. >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ welcome to the news hour i'm sammy in doha a large explosion rocks sanaa, a scud missile base hit in the capitol. european foreign ministers meet for crisis talks after 700 migrants drown in the mediterranean and china president on the first official visit to pakistan with $46 billion of investments, and flying high we are in the kite capitol of the world where hundreds gather for a once

banned sport. ♪ we begin with breaking news out of yemen where a weapons depo has been bombed in sanaa causing a huge explosion. the saudi-led air strike was apparently targeting a scud missile base for the shia houthi rebels and impact from the explosion shattered windows of nearby homes and some had to be evacuated and in a development the foreign minister says thousands of houthi fighters as well as those loyal to former president have been killed since the operation started. and our correspondent is in saudi arabia and let's start with the huge explosions and what is going on there? >> yes, in the mountain overlooking the district of hada

where the presidential palace is located and also the concentration of the special forces and forces loyal to president, former president so it's a very interesting target and it has been a spectacular scene and plumes of smoke in the sky and windows smashed in the nearby residential areas, people fighting and fleeing near the place and however there were no reports of casualties in and among the civilian as than is good news perhaps about it. the coalition air strikes have been particularly trying to target and take out this kind of targets, the houthi depos and particularly the missiles and there have been reports from the saudi side during the last few days about the fear that the scuds that yemen's army used to have and got it from former soviet union may be in possession of the houthis now and may be thinking of moving

them near the border of saudi arabia and that these missiles are very dangerous tactical ballistic missiles and can be modified to have a longer reach. we have seen how the former regime of saddam hussein was able to reach cities in israel by the modified scud missiles so there are fears on the saudi side they may be the most hurtful weapons with houthis and loyalists and for them it's a huge interesting progress in the war to date. yemen officials talking about thousands of casualties on the other side of houthis and the forces loyal to the former president, what sort of impact do we know with that sort of loss of fighting man power have on some of those forces? >> we still need the see the results of the yemen foreign minister mentioned thousands of houthis and loyalists being killed however, we have seen

houthi leader yesterday still de defiant and continuing the fight to the end and seeing houthis in areas in aiden and sanaa and intense fighting against the popular committees and the troops loyal to president abd rabbuh mansur hadi and do not see what the foreign minister has said and have to wait to see those results. >> all right, thanks mohamed there. and we witnessed the explosion and joins us now i understand on the line from the yemeni capitol and good to have you with us. tell us first of all what exactly you are seeing going on around you right now. >> actually explosions one big, huge explosion which could be seen from miles away.

that explosion basically levelled some homes and actually damage from the explosion and with my three-story home it shook the home like jelly. >> this is a base and how close is this base to residential areas of sanaa? >> it is actually within the mentioned area which is what we have been talking about air strikes at military bases in the center and even if the strike is strategic then inside it becomes

dangerous to the homes and neighbors around it and there are dead bodies next to it. you could stand by and watch this. it's still ongoing and explosions in the last two hours and it's not stopping. >> telling us about explosions she witnessing right now in the yemeni capitol sanaa and thanks so much for recounting your experience there for us. bring you through up to date with some other developments taking place across the country now and forces loyal to president abd rabbuh mansur hadi in exile in saudi arabia have been involved in fierce battles we are being told and shelling by houthi rebels destroyed a

number of mosques, stores and residences in the district of aiden. forces loyal to president hadi and tribal fighters surrounded the military camp and trying to secure it to stop a houthi advance and this was the scene in aiden where there have been demonstrations against the houthi movement. and jamal is the editor in chief of arab news channel in riyhad and good to have you with us and we are hearing from saudi officials that the border between yemen and saudi arabia has been secured, give us an idea of exactly what has been achieved. >> it is secured and monitored. the houthi attempted to do a cross over. they want some television live operation where they can claim success but they did not give them a chance.

the area if there is movement of the houthi but no operation in the north. most of the operations are still there and that is what is important today because that is what eventually will make the popular forces of yemen move up to sanaa and that is the strategy is hitting riyad. >> are strategies giving us a sense of a timeline here when they feel they will reach the point where the major objectives of this operation have been and can be achieved? >> the objective is simple and could happen today if houthi agree to join other yemeni dialog peaceful dialog and put their tanks and arms aside and just enter into the room like

every other political party in yemen and start dialoguing and start debating with them to create a new yemen. that will be the objective of the war and could be achieved tomorrow but we have not seen sign of that. so irans are not helping in gathering the houthi to stand still and we saw that in the speech made by the houthi yesterday and others, but eventually that is the end of the game. it's just to accept dialog. >> as the conflict drags on we are seeing more civilian casualties. i was just speaking to one resident in sanaa complaining about the results of a strike on a military base there impacting residential neighborhoods, of course we know the criticism from offam blaming the saudi-led coalition for hitting a warehouse, those sorts of incidents increase do you see civilian casualties perhaps

shortening the military timeline or window for military operations, how much concern is there over that? >> no very limited and those incidents do happen in war. i checked the oxfam story and it could be intelligence or the houthi misused the place but it could have happened of course and but the operation is very surgical, it is targeting only military installations but of course the houthi are everywhere and for example the residential palace, it's in the center but the palace. >> you mentioned that houthis are every where, human rights watch on april 2 criticized an attack on a camp for displaced people saying they are concerned the laws of war might be violated here. >> look, what saudi arabia and

allies are targeting, they are targeting the spirit of security of militarily intelligence, so it's a huge estate that he built for the last 30 40 years and it had to be targeted in order to free the yemeni people from the coup at this stage. but, again, we don't see pictures of casualties. we do see pictures of refugees. there are a small number of refugees as a result of the war but if we compare how they are conducting the war in a senior surgical manner and how houthis are hating civilians in aiden and other locations, the moral

garb is huge between our position and houthi. >> we will have to leave you there for now and thanks so much for your time. the eu presidency called on the union's executive arm to urgently propose new measures to beef up the block border agency and foreign minister meeting in luxonburg and on top is the migrant emergency in the mediterranean and germany chancer says she is appalled by the situation and europe needs answers, both the maltize and italian prime minister says the situation in libya is key to the problem and says it's the starting point for about 90% of the migrants who reach italy by sea and follows the worst maritime disaster in the mediterranean after 700 are feared dead after the boat capsized and 28 survived and taken to italy, the 24 bodies that have been recovered have now arrived in malta and eu

taking place in luxonburg and dominick cane is there and what is brewing there? >> well, it's a day of high-powered meetings at the european council. originally it was supposed to be the foreign ministers' meeting for the regular cancelled meeting and now interior ministers will also be here giving a sense of how important the eu sees this unfolding situation in the mediterranean. a few hours ago the foreign policy chief just before going into the foreign ministers' meeting she spoke to reporters and said she felt that what was happening and unfolding made it imperative to act. >> i felt it was our moral duty to concentrate also now on our responsibility as europeans to prevent these tragedies to happen again and again. the main issue here is to build together a common sense of

european responsibility on what is happening in the mediterranean, knowing there is no easy solution there is no magic solution but there is a responsibility that we have to exercise together as europeans. and consistent and coherent way. >> reporter: a huge issue on the european and how much of a shift in thinking as a result of the latest tragedy is going on? >> well, you alluded to it sammy in your introduction that the italian government has a navel blockade to be brought in the mediterranean and maltese government said it's not enough and other countries and how prepared are they going to be to boost the amount of money provided to try to deal with this situation, let's remember that the italian government had an operation in operation between october of 2013 and october of 2014 and it cost a

great deal of money but it did save tens of thousands and perhaps 100,000 people and when that came to an end the eu brought in the triton operation which has a third of the funding of this and has not been able to gather as many people out of the mediterranean. so the question is going to be how much policy can really will -- be made and both sets are here at the same time indicates how serious the eu considers it to be but whether there will be a viable solution today is questionable. >> all right, dominick cane thanks so much. in another incident in the mediterranean nearly 100 migrants from syria rescued by the italian coast guard and found on a boat off the coast of sicily. according to the u.n. the migrants left syria via turkey 13 children were among those rescued. and we are getting reports from

the greek coast guard as well saying at least three people have died after a boat carrying dozens of migrants ran aground. the latest incident in the mediterranean happened off the island of rhoades and libya is a transit for people getting in and people smugglers are able to operate ease and the two governments taking part in u.n. based peace talks and trying to gain ground by force and emma hey word explains. >> reporter: fighting to control the country in a power struggle which is claiming lives everyday. in the district and heart of the libya capital tripoli violence erupted and lasted for several hours, gunmen loyal to the u.n. recognized government in tabrook barricaded itself and closing exits and entrances to keep rival forces from illegally

installed government in tripoli out. >> translator: any person who dares to close the road will open it by force. we will not tolerate any one threatening the security or stability of the capitol, anyone thinking that the capitol tripoli could be like benghazi is mistaken. >> reporter: libya is essentially split. there are to rival governments and two parliaments. and there is little order. lawlessness and escalating violence have alarmed the international community, i.s.i.l. has now established a presence in libya. people traffickers are free to operate sending hundreds of migrant boats in the mediterranean and talks to find a way forward for libya are taking place in morocco and in the final stages and focused on how power can be shared and four years after the over throw of moammar gaddafi and what happens

at the talks in morocco will be watched by the community because what happens in libya is felt far beyond its borders, emma hayward, al jazeera. lots more still to come here on the al jazeera news hour highway to the future how china is using the ancient silk road route to explain its influence in pakistan. prime, shined and ready, cars go on the show in shanghai but will new models be rolled out and how to stop the slowing sales. lewis hamilton wins grand prix and attempts for another race in the middle east hit a speed bump. ♪ lebanon received the first shipment of french maid weapons in a deal worth $3 billion and funded by saudi arabia, the weapons are supposed to be use

to defend lebanon border and mohamed joins us live now from the lebanese capitol beirut and tell us why these weapons are so crucial for the lebanese government? >> well, sammy, the lebanese government said for a while they are in dire need of weapons because of the threat they are facing and the country are facing from groups of i.s.i.l. or al-nusra and since the syrian crisis began you see a spill over of violence intermittently in lebanon and refugee crisis has brought with it over a million refugees in the country and extremist and extremist groups and because of that lebanese army said they needed somebody to bolster capabilities and in need of arms to protect this vital country. saudi arabia fronted this money and went in a deal with the french, up to date was the first delivery, the first shipment of these weapons.

it was a simple ceremony held at the beirut airport earlier today but you had some heavy hitters there and saudi embassador to lebanon and french defense and lebanese defense minister and all spoke of the importance of this for lebanon and region and lebanese defense minister at one.said it will be a victory for lebanon and region against terrorism and the threat will go down but the question is have weapons arrived today will they be enough to counter terrorism and the threat of terrorism in this country, sammy. >> perhaps adding to this as you probably know some of the guys with the biggest guns in lebanon have been groups like hezbollah and not the central government and being a close ally to iran, is part of this to undermine the influence, the iran yanukovich influence -- iran influence as well? >> that is a good point and saudis have been distract over the fact that hezbollah has been

stronger military than lebanese army and one of the reasons the saudis agreed to do this, the saudis have been upset that hezbollah entered the fray when they entered the syrian civil war and backed bashar al-assad's troops and way they entered the deal with the french government and the saudis of course see iran as the biggest threat and iran backed hezbollah and hezbollah has been stronger than lebanese army and a lot of the politics at play here as well and because lebanon has been essentially a proxy battlefield for so many decades and pulled to groups froem iran and saudis the saudis want to see the lebanese get tougher and not dragged further in syrian civil war and do not want to see a spill over of violence the way they are afraid it might.

>> egyptian group carried out attack in the sinai peninsula and a captain were killed near the border with gaza. they will share intelligence to tract foreign fighters with islamic group in iraq and judy bishop is making the highest level visit to iran in more than a decade and 100 australians traveled to iraq and syria raising the threat of so called home grown extremists. chinese president ping arrived in pakistan's capitol islamabad for first state visit and will unveil $46 billion of investment, the move is part of beijing ambitions to increase influence across asia and we are in islamabad and joins us for more on this and first of all that is a lot of money, where is

it all going? >> well it is indeed a lot of money with benefits to both china as well as pakistan because china gets a shortcut to europe africa and markets in the middle east and in return china helps pakistan improve its infrastructure help with power generation and at the same time also enhance strategic cooperation. this is something which has surpassed anything that the americans have offered the pakistanis and critics say the american aid is thinly spread and does not have the strategic impact but the kind of relationship that pakistan and china are now getting into means that it will have a strategic impact and benefit for both china and pakistan. >> in addition bilateral benefits what does this mean for the big power game in asia between china and u.s. and india

and so on? >> that is a great question and pakistan expressed its desire to buy aid from the chinese and these are submarines which are hard to detect and $6 billion deal and chinese have given pakistan what they needed and willing to give even more military assistance to pakistan. so this is seen as a big game changer for pakistan also in view of the fact that the americans are now giving military assistance to india and selling all types of state of the art weapons and it helps pakistan and also helps the chinese to secure their core corridor and want to connect the arabian sea. >> what about relaunching the ancient trading route, how important is that for china's

economy at this point? >> it is extremely crucial because if you look at the maritime routes most of the chinese ships are traveling through the straits or morocco and worries the chinese and they will bypass that number one and in the long run it will help the chinese to have better relations with the pakistanis which of course will be a win-win for china as well. so, indeed it will be a big, big priority for the chinese and for the pakistanis. this is something that they have been waiting for. this is a relationship that has culminated over five decades and is now bearing fruit. >> all right, live from islamabad. now, let's get some weather news with robin and it's the day of the boston marathon and how is the snow looking? >> record-breaking winter you

think there was some there was some a few days ago and i think it's gone. we start with the weather actually looking at the south and the weather news has been recently the storms from south there overnight and gulf of mexico is warm and sunday the temperature of the land and big in alabama and result was only one tornado. this one was a gentle tornado and strong enough to knock over a tree and it will do some damage but as far as i know that was it. that is gone now and as the storms move up the coast within the last few hours they lose emphasis and the water is warm and it's nighttime in the u.s. but that is moving up the coast towards boston all the same so prospects for runners who start in about two hours time and keep going for most of the day. so we start off roughly speaking like this temperature in new york is 15 and temperature in oxford is 9 and about 10 mark or

more in increasing rain potential for boston. a whole lot moving up the east coast. however, by the time we get to tomorrow recovery day if you like i suspect the sun will be out and it will be beautifully warm and just enjoy the muscles aching. you will feel so much better so i'm told anyway. sammy. >> thanks rob. now in china car lovers are gathering for the 16th shanghai motor show and chinese is the biggest auto market and the demand for new cars is falling and sales for 2015 will raise 8%, almost half of what it was two years ago. foreign car makers are set to unveil new products at this week's shanghai show despite the slow down and saying they invested $13 billion last year and slow down blamed on increasing number of cities placing restrictions on car sales in order to tackle

pollution and we have more now from shanghai. >> reporter: this is arguably china's most important trade event and certainly the biggest auto show anywhere in the world and when i came to the country 26 years ago private car ownership was basically unheard of. last year some 23 million vehicles were sold in china but in percentage terms sales are falling from 13% in 2013 to 7% last year. and there are a number of reasons for that. china's economy is slowing. also the government intensifying campaign against corruption is hitting the premium market and government officials no longer want to be seen driving around in luxury cars and have been selling them off. local governments including shanghai have limited the number of new cars they allow on the road to help curb china's chronic pollution problems. there is something of a

puritanical feel to this particular show and scantically clad models are ban and this year wearing clothes and banning children in the interest of safety so the focus is much more on auto than on show. still ahead on the news hour a show of solidarity in south africa following a series of anti-immigration attacks plus shopping for opportunities, visitors head to cuba but they are not on the tourist trail and in sport things go from bad to worse for the world champion mark in argentina and we will have all the details. ♪

♪ welcome back let's recap the headlines on al jazeera now a weapons depo bombed in the capitol sanaa with an explosion and the saudi-led air strike was targeting a scud base for the rebels in the mountains. italian prime minister leading cause for emergency response to europe's deepening migration crisis and talks between foreign ministers in luxonburg after hundreds of migrants drown in the mediterranean sea on sunday. p ishgs ping arlived in islamabad for first visit and will unveil $46 billion of investment. let's take a closer look at the situation on the ground in

yemen's southern port city of aiden and the scene of some of the most heavy fighting and dana reports how the humanitarian situation is deteriorating. >> reporter: aiden is one of many battle grounds in yemen, for weeks the southern port city has been witnessing fierce fighting, these men are loyal to the president abd rabbuh mansur hadi and say they have made advances against houthi fighters and forces loyal to former president and not only have they seized several important buildings in aiden but with the help of the saudi-led coalition air strikes they managed to expand their control. >> translator: they came and invaded our territory and humiliated us and took our money and came with their weapons. so many women have become widows and so many children are now orphans. >> reporter: humanitarian situation is only worsening, there is a lack of fuel as well as essentials like food and water, efforts to find a political solution have so far

failed. the u.n. is hoping that the warring sides would agree to a ceasefire but the leader of houthis rejected that call and showed no sign of backing down. >> translator: the saudi regime has absolute no right in interfering with our issue, this is our problem, this is our country, this is our regime and we should determine our fate and we should choose our government and we as yemen people should decide our regime. >> reporter: pro-hadi forces regained what was held by houthis but this is one of many front lines in yemen, al jazeera. now a tribal leader blamed nor a wave of anti-immigrant attacks is meeting local chiefs and zulo king hoping to discourage violent attacks saying foreigners were responsible for the high crime rate and a service in a show

against solidarity against xenophobia and called for beas and solidarity and 7 people have been killed in the past week with dozens of shops being looted and torched and charles stratford is live from durban and what do we expect to hear from the zulo king? >> well you can probably hear a bit of applause there, sammy, the king has arrived about half an hour ago now to great applause here. the zulo members of the crowd here welcoming him and enthusiasm behind this stage for them and it's important to note at this stage there really has not been much of an atmosphere and it's pretty obvious that level of support here is still very much for foreign events for majority of the people we have

spoken to. interestingly we have dignitaries as well and nigerian ambassador and the zimbabwe ambassador and when they were introduced on stage there were cheers from the crowd and telling them to leave and then calls for calm and respect from the mc on the stage and then prayers were given, multi faith prayers for christian and jewish and arab community and again there was an image of foreigners sustained by the crowd. as you say we are expecting some sort of message of reconciliation to try and bring down the level of violence we have seen against migrants in the last couple weeks and try and calm things. certainly around the stadium there are signs saying we are all africa so certainly the message seems to be one of reconciliation and peace but certainly some of the people

here who we have spoken to who there is a little bit more reservation about that kind of message. >> all right, there is always two sides to a story they say charles and i know you have been speaking to the migrant workers and what have they been telling you? >> well it's important to recognize that these attacks are basically being taken by opportunists it seems and it has to represent all of south africa and that is what the government is stressing and the migrants we have spoken to, we very were in a camp earlier today and spoke to members of the no -- mozambeke and terrified and said no matter what the king said they do not feel safe enough to remain in south africa and awaiting for the buses the government offered to repatriate

them and one person was married to one himself and has been petrol bombed and had been threatened attackers threatened to kill and also attack last night in alexandria in johannesburg where a man was stabbed to death, there is a lot of fear here among the migrant worker forces here in south africa and certainly a speech given today by the king can calm those fears. >> all right thanks so much charles stratford there. let's continue to talk about this. joining us live in the studio is a former bureau chief for al jazeera south africa and researcher at al jazeera center for studies and good to have you with us as always. if all of this can be provoked so quickly by so few words is it not a sign of deeper societal

problems at play here? >> that is true and i think it's important to remember that these are not about attacks in south africa and attacks before that happened particularly in the northern part of johannesburg and to answer the question it's true there are several under lying problems to the attacks. >> like wealth and unemployment is that all what is brewing here? >> and it all goes back to how the immigration situation was handled post 1994 where you had a large number of people in africa expecting to participate in the economy, post apartheid and suddenly the immigrants from other parts of africa particularly the immigrants who came to south africa instead of competing for the low-skilled jobs that most africans are hoping they will occupy post

apartheid so that is one of the major i think contributor to this current crisis we have in south africa. >> the zulo king is about to speak, can anything he says at this point put the genie in the bottle and deal with bigger issues? >> if you look at what people are saying on their way to the stadium where the king is scheduled to speak, they were defiant and some of the people were saying the foreigners must go and i think he number one has a chance to safe his reputation but i think his leadership is in crisis. he has not had much influence over the zulo nation over a year so one wonders what he will say today will actually help stop the attacks which have been by and large carried out by his own subjects in durban and some

places of johannesburg. >> it may be about saving himself politically than saving the nation is what you are saying. >> it's all about saving himself. he has failed in leading. i think for him to have waited for such a long time i mean he was recorded on the 23rd of march and today is the 20th and only today he is saying something so i think he is saving his reputation. >> thank you so much. let's get more on our top story with tony the explosion in the yemen capitol sanaa and we have the editor of the yemen post and joins us now via skype from sanaa, good to have you with us. let's start first of all can you tell us what is going on right now in sanaa and the areas close to there? >> the problem is this is downtown sanaa so everybody is close and by far the strongest explosion that sanaa has

witnessed over the last couple of weeks of war in sanaa and explosions have damaged hundreds, if not thousands of houses. right now hospitals in the areas are full with injured. the death toll of seven. yes, strikes targeted the outside military storage but it was heard and affected and six miles away. so these kind of weapons are new to yemen and have not been used over the last couple of weeks or specific 23 days and which continues and we really do respect it to be a ghost town by tomorrow. >> update us on what is the situation with people living in that area we understood from earlier reports there are evacuations, are they still ongoing and where are people going if they are being evacuated? >> anywhere except sanaa and the area is so dangerous and houses and roofs have fallen on

civilians and over the last five days and 22 killed because of the aftermath of air strikes. as i mentioned earlier the heart of sanaa so it's very difficult to avoid this and attacks have been very disastrous and continuous and those who are evacuating have relatives in other areas of sanaa are going there but those who are unlucky are forced to stay under stairwells or if they have a basement stay there and just hope that their time does not come soon. >> we know from folks and people for the coalition they say they are not targeting civilian targets. we understand, perhaps you can shed more light, target of the attack was it, in fact, a scud missile under the control of houthis or forces loyal to the former president, is that what was supposed to be targeted or is targeted?

>> very huge or large area base and this task was very close to residential area and very close to a village in sanaa so my opinion is this is the first air strike that directly targeted civilians. this was not the attack. yes, this attack targets civilians and it's the same procedure and steps forcier yeah and in the beginning they used to attack military bases and come pawneds and civilians paid the price and this is the first time this happened. in sport the atlanta hawks flying high in nba playoffs and we will have all the details in just a moment. ♪

♪ united states has already taken cuba off the list of countries accused of supporting terrorism, now investors waiting for trade embargo to be lifted after 20 years and daniel reports from havana. >> the americans are coming but not in the way the cuban government had for so long anticipated. these visitors are here from a washington organization to talk about mutual understanding and political cooperation. >> finally came to the realization, look if you do the same thing year after year for 50 years it doesn't work maybe

you should try something new, something else and so we are now trying something else at long last. >> reporter: many on both sides of the florida straits anticipating and planning for substantial financial investment. the tourists are already here. but this is just the beginning. plenty more visitors will be coming from the united states but they won't all be following the tourist trail and many are coming to invest and in a way that cuba has not seen for more than 50 years. but the u.s. economic embargo, cuba calls it a blockade remains. the growth of cuban economy but not as intended toppling the government. intense negotiations underway in washington and havana to have it lifted, in the meantime preparations are being made. >> translator: they come as tourists and when you talk to them you find they are lawyers,

people who work for american companies asking about the opportunities available in cuba. >> reporter: the cuban authorities have been paving the way with development for instance of this container port west of havana. and many smaller cuban businesses are already well placed and keenly anticipating changes. >> translator: we are not happy just having foreigners here we want them to come and meet and mix with cubans from every social and cultural background and we as cubans want to know people from different countries and cultures to create a space where we can talk share and exchange ideas. >> reporter: for most cubans however, not much has changed. not yet. with all change comes uncertainty about what will be lost as well as what will be gained. the americans are coming while cubans wait with great expectation and some fears over what they may bring. daniel with al jazeera, havana.

now will we see more formula one races in the middle east. >> thank you very much and they say it's unlikely there will be new new grand prix in the middle east in future and they talked in qatar about a possible street race but on sunday 84-year-old said two races in the middle east and bahrain was enough for now and he did admit that they had a veto on new races in the region and on the track lewis hamilton had a lead with his third win in four races this season and cummings reports. >> reporter: in the darkness the spotlight was on defending champion lewis hamilton and races for poll -- pole positions and fireworks between he and mercedes played out.

flipping to fourth early on rossburg rallied to claw his way back and first taking advantage of the vessel veered off course and hamilton had pit stop problems and nearly cost the lead and rossburg hot on his heels and hamilton kept cool in the desert heat while the battle of second and third raged behind and pressure too much and rossburg seized opportunity, with two laps to go mercedes saw per session to the podium and lost their brakes and one, two finish and talked about rossburg's early pass and himilton held on for the third win in four races. >> it gave us a good run for the money and look after the tires

in the condition and markers and was able to keep the car together and keep it as healthy as possible and it never happens when you finish second but after a difficult start of the year i'm a bit laced to get some resolve. >> reporter: as hamilton hope to get this out of the park they will need to find an extra spark to stop him running way way with the title, cummings with al jazeera. driver scandal and he is 27 points ahead of teammate rossburg and a point out of place behind him is ferrari's vessel and next race in spain next month and world champion rosi won a motto gp starting 8 on the grid and success came at the expense of current champion mark this was a lap and off he goes and battling for first place and the victory gives the

riding the six point lead at the top of the gp. >> sorry for this and i feel before in the center of the corner and after another time and i'm sorry for this i hope he is okay but it was a great race, i'm very happy. >> sounds really sorry doesn't he. and the first man to win the first three masters title of the year and needed three sets to edge out burdick and 7-5, 4-6 victory and victory. futbul and they will be in the final cup after beating live pool in semi finals and brasilia gave the lead after half an hour and six minutes later and thanks to the belgium striker and in the second half he had the victory 2-1 is how it finished.

and playing in the cup and match and 7 points clear in the english premier league and fourth and beat them 2-0 and replaced 6 after winning 3-1 at new castle. germany they named former coach thomas as a man to replace at the end of the season. meanwhile in the league rossburg behind behind munick and put him ahead but former chelsea and kevin dropped the equalizer for mossburg. >> i think we played a really good match and deserved to win but unfortunately we did not and we are up seven points clear to third and fourth place of yeah we need to play like this and we will stay on it. antidoping agency decided not to appeal decision to acquit 34 australian footballers for

illegal drug use and handed it over to the world doping agency and the case involves past and present players from the team one of the country's top afl sites and it will look at the evidence and they will decide whether or not to appeal the not guilty verdicts. nba playoffs four games on sunday the cleveland cavaliers and grizzlies and clippers were winners as were atlanta hawks and beat the brooklyn nets and hawks won all four of regular season meetings against the nets and it was familiar on sunday and dennis there getting one of his 13 points, two of 13 points on the board for atlanta and put in the shade by kyle korver with 21 points and game two is on wednesday. >> it felt like we had not played a meaningful game in quite a while and i try to do a good job everyday but there is when the playoffs come there is a little something extra in you

that gets you going so i think we all had tons of energy tonight and kyle was awesome and a lot of fun. >> reporter: one of the highly rated young quarterbacks before almost ending a career and tim tebow could make return to american football and led the broncos to the title in 2011 but after being traded to the new york jets his career stalled and the new england patriots he was cut in 2013 but the 27-year-old is set to sign with philadelphia eagles with preseason training. won the first pga event in five years and the heritage in south carolina and beat american kevin kisner and finished 18 under par and rider cup player and winning on a birdie on the second extra half. french to the final of the

european champion cup in the semi finals and needed extra time to do it so they scored the first 4-2 and 23 points to 15. and he did get a try back and the match got interrupted by a cat as you are about to see. and winning 25 points for 20 and still on course to become the first site to win 3 european titles and will face the final and bolt warming up for the up coming athletic season with first event around the corner and world relay take place in bahamas next month and the six time olympic champion was not happy and was running in an exhibition in rio, not very happy with his eventual time of 10.12 seconds.

that's it, more later. >> thanks so much. china officially welcomed spring in week and in the eastern city that means kites, hundreds have gathered to take part in the celebrations and as we explain. >> an swath of color and sign of better days ahead and nothing can stop kite enthusiasts for ushering in the spring where kites originated thousands of years ago as instrument of war and it's a sport and joy for en people and this came from a ban in the late 1960s and it was deemed unpure as part of a cultural revelation. >> translator: the difference between china's kites is overseas and use big blocks of color and focus on flying and chinese focus on shape and paintings of kites.

>> reporter: it's a traditional art form that he has turned into a business using only the strongest bam boo as framework and finest paper and silk as a canvas for traditional painting when completed each kite tells a story with shapes and colors symbolizing harmony to prosperity to long life and they become flying works of art. tens of thousands of people come here every year nor the kite festival and all vying for the honor of being recognized as a kite master. anyone can learn to fly a kite but takes experience and special skills to master it and to learn to dance with nature with grace, beauty and longevity and the dragon symbolizing china itself and nothing better to look up at the sky and see a master piece. once a year it becomes a giant canvas celebrating their heritage. i'm with al jazeera, china.

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♪ a large explosion rocks sanaa, a scud missile base is hit in the yemeni capitol. ♪ hello and welcome to al jazeera, i'm sammy and also coming up, european foreign minister meet for crisis talks after 700 migrants drown in the mediterranean and china president is on his first official visit to pakistan with 46 billion of investment and flying high where the kite capitol of the world where hundreds gather for a once banned sport. ♪