♪ >> this is al jazeera. ♪ >> hello, aim barbara sarah. this is the news hour live from london. coming up in the next 60 minutes... [ gunfire ] >> as violence continues in israel and palestine, rights groups are accusing israel of using excessive force. and anger in turkey as they mourn the 95 people killed in an attack in ankara. protesters lay the claim with the government. the iraqi military says it truck a convoy of isil leader,

abu baker al baghdadi. >> and days of fighting between rival camps in kenya. in sport, lewis hamilton is getting ever closer to winning the formula 1 world title. he was head and shoulders above his rivals in russia and the third driver's championship is in sight. >> israel's government has imposed emergency measures as violence continues across the region. they include minimum prison sentences for palestinians throwing rocks and fire bombs. in the latest violence, two israeli soldiers were wounded in an attack in northern israel. well, unrest across israel and the occupied territories began at the start of october, when two israeli settlers were shot and killed in the west bank. on sunday an israeli

airstrike in gaza killed a pregnant woman and her toddler. israel says they were targeting two hamas weapons manufacturing facilities. and human watch has violated israel of using lethal force. they have been discussing the use of force and mike hannah has this report. >> it's first full cabinet meeting in nearly three weeks and in intervening time, there's an upsurge in violence and occupied territory. four israelis have been killed in sporadic and random knife attacks n. in most cases the alleged lip palestinian attackers were killed on the scene. the rising brutality figures were raising questions by human rights organizations with the rules of engagement being applied by the israeli army and police. this is footage of 19-year-old

fadi alloun. the israeli civilians are shouting, shoot him! kill him! [ gunfire ] and the police open fire, even though there's no apparent immediate threat. a similar situation involving a 31-year-old arab woman. the police are shouting at is ray ayed, drop the knife. drop the knife. and once again, instead of attempting an arrest, they open fire at point-blank range. yet in the south an israeli who attacks four palestinians in different locations is not gunned down but arrested. israeli police say responses are determined by the specifics of each incident, and as officers are facing life-threatening situations and say there's no investigations into any of police shootings. >> the major threat at the

moment is the lone wolf palestinian, either female or male, that can come inside jerusalem or the old city and try to tip the pattern. that's what we are dealing with and that's where we are coming down as hard as possible. >> the israeli occupying army is subject to military regulations, not civil ones. in the past week, the palestinian red crescent says nearly 300 palestinians have been shot with live bullets. one of them was 13-year-old abdul rackman abdula. and he was mistakenly killed by sniper fire. his mother says the boy was on his way home from school and they were no demonstrates in the vicinity. >> my son went to school like all the other kids and then he finished school but he never came back home. they shot him. there were no clashes underway in the camp. >> they confirm he was fired by

a rueger sniper rifle. it's something that's nonlethal but responsible for at least five palestinian deaths this year, according to the united nations organization. >> there are fundamentals for the law enforcement officials. that weapons can own be used when there's serious death or threat of injury. the killings may be considered extrajudicial. as an occupying force, the israeli army should be subject to several restrictions in terms of international law. >> and several human rights organizations are arguing that full, transparent investigation into all the killings and shootings must be held, otherwise the israeli government itself could be complicit in deaths that have no legal justification in international or, indeed, israeli law. mike hannah, al jazeera, west

jerusalem. >> well, right after mike filed that report, there was another stabbing incident, this time outside kabut. here's mike hannah use update. >> in this mace case, the police say the assailant was arrested and a number of these incidents the assailants have been shot to death on the spot. leading to claims by several human rights organizations that they are the police are using excessive force in dealing with the issue. the police themselves say that each and every situation is dealt with as the situation demands. they insist that in each of the cases where palestinians have been shot and killed, the police officers have felt their lives threatened or the lives of those close by. well, once again, these allegations being made by human rights organizations, unlikely to be any reaction from the israeli government, any formal reaction that, is instead at the end of a cabinet meeting,

the israeli government announces that new legislation will be introduced. this is legislation that establishes prison sentences for those who carry out attacks with stones or fire crackers or any object. also as well as that the parents of minors who take part in such activities will be fined. so there is an intensification of legislation aimed at curtailing the activities of those who wish to demonstrate, but one part of the israeli population not satisfied with the current situation at all, the palestinian-israeli segment. to% of the -- 20% of the total population. they called for a general strike on tuesday to protest against the netanyahu government, also demonstrations planned in palestinian-israeli areas through the course of the week. mike hannah there. meanwhile in gaza city, dozens of people have attended the funeral of a pregnant woman and

her 3-year-old daughter, who were killed in an israeli airstrike. as we reported earlier, israel says it was targeting a hamas facility in response to cross border rocket fire. palestinian officials say the woman and her daughter lived near the site, and were killed when their house collapsed. well, we are joined lived from ramallah. we hear there's another attack in the north of israel, but tell us about the west bank specifically, because we know that the violence is continuing there as well. >> yes, indeed. it is continuing, actually, a 13-year-old boy died about an hour or two ago from wounds he had sustained earlier this morning from durr diagnosing the confrontations in north ramallah but if you look at the occupied west bank in general, there have been nash points -- flash points. the fearest ones were in

nablose where they died in clashes in the previous day and then after that funeral, the protesters went straight to a checkpoint and despite a huge display of -- and presence of israeli soldiers there, they were underdeterred. the classes started and israel actually used live ammunition. according to the health ministry here, more than 50 people were wounded by live ammunition. there were also other clashes and protests in the north in beth will he em. -- bethlehem. most of these are called biuret students. you go there, you won't see any flags of palestinian faction being raised or called by the protesters. these are young people making there are voices heard. they are joined by other youth but it's definitely a movement

of as they call, it resistance, carried out mainly by universities. >> and we saw the spiral, the layest spiral of violence really at the start of the month. a lot of steps led up to this. the israeli government has been quite vocal. they have introduced emergency measures, monday them a minimum prison sentence for anyone throwing stones and fire bombs. what about the palestinian leadership. what have they said some what is their position? >> well, the palestinian leadership has called to restore calm and said that it was better -- it favors peaceful demonstrations. now, this is not boding very well with the youth. we did see on palestinian media today that the palestinian authority also would have said to the court and to the international community that is putting pressure on the palestinian authority to bring some sort of calm to this street here.

while the first step has to come from the israeli side. the first meeting, especially putting under control the israeli settlers and the israeli extremists and making sure that there are no more provocations around the mosque compound. this is a huge deal among the youth here. when they are chanting slogans during funerals and they are chanting slogans during the protest, these days they are mainly vowing to protect the el aksa mosque compound. the youth are extremely frustrated. they say at this statement -- stage they have nothing to lose. i don't think the increased measures taken by the israeli government will deter them from carrying out daily confrontations and clashes? where does it end? this is something the youth don't have an answer. many feel that they are living in an open air prison and that their movement is limited.

if they go to a checkpoint to go to another area of the occupied west bank, it depends open the mood of the soldier if they can go or if they are returned back home. all of them are fed up. they haven't seen anything out of it. it's been relatively calm in the occupied bank for the past decade or so, and during that time, all they saw is more land grabs and more expansion settlements. it's israeli settlers becoming bolder and bolder by the day, under the watchful eye sometimes of police or the israeli forces. all of that has come to a boiling point and this is the frustration you are seeing now on the street. >> hodea, thank you very much for that. well, deborah hyams is with amnesty internation and joins us live from west jerusalem. thank you for joining us here

on al jazeera. now the group human rights watch, who one of their investigators was shot in the past week, they accused israel of violating international law which governs the youth -- use of eatal -- lethal force. would you agree? would your organization agree with human rights watch? >> yes. we would. definitely we have also identified this was a crackdown and particularly the use of excessive and lethal force by the israeli military and police throughout the occupied west bank, including in east jerusalem. we have seen very, very high numbers of hundreds of people injured by live ammunition, or rubber coated metal bullets. we have seen a string of killings, many of them look like they have been unlawful, where forced -- you know,

lethal force should not have been used. so we definitely agree that the response -- the israeli response to be a demonstration violating international law. >> according to international law, the lethal force can only be used to protect lives and certainly israeli soldiers would argue that the times that they have used lethal force or force, it has been to protect lives and we have seen the killing of israelis, as well. so what do you make of their argument, especially in the situation as it is now? there's many political reasons why it spiraled to this extent. the way things are no in the west bank and israel, it's particularly tense. >> no, it is, definitely, tense, but and there are rocks and fire bombs being thrown at checkpoints, at israeli forces, for example, but we have to look at, you know, those forces

are, or those troops and police are heavily protected. are their lives really in danger when people are throwing rocks or fire bombs towards them? the standards are very clear that they cannot open fire, especially with live ammunition, unless there's a threat to their lives or the lives of others. if it's a situation where somebody is being stabbed and there is a civilian whose life is at risk, that's a different question. we have seen a string of attacks, some of them on civilians but we have to distinguish between different types of situations and any use of force in every situation has to comply with international law and being proportionate. >> i guess it depends on the situation to situation, and i guess then the issue of a transparent investigation becomes even more crucial. what pressure do you think that organizations like yourselves or the international community could put on the israeli army

to have more open, transimportant investigations to get to the bottom of these cases? >> it's something that we and other organizations have been raising for years. we don't find the mill -- the israeli military investigation system to be independent. in fact, in many cases, it served to allow troops to evade accountability rather than to hold them accountable. we still hope that that will change and we hope in particular that the israeli authorities are aware that now the international criminal court, the office of the prosecutor is looking at israel's investigation systems as part of its preliminary examination. so we hope that they are changing things, so that people will be held accountable and investigations will be effective. >> debra hiams for amnesty

international speaking to us from west jerusalem. madam, thank you. there have been large gatherings across turkey as the country begins three days of national mourning for the 95 people who died in a deadly attack in ankara on saturday. among the tears, there's danger, as mohammad jomju explains. >> with emotions as raw as the day was sad, the mourners raged and cried in equal measure. [ crying ] >> mothers and aunts unable to believe and unwilling to accept their loved ones were gone. about to bury the bodies of those activists who were attacked, even as they called for peace. the day after, people here in ankara are still stunned. thousands gathered, leftists, unionists and pro-kurdish

activists made up most of the crowd, with placards to protest and karnations to commemoration. this man lost one of his best friends in the bombings. at first, he could barely express himself. >> i just don't know what to say. i have no words. >> but then he, like so many others, began to question why this happened. >> how can anyone carry out this kind of massacre. we advocate peace. who exactly fears peace? if anyone should fear anything, it should be war, not peace. >> some are frustrated with the government. frustration that could be heard in chants accusing president. >> many are venting their anger and many more are overwhelmed

with grief, still shocked at the attacks that happened and fearful that more could come in the weeks to come. >> but dread will not stop their fight for peace. >> i'm afraid, but one thing we know, the more we fear, the situation worsen in this country. today, we have to fight. if we want to leave a better future for the next generation. >> with parliamentary elections just around the corner and a continued conflict with the kurdish armed group, pkk, more and more say it's unity that's needed. even as political divisions seem to grow deeper every day. >> mohammad jomju is standing by live. you were pensioning in your report, it's -- you were mentioning in your report, that it's unity. i heard that there have been clashes. what more can you tell us about those? >> yes, that's right, barbara. just earlier this evening, in

the predominantly kurdish city in the eastern part of the country, you had thousands of protesters that came out, chanting antigovernment slogans, very upset about what happened yesterday. now, it's nothing new that there are protests in a city like this. oftentimes there are protests. even yesterday there were protests, but the crowds seem to be growing bigger. you have police and security forces deploying their water cannons. anger seems to be rising and volatility seems to be rising, especially in that region of the eastern part of the country, because the kurdish minority is feeling aggrieved. we even heard in ankara as you saw in our report a few moments ago, members of the kurdish community feel that the government have not done enough to protect them. that is why you are hearing more and more antigovernment rhetoric. that's why you are hearing more anger directed at turkish

president, erdogan. and they blame akp and the prime minister, dah davutoglu tt allow these attacks that targeted rallies in which there are pro kurdish. that's the third such rally since juppe, in which pro-kurdish activists were attacked in turkey, you had aurally that was -- a rally that dozens were targeted. this is happening at a time when the elections are coming up. it doesn't bode well for the months to come. >> moment, just briefly about the elections. how difficult is it going to be to hold elections considering what you just mentioned, all of the protest and the anger in the country? >> well, it looks as though the elections will go on as planned. but the fact of the matter is,

9 government here is continually calling for unity. they are calling for people to rally behind them and rally behind, you know, the government here in the country. but there are more political divisions, anger is rising. and right now, this country is really fraught with the kind of tension that it has not seen here in a very long time. you have turkey ensnared in multiple conflicts right now. not only are they taking part in conflicts against isil, they are also taking part in aerial bombardments against the pkk, the kurdistan workers party, which the turkish government considers a terrorist organization. because of that, many people here in turkey are upset with the government. they feel that the turkish government has really bitten off more than it can chew security-wise and they fear will situation will deteriorate. taking all of that together, even though it looks as if the elections will go forward as planned, really, it's anyone's guess as to what will happen on the election day. and there will be a lot of

second guessing about what the governments is doing in the weeks to come. >> mohammad jomjun, thank you. well, lots more to come on the program, including syrian rebels struggled to defend their territories as isil forces advance. who owns yoga? a u.s. court decides whether bikram yoga can be copyrighted. and we are heard from a tennis and the rivals are on the run. the iraqi military says the air force has struck a convoy believed to be carrying abu bakr al baghdadi. a number of unidentified isil

leaders were among. but baghdadi was not among them. we have been following the storey from baghdad. >> according to stay statement from the iraqi military, abu bakr al baghdadi was in a convoy that was targeted in an airstrike by the iraqi air force as it was on its way to a meet of senior isil commanders in the western iraqi town, which is 5 kilometers away from the border with syria. now in this statement from the military, it said that it would release the names of those who were killed in that strike, however, it made 9 point of saying that it did not know the condition of baghdadi. now, it needs to be said over the past year, there have been several reports which was said that baghdadi has either been seriously wounded in various attacks by the iraqi military. those reports have either been denied by isil or no evidence

was ever presented to prove that baghdadi was in serious condition or seriously poor health condition. but really, it does lend to the mystique of a man who is very rarely ever seen in public, a man who, of course, is, perhaps, the most wanted in the world. a man who also has a $10 million bounty on his head. >> the syrian army says it's gaining territory from rebels with the help of russian airstrikes. video released by russia's defense ministry shows the aftermath of strikes in the had a mad and latakia regions. 53 isil positions have been destroyed over the past 24 hours. as attacks intensify, rebels say they are struggling to defend their captured territories. >> they are pushing in opposition seriously tory, the syrian army says they have taken ground in the hamid country side.

this is the first major coordinated assault by the syrian army and the russian air force since moscow intervened in the conflict. for the syrian government, the threat here is not from isil, but opposition groups. >> the rebels are losing because they are coming under attack from the syrian regime, isil, the russian army, as well as the kurds. the russian airstrikes are weakening the rebels. they are just trying to hang on to territory. >> and aleppo, they lost ground to isil, whose fighters stormed in and captured villages along with a military base. it was 9 most significant advance by the armed group in months. the opposition says isil launched the assault while rebel forces were focused on other fronts. this is the only road leading to opposition-controlled districts in aleppo city. they are within firing range of the road, cutting it off with

besieged rebel head areas in the city. and now isil is closer than ever to what was once syria's commercial capital. >> syria in general fear the world has abandoned them. russia is hitting their rebels and not is i will, the so-called friends the opposition are providing little help. we need immediate help to stop isil's advance and russian strikes. >> open the ground, the opposition groups are fighting back. they are promising that hamid will be the graveyard for what they call the invading armies, but the government with russian backing is just as determined. it wants to end the presence of the opposition. >> before the campaign, the rebels had the upper hand and were threatening the government on a number of fronts, especially in the province of latakia, the campaign has now put the rebels on the defensive. they are facing pressure from many fronts and from many

enemies. al jazeera, beirut. the taliban has claimed responsibility for an attack on foreign troops in of afghan capital kabul. a suicide bomber attacked a convoy of attorney -- foreign soldiers. it flipped an armor vehicle on its side. at least three civilians are said to be injured but there's been no official confirmation of military casualties. meanwhile, the taliban says that kabul attack was in retaliation for a u.s. air strike in a hospital in northern afghanistan last week. 22 people were killed in the attack on the doctors without borders facility. the pentagon said it would offer condolence payments not families of the victims. in guinea, voters have been casting their ballots in only the second presidential election since independence. this have been reports of gunfire in the capital, when on

friday, the police say that two people were killed and 33 more injured in clashes between presidential and opposition supporters. we have more. >> it's election day in guinea. riot police are among the 20,000 law enforcement officers demied as people head to the polls. -- deployed as people head to the polls. >> a lot of people here have not received their voter i.d.s to be able to vote. as you can see the military presence can cause panic. >> i came here at 4:00 this morning. they distributed the ballots at 8 a.m. >> i came to vote. i'm voting for my country. it went well, thank god. we cannot do better. there was no trouble, thank god. >> but fighting between government and opposition supporters has prompted the united nations to call for calm. there are campaign posters on streets of not just the capital, but also many small mining towns. there have been reports of fighting, riots and unrest throughout the country.

there has also been dancing in the streets with candidates receiving a warm welcome. opposition candidate salud dialou who some see as a front-runner was among those who wanted the elections postponed. they had said voting cards had not been properly distributed and precincts were not properry divided. the court rejected the plea and dialou asked his supporters to help participate. >> i call on everyone who has yet to collect their voter cards to do so immediately so they can accomplish their civic duty. >> 72 european union observers are part of an international telegas station -- delegations monitoring the vote. they want to ensure that there are no irregularities. >> you have to respect those institutions in managing the business climate to ensure that guinea is an attractive police

with all of its natural resources, it should be a destination for investment. >> corruption and smuggling of the rich natural resources have kept the country of 12 million from developing its economy. and last year's ebola outbreak cost the gdp half a billion dollars. the candidate who wins the election ask expected to attract foreign investors who have been reluctant to do business in guinea. his challenge will be how to use natural resources, including iron ore to better the lives of millions of guineaians. paul tradurgeon. ahead on the show, this is a poll likely to extend his 21 years in power. >> and improving life. a teacher that's encouraging india's poorest children to see things differently. and coming up in sports why not

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>> a reminder, the top stories on al jazeera. israel's government has imposed emergency measures as unrest continues across the region. in the latest violence, two israeli soldiers were wounded in an attack in northern israel. the iraqi military says its air force has struck a convoy which it claims was carrying abu bakr al baghdadi. the military sources say a number of unidentified is i will leaders were killed but baghdadi was not among them. and a memorial in the turkish capital to remember those who died in saturday's attack in a peace rally. well, nor more on this, i'm joined by jonathan friedman, an associate at the center for turkey study and also turkey expert at the strauss freedburg institute. thank you so much for joining us here on al jazeera. focusing on those attacks on

saturday, we still haven't had any claim of responsibility. if we look back to the attacks back in july which a lot of people are making a parallel with, even then, isil has not come out and claimed them officially even now. do you see any parallels between the two? >> it's very strange. isil is a group that thrives on propaganda. to not really make a clear statement is causing a lot of confusion. and really, what you see on the ground in turkey, people feel that the state is somehow responsible for this, that the turkish state has not done all that it could do to secure the country from the isis threat. >> is it seen as an isis net within turkey itself? when it comes to the july attack, they are blaming pkk in the government. >> exactly. there's a lot of confusion. i would say amongst kurds and

kurdish activists, the view is very much that turkey's government and security services have some sort of, you know, way of working with, you know, various elements against them. i would say in western turkey, and amongst the turks in general, there's a concern that there's a lot of people in turkey, with needs and they are not taken care of. >> there's unrests and protests and a lot of unhappiness. and this, weeks away, really from an election. how do you think this will impact the elections coming up november 1st? >> exactly. everyone is looking forward to the elections on november 1st november 1st and the viewpoint is that, you know, this string of violent incidents that happened over the past few months is all part of the lead up to the election,

and it would be quite a setback for turkey if you had actual violence happening during the vote. but i think what's really important is already people feel scared. already people are concerned when they go out to vote, will it be safey? think it's having a major effect on people's anxiety and comfort with the upcoming vote. >> obviously, turkey is a key country in the region strategic because of the anti-isil coalition and nato as well. how has it affected the country itself, because the past few months have been very total, so just sort of on an economic level, what has the impact been? >> well, people are looking at turkey from outside, especially here in the u.k. and internationally. turkey has been seen as a holiday destination. kind of news coming out from the region and how the region is impacting turkey turkey is ha

real effect. tourism numbers are down and investors are concerned. where are the political risks in turkey? where are the security risks. >> okay. we will leave it there. jonathan friedman, the associate with turkish studies. well, there's less than an hour now before the polls close in the belarus presidential election. the likely result has already been known for sometime, president lukoshenko is expected to win a fifth victory. he's actually been in power for the past 21 years. neiv barker reports. >> as president alexander lukoshenko casts his vote, there was little doubt over the results. despite falling wages and a shrinking economy, lukoshenko has held on to power for more than two decades. belarus, according to washington, europe's last

dictatorship. he faces three nominal rivals for the presidency. they are expected to make little impact but lukoshenko says he will be watching closely for any drop in support. >> it will be bad if this time less people than in previous elections vote for me. it means that people have begun to leave me and they are not satisfied with some decisions of my policy. for me, it's very important to hold on to the level of support i had in previous elections. >> five years ago, lukoshenko's reelection led to mass protests and the jailing the lead obopposition officials. the e.u. imposed economic sanctions on officials and. since then, lukoshenko has portrayed himself as the image of stability.

the ex -- the e.u. says they will temporarily lift sanctions. opposition officials have warned against the move. >> it doesn't matter to lukashenko how we vote. it's not important who votes or how they vote but what is important is who counts the votes. i don't think we can expect any surprises. >> in recent years lukashenko's capitalized on tensions between the e.u. and moscow, acting as a mediator in ukraine peace talks, while at home tactics have helped to enhance his international image, adding to his popularity at home. this election has never been about whether lukashenko will win, but by how much. bikram yoga was developed by big ram choudhury. it's an intense series of 26

poses and two breathing exercises, performed in a studio heated to 40 degrees celsius. not for everyone. now a court in the u.s. has brought bikram choudhury's decade long legal battle to an end. he has copyright over his books and dvds but the postures that he developed remains in the public domain which is good news for the many hot yoga practitioners who have faced legal challenges for putting their spin. we are joined on skype by tiffany friedman, a former teacher at bikram headquarters. she now runs hot yogi manhattan beach. great name, tiffany friedman. thank you for joining us here on al jazeera. how does this legal ruling affect you? >> well, it affects me because i can feel free now to practice

and teach what i know and what i have learned from the theory and not be in fear of infringing on a copyright or facing a lawsuit or anything from mr. choudhury. >> because the reason that you had a bit of a split with mr. choudhury was a detail over time. so the usual bikram was 90 minutes and you wanted it to be 60 minutes, is that right? >> that's correct. i united nationsed to have bikram yoga manhattan beach and i was offering a lunchtime class for an hour, and mr. choudhury called me and told me would shut me down if i didn't change the series back to the regular 90 minutes, and i told him i would have to do what was best for my business. so i had to drop his name from my business and create a whole new brand, which is what i chose to do. >> so i guess a difference of, you know, 90 minutes to 60 minutes, perhaps to many people is not that big but when it comes to teaching bikram. you yourself learned bikram

headquarters and it's a very valuable and very popular brand. isn't there a danger that a lot of people will say that they can teach bikram when they haven't been taught properly. the idea, the structure of bikram yoga, could it suffer from this ruling? >> i don't think bikram yoga. suffer from this ruling. i think it really gives freedom to the teachers. now it's, you know, popularized around the world, and we have to look to our leaders to our teachers to teach us in the way that makes sense for us. and if we only say it's 90 minutes then we will lose a lot of people who don't have that time in their day. when we can open it up to change it and make modifications for people who are injured or ill, or infirmed or, you know, older, then we really can't continue to practice any form of yoga. this gives us the freedom to really practice anything without being reported as a

legal or facing any kind of legal consequences. >> a lot has been rinn about bikram choudhury. he's certainly a personality. a lot of people know him. how key do you think his own personality was to the success of bikram yoga? >> i think certainly he was able to capitalize on his personality. he's an entertainer and i do think the theory itself is very effective for people just starting a yoga practice, dealing with heat, dealing with a certain set regime of postures. they know what they are going to get. i practiced all around the world and in the bikram yoga studios, i know what i'm getting. there's something about that. it's the mcdonald's of yoga that people really like. will that hurt the bikram yoga community? no. it just gives us the option of being able to run our

businesses maybe a little bit differently. it's a different time in our world now. we need to incorporate lots of different things to compete. >> and tiffany, briefly if you can, there's a lot of people listening to this, who have never done yoga, or bikram yoga and 90 minutes, in 40-degree heat, and 26 poses, may sound like hell. why has bikram yoga turned out to be so popular. >> bikram yoga is so popular because it really teaches this mind/body connection that in addition to the physical attributes, there's some mental and spiritual attributes that help as well. i was teaching today. i had a fellow in my class and i said, you know, try not to leave, because we're stimulating your fight or flight response. and if you can learn to calm yourself down when i'm stressing you, it will translate in your regular life. that's the component that set bikram apart. that heat component to

stimulate the fight or flight response, learn how to breathe and calm yourself down and certainly, i think across the world, hopefully we are creating a more peaceful community. >> i think lots of people will still have doubts over the 40-degree heat. that was a good pitch. tiffany, thank you for sharing your views for us. >> now for millions of pore people in india, artistic expression. one art teacher is changing community mind-sets and brightening futures one class at a time. >> every brush stroke is an exercise in perfection. for six years he's coming to this art school. the facilities are basic to say the least. his exposure to color and

creativity has inspired him to pursue a career in art. >> i want to be an art teacher at the school where i study, there are art teachers but not at the level where they know everything. >> this is the inspirational teacher and he challenged to challenge social norms. he taught many people, how to draw, paint and sculpt but paul says she's helping them to see beyond the limitations of poverty. >> art is a gift from god. i don't teach these children anything. i nurture whatever is in their hearts and whatever it is inside of them. we don't have a syllabus. >> it's been art work to convince to let their children

to experiment with art. art is often seen as a frivolous hobby, but some prove that art can be a springboard to a diverse range of interest interest -- opportunities, often unimagined by those who call this area home. >> thanks to a helping hand, john doyla went to college to study fine art. today, he's a professional artist who literally draws inspiration from his surroundings. from security checks at his local metro station, to modern informations of gandhi, see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil, doyla has big dreams. >> if you can become such a rich artist, why can't i?

>> students approach school with a sense of reverence. feedback help provide confidence in difficult circumstances it. arts the long and bright journey. >> much more to come on the program after the break, including find out what has just happened to this golfer at the president's cup.

>> it's time to get all the sports news now. here's andy. >> thank you so much, barbara. well, ireland have beaten france in their final pool game at the rugby world cup. the result means that ireland has a slightly easier quarter final against argentina. they avoid playing tournament favorites new zealand. irish sexton kicks them into an early lead. he was kicked off the field after that challenge. his replacement, ian madigan was just as accurate with the boots. injuries mounting for ireland. they also lost their captain, paul o'connell, but despite those setbacks, the irish stretch their lead in the second half. and in the 71st minute, connor murray eventually touching down. again there he goes. 24-9. it finished. argentina warmed up for their quarter final by scoring nine tries. the big win against namibia.

namibia scored three tries in the match but they are still without a world cup win. and the 50th cap for johnny. he stepped out with that conversion attempt. it didn't go too well. 64-19 the final score. >> there's been lots of progress made by the team, and, you know, the players take huge credit for that and it's an exciting time, you know, for us to move forward and look at what we can achieve over the next two or three or four years. >> let's have a look at the quarter finals, next saturday's action starts with two-time world champion south africa playing wales and then defending champions new zealand against france. france beat the all blacks at this stage of the tournament in 2007. on sunday, ireland face argentina and in the final, last day game polo winners, they lost scotland, andend la is notable by their absence.

albania have qualified for a major football tournament. they will be at next year's european championships. northern ireland finished top of their group after a 1-1 draw in finland. romania the other country to qualify automatically from group f. hungary losing 4-3 to greece. they have to wait to find out if they have to go through the playoffs. >> didier dropa, has a great goal to help the montreal impacts beat the colorado rapids. he's 37 now but the two-time african footballer is still the match winner. he struck the only goal of the game. it's for the final eastern conference playoff spot. louis hamilton has wouldn't formula 1 grand prix. he's cloughing in -- closing in on a third title. his teammate had another

frustrating race. >> my throttle pedal is broken. advise if it sticks what do i do. >> the race was full of incidents. a crash coming up involving lotus' driver. that results in one of two safety car periods. the race for third, saw ferrari's mekonen and that allows sergio perez to finish on the podium. out in front, hamilton well cleared ferrari's sebastian vetle. he's well adrift of defending champion hamilton. >> it's exciting because we are quite close together at the begin. i thought, okay, we have a race here. for sure, it's ashame for the team to have lost one of the cars and to not have a race. and when i knew sebastian was behind, i wish he was right with me and have a race. i think would be great for the fans.

>> djakovich was too rough for roger federer. he was struggling with a bit of an injury. this is the sixth time he has won his title. >> he did have a little bit of an injury. he did struggle a little bit with the movement but i tried to obviously focus on what i need to do and i'm just very pleased with the way i have played the entire weekend. that's something that i will hopefully carry in the next one as well. >> and the women's final beat switzerland to claim that title. it's the spaniard's second major wta crown. she moves up to fourth in the world rankings. that's a career high for her. >> now golf's president's cup went down to the wire in south korea. the united states beating the international team on the final hole of this match play event,

absolute despair here for the home player moon, fluffing his chip and that cost his team a chance at victory. it allowed bill haas to get the winning point for the u.s. he held his nerve here, out of the bunker. haas is the son of team skipper jay haas and he was the tap captain's pick. team u.s.a. has won this trophy 9 out of 11 times. >> i'm so happy for the team. you know, a great bunch of guys. we were riding back down the fairway on 18, before bill played 17 and i said, come on, bill. win one for your mom. your mom deserves that. >> that's sports for now, and i will hand you back to barbara london. >> that's it for this news hour. daveed foster is to have more news for you in just a few minutes and i will see you tomorrow. thank you for watching. bye-bye.

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♪ >> thousands mourn the 95 victims of peace rally in turkey, and accuse the president of fermenting violence. >> i'm david foster. you are watching al jazeera live from london. coming up on this program, accusation of israelis using excessive force in the latest violence with the palestinians. the iraqi military says it has hit a convoyar