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relentless deluge. we will meet a father who is among turks feeling the bite. >> reporter: i have all the sport for you. the english premier league has some results. a bit of his which i will tell you all about in the program later saudi arabia has been defending its decision to execute 47 men. among them a leading shia cleric and prominent al-qaeda preacher both of whom were convicted of terrorism charges. we will take a look at the reaction in just a moment after rob matheson's report on the men's deaths. >> reporter: these are some of the 47 men executed in saudi arabia. they had been convicted of floating and carrying out terrorist attacks, targeting civilians and security forces.

they include this man, nimr al-nimr, a prominent shia cleric who was a central figure in protests in saudi arabia which intensified in 2011. also a leading preacher fast faris al-zahrani. the men received a fail trial they say. >> translation: the judiciary is objective and we deal objectively with the cases on merit. there is no difference between what a person does regardless of his ethnic origin or affiliation or what he believes. we deal with facts and criminal intent. >> translation: last year a special court in riyadh sentenced nimr al-nimr. he did into the deny the charges against him but said he never carried weapons or called for violence. saudi arabia voted to stamp out

terrorism. many of the others such as al-qaeda preacher faris al-zahrani had been linked to attacks in the kingdom between 2003 and 2006, said to have been carried out by al-qaeda. >> there is no difference between any form of terror. it will be dealt with swiftly. >> reporter: in october iran wants saudi arabia of what it called dire consequences if nimr al-nimr was killed. that warning was repeated when news of his death was released. iranian government leaders say the asaudi will play a price >> it wouldn't be a surprise if it happens again. >> reporter: following these latest executions more may still be on the way.

at least 2200 similar cases are still to be heard in saudi arabian courts these people in the district of saudi arabia's eastern province marred to show their objections to nimr al-nimr's execution. there have been demonstrations in some other parts with police using tear gas to dis% the crowds. diplomatic fallout between saudi arabia and its main regional rival iran. iran says the saudis will pay a high price for nimr al-nimr's execution. while the saudis have summoned the eiranian president. the also on saturday the

saudi-led coalition backing iran backed rebels in yemen announced the end of a ceasefire. the truce has been violated every day since it was declared last month. >> reporter: no let up in fighting. yemen's pro-government forces backed about by a saudi-led coalition strengthed their grip on thies. the city was seized by houthi rebels and fighters loyal to the former president. the daily violence has left civilian $helpless. many have run out of food and the u.n.'s world food program says it is unable to reach those in need. the battle lines across yemen continue to shift as both sides try to hold on to and expand their territory. here in the province here members of the popular resistance fighting to restore the recognised president welcome

a victory. they've manage to crave out houthi and rebel fighters. after escaping months ago residents are slowly returning. >> translation: the markets are now open and public services are being re erestored. >> reporter: yet the fear of enough attacks is stopping many from going home. some prefer to remain in camps in the desert. this is aljar. the camp lacks basic services, children of deprived of classroom lessons, but at least it's safer. >> translation: i want to go back home to return to school to study, but many farms have dried up and many schools have been destroyed. >> reporter: since the houthis overran the capital city in lap 2014 life has been disrupted in every way. so many have lost homes, livelihoods and a stable means of finding food. yemen was already one of the world's poorest nations before

this conflict began. war has made things worse. gerald tann we saw the situation for some youth groups have formed a human chain to put pressure on the united nations to help their city. demonstrators were calling for the world body to intervene so that the siege by rebel houthi forces can be lifted. they're also calling for help for what they call genocide against civilians. in india two soldiers have been killed during an attack on an air for base. the facility is about 50 kilometres from the border with pakistan. on the main road linking the rest of india to india-administered kashmir. it is a home for the fighters jets and attack helicopters. >> reporter: the confrontation began around 3.30am when several men dressed in military uniform

arrived in an official vehicle carrying guns and explosives. police cordoned off the base as soldiers confronted the gunmen inside. after a gun battle which lasted several hours, all four gunmen were killed. security forces then began searching for more members of the group. the area was already on alert after a senior police officer was briefly abducted earlier this week. >> translation: after a police officer's car was high jacketed yesterday and today's attack, a red alert alert has been issued across punjab. we have barricaded the road. >> reporter: the area is no stronger to attacks. three years three men were called after they stormed the police station. in this latest attack indian officials believe the gunmen are members of a known armed group

based inside pakistan. >> translation: pakistan is our neighbour and we want peaceful relations, not just with them but all our neighbors. any militant attack on india will get a befitting response from india. >> reporter: security agencies have been on letter alert for attacks after the prime minister made a visit to his counterpart in pakistan which was seen as a diplomatic over tour. they say pakistan must take some responsibility for the attacks >> they cannot abdicate and say these are force $which are not under our control, meaning no state can abdicate from actions of its own citizens, whether they are non-state or otherwise otherwise. >> reporter: talks between indian and pakistani officials are expected later this month. talks have been called off following previous attacks. there's no word yet if this it

will happen in this case. >> reporter: syrian government fighter jets have attacked the opposition controlled town in the damascus countryside. these pictures are said to show the aftermath of a barrel bombing. the town has been at the center of ground and air attacks by the government because of its proximity to the capital damascus and also to a military airport. north east in the city of dumar one was killed and a number hurt in government shelling. the islamic state in iraq and the levant said it would not give up the city of ramadi without a fight. another 15 government troops have been killed in the city center after the deaths of at least 60 soldiers and allied tribes men in recent days. >> reporter: the iraqi army has been celebrating their victim in retaking ramadi, but it looks like their fight isn't over nearly a week after the government claimed control of

the city center. iraqi troops are suffering new setbacks with multiple coordinated attacks by i.s.i.l. on various army positions around the city. in a recently released i.s.i.l. video, one of their fighters says they're still battling the army in the center of the ramadi. these pictures appear to show the anbar police headquarters in the center of the city. al jazeera has been told there was an i.s.i.l. suicide car bomb attack and intense shelling on iraqi forces near a government compound in the city. i.s.i.l. fighters are still in control of buildings nearby. i.s.i.l. used another ten suicide bombers and attacks on the army north of the city destroying army vehicles and taking control of the headquarters. the army has made big advances into and around ramadi in recent weeks. that progress helped them free 100 families who had been trapped by the fighting. i.s.i.l. fighters are also accused of using people as human

shields. >> translation: may god punish them. they shot people in the head who refused to go with them. bodies are still there. you can go and see them. >> reporter: retaking ramadi was the first big victory for the army since i.s.i.l. seized around a third of iraq in mid 2014 but it seems the army is still battling for control of both the city center and wider area and remain under threat from booby traps and bombs left by i.s.i.l. fighters a number of british soldiers who served during the iraq war may face prosecution for war crimes. that's according to the head of an investigation into alleged cases of murder, abuse and torture. paul brennan has that story. >> reporter: the british soldier here abusing iraqi prisoners was subsequently jailed. after seven years, many other

allegations of abuse and murder by british soldiers remain unresolved appeared unpunished. the severity of the allegations, i have chief mark warwick tell the paper say i feel there is significant evidence to put a strong case before the prosecutoring authority to prosecutor and charge. he went on. at the appropriate time it will be a matter for us to discuss with the sba whether they meet the war crimes threshold. it now has a case load of more than 1500 alleged victims, including 280 said to have been unlawfully killed. the former commander of british forces in afghanistan believes there to be support >> there needs to be investigation where wrongdoings took place. but there needs to be a case of sifting the good and bad.

>> reporter: so long to investigate. >> they are only investigating 45 of those cases. so statistically it doesn't look like they're being very effective and we do have lots of concerns about how effective they can be in the circumstances. >> reporter: although the death of iraqi detainee in 2003 revealed systematic abuses of british soldiers, only one soldier was jailed in relation to ill treatment. the public inquiry into 2004 allegations, that british soldiers abused prisoners was without foundation. an estimate was issued saying the vast majority of u.s. service personnel deployed on military operations conduct themselves professionally and in accordance with the law. the m od takes all allegations of abuse or unlawful killing extremely seriously. yet the number of legal cases continues to grow and the

ability to deal with them is starting to look questionable. one clear inference from reading the interview is that the complexity and sheer number of cases he's looking at risks overwhelming his team. the m od set up ihad in part to prevent the international criminal court from looking at the abuse allegations. if ihad fails, the icc is on stand by and we could see british soldiers facing trial in the hague we have this coming up, so do stay with us on the news. senegal are stepping up their security control on the border. trying to bridge the gap between rich and poor, the u.n. is trying to get more children into the classrooms. we have the sport too.

so stay with us on the news houhour two warring factions within the afghan taliban have agreed to a ceasefire and to a prisoner exchange. the deal was reached in a meeting in pakistan. the two sides have been fighting over the leadership of the armed group. our correspondent has been monitoring developments from us. >> reporter: it is very important for afghanistan, agreement or disagree, both is important for the future of afghanistan and for the future of afghan. now, if we fake it on a peace talk level now, afghan government always said that they were talking about a split. if these two groups get together it will make it easier for the government to do peace talks with one joint group.

on the fighting season, afghanistan is well-known on taliban offensive which starts mainly in spring, in march. if these two agree with each other and final agreement and if they fight against afghan government, then afghan government will say the strongest. if they disagree with each other, it will make easier for afghan government to fight them. so it is very important news and disagreement doesn't mean that they have reached a final agreement with each other russia's ban on turkish goods has could come into effect. moscow announcing sanctions after turkey shot down a russian fighter jet late last year. food, fresh, poultry are

included in the ban. chrter operations have been affected as well. the sanctions could be very bad for those involved in turkey's one billion dollars a year business of exporting citrus to russia. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: this man owns this farm in the southern turkish city. he grows a variety of fruits such as lemon, lime and mandarines which he exports. he grew more plants to double his profits. recently russia imimposed economic sunkss against turkey for shooting down one of its fighter jets near the syrian border. this man is worried about what this means for his business. >> translation: sanctions will be harmful for us farmers and businessm

businessmen. citrus prices are declining because of russia banning our products. we all feel the impact. >> reporter: this is the wholesale market. local produce from here are shipped to all over the world. citrus is one of turkey's main exports, a business worth almost one billion dollars, and a third of these exports go to russia. it is the farmers who are likely to suffer because of the economic sanctions and they are all worried that they may no longer be able to sell their goods if the political crisis with russian continues. they all say that the government has to take action or there will be big losses. the farmers are under pressure to finish harvesting citrus fruits before it gets cold. the region produces 75% of turkey's citrus products.

these are seasonal workers mostly syrian and local villagers whose future is also uncertain. >> translation: the situation is bad. it is not good. our daily wage is very little and we come here very early, 3 o'clock in the morning until the evening. most of us are in debt and life is very expensive. >> reporter: he was hoping to sell this year's harvest to iraq, but sniblt in kurdish areas, the border crossings have been closed. he is now looking for buyers in istanbul. >> translation: it is not my job to find alternative markets. it is the government's or traders. fruits can't wait long in refrigerators. this product can not wait forever in the depots. we have commitments to worksers. >> reporter: the turkish government has promised to compensate those affected by the

russian sanctions adding that it will also impose restrictions on russian goods. but until this dispute comings to an end, citrus farmers like this man will continue to worry about their future a professor of politics at turkey's university is joining us via skype. good to have you on the news hour. would you say that the sanctions are really significantly going to be noticed by people in turkey? >> it depends on the area we are talking about and it also depends on the particular timeframe you may have in mind, but inevitably the measures, the effects of measures, are already being felt. the price of agricultural produce that is not being

shipped to russia has been coming down. there are other areas, many businesses, for example, turkish particularly in the field of texti textiles, construction are concerned, but one doesn't sometimes recognise that russia is also allowing something to go-- sanctions to go in when it is important for russia to have. apparently the russian automotive industry depend on imports from turkey. i think russia has allowed a number of turkish firms that are engaged in production processes in russia to be able to

something that was banned, but a number of firms were then named as being allowed to do that. this also holds true for some construction companies that have ongoing projects. these sort of exceptions, the effects of the bans will spread over time what about the gas pipeline that was going to be a project between the two countries? if that has now been suss-- that has now been suspended. is that going to be a major problem for turkey? >> it was still an idea in any case. construction had not commenced. the pipeline was being built not only to supply gas to turkey, additional gas to turkey, but it was meant to ship gas elsewhere. i think there is no immediate deprivation to be suffered on

that front and there is enough time to take measures that might possibly compensate for the up coming russian gas through the turkish pipeline let's cast ahead six/nine months. say this is still going on. do you think that turkey will have suffered proportionately because of these sanctions, proportionately the deprivations that russia might have felt? >> i think a number of figures are being offered by a variety of experts to the highest range of loss of 10 billion dollars during this coming year. now, obviously, some of these will be comp. sated by-- compensated by other markets. an example is tourism trade which is going on a campaign to

attract visitors from other parts of the world. these measures all equals deprivations, not only on turkey, but also on the russian people. my understanding that the price of tomatoes, for example, in russia have been up significantly and rather than being sold by kilograms, now they are selling it by unit. so deprivation that are being suffered on both sides thank you very much indeed. we appreciate it. >> thank you flood waters are going down in storm ravaged part of the u.s. mid-west, but now states in the south are preparing for the huge wave of water to hit them. authorities admit that levys probably won't be able to hold back the flooding. >> reporter: a massive clean up

is underway in missouri after a spate of unusual winter storms and tornadoes attacked the state. water levels in the region were pushed above record flooding homes >> we didn't have much warning and it was coming up pretty quick. so, yeah, it was just really scary. >> reporter: the u.s. army engineers fear several levys may not be strong enough to hold all the water back and it could make things even worse. 12 counties in the neighbouring state of illinois have already been declared disaster areas. the u.s. national guard was called in to help with thousands of evacuations. there have been dozens of death. >> behind me you see just a tiny fraction of the trail of destruction that the flood water has left. the raging flood water was deposited did debris and soaked homes, from logs and vegetation to appliances. >> reporter: there has been

transportati transportation chaos. bridges have been washed out, rail lines have been disrupted and hundreds of roads have been closed. almost a dozen levies over come. the damage is estimated in the hundreds of millions. >> the hope is this is all a bad dream. the worst dream that i could ever have. the fear is that i've lost everything. >> reporter: it is a fear not limited to the mid-western united states as water there resides it is accumulating and swelling further down the mississippi river and now threatening residents in the country's south. tennessee, alabama a, kentucky and texas are preparing for flooding in the coming days. whilst voluntary evacuations are

underway and the most vulnerable are told to move out we move on to taiwan, the other side of the break, going head to head china hanging heavily over the presidential debate. we is what is new for r for refugees. we have the sports as well. .

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have killed 15 members of the forces. a suicide bomber has killed at least three people in somalia's capital. the attacker hid his vest under a business suit. suicide bombers have targeted the same place twice before. across to the west of africa and countries there are boxing increasingly worried about the movement of fighters over their borders. senegal's president has announced a number of measures that will protect people. some people say he has gone too far. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: along the 500 kilometer land border with mali there are only two roads linking the countries. this one is used by truck drivers carrying goods from the port designed for the malian capital. migrants trying to reach europe

travel through here too. security agencies fear the route is also used by armed groups planning attacks in the region. we can't show you the border post because the guards manning it don't want us to film. they fear it could compromise their safety such is the level of concerns of the west africans are usually travel freely throughout the region if they have a valid passport. it is a long wait to get through. some have been here for hours and others have been waiting for days to get into mali. >> translation: i take this road all the time. there have so many checks this is slowing down our business. i've never seen anything like this >> reporter: increased security checks were introduced after an attack on a hotel in mali in november. 22 people died when gunmen stormed the hotel. prompting the president to suggest reinstating border controls throughout west africa. he is also proposing on banning

the burka. authorities say the measures are justified so they can identify individuals more easily to prevent suicide attack. the suggested measures haven't made it to parliament yet, but there are already a source of heated debate. islam plays a key role in this country. so does economic ties with neighbouring west african countries the president says these measures are necessary because the threat of attacks on senegal are real. the police recently made several arrests including the imam of this mosque. he is accused of having links with boko haram, a claim mosque worshippers strongly deny. they queues the government of attempting to destroy islam >> translation: the state eye dollises values like secularism and republican laws. they are making a big mistake. as muslims we do not accept the law of the state. we only accept the rule of god.

>> reporter: the country has prevented any attacks so far. the government says it will take whatever steps necessary to protect its citizens, even if it causes inconvenience for some provisional results from the central african republic presidential election give a lead to the present president. turn out of about 72%. there will be a rerun of the vote in some areas where ballot papers failed to turn up on time. the results of the poll is hoped to end years of fighting between chris tense and muslims. the number of rhinos being poached in south africa is falling for the first time in seven years. anti poaching website says in 2015 there were about 1160 reported cases of poaching which is down by more than 50 from the year before. there are conservationists who

say it does not include carcasss from last year which have not been tallied. new year has begun with a resolution from the united nations aiming to improve the lives they say of millions of children. more than half a million children who are not enrolled in school live in africa. >> reporter: this man struggles to keep his seven children in school because of continued strikes and poor facilities. he cannot afford private tie tores, so he makes time to help them with extra lessons and homework and that is taking a lot of his time and energy. >> if i have the money, i will take them to a private school. if i have the money.

>> reporter: a woman sends her children to this school. >> i can take care of my business and i go around knowing that the school is taking care of my child. joe children like hers have access to learning facilities. >> when the child comes to the preschool before entering the primary section, the child gets prepared in writing, reading, before the basic school. >> reporter: the united nations wants to close this gap by ensuring that children all over the world have access to quality early stage child care and preschool education the new sustainable development goals want to achieve this by 2030. that will be difficult for nigeria where there are more

than 11 million kids out of school. >> reporter: most preschool education is run by private institutions in nigeria. the regional governments already struggle to pay teachers already. >> i think the government shouldn't have to pay for it. >> reporter: children of the rich will continue to have an edge over the poor, widening a huge gap between the haves and haves not in africa police in northern israel have raided the family home of a man suspected of shooting dead two people in tel aviv. officers are still searching for 31-year-old who aemgdly open fire outside a bar on friday. at least eight people were wounded as well in that attack. in the occupied west bank

thousands of mourners have joined a funnel rail procession for some killed in recent violence. the bodies of 23 people have been relead. since october 131 palestinians and 21 israelis have died in near daily violence. police in france say a man is accused of ramming his car into soldiers guarding a mosque does not appear to be linked to a terrorist network. the troops shot and wounded the 29-year-old on friday. one soldier and a passer by were slightly hurt. no weapons or explosive devices were found inside the vehicle. in 2015 record numbers of people travelled to europe seeking for them a new life, more than a million refugees and migrants arrived, more than a third of them were syrians escaping the long civil war. lawrence lee examine paz how europe might cope with the

continued influx in this coming year. >> reporter: the big efalith mass movements of people since world war ii have seen hundreds of thousands running away from the horrors of syria and elsewhere. thousands drowned in the sea in over crowded terrifying crossings. the european union at odds with itself and human rights groups as to whether these people are really refugees at all let alone whether they should be helped to build new lives. increasingly new year members of the etched u which argued that the refugees and migrants should be kept out to defend europe's christian conditions successfully shouted down germany and sweden which wanted europe to offer a lead on human rights. thor ended and the best clue to what 2016 has in store. turkey being groomed for a quicker entry into the european

union in return for a plan to hold refugees inside its borders before they come to greece. in the same way the european union tried to convince african leaders that they could work together to create the conditions which would stem the flow of human traffic across the mediterranean. >> over time the situation has changed. we're now looking at a framework in which refugees are not only looking for immediate shelter, but after two to four years in refugee camps they look fundamentally for a future for their lives and their children's. so education and working for the time they are staying in turkey is an important element as well. >> reporter: security experts are already warning that blocking some routes will only lead to others opening. perhaps north in the black sea coast and into ukraine i can't or ukraine. turkey can't police all of it and it is lucrative for the

smuggling gangs. groups are saying not only do the e.u. plans not work but they're not legal >> syrians get some sort of protection, but 80% of all syrian kids in turkey don't go to school. syrians are not allowed to work legally and when we talk about people from iraqs, afghanistan, iran, they're not allowed to get any protection in turkey. so that would be a huge point of concern for us. >> reporter: of course, the paris attacks changed european thinking enormously. another one like it would make things even harder for rev jays. the any agreement between the west, russia and turkey on what to do about syria hardly looks likely. so as hard as 2015 was for all of these people, there's every suggestion that 2016 could be

even harder we will continue our look ahead towards 2016, to flashy drones and pie owe metrics to something-- bio- metrics to something more metro. that's on sunday, 3 january. one of taiwan's presidential candidates says her island needs to stop living in fear of confrontation with china. tsai ing-wen faced off with two other candidates, the final debate for the election which is in two weeks. the strained relationship with china was a major focus. here is adrian brown reporting from beijing. >> reporter: the reason why i think there's so much interest in these elections, the sixth since the country became a democracy 20 years ago, it is the first time a woman is the clear front runner. she is tsai ing-wen, 59 years

old, single and leader of the ends progressive party which is why china is watching these elections so closely. if she wins in two weeks time, she will be the first female president as well as the first female president in a chinese society. she has said she wants good relations with china, but worries that taiwan is becoming too economically dependent on beijing. in saturday's debate one of her rivals said she was becoming an isolationist and was taking taiwan down the road too uncertainty. most most comment taitors believes that she won the debate. she has a lead, but 25% of voters also remain undecided which means the election could still be a very close one millions of low paid workers in the u.s. are to get a paid rise. that's after years of protest on

a national debate about how much people need to earn to stay above the perth line. >> reporter: this man lives with his parents and reliance on government food assistance even though he has held down a full-time job at mcdonald's for three years. his pay is going up more than a dollar an hour this year to $10.50. thanks to a nationwide campaign to raise the minimum wage. >> basically, you know, we got fed up and organized an aring to come to talk to us. >> reporter: yorke fast food workers backed i by labor unions started a fight for $15 an hour two years ago. they walked off the job in protest. some were even arrested. others from home health workers to professors joined the campaign, highlighting the struggle of all low wage earners. they have convinced many cities

to adopt a $15 minimum wage over time, with small increases taking effect in 13 states this year. businesses have argued a higher minimum wage will force them to cut jobs. mcdonald's is the world's largest fast food restaurant. it is said that corporate profits for workers have been rising much faster than workers' wages. more than half of fat food workers require some sort of public assistance to get by >> what that indicates is that taxpayers through the public benefit programs are basically subsidising the low wage cost model model, the low wage model of operating a business. >> reporter: he says he is happy to have more money to spend in 2016 even though it will take two more years to reach $15 an

hour. >> if you work a full-time job you should have a minimum wage, period. >> reporter: he is going to continue that fight for all workers stay with us and take note. creativity is going out the window in guyana. england's batsman, a good day for them against south africa.

musicians are maintaining

that a very old copyright law is behindering the rise of guyana's unique sound. we will hear from var i didn't know i can't lopez with some struggling artists. -- virginia. >> reporter: it won top honors. neither the writer nor the singer is reaping the benefits. a copyright law dating back more than 55 years is said to be preventing artists in guyana from profiting from their skills. >> without an environment to really blossom. >> reporter: the laws are said to have resulted in a perfect breeding ground for piracy. it is so rampant here that roving kiosks like these blast

pirated music in the streets. >> it is not a matter of choice because if you had to choose and it was the right and wrong, then i think it might be going for the right. if the system is stuck that there is no not anywhere else, it is the norm >> reporter: it is a situation that is said to be also preventing local talent from emerging. an original cd by a local artist costs five times more than a popular artist. this means they have no chance of succeeding in their own country. boot legers are not the only ones to blame for the guyana issue. fingers are being pointed to the politicians. >> changes will be stopped at the doors of parliament or the political directorate. >> reporter: that state of affairs leaves musicians feeling

very discouraged. >> i do feel that sometimes we should be better off because the performance for so long and getting the recognition and people hold you at a high place but yet you don't get the money that you deserve or whatever it is for the work that you do. >> reporter: elsewhere the music promotes tourism. a change in the copyright could mean the same could happen in guyana for all the sport now. >> reporter: we have got cricket and tennis to come. but on the football fields of england where arsenal have extended their lead. they beat newcastle. just the one goal. it gives arsenal a two point advantage in the table.

>> not to draw points when you play like you did today is very important. i think it helps the team as well because we go for moments in the season again where we will not go well and the memory of having done that before and won the game helps you to hang on sometimes. >> reporter: also on saturday one score for manchester united. 188 goals for one player in his career. >> it is amazing. that is on 30 years, so you have to say that, of course, now we are playing much more matches, i think, but still this is an achievement. >> reporter: they are to 15th of the table over liverpool. the hammer took the lead.

it is the fourth lasting 12 games in charge in the league. the reds are down to eight. >> our responsibility, i can't say more, but my english is not good enough to give you all the information that is going around in me at this moment. >> reporter: for a third straight game leicester city have failed to score against sunderland. they come from behind to beat watford. the top spot in the league from borrow sell own i can't-- barcelona. they set the spanish record of 180 goals in 2015 but drew a

blank against espanol. they have two points against of barce. at the do have a game in hand. a further two points back in third. they will face their rival on sunday. they will be pressured. there was a car chase with police in madrid. he was driving at 200 km/h on the way to training. >> translation: this is a private issue. he is a good kid. he is serious. he has given us an explanation. i have nothing else to say. i insist this is a private issue and that's it. >> reporter: tennis now. 2015 was nadal's worst season in a decade. he had struggled with an injury. he bihar started the new year on the best possible felt. he won in the final of the championship in abu dhabi.

he is currently fifth in the world. he secured the year's first trophy on offer. third place was claimed in that championship. all players are preparing for the year's first grand slam, the australian open which begins in melbourne on january 18. to england after the opening plea. it was a packed stadium. three half centuries in this contest. ben stokes is still at 74 on the crease. a number of stand ups came from one who had three wickets. they will resume 317 for five

>> this was a good cricketing wicket. so it was very tough. i didn't feel great, so the good players as well. on top of that, i haven't been match polling for, so it was a bit of a fight out there, but it went okay. >> reporter: the west indies will be hoping the new year signals the end of their loss. they lost to the aussies to melbourne in last week was an eighth test defeat in 2015. >> we haven't been at our best so far. we need to be more disciplined. we are not where we are supposed to be. i think in terms of being

disciplined for longer periods of time. >> reporter: one of the world's most dangerous sporting events will get underway on sunday. the 77ed ignores of the rally informally started in argentina. aiming for back to back wins. the it clues a special 11 kilometer sprint. this will be determining the opening order. this year 354 cars and motorcycles will compete in the event which finishes on january 16. that's the sport thank you for the sporting there. thank you very much. from the news hour team, thank you very much for watching. of course, the news continues 24 hours a day here on al jazeera. stay with us. .

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