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after june's failure to launch. hello. the last votes are being counted in spain's general election. prime minister mariano rajoy center right people's party looks set to win the most votes but will fell well shortly of i an outright majority. the socialists are not far behind. a strong showing for the two new players, the podemos player and ciudadnos party. we have two correspondents following the outcome in madrid. to david chatter who is at a podemos rally. podemos, i suspect, in a victorious mood to be part of a government once all the horse

trading begins. >> reporter: the meaning of the word "podemos", is "we can". they have been chanting here "yes, we can". they should be saying "yes. we did". they have fulfilled the promise to break the political establishment here in spain which for the last three decades has been under the control of justice two parties. now the young carrise amatic-- charismatic leader of this parity, pablo iglesias is expected here. he has come out of the ivory towers of academia. he is a university lecturer. he has a party less than two years old and built up a substantial holding in the lower house of parliament. it is a remarkable achievement. that is why there is such a motion here at the moment. they have a real hold on the

future and they have broken the monthlied of the two-party system in spain. that means they will hold a crucial position in the negotiations which will now have to go on and who built a coalition, how can they build that coalition. this is going to be a long and hard fight within all the other parties now to find out how can they reach that absolute majority. this is a large bite taken out of the system by podemos indeed. what has given rise, then, to their sudden popularity within the larger context of all of the voter angry in spain right now? >> reporter: if you look at what has happened during the ears of austerity, it has fallen on the smallest shoulders. average unemployment 20% and

youth 50%. the youth needed a future. that's what we've seen, both from podemos and, of course, also from the citizens party. they have been coming up both flanks of the ruling people's party and it's going to be very, very complicated to find out exactly what this vote means so far as spain is concerned over the next two months. that's how long they've got to try and work out a coalition, but right at the center of the problem is this party, podemos, it's an extraordinary earthquake, if you like, perhaps an over used term, but it is an earthquake in the political system in spain and podemos has created it. it has created it from almost nothing. come up from grass roots into a large section of the lower houses of parliament in less than two years. they don't even have a headquarters yet. it's all to be arranged. this is quite extraordinary what's happening appeared it's essentially because the youth of

spain have spoken-- and it's essentially because of the youth of spain have spain and made it happen-- spoken and made it happen barnaby phillips is live at the people's party headquarters in madrid. although they have nominally won, not a lot of celebrating going on there, is there? >> reporter: well, the mood has perked up in the last five minutes or so. maybe you can see the platform behind me. the spanish prime minister mariano rajoy has just started addressing the crowd. what he is saying is that the party remains the number one political force in spain. i think his supporters will argue that their voc has held up better than some have predicted, that there is a resilience, a durablity to their support.

in spite of all the difficulties that spain have been through. one way of looking at it. another way is that their share of the votes, although comfortably, the largest party, is the lowest since 1989. they are nowhere near forming an absolute majority. so what will happen. according to spanish constitution, they will be in p lurks e position to try and-- pole position to form some coalition or some form of messy political compromise with other parties. we will have to see in the weeks ahead stay with us because we are now going to listen in now to some of what mariano rajoy is saying as he addresses the party supporters at that rally. >> translation: spaniards have

again given us their confidence and we say thank you to them because we know that things weren't easy. i think that now the solid foundation in the future, we've won the elections with more than 160,0 160,000-- 1,600,000, more than the next party and the second

party. i want to say, as i have said on many occasions, that i've repeated throughout my political life, that winning the elections, one has to try to form a government. friends, i will try to form a government and i believe that spain needs a government, a

stable government. many things over the last four years, spaniards have done much force and we now have to persevere with what has been done over these years. there are still many people in difficulty, we still have to create a lot more jobs. the spanish need a government which has parliamentary support and, therefore, i will look for a stable government and with the only objective of continuing the general interests of all of the spaniards, spain needs stability, safety, certainty and confidence so mariano rajoy, the current spanish prime minister and leader of the popular party,

addressing his supporters there after those spanish election results. as we were saying, they have nominally won this, but they are far short of a majority. barnaby phillips is there as well, and we were just hearing from mariano rajoy there emphasising the fact that they won the most votes and they are still, as far as he sees it, in the driving seat to form the next spanish government, but it's going to be hard to see exactly how they will do that, isn't it. >> reporter: very difficult, indeed. one possibility, of course, is that they could form a minority government which would be inherently unstable which would live from vote to vote and which the opposition parties combined could always vote down whenever they choose. another possibility is that mariano rajoy could try and

construct some form of coalition. well, that is going to be very, very messy when you look at the arithmetic. there is no clear route by which he could obtain a parliamentary majority through working with another party. it would probably be an unwieldy coalition of several parties which, by definition, are going to have very, very different agendas. of course, a third possibility is that we could have new elections in spain sometime in 2016 yes. still a very uncertain picture there in the spanish capital. live for us there in madrid. an analyst specialising in southern europe says the success of the podemos party has come at the expense of the socialists. >> it's a combings of the fact that there is a lot of dissatisfaction with established

political ground in spain. a force to the left have left voters to vote. the emerges of podemos has explained the bad result of the socialists. what looks like a very tricky future, the next weeks are going to be hectic in terms of negotiations between the different parties. i think the prime minister mariano rajoy is going to have a hard time finding a majority to support him to government. i think the socialist party will try to make their leader the next prime minister. it is interesting that the parties, the socialist party and people's party, have become the parties of the old people, that of pensioners and over 55 years of age. the other has received large

support from both unemployed youth and people who don't have a job, but they're tired of the political establishment and that's why they have decided to support new parties peace talks in yemen have broken up. they will meet next month. while they have made incredible progress, it is said, they haven't agreed to a deal. >> reporter: after nearly nine months of conflict, this is what a ceasefire looks like on the ground in yemen. fighting on the streets of the besieged city of thies. each side has accused the other of violating tuesday's truce negotiated at united nations talks in switzerland. the meeting there finished with no deal to end the war, only agreement to meet again in january. >> it's very clear that

unfortunately the ceasefire that was agreed upon, as i said earlier, wasn't respected and in some cases was violated from the first hours even of these talks. therefore, we will aim, as i said in the coming days, to make every effort to ensure that a new ceasefire is put in place. i have asked the parties to ask for a rule. >> reporter: in recent days forces loyal to yemen's president hadi has been making gains against the houthis. pro-government forces say they're also advancing towards the capital. >> translation: we entered the province of jaff from every direction and every side. we reached the city center and this is evidence the houthis have no popular support. >> reporter: hadi lost control of the area last september after the houthis, who are backed by iran, advanced on the port city

of aden, yemen's neighbour saudi arabia formed a coalition to carry out air strikes to target the group and its supporters. the cost of this war to ordinary yemenis already wary after years of conflict and dire poverty has been huge. nearly six thousand people are thought to have been killed. the country's health and education system has collapsed. after negotiations in switzerland, some aid is now getting through to the city, but it is not nearly enough. the week-long truce has been extended. many living through this war which much of the world has forgotten will hope the talks in january will produce more to end this conflict earlier my colleague spoke to a political analyst in the yemeni capital. he says the fate will be

dictated by fighting on the ground, not talks >> there is general panic in the past 48 hours. a lot of people are trying to get out of the city and go to the villages because it is a different scenario in the capital. a lot of people tried to pitch a scenario close to aden where there was local resistance, but they managed to mush the houthis out. somehow it is going to be a very different scenario. this is actually a stronghold of the houthis. many residents had houthis. they enjoy a lot of popularity. -- are houthis. if you want to take a city from its own residents it's going to be a blood bath. residents realise that and this is why there is panic around people trying to escape the city and go to the outskirts of the villages. >> reporter: many people are trying to escape, but as you say you have a fairly sizeable number of houthis there in the area itself, so this could be a

very bloody battle. >> yes. it is. especially when you take, for instance, areas like the old city and they're almost quite a million people living in and around that area. those are the - the majority of those are houthis. if you want to push the houthis out of the city, you will have to fight them, their families, bombard their homes. it's going to be a blood bath >> reporter: is any kind you ceasefire likely to succeed given that you have pro-government forces advancing towards the capital? >> unfortunately, we said this of the past talks over the past week. we clearly said we did not expect a lot. we are very sceptical because while the talks were going on in switzerland, troops and ground fighting conned. in fact, it-- continued. in fact, it escalated in and around the capital.

talks within two weeks or three weeks or a second round of talks are not going to achieve anything hundreds of people have been demonstrating over the turkish government's offensive against the pkk. police fired water cannons and tear gas. the operations occurred in the east. the pkk wants more autonomy from turkey. there were protests in another kay where fighting between pkk and turkish forces is taking place. troops and police have been deployed in a military operation. much more ahead on this news hour. >> we have no blanket, water food. we are humans sleeping rough, certain refugees are turned away from

over crowded camps in the greek capital. strong gains for fighters in the campaign against i.s.i.l. in northern iraq. a special report from the front line. barcelona continue to conquer. they beat argentinae to get their f.i.f.a. trough fee. more-- trophy. more on that in support. all that still ahead. first india's supreme court will on monday hear a petition against the release of the youngest attacker convicted of the gang rape of a medical student in 2012. the man was released on sunday having served the maximum sentence allowed for a juvenile. he was 17 at the time of the attack and the parents of his 23-year-old victim have been

leading protests against his release. more from new delhi. >> reporter: 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're released. what is the road map for their rehabilitation and development as well as their reintegration into society, a society that is deeply, deeply angry and frustrated by issues of sexual violence and as we've heard from the experts and people we've been speaking to about the issue, that this is a long running problem and this case is once again drawing attention to the root causes of one of india's biggest issues. this young woman is doing what many do. she is out and about enjoying her day off. with personal safety a big

concern, she says having fun is limited to daytimes. >> it's too difficult to go out without a family member or without friends. daytime is a bit safe, but at night you cannot hang out with your friends because there is no security. >> reporter: anger over the lack of safety for women spilled onto the streets of new delhi in 2012. it was after a woman was gang raped in a bus. the indian government says it has taken action to improve conditions for women. according to crime statistics, nearly 100 women are raped in india every day. apparently in figure is grossly under reported. >> the attack three years ago provoked indians to talk about sexual violence and women safety.

they have long been the country's secret national shame. across the country, rape is often blamed on social and cultural norms, which encourage mean p men to assert power over women. >> there is a large patriarchal mindset that is very much in operation and which has manifested itself in many ways, including sexual violence against women. >> social, cultural. >> reporter: this doctor has studied sexual offenders for more than 20 years. he says a lack of accountability at all levels of indian society is a big reason why sexual violence is so prevalent. >> the sense that i can get away with the crime i have done is something increasing in the minds of the average person and especially the offenders. they know about it. secondly, the criminal justice system is falling apart

>> reporter: outside the market that this woman is shopping in, 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 goodwill of people around them to ensure the fear of sexual violence doesn't get in the way of their lives. attention has turned to the supreme court of india. it will be hearing a petition on monday from the delhi women's commission, the commission are part of the delhi government and has effectively said that it does not think that the offender is ready to be reintegrated into society, that they fear that he is a public security risk and may re-offend. they've also said that no problem psychological assessment have been done of his mental well-being and his character, but over arching the big issue that india will be discussing and is discussing is not just about juvenile justice across the country, but also why these

crimes continue to take place and what really needs to happen to create lasting change across the country, something that many people say hasn't happened three years on from one of the most gruesome cases that the country and the world has seen a france flight was forced to make an emergency landing after the discovery of what is now known to have been a fake bomb. the plane was evacuated in mombasa airport. it is the fourth bomb hoax against the airline in recent weeks. our private airspace firm spacex is about to launch its first rocket since one of its cargo craft explodeded shortly after lift off in june. it is due to take off in two hours time from cape canaveral

in florida. the unmanned rocket broke amake two minutes into its flight two years ago. the firm has a contract with nasa worth 1.6 billion dollars. a research fellow in physics at the university college of london. what's different this time around - it's all pretty ambitious for a company that first of all was recovering from this catastrophe six months ago, the failure in june, and failed as well to land the rocket on a barge in the ocean twice. what's different about this version of the falcon that could help it succeed this time around? ism they have learned-- they have learned from their failures. they have done modifications in

the rocket and now they are planning to land the first stage of the falcon 9 into a platform, a concrete platform on the shore. i hope it is successful. it is a very ambitious idea. they have tried to recover actually the whole rocket which is made out of two stages. the second stage, the upper stage, which in this case will carry on into orbit to place 500 kilometres of satellites and then the first stage will attempt to come down only about 10 or 15 minutes after lift off, it will try to land on this concrete platform vertically and deploying some legs there to land softly on this platform and reuse the platform again. that is saving money and materials and recycling the main part of the rocket. it is a very ambitious project.

i agree with that if certainly is. if all of this-- it certainly is if all of this does succeed this time around and they are able to land this rocket back on land, as you say, what is the point of all of it? are private companies the future of space exploration now? >> it is a very robust program because you have several companies now delivering satellites, delivering cargo to this international space station and this very road traffic act with the dragon space craft will deliver in a couple of years astronauts to the space station. the u.s. will be in a possibility of launching people to the international space station which at the moment is only in the hands of the russian space agency good to speak with you. still ahead on the news hour,

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hello again. you're watching the al jazeera news hour. the top stories. mariano rajoy has pledged to form a stable government after his party fell short of winning a majority. socialists came second. both lost grounds to two new parties. talks to end the war in yemen have broken up without agreement but will resume again next month. a ceasefire between pro-government forces and houthi rebels has been extended by one week. india's supreme court is to hear a petition against the release of the youngest attacker convicted of a gang rape of a medical student in 2012. there were protests in the

capital of enough delhi after his release on sunday. more on one of our top stories. yemen's failed peace talks. people in the capital have been expressing their disappointment. >> translation: the yemen people had high hopes for this conference. they were disappointed. the people can't stand. there are no good reasons. >> translation: the interests of the country are not in mind at all. everyone is looking after their own personal interests. >> reporter: from the beginning, the negotiations yielded no results and all the sides are responsible for the failure, but as a yemeni i see the saudis will ruin all the negotiations a specialist in tribal issues in washington via skype

joins us. we heard the sentiments there from people in yemen. peace couldn't come sooner for them given the dire situation there. obviously, it is disappointing that these talks have broken up without any progress, but i suppose the fact that they are still talking is still progress of some sort, isn't it. >> yes. i mean, talking is good and it's better than not talking, but do we have the right people around the table? are these people who are negotiating, are they generally interested in ending the conflict or more important are they interested in adding to the grieve appss that have led to the conflict and the war in the first place? i don't think so. they are part of the problem rather than the solution. it is not surprising that the talks did not make much progress simply because the talks came as

a result of outside pressure rather than a genuine interest to end the conflict. there has been some sort of an imbalance at the battle field and because of that both sides think they will be able to win the war do you think they will continue fighting to get in a better position at the bargaining table for the next round of talks. do you think that's what's going on here? >> i think that's one reason why it was postponed. i think that's at least one of the reasons, but i think the talks were doomed to fail simply because there doesn't seem to be an interest by both sides to end it. when the talks started, the

conflict escalated on the ground so they didn't respect the ceasefire so that's a major indicator that shows you how committed they are to peace are there any areas at all in this where they could find some kind of common ground? the u.n. yemen envoy was reported as saying he was optimistic on some things such as the possibility of releasing prisoners and that they could possibly - there are proposals to look at how to manage the withdrawal of forces from certain areas. do you think there's any hope in that regard? >> in my opinion there is a major flaw in the talks, in the design of the talks themselves, and that's because the u.n. and the international community tends to focus mainly on nation level actors who are a huge part of the problem and ignore local efforts who can be a huge part of the solution.

in 2011 the deal focused on the opposition coalition and ignored local activists. that's why they failed who were the local actors that should be part of this that are not at the moment? >> actors from the south, at least actors from areas that are invested. so the governors, people who have influence on the ground. people around the table in geneva do not have much legitimacy or influence on the ground good to speak with you on this. thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you in iraq kurdish forces say they've killed more than 100 i.s.i.l. fighters. i.s.i.l. has been large re launching attacks from their stronghold in mosul in the north. there have been weeks of intense fighting between the armed group and kurdish forces known as the

peshmerga. al jazeera has obtained rare footage from the front lines. a report from erbil. a warning that you may find some of his pictures in his report disturbing. >> reporter: these kurdish peshmerga soldiers have just repullsd an i.s.i.l. attack. don't approach the body there, the soldier can be heard. that's a dead suicide bomber. they say most i.s.i.l. fighters are foreigners and take drugs when they attack peshmerga positions. later they drag a body on a military vehicle. this one goes, this is our land and we will defeat i.s.i.l. they say. these are some of the most intense attacks faced by the peshmerga in recent months. i.s.i.l. fighters have had six

front lines in the area. the kurdish fighters say they have been able to defend their positions. i.s.i.l. knows about the trenches dug by the peshmerga and they come prepared with ladders to storm them. these weapons were left behind by i.s.i.l. fighters who launched multiple attacks. soldiers say they have killed more than 100 i.s.i.l. fighters in less than a week. an officer told me that the number of suicide attackers being used by i.s.i.l. shows that it's desperate, but the verocity and the frequency of attacks has taken the peshmerga by surprise. they thought they had pushed the group back. the attack is also taking a toll on the peshmerga. more than two dozen fighters killed and more than 120 injured some the past few days. the human rights observers are concerned about the bodies of the dead. they say they have disposed of

bodies in a humanitarian manner. they say i.s.i.l. is not interested in a prisoner swap. they are keeping the i.s.i.l. at bay an israeli air strike which killed a former hezbollah commander was an attack. he was among nine people that died. he spent almost 30 years in jail for the murder of four israelis, including a four-year-old girl. he was among prisoners released by israel seven years ago in exchange for two bodies. he stepped down after several women complained he harassed them. he has denied any wrongdoing. the attorney-general has ordered an investigation into the claims. thousands of refugees have

arrived in attestsens after being-- athens after being stranded for weeks. hundreds of others are arriving on boats from turkey. there is concern at the number of refugees sleeping on the streets. >> reporter: stepping foot on mainland europe with big hopes and dreams. these refugees have arrived in the greek capital after risking their lives crossing the sea from turkey and landing on greek islands. this iraqi refugee says he had no choice. >> translation: i would definitely die if i stayed in iraq. that's why i took the risk. i want to feel human. >> reporter: this syrian couple says their one and a half year openlied son has eye cancer. they want doctors in germany to treat him. i asked his mother if she was happy to be in europe. >> translation: no. i'm not happy. i want syria. i want to return there. i won't forget it.

>> reporter: most of these refugees will take different routes to germany and elsewhere in europe. many won't make it. greece is under problems. hundreds of thousands of people are being registered. other european countries have closed their borders, which causes thousands to be stranded here. scenes like this are common in athens. people with no shelt or and no money. men are told by police they lack necessary papers to be allowed in. they returned from the border to the north. restrictions have been imposed

on who can enter. only syrians, iraqis and afghans are allowed in. rest are seen as economic migrants. at another refugee camp in athens allocated to families, a new group seeks help. >> last night we sleep on the road. please, let me in the camp. >> reporter: these pakistanis are tired and hungry >> it is not paradise. last night we sleep on the clothe with no blanket, food and water. we are humans. >> reporter: the mayor of athens the refugees are trapped with no means to live and work >> i express my concern because we see so many, without an organized structure to receive and guide them. it is a problem that concerns every city in greece, but at the same time every country in europe. >> reporter: this is the

biggest refugee crisis in europe since world war ii. there are no indications it will be over any time soon voters in slovenia have rejected a same sex marriage law. the preliminary referendum shows 63% of people were against an amendment defining marriage as a union between two adults. proponents of the law change campaigned on so-called traditional family values and argued marriage equality would allow gay couples to adopt children. 27 people are missing after a lands slide non-appearance southern china. dirt and mud buried at least 22 buildings in an industrial park on the outskirts of the city of chenzen. it triggered an explosion at a nearby gas pipeline. >> reporter: it used to be a busy industrial park in one of china's biggest cities, full of factories, shops and homes. that has all been buried under a

thick layer of mud. nearly 1500 rescue workers have been on the screen throughout the night trying to find survivors. a task hampered by the unstable ground. the land slide swept away everything in its path. 22 buildings have been destroyed, including two dormitories for local workers. an area of 20,000 scare metres is covered with soil - square - which also caused an explosion at a gas pipeline. it was caused by collapsing earth that had been dug over in construction work over the past two years. authorities did have some warning because they had time to evacuate hundreds of people between the land slide engulfed the area. >> translation: more than 900 residents were evacuated. people have been sent to hospitals with non-threatening

life injuries. >> reporter: many people spent the night in shelters. the president xi jinping has requested authorities to do all they can to help people affected by the incident. questions are being raised about why an unstable mountain of earth was stored so near to a bus industrial area. the immediate focus is on the search and rescue in the hope of finding some of the missing still alive a green activist in south-east asia are opposing plans to building 11 dams along the mekong. the first of the dams is being worked on in laos. part 2 of our rivers of life series now. >> reporter: it is known as the mother of water, and flows for almost afive thousand kilometres through six countries. the lower mekong river is the

largest inland fishery in the world and a vital source of food and income for the tens of millions who depend on it. in cambodia overfishing is already making life difficult in some areas >> translation: i don't catch as much as i used to. there are fewer fish. before i might get 10 to 20 kilograms. i've been out here since early this morning and i've only caught one. >> reporter: it could be about to get worse. just a few kilometres upstream one of two huge hydro electric dams on the mainstream is being considered by the cambodian government. initial estimates it will displace 20,000 people and blocking migration paths for some fish. there is some hope that the government is taking notice of the potential impact. >> translation: the government is cooperating with development partners to study different locations and new engineering to find out how to minimise the

effects before we make the decision. >> reporter: further north the government ignored calls for a ten year more atore um-- moratorium. this shows how big this project is. laos is planning a second one near the border with cambodia. >> the region ask at a crisis point. why the claire that we need better institutions in place, better governance and transparency and public participation in order to make proper decisions over the future of the river. >> reporter: the proposed dams are close to the hand of the mekong dolphins. the dolphin population has been in steady decline for years, but more recently the rate of decline has fallen thanks to conservation work. the concern is the construction of dams could undo that work. it's thought there are only around 80 left in the mekong and even minor changes to an already

fragile ecosystem could wipe them out. governments in the region argue that harnessing the energy of this great river and turning it into electricity is essential to help develop their economies, but the alternative argument is that the price for that development is too high coming up in sport, details of a new overall leader after the latest women's world cup slalom event in france. n france.

for the sport.

>> reporter: thank you very much. spanish giants barcelona have won their fifth trophy. they beat argentina to clinch the f.i.f.a. world cup in yokoham a. >> reporter: the world cup champs for a third time. 2015 has been a fantastic year with the club adding another title after win ining three championships. one player was cleared fit to play and opened the scoring for bar sell own a-- barcelona. a lead was doubled less than five minutes after the break. he then grabbed a second goal

around 20 minutes later in a man of the match performance to seal a comfortable three nil win. >> translation: it was great match for us. i feel i am able to be at my best. we are able to win quite comfortably. >> translation: it is a special. we beat a team which reached this final. the winners have been the best in the world. it is not easy. it is an incredible feeling for us. >> reporter: they're not finished yet as they aim for more titles in 20166. they sit at the tough of la liga and through to the final 16 of the champion trophy. >> reporter: former barcelona coach confirmed he will leave at the end of the season. he has spent three seasons in

charge but has refused to commit his long-term future to the club. the 44-year-old's departure has been widely expected and several top english premier league clubs are reportedly interested in the spaniard. during this man's time in germany he has had success at winning five trophys, including league titles. he was the fastest to win. he is still chasing the champion league title, but that could change in this season. they're into the last 16. another will replace on a three-year contract. the italian is the only manager who have ever won three champion league titles. moving on to the english premier

league, an attempt to rearrive liverpool has taken another blow. they've been beaten. they watched the side go down. they have gone three games without a win. they're now down in ninth positio position. >> we don't feel good today, of course, because we came here today to do something really different to what you saw. that's what everybody could see, a big gap and space. that's what we have to fill in the next few days before the next game. >> reporter: there is a new world cup leader despite being beaten on sunday at the latest event taking place in france. brem managed to protect her lead from the first leg in the coming

and got a third straightaway to victo victory. lindsay has over taken as the world leader. french open champion is looking good ahead of the new tennis season. he led his team the singapore slammers to victory in the international premier tennis league. the slammers won the final two sets to claim the title over the indian aces in singapore. the highest ranked player beat tomic. he clenched the win. cricket. new zealand have cruised to a win at home over sri lanka over winning the second test in ham tonne by five wickets. new zealand needed a further 47 runs on day four after resume on

142 for five. 108 was scored by one. cuba has reduced the-- produced a number of world champions which is down to the state sponsored training programs. as the country slowly opens up, there are fears the brightest talent will be tempted abroad. >> reporter: in is the boxing gym in the heart of old havana. nearly all the cuba's talent has passed through here in 50 years to go on to win medals at olympic games. the gloves are donated and the ring is precarious. >> translation: they start at eight or nine years old in boxing. it's the age at which they take everything in and when we spot the talent in the child. >> reporter: that potential talent is then nurtured with

intensive training and privileged treatment in specialized schools, in baseball, athletics and boxing. there is no secret plan. it begins here with this raw talent and plenty of hard work. the hopes and dreams, national pride and specialized coaching comes later. this man dominated world high jump in the 1990s. his talent was identified when he was eight or nine years old. >> translation: i always liked sport, especially running and then hurdles and triple jump. it's necessary to do high jump and i liked that the least. i wanted to leave the conceal when i was told to do high jump. we saw the results improving and at 14 i was jumping two metres. >> reporter: he went on to win olympic gold in barcelona in 1992. the following year he broke the world high jump record, two

metres and 45 centimetres, or eight feet an a quarter of an inch. a record that still stands. cuba is proud of that. can they keep producing world leaders? >> translation: nearly all athletes retire and become qualified. they continue studying in getting qualified. we keep working on the scien science to achieve better results. >> reporter: that way talent and experience are kept in the game. it's national pride and sporting position. sporting success is always offered a potential escape from the grind of every day life and as an added incentive cuban athletes now retain a larger share of their prize money. all the conditions for youngsters like brian to continue winning medals. >> reporter: that's it for me thanks very much. more news in a couple of minutes. don't go away. don't go away.

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