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refugees rebuilding their lives in europe. one note at a time. the iraqi army says it has liberated large parts of the city of ramadi from i.s.i.l. fighters. the military backed by tribal fighters began the operation to capture the city on tuesday but the advance has been slowed down by explosive devices left behind by the group they say. >> reporter: as the days wear on, iraqi forces tried to retake ramadi have made a sobering admission. it will take time. the military is trying to overpower i.s.i.l. fighters who have been in control of the city since may. backed by air strikes ground troops are edging forward, street by street towards the center. >> translation: morale is high and god willing we will continue

advancing. we will liberate the remaining parts of ramadi. >> reporter: iraqi intelligence says they're are just a few i.s.i.l. fighters left within the city's parameters. they're proving a difficult foe. they've planted explosive boowy traps. it is slowing them down but hasn't stopped them >> translation: following the liberation of the area, things from the 16th division started work to remove and diffuse the bombs planned on the homes and houses. >> reporter: the iraqi government is confident that its security forces are in the final stages of this operation. >> translation: there is one plan followed by the counter terrorism forces that surprised everyone. the plan is to circle the areas and launch an attack from the center. i.s.i.l. has lost the balance of power and it doesn't know which area is being tacked by iraqi

forces. ramadi is illegalitiered with shrapnel. it is an urban battle field. up to 10,000 civilians are thought to be trapped inside the city. the hope is that victory will come quickly and with no further loss of life, but both seem unlikely. gerald tann we can go live to our correspondent in baghdad. the status of the fighting, what's happening at the moment? >> the fighting is still going on in neighbors that iraqi neighborhoods succeeded in control three days ago. three days ago they said the controlling on the whole city it will be not just a matter of time. some iraqi military leaders said

they will control the whole city in 72 hours. now some leaders says that fighting and the liberation of ramadi will take a longer time and this because detectives of that is using the i.s.i.l. fighters in the city. now some iraqi leaders, especially the head of anti terrorism forces, he talked yesterday about a new tactic, new roadside bombs and mines used by fighters in ramadi. they said these mines make huge destruction and huge effect for the iraqi armed vehicles. he said some of the mines can turn upside down, some vehicles that weigh 27 tons. steve warner, he talked two days ago and said the battle of ramadi will take a longer time, more than expected at the beginning of this operation.

everybody now is talking about not only about the mines but also about the new tactics that the fighters are using in this battle what sort of impact is this having on those remaining people who are living there? we are hearing awful stories about human shields. is that happening? >> this is a big concern of this operation. unfortunately, most of the leaders, they are talking about the ground operation, but not one of them are talking about the civilians, about hundreds or maybe thousands of civilians are still stuck inside ramadi. some of them called iraqi military forces tried to find to take them out of the city, but unfortunately it seems there is no clear plan, that we can say iraqi forces follow. at this moment to try to avoid

the civilians and to find safe route for them. until this moment, some politicians are talking if we cannot find knows civilians-- those civilians, a safe route for them. some talk about 50 families have been taken out of ramadi, but, of course, this number means nothing with the total number of the families that are still inside the city and can not find a way to get out of the city thank you very much for that. as we mentioned, ramadi is the capital of anwar. the capture of the city was crucial for i.s.i.l. which needed to set up supply lines from syria to iraq. in order to the group to bring troops from its stronghold

across the border to ramadi. it is an important link to falugia, less than 7 kilometres away to the west where i.s.i.l. also has control. both cities that have strategic importance as they are on the doorstep of the capital baghdad. the director of the iraqi institute for democracy and development. clearly a battle for all sides is underway. what do you make the status of the battle at the moment? what it says about iraqi forces and i.s.i.l. fighters? >> well, there are so many lessons out of what is happening now in ramadi. first, the fighting force of the i.s.i.l. is not more than 500 or less than that. there is more than 10,000 iraqi military as well as tribal leaders. the second factor is that now and then they expected the fight

will be finished in a matter of hours. that was one of the smokes man - spokesman said. now he says longer. third, usually when i.s.i.l. when they are over whelmed in power, what happens is they withdrew. somehow they follow a different process by staying and fighting to the end. this doesn't auger well for the future. third or fourth-- it doesn't auger well for those not living there or taking part in the fighting >> exactly. the other thing is thchlt one would say that - is this. one would say this is a game changer. it could be, but the way hoped to end, if the iraqi forces will be able to take the town, but the question is what after that, how they will deal with the town, who will rule the town. so far there's no agreement even among the tribal leader how to

manage the town what are the concerns when it comes to ruling the found? what will be the important factor? >> one of the factors which apparently they learned the lesson that once it is liberated with the shia took over and the indirect ruling, now they learned this lesson and they tried to avoid any involvement by the mobilization force. among the sunni tribe there are still inner squabble and fighting. who will control it. even among the soon eau arab-- sunni arabs in ramadi. this isn't decided yet. in addition to that, there is a big problem because most of the i.s.i.l. who are fighting them are also part of the same tribes in anwar. so how can they decide within

the party, how will they deal with them. in addition to all this, what is the general vision, political problem. if this will end how about mosul and the rest? no doubt this is tactical victory for the government if necessity succeed in regaining ramadi, but it should not be considered as a change - changing the game in iraq. it is only a milestone as you say, they might get i.s.i.l. out but the battle far being over. thank you. syria and china say they have agreed on key principles needed for next month's peace talks in geneva. syrian foreign minister is on a visit to beijing which has previously vetoed resolutions on syria. it is hoped that talks lead to a unity government.

last friday the national security counsel agreed on a road map for syrian peace. -- council. >> syria ready to forge ahead without any foreign interference. our delegation will be ready as soon as we have received a list of the opposition delegations. >> translation: we should stick to a peaceful resolution on the syrian issue. the people of syria decide the future and fate of syria. the u.n. plays a key role in negotiations. we agree that these three principles should be upheld throughout the whole peace proceed eh project of syria the director of the national china association of international studies joins us

now. what is the foreign minister doing in china? what can both sides get out of this visit? >> first of all, the crisis in syria is really a human tragedy and now many foreign countries, including major countries like the united states, russia and many european countries, as well as arab countries, turkey for example, are very much controlled. there is an increasing amount of destruction and the loss of human loss. i think the international community, especially through the united nations need to come up with a peaceful solution of the crisis in syria because otherwise the syrian crisis may further deteriorate into international crisis. therefore, i think china meeting with visiting syrian foreign minister is a very important meeting because china is one of the five permanent member states of the security council in the

united nations and we voted together with the other permanent members for a call for a peaceful solution of the syrian crisis and unlike many other permanent members of the security council of the united nation, china does not have a vested interest in syria in terms of, for example, having a military base or having an agenda to over throw the government in syria, et cetera. china is more objective and more balanced do you think they could play a good middle man between u.s. and russia, for example, saudi arabia? >> definitely. i think right now the united states and russia, for example, are very much complicated in their agendas in syria and there are other media players and china has good relations with almost all these major players who have one set of vested interest or another in syria. china can apply a higher level of objectivity and impartiality

to the situation. necessity can play an important and independsable role as a good officers provider and china may win the trust and confidence of not only the syrian government right now but also rebels in syria but also more importantly other major players who are now fighting their way out in the situation in syria. one thing is simple, that is, peace should prevail in syria rather than war and destruction and if peace will prevail, this will not only set a good example for people in syria, but it can also set a good example for our burning conflicts in that part of the world wouldn't that be wonderful. thank you. >> thank you very much for having me plenty more ground to cover this hour. the u.n. security council backs a deal twin rival factions in libya to form a unity government.

a harmony to tell the story of refugee journeys in a studio where musicians are laying down tracks which enjoy a creative freedom that is not found everywhere. >> enjoy a wine and immense pie some sport, less little about comfort about a manager about to be sacked a huge fire has killed at least 25 people in saudi arabia. the blaze broke out in the intensive care unit in the maternity ward of a hospital. more than 10 people were injured. it has taken 21 defense teams to battle the fire on the first floor of the hospital. an investigation is underway.

the taliban is fighting for control of helmand province in afghanistan. the afghan army has been surrounded by fighters in a number of districts after heavy fighting in the past few days. the key battle is now in sangin. british soldiers have been sent back a year after they withdrew at the region. tell us what is happening there? >> reporter: a u.s. forces spokesperson confirming to us said that the u.s. forces conducted two air strikes on 23 december in sangin district and the reason they give is that the air strikes were carried out to eliminate threat to the force. on sunday the british government announced that they have

deployed their troops to helmand to advise afghan army to tackle the situation. afghan army reinforcement have arrived in sangin and they have been battling taliban in the area. we spoke to the district chief of sangin who was under the siege of taliban for many days and evacuated by air. he told us that in the past 24 hours more than 20 afghan security personnels were killed. we talked to one senior military official in helmand and he told us that last night two special forces raids were conducted against taliban positions. he didn't give any further details but said that numbers of taliban were killed during the operation. talking to us a civil society member said to us that the

situation was of concern for the people in hem manned and if the-- helmand, and if the government doesn't pay serious attention to helmand the remaining two districts, which are stable, could also face taliban troops, and he blames weak leadership and management and he also said that the reason for the insecurity in helmand is the reason appointments of afghan provincial officials a third attack in the occupied west bank. israeli police say an palestinian has been shot after an attempted car ramming. there's no information on his condition. earlier israeli police shot another man dead in hebron after he tried to stab a man. another palestinian man was shot and killed in the area.

it is said he stabbed two security guards at the entrance of the industrial area at a settlement. violence at the beginning of october has led 133 palestinians and 20 israelis dead. the town of bethleham is getting ready for christmas. they have made last minute arrangements to receive pilgrims. the wave of violence in the area continues. live from bethlehem. i'm trying to ascertain from you what sort of impact this is having on people there. are they still coming out to celebrate? >> reporter: it's a sunny day. you can see and you can probably hear the marching behind behind me. palestinian leaders has decided to tone down celebrations across the occupied west bank. here in betsleham they tried to

keep things special. what we're seeing here you can see the church of nativity, which is believed to be the spot where bay gee jesus was born. there are crowds of people, yearning families and, of course, the christmas tree and the-- young families. -- nativity scene. you can hear them playing jingle bells with their bag pipes. in the background we have been seeing a number of attacks not only here in the occupied west bank but also in israel as well remind us what has been happening over the last few months and what impact this is having on security there. >> reporter: since october there that have been a series of violent incidents which have left over 130 palestinians dead

and around 20 israelis. the violence hasn't slowed down. in fact, in the last 24 hours alone four palestinians have been killed and two israelis. yesterday alone there have been three incidences involving attacks here in the occupied west bank which left two palestinians dead. so really in the backdrop of christmas celebrations here in bethleham, more violence and, frankly, many people who have been watching the violence over the half few months don't see it slowing down at all thank you for that. the united nations security council has given its full support to the planned national unity government in libya. it hopes a unified government will not only weak eni.s.i.l. fighters there but also curb mass migration to europe. >> reporter: the u.n. security

council threw its support behind libya's fledgeing government of national accord. four years after the death of gadafi who plunged the country into chaos. the new government was a necessary compromise. >> translation: it cannot achieve the aspirations after all parties, but it best represents what we can potentially achieve and it is the highest common denominator members of two rival governments, political parties and civil society groups, reached agreement on a new government last week. some key players have yet to endorse the deal. the security council and the u.n. special representative for libya encouraged other libyans to come on board for the good of the libyan people. >> schools have to be opened, the life has to start again, the hospitals have to work again and peace and security should really be established over time. this is the task of the

government of national unity. >> reporter: warring factions in the country have led to instability and the presence of i.s.i.l. also making libya a hubs for the human trafficking of map grants seeking to cross the mediterranean to europe. instability in libya is a threat to international peace and security. the resolution calls on countries to respond urgently when the new government requests security help and, in particular, in dealing with i.s.i.l. the government has to ask first. the united kipping domestic which drafted-- kingdom which drafted the resolution says it is ready to help >> we are waiting with impatience and a lot of interest to this national accord. once it has been created we will talk to them about what is required in terms of the fight against d.a.e.s.h. in libya. >> reporter: libya has 30 days to form its government and a plan for national security. chris tin saloomey

nine refugees have drowned after their boats sank off the turkish coast. rescuers managed to save 22 people but are still trying to locate 11 more off the coastal city of isme, r. three of the victims were children. they were headed for the greek island of lesbos. the refugee exodus to europe hasn't stopped in spite of the winter cold more than three and a half million syrian refugees are sheltering in countries which neighbour syria, turkey, lebanon and jordan. hundreds of thousands more have made the journey to europe and applied for asylum. they take the west balkans group, travelling on to serbia. humgary was the preferred route to austria aand germany, but they were darted to croatia. last month libya started to

build a benefits. the sloveniian government said it was temporary and designed to steer refugees towards controlled entry points. since the refugee crisis began many europeans have tried to help new arrivals build their lives. one group of refugees is doing it for themselves. they're musicians and they've been recording a cd to help others in their situation. lawrence lee dropped in on one of their recording sessions. >> reporter: a few days ago they hadn't even met, but now these men from syria and iraq are singing and playing traditional songs from their home lands in far away belgium. this man told us he had to leave his loot behind when he fled iraq. some kind europeans raised the money for him to get a new one.

as he waits for an asylum hearing he uses his music to help him forget the journey he has had to make >> when i touch the instrument, there is a lot of things that go away, just forget a lot of things. even when you play and you remember things, but when you finish you just forget everything. you don't care about anything because it is like music, everything for me. >> reporter: this man was a tv star in his native pakistan. when he tried to set up a music school in his home, the taliban came and told him it was forbidden and they wouldn't tell him twice. >> a lot of musician has been threatened and has been injured and they tried to kill them also, and you can see all those, most of them leave the country,

most of them they could not, but they stopped singing, they stopped playing music. >> reporter: [ ♪ ] >> reporter: on guitar is basil, a respected composer from dramas can you say. he made the journey this summer. he carried his guitar all the way, singing for all the refugee refugees. >> now we play music what we're feeling, what happened with us, how we live in dam ak. that's all >> reporter: the people helping organising this is close to the target of $13,000 to print the cds. music classes for refugee children and concerts are also being planned. in a europe increasingly and openly hostile to all refugees, it is, perhaps, a reminder of

how war affects all of us, even the most at alled. -- talented ukraine's parliament has voted in favor of imposing a trade embargo against russia. the law will come into effect when it mass been signed by the pretty. politicians say it is if in response to a similar decision by moscow last week. russia announced it will suspend a free trade zone from next months over the trade deal with the european union. moving on to the weather now. when it comes to us here, what is going to get here santa or the rain >> reporter: yes. it's a bit of a race. i'm looking forward to it so am i >> reporter: we can see the clouds already with us and some places across the peninsula have already started to see that rain. the system chases its way up to the north east. as it does so and works across the mountains in iran, that's

where we're seeing some of the heaviest down pours. that's where we're expecting to see some of the heaviest rains as we head through the next 48 hours or so. by the time we get to around lunchtime on friday, you can see the rain should already be across many parts of doha. you will notice a fair amount of cloud from the word go. there will be bits and pieces of rain, but it looks like the showers will pick over the day and over night. it is not only doha but riyadh and borain. for abu dhabi not looking too first. clouding gather and slipping south wards slowly. for the whole weekend many parts of the peninsula are looking unsettled and this area of rain is going to drag in some far cooler air as well. where doha was enjoying temperatures 25, suddenly we will be around 18.

there will be thunder storms around first thing in the day but that will hopefully clear later on thank you. plenty more ahead on al jazeera including. >> we're regular americans, we're not white trash when the american dream turns into a nightmare, while some mobile home owners in the u.s. are seeking legal protection. >> reporter: democracy deat a later date. i'm in haiti. i will tell you why a presidential run off has been put on hold indefinitely a cricket corruption scandal, a player still facing obstacles in a bid to play for his country. his country.

you're watching al jazeera. our top stories. the iraqi military says it has liberated large parts of ramadi from i.s.i.l. iraqi soldiers backed by tribal fighters began an offensive to recapture the city on tuesday. there have been three attacks in the occupied west bank. israeli police say a palestinian man was shot after an attempted car ramming. they shot another man dead in hebron after he tried to stab israeli forces with a screwdriver. earlier a palestinian was also shot and killed. in afghanistan the taliban is fighting for control of helmand province. the army has been sir surrounded by fighters in a number of districts after heavy fighting in the past few days. a key battle is now in sangin.

the taliban and their allies make money from a number of ventures, most importantly opium, crop cultivation, decreased by almost 20% this year, but if afghanistan continues to produce nearly 90% of the world's heroin supply. helmand province is a key target for the taliban because of the opium that is produced in the area with an estimated worth of three billion dollars a year. for decades tons of the drug have been traded in sangin district and surrounding towns, most of them being smuggled west to the streets of europe. taliban and associated crime gangs make it easy for the farms to grow poppies by providing tools, fertilizer and irrigation. the taliban get their support in the countryside as growing opium pop piece cants to be-- poppies continue to be popular. an analyst joining us. is it all for control, do you think, of the pop eau trade at

the moment? >>-- poppy trade at the moment? >> actually, not. i think, but there is a different groups that are in control. taliban is one of them, the d.a.e.s.h. is trying to grab some ground in helmand which is linked to poppy growing. a corrupt government official also benefitting from the traffic of drugs that are produced and then processed to a certain extent in different districts in helmand. so we could say there are a number of different parties involved in that production. so it's very difficult to say if there is only one party who has control of an entire drug business in helmand when you think of how much money is made from growing pop

eaus, i mean-- poppies, it certainly adds fuel to the insurgency, doesn't it? >> it absolutely does. it is a huge amount of money. that is why helmand has always been april place where-- a place where conflict continued in this part of the afghanistan for over a decade. with the gap, with the fact that the international forces left helmand, there is a better opportunity for taliban to have more access, more control overall the cultivation of poppies and how to generate more revenues out of it, particularly when it comes to allowing farmers to grow poppies and also helping traffic and transport of drugs. it's basically their life line in terms of their buying arms and weapons and also supporting and recruiting fighters from

different communities within sangin as well as helmand and other provinces in the nearby areas. it is. in fact, money is one of the major issues that basically is supporting and helping the taliban insurgency to basically succeed in certain parts of the countries and there are others distributed to other parts of afghanistan difficult to stamp that out. good to have you with us. thank you. human rights watch has accused the nigerian army of killing more than 300 civilians. a roadblock was set up to try to assassinate the staff. witnesses say the army fired on a mosque, at least an hour before the incident at the roadblock. others were killed. the report concludes that the

killings were a planned attack by the government. nigeria's capital is a city under construction. hundreds of new homes are built each month. they are beyond the reach of the average person and rents are among the highest in africa. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: it's 5 o'clock in the morning when douglas james says goodbye to his family before heading off to work. by the time he comes back at night his children will be asleep. >> when they wake up and see me like a stranger, i feel bad. i pray to god one day we will over come this situation. so really it is not helpful for you to continue to be without your children all the time. >> reporter: the civil servant is one of the hundreds of thousands who work in the city that have to live far away from

their work simply because they can't cope. hundreds of new homes are build here but most of them are empty. >> the question you need to ask yourself is how many people can afford to buy the house of the hundred million in nigeria. it is less than 2% of the population. unfortunately, every dropper is plain in the market-- developer. >> reporter: many people here won't be able to afford these new homes. a house in this estate costs about $500,000 to buy. renting one is as much as $25,000 a year. developers put the blame on expensive land and infrastructure and pass the burden to tenants. for many nigerian cities it is not about a shortage of housing but availability. that is why people are pushed to the slums of the city.

nigeria's real estate market is largely unregulated. many of those who are supposed to oversee it are also investors in the industry. a lack of proper regulation means those like douglas will continue to be priced out. relegated to the slums doctors in south africa have developed a breast cancer screening machine that they say saves time and money. a report on how there is hope the innovation will save lives. >> reporter: this is the latest innovation in breast cancer technology being tested. usually the disease is diagnosed using an ma'am owe gram or extra of the chest chest. >> the problem with x-rays, if a lady has denies breast tissue, which happens in a lot of women,

that density can mask the cancer. >> reporter: this machine is able to x-ray the test and take an ultrasound at the same time. >> this is the world's first system that incorporates both these technologies into a single platform. so the idea would be that you can catch that breast cancer early in one go rather than having to ask the woman to come back repeatedly for more studies in the future. >> reporter: when nora discovered a mass in her breast which later turned out to be benign, she volunteered to help developers with testing >> it is a user friendly machine compared to many of the other digital machines that i have worked with before. it is good to see that there's so much progress being made, especially when you think of the time that you need to have the mam mogram and have an ultrasound afterwards >> reporter: the results show the machine to be sash and

effective. the development began six years ago and it has cost $3 million. studies by doctors around the world suggest that five of over thousand women tested with an mam mogram x-ray have a tumour detected. that rises to 12 with every thousand tested with an ultrasound. the developers of the accesso say its technology many provide women with access to better quality cancer testing without having to undergo two separate tests. both the developers and the government say the machine, which costs $350,000 can be used to reach a large number of people. >> we would like to see greater manufacturing capability in south africa and developing this machine in our country and then being able to market it to europe. we hope eventually to the united states and throughout the african continent and through this development make a difference to the health status

of women >> reporter: while women will save time and money, developers say the greater benefit will be the quicker detection of cancer to save lives at least 15 people have been arrested at a black lives matter protest in the u.s. state of minnesota. the demonstration started in one of the busiest mauls. the protesters then moved to an airport in the area. demonstrators want to draw attention to the recent police shooting of a black man in the city. >> there is such racial disparity in our state and in the metro area. i'm here to stand in solidarity with my black and brown brothers and city to fight for racial equity and to stand for justice for jam al clerk and his family more than 20 million people are living in mobile homes in

the united states. most of them don't own the land their homes sit on and have few rights as tenants. in our second episode. >> reporter: this woman has lived in her mobile home with her husband for 13 years. ashe liked it so much she was planning to buy another one for her her children >> we got a notice. >> reporter: that formed her it would close to build million dollar homes in its place. then her husband lost his job. now they're both out of work. their home is not moveable and they owe $17,000 on it. >> it is either going to go into the garbage or the bank is going to take it back and they will have to figure out what to do with it. we're not children, home makers, school teachers, whatever. we're just dollar signs. just because we live in a mobile home and not in a stick built

house. we wanted to live a nice life and have nice things for kids. >> reporter: it is a dignity suffered over and over. they endure the jobs and epiphets. >> if your richest relative buys a new house and you have to help take the wheels off of it, you might be a red neck. >> reporter: but when trailer park owners sell the land, those with homes on it get nothing >> we're regular americans. we're not white trash. we have chosen to own our own home and a lot of people have worked all their lives. what is happening in our society is that the people in a lower bracket are being excluded from, i think, having their own american dream, which is very sad. >> reporter: mobile park owners wouldn't talk to us. there is no protection. the landowner can sell at will, raise the rent and even dictate how tenants' gardens can look

and more often than not they're not mobile and moving them is not an option. >> the huge move is to get them from the factory to the site with the intention of not moving again. they're losing everything. i call them prisoner in their own homes >> reporter: this park is about to close next spring. by then automatic 32 homes will have to be either torn down or moved at the owner's expense. one was just bought two weeks before the notice. the park owner didn't mention that when they moved in in part three we move from mobile homes to vans. it is a lack of retirement savings which leaves them no options but to live on their vehicles. a report on the van dwellers congregating in arizaona desert

for the winter. >> reporter: a presidential run off vote that had been schedule for sunday in haiti was cancelled after allege allegations of fraud. it is said they're political point scoring. >> reporter: not good enough. that's the response from a leading haitin opposition party to the formation of a commission to investigate claims of fraud in the october presidential election. >> translation: the members of the commission were hand picked by the president and his prime minister. so this commission has nothing to do with what we recommended. therefore, we don't recognise it. >> reporter: the critique followed the prime minister's announcement of the five-member commission on tuesday. >> translation: the government guarantees the commission's complete independence in carrying out its duties to make all the necessary truths come out to restore the credibility of electoral process.

>> reporter: there has been growing anger and protests over the first round results. opposition groups say some people voted multiple times while intimidation kept many from casting ballots. these are just some of the faces of the 54 original presidential candidates here in haiti. the december 27 run off has been postponed indefinitely, but people we've been speaking to say no matter when that vote takes place, they have little fades in the democratic process >> translation: i've lost confidence in the system because they stole our votes. it is a very dirty game. >> reporter: during the election the people are just pawns, even if you vote the results never show who really won. >> reporter: suspicion also fuels apathy. only 26% of registered voters cast balance jollities in the first round. the government has not set a new

date and there's growing international concern that the second round should be held soon. in a statement on wednesday, the u.n. security council called on all candidates, political parties and political actors to publicly commit to the electoral process and timely government formation in accordance with the constitutional timeframe, including the australian august registration of a-- inauguration of a new president next year. they're trying to win back. >> translation: the electoral council is doing everything it can to gain the trust of the people. we have fired people we suspect of fraud. >> reporter: that might not be enough to convince haitians that the run off, whenever it is held, will reflect the true will of the people still ahead on al jazeera. that has been a long and winding

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for the sport. >> reporter: thank you very much. we're going to start with football and the pressure seems to be getting to man chess tear unit united. under the dutch man united have been in terrible form recently.

they're not one for six games. ahead with saturday's match, he was to face the media. as you're about to see, this was about ordinary press conference. >> if there is anybody in this room not to feeling to apologise to me, nobody has that feeling? i'm here only because of the premier league rule. i have to talk with you. but i can only see when i say something that you use my words in your context. i am focused on the city, i held my place. i wish you a merry christmas and maybe also a happy new year when i see you and enjoy the wine and

the mince pie. goodbye. >> reporter: with that he walked out refusing to answer any more questions. united take on them on saturday. the manager was sacked of chelsea. they have held talks with the former blue striker. he plays for the mls side. they claim that chelsea are interested in bringing the player back to england. on the twitter feed the canadian team said they wanted to have the 37-year-old pack for the session but understood his attachment to chelsea. >> as a matter of fact, i shouldn't be here. halfway this season because it is meaning that things are not going well as foreseen in the

beginning of the season. anyhow, i'm glad to be back and it's a few years ago that i was here in a similar situation. >> reporter: in cricket, time in prison and completed his playing band in the spot fixing case, but he is still facing obstacles in his bid to represent pakistan again. he spent three months in prison and was banned for five years when he was involved in a spot scandal. the ban ended earlier this year. he was picked for the january tour to new zealand. the immigration rules in new zealand state people with criminal convictions can't get visas. the pakistan cricket abort have sought legal advice. a one game suspension on giants beckham. he was punished on monday for

this helmet to helmet him on josh norman which happened a day earlier. the league at the time said he was guilty of musculo-ligamentous peel violations of safety-related playing rules. beckham will miss the vital game at minnesota. the n.f.l. announced that they will contribute to a research in relation to head injuries. it could be a real game changer. >> our technology is so sensitive it can see these bio- markers in the blood and be able to tell you whether or not you've had a con suggestion and how severe it is. -- con concussion. it can give you a sense when it will be safe to return to play. being able to detect it objectively rather than something someone to count backwards, that is very subjective and it could lead to

some really big issues on the sidelines and it has been proven to be a big issue for sports, whether it be rugby or soccer, even cricket as well as, obviously, football. this is a major break through that can change the culture of the game. >> reporter: the nba scoring tally went to 28609 points on wednesday's 119 to 118 over time win. in doing so he moved past zhakeel o'neil. the golden state warriors remain unbeaten. last season the war yahrs gained an early lead. 16 points to 9 as the warriors went on to win comfortably extending their winning streak to 31 games. curry along with a number of

other stars are speaking out against gun violence in a television campaign. 88 americans are killed by guns every day. >> i heard about a shooting involving a three-year-old girl over the summer. my daughter is that age. >> reporter: major league baseball is trying to get special permission from the government to play in cuba. while diplomatic relations has been gained, embargo is still in effect. baseball is the most popular in cuba and last week players were part of a goodwill tour there. if the plan goes through it could end the temptation for cuban players to take risky journeys at sea to reach the united states. that's it. more sport later thanks very much for that. i want to quickly take you to moscow at the moment. it looks like preparations are

underway for a two-day bilateral summit between the indian and russian leaders, putin and narendra modi. they will be focusing on defense and economy. we will let you know what comes out of that the two surviving members of the beetle have added their music to online streaming services. more than 200 beetles songs from the original 13 studio albums are available to stream for free. the entire catalogue is on major services including spottafire and apple music. they wish their fans a happy christmas. that's the end of this bulletin. i will see you shortly for the next bulletin.

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