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reform package all the sport, including the end of a 40-year wait as the golden state warriors are crowned n.b.a. champions. hello, hundreds of syrian refugees in turkey are going home following the kurdish victory over i.s.i.l. in the bordertown bordertown. crossing over to bernard smith, to tell us what you have been seeing and what is the latest. >> reporter: it's quietened town there were a few hundred allowed to cross back. some came to escape but escalation in violence as the battle intensified between the

syrian kurdish y.p.g. and i.s.i.l. who were in control of talabia. a couple of people were going back after being here for two years. they were kurds, saw the kurds in charge they are going back others in the arab residence of tal abbia, there has been reports, climate from some syrian groups that the kurds had been clearing out arabs, the kurds denied that. from what we have seen kurds are going back to tal abbiad. >> the few people left tal abbiad are returning. they joined others in control of the border town. fighters from the kurdish y.p.g. are now in charge. >> our pleas are to take care of the poor people. we have no food or medicine.

only last week black cloud fighters are in the same place to stop people leaving a 3-person assault forced i.s.i.l. out. air strikes were an essential parts of the battle plan. now the kurdish flag flies above tal abbia. that makes the turkish government nervous. >> on the border in tal abbiad the west conducting bombings against arabs and turkmen is positioned with the pyd and p.k.k. in their place. >> reporter: they see the y.p.g. as an offshoot of p.k.k. a separatist group fighting a 30 years battle with the turkish state. the syrian kurds added tal abbia to the in dependent regions. that town is majority arab. however, the kurds say it was

once kurdish. before they were forced out firstly by the syrian government in the 1980s, and recently by i.s.i.l. the turkish government and a group of 15 syrian groups accused the ypg of displacing arabs and turkmen from the area. these accusations are baseless. we don't fight i.s.i.l. alone. arabs and christians fight on the front line. we didn't liberate tal abbia because it's kurdish, we treat all differently regardless of being in the north or south, and invite all the arabs to come back. anyone can come to verify what i'm saying. >> reporter: for i.s.i.l. the loss of tal abbia is a significant defeat. the kurds control the road to raqqa, the effective capital of i.s.i.l. in syria. now, the situation in tal abbia

is different to that of kobane. that battle finished early in january, after four months fighting between the syrian kurdish y.p.g. kobane was all but destroyed. the town is in rubble. this town was a 20-day battle. while there has been destruction from the u.s. air strikes, it's nothing like the scale of kobane. people here who are well looked after in the turkish refugee camps, it's not home they want to goal home so see if their town is here. they are taking that opportunity. bernard smith reporting to us. >> in indonesia, al jazeera has seen bank notes allegedly handed to people smugglers at sea. australia government is refusing to answer questions on whether the payments took place, sparking a dispute between the

two countries. andrew thomas reports. >> reporter: the money shot. on the indonesian island of roti, al jazeera was given access to the bank notes at the center of a major diplomatic dispute. this cash, indonesian police say, was given at sea by australian officials to people smugglers, to make sure they returned their human cargo to indonesia, and this is the captain of the asylum seekers boat. >> i told the australian man we needed money to return to our wives and children. he said okay, we'll help you. as captain i got $6,000, the crew $5,000 each. >> reporter: the captain, now held by indonesian police claims his boat was escorted by two australian vessel over a 2-week period. passengers and crews were transferred to fishing boats that the australians provided and once paid, sent in the direction of india.

- indonesia according to our law, this is bribery, it is illegal. this will let the community decide what the punishment will be. in australia the prime minister was dodging questions. >> the only thing that counts is have we stopped the boats. the answer is a resounding yes. >> the prime minister insisted too, officials acted legally, despite experts saying paying smugglers to take people anywhere is against international and domestic law. there were questions for the main opposition party. did people smugglers get paid by australia while they were in government. not at sea the leaders, but stonewalled about whether payments were made to smugglers on land. >> you know it doesn't matter what political party the politician is from, when it comes to security matters, we don't comment.

>> reporter: australians paying smugglers could have happened for years. opinions are mixed. >> if there's nothing to hide on it. they should be answering to the question. >> stop the boat coming. it's a good state for the government. >> true. . >> they should be crook. >> reporter: crook? >> yes, to pay the smugglers. >> most australians are pleased that boats of asylum seekers were stopped coming to the country, but most are uncomfortable with the secrecy by which it is achieved. there are questions of how long this has been going on let's get perspective on this, and cross to peter webb a director of advocacy joining us from melbourne. if the allegations are true is it legal to pay people

smugglers. >> if the allegations are true there are serious implications for australian domestic. serious implications under international law, and serious implications for our relationship with indonesia. the law form its of government act depends on the finer points the details, and that is what the australian government is refusing to reveal. >> let's talk about the implications under international law. what are they? >> under international law, states are prohibited from aiding abetting or facilitating people smuggling. now, if the australian government has effectively paid people smugglers to turn around thin that's the kind of conduct that creates serious issues under international law governing the smuggling of people and similar the

australian law prohibits the facilitations of smuggling people, so there would be implications as well. >> what do you make of the response so far, or lack of it by tony abbott and the australian government? >> i mean i think the allegations are concerning insofar as the rites of refugees are concerned. the government's refusal to comment on them is concerning insofar as australian democracy is concerned. all people have the rights to judge the actions of their government. an element of that is the government transparent about what its actions are. >> do you see the government transparent at any point in time over these alleged action and how do you see this playing out? >> well sadly i don't. i don't have cause for optimism in terms of the government becoming more transparent.

it's stated frequently that it has a policy of not discussing what it calls on water matters. so we know that it's intercepted asylum seekers boats before and sent them back to sri lanka, sent them back to indonesia and vietnam, but refuses to comment on the operations saying that it will not talk about anything that happens on water. and i think that secrecy both has the intent and effect of subverting vital legal and democratic scrutiny. >> daniel webb thank you very much for giving your point of view from melbourne. >> thank you for having me. >> controversy in australia. and now pope francis is adding his voice to the debate appealing for migrants to be respected across the globe. in a weekly address he said those closing borders to refugees should ask for

forgiveness. a number of countries, coming from italy, turning away hundreds of people. many are seeking shelter in train stations in rome and milan security has been stepped up in hong kong as legislators debate a reform package. people in hong kong will get to vote for their leaders, only candidates approved by beijing will be allowed to stand. protesters say it's not free or hair. we are joined by drown -- adrian brown to tell us how the vote stands. >> the table has been presented to the legislature, there'll be a vote tonight. tomorrow is looking a likely time for that to happen. all the legislators, there are 70 of them, will get the opportunity to speak to the assembly for up to 15 minutes.

anyone that wants to talk will be able to do so. today has been a defining moments for hong kong. everything since the handover almost 18 years ago this week this month, rather has been leading up until this moment. now, beijing, of course is watching all this slightly perplexed. it people it has given hong kong everything it can. the relationship can be compared to that of a parent with a pettualent teenager. it's not enough. this is the other - the only part of china where people have to protest, where people have the source of freedom, what many fail to understand is that the government in beijing is on a nationalistic role and particularly on issues of sovereignty, this touches on the

issue as far as china is concerned. >> speaking of the protest, what is going on behind you, and how big the crowds are. well, the crowds i have to say don't number more than you know a few hundred. compared with nine months ago when there were thousands surrounding the mini parliament when the student-led occupation movement began, as a consequence of that plan that was tabled by the national people's congress in beijing to expand democracy here in hong kong. the crowds, as i say are smaller, that could change after the vote. and the question is what will happen if for instance hong kong decides to reject this resolution. my own feeling is i don't think there'll be trouble. there's more likely to be trouble if the parliament

approves the measure. >> thank you for that update from hong kong. now, to the west bank where crisis talks between the unity government is starting. the prospect has been raised about whether the government should be resolved. we cross to our correspondent joining us from where the talks are taking place. do we expect the government to resign? >> well right now this all started on tuesday night, at the revolutionary council meeting, when president bashar al-assad was quoted as saying a consensus government would be dissolved and a new government would be formed. it's not clear whether it will be a cabinet shuffle carried out by the prime minister. or a cabinet reformation with a new candidate appointed as prime minister, tasked with forming a

new government. we understand there's a meeting to discuss the two options, and other issues. as you know this consensus government was formed last year in june. it's a government made of technocrats that belong to neither fatah or hamas, but backed by both parties, and was packed with organising a general election so that eventually a palestinian national unity government would be elected by the palestinian people. a year passed and this has not happened. >> so is this the reason that all of this is taking place right now. why is it happening now? >> well there has been divisions and differences in dispute, and after they formed the consensus government the divisions didn't go away. some people say the divisions have grown even deeper. and have become more problematic. a lot of people criticized the

consensus government for not being effective or doing its work or how to reconstruct the gaza strip after the 50-day war against hamas. with people reported as saying hamas is not allowing the consensus government to work in gaza. therebeen disagreements on over how to unite the palestinian security agencies. there's deepening issues and we heard from hamas. a spokesperson take they'd reject a unilateral solution of the palestinian consensus government without holding discussions or talks with parties. this comes at a sensitive time especially if the division is a reformation. palestinians are preparing to file two complaints against israel at the international criminal court. looking divided will not be

helpful. this is happening while there are indirect talks happening between hamas and israeli officials about possibly achieving a 5-year ceasefire agreement. these talks, according to the reports that we are reading, might grant gaza a floating seaport, which is a long-standing demand by hamas, we understand that the palestinian authority is not part of the talks that are happening, the ibb direct talks -- indirect talks between the israelis and hamas. that report from ramallah there's more ahead on the newshour including - fears of another devastating famine as north korea faces its biggest drought in a century. rushing into retirement as the clock runs down greek workers cashing in while they can. >> and the danger zone after

tuesday's match against argentina. first north korea specting its worst drought in a century. that is the warning from state media. a third of the country's rice paddies are drying out. 2 million dependent on food aid, there's fears of widespread starvation, in the 1990s, a series of drought and floods caused a famine and killed hundreds of thousands of people. let's bring in a professor from the university of foreign studies from seoul. it's unusual for north korea to talk openly about its shortages, announce what is going on and indicate that the situation is serious. >> i am sure there's no question about the seriousness of the situation there. but the danger is it's not like they never acknowledged this before. they have done so once in a

while. it looks like the main attitude it's quite considerable. judging from what we hear in the south, south korea, what we are experiencing here it looks like it is intensive. >> when you say you hear things in south korea, from whom exactly, and how can you verify the information that you are hearing? >> here in south korea we are going through the drought. it's a small peninsula. therefore, there's zero count and north korea is suffering the same thing. the drought here is serious. we can refer from that fact that the seen drought situation is serious. in south korea what we go through is a serious drought in 30 years. >> do people in the south support giving aid to the north? >> well yes, it depends on how north korea comes about.

we haven't received a clear message about north korea demanding aid. if it comes, definitely i am sure there'll be a conservative on this side. we don't have that yet. we don't have the request coming from north korea. >> what about the outside world. should help be needed how can countries help the north with it being a closed regime. >> well the thing is north korea has had a history of receiving foreign aid in terms of aid in the past. i am sure the government - on the government level, foreign aid could continue to flow unless they take action to stop it. i have little doubt in terms of - as long as there's the willingness to continue the way they have so far, i'll sure they'll continue to receive it from outside. occasionally in the past about a year or two they kicked out some of the workers in the past.

if they go back to the normal steps, the details which i don't have, they'll be able to receive it from overseas. okay. thank you very much for speaking to us from seoul. >> my pleasure well now, the weather with everton. can north korea spebility to see -- expect to see rain soon? >> actually there's a possibility of one or two showers creeping into the far north of north korea over the next couple of days. it will be of little or no significance. you take the satellite picture, you can see why that is. showers to the south. that's where we have the heavier rain. notice a crop of storms to the far north of north korea. creeping out of the nearby parts of china. >> looking at that you can see wetter weather to the south, an area of low pressure another area to the north. with low pressure the air rises, condenses the clouds and the rain is raining everywhere. in between the air is

descending and that is set over the korean peninsula, and it will stay that way over the next few ways. chaps of a few showers around the far north of north-west. spilling out of the the north-east, far east of russia you see the rain creeping in. the wettest weather is further south. joining up to my front seeking its way out of shanghai. we are seeing heavy rainfall, more than enough rain coming down 159mm of rain in 24 hours. the heavy rain caused a bit of flooding over a good part of central china. the wet weather stays in place. it will sink southwards. shanghai drying up as we go towards the weekend. >> thank you. the greek prime minister alexis tsipras accused creditors of trying to humiliate greece. the european commission retorts

that the greek government is misleading voters. shares on the stock market fell for a third day in a row. both struggles struggling to find a solution to the debt crisis. alexis tsipras is pushing for a deal keeping greece in the eurozone. >> translation: the time has come for europe to talk seriously, not just about greece adds future but the future of the eurozone will it insist on leading a county and people into humiliation, or do they want to pave the way for solidarity greece is set to default on the $1.8 billion unless it receives new funds. a sticking point is pensions. as reported pensions have been cut three times already over the past decade. >> reporter: this person retired at 57. under different circumstances, she'd still be working. >> i didn't want to retire. i like my work and was capable

of doing it. i needed the money, we can't make ends meet on the pension, not with loans to pay off and unmarried children. >> renewed insecurity sparked a rush to retire. an estimated 400,000 have applied. >> translation: every time there's a discussions about reforming social security people rush to apply for a pension. the reason is insecurity in case worse terms come along in retirement or money. >> reporter: the sticking point is greece's creditors want pension costs cut by 2 billion. pensions are the biggest expense, 30% of the budget. creditors believe the government should start by doing away with early retirement. the government wants to phase it out over several years, and is

against the cuts in principle saying they'll trigger a new recession. >> this complicated negotiation has become more difficult. the highest administrative court ordered the government to reverse pension cuts made in the last few years, saying they are unconstitutional adding 1.3 to 1.7 million to the costs. >> the real problem is lack of work. 40% of greeks are considered an active population and only 30% are working. the government has been promising a gold rush of investment to boost employment. they are achieved an old rush of people seeking refuge fearing that matters could become worse. still ahead on the newshour. we'll tell you why surrendering to your sweet tooth may not be bad for you after all. plus coming up how desertification is threatening to destroy a famous former star

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been stepped up as legislators debate a reform package. if agreed people in hong kong will get to vote for their leader but only those approved by beijing can stand talks about reshuffling or forming a new administration based on a deal between hamas, after years of conflict which has been put under pressure in recent weeks. the united nations calls on all sides in yemen's conflict to observe a 2-week truce. houthi rebels and the government in exile are attending talks, but are negotiating through mediators, crossing and joining us from geneva to give us the updates on the talks. whether any sort of breakthrough is expected? >> well i can say the talks hit a snag. the delegation representing the government matched with ambassadors from the e.u. are not happy with the way the talks are handled.

there's no progress this afternoon. they will leave tomorrow. this is a very critical moment. we understand that the houthi representatives are, at the same time, said that they are not happy with the way things are handled and we are waiting for an answer from the united nations envoy, about the make-up of the representation for them to start off. they hadn't have been able to bring the two parties to talk about how to move forward, let alone talk about implementing a humanitarian truce. this is the most delegate moment tore the international community and the united nations. >> so hashem ahelbarra, the question is what does the united nations and the u.n. envoy do next? >> they don't seem to have very much different options pore the time being. they had high hopes that they will convince the different

factions to agree on some sort of a 2-week humanitarian truce to allow international aid to flow into yemen. if that happens, they say that they'd like to talk about the critical issues like how to implement a ceasefire across the country. the government insists that they would like to see the houthis pull out from aden and from tiaz and sanaa. they say that they cannot leave the areas, because al qaeda will take over. they want guarantees by yemeni army to take over those areas that will be abandoned. loads of arguments about some of the details, but up to this moment, we have not seen delegations from the government and houthis saying let's set the differences aside and move forward, it's not happening for the time being thank you for reporting from geneva the sahara desert is

expanding by 48km every year. scientists saying it's getting faster because of climate change. 75% of tunisia is affected by the creeping sands. on world desertification day we have a report from a place where every drop of water is precious. >> reporter: a few years ago this entire area was covered in sand. now life is returning. this person hopes that these salt-resistant plants mean his three children will not have to migrate elsewhere. >> translation: if you have sheep and camels they can eat and live here. before we couldn't feed them. we didn't have the water, only water from god. >> reporter: scientists blame climate change for what is happening here. every year there's less rain and more underground water evaporates.

the soil is dry and salty. >> reporter: large amounts of water have high salt levels, between 8-12 grams per litre. >> reporter: it's called desertification and threatening one of tunisia's important tourist spots. some of the most famous scenes in star wars were filmed. every year thousands of cubic meters of sand. the greatest hot desert in the world is growing every day. scientists are talking about building a green wall across the whole sahara. a belt of trees, and plants that will help prevent the creeping of the desert north and south, and try to stop more land erosion. here a unique irrigation system makes sure palm trees only get

the water they need. the owe ace sis became a major -- oasis is a source of fruits. the organic date is exported abroad creating jobs and money for the community. >> we need to stop the exportation, chopping down it in the desert. the people of this town have shown that it is possible to survive this harsh environment. their dream is other communities follow their example. before the expanding desert destroys more land. well the un convention to combat desertification encourages countries to protect food crops by changing the way the farmers work. and you can see there they lead the team working to put that into practice. and monique joins us from milan.

first of all tell us the results from what you have seen. >> good morning. >> my question is you have - you have led a team that works to protect food crops by changing the way that formers actually work. am i correct in saying that. if so what results have you seen? >> yes, clearly if you want to be on the planet and at the same time as conditions which are acceptable in terms of economic and social manners, you have to change the way that your food production is currently being done. and go to more systems which are more sustainable in the way that we manage the land today.

>> have you seen positive changes? >> i am sorry, i didn't hear you? >> have you seen any positive changes? >> are you asking me whether there is problems with changing? >> positive changes, have you seen good changes happen? >> well no not really. actually. today we would say that things have been worsening and unfortunately there are too much competition on the land issue and this competition between people who need to grow food people who want to use the land for bioenergy, and people that want to use the land to build, i would say, cities and things like that means that we are

losing more land every year. today it's about 12 million hectares every year of land that we lose. so actually the situation is worsening today than it used to be. >> so what is it that needs to be done by not only the united nations, by your team and the individual countries? >> i think that countries detected dimension of what the land is for their own benefit. you know in most of africa 65% of all the agricultural land is degraded. and so clearly there are ways by which we can repair the land and it should become a priority for most of the porous country of the world. and this can be done.

there are ways in particular by making sure that we go to agribusiness, which will alone - the land to be restore, and the fertility to come back. if i take an example, for example, of niger, they did this kind of work in the north of niger, and thanks to the work that they have been doing, they have been actually not restoring more than 2 million, and they brought out 600,000 people out of poverty. those are the examples that they follow all over the world. >> monique, thank you for speaking to us from milan. monique was speaking about niger, and the vastness of the sahara desert that can by hard

for migrants escaping from south africa. the bodies of 18 have been founded. they were stranded in a sandstorm and died after supplies ran out. >> reporter: from this staging point a perilous a journey begins. this is close to the badder of niger and -- board are of niger and libya. this person knows that moving forward means risking his life. >> the road, we have to admit, is risky, is not tarmacked. it's the sahara, the truck is a 4 by four. it takes more than 30 people, 27 like that. it is dangerous. if you are not seated in a good position, you risk falling, and you risk being killed. >> it used to be a tourist destination, notorious four human trafficking and crime. people are charged $500 to cross the sahara.

hundreds die every year taking the dangerous route through the desert. until people make it to the boats, their stories of thursday, hunger and accidents are rarely hurt. two years ago the bodies of 92 were found in the desert. they were abandoned by the smugglers and died of thursday. -- thirst. 60% of migrants that made it to italy are said to have travelled through niger. many that travelled, from niger mali, chad and cameroon and other areas. they enter libya and continue across to the mediterranean. many don't make it. >> translation: the migrants die on the way. the traffickers don't care. in libya, there's a lot of problems. there's no escape, it's every man for himself. >> human rights groups reported abuse at the hands of smugglers. >> translation: some have been abused in libya or algeria.

some have returned with fractures due to treatment they received in the host country. niger's government can't regulate people coming in from the west african nations. knowing all the dangers, many continue to leave everything and risk it all in search of a better life. the former turkish president died at the age of 90. he was the head of the state from 1993 to 2000, at the end of a political career spanning 50 years. he served as prime minister five times, and was twice overthrown by the military. he died following heart failure and a respiratory tract infection. some good news for choco holics scientists in scotland discovered a link between people that eat up to 100 grams of

chocolate and a lower risk of heart disease. >> reporter: so decka department, so delicious and not so bad as we thought. it's thought eating chocolate is linked to lower heart disease and strokes. looking at the eating habits of 21,000, researchers discovered those that ate more chocolate exercised more were less obese and likely to have type 2 diabetes putting them at less rick than cardio vascular disease. >> up to 100% of those eating chocolate are safe in terms of cardio vascular there's a little reduction in the risk. that is the law. we can't say it's because of

chocolate. >> the fourth largest consumer in the world is chocolate. they under the power of what they sell. >> there's studies suggesting there's a pay off. you tend to get a bigger payoff. >> this is some of the highest quality chocolate. in the rent studies subject were not just eating dark chocolate, but mass produced bars and had a rick of cardio vascular -- risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke. dieticians warn people not to take up a chocolate habit. >> there needs to be a moderation fact calories and sugar, if you are trying to watch your weight eating a lot will not be good for you. >> before you reach for another mind bear in mind more research needs to be done. >> still ahead on al jazeera.

>> i'm rob reynolds at the e3 gaming and electronics entertainment convention in los angeles, where virtual reality is a big show cased item this year. >> in sport celebrations in full swing after the golden state warriors win their first n.b.a. title in 40 years.

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the e 3 entertainment expo. rob reynolds is there. >> reporter: the biggest video gaming and electronic show on earth is off and running - to the delight of thousands of fanatical gamers. e3 showcases the latest hardware and software in a vast and popular electronic entertainment industry. when you get to an e3 where francises like call of duty, halo. gears of war. tomb radar. these are the big blockbusters. when you get all of those rolling out at one time, that makes an e3 special, exciting for the audience. the biggest splash in the gaming pond was made by sony, the japanese electronic giant bringing out new versions of classic games for the playstation platform, including shenmu 3 and final fantasy 7.

gamers could barely contain themselves when they were teased with a trailer for "the last guardian", in devolopment for 8 years, featuring a boy protagonist engaged in escapes. along with his bird-cat-griffin, a mix and match creature. this has been a coming out party for virtual reality devices. these have been talked about. some of the biggest names for technology have devices that are just about ready to hit the consumer market place. >> facebook as oculas, sony has morphous and microsoft has hollow land. what hollow lands does for microsoft is project a virtual world on to the world you see around you. appearing like hollow grams. you could be staring at the coffee table and a virtual world

will appear and you can move things around on it. exciting for gamers and lucrative for the big corporations that dominate industry, raking in 93 billion a year. bigger than the movie and music businesses combined. time for sport. >> celebrations under way after the golden state warriors break a 40 year drought. they beat the cleveland six. sarah coates reports. >> game 6, do or die, with golden state on the verge of a time cleveland needing to win to stay alive. seasonal mvp steph curry fired early. >> talk about a gift. >> matthew dellavedova, who has been in the warriors starting line-up since game 4 decided this was his time to shine. >> and another 3 pointer.

it's a low scoring first half. >> reporter: despite the hounding defense, lebron james found his way through the traffic. >> lebron james makes it look easy. >> reporter: at the end of the first half the cavs trimmeded the deficit to two points with tristian thompson slamming a miss by lebron james. early in the third it was 45 allful matthew dellavedova had other ideas. lebron james tried to make things happen as the minutes tick away finishing with 32 points, 18 rebounds and nine assists. but it wouldn't be enough. as golden state closed out the game 105-97, winning the first nba championship since 1975678. >> their first title in 40 years. >> reporter: a massive accolade for matthew dellavedova, named as the finals mvp. >> i think all the years, and going through everything, being

a very close group. i think we maximized our talent. that helped me here. telling the guys listen, i have been on teams, where they've helped us get to the playoffs because we weren't the most talented but we got there, we played well together. >> reporter: cleveland's half century of misery dragged on... >> i don't know, for me it's never a success if you go out losing. but i think we put ourselves in you know back where the franchise needed to be being a contender. we got a lot of work to do. >> reporter: these rowdy celebrations on the streets of oakland. it goes to show just how much this title means. major league baseball

confirmed it's cooperating the u.s. federal investigators over allegations that the st. louis cardinals hacked into the astros database. >> the use of a word like khyber attack we don't know that those are the facts. there's an investigation, we have been cooperative. any allegation like this, no matter how serious it turns out to be is of great concern, it's too early to speculate on what the facts will turn out to be and what action if any is necessary. >> the cardinals is one of the most successful teams in baseful history having won the world series 11 times, why would they want to hack into a database. according to the "new york times" unidentified cardinals officials got access to the houston astro statistics scouting reports and discussions about players and trades.

"the times" reports that whoever hacked the database may have used password belonging to a formal cardinals manager who left in the 2011 season. the hacking was undertaken by ven jful cardinals stuff who hoped to wreak having. okay. -- havoc. swiss investigators will not rule out interviewer of the f.i.f.a. president. the attorney-general says 53 cases of possible money laundering have been reported by swiss banks. it will take time for his office to sift through the large quantities of evidence. the investigation is separate to the u.s. proceedings that led to the arrest of 14 people including f.i.f.a. executives over allegations of corruption. >> the world of football needs to be patient.

by its nature the investigation will take more than the legendary 90 days. be assured, the ohg will give priority to this case and act according to the principles of the rule of law. there'll be formal interviews of all relevant people. by definition this does not exclude interviewing the president of f.i.f.a. and does not exclude introducing the secretary-general of f.i.f.a. >> as we know sepp blatter is preparing to stand down but the man that advised him told al jazeera that rather than be humiliated, sepp blatter considers it more of a football tactic. >> at this moment the pressure from international sources was heavy, and mostly from the u.s. and for a moment he said like

in the good game let's play the ball backwards to play it very fast again forward. that's what he did. there are many voices asking him to step back definitely but you must see that what is important - there is a huge fight going on. f.i.f.a. is something like a wonderful piece of global company, and if you see that the americans are fighting for influence at f.i.f.a. and the europeans europeans, they want to step in to bring f.i.f.a. back to the old sources to the rich countries. he's working from the morning 7 o'clock to the evening, and he's preparing what he calls new f.i.f.a. that means an f.i.f.a. ready for the next 20 years. back to matters on the

pitch, and defending copa american champions uruguay are in danger of stumbling out of the competition at the group stage. they were beaten 1-0 in group b. sergio with a diving header in the second. lionel messi came close to making it two but had the shot faced. >> he leads argentina top of group b. along side paraguay. the only goal of the game after a stunning error from the jamaican keeper. edward benitez was in the light place at the right time to help paraguay take the three points. >> host chillie have a problem. their star player alturo is in gaol after crashing his ferrari under the influence of alcohol. he was returning from on outing with his wife when the crash happened. as well as wrecking the sports star he sustained a bruise to his neck and was released from

hospital after being detained by police. he said on twitter that the accident was not his fault the chile's next game is against bolivia on saturday. >> cameroon is the second african team to advance to the next stage of the f.i.f.a. cup. they did so on the next appearance, beating switzerland 2-1. they came from behind to score twice in the second half. madeline with the winner and go through as a second-placed team in group c. >> defending champions japan became the first team to win all three group matches at the tournament. they scored in the fifth mg giving them a 1-0 vicinitiry over ecuador. >> nigeria were eliminated through the tournament after beating the united states. the only goal for abby. the results putting the u.s.a. through as winners of group c. >> and australia go through a

second place finish in group c. drawing 1-all with sweden. they could progress if results in other groups go their way. one of australia greatest distance runners has decide at the age of 78. ron clarke set 17 world records, including 12 during a 44 day tour of europe in 1965. as a 19-year-old, clark lit the olympic flame at the melbourne games and won bronze in the 10,000 in tokyo, and completed at the game in mexico city four years later and died of kidney failure wednesday. more sport on the website check out scom. that is all the support for me for now. >> thank you for the update. >> thank you for watching the newshour. we are back in a moment or two with a full bulletin of news.

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going home hundreds of syrians return from turkey as soldiers celebrate victory from i.s.i.l. in tal abyad. >> you are watching al jazeera lie from our headquarters in doha. also coming up u.n. brokered peace talks between warring factions in yemen are on the verge of collapse. we show you the money saying this is the cash the australian government bribed them with to turn back migrants fears of a famine as