meets humanity. >> announcer: this is al jazeera. hello there, welcome to the newshour, i'm shiulie ghosh live from the headquarters in doha. coming down, the romanian prime minister and his government resigns, following protests a cargo plane crashes in south sudan killing 41 people. we'll be live in juba an historic first - leaders of china and taiwan are set to meet for the first time in 70 years. and more talks on syria -

could moscow be softening its position about president bashar al-assad's role in the political future and we hear from the rugby world champions as they make a triumphant return home, the trophy back on new zealand territory after the all blacks successful title defense. okay. we start with some breaking news out of romania, where the prime minister victor ponta and his government resigned following protests following a nightclub fire. 30 people died in the capital bucharest. 20,000 called for cabinet resignations on tuesday, and are accusing the government of corruption when granting permits and conducting safety inspections. let's speak to the local journalists, joining us on the

line from bucharest. we know ponta had been under pressure to resign. was it the protests that did it. >> he had been under pressure to quit. he went on trial in september facing trials of fraud, money laundering et cetera. there were young professional students, artists, friends and relatives of those killed and wounded on friday. all the evidence shows that the tragedy was caused by several corruption leading to poor safety. that is why 20,000 people took to the streets last night in a spontaneous process, calling for the resignation of the the interior ministry. also the district mayor where the collective nightclub was locating. they were shouting out the

irresponsible political leaders must step down. everyone is wondering what is next. who will form a government. and we are avoiding reaction. one thing we know for sure is that protests will continue today in the grid, and in all romanian cities. so what does that mean for romania's political directions. we know that parliament is made you of a coalition of three parties. could it be on track to changing it. political realignment. i think we have lost sander nicola, a local journalists in bucharest talking about the resignation of the prime minister and his cabinet. >> now, 41 people died in south sudan after a cargo plane crashed after taking off from the main airport in the capital juba.

three people, including a child has survived. a spokesman for the president includes fatalities on the ground. let's get for from al jazeera's correspondent on the line from juba, tell us more about the crash and the area where the plane came down. >> the plane crashed 1.5km away from the international airport. he was heading to the oil fields from the capital juba when it crashed. the death toll - there was a confusion about the number of people who died. bodies have been uncovered. air officials say 40, others say 30. 40 is the number, and the soldiers doing the uncovering are expecting more to be found. >> this was a russian-built cargo plane. do we know more about it or the passengers on board.

>> it was a russian built cargo plane. official numbers were not known. it was fedding to the oil fields. the economy is poor. it was hard to get tickets, so they'd travel by cargo, with the people dying, there's no official manifest. no one knows who is on the plane. that makes the identification of the dead bodies even harder. >> thank you for that. reporting live from juba china and taiwan announced an historic meeting will take place on saturday, the first such talks before the end of the civil war. taiwan split from china. taiwan is recognised as an independent state by the u.n. states and the vatican.

china considers it its territory and says it should be under beijing's control. activists gathered outside parliament. rob mcbride reports from beijing. >> this summit comes as the culmination of a policy by taiwan's president to draw closer to mainland china. under the leadership is this, and transport links are stronger than before. and meeting his counterpart has been the ultimate goal. but almost as significant as the summit is its timing as taiwan prepares for elections. with the ruling party or kmt trailling in the polls, many see it as china's way of giving his party support. chinese are trying to boost up the old enemy, the old party

with whom they fought in the 40s and 30s. >> the main opposition democratic progressive party is wary of getting too close to mainland china, going as far as declaring independence. >> i have to point out that the president is a president that will finish his term of office soon. people will not allow the president to compromise his future for his personal/political career. he has no right to make promises that he's enable to take responsibility for. it exerted pressure in the past with the staging of well-timed military exercises, to remind voters that it's prepared to stop outright independence push by force, if necessary. >> the prospects of joining close together is highly emotive. in taiwan, it's divisive.

attempts at integration have a habit of raising anti-sentiment. it could backfire, staring taiwan on a preventative course the director of international affairs at the thinking taiwan foundation joins us from taipei. good to have you with us. this is seen as an historic visit. >> it certainly is. my sense is that the given the timing of this particular meeting, it doesn't stem so much from the closeness that you were referring to, but more as was mentioned in your report, the fact na beijing is well aware that the kmt is probably heading for defeat in the january elections in taiwan, and will try to do as much as it can to

give a bit of a boost to the g.m.t. 5-4, for example, agreeing to a meeting on saturday in sink more. >> indeed. is the opposition widely tipped to win the presidential elections. that will almost certainly change the relationship, won't it. it remains to be seen. ironically, beijing's list of things that it can do to influence the elections is surprisingly limited. if it overreaches or tries too hard. it's a likelihood that it will backfire. one thing is certain, many taiwanese, including those that vote are sensitive to any sign of external attempts to influence in taiwan's democratic process. so it will require balancing on

beijing's part, which is why i do not expect we'll see anything of substance on saturday. and they will emphasise the symbolism of that meeting between the two leaders. >> it's interesting there's a caution over closer ties between beijing and taipei. we heard the note of caution from the u.s. aren't closer ties good for the region, doesn't it promote stability. >> it does to a point, but we need to realise that a highly authoritarian regime is using all kinds of mechanisms to increase i think fluent on taiwan. which is a relatively young democracy, westernized in many ways. so certainly among the majority of taiwanese, there's interest in having closer ties with

china. the majority are looking for normal ties, despite the fact that few countries have official diplomacy. they want to have normal relations with china. if it leads to an erosion of democracy or ability to conduct activities, it could lead to an increase in the region as toy wanees society -- taiwanese society pushes back. >> good to speak to you. jay michael cole in taipei maldives president declared a state of emergency for 30 days, ahead of protests by the main opposition party in two days, and follows a government announcement that they planted an explosive device and weapons cache. tensions have been high. the vice president is among those arrested on suspicion of

involved in that explosion. stay with us here on the al jazeera newshour. we are on the greek island of lesbos, where officials say there's not enough room to bury those that died. >> the red carpet rolled out for the egyptian president despite his authoritarian rule and what the chelsea captain has to say about reports of a player revolt against their manager. >> in syria, government forces have taken control of a key highway. the road is typical of a supply route bringing in military reinforcements. they'll meet with russian's foreign ministers in moscow.

it's one of the diplomatic efforts to end the conflict. >> the outcome of an aerial bombing am is set to show the damn. there's no way of verifying this. >> the russian government is working with syrian groups. the free syria army. we are in the war. all fur are infrastructure and hospitals - if they want to coordinate. they'll have to stop military operations and be ready to move forward to the final stage, under the sponsorship of the united nations. >> the issue of bashar

al-assad's future is the peen sticking points. there was renewed optimism. iran was at the table for the first time. speaking from tehran, nothing has changed. >> some may be published that our russian friends are looking to hold a further talk, we have not received an invitation. the transition period exists only in the minds of those that don't live in reality. >> russia is stepping away from a position that it must remain in office. >> we never said that it would go or stay. secondly, only the syrian people

can decide the president's fat. yet the fate of the syrian people seems to be decided for them. more than a quarter of a million have been killed in the war, a figure growing with air strikes and filed diplomacy russia says it's possible that the syrian government and opposition members could meet for talks next week in moscow. the u.s. says it will be too soon. >> i look forward to moving the process forward, getting the syrians involved as soon as possible. we are not ready for the discussions until the international community can reach a greater consensus on the way forward. >> we have the co-editor of an online magazine focussing on middle east culture. he joins us from imam. good to have you with us. the idea of russia hosting talks

between representatives from the syrian government and opposition. the time is not right. are such talks possible right now? >> well, such talks with already been held, at least twice in moscow. in the last several months. the fundamental difference now is that russia has become directly militarily involved in syria through this bombing campaign. and at the same time that you had the vienna talks between the various regional and international powers, it's an open question to what extend credible representatives of an increasingly fragmented syrian opposition would be prepared at this time to travel to moscow for another round of discussions with government representatives understand moscow's sponsorship. >> you have got u.n. envoys in

s moscow. is there an indication that it could be soft things, as to whether president bashar al-assad has to go in regards to any transition. >> i don't think so. the russians have consistently ute the formula that the leadership of syria, is something for the syrian people and not foreign parties too decide. when they say they have gefr been wedded to the idea of bashar al-assad remaining in power. that's restating the long-standing position. i don't necessarily see any challenge there. some may read something into the timing of that latest statement. the real issue here is we have had the beginnings of these

meetings in vienna, the first between the united states, russia, saudi arabia and turkey. and last week something like 17 additional countries were invited, and the united nations was charged with doing four things, arranging a nationwide ceasefire, supervised elections. sponsoring constitutional reforms and engaging the syrian parties directly in negotiations over political transitions. it's a tall order and there are few people that suspect that they'll be able to do any of this. i think what is really going on is an attempt to separate and insulate into syrian discussions and negotiations from the continued regional and international discussions, taking place in vienna.

and i programme that the special envoy's visit to moscow is to seek syrian support - excuse me, russian support for his agenda. whether he'll get it, and the extent to which obtaining such support is meaningful remains to be seen. >> thank you for that. live from ayman in jordan. >> now, 30 refugees to be relocated are on the way to luxembourg. it's part of a deal to relocate refugees that have arrived in greece to other countries much >> translation: all five e.u. officials have the opportunity to say goodbye to the first 30 refugees, who are having a chance to make their dreams come true.

this is a start. they'll give you thousands to leave home in syria and iraq in terms of war. this is a drop in the ocean. we want this drop in the ocean to turn into a stream and a river of a fair share of responsibility. >> mohammed jamjoom is on the greek island of lesbos where many refugees are arriving every day. this refor example program under way. it's hoped that it will expand, and expand quickly. >> that's right. it can't come soon much. as you heard in the sound byte, the prime minister - although he is happy that this relocation programme has begun, this, as he mentioned is a drop in the ocean. there has been around 800,000 refugees that arrived in grease this year alone. in objection that was the -- in

october that was the highest number, and 218,000, equalling almost the same amount that came the year before in 2014. the reason the programme is implemented they want to help refugees leave grease and avoid -- greece and avoid the perilous route through the balkan countries. even though you have the six families, more needs to be done. refugees need to be transported. and as you heard the prime minister say, this had to happen as soon as possible. >> you're in lesbos, we have seen many tragedies, so many have died. there's nowhere left to bury them. that's right the.

the scenes here, we have seen them again and again in the past few days. the boats some packed to the gills. one of the cemeteries is packed with bodies, over loaded. they can't take any more bodies. we visited the area. >> reporter: at this hour in greece, the sky darkens as quick as the fear steps in. still they come. >> essential turns to the ones they risk everything for. the young they must comfort, the old they must aid. they land into a situation so chaotic, our team was asked to help translate.

she has on the side of the head. the car accident was bad. this woman and her family made the crossing. >> translation: i can't explain my emotions, we came a long way. we prayed we made it to greece, we did. thank god. >> medics arrived quickly. aide workers accustomed to helping the emotion we traumatized are at a lose. they seek a better life. most feel guilty because they bring the family - brought the families with the children and now they are dead. or they are. you can't say anything to a woman that lost a husband and children. you need someone to be next to

them and even finding a resting place is near impossible. this is an example of how sad a life and death they have. the fact that makes it more tragic is many were put into the ground anonymously. overcrowded with bodies, the cemetery ran out of room. this grave digger understands death better than most. this he struggles to comprehend. >> the refugees discovered a better future. we greeks, migrants. we didn't have to die in the

sea. now for the refugees that escape with their lives, death is closer than ever. after we finished filming that report, later in the evening we came out to the beach, there was another accident. in this accident, four people died. they were pull the outside of the sea. they died. they were two chin and men. -- two children and men. there was a boat with 40 people in it. it shows how unrelenting the teams are. people are coming. they are afraid the window come here is closing, so they are trying to get here as quick as possible. even though the weather is good. accidents happen, death is around here in lesbos. >> thank you for that. mohammed jamjoom in lesbos there.

now for the weather. a stormy season for australia. >> yes, it happened, started quickly and sustained like every continent on earth, it's a year of extremes. in fact, australia had dry whether, it was the third dryst september on record, and then october, the hottest on record. you are not alone then. records go back top 1910 as cogent records. locally they go beyond that. november started wet and stormy and they've been here as well. you see from the satellite this is a consonate. this is one huge area, and the storms, in any one place is quite vicious. so, for example, in south australia, they left behind 73 millimetres in 74 hours. a series of storms in new south wales. 64. these are the latest figures,

and not the only ones. this weather gives you some relief from drought. there are pros and cons. much of the water will run off. some will be kept behind dams, and fires are about to enter the fire season will be less likely. some farmers want to do harvesting. rain washes them out. floods damage the roads. infrastructure is damaged as well. that's how we are at the moment. this low is there for another day thank you very much for that. there's more to come here on al jazeera. including the burundian human rights activists shot in the face, still speaking out against the government. >> in sport. the former head of football is bailed for $1500. that story after the

welcome back, you are with al jazeera. romania's prime minister and his cabinet resign the, following protests over a fire. 32 died after a fire broke out in the capital jayson bukuya on friday. >> at least 41 died in -- bucharest on friday many died after a cargo plane took off from juba. three people, including a child, survived. the fatality included people on the ground where the plane went down. >> there has been protests in taiwan against talks between its

leader and the president. the first talks take place on saturday. turkey says it may hold a referendum to create an executive presidential citizen, a spokesman says discussions on the issue will accelerate in the coming months, the announcement coming after the ruling a.k. party swept back into action. now, let's start by explaining exactly what is meant by an executive presidential system. >> i'm having difficulty hearing you, but let me tell you what is happening now, especially after the statement or the press conference by the spokesperson for the presidential palace here. the a.k. party's manifesto in the november elections was to change the constitution to have a presidential system, an

executive president. the party is not shying away from that. the difference this time around is that the president himself didn't lobby as he did in the previous elections in june. now, do that after the results we have to wait and see. as of now, the initial result gives the ruling a.k. party 317 seats. they are still short of about 13 seats. so if they got the 13 seats, they can take the constitution to a referendum, and then, perhaps, change, if it's passed of course. they'll change the governing stint from a parliamentary to an executive president city. >> omar, i hope you can hear me. i'd like to know what this means for recep tayyip erdogan. what extra powers he gets, and why it's important to him?

>> well, it's because that - the a.k. party and the president himself have said several times that when he wants, when recep tayyip erdogan was a prime minister. he was advocating to change the system in the country. recep tayyip erdogan was directly elected president in the history of the country, the third. from their point of view of trying to change the system into a presidential one, presidential one giving an executive power who is directly elected by the people. the other camp, the opposition is saying this is a clear indication by the president of turning towards dictatorship and turning turkey into an authoritarian rule. it's a complicated story, it's a polarized country. we'll have to wait and see what the future brings to the country. it's important for the president - a presidential

system on the 100th anniversary of the creating of the public, coinciding in about one serving, in 2023. >> well done. thank you very much, indeed, for that. omar salah battling where sound problems, doing an heroic job from istanbul. >> an yifl-ed -- i.s.i.l.-led group is said to have been involved. and targeted an officer's club there has been calls for protests in london as abdul fatah al-sisi makes his first visit to the u.k. he'll meet with the british prime minister david cameron on thursday, but the opposition labour party and human rights activists say abdul fatah

al-sisi shouldn't have been invited from london. barnaby phillips reports. >> he's the former military strong man that would like the world to see him differently. as a democratically elected leader. a statesman fighting what he calls terrorists, egypt's president abdul fatah al-sisi. >> no one in egypt has ever been held to act for this. the 2013 massacre of supporters of the former president. and since then, according to international human rights groups tens of thousands of opponents of abdul fatah al-sisi have been imprisoned and hundreds sentenced to death. >> egypt is going through the worst human rights crisis for decades. far from moving to democracy. what we have seen is a ferocious crackdown, and the rebuilding of the very authoritarian states that they were protesting and revolting against in 2011.

abdul fatah al-sisi is by no means a paria in europe. he's enjoyed visits to france, and more recently to germany. european governments may not approve of much of what abdul fatah al-sisi does at home, but they feel he provides a degree of stability in a troubled region. as paris and berlin think, so does london. >> we should not have dilutions about government priorities, which are security domestically and internationally and economically. and we should not forget that governments an only look no further ahead than the next elections. when they are in office, they'll have to talk to the people who happen to be in power however in office and other places as well. >> opposition politicians called on the british government to cancel the visit because of concerns over human rights

records. the government will argue that it's an opportunity to put the concerns to the egyptian president. but it's also shown in the dealings with recent dealings with countries such as china and saudi arabia that it is pragmatic. and that it will put what it believes is britain's strategic interests over misgivings on human rights tensions over competing claims in the south china sea led to an impasse at a south-east asian defense summit. a joint declaration of asian nations was -- a.s.e.a.n. nations was due to be signed wednesday, but it has been cancelled. china lobbied to block any mention of its islands in in the sea. an emyr ut us professor from the australian defence force academy says the growing division is having an impact on the asian block.

block. >> earlier this year, within the area itself, they managed to cobble toobility a statement. that means that this time in the larger venue, the defence minister's meeting, plus the eight dialogue partners, the rivalry has intruded into the organization, and it can't mention that. these countries, take the line, and they alone prevent consensus being reached. there were a number of assian countries that wanted this mentioned. majority does not rule. one can block the group. >> shares in japan's postal service have been bought for nearly $12 billion in the world's biggest stock offerings. japan posts holdings with

banking. making its debut. selling stakes in the postal service will boost investments in japanese concerns. >> the sale makes it the third largest listing not far goodnight facebook, the bigger sale was last year by china's alibaba, generating $25 million. the reach of japan's post is wide. and has nearly 24,000 branches delivering male, taking bank deposits and selling insurance. i'm joined by the think tank's adelphi network. the biggest public offering. investors were excited about this one, weren't they? >> i think they were excited bit the underpricing of the shares. this is a standard give away by the government. it reminds me of the

privatisation purpose, which are manufactured in the u.k. there's a series on offerings, so, of course, this is very good for the mainly retail investors who the 8% based in japan who brought the shares, and buys cheap popularity of shinzo abe. >> most of the proceeds are ear-marked for reconstruction. how much of a boost in growth could be expected? >> the boost to growth would be a bit more indirect, obviously. what shinzo abe is trying to do is perhaps recreate some of the euphoria accompanied the stock sell off in the u.k. he's talked in thatcher et terms before, on a visit to london last year, most recently, and wants to create the sense that he wants to make japanese investors a bit more risk hungry

and diversify the government bonds and push up the stock market. the tokyo stock exchange. it has increased considerably under the stewardship of shinzo abe and his party, and i think he wants to continue the process. overall, create a sense of increasing the wealth affect that he's been trying to create since 2012. >> is this a shake-up of the corporate culture, the start of a privatisation culture? >> that is the key question. is this going to be a starting point or the end. japan has a mixed record on privatisation, in the sense that the government is involved in a number of companies. it owns a third of japan's tobacco. and several major companies. so the privatisation, we use that word.

half-hearted. not full-blooded and genuine and sincere and idea logically driven. she wanted to get those corporates off the government books and into the private sector. the suspicion with shinzo abe, and the japanese establishment is what some analysts call a toy privatisation. the government retains almost 90% of the shares in the holding company, and the two sub-sidhuaries. the question is is the government going to follow through, and once that privatisation genuinely occurred. will it follow through with other companies that it owns, and is it... >> okay, let's leave it there. we've lost you can, you are talking like a darlick. interesting stuff from dan slater of the delphi network

ivory coast's president alassane ouattara has been sworn in for a second 5-year term. during the ceremony alassane ouattara promised more inclusion to ease economic disparities, he won a land slide victory. it was the first poll since 2010 protesters in burundi say opponents of the president continue to be persecuted. pierre nkurunziza wonder a third term. an activist that was shot is speaking out. okay, let's cross to mus coe. russia's -- costco, where rush -- moscow, where russia's foreign minister is speaking after a meeting with the special envoy on syria. >> translation: dress the crisis, there's two lists.

the most important one, the first about terrorist organizations which we will not be publishing at the moment. but in the late afternoon, you'll probably get it. then the whole question of who are the opposition forces negotiating with the government at a meeting called by the special envoy. so we believe that these are the two primordial tasks in the run up to the vienna formament talks. -- form at talks next week. >> mr dimastoura after the talks on friday is determined to push ahead in preparing the ground for syrian dialogue.

russia has distributed its specific ideas as to terrorist organizations and opposition forces immediately after the talks, and we hope this is mutually acceptable to all dedications so that they can be included in the political process. we have expressed full commitment to the vienna document as well as to the document at the basis of political settlement. that is to say the communicate ka of 20th of june -- communique of 20th of june, in which the aims are set out. in order to make sure that syria is a sovereign state, fully restored as a state on the basis

of the rule of law, and that was the geneva communique which was confirmed in vienna. and it is clearly said there that the fate of syria is in the hands. syrians, and the syrians only. only the syrian people can determine their own fate. it says. so we would like to wish him good luck in his work. we support him. and hoch -- hope that the other parts do their upmost to make sure that it is success: thank you. >> thank you. thank you. dear frend. and thank you for the opportunity of keeping the momentum of what was achieved in

vienna the other days. the fact that coming here i went to damascus, and am on my way to washington, and we need to keep regional players in the regional countries engaged. aum with one purpose. momentum. we cannot lose this momentum, which is positive. there are some immediate steps, and some have just been mentioned and i think we need to work on both of those, to make sure that the next steps take place quickly. there's one group of people that are probably the most important than all of us. they are the syrian people. they are asking one thing. they want to see a concrete outcome from the vienna spirit. and what they want to see, reduction of violence, put

yourself in their place, they are human being under five years in a conflict. i think one. elements that will be wanting to see for the sake of the syrian people, needs to be achievement quickly. >> we'll be working on that. then, of course, the political process. everything is about that. we have a plan. the plan is placed on the geneva communique and the geneva outline, and they mentioned it clearly. the form. government. we need to work on that, and the working group where they are prepared and hope to have everyone clueded will work on the direction, and then a new constitution and new elections, is it a roadmap that can be achieved, and i think if we maintain the momentum, we will get there, thank you

questions. i have a question. as special envoy of the u.n., you know that much of syrian society continues to support bashar al-assad. do you not feel that if bashar al-assad is removed or if he leaves, this will disappoint a large portion of the syrian public. because much of the syrian people are supporting him. >> by raising the question in the way you did, madam. you seem to want to speak on behalf of the syrian people. we all agreed of course in vienna that there's an agreement to disagree, and to not get into that. why? because at the end of the day

the issue is up to the syrian people, who and what type of leadership they should have. if we follow these steps, it's what they should be given a chance to do. >> translation: i'd just like to support what was just said. it was the syrian people who must decide and it is the various personalities of politics that must be chosen by the syrian people, and what we have always said in geneva, also in the vienna document is that it is the syrian people who have to decide it and leak it. >> you can argue for a long title which part of the public superiors the president.

which part. how many people support his removal or his retirement. but there is only one force this can actually decide that question, and that is the will of the people. i have a question for both of you. when and where are you considering having a meeting between the opposition forces and the government of syria? and when can such agreement be reached? >> we are ready, the u.n. is ready, in geneva to start immediately with this process, because as you know, we had already a security council, a residential decision to establish the working groups. they are touching the very subjects of the vienna

communique. the government indicated that they are ready to participate and they have a substantial number of delegations. we need and we will ask the opposition all the oppositions to be rejected. so that we can stop working. when? as soon as possible. i think the regional players and the international community can help in reminding both sides, the government and the opposition to come quickly before starting the discussions without regulations on either side to address the points. which was agreed upon after fina. which had or should be in line with the geneva communique. basically we had the papers ready for them to stop talking. they need to do - they need to start talking.

they are ready for it. >> i just would like to support what has just been said. and obviously include syrian dialogue, which is about confidence building, must be represented at the negotiating table. all the opposition forces and the government must be representative. i would just like to say that this is terribly important. as has been said, to make sure that this is the occasion for all the syrian opposition forces to use their influence, to come together at this negotiations in a constructive frame of mind, and make sure that they don't try and showcase only themselves. one particular group.

and not to emphasise personal faith, but the fate of the nation as a whole. thank you. >> the meeting in moscow there between the u.n. envoy to syria and sergey lavrov, the russian foreign minister reiterating that the fate of syria should lie in syria's hands, and they need a form of all-inclusive government, constitutions and elections, and there'll be a meeting between members of the syrian government and rebels coming up let's get all the sport now. here is sanaa. >> the newly crowned rugby world cup champions, the autoblacks return to new zealand. the first team to defence the title. and tenses of thousands of fans whelm them home. >> a traditional moorie challenge to welcome home the ultimate defenders. the all blacks back to back rugg

which world cup champions, elated to be on home ground after a 6-month campaign. >> i wasn't expecting any of this. it's a great way to finish. i'm lucky to be part of a special group of guys. >> we heard there would be a few people down here. >> new zealand sa rugby mad -- is a rugby-mad country. it's quintessential new zealand. it suits our character. resilient, robust, innovative. we made it ours. we love the game with an absolute passion. >> so much to that there was to special treatment for the world cup on the way home. while airport staff produced a plane on the tarmac.

they had been waiting to celebrate with their heroes, since their triumph, 34 to 17 in the world cup final match in englands on saturday. >> we are excited, happy that the boys brang home the cup, again. pretty crowded. >> it's a great day. shaking it back to back. >> there's no better feeling than to hold up the cup. to do it two times in a row. it probably annoyed a lot of teams around the world in the last four years, but getting it home this morning made all that hard work worthwhile. paying off for a lucky schoolboy, named the all black number one fan, he got to fulfil his dream of meeting his world cup hero. >> the auckland ceremony is the first of many celebrations. everyone wants to see the back

to back world champions, and the coveted william webb ellis trophy the afp newspaper is reporting the former head of world athletics has been arrested in paris and charged with corruption. let's bring in the sports correspond, lee wellings, live in london. >> what can you tell us at this point? >> i should stress these are reports coming in from france, from the a.f.p. agency, the former head of athletics, a controversial character, investigated for a year with the committee, alleged with taking money from a sports marketing company. these allegations looked like they may center around doping, and the russians accused of widespread doping over the course of many years. >> thank you for that. we'll hear from you later on. chelsea's manager and captain have put on a public show of

unity ahead of the champion's league game. jose mourinho and john terry denied reports. and says the team is committed to improving results. the champions lost six games this season. >> i think what we have seen in the last 2-3 days of, for me, ridiculous stories, of what is happening in the club, the dressing room. the players are 100% behind the manager. >> and there's more sports on the website. that's it for me. >> sanaa, thank you for that. okay, more to talk about here on al jazeera. we'll analyse the latest words from the u.n. envoy to syria who has been in moscow for a meeting with the foreign minister sergey lavrov. we'll have more on that after the break. now for this newshour, that's it

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stepping down the romanian prime minister and his government resign following mass protests. >> i'm shiulie ghosh in doha. also coming up. a cargo plane crashes in south sudan killing 41 people. we are live in juba. russia intensifies weapons to fush for a diplomatic -- push for a diplomatic solution. the historic first, leaders of china and taiwan are set to meet for the first