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macedonian police. >> thanks for all your help to the united states, the president meets the pope at the vatican. >> first yemens former president has for the first time announced his alliance to houthi rebels coming after his house was targeted by the saudi-led coalition in the capital sanna. let's hear this report now. it's the first time the saudi-led coalition that targeted ali abdullah saleh. he was not hit in the attack. >> you should continue to carry

your arms in defense of these belligerent attacks. you are brave enough, come and face us on the battlefield. come and we will be at your reception. shelling by rockets and jet fighters cannot enable you to achieve any of your goals. >> this is the moment the international airport in san that was struck by jets. houthi fighters say it was a prevent the landing of aircraft carrying aid. the saudi-led coalition has intensified its military campaign pounding targets targets in saada province ins northern yemen and other provinces. saudi commanders say this was an army depope the houthis were planning to use to chem saudi villages. the coordinator for yemen said

no civilians in saada city are trapped because of a fuel shortage. saying the indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas is a violation of international law and that issuing warnings is not enough. a humanitarian truce is offered tuesday but the houthis say any step to alleviate the suffering of the yemenese will be welcome. they are also urging aid agencies to send immediate relief to the people. >> it is the saudi doing the attacks. if they stop the fighting, this will lead to the humanitarian crisis in yemen will i'll say it will help humanitarian and i would to come into yemen, if the odds will stop.

if they will stick to thissify day ceasefire. >> this was a village attacked in the southern province. local people say there are no nighers in the area. the continuing war undermines their chances for a political settlement in the country that was ravaged by years of instability. the houthi rebels say they are open to political talks if they take into account their growing political influence across yemen. al jazeera. >> we can talk to the u.s. resident coordinator in yemen. actually, you are not in yemen you're in jordan, he speaks to us from the capital amman. when did you leave yemen and

why? >> first of all the united nations have never left member. we have 500 members of different nationality to perform the now standing task, often at risk of their own life. only the last three weeks, we have delivered emergency food assistance reaching over 1,200,000 people. we have a number of areas around yemen, amman being one of them. we are ready now to seize the opportunity of dutch humanitarian posts requested for long, which is what the secretary general have been pleading for in the last few weeks. shots have been fired, we are ready to suspend the operation. >> what is your understanding of the response of the houthis and their allies to this offer of a five day pause humanitarian pause, what's your understanding of how they have responded to

that? >> my understanding is that there has been an is that there has been an official response but we need acceptance to answer formed into agreement. we need to be given proper instruct r. of this for the u.n. to start operations on the ground. we are ready to do that. certain provision have to be made. there is no time to lose. every day that we spend innocent civilians lives of lost. >> when your colleague mentioned that the saudi-led airstrikes are actually in contravention of international humanitarian law was he referring to saada which i also of course the houthi

stronghold? >> i will not repeat the statement which was issued by the office for the coordination of matter of affairs. it's a matter of public record, but yes my understanding is what you indicated but broadly speaking it refers to the need to abide by basic principal of international law to try to limit the already enormous toll on the innocent civilian population of yemen that we've observed since this military campaign started. >> you said that the u.n. is ready to mobilize itself and to start distributing aid much-needed aid because of course yemen even in good times relies upon imports for so much of its food and supplies. >> very much so. we have to take into consideration that yemen was at the beginning of these hostiles

very much in -- and what it will take to restore it to normalcy, we have to appreciate that the system has collapsed, health system the infrastructure system is profoundly disrupted roads, electricity and water and many more will die because of that damage on the infratractor and inability to help the wounded, the people are more affected than the war itself. hence we need to give urgent humanitarian space for the unit nations just to tackle need and bring food and fuel, which is in very short supply and save life. it's a matter of days. >> thank you very much indeed for speaking to us, u.n. coordinator to yemen. >> there have been reports that arab countries may provide air

power, cover to help opposition sources in southern syria but jordan worries supporting the rentals could threaten its own national security. we have this report now from the jordan-syrian border. >> the relationship between jordan and syrian is anything but clear cut and comfortable. the government has been silently training and arming what it calls secular rebels from the free syrian army in exchange for protecting its border and keeping so-called extremists away from it. the rebels most recent gain seizing a vital border crossing between jordan and syria. jordan was alarmed to find out the moderate fighters it supported jailed the al-nusra from the. former from said the threat of terrorism is lurking around jordan's border and that it may take action inside syria if its

internal security is threatened. >> today's friends are tomorrow's strange bed fellows so therefore, we are, you know, trying to adjust to the varying situation. you cannot be all confident that everybody is walking the line as you would like them to do. >> syrian rebels have scored major battlefield gains recently in the north and south. there have been reports that arab countries want to help them further weaken president assad's government. right behind jordan's border with syria is a strategic province for the government, it's only 100 kilometers away from the seat of power in damascus. any major gains by rebels close to the damascus highway would constitute a real threat to the syrian government. there have been talks about countries providing air cover

and possibly antiaircraft missiles to rebels in southern syria. reports suggest this would have to be led from jordan. for the rebels a no fly zone has been a long standing demand, but not something they've been promised. >> we promise syrians in the world that the regime will not last more than a month without a no fly zone. antiaircraft missiles, these are mere reports. >> with saudi arabia's attention diverted to the conflict in yemen and jordan's reservations about backing syrian rabbles, it is greed that an intervention in syria is a remote possibility. >> there's been heavy fighting along syria's border with lebanon. the assad regime ally hezbollah and rebels have been battling for control of the area. our correspondent is in the valley along the lebanon-syria

border. omar, tell us what is happening not far from you in calamoun. >> it's over 40 kilometers from where in. in the early hours of the morning, there were very heavy attacks in two areas. it is a vast mountain range. we understand it was the fighting was near. we know from reports that the syrian government planes have struck a number of target in the mountain range. it won't be an easy battle because it's mountainous terrain.

>> we are getting reports of heavy fighting to the north of where you are in syria in idlib province. >> yes, that's right particularly in the town that had fallen to the rebels about two weeks ago however, there is a hospital in that town where up to 150 syrian soldiers are besieged in this hospital. now the rebels are from the coalition of rebels, including al-qaeda al-nusra front are attacking that hospital. they use the suicide bombing then edge closer to the hospital. we understand they even managed to enter and reach that compound so probably they will control it perhaps in the next hours or perhaps days, however having said that, the syrian government is also keen of not letting it fall completely to the rebels and are sending heavy reinforcements to that area and they are using their air might against rebel positions in the

area, as well. >> because it is indeed strategically located, isn't it, very close to the main road which leads to assad's home land. >> yes absolutely. it is considered the gateway to the coastal area where an attack here is indicated and that i also the assad stronghold. it also overlooks the key road leading -- connecting rather aleppo idlib right to the course is very important. if the rebels control that area firmly, they could even cult the supply route that the assad regime is using to send reinforcements and supply all the way to the coastal areas and that area in particular. it is not far from turkey and syria is really nervous about this p.m. that is why president asses days ago vowed to send

reinforcement the to retake the area. >> thank you very much, omar al saleh on the border of syria and lebanon. >> attacks happened that north of baghdad a blast hit two towns, at least nine people were injured. the iraqi government has red on rareian backed shia militias in its fight against isil in anbar province to the west but it's feared sunnis would be alien nailed if they retake the province. the government is trying to create a local force. we have this report from baghdad. not all sunni tribes are onboard. >> the iraqi government said the recruit drive is the first step to creating a no one sectarian force to fight islamic state of iraq and the levant in anbar province. hundreds was sunni men are now

officially part of the government backed popular mobilization force. that means they will fight alongside iranian backed shia militias and government troops in the mainly sunni province. >> today is different. there is a state standing behind all your efforts and providing all the necessary resources. iraqis have put behind their differences. >> anbar society is divided. there are other influential tribes who want to fight isil alone. >> we wanted the government to address sunni grievances. for years, we suffered from the government's sectarian policies, we won't accept iranian control and now through promisees, ran is trying to extend its influence in anbar. we won't accept this. they want to eliminate sunnis. >> isil controls much of this province west of baghdad. the government announced a military operation to recapture

anbar in early april but made few advances on the ground. iranian backed militias say they are ready to help, but prime minister abadi is trying not to in flame tensions. >> government forces have not been able to recapture isil territory without the help of lush's and use led coalition airstrikes. man enanbar do not want the militias in their province. they prefer weapons but the government is reluctant to provide them with ammunition. >> so the sunnis already fighting isil on their own may have no other choice but to fight alongside the government. they are hoping they won't have to answer to the paramilitary shia forces. >> we will defend iraq as a nation. we are hoping that this force will eventually be part of the so-called national guard. we will be under the defense

ministry. >> isil exploit the situation in anbar, long a symbol to the opposition in baghdad. this is a battle that is at the heart of iraq sectarian and political divide. al jazeera baghdad. >> we've got a lot more to come on this al jazeera news hour, including a desperate journey how they get smuggled and held by human traffickers while escaping violence. >> meet the nepal baby born premature and struggling to survive after the earthquake. >> we have the sports coming up.

>> two boats have washed ashore in western indonesia at the northern end of sumatra filled with migrants. they are believed to be from myanmar. from the international organization of migration our guest joins us on the line from jakarta. thank you for talking to us, steve, what have you discovered about these people? >> we were notified earlier by crimean authorities at least 574 individuals came on a total of four boats. they landed, they are a mixed group from what we can tell, also mixed women and children within the group. >> and their condition? >> their condition, 54 needed medical treatment. they have been treated mainly for dehydration. the local authorities have done an excellent job taking care of

people. they have been transferred to a local police station to be screened and transferred to a shelter. >> what are the people fleeing from in myanmar? we know many tried to get out of the country and usually go through the jungles into thailand. >> we don't want to speculate yet, because we haven't spoken to them. we will be going out there tomorrow and we've spoken to people about coming to speak to them. >> you are sure many are rohingya. >> yes half are and half from bangladesh. >> what will happen to them now? >> that's the question. the local government will need

to base the national government, they will be screening for refugee status and people will need to determine first whether they're refugees. if they're not maybe some go home but the rohingya, it's also a difficult story. >> thank you very much. june as we were saying thailand is one way the migrants go but are held by human traffickers. >> we're told by someone connected to the networks that there are four boats who made their week long journey down

from myanmar. they haven't come close to shore because of the program that started a week ago. >> it's estimated that 60,000 have been trafficked through thailand in the last 17 months. >> the human cargo is loaded into smaller boats a few dozen each and they make their way up the inlet waterways. this is a drop off point. they do it at night so no one can see. they make their way into the jungle camps in pickup trucks or through forests. if there are children in the group, it can take up to two days. >> this is where they end up in hidden jungle camps. this was abandoned hours before we arrived. in some cases, they are held for months waiting for ransom money to reach the traffickers. >> this is a group of 10 soldiers, they're going to hike sue into the jungle and put

barbed wire between the countries. >> there are two provinces that border malaysia that the army is focused on. these operations searching out for camps and traffickers that run them, that's because this area is a known root for the rohingya going from thailand into malaysia. >> that's just the area where the carves are thought to be. thailand has called for three way talks to deal with what they call a crisis situation, one that ended with hundreds of rohingya held here. some were killed by the captors or died along the way. al jazeera near the

thai-malaysian border. >> south africa's main opposition party the democratic alliance has elected its first black leader. the parliamentary leader now reach places helen ziller who announced she was stepping down last month. this is seen as an attempt by the party to shake off the image where it is dominated by the white majority. the democratic alliance hopes having a black leader will make it more attractive to black voters, is that right? >> the that is exactly right. when he gave his acceptance speech, he knows some thought the party to be representing the interests of the white majority. when he stood up, he said i understand that race and race inequality are big problems in south south africa. you can't look at me and say if you don't see a black man because i am black and race is

in issue. he said the fact that he's been elected the first black leader of the opposition party means progress is being made. people must even the disregard the fact that he is now there and plans changes. he said look at me very carefully to president tshuma, i am coming for you. a very vibrant strong, enthusiastic new leader of the d.a., people waiting to see whether having him as head of the party will attack more voters. >> he's even been compared to a younger obama hasn't he? that's the point, he is very young and some wonder whether he's got the experience to take on the great a.m.c. machine. >> exactly that is of big concern. he is only 34 years old. some people say he really doesn't have big enough political clout yet. he needs time to be molded,

shaped. he hopes that senior people been the d.a. will work with him and make him the great leader that he says he wants to be. the fact that he's young vibrant and black in a country where most people are young black and unemployed, people hopes having a young face for the party will bring new ideas and shake things up inside africa. people are saying maybe things are changing in africa, the political landscape that definitely been shaken up. we will see next year 2016 when local government elections are held how well the d.a. does. will his being head of the party actually work and will more black people vote for that party in 2016. >> he's got quite a hill oh climb, because the dncnc swept the

boards when it comes to parliamentary seats. >> i couldn't quite get the question, but he has a long road to climb a long hill to climb. it won't be easy, south africans message to but there's a sense in the air that the leaders have failed and not doing enough. south africans are hoping for better things on the hoarse don. they could still support the anc, but this could be a wake-up call that black people, it's not just the anc if you're going to deliver, we will make our decision by voting the other party in. june the weather looks pretty decent there, let's find out about the united states. >> we seem to have a bit of a lull across the united states,

it is the peak tornado season. we've season major systems spawned from these two areas of cloud. you can see this one across the southern united states, across into denver, we've had storms. we've got our sub tropical storm system working its way across the coast of the carolinas. let's look at this one these shots come from eastern colorado where there were several tornadoes reported during the course of yesterday. this is not a particular strong twister, rainbow showing in the backgrounds. in texas there were quite a few spanned during the course of the day, they are much more deadly and you can see the emergency vehicles coping to the damage called by one particular storm.

in the forecast, there are further storms across the southern states, and across kentucky indiana and tennessee we're going to see heavy storms developing heading through towards monday, certainly another day to look at for tornadoes. >> thank you very much, richard. >> we've got a lot more to come here on the al jazeera news hour including the journey of death, the migrants ending up in a libyan morgue after failing to reach europe. >> a language rises from the dead an indigenous community in venezuela is holding on to its cultural heritage. >> in sport find out if golf's world's number one can stay in contention in one of the sports richest events.

>> hello again you're with al jazeera. i'm martin dennis and these are our top stories. the caused led coalition targeted yemen's former president, hitting his house from the air. ali abdullah saleh was unharmed in the attack in the capital anna. for the first time, he openly announced his alliance with houthi rebels. >> south africa's main opposition party the democratic alliance elected its first black leader, seen as an attempt to shake off the party's image of being dominate by the white minority. >> four boats carrying 574

people washed ashore in western indonesia. half are rohingya, possibly refugees from myanmar. >> german military ships rescued 200 migrants found in the mediterranean abrupt. most were from somalia and eritrea. more than 400 have been rescued since friday. defense ministers from five european union countries are due to meet to talk about how to stop human trafficking and the flow of migrants from north africa. >> libya's ambassador to the u.n. rejected a plan to tackle the growing migrant crisis saying libya's been left out of crucial international discussions. thousands of people from the middle east and africa leave from libya's shores for europe, when many of them die at sea.

a warning, some of the calm the crossing of the mediterranean the journey of death. still thousands are willing to take their chance. he tells me there was chaos people shouting, the boat capsized and people fell into the water. he doesn't know what happened next. he was thinking of himself. he was rescued by the libyan coast guard. often dead bodies are forgotten at sea and float back to libya. he said he has never seen anything like it. he's the driver of the only refrigerated ambulance. he has transported dead fighters and seen all sorts of wounds. >> it's horrifying. there is a terrible smell. the bodies were in the water for 20 or 30 days. some were eaten by the fish.

some bloated or downfield by the salt. others are found floating and fisherman bring them back. >> the corpses are taken to the morgue. it's in poor condition. look at how they keep the fridge closed. the smell of rotten bodies is overwhelming. >> the bodies were found randomly on beaches. nobody knows for how long they have been floating in the sea before they washed ashore. some are so if i say figured they've been in the water for a while. there is a child three or four years old. >> they were found on the beach in january and since, they have been lying here slowly decomposing. nobody knows their names or where they come from. somewhere their families wonder what happened to them. >> it's very painful to see these dead bodies, no one asks for them. we have no means to take d.n.a. sample. they stay here for months,

sometimes six or seven. they suffer in death, as well. it is really painful. >> they are given a number, only the location where they were found is registered. it can take a long while to bury them. there is little money and with a country at war dead migrants are not a priority. the unknown bodies will eventually end up in this cemetery tucked away between the sand dunes. it was once used for members of gadhafe's security forces who died in the jump ricing in 2011. 37 migrants were buried here recently. those at the morgue will join them one day. the story of these bodies will go journaled by the thousands of migrants waiting in libya to cross the mediterranean. any one of them runs the very real risk of ending his journey here in misrata's nameless cemetery. al jazeera misrata. >> police in macedonia are continuing to battle against an

armed group in a town in the north of the country where ethnic albanians are in the minority. 18 police officers and 14 fighters were killed on friday. we have more. >> sporadic gunfire can still be heard on the streets. police say the main operation ended sunday night but some refuse to sundayer. the fighting emptied the streets in the mainly albanian neighborhood. the police action began early on saturday morning in the city about 40 kilometers north of the capitol. it's an area that saw fighting during an ethnic ail bainian insurgency in 2001. >> we are sending a message to those who want to divide us. leave us alone. let people carry on with their lives. they do not know how to run the state, the least they can do is let us so we can live in peace.

>> the government said the attackers entered from an unnamed neighboring country. some police involved in the operation were killed and several more wounded but it's unclear how many casualties there were on the side of the armed group they were fighting. the events will deepen concern over stability in macedonia. the government is facing opposition allegations of wiretapping and abuse of office. >> the most important thing now is to help the population and provide and guarantee their supreme court. this dark scenario will not succeed. >> in the past week, there have been street protests demanding the resignation of the prime minister amounted opposition leaders are calling for more protests. the fear is that political leaders on either side will use the events to further heighten ethnic tensions. it's estimated 30% of pasadena's 2 million people are ethnic albanians. they want greater rights after a peace deal but frustrations flare because implementation

have been slow. >> euro zone finance ministers are meeting in brussels as bankruptcy threatens greece. it has to repay more than 700 million euros on tuesday but the government in athens is refusing to cut spending to meet creditors' demands. one of the biggest bone of contention is the pension system. >> leisure is perhaps the only luxury left to pensioners these days. their money is usually spoken for. >> i'm paying off a home improvement loan. my children don't have work. i spend the rest of my main helping them as well as property tax. >> pensioners make up 17% of the economy and have become a safety net for society as a whole. they are also the government's biggest expense despite being cult by half to an average of $900 a month.

there simply aren't enough contributions coming into pension funds because a quarter of agreement workers are unemployed and the funds crippled when they were forced to accept a loss on government bonds they invested in. the high court decision due next month could raise the government's bill by anything between the half billion to $500 billion a year because it is expected to rule the pension cuts unconstitutional, likely to widen the gap by creditors who want further pension cuts. >> i won't pretend it is prettier than it is. they haven't backed down and insist on cutting mine and other pensions. we said we won't make anymore cuts. there's a clear confrontation between us. >> the government emphasis on welfare is still highly popular still not affordable as the population ages, but there is a plan. >> a permanent cash flow into

the system to make pensions viable for decades and remove them as a budget expense. >> in theory, that should also remove them from the negotiating table, but similar long term planning for education and making the economy more productive appeared to be absent and the money he wants to earmark for pensions is money credit stores want diverted to pay off the debted, which is now higher than ever. al jazeera athens. >> rescue efforts continue in nepal two weeks after the earthquake that killed more than 8,000 people and injured more than 15,000. the priority now is rebuilding infrainstruct you have and preventing the spread of disease. we have this report from katmandu. >> they are the youngest affected by the quake premature babies born in the hours and

days after. she was 30 weeks pregnant and happened to be in hospital when it began to shake. >> first i was told not to move, but then the hospital kept shaking and an objection send cylinder fell over. the doctors came and told me to get out so i ran down the stairs. >> she had to get an emergency cesarean operation 12 hours later because of the risk to her life and her baby's. doctors say several women had miscarriages following the disaster. they are emphasizing the need to keep a close eye on their pregnant patients. >> in these kind of situations, it is expected. we do know that women go through a lot of stress. women who are about to deliver are particularly vulnerable. they may lose their homes they maillots the breadwinner and that does cause stress, so there could be premature delivers. >> some, however didn't have

the proper medical help available, even before the earthquake struck. >> adding to the stress for some of these women is living in tents like these coping with hot weather some days and rain on the others. at least they are close to hospitals like these in the capitol. those in remote areas are even more vulnerable. >> the united nations estimates that there were 126,000 pregnant women in the quake-affected areas, most in rural and remote districts. the focus now is to get medical help to them. >> it is concentrating on making facilities available in the district and even in the streets. women can come and have the service and making them available indoors tents 24 by seven. >> the next step is providing the long term care premature babies need. for them, the after affects of the earthquake may last a lifetime.

al jazeera katmandu. >> lausanne has more than 3,000 people forced from their homes because of possible flash floods and landslides. they've prepared relief packages and designated buildings also emergency shelters. the civil defense offers said there were no reports of injuries nor deaths, but the storm knocked out power in much of the province. >> taliban fighters in pakistan say they shot down a hospital carrying foreign diplomats. seven people died in friday's crash, which the pakistani government has blamed on technical failure. a taliban video is said to show fighters firing a missile. >> the cuban president raul castro has met the pope, pope francis in the vatican.

president castro thanked the pope for his roam in the recent improvements in relations between the u.s. and cuba. the pope mediated the negotiations. washington and cuba were announced to work toward resuming diplomatic ties after more than 50 years of tension. >> our reporter is in the cuban capitol havana where the pope is due to deliver in september. >> havanas cathedral is full for the ordination of two priests. decades of restriction by communist authorities have taken their toll. the church is still not allowed regular access to the mass media, but now under president raul castro, the government is making some modest but significant changes.

as president castro meets with pope francis this weekend to discuss the pontiff's upcoming visit, new churches are allowed to be built and a few old ones returned. i asked the head of cuba's catholic church what he expected from the pope's visit. >> it's natural that the pope will reaffirm the church's desire for cuba to open up to the world and the world open up to cuba especially as the pontiff has participated in the dialogue between the united states and cuba. >> pope francis will be the third pontiff to visit cuba in 17 years which is a lot considering that cuba is a small country where the church is not particularly strong, but then cuba has weakened an interest disproportionate to its size and pope francis' role in helping to reestablish diplomatic ties between cuba and washington makes this upcoming visit

significant. >> the spraying of coca plants has been ordered with a controversial herbicide in colombia. the government is looking at other ways to destroy the plants which produces cocaine. huge areas of the jungle have been sprayed with the we'd killer over the past 20 years. >> many guatemalans have celebrate following the resignation of the vice president. linked to a construction scandal involving several millions of dollars, some say it is not enough, they want the president to go, as well. >> one of venezuela's indigenous groups has been struggling to keep their identity and culture alive. it is beginning to pay off as they revive their language.

>> the people in western venezuela say they are of the water and like the water interconnect the with the rest of the world. in the laguna, there is some commerce and men continue to fish but their culture and their language nearly vanished. recognizing the importance language has in the process of self determination anthropologist began work on the grammar with the help of the surviving people who spoke it. >> even the existing literature made no reference to the language. crucial aspects of their culture that served to build a people's identity were not being recognized. >> the task was made even more difficult, because they barely spoke among each other. the three elders who helped fernandez have died, but thanks to them, lessons are taught in schools like these.

there have been translations. >> for local ant though apologiesists, it is giving them greater participation. >> collecting and waving local weeds, she has five children and all have left in search of jobs. >> this job is very hard. there's nothing else to do. all my life, i had the same job collecting to build up them for the tourist spots. >> there is a great volume of

local knowledge that needs to be incorporated into the school's curriculum so that the children grow proud of being who they are, but they also need to receive other tools that will allow them to defend themselves in the world. >> as they struggle to maintain traditions with changes all around them, fernandez and his team hope their efforts will them them decide their own fate. virginia lopez, al jazeera venezuela. >> still to come on the al jazeera news hour, the traditional african fabric made in china. >> in sport find out if mercedes is still leading in the spanish formula one grand prix.

>> the atlanta hawks making sure the washington wizards were aware he was on court. the hawks tied this one up with just 14 seconds left. a jump over washington, 103-101 the final score the wizards taking a 2-1 series lead. >> i want to make sure i got a shot off with no time on the clock. i've been in those situations many a times so we didn't want to if they went overtime or if i missed a shot, we didn't want them to have a chance to call timeout and advance the ball, so i just took my time, got to my spot and i was able to knock it down. >> memphis beating golden state

the grizzlies take a 2-1 series lead there. scoring 22 points, gasol added 21 points and 15 rebounds. >> we understand what our strengths are and of course at the end of games, you know, we are not going to panic. we may not play great or we might not make the shot or make mistakes, but we're going to stay in the moment. we're going to play next possession always and try to get spots. >> manchester city has a chance of avoiding the drop, they're into the second half and they are losing 4-0. scoring a hat trick liverpool must beat chelsea to give themselves any hope of finishing in the top four. the manager looking forward to one last meeting with the captain. >> in england he's my dear enemy.

he's for sure the one that made me a better manager. to stop him or to try to stop him has been very, very difficult. >> advancing by munich, the german champions losing ahead of the final. risking results of penalty they went on to stake a second-half lead. holding on to a 1-0 win trying to overturn a 3-0 deficit in that semi with barcelona. >> nadal will play murray in the final, here winning in the semis. unusually, he lost on clay three times this year, but the spaniard hasn't dropped a set so far in this tournament.

>> murray beat japan in straight sets the britain looking to win back-to-back titles. that was in munich last week. winning the women's event in madrid earlier in the event saw her become the first player this year to beat world number one serena williams. she dropped just three games on her way to this title win. >> three time winner chris kirk will take a one shot lead into the final lead. the american hilt a round of 68 and he easy 10 under par for the tournament. hasn't got much breathing space though. world number one rory mcelroy just one of many still in contention. the northern irish man finished on six under par and he is four strokes. our new leader. >> it seems like half of the

tour have a chance to win this thing, it's so bunched. anyone five, maybe six shots behind, you know, they can go out and shoot one tomorrow and especially during the afternoon the greens get firmer and conditions get a little tougher. >> reaction to winning some spanish be grand prix in the next news hour, but that is the sport for now. >> do stay with us here. i'll be back in just a minute or so with another full news bulletin, so don't go away. >> i think we're into something that's bigger than us... >> that's the pain that your mother feels when you disrespect her son... >> me being here is defying all

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