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seek-- desperately seeking for supplies. traditional art in a district. our top story here on the news hour. al jazeera's investigative unit has infiltrated the alleged world of sports doping. working with an undercover british athlete our investigation finds possible connections between medical professionals and professional athletes. the allegations involve a host of american sporting stars. debra davis has this report. >> they're urine tests not blood tests. >> i've taken that stuff on and off for two years >> reporter: this hidden camera shows an american baseball player talking about using drugs banned in sport. in particular, a steroid known as delta 2. >> i used that last year. i was scared, to be honest with you. i took it for, like, two weeks.

i had a test four weeks after my last administration of it. nothing happened. i was also taking peptides too. >> reporter: the conversation took place in texas in the apartment of a pharmacist charlie sly. it was recorded by a british athlete working undercover with al jazeera's investigative unit. charlie sly offers him a syringe of delta 2. >> he pulls out this from the fridge. he said you can have it now if you want. >> reporter: sly goes on to name eight other athletes, major names in american football and baseball, who he claims are using a range of banned drugs. it is all part of an undercover investigation by al jazeera into what athletes call the dark side. the alleged use of performance enhancing drugs. the athletes and medical

professionals who responded to our request for comment denied any wrongdoing. we also infiltrated a doping network in canada. we filmed a pharmacist and-- filmed a pharmacist and doctor with an array of banned drugs and he offered to destroy medical records to cover it up >> i'm doing ten injections in some cases. if you want to really go black op sort of, i can just document everything not in this chart but in my own chart. if somebody everybody comes sniffing for it, there's the decoy. >> reporter: three players didn't respond to our request for comment. charlie sly now says his statements captured on hidden camera about athletes were false and incorrect.

our investigation raises serious questions about whether pharmacists and doctors are taking doping to a new level. debra davis. washington live to leah cleric from the international security sports. not naming names because i don't want to push you onto legal thin ice, but the individuals who will be named in the documentary have basically come back and said it is a lie. if it is a lie, its an incredibly well-fabricated lie. >> it is indeed. it seems to be very accurate information at this stage what do you make the practicalities of the habitual behaviour that some of these people apparently have been indulging in, parcels being sent to other named individuals at different address esto their home address. >> this is definitely process that happens very often.

athletes are being more and more careful about being directly linked to doping substances themselves, that often then get packages sent to people that they don't actually know, to have a completely clear relationship with those people and then they send a third party to come and fetch it. athletes are getting quite sophisticated in their ways of getting access to drugs has that level of sophistication so big that in reality the governing bodies for the respective sports that the investigation has identified are fighting a losing battle? >> i don't like to think of it as a losing battle because i think that progress can always be made and we will be moving forward in the fight against doping. i think there is definitely a need to rearrange a number of the measures that are currently

taken when it comes to fighting against doping. one of them is to move more strongly to investigations and to invest heavier, more heavily into anti-doping investigations, but, of course, education is one of the first keys to the problem when you talk about education, it's interesting, isn't it, because there is a sound bite by something in a documentary, i watched it a couple of hours ago, who basically says, look, if i work as a coach, i have to by definition, because it's part of my job description, i have to push young potentially very talented athletes towards getting bigger and faster and, of course, no coach is going to say to a young athlete go out and buy the wrong stuff, but there is a pressure on them not leaflet because there's so much money on the table, when it comes to salary and sponsorship deals >> absolutely.

i think that is something that sport as a whole has to look look into. there's that complex paradox in between making your athletes better and getting them to a level of performance, but staying clear of that method to get there. i think that modern day sport and, in particular, televise televised sport has to answer to what point are we ready to push our young athletes to make them as spectacular as they are today if there has to be a change here in terms of custom and practice, how does an organization like yours, for example, work with, for example, allegedly an organization like the n.f.l. because they banned certain substances in 2011 but they didn't start testing for those substances until three years later. the logic there is lost on us >> yes.

often they can be a delay in between getting the rules approved. the sort of declaration of intention, getting the rules approved and then actually implementing them. one of the key issues, when it comes to implementing, it has to be done extremely properly for it to be able to engage a prosecution after that. if you do drug testing but you don't respect the protocols that have previously been agreed, you waste a lot of time and money because the result of the test, even if you do have very clear substance in a sample, if you haven't respected the process, that can be completely overturned just because of flaws in the process. so getting all of the ducks in a row can take time. three years can be definitely a bit long, but it really comes down to the organizations

agreeing on what their internal rules are going to be. i think that's part of the big problem is that should the n.f.l. be regulating itself when it comes to doping and should it be testing its own population, that's definitely a question that deserves some attention because what exactly is the incentive of the n.f.l. to catch its own stars with doping if you think of the negative press and the possible loss of sponsorship in case of those scandals. it can be part of that solution to take that metaphor of all your ducks and a row one step further, shouldn't the ducks have more teeth because i think 15/16 months ago there was a british track and field olympic gold immediatal winner who turned up at his door to test him for a banned substance. he didn't answer the door because he was asleep on the

sofa, he said. how do you legislate around the reality of somebody nodding off? >> absolutely. well, when it comes to olympic sports it's slightly different. the rules are different between the n.f.l. and olympic sports. they're regulated by the world anti-doping code which is under the watch of the world wada. those rules are very clear. they've been approved by government who are signatories to the wada code. so all of that is very approved and implemented. for the person who has nodded off, i think that would be declare of failure because they weren't where they said were, technically, and for that there are specific provisions and sanctions that are implemented. the n.f.l., as far as i know,

does not have a whereabout is program which means that it is much easier for athletes to get away with the doping because they can't be tested outside - i believe for the n.f.l. i don't believe they can't be tested outside of their training facilities or competition facilities intriguing stuff. thank you for joining us here on the news hour. you can watch that full documentary on the doping allegations later on sunday. it goes to air for the first time on the 20 hours gmt. the reaction for film is already coming in. one n.f.l. star mentioned as the denver broncos quarter bank issued this:-- back issued this: the battle for ramadi is intensifying. the iraqi army says it is only a matter of days before it retakes the entire city from i.s.i.l.

our correspondent from erbil. what is the latest information you have for us as to what is going on around or in ramadi? >> reporter: we know that the battles have intensified in the north and south-west of ramadi. in the south-west the iraqi forces have come closer to a very clicky neighborhood which hosts a number of buildings which are very important during the police headquarters. the iraqi forces are telling us they're a few hundred metres away from the position and there is intensified battles. just to give you a feel of what they're up against, they're up against land mines, booby trapped houses and also suicide bombers that have been left in these houses who are hiding in these houses, debating for security forces to enter and then they blow themselves up.

30 people have been killed or injured, the majority of them part of the sunni militias taking part in the fight and forces in the north who are trying to cross the river from the north to try and push for the center of the city. it started off as a simple operation against a few hundred i.s.i.l. fighters, but what they have found is that it is a very, very urban warfare where the battles are taking place, street to street, house to house, building to building do we think that the iraqi forces are actually killing i.s.i.l. fighters or are i.s.i.l. forces withdrawn because they're probably on the back foot now? >> reporter: it's a question of both of these things happening at the same time because we hear about these intense battles are that happening and then the air support that the iraqi forces are calling in. when they go into these areas the battle starts with the ground troops that are there and if they are pinned or if they

think there say strong i.s.i.l. presence then a call for air support. we have seen a number of pictures and videos that have come to us from sources on the front lines that show that there are air strikes as well as helicopters that are in the air trying to retake these areas from i.s.i.l. if the iraqi forces are just about to take that government compound, two points i guess, one can they sustain it, keep it, and what's to stop i.s.i.l. doing the thing that they've always been good at, they go away, regroup and then they come back? >> reporter: absolutely. that is the biggest dilemma that faces the iraqi security forces and all of the maliciouses that are-- militias that are fighting them. they cause the blows to i.s.i.l. they're able to take back large centers. we have seen it in other areas that they're taking back and consolidating their presence in these areas. the problem is that i.s.i.l. is a smaller enemy. it can disburse and come back

and make these forces bleed. we have seen that in the kurdish region, we are seeing that in central and southern iraq and other areas where the security forces have taken some areas. they've killed i.s.i.l. fighters and they've pushed them back. i.s.i.l. fighters are using suicide bombers and suicide bombing cars. these are armored cars that have explosives packed in them and speak specifically target convoys or reinforcements arriving at the front line. it is going to be difficult for the forces because they have a large presence to sustain these areas. they say they are confident and they will take the city of ramadi in a few days thank you for that. staying in iraq, 36 men are standing trial in connection with one of the worst atrocities allegedly committed by i.s.i.l. fighters. while human rights groups accuse the iraqi government of cutting corners, the families of those killed are demanding justice. imran khan has the story.

>> reporter: i.s.i.l. fighters are said to have killed 1500ise ail eaus in the camp. this man was killed. for his family the upcoming trial isn't enough to heal the pain. >> translation: the government keeps saying it will capture those who killed our sons, but i still have not received the remains of my dead son and the perpetrators have not been brought to justice. we want justice to be served quickly. >> reporter: in july 24 men were sentenced for what the iraqi government says re says was their responsibility for the massacre of the soldiers. human rights groups say the trial was flawed and the evidence was lacking. that's a charge the iraqi denies. >> translation: those who were accused of this massacre have confessed to the judiciary that they have carried out mass killings. the case has been looked after carefully and now it is in the process. >> reporter: the families of the dead are angry at iraqi

government leaders and have mound regular protests in baghdad demanding justice. >> translation: the iraqi politicians, let the speaker and mps goes to hell. >> reporter: others are hoping that they will not only get justice but the government will try and find out where the soldiers are buried. the bodies of only 400 of the 1500 soldiers said to have been killed by i.s.i.l. have been found so far. nearly 600 suspects are wanted in connection with the massacre. so far only 24 have been sentenced plenty more to come here on the news hour. we look back at 2015 through the eyes of five families who lived through some of the biggest news events of the year. the latest report from earthquake ravaged nepal. rare access to the groups transporting central americans who are to get to the u.s.

in the sports news, manchester united manager hints that he may soon leave the club at least 160,000 people have been forced from their homes from heavy flooding an rain. the el nino phenomenon has been blamed. >> reporter: of the four south american countries dealing with their worst floods in years, paraguay is the most severe. more than 100,000 people in the capital have had to leave their homes and belongings behind and move to higher ground. the river has reached three and a half metres above its regular level and it is close to bursting its banks. that could lead to widespread flooding across the capital city. the persist has declared a state of emergency to help mobilise

the fund. in in this pains me because i have the means to survive. you see elderly people, openlied help and women carrying belongings over their head. i have have have >> translation: thieves will clean you out. everything you have they will take >> translation: i'm not leaving because if i do. thieves will take everything. they will take stolen goods away on anything. i just can't leave. >> reporter: tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in argentina, brazil and uraguay as well. rain has been falling, swelling rivers. some climate experts have linked the weather to a stronger than usual el nino phenomenon which is known to spark global climate

extremes as a result of warmer ocean temperatures. the u.n.'s weather agency says this year's el nino is the worst in more than 15 years at least eight people have died in the u.s. after tornadoes hit parts of northern texas. more bad weather on the way and they're predicting severe storms, blizzards and icy conditions lasting through the week. >> reporter: when a tornado touched down in this city lives were lost and homes too. for those who survived, this is their new relate. >> i looked out my window and saw the funnel around my house and then i just dove into the hallway. >> reporter: multiple tornadoes cut a path of destruction across texas, but this area bore the brunt. residents are trying to recover what they can from their wrecked homes

>> all the anyone's, everybody, we went to our safe area and hunkerred down for a little bit. 15 seconds later it was over, it was gone. next thing you know arrive got a sky light in my kitchen >> reporter: many have been hit hard by this powerful storm and the road to recovery will be long. >> 30 seconds. i cannot believe that this amount of damage was done u it's probably 30 seconds. it felt like a life time. it did. i'm sorry. >> reporter: over the last week tornadoes and storms have swept across six days with mississippi as worst affected. more in the coming days. southern california is also experiencing a weather-related emergency aunt of a different-- albeit of april different kind. this area-- a different kind. this is accustomed to fires but the drought means they start and spread more easily.

>> right now we have 60% containment of what we estimate to be 1238 acres for the incident. currently there are over 400 firefighters on the line >> reporter: the national weather service says the current storm system will continue to be a threat for days to come, but in texas residents face the task of rebuilding their homes and getting disrupted lives back on track richard with the weather forecast. no good news at all any place if you're a weather watcher. >> reporter: no. it's very eventful. the el nino is reaching its peak at the moment, plus 2015 is going to be the warmest year globally on record. where do we start? the in the u.s. because we have a big area that is going to be affected by severe weather. blizzard conditions across the south-west, storms from dallas into texas, freezing rain

developing. if you're travelling anywhere around here, keep up-to-date on the forecast because there will be travel disruption in the coming days. the problems across the u.k. have been of historic proportions. the reason is the fact it is so warm. the mean temperature is about 8 degrees. it should be about 4 degrees. we're getting all the air coming from the south. down in the tropics as a result this air holds an immense amount of moisture which has been dropped over northern parts of england and wales. 120 millimetres in the space of two days. 228 millimeters. ridiculous amounts. rain in the space of a day or so. these pictures come from a value and river calleder and you can see the extent of the flooding. the situation is we have quite quiet conditions at the moment. a bit of respite. more rain coming in on monday night

thanks very much. one of this year's most significant stories through the eyes of families directly affected. it is the third part in our series. on 25 april an earthquake struck. it was huge measuring 7.8. it was close to the earth servi service. 15 kilometres under home. 19,000 people were killed. it spread over a quarter of the country. every 15 to 20 minutes shocks hit. a 7.3 quake killed another 200 people. al jazeera met a woman and her son two months after the quake. she lost her husband and younger son and their home was reduced to rubble. >> reporter: she has finally started clearing the stones which used to form her home.

when nepal's quake shook her house, her two-year-old son and her husband were buried in the rubble. this is what she had no say when we visited-- to say when we visited her in june >> translation: my older son keeps saying that he misses his younger brother. he looks at his picture and starts crying. >> reporter: life has been a daily struggle for her since the quake. >> translation: he is still young and i have to earn and i don't have any skills. i worry about how to build a house. it is not possible to live like this. the ceiling leaks with due here - debrox ew here as-- dew here. i have to build a house somehow >> reporter: she has received $150 from the government to build a temporary shelter. temperatures at night drop to freezing point and nepalese shifr in their shelters -

shiver. reconstruction hasn't started yet. in june her son was petrified of leaving her side, even for a short while. by now he is much more confident, loves playing with his friends and enjoys going to school. this is what the school looked like in june. now temporary classrooms are open. we found him playing in the schoolyard. after seeing him in our previous report, a viewer contributed $1,000 towards his education. he says he still misses his brother every day. the walls of the family's little tin house are full of photos of loved ones who died. >> translation: i watch tv and listen to music on the phone. i go outside with my friends. i try to keep my mind occupied,

but at times when i see other women with their husbands it hits me i don't have mine any more. >> reporter: an aunt of hers says she looks at the photos and weeps. despite the challenges, he knows she needs to be brave for her son our next report in the series is about the rohinga siblings forced to leave myanmar and why they could reunite briefly. that report on monday here on al jazeera. plenty more still to come on the news hour. >> children were sick. they vomit everything out healthiest in south africa when more than four billion liters of untreated sewerage flows into rivers every day. in sport king james falls again. details later in the program. program.

welcome back. top stories here. our investigative unit has infiltrated the world of sports doping. the team finds a link between medics prescribing banned substances and big named athletes. it involves stars from football and baseball, america's most popular sports. the iraqi army says it is only a matter of days before it takes the ramadi city from i.s.i.l. recapturing it would be an important victory.

more than 160,000 people have been forced to leave their homes by some of the worst flooding in south america for decades. the state of emergency has been declared in pa remarks guay. one of syria's most powerful group says it has captured three members of the security forces in eastern guta and killed 24 others. on saturday the new leader of jaysh al-islam vowed to avenge the killing of his predecessor. other rebel groups have said they will attend the peace talks only if air strikes against civilians stop and bashar al-assad is replaced as the president. the death of jaysh al-islam leader zahran alloush has delayed a deal between the warring sides. the government had been planning to allow fighters in the besieged palestinian camp to leave. our correspondent is near the turkey-syria border with more. >> reporter: the deal between the government on one hand and i.s.i.l. on the al-nusra front on the other hand about their

safe passage out of damascus and paving the way for the fighters of their families to pull out from those areas and go to areas under the control of i.s.i.l. or the opposition. it is still on hold for different reasons. i.s.i.l. and the al-nusra front are looking for guarantees that they're going to be safe and they're waiting for more logistics to be able to take their families in one go out of the capital of damascus. i.s.i.l. and al-nusra fronts have to cross areas understand control of rebel groups. jaysh al-islam was clear yesterday with the new leader that they're going to intensify their military campaigns as a revenge against the death of their prominent leader. this whole debate about the deal between the government and i.s.i.l. comes against a backdrop of a renewd international push to put an end to the crisis in syria. the syrian opposition they are going to geneva that talk to the

government about a way out. two conditions have to be met. first a ceasefire with the government of the russian should be committed to stop using barrel bombs, air strikes and missiles against civilians. number two, a political way out from an opposition perspective is a transitional authority with full executive power, bashar al-assad has to go, but bashar al-assad has been saying in the past that he has been backed by the iranians and russians and it is only the syrians to have the right to say whether he should stay or go the german defense ministry has confirmed that nato will be deploying planes to turkey. that decision follows last month downing of a russian jet by turkey. ankara accused moscow of violating its airspace which russia has denied. a long range missile fired from yemen. it was launched from the capital which is controlled by houthi

rebels. a ceasefire is in force, but both sides have repeatedly violated it. more u.n. backed talks are due in june. whether with lives or properties, civilians are paying the highest price for the war in yemen. food and water are in short supply. people living in remote areas are desperate. so they're adapting to their new circumstances in old ways. >> reporter: the city of theist has been under a state of siege for months, desperate for food, water and medicine. they're tracking through with their animals just as their an says tores did. i ancestors did. >> translation: it was a hard journey. >> reporter: camels and donkeys are making it possible to survive. at tape time when being caught between houthi gunmen and air strikes make life a daily

struggle >> translation: we will never give up. >> reporter: since air strikes began in march 5700 yemenis have been killed. at least 21 million people need the basics of water, shelter and food. things are getting worse on the ground. in thies medicine is in short supply that the hospital was forced to close its doors. for the people of thies, these animals are a life line the israeli army says two palestinians have been shot and killed in the occupied west bank after trying to stab an israeli soldi soldier. the soldier was allegedly attacked was likely injured while another soldier was hurt by friendly fire. earlier on sunday israeli police say they arrested a palestinian for stabbing a soldier in jerusalem. the soldier was likely injured. extra also have been deployed to the french island of corsica.

the local government has temporarily banned all demonstrations after a series of anti muslim rallies. >> reporter: a christmas day crowd but no spirit of goodwill. instead violence and desecration in the neighborhood of the cores can capital. this mosque was ransacked. it was said they chanted "arabs get out". they even attempted to burn copies of the quaran. >> translation: some installations were broken. they broke through the barriers. broke two doors and the entrance. the window, the piece of furniture where we leave shoes, the air conditioning, paintings, the closet. >> reporter: the latest violence appears to be in retaliation for an incident on thursday night when firefighters responded to a

domestic call were attacked. it's not clear what prompted that incident. the french government condemned the latest attack and sent police reinforcements to other religious centers. the mass killings in paris in november which has resulted in heightened security measures across the country. about 120,000 french police and soldiers were mobilized over the holiday period. france's muslims are also facing backlash in the wake of the attacks. in corsica far right immigrant parties did well in the latest local elections. in this climate of suspicion, a feeling of fellowship may move difficult for some communities to find -- prove difficulty the families and supporters of missing students have taken to the street in protests.

>> reporter: the anger towards the mexican government echoeked on the streets of mexican city on saturday evening. among the chants these are the people who are destroying our country. the agony of the families of 43 missing students has been sdroibd as a permanent torture. the men are believed to be dead. the truth of what has happened to them is et yet to emerge. vined investigators say they were kidnapped after trying to kidnap buses for transport a common move for students in mechanics cope. the mexican government lied and withheld information from the family. >> translation: i have seen repression. the social demands are growing because people are disappearing. we demand that they give us back the students alive. >> reporter: the mexican government is refusing to launch a new investigation.

the hope is that independent experts will expose the truth. those experts say they still need some assistance from the government. fortunately the parents proceed fests during the last year and legal action have helped discredit the government's version of events. >> reporter: the relatives have been protesting in the city each month. with more than 20,000 people believed to be missing across the country, their activism is being viewed by some as representing the conscience of all mexicans one of the most dangerous journey. route that central american migrants take to get to the united states. brutal drug carteles are all over the trail. the best way to get through it is a people smugger. here is what the route looks like. they have to travel through

honduras, the most violent city on earth and get to a city in guatemala. from there the route continues into the cartel-controlled mexican state. from here the people smugglers take migrants into san antonio. a report on how they're willing to risk it all. >> reporter: roaming one of the world's most murderous cities looking for those trying to escape. this a port augusta letter-- people smuggler. we have been given access. a call from his latest client. >> translation: he is a migrant like any other. we're picking him up to take him to a safe house where he will stay with the others for travel. >> reporter: he is already

packing his few clothes before a final prayer with his family. he says he can't stay in a country where jobs are scarce and violence ever present. >> translation: i worked as a bus conductor but they always assaulted us. they kill you for nothing >> reporter: this is his last conversation before the people smuggler takes his phone and his wallet. he is now in his power. just like his other clients he is keeping in what he calls his warehouse until he is ready to take them north. i ask him why. >> translation: having someone in the warehouse gives me security that the family will pay. the migrant can be therefore up to four months and the family has to pay half of the cost of the trip in that time >> reporter: he says it's common for smugglers to keep clients virtual prisoners while they extract their six to seven thousand dollar fee. in the safety of the hotel he admits more. he worked for the gulf cartel.

the majority of people smugglers are employmented by one or another. his recruitment was a painful process. >> translation: i went as a migrant like any other youngster with the american dream. it turned into a nightmare. i was kidnapped, tortured. i saw them kill my cousin and 14 more people. it was my life or work with cartel so i started. >> reporter: he says he is doing this for his country men, but he doesn't hesitate to hand over those who fall behind in their payments to the cartel. >> translation: with pain in my heart i hand them over. they always get their money. they ask families for five or six thoup dollar ransom, but then they take your life. that's what you risk. >> reporter: this time it is his life to put his life in the hands of the people smuggler as they go north in the final parliament of our migration series

turning to china where the government has passed the first ever anti terror legislation. it comes into effect on thursday. the controversial law has wafted condemnation from the u.s. foreign tech firms may have to share sensitive information with the government. chip niece officials say the law is necessary to fight terrorism, especially in the north-western province. rescue workers have reached 17 people in a collapsed mine in eastern china. they were sent food and communication equipment. 29 people were in the mine when it collapsed: 11 miners have been rescued. some have died. a third of waste water treatment plants in south africa rep in a critically bad condition. more than four billion liters of war, contaminated sewerage, runs into the rivers every day.

a report from our correspondent. >> reporter: this is the first time in days that she has had running water at her home. now it has returned she says the water quality is poor. >> when it comes back for only one day or night. it comes back during the night. then children got stick. they vomit. cramps in stomach. something like that. >> reporter: independent studies shown that water supplies to some homes in this area are contaminated and should not be consumed. drinking water here comes from a nearby reservoir fed by the river. four years ago the department of water says they claimed the river a disaster area after it was polluted by saw sewerage from this plant. it is over loaded and six years later it continues to policy ute.

excess sludge from the water treatment plant is pumped into this open field. as the sun beats down, it dries up but the unbearable smell remains. a significant reminder to neighbouring res departments of what they say-- residents of what they say is an environmental disaster on their doorstep. >> reporter: this man says the sludge from the water treatment plant has damaged his crops over the last five bihar visits. >> translation: if i have another harvest with the same problems i am be left totally bankrupt. >> reporter: some work has been done but not enough to ensure it works properly. >> the works is over loaded. our treatment does not produce water, does not always produce water that meets the specifications of the licence.

>> reporter: what does it mean some snichlt we not always comply. >> reporter: a $100 million up graped over the next four years. have we done it differently, the situation might have been different than what it is now. >> reporter: local organizations want the city authorities to face criminal charges for polluting the river until the river is kept clean, families here will have to do what necessity can to protect their health still to come here, sports news. the washing done red skins book their place in the n.f.l. play offs with their first title in three years. three years.

welcome back. scientists are developing procedures that could be used to perform surgery on unborn babies, correcting defects as an early stage of pregnancy. our correspondent from london. >> reporter: a healthy ultrasound. relief for an expectant mother. it is not always the case. genetic birth defects can be seen as early as 12 weeks. when scans highlight a problem there are few options. open the mother up and perform surgery on the foetus. highly dangerous and can leave the mother unable to have more children. or in certain cases perform keyhole surgery. scientists in london are

designing tools to increase the options and allow complicated but vital surgery on unborn babies. >> this technology is going to help us to be cleverer, to be able to do is less invasively earlier in pregnancy and have a long-term better outcome. >> reporter: surgery to prepare holes in the hurt or others-- heart are risky to contemplate. surgeons will only separate when there is a real threat that the baby or babies will die. already some womb surgery takes place. for instance, this procedure to balance the blood and nutrients between twins. doctors say there's much more they could do, though, if they had the right tools. those tools are being designed here at university college london. it is a seven year, 17 million dollar project funded by the british government and the welcome trust. more proceed toe type and--

proceed toe type and research ahead. one day a probe will go through the mother's skin carrying items. doctors have to rely on cameras to see what they're doing. the challenge is greater because of the tiny space and poor visibility. one wrong move can damage the unborn baby. >> you've got a lot of challenging things happening around. you need to be able not only to take care of the foetus, but take car of the mum. so it does make the environment far more challenging. the tools we have to use have to be as small as possible. >> reporter: robotics to compensate for shaking hands, small tools all coming together to revolutionise foetal medicine

south sudan is seeing regularly skirmishes despite a peace deal being signed in august. people have been leaving for decades because of violence and a lack of opportunities. there are some who are returning home and one former refugee ask using an arts project to create a sense of comment - is using an arts project - community. >> reporter: she is showing off her arts. this is from an area. this is traditionally a necklace with a bone decorated with fire. the patterns there. >> reporter: after 20 years as a refugee abroad, she came back to help rebuild the country of her birth. >> being south sudanese i had an interest in living here. all is required of us.

being able to contribute one way or the other was definitely something that influenced my studies, influenceed what i was to do. >> reporter: part of that contribution is an effort to preserve the culture of south sudan. at this craft market run by the patch organization, a trader demonstrates some traditional craft. >> inside you light it and you use it like this. you use it for the smoking. >> reporter: at this women's cooperative, people from all tribes come together to make beaded july re. two years-- jewellery. two years ago a war started with the president accused his deputy about starting a coup. it is hope that people will feel better connected to one another through the cultural practices they have in common, which clues these handy crafts. >> a lot of south suit knees people grew outside their communities. many of them were refugees in

wars from neighbouring country. as a result these traditional skills are being lost. this brings together the older generation with the younger ones time for the sports news. >> reporter: thank you very much. under pressure, the manager says that he may quit manchester united. he made the comments following his defeat on saturday. it was united's four successive loss in all competitions. they have gone five league games without a win. a win was sealed by stoke. man united dropped down to six. their next game is against chelsea on monday. >> i have said already in former press conferences that it is not always like that, that the club

has to fire or sack me. sometimes i do it by myself. but i am the one who wants to speak first with the board of manchester united and with my members of staff and with my players and not with you. >> reporter: also on saturday a two all draw against wattford. leicester nine. unbeaten run was ended by liverpool. christian got the only goal of the game in the one nil home. with arsenal missed the chance to replace leicester at the top of the table after they were beaten four nil at south hemp tonne. >> south hemp tonne-- ham pton won the game and there were too many challenges. that explains why we lost the

game. that's one aspect. so we're down to them. the second aspect is that we on the first three goals, we were unlucky with the decisions of the referee. >> reporter: despite their defeat. leicester stay top of the table. they're two points ahead of arsenal. manchester city four one win over second to bottom sun der land means that they have 35 points. tottenham has the top lead. three nil victory against norwic norwich. >> it was fantastic today, the team. i'm happy. three nil, we are four on the table. it is true, that we need to work more. it is always to bring us more confidence in how we work. >> reporter: in the n.f.l. the

washington red skins have clinched the east title through four touch down pass eats in the 38-- passes in 38. it is the third win in the row. the third time they have taken the division in three years. the cleveland cavaliers have suffered their biggest defeat of the nba season. lebrond james was a valuable player. the season of 12 points. the star of the night scored a game high 26 points to help the blazers and a five game losing streak. -- end a five game. the penguins player returned.

they had a one-nil lead. they doubled their advantage with two minutes to go, but it was pulled back. a power play goal was netted with 34 seconds left to give them the victory. pakistan's spin boweler has been suspended after failing a drugs test. the 29-year-old tested positive for a banned substance after the second one day international against england in abu dhabi last month. he has been banned by the international cricket council pending the outcome of the disciplinary process. australia have dominated day two of the second test against the west indies in melbourne. four australia players achieved centuries in their first innings. 551 for 3. the west indies are one nil down in the three match series. over non-appearance south africa

they're now at the crease after bowling england out for 303 in the morning session of the scent day. they will-- second day. four wickets each in response. the hosts are 83 for 2. heavy winds meant that the vessel with the more than 10 others had to retire after the first night of racing. australian wild oats couldn't recover. kumanchi currently leads the two-day event. >> obviously, when we did the damage we in 40 knots of breeze and it was very dark and a lot of rain. it was choppy conditions, nothing too extreme. unfortunately he we are this morning. >> reporter: that's all from me i'm back with half an hour of al jazeera world news in about two minutes. we will see you then. u then.

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