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manchester united crash out of europe, plus the golden state warriors can't stop winning. another record falling to the n.b.a. champion a taliban attack is one of the most heavy by fortified compound has been repelled after 24 hours of fighting. 22 people were killed in the assault on kandahar's airport, including an n.a.t.o. base and a residential compound. now, the kandahar air base has three sections for civilians, the afghan military, u.s. and ifa forces. there's more than 10 taliban fighters with military uniforms entering a school near the bases with no resistance, despite

multiple checkpoints. at least one suicide bomber blew himself up, nine fighters killed. the others moved to a residential area, where they took hostages. now we go live to kabul. how did the military operation end? >> anarmy commander confirmed the operation is over now. he is telling us that a number of hostages that were taken by the taliban early this morning were killed during this operation. the afghan army confirmed that they have killed the total number 14 attackers, they say. and the area is now under control of afghan government. but we are expecting in the incoming hours by afghan army in kandahar. there are a lot of questions

needs to be answered how can the taliban manage to enter the most secure area in kandahar, how can they manage to carry gun ammunition in the residential compound. >> all good questions. is there a feeling that they may have had some inside information or inside help, after all, they were in afghan uniforms, they were able to get through the checkpoints. >> tonight we don't know if it was inside help or not. let me describe the compound, one side is a military base, the other side the afghan and civilian airports, and also

there are military. that's the main area for afghan and foreign forces. organising provisions. getting into the operation where the taliban got. you have to have two checkpoints to get to that election. there are a lot of questions, we hope it's answered in the coming hours. they have the responsibility of the security of the compound. >> indeed. they'll have to answer a lot of difficult questions. kaiser there reporting for us live from kabul. the taliban attack on kandahar coincides with a regional conference that raised hopes of reviving peace talks. instead, there's an upsurge in violence. kandahar, which has seen two

major assaults in 24 hours is a city recognising the first place of the taliban. in september, they took the northern city of kunduz and held it for 15 days. that is unusual. there are few places where the taliban are in permanent control, but they have been consolidating support across the country. >> let's go to the managing director of peace, draining and research organization in kabul. thank you for being with us. kandahar as we mentioned is the latest in a series of brazen taliban attacks in afghanistan. is there a reflection of the strength of the taliban or the weakness of afghan forces? >> i think it's more the weakness of the forces. in terms of having these attacks from the taliban, that has been happening for a long time, for so many years. in terms of filling promises,

such as kunduz. that's the weakness, in terms of coordination and the forces, and sometimes i think they speculated a local forces are trying not to support the government. they want their own people to be - in the government positions. whenever the government is trying to improve the governance, then they've been in power the last few years. it's more on the afghan side where the government seems to be weak, than the strength of the taliban in order to give the promises. >> as we mentioned a little earlier, in neighbouring pakistan, regional leaders are meeting to discuss the afghan development. this is the fifth meeting on afghanistan and their future, what help are regional powers providi providing afghanistan, in terms

of fighting the taliban. >> pakistan needs to support particularly bringing taliban to the negotiating table. that may be a main thing that ashraf ghani may be going with. there's a conference on economic development. i think they are looking for security than bigger development projects. unless we don't have security in the country. it may be difficult to have development projects. so security is something, i think, afghans take seriously, and that is something they'll be expecting from taliban, particularly to bring taliban to the table. >> that is going to be one of the main messages the president is going to take there, and economic development might come second than the security. >> it's great having your invite. thank you so much.

managing director. peace training and research organization, speaking to us in kabul. >> a third gunman that took part in a paris concert hall has been identified. men of the 130 people killed in the attack in the french capitals died at the music venue. we can go to jacky rowland, standing by. what more do we know of the third suspect. >> well, this was the third man who blew himself up at the bataclon nightclub. there were three attackers with guns, wearing explosive vests. two of them blew themselves up, one shot dead by anti-terror police who stormed the building. the two other men were identified at an early stage. the third man's identity was a mystery up until now. the french prime minister confirmed that he has been identified as a 24-year-old man

coming from strasbourg, from the east of france, but had gone to syria at the end of 2013, with a brother and a couple of other friends and returned in order to take part in the attack. french media are reporting additional details, saying that the information that, in fact, this was the man, had arrived via text message - apparently the suspect married a woman in syria and she sent a text message to the mother, informing her that her son decide -- died as a martyr. the mother contacted french police, and it was through the mother's d.n.a. samples, it's reported, that police were able to identify the body parts of this man who had blown himself up at the concert hall. >> and this identification of this particular gunman, where

does this sit in the larger investigation into the paris attacks? >> well, it's important for the police to establish the identities who - of the people who took part in the attacks, as part of their efforts to get a broader picture of the wider network of people who may have helped in terms of logistics, planning, financing and also people who may be in other cells plotting future attacks. the more the police can draw a broader net to the establish who their connections were via social media surveillance, telephone taps. in terms of catching living suspects, the police have not made a lot of progress. there was a wanted notice sent

out in the days after the attacks for one of the attackers identified as one that got away. this is a wanted flash that went out all over europe and over the world. it's reported that he was able to get back to syria. raising big questions about how a man whose face have been splashed across europe crossed the borders and got back undetected. there were hundreds of searches, hundreds taken in for searching, weapons confiscated in terms of capturing those wanted men. >> jacky rowland there on the latest on the investigation into the paris attacks. >> hundreds of fighters and

their family was part of a deal noghtsd and the government has more. >> this is a result of more than two years of sporadic negotiations. hundreds of people, fighters and their family are leaving this district. this was the last rebel stronghold in a city known by the opposition as the capital of the revolution. a ceasefire deal has come into effect. the united nations helped to broker the agreement between the syrian government and the rebels. >> the first patch of people from the neighbourhood has left to the northern countryside. others will follow. 160 families left the neighbourhood, and 300 fighters against the truth - wounded and amputees. it's part of bashar al-assad's forces and the wounded in the neighbourhood. >> the evacuation of fighters

and fighters is the first phase of the agreement. >> the syrian government in turn will lift the signing and end military operations there. >> the warring sides are interpreting other details differently. the government says the deal means that they'll return to state control. it is cleared of weapons, and fighters that are clear to stay have the legal status settled. >> all rebels will lead the district within two months. the opposition denied the district will return to government control. >> i would like to assure the world that not everyone had left. those whose families are outside syria. we are steadfast on the front lines. neither armed groups nor the brigades left. there's no mass departure. this is the neighbourhood. we should defend it. >> opposition activists say the rebels had no choice but to accepted the deal.

they have been besieged by government forces. food and medical supplies were only in sporadically. some may describe the deal as a surrender forced by the blockade. the deal is one reached by the old city. more than 2,000 fighters were granted safe passings, and they agreed to the deal after being sort offed and outgunned. the international community is working working to revive peace negotiations. while the agreements may silence the guns, they are doing little to bring about peace and reconciliation now, the u.s. said that the coalition's focus should be on closing the border between turkey and syria to stop the

flow of volunteers and supplies to i.s.i.l. let's go to omar who joins us live from istanbul. >> omar, the issue of foreign fighters using turkey's border to cross into syria has been an ongoing issue for as long as the conflict began. why then had ankara kept the border open. well, as far as ankara is concerned, they'll tell you they haven't, and they are trying their best to protect the border. ankara initial line is that turkey has over-900 kilometres border with syria. it has more than 50,000 troops deployed along that border to protect it. but the recent criticism is focused on one particular stretch, and that is it's about 98 kilometres to the north-west of syria, and south-east of

turkey. now, when president obama and the turkish president met in paris over the last few days, they raised the issue, and president obama told recep tayyip erdogan that they need to secure that border, because it's been used as the transit point, and also by i.s.i.l. fighters, and that i.s.i.l. is using that stretch of border to allow fuel being - or oil being exported outside to finance the groups activities. now, with regards to turkey's position, they denied all of that. they say they build more in trenches, more towers, they are fortifying their positions and that border, and that turkey is fighting i.s.i.l. and therefore all the criticism aimed at turkey is nonsense. >> omar, thank you for that. speaking to us from istanbul.

i believe we can go to riyadh, where leaders of the g.c.c. are arriving in the saudi capital. there for a special g.c.c. summit that the can see there. now, this summit is taking place along side or at the same time as a meeting of syrian opposition groups. also hosted there in riyadh. now, that meeting is to try to gain a consensus amongst the dispirit opposition groups on their strategy on approaching the syrian conflict. you can see the g.c.c. leaders just arriving in riyadh for a special g.c.c. summit. we will, of course, bring you more on that summit and the other ones by the syrian opposition groups later in the show. >> now, a search is under way after a boat carrying refugees capsized near a break island. five children were among 11

refugees who drowned. 13 others are missing. another boat carrying afghan refugees sank off the coast drowning six children on tuesday. more than 800,000 refugees arrived in europe by sea so far this year. thousands of others have drowned trying. >> the jordanian government is being accused of causing months of delays for thousands of syrian refugees. satellite is said to show a camp inside jordan, on the nearby border with syria. human rights watch say refugees are being delayed by up to three months before they can leave the remote desert region, and go to transit areas. the jordanian government blamed financial problems and security concerns for similar delays too years ago. >> more to come on the al jazeera newshour. free at last. hundreds of rescued boko haram

customers wait to be reunited with their families and kenya fed up with shady business urge the government to end corruption. in sport. cristiano ronaldo once again the center of attention. raul will be hear to explain why, in sport the leader of the russian group is in town for leaders. let's go to northern iraq. the president has been quoted as saying he intends to remain mutual. why is he meeting with turkey's

leade leaders. this is a meeting discussed before the troops came across the border. at this time he's maintained that baghdad's. they've been there within the last 24 hours or so over the spat between ankara and baghdad. try to make sure that the troops are involved. that it doesn't create tension, and the ambassador to the united nations has said that it has been blown out of proportion. there's a background to all of this. what we are told by lawmakers and publicly. iraq is worried about it becoming a proxy war by all of the regional powers.

inside when it comes to the war against i.s.i.l. iranians are on one side, saudi arabians on one side. the turks and america and russia, all with competing interests. they get so frustrated that this may be a proxy war that iraq has no control over. >> then again as you mentioned too. turkey is not the only ones with troops on iraqi soil. we have seen irani and american troops, why is there not objection to their presence? >> well, it depends on which political party you belong to, if you are in the ruling government. you rely on the iranians to help you with the popular mobilization forces, and they are the ones that have been going a lot of heavy fighting against i.s.i.l.

they are convenient for the government fighting force. it's when you get other players involved. so the sunnis, for example, are scared of the iranian plilishas that -- militias that are coming into the country, they are wondering who they can reach out to for support. turkey is the clear ally, and the americans and the russians have very different competing agendas, the americans are clear on who they support in iraq, not so clear on who they support in syria, the russians clear on who they support on both sides. anybody who they are fight, anyone that is not bashar al-assad. there's all these competing agendas, making a lot of people mervous. >> imran khan speaking from erbil in northern iraq let's get a check on the weather with everton. you have news of better weather in chennai and beijing. >> i do. i'm pleased to say in beijing, the air quality will be

improving, albeit temporarily. the reason is this cloud making its way in from the west. it will be a small improvement. the air quality going from hazardous to unhealthy. it is an improvement. you see the band of cloud making its way through beijing over the next 24 hours, drawing in a northerly wind, something of a brisker wind, helping to stir things up. we'll see things picking up for a time thursday and friday. by the time we come back on saturday, we'll be back to square one. >> we are looking at dry weather across southern parts of india, it will be an improvement that will last over the coming days. this is colombo where the heavier showers snuck their way down to. there has been flooding. you can see a clutch of storms swirling away, pulling west wards. you'll see one or two showers in

place on thursday for beijing, for chennai. and you can see we have had showers financing in chennai, but the floodwaters receded and they are becoming fewer and further between. there'll be a few showers as you go on through thursday. fewer and further showers as we go on through friday, and things looking up for the weekend. >> thank you very much. moving on. hundreds of people rescued from the armed group boko haram will be reunited with their family, freed during a multinational operation near cameroon's border with nigeria. ahmed idris has more. >> reporter: after beak in capacity, they are free. these are some of 900 hostages, women and children. freed after days of fighting. >> i come from borno state in

nigeria. i was taken to the village. i was put in a prison. >> soon he and others will be on their way home. >> we have received strict instructions from those above us to support them from patriots and countries. we have seen humanitarian support, there's in place a rest, getting them support and food. cameroon's government deported thousands of nigerian refugees, and is service about potential boko haram fighters hiding among them. dozens of its citizens have been killed in attacks blamed on the armed group. thousands of young men and women have been taken by boko haram. many of them have been forced to join the armed group. >> there has been a growing sense of frustration that after 19 months there has been no news of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped in chibok.

for the girls and their families, their freedom could take a little longer. >> this person is related to three of the missing girls, and campaigns for government action to rescue them. he says they are not giving up hope. >> i have not seen anything difficult in negotiating for these girls, for the government. i'm hopeful because it is not just possible to have over 276 girls taken from the government in the school, and then disappearing in the air like flies. >> nigerian drops are under pressure to end the violence by the end of the year. as the fighting intensifies. emergency relief agencies are preparing for a wave of displaced persons three herds men have been arrested in kenya for allegedly poisoning a pride of lions, two lions featured in a popular

television series died in the game reserve. the massa herds men are suspected of enticing the lyons with poisoned meet. >> wednesday has been declared international anticorruption day. the united nations says corruption causes poverty, inequity and instability. some place the financial cost at 5% of the global economy every year. that amounts to 2.6 trillion. transparency international says somalia is the most corrupt nation in the world. life expectancy is 55 years, and 29% of the population is enrolled in school. let's contrast that with denmark, the least corrupt nation in the world, where people on average, 25 years longer. in kenya, a third of government ministers lost their jobs as a result of crackdown on craft. catherine soi reports from

nairobi. >> these protesters demanded answers from the government. and wake up to reports of new corruption scandals. lucy and her friend travelled from the outskirts of nairobi to join in the demonstration. >> we don't want corruption any more. we want everyone to benefit. i don't have any money, and i want changes. >> kenya's anticorruption commission took 350 people to court this year. six cabinet secretaries, which is part of the cabinet, have been forced to resign because of corruption allegations. >> many are angry about corruption, especially in the public service. the president declaring corruption a threat to national security. these people want to see more action. >> when the transactions are done. done... >> reporter: in the forum they

discuss the latest scandal the euro bond. last year they raised millions after borrowing from the stock exchange, to fund loans and building projects. it's not clear on what projected $1.4 billion has been used. >> i think the president made many statements against corruption. however, in terms of action, that doesn't - we have not seen action comesurate. it seems to demonstrate a lack of political will. >> earlier this year a close of $8 million from the national youth service, prompting investigations. parliament has been probed for their having millions in allowances, accounting loans and other alleged payments. several county governments have been accused of misappropriate priating government money. the government spokesman

acknowledges corruption exists, but said all is being done to deal with it. >> 70% is rerelated to procurement. it is about the private sector and government players. principally. before, we have only been able to deal with the government side of that. if we can now allow for the private sector people to take responsibility for what is criminal, we are heading in the right direction. the protesters have no faith in the fight against crime, and are yet to see gaol time for those they accuse of stealing their money still to come on al jazeera... ..i'm here in the jingles of eastern columbia where f.a.r.c. rebels are preparing for peace after 50 years of conflict. re-engineering the planet. a look at the alternatives if climate talks in paris don't end in an agreement. in sport. a night of highs or lows for

clay thompson as the golden state warriors extend a winning streak in the n.b.a.

welcome back to the newshour, a reminder of the top stories, and african security forces ended a taliban attack on kandahar airport after 24 hours of fighting. at least 22 people died during the assault on the heavily fortified compound. >> french police identified the third gunman that took part in

the attack on the concert hall, saying that he's a 23-year-old from the city of strasbourg and hundreds of rebel fighters and their families began to leave the syrian city of homs, part of a deal negotiated between the opposition and the government more now on the war in syria, and syria's fractured opposition, rebel groups, are meeting in the saudi arabian capital of riyadh. gulf leaders began to arrive for a regional summit, and they'll seek to agree on a unified position on the war in syria we'll speak to an assistant professor, and a senior columnist for the saudi gazette. joining us live. as these two summits get under way, is it a coincidence that they are held in the same city, at the same time?

>> no, i don't think it's coincidence. i think it's meant to be. who is supporting the syrian cause. it's mostly the arab states of the gulf. and that is one of the major subjects, how to support syria and help the syrians get out of the quagmire and find a peaceful solution to their problem, and get them to agree on one voice and committee to representatives them. at the same time, the syrian conference is going on, trying to achieve that goal. they are looking for the same goal that g.c.c. summit is trying to achieve. >> as the two summits get under way, the west has shifted ground

on the syrian leader, playing a transitional role. their priority now is fighting i.s.i.l. does this mean that the leaders of the g.c.c., and the syrian opposition will have to compromise on their demand that the syrian leader be removed before peace talks are held? >> some of the members who are participating are doing exactly that. that the syrian leader doesn't have to leave now. but everyone is agreeing that he has to leave at one point or another. so it's just when and how. that is the question, and some of them are saying he should wait a little bit. but they are not sure what rule he should get. others are saying, no, he should leave before, and have no rule at all. >> that is for them to decide. in saudi arabia, they are supporting, providing the venue, but it is not intervening, and

there are discussions and decisions. >> which is a priority for the g.c.c. leaders and the syrian opposition members that are meeting in riyadh. which is more of a priority - defeating i.s.i.l., or making sure that bashar al-assad leaves? i.s.i.l., d.a.e.s.h. was there. the ones that allowed them to grow and prosper. and hardly ever they have a conflict with the syrian government. i believe they have alliance. so d.a.e.s.h. and others, whether shia said are, because of his policies, they are there. so he is the source of the problem. and he is the problem himself, and he cannot be part of the

solution. thank you so much pob -- so much for being with us. >> donald trump facing a backlash across the political spectrums. republicans, democrats and foreign leaders criticized trump's comments as dangerous and divisive. kimberley halkett reports. >> i am... >> from the moment he announced his candidacy, donald trump has been testing the patients of federal republicans with his rhetoric, many say he has gone too far. >> this is not conservative. what is proposed is not what the party stands for, and importantly, it's not what the country stands for. >> ryan says there has been many muslim members of the u.s. forces, whose americans are assisting the u.s. trump is standing by his call to

close the borders to those that practice the faith until threats can be obtained. >> a total shutdown of muslims entering the united states until the country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. trumps comments were met with applause, and may appeal to a subset of voters looking for an easy solution to a complex security problem. not all conservatives support the proposals. many republicans are evangelical christians who believe religious freedom must be protected. a baptist leader criticises trump saying anyone who cares an iota should denounce the rhetoric. the government should not penalize law-abiding people. especially those that are american citizens. the white house holding trump's

comments as unrealistic. >> what donald trump says is offensive. as the secretary of homeland security says has consequences for the national security. the real question for the republican candidates is are they going to be dragged into the dust bin of history along with donald trump. >> those that study presidential politics believes republicans will not. >> what you are seeing is people are starting to rally around everybody but him. in other words. in some strange way he is unifying the party against him. and against a branch the republican party now appearing angry, anxious and amplified now, brazil's supreme court suspended a committee which is deciding to impeach dilma rousseff for corruption. politicians that voted to set up the committee fought in the parliament on tuesday. opposition politicians accused

dilma rousseff of mismanaging the budget well, the government in columbia is close to signing a peace deal with rebels, aimed at ending more than 50 years of war. we have the story. >> f.a.r.c. fighters exercising at down, their rifles in hand. but those gathered in this camp are not here to practice how to fi. >> translation: it's time to start an education offensive, including literacy campaign, mathematics, and other ideals. >> reporter: the commander leads the first class, part of the high common f.a.r.c. eastern block, the strongest facts of the group, and tells the rebels about the change in focus. >> recently f.a.r.c.'s

commandereneded the tradition of new weapons and explosives, of the priority preparing these rebels. >> reporter: for the past three years peace talks have been held while the conflict on the ground continued. the rebels say they have a unilateral ceasefire while the government suspended air strikes. >> nonetheless, government jets flyoverhead. ending this class and sending them to their trenches. f.a.r.c. rebels have been at war with the columbian government for 51 years. successful offensives and desertions have reduced numbers, one of the f.a.r.c. peace negotiators in havana were sent back to lecture them on the agreements. >> we are entering the transitional phase which the

government calls post conflict. we call national normalization. >> today he is discussing the joint deal to find 25,000 people who disappeared in the war. >> many of the fighters need basic education. they also have been at war since 2015, and may have to try to find regular jobs. >> translation: we are convinced that this time there's a real possibility to reach a political solution, that's why we are developing education plans, plans that have nothing to do with weapons, war and military activity. these classes may hard by be enough to prepare the rebels for what had come. they appear to show the f.a.r.c. are serious about helping the fighters to leave the jungle and the weapons behind

a coca-cola christmas advertisement in mexico that was meant to inspire joy and unity has done the opposite. the company was forced to pull the campaign after a rights group complained it was racist. john holman has the story. >> coca-cola meant this to be the last heart warming christmas add for mexico. white hipsters putting up a tree, and handing out cokes to dark-skinned religious people. the company says it was meant to inspire unity and joy, instead it inspired fury online. >> they there two kinds of people, people that are happy, the people that is white. that these people go to indigenous town, and they give happiness with coke, and with the christmas. and the people from the

community only have a - is passive. >> the backlash is so great to coca-cola pulled the commercial entirely. this is part of a statement they sent us: reactions might be surprising to coca-cola, but from the spanish conquest through to the popular protests, dark-skinned mexicans have been portrayed as subservient to whiter skinned mexicans. despite the outrage on their behalf. the people from the town featured in the commercial told us they were happy coca-cola came. >> these two are among those that featured in the ad. >> when they took it down, i was

disappointed, because people were saying things that were not true. they said we have been humiliated and it was the opposite. we were proud to be recognised. >> coke is easily mexico's biggest selling soda, and is a big part of life for decades even though obesity rates have soared. it will take more than a suspect advert campaign to affect its appeal here still to come here on al jazeera. well, he was a 2-time champion's league winner as a player. now gary neville prepares to make his european debut as a manager. details coming ultimate.

china announced a series of emergency response measures as fog blankets the capital. more than 2,000 factories stopped work, and millions of vehicles banned from the roads. it's affecting a neighbouring city and other provinces where people are encouraged to use public transport now, while the focus of the climate talks in paris is on cutting emission, scientists around the world are working on technology to tackle the problem of global grievous bodily harming. science editor looks at the so-called geo engineering. >> reporter: at no time in the last 800,000 years, possibly

longer, have carbon dioxide lefrl been as -- levels been as strong as it is today. greenhouse gas comes from human activity, trapping heat and resulting in a rise of global temperatures and what we can see here, warmer oceans. if we can't reduce it, scientists have come up with more ideas. reflecting the sun's energy. one idea is to thicken the clouds by spraying salt water into the sky. another expensive, and proven idea is to place them in orbit. a third technique is to take its queue from the volcanic eruption. resulting in 20 million tonnes of sulphur dioxide being released into the atmosphere.

it called the earth by about half a degree. >> entrying sulphur dioxed into the atmosphere we could cool the planet. if we continued to spray sulphur dioxide it could cool the planet offsetting some of the green hoys warming. problem is the sulphur dioxed damages the oz own lair letting radiation through and lingers for year, making the process hard to improve. >> you would have to step up the engineering effort over time to counteract it. >> scientists have been looking at ways the ocean takes co2 out of the atmosphere. >> in new zealand they tested adding iron to the sea to

trigger small plant-like organisms. the result was visible from space. >> there were concerns that this could have negative impacts on the ocean without the long-term removeful co2 needed to counteract climate. >> other technology is large machines that can remove carbon dioxide from the air. >> the technologies are hypernetical, and take a long time to develop and be expensive. >> as seductive as it is. most of the ideas offer a short-term and local solution. they are expensive. unproven and could, in some cases potentially make things worse. new technologies have a role to play, but most scientists say they will not be a substitute for reducing carbon emissions. >> time for sport.

here is raul thank you. golden state warriors took their unbeaten start to the season to 23 and o. the latest victory with the indiana pacers, equalling the longest streak, with 27 wins. >> reporter: clay thompson showed against the indiana pacers that the golden state warriors are more than steph curry, singing eight three pointers in the first half in indianapolis. that doesn't mean curry had a quiet game. last season's m.v.p. netting 29 points. the warriors were 19 ahead at the half, on the way to win 13 straight teams. >> shoved in the back. >> one hand... >> the pacers paul george managed 33 points, but not enough to deny the n.b.a. champions from equalling the second-highest total of 27 straight regular season wins.

>> thompson would end up getting a season best 39 points in the game. 131 to 123 victory taking golden state's unbeaten campaign to 23 and o. if we lose tomorrow, it's 23 and 1. it's worse case scenario. we know we'll lose a game. when that is, we don't know there was a worrying moment for the wars in the fourth, when thompson left the game with an ankle injury. >> washing bleach. i came down, hit the floor, and rolled it. i'll be all right. it can be sorted in ha couple of days, i can be back in no time. >> the angle was bruised.

they hope to be back to extend their streak on friday staying with basketball. lebron james scored 33 points in cleveland's 105-100 win over portland coming on a day he agreed a life-time deal with nike, believed to be more than kevin durant's $300 million contract. >> they believe in me as a person, first of all. they believe in the ability to play the game at a high level, and believe with what i can do off the floor. like i said, you know, i'm grateful and thankful to be with such a great brand for the rest of my life. i will cherish this moment. >> averaging and embarrassing. not lebron james, that's the words of former player paul scoel describing manchester

united's exit. needing a winter guarantee. united lost 3-2 at wolfsburg, coming back from a goal down. scoring twice, condemning manchester united to thursday night football in the europa league. >> this was the group. i not agree with your opinion that this was an easy group. now it's over. and you cannot show the volume. we want to do that. but we have to wait until next year. >> pv ianed hoeften advanced, becoming the eindhoven becoming the first dutch team to reach the end since 2006 cristiano ronaldo was the center of attention following real madrid's 8-0 min over

malmo, becoming the highest scorer with 11 in the group stages. >> very happy. this record, it was a very important moment for me, but i think the main point is the team. the team play unbelievable. we square eight goals, we are so intense. the most important for me, it's the consciousness of the team. >> overshadowed but there was a hat-trick from kareem, and helped real top. psg qualified winners over shakhtar donetsk. group b with the biggest surprise. wolves burg and p.s.v. third, manchester united through to the europa league. atletico madrid and benfica, they qualify for the knock out road. in group d, manchester city win

the group coming ahead of juvent juventus, and coming from beh d behind. juba missing their chance. the spanish side got the chance to be in the spanish league. >> it's better to finish first, because you have the important teams in the round of 16, if you want to win a title. you have to play against the biggest team. >> group stages will be completed on wednesday with eight ties. they need to win to go through to the last 16. >> i think we have to aim for the champion's league qualification, and we have to win every game in the cup competitions. it's impossible to sit here and play down expectations. i think that the reality of football doesn't always come out how you want it. there's no point me sitting here.

there's no point. i wouldn't be here. there's no point you being here. the fans might go home. it's a way to win. >> barcelona have won group e. they are away to bayern leverkusen, battling to roma. >> arsenal need to beat olympiakos, chelsea and porto fighting it out for top spot in group g. titan fury has been stripped of a title. the i.v. f decided to take back their belt. the british boxer will have a rematch against klitschko. ending the ukranian's 11-year unbeaten streak. >> that's your sports. more later. >> thank you very much. stay with us here on al jazeera, another full bulletin of news for you at the top of the hour. our.

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