♪ >> this is al jazeera. hello. i am marian dimazi. coming up in the next sixty minutes, as voting ends a near in spain, meet the man posed to end the party's two-party system. >> we want justice. >> protests in india as a juvenile is released from jail. a landslide burrics 22 buildings and causes a gas pipeline to explode in china.

despite fees fighting on the ground, a u.n. envoy to yemen says incredible progress was made at this week's peace talks. all of the sports news including barcelona continue to conquer the spanish giants beat river plate to lift their third-world cup trophy. all of the action later in the program. ♪ spaniards have an hour left to vote in an elek which is set to shake up the traditional two party system. its spain's first election since the crisis. it's hoping to be the first to be re-elected. the center left socialists are expected to come second. they both face a serious challenge from two newcomers.

the secentrist and dem on this party are vying for third place. with no one expected to win a majority, either could become a king match maker in post election talks. naturally, the economy is a key issue in a country where the unemployment rate is 21% and a massive 47% mon the young. let's go live now to barnaby phillips in the spanish capitol, madrid for us. barnaby, how much of a turning point could this election be in the political landscape of the country there? >> it's certainly a very unpredictable election. i guess we will find out perhaps within an hour or so. polling closes one hour from now now. that's 8:00 o'clock in madrid. we hope we will get accurate opinion polls pretty soon thereafter. there is a lot of expectation, a lot of excitement. the indications are that there will be a pretty high turnout action higher en than we had in 2011 and i think it was 72%

then. wo we are on track for something higher than that. my colleague has been looking at the date's voting here and this is husband report. >> there is a pistol time and tide in the affairs of all men, e spibly politicians. a thought on which the prime minister was reflecting as he took his morning exercise with his people's party struggle to go keep ahead of a surge in support for two new parties, two new kids on the block. there is no such thing ascertainty in politics. one thing can be guaranteed today. the prime minister is about to slooz his majority in the congress of deputies. >> could mean many months of negotiations before the coalition is decided and who will rule in spain. his hand has guided his country through some rough waters.

nobody is talking about bail-outs. why the erosion in his support? >> corruption skajtss as created this cocktail and that will promoted people to know what is done with their money. people are playing close attention to the parties' platforms. >> the party could prove to be the king maker pablo austerity stan might make him a candidate sanchez is trying to revive fortunes to bring the party a new future and distance it from its past. from the spannic prime minister it will be a different political landscape he talks his dog for a

walk through when the polls close. to talk about why all of this matters, i have a guest. his name is nigel townsend, a political analyst based in madrid. thank you for joining us on al jazeera. why is this a peculiarly important election in spanish history? >> i think the elections signal a sea change because we have the emergence of two new naert parties. it's not that we are finishing with the bipartisan system because it never existed. the socialist party and the popular party both relied on the back of nationalists and catalon nationalits but now, two new naert parties. both of whom aring to win more than the others did. they will be major players now. >> that means a messi situation which no single party has an absolute majority. is that right? >> it does. i mean it is almost

certain the popular party will finish first it's almost certain as well they won't have an absolute majority they will need an absolute mavpt deputy ins parliament which they will probably not get and have to radio lie on winning the second vote in which you need a simple majority, not an absolutely majority. they have two months in which to do that. outside, if that fails, we go to a new round of elections. the chancellor will be watching this with a degree of nervousness and concern? >> i don't think so. i think the -- whichever government is formed has the hands, hand the their hands tied really. the socialist party and the

popular party both agreed to a whole series of measures from the european union and i don't think that can be medaled with really. i think the imaginein for man ivy is small. we have heard talk about a generation gap in spain. older people going for the trad issal parties on the center right and left. younger people looking at the citizens party. did you see that generational divide? >> i do, you know, part of that is the fact that youth unemployment is extraordinarily high in explain you know, it's over 20% a lot of young people have had to leave spain in order to find work. new parties may have re-energizeed young people and re energized them. >> absolutely. i think the wave of skrunings scandals that have hit the party

have done a lot to rejuvenate politics in spain and to mobilize a lot of very young people. i think that's a lot of appeal of the citizens party. >> i am afraid we have to leave it there. we are running out of time. we will be bringing you exit polls and results throughout the evening. it should be a very interesting evening here in madrid. stay with us on al jazeera english. >> looking forward to. it barnaby phillips following the latest there in madrid where polls will close out shortly. turn out is higher than it was in 2011. it could be an interesting result. staying in spain and fire fighters are battling more than 100 fires in the north of the country. strong winds in the west affected as he was to contain them despite rain overnight major homes were evacuated but there are no reports of casualties so far. spain is prone to wildfires in the summer but in the winter, it'snub, especially in the

wetter northern areas. >> more to come for you on theays news hour. we will look at strong gains for peshmerga fighters in their campaign against isil fighters. a special report from the front line. >> he is becoming isis's best recruiter. >> hillary crinton takes aim at donald trump in the democrats' last campaign debate and in sport, by ron munich fireman revealed details about the coach who will replace him. there there has been angry protests in india after the release of a man convicted of a brutal gang rape and murder which shocked the world three years ago the parents of the 23-year-old woman attacked on a bus in 2012 have been leading demonstrations in

this new delhi. the man was seventeen when he was arrested and received three-year maximum sentence for a juvenile. campaigners are calling for the law to be changed so longer sentences can be changed on young criminals. more from new delhi this case of the youngest offender involved in the 2012 gang rape attack has raised many questions, particularly about the juvenile detention system in india, what happens to young offenders inside the system and importantly, what happens once they are released. what is the roadmap for their rehabilitation and development as well as their reintegration inh in to society, a society that is deeply, deeply angry and frustrated by issues of sexual violence and as we have heard from the experts and people we have ebb speaking to about the issue, that this is a long-running problem this case is once again drawing attention to the root causes of one of india's biggest issues.

>> malotra ask doing what man young women do, out and about enjoying her day off. but with personal safety a big concern, she says having fun is limited today times? >> it's too difficult to go out without a family member or without friends. daytime, it's safe, but at night, you cannot hang out with your friends because, you know, there is no security. the lack of safety for women spilled on to the streets of new delhi in 2012 after a woman was gang raped in a bus. the indian government says it has since taken action to improve conditions for women. according to official crime statistics, nearly 100 women are raped in india every day. experts say this figure is grossly under reported.

>> the attack three years ago prove owed millions of indians to talk about sexual violence and women's safety. experts followed and documented the issues for much longer warn they have long been india's secret national shame. raich is often blamed on cultural and social norms which en kurn men to assert power over women. >> there is a large pat tree arkansasal mindschial mindset. including sexual violence against women. >> social, cultural. >> roger midra has studied sixual offenders and says a lack of accountability at indian society is why sexual violence is so prevalence. >> the sense i can get away with what i have done, the crime i have done, or my offense is something increasing in the

minds. average person, an especially the offenders. they know about it. outside the market, a group of men hand over to police a man they accuse of assaulting women. safety in numbers provides little comfort to women here they are counting on the good will of people around them to ensure the fear of sexual violence doesn't get in the way of their lives. now, attention has turned to the supreme court of india. it will be hearing a petition on monday from the delhi women's commission, a part of the dely government says says it does not think the offhanderred is ready to be reintig grated into society. they fear he is a public security rick and may reoffend. they said no proper psychological assessments have been done of his mentall

wellbeing and character but over asking arching, the big issue that india will be discussing and is discussing is not just about juvenile justice across the country but why these crimes continue to take place. >> 59 people are missing after a massive landslide in southern china. it also triggered an explosion in a gas pipeline. it happened outside the city of shenzen. witnesses describe a sea of mud which buried 18 buildings. paul challands reports. >> the land slide buried more than a dozen buildings on the out skirt of shenzin city. a blanket of mud and some flooded parts of the district. two workers' dorm stories ( ( ( between 200 and 600 rescuers are

set to be on the scene to help anyone who is trapped. the area has been a defendant large construction zone for more than two years. soil that had been excavated and stored on the hill turned in to mud after heavy rain causing the landslide. paul tradurgeon, al jazeera. >> an explosion has ripped through an apartment building until volgograd. it was caused by a gas leak on the 7th floor of the building in southern russia. eight people were september to hospital and over 150 residents were left homeless, much of the building's exterior wall on one side was blown off. talk to end the war in yes, ma'amep have broke off without agreement but with a promise to meet next month. negotiators said they haven't yet agreed on a deal. the u.s. special envoy has confirmed new peace talks will begin early next year. emma hayward reports.

>> reporter: that's what a cease-fire looks like on the ground in yemen. each side has accused the other of violating tuesday's truce e, nerveotiated united nations talks in switzerland. the meeting there if you know issued with no deal to end the war, only agreement to meet again in january, this name ethiopia. it's very worrying for me. i think we will achieve a cease-fire in the coming days. >> in recent days, forces loyal to yemen's president hadi have been making gains. proceed government forces say they are advancing toward the caltol. >> we entered the province from

every direction and every side. we reached the city center, and this is evidence the houthis have no popular support. >> hadi lost control of sanaa last september after the houthis backed by iran advanced on the port city of aden, yemen's neighborhood, saudi arabia formed a coalition to carry out airstrikes to target the group and its supporters. the cost of this war to on or abouted yemenis, already wary after years of conflict in, instability and dire poverty has been huge. nearly 6,000 people are thought to have been killed. the country's health and education system has collapsed. the u.n. says the human tarnl has received catastrophic levels. some aid is now getting through to the city of taiz.

it is not nearly enough. the week-long truce is due to end on tuesday. for many, living through this war, which much of the world has forgotten will have hoped six days of talks would have produced more. emma hayward, al jazeera. >> in the past hour, i spoke with political analyst in the capitol. he told me the fate of sanaa would be determined by fighting on the ground rather than peace talks anywhere else. >> there is general panic in the past 48 hours. a lot of people trying to get out of the cities, go to the villages because is a different scenario in the capitol of sanaa. a lot of people tried to push a scenario similar to aden where there was local resistens backed by coalition forces. they managed to push the howe's out. in sanaa, it's going to be a different scenarios many

residents are houthis. they enjoy a lot of popularity in the city so if you want to take a city from its own residents it's fog to be a bloodbath. residents realize that. this is why there is a lot of panic and amount of people trying to escape the city and go to the outskirts of the villages. >> so many people are trying to escape but as you say, you have a fairly sizeable number of houthis there in sanaii, itself. so this could be a very bloody battle. >> yes, it is when you take areas like the old city and almost a quarter of million people those are a majority of those are houthis. their families, so if you want to basically push the houthis out of the city, you will have to fight them, their families, bombard their homes it's going to be a bloodbath. >> is any kind of cease-fire

likely to succeed in -- given that you have pro-government forces advancing toward the capitol? >> fortunately we said this of the past talks which happened over the past week. we clearly said we did not expect a lot. we are very skeptical because while the tauingz were going on switzerland, fighting escalated. new battle fronts in and around the capitol. so talks within two weeks or three weeks or a second round of talks, they are not going to achieve anything. >> let's discuss this more with iona craig previously based in yemen and recently returned from taiz. that was a little while ago. iona just hearing from shamil there saying that troops, pro-government troops are advancing on sanaa at the same time houthis within the capitol are getting ready for what could be a protracted conflict for the city itself. are we likely to see an e

escalation in fighting before the resumption of piece talks in three weeks? kwudz possibly will going on this week you have to look at the geography. coalition troops and pro-government troops have been coming in from the eastern side since august, september time. there was again a lot of care in september of a sudden wave of troops coming in to sanaa. they came in through the southeastern route and they hadn't been coming in northeast. these were two major routes. this week while the talks were go going on, they have been pushing in from the from the northeastern route. so from a military logistics point of view, it would is seem they need to push in from the west as well as coming in from the east. of course, everybody is sitting in sanaa, waiting for this to happen. that's a terrifying experience if you will just -- if you are sitting waiting for coalition troops to come into the city.

>> we hear from the special envoy to yes, ma'amep saying a nationwide cease fire is something they are striving for. how difficult and plic indicated is it going to be given all of the different groups and militia's fighting on the ground? >> it's difficult because you have a lot of different faxes. they were not represented. but, also, it's even out of those two is be in interested in a hecease-fire? are they going along with it, with these talks, with these negotiations to keep the pressure from the u.n.? if that appears to be the case at the moment if from what he have seen this week it never took hold. there is a push toward the coalition forces as well. it will be incredibly difficult for the u.n. special envoy to you can seed in that before january 14th, suddenly.

>> you are in the sentence tral city of taiz a couple of months ago. there has been some probation to deliver humanitarian aid? >> yes. that was the most pressing need, practices the only positive thing coming out of these talks in geneva. >> city had been understand siege for some time. the houthi forces had control of all of the major routes into taiz. there was significant food shortages. the only way of getting food in was smuggle ling through the mountains opinion backs of donkeys. aid agencies and non-governmental organizations trying to get medical supplies into the city not just for the war wounded, of which there were many but for regular healthcare weren't able to do so. it was being turned back by the houthis. there was an increasing amount of pressure. 200,000 often not getting access. to healthcare, food, for many

months. civilians massively. at least they have a life line to actually survive and get food in to them. >> thank you very much, iona craig. >> airstrikes thought to have been carried out by russian planes in northwest syria. at least six strikes were reported to have hit government buildings and residential areas injuring 150 people in the opposition held city of idlib. russia began airstrikes in september in support of the syrian president bashar al-assad. >> meanwhile, ab commandser in hezbollah has been killed by an israel airstrike in syria. he was among nineteen people who died on the outskirts of the capitol, damascus. he spent almost 30 years in jail for the murder of four israels, including a 4-year-old girl. he was among prisoners released by israel seven years ago in

exchange for the body of two israeli solids. >> known to be a very -- hefo killed a civilian family including a baby many years ago, and he is still involved in terrorism. so, it's if something had to him, i think no civilized person can be sorry. but again, i can make no. >> following the death, rockets were fired into northern israel from lebanon. air raid sirens went off there, but there were no reports of any damage or injuries as a result of that. ition israel's military said it holds the government responsible for this and has responded by firing artillery rounds into southern lebanon. >> move to go iraq now, kurdish peshmerga forces say they have killed more than 100 isil

fighters, faced weeks of intention attacks as isil looks to protect their stronghold in northern iraq. visiting the front line and a warning some viewers may find images in his report from erbil distu disturbing. >> these kurdish soldiers have repulsed an isil attack. thet a dead suicide bomber. most are foreigners and take drugs from the peshmerga positions. later, they drag a body on a military vehicle, this, the fighters say is the future of daesh that they call isil. this one goals. this is our land. we will defeat isil. these are some of the most intense attacks faced by the peshmerga in recent months. isil fighters have six front

lines. they have been able to defend their positions. the trenches come prepared with ladders to storm them these were left behind by the isil fighters who launched multiple attacks on the 60 kilometer front line. sold say they have killed more than 100 an officer told me the number of suicide attackers being used by isil shows that it's desperate. the notferocity is has taken th peshmerga by surprise. they thought they pushed them back. the continuing, how kurd treating captives.

peshmerga fighters say after battles, they dispose of bodies in a human manner. isil has never shown any interest in any prisoner swap. isil intensifies a main prior prior keeping isil at bay. al jazeera, erbil. >> more than 100 suspected members of the pkk have been killed in southeastern turkey five days ago, against the pkk who want more autonomy from turkey. more than 10 police and troops backed by tanks have been deployed in the biggest military offensive since a two-year cease-fire came to an ends in july. >> hundreds of protesters have been demonstrating over the t k turkish government's offensive against the pkk. riot police fired tear canon

more to come on theays news hour. blocking a plan to block the mikong. activists could see 11 dams built on one asian's longest rivers. more drone's fly off of the chefs e owners are told to register or face a big fine. >> details of a new over all leader after the latest women's cup slalom events in france.

♪ >> welcome back. you are watching the al jazeera news hour. let's take you through the top stories. half an hour of voting left in spain in a closely-foughtly set to end the two-party system. there has been angry protests in india after the release of a man convicted of a brutal gang rape which shocked the world three years ago. pro-government forces advance on the yemeni capitol, we are hearing reports people are fleeing the city. earlier peace talks aimed at end the war broke up without

agreement thousands of refugees are forced today return to actens after being stranded for weeks on the border between agrees and macedonia. many more reach the mainland from the greek islands, concerns over the growing number of refugees sleeping on the streets. more from athens. stepping food on mainly land europe with big hopes and dreams these refugees have arrived in the greek capitol after risking their lives crossing the aegean sea landing on greek islands. this iraqi refugee says he had no choice. >> i would definitely die if i stayed in iraq. that's why i took the risk. i want to feel human. >> the syrian couple said their one and a half-year-old son-in-law has eye cancer. they want doctors in germany to treat him. >> i asked his mother if she was happy to be in europe. >> no. i am not happy.

i want syria. i want to return there. i won't forget it. >> most of these refugees will take different routes to germany elsewhere in europe. many won't make it grease is under pressure and overwhelmed by the shear number of refugees arriving on the islands every day. hundreds of thousands of people have been registered but because others have closed their borders, thousands are stuck here in athens. >> that's worrying the local authorities. >> in many parts of athens, scenes like this are common. desperate people with no shelter, many with no money either. moroccan men outside this temporary center are told by police they lack necessarily papers to be allowed in. is this return to the north. hungary has closed borders and

macedonia and other balkan cust trees have restrictions on who can enter. syrians, iraqis and afghans are allowed. the rest are seen as economic migrants. a new group desperately seeks help. these pakistanis are tired and hungry. >> last night, we sleep on the road. we have no blanket, no food, no water. we are humans. the refugees are trapped with no means to live and work. i express my concern because so many people here and there without an organized structure to receive and guide them. it's a problem that concerns first of all every city but at

the same time every country in europe. this is the biggest refugee crisis since world war ii. there are no indications it will be over any time soon athens. >> an air france played made an emergency landing after the discovery of a device that since turned out to be a hoax. flight 463 was on its way from march issuue martious. one of the toilets, france has been on a heightened level of alert since the attacks in since november 13th. t two were die virtd a day later. >> it was made from boxes paper and what seemed to be a kitchen timer. in the any case, nothing passengers or to the crew. >> in afghanistan, a senior official has used facebook to

make a plea for help to the president. the deputy governor of hell mutt province posted a message on the face book page. mohammed rasulio said unless the government arcs now, it will fall to the taliban. 90 members of the the skoouft forces have been killed in the last month alone nearly 80 passengers are missing after engine failure on board a ferry in eastern important ease i can't. so far, 39 survivors have been found along with three bodies. relatives are hoping more will be found off of the island of siloaci. from jakarta. >> the survivors of the marina to be a ferry that was going to be transporting. hundreds of people are waiting in the harbor to find any news of their realtives if they have

survived this accident. the boats started to get into trouble in hierpdz up to three meter high andtion engine broke down. the boat was drifting for a while and there was communication possible until saturday evening. after that, all communication has been lost. some survivors have been found but many more are still missing. >> environmentalists are opposing less than dambs first of which has been worked on laos. they say the projects are a threat to life in one of asia's longest rivers in part two of al jazeera's liver of life series, wayne hay reports from cambodia where the next dam is being build it's known as the mother of water and flows for almost 5,000 kilometers threw six countries. the lower mekong river is the largest inland fishery in the worlds and a vital source of

food and income for the tennessee of millions who depends on it. in cambodia, over fishing is already making life difficult in some areas. i don't catch as much as i used to. there were fewer fish. before, i might get 10 to 20 kilograms t i have been here since early this morning and only caught one. >> it could get worse. a few kilometers upstream, one of two huge hydro electric dams on the mainly stream is being considered by the cambodeian government. i hope usually stilts had it creating a 620 square kilometer res wore displays around 20,000 people and blocking migration cards for some fish. there is some hope the government is taking notice of the potential impact. the government is separate cooperating with development partners. new engineering to find out how to minimize the effects before we make the deception.

further north, the lao government ignored calls for a mayor toryium recent be footage shows just how big this project is laos is planning a second one near the border with cambodia. >> the region is at a crisis point. it's clear that we need better institutions in this place. better goverance and public participation in order to make proper decisions over the future the river the proposed dams are close to the home of the macon dolphins. >> the dolphin population has beeninsteady decline for years. the rate of decline has fallen. the concern is the construction of dams could undo that work. it's thought there are only around 80 left in the mekong and minor changes could wipe them

out. harnessing the river and turning it into electricity is said to be essential to development economies. the alternative is that the price is too high. karachi, cambodia. >> in part three of our rivers of life series, mohammed idris looks at the declining fortunates of it nigeria's water wafrmingsz are affecting people's lives. don't miss that. the columbian president has revealed perhaps for how i see government will deal with members of achld forces found to have committed war crimes. saying solids will be subject to former try buenals. a deadline is set to bring an end to the longest running war which has killed 220,000 and

displaced 6 million more. >> the treaty will be semit tripping cal in some aspects, different in others, but always equitable, balance and simultaneous. >> means columbian soldiers will never be subject to worse conditions than farc members. >> that's a promise. >> the final t.v. debate, hillary clinton, bernie sanders and martin o'malley were united in their contempt for donald trump. kimberly halkett has more from the u.s. state of new hampshire. >> hundreds stood in the new hampshire winter for a seat at the third democratic debate. supporters vensed another democrat in the white house is what is still needed in the united states. >> the economy has been better. job creation, and i think that if you look at just the general policies of the republicans have

been trying to push, especially in the house and the senate t through the past several years, i don't want more of that. inside the debate, all of the candidates worked to convince voters of the same thing: distancing themselves from comments made by the top republican presidential candidate, donald trump who believes the solution to u.s. security problems is to ban muslims from entering the united states. comments third place candidate martin o'malley called: >> fascist pleas of billionaires with big mouths. >> we need to make sure that the really discriminatory messages that trump is sending around the world don't fall on receptive ears. he is becoming isis's best recruiter. >> clinton says her plan includes a u.s.-led air campaign supported by limited ground troops leading to an exchange highlighting the differences between clinton and her top challenger. >> if the united states does not lead, there is not another leader. there is a vacuum.

we have to lead if we are going to be successful. >> senate sanders, the last word? >> the units is not the policeman of the world. the sfluns must not involved in perpetual warfare in the middle east. >> the debate was not solely focused on national skooir but income, insecurity, highlighting another difference between himself and the frontrunner, clinton has accepted political donations for corporate donors. sanders has not. rein inch wall street banks if elected president. >> hillary and i have a difference. the ceos may like hillary. they won't like me. wall street will like me less. >> despite sanders strong attacks against the democratic frontrunner, there is little time to close in on hillary clinton's commanding lead. the nation's first presidential nominating contest will be held in less than two months. national polls, hillary clinton

leads as much as 30 points ahead of her nearest competitor. kimberly halkett, manchester, new hampshire. >> the u.s. government wants drone owners to register their aircraft. it follows a series of incidents that raised alarm about where some drones were flying. lisa stark reports from washington. >> with drones flying off of the shelves this holiday season, the f.a.a. moved with lightning speed to require drone registration. the online process will be up and running monday. other than of recreational drones that weigh from about half a pound to 55 pounds will need to register. previous owners have until february 19th. new owners must sign up before their first out door flight. there is a $5 fee, but free if you act fast within the first did a 30 days. owners will get a unique identification number that must be marked on the drone so it can be traced back if it ends up

where it shouldn't be. and that's been the problem. er rant drones have turned up on the white house lawn, in the stand at the u.s. open. they have halted aerial fire fighting efforts and have come dangerously close to airplanes. a new studies finds in the last two years, there were 327 close calls in the air, 90 involving commercial jets, 38 with helicopters. >> it's a nationwide issue that a lot of airports are experiencing and certainly, this is not just -- we are not just talking about commercial airliners necessarily. we are also talking about en crop dusters, medical air lift helicopters, pilots of all scale and at every level of the aviation scale have experienced some kind of interference with a drone. >> there is already resistance from a hobbyist group. the academy of model air naughtics calls the f.a.a.'s

move an unnecessary burden for the drone owners. it said educational moves are key to playing safe. >> do you know how far you can fly it? >> no. >> you have to be able to see it? >> i will get glasses. >> no more than 400 feet above ground level. >> the f.a.a. says education is critical but with so many alarming incidents, it wants accountability from owners who could now face stiff fines for failing to recommending sister their drone. lisa stark, al jazeera, want. >> for the first time in almost 40 years, iraq has held a national beauty contest. it had all of the. >> glitz and glamor despite being set against a backdrop of war. the winner was if a kirkuk. she pledged to help push if forth educational inibtives. still ahead this news hour

in sport? >> i am dan yell schweimler where the work has been done on cuba's next generation of sporting stars.

>> welcome back. time for sport with sana. >> thank you very much. barcelona have won their figure out trophy of 215. they beat argentina's liver plate in yodohama. barcelona are fee if a club

world cup champions for a third time. 2015 has been a defendant fantastic year with the club adding another title after winning la liga, kona delray and the european super cup. >>. >> it is special. we beat an argentine i can't team. the winners become the best team in the world. it is not easy. it is an incredible win for us. >> argentinian messi who missed the senior final earlier in the week due to abdominal pain was cleared to play and opened in the 36th minute. it was the team's uruguayn ford. less than five minutes after the break. and he grabbed a second goal around 20 minutes later in a man of the match perform performance to seal a comfortable 3-nil win.

>> i feel i am able to be at my best. as a team, we are assessment win against river plate quite comfort a.m.y. whether you could score or not, it doesn't matter as we have good understanding among our players barcelona aren't finished as they aim for more titles in 2016. they currently sit at the top of la liga, also through to the final 16 of the champions' trophy mark gram barcelona has confirmed he would leave munich at the end of the season. he has spent three seasons in charged but refused to kcommit his long term commitment to the

club. he has had plenty of 6 winning 5 trophies including two league titles. he also made history by becoming the fastest coach to rack up 50 wins doing it in just 61 games and despite winning it with barca twice, still chasing the champions league title but that could change in this season. in to the last sixteen. the italian is the only manager to have won three champions league titles. once with real madrid and twice with a. c. milaning a before fired in may. moving on to the english premier league we where clubs attempt to revive liverpool have taken another blow. beaten by watford, club watching the side go down 3-nil away from

home. reds have gone three games without a win they are now down in position with 24 points from 17 games. we calm here to today to do something different for what you saw. that's between what we wanted to do on that. but everybody could see the biggam gap, space between it that's what we have to fill in the next few days for the next ga game. the new world can you be leader despite being beaten on sunday p the latest giant slalom he want taking place in france. managing to protect her lead from the first leg in the morning and denied a third straight victory. finished tied for second place with norway way over taken

lindsey vaughn as the world cup leader after the american finished back in 13th spot. cuba has produced a remark a.m. number of supporting world championships lagely down to the state sponsor training program. as the country opens up, there are fears the brightest talent will be attempted abroad. from havana. >> the boxing jim nearly all of cuba's boxing tall event passed through here in the past 50 years to win gold, silver and bronze at world and olympic games: the ring is precarious. >> starts at eight or nine years on boxing. the aiming at which they take everything in. we spot the talent in the child.

athleteks as well as in boxing there is in hidden formula, no secret plan. hopes and dreams and specialized coaching where that comes later. sotomayor dominated. i always liked sport, especially running and hurdles and triple jump. it's abbligatory to do high jump and it was the one i lined the leasts. i wanted to leave the school when they told me to do high jump. with the help of trainers and family, we saw the results improving. at 14, i was jumping two meters. >> he went on to win olympic gold in barcelona in 1992.

the following year, he broke the world high jump record. two meters and 45 centimeters or eight feed in af and a quarter of an inch. a record that still stands. >> all of skooub is proud of. can they keep producing world beaters? ? >> nearly all athletes retire and become qualified. they continue studying and getting qualified. we keep working science to achieve better results. >> way, talent and experience are kept in the game, national pride and supporting tradition. supporting successes always offered a potential escape from the grind of every day life and as added incentive. cuban athletes retain a larger share of their prize money. youngsters like brian to continue winning medals, havana, cuba. >> all of your sport.

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