>> welcome to the news hour from doha. our top stories over the next 60 minutes: >> one year since the capture of mosul, iraq, a report of what life is like under isil control. >> a u.s. court blocks the release of a prisoner held in solitary confinement for more than 40 years. >> it starts up here at 60,000 feet. >> google tests new ways to bring the internet to the world

but critics warn the company could become too powerful. >> your sports headlines this wednesday, putting it on hold. fifa suspending the bids process for the 2026 world cup following a whole host of corruption scandals. >> the united states is planning to establish a new military base in iraq's anbar province, a big commitment to help iraq take on isil. these are the latest pictures of iraqi troops firing on isil positions in anbar's capital ramadi. president obama is also considering sending hundreds of additional u.s. troops to iraq to train local forces. mosul is also under isil control and has been for exactly a year now. these pictures show isil lightning fast takeover of the city in 2014. mosul is rack's second largest city and was home at one point

to about 1.8 million people. hundreds of thousands have actually fled because isil moved in. many moved to erbil a city about 90 kilometers east of mosul. zeina hodor happen traveling between the cities and joins us midway between them. where do things stand a year out? >> well, like you mentioned it's been a year and mosul is still under the control of isil. behind me is isil controlled territory, the district of wardak. this is one of the defensive lines of the iraqi kurds in the north. they surround mosul from three sides. there is no plan to advance towards the mainly sunni arab city. the kurds here tell us they will not do this alone. they want the iraqi army to lead this battle, because of the

sensitivities involved. at the end of the day, they are kurds and the population inside mosul sunnis. for the kurds this is strategic position 35 kilometers from the city center of erbil the capital in the kurdish controlled north. from here, it's 35 kilometers from mosul's city center. we have new access to the city, but managed to meet journalists who fled when isil took control last june. they do have contacts inside the city. they have been trying to document what life is like for the people inside, and what we understand from them is that isil controls really every aspect of the lives of the 1.8 million people inside. >> beyond the bridge is isil territory, mosul the biggest urban center in northern iraq. some 2 million people are cut off from the rest of the

country. >> the people who want to leave but they have to pay isil a huge amount of money which they don't have. they have to provide guarantee like their house to prove their plan to come back. they live in a prison. >> these people are born and raised in mosul. they fled to the kurdish controlled north last year when isil took over. al jazeera doesn't have access to the city, but these journalists have contacts inside. isil preach in malls brainwashing people. according to these journalists isil hides weapons in civilian neighborhoods so people will turn against u.s. led coalitions when they target the area. isil is able to exploit sunni grievances. many in the community have long felt targeted by the shia led government and iranian backed militias. >> we can't deny some support isil.

they exploit the long history of owe proceedings against sunnis, many prefer it over the shia government or the kurds who they believe want their land. >> mosul is surrounded by kurdish peshmerga forces. for now, they have no plan to move towards the mainly sunni arab city. they're leadership says they will play a supporting role when a decision is made to recapture the city. >> plans to do so have been stalled but isil has been preparing for that are battle. it has dug a trench around the city and placed concrete barriers as a line of defense and it is breeding a new generation of fighters. >> isil is recruiting children. we have information that there are a thousand new graduates there will be sleeper cells in the future, since they have brainwashed children. ♪ >> a major part of isil strategy

is to control every aspect of the lives of the people under its rule, and even if it loses ground ensures its ideology will endure for there's to come. >> that was our zeina hodor reporting. >> the senior administration officials will announce today that fewer than 500 additional u.s. trainers will be sent to iraq. the number is less important than where they're going to be doing this, a base in anbar province. they are going to directly train sunni fighters. that has been a complaint of the sunni tribes, that the government in iraq has not been giving them enough training and equipment. the big question is how the u.s. is going to do this, directly reach out to the sunni tribes to train them or try to go through the iraqi government.

u.s. president barack obama just said they aren't getting enough recruits and blamed the iraqi government. how are they going to try to fix that? we're going to have a press call later today and hope to press them on that. >> we will reach out again. live from washington, thank you so much. >> the governor of erbil joins us. thank you for your time. your city has taken on a lot as isil has continued to gain ground. how are you dealing with the influx of refugees? >> thank you. about the prospective forces that are fighting against isis with the coalition forces, some with trainers and the new offense make it forces are the heroes in the front fighting against isil, give them more

power. the we need more support from the government to continue fighting against these furious people. we are surrounding mosul from three places, the corners of sinjar and the north in mosul and also in the east and south of the east of mosul by the person forces which has long front and because of the sensitivity mostly the biggest -- about 2 million people--baghdad and the coalition forces -- for the operation, how to deliver mosul from isis. >> your city has had to absorb about half a million displaced people. how are you dealing with that?

with displaced people, kurdistan received about 1.8 million and also we have about 300,000 and these people after the operation even what's happening in ramadi, the numbers has increased as the people have started to leave their places and they come to kurdistan. it's a very heavy pressure on the government and kurdistani infrastructures, because this number of people are sharing all the services with the local people with the electricity with the water the education health sector, everything will be sharing by between the local people. they are supporting us, providing all the -- big numbers to live in security and stay in kurdistan. until now the people are coming

from baghdad through the airport, crossing all this hundred of the kilometers, which we expect and we ask of the government they have to be to help them in the baghdad and close to baghdad because they are from ramadi and close to baghdad. they have to stay there because it's going to be difficult for them to leave and -- >> governor, governor, if i can interrupt for just a moment, if the last year's a reflection of the future, are you concerned that isil will continue to take more ground, more significant chunks of ground? >> sorry because i can't heard very clearly. >> i will gladly repeat the question. absolutely governor, are you concerned that isil will continue to progress and gain more ground and take more

cities? >> what happened in ramadi is something of a surprise to everyone when isis occupied after when the iraqi forces with the militia -- they have a good progress even into -- the situation from area to area will be changing. now the number of isis has been increasing in fact. >> all right governor, thank you very much. >> secured has been intensified as tourist sites across egypt after a suicide bomber and two gunmen attacked. the health ministry said four people including two women, two policemen, that is, were wounded. >> syrian observatory for human rights released grim physician

after four years of conflict. 230,000 people have lost their lives in syria's war. nearly 110,000 civilian deaths have been recorded, including over 11,000 children and more than 7,000 women. 41,000 rebels and army defectors have been killed in battle with nearly 50,000 soldiers losing their lives fighting for the regime. >> coming up in this news hour, displaced by the war in yemen we speak to some of the people forced to live in desperate conditions. >> we'll tell you why there are fears the economy of south sudan is close to collapse. >> in sport cleveland's lebron james in record breaking form against golden state in the nba finals.

in the united states a police officer filmed forcing a 14-year-old girl to the ground has resigned. his behavior in the texas suburb of mckinney led to protests against the police and allegations of racism. eric casebolt was filmed points his gun at other teens. the officer can be heard complaining that they weren't obeying his orders. the police chief described his actions as out of control. >> our citizens called us to a fight in progress, and general disturbance at the community pool. we responded. i do not condone the actions of those individuals who violated the rules of the community showed disrespect to the security person on scene and to the officers who responded. however, we as a department are held to a high standard of action as we do our jobs. >> a prisoner in solitary

confinement for four want top years hat had his release postponed. a form court ordered his release saying it was not right to try him a third time. louisiana's attorney general wants a retile and has convinced an appeals court to keep wood fox in prison until friday. >> he was convicted of killing a prison guard here. at the same time, he also was a part of the black panther party that was formed inside the prison. he and several other men inside the prison formed that black panther party to protest and be vocal about what they felt were inhumane conditions inside the prison and for that reason, woodfox was kept in solitary confinement because he was so

outspoken. he was convicted twice for the murder but we know those convictions were overturned and yesterday, a federal judge decided that woodfox should be released that there was prejudice in his case and that he could not get a fair trial approximate they were to try him again and felt it was time for the court to just be done with this case and to let him be free. we do know again that the court of appeals came back late this afternoon here in lose lose and said that there should be a stay in this case, which officially means while the state appeals this case, the state attorney general, mr. woodfox should remain in prison. you have two conflicting rulings, the federal judge saying release him immediately and the appeals court saying while the state appeals this, he needs to remain in prison. >> in south korea the government is urged to reopen schools closed in fear of the mers outbreak. nine have died from the virus. we have this report.

>> at seoul medical center, the common cold is being taken more seriously than ever. anyone with mild symptoms is brought here for initial screening, kept well away from patients in the main building. those suspected of mers are treated in isolation. anyone confirmed is immediately quarantined. >> as we start to share information, the atmosphere will become more cooperative in putting this under control. this week will be a peak in answering whether we can control this or not. this week will be a major watershed moment. there are eight patients with mers currently treated in this hospital. they've been all brought here from other hospitals already with the disease, so the risk of infection elsewhere within this facility is very minimal however the government is significant that other patients have been presenting themselves at other facilities and are concerned about the spread from hospital to hospital. >> the acting prime tells anyone

who suspects they may have mers to stay put and call authorities. everyone else should live life as normal. >> please refrain from overreaction and do engage in regular economic activities, such as traveling at week ends. the government will consider the people's life and health as the priority and curb the spread of mers. >> nearly half confirmed cases were contracted here at the medical center in southern seoul. officials say the numbers should decline through this week if it has been limited to a hospital outbreak. inside visiting experts from the world health organization were trying to establish why mers has spread so rapidly through medical facilities in south korea. concern that it is out in the population is causing patients to need to be reassured.

>> it's like prescribing medicine after a death has already occurred. >> there is a real attempt now to show unified concerted response to this threat across south korea. real reassurance will only come if and when there's a sustained decrease in the numbers of new infections. harry fossett, al jazeera seoul. >> in yemen there had been more saudi-led airstrikes against houthi rebels. the latest attack is the defense ministry building in the capital can, under houthi control. airstrikes targeted the homes of military commanders allied with the release. many people have fled the violence by escaping to other provinces in yemen but some find themselves in worse conditions. 2,500 families have moved from the north to anbar province and are appealing for help. we have this report. >> she moved her family and handicapped husband thousands of kilometers to the relative

safety of this camp. she is one of thousands struggling to survive in war-torn yemen. >> i have two kids and a disabled husband. he has a medical problem with his hand and he can't work. we are waiting for his public job to provide us with whatever we can use to support us, but so far, they've only given us enough to set up this tent. we are stuck in the rain and combed at night. >> nearby, other families have set up in empty schools or government believes. they at least have four walls to protect them. there are many people crammed into a small space and they rely on handouts. >> after we left our homes we felt lost. we are not used to begging for a living. we lived in peace back home. we are waiting for someone to come and help us. we need good people who can help us get something to eat. we have no homes no jobs. >> happy is coming into yemen from organizations like doctors without borders. they've flown in more than 100 tons of medical aid since

fighting began between houthi rebels and a saudi-led coalition. sanitation kits and mobile health clinics are there. >> lack of fuel, second, security reasons because of airstrikes ground strikings insecurity globally, and also, the access to health care, like there is no drugs coming in right now. >> the fighting in yemen has cut people off from many basic things they need. for every parent relying on aid to get by, there are many others dependent on them for their own survival. caroline malone, al jazeera. >> >> there are fears south sudan's economy is close to collapse. in its second year of conflict, little difficult in the country

that imports most products. >> at the bottling company, it is hard hit by the dollar crunch in south sudan. many companies like this one depend on american currency to import raw materials. >> we have stocks that can last us for a week. if we don't get dollars to clear the containers, then we will be forced to stop operations. >> because of the fall in global oil price and conflict which started in 2013, oil production is low. on him is the only foreign exchange for the country. >> this is what makes the plastic. the plastic is then blown up to bottle size, but the granules have to be imported and this means dollars. dollars from the bank and black market rate is too high. >> when we visited this factory in march, it was rallying, but with huge overhead costs.

the machine has gone quiet people have lost their jobs. >> half of what we are supplying, right now we cannot even afford to do anything. >> one needs a letter of credit from the government to access dollars from a bank at a reasonable rate, but those are difficult to come by. the black market is thriving and trading at roughly four times the official rate. >> the government must be very concerned now. what we know, the government will be depending so much on the battling from the central bank and at a high cost, we are going to see a very huge inflation. >> many have said that south sudan's economy is edging dangerously to the verge of collapse. the government denies this. >> south so dan is not on the verbal of any collapse, whether political or otherwise. anybody who says that is bad

actually enemies of the republic of south sudan. >> times are tough for everyone in the city. this woman's living costs have more than doubled in the last months. many here believe if the conflict ends, things will get better. the leaders are set to resume peace negotiations after previous talks collapsed. she, like many others, remains cautiously optimistic. >> burundi's presidential election has been delayed. the president issued a decree postponing it from june 26 to july 15. his decision to seek a third term has caused weeks of protest. meanwhile, the parliamentary vote will go ahead on june 29 a month later than planned. >> now to weather with richard and the monsoon season is causing problems for asia.

>> that's right affecting china and japan. it takes different force in other parts of asia, for eastern parts and southern parts and even towards the arabian peninsula. there are three main areas. this is a tropical cyclone. up here, towards parts of bangladesh and the eastern states of india this is where we're also seeing the effects of the monsoon. the moisture begins to push in and as a result, we've seen heavy rain over the last few days. as we look at the forecast, you can see plenty more heavy rain and big storms across the season. steadier rain pushing on the southwestern moon soon continues over the next couple of days. meanwhile, as you get into the early part of june, that's when we'd like to see cyclone information taking operation in the northern part of the arabian sea. there we have our tropical

cyclone moving in just about to start to weaken it, running into cooler waters and drier air as it moves across, it is going to produce 100 milliliters in places resulting in localized flooding. across the gulf region, cloudy. >> the arrival of smart phones has led to a dramatic growth in the number of internet users. more than half the world 4.2 billion people are still not connected. a large technology company like google and facebook are exploring new ways of bringing them on line. our technology editor explains. >> more than 3.1 billion people are currently connected to the internet more people are signing up at a rate of around 450 every minute, almost 65,000 new people coming on line each day. the trouble is 40% of the people on line, 1.1 billion live in just three countries cline in a, the u.s. and india.

contrast that with the 100 least connected countries they're home to 1.65% of those on the internet. many countries lack fiber and mobile networks, making it expensive for people to get internet access. google has been testing the use of drones and balloons. these tests flights were flown over the south island of new zealand. google declined an interview with al jazeera but said in an email the technology could be cheaper and more flexible than land-based networks. critics say google is a powerful force and any move controlling infrastructure as well some say would give the company too much influence.

>> we're very much about speed. drones and balloons, these are awesome, but what are they being used for? are the underlying power dynamics changing, or is it a very small group of people exerting their power and control over a much larger group? >> it starts up here added 60,000 feet. >> internet.org has been looking at using drones he. >> our plan is to make basic internet services affordable so everyone with a phone can join the knowledge economy. >> internet.org launched an app in 11 countries that says it can be accessed by a billion people, offering free access to a limited number of online services. no coincidence, one of these is facebook, and it's internet.org that determine which other services can be on the platform. >> they're doing it out of their self interest, not because they're charity, because they

believe in altruism, it benefits them. would question is whether the people below will be ready to receive internet from the sky and accept their terms and conditions. al jazeera. >> in paris allegation of doping could overshadow the rugby world cup.

>> you're watching the al jazeera news hour. a reminder of our top stories now. it's been one year since isil seized mosul. the united states is plan to go establish a new military base in iraq's anbar province, a new commitment to help iraq take on isil. >> a court blocked the release of a prisoner held in solitary confinement for 43 years. albert woodfox was blamed for the killing of a prison guard his conviction overturned. the state is appealing that decision. >> more schools are closed in south korea as the world health organization recommend the government reopen them following the mers outbreak. nine have died from the middle east respiratory syndrome virus.

>> we turn to our top story now on isil and mosul and joined by our political analyst. thank you for your time. let's talk about the evolving, i don't know if that's the right word u.s. strategy when it comes to dealing with isil, dealing with iraq. we're hearing now that they are contemplating opening a base in anbar province. is that going to help? your thoughts on that. >> it's a bit peculiar. i'm not sure it is evolving or dissolving. things have not been going well or according to plan over the last year. one year ago when mosul was taken over by isil, the campaign immediately started in order to get them out of there. instead, a year later they've taken over ramadi and a good part of iraq, so certainly that policy is not working. president obama has told us the last couple of weeks that america doesn't have a complete

strategy yet. >> why not? >> because it says according to the american officials the iraqis are not coming forward with enough guarantees, enough commitment that satisfactory the americans to get resolved in iraq. is that true? is it the question of the iraqi's not being willing enough to take on the political or is washington not that interested to get back into iraq remains to be seen. >> we talked about the base, the idea may be sending more troops in there to do training, but if what the u.s. is saying that the will is not there will sending in more u.s. troops make any difference at all? >> certainly the idea here is that there has been sort of an underestimation of what isil can do in iraq. there are two theories. one is that it was one mistake after another they just underestimated the importance of

this threat. if it was a certain indifference on the part of the obama administration to act and hence, it's failed once and again to take lead role in iraq. the other theory is that this is comfortable for washington, that washington. >> how so? >> washington wants to see supported militias fight it out they would like to see iraq and hess blah fight it out. it would like to see iraq and syria in the way they are instead of having the continuum on to damascus. >> at the risk of so many being killed losing their homes and lives? >> welcome to the cynicism of politics. as i said, there are two scenarios. one is that this is a failure other is that it has been designed at such. now the question for washington is the following.

this can no longer be a pretext. not only as you said people's homes destroyed and millions of refugees in iraq and syria tens of hundreds of thousands killed, now the entire middle east is threatened. stability of the region is at stake and washington is considered to be the world and region's policeman. what is the policemen told now that the inmates are after one another, now that the people in the prison are after one another, there are real massacres throughout the region. the obama administration is finding a certain urgency talking about military bases retraining of the iraqi troops, and so fort. clearly it is not helping. that is probably why washington is going to do something for mack co in terms of strategy, look at syria, as well as iraq, look at political process as well as military solutions. >> there does seem oh be a sense

of urgency coming out of washington, as you said. >> isil fighters say they have taken control of the libyan city of sirte. it wants to regain the coastal city. we have this report. >> isil fighters are on the offensive in sirte. they've taken control of the city from libya dawn, the coalition of militia backed by the national general congress based in tripoli. isil's victory is the combination of weeks of fierce battles, its fighters now control all check points in and out of the city. >> fighting in libya has mainly been between pro revolution eight groups that back the government in stripy and those that support the u.n. recognized government in tobruk. both sides had been trying to reach a political deal through peace talks but the tobruk government appears divided. tuesday, some of libya's elected parliament reject a u.n. draft

proposal to form a unity government. they support general haftar, the most powerful military commander in the east. others in the tobruk delegation traveled to germany to continue the talks. rivalries have deeply split people in libya. the country has fallen into chaos after the uprising that deposed muammar gaddafi. the chaos has been made worse by groups like isil stepping into an already crowded battleground. al jazeera. >> the german airline lufthansa with him add fees for travel on websites an attempt to direct customers to their own site. in recent years airfare websites have changed how people buy flights. companies like expedia and sky scanner buy up tickets from the

airlines. this allows more comparison and booking choices and cheaper tickets. the move by lufthansa i also the second by an airline that many believe will reduce transparency. 96 of the major airlines might follow the move. we are joined by an airfare expert from dallas. thank you so much for your time. in addition to the moves that i just spoke about with lufthansa delta said it is also moving to stop letting air sites use their information. what is this move about, in your opinion? >> well, the airlines are looking for ways to getting in touch directly with the consumers in selling their tickets directly to them. sometimes, they don't see the need of the consumer to compare and to look at different fares and routes especially to get to

a destination. it is a move for them to really get that consumer directly to them and also another move to raise another fee. we've seen fees being increased tremendously across the world by the airlines. >> so, it's debatable there's a group that says that these websites make travel cheaper for customers, another school of thought that that can't possibly be because sometimes websites add extra fees. which is it? >> well, when you compare fares and price for any consumer, be it the airline industry or other product, competition always brings great opportunity and transparency brings great opportunity for better price and opportunity for the consumer. that is clear it's happened across all industries. the airlines want to bring them directly to their site and be able to offer other services, and other upgrades, fees and

products what they have when they sell them. that's the main drivers or why they're driving a clean direct sale especially on line. >> do you think that this is the strategy is actually going to work for the airlines and people are going to start to use travel websites less and go directly to the airline website that they want to use? >> i don't believe that people are going to use websites less. actually the average consumer across the world surges anywhere between four and seven different websites right before they take especially a leisure trip. i think that comparison is still going to happen. i think loyalists are going to go straight to the airlines of their choice instead of comparing. i think this is something that may be a trend or may be a need by the airlines to really drive a certain segment of their consumers straight to their website. we have seen it especially here in the united states with southwest airlines, who always have sold their ticket on line just on their website there may

be a trend but i think the consumer will win and be able to compare all the other sites as it's happened before. >> ok, thanks for your expertise on this. >> thank you. >> the british government is on trial at the european court of human rights over the killing of a brazilian man in 2005. he was shot by police outside the london underground. they thought he was a address bomber. a british inquiry found internal mistakes but found no grounds to pursue a murder trial. the family is challenging this decision of the court. 52 people have been killed in attacks on the city's transport system. >> the pope created a new vatican tribunal to deal with clergy who fail to deal with children subjected to abuse by

priests. it is the biggest step taken by the holy see to hold bishops accountable, for years the vatican has been criticized by groups for failing to take action. >> more than 100,000 migrants have traveled across the mediterranean sea to reach europe. the italian coast guard has conducted four rescue operations tuesday and brought 487 migrants to lampedusa. tens of thousands of expected to head to greece and italy this summer. >> mourners have been gathering at the school where 15 german students were killed in the germanwings plane crash. a convoy is expected shortly at the high school. the co pilot crashed the plane into a mountain in france, three months ago now. >> the opening match of south

america's top competition the copa america kicks off thursday. it's meant to be a celebration of the greatest developing talent the region has to offer. the shadow of the fifa corruption scandal hangs over the tournament, while the stadium houses to dark history. we have this report. >> the final touch is being applied to the national stadium. ahead of chile's opener here against ecuador this is a ground that hosted many sporting triumphs. >> the surprise for many of us was how stadium built to entertainment people could be turned into a torture center where people disappeared. >> he talks about how chilean football and the national stadium was disgraced during and

after the 1973 military coup headed by pinochet. many were tortured and killed in the stadium. he was held for 50 days in what should have been a changing room. >> when they opened that door, we never knew whether it would bring good or bad. they came to take people away, 10 or 15. we don't know what for. >> a former political prisoner has insured this stadium houses the memorial to the victim. >> unfortunately the stadium emits a double mental, the sporting mental, we love our people which plays here, but it represents the emotion of the thousands of the families like no other site in the country. >> the idea that sport and politics don't mix could not be more wrong than here in chile

said national stadium. the benches where prisoners once sat preserved at a memorial to their suffering in the darkest period of chief lays history. the stadium also hosted one of international footballs most bizarre games the 1973 world cup qualifier between chile and a non-exist ensoviet union side that returned you were to show up disgusted by reports of human rights abuses. chilean authorities convinced inspectors there were no prisoners in the stadium. they played that day. >> according to fifa, there were no prisoners watching that game against ghost soviet side, but a friend of mine, a prisoner said that's a lie that on the day of the game, he was there. >> chile qualified for the 1974 world cup in west germany. he and his colleagues felt shamed and played badly. the current team hopes the

national stadium will now be remembered for its victories and not for the painful ghosts of the past. al jazeera santiago. >> we'll have more sport after the break including fifa begins to pros the finding the resignation of sepp blatter. we'll have the details in a moment.

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suspended. the announcement was made by the secretary general following corruption allegations of the awarding of the world cups to rush and qatar respectively. the bidding was about to begin with the final decision to be made in kuala lampur in may 2015. they hit back over allegations to former fifa vice president jack warner related to the 2010 world cup in south africa. that. >> it was not fifa's money so we have nothing to do with this money. you say you want us to transfer the money pay the money, it is a request from the official south african authorities signed, we will do so, as long as it is in line with our regulations, approved by the chairman of the finance committee, it's fine. >> starting with matters fifa, they will hold an extraordinary

meeting in july discussing the dates for a new presidential election. sepp blatter resigned last tuesday, four days after being reelected for a fifth term. the 79-year-old quit following the corruption investigations and arrest of senior officials in zurich. the new election could take place anytime between march and september. >> the cleveland cavaliers two games up. lebron james top scorer with 40 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists. he's now scored a remarkable 123 points in the series overall the most ever by a player through the first three games of the final series. the end result was 96-91. game four is in cleveland on thursday. >> i'm just trying to do whatever it takes to help. i know you guys keep hearing me elaborate on whatever it takes but that's what i'm trying to do. it's not like i'm going out there and high volume shooting

and not doing anything else. i'm doing everything for our team to help our team win and that's all that matters. >> the 100 days to go until new zealand begins the defense of their rugby world cup title. twenty days after the sport went professional play is faster than ever before. it's led to questions whether illegal means are being used. >> getting their hands on the rugby world cup is the prize for the very best in the game this year. whatever level it's played, few sports need such a range of physical attributes, from powers in the scrum a agile wing play and ability to take knocks. as it becomes faster and stronger, are players taking short cuts that put their own health at risk. that's the belief of some.

>> that's not possible if you respect the natural rules to detect growth hormone in a test, you have to do the test in less than 48 hours. >> 10 players in england were banned for doping in 2014, while in south africa, 12 out of 52 tested school boys were found to be positive. the good morning body of world rugby said we do not believe systemic doping exists at the elite level. we work hard with education and intelligent testing. >> has doping become too difficult to detect or did the lack of a scandal like that which hit cycling mean the sport is clean. some believe rugby is sitting on a time bomb.

>> players are expected to be marathon runners sprinters and weight lifters at the same time. it's not compatible. rugby is a festival and no one is allowed to outscore the party. the future of these players is problematic and the future of the sport, also. >> it's not a view which gets much sympathy within the game. >> people are writing books about rugby or doping, if they write this book, it's because they need to be known. our sport is growing more and more. >> the pressure on rugby players to perform is getting greater and greater never more so than in the world cup here. the people who run the game hope those who have been caught an offer indication of a bigger problem. al jazeera paris. >> i am joined by ben nichols the senior communication manager for the world antidoping agency in montreal.

ben, why the sport like rugby particularly vulnerable to doping? >> well, i think what we can say is no sport is immune from doping. clearly that's why we exist and the anti doping community is in place. i think the concerns in rugby this year are more to do with the level of players who are looking to become professionals so perhaps teenagers looking to get those professional contracts, we see more and more stories of this on steroid abuse, substance abuse. people who want to become professional rugby players looking on the internet, getting these substances far too easily. it's a danger. it is very accessible. we don't know what is in these products and it is a fairly unregulated industry, as well. there are those not necessarily going for professional rugby contracts, but enhancing their

bodies. it's more and more a public health issue because there's a danger while these substances are certainly dangerous we're looking to take action with a number of different people. >> they are going to have increased doping checks throughout the world cup in september. do you think this is something that has to be expanded out to club rugby to lower levels, to amateur rugby to crack down? youngsters are seeming to have more of a problem with using drugs than professional players. >> it's being addressed. we've seen it acknowledged widely world rugby a very committed partner having acknowledged that this exists. it boils down to education not just educating today's rugby players, but to those who want to break into the game that it's dangerous to take these stub stances, there is another way balanced diet, train hard and be

healthy and not be tempted. it's a minority of athletes going down this route. we need those others, the majority to stand up, the clean athletes to say look, this is the wrong approach, this isn't the right way of doing things and you can get there through healthy attitude and a mindset. >> ok, ben nichols thanks very much for that. >> thank you. >> that's all your sport for now. i'll have more later. >> thank you very much. afghanistan province is guarded as the safest area of the country since the taliban was removed in 2001. while security improved, there's been slow development of running water and infrastructure. we have more. >> there were no paved roads in all of the area until three years ago, when this one was built. it now connects dozens of poor, remote villages to the provincial capital. unfortunately, it ends here.

14 years ago the taliban destroyed the towns market and killed 300 people in one day. now, it's peaceful, because those living here are mostly shia muslims and they don't support the taliban. the taliban which is an ultra conservative sunni movement is opposed to shias but there are no jobs. >> there's no work or business for shop keepers. the government helps other provinces but here didn't do much. i don't know why. maybe because water peaceful. i can't even feed my family. >> there are a few signs of progress. there's only enough electricity to turn on the lights for a couple of hours a night if you can afford it. the power casts 10 times more than than in kabul and there's no public transport either. he walked three hours with his sick son to visit a medical clinic. he had to borrow money to buy the medicine. now, he has to walk back.

on the main road out of town, we came across students walking to school because there's no bus. this 13-year-old told us she walks three hours a day to school and home again. the principal says it's too much for children. >> some of our students are walking for two or three hours to get here. they're young children, so they're tired by the time they arrive and fall asleep. >> in the classroom things aren't much better, no division not even chairs. however, it has the highest enrollment of girls at school. from here, our journey takes us over rough mountain roads. travel is slow. at the end, you are rewarded with this, a string of six natural lakes. this national park is a symbol of how much potential the area

has. while some development it's still far behind most provinces in the rest of afghanistan. this place needs running water paved roads and electricity. >> there is, however, one major advantage and that's security, a rare thing in afghanistan. nicole johnston, al jazeera. >> german born composer james lass known for his easy listening orchestral arrangements has died at 86. he released 200 albums and had 52 hits in the u.k. alone. his music ranges from pop to classical in a field and pretty wide audience. his manager said he passed away peacefully at his home in the u.s. >> stay with us here, another full bulletin of news is straight ahead. keep it here.

one year since the capture of the city of most sell, we report what life is like under isil control. world news, also coming up, is this the world's most dysfunctional peace keeping force, is under scrutiny of the security council. the virus forces them to close more schools against the atvived of