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i'll have your sport. fifas top officials meet in zurich to discuss their latest proposals on reform. plus the new head of international athletics, facing new accusations in the wake of the doping scandal. ♪ britain's prime minister has told parliament that air strikes are needed against isil in syria to keep the british people safe. now if the government wins the vote, the british bombing raids could start within hours. cameron repeatedly refused to apologize for calling his opponents terrorist sympathizers. >> our security services have foiled no fewer than seven different plots against our people. and the question is this, do we work with our allies to degrade and destroy this threat? and do we go after these

terrorists in their heart lands from where they are plotting to kill british people, or do we sit back and wait for them to attack us? >> the absence of credible ground troops, the missing diplomatic plan for a syrian settlement, the failure to address the impact of the terrorist threat, it's becoming increasingly clear that the prime minister's proposal for military action simply do not stack up. >> let's go live to charlie angela now who is in westminster for us. charlie these session has been going on for sometime now, and it has been pretty rowdy already. tell us what has been happening and how the prime minister has been defending his case. >> yes, it has been very heated. there's some 157 mp's who want to speak today. they originally asked for a two day debate.

in that has been squeezed into this 10.5 hour debate. the prime minister said it's a question of national security, and he has used some strong language, calling isil a group of women-raping, medieval monsters. he also heard from his opposition leader, the labor leader who says that he doesn't believe that the british military plains will make any difference, he thinks the problem will only be exacerbated. and they say there are already too many aircraft in the skies chasing too many targets, and a former commander said it's more about the message sent to our alleys than actually what the british can contribute in terms

of military might. >> where does british public opinion stand on this? last week it seemed a lot of people were supportive of this plan to launch air strikes against isil, but it seems there has been a shift in the last few days. >> reporter: yes, a couple of weeks ago it was 59% said yes, let's start bombing syria. now that has gone down to 48%, and that could be because we have had a little bit of time between what happened in paris and beirut, and people are now thinking more about the facts rather than reacting emotionally to those events, but the issues are still -- are still the same for the british people. they feel like they have been here before in 2003 when britain was on the brink of authorizing military action in iraq. a million people marched against that, saying no, the public

opinion is definitely against it. it didn't make a difference. even as people tell me inside parliament, mp's phones have been bringing off of the hook all week. they have been fielding calls from their constituents who are trying to urge their mp's to vote no to this proposal. again, david cameron will probably get the majority, he said he wouldn't call the vote unless we could. so, yes, by the end of tonight, a vote will happen, probably go through, and we could see british planes bombing isil targets in syria by tomorrow. >> charlie thank you. >> earlier i spoke with michael hayden, and i asked him about the effective bombing campaigns against isil in syria. >> it has the potential. but you need more than just an

emotional commitment post paris. i'm going to be very candid. the people that want to help they have to show up at the fight. they have to commit resources. each country has different capabilities and strengths they can call on, but they have to show up to the fight. our president is very fond of saying we are part of a coalition of over 60 nations. i would like to see more of those nations actively engaged in the fight against the islamic state. >> politically you say it is great to have more countries on board for the u.s. but is it going to change the situation on the ground? will it change the status of the civil war? >> it will if we get the right kind of commitment. what we need now, in addition to my country doing some things that it has been hesitant to do, what we need is an effective ground force in syria to

compliment allied air power in the skies over that country. >> but president obama -- sorry to interrupt you -- president obama has said there will be no ground forces in syria because that would mean a long-term commitment. for the time being there are special forces on the ground. is that sufficient? >> right, he said -- he said there would be no american ground forces on the ground in syria, and i understand that totally, other than the special forces and special capability forces that we can bring to bear. but there needs to be a ground force in syria. we have had the kurds for a while, and where the kurds have been fighting, we have been quite successful. but the curds fight for kurdish lands. they should not be expected to fight for arab grounds. and we are going to need sooner arab ground force to take the fight to isis on the ground. >> is the u.s. talking to gulf

countries and convincing them to fight? >> i'm not in government, i don't know, i would certainly hope so. because anybody with my kind of background, i think i'm pointing out the obvious, you really can't change the power equation on the ground right now under current circumstances with air power alone. you need ground forces to effect what it was you described at the beginning a game changer in the fight against isis. >> president obama reiterated in paris yesterday that it is russia that holds the key to solving this conflict in syria; that russia needs to let go, if you will, of bashar al-assad; that bashar al-assad basically is the problem and that he needs to go. but isn't it naive to think that russia will change its mind about supporting bashar al-assad? >> naive might be a little too

strong. i think there might be a little daylight. if we exchange bashar al-assad for the alawite regime, i think the russians might be willing to accept some continuity in government, but without assad, and the question becomes there space there for the current government without assad to be the -- mechanism by which we move this forward politically. right now any efforts are stillborn. you said the russians hold the key here. they do. they hold the political key, but they refuse to use the political key. they are trying to use a military key, i.e., to bomb in order to keep assad in power. that key will not be successful. our president is right about that. >> thank you for speaking to us sir. now nato foreign ministers

are formally invited monte nay grow to join the alliance. it was part of the communist yugoslavia. we have a reaction from montinegro's reaction. >> reporter: this is the biggest achievement of the country after it gains independence nine years ago. but the opposition believes there should be a referendum, [ inaudible ] for a huge process that happened right here in front of the parliament a couple of weeks ago. the government is very aware of moscow negative attitude towards

its nato membership, but it sent a message to moscow saying that it has every right to do what is best for the country, and they believe that their nato membership is going to be a strong impact for the stability of this region. the thing that should not be missed is next year is going to be election here, and it seems that nato membership is going to be one of the biggest issues in the preelection campaign, and that is going to overshadow all other problems such as corruption and huge economic problems that it is facing now. russia's president says it has proof that turkey's president has benefited personally from the illegal sale of oil from isil. bernard smith is in istanbul, and rory challands is in moscow.

rory let me start with you. what proof, exactly does moscow have? >> reporter: this is a pretty n indarry briefing from the ministry. it is laying out what it says is proof of the claim it has been making for a while now. at least it has been banging its drums since turkey shot a russian bomber out of the sky over syria last week. the assure a -- assertion is there. russia says there are three main smuggling routes by which oil leaves syria and iraq and heads to turkey, and then the money is funneled back to isil in the form of mercenaries, weapons and

ammunition, but the most controversial part of this claim is that this is not just some casual smuggling operation, this is something that turkish officials are directly involved in. even the president himself, and the president's entourage, the president's family. they didn't outline specific proof of that. what they did mainly was show these smuggling roots and where this all comes from, but of course this is not going to go down well in ankara at all. >> now russia is attacking president erdogan personally, what is the reaction there? >> reporter: i think what russia has shown is that there have been reports in turkey for quite

sometime now that oil is smuggled across the border from syria to turkey and what the russians are saying is that it's happening on such a grand scale and under the noses of the turkish authorities and that they are not doing anything about it. it also accused erdogan of benefiting personally. turkey's superintendent in qatar today, and there hasn't been any direct response to the latest claims from russia. however, erdogan has said about the claims in general that turkey would not lose its values so much as to buy oil from a terrorist organization, referring to isil. he also says he doesn't want to harm relations with russia anymore. there are important trade relations between the two countries. but erdogan has said were this trade going on, he would stand.

>> bernard smith live for us in istanbul. thank you very much. there's much more ahead on the al jazeera news hour. we report on a multi-billion dollars corruption scandal in nigeria. plus -- i'm andy gallagher in wyoming where 40% of all of the u.s. coal is produced. and the president's plan to cut coal emissions is something people here call a war on their way of life. and fifa's top officials meet in zurich. ♪ the former national security advisor has been arrested accused of embezzling funds. he denies the allegations.

>> reporter: this is nigeria's former national security advisor. a presidential committee report says he embezzled $2 billion in fraudulent deals while he was in office. he is responsible for giving out contracts between 2012 and march of this year. a total of $5.4 billion is missing according to the committee. the money should have been spent on weapons to fight boko haram. >> money intended for the procurement of weapons to support the military in their war against terror has been diverted. >> reporter: but this soldier says corruption is still a problem even after the new government came to power six months ago on an anti corruption platfor platform. >> corruptions in the military today honestly is 97% because

some of the generals, some of -- probably the billionaires for one particular item, they would literally use like a hundred thousand or two hundred thousand [ inaudible ]. the money goes into their pockets. >> reporter: these pictures show nigerian soldiers training without weapons, equipment or uniforms to fight boko haram. we put these concerns to the presidential spokesman. >> corruption is being fought systematically. it has been reduced. and it will take time for it to be eliminated within the military and the entire country. >> reporter: but soldiers say corruption is still having a negative impact. >> given the conditions of this corruption, right, to defeat

boko haram to be frank with you would be 50/50. >> reporter: the former national security advisor says the case against him is politically motivated. the government says that has nothing to do with the case against him today, and that it will publish the evidence against him and deal with corruption swifty. chinese president has arrived in south africa in an official state visit. he was given a ceremonial visit with a 21-gun salute. his tour is aimed at increasing industrial and economic cooperation between the two countries. hundreds of thousands of people are stranded by some of the worst flooding on record in southern india, winter monsoon rains have lashed the area.

our correspondent reports. >> reporter: heavy rain has poured on people in the state for weeks. now many in southern india are trapped instead illy rising flood waters. coastal areas, including the state capitol are hardest hit. national emergency response teams have been sent to try to rescue thousands of people. >> for the last 24 hours, [ inaudible ] compared to last week it is so much [ inaudible ] then here comes so much flood [ inaudible ] every [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: conditions deteriorated on tuesday with heavy downpours making water-logged areas even worse. people are using social media to describe how they are being badly hit. some major roads resemble rivers. flooding has damaged other infrastructure, including rail lines. the city's main airport is

closed. commuters trying to reach the south have been left stranded, across india. all flights from mumbai have been canceled. the airlines are issuing tickets tonight or the night after. all of us are getting agitated because none of the nearby hotels are vacant. where do we go? >> reporter: they have received a month worth of rain in a few days, and they warn the much more is on the way. french security forces have carried out more than 2,000 raids and seized some 300 weapons since the attacks in paris a few weeks ago. 34 of the weapons are called war grade. >> translator: the exceptional measures authorized by the state of emergency have allowed the following. we have conducted some 2,235

raids since the start of the state of emergency. this has lead to 263 arrests, 232 interrogations, and 346 judicial proceed doing as. the french interior minister has also said that a third mosque has been closed after a curety breach. jacky what have been found at this mosque? >> reporter: well, foley, the interior minister used very strong language to describe the operations against the mosque. he said it fell within the framework of actions that the security forces are taking against as he put it hate preachers, self appointed ps o pseudomans. it was during the raids that the

police said they seized a 9 millimeter resolver. they said there was always a hidden hard disk. a number of documents about jihad, and also what they described as a non-registered quranic school. this mosque has now been closed at least until then of the state of emergency, the minister said, and this follows the closure of two other mosques to the north of paris in the last week. now the interior minister, stressed or he sought to stress that it wasn't the state of emergency that was limiting people's freedoms in france but rather what he described as terrorism. that state of emergency is due to last until nearly the end of february, and if the government wants to extend it, it will have to put the proposal again to a vote in the national assembly.

>> okay. jacky thank you very much. jacky rowland live in paris. cameroons military says it has freed 900 hostages from boko haram. the two-day military operation is said to have taken place last week. our correspondent is live for us in the nigerian capitol. what more have we learned about this operation and who were the people who were freed? >> well, actually it's according to the cameroonian authorities this operation took place tow d towards the end of last month. it's not clear whether the schoolgirls who were abducted more than a year ago are part of the 9 00 that were rescued. but boko haram has been kidnapping a lot of people, especially women, even before the kidnap of the schoolgirls. a few days ago there was a

report that boko haram has kidnapped dozens of girls in villages they attacked in northeastern nigeria, and the borno state government is investigating whether that is true or not but this rescue has carried out by joint forces. they are also giving troops to help crush boko haram. >> thank you very much. now the third day of the u.n. climate conference in paris has been accompanied by more protests and calls for action. demonstrators were forcibly removed. more than 150 world leaders are

meeting in the french capitol to try to reach an agree to cut carbon emissions. barack obama announced a clean power plant earlier this year, to cut carbon emissions by a third over the next 15 years, but in coal-producing states such as wyoming, many see the president's plan as a war on their way of life. andy gallagher reports. >> reporter: the grasslands of northeast wisconsin are desolate, but few places are more important than the powder river base -- basin. this tiny area provides the u.s. with 40% of america's supplies. but the industry may be facing its biggest challenge yet. the clean power plant aims to reduce greenhouse gases.

minors like wayne cline say that stricter regulations are short-sided. >> our president of our company said we can stand this for five more years the way it is going, we -- but after that, who knows. probably be a lot of people with no lights. >> reporter: but in 2012, coal combustion made up for a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions in the u.s. reason enough to enforce stricter rules. >> we probably need to look at maybe getting a few more of these in. >> reporter: for wyoming business owners like corey, the war on coal is deeply troubling. >> i think it would be bad all the way around for everybody. whether it's car dealerships to restaurants, to every business in town. >> reporter: wyoming has already launched legal challenges that could take years to solve. coal is an economic powerhouse here. it isn't that people don't want

to embrace clean technology, but they simply feel excluded from a process that will have a deep impact on their lives, by some u.s. estimates 11,000 jobs will be lost when the clean power plant is put into place. in cities like gillett the outlook is gloomy. officials told us they are already investing in alternative uses for carbon, and say the region is resilient. >> yes, we're going to have to adjust to a new formal, i suppose, but i also thing that we're going to be one of the parts of the country that will be able to rebound from these type of regulatory pinches. >> reporter: some studies claim coal revenues here could drop by more than half in the coming years. world leaders at the climate

change conference have all agreed that developing countries are more at risk of climate change. one of those countries kenya. >> reporter: apparently it's a famine [ inaudible ] what i need is cooperation. one, everybody to see the sindh of conditioning the climate. [ inaudible ] on his [ inaudible ] if the climate [ inaudible ] so the means of bringing people together nationwide, and also global wide, it is very important to see the [ inaudible ] fighting for climate change. to make these farmers comfortable. but they lack a dream [ inaudible ] climate change is what we are crying for. if your climate is going back to the original one, farmers can depend on themselves. ♪

tune in to witness the climate diaries only on al jazeera, filmed over four years they document the kenyan farmer's struggle for survival. now still ahead on the news hour. not so sweet for our health, new warnings that hidden sugar is leading us to a early grave. plus a warrior in the city, we meet a tribesman on a mission to stamp out the ivory trade in hong kong. >> there is no timetable. that's the hardest part of me. >> tiger woods talks about his uncertain future in golf. details with jo in sport. stay with us. ♪

>> welcome to al jazeera america. more reporters, more stories, more perspective. >> from our award-winning news teams across america and beyond. >> we've got global news covered. welcome back, you are watching the news hour on al jazeera. a reminder of our top stories. british mp's are debating whether to give the go ahead for air strikes against isil in

syria. any opposition says the plan won't be effective, and will put britain in danger. the u.s. secretary of state says that several allies are stepping up the fight against isil. he says he has asked foreign ministers to do more to help win the battle. let's get more on britain's vote to fight isil in syria. joining us is a member of the british parliament. he is live from london. also with us, a former special advisor to the british defense sector. he is live from washington, d.c. thank you for joining us, gentlemen. mr. chapman, the smp was opposed to the iraq war in 2003. they are opposed to syrian involvement as well. tell us what your main concern

is with prime minister cameron's plan for air strikes in syria. >> yeah, well, certainly some of the concerns raised today has been around the lack of a strategic plan that would take us to a conclusion to some of the things going on in the city at the moment. and clearly we already have ten countries bombing syria, and an 11th country would not add very much to the -- the security stability of the country going forward. >> mr. coffee, mr. chapman says that. the u.k. is already providing other support to the fight against isil. what will air strikes add? >> i think we have to be realistic about what additional uk air strikes in syria will

bring to the table. in terms of a military effect it is probably not going to bring very much. but it has a symbolic effect. it shows that britain is standing behind otheral lyes that are engaged in iraq and syria. mr. chapman has a very good point about the lack of a strategic vision, a strategy on seeing this thing through. and this isn't so much david cameron's fault as president obama's fault. at best prime minister cameron has given an outline of what he would want a strategy to be, but he has left a lot of the details very vague, and i think that's probably designed that way on purpose to try to have more flexibility in parliament with the vote. >> so what you are saying is this pretty looks like a scenario, like iraq and afghanistan in 2003, where there was no strategy again, and

britain got involved, and it was a disaster. >> yes, there was certainly a strategy for the invasion. there was no strategy on what to do after the invasion took place. and thankfully so far no one is calling for a ground invasion of syria. i think most sides would agree that a western ground occupation force would be the worst idea possible, but in chapman and his colleagues in the smp and some of the other people skeptical mp's on all sides of the chamber have legitimate concerns that there is no thought-out strategy to see this all the way through. what britain will be doing is dropping a few extra bombs in many syria, and it's not clear if that will have a great impact or not. that doesn't necessarily mean you don't do it. britain should also think about supporting its allies and partners who are already involved. and i think that's where the

importance lies. >> mr. chapman your response to that, mr. coffee says this is about symbolism as well. is it important for britain to be standing alongside its allies like france and the united states, and as prime minister cameron has said this is also about making the country more secure. >> well, exactly, and i think what i'm saying to you is that britain is making it so that it will help out in different ways. we can activate the intelligence that is required, and work a bit smarter in terms of how we try to deal with the daesh issue in syria. we have certainly got as the u.n. chair of the security council at the moment, prime minister cameron should be

showing more leadership in terms of looking for a diplomatic solution to what is a very intractable problem, but nevertheless there is a leadership gap, i believe, and here we are at the moment, and by simply adding our weight to more bombing is not the answer to the problem. >> what in your party's view is the answer to the problem? you speak about a diplomatic solution, but we have seen in the last four years a diplomatic solution isn't really working, nothing is happening on that front. what would you suggest the prime minister do? >> well, certainly in terms of where we are with daesh at the moment, they have free access to internet and social media, they are being supplied with oil money and resources and arms, so, you know, maybe we should be concentrating more on denying them that source of income, the sources of resource, and the

access to spread their message across europe and the globe. so there are lots of things that we should be doing, that we have been talking about for a long time, and i think that's a much more humane and sensible way to move forward, other than just going for a simple bombing campaign, that quite honestly, america has been bombing for the last 12 months, and it has been useful. >> mr. coffee what do you see as the best way to move forward? >> i think the air strikes are part of it, but we also have to think about restoring iraq's integrity. and that means we help the iraqis restore their integrity. it means we spend a lot more money helping deal with the refugee crisis. it means we spend more on counter intelligence operations

and counter terrorism operations to keep us safe at home. we can bomb syria back into the stonage, but if one isil fighter is willing to fly over to the u.s. us, and blow himself up in a shopping center, there is very little that bombing can do about that. so i think we should be realistic about what britain's role can achieve, and it is one small piece of what needs to be a very brood, detailed, deep strategy. >> all right. thank you both for joining us on this news hour. we appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> thank you. an al jazeera cameraman has been shot in the head in syria. he is in stable condition in a makeshift hospital. he was wounded while filming by fighter jets on the outskirts of homs. there have been reports that

houthi rebels have taken more areas. >> reporter: the city of ta'izz has been besieged for weeks. houthi fighters backed by loyalists of former president are trying to maintain control. [ explosion ] [ shouting ] >> reporter: their enemies are soldiers loyal to former -- president hadi. some neighborhoods are controlled by the houthis, others by government forces, sa there's fighting everywhere. >> translator: i have nothing to say but may god take revenge on the houthis! >> reporter: the houthis also control the capitol sana'a, where the situation isn't much different. people are desperate for food,

supplies, and healthcare. the fighters have reportedly captured more territory in southeastern yemen. and there are differences in the government based in aden, over the appointment of a new foreign minister. >> a lot of interest groups that would benefit from a weak government and showing that this government is weak, they are now fleecing the country as we speak from several avenues of revenue, including the petroleum industry, including the refinery, the -- a lot of revenue areas that they are benefiting from. so these are the ones who are fuelling these kinds of leaks and these kind of rumors to continue the status quo as it is right now. but i don't think that this will continue for a very long time.

>> reporter: but for many yemenees, it has already been a long time. yet another u.n.-brokered meeting is expected in geneva. it would need support of the groups fighting on the ground and saudi arabia. almost 5,000 have already been killed in the war. for many in yemen there is little hope of a peaceful solution any time soon. pakistan has hanged four men for their involvement in last year's taliban attack on a school. more than 150 people were killed most of them children. from islamabad, kamal hyder has the details. >> reporter: the pakistani military signed warrants, and the president of pakistan turned down clemency appeals, the

former accused of involvement in helping logistically as well as direct support to those who carried out the deadly attack on the school back in december 2014. pakistan will be commemorating the anniversary of that deadly attack in which 150 were killed, mostly children. now the military has of course been given the cover by the country's supreme court and by parliament, which says that the military court can function because pakistan is in a state of war. [ inaudible ] has met myanmar's outgoing president for the first time. he she is barred from becoming head of state, but says she will take on a position above the president. now we all know that too much sugar is bad for us.

but a new study says sugar in packaged goods is contributing to health problems. nearly three quarters of food and drinks in the united states has sugar. they are calling for a sugar tax of 20% or more to help discourage children and teenagers from drinking sweet beverages. scott heidler has more from bangkok. >> reporter: thailand is the world's second-largest exporter of sugar. but it is also a huge consumer. with the introduction of sugary drinks and processed food, the intake of sugar has increased even more. the average thai consumers four

times the amount of sugar mrengded by the world health organization w.h.o. it has also seen a spike in cases of diabetes. the government is going to go after top offender number one. saying they are going to start to limit advertisements and promotions of sugary drinks. here in the united states the good news is the number of new cases of diabetes has begun to fall. the u.s. food and drug administration has for the first time this week called for a cap on the total amount of sugar consumed on a daily basis. the bad news is that diseases like obesity and diabetes are still much more prevalent among poor americans, latinos, african americans. and that tends to be the case

worldwide, poorer people seem to suffer more from excessive sugar in their die at. >> reporter: one man is trying to fight the sale of ivory. >> good afternoon. >> reporter: he is long way from his tribe in kenya, but he has made this trip to hong kong with one mission, to ban the ivory trade. >> it is something so bad, because back home, we thought this will stop, then all of a sudden when i came here, i found shops fully packed with ivory. >> reporter: hong kong is the world's largest market for ivory, and many believe it is also a transit point. shops are full of licensed dealers, often fetching huge prices. >> it's a very bad kind of

business that really needs to stop. >> reporter: it's that message that he and other activists took to the streets of hong kong, leading the march was this man, a second generation kenyan who runs a 185-member team protecting rhinos and elephants back home. >> it is the most devastating thing that we can see. it really gets me to the core. we get pretty emotional about it. >> reporter: trade of registered ivory is allowed inside hong kong, as long as it was imported before the international ban was put in place in 1989. the idea was that trade would continue until stocks ran out, but more than 25 years later, stores are still trading and activists say ivory is being smuggled in to restock the market. this undercover footage shows a licensed dealer openly discussing how he can smuggle his product into china where it's banned.

china and vietnam are the two biggest markets, conservation t conservationists are now trying a new -- approach. >> celebrities are very powerful if getting that message across. so yes, it helps locals get, you know, attracted to this issue, which they might not otherwise be interested in. >> reporter: despite all conservation efforts many countries in africa are struggling with an epidemic poaching. >> the current tally is about 35,000 elephants being killed, which is one every 15 minutes. so that gives 10, 15 years before they are gone. >> authorities in hong kong say they are cracking down on ivory smuggling, but as long as stores are open, these conservationists say the elephant's extinction is a reality.

now a canadian man caught at the u.s. border last year with 51 turtles taped to his body has pleaded guilty to smuggling charges. he admitted to trying to smuggle over 1,000 turtles over a five-month period. coming up on the program, seeing double. how mike tyson met his match in los angeles. details coming up next with jo. stay with us. ♪

time for all of the sports now. >> thank you very much. proposals to reform football's governing body are on the table as fifa's top officials gather in zurich. the meeting is underway at fifa's headquarters. the reform committee has put forward the idea of capping presidential terms and publishing the earnings of senior figures. the president is suspended so isn't attending. fifa will certainly be glad to see the end of 2015. it was the 27th of may this year when seven top officials were arrested arrested in zurich days before the fifa conference. and hours later the swiss opened criminal proceedings. then in october, sepp blatter,

michel michelle platini were suspended. all three of those investigations are still ongoing and there are several other football officials who have been banned this year. in that includes jack warner. and the decision to export him to the united states could be made shortly. warner was arrested as part of the u.s. investigation. he is accused of money laundering and fraud. spanish football club valencia have made a surprise choice for their new manager. he will take his first managerial post. he will be joined by his brother phil as an assistant. [ inaudible ] have taken a step towards completing a hat trick of japanese football

titles. it was the first leg of the j league finals. they leveled the game 2-2, and then thought in the dying seconds for a 3-2 win. the second leg will be held on saturday. the president of international athletics has been defending the way his organization has dealt with recent doping scandals. one of the questions he faced was why he described media reports of wide-spread doping as a declaration of war on the sport. >> it was specifically aimed at my frustrations about the keen athletes were being necessarily -- [ inaudible ] and is a very good example of that. >> but you regretted using that term with hindsight? >> it was language that was at the time expressing my anger. but i stick by the sentiments, i

probably would have chosen a different language. are there failures? yes. will we fix them, absolutely? everything i have done is to put systems in place that can make sure that those -- that there is external and internal scrutiny. tiger woods doesn't know when he'll be returning to golf or when he'll be able to do anything more than walk. he hasn't won a tournament since 2013. he has had two back surgery and hasn't started rehabilitation yet. >> there is no timetable. and so that's the hardest part. that's the hardest part of me, is -- there's really nothing i can look forward to. nothing i can build towards, it's just taking it, literally just day by day, and week by week, and time by time. it is different from any of the other surgeries and procedures i

have had in the past. for nerves there really are no timetables and you can come back earlier or you can come back later, it just depends on how the nerve heals and settles. all season we have seen the philadelphia 76ers stretch a run of losses in the nba. but on tuesday they got their first win in 29 games, dating back to last subpoena. they were up against kobi bryant and the l.a. lakers. bryant was finally cheered by the fabs in the city of his birth philadelphia. but it was the home side that gave its fans a real reason to celebrate. the 6ers wins 103-91. it was also their first win in 19 games in season, despite for the bryant it was clear he made an impression on his opponents. >> reporter: maybe the 6ers were

a little bit star struck in the beginning. >> they were. [ laughter ] >> when i made three in a row, i would sense, i really don't want to touch them. and wholly crap this is going to be a 80-1 situation. and i was just playing possum. but certainly i could sense a little bit of that, yeah. vladimir klitschko says he will take on a rematch with tie ton fury. and another former heavyweight champion has gone on display in las vegas. tyson unveiled his wax work in the u.s. it took 20 artists nearly six months to create the figure. and that is all the sport for now. >> jo thank you very much indeed. that's it for this news hour. thank you very much for watching. barbara sarah is next with you live from our london news

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