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over how we search online. and why dark matter may not be so dark after all. putting scientists in a spin. the u.n. refugee agency has told al jazeera that hundreds of migrants have died trying to reach europe. 600 people rescued by the italian coast guard reached port on wednesday hundreds of others are believed to have died when their boat overturned. the spokesman for the u.n.h.r.c. said the recent death are a fatal consistent against of a change in tactics. search and rescue operations were scaled down last year, in favor of a smaller border patrol mission. the migrants come from all over north africa and the middle east, be uh the main departure point is libya.

they mostly try to reach spain and the island off the coast of sicily. last year, at least 280,000 of them made it to europe by crossing the mediterranean nearly 8500 have arrived in just the past four days. in sicily he joins us from there, and mohamed is in beirut, which neighbor mr. of the refugees are from. let's begin with paul first where you were much of the focus is on italy can you talk about the factors that are making these numbers continue to ramp up. >> yes, there are a number of factors. first of all there's the improved weather and that means the receive conditions with more conducive to making an attempt to this crossing. the other thing of course, is the continued willingness of people to take the risk. conflict in places like

syria, and in there's no shortage of people willing to pay people, because in order to make the journey, as far as the reason why people are dying well, the humanitarian groups they are speaking to lay the blame squarely at this change which took place late last year, ended the italian native's practice of search and rescue operation. an operation which was costing some $10 million a month scaling back that to a much smaller operation which is instead of the proactive search and rescue, it is more of securing the borders operation, funded to the tune of barely 3 billion-dollar as month. it doesn't extend more than 30-miles from the coastline of mainland urine, that means there's a big area in the small less than sea worthy boats are left to their own devices effectively, to take their chances and many more

are dying as a result of making the crossing. >> basically as the resources are being tamped down, more and more my grants are coming the numbers are going up, can you put these numbers in some sort of context for us. >> let's put it this way the humanitarian groups have estimated that so far in the first quarter of 2015, some 500 have been killed trying to make the crossing have drowned and that's ten times more than the same period for last year. if we looken at the number that have been rescued some 10,000 people have been plucked from the waters leading to italy in just the six days since last friday what we are hearing is there's another 2,000 that are still out after sea on boats.

a whole range of different ports on mainland italy. so it's a huge problem tens -- well thousands of people and by the end of this year or during the course of the summer, i think that's expected to get entomb the tens of thousands. >> amazing numbers there. paul paren then joining us live now many of these refugees trying to reach europe, are syrians trying to leave their country so let's bring in mohamed that joins us now. can you put in some perspective what it is that these refugees have to deal with because the journey to safety is only part of what they have to overcontrol. >> yeah, that's absolutely right, rochelle, and here is a story that really highlights quite starkly just how difficult and how miserable life can be for these syrian refugees who have escaped war come into neighboring lebanon

and are now trying to get smuggled into europe, on these boats on these what they call journeys of death. that's what most of the refugees that we speak with here call this, and the refugees here whose lives are so bad because of the circumstances, they will often time spend their spire life savings trying to get a spot on these poets trying to take their families on these journeys that they know have little chance of making it safely one reason lite is so difficult, it is bursting at the scene with refugees. over 1.5 million receivian refugees in this country that mean's that a quarter. as far as the boat that capsized off the boat of libya, we heard from an official at one of the palestinian refugee camps here that says their indications

that there are at least nine refugees. that were on that poet, and they fear that they may have drowned and they also fear that that casualty toll will actually rides in the coming days. at this point this year there has been 30 times the amount of people that have gone drown or missing. it seems to be getting worse by the day because weather conditions are getting better you are seeing more people try to flee, the refugees that are in lebanon paying vast amount of money to fete on these poets that they know are very very dangerous and they also know that they don't have much of a chance of getting to safety, etch if they do get a spot on the boats. rochelle. >> all indications this crisis

will worsen. reporting live from beirut. she explained what needs to be done to solve this crisis. >> first of all it's important -- that the sight recognized that they shared responsibility to rescue people. and that means also to allocate a profit of resources. but then it's most important for people for example the syrians who were one of the main groups. the conflict to come to europe for a better future and to find peace. it is also good if ensure that they can be transferring regularly to europe are vettenned. for example our humanitarian problems and then it is

equally important to better reflect on strategic states. or somalia, there are countries in war to ensure a solution is found there. otherwise, of course, people would always attempt to depart and to find a better future in europe, or elsewhere. >> saudi led coalition forces continue to carry out air strikes. the capitol was hit the airport there was the main target in the latest air raids. at least 20 of them had houthis positions inside the province and is a strong hold and houthis positions were targeted in the main city. they also hit rebel targeted in the southern city of aid and on the drowned. forces loyal attacked the site where houthis gunman and forces loyal to the deposed

president were gathered. also saudi arabia and egypt say they have discussed holding a major military exercise which would also involve over gulf states so far the military campaign has been based on air strikes. the drowned envision has also been talked about the latest on the fighting. despite almost three weeks of air strikes saudi arabia and it's allies have not been able to defeat the houthis militia and the toes fighting alon side them. it controls the skies for the saudi led coalition hasn't deployed troops on the ground. it's relying on popular resistence groups loyal to president hadi. they have gained some ground, in yemen's second biggest city adan and other areas in the south.

this is a message to them and to iran, you will never be welcome leer. >> leer on the western entrance into adan vehicles speed away. traveling in the opposite direction ambulances head towards the fighting, but can't get very far. >> there are injured people but people are targeting our vehicles. we can't reach the injured. >> hospitals have been badly hit. some like this one have no electricity. air strikes continue to target the main airport. there are reports weapons and reinforcements are being flown in for the houthis. the saudis say this is one of the reasons it's taking so long to defeat them. this is a war over control of yemen, control on the ground

is crucial if the saudis and their allies want to ensure that president hadi can rule, they may have no choice but to send in ground troops. al jazeera. >> meanwhile yemenis are still trying to escape the conflict. the united nations says it is preparing for even more people to go there. almost three weeks of air strikes have killed at least 736 people. and an estimated 120,000 have been forced to flee their homes. >> two egyptian military cadets have been killed in an explosion. the bomb exploded as the cadets were waiting to board a bus in the northern city in the nile valley. at least ten other people were injured in the that blast. police and soldiers have been the target of regular attacks since the overthrow of morrissey in 2013. 13 iraqi soldiered have been killed in battle with isil fighters.

the group has made gains for the city of ramadi the capitol largest providence. 22 others were injured in the fighting as the army ramped up it's efforts to regain control. reports from baghdad. >> on the outskirts the iraqi army says it is making gains. clearing more territory and preparing to advance further. more reinforcements have been sent and soldiers are ready to fight. but isil is holding tight the town center is in their grip. behind these lines is the battle front jets from the u.s. led coalition have carries out multiple air strikes flattens several homes. >> our troops four-kilometers

from north to south. >> more than 75% of am bar province is under isil control. it's fighters are enclenched. roads are littered with. bosbombs.more areas in the northeast of the provincial capitol. most of rahmaddy is now under isil control. the head of the. >> says the army needs help. >> the battle is very big. the iraqi rival of the ren forcement is not enough. there is a huge pressure from isil and an bar and they want a pick a victory

>> the iraqi government wants to build the momentum after clearing in tikrit. but anbar and mo soul are different. it's accused of carrying out executions lynching and widespread looting in the provinces. something the u.s. says shouldn't be continued to prevent further sectarian tensions. >> the plans to retain anbar may be delayed the government says the forced need more preparations and with weapons. drones and fighter jets that demand is unlikely to be met any time soon.

>> . >> still to come on al jazeera. china's economy is slowing but the stock market is on the up. find out why. moving closer to the u.s. president says he wants cuba off the terrorism blacklist. and all the sport we will hear from the hockey player now fighting for equal rights away from the ice. european regulators have putter in a formal complaint about google saying it is abusing it's power. google is the number one with search engine, with an estimated 1.1 billion users this month alone. rely heavily on services such as g mace, google plus, google chrome, google shops and youtube. and the european union 90% of online searches are done using google. more now from simon mcgregor

wood. >> in buss sells the european union competition commissioner announced something called a statement of objections against google. initially, against it's price comparison service google shopping for damaging competition. google controls 90% of all europe based web searchers that e.u. authorities. near the monopoly is being accused by diverting people. which may be better. >> and if you use that kind of market power to promote something, artificially, to favor it, in your al do rhythm by not giving it the same treatment as other services well, then you are using your dominant position to restrict competition. >> today's move comes after five years of complaints by

digital companies who feel they have suffered directly from googles practices. >> very soon after we launched we were struck with a search penalty, that totally excused us. no matter how relevant we were to the users career. as a prison business, that is disappearing us. >> some people are saying this as a crucial test of the new digital economy. and of how big u.s. tech companies are dominating the internet. in europe, there is resentment of what is seen as a u.s. monopoly, the people want to encouraging european competition, but in the u.s., that's being called protectionism. >> the e.u. can find google as much as 10% of it's global earnings that's over $6 billion. and other parts of it's businesses including it's android mobile system, are now under formal e.u. investigations as well. google had ten weeks to respond, and on wednesday

issues a statement saying while google may be the most used search engine, people can now find and access information in numerous and different ways and allegations of harm for consumers and competitors have proved wide of the mark. as and when formal charges are brought, gag almost have the right of appeal, and the whole process can take years but the stakes are high, in what could be a crucial test case for the digital economy. al jazeera, london. economic growth in china has slumped to a six year low. and tock prices are hitting record highs despite the slow down for the world's second largest economy. now despite the slow down, values are hitting record highs adrian brown reports on the two faces of china's economy.

china calls this stage the new normal but there is nothing normal about the stock market. there is much more red than green, in china red means gain. and notice traders don't want to miss out. >> where are system optimistic about the stock market, even though i know very little about stocks and the economy. do thinkty stock market has a bright future. in one day this month more than $250 billion trades were traded that's equal to $200 for each person in china. this surging market is being increasingly driven by novice investors who spends up to three hour as day after work buying and selling sharing via his mobile phone. >> i sold my stocks today because the market witness up too fast, and it should drop soon, so i want to wait for a while.

>> many other new investors are pensioners often using their life savings to buy stocks but many are inexperienced, leaving them vulnerable to sudden shifts in an unpreticketble market. >> i guess we have to worry about the remind them of the real risks potential risk, but right now i see no signs. >> this is why many are buying shares. they don't trust the profit market so the stock market is the only realistic investment option. the main reason for this market is the huge amount of money that's been flooded into it, and all that money is driving the index. >> this week the stock market has been making headlines for other reasons. the mother of a 21-year-old

man who crashed his luxury sports car while racing against another has said her son pays for the vehicle with money he made on china's accelerating stock market. adrian brown, al jazeera beijing. >> an air strike on tripoli airport has delayed the departure of delegates from the legally installed government. the airport in the libyan capitol was hit by fire from forces belonging to the renegade general. he is the military chief of the u.n. recognized government representatives are due to resume talks outside the capitol on wednesday. the president of iran says there will be no nuclear deal, unless all sanctions are lifted. iran is trying toking finalize the details. it that would allow nuclear inspections in return for sanctions being eased. iran wants constructive interaction with the world not confrontation.

>> iran is only interesting in the region security and dignity. iran hopes the countries in fighting terrorism, and will not allow's expansion in the region. >> and u.n. nuclear inspectors have flown to iran for a long delayed visit over unresolved issues. >> iran denies it's been working on creating nuclear weapons. >> cubans have welcomed the u.s. president proposal to remove their country from a list of states sponsors of terrorism. it's been seen as an important step towards normal idessinging relations and it happened just days after a historic meeting between president obama and his cuban counter part. >> and historic hand shake now

glymph real substance by the announcement that u.s. is to move cube pa on the list of state sponsors of terrorisms. i think it is very good, it is the time it happened. united for the sake of the people in cuba. >> it is the most important step jet between the two countries. after the cuban revolution, and the caribbean island was added to the list 23 years later. the u.s. accused havana of aiding armed rebels and harboring refugees. saying it should never have been on the list at all. >> we are not terrorists we are supporters of peace and tranquility, and good things for all. >> this is implying development, progress in the economic and social areas everything. it's great that this has happened.

>> but it is not a done deal just yet. obama must get approve from congress which is 45 days to consider the decision before it takes effect. represent presidential hopeful who himself has cube pan heritage has condemned the move. >> well the decision made by the white house today is a terrible one but not surprising unfortunately. it's also the country that's helping north korea evade weapons sanctions by the united nations. they should have remained on the list of state sponsors of terrorism, and it sending a chilling message that this white house is no longer serious about calling terrorism it's proper name. >> being blacklisted bety u.s. is a motive issue in 2011 it estimated the economic damage topped $1 trillion. >> it's a start. from there many peoples will be eliminated like the blockade which is what we

really need. >> >> the lifting of the economic embargo is thought to be said years away, while they still agree to disagree, the latest move puts them one step closer to leaving the cold war behind. al jazeera. >> and ahead on al jazeera. forced into is ex-slavery, we meet the young victims of isil. political turmoil as the country is still trying to recover from the ebola outbreak. and in sport, one of your can mean's football most wanted men.

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have arrived and survivors of another ship wreck have been brought to sicily. hundreds of others drowns. 13 iraqi soldiers have been killed in battle since isil fighters. the group has made gains through the city of ramadi. that is the cop toll of the largest province. as the army ramped up it's efforts to regain control. saudi led coalition forces continue to carry out air strikes. rebel positions have been targeted and in adan forces loyal to president hadi attacking as site where fighters were gathered. many are escaping the fighting in yemen any way they can. aid agencies predicting a crisis as more and more people arrive. >> on the shores they land. tired but relieved after a dangerous journey. they fled air strikes but refuse to be called refugees. >> we are not refugeed but we fled the war because adan airport was closed we came this way. >> they brought what they

would carry but they don't know what fate awaits them. >> knives the capitol, and it was pretty intense fighting. throughout the day, there was bombing in the city. and eventually this morning the city cut off completely before we got here. one day before we got here. >> the u.n. refugee agency says that although the numbers of those landing willing are small, they are expecting many more soon. people are escaping nearly three weeks of saudi air strikes on iranian backed houthis rebels and yemen are also going hungry, the country has faced food shortages for decades and now experts are warning that the poorest country can also face a food crisis. >> if there is no mitigation measures the rate things are deteriorating at this time, we expect there to be a very serious security problem. with a lot more people facing

emergency situations. >> so far almost 600 people have died and more than 2,000 have been wounded in the fighting which shows no sign of slowing down any time soon. al jazeera. >> in northern iraq, hundreds of girls and women freed by isil say they were raped and say they were beaten while being held by the group. many of them have been described their desperate escapes in the middle of the night. one young women that fled a few days ago has been speaking to al jazeera. >> the hours in the camp can seem endless. the youngest find ways to pass the time. but there are children here who no longer want to play. their innocence is stolen in the most brutal way. >> 17-year-old doesn't want to be identified and we aren't using her real name. in august last year, isil it fooers arrived in her hometown and forced everyone on to buss.

shunted between schools and prisons, each time fighters came to choose the girls they wanted eventually her name was called. i said to my mother i want to kill myself. i was given permission to go to the toilet and i wanted to do it then, but my mother convinced me not to. >> the worst was yet to come. separated from her mother she was taken and for four months was kept as a sex slave. i was so afraid all the time, i didn't know when he would rape me again. i knew i would escape. >> using a secret cell phone on saturday, she made it happen. hidden by a burke cashe took a taxi and made it to the friend of a relative. her story is all too common. isil is targeting aand itties. many fear their people will never recover. >> this camp is vast.

for now family is front of mine. between them they have nine children whose whereabouts are unknown. >> they took my daughter. she is just ten. and it's been nine months since i saw her. i feel like i am dying every day, i wish more than anything to see her again. >> it is not clear why isil is releasing prisoners but only the elderly or have young are being freed even with nothing those living here say there's just one thing they need, and that's to be reunited with their loved ones. >> where saudi arabia's ambassador to the u.s. is

holding a briefing on the campaign in yemen let's listen. >> the air campaign has been able to degrade and destroy much of the military infrastructure that the houthis -- >> the air defense as well as some of the routs they have tried to take over in yemen. the public committees in the south have been increasingly more successful as they have been receiving more arms from the coalition and they have been able to push back against the houthis. we are also beginning to -- and houthis military structure, we are seeing commanders defect, back to the military and this indicates a -- almost a beginning of

what we hope is the collapse of the military units allied with the houthis. we are now moving towards a -- we also have reunited security council resolution that was passed yesterday that reaffirmed the importance of dealing with the crisis through a political process that uses the g.c.c. initiative, and the outcomes of the remaining dialog as the basis. and for yemen it plays against the president and their support. to reiterate the importance of helping yemen out of it's crisis so we are very satisfied with the resolution that was passed as you know

14-0 with russia abstaining, there was a victory for yemen and for the yemen people, and for the legitimate government. and so we are very pleased with that development it also makes crystal clear to the houthis and to former president saleh that the whole world is united in condemning the actions that they have taken in condemning their attempts to impose their will on yemen by force. in condemning the actions that they have taken which are ripping yemen apart. and conversely, it also is a validation of these steps that the international community and that the coalition have taken in order to protect yemen and the yemen people from a take over by a militant group, that is allied with iran and hezbollah. the area that we are now focusing on is the humanitarian situation and we are working with international

humanitarian organizations in order to facilitate and support their efforts to bring badly needed humanitarian assistance to the yemen people. we have -- we are beginning to see the flow of shipments with by ship or air, into yemen and we expect this will increase in the days moving forward. so this is one area -- and then, of course, we are now looking at the political process in order to move yemen from the situation that it is in now and move it toward as better place and we are hoping that the various factions will come together and agree on a plan for moving forward based on the initiative and the outcomes. president hadty's appointment who is also -- coming forward the legitimate yemen government and it's abilities

and it's duties in order to help the yemen people. and if you have ena questions i would be happy to answer. just a few a short while ago prime minister speaking to a group of reporters. he said there was no logic in the campaign, and he said saudi arabia has no interest in the cease fire woman beyond anything outside of the borders right now i wonder if you can respond to those? to reporters just a little while ago his personal remarks and he is entitled to his president bush, but i disagree with him completely. there is no logic to those remarks. saudi arabia has no ambitions beyond it's borders. other than to see stability

and security and safety in yemen. instability in yemen has a negative impact on saudi arabia whereas stability in yemen has a positive impact, and we share a long border and we share strong historic ties as well as people to people tied. the air campaign was started in response to a request by the legitimate government based on article 51 of the united nations charter. the use of force was the last resort that we had. we tried for three years in order to bring about a political settlement, and every stage the houthis re-negged on every agreement. 67 to be precise. they moved as i said many times and then they tried to take over the presidential palace there they imprisoned the legitimate president and his cabinet in their homes.

so the decision to respond to the request of the legitimate government was one that we made that was not made easily, but that was made out of necessity. and so that is why we launched this operations in order to rescue the yemen people and protect the legitimate government. >> do you consider saudi arabia in a proxy war, and beyond that, how do you keep it from becoming a regional conflict between saudi arabia and it's allies including the u.s.? disarming and iran as we see this similar coalition on both sides.

i would not describe it as a proxy war, i would describe it as a war of necessity. in order to prevent the take over by a radical group that is celebrated. the irhinians last time i checked did not have a border with yemen, there is no reason tor involved with yemen. there is no reason for one to be against the other. we should be supporting all yemenis. that's how we bring safety to yemen and it's people. >> .

>> we will bring you back to the saudi ambassador in just a moment in the meantime, and shia the ambassador calling the actions of the country a war of necessity fielding questions about whether this is a proxy war which we have heard before. he has rejected that, some of your thoughts on what you have heard so far. >> well the way he is describing it everything is going terribly well, we are about to reach three weeks of bombing and he says as far as he is concerned the military infrastructure of the houthis and it's allies and the various other tribal factions who are united against the saudis has been degraded, and he says that there are cracks

in the military structure of those fighting who are opposed to the saudis and their -- the saudis choice for the ruler and he says that the saudis southern allies are beginning to make gains in the south. so as far as he is concerned this is all going terribly well, this comes at a time, however, when international agencies the u.n., and others are warning of a humanitarian crisis and are appointing out the huge civilian toll that has now been racked up in three weeks of bombing. envoaking article 51 of the charter interesting how that seems to have become the international legal justification for the bombing however that is problem t maic because that governs the right of self-defense for countries to come to the aid of countries when they are being invaded by other countries. however this battle was an interpret civil war between the houthiss and the tribes.

against a government who they have installed. so there's mercury legal stuff going on there as well, but yeah clearly the saudis wanted to present an image of an air campaign going well. >> and in fact, he only briefly touched on the humanitarian crisis he didn't speak at all of the mounting civilian casualties at the international community has been talking so much about. but yes he did begin by saying that he was starting to they were starting to crew cracks in the opposition, and there are also defections from the opposition back to the yemen military. so yes he seems to be saying three weeks into this, things seem to be doing well, but it still isn't clear what the end game is and we keep hearing talks about possible military exercises. with saudi arabia. and no real end game.

the saudis and the egyptians were exploring the possibility of games involving mass military maneuvers. so that's being looked at, we aren't sure about. and that has been -- the fact that it is very necessarily other than further escalation of violence. so yeah a lot of question. when we worry about it going terribly well, but that is not the growing sense in the international commute. just warned of the food crisis crisis. >> we will just sit back and listen to this briefing.

>>in the peace talks aman is involved in some way. >> i can't except on discussions that the prime minister of iraq has with american fishes and how he characterizes those, what i can tell you is that the operation has been very effective, the objects are being met and are being exceeded we have degraded and destroyed much of the capabilities in fact the vast majority that longs to the houthis and to a former president who are very satisfied with the progress of the operations. the -- there are friends in the u.s. have been very supportive of us. i have not had anyone tell me

that they are not proceeding well. or give me aceps that saudi arabia has ambitions beyond it's borders. so i can't -- i don't know how to the iraqi prime minister got that assessment, but i would think that they should focus on the problems that are in their own country and find ways to move the country towards reconciliation. to implement the reform that was agreed to in the summer of last year. that would bring the kurdish community and the sunni community into the political process, and that could remove the ground in which it operates and make it possible for all iraqis to defeat the organization. carrying much needed food while they are being inspected for weapons can you confirm

that? i would refer you to the military spokesman, because i don't have the details what i can tell you is we are committed to facilitating -- >> it is a briefing a saudi ambassador to the u.s., giving a briefing on his country so far three-week-old operation in yemen, in fact, he was asked just a moment ago where does the united states stand on this, and the ambassador saying they are gotten no push back from the united states on their actions that continue in yemen again we will continue to follow that for you. >> rebels of the armed forces of columbia known as fark. president manuel santos says he will visit this province where the attack happened. joining us live from the columbian capitol with the

latest so, tell us ba you know? >> well rachelle, we know that the attack army in the southwest region, and at least ten soldiers have died and 17 have been injured. some of them are in pretty bad conditions in hospital in cally. this is the dead rios attack on part of the farq since they announced their cease fire back in december. and it comes just a few days after the columbian government announced an extense of the suspension of air raids over fark camps. i think it is fair to say this attack comes as a surprise at this moment when we had heard many positive announcements coming from this negotiations in havana at this point, it is not immediately clear what

kind of consequences this attack will have on the talks. that remains to be seen reporting live ever the us. >> now it is time for sport. >> . >> they have confirmed he will be leaving the german team. a relatively poor season this time out put the club has previously won the title twice, and took the team the champions league final in 2013. the 48-year-old doesn't want to take a break from football. this club, deserves to be trained by 100% committed coach. and so this decision had to be made. i have no contact with any other club, nothing up my

sleeve, but i am also not planning to take a sabbatical. >> his 400th goal for barcelona in the upcoming league against pierce g. leads just one to hit the landmark. they will be without their key man for the first game. here in paris, the swedish striker is suspended is at park for us. >> yes psg verses barcelona is a huge game tonight both sides in good form coming into the match, it is nine wins on the spin before the weekend in that draw. including that lead cup time over the weekend, of course, those key players will be a factor no doubt but louise he is injured he hasn't made it. he didn't train yesterday so it looks like he is losing his battle to be fit for this game. marco of course is suspended as is ibrahim sit. how much do they miss him? he has played three and won three.

played five, won one with him. it will be interesting to see that dynamic later on. he is suspended he is expected to come brack once again. mark andre is likely to take his place. perhaps it is just another match, another big time for barcelona, but another chance to get through. yet another semifinal for psg it is something slightly more important. it is the next step on this huge journey as they look to become the kings of europe. only one before have they made the semifinals. in which they have upon out, but they hope the make the semis yet again they know they have the ultimate test, and of course all will find out tonight who is takes the advantage to the catch for the next game, next tuesday. >> now on the ice james was known for his fighting spirit in the former hockey player has lost none of that attitude in retirement, james was the first american born black player in the nhl he has told

al jazeera that racism was common during his career, but says the situation is now improving. daniel lack reports. >> few were rougher than value james. one of the few african-americans to play, his flailing fists were feared on both sides of the canada u.s. border. but a constant barrage of racist taunts from fans helped send him into early retirement and turn his back on the game that had been his life. i couldn't watch hockey for ten years. i would hear these things that were being said to me, and i couldn't enjoy a game. >> in his book, black ice he talks about the anger and fear he experienced as the target of that hatred. but the book's a turning point, reclaiming his hockey past, visiting some of the places where he played his new goal, helping others

overcome barriers that failed him. we always have a chism you can choose to be the crazy man, everybody that will make you feel like a piece of crap or you can choose to uplift and empower people. >> the first black nhl player was a canadian in 1958, 11 years after jackie robinson broke baseball's color barrier. the number of nonwhite players has grown but even today just 4% are black. there is progress being made, i am not sure we will get to a point where you will see the league -- the 700 players in the nhl split down the middle between either white or black players. >> few in number, yet still some of the top stars are black or nonwhite. p.k. subban of the montreal canadians is one of the best defenseman his two brothers also are nhl players or prospects. they have experienced racism

occasionally but not enough to slow them down says their jamaican born father. >> i tell my boys and my two girls that that is a distraction. and if you allow it to distract you if you give it permission to be a distraction, you will never ever achieve your goal in life. >> the brothers may have had very different experiences but it is clear that racism is still around, even if only on social media and very occasionally among fans. for this sport to call it truly free, it will probably take another generation or two of young players from different backgrounds playing at the very top of their game. daniel lack, al jazeera toronto. >> there's --. >> not guilty, guilty of murder in the first degree, or

guilty of murder in the second degree. >> guilty of murder in the first degree. >> the conviction carry as mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole. and hernandez was also found guilty of unlawful firearm plenty on that story at our website, you can check that out, aljazeera.com we also have progresses and videos from our correspondents around the word. okay, that is all the for now. >> andy, thank you very much. and finally scientists say they have learned something new about the invisible dark matter that filled up most of the universes a couple of extremely powerful space telescopes to observe colliding galaxies. behind the new report say dark matter is crucial to our understanding of the universes. stay with us here on al jazeera, another full bulletin of news is straight ahead. thank you for your time, and do keep it here.

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