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all the details of a historic defeat for serena williams in the third cup. ♪ italy prime minister says he is determined to find the people trafficics for the deadly crossing on the mediterranean, as many as 700 migrants feared dead in what could prove the worst disaster yet with people smuggled in europe a packed fishing boat went down on the coast a few kilometers and search and rescue operation underway and 28 survivors have been found and one said 700 people if not more were traveling on the boat. 24 bodies have been recovered so far and they have been taking to malta, the latest disaster is fueling cause for a stronger response. italian government held a crisis meeting after it italian prime

minister called for an emergency summit of european leaders to deal with the program and we will go to paul brennan and tell us the latest on the rescue operation, paul. >> reporter: yeah the rescue operation is ongoing. i have to say that the coast guard has not been releasing many details during the course of sunday afternoon. the numbers that we have been given that you have given there 28 people rescued and 24 are dead and the numbers issued late on sunday. and it appeared that more than 40 people have been rescued but has now been revised back and obviously confusion with 17 vessels involved in the search and rescue obviously making it a tally a little difficult. what is also proving a danger is prospects of finding anybody alive. the boat went down late saturday night. we are now the darkness has fallen as you can see here monday night and in the water

over 20 hours and the realistic of finding people is fast diminishing and the cold and the water is also cold. it's proving a very bleak search and frankly the prospects of finding any more to move the figures up are not good. >> paul brennan thank you and let's get more now on the response to this sinking. phil reports from rome where the italian cabinet is meeting in crisis session. >> reporter: it was a tragedy but not a surprise. there is a feeling of inevitability here in italy that migrants will keep coming and they will keep dying unless urgent action is taken and now. italians are looking to their leader, he wants help just as much as they do. . >> translator: we think that the fight against human trafficking should be a priority, not just for italy and malta but the whole eu.

>> reporter: there has been a strong vocal reaction to the tragedy in the mediterranean across europe from france. >> translator: the disaster today is terrible and have been tragedies that took place last week which caused close to 400 deaths, since the beginning of the year there is acceleration and last year were there 4,000 deaths in the mediterranean to malta. >> a community with the situation we will all be charged in the same way that they judged on those who turned a blind eye to this and dictates over the decades. >> reporter: to the european commission. this from the high representative and the italian citizen citizen and she says we said too many times never again, now is the time for the european union as such to tackle these tragedies without delay. we have the duty to save human lives.

sharing among all the 28 this duty and a responsibility that for too long has been left only to the southern countries. the european commission says it is consulting with member states and european agencies and international organizations for a new european migration strategy which will be adopted by the commission in mid may. what that will involve is anybody's guess. the pope has spoken of this problem before. and surprised he used the sunday address to demand action. >> translator: heart felt appeal to the international community to react decisively and see to it such tragedies are not repeated. >> reporter: this building is where the italian prime minister spent much of his day inside with his cabinet and that emergency session. you can see the italian flag and the european flag quite happily together but the issue here is itly does not feel they are

together and feels it has been abandon by europe and left to get on with the crisis and it's at a point where they are saying we can't cope and we need help and not tomorrow or the day after and has to be now right now if we are to stop people dying any more. phil with al jazeera, rome. libya the starting point for the migrants on that boat chaos and violence is continuing the islamic state of iraq and levante has a video showing a shooting and be heading of dozens of ethiopia christians and similar seen in other i.s.i.l. videos and the ethiopia government is unable to verify citizens are featured but condemned an atrocious act. switched sides and supporting abd rabbuh mansur hadi and in charge of 15 soldiers and on the border with saudi arabia. and the coalition launched air strikes against houthi and supporters of the former

president. pro-hadi forces took over a sports club used as a base by the houthis. and the popular resistance is now in control of a coastline in aiden. the group has recaptured a house owned by hadi. speaking at a news conference in sanaa the leader of houthis criticized the u.s. for the role in the war in yemen. >> translator: america is behind every detail in the aggression in yemen. this is clear and openly announced by the americans and the saudis. today the children in yemen are being killed by american made bombs and planes, the americans are the ones who are determining the targets that are being shelled by the saudi regime. the saudis are not -- >> breaking in there to take you straight to ryiad and the coalition briefing and let's listen in. >> translator: of course the

decisive storm continues opposition today as we stated before that is the air strike. that has been achieving objectives. the objective which we have mentioned before and most of it has been realized and some of it is in the process concerning the main and principal objectives. there was some big work by the coalition and the other forces who are participating and this resort has been you can see it's on the ground. it has been achieved. the airforces continue targeting the houthi malitias and movement

and the sites where they are gathering and today we will see some places with the air defense missiles in the last hour and includes the air strike. a few minutes ago they had six air strikes. the purpose behind it is to keep the pressure up on the houthi malitias and in the same time to confirm and affirm that we will and all the targets we have planned, it will achieve it in the last 24 hours. we consider the area of sanaa and surrounding and all the depo and in sanaa in the last 24 hours, we targeted the storage

where the -- where we are keeping ballistic weapons and doing this then we will talk about this missiles and also the targeting places in the last few days especially the storage which will see the places they were hiding the missiles itself. in the added area which has been targeted which was a source of the -- where the popular committees are on the ground we will support the brigade who are against the houthi malitias and which they are causing some desections desections. and there will be improvements day by day. there were some activities in

areas with the malitias where they are gathering and hiding and then the popular committees are actually searching and looking through the area inside the houses and the storage and the popular committees are continuing with their work on the ground. but the situation is improving. it was initially the target not to be taken over by the houthi malitias and this is a positive indication that the continuation of this operation which was taken from the outside, outside aiden, it becomes less and less. and all the storage or the depos

with the ammunition and also in stadiums and caves and places where they were storing the weapons and now the groups inside become isolated and they are not in position to have these weapons which has been stored and then the operations to continue in searching the buildings and houses and other places and also exclusively the big quantity now and it's in the hand of the popular committee which have been using it for the operations. some of the operations one of the buildings for the communication building, it was basically a storage, we use for storage which has been targeted in sanaa. the depo or storage of the

missiles and also some of the caves, they have been targeted which they will use as a point of launching and most of the places have been targeted or so the launch will not be able to take place so they targeted the missile storage. this was, as you can see, it's like a cave in the sanaa areas and also have been targeted and then the -- they stopped using it and all the other equipment which has been used to launch those missiles. the areas will be vacant where

we are gathering or any vacant or carriers which have been targeted yesterday and carrying on with operations and also some of the sites and houses have been used to hide ammunitions and weapons and have benatar -- been targets yesterday and centers or headquarters where some malitias have been gathering which is a arean area and which calls in damage in the yemen citizens. yesterday also there was a big operation that is the air strike

operation has been successful and targeted those who were operating heading to the north. this malitias they will try to conduct some operations aimed at the saudi border and obviously they have been attacked and some of the places which are moving a lot of equipment have been also targeted here yesterday and we are very coordinated and it was escalating and it was an understanding operation especially the caves where they were hiding the ammunitions inside also was attacked yesterday and this is part of the operation which has been among the operations conducted

in the last 25 days. also that is the ground forces as i mentioned yesterday. and there were operations and there was no breach or situation near the saudi border. we are trying to launch their missiles and they were striking them for longer distance so this has been targeted to the area where the launch was taking place and also yesterday we did not have any operation but it does not mean that it will continue or try to prepare for

some attack or as such. the military or the navel operations and all the vessels which will go back to the port we will have the movement of the vessels from between jabooti and the island and some vessels carrying food stuff and this movement or these ships which will make it easier and to prove the live in of the citizens. as far as the air strike which has taken place during the last 25 days that will affirm that 2300 air strikes including the

ones taking place. the objective which has been achieved and obviously the coalition forces have been able to have and take control in the air space. boats using the yemeni air space or any place that has been controlled by them. the air defense 98% which was under the control of the yemeni army for a short term some of it are left in the control but has had no such effect for the

saudi airforces. they will move freely in the air everywhere. so the ship in the communication centers and other areas, so there is no more contact between the malitias or have any control. these groups or the operation is becoming more isolated and they are not able to contact the world in different areas in sanaa because we have targeted the communications infrastructure and all of the tools that they have been using they have not been able to control especially near the saudi border. so this malitia and their supporters from the yemeni army

as far as the ballistic missiles threat, as i said earlier that is all the equipment or the launchers have been destroyed completely. some of the ammunition, very small amount of it has been left in the caves. and also has been targeted in order to prevent them being used. as you know in the military sites, the operation has to be used and prevent and stop the enemy to use it. we would like to confirm there is no more threat to the missiles to the neighboring countries. these malitia were trying to take them or remove them from the caves but it becomes very

dangerous. and the ammunition storage that was a big amount in all different areas inside the hospital, in hospitals, in houses, in the all have been stored in a big quantity. that is why the operation from the first day, it was to target this storage. and any information the forces have received have been targeted and immediately got destroyed. i would like to confirm that is more than 80% of it has been destroyed but we are not going to deny they are not the storage but a depo but we are working and gathering information in order to target them. some of the -- and we try not to

hit the infrastructure and the populated areas, we try to avoid all this. and the storage is one of the main targets. therefore the storage, there were many air strikes and whenever we will see any information on the storage, but only to go and go target and destroy it. and everyday is the beginning of this operation and we have benatar benatar -- been targeting this and maintenance duties are also being as i said because the groups were trying to recognize

the work and maintain all the equipment they had with them but as you all know trying to repair and make it to work and they have been destroyed. and also the operation as far as the trying to get it to move it again have been destroyed. some of the planes have been taken from their places to be repaired and equipped so we have targeted all the work for maintaining the planes to make it impossible for them to be used to use these things. and it was very limited in their

hands. with different levels. and then from the beginning we have targeted where the planes were stored. whenever we have any information that in the operation to take place it will be targeted. as far as the middle east source port and all the places where they keep all the car goes and all this and in the last weeks of the campaign we were trying to make it difficult for them and stop them and try to stand in their way and stop them from

moving. especially all the other parties who were supporting the governments because it's very difficult to move along. therefore, all the ports have been targeted. the maritime operations from day one one, at the beginning, there is embargo and we allowed the food aid and the vehicle aid and also we would like the coalition to have the right to stop the movement and also the oldest

areas where some of the support and the help and aid has been used and also have supports from outside. some of it has not been able to use it because we had also the control in the air and sea. all the units are inside yemen and outside units and many occasion the coalition forces were not allowed any way to support all this equipment. all the information we have, some of the objective is to target this and mainly the kingdom of saudi arabia so we managed to stop all the sites

near the inside the backing in the areas where the operation is. which we wanted to get into -- get involved on the ground. and which i said yesterday one of our martyr was a martyr and none of the houthi malitia or supporters have tried to launch any operation on the borders with saudis and stop the southern border of the saudi

arabia. and this is as a result of intelligence and coordination with all the councils and coalition and also help and also all the offices and the airforces and ground forces and sea forces in order to reach to this result which is supposed to be today. this is the objective of the first phase. >> you are watching a news conference from the saudi-led coalition with an update on the progress of the war in yemen, updating on the air strikes and what they say they achieved so far and purpose remains to keep the pressure on the houthis and they have been targeting houthis the movement and gatherings and infrastructure and claimed during the news conference all

missile launchers hidden by houthi fighters have been destroyed and 80% of ammunition storage facilities have been destroyed and we will bring in an associate professor of contemporary middle eastern history at qatar and is at do doha and what do you think of the progress so far of the air strikes? >> i think after 25 days it's very clear that the operation, the whole operation is about achieving two main goals, one basically weakening houthis as much as possible especially in the light of you know what houthis has done with the whole military capabilities of yemen since september 2014. and the second i think target or objective is that make sure that this is a clean operation.

the casualties of the civilians, not destroy the infrastructure of yemen and try to bring back all yemeni to the negotiation again. i think what we are seeing and this is basically confirming these points and confirming that what has been done so far is moving to that direction. of course it is you know everyday it seems there is a promise on the ground on bringing more forces together in yemen. we know that there was a political vacuum in yemen since september 14 and that political vacuum basically led to you know a serious division within the army where basically we witnessed most of the military forces their fighting with houthis rather than serving the interest of the country. of course what this operation is about is bringing back these forces together and the leadership of the president of

abd rabbuh mansur hadi. >> we have been reporting that military commander has apparently switched sides and is now supporting hadi and is apparently in charge of 15,000 soldiers based on the border with saudi arabia. how significant if that is the case how significant is that? >> you know strategy and militarily everyone knows that these air strikes will not achieve its goal unless there is something going on on the ground. it seems that since the second week there is something going on the ground by bringing together most of those forces trying to communicate with them and the tribal leaders with some so called to the legitimacy like you know tribal leaders and some military officers bring all of those forces together to unify the efforts of you know

that there is a solid and there is a base for all of those forces together. but the problem was, you know in yemen there is no defense ministry and no center you know military center for all of these efforts. and i think we may see in the next few days sort of unifying all of this effort and leadership in sanaa and aiden in particular and bringing all of those forces together. because without putting all of those forces and the leadership and the clear strategy plan to what should be done these efforts will not achieve the goals and will not lead to what the air strikes, you know plan from the beginning. and i think what is the political effort now and the background from the security resolution 2216 is to push to

that direction and basically put together an army and try to put, you know a clear plan to the political process which will bring political forces together because it's not the military operation which will solve the problem in yemen. >> okay, thank you very much indeed and your thoughts on the subject. >> my pleasure. >> let's bring in a person monitoring the developments from saudi arabia and close to the border with yemen so mohamed i want to ask you about the houthi reaction that there has been so far today and blaming the u.s. and accusing the saudi arabia of trying to invade their country. are we surprised at all by the houthi reaction so far? >> nobody is surprised by it because this is exactly what he has been reiterating since the beginning of war and before it and always accused saudi arabia of being a country that is nefarious to the future and present of yemen and have seen

he has tried to drive this wedge several time between yemen and saudi arabia and warning yemen that saudi arabia is a source of danger and not a country that it would like to take care of yemen. it's very interesting to see him lumping america and saudi arabia and al-qaeda in one front that is according to him is against the yemen interest and against the houthis. two other interesting points he made, one a reference to the former regime against which the houthis have been fighting for more than ten years now. he said that the former regime had adopted a more careful policy to saudi arabia. that's very interesting because he has always been dethighing that he has any links with him and clueded with him to take over sanaa and do what is happening now. also the other thing is he sent a message to southern yemen saying we are not against you. we are not here to harm your

interests and believe us if you help us, if you stand with us we will do as we always did and support your cause and you will have autonomy and that is dangerous for yemen who can see in the kind of attempt on his part to seek a compromise with a kind of pact that if you support us and break away from hadi then you and hadi or your goals or you will succeed from the north and we will allow that. so i mean, sorry, i was going to say that he looked like the leader of hezbollah in his comments and tried to adopt this ora of wisdom and very deep political insight and it's a very very political speech there by which he tried to achieve with words what he maybe is failing to achieve with weapons. >> okay thank you very much indeed. thank you. let's get more on the top story hundreds of people are feared

dead after a fishing boat carry carrying 700 migrants capsized off libya coast and we will speak to the president of doctors without borders in italy. thanks very much for joining us and can you tell us a bit more about what msf is doing and how they are expanding the operation as i understand in response to this? >> yeah msf decided after all these deaths to launch some operations in the mediterranean aiming to do a search and rescue operation to save lives because we can not cope any more with the situation we are facing. so many people they are losing their life and european member states, absolutely they are not doing enough to save these people. >> and today there has been another outpouring of messages from eu and various political leaders that enough is enough and we have to do more. do you think this time there is going to be some kinds of action

that makes a difference? >> i don't know. actually we are pessimistic and decided to launch operations. last year when operation in italy is finished the reaction of european member state was very poor and nouw european member state and have a very grave responsibility of what is happening now in the mediterranean so these deaths are a little bit on their responsibility. >> and we know there are push factors of people leaving some of the conflict areas and they are desperate, what do you think needs to be done in those countries to try and prevent people making that very dangerous journey? >> well first of all, european member state are increasingly getting obstacles for these people to try to reach the european shores in a way,

creating walls in greece and bulgaria and creating many obstacles and the only way for these people to try to save their life and give future to the kids is just across the mediterranean and we know very well that is a very very difficult journey and sometimes it's a deadly journey. so to all the people like one year ago were saying that through activities was a little bit sort of a safe net to the people so there was encouraging the people to come across the mediterranean. the situation that we are facing in this particular moment is the contrary. despite what we have in the mediterranean patrolling and saving people and not saving people, they are trying to do their best to reach the shore because they are desperate and because they are escaping wars

and escaping conflict. >> thank you very much indeed for talking to us on al jazeera. the u.n. has warned 90,000 people running for their lives in iraq anbar providence and the area is a center of military incentive against i.s.i.l. government and they are denying the safety of the capitol and from baghdad we report. >> reporter: a sea of people on the run. escaping i.s.i.l. which is about to fully control the city here. they have been walking and driving for the last two days taking whatever they can. men, women, young and old. this is a terrified population with no place to stay. some have been stuck near this bridge in southern baghdad and angry with their politicians and tribal leaders. >> they don't care about us, look what happened to us look at our condition and they sold us and they are cowards and traitors. >> translator: we slept on the

streets in the open in miserable conditions we left everything behind. >> reporter: the politicians and shakes and fled to erbil and turkey in hotels and homes. people who have fled speak of battles and some say bodies are scattered and i.s.i.l. fighters are making gains closing in on the city center. more than 75% of ambar is under i.s.i.l. control and the government has sent reenforcements but this is going to be a long battle. mosques across baghdad have opened their doors to shelter the displaced. this is their new home and everybody here was allowed to enter baghdad only after being sponsored by the highest religious body. more than 250 people live in this building. they are scattered in rooms like this. we are not allowed to film them for privacy but they are scattered all over this compound and there are mattresses there and living in tough conditions.

now they were allowed in after they were sponsored by the sunni endowment because the government hasn't forced restrictions on them to enter baghdad. the number of people coming to the capitol has made the authorities nervous. the government has imposed restrictions. families need a sponsor to get in. some accuse the government of being in different. security officials say i.s.i.l. may have infiltrated the crowds and they need to cross check. and those who are still stuck feel not welcomed. >> translator: they want a sponsor to let us in and if you do not want us hit us or kill us we are iraqis. >> reporter: called on the government to lift restrictions and send troops and weapons to the tribes of anbar and removing i.s.i.l. from the providence is not going to be easy and probably will take a long time. these people are likely to remain displaced, not knowing when they can return home i'm

with al jazeera baghdad. further north kurdish forces in iraq captured two villages near kirkook. and they are using the villages as bases to push i.s.i.l. fighters back and forces have been battling to retake territory from the group since last year. a court in egypt sentenced to death 11 men in the football riot and 70 killed in violence in 2012 and court referred the sentencing to the grand, capitol punishment in egypt has to be approved by the senior religious authority and not binding and could be appeal and final ruling will come at the end of next month. brotherhood students fought security sources outside a court in cairo and hundreds gathered and ran through the streets hurling stones and angry over

the mohamed morsi due in court the same day the spiritual leader of out lawed muslim brotherhood in court and sentenced to death a week ago for inciting violence against the state. tens of thousands of farmers have rallied in india capitol against a proposed planned acquisition bill if it becomes law it will force farmers to sell land for development projects and the government deems necessary and farmers say that will take away right to negotiate and receive fair compensation and we report from new deli. >> reporter: they came by bus and by train from several states around the capitol. these farmers and opposition party workers who organized the rally are voicing their concerns over a government proposed land acquisition bill many farmers already suffering after losing their crops in storms say they now also worry about losing their land to developers. >> translator: these people are buying land at very low rates and then they make a big building and sell it at a profit

and we get almost nothing. >> reporter: the government came to power last year on promise of development to help the economy. the land bill is now stuck in parliament because of opposition from political parties. they say it's unfair to farmers and could force them to sell their land when the government deems a project necessary in the interest of private businesses. >> translator: the prime minister wants to take your land and sell it to rich companies and weaken you on one side on the other side you won't get jobs and you will fall right in between. >> reporter: in of the farmers here agree with that and believe the atlanta bill will leave them without the ability to negotiate fair compensation and without a livelihood. the government says it wants to negotiate with opposition to get the bill passed and trying to talk to farmers directly through meetings and radio broadcast to convince them the bill is good for everyone and what this shows is everyone may not be convinced of that. supporters of the land bill say

it will help push development into rural areas where it will benefit everyone including farmers and say the opposition is simply playing politics. >> no jobs can be created, no infrastructure fall in place whether it's roads or hospitals, education institutions for rural areas we need land where will the land come from. >> reporter: the bill up for debate in the next session of parliament which begins on monday and hope it will be changed to give them back their rights or ready to protest on the capitol again, al jazeera, new deli. the south africa government will come down hard on people who attack immigrants more than 300 people arrested after violence over the last few weeks which left at least six people dead. a special service was held to show solidarity against research xenophobia and attacks from people from other african

countries to find work and some people fled homes and living in makeshift camps and they play made plans to evacuate citizens. >> debriefing services provided to individuals on site at the shelters. specialized services to children in need of care and protection including early childhood development programs are being provided in chatsworth. >> reporter: funeral for pro-russia journalist in kiev after he was killed in a daylight drive-by shooting and supporter of ousted yanukovich and expressed strong views in a daily newspaper and the latest in mystery deaths with allies of yanukovich and they say it's political but pore --

porteshenko was there also. not expected to win support in the first run and runoff at the end of the month and peace talks on the island are said to restart after the presidential election. greece's party faces a trial that could put 18 current and former politicians behind bars and among 70 party members and supporters accused of murder and racially motivated attacks, the far right party says the case against it is all lies and john reports from athens. >> reporter: he claims he is a patriot who fell foul of powerful political interests and prosecution says he is the head of an army that intimated and killed immigrants and opponents and the trial of golden dawn leader and all of his mps elected in 2012 has been almost

two years and coming the thousand page indictment includes alleged crimes stretching back for years. but he says it's a politically motivated frame up. >> translator: gathered the cases together, there was a political intervention in justice system and the cases already existed and believed them to be unrelated and didn't believe they indicated a criminal organization and for that reason we have not been charged but there was political intervention and political pressure and media pressure to prosecute us. >> reporter: prosecution lawyer says the evidence is overwhelmingly. >> translator: now that we have access to the full body of evidence which contains speeches from golden dawn figures and parties because they videotaped them we see they specifically make reference to migrants and all against the goals. >> reporter: a public outcry over the murder of a left wing 19 months ago that prompted judicial authorities to go after golden dawn and they describe it

as a criminal organization lurking under the guise of a political party and point to evidence of military organization a strict eye -- high hierarchy and with unemployment 25% the government began a policy of incarcerating undocumented migrants. >> translator: golden dawn and all racist attackers joined a immunity and they targeted migrants as one of the cause of the economic crisis. >> reporter: golden dawn denies such arrangement and says the conservatives acted out of political fear. >> translator: constantly going up in the opinion polls and a direct threat to democracy losing the ground under its feet. >> reporter: they will respect a verdict based on the facts, it has certainly proven politically resilient, despite the case against it it remains the

country's third largest party, al jazeera, athens. for the first time since cuba revolution in 59 they are allowed to vote in local elections there, at least two of 27,000 candidates don't pledge full loyalty to ruling party, one is a member of the democratic cuba party which is officially outlawed and comes after a historic meeting between cuban president and u.s. president barack obama at the summit of americas in panama earlier this month. a fast-moving wildfire sweeping through parts of southern california the fire which started on saturday evening has burned through 300 acres near los angeles and no injuries reported and issued evacuation order for 200 homes in the drought-stricken area and this now has been lifted and it's unclear what started the blaze. ahead in the program, hamilton has three wins out of four and

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♪ time for sport and here is joe and formula one. >> absolutely and lewis hamilton won it for the second year in a role and was at the desert track and untroubled by his teammate or two ferraris and finished second with rossburg and it was the third win in four races and

extent over all lead in driver standing to 27 points over rossburg. chief egleston says the grand prix will go ahead next season despite concerns over the country human rights record and it will be a street race and more races heading to countries in asia and middle east because government funding can cover the high costs of hosting races and the grand prix removed due to financial problems and uncertainty about the future of the italian grand prix. and he won the first man to be the first three masters titles of the year the world number one needed three sets to edge out and broke early in the third set to take control for 7-5, 4-6 victory and the fourth win for the year. they are in the final of the fed cup after they beat france in semi on sunday and wimbledon

champion had a fourth final for them when she beat garcia in straight sets and returning to action for the first time after a short break from the game and she made the most of a nervous start from her opponents and dominates the second set to claim victory and seal a 3-1 win for the czech republic and they will meet russia in the final in november and russia semi with germany went all the way to the last match with doubles and beating them 6-2, 6-3 to clinch the final place for russia. italy will return to the world group stage next year after they beat the usa in a double playoff and levelled proceedings early for italy and she joined forces with a 6-love 6-3 double victory over serena williams and the defeat is the first since

the fed cup career. switzerland in the world group part of their tie with poland right to the wire and they held the nerve to fight back for a set down for a marathon double victory 2-6, 6-4, 9-7. villa will face the final of the fa cup after they beat liverpool in the last four and the brazil gave the lead after half an hour and six minutes later they made it 1-1 then just after the break delf had a victory 2-1 is how it finished. in england league they tightened with cane beat new castle and fourth place manchester city a 2-0 and the champions have given up hope for retaining the title but the team needs points possible for a champion place

next season and a goal from james collins had the first half lead and then added a second to see him become the permi lead scorer and 7 point lead for liver pool and the chase for the top four. >> i think it was very important for our team to win because we came from two defeats in a row and always when one of the derbys worst so it was very important to try to be a consistent team. >> reporter: warming up for the athletic season with the first major event around the corner at the world relays in the bahamas next month and six time olympic champion unhappy with performance at the first 100 meters of the year. and running in an exhibition race in rio and bolt holds 9.58 seconds over 100 meters and can only post a time of 10.12, enough to win the race and left

the fastest man in the world unhappy and feeling a little bit slow. >> well as i said i wanted to run and it's just one of those things and the institution in the race was poor and lack of running 100 meters and i said it earlier this week that it's all about getting races in. the more i run the better i will get. it's all about running more and more and more and i'm looking forward to continue to running and try to say here and not happy but it's one of those things and got to move on and just took over the race and the coach will analyze it and explain what i need to work on and i should be okay. >> bolt he will be okay that is all the sport for now. >> thank you very much for that. and plenty more on our website, if you want to catch up, the address is al jazeera.com and that is it for me, lauren taylor for the news hour and we will have another round of news in a minute that is all and good-bye

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