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the south africa's crisis is blowing in the winds >> reporter: in all of the sports news for you a warm welcome to the news break. washington has denied accusation by syrian's government that air strikes by the u.s. led coalition hit one of its army camps killing three soldiers. damascus says four aircraft were involved in a province which has a large presence. it is called an act of aggression, it won firmed it would be the first strikes to hit syrian forces. more from the u.s. on the u.s.

reaction what more are the u.s. saying at the moment? >> reporter: the u.s. is as you're saying denying that the air strikes that were carried out on sunday were targeting syrian forces and that any syrian soldiers were killed in the air strikes. what the u.s. is saying is that the air strikes were carried out against four oil heads, drilling platforms, forbids, in part of the area which is under i.s.i.l. control. the syrians have alleged that the air strikes, in fact, were going out. the u is only focused and has been focused since september 2014 on trying to degrade i.s.i.l.'s ability to make money by selling oil to others, including some parts of the syrian government as well as to locals who need heating oil and

fuel for electricity, but they are insisting they did not target any syrian troops why is it especially important right now for the u.s. to say that it wasn't going after the syrian army?

been going on as well as its own coalition going after i.s.i.l. are two separate distinct clashes and need to be maintained as separate as possible. certainly we've heard the concerns from the u.s. about the russian's recent launching of air strikes, also going after i.s.i.l. so to have this sort of allegation that the u.s. may be attacking syria could not lead simply not to more confusion about but an all out confrontation. that's something that the obama administration does not want thank you for that. hundreds of syrian rebels are preparing to leave the city of hom says as part of a cease fire deal. it is last rebel strong hood in the city which has been under siege of forces for two years. >> reporter: for these children

the rival of this truck means food and rations. it has taken months but humanitarian aid has arrived. four months ago the food was cut off. >> translation: we suffer a lot. we have eaten spoiled food. there's no bread. our children are dying from hunger. >> translation: it has been a catastrophic humanitarian situation. there has been a see veer lack of food, bread and medical supplies. now we are happy. we thank god that the aid has raised us >> reporter: bashar al-assad's forces they deliberately caused this. in 2014 government troops took it over.

a truce in february of that year allowed civilians to leave the neighborhood through a safe corridor. thousands left, including hundreds of fighters and the siege continued. people have been weary of deals with no guarantees of safe passage, humanitarian aid and evacuation. an estimated 200 thousand people, many of them who fled from other parts of syria, used to here. the cease fire is holding but they're unsure how long it will last iraq says it will go to the u.n. security council if turkey doesn't withdraw its forces from near mosul. baghdad says the deployment of services to the city is in violation. it has promised not to send any more forces. venezuela's opposition party say that they will use their new

majority in their parliament to push through a political amnesty law and free jailed opponents of the government. they won more than twice the number of seats than the socialists. >> reporter: the expressions of venezuela's ruling socialist party headquarters confirms supporters' worst nightmare as the election results in announced. for the first time in nearly 17 years opponents of the facial's populos opposition won. true to his word, the president recognised his party's defeat. >> translation: we've lost the battle today, but the struggle

to build new socialism and a new society starts now. we should take this as a slap in the face to wake us up so that we can work towards the future. >> reporter: the results should have come as no surprise. spiralling inflation, crime and chronic shortages of basic goods and services had become too much, even for many die hard supporters of the revolution >> translation: it is a total change. that's what i want because what we are putting up with is unbearable, intolerable, quas here and quas there, crime-- queues here and there. enough >> reporter: venezuela's opposition september the congressional agenda. they can elect the president and investigation public officials. this would oblige the president to negotiate, but only in theory >> translation: the government still controls four of the five

branches of the government. they control the supreme court and so the supreme court can basically declare any of these laws unconstitutional. >> reporter: in a bold opposition has other options, including organising a recall referendum against the president. >> translation: if the government does not change its attitude, we will have to change the government. >> reporter: another indication that more political confrontation lies ahead. in a normal democracy the division of powers is considered healthy, but in a country polarized like venezuela, it is best to working for the common good does seem like a long shot south america's block has lost some this year. center right candidate macri won

the presidential election last month after 12 years of leftest rule. elsewhere there is political upheave al abrazil where there is a push to push president who is caught up in a corruption scandal. another has been the target of violent protests after congress approved the lifting of presidential term razzmatazz last week-- limits last week. the leader of the opposition has promised to follow policies that will benefit the whole country. >> translation: we are willing to bring the country together. there are still lines for food and problems. those problems weren't solved last night. this is the first step. we have to change direction with the new national assembly which will do its job and defend our nation live to car - caracas. if this majority is confirmed,

what does that mean? >> reporter: symbolically it would mean a huge defeat to the government who for the last 17 years have enjoyed power in the government. also the practical terms means that the opposition led congress can now do all sorts of sweeping changes, including to the supreme court, the ombudsman and other of those states powers. they have already said that one of the changes that they will push for as soon as are sworn this is to pass an amnesty law that will see a lot of the political prisoners behind bars released. those are some of the practical implications of this, but there's also a lot that hasn't been said which means we're all expecting to hear whether there will be an entry into a scenario where they're cohabiting with an

embattled government what does this mean more generally for the region? >> reporter: analysts that we spoke to today are predicting that this could be a term of what is referred to as a pink tide in the reason. this country is spear heading this. i think the analysts were saying that the region was rejecting socialism as an ideology or a policy. i think that there's a huge support for social programs in the region, but the fact that the economy has been managed so badly and a lot of the problems that are structural to the region weren't solved. one of the biggest economic booms of the history is what people are complaining about. certainly in venezuela this vote is not so much for new liberal

economic model as much as against what they see as widespread corruption and also the mismanagement of a huge resource boom just listening to our colleague there, there was a prediction that there would be more confrontation ahead. i'm just wondering how a country that is characterised by these bitter political rivalries, how can it move forward? >> reporter: certainly it has been encouraging to hear several of the institutions claiming for peace and union. the minister of defense said that the country should ruled with peace and calm. this was something that was echoed. muduro admitted defeat but we haven't heard from the electoral

council. there are signs of worry ahead of how open the government will be to this cohabitation with the opposition and also whether this opposition won't be feeling emboldened. president maduro asked the opposition to administer its truce, but it's too early to say - like you said these are have been at their throats for more than 17 years. so it's up in the air thank you. oil prices have fallen to their lowest level in seven years. major oil companies see the lowest prices. disagreement was ended last week and there was no reference.

crude are now selling oil at just over $40 a barrel. coming up on the news hour radicalized for this time, more details are released about the san bernardino shooters who killed 14 people in l.a. last week. we join the philippine delegate climate turned activist as he walks from rome to paris. in sport the massive wipe out that could have claimed the life of a pro surfer if it wasn't for the actions of one of his rivals. we will have those details later. warring sides in yemen have agreed to hold peace talks in switzerland next week. they say they will start on 915. a cease fire is due to begin that day.

60,000 people have died in the conflict since it began in march. >> we have a number of good signs that we will have this cease fire, including my discussion with the president but also my discussion with the other two parties and everybody seems to be welling coming the-- welcoming the idea of a cease fire. it will provide a lot of monitoring to put in place beijing has issued its highest ever smog warning. the red alert is the most serious of the four-tier scale. this will force schools to close and restrictions being imposed on factories and traffic. a draft agreement signed on saturday in the summit needs to be finalised by 9195 countries attending. it is seek to.

poorer countries say the deal could lead to starvation. among the thousands of activist in paris is one man who knows how slow the negotiating process has been. the chief negotiator spoke at the warsaw climate conference about the devastation that the typhoon had on his home country. he has turned from negotiator to activist, walking from rome to paris. he came through a great pass where he was joined by our correspondent. >> the area made land fall in my family's home town. in the devastation, staggering, i struggled to find words for the images that we see on the

news coverage. i struggle to find words to describe how i feel about the losses. >> reporter: he was making his opening remarks to the conference in warsaw. if the philippines a typhoon was reeking havoc and killing thousands. >> a dare people to get off their ivory towers away from the comfort of their armchairs, to go to the pacific, the carribbean and see the rise sea levels. >> reporter: his words made no impact on the protest. little had been achieved in warsaw. this year he has not been involved in all the

negotiations. he resigned from his delegation giving up on the political process focusing on activism instead. he is walking from rome to paris, a march of protest. i joined him on an ancient route high in the alps. he is crossing the stbernard pass. >> every step we take on this journey is meant for people who have suffered from the ravindranages-- ravages of climate change. >> reporter: celebration as he crosses from italy super switzerland. his brother is amongst them.

>> we were crying, children were crying. nobody knew what to do. >> reporter: he believes the death toll was much higher than the official estimate of around 8,000. >> we lost more than 15,000 people and nobody is claiming for justice. who will provide justice? who would take the blame? no-one would take the blame. the scientists all over the world know who exactly to blame. >> reporter: neither man has much faith in the u.n. negotiations, but they still feel a deep responsibility to act. >> my motivation is simple. i have children and i want to be able to look into their eyes and tell them i've done my best to leave them a better future, a road that is safe. >> reporter: another day, time to get back on the trail.

he no longer head of his nation's delegation. he plans to make his mark now outside of the process the f.b.i. says both suspects in the san bernardino shooting have been radicalized for some time. during a news conference a short time ago they said the husband and wife teams had participated in target practice in the l.a. area in the days before they shot dead 14 people. in the couple's home 19 types of pipes were found that could have been made into bombs. >> reporter: as the investigation has progressed, we have learned and believe that both subjects were cad calised and had been for some time - radicalized. how did that happen? we're trying to get at that, and by whom and where did that happen. we don't know those answers at this point. we do have evidence that both of

the subjects did some target - participated in target practice in some ranges within the metro area or within the l.a. area. that target practice on one occasion was done within days of this event a chicago police officer who shot and killed a black man in october last year won't face any criminal charges. the 25-year-old pointed a gun at police and refused to surrender. the family say he was running away and the gun was planted. more from chicago. tell us about this video and what's on it. >> reporter: the video is pretty vague and it's grainy. all it seems to show is a man running through the frame being chased by police and then as he goes out of frame, you see the police firing on him. there are a few seconds where you don't see the man being shot at all, and then the dashboard

camera turns toward him. the reason they're not filing charges is that entirely after camera he had a confrontation with an officer before he enters the frame and that he pointed the gun at officers before they fired on him. the problem here is that none of that is captured on camera. it is the second time that an incident like this, video of an incident like this, has been released in recent weeks and there's no any trust in the police the general says the u.s. justice department is now investigating chicago police department. what is that probe seeking to find? >> reporter: they were already looking into the loquan mcdonald case. this is a far more wide reaching

investigation. this is looking at whether officers systematically violate the civil rights of black men here. it is not looking at specific individuals but at the system. that could result in heavier over sight of the police here. it could result in mandated reforms of the chicago police department. that it is reminiscent of a case here in the 1970s and 80s where a detective named john burge went to prison for allegedly torturing black men. more than a hundred people were let out of prison in relation to that case there are even calls for a special prosecutor to investigate the deaths of civilians at the hands of chicago police. where are those calls coming from? >> reporter: one of the loudest

voices making that call is a civil rights leader and television host. he is saying that the chicago should do what new york has done in the past and that is to set up a special prosecutor. he says in this case he particularly drew scrutiny to the state's attorney in this case because she waited a year in each case to release the video. one release was only released after persistent calls by a journali journalist live from chicago, thank you. germany is on course to take in a million refugees this year. it said it has already registered more than 960,000 people so far. that's four times the total of last year's figure.

it comes as more than a thousand migrants have been rescued off the coast in nine different operations in the past 244 hours. calm seas have encouraged a search of nearly 5,000 into >> taly over the last three days ' part of a caravan tour to raise awareness about their missing children and relatives. their lost ones disappeared. many migrants have gone into criminal cartels which kidnap them. in 2012 makes co human rights commission reported that ten thousand people were abducted in just six months. human rights activist is the coordinator of the meso american migrant movement which is organising those protests >> translation: this is 911th

caravan of mothers of missing migrants. they are coming to search for their children but also to denounce the situation that is happening with migrants in transit through mexico still to come on the program. brazil takes a step towards the removal of the president from power. waiting for help, people who remain homeless months after two deadly earthquakes devastated the nation. in sport international football set to return to sierra leone after the out break of the ebola virus.

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forces out of the area. syria's opposition groups are preparing to gather in saudi arabia for major talks aimed at over coming their disagreements. they must find common ground before crucial negotiations can begin with the government of bashar al-assad in the future. >> reporter: they have fought together on the front lines when faced from an offensive from the syrian government and allies. apart from that the political appeared armed opposition lack a unified demand and have different visions for the future of syria. now they need to come together. saudi arabia is hosting a gathering to unite the opposition ahead of possible talks with the syrian government. world and regional powers who recently met in vienna agreed that peace talks and the political process should begin but there was no agreement on president bashar al-assad's role in that process and that is one

of the issues dividing the opposition. >> the majority within the opposition have maintained that bashar al-assad's part of the problem and there would be no change, no solution unless he gets out. there are some members of the opposition who are based in damascus and they are under the influence of the regime. >> reporter: on the ground armed groups don't share similar ideologies. one of the most powerful forces, al-nusra front, won't be attending. it has been designated as a terrorist organization. syrian opposition politicians have urged al-nusra to sdoesht itself with al-qaeda. so far it hasn't, but the allies on the battle field will will be attending the meetings in saudi arabia. >> everything is going to be all right in the riyhad meeting. my understanding is that some of the groups are going to try to

distance themselves from al-nusra. that won't be easy, but it will affect al-nusra in that there may be a split in them. >> reporter: even if the opposition does speak in some voice, some may not be acceptable to russia. russia doesn't want to negotiate with groups but wants them added on the terrorist list. they are the backbone of the armed rebellion and there are realities on the ground that could cause further conflict while syria's kurds will be represented, the largest kurdish group haven't been invited. turkey considers them terrorists. the alliances in this conflict are a conflicted maze. there is no clear way through as this new diplomatic attempt gets understandway in saudi arabia

a foreign fighting with the armed grab al-shabab. he surrendered in southern somalia. he was running for his life. he said he wanted to side with i.s.i.l. rather than al-qaeda. the leader of france's far right national front marine le pen says french voters have rejected what she calls the old political class after regional elections that put her party top. national front secured 28% in the votes ahead of center right republicans got 27%. francois hollande's socialist trail in third place with 23.5%. >> reporter: the morning after the night before and marine le pen is in good mood. they are ahead six out of 13

regions. >> translation: the truth is that the national front maintains french people's trust more and more. election after election. once again if you have some annual lit cal capacities in connection with the people you realise there is no surprise in yesterday's results. this will grow. i'm telling you so that the next time you won't be surprised either. prepare your psychologically. >> reporter: the national front has long been seen as a fringe party out on the extreme right of french politics. these results show that it is now a mainstream party with a serious chance of governing, at least in the regions. for many people that comes as a shock. >> translation: i see more and more people voting for the national front, people that i know. so voting for them is something almost ordinary. i think it is dreadful and it makes me very afraid.

>> translation: i don't believe that voting for the national front is a protest vote any more. i think it's a vote of agreement with them and the ideas they represent. >> reporter: the big losers on sunday were the ruling socialists who previously controlled almost every regional council. they did so badly in three regions that they pulled out of the second round in order to concentrate their efforts on places where they stand a chance of winning. an important question now facing the former president and his republican party is whether to do a deal with the socialists. this would mean withdrawing some of their candidates too in order to block the national front. the answer, it seems, is no. >> translation: we have been almost unanimous in saying that we must not pull our candidates out of the way. first, because we've campaigned for weeks to denounce the bad decisions over the regions. >> reporter: voter apathy also played a part in the results.

nearly half didn't go to the polling station. more people may come out in the second round which could have a significant impact on the final results the u.s. has announced 190 million dollars in new financial assistance for ukraine. vice president promised the aid whilst on a visit to the capital. he held talks with the president and encouraged the country's political leaders to continue reforms and tackle corruption. humanitarian agency has launched a record appeal for 20 billion dollars to help people around the world. up to 2.8 million people were displaced by an earthquake in nepal this year. the government thinks it has found a way forward.

>> reporter: in the village on the edge here this man and his wife make a small amount of money by preparing wool for knitting. he lost six family members after his house fell. >> translation: those who died have died. how are we going to survive? we have no hope from the government. they only take care of themselves, but this government and the one before. there is no reconstruction. before we got some relief but that has stopped >> reporter: more than 70 people died in this village and 800 houses were damaged. people have been told that they're no longer to take refuge on government land. people like this man face the additional expense of renting land to build a freer shelter. >> reporter: the government hasn't established the reconstruction authority which is supposed to fast-track

rebuilding. it means that the 4 billion dollars given the international community cannot be spent. it has allocated for crux this year which hasn't been spent. the cabinet is saying that the national planning commission will be responsible for spending that money. the head of the existing planning commission say it will play a temporary roll to get construction moving >> it is to put the programs in force. since there is no motion at the moment, the one billion that was earmarked for the work will not be materialised. our job has been to get those programs approved by the ministries and is the ministries to implement them by themselves. >> reporter: those working with victims are getting concerned. bureaucratic delays within the ministries and some say corruption, there is little

issues around when it will be put into place. >> translation: i have not seen reconstruction work. in the mountains people are suffering from the cold. they need food, clothes and blankets. children are getting sick. let alone reconstruction, some have received no relief. >> reporter: some of the donor agencies that we talked to said they have already started spending money without the government and while the government has been focusing on political deadlocks, quake victims who lost everything they owned are beginning to lose hope as well politics in brazil could end with dilma rousseff's removal from power. impeachment may go ahead. her supporters say the attempt at immeckement is a political

move. -- impeachment. live from the capital. this latest political crisis comes after dozens of law makers and other business people have been arrested for bribery charges and then a scandal involving the state gas and oil company. what is the mood right now? >> reporter: given what you just said, oil and gas company scandal has fixated the country for months. people say they're frustrated and fed up, fed up with the corruption and political infighting. the law makers here in the congress with this political infighting are being distracted from dealing with the country's depression. i want to show you a magazine cover i came across today which encapsulates this battle. this is the lower speaker of the

house. he is the man who set this impeachment issue in motion. there's a picture of him here looking like a monster and chasing after a running president dilma rousseff and then there are the words frustration and revenge. as you mentioned, she is being accused of using or misusing money from state banks to fill in budget gaps. she says she has done nothing wrong and the presidents before her did the same thing. in a twist is the president is stating a political crisis of his own. the general prosecutor said he hit the existence of swiss bank accounts and now there are calls for his ouster. tomorrow law makers are expected to consider his fate and also law makers are expected to form a committee that would look at whether or not impeachment proceedings against the president should move forward if the congress moves

forward with the impeachment proceedings, i'm guessing that that in itself won't be a quick process, but yet we have dilma rousseff saying if it does move forward today she wants it to move quickly. why? >> reporter: her strategy is obvious. right now eau she says she has enough votes to block an impeachment but timing is not on her side. the congress has a lengthy recess looming, so the concern is if this issue were to be taken up upon the completion of this recess in early february, that that will give her rivals enough time not only to garner enough votes here in the congress but also on the streets of brazil in terms of support for her impeachment thank you for that. south africa's government has found a new way to tackle its ongoing energy crisis in an effort to reduce its it

dependency on coal for electricity. it is looking towards wind power. the details from the city of port elizabeth. >> reporter: the wind turbines towering over the rural landscape of the eastern cape are hard to his. government officials hope that these will address the country's electricity crisis. it is heavily dependent on fossil fuels like coal. >> it is not doing enough due to our addiction to coal. generating almost 90% of our electricity by coal. this is where things have gone wrong. we have massive unexploited renubile energy sources in the country that can be used to deal with climate change. >> reporter: developers of this project have signed a 20-year contract with the state owned power company. this wind farm just outside port

elizabeth has 20 wind turbines that generate up to 60 mega watts of electricity. that's enough to power around 40,000 medium sized homes. port elizabeth is known as the windy city. the coastal winds make this a perfect place to build wind farms. the electricity produced is cleaner and better for the environment. >> reporter: a percentage of the profits go into a community trust that decides what families need, like health care, education and the solar powered water heaters. the local youth center is also being maintained with money from some of the wind farm profits. children from poor communities have a safe place to play and learn a new sport. >> the kids go away from their homes because there's no hope and then they come to these projects so that they can be better people than staying in the misery at home of not having the things that all kids need >> reporter: wind energy costs

5 u.s. crepts for kilowatt hour, roughly half the cost of coal generated power. it could still take a while, but official hope these large turbines will become part of africa's landscape russia has lost its latest military satellite after it failed to separate from the rocket that was sending it into orbit. it was launched from the space center in north-west russia on saturday. the scientists now admit they've lost contact with the rocket. apparently it failed to release which was intended. 2 # 50 rockss are up for sale in paris. they're up to four and a half

billion years old and could fetch $70,000 each. much more to come after the break including back to business in sierra leone. tourists attractions reopen. things get heated between football supporters in chile. ile.

sierra leone is hoping to bounce back as quickly as possible now that the world health organisation has declared the west african country ebola

free. the committee is the top-- economy is the top priority and tourism is crucial to that growth. a report from an animal sanctuary which has reopened its doors to visitors >> reporter: they're intelligent and playful. these sank rehas been closed down for safety reasons during the owe bowl acrisis. now it is walking a fine line for survival after loosing mown. the sanctuary is one of the attractions >> when visitors come to our country, they spend their money to come into the country. so governments in one way or the other through taxes generates revenue there >> reporter: the owe bowl acrisis is estimated to have cost the government around 11

million dollars. >> they think we can learn from them, they're genetically close to us, obviously, and they're very interesting. it is poor that there are sanction trees and places like this where people can come and learn about them. >> reporter: that's part of the goal of the sanctuary, educating people about conserving chimps. there were 20,000 here in sierra leone. that number has declined. it is estimated there are about five and a half thousand. they were kept illegally as pets or hunteded for food. -- hunted for food. despite the disease setback, the goals of the sanctuary remain high. ways to attract visitors are being discussed all the day's sports news

now with robyn. >> reporter: thank you there. platini will be clearing his name beginning on tuesday. he heads to the arbitration to have his 90 day ban from f.i.f.a. over turned. he was given a suggestion intention of eh over an alleged improper patient. regardless of the outcome, he will still face an ethics committee hearing next week. that will determine whether a permanent suspension of up to seven years will be imposed. sierra leone has been cleared to house international football matches for the first time in 18 months after being declared free of the ebola licence. there was a ban in hosting games earlier this year because of fears over the spread of the virus. liberia had its ban lifted in september. sierra leone will be able to

qualify for the finals in freedown. violent clashes between football supporters in chile over shadow the league. fans rioted in the stands. supporters from both sides invaded the pitch. the good stages of the champion's league comes to an end this week with many teams giving it one last push for the last 16 place. the german side that victory not only guarantees their progress to their knock out stage. 13 teams in total in the running for the seven available places in the stages on tuesday, the

first four groups will be beginning. the teams are already through. three teams in group b videoing for the two spots. it is wolfsburg against man chester united. both teams will be taken through this game and it will decide who finishes on top in that group. the number one spot in group d will go to manchester city if they win the next event. >> i think that we must try to continue winning the most amount of game playing. that's why it's more important to be a consistent team and only we have this bits of different problems in performance, but i repeat once again i think that

in the way this team play it will not change because at this moment i think we are the most successful team here in this season. >> reporter: a pro surfer owes his life to his rivals after being wiped out. he was on the pipeline surf when he was pulled into a battle and crushed by a wave. the 22-year-old smashed his head on the reef that knocked him unconscious. fellow surfer was the first to his rescue and was able to revive him in the water. he was joined by the champion who brought him to the shore. he is in a stable condition now. turkey olympic organisers have received thousands of ideas for the new logo for the 2020 summer games. the official low bow was scrapped amid allegations it had been copied. >> reporter: since the celebrations of tokyo's victory

in the voting process, it showed how it could rebound from the triple disasters. there have been a series of embarrassing missteps. there was a graphic artist in belgium who sued the tokyo logo for its similarities to his design for a belgium theatre. that's why that design was scrapped and it was opened to everyone in japan over the age of 18 to submit an alternative and there have been thousands of submissions among the favourites the people have seen are the initial candidate city logo of cherry blossoms and another one showing an opening fan. it's not clear whether those are in the competition, but the somethings will be evaluated in early january, narrowed down in and a selection will be made. a big problem is around the area

of the stadium. the original estimate has been doubled and it was scrapped. we don't have a final design. it is expected that that will be decided on by the end of this year. ground will be broken on construction of the stadium by early 2017. already an important deadline has been missed, the rugby world cup which is scheduled to take place here in 20919. it won't have the center piece stadium as a result. one slight bit of good gnaws is that the tokyo government tasmania committed to at least a quarter of the funding necessary to build this stadium totalling 1.3 billion dollars. >> reporter: the batsman has been sent positive for a drug substan substance. he has been sent home. he has been provisionally suspended following results of a

b sample. they have jumped from fourth to wrap up a three nil series win. the hopes of a draw dashed when they lost five wickets in five overs. india won by 337 runs. south africa among the world's number one test side. the captain scored 25 off 244 balls. that's your sport well, thank you. the surfing picture were extraordinary. you can find out much more about the stories we're following on our website. you can see the top story there, u.s. denying hit bashar al-assad forces. that is it from me for this news hour. i will be back in a moment with

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