been put in place, a sign that police are worried about things going wrong. there's a massive security presence across harcourt and the state. voters are saying this is

intimidate of course it's not the environment in which to conduct a free strans parent election. where i am things are smoothly we'll monitor what is going on whilst getting information about what is going on in the 3,000 polling stations across the state thank you. the important ball the states include river state in the niger delta, which is the richest oil producing region it's been controlled by the p.d. b. lagos, in the south-west the center of economic stability has been controlled by the acp. the states closely watched and switch from p.d. p to acp. some could flip in the other direction, that's where campaigns have been launched. let's look at cano.

ahmed idris joins us from there. how is it going? >> voting starred a thort while ago and the process has been smooth except for issues with accreditation, when the card reader rejected some of the thumb frints voters were trying to put -- prints voters were trying to feed into the machines things are peaceful except in neighbouring states where there has been violence yesterday, running into today. police are not confirming anything. some say that there has been violence there and that could impact on the election. >> i was going to say violence and concerns about security. i'm hearing a bit of voter app oathy, what is -- apathy what is behind that? >> absolutely in cano and other

states, i mean there's a lose of interest by the voters. i spoke to an official who said less than half of the people that registered in this voting center came out for turned out to vote. he is talking about the lower numbers than two weeks ago when provincial elections were held. there's a semblance of voter apathy in some polling stations but the race is tight and very hot in this state. although the ruling party, the p.d. p is trying to wrest control after the governor defected and is one of five who left the ruling party and here in the last two weeks we have seen how the opposition acp gathered a lot of votes, defeating the ruling party at the central level. the race in cano is between nigeria's current ruling party, the p.d. p, and the oppositions,

the ac a.p.c. and here and the north of nigeria, there's more to come here on the al jazeera newshour. the home town that's within site but out of reach. georgians displaced by fighting with russia plus... the state versus mothers, why irish women who had their pelvises sawn in half during childbirth are waiting for compensation. and lewis hamilton makes his mark at the shanghai circuit. we have access qualifying at the chinese grand prix in sport. u.s. president president obama shook hands with the cuban president raul castro and they are expected to hold a private meeting at the summit of the americas in panama. it is the highest level meeting

between the two sides since the cuban revolution in 1959 fidel castro and his revolutionaries seized control from the u.s.-backed government. relations between the two countries deteriorated with the u.s. breaking off diplomatic ties in 1951. washington imposed a tough trade embargo that hurt the cuban economy. president obama relaxed some but the embargo can only be overturned by a congress and president obama faces opposition. james bays joins us from panama city. lots to talk about when they meet. >> i think they are going to. that is the signal we are getting from the white house, there'll be a discussion between the two leaders. that in itself historic let me give you an idea. we are not given a timing for

any meeting, but in the next hour we'll get all of the leaders of the americas back in the summit for the second day of meetings here. then in the hours after that they make brief speeches - i say brief. when world leaders speak it's not as brief as they are supposed to be. they are supposed to make 15 minute speeches. we'll hear from president obama and president castro separately. and in a few hours from now, after some of the speeches there'll be a pause for lunch. that in my estimation looking at president obama's schedule which does not have in if this meeting, that looks the likely time that the two leaders could chat. as you say an historic meeting, the first time anything happened on this scale since fidel castro took power in cuba in 1959. >> that in itself is significance much how important is this for both sides. i wonder about the timing as

well? >> well i think it's very very important. i think from the u.s. side we are already in realms as we come to the end of an obama presidency talking about legacy and what the president of the u.s. achieved. we know how difficult and troubled the world is in the middle east. this is one thing that obama will be hoping can be a legacy and the nuclear talks with iran. for cuba it means an end of isolation, and for the region it means unity, this is the first summit where cuba has been invited and is here and taken up the invitation. very, very important that too. one more thing to look for, jane, and that is cuba's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism. we are told there might be movement on that and we are looking closely to see if they

are taken off the list. >> thank you, james bay. the u.n. commissioner for palestinian refugees is on his way to syria. he will go to yarmouk, a palestinian camp near damascus. it was home to 100,000 people who lived there from decades. most have fled. his visit comes due to the deepening concerns for the safety and protection of 18,000 palestinian and syrian civilians, including 3500 children. yarmouk is under the control of troops. government forces are targetting yarmouk and neighbouring areas in the suburbs of damascus. these pictures which cannot be independently verify show the aftermath of the shelling. fighters from i.s.i.l. overran much of the camp last week 20 killed dozens injured following air strikes by syria

government on a grocery market in eastern aleppo - according to activists and medical sources. >> syrian television broadcast the aftermath of i.s.i.l. mortar attacks on a district. syrian tv said six were killed and several wounded. >> in iraq i.s.i.l. continues to attack government-held areas in anbar province bordering syria and jordan, many left their homes, the iraqi army denies that it captured most parts of the town. we have this report the i.s.i.s. is resisting iraqi troops, trying to push fighters back. it's attacked government-held territory in anbar. police reinforcements have been deployed from the area.

dozens have been killed in the attacks. soldiers say they've been able to hold back i.s.i.l. bone by the acronym daesh. >> translation: the coward try to enter and attack the center of the city. they will not enter as long as we stand and fight them. >> reporter: i.s.i.l. is using social media to say the fighters are in control of military posts, and that suicide attackers hit iraqi forces and captured vehicles and military equipment abandoned by fleeing solders i.s.i.l. traps and snipers are making it hard to move forward. >> we made slow progress and cleared a number of houses in some areas. around 30-40 houses and killed a sniper from d.a.e.s.h. after victories in some

provinces, d.a.e.s.h. started to flee to another area. >> reporter: iraqi troops took control of tikrit and another province after weeks of fighting. the iraqi government says it's planning a similar operation in anbar province, most under i.s.i.l. control. the victories have been overshadowed by the sectarian nature of the fighting. human rights accusing the troops of view due actions. many are afraid of revenge attacks by shia fighters. hundreds of families are said to have fled the fighting. if the fighting in anbar intensifies, civilians are struggling to find safe places. in libya nine have been killed and around 20 injured in fighting in benghazi. the fighting happened west of the city and was between a coalition of militias and forces loyal to general kevin hastings

hastings -- khalifa haftar. let's get the weather with richard. spring has sprung over europe. >> it's looking gorgeous it's lovely here if it's bad there. lovely whether. brilliantly sunny. that's across europe. fine weather in many areas. people are out in force in the center of amsterdam enjoying the sun shine, same for germany. people out there. you see now, looking on the satellite, there's not a cloud pushing on the system. it's working into western europe. on the black sea coast there's more cloud. much dominated by the area of high pressure and all looking good. that is the case through saturday. out to the west that frontal system makes inroads. it doesn't do much but pushes

to the west. the temperature for stockholm is coming down. as we head to monday stockholm 9 degrees, no better than average. with the flow from the south it's looking glorious across france and spain across the u.k. not warm for berlin but the warm air coming in. sunshine in the arabian peninsula. temperatures are high at the moment. likely to get higher tomorrow. and wind. tuesday it will be cooler and windier the city of vancouver in canada wants all energy from green power by 2020. vancouver is the latest committee to permit to 100% green energy. more than 50 cities around the world are on their way to going

totally green. iceland is already there, it gets electricity and heat from renewable energy sources. now, e-books are popular in many countries, sales in india are out paced by traditional books, with a growing use of teg knollingy they account -- technology they act for 1% of sales. we are told why. >> reporter: the latest e-readers are on display. college student - e-books are the future. >> i find it convenient. when you go back to read anything, you can do that, and don't have to carry heavy weight with you but kumar's opinion appears to be in the minority, because most here of all ages prefer traditional books. a preference shared by millions across india. books are popular, and they sell

anywhere in many languages. e-books are not preferred. book readers and sellers are embracing new technology. books are shipping to more people in places thanks to online sales than a few years ago. at the time people had to order books through the mail, taking weeks or months to arrive. >> today we can right now, we get the payment immediately. that is done. it's like magic. >> reporter: a magic that increased book sales, while e-books fall behind. e-book sales have risen in india, but are no match for traditional books that are available and cheap. besides that, there's a certain prestige in india of owning a book that happens when they hold it in their hands. economic growth meant more people can afford books, which is why sales are up. others say books are part of the culture. >> in india the book is an

object. it is considered sacred. >> reporter: this person says he and fellow writers prefer traditional books, but say the debate over e-books may not be necessary because the basics of writing and reading remain the same. >> anguish of writing have not changed. joys of reading has not changed. all that changes is the way the book is delivered from author to reader. that will keep changing. >> reporter: no one is sure if the younger generation will shift loyalty to e-books or not. for now, for most in india, nothing beats a book. stay with us on al jazeera. still to come - we are in nashville where america's biggest gun group are meeting and pro-gun politicians are seizing the moment. plus... >> i'm in edge comb main home

to the first winner of the noble prize in teaching. and why so much educational policy is getting it wrong. in sport, yankees and red sox add an epic chapter to their game. it certainly went the distance robin is standing by with the details.

the top stories - the saudi-led coalition stepped up air strikes in and around yemen's capital. military installations were among the targets hit on friday.

a second red cross plane with aid arrived in sanaa there has been wide-spread report of voter irregularities in nigeria's election people are voting for 29 state governors and representatives. the ballot is being watched to see if muhammadu buhari can consolidate victory over the ruling party u.s. president barack obama shook hands with raul castro they are due to hold a private meeting at the summit of the america's meeting in pan ma an egyptian coward sentences the spiritual leader of the outlawed muslim brotherhood to death for inciting chaos and violence. 13 others were given the same sentences. the court sentenced u.s. egyptian citizen mohammed sultan to life in gaol. the sentences can be appealed before the highest civilian

court staying in egypt where an i.s.i.l. affiliated group has posted a video of its leader. government officials believe he was dead. his group was ansar bittal muksis. the video shows a soldiers asking the egyptian army to stop sending forces to sinai since egyptian president mohammed morsi was ousted in july. they've been fighting an uprising in the north sinai province, a senior lecturer in security studies joins us from london. how important is the admission that he is not dead? >> well there is a credibility crisis with the military spokesperson. it's not the first time.

with various other commanders in this province, many were declared dead. every time they declare someone dead the group makes a way of declaring the dead not dead. in some cases making a video of them reading the obituaries. so there is a credibility issue. there's no free media. the journalists have a hard time. there's no access except via the military. there's only two warring sides. they are, of course conflicting. >> the military is having problems on the ground. not only fighting the insurgency but the way they are accused of treating people there. >> yes. it's been a major problem, and not just - we are talking about escalation coming to 2004 and 2005.

with the low level insurgency starting around 2011, and escalated after ag 2015, after the crack down on the sit ins, and then you are talking about an increasing - not just low level, a mid level insurgency. this is the first time history you have a non-state actor that has the level of sophistication in terms of arms. using guidance missiles dropping helicopters, light artillery in an effective way and heavy artillery, 120mm of mortars, attacks on three cities at the same time and withdrawing. and with all this military influx in the small area it's not a big area north-east of sinai, three main cities and towns and villages coordination with intelligence joint strikes, support from the u.s. and with all of this since

2013, the insurgency was not broken, and they continued the attacks. >> excuse me jumping in but it's a worry not just for egypt but the region as a whole. israel and jordan. >> yes, israel coordinated drone strikes to take out specific attackers trying to launch missiles into israel. the egyptians were less successful in a sense that the - they are not targetting just suspects they are targetting suspects families friends, affiliates and, therefore, widening the anger among the local population. because sinai story is a story of oppression under two decades, this anger it built upon which groups like sinai and other groups what are more or less changing the regime's military might in sinai. >> thank you for that.

hillary clinton is set to launch a long-awaited 2016 presidential campaign according to u.s. media reports. the former secretary of state is expected to make the announcement on sunday. she failed to win the democratic nom if nation in 2008 against president obama. several presidential hopefuls attended a meeting in tennessee, org nisted by the national rival association, they are promising to ral back what they see as restrictive laws. tom ackerman reports from nashville. >> reporter: the 70,000 people who thronged the nashville hall demonstrated the strength of a democratic bloc. those that see gun ownership as not just a constitutional right and a haloed tradition. people like this young mother from arkansas owning four guns. >> more for protection.

i have to do more practice shooting. >> reporter: many complain about the media's distortion of their motives. >> they don't want to use it, but have it just in case something happens, to protect their family, that is a misconception, you know, a bunch of crazy people out there shooting stuff up. that's not the case. >> most of the crowd was here to see the guns and the gear, the nine hopefuls were here to tell them they would not only preserve gun owners rights, but fight to expand them. >> florida senator marco rubio targeted the tight laws in it is excusable in washington the seat of the people's power, the constitutional rite to bear arms is in jeopardy. and that's why i took action last month to roll back d.c.'s restrictive gun laws. >> reporter: he and the others broadened messages to restate a central theme, that president

obama is lenient. with global power. psh >> why don't you focus more on keeping weapons out of the hands of islamic terrorists, and less on keeping weapons out of the hands of law-abiding americans? >> but with president obama's term in office coming to an end, the candidates warned the audience that hillary clinton would be worse for gun owners. india's prime minister narendra modi arrived in the french city of toulouse in a second day of a tour. he visited an airbus facility and expects to discuss transfer of technology and investment. india ordered 26 fighter jets to modernize its feet moscow signed a treaty with south ossetia, a republic recognised as belonging to

gormia bad news for george jans displaced. without housing or opportunities, their future is bleak. >> reporter: she's been washing her family's clothes for the same way in the past 24 years. sharing a standpipe for people displaced by conflict, between georgia and south ossetia. they remember it like yesterday. >> translation: 27th of march, 1991. i thought after some period i would return. it was false hope. so much time has passed and we are still here. are still here.her son believe they have had more than enough time to turn their lives around. he is out of work, and the house is falling apart. >> translation: three governments have changed. nothing has been done. >> reporter: the family are among 250,000 internally displaced people. i.d.p.s from conflict in the

'90s, and 2008 when russia intervened. two-thirds of them are without decent housing. the georgian government is trying to provide new homes. this accommodation, built for the european youth olympics this summer will be apartments for i.d.p.s. >> jordan's idps makes up 7% of the population. the numbers of people in need rise as families have more children. so they'll have to build more homes like this, but also provide opportunities, jobs, in a country already crippled by high unemployment. officials say they need to find a billion dollars, but can no longer rely on international aid. >> there is war in ukraine, or what is happening in iraq. we understand that the problem in these regions are more

serious now than in georgia, and because we understand that they are craving support from a cemetery overlooking south ossetia, they show where his son should have been born. his home town is in sight, but out of reach, in russian controlled territory. >> i do not think returning there is possible - at least while i'm alive. >> reporter: no going back to the way things were, but a hope that his son will have a different future . the irish government has been accused of betraying hundreds of women who survived horrific medical procedure. they want compensation. an estimated 1500 women in ireland were subjected to an operation without their concept, involving cutting through the cartage and ligaments of the

pelvic joint to allow a baby to be delivered easily laurence lee reports. >> this is what it looks like a woman's pelvis opened with a saw to make childbirth easier. a blunt alternative to caesarian, widely believed endorsed by the cch to enable women having more babies leaving mothers incontinent, act walk. it was declared torture and a compensation scheme brought in by the state on behalf of women crippled in their own hospitals. >> all doctors, consultants, obspelt rirns... >> reporter: the question is in whose interest has the scheme been constructed. any woman that accepts compensation signs away a right to take access against anyone in ireland from the state itself to a doctor or religious institution. that looks like protecting the

abusers. >> it's extremely difficult to understand why women in their '70s and '80s who have been abused and it's been accepted by a retired judge and are offered money should in addition be expected to indem niify the people who have abused them and the institutions that have stood over that abuse. this is the retired judge hired to make decisions on the claims. maureen harding clark has been given an office at the department of health to assess what monetary value to put on suffering. several lawyers for the women suggested she thought some victims may have been inventing symptoms to claim money. >> translation: she doesn't believe most of the women. when you have women crying in front of you, talking about sexual dysfunction, how they didn't bond to the children. it was desperate.

the department of health said judge clark hadn't raised the issue, and she couldn't speak to us while cesst assessing the claim. it boils down to the accountability of the state. true enough it happened in the 20th century. many believe in ireland is to move forward, there should be a reckoning. >> two-thirds of the survivors received the minimum. >> 50,000 euros for women that spent a lifetime decades of pain agony, it's shocking. >> reporter: as it stands the irish church state and medical professions protected themselves from explaining why hundreds of women had this done in childbirth. and the victims are the ones forced to offer that protection. for women in the final chapters of their lives, it can hardly feel like justice.

stay with us on al jazeera, still to come the larger than life diego maradona scores a goal for peace in columbia that story in part.

a teacher from the u.s. state of maine is a million richer for doing her job, beating out thousands of nominees from around the world to win a global teaching prize. we have this report. >> the global teacher prize goes to... ..nancy atrill

>> reporter: she has won what is referred to as the nobel prize of teaching. nancy is disheartened by current education policy in her own country. >> i don't know if americans like children. >> reporter: she was picked from 5,000 nominees as the first recipient of the global prize and will use the $1 million to enchance the center for teaching and learn, a school for children and teachers. over several decades she placed an emphasis on giving students the independence to choose which books to read and the topics they want to write about. >> at other schools i would get a question to explain, and i never really thought about what was behind the math problem, what was behind the literature i was reading. i was finding the facts. >> reporter: it's an approach that contrasts with the prevailing orthodoxy in u.s. education called the common core

a set of national standards. states have been given financial inducements to adopt standardized curricular and testing. these teachers contend it has a detrimental impact. >> they don't experience the pleasure - i know you can't use that word when talking about education in america - buts they don't experience the pleasure of reading. she feels that education has been hijacked by self-interest groups politicians, and multi technical companies. >> it will be cheaper and more profitable to claim that teachers are not teaching well and they need different curricula, and only then will we have a high task force like china, and not admit that poverty and segregation are the issues in the country. middle class suburban districts

are not in trouble. >> reporter: among those pays tribute to atwell and others was bill gates. >> our foundation believes in the power of teachers. >> reporter: he spends $200 million pushing the common core. he demonstrated a fundamental disrespect to atwell's profession. >> i think he believes that what school and learning and teaching are commodities like anything else. so you do the metrics, data analysis find out what works, plug it in. you know doesn't work that way. atwell's approach to teaching won international recognition, but in the u.s. there are powerful forces at work pushing teaching in the opposite direction. [ singing ] and it is time for sport of the robin. >> thank you.

jordan spieth healed a commanding five shot lead. he set a no record after 56 holes at sebastien auger, moving to 14 understand. >> reporter: jordan spieth was not born when masters scoring record was broken, some 39 years ago. but the 21-year-old continued to dazzle on day 2 at augusta, and he takes a 5-shot lead and makes history in the process. >> i don't want to go with 36 hole, best record. someone that didn't win - someone that didn't win - so ultimately we continue to strike the ball away that we have been playing, and trying to shoot under par rounds this weekend. >> charlie hoffmann is spieth's greatest rival. the american carding a 4-under 68 on friday to move to 9-under. there were concerns for tiger woods and his form. he made the cut after carding a

3-under second-round 69. >> it was a low moment in my career. but to be able to basically change an entire pattern like that, and, you know, put it together and put it into a position where i can do this, and ompeat in a major -- compete in a major championship like this i'm proud of. >> reporter: the favourite, rory mcilroy, had a rocky second day. he went on to card a second successive 71. >> i need to shoot a 14-under par weekend and jordan play a couple of average ones, and neither of those two things look like they'll happen. as for jordan spieth what next. his 2-day total matched by three players in the history of major championships. bringing you up to semied on

motor sport news. and formula 1 lewis hamilton ensured that he started qualifying at the chinese grand prix, beating nico rosberg. 0.04. lewis hamilton the fourth drive to notch up five or more to notch up five or more poll positions at the same circuit. sebastien vettel starts sunday in third. . >> china continues to be a good circuit for me, and a very positive vibe here. the car is handling well a little better or a lot better in terms of the whole weekend in terms of how it was in malaysia. one of the biggest names in international badminton is fighting to save his career. lee chong we is facing a 3-man panel from the badminton federation. he tested positive for banned substances at last year's world championships in copenhagen. while he was world number one, malaysia never won a gold medal.

and if handed a ban. their hopes of changing that could be over. >> it's a big deal, because he has been number one national champion. number one for a long time. and the sad reality that this whole episode shows that we don't have anyone else. if anything was to happen, if he was banned for two years, we will not have anyone for the next decade or more. it will be a big blow to malaysian sports. zoo barcelona looking to preserve a 4-point lead at the top of la liga. barca facing a demanding 2-week stretch. a win away could be challenging. unbeaten in over a year at home. aiming to secure champion's

league qualification. cristiano ronaldo will play in the match against abar kicking off in a few minutes time. picking up a yellow card. real appealed after video showed he did not give and was brought down by a defender. >> translation: this match can be a trap. we have this two days rest after a hard game. we need to concentrate. we can't fail. we need to win. >> manchester derby's deep pick of the premier league fixtures. a point separating united in third, and city's fourth of the. game on sunday. arsenal continue their assault on chelsea. the gunners captain second. 7 behind arsenal at burnley. the match already completed. everton with a draw with

swansea. late on saturday, pierce ant hoven could be winners, beating pec. this highlight a wonder strike by joshua brenner. the second max ajax fail to win, they will claim their title. perth glory take the football federation of australia to court after being booted out of the fails. the team was relegated from first on the table to 7th after finding the club guilty of exceeding the salary cap over three seasons, accused of providing secret players and benefits to six players. perth glory filed an injunction in the supreme court of western australia. argentinian legend maradona returns to the football pitch. as you see the larger than life

player mates an impression on players and fans in the exhibition fan in the colombian capital of bogota. maradona made his presence felt. . >> he donned the number 12 jersey. as you see, a penalty in the second half. one could question how easily he went down there. the rest of the script writing itself. maradona scores the winning goal. and he celebrated like he won the world cup in 1991. the biggest rivalry in baseball and the encounter between the nork yankees and boston red sox. into the 12th, the light went out at yankee stadium, forcing a delay of 16 minutes. the game was far from obvious. it would take until the 19th minute, seven hours later, to decide the result. a double play from garrett jones clinching a win. a win for boston at 2:13.

the team getting 11 hours rest before game 2. >> that is the sport. thank you for watching. hundreds of orthodox christian pilgrims gathered at the church of the holy sepper cure at jerusalem for the holy fire ceremony. it's located on the site where christians believe jesus christ was crucified buried and resurrected. it occurs every year the saturday, the day before orthodox easter saturday i want to show home video shot by astronauts living aboard the international space station, using a go pro camera to prepare their space walks, and are preparing the i ss for the first spacecraft capable of transporting astronauts.

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