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australia withdraws its ambassador to jakarta after two of its citizens are killed by firing squad in indonesia well let's begin with saudi arabia where king salman announced a government shake-up, naming a new crown prince his nephew. 55-year-old mohammed bin nayef. let's look at how this changes the line of succession then. the kingdom of saudi arabia was founded by the king in 1952. there was a success of kings. a recent change was in january when king abdullah died. the reins of power passing to king abdullah's half-brother salman at the page of 79. his half-brother mugrin became

the crown prince. now he's been preplaced by abdel al-jubeir, the deputy prime minister and the interior minister. calman's son is the deputy crown prince. they were chosen among hundreds of princes in line with the throne. more from caroline malone. >> prince mohammed bin nayef is the new prince elect. he is the most powerful man in the exporting saudi arabia. he's been the interior minister since november 2012 a position he keeps despite his promotion. >> translation: his highness mohammed bin nayef was selected as the crown prince deputy prime minister interior americans, and head of the political and security affairs council. >> reporter: mohammed bin nayef studied in the united states and retains good relations with saudi arabia's close ally.

u.s. embassy cables released by wikileaks show him being hawkish on iran. he also helped in the leading of saudi-led air strikes to stop iran-backed houthi rebels. al qaeda fighters tried to assassinate him six years ago when he was head of security services. he's been tough on internal security. there has been arrests of suspected al qaeda and i.s.i.l. members. he's encouraged government aid to syria, and discouraged private donations to rebel groups. during his time as interior minister saudi arabia remained tough on descent at home. activists continue to be detained and imprisoned. mohammed bin nayef is the first grandson of the reining monarch, to be appointed second in command. as crown prince he becomes one of the most powerful men of his

generation. the founder of the institute for near eastern gulf analysis joins us from beirut. good to have you with us. why the shuffle now? >> well the timing of it - it's something i think is very much related to the leadership and saudi arabia. but, however, this is something that every single analyst official observer has been waiting for for the past decade if not more. everywhere has been asking the question when the transition will take place from the first and second generation. now we see it. it's a million dollar question. it's there for free for all of us. >> just to clarify, first and second generation you are

talking about the transition of power from the sons to the grandsons. >> to the grandsons. >> exactly. right now the issue - previously there was succession about the issue of the first generation becoming very old all of them being in the '70s, and '80s. now there's a second generation young, in the '50s. experienced, and the current conference has a long experience in public service, in combatting terrorism. and a lot of the newcomers like the new foreign minister the senior diplomat ambassador in the u.s. for quite a while. we have a good well-seasoned

official that have now been appointed to the senior government position to run. and to have an idea about what succession looks like. so now we know who is next in line. >> there's an interesting question. the new foreign minister is not a member of the royal family. what do you read into that? >> no all of the americans we have there are from the royal family. this is the first time we see a key ministry. it is not a member of the royal family. this is show more inclusiveness to have the other families, other tribes of the kingdom become more inclusive in

governing the kingdom and keep the key positions restricted just for the loyal family. it sends out a positive signal that the competent people will have a chance in getting the senior jobs. >> thank you for your analysis on that let's take you to nepal where there has been discussions by police and protesters to the slow response to the saturday 7.8 magnitude earthquake. this was the scene in kathmandu. some of the protesters desperate to leave the capital, saying the buses they were promised never showed up. net demanded action from the government to help those who need it. police in nepal say 5,000 were confirmed dead and 10,000 injured. thousands were camping outdoors

a need for food water and shelter. we visit a tent city home to hundreds of people. >> reporter: open and exposed. it's the safest place for many thousands across the capital and the rest of nepal. while the threat of after shocks remain no one is taking chances. 10 generations of this family lived here for decade. 24 here since the quake. with only the clothes and personal possessions, this is their lives. >> i had to build this myself and borrow money. we are surviving, no one is helping us no pressure water. his wife is more direct. >> no one from the government came to see how we are coping in this condition. just across the road people have diarrhoea. we are helpless. like many preparing the daily

meal is a generous task. there was little money coming in. we can't go to work. >> water is scarce, not all areas of the capital and the outlining commitment. saturday's quake damaged equipment, gas, electricity, mobile and landline networks. tuesday some of that was partially reconnected. that that survived have been distributed some equipment. they get a few meters of tenting equipment. it's not enough. every family finds a way to use it. at least they should get it. because of that, the government is getting delays. it's already late. people are suffering. workmen are here.

people are getting sick. while the public are grateful for anything that can be provided. there is growing disquiet that more needs to be done, d done soon. we require them pings and help from - required to them. we are going our best. in some places it is done on time. that's why people are giving angriness. >> temporary areas like this remain, the government will be under huge pressure from the public to make sure they distribute fairly what the international community delivered. well let's spoke to our correspondent in kathmandu. have things picked up in terms of aid efforts? >> well there's a little more coming in. it's a slow uncontrolled aid coming out from the airport.

the airport has been a huge bottle neck and impediment of getting search and rescue. today is the first day we are seeing clean-up. if you look over here we see a large machine, cleaning up the area. this was an historic area. here there is a tower over my shoulder which is about - just under two centuries old. this is all that is left of a 9-storey tower. there's about a storey and a half left. there were dozens here when this collapsed. the clean-up effort started, the 72 hours, the point when we were likely to find survivors passed. they pound a person on tuesday. a french. he has been the last person found. everyone since they've been finding bodies pulled out of the rubble. >> i wonder if you could shed light on reports of for example between countries trying to

bring aid and the authorities. what is going on there? >> the main for example has become the level of aid needed. countries are sending the aid. it's not getting out of kathmandu. there has been little access to the affected areas, where most of the towns and villages are. search and rescue relief teams were trying to get out of the airport, and trying to distribute it or get it outside the city is a logistical problem. another point of for example has been the people themselves and the government. there was a near riot as hundreds tried to get an buses leading kathmandu. we went to another bus station of nepal and kathmandu, and people said they were trying to leave for days but there was no buses or bus tickets. now that the aftershocks are gone, they want to leave the area. they are worried about diseases coming in.

people getting jaundice, dyer year. they are not getting relief. for them there's no point in staying. >> thanks for that update the u.n.'s food agency sis four days after the -- says four days after the quake only now will aid by handed out. andrew simmonds travels to the foot area. >> reporter: it's an operation that stops for refuelling and briefings. while the military may have been mobilized quickly, it's not enough to bring the relief that this country needs. beyond the sprawl of nepal's capital is where the extra effort is needed. from this altitude you can see just how inaccessible the terrain is to the special forces rescuers. ltcol has a colossal job on his hands. perched on mountainsides, homes that have collapsed.

the army says there would be no way of reaching anyone trapped inside unless teams are winched down from helicopters in hundreds of thousands of locations. here a landside on a village, that disappeared in a mound of earth. the number of dead is unknown. this is one of further disasters in the wake of the quake and its aftershocks. the ltcol is defending his operation against criticism. he insists while many died, few are recognising or counting how many have been saved. >> one mi-17 helicopter of the nepalese army, if i'm correct, flew 68 missions on the day in a 24 hour cycle. pulled out over 370 people. >> landing at the town, it's not long before the commander saw his ground forces in action,

bringing casualties to a district hospital that should be treating less than 300 people. right now the figures are at just under 800. doctors admit the situation is at breaking point. this woman has a serious back injury, and travelled 100km for treatment on a floor. there's no beds, mats or trolleys left. the hospital is overwhelmed. it's remarkable the doctors and nurses keep going, they have been working since saturday. >> we have to help them. we are left undamaged. we escaped and came to the hospital. >> reporter: the treatment starts on the streets outside. casualties keep coming in, people continue to get injured when unstable buildings collapse, often because of after shocks. others have been travelling long distances for treatment. at first sight, you would be forgiven for thinking the earthquake had only just happened

more to come on the newshour including... ..why being a journalist in burundi is becoming an increasingly risky business. a high price to pay. we speak to a mother in ethiopia whose son went missing while trying to travel to europe. >> get off the streets go home. stay home. you don't have no right to do what you do a warning from one of baltimore's sporting stars as the baseball team prepares to play behind closed doors. details in sport. in yemen 12 houthi rebels have been killed in fighting with government forces. a local commando was killed in the battle that took part this

the southern port city of aden. street battles are reported across the southern and central provinces. the saudi-led coalition bombed the airport run way to prevent an iranian plane from landing. a coalition spokesman said it ignored a warning to turn back. the plane was carrying aid. damage to the runway means it was not useable for any other flight bringing aid. lack of aid means the humanitarian situation is becoming more desperate. people in southern yemen are facing a growing shortage of drinking water food medicine and medical staff. more are becoming sick especially children nigeria's army says it freed 200 girls and 93 women from boko haram. rescued from camps from the strong hold of the for e. ynonne ndedge is live in abuja for us.

what details are coming to light about the women and girls? >> what we are being told is the military do intend to release photographs and more details about the identities of the 293 individuals who have been rescued from the forest. what we understand is that they are now going through what the military authorities say is a screening and profiling process to try to identify where they come from. we managed to speak to nigeria's military spokesperson earlier, who said that the military suspect some of them may be linked to boko haram, by way of being wives and children who have been living in the forest for months in many cases potentially even years. so we are waiting for this photographic evidence. now, the military say that these were not the chibok girls, the more than 200 girls kidnapped from a school a year ago in the

north-east. 219 are still missing. not long after that the military spokesperson who speaks on behalf of the military said they were not ruling out the possibility that within the 293 that have been looked at, there could be girls from the chibok school. people are awaiting as you ma'am, detail and clarification on who the people are, where they came from how they came to be trapped in the forest and how and when they might be repatriated for their families for normal life. >> what does the incident say about the offensive against boko haram is going? >> well this is a huge boost for the moral of nigerian soldiers and other west african forces fighting boko haram in the region. the forest is considered to be the strong hold of boko haram.

and it's believed tha many camps, and this information about the rescue - many read as evidence that the fight against boko haram is going well. it will heighten the hopes that many have that with the rescue of these girls, the chibok girls could be found. there has been months of speculation about their location and it's been believed that they are in the forest or within that facility. people are hoting that this rescue that we have seen, the massive rescue could be the beginning of the end of the elimination of boko haram, and hasten the discovery and return home of the chicago girls. -- chibok girls. thank you. mobile phone access to burundi has been cut, including twitter, facebook what other apps used

to organise demonstrations. it's the latest. malcolm webb reports from the capital. >> reporter: covering the burundi protests comes with risks. this man sells the video he films to tv stations and international press agencies. on monday the government closed the country's most popular radio and turned off transmitters of independent stations outside the capital. journalists are worried about their freedom to do their work. >> this is a sign that the government is turning its back on the free press. throughout the country there is only media created by the ruling party. >> the radio station is crucial at a time like this. people in the city are depending on them to know where the police and protestors are clashing. across the country people depend on it to know what the government is doing, politicians, and the activists.

it's the main form of mass communication in burundi. it's normal to see people glued to radio sets when the news was on. radio african republican was widely loved. sunday, when the government officials first came to its headquarters to close it, a crowd gathered in the street to object. government officials left. the next day, security agents closed it. the government says the live broadcasts from protests was threatening public safety. this independent radio is on air, but only in the capital. management here are worried that it may be next. the newsroom has been a hive of activity since protests started on sunday. journalists say they have been threatened by armed members of the ruling party's youth ring. >> some people from the ruling party have taken to silencing anyone that can provide voice to say no.

the people of independent media. >> journalists and audiences are used to a greater level of press freedom and are unlikely to let it go easily. like many. they are defiant. >> if the police beat me, i do not care. i'll stay on the ground to cover what is happening, for the world to see. it inspires me to do the job. >> political tension shows no sign of easing. so many are worried about what will happen to burundi's press. a nightly curfew in baltimore has mostly been suspected. there was some violence after protesters fought with police. the riots triggered by the death of a black man in police causedy

were not repeated. gabriel elizonda has the latest. >> reporter: police used pepper balls and smoke cannisters to break up a couple of hundred people who defied the curfew mandated. the majority heeded warnings to stay home. rioting seen on monday was not repeated. the streets of baltimore are calm. earlier in the day, the sound of gospel in the streets. in baltimore opportunity and hope don't often knock on the doors. jobs are scarce, black unemployment double that of whites. and the riots doing nothing to help the economic situation. this is one of the poorest neighbourhood, one that needs economic development. businesses are closed and locked, and on the other side of the street, riot police are in force, and the national guard

militarized the streets. residents here say while the police presence may keep the peace, it's not the help they need. what they do need, they e say is they need jobs, opportunity and hope. it's a familiar call heard before after recent killings of black men of 18-year-old michael brown in ferguson, missouri, to the shooting of 12-year-old tamir rice in cleveland and other cases. americans have to pay attention. >> all that requirements everyone to say this is important, this is significant. and that we don't just pay attentions to the communities when a cvs burns. >> in baltimore community leaders like reverend focussing on solutions that can only come from within the community. >> we need to open up schools, after school activities, resources in the community to empower the people.

>> reporter: on the streets they are taking no chance and boarding up windows. around the corner they continue to sing in a city where everyone knows what is broken and now they are looking to fix it now, ever top is here for weather, and a tropical cyclone heading for australia will get wet on both sides of australia. >> that's right, it's been a couple of weeks since we had tropical systems in the world. there's one coming through now. you can see the system off the coast of north-west australia, swirling away. it will weaken as it makes its way southwards over the next couple of days. at the moment there's sustained wind of around 110 k/hr. significantly higher gusts. it will be around saturday into sunday before it makes landfall around the central and northern parts of western australia. heavy rain coming in as we move into the weekend.

the winds not too much of a problem. there's lively weather on the other side of the country. recent storms in sydney heavy rain around the east coast over the last couple of days and there's more to come. particularly around brisbane. the sunshine coast, over the next 2-3 days of 400mm of rain. take a look at friday. looking wet there, and there'll be some flooding as we move on into the weekend. that is one to watch out for. making our way to southern africa things are quiet. pleasant sunshine across parts of southern africa. one or two showers not far from the east of south africa. the wetter weather is north. tanzania with heavy rain. kilimanjaro, 94mm of rain. on the other side of africa,

wetter still. 84mm of rain in 24 hours. heavy showers across the western part of africa. and further downpours at the horn of africa. >> thank you. still ahead on the newshour. >> they should at least come to us for something. >> unhappy in uruguay, why the dream of a new life for the former guantanamo bay prisoners turned into a difficult reality. and they were dubbed the boat people for the refugees from the vietnam war, giving rise to new communities across the world. >> it's tense ahead of a big fight as mayweather and manny pacquioa arrives in las vegas. details coming up with jo in sport. sport.

you're watching the al jazeera newshour. a reminder of the top stories. saudi arabia's king abdullah named his nephew 55-year-old mohammed bin nayef as the new crown proins and for the second time in the country's history, a non-royal will be foreign minister. crowds rallied in nepal demanding help from the government. thousands are living in camps and need food and water following saturday's earthquake. more than 5,000 are confirmed dead. nigeria's army says it rescued nearly 300 women and girls. they were sound in the forest which is the arm's group's last-known stronghold.

a lecturer from coventry university and a boko haram expert joins us via skype. what is happening in the north, what role is foreign forces playing, and who is in control? >> if we remember what happened before the election national forces led were in the north of nigeria. taking part of that country. and they've been taken over by boko haram fighters. at a point the president of chad says the government went in to support the move and took the initiative. we saw the military fighting back before the election. right now, what is happening is after that by the military everything has died down because the regime lost the election. it is winding down.

it explains what is happening basically now. but, of course we have promises even after the election by the national security advisor, and the defence minister that before may 29th handed over to president-elect, they'll be able to get back the girls, the girls from chibok. what is happening now is different to what they said. >> if the offensive is winding down why are we seeing victories as in the ones happening today the freeing of so many girls. is boko haram squeezed out of its last known strongholds? >> well, definitely boko haram - after strong fight at the beginning. it's beating down. what they are doing now is they are going under ground to fight

at intervals like we have seen. carried out a few days back. where they kill people in some parts. it is clear that they have been - i mean they have been significantly weakened. it means they are going to be fighting and what the military did yesterday. by saying that they have cleaned the bushes in the forest. about 200 girls, 93 women. part of that is boko haram. it doesn't mean their defeat a lecture you are from coventry university. thanks for your thoughts australia has recalled its ambassador to indonesia after two of its citizens were executed by firing squad. the executions went ahead despite an international campaign. a filipino woman was spared at

the last minute. >> nine families from all over the world gathered at the indonesian port to leave for a prison island, for the last time before the executions. not long after, ambulances arrive with empty coffins. a grim sign that despite the last minute attempts from foreign governments to save the lives of the national officials here that made up their mind. while a majority in indonesia support the death penalty, many criticized the government for insisting on carrying out executions despite legal flaws. >> we have corrupt judges and corrupt prosecutors. it's the biggest issue, not about execution itself. i feel they, the government, uses politics to cover the bigger problems of indonesia, >> after a last visit relatives of mary jane prayed for a miracle. she was arrested in 2010 with

2.6 kilograms of heroin in her suitcase. the case of the migrant worker from the philippines has led to protest, because she has always maintained her innocence saying she was framed by a drug syndicate. her two sons and parents had returned from a tearful farewell when they heard the news that the woman involved in recruiting mary jane surrendered to police. >> translation: my daughter is innocent. she has always been innocent. all she did was she went to malaysia, spent three days and flew to indonesia. she didn't know about the drugs. >> reporter: their prayers were heard. two australians, four nigerians and a brazilian faced a different fate. they were shot by a firing squad for drug-related convictions. the united nations have urged indonesia to stop the executions, saying their crimes do not warrant capital punishment. the executions went ahead

despite allegations of legal flaws and political interference. the government says it will serve as a strong deterrent. a deterrent in the war against drugs. observers say they'll use the execution to show strength in a time of weakness. president joko widodo continued the executions after previous governments had an unofficial moratorium. in january, six prisoners - a dutch and brazilian national - were executed. both countries recalled their ambassadors in response. indonesia says it is not worried about international repercussions. wayne hay has more from sydney op australia reaction to the executions. >> there's a certain amount of anger and disbelief in australia after news came through that two members of the bali nine

andrew chan and myuran sukamaran were executed in indonesia 10 years after being arrested on drug charges. leading up to the execution of the indonesian government and judicial system. that will continue in the days and hours ahead. tony abbott gave a strongly worded statement in a sombre media conference. >> australia deeply, deeply regrets these executions in indonesia. they are cruel and unnecessary. cruel because andrew chan and myuran sukamaran spend some decade in gaol before being executed. and unnecessary, because both of these young australians were fully rehabilitate while in prison there was also a fair amount of caution in what tony abbott had to say. he emphasised the relationship between australia and indonesia, saying it's a dark moment in that relationship but

emphasised that it is an important relationship and always will be. so judging by that it seems unlikely that in the short term anyway we'll see any further significant steps taken by the australian government against indonesia, other than the move to bring the australian ambassador to indonesia home a decision that has been taken the european commission's president says it was a mistake to let italy's search and rescue provision for migrants to be phased out. they said it was a mistake to leave italy alone to bear the cost. near 40,000 migrants this year have fled the horn of africa to get to italy. this is the route from eastern africa looking to reach europe. the migrants arrived, crossing the border to sudan, and stop off in khartoum.

they make a journey from sudan to benghazi and libya, and it's from here that most try to cross the sea to reach the italian island of lampedusa. often, it's the migrants relatives that raised thousands to pay the people smugglers. catherine soi spoke to a family whose son is trying to make it to germany. >> reporter: this family last spoke to their son 2.5 weeks ago. he was about to start his journey. they are worried sick and want him home. >> translation: if he is alive i just want him to get in touch. if someone sees him, tell him to come back to us. >> reporter: his elder brother and girlfriend helped him raise the $4,500 smuggler fee. his plan is to go to germany where he has a friend. no one at home could stop him. >> i cried a bit. he can't listen to me.

>> reporter: just like him another man is desperate to leave. he does not want us to reveal his identity. his family does not know that he's been planning the journey for a year and saved $1,000. >> there are better job opportunities in england. some of my neighbours are there. they send money home. i want to do the same. >> reporter: posing as new clients we call the smuggling broker in the capital. he told us that we'll be taken to the border with sudan by a mini van that comes on specific days, at midnight to pick up migrants. he'll connect us with brokers who will help us get to europe. $4,000 is all it will take.

it's not that simple. people spend months living rough on the road. many have died trying to cross the sea. perhaps a reason why a captain is not often part of the package. >> translation: once the boat is built, those travelling will choose one among you to be trained on how to sail. they then explain how to get there. >> reporter: here at the family home, his mum prays for his safety. the painful part is not knowing where he is or whether he's in trouble. now, the united nations is warning the situation in central african republic is becoming the largest forgotten humanitarian crisis of our time. and the u.n. refugee agency says 900,000 have been driven from their moment by violence and

2.7 million are in need of humanitarian aid. the u.n. says the assistant programme is dramatically underfunded protesters in mexico attacked the education department in guerrero state, throwing fire bombs and forcing their way no the building. they want the president to stepdown and are angry at government changes. many of the protesters are from the same teaching college as 43 students when they went missing last september former guantanamo bay prisoners resettled in yoour yi are protesting outside -- uruguay are protesting outside the u.s. embassy, wanting to be compensated for the years locked up in detention.

>> reporter: this was not the way it was supposed to be. these men arrived in uruguay five months ago to recover from the nightmare. never charged with a crime, to begin new lives in an unknown land. overcoming the nightmare and adapting to a new life fraught with difficulties. >> nothing has changed. that's why we are here. nothing has changed. we have had enough. we have been promised a lot of things and these promises came true. >> four of the six men have been camped outside. >> they should give us, like, at least some of the years from us, they took 13 years. they should come with us for something. they can't bring us here and forget about us. >> reporter: the embassy is aware of the men's demands. >> the tents have become a symbol of the desperation that these men feel. betrayed, isolated, frustrated. >> reporter: they say the uruguayan authorities let them down, not providing adequate housing, and they are waiting

for their families to join them. >> translation: we want to live as normal human beings in dignity, and feel like human being. >> reporter: five of the six men refused to sign terms offered by the uruguayan government, leading to threats that housing aid would be cut. a negotiator says talks are under way to resolve issues. >> translation: it's a way of calling attention to express concern about the daily aspects of their lives. it in no way constitutes a break down. in the relationship with the uruguayan government. >> reporter: the men say they want to court, but are still recovering by their ordeal and a moved by the generosity of the uruguayan people.

. >> it's difficult. the language is new, the religion, language is new, the culture. everything is new. >> reporter: it could be time before the nightmare is truly behind them well sport is next on the newshour. australian daredevil attempts to land a piece of history. jo will have all the details.

welcome back. it's been 40 years since the vietnam war came to an end. it sparked a major crisis forcing a mass ex-iso does. it's -- exodus. it's estimated many fled, hundreds of thousands left by sea, and became known as the boat people. many died of starvation or were killed by pirates. most that survived the journey settled in the united states. tom ackerman caught up with the families of vietnamese immigrants in louisville kentucky. >> reporter: this spacial house is where this woman and her physician husband lead a comfortable american life. memories are vivid of helping him escape from a camp where they escaped from other soldiers. another memory 17 days at sea on an overcrowded boat before

their rescue. half of the vietnamese of 4 million live in the u.s. followed by australia, canada and france. for them living the american dream is no cliche. >> it's a promise land for everyone. now we have difficult - much difficult than before but still people still want to come to america. >> in 1974. >> people like han li who made 10 attempts to leave vietnam and arrived in louisville in 2002. he's part of a second wave from a culture he's trying to preserve and a communist government he's trying to protest. >> we try for vietnamese people inside. we do it outside here. not inside both members returned to visit family and friends. they have taken american-bred children along in hope of

keeping a spark of heritage alive. frank, born in america, says a reason may by his parent's wish to see him assimilate. >> they wanted to instill american culture in me to make it easier for me, to get along with the other kids in school who don't look like me. he treasures a 40-year-old picture of his mother aboard the helicopter that flew her out of vietnam. frank and his wife and friend visited, some returning to the birth place parents tried hard to leave. >> the way i see it it's my country. i identify myself. i'm proud of that, being vietnamese. to come back and visit, see my country, i'm glad i'm able to do that. >> we wish, hope that it would be better and people have more freedom. it doesn't affected us on the same level, affect me on the same level as it would my mum.

>> they chronicled their family's experience in a project collecting voices of both generations for the future of vietnamese experienced, because of the government blocked the website from the eyes of its citizens jo is here now - before we do that thursday we continue our special series "marking 40 years since the end of the vietnam war" a report from central vietnam to see how chemical contamination in the war has an effect on citizens to this day now we can talk about the sport with jo. and baltimore. >> absolutely that's where we'll start. every game through the history of major league baseball has been open to its fans. that will challenge on wednesday. the baltimore orioles play the white sox in camden yards. in response to the riots, the orioles first two games had to

be postponed because of violence, and the 3-game series against the tampa bay rays have been moved to st. petersburg in florida, orioles considered the home team for that one it's not just baseball fobd by the rioting retired n.f.l. player ray lewis is a much-loved member of the community, former baltimore ravens player. he took to his youtube page and ordered rioters to stop. >> baltimore, get off the streets. kids go home stay home. you don't have the right to do what you're doing, too many hard-working people built the city, we put it on the back. we are with you, we know what is going on, we note the problems we know what has done. we know we are not getting the right justice. we know these answers. rioting in the streets is wrong dead wrong it's only rare occasions that outside the ballpark events

impacted the schedule. the m.l.b. postponed games in 1968 on the day of martin luther king's funeral. baltimore experienced rioting after the assassination of the civil rights leader. in 1989 the series between oakland athletics and the san francisco giant was put on hold after an quake struck the bay area, and the league was shut down for a week in 2001 after the attacks on the world trade center in new york and the pentagon the san francisco spurs are a win away from reaching the second round of the n.b.a. playoffs after taking a 3-2 lead in a series against the clippers. they won game 5. 111-10 111-107. the houston rockets through, clinching the series. james harden was the star man. 28 points.

houston reaching the second round of the playoffs the first time in six years. >> the national football league makes a profit of around 327 million every year. because of a rule in the 1940s, they haven't had to pay tax. the league announced it would pay the taxes on tuesday, amounting to $10 million. the mood is controversial. it no longer has to file tax returns, but publicly disclose how much it paid executives including commissioner roger goodell. >> three days to go before the flight between floyd mayweather junior and manny pacquioa. things are getting tense between the two boxers. as you expect the matching girls and dancing girls on hand. mayweather ooze the confidence with an arrival ceremony at the m.g.m. grand hosting the fight on saturday. >> the opponent with a public

rally at another hotel for some of the 70,000 living in nevada. manny pacquioa will defend the welterweight tight and says he never felt better before a fight. >> this is - what i feel now is my confidence, it's different to their fight that i had. i have never before the people get nervous. i feel excited. i have to prove something, that every time that i'm under, i like that underdog. my killer instinct this is what i want. >> everywhere in-- everyone in the arena is the money chain. it's not all about making money

it's about giving back. you know we try to make a difference. we don't just - we - of course i make a lot of money, but i like to give back to american citizens of course first okay. cities around the world have a few months left to decide on whether they'll join boston hamburg and roam in bidding for the -- rome in bidding for the 2024 olympics. the head of the i.o.c. is courting bids for the 2028. they are talking about an olympics there, and now met with australia prime minister expressing an interest in bidding for the games. >> a bid from australia would enjoy a lot of sympathy and would infect - in fact have a good chances than also to win. but this is for 28, so it's a little bit premature to talk

already about winning. >> on to football, and barcelona are drawing closer to becoming spanish league champions, thrashing their opponent on tuesday. there was a brace from lionel messi, and luis suarez. neymar and jami completed the rout. barcelona 5-clear at the top of la liga a belgium football club says a player needs a miracle to survive after suffering heart failure during a match. gregory mehrtens played in a reserve match when he collapsed and was taken to hospital. a club spokesman said he cannot breathe on his own. >> he had a heart failure during the match yesterday after 50 minutes. he fell down was reanimated on the pitch. brought to the hospital and a machine takes over the function of his heart. that's the situation at the moment. >> an iranian international has been given a 9-month ban by the

football operation after being found guilty of attacking a man. online footage, which al jazeera has not been able to verify appears to show a player reaching to strike a fan. it occurred after a 3-0 loss in the asian champion's league last week an australian daredevil claimed a piece of history. josh sheehan became the first person to land a triple backflip on a motto cross bike. the 29-year-old managed three revolutions at a sports park in the united states. his 91 kilomotorbike travelling at a speed of 97 k/hr. landing safely to the congratulations of friends and fans. amazing. that is the sport for now. >> thank you so much. stay with us here on al jazeera. we have another full bulletin of news coming up in a couple of minutes.

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