and for the latest headlines go to our website at aljazeera.com. >> announcer: this is al jazeera. hello there and welcome to the news hour live from al jazeera's headquarters in doha i'm shiulie ghosh. coming up in the program. funeral for an 18-month-old palestinian baby burnt to death after an arson attack. the israeli prime minister calls it an act of terrorism. malaysia confirms the plane wreckage found on reunion island is from a boeing 777. final stages?

the litvinenko inquiry. the former russian spy killed by radioactive polonium. >> i'm robin adams with the sport. england is closing in on [ inaudible ] in the third ashes test. also coming up -- >> beijing. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: the new olympic record. the chinese capitol becomes the first city to host both the summer and winter olympics. ♪ the funeral for an 18-month-old palestinian baby burned to death in an arson attack has taken place. israeli settlers are suspected of carrying out the attack in his family's home in the occupied west bank. the health minister says the baby's parents are in critical condition. stephanie decker reports. >> reporter: carried through the crowded streets, the body of 18-month-old baby killed when

his home was attacked and fire bombed. a tiny grave for a young life cut short. the family home in the village of duma where the baby died is a scene of total devastation. the building charred and blackened by fire. the same blaze seriously injured his parents and four year old brother. a nearby relative's house is also burned. and scrawled on the wall the hebrew word revenge. the parents are air lifted to israel for emergency treatment, and the israeli army has begun an investigation. >> we saw at least two masked people according to our preliminary investigation in the middle of the night come to two houses and spray graffiti in hebrew on the walls of two houses, then broke in windows and hurled two fire bombs in

with this tragic barbaric result and outcome. >> reporter: there are at least three illegal setments close by. there have been 120 attacks on palestinians in the occupied west bank since the start of the year. the israeli leadership has denounced the violence. >> the government of israel unequivocally condemned this heinous crime, this act of terrorism. we will fight terrorism. we will defeat terrorism, no matter who the perpetrators are. >> reporter: but the palestinian president has accused the israeli government of failing to prevent the violence. >> translator: they are encouraging these thugs to carry out these attacks. this is a war crime and a tragedy for all of us. where is america in all of this? they are not saying anything about these daily crimes. if the israeli government wanted to prevent this crime, they

could have stopped the terrorists, but they chose not to. neave barker there. well stephanie decker is live for us in the village of duma at the family home and stephanie the funeral of the baby may have taken place, but this story is far from over. >> reporter: that's right, and as you mentioned, the parents of the baby are in critical but stable condition. they of course weren't able to bury their son. they are in two different clinics in israel. we spoke to the cousin of the family. he said the mother seems to be in the worst condition. 90% of her body has been burned and is suffering from a lung infection. the 4 year old toddler is in moderate condition, and the father critical but stable. so we'll see how this develops. but here a lot of shock.

hundreds of people showed up for the funeral. there's not a real backlash of anger that we're hearing here. people just can't believe this happened. many attacks have happened here by settlers but it has never had such a tragic outcome. so we are hearing strong words from the israelis calling these terrorists terrorist attacks, that they will bring them to justice, people here are not very hopeful that that will actually happen. >> yeah as you say, strong words from the israeli government, but many palestinians blaming the government for this attack as a direct result of their policies. what is the mood there right now? >> reporter: absolutely. people will tell you even though you might hear these strong words coming from the government, we have really heard it from all sides from the defense minister and a woman who is very prosettler here they will tell you that

settlement expansion is an act of policy which means that more and more flocks of settlers will continue to do this. so they don't see this condemnation in a way of being a change in policy a settlement expansion has always continued even through the last failed peace talks, there was the biggest settlement expansion push in a very long time. so there's no illusion amongst the people. i think it's interesting we're not seeing a backlash. people are comparing this to the death of a boy last year, which spiralled out of control. but again, we're talking about 10 to 20 to 30 people. so they are shocked, but i think people have lost the sense that they can do something to change the facts on the ground.

that they really are helpless and even their government isn't doing very much. the prime minister came here and i asked him a reaction to this and even his words i have to tell you, weren't that strong. he seemed a bit confused. he said we're going to go into international organizations, and i said who will you go to? and we wouldn't give me an answer. i think people have lost trust in their politicians that really anything can change on the ground. >> stephanie thank you for that. now malaysia's civil aviation chief has flown to france to join an investigation into debris that could belong to the missing flight mh370. part of a plane wing washed up on the french island. malaysian officials will join their french counterparts on saturday. malaysia has said it is almost

certainly part of a boeing 777. let's start with tanya paige, a lot of excitement about this peace of wreckage that has washed up. tell us what has been happening there on the beach. >> sure it has been getting a huge amount of at tenning. we have been here from the early morning. there has been a constant treatment of people. police have been walking up and down the beach, police have been flying their helicopter up and down the coastline, hoping i supposed to spot any other pieces of wreckage. we met the man who found this piece of wreckage he said he hopes it gives the families some relief and the chance to move on. his boss he runs the team of beach cleaners he says he is going to have his men here every day combing the seashore here in the hope that they are able find anything else. if it is confirmed to be a part

of hm370, it will be the only piece found. they have been wrapping it up to protect it for the flight to france, which we understand can be making off in the next few hours. >> tanya thank you for that. and that piece of wing is on its way to france where charles stratford is. and that wing part is going to be examined very closely to see if it is indeed part of mh370. >> that's right. it will be coming here which is a french defense ministry facility to be investigated. we're hearing reports from some malaysian officials that are saying a number on that piece of debris proves it is from a boeing 777. but certainly the investigators are going to want concrete proof that that be the case. they will be looking for a

number of things including things like serial numbers, things that are called broadly data tags things like bar codes even anything to try to trace its origin. they will also be looking at the age of the piece of debris and trying to determine just how long it has been in the water. oceanographers are saying it is not inconceivable to imagine that that piece of debris could well have floated 4,000 kilometers from where it is believed the plane came down. but it's worth reminding ourselves that this is not the first aviation -- reunion has seen aviation disasters before. there was an yemeni airbus that

went down. but one thing is for sure they cannot mess this up this time. they cannot give any wrong signals to loved ones to friends and family of the victims of this tragedy. as we have seen in the past in the immediate aftermath of the plane disappearing there were french and italian satellites that said they picked up debris in and around where they believed the plane had gone down that was proved incorrect. so the investigation is certainly going to be very intense and thorough here hopefully starting tomorrow. >> charles thank you for that. charles stratford in taluse there. three former executives of japan's tepco company will be tried for their part in the fukushima nuclear disaster. earlier prosecutored decided

there wasn't never evidence to try them. massive earthquake destroyed the fukushima plant contaminating water, food and air. >> reporter: this legal battle goes back to 2013 when thousands of residents tried to bring a class criminal action against 30 tepco executives and government firms. prosecutors decided there was not enough evidence to bring that trial. so a private panel recommended a prosecution should be brought against three executives. but in january prosecutors said it was unreasonable to think that those executives could have foreseen this incident. the water flooded the basement of the building cutting off the pumping of coolant. but that civilian panel did have

the power to reconvene, reassess the case and override the decision of the prosecutors, and that is exactly what has happened. so the court will appoint eight prosecutors outside of the tokyo prosecutor's office to adjudicate on this case. to bring this case against the three executives including the chairman at the time they will face charges of professional negligence leading to death or injury. plenty more to come in this news hour. sunni fighters say they are not getting enough training or support to fight isil. plus the russian company accused of paying people to flood the internet with pro-kremlin propaganda. and we have a story of a young north korean diver who has achieved a rare feet for her country. ♪

beijing has been awarded hosting rights for the 2022 winter olympic games despite criticism of a poor human right's record. it won the support of the international olympic committee. >> beijing. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: this is how it feels to win the rights to host an olympics. it's something beijing has some experience in. just seven years after hosting the summer olympics it will become the first city to host a winter games as well in 2022. >> translator: this is happy and grand news for all of our chinese people. i would like to thank the ioc and friends in various fields who have given the trust and support to china. >> reporter: there had been a lot of last-minute lobbying of the 85 olympic voting members. the cost has been a huge factor

when four cities dropped out of the race that had hardly one its course, it left almaty to fight it out with beijing. >> dear members almaty is not a risky choice. >> reporter: it was a vote that took place twice. faulty electronic tablets replaced by a paper ballot. in the end, beijing prevailed by just four votes. the had the infrastructure but not the natural winter weather you would need for an event like this. but that didn't seem to deter the international olympic committee. >> with the great experience of china in delivering great sport events i think it is -- it is really a safe choice. >> reporter: the decision was celebrated at the birds nest stadium in beijing, the 2008 olympic venue will again host an

opening and closing ceremony. >> translator: i'm not surprised. we should be the host. >> translator: i'm excited, just really excited. >> reporter: asian cities will be home to the next three olympic games, the concerns over the movement will persist. boston has already pulled out of the running for the 2024 summer games citing spiralling costs and little local support. the ioc may have to jump through more rings to persuade cities of the benefits of hosting an olympic games. robin is here to talk about this. china very very excited about this. but they didn't win by much did they? >> absolutely not. everybody thought they were front runners, but to win by just four votes, nobody thought they would be that decided the

ioc members. i covered the beijing olympics in 2008 and there was question about the financial sustainability about these venues. >> yeah they were the obvious choice because they have the whole infrastructure in place. >> that's right. that's why the birds nest will be the venue for the opening and closing. they are talking about launching a high-speed train to get people to the mountain areas where they have manmade snow. >> how are they going to get snow? >> absolutely. and they have almost never-ending wells of money. they said we'll spending $5 billion u.s. dollars on getting this train launched and we'll be spending a lot of money on the snow and putting on a good show. >> it has to be said they didn't have a lot of countries to bid against did they?

>> yeah it came down to just two in the end, beijing and almaty. this has been a serious consideration with the ioc members as well who discussed this saying we need to look at how we're going to get more people interested in bidding. they want to now drop the registration costs which is something in the area of $750,000, to $250,000. >> wow. >> i know you are going to talk about this more in the sports belt so we'll see you a little later on thanks robin. british inquiry into the poisoning of alexander litvinenko nine years ago has ended. there have been damming statements by the legal team accusing the russian president of ordering the killing of

litvinenko but moscow has refused to extradite two suspects. let's go live to london nadine barber is there. tell us about the engineering of this inquiry, and what we have learned. >> reporter: shiulie, over the last few days the court -- the inquiry in london has heard from lawyers from both the metropolitan police here in the u.k. and lawyers acting for alexander litvinenko's widow, and they have unanimously said the scientific evidence prevented call only lead to one conclusion. they say it proves that these two russian agents poisoned alexander litvinenko who was a well-known dissident based here in the u.k. who had written

books accusing putin of corruption. they said they couldn't have poisoned him without the knowledge and the collusion of the kremlin, pointing the finger directly at president vladimir putin. on friday outside of the court, the widow paid tribute to her husband, saying he paid the ultimate price for trying to expose corruption in russia. she said that she realized that the suspects were not going to be extradited but she says she is happy that people know what happened. of course that version of what happened is strongly rejected by russia shiulie. >> and given as you said the main suspects are in russia and not likely to be extradited we're not really going to see any prosecutions, are we? >> no i think that remains the case at least as long as

president putin governs russia in the eyes of the window. however, the chairman of the inquiry is expected to publish his findings at the end of this year and he was urged on friday by the litvinenko family lawyer to conclude if heing finds it possible that the kremlin ordered the killing. but if not that at least the two russians who have been implicated by the british authorities were in fact responsible. they have called it -- the metropolitan police have called it an act of nuclear terrorism on the streets of london because it could have put large numbers of the public at risk. there's no evidence that anyone else has been harmed but certainly there was evidence that that radioactive substance killed him very slowly. it took three weeks for him to die. he accused vladimir putin of being behind it before he died

and certainly i think many people in the u.k. would like to see the british authorities at least keep up the pressure on russia to do something over the case. >> thank you very much indeed for that nadine barber in london there. an activist in russia has exposed a company that was allegedly paying people to promote the government's message in a massive online campaign. the so-called trolls have been paid to twist facts. emma hayward reports. >> reporter: it looks harmless enough, but this building allegedly hides a sinister secret. and when it's army of workers arrive, some seem to want to hide from our camera and a man starts filming us and threatens to call the police. one of those who says she was paid to work here was this woman. she told us she was among hundreds of people tasked with flooding the internet with

pro-kremlin, and anti-western messages and other material. ukraine and the murder of a leading opposition figure featured heavily. >> translator: sometimes [ inaudible ] glowing account of the government's work or a foreign politician. on the day [ inaudible ] they were told what to write, that he is bad, and opposition and stole everyone's money. they didn't even know who he was, but wrote convincingly about him. >> reporter: when we spoke to a lawyer representing the firm to ask about its work she said no comment. no one really knows who is running the company at the heart of these allegations. some reports link it to an associate of president putin. after blowing the whistle she is bringing a legal case against the firm. but trolls often operate on the edge of the law. what is happening is part of this new fight for political and

social influence. with social media being the latest one. with governments, organizations, and individuals, trying to control the narrative. >> if one side says this is a fact. the other side should say no the fact is the opposite. and on social media, you can hardly have the time check the facts. and the facts will never come up so basically it's just how much you shout, and how many people shout the same at the same time. >> reporter: controlling the volume in the murky world of the internet can be difficult, and so for now at least, people are able to continue playing their games in the troll's house. emma hayward, al jazeera, in st. petersburg. british workers have been sent to france to repair fences. for the past few nights hundreds of migrants have tried to scale

the barriers and jump on to trains bound for britain. a large number of migrants try to enter europe through the hungary serbia border but now a fence is being built to stop them. but for the migrants desperate to flee violence and poverty back home the fence is unlikely to work. >> reporter: the european union is looking pretty good at closing it's a off. this is the start of the fence aimed at shutting down access to the e.u. and its border between hungary and serbia. almost none of the syrians or iraqis or afghans who might want to cross over this border have any particular intention of staying in hungary, but that doesn't seem to be the point. the member states were asked to decide how many refugees they

are prepared to resettle. hungary ended up at the bottom of the list. they are prepared to take no people. >> reporter: volunteers offer advise and coffee to those who did get through. these young men fled syria, they heard of the fence and thought it was irrelevant. >> he will find another one. >> translator: to this fence will not work. >> it's not to stop people. it will not stop the people because they kill my children or my mother or my wife i see my wife she is killed or somebody killed her, i will not say they are in my country, and my government he killed these people, i will not stay there. >> reporter: bus load of others arrive. a large amount of mostly afghan children devour the food they are offered. their hope is in this piece of

paper written in hungarian. but they are put alone on the next train to budapest. hungary's last of interest in these young people is a total contrast to the amount of money they are spending on the fence. >> the government -- the hungarian government are not willing to help these people. so they are lacking information, and we are trying to provide them what they need and show a more human attitude towards them. >> reporter: so does hungary really believe it will keep people out? on the ground refugees are simply sent on their way into europe. >> every culture or community has its [ inaudible ] and we believe europes identity goes back to christianity either as a religion or a cultural identity.

hah most definitely this flood of migrants is posing a major threat to that. >> reporter: every day the game of cat and mouse goes on. on the motorway a family from iraq try to hide in the ditch, but when the police arrive they are forced to scatter. dad goes over the road the boys over the bridge. will they see each other again in it isn't clear. all the while the trees come down as the ground is prepared for hungary's great fence. it's simple message to refugees go somewhere else. still to come here on al jazeera, this image of a poor filipino boy that has gone viral online has lead to a flood of donations. we'll have that story. plus two earthquakes a day, we'll tell you why trimmers in oklahoma are growing in number.

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welcome back. let's remind you of the headlines on al jazeera. the funeral for an 18-month-old palestinian baby burned to death in an arson attack is taking place. israeli settlers are suspected of carrying out the attack. malaysia's civil aviation chief has flown to france to join an investigation into a piece of debris that could belong to missing flight mh370. beijing. >> and the chinese capitol has won the bid for the 2022 winter olympics. they'll become the first city to host both the winter and summer games after beating the

kazakhstan city of almaty. back to the death of the 18-month-old. >> unfortunately i have been in the west bank for four years and seen attacks on a tin wows basis. in the last ten years, over 1,000 palestinians have been injured, so this is an absolutely terrible attack but unfortunately this is something we see in the west bank on a daily basis. there's no protection for the palestinian civilian population here. it's really a high level of intensity of violence here in the west bank. and in this case yes, any israeli government condemned it strongly. they called it terrorism. we have seen a debeet in the israeli [ inaudible ]. usually they do not refer to the settler violence as terrorism. we have a right-wing government right now which is supporting

this secular movement and almost on a weekly basis we see their support for a new settlement construction. and the settlers are protected due to the military system which puts palestinians under military law, and the israeli settlers under civilian law, and they are not responsible for these attacks. and this is a really dire situation that needs to be addressed urgently not only by israel but by the international community. in turkey five people have been killed in two separate attacked blamed on the pkk. authorities say pkk fighters raided a police station killing two officers. two rebels also died in the attack. in the eastern province the pkk shot and killed a railway worker. there has been a sharp rise in tensions aist midst turkish air strikes on pkk positions.

11 soldiers have been killed in anbar. an isil suicide bomber used a mill stair vehicle to target an army and police convoy. seven others were hurt. iraqi government insists that the town home to its largest oil refinery is secure from isil but battles continue against pockets of fighters in beiji. and one of the most effective groups on the front line says it is not getting the support it needs. >> reporter: pushing slowly this militia group inches forward in beiji town. but this isn't any ordinary militia it is one of the groups who have joined the popular mobilization forces. but things aren't going to plan. further south, sunni groups complain they are not getting the training or support they need. >> translator: we're not getting anything tangible from the authorities.

so far just empty promises. we want weapons to fight. we are not here just to stay at these camps eating and sleeping. >> reporter: for many sunni tribal fighters may be the key to defeating isil fighters in anbar. >> translator: we didn't get any useful weapons from the central government nor from the u.s. the americans have only trained 200 sunni recruits. we need at least 20,000 well-trained fighters to defeat isil. >> reporter: getting them to join in the fight has been tough. there has been a lack of trust between the tribes and the central government for a number of years now. >> translator: there is a presents to all of this. it was the american-backed sunni tribal fighters that defeated al-qaeda in iraq and they say they can do the same again against isil in iraq. however, they need money, bhe pons, and training. money weapons and training they say they are not getting from

the u.s. or central government. imran khan al jazeera, baghdad. in central african republic muslims are facing wide-spread discrimination and violence according to a new amnesty international report. it says muslims have been forced to convert. there are restrictions on freedom of religion. the report also found that muslims have largely disappeared from some parts of car. joann is the senior crisis response advisor at amnesty international, and joins me now live via skype from london. this is a very strong report. it says anti-balaka militias are using the political vacuum in the car, to cause basically

ethnic cleansing. >> there was violent ethnic cleansing carried out last year and the few muslims who have returned are facing erasure as muslims. so if they are allowed to be physically present, they are not allowed to manfest their identity or belief in islam. so they are not allowed to pray or rebuild their mosques. in the most extreme cases they have been forcibly converted to christianity. >> but there are several muslim enclaves in the country guarded by u.n. peace keepers. presumably they are not enough. >> they are not a permanent solution to the issue. there are hundreds of muslims living inside catholic church compounds right now, but, you know, they are barely surviving there. they have no way of working, no way of having a real life. those who are trying to return to their communities, just face

this intense discrimination on the basis of religion. >> you have also got militias lead by muslim seleka rebels. in fact the whole country is unstable. in fact doesn't it risk becoming a failed state. >> it does. you see a lack of government presence. so you have these different armed groups. as you mentioned anti-bell ka in the western region. in the north and east and central parts of the country, you have seleka rebels that are primarily muslim. they too are extremely abusive, but what is lacking is a strong presence of government security forces or sufficient numbers of u.n. forces to stabilize and maintain control. certainly the u.n. forces are helping, but they are not doing enough to protect the civilian

population. >> joanne thank you for that. joanne mariner updating us on the situation in car. the world health organization says a vaccine to stop ebola is very close to becoming a reality. it has proved to be 100% effective and tested on 4,000 people who have been in close contact with ebola patients in guinea. more than 11,000 people have died in the ebola epidemic in west africa. tunisia has extended its state of emergency for two months. an extra 3,000 police officers have been deployed at tourist sites. the state of emergency gives security forces more powers and restricts large public gatherings. zimbabwe's environment minister says the american who killed cecil the lion should be

extradited to face charges. walter palmer has admitted to killing cecil, but says he obtained permits and thought it was legal. two men involved in organizing the hunt have appeared in court in zimbabwe. a homeless 9 year old filipino boy has been flooded with donations from around the world after a photo of him went viral on the internet. but he isn't unique. our correspondent reports on the plight of the many young children stuck in poverty in the philippines. >> reporter: it was an image of a poor young boy determined to fight for his education. daniel cabrera was photographed doing his homework on the pavement. the picture quickly went viral, amassing thousands of shares on social media. donations of cash from pored in

for daniel. his mother says his future is not secured. but the story is a story repeated millions of times over in this country. despite the recent economic gains, the number of children living in poverty continues to increase. more than 14 million children live in poverty according to government data. in that represents more than 40% of all filipino children and many of them live in slums like this one with no access to decent shelter, education, or medical care. this woman has five children. like many others here they live in a makeshift tent. they rummage through garbage daily just to earn a living. she only makes $2 a day and can only afford to send one child to school. >> translator: it's hard to see my children in this kind of situation. i was thinking life would be better here.

and now look at this. my children don't deserve this life, but i feel so helpless. >> reporter: poverty forces millions of children to quit school. the vulnerability to natural disasters, and the failure to share out the benefits of economic growth are also expected to worsen their situation in the coming years. the population growth is also a problem. a law for family planning has been passed but hasn't yet been implemented the leadersover the catholic church are deeply opposed to it. but the impact won't be felt for decades. >> the administration is quite unprecedented in the sense that this is the first time in philippine history that we have invested so much money in social services. it's over 30% of the budget goes

into social services so really the money that's going in to conditional cash transfers is really very large. >> reporter: this woman wonders if families are hers are a forgotten community. too poor to be heard, she says they are just living on the fringes of society. now it was not long ago that earthquakes were all but unheard of in the u.s. state of oklahoma but then along came frac-ing. last year oklahoma had nearly 600 earthquakes. many are worried about what can happen next as heidi zhou castro has been finding out. >> why isn't any law out there to protect us? >> reporter: angela spots had hoped for a peaceful retirement in rural oklahoma. >> so this one just gets wider. >> reporter: but with oklahoma's

earthquakes growing in number and intensity, spots fears the next one could bring her home down. >> it takes your breath away in a sense, because there's -- you can literally describe usually how the house will roll north to south, east to west. >> reporter: before oklahoma's frac-ing boom picked up in 2009 the state averaged less than two mag nude 3 earthquakes a year now the state sees two of them a day. >> we're having more magnitude 3 earthquakes here in oklahoma than say, california >> reporter: he says the explosion is unprecedented and manmade manmade. >> clearly we have moved beyond what can be explained through a natural process. >> reporter: he says disposal wells are most likely to blame. in this part of the country, each barrel of oil pulled from

the earth coming up with as many as 20 barrels of naturally occurring salt water. well companies dispose of the water by injecting it back into the ground under high pressure. if the water hits a fault line it can trigger an earthquake. what is the worst case scenario? >> that we have many faults within oklahoma that are capable of producing a significant earthquake. even another magnitude 5.6, 5.7, or a magnitude 6 earthquake would be quite significant. >> reporter: and that could happen here in oklahoma? >> absolutely. >> reporter: with 1 in 3 jobs in oklahoma linked to oil and gas, the tide of public opinion has been slow to turn towards state representative's call for a disposal well moratorium. he says the current restrictions on just 15% of twhels is not enough. >> it appears that at least from the state's vantage point that

we're waiting for a catastrophic loss of life or property. and i think it's a terrible way to be going, all in the name of economic development. robin will be back with our sport next including more on the selection of beijing as the host of the 2022 winter olympics. stay with us.

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beijing in celebration mode after landing the rights to host the event. they signed the necessary paperwork with ioc president after the announcement in malaysia on friday. the chinese capitol becoming the first-ever city to stage both the summer and winter games. almaty missing out on hosting the games. but as richard par reports, the kazakhstan city still has hopes. >> reporter: this was the moment almaty's dream ended. kaz kazakhstan's largest city lost theired by to host the 2022 winter games. >> translator: i think almaty people were upset, because we were very excited on possibly hosting these games.

>> reporter: almaty's bid team has hoped to persuade officials to go for their compact bid. they promised a $1.7 billion winter olympics with real snow and all venues within a 30-kilometer radius. despite a poor human right's record almaty came close. >> in 2022, we're fully ready to host olympic games. that's why again i receive the choice was beijing, it's their choice. it's their decision. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: an elaborate show with dancing and fireworks was planned here if they won the bid, instead this square emptied pretty quickly after the announcement. they'll host the university games, and this is a country

with big ambitions, so expect them to bid for other sporting events in the near future. >> let's get more from the author of the activism and olympics book. good to have you on the program. you have been quite outspoken that neither of these cities deserved to win the right those the games. why is that? >> well because both cities are human rights nightmares and i have been arguing that regardless of which city won, the olympic movement would actually lose. you look at kazakhstan it tortures people who they keep in detention. beijing oppresses citizens of all stripes, suppresses the media. neither country has a strong record. >> human rights obviously has been a big talking point around these two cities. but what is the role of the ioc in all of this? what should they be doing?

>> reporter: well i think they should simply be living up to the principals enshrined in its charter. it has all sorts of lofty principals on freedom and yet it comes down to this dukous duo of almaty and beijing. there are a number of legitimate bidders, but they melted away like snow in a climate change world, and that left this dubious duo, so the ioc had a tough choice. so what can it do? it can live up to its actual charter. >> given the voting result is that an indication of how divided the members were between these two cities? >> absolutely. it was a very close vote and that's what olympic mavens thought we would see. in the end the ioc decided to go with the sure fire bet in

beijing. china has shown they could host the olympics before. but a lot of people that follow the olympic movement closely actually had almaty amade of beijing, but you had four members that were from china, and that perhaps swayed the voting. >> i think there is the view that the bidding process is actually a bit flawed. >> i would say for starters they need to reorient the relationship that they have with potential host cities. lowering the cost which they have made some motion to do and rethinking this idea that host cities are on the hook for all expenses that go overbudgeted budget. we saw the implosion of the bid in boston and the sticking point was the major did not want to sign a host city agreement

that put the city on the hook for the overbudget costs. they need to think about the costs of the olympics and make real deal movement to lower the costs of the games. and if you are a major violator of human rights you just shouldn't be allowed to host the olympics. >> i wish we had more time. thank you so much for yours. the 2016 olympic games are just over a year away and there's still a real concern that the main sailing venue is a health hazard. and the international sailing federation is worried about what is lurking in the water. >> reporter: with the famous mountain in the background this is the postcard image, rio de janeiro organizes want for the olympics. but the bay is anything but

picture perfect. rubbish is strewn across the water. the stench of raw sewage is overwhelming. >> translator: we have almost 15 million people flushing the toilet every single day, with no treatment. it's really serious. >> reporter: treatment plants exist to clean the water pouring in but two aren't working, the rest run at half capacity due to a lack of political coordination between districts. when the city made its olympic pitch, it pledged to clean up the baby at least 80%. it now admits it will miss that mark by at least 50%. officials argue the fecal contamination in the bay meets international stands. >> i don't have a problem with it. [ inaudible ] i mean nothing -- nothing too bad that you are going to run away and

not come back to it. so yeah, i think no matter what there is going to be racing here. >> we have been on the water on average maybe 800 at least day, and so far nobody got diarrhea or infection or ill from sailing here on the bay. >> reporter: still eco boats have been dispatched to collect crash, but the state admits the effort is mostly cosmetic. >> translator: we need a policy that does more than just cleaning. environmental education needs to be implemented. >> translator: we need to use the olympic games for change. if it doesn't happen now, they will certainly forget the bay again. >> reporter: with the games still a year away that may already be the case. the bay isn't cleaned up. there is discussion underway to move some sailing races to the open sea. kimberly halkett, al jazeera.

the third ashes test is done. england comprehensive winnersover this contest. they had australia bowled out for 265 on friday. steven fin inflicting the most damage. england needed to chase 121 for victory, which they did comfortably. the home side go two up in the series. and north korean driver becomes the country's first ever gold medalist. the 16 year old won the women's final in russia. she said it gave her great pleasure to meet the expectations of north korea's leader. >> great day. >> quite an achievement. >> indeed. thank you very much indeed for that. that's it for sports and the news hour. we'll be handing it over to david foster in london. but for all of us here in doha bye for now, and thanks for

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