♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello, welcome to the news hour, i'm jane in doha with teams in nigeria, turkey and india coming up, a dutch court rules oil giant shell can be sued for oil spills in nigeria. who is a terrorist and who is not? major debate ahead of new syria talks in new york. kurdish fighters in iraq appeal for more help in the fight against i.s.i.l. u.n. says refugee numbers are at record levels and millions more will soon be on the move.

and mother theresa miracle and says she will be a saint and get reaction from her adopted country india. ♪ we begin with breaking news a dutch court has ruled that the oil company shell can be held liable within the netherlands for the actions of its subsidiary in nigeria and fishermen from river and balsa state filed the lawsuit first in 2008 and want shell to cleanup its oil spill and pay compensation and it opens the way for other possible legal action against shell. the company has faced accusation of human rights violation connected to alleged arrest, torture and wrongful death in

nigeria 2009 shell paid more than 15 million of the family of the environmentalist but the company denied any culpability in the deaths saying the money was a humanitarian gesture. in january shell agreed to 75 million out of court settlement with communities in nigeria delta region and the rusted infrastructure erupted in 2008 flooding a village with 40 million liters of out and taken to court for the exploration program in the arctic and has stopped the practice and we are joined now from abuja and talk us through this ruling and the response there. >> well, basically the activists, the petitioners and environmentalists here in nigeria are celebrating victory and have won on all four cases

but the two decisions, two of the most important decisions reached by this court is of course the issue of jurisdiction and issue of access. jurisdiction in the sense it overruled a dutch court earlier two years ago that says this case has no jurisdiction or law. shell cannot be held liable or shell cannot be liable for the actions of nigeria and now it has been proven that actually shell can be held responsible for the activities of its subsidiary across nigeria is one. secondly the access to documents in possession of shell, this will open a flood gate of litigations against shell although there are cases that have been settled out of court there are also a lot of cases, a lot of environmentalists and a lot of communities willing to take or wanting to take on shell either in nigerian courts or

dutch courts and preferably the dutch courts because they feel it will take lesser time and they will get the judgment they need so basically this is going to be a huge problem for shell, the issue of jurisdiction and the issue of access to documents. this will encourage a lot of communities to seek access to documents in the door held by shell and beyond or out of public reach, now they will use that against shell to seek for composition and other damages. >> and many people, many communities have been badly effected by the way shell operates there, right? >> exactly, a lot of communities when you go to the nigeria delta you see the devastation not only to fish and farming activities but also water supply has completely been polluted in some villages and you smell virtually the petrol or petroleum in the air and one community we visited a few days ago, a community

leader told us there that look you only need to light a match and the whole place will go up in flames and that is the situation in some communities. the nigerian government along with shell said they will cleanup the environment. shell has agreed to cleanup the environment but amnesty international and other rights groups are accusing shell of abandoning its responsibility, not telling the truth in the case of cleaning up the environment in the nigeria delta so the people of the nigeria delta and a lot of livelihoods have been wiped away and the environment is completely polluted in some communities. >> talking us through the massive setback for shell in nigeria. iranian foreign minister zarif says there are obstacles to overcome with talks on the syrian war and joining people around the world in new york to discuss the crisis and arrange

district negotiations between the syrian government and the opposition as jordan reports. >> reporter: the civil war in syria is nearly five years old and on friday in new york city diplomates will try to create a definitive plan to stop the fighting and restore the peace. the russian president said on thursday he is on board. >> translator: basically we support the u.s. initiative on drafting the u.n. security council resolution in syria and it's with the blueprint of this resolution that the u.s. secretary of state arrived in moscow. >> reporter: but putin is a long time supporter of president bashar al-assad and told reporters the international community can't decide who will run the country. another question which members of the opposition will actually join the talks? >> translator: it is clear i.s.i.l. and al-nusra are considered terrorist organizations and not part of

negotiations or the ceasefire and other organizations recognized as terrorist but majority of members meeting in new york, i hope we can all agree. >> reporter: recently met in riyadh and will not bargain with assad and has to leave before government takes power and kerry said bashar al-assad's future is not predetermined. >> that is not the position of the support group and not the basis of the geneva communication, it's not the basis of the u.n. resolution. >> reporter: they are doubling down telling al jazeera it won't agree to a ceasefire unless assad goes and u.s. officials say they are forging ahead nonetheless. >> issg has a different sense of what a political transition might look like than the group of opposition groups. so what does that tell you? there is still more work to be done. >> reporter: analysts say

unless it is answered the talks may be a waste of time. >> if he is still in government and do not feel represented by the government you will have a constant insurgency until you get a policel solution. >> reporter: there is an urge si to end the civil war but the reality is the parties may not be ready to do so roslyn jordan in washington. >> james base spoke to the iranian foreign minister zarif at the u.n. to get a sense of the upcoming talks. >> this was always going to be a difficult process and some of the difficulties already illustrated here in new york where foreign ministers from some 17 countries will be arriving to try and kick start the peace process, to try very ambitious goal of trying to get a ceasefire in january and talks between the syrian government and the syrian opposition but i have been speaking to one of those taking part, iran's

foreign minister zarif and says he has real doubts about some of the names he is hearing as possible attendees of those talks in january on behalf of the opposition. >> we believe that card-carrying members of al-qaeda do not satisfy the conditions that are set for members of the opposition in vienna. i believe opposition should be serious and it should be inclusive so that they could engage in a serious talk and we have supported this process and actually suggested a national unity government a long time ago and hope this can, in fact, become a serious exercise including various opposition groups, not just one inclination within the opposition and at the same time should exclude people with official affiliation with

either da'esh, al-nusra or other al-qaeda groups. >> they will discuss the central sticking point during the last five years of blood shed in syria and that is the role of president hasad involved in syria or involved in any transitional process and there is no agreement on that whatsoever. kurdish soldiers in northern iraq are appealing for international support and more weapons to defeat i.s.i.l. peshmerga forces are leading the fight on the ground but i.s.i.l. fighters are better armed and are using stolen u.s. weapons despite being out gunned the peshmerga have regained territory as we report from the town of macmood. >> reporter: it's a symbolic day for peshmerga forces here. ♪ regain control of the town from i.s.i.l. fighters a year ago and i.s.i.l. commanders were killed

in the battings including the leader. and vehicles and heavy weapons seized from i.s.i.l. which peshmerga are using on the front lines and say most of the captured military equipment is u.s. made which i.s.i.l. stole from the iraqi army and this is a reminder they can defeat i.s.i.l. also known as da'esh. >> translator: da'esh does not have the strength or no ral to attack kurdish areas because it's known the peshmerga will fight and crush them. >> reporter: peshmerga fighters are eager to show the gains they made against i.s.i.l., these are some of the symbols they captured during fighting but i.s.i.l. still remains strong on other areas on the outskirts of various peshmerga strongholds. i.s.i.l. has carried out many coordinated attacks across fronts to breach peshmerga lines and peshmerga forces say they had attacks across the region

and besides suicide bombers they use bulldozers to fill trenches dug by peshmerga and the main hub is mosul where they are attacking and based in northern iraq and for now mosul remains on hold but soldiers say they are ready. >> translator: this is a political decision now. peshmerga and the coalition support of the iraqi military already have a plan to liberate mosul from da'esh. >> reporter: kurdish fighters continue to complain about lack of weapons and held by air strikes and foreign volunteers but doesn't seem to be enough to win the war with sophisticated and better equipped army. >> armed to the teeth and peshmerga are the ones holding the line, defeating da'esh and they are holding the line for the west so it's time the west starts to do more than their support. they must be crushed here for humanity, it's that simple.

>> reporter: but competing interests of international powers involved in this conflict defeating i.s.i.l. remains far from simple. al jazeera, northern iraq. the number of people forced to leave their homes this year is likely to exceed all previous records according to the latest u.n. refugee agency report. the figures only cover a six-month period but show the number of people fleeing their countries has now past 20 million with fighting and wars especially in the middle east the number of people internally displaced has jumped two million to 34 million and worldwide displacement with will reach a record high of more than 60 million people by the end of this year. the report also touches on the impact these numbers have on countries taking in refugees, turkey alone for example has taken in almost 1.9 million refugees, mainly syrians. and we have this report from the

town on the aegean sea. >> reporter: his parents want to take him and his four siblings to greece and say they know the risks and they can all die. >> translator: we have no other alternative, no chance to live here or in afghanistan, we can't stay here, we have to go to europe. we want to go to germany. >> reporter: the families of refugees are waiting here and the turkish coastal town and sick, tired and cold, some have been here for days, waiting for a call from the smugglers and have to be ready all the time. outside there are more children and adults. they sit and wait. it's cold here and the winds are strong. all determined to cross the aegean sea and want to go to greece and seems close but

remains out of reach. >> i come because we have problems in afghanistan and faced with challenges and not good for the young generation and we cannot guaranty our life. >> reporter: every morning they hope the sea is calmer and greece is a short distance away but crossing the aegean sea is risky and it could take up to an hour depending on weather conditions but this is a dangerous journey. the international organization for migration says more than 650 people have died this year while trying to cross from turkey to greece. many of them were children and in the last two weeks at least 15 children have drown in the aegean sea. the rights group says the recorded death of refugees using two of the routes in the mediterranean reached over 2900 and since october more than 70 children have died crossing the

aegean sea according to save the children. at the meeting point on the coast here as the right moment came the first overloaded cheap dinghy sets off carrying refugees happy to leave but risking it all while others wait as the smugglers prepare more boats. at the small shop volunteers rely on the nations to feed the refugees but they feel helpless to persuade them not to take morrisings. >> you feel terrible and so we go to the hospital another day ago because they were really hot and they all are sick and one day they will die in the sea, they drown. >> reporter: back on the shore those who didn't make it this time feel disappointed, waiting their turn to seize their chance between life and death. al jazeera on the aegean sea.

william spindler is the spokesperson for u.n. hcr in europe and good to have you with us william spindler and staggering numbers and show the assimilation and plucking of refugees to safety is not working as well as it should do. what is the problem? >> well, the problem is that conflicts around the world such as those in syria, in afghanistan and somolia and south sudan are causing people to flee and never seen so much displacement and last year in 2014 there were more refugees and displaced people in the world than any time since the second world war and this year we are set to break that sad record so more needs to be done to prevent the suffering and misery for millions of people will continue. >> obviously that is not any

time soon and expecting more people i believe. who is doing it right? i mean canada is going into refugee camps and are processing there before moving them to safety, is that a module that works for you? >> well, there are ways to find solutions, doable solution for the plight of refugees and one way is through resettlement through canada, canada is one of 20 countries in the world who take refugees through resettlement and this is important to rebel solution and also we have to look into the possibility of refugees returning home and this is one of the problems. so far this year we have seen only 84,000 people returning to refugees returning to their homes and this is the lowest figure in 30 years so that shows that conflicts are not being solved, refugees are not able to return home and for the vast majority of refugees that is the

main solution for them to be able to return home, resettlement is a very important component to also complement that and also of course integration of the local integration of refugees in the near countries but we need to work on all the solutions with more efforts and really try to deal with this issue otherwise next year we will be seeing even larger numbers. >> i'm wondering what sort of numbers you are looking at. >> we will continue. >> excuse me for interrupting you, many of the people don't have homes to return to and i guess as successful as the refugee program is it will encourage more people to leave, won't it? >> i'm sorry i don't think i understand your question. >> i was just asking about numbers, what you are predicting for next year because many of

these people don't have homes to go back to as the wars continue and as successful as you are in rehousing people the more people will be tended to make these hazardous journeys. >> well, the reason people are fleeing is because of the conflict and our work and that of other humanitarian organizations is to try to alleviate somehow this problem. we are not encouraging people to come. we are dealing with a situation that exists already. so we need to provide also adequate facilities, assistant protection to refugees where they are at the moment. the vast majority of refugees in the world are in countries such as turkey, lebanon, pakistan, iran and ethiopia. those countries desperately need help with solidarity from the

international committee so they can continue to host the refugees. >> obviously those countries need more help as well don't they? >> to move on. yes, absolutely. i mean countries such as turkey, lebanon are under strength by the countries they are hosting and it's our moral duty and it's also a practical necessity to help this country to deal with this responsibility. >> enormous problem and thanks for taking us through it william and much more ahead on al jazeera london's vote in a referendum that could see the president ghani run for up to three more terms. australia spy chief says anti-muslim rhetoric could harm national security and in sports the hasty departure we ask who the next chelsea coach might be.

♪ the african union says it is planning to send 5,000 peace keepers to burundi, the au says it wants to protect civilians from fighting that killed 400 people since april and the u.n. says it is going to investigate human rights violations there. violence began when he wanted a third term. and change the constitutions and allow presidents to stay in office longer and yes vote could say he could run for a third, seven year term and stay on until 2034 and he has run rwanda since they ended the 1994 genocide, around 6 1/2 million people are eligible to vote as we report from there. >> reporter: public meetings

about the referendum on changing the constitution have been impossible to miss. these people say they want president to stay in power after he finishes his term and he has been president of rwanda since 2007 and in power since the group ended the genocide and took control in 1994 and now politicians say millions of rwandans hold them to change presidential term limits. >> translator: opposition politician told me they were sure of winning the referendum, i told them good luck, we already have five million people supporting the change and it's not possible they can have more votes than us. >> reporter: we have been told people are pressured into attending the political meetings and government says the people come freely and supporters say it's because they want him to stay. >> translator: we asked members of parliament to change the term

limits because they were an obstacle to us reelecting the preside president. >> reporter: for the last ten days members of parliament and senators have been campaigning hard, not just here in the capitol but also in towns and villages all over the country where they have gathered hundreds of people like this with speeches and song and dance all in favor of changing the constitution to remove presidential term limits. there has not really been any visible campaign against it. some opposition figures are in prison accused of inciting ethnic conflict and others have been killed or disappeared, the government denies it's responsible and democratic green party is one of few that is openly critical and says the party had plans to campaign against changing the constitution. >> they said it's not organized, it's not provided to do their

campaign so we can do it. >> reporter: it's easy to find critics in other countries and peter was born in rwanda and campaigns against the government from london and says he receives regular threats for it. >> it's a big shock to the world and us that the referendum which has been arranged in one week to see or to allow the president continue being president for life essentially and we think it's a legitimate and we think it will pass because we don't think it's being held in a situation where people can speak open and freely. >> reporter: the president is popular among many rwandas to bring peace and stability that suffered so much violence but extending his rule is a lot more divided than the government suggests. malcolm web, al jazeera, rwanda. let's get the weather with richard and hearing about a severe heat wave in the southeast of australia. >> really, really bad jane and we had temperatures well over 40 degrees being reported.

in fact, on friday we had a maximum of 42.9 degrees and looking at the last few days 43 and wednesday on 40, the average is 28 degrees celsius so it has been causing real problems across the city and the sea breeze with a respite and a change will take place as the troughs move through and bring a change of wind direction and in saturday we could see temperatures well hit 40, 39 on our forecast chart and that is probably a bit conservative and may get 40 once again but as we get on through sunday and then particularly monday we will see a big drop off certainly for melbourne and 34 just to 18 and certainly back to 24. as australia heat wave story it's expected because of el nino and if you look at the whole globe november 2015 was the warmest on record and that is the warmest november in 136

novembers and as we look at the warmest months recorded since 1880 look at this, on a television i know but if you have a look it's only two months which were not 2015 and one of those back in 1998 was an el nino year like we have at the moment and what you are looking at is a world that is getting warmer at a dramatic rate and the months one degree above average and that is one degree celsius and reached agreement in paris but the world needs to take action to stop the warming action jane. scary vatican said mother theresa will be a state in the church and a second miracle to the late nun who worked in call -- calcutta and a man was healed from brain tumors and helped the poor and known as a saint of the

gutters and we are live in new deli and how significant is this? >> absolutely quite significant for india if you look at how many saints india has, once mother theresa is cannonized it will happen next year and one of a handful of indian saints and she was born in what is now macedonia but gained india citizenship in 1951 and just putting this story into numbers there are around 24 million christians in india and 20 million of them are catholic so this is a much anticipated amount of news for those who are catholics in india and more generally across india there are good feelings of the story throughout the day. >> ask about the response and what are people saying about it? >> yeah, absolutely and it's a good way to end the week, the chief minister of the eastern

state of west angola is happy and culcuttar and the missionaries of charity are excited and waiting for this to happen but we should say there is another side to this story over the life work of mother theresa and years in culcuttar and sections of society had concerns of the religious under tones of the worth, a particular sensitive issue here in india and that is going to be a talking point as well as we move forward but lots of anticipation if, in fact, it is september next year she is declared officially a saint. >> i'm sure, thank you. still coming on al jazeera the u.n. admits its response to sexual abuse carried out by the central african republic was flawed. tonya page reporting from johannesburg at a music hub trying to launch more african artists on to the world stage.

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♪ hello again, i'm jane dutton with a reminder of the stories on al jazeera says that oil company shell can be held liable in the netherlands for the actions in nigeria and the fishermen filed in 2008 and want

shell to cleanup oil spills and pay compensation. iran's foreign minister zarif says there are major obstacles to overcome and talks on the war and around the world they are meeting later to discuss the crisis. the president of the european community are with leaders to discuss the refugee crisis and u.n. released a report saying the number of refugees and displaced people is likely to exceed a record 60 million this year. let's get more on the breaking news in nigeria and joining me now from abuja is a lawyer from friends of the earth the environmental group backing the nigeria people in the case and say congratulations to you all, what is your response and what are the implications now? >> thank you very much. this is and expected judgment or

ruling which we are happy about and the implications is that as we have always campaigned to create an opportunity for negatively impacted citizens of host countries of multi nationals to have the opportunity to do this before their own country courts for confirmations of the wrongs committed against them in their host country. >> what is going to happen now to those who have been affected and how badly have communities been affected by shell's practices? >> well, from statistics that are ruled out everyday in nigeria communities suffer negatively from the operations

of shell, mostly as the biggest multi national operator in nigeria and the magnitude of their operational negative impacts on communities, citizens, environments, their livelihoods is such in a huge quantity that it cannot easily be quantified because they have been on against shell and virtually all the courts in nigeria for oil, pollutions and of course some at an international level so it is huge. >> it is huge. i should imagine this will probably open the door to many

other cases, what sort of impact do you think this is likely to have on the nigerian government who have been accused of allowing this practice to happen? >> yes, for one it's that this case would have opened the visa for both nigerian government and the authorities to know that, yes, they can be exposed. some of their regulatory failures can be exposed to the international community, you know, via cases like this because if the authorities had supported nigerian communities the way they should, or the

execution of the oil companies and let regulators stand by the fruits of the operational activities of the oil companies and defend the regulations that are in place in nigeria. >> thank you very much for sharing your success with us. houthi rebels are not attending friday's sessions of peace talks in switzerland with yemen's government and each side accuses the other for violating the ceasefire put in place but they did allow the aid to come into the city of thai and ex follows an exchange of prisoners outside of aiden and gerald tan has the latest. >> reporter: a rare moment of joy in war it marked the return of more than 260 prisoners. these fighters program pro-government southern resistance movement were free in

exchange for more than 300 houthi rebels. >> translator: we suffered a lot but houthis has all kinds of abuse and no prisoner rights and not entitled to a proper diet. >> reporter: al jazeera cannot confirm these allegations but what is clear is that both sides have suffered and it was hoped that it would reflect positively on u.n. sponsored talks in switzerland between the warring parties and perhaps it did, the governments agreed to allow desperately needed aid into the contested city of thai, a ceasefire has been in place since tuesday on paper though not necessarily in practice. fighting has continued here and in marib and the u.n. envoy to yemen it paved a new deal and in a statement he called it quote a major step forward that will ensure immediate action to aleve the human suffering of the yemen

people. four in five people in yemen now require aid, the situation is more acute for the sick. health services are shattered, doctors at this cancer clinic in aiden are worried they will soon run out of critical supplies. >> translator: these children are suffering because we lack medicines and cannot perform tests and need help and support so we can fulfill our duties to treat and take care of them. >> reporter: the conflict killed nearly 6,000 people since march, half of them civilians, gerald tan, al jazeera. the head of the u.n. is promising action after damning report on child sex allegations a u.n. investigation into the central african republic found the organization failed in this and we go to new york. >> reporter: when french troops in central african republic working under u.n. mandate

accused of raping six young boys the u.n. failed the very people they were sent there to protect. according to a highly anticipated over one hundred page long independent report commissioned by the u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon the agencies grossly mishandled those allegations and the report states among other things instead of following up on allegations of child rape claims went from desk to desk and in box across multiple places with no one willing to take responsibility. >> coordination between policies leaves most victims unattended and vulnerable. >> reporter: scathing criticism reaches high u.n. officials around the world and former top official in the central african republic and commission of human rights and new york and ban ki-moon former chief of staff

all came into question in the report. >> ban ki-moon has been presiding over the u.n. now for nine years and saying he has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse and this report essentially shows us that that's more slogan than reality. >> reporter: at u.n. headquarters a spokesperson for ban ki-moon said the secretary-general accepts the finding and the u.n. failed to respond meaningful. >> what does the secretary-general plan to do to make sure the systemic failures are not taking place in some other 15 countries where the u.n. has peace keepers? >> the panel makes it clear we need to take a new approach to sexual exploitation and abuse to ensure that it is also seen very much through the lens of human rights violations. not just of misconduct by troops. we need to align the two mandates. >> reporter: the problems and short comings at the u.n. have

now been laid bare for everyone to see, as the report itself states if there is no follow through or action it can only exacerbate the perception by some that the u.n. is more concerned about rhetoric than action, gabrielle with al jazeera, at the u.n. brief look now at other headquarters around the world, a third arrest in the san bernardino shootings, a friend of the alleged gunman has been charged with supplying assault rifles for the attack in california earlier this month and syed farook and his wife tashfeen malik killed 14 people at a company party. the couple was killed by police. it's difficult to breathe again in beijing and a second red alert for air pollution issued ten days after the first ever highest level smog warning in the chinese capitol, emergency measures to close schools and limit car use have again been imposed.

and russian rocket carried two european satellites into orbit and are part of a consolation of satellites that will or bin the earth and begin to provide navigational services next year. the head of the international monetary fund says she will appeal against an order to stand trial in france and she denies wrongdoing over the payment of $400 million to a business tycoon seven years ago when she was a french finance minister and gordon could spend a year in prison if convicted and al jazeera tom ackerman has more from washington d.c. where the imf is based. >> the executive board of the imf says that they expressed confidence in the managing director's ability to effectively carry out her duties and france's current finance minister said that he sees no reason why she cannot continue in this post. ironically he is in a socialist government and she served as

finance minister in the conservative government of nicholas accused the socialist of trying to smear her in this case which essentially involved a compensation payout to a former minister and former and very prominent business man bernard tape to the tune of $440 million which ultimately came out of public funds and la guard is accused of having diverted or referred this case to an arbitration panel which found in his favor and this provoked an outcry in france because of the huge payout of public funds. turning down criticism of islam is the message from australia spy chief to politicians and duncan lewis says the backlash against muslims is dangerous and threat to national security and andrew thomas reports from sidney. >> reporter: it should have been a special day out, after taking her mother to see a

musical she was returning to her car when from a balcony above men started shouting racist abuse and throwing hard boiled eggs. >> one of them narrowly missed me and so i ducked and the next one sort of narrowly missed my head and then another one hit the car next to ours and then the glass shattered. >> reporter: similar stories are becoming common as muslims in use -- australia for attacks on i.s.i.l. and blames the government for encouraging bigotry and rhetoric and so called antiterror laws they say legitimize abuse. the controversial group one the government is considered banning held a conference recently where leaders claim that a security crack down was targeti ining muslims and the program was a

sham. >> radicalization has come to me making muslims less islamic. it is nothing more than an agenda of forced assimilation, justifying what exaggerated fears of a security threat. >> reporter: speakers lined up to voice their concerns. there are 5 or 600 people here sharing stories of prejudice and one of division that there is a us and then there is a them. in speeches and videos participants were told that cooperating with government intelligence agencies was outright forbidden. many muslims in australia think the confrontation will approach this as part of the problem but many are concerned that too many innocent muslims have been caught up in a drag net. at melbourne airport in september omar was stopped from getting on a plane and he says he was going to saudi arabia to attend a pilgramage and then

lebanon to visit his dying grandmother and the government formally cancelled his passport and people he knew and played sport with traveled to fight in syria and authorities thought he might be heading the same way. >> i believe that this is just harassment of muslims with these new antiterror laws. it's just harassment of innocence. >> reporter: in the 12 months to july this year 67 australians had passports cancelled on security grounds, in the wake of attacks like those in paris the overwhelming majority of australia want it right but getting the balance is hard. >> the program is focusing on the growing intolerance toward australia muslim community and meet those driving the hatred and those fighting back against abuse and watch the great divide at this time from al jazeera. still ahead on the news hour the

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a haven for up and coming bands, singers and song writers and in johannesburg is a government initiative with high recording facilities at a low cast and tan -- tonya page has

been lending an ear. >> reporter: this is a kind of zulu-folk and very popular and he works in a factory at night but during the day he indulges his passion at johannesburg hub and owned by the government and one of the best recording studios in the country. >> to bring my voice to people with quality and i can watch when i'm singing and it's proper because now as we are working with these guys i'm working with them today. >> reporter: home to the music hub associated with the music industry since the 1970s and the government bought it seven years ago with the idea of making world class recording facilities accessible to the general public and at a cheap price. the renovations are not quite finished but the studios are busy with budding artists. >> from the conception it always had a development of agenda and access has been a core issue and aim is really to keep our prices

at a level where anyone can come through and record their music. >> reporter: this building has housed a music studio for decades during apartheid and one of the few places black musicians could come and record, it's full of memories. the heritage value is magnified by the inclusion of the first music music in south africa. >> over here we say who is really an icon here. >> reporter: recorded at the studio along with strong stress and their music was among those ban by the regime and helped talk about the evil of apartheid. >> it kept it shining and kept the wheel of the people out there for everybody to feel, and to hear and so on so i think it was really very important. >> reporter: youtube and dolly

pardonen composed in studio one but it's with south african physicians and made possible by a music hub dedicated to creating opportunities for south africans and their unique sound, tonya page, al jazeera, johannesburg. a senior figure at chelsea said they fired the manager due to break down with relationship of the players and director michael said the club had no choice but to act. here he is leaving chelsea training base on friday and, in fact, seven months after guiding chelsea to the league title but this time they are a point above really gags zone and after the last defeat he accused his players of betrayal. >> decision taken to protect the interest of the club, and while there is a huge sentiment for the individual, you know, who has done so much for the club,

the fact of the matter remains that chelsea futbol club is in trouble and results not good and seem to be all discord between manager and players and we feel it was time to act. >> reporter: former chelsea manager is the favorite to take over as an interim until the end of the season. he is valuable after being fired of the netherlands boss this year and looking further ahead and is a long-term target of chelsea with atletico, many madrid and here is martin lipton. >> there is no doubt about it and leading munich and know 100% that he would give everything and even members of his family perhaps to acquire him as the new coach of chelsea. i suspect that is not going to happen and don't think he

fancies working for chelsea and in my book he is the frontrunner even though he is the second choice of the owner. >> after sepp blatter, the case of his deputy is being heard and opted not to attend in person but his legal team there are in zurich and claims the corruption case is being prejudged and $2 million payment he received from blatter is being investigated with a verdict expected on monday. international football team and ban from playing fifa games but has not stopped the government from building a new stadium, the 60,000 international stadium will open in kuwait city and ban from all futbol activities due to government interference, an all-star game scheduled against a local team with ex star and fifa barred several current

stars from playing including seven gerald and hernandez from taking part. >> translator: we saw that the old approach to the general administration of sport had to be changed and stressed that sport union and clubs are partners in success and not competing with them, the people need to see sporting achievements and hard work and you will see plans and successful activities and construction operation to restore kuwait to international competition. >> reporter: background on this kuwait were bound from international futbol in october for the third time since 2007 and later on the month the international olympic committee had a ban and also for government interference and the olympic will vacate the premises by april and organization president has been given a suspended six-month jail sentence to comments he made in a t.v. interview and he is also an influential member of fifa and the ioc.

jeremy lin and the hornets and the winner of the toronto-raptures and the second start of the season and scored 35 points and the first 30-point performance in more than two years and charlotte closing out the victory in over time 109-99. >> got in the rhythm early and tried to make a basket really and the coach was doing a good job of getting me involved and constantly going to me so i got in a good rhythm today and thank god we won the game. >> reporter: lebron james got up close and personal during cleveland's win and oklahoma and 113 kilogram collided and had to be stretched out of the arena after the tumble and after tests has now been released from hospital. >> you know obviously her health is very important and you know

hopefully she is doing well. the guys told her that she is doing great now so but you know going for the ball and trying to keep a possession going and hate the ending result of it. >> reporter: this year's world surfing champion has been crowned after the event in hawaii and bidding for his fourth world crown but a day after learning of the death of his older brother he was beaten in the semi finals by defending world champion madina and he went on to a final show down with kirk patrick and he prevailed on this occasion becoming the first brazilian to win the pipe and felt the title should have gone elsewhere. >> i thought he deserved it more than me. and he is such a strong man and three time world champion i guess like people fighting for their first one. >> reporter: a piece of television history has been made in somalia.

for the first time a local somali-futbol game was live in the country and a few technical glitches along the way but supporters were largely able to watch 2-1 in the national cup final and somalia is recovering for more than two decades of civil war. okay more sport coming up, from me later on but that is it for me jane. >> thank you very much andy and here in qatar people are celebrating the national day. ♪ a military parade has been held in the capitol doha where soldiers, tanks and fighter jets impressed crowds that included the country and qatar declared independence from britain in 1971. it is the news hour, more news straight ahead on al jazeera. ♪

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♪ ap dutch court rules oil giant shell can be sued for oil spills in nigeria. ♪ welcome to al jazeera, i'm jane dutton in doha and also on the program iran foreign minister says there is still little agreement on key issues ahead of peace talks in syria. kurdish fighters in iraq appeal for more help in the fight against i.s.i.l. rwanda president casts his vote in a referendum that could see ofm serve three more terms in