>> this is al jazeera welcome to the newshour. from doha. in the next 60 minutes, the latest effort to stop the vans of i.s.i.l. forces and the battle for ramadi. we'll have a live report. >> refugees fled the war in yemen, and make a plea for help from djibouti. >> a gunfight between police and an alleged drug gang in mexico leaves 40 dead. live pictures from dublin - where ireland is

awaiting a result on a referendum on gay marriage. official results are expected hours from now and the young faces of an old religion. buddhism in south korea tries colourful techniques to attract new members. - shi'a mill asia in iraq have been deployed from a base near ramadi. i.s.i.l.'s capture of ramadi was a major set back for the government. iraq's deputy prime minister says the group can no longer be regarded as a local matter and is calling for international action against them. more than 40,000 people have left ramadi since it was captured by i.s.i.l. this week. thursday they took over the

ancient syrian city of palmyra, the last border post between the two countries has fawn. i.s.i.l. is said to control half of syria and large parts of iraq's sunni heartland. let's go live to baghdad where zeina khodr is groiping us. us. -- joining us. this is a controversial decision to bring in shia militia in a sunni area. what happened. >> government forces were too weak to hold on to areas, they have been slow to incorporate sunnis and has been reluctant to supply weapons to the tribesman. the only force capable of talking on ril are the shia militia. they led the offensive in dalai

and sadr had een, and 6,000 are in anbar. the objective of the iraqi government and the militias is to stop i.s.i.l.'s advance. since i.s.i.l. took ramadi on sunday they have taken towns and villages east of ramadi. first taking hosabr. and moving on. and a few kilometres from a military base. it is strategic, and also only a few areas where they can stage a counter offensive. shia militia men were deployed from the base to stop i.s.i.l.'s advance. we understand from commanders on the ground that they secured a perimeter around the base. i.s.i.l. is not moving east. it targets security forces

north-west from ramadi. i.s.i.l. still has momentum. there has been no official announcement that the counteroffensive has begun. what we understand from what is happening on the ground is that the shia militias and the regular forces are trying to stop i.s.i.l.'s advance for the time being. >> it does seem that despite the iraqi army's effort i.s.i.l. is gaining ground. will there now be a revision on the counter military strategy against i.s.i.l. >> well definitely there are calls for this strategy to be revised. particularly from sunni politicians in iran. they say it's not working. the government has made many promises in the past to integrate sunnis not only into the security force, but make them feel they have a say in governing the country. this has not happened. sunni politicians and analysts

say the government nodes to reach out to the sunni tribes need to end a deep mistrust between them. you'll need the support of the local population to win. when i.s.i.l. took territory in the sunni heartland last june many leaders said why should we help the government wage the battle. we'll hand the territories that we recapture to sunni militias. they are regarded as an iranian proxy. they are iranian backed militia. they want to be given responsibility over their territory. iraq's communities need to come together. the word you hear is the need for political reconciliation unity, it's the only way forward. it cannot be won on the battlefield. many here disagree, and say the territory that i.s.i.l. has

taken in iraq and syria are strategic. >> zeina khodr peaking to us from -- speaking to us from baghdad, iraq's capital. >> iraq's senior cleric called for the military leaders to stand down. they accuse them of standing down and accuse them of being unable to deal with the threat and urge the army to take a more offensive strategy. >> translation: we press reason the replacement of those not loyal, capable and courageous. innocent blood spilled should make us stronger. rumours are a lethal weapon perhaps a reason to believe the ruins is the absence of military leaders. an iranianship loaded with supplies docked in djibouti bound for yemen. u.n.'s inspectors will check the vessel. fierce fighting conditions.

in the port city of aden supporters are battling houthi militias in several parts of the city. a suicide bomb attack has wounded 13 people. the tart was a shia mosque a group linked to i.s.i.l. claimed responsibility for the attack. let's go to jamal, joining us from djibouti. we can see behind you, the age ship from iran has docked in djibouti. how much will this aid help to alleviate the problems faced by the refugees there. >> well there's around 200 tonnes worth of aid on the ship. we understand the ship and contents and cargo will be offloaded. the agency will transfer it to yemen, there's a humanitarian

situation. there are people suffering food and fuel shortages and other things like that as a consequence of the war. there are yemenis that made it from there to here, djibouti refugees that are suffering. we met up with some of them. they are struggling to cope with over there, and here is the respects. >> under the burping sum in all but an area of djibouti. they are gathered. hundreds crossing the sea in search of safety. this woman has two children and has been camped here for weeks in conditions she says is unbearable. >> translation: children are finding it hard to stay here. some are diabetic some have heart problems. they can't cope in the heat. the u.n. is struggling to cope.

many of the refugees have not been allocated tents, and in the storeroom, there's not a great deal of food or clothing. holes have been dug up. tiny cuticles out of which smells eminate, making you want to throw up. the u.n. set up a vaccination programme and is providing clean water. refugees say it's not enough the international community has not fulfilled its obligations. especially the gulf. they should come and see how we are living. the heat is unbearable. children are getting speak. >> they are safe from the fighting in yemen conditions at the camp are dire. the united nations is doing his best, but with the influx of refugees continuing, unless the international community acts fast, things could get worse. an international donors conference is expected to take place. it can't come fast enough.

>> we call for neighbouring countries to open the doors for yemeni refugees and we hope the community will move forward. >> reporter: all told us how they were terrified by the shelling and mortar fire and those tloil president ali abdullah saleh, who they say targeted homes and residential areas. finding a cape place for children is all they could think about. they are safe, but they are not out of arms way. diseases could have spread here. the hope for those of them playing, unaware of their plight is that the world will hear the calls for help now, one of the main concerns that the aid agencies have here aside from the fact that a number of refugees is increasing, there's a sandstorm, a strong storm that will hit the

north of the country, they are likely to withstand that and making things more positive. we mentioned there's a call for the international community to move forward. we are hoping there'll be a donor's conference and that's where the country is. they want them to put their money where their mouth is and ask fast. >> thank you jamal. on the plightest yemeni refugees currently in djibouti now, we are getting reports that barrel bombs have been dropped in part of the syrian city. 14 have been killed. eight children. weapons consist of large barrels, packed with shrapnel and explosives. a 3-hour gun battle between mexican police and gang members

left over 40 people dead. all but one of those were suspected of being part of a drug cartel. john holman has more from mexico city. >> reporter: that sound is gunfire. and these people were killed in what authorities say was a shoot-out between police and suspected gang members in south-west mexico. by the time the ambulances arrived, around 40 were dead. one was a police officer. it's unclear what happened. federal police say one was police were attacked by gunfire. >> translation: the shoot-out was prolonged and sporadic for three hours, and on three different parts of the property. >> this all in a region controlled by the powerful new generation cartel, who recently shot down an army helicopter and killed 15 police in an ambush. the government sent in a 10,000 strong force, state's authority

strong force, state's authority saying those killed in the shoot-out could be from the cartel. >> as federal forces move into the territory, analysts say it's inevitable that this confrontation will take place. that is not the picture that the mexican government wants nationally or internationally of mexico as they tray to shift the country's image for one in which violence and organised crime is deeply ingrained. as the government arrested the leaders of many of the top criminal organisations, smaller outfits like the new generation cartel emerged to take their place. >> it changed the nature of a threat, and there will ultimately need to change the nature of the response. the police's response in this incident was overwhelming. it's not clear what happened, or why the death toll was so high

to ireland, where both sides in the country's same-sex marriage referendum say that the yes campaign has won. vote counting is underway and official results have not yet been released. our correspondent tim friend is there and joins us live from london. tim, it's an historic vote given that ireland has a majority catholic population. a yes vote means a huge cultural shift. >> it would indeed. let's not forget that it was only two decades ago that ireland was the last country in western europe to decriminalize homosexuality. this is a significant vote when you consider of power of the catholic church but that has been rocked by scandal in recent years, and it's influence is diminishing, and attitudes are slowly changing. and, of course i think what is really making the difference this time in ireland is that so

many young people registered to vote. and they are the ones that back the yes campaign and it looks as though they may have won the day by 2:1. the equality's miles per hour came out and said he believes they have won the ta. this was backed by the government of course and one of the leading figures in the no campaign conceded defeat. so we'll get the results later on on saturday but it looks as though ireland is heading towards a pretty historic day. it's been a good natured campaign, people have been returning from all over the world in order to vote. we have had married couples turning up at polling stations in their wedding outfits to vote in between the wedding ceremony and the reception, and, as i say, a good natured campaign. of course deeply felt attitudes on the side of the no campaign

who feel that this will diminish family life as they see it and potentially create problems in the courts in terms of surrogacy and those kinds of issues as you say, tim, official results not out yet. we'll get them when they do actually come out. as you say, the yes campaign is winning at the moment. if it is a yes, ireland will be the first country to legalize same-sex marriage through a popular vote. what does it mean for other predominantly catholic nations like let's say, the philippines? >> it's an interesting question. church leaders and people that may favour gay marriage will look at the outcome very closely. who knows, we may start to see a ground swell, a movement towards pressure eyeing campaigning for a referendum. ireland will be the first

country in the world to carry out this change in the law, by popular vote. and as you were indicating it may well encourage other countries to look at this. certainly, i think, the church will think long and hard about how to handle this. it's unlikely they'll change their attitudes, because that comes down to fundamental religious belief. perhaps they'll have to think about how they deliver their message in the future so they keep the people the population on board. tim, thank you. tim friend there on ireland's referendum on same-sex marriage more coming up here on the al jazeera newshour. young, homeless and hungry. we meet the children caught in the unrest in burundi and it's one of the fastest growing economies in the world. why is unemployment such a major

problem in ethiopia. [ chanting ] and celebrations in pakistan as cricket returns after a 6-year absence. details coming up with jo in sport. the united nations security council has condemned the attack on a mosque in saudi arabia in which 21 people died. the suicide attack which has been claimed by i.s.i.l., happened during friday prayers in the eastern province. it's home to many kingdoms qatif. the government will spare no effort to find those involved. more from hashem ahelbarra joinings live from riyadh. we know that the saudi arabia has been leading a coalition in yemen against the shia houthi rebels. has there been a link between that military campaign and the

attack in saudi arabia? >> the spokesperson in tiaz said yesterday that the following groups of i.s.i.l. groups affiliated with saudi arabia, because over the past months they saw a pattern of activity of i.s.i.l. affiliated people attacking worshippers, and targetting security forces. and foreigners. we have to remember last month saudi arabia rounded up dozens of people with i.s.i.l. trying to recruit saudis and sending them to fight in syria and iraq. at the same time the suicide bomber was someone from saudi arabia. so therefore, i think for the time being now they'll conduct

more investigation and more d.n.a. tests on the body of the suicide bomber to establish the identity of the man, and potential links with people here inside saudi arabia. definitely the coalition-led air strikes against houthi fighters is an issue taken into consideration, because this - because of the mounting tensions that it created in the region and the houthis and deposed president says that he'll further retaliate. >> the saudi government says that they are determined to get to the perpetrators of this attack. we know too, as you mentioned earlier, that i.s.i.l. has been a major your trb. going forward, what is the saudi government strategy? >> saudi arabia launched in the '90s in particular in 2000, last clampdown, groups

affiliated with al qaeda. al qaeda was actsive, targetting government buildings security forces. it was severely undermined over the last few years, prompting al qaeda to base any al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. now there's a new development, bifl i.s.i.l. which says it has an offshoot to november. now with the bombing attack. there's growing concern that now we are getting a group spreading across the country and planning further attack gapes the shias and security forces. and this is some of the issues that the saudis would have to deal with. that it was isolated attacks, and the sign that i.s.i.l. is expanding in the kingdom. >> reporting to us from riyadh. there has been fighting

between the north and pro government violence. battles have been taking place, despite a ceasefire, and malian soldiers have been accused of killing nine in the village. there has been reports of human rights abuses. six have been killed, and 48 others wounded in a grenade attack and happened in the capital. there has been weeks of protests and unrest after the president's decision to run for a third term in office. let's get more from haru mutasa joining us from bujumbura. who is most likely to be behind the attack? >> well the government is blaming opposition members, opposition members blame the government. those injured have been taken to several hospitals across the city. there are three dead, 26 people injured, and the injuries vary.

some are seriously hurt. we went to the intensive care unit. one woman's neck was ripped by the shrapnel. some have injury to the arm, the legs and the back. it was a normal day in the market. they heard a loud explosion. people panicked ran in different directions and because of the chaos it took a while for the ambulances to reach the injured. here at the hospital they struggled to cope struggling to get something to treat the patients. and there's children in the markets with their parents. it's not just children in the market affected by the crisis in burundi, as people protest several get caught up in the skirmishes. here is my report on issues children are facing. especially street children in burundi. >> reporter: there's no tear gas, guns police or soldiers

here, just food it's free. one less thing that the street children in burundi's capital have to worry about. it's far away from the protest against burundi's president. >> during the protest we hide in drains along the road. until the shooting symptoms we can't go out and look for food. sometimes police find us and beat us. >> reporter: many children come here traumatized, after hearing fighting. >> the children have to go back on the streets at night. they face harassment from security forces. this is the situation and this has to stop, the protection of rights of children in a situation of crisis is the same as in non-crisis and everywhere is responsible. >> it's not just children living on the street who are vulnerable. parents are told to keep children at home. don't let them come onto the streets by themselves. anything can happen in the capital. things are unpredictable.

at any moment they can come onto the streets, and that's where many are caught up. >> some demonstrators think the police will not fire at them if children are in the crowd. >> children are used as human shields, when there are violence, protesters block the road, police use tear gas to disperse them. children are often in danger. >> government officials say up to 130 children have spent a few nights in police cells since the current crisis began last month. places like this offer temporary reprieve. about 100 children come every day. they can be just children even if it's only for a few hours. it's not just children affected. thousands are fleeing across the

border. do you know what aid is there? >> they are getting what they can from the aid agencies the situation is dire. in particular an outbreak of cholera is happening. when you speak to the family members, some of the families who crossed the border left someone beyond in burundi. people are working to raise money, trying to find a way to send money to family members. when they talk to families, they say "we have no food we are struggling and we are sick", what can we do. it's a desperate time for refugees and imagine the families left behind here worried about the families in the camp. when they hear there's cholera, they are not sure if the families will be affected. it's a hard time many hope the crisis will end. >> that report from haru mutasa

in bujumbura several have been killed in attacks in somali. al-shabab fighters are reported to have carried out attacks in awdheegle and a nearby town. the second time in a month it has been targeted let's take a check on the weather with richard. you have the latest on the drought in africa. >> yes it's been going on for some time. drought is affecting many parts of southern africa and it is having a significant impact on crops. and shots i have here come from zimbabwe, where mace production is hit. across southern africa maize is lost for 40-50% of the crop. the situation is not looking better. rains have gone. we'll have to wait until we get through to october until rain comes back south. we have run the sequence and you wouldn't see precipitation on the charge.

the situation could be worse by the developing alnino the warm water spreading out across parts of the pacific. in a typical alnino we find parts of the far south-east of africa turn out to be dry. let's move to the central parts, it's not dry, it's wet. we could find in the northern area, we could have issues with the el nino when we had a big one in the '70s here we had drought affecting the region. it's a fine line. you come further south and you get the major tomorrows, massive across the region and west africa. very wet in the coming days. thank you. we have lots more ahead on the newshour. we meet a family in guatemala, saying they have paid a high price for the government's corruption. listening in. the latest on a controversial u.s. bill that wants to collect people's phone records.

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you're watching the al jazeera newshour a reminder of the top stories. militia had been launched near ramadi. it's been a major setback for the government a 3-hour gun battle in

south-west mexico leaves 42 dead. all but one of those that died was suspected of being part of a drug cartel. >> and both sides in ireland's gay marriage referendum say the yes campaign has won. these are live pictures out of dublin where vote counting is under way. no results have been released yet. if the yes vote is successful it will make ireland the first country to adopt same-sex marriage by a popular vote. >> in lithuania campaigning has finished. 36 million are registered to vote. sunday's poll will be the election since the death of the prime minister in 2012. ethiopia has one of the fastest growing economies in the world. it's a far cry from the country devastated by famine as well as a civil war which lasted for

decades. arg cult forward is the driving force. the government is investing heavily in infrastructure projects as pt of a plan. that is attracting foreign investors expected to ingest $1.5 billion into ethiopia's economy. unemployment is a big challenge. 50% of the population is under 16, and the country is creating hundreds of thousands of jobs to keep up with the growing population. large-scale unemployment is seen as a driving faction pushing young ethiopians to leave europe or the u.k. let's get more on the issue, we are joined by john campbell, who is an expert on this issue. from the school of african studies. thank you for being with us. as i mentioned despite the economic boom thousands are ricking

their life. why can't ethiopia retain the young people at home. >> the difficulty is as you likely noted the lack of opportunity, the vast majority of the investment that has gone on in the area. it's been urban related, and it takes a long time to reach all areas. >> mr campbell human trafficking is a major industry in ethiopia and other parts of africa. many international governments say that these are the groups that need to be done to stop the smugglers. >> well it's not just smuggling. there's a lot of people leaving the country across the porous borders that ethiopia has with neighbours. there's an amount of smuggling and labour recruitment taking

place in ethiopia since the 1960s. if the government is serious about dealing with smuggling, it has to revise and restate a 2013 labour proclamation which regulates and governs the nature of the 400 registered recruiters. i want to broaden the discussion facing problems of mass migration. every day thousands are risking their lives for a better chance whether they are economic migrants or fleeing persecution, and what can the international community do to get through this matter or what can be done. >> first is rural development, and engaging with the young people. it's not just ethiopia with 50% or more it's across sub-saharan

africa. the nature of development needs to change. what are people being educated for, it needs to change but governments need to be more responsible to the electorate. including africans ethiopia to design policies and engage with people. >> it's great getting an insight. thank you for being with us. experts on migration for the school of orientation and african studies. >> the u.s. senate blocked a bill. ending the abilities to collect a phone record. it has one more chance to agree before the act expires. brent coulombe has -- patty culhane has more. we know that the government collects cellphone data all sorts of data. it has been successful to them.

the spy agency says they can do that because the u.s. congress passed the patriot act. parts of that law are set to expire. including a decision allowing them to keep basic information on every phone in the u.s. proponents of the programme say it's needed. programs have been seriously vetted and given some significant oversight by both the house intelligence committees, and they found nothing wrong with them. they found it was illegal and effective. >> a federal judge declared the programme illegal, and a recent justice department support says the massive programme has not worked. that's the same conclusion that an independent board reach. they concluded that that programme never contributed substantially to any terrorism investigation. it never identified a terrorist suspects or stopped an act of

terrorism. >> congress is poised to keep uch of the programme with a few changes, communications companies will keep the records, but not the government. they'll need a warrant. they'll have to be more specific in the scope for the search. some civil liberties groups say it doesn't go far enough. >> the conversation about mass surveillance is controversial with regards to internet spying and undermining encryption and undermining internet security. those concerns are not reflect in the u.s.a. freedom account. thanks to the streets, the world nose the scope of u.s. surveillance, and will find out how much the congress is willing to do to change it hillary clinton has welcomed the publication of around 300 emails relating to the 2012 attack on the u.s. mission in benghazi. when four people including the

u.s. ambassador died. hillary clinton was secretary of state and has been criticized for her handling of the attack. the emails will not change an understanding of what happened. >> i'm glad that the emails are starting to come out. this is something i asked to be done for a long time and those releases are beginning. i want people to be able to see all of them. and it is the fact that we have released all of them have any government relationship what service. in fact the state department had the vast majority because they went to dot gov accounts. >> a state of emergency has been declared in southern peru in response to demonstrations. four have been killed in weeks of progress. >> thousands have been deployed. they are angry over a company's

plan to build a billion dollar mine that they fear will pollute their waters and crops. >> there's anger in guatemala, against government corruption. they came under pressure. he sacked several ministers implicated in bribery scandals. >> elizabeth says her husband paid the highest price because of corruption in guatemala. u.n. anticorruption secretors say the social security agency switched to a new dialysis drugs provider after officials accepted $2.5 million in bribes. he reacted to the drug as if it was poison and died two months after starting the new treatment. >> he didn't feel wow when he gave the new treatment. it wasn't good.

he had stomach pains, was nauseous and had diarrhoea. >> reporter: at least 13 died since the government switched providers. the case is one of two corruption scandals battling the president. it led to the resignation of the device, and other high-ranking officials have been arrested. tens of thousands of guatemalans called for them to be resigned. >> they had to wait 24 hours in a wheelchair to be seen after getting sick from the drugs. >> translation: this is the saddest things we were dying, they didn't do anything to help us. >> reporter: her daughter helps with care and says doctors didn't read the chart. >> he lost control of the situation, it wasn't just my mother sick, but 500 suffering from the same thing in the same period and no one responded.

>> reporter: they are like other patients in the crisis have boxes of unused medicine sitting around. medicines that they'll never take advantage of because they've had an adverse reaction. the government spent a quarter of a million on the medicine which will have to basically be thrown away. the total contract for the medical company was $15 million, 50% earmarked for bribes according to investigators. >> translation: we have said corruption kills. this is an example of the cost of impact. >> it kills and weakens many in a poor country where corruption is endemic and the vulnerable pay the highest price. the u.n. secretary general urged countries in south-east asia to deal with the refugee crisis in the region speaking in vietnam, ban ki-moon said saving the lives of people

stranded at sea should be a priority. thousands tried to reach indonesia, malaysia and thailand by boat in the last few weeks. >> still to come find out how world number one, rory mcilroy is performing at the european pga championship.

an oil pipeline spill in the united states is raising questions about industry safety. more than 300 workers are trying to clean up oil na washed ashore

on the california coast. rob reynolds reports from santa barbara. >> reporter: on the beech the clean up continues. workers in protective clothing hauls away sands and rocks. ships with boons keep the oil from spreading out to see. 79,000 litres spilled into the the clean up is likely to take when a pipeline on shore burst. the clean up is likely to take some time. >> the harder part will be the shore loop, the beaches, the cliffs and the soil. i don't want to put a time line on that, we want to make sure we do it right. it could take weeks, months. >> it is owned by a texas firm, flames all american. environmentalists say the company owes the public answers. >> we are told that pipelines are safe. they don't spill. in this case the pipeline should have shut down immediately when

the spill started, it didn't. a lot of oil got out. >> at this news conference the company executives offered plenty of apologies, little hard information of. >> none of us, nobody in the industry wants to have an incident. the residents don't. questions are being asked about the safety of other pipe l the safety of other pipe lines criss-crossing the country and about whether regulations are strong enough to prevent spills like this happening again in 2010 a ruptured pipeline owned by the enbridge corporation poured more than 3 million litres of crude into the river in michigan. the biggest inland spill in u.s. history. one study found 1,400 pipeline spills or accidents in the u.s. between 2010 and 2013 alone. >> there is a constant this little spill, that little spill, which we don't see. >> a department of transportation report issued last year said regulation has not kept pace with the changing oil and gas trappings

transportation environment: a giant oil spill here in 1969 angered people arrangement -- around the u.s. and galvanised the fledgling movement. activist was a mathew santos college movement at the time. >> i'm shocked 45, 46 years later, here we are, deja vu, that we haven't learnt anything. we are still repeating that mistake. the federal government ordered an excavation of the damaged pipe to under go tests to see why it failed. time for sport now, and here is jo. >> pakistan's cricket coach has said it was hard for him and the team to control their emotions as they played the first home

match against a test-playing team in six years. friday 20 twenty20 game against zimbabwe marks a return to top tier cricket in pakistan for the first time since an attack in 2009. david garrett reports. before the match outside the stadium. there was enthusiasm the like of which pakistan had not seen for years. after security checks 4,000 were in attendance. zimbabwe had been described as brave after travelling to pakistan. no other nation toured the country since the attack on the sri lankan bus in 2009. zimbabwe hoping to be courageous in that early boundaries for the tourists. he was the second man out in the second over. pakistan, with one of three wickets for the fight.

54 off 34 balls invigorated the crowd. we haven't seen that record in a while. no one could fail to be increased by a mighty high tick. that reached for the star. they set a tart of 173 to win. there was time to reflect on an achievement that it had been to get this game to go ahead in the first place. >> zimbabwe coming here was an extremely big step for us because it actually helps us in building the case for other teams to start playing cricket regularly in pakistan. >> pakistan started the run straight. they were 36 without loss after only three overs. they struggled to contain them. pakistan together a stranglehold, they pushed to 85.

an opening partnership of 142. pakistan in site of the tart. they conceded a second shortly after, 144/2, there was only likely to be one winner. pakistan won by five wickets. pakistan back to winning games at home. the next twenty20 on sunday new zealand continue to dominate on day three of the first test against england at lords. the black caps are chasing the total of 389 and they are making decent progress despite losing ross taylor on 62. they made a century. new zealand are 341/3. the cleveland cavaliers made it 2 from 2 in the play-off against the atlanta hawks.

lebron james got them there, top scoring with 30 points, nine rebound and 11 assists. the final score 94-82. the next game in cleveland on sunday. >> just kept the foot on the gas. we had early shots, we took them. we executed. we continued the role we continued to defend as well. it was very important n.h.l. and the new york rangers recorded a 5-1 win open the tampa bay lightening in the eastern conference finals on friday. rangers mvp rick nash scored two and henrick lindqvist put in an incredible performance taking 38 shops. game 5 is in new york on sunday. >> there were times, especially in the second where they came

hard and we whethered the storm, it feels so good when you feel like you are doing it took. it's not just one and two guys everyone stepped up. we knew the borns of the game. babe ruth is thought of as one of the greatest players history, two of the records set fell on friday. the new york yankees sighed ruth for fourth on the rbi list. with 9,992 against the texas rangers. and then they passed ruth in the all-time hits' lit, with this his 2,874th hit of the career. they still lost to balt pore eight to five a week shy of the

80th anniversary of the time game. >> it's just a mar val watching him. more problems for indonesia's football team. they've been told they'll have to play the world cup asian qualifier against iraq and the home ta against thailand. the asian football confederation was punished after crowd trouble in march. worst will be to come. they'll find out next week if f.i.f.a. will ban them after government interference in the football association. domestic football grouped to a halt after the government suspended the fa after a disagreement over two top tier teams. what are the titles decided in the major football leagues. >> it's about relegation battles. it's at the foot of the german

bundislega with three points. they are all in danger of sliding down. the two finishing last will be relegated third from bottom. and in spain, they are already out, four teams fighting to deploy the same fate. granada and deportivo are in the best position to stay up. >> in england, q p.r. and burnley are going down. joining them will be hull city, playing manchester united or newcastle. both taking place on sunday. >> i have enough players in the room that realised how much this game means, you know. we talk about it's the biggest game in six years at the football club side. it is, let's be honest. we have to deal with that. i'm expecting the big players to step up to the plate and perform. and put in a performance that is worthy to keep the team in the

premier league on to gulf and world number one, defending champion missed the cut of the european pga championship by four strokes. they had a day most amateurs may be familiar with the northern irishman going from one bunker to another on the third hole. shooting an error-strachan second-round -- strewn 78 including six bogeys, and one double to leave him five over. he remains in the lead. >> i'm not angry. i'm a little disappointed i'm not going to be here for the weekend. if there was a weekend to miss it coming off the back of three good weeks in the states i'm probably in need of a rest. as i said i would rather be here it's not all about getting to go home on the weekend thank you very much bud ists in south korea are preparing for their biggest

religious festival of the year. the buddhist birthday. this year it is focussed on attracting new members. a poll suggests that interest in buddism in the country is declining. >> reporter: under a seer answer roofs of lanterns a chaotic game of footballing. football. these muslims are practicing celebrations. it is part of an effort to reach out and attract new followers, trying to shift a perception of pacivity. the head of the biggest buddhist order says a new approach is needed. >> we didn't the really try to do anything with the growing numbers of cultural visitors to the temples. we were passive. it may have something to do with

the future of our teaching. now we are trying to adopt an aggressive strategy. >> a poll earlier this year showed the numbers of people describing themselves as buddhists fell by 8% in 10 years. 59% of buddhists say religion was important to them, compared to 90% of protest ants. at this type of of the year it's looking as being in declines. it is facing threats from a society that is materialistic and with less time for teachings from the buddha. and competition from others. it was not helped three years ago when video emerged of monks gambling and drinking in a hotel room. the order used the scandal as an opportunity to confront and resolve problems. it's reaching out with a message tailored to syrians, about using muslims in daily life. for some, it represents a departure from the core teachings. >> buddhist teaching talks about

reaching the state of enlightened wisdom by emptying oneself of eternal greed of worldly goods. popular buddhism is headed in the opposite direction. >> for people like a former banker running his family's successful food business, that is part of the appeal, the ability to get informal guidance from a senior month and find the right path in business through prayer. >> businessmen running mid to small companies face employee problems. so i often pray that a lot of nice people work for me and help make the company grow. growth is preoccupying south korean buddhism as it becomes more business-like and focused on its open recruitment. stay with us here on al jazeera. we have another full bulletin of news at the top of the hour. a quick reminder you can keep up to date with all the latest news

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