take a look at this scene. this is al jazeera. good to have you with us. live from london. this is what we have coming up. the man trying to win the fighting in yemen, there is a way both sides can reach a peace deal. >> the government steps up air raids on aleppo, activists say killed 220,000 people. more migrants reach it's new reports 41 others have drowned in the mediterranean.

a pro russian journalist is gunned down in ukraine's capitol a day after a politician is found dead. >> and i'm lee wellings with the sport including no bids invited of the american city of eugene, was awarted the 2021 world athletic champions with no other contenders allowed. >> . >> he also called for renegade army units to support the legitimate government in exile instead of supporting the houthis rebels. a number of other developments too, the united nations envoy jamal while he says that he has quit after criticism of

his failure to broker an end to the crisis. there's been heavy fighting in around the central city, opening a new front for the houthis. they and their allying they are battling an army brigade and tribesman. >> . >> this is the man likely to be yemen's next president. he is currently vice president and prime minister. his task is to put together a nation on the brink of civil war. he says his willing to work with his houthis opponents and forces loyal to the former president. but only if they disarm. >> we mutt gyms them a chance, which will be united behind our project and to show --

still destroying the country. >> yemen's biggest challenge is that the detiring humanitarian situation. >> hundreds have been killed since the start of the conflict three weeks ago the city of adan is bearing the brunt of heavy fighting. >> yemen faces a tough situation, shortage in food, medicine and basic necessities. this requires an intervention to prevent the country. prior to the government will be tackling the urgent needs of people, we have decided to form a relief committee. >> for now the president and vice president won't be able to return home. parts of the country remain under houthis control. the man wants to reform the army is detaped.

general who was captured by houthis fighters on the outskirts of adan. he became prime minister in october. his appointment was backed be i the houthis who later put him under house arrest. now,en he is expected to unite yemen and create security for the country. the saudi coalition spokesman also addresses the issue of renegade army units. warning that any group that continues to support the houthis would face bombardment. >> we need to tell the commanders that are still prohouthis that it is neither the right tile for them to revise the situation and go back to supporting the legitimate regime and protecting civilians because being prohouthis will put them their units and their officers under the threat of arielle bomb badment. joining me live from the city

about 100-kilometers from the border with yemen. a pang in saudi arraign who is trying to get rid of the houthis tells them they have to stop fighting, but there's a reason why bahar is more important in this than simply being the vice president. of yemen explain to us what that is. >> i am sorry david i couldn't hear you question. >> bahar has a special place in the bridge between the houthis and the yemen authorities and that's why it is crucial that he said this, we can make peace. >> yes, david. bahar feels and he is confident that he has popularity he has legitimacy invested in him twice. once when the president appointed him as both prime minister and vice president and once when the yemen from

all walks of life, have shown their support to him. have shown that they have confidence in him. even the houthis are included in this. even the party of the former president has also expressed it's -- i am talking about the past when bahar was prime minister before hadi and himself fled to adan and then to real. so he is talking from experience and from the knowledge that he can be a man of consensus. that he can bring change because people will listen to him, he is a politician, a veteran politician, he was ambassador to canada and the u.n. and he is a man who has vision, also when he spoke today right after his appointment, he spoke to all the yemen and he spoke toble thattism when he spoke to the army and told them please be loyal to the nation, and not to grouts or individuals. he also layed out the

possibility of peace, one condition that the houthis withdraw from adan and he didn't even insist that they should withdrawal from all the territory that they have invaded and occupied in. so he has shown a lot of moderation and he has showed a lot of redness to negotiate but right now, there is a red line, he is insisting that no negotiations can be done before the houthis put down arms and at least withdraw from the city of adan. >> good to talk to you. in saudi arabia. >> there's been an increase in government air strikes in the last 36 hours. there have been more than 120 raids. and that they result in the death of 40 civilians. the new death toll has emerged for the entire war. al jazeera has more from neighboring lebanon.

every 220,000 people killed in the past four years of fighting that is staggering horrifying number being provided by the syrian observatory, who say that over 65,000 people killed since the fighting began were civilians and that over 11,000 of those killed were children. the syrian observatory also indicating that clashes have intensified. become the second capitol to have been overtaken since there there have been more air raids according to about vests in that area, over the course of the past 36 hours we are told there have been over 120 air raids that dozens have been dropped there that area, and that civilians are really really suffers. it has gotten so bad that just tuesday human rights watch release add report, in the which they accused the syrian regime of using chemical warfare using chlorine in barrel bombs that

were dropped over the past -- of the last two weeks in march amount bass tors have been shown what they call a very emotional clip of the after math of an alleged chemical attack. the council is looking into whether the attack investigated the attack as it weighs out possible action against those responsible. the video in particular of the attempts to resuscitate children if there was a dry eye in the room, i didn't see it. it was -- it's just devastating to see the facts of what this regime is doing. so people were visibly moved people had questions. very fair questions about how do you know this, and what are the. sos, and for the most part, almost every council member prefaced what they say by saying forgive me if i don't use diplomatic language, but i

am so moved and overwhelmed but what i have seen, and then they proceeded with their comments. it was extremely unusual and very very emotional meeting. >> fear that more migrants have drowned while trying to cross the mediterranean sea. the international organization for migrants says 41 people died athay tried to reach italy. about 400 others are thought to have drowned when their boat sank off the coast of libya earlier this week. further. thousand migrants have been rescued since last friday. it is now of course aing the european union for help. the commission says it is working on a plan to deal with the crisis. the european commission cannot alone do it all. we are putting in the a new comprehensive approach, which we have said we will be coming forward with in may. no we don't have a silver

bullet or any kind of panacea that will make this go away like that. and no amount of finger pointing is going to change that. >> let's get more from our correspondent, who is in the sicilian town, they keep arriving one must wonder about the hundreds if not thousands of others who are still out there. >> ink deed, and the reports that came in today from the migration regarding the 41 deaths actually came from survivors of that boat, four survivors who were plucked from the water but that said that 41 others have been on the same boat as them, and it simply vanished beneath the waves when the both capsized. so there were witnesses to the testimony to the fact of those deaths. there are many others that are feared drowned to simply vanish because there are no survivors from those boats. these vessels set sail, set to

sea from libya and they are unsea worthy, and they sink fairly rapidly and there are no survivors. so the estimates are inevitably going to be lower than the real figures. the coast guard behind me, which arrived brought the survivors from a series of vessels that have been intercepted nearly 600 was 592 people who came off the vessel behind me some looked excited to reach land, and others with a little bit shocked but they are the lucky ones because as you say, there are hundreds more that will set out and try to make a journey and never complete it. >> just one batch and then we got 10,000, and then another 1,000, so each one of those people need somewhere to sleep, each one needs food, each one needs reet isling. how do they cope in italy. >> well, it's very difficult.

a lot of it depends on the original country of origin of the migrants who are coming here. when you consider some of the syrian highn't grays for example, i am told that they very often turn up with a little bit of money to get them started. perhaps not a lot but sufficient to see them on their way. whereas some of the african migrants literally arrive in the clothes they are in, and some not even that. there were some that were wearing the protective overalls the white paper overalls issued to the coast guard, some of them didn't have shoes. once they arrived on land, so it is a real variety between the circumstances that these migrants arrive in, and that in turn, depends greatly on what their future prospects are. some will have to be held in reception centers while they

are issues with some kind of assistance others are able to make their own way to their final hoped for destination which some of the syrians that we know of. >> thank you, paul. >> on the same theme, italy's anti-immigration party is dend maaing an immediate end to the arrival of these migrants. one of those parties wanted a naval blockade across libyan ports. it also wanted to target people who have already made it to the italian mainland. phil lavell spoke to one member in rome. >> your party has spoken ant going to the refugees are these people will be placed and saying we don't want you here. that's sounds like a veriening sympathetic attitude to people who are fleeing. >> you know, when the limit has passed, the limit of the number of people we can take care of, the only way we have

to let the people understand the limit has passed is to speak louder. we cannot stand 10,000 people in four days coming into italy. we don't have the stuck churr to host them, we don't have money to feed them. >> but you do have humanity. you have a safe country where people can come to. >> you can't say we didn't show humanity. we show a lot of humanity, because we took care of these people, only us not an other country inside europe, they don't care about these people. we show too much i think. the problem is we can't stand the situation any longer. >> what can change. >> woe propose in parliament as a group to supply some

ships in front of the coast to make it sort of a blockade. to stop them starting to save them from the water. >> you mean them block them into the country. >> no no. you just block the ports. we don't stop them, we want to stop seeing people dieing in the sea. we want control of the people coming inside the country and the problem will still exist. >> a very different approach. she and her husband have launched a privately funded rescue operation. running both patrols on the frontier. last year, the initiative rescued 3,000 people from the sea. i had a chance to talk to her earlier. >> there are people that are dying at sea if we compare the staggering horrifyingist

thetic of last year, 20/04/14 from january in march of 2014, only 14 people died, this year over 500 in the last ship wreck over 400 lost lives. so we need to do something and we are doing something. we work in collaboration with the coordination center, and they are both -- that's allowed at sea all of us are directed by them. even tried a mission is coordinatedded -- they are coordinating a mission and all of the -- it is important this coordination, because they direct us on the target on the boat that needs to be rescued. >> share of the international federation which is an organization working on behalf

of chirp. most of the pictures we are are adults but more than a third that come over can be children. >> yes. one third of these people is sure -- are children. are minors and i want to remind our politician that children are covered by the international convention, for the right of the child so we must take care of them, as children. so really special eyes on children and especially on migrant children and most of them i want to remember, that are alone they are driving they are alone no one accompanied the minors so they need special treatment. >> these are children that may be traumatized anyway, they may have seen their parents drown or die in other fashions

on the course of this terrible journey. >> exactly, exactly the point they don't need only to be holstered and welcomes but really they need psychological support. so we need to put them in a very special structure to ask them properly because we need them i think for the future of europe, most of those children will be citizens of europe. so the first day of too tear care oof them, how we will take care of them will be very important for their future as new citizens. >> give us an idea, first of all, whether this is happening and secondly, what sort of special care you think they deserve. >> look, these people have some unbelievable story behind some of those people were able

to travel for three, four years. say for example the afghan child. they are coming from afghanistan. it can take throe or four years journey. so they were facing torture they were facing they were crossing the dessert so you can imagine in their mind, what is -- what does it mean to reach europe. so really they need to be supported it. >> have you seen the good results of care, have you seen more young people being able to fit in and seeing a happy end to their stories? >> absolutely. we are following hundreds of

children and then -- now they are less more integrated. and in a lot of reality they represent also some kind of ambassadors of their culture. you must think about the fact that those children are very very strong. and most of them are brilliant. they have a lot of skills. so really, once they get i would like not to treat them as aen pro but as an opportunity for all of us, even to -- i mean to understand which is the situation, in the country they come from. >> thank you, the we wish you the best of luck, looking after children trying to get a better life for themselves. coming up on this news hour, almost four hours russia's president faced the public in his annual t.v. phone in.

this is south korea, the anguish there is people mourn the 304 vision times of the ferry sinking a year ago. and this is a first in snowboarding. this amazing jump put this pit into the record books we will tell you about that and the rest of the sport soon. police in ukraine are investigating the murder of a prominent journalist. he was killed by two masked gunman just yesterday after the pro russian lawmaker was found dead in his home. sources in the interior minister say both were key witnesses in a criminal case, investigating a tax on pro western protests in early 2014.

senior only aist of the global advisory company maple croft i mentioned one theory, there are loads of them, give us one that you think is the most likely. >> well, at the moment, i think we have to consider that these last two mores are just the most recent in a state of murders since the beginning of the year. he was the 10th person linked with the former government who has been gunned down. now the line by the ukrainian authorities has been that many of these deaths were the result of suicide. but it now looks like this is something of a on going campaign. my own personal theory is that -- and i should emfamilies sides that we don't have all thability familieses or the information. but this is probably the work of radicalble thattist and vigilantes. effecting their own kind of

extreme. it should be noted that the presidency and his system of governance was heavily linked with ukrainian crime particularly in then do necessarying region. and the other potential possibility is this is something of a cleaning of house. people with links to groups pause they know so much. it lead me to think while there is warfare does social society break down and tend to be more criminal because of that? is this happening in other cities in. >> we don't have a lot of information on what has been happening. what was quite remarkable.

civil society pretty much banded together to maintain law and order. but over the past year, you have seen the ukrainian government struggling with frustration, and with trying to clean up the police forces which are notoriously corrupt. plus again, there is this issue of this war in the east, which is no doubt taking much of the attention of police units, of auxiliary units of the security services. so i have no doubt that they are busy but they are also -- well not suffering but they are undergoing a campaign of our internal reforms which may be ceremony wayening their ability to conduct regular police. >> when the police say there is thorough investigation can we take them at their word? is it possible that they are also some of them at least in the hands of those who may have carried out these attacks. >> again, it's very difficult to say without having the fullability familieses of the

case which may never be known. but as i just mentioned yes the ukrainian police service is notoriously corrupt. if the these were linked to organized crime i would suspect that no we would get any full investigation if this is a result of ultra nationalist, then there may be some sort of more complex political calculist there or the administration may decide that an example does have to be made and will put pressure on the police to do their jobs. there's a question of confident, capacity, and will within the police services. >> thank you, thank you. >> thank you. >> now from ukraine to moscow where the russian president vladimir putin has been answers questions to the public during an al use phone in. the crisis in ukraine and the economy in russia both key issues during a marathon program that lasted almost four hours.

putin denied that his country's forces are in ukraine. and said he didn't expect western sanctions to be lifted any time soon. he was optimistic on the country, saying a full recovery would come in the next two years. >> we should use the opportunity for sanctions and turn it around, and that will stimulate our own economy and i hope this will encouraging us to bring up hi-tech industries. >> the greek economy has taken another hit, the ratings agency standard & poor's is downgraded it's credit rating making it harder for the country to borrow money and the british newspaper has reported that the i.m.f. has rebuffed an approach pi the freaks after asking for a delay in the repayment of funds. this has compounded fears that

greece could well default still to come, on the news hour. south africa thousands of people rallying on attacks against foreigners. we will travel to india for the closer look at the urban art movement. that is transforming some of the most run down streets. and monte carlo for some of the top names. the action coming up, a little bit later, stay with us if you can. uh

you are with us here for the news hour yemen's vice president the houthis rebels to end their offensive. it would be a goodwill gesture that could open the door to peace initiatives. >> another 41 people have drowned. this time in a sinking boat between italy about 400 others are thought to have drowned after their both went down earlier this week.

the last 36 hours these pictures apparently showing rescuers searching for survivors after a strike in it lib. activists say at least 40 civilians have been killed by government raids. that is some of what is happening in syria. across the border into iraq, and the military says it has renewed it's push to reclaim territory from isil. it has surfedden a early set back. they had to retreat from the area after 11 were killed trying to drive isil fighters out. the villages on thursday morning. u.s. led coalition air strikes have been firing on suspected isil positions. on the outskirts of the city, rahmaddy now is a ghost town after thousands of residents

there ed the fighting. iraq's prime minister is pushing for a fighting force under the official banner of the army. voluntary fighters say they are under prepared and underresourced to taken oisil. the volunteers training to retake the city. >> in step with each other and now with the iraqi army too. >> these volunteer fighters have for the first time pledged to take orders from baghdad, part of the government's effort to unify countless militias. this group is diverse so the abe rabbs and christians which has been occupied, all of them are eager to go back. >> one of my sons iser hoo. he was a soldier and the other one will come in the next intake. i have ten children. and i came to be a volunteer not for money not for any benefit, just to get my city

back. >> they call themselves as national guard a force which efficiently doesn't yet exist it is the name prime minister wants to give to a new force a sunni tribesman the mostly shia popular forces and other volunteers. it is an uneasy union and one these men don't fully trust but say they will answer to abadi himself. >> it is about 12-kilometers away and the front line is being protected by kurdish peshmerga forces. there's been about 11,000 soldiers through this camp in the past three months but even the commanders here admit they are underprepared and underresources. if reare doing the fighting the balance won't be in our favor.

>> you have had 11,000 soldiers through here, and have what maybe a dozen weapons? i am asking where is that support? where is that equipment. because we are the first army base closest to mosul. and we don't even have one pistol. >> they say the iraqi army needs them to keep the people of mosul on side, this man agrees. he says he is the former head of an anti-isil sleeper cell, rying to gather information on isil and it's leaders in mosul. from the very start what isil is doing i mean killing and beheading, the shias also doing the same. isil is beating girls making slaves destroys mosques and homes, the same thing is being done by shia militia. and there's no difference at all. >> with all the talk of unity sectarian tensions still remain high here the operation

will have to be carefully managed to chemothe people on side and these men prepared to fight. >> al jazeera. northern iraq. >> the egyptian soldiers being killed and others being injured after their armored vehicle hit a roadside bomb. during a raid on a suspected rebel hide out. nobody has yet said they cared out the attack. been four years now since the uprising and amnesty international report says rampant human rights abuses continue despite government reforms. the report details numerous abuses against activists and government critics among them, torture, and a ban on protests. >> now, the south african president has called for an end to violence after a series of attacking on immigrants.

at least six died there in the violence. there are south africans who accusen tokers of taking jobs as the unemployment rate continues to rise. went to a rally where protestors have called for an end to the attacks. >> a lot of people have been asking what is the south african government doing to stop these acing thats on foreigners so they have organized this, a peace march where they have politician people from civil society and people from over countries saying it is not okay to kill people just because they aren't from south africa, or because you think they are taking your job. i think it is very important south africa is here for everyone. we need peace and we need to carry on. with our country that's what we need. >> there are some people from

other african countries here, but many immigrants are told to stay away, they say what they don't need is a march they want the government and the police to protex themselves. other countries say they are sending in buss and trucks they who wants to go back to their homes. they are telling foreigners they can't be blamed for the actions of a few they try to send the message that south africa is open for business, and they hope that this march will help alleviate some of the fears and tensions that still exist, not just in durbin but in other parts of the country too. >> columbia's rebels say they have not broken the cease fire, blaming government troops for crossing the line. ten soldiers were killed on

went, the president responding by order as resuction of air strikes against the group. the rebels say the fighting was started by the army, they were a set back for peace talks being held in kiev, but the negotiations have continued. well for 1 million people in mexico are without drinking water. after an oil pipeline was sabotaged. the pipeline was slashed last week polluting local river ways. the clean up is expected to take up to two weeks. south korean riot police have been con front protestors on the first anniversary of the ferry disaster. grieving parents snubbed the president and the prime minister for the 304 people that were killed, harry faucet has more. >> protestors sup effort popularitiers of families

robbed of children plan to march on the t pble blue house. but was stopped by a massive police presence. earlier the other end of the country the president visited the port which became the base for the rescue. she was there to offer congress tolerances and it seem grant one of their key dend mas. >> i now believe that it is time for us to seriously prepare for the salvage we will take necessary measures so we can salvage the ship. >> those importants who believe raiding the ship is necessary in order to recover nine still missing refused to meet her. in the hometown, first the prime minister was denied access to the main memorial, and when the time came, supposed to have been the focal point, the families called it off. underlying the ainge they are a year has done little to heal. >> i have a recurrent dream i

wish that someone could make a time machine so i can go back to 10:00 a.m. on april 16th. then i could go and tell them to get out quickly, and they'd all be out in five or ten minutes. a year has passed but nothing has changed. the ill imagines are passenger ferry full of school children sinking off the coast the mobile phone footage hurts still more, those children shown obeying repeated instructions to stay put as it overturned trapping them. >> the families say the full story of corruption and the botched rescues han't been told. accusing the government of putting restrictions in attempting to undermine it's independence. an evening vigil gave an opportunity for thousands to reflect on the loss of other young people, who were failed by their elders. before once again that emotion turns to anger. >> a gray of grief and men

ration has been entirely overshadowed by acrimony, it does show how much of an impact the tragedy continues to have in this country. and the divisions that it has left behind. mali sha chinese and australian authorities say the missing flight mh 317 will be doubled if the plane isn't found by may there has been no trace which went missing in march of last year. 239 people onboard ships are still towing some equipment across the floor of the indiana ocean, an area narrowed down picture satellites. the search could take another year and would cover an additional 60,000 square kilometers. welt, this is northern china hit by a sand storm. beijing one of them, the visibility pretty short people struggling to get

around without getting sand in their eyes. it could continue for another four days. >> many large cities are finding itdy. to create public spaces as housing and development projects increase. much in on everything else well the indian capitol is no different, but there is a small movement underway to turn public space stations into artistic hot spots. he goes by the name sign. and he paints in the most unlikely of places his canvass like this one in an abandon community center, are scatters across new delhi. >> sign is one of a growing number of indian graffiti effort aists. >> now i am moving to p twoing my style more.

i was just walking around this neighborhood and i found this building and i thought hey i think it is a really good spot to just paint. authorities consider the work vandalism, but the urge to paint has also taken on a more institutional form. annual events bring artist together with their indian counter parts to change the way neighborhoods look and feel. this is a chance to share themes he has been painting all over the world. i work on latin american and themes. i use a character who visits many cultures, he is a friendly clown, who tells people how to be good. it is very entertaining. >> traditionally art exists in controlled spaces. but street art brings creative expression into communities in new delhi this means painting canvasses in places often used as garbage dumps or even open

toilets. >> inians are still discovering street art, so now it is part activism part rebellion. artist use every day spaces to create an aesthetic expression, to catch the attention of passers by. like these teenagers they are drawn by the graffiti, they say it is helping to regain the city. >> the people using the most, have -- so the idea with the work we are doing is to reclaim these places. >> he feels like he is doing this too. he is making places long abandoned brighter for those who stumble upon them. his audience may be limited but for him, it is a chance to express himself that really counts.

still ahead on the news hour, the playoffs happening in north america and what that can mean -- well, for you but very strong. that and the rest of sport you might think we are playing this clip backrd ways but it is the next deprave step in space exploration well, not that great because it went wrong, and we will tell you all about it if you stay with us.

>> a run in coming up. >> a lot of good stuff. >> a city will become the first program >> american hosts but to give the event to eugene has caused some surprise and credit 6. because there was no bid process. eugene which is near the headquarters was simply handed the games without other bids invited. it has been a hot bed of athletics. but the sports say they want to be bigger in the american market. >> i said we out to make a decision. and i burden happy to see my council member following to say yes for that we have to give it to eugene.

to give the possibility of the city to a city where athletic like it or leave it. with a little bit of good facility for the united states the first one ever. the council made the decision, that this was a very special moment that strategically we do need to be in the united states. it has always been a problem for us to edge gauge both commercially and sportingly. in the u.s. although u.s. athletes are very very strong very high profile athletes. getting domestic athletics in the united states particularly around worlden chews has always been a problem so i think the council made the right decision, that this was probably not going to happen again in the way it was today and we should seize the moment. >> critics include european athletics president.

he said the decision this is not good for our development we expect the world champions to come back to europe, in 2023. 18 time olympic swimming champion will compete for the first time in six months later in arizona. he has been suspended following a drinking and driving conviction. he accepts he won't compete in this year's world champions but hopes to be at the rio games next year. >> i look forward to rejoining my teammates next summer. i guess leading into rio that's something that -- >> the first time. >> something i love is being a part of a national team, and traveling overseas so i look forward to hopefully having that opportunity next year. >> fifa president is not survivor vised in the top football job for 17 years without shrewd political moves. but his latest has come in the

caribbean. that their region should have an extra team in world cups saying if the world cup stays at 32 teams they should be increased from three to four all thematic qualifiers, he had been told by the union they would not be voting as a block for him to retain the presidency which was previously the case. it means they have lost seven points in total. if they hadn't happened they would have had a chance to avoided relegation, as it is they are 11-points from safety. last month they were declared bankrupt it's quarter final first leg week, the testifies at the your pa league. who are missing star players including hulk ever the his suspension. elsewhere, belgium club the only unbeaten team left in the

europea league, and they also face russian opponents. kiev of ukraine is still involved, napoli will visit wolfs burg in the second through the league. roger federer and defending champion have both been beaten in the third round of the monte carlo masters. in this the first tournament of the clay court season, 6-4 in the first set and another tie break in the second he did win that point, to finish the match, and he is on to the quarter finals and he will have plenty of crowd support there too. well a part in a match lasting just 54n't manies. the swiss player made 41 unforced errors although he made him work for this one. 6-1, 6-2. in the word's top 10. on a day of shocks, roof fall nadal comes for a difficult

match. two sets-1 in the end, he was looking for his 9th victory in the tournament, which he won every year between 2005 and 2012. formula 1 championship has defended himself over his celebrations at the chinese grand prix. he was criticized on social media for spraying champagne in a podium host at his face. she said the incident was blown out of proportion, hamilton said it was just excitement and he meant no disrespect he has also insisted his teammate is fine after they verbally clashed again following the race in china. >> we try to do a great job and everything is good, so there will be times when people are unhappy about some things but we are grown ups we will move past it. >> the group for the rally has been revealed in paris. with chili pulling out of the

2016 edition because of flash floods. after starting in lima, the event will move through the long changings peruvian dessert before moving on to the high altitudes a start in january next year. correcters are in a dominant position on day four of the first test against the west indies. they were able to declare on 333 for seven and half centuries from butler who was unbeaten on 59, so they will set an unlikely target, and i can tell you they have already struck for england removing braithwait. the nba has broken it's attendance recording by drawing nearly 22 million fans which is just been completed. the new orleans pelicans and the brooklyn nets have secured the last two spots in the playoffs. the pelicans beat the reigning

champions san antonio spurs 108-103. 31 points to help new orleans reach the post season for the first time in four years they will face the golden state warriors in round one. one team not in the playoffs is the los angeles lakers. they recorded the worst ever season in franchise history it is not what their fans have been used to since the team moved to l.a. in 1960. led by magic johnson in the 80's they won five titles. the kobe bryant of the early 2,000 saw them crowned champions three years in a row bryant won three more titles and ten with the latest taking their franchise tally to 16, it's been downhill since. last year they failed to make the playoffs this year with only 21 wins it is the lowest

ever winning percentage. the nhl playoffs are underway. bryan flynn's goal giving the canadian as 4-3 win mark of the senators then had some trouble cooling off. thanks to a little bit of water bottle confusion. and the rest of the players were overheated even after the final bottles signals the end of the die a montreal win game two is coming up on friday. the support say their man is back to his best and can beat flow mayweather when the pair meet on may the second. after he hopes up his training camp the eight division world champion hadn't stopped an opponent since 2009, and in the unbeaten mayweather is facing the best defensive fighter of all time.

competitive sport is about pushing the boundaries of what may or may not be possible. this is british olympic border pulling off the first ever quad 1804 flips and five full rotations. morgan landing the jump on a specially built ramp in italy. look at that. take a look atlases pictures. it blasts off to deliver. it returned to the earth when it landed too hard to get it right off the florida coast. thank you for watching, bye

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