. hello there, welcome to ths al jazeera news hour from doha. our top stories, a rare murder charge in israel for an attack on a palestinian family in the occupied west bank. outrage at saudi arabia's execution of a shia i can't dissident as iran warns of repercussions. syria's sashing city, we get a look at the city under siege by government sources. the case of the missing publishers in hong kong who

specialize in books banned by beijing. >> i will strehl, prosecutors have charged two jewish citizens with a palestinian attack. one is an adult charged with murder, the other a minor charged with accessory to murder. this is all that's left of the family home. in july, masked assailants attacked it with molotov cocktails burning it to the ground, the mother and child burned, the only survivor is 4-year-old ahmed. our correspondent is there at what's left of the family home in douma in the occupied west bank. describe for us what you're

seeing i'm in what used to be the bedroom where that attack happened. it's disturbing to see their belongings left here in the burned out room, even the pram used to ferry little ali around, the 18-month-old boy who died in the attack. just here in the corner we're told is where he was lying when the attack happened. there's even stuff here belonging to the mother who was a teacher. there's math books and children's clothing scattered across the floor. behind me you can see the window which we have been told was smashed from where the attackers threw those molotov cocktails, or it's alleged. now, there is some important and interesting dials coming through as well that wore hearing rewarding this case, details from the charge sheet that's being reported by local media, we're beginning to hear a little bit more about this man and his accomplice who have been charged.

the 21-year-old apparently was married, has a young child of his own, and apparently was living in the occupied west bank on an illegal settlement before that attack happened, before the attack happened and moved to jerusalem after the attack. we're also hearing details from that charge sheet saying that the two men charged were potentially planning other attacks. they both had run-ins with the law before, and the israeli security services said that they had uncovered details of a far right nationalist group here that was formed in 2013 that was calling for what it described as the end of the rule of law in israel. there's still a lot of questions being asked as to whether in fact this trial, because it is so rare object those charges, whether there will in fact be full justice served fortunate victims of this family killed in

this horrific attack. >> you've been speaking to the relatives. what has been their reaction to the charges today? >> that's right, we spoke to the brother of the woman that was killed in the attack, and he said the family are obviously still in mourning for the loss of life, for the loss of their loved ones but interestingly, he said that they weren't interested in compensation at this stage. they just want justice to be served. now the israeli prime minister has offered full compensation in the past, in the course of these recent months. also, the israeli army, the israeli defense forces, so we're told i also well offered what they describe as a blank check to the family but at this stage, they just want justice served. we've been reporting this is a very rare case. there are very few amount of indictments against israeli

citizens who are alleged to have committed acts of violence against palestinians and we know vice versa that is not the case at all, there are far more palestinians indicted for violence against israelis, so still a lot of skepticism despite these very rare charges made today as to whether or not justice will be served. thanks very much, charles. human rights groups say that there is a culture of impunity in israel that allows these attacks on palestinians. there was a surge of settler violence against palestinians in 2015. attacks have doubled in the last five years, but a major study by israeli rights group over 10 years found 92% of cases end without any charges. the latest army figures said 96% of military investigations into allegation of misconduct end without any action.

a columnist with the newspaper joins us live from tel aviv. is there a culture have impunity for israelis especially for settlers who attack palestinians? >> it's not a question, i mean it's undoubtful. we see it over the years when evidences are suggested to the police, when video cameras shows evidences of all kind of violence of settlers and the police does nothing and then the prosecution does nothing and so many settlers who were clearly involved in violence are free and not brought to justice. in this case, the case of douma, it was quite clear from the beginning that this was maybe one step too far, and today, we can say better late than never and hopefully, we are dealing with the real murderer and the only one who are involved,

because it is still questioned is it only two people involved in this terrible, terrible murder. >> we have been hearing that it's difficult to investigate these sorts of cases that involve violence by settlers, because no one will talk despite the police's best efforts. would you say that's a fair assessment? >> it is a fair assessment, but it's not an excuse not to bring those people to justice. the israeli secret services are well known and world known for their efficiencies, for their special technologies and special systems. they find palestinian terrorists within hours, within hours, and here we are dealing with a much smaller potential group, much smaller community suspected community, and it cannot serve as an excuse because they don't talk that they cannot bring more of them to justice, or even that

this case in douma took half a year to bring those murderers to justice. >> do you think we are now seeing a turning point that we might in fact see more prosecutions in the future? >> i'm afraid not, because the settlers are still a very, very powerful group in israel politics, life and society. i think serious crimes like this one will be brought to justice, but those minor, if one can call it, minor crimes will be ignored and continue to go ignored and settlers will continue to walk in the west bank as if there is no law and no order. this will not change. gideon thank you for taking the time to join us here on al jazeera. already tense relations between the regional rivals

saudi arabia and iran of struck a new low. forty people have been arrested in tehran after demonstrators set fire to the saudi embassy. the protestors were angry as saudi arabia's execution of the shia cleric with 46 others accused of terrorism offenses. rob has more. >> the sawed embassy ooblast in tehran, iran supreme leader is warning of what he calls divine revenge. >> this blood will trouble them without a doubt. i have no doubt about it, policies makers executed them. the saudi government's decision makers should not underestimate that this blood will trouble them. it will torment them.

>> saudi arabia's foreign ministry said iran revealed its true face represented in support for terrorism. >> he was sentenced to death for disobedience and bearing arms. he didn't deny the political charges against him but said he never carried weapons or called for violence. riyadh is animate he got a fair trial based on facts and which followed a judicial process, a view supported by the muslim world league which said the death penalties in saudi arabia fell under islamic law and apply to both sunni and shia. saudi arabia vow to stamp out terrorism after 15 people were killed in a suicide bombing at a mosque in the southwestern city in august. the leader of iran's ally, the lebanon based armed group hezbollah said the execution of n. >> mr carries what he calls a message of blood. >> to the family of the scholar

and matter a martyr -- >> the foreign ministers of saudi arabia and iran said they have no further interest in an escalation of the contest. >> this is part of the huffing and puffing, a lot of rhetoric. i think in a few days things will calm down and eventually both saudi arabia and iran will have no choice but to forge ahead and find language to avoid sectarian warfare throughout the region. >> tehran and riyadh support opposing sides in syria. this is feared to have a wider impact across the middle east. a saudi writer and political

commentator joins us live from riyadh. thank you for joining us. what's your reaction to the speech that this carries a message of blood that saudi wants shia-sunni strife. >> hello and hi to all the viewers around the world. it's actually not very surprising to see this kind of rhetoric from all the iranian backed militias and iranian backed terrorists like hezbollah and the others. it's very anticipated to see this kind of rhetoric to go on and on all the time, so we don't really care about how they perceive us. we don't really care about their rhetoric. what we care about is having the whole world to be understanding what has been happening. if we just focus on one person who is nimr and neglect the fact that all of them, 47 people, including n. >> mr were inciting violence in the region and responsible for the killing of so many people.

let me tell you something, like there are charges that have not been covered very well in the western media specifically about this specific person. let me give you an example, like there are eight main charges, participating in the formation of a terror network, ni mr al nimr. huer booing timing i was. preparing molotov cook tails. i wish he were preparing cocktails to be drunk, not molotov cocktails. local support for terrorist network. highjacking a pharmacy and several local stores. burning of police vehicles, public incitement of violence. that's nimr al nimr. >> let me just jump in there for a minute, the nimr al nimr iran is procedure trying.

he himself says that he has never borne arms. >> anybody can say this. even some isis militants can say they don't use arms, like some of them will say we don't use arms. some of them, another, this person is one of the people, the 47 people and he has never, he himself said that he has not using arms, but what he did was he wrote a book asking for the killing of police officers in saudi arabia, so what i see is this sunni is exactly the same as the other guy, who is nimr al nimr who actually asked for violence, asked to go and create riots in the region and also asked for the judge and the control of iran over not only the region but the whole world. that was what was saved by himself and can be seen everywhere, so it's just not surprising how we can see -- >> let me put to you amnesty

international's claims. saudi may not hold in in store but the rest of the world does. it called these trials unfair, saying it is using the guise of terrorism to clamp down on dissent. >> ok. that's very actually interesting that they are saying this. it's actually tells us that there are some kind of hidden agendas of people who actually provide them with access to information. i would like to ask such organizations did they get the information from the real authorities who can tell them exactly that the charges? i'm pretty sure not. they were not even ready to do this, because it's actually more fashionable to just claim and accuse saudi arabia of this and that, which is completely ironic to be honest. what i would likes to, if this organization itself talks about the poet who has been killed by the iranian regime just because

he is sunni and just because he wrote a poem, do they talk about this? they don't talk about this. >> let's just return to your concerns about the western media's response to this. the west is rightly concerned that this execution is going to stir up sunni-shia tensions in the region. is that not a fair concern to have? >> ok, let me tell you something. it's not fair at all to say this, because the rule of judgment should be there. the rule of the court should be there. it's exactly the same. we can say it this way, we can say al-qaeda people would actually threaten saws rain if we kill their people. does that mean that we should stop executing al-qaeda people? not at all. we should keep going forward with all terrorist groups, disregarding their sects, disregarding their religious affiliation. that's the difference between

saudi arabia and other countries. saudi arabia does not differentiate between being sunni and shia -- >> we don't have much time left. i am interested to know in the eastern province, if and when we see protests rising up, how is saudi going to respond to them? >> ok, i think that idea of the protests themselves, it's not going with the high momentum as so many western medias are thinking. it's not actually true. i actually have a friend of mine who is actually from shia group. he is saudi and he told me that this judgment of nimr al nimr has been delayed so much that it shouldn't be delayed this much. why? i was actually surprised that he said this, but he told me this guy is a man of fitma, a guy who creates kay another i can situations in the region. you think the people in saudi arabia are all with nimr al nimr. they are not but some fear about speaking about this because they

will getting some kind of marginalization from their inner community which i can understand, but i cannot understand the future because the sawed having a formation of being against terrorism with no differentiation between shia or as soon as possible. what we are asking for is to be have gone a policy of never forget and never forgive, disregarding -- with groups either shia or sunni. >> thanks very much for taking the time to join us here on al jazeera. >> thank you. still to come here on the program, murder in mexico, a mayor who's only been in office one day is killed outside her own home. >> trying to reclaim what they believe is rightfully theirs. the people of south africa who want their land back. >> afghanistan grinds to a halt to watch its football team defend its south asian title.

we'll tell you how they got on in sport with jo. u.s. led coalition said it has conducted 26 new airstrikes against isis in iraq. isil fighters meanwhile have killed more than 50 iraqi soldiers in three separate attacks. 23 soldiers died near fallujah a day after control was taken of a bridge. in particular receipt, at least 13 soldiers died. that happened shortly after another attack that killed 18 people. we have this report from baghdad. >> the last hours, isil fighters succeeded in launching the three major attacks in two provinces. the first, six isil fighters

wearing suicide vests succeeded in infiltrating inside striker military bails north of particular receipt. according to the governor, three of them were killed in a crossing fire between iraqi forces and those people and the three of them, they reached inside the base and the blew up themselves. according to our security source from the city, at least 13 people were killed and 10 were from iraqi security forces. sir yeses opposition is trying to agree who should be part of upcoming direct talks with the assad government in two weeks time. they're meeting in riyadh in saudi arabia. they want an inclusive government to keep it intact. bashar al assad must leave power after a six week negotiation period. preconditions must be met to stop government attacks to allow aid into opposition areas, and

facilitate the return of millions of refugees. the war in syria is causing small towns close to the lebanese border to run out of food and medicine. a recent prisoner swap was meant to end the siege between pro government forces. you may find some of the foot acknowledge in the report disturbing. >> the people were promised help. it hasn't come. shops are empty or closed. on the streets, dejection and despair. >> we've only got water. how come there isn't food? in the end, we were eating starch. everything has gone. >> no one is allowed to leave. up to 40,000 people have no food. the situation is extremely bad to the extent that some people have eaten cats. >> in the middle of a winter chill, children are reduced to scrabbling for scraps or picking weeds from the roadside in a

desperate attempt to fill tiny plates. bullets and bombs didn't kill these victims, they starved to death. humanitarian aid was part of a prisoner swap deal in december. dozens of sunni rebel fighters and their families were transported out of the town. in exchange, hezbollah and shia fighters were given safe passage out of small towns in northern syria. northwest of damascus and close to the lebanese border has been the focus of intense fighting, but the rebels lost control of most of the town to the syrian army. many residents believe pro government forces are still blocking supplies. >> we've dealt with 150 cases of unconsciousness. people were unconscious because of malnutrition. they hadn't been getting food for a number of days. >> medical staff are struggling to help rising number of syrians suffering from malnutrition. what sound there is on the

streets come mainly from children playing or people trying to salvage what they can from remnants of the battles. after months of deprivation, residents had hoped the help would come . many are now wondering if it will ever arrive. >> 5,000 people a day are arriving fro greece from turkey. that level of arrivals is expected to continue from november through february. 1500 refugees arrive in lesbos every day and now volunteers say they are running out of supplies. >> a gunfight has resumed at an indian air force bears. at least one gunman is inside the base which came under attack on saturday. seven indian soldiers and six gunmen have died. we are in new delhi with the

latest. >> this latest attack has caught everybody by surprise. after saturday's attack by the evening, military officials and the government were patting one another on the back for a job well done. on sunday afternoon, fresh gunfire was heard, and then there was confusion, was this part of the search operation, was there a new attack. it wasn't until several hours later officials confirmed at least two gunmen were in the base. whether this is a new group or part of saturday's group that attacked we still don't know. many here are putting the blame on armed groups in pakistan who routinely claim their intention to attack. india has said it wants good relations with all its neighbors, including pakistan, but the government would protect the borders. many hardliners are blaming pakistan's government directly for this attack or the military saying that both routinely support armed groups and encourage them to talk india.

this is an accusation pakistan's government and military always denies. another book publisher in hong kong has disappeared. he is the fifth executive to go missing recently all from the same company which specializes in political books banned in mainland china. >> protestors on the streets demand to know the fate of the publisher, the fifth person from the same book publishing companying to missing in recent months. last seen in hong kong, his disappearance is the most troubling. >> the most scary thing isis that there's no news and no truth on what happened to those five publishers, and even the central government and the hong kong government refuse to respond on the whereabouts of them. >> the hong kong government says it is investigating. local media is reporting lee phoned his wife from across the border in mainland china on the

night he disappeared after apparently being taken there against his will. lee reportedly told his wife that he was assessing in an investigation and then told her not to make a scene about his disappearance. she's also quoted as saying that lee left behind his paperwork that heed have needed the to get across the border, leaving many to believe he was struggled there by mainland security officials. >> hong kong has a flourishing business with books about the chinese elite band in mine land china. it was agreed before the hand over from british colonial rule a free media. the arrests were alarming. protestors took to the streets on sunday over what they see as an attack on academic freedom. campaigners believe it's all part of the same gradual process by the chinese government to grind down hong kong's autonomy. >> the chinese authorities

certainly believe that stability of the party regime is more important, containment of subversive information is more important and certainly more and more chinese leaders tend to believe that hong kong is less and less important for china's modernization efforts. >> at the bookstore itself, no signs of life on display, only the covers of books that for now are no longer on sale. messages of support, this one wishing the missing staff a safe return soon. rob mcbride, al jazeera, hong kong. a car plows into the crowd at a rally in argentina. details coming up in sport.

>> hello again, welcome book to the al jazeera news hour. here's a quick reminder of our

top stories. israeli prosecutors charged a. >> issue man with murder over an arson attack on apalestinian home. three family members including an 18-month-old boy tied in the attack in douma last july. 40 have been arrested after demonstrators set fire to the saudi embassy in tehran. protestors were angry as saudi arabia's execution of shia cleric nimr al nimr and 46 others. isil killed 58 soldiers in attacks across iraq. half were killed near fallujah and six suicide bombers attacked a camp in tikrit. protestors in yemen are calling for urgent human assistance. a human chain has been formed to highlight suffering in taiz. the u.n.'s world food program is appealing to all sides to allow in humanitarian aid. last week the organization delivered supplies for more than a million people in the province but was unable to reach 400,000

people trapped in the city. the spokesman for the saudi-led coalition blames the united nations for failing to distribute aid in yemen properly. >> what happened i see taiz last week is a shame for the international community. by relating their duty toward the yemeni population, i think the united nation given the opportunity to get in yemen, we give them the opportunity to get to the airport but they did not do their job. they are not on the ground. they keep talking but they are not doing anything on the ground. let me ask you why they didn't go under the flag of the united nation to taiz to distribute the humanitarian aid. >> we are joined by skype from a senior spokeswoman for the u.n.'s word food program. good to have you with us. first of all, your response to this criticism that the u.n. is not doing its job delivering aid in yemen.

>> we're very concerned about the deteriorating human situation in taiz city and very disappointed that we were not able to reach the thousands of people who urgently needed food assistance in the besieged area of the city. since the beginning of december, we have dispatched over 200 trucks with 600 tons of food commodities and prepositioned them in warehouses in areas very close to the enry and the access areas of the besieged cities, but we were faced with enormous difficulties in obtaining clearances from the fighting, insecurity, all of this impeded the delivery of food to the distribution points inside taiz city. in some cases, distributions were canceled due to heavy fighting. we called on all the fighting and by this, we mean the armed

groups that are on the ground, the houthis and those people who are on the ground who control the entry and access to the besieged areas of taiz city to give us and all our partners and humanitarian aid workers and the u.n. access to these areas. we cannot do it alone. we have to have the safe passage. >> why then, clearly it is incredibly difficult to get aid into many parts of yemen, particularly taiz, but why would we see the saudi-led coalition leveling such criticism against the u.n. over this? >> you know, we have been reaching millions of people across yemen. we've reached 2 million people consistently in the different parts of yemen. taiz has been an enormous challenge from day one and every fight has a narrative. you talk to one side, they say we want to let you in, but those people inside the besieged

areas, we can't guarantee you the safety of the trucks and the food and they will not let you in. you talk to the other side and they point fingers to the ones controlling these checkpoints. in the middle of all of that, we are in the middle and our narrative is the people, our objective is to feed the hungry and poor. we don't do politics. politics is a challenge, politics is what got us here in the first place and as aid workers, we will negotiate with anyone to gain access. we will not give up, but we need the safe passage. >> wish you luck with your continued work there in yemen. thanks very much for joining us on al jazeera. three days of mourning have been declared in mexico after a city mayor was shot dead 24 hours after starting her new job. detectives are investigating the

politician's murder in temixco, south of mexico city. we have this report. >> she was sworn in as mayor in temixco saturday on friday, shot and killed at her home on saturday. detectives suspect at least nine people were involved in her murder, two of them were killed at the scene. police officers and soldiers chased and detained four others. >> we demand a full complete investigation by the state government to its final consequences. there are four people arrested who will have to confess was the mastermind who ordered this crime. >> the state governor suggests drug cartels or organized crime gangs are to blame. in her debut speech, she pledged to end corruption and promised to tackle crime head-on. >> we firmly believe that there were interests who felt threatened by her opening speech

yesterday. we don't have information about death threats. we don't want to discard any line of investigation. >> violent crime in the region is widespread. ten kilometers from where the mayor was murdered is the most violent city in mexico based on the number of cases of murder, rape, kidnap, armed robbery and extortion. the mayor took office on the same day that a massive operation was launched by hundreds of state and federal agents to provide security. politics is becoming increasingly dangerous in mexico. four politician, including two mayoral candidates were killed before elections last year. her murder just 24 hours into her new role is seen as a flew blow for politicians trying to tackle violent crime in mexico. al jazeera, mexico city. well, the new year in el salvador just like the old one ended as one of the murder

capitals of the world. at least 29 were murdered within hours of festities, beginning including gang members that were killed when they shot at police. the murder rate surged 70% last year as security forces and drug gangs battled it out. it is estimated more than 6,000 murders, that's 16 people on average every day. the first results from the presidential election in central africa republic are in and the former prime minister has taken a narrow lead. the vote is seen as crucial for stability after three years of violence between muslims and christians. final results are expect later this week. the south african government reopened land claims in redistribution program aimed at giving land taken during apartheid back to its original owners. there's one group of people who say they haven't benefited. we have more from cape town. >> he has been living in the

settlement for more than 20 years. five years ago, the local government demolished some of the homes, saying they were built illegally, but the community living here is determine to stay. >> they want to remove us again because they think we are living on prime land, as you can see the view. if you're going to move us, you're going to move us to our graveyard because we're going to fight and fight to the death. you mooched my parents, now you want to move us, also. >> city officials say houses are on an area that was designated to stay empty as a fire break. this community says this is their land. >> this is what's known as a colored community, an a part hide term given to people of mixed race. people are reclaiming their heritage saying they want recognition as the first people of south africa. >> a group of elders perform an ancient sacred ceremony in what

they say is ancestral land. activists say part segregation laws robbed people of their identify and heritage. >> both black and white settled on our ancestral lands so the beneficiaries are there, the stolen land and that land today, aboriginal people don't own not 1% of the ancestral land in south africa. >> apartheid laws reserved 80% of the land for the minority white population. the government is carrying out restriction process and also identifying heritage sites historical landmarks and land originally occupied by them. they say it is taking longer than expected. >> in our terms to address the land question, we are seeing that there should be equity and justice in where the land is allocated but that will be done

in a responsible manner when compensation will be paid to those who owned the land. >> officials are expects almost 400,000 land claims and may pay out as much as love billion dollars in compensation, but for this community, the only acceptable outcome will be completely restoration of rights they claim to ancestral lands throughout the country. al jazeera, cape town. united nation have started the new year with a new set of sustainable development goals. world leads met in september and approved 17 new targets on tackling hunger, poverty and climate change and global problems. the goals replaced the millennium goals which expired in 2015. governments will use the objectives to frame agendas and policies over the next 15 years. one of those goals is to end deforestation by 2020. we have a report from the national park in sri lanka.

>> nature in all its beauty, century ago, 80% of sri lanka was covered by forests, today less than 30%. even with part of the country's oldest and largest nature preserve has suffered from encroachment as the country's population expands. over 1,000 hectares of forest adjoining the preserve have been cleared for housing, provoking a huge outcry from environmentalists. these films show the extent of the deforestation. they don't understand these are the preserves and must be protected. it's the main reason these areas come under threat. >> the outcry is to halt any further land being cleared for housing in the area. >> as the population grows and progresses, forests like this and the animals in them face increasing threat.

environmentalists say they must be protected the for long term survival. environmentalists say land ordered to be deforested should be used for development rather than clearing remaining forests. changes course they say would be disastrous, not least for wildlife. the species are endangered categories. if he don't take action, we may tend to lose some of these species. the sri lankan leopard and slot bear are among the animals under threat. environmentalists say the new government appears to be responding to their concerns. a presidential task force is coordinating a three year environment protection plan aiming to reverse damage and expand the country's forest cover. >> we are working together to ensure at least by end of three years we will have an addition of another 5,000 to

6,000 hectares of reforestation. >> the challenge is to strike the right balance between on the one hand the need to free up lands for development and the on the other, the need to protect the environment, especially for wildlife species already on the verge of extinction. al jazeera, northwest sri lanka. still to come here on al jazeera, the bay on canada's east coast has the world's highest and most vigorous tides, i'll be looking at a new project to generate clean green electric industry from the ebb and flow of the tidal waves behind me. sport coming up.

>> solar and wind energy are glowing in popularity at alternatives to fossil fuels. attention is turning toward harnessing the world's tides. >> can the planet's biggest tides be used to generate power? that's what they're exploring here on the shore of the bay's narrowest points. 14 billion metric tons of water, more than the combined flow of all the worlds rivers moves through this passage each day. >> tidal energy is essentially taking a wind turbine and

putting it underwater essentially in a high flow environment. >> in partnership with government and the local power company, a european firm is building a 15-meter wide turbine with plans to submerge it and get it spinning later this year. an earlier attempt failed in 2009 when a smaller unit broke down hours after it was put in the water. this time is different, says the company. >> we've learned that we have to have local, very local have local, very local details of the sites and site characteristics in terms of currents. this is where we have learned from this past experience and this is why we are back began in the bay. >> it's low tide and i'm standing quite literally on the bottom of the ocean. every day, twice a day, the waters surge in here and turn this mud into a bay that can be 12 or more meters deep. north america's first tidal project is just across the bay.

the annapolis generating station has been producing small amounts of power since 1984. not everyone wants them to go ahead. fisherman say that the spinning blades of the turbines will almost certainly disrupt or damage migrating fish that use the tidal flows to move in and out of the bay. >> it's only clean energy if you ignore the fundamental premise that these things kill fish, turbines kill fish. it's not a vacuum out there. there are fish living there, traversing the area. >> even though scientists whose research laid out the potential of the project say there's a long way to go before the sea bottom is covered with dozens of turbines powering nova scotia and its neighboring states and provinces. >> there are a lot of challenges. the marine environment is difficult to work in. the initial cost, the electricity that generate it will be high and we also have

this question of what impact it will have on the environment. >> balances that impact against the costs of energy from fossil fuel will be crucial. can tides so high they make rivers run backward help climate change or should they be left alone to ebb and flow as they have always done? daniel lack, al jazeera in nova scotia. chelsea have won their first match back in charge after beating crystal palace 3-0. scoring in the 29th minute, chelsea's second goal with an impressive strike shortly after the break. coasta put the game beyond doubt. chelsea announced 14th in the table. in spain, the third place real madrid take on valencia sunday, they are two points behind barca having won six of their last seven games. pressure remains on the manager on and off the field. he faced questions about

rodriguez, who was stopped by police on friday after driving at 200 kilometers be a hour on the way to training. >> this is a private issue. he is a good kid. he is serious. he has given us an explanation. i insist this is a private issue, and that's it. fans in afghanistan left disappointed after their team narrowly lost to india in the final of the south asia cup. there was a party mood on the streets of kabul earlier as supporters gathered to watch the game on big screens hoping that celebrate the win. in the end, afghanistan lost 2-1 in extra time. it's india's seventh south asian cup title. sunday's opening rally has been prevented in argentina. it happened a day after

helicopters were used to airlift spectators to hospital after a competitor's car plowed into the crowd. 13 were injured, including four children when the chinese driver lost control of her mini cooper. >> english cricketer ben stokes has hit the second fastest double century in test history and second ever by an english batsman. on day two of the second test in cape town came after 163 balls. the record is 155 balls. stokes is eventually out for 259 after smashing 34 and 11 sixes. england declared on 629 for six. in reply, south africa are now 129 for two. more troubles for the west indies against australia in the third test. opener craig made 85 but then the wickets began to tumble. nathan lion took two in a

flurry. the west indies closing the day on 207 for six. >> let's go back to the story we were telling you about earlier, afghanistan losing to india in that south asian cup final. we are joined live from kabul. how have the afghan fans taken the defeat where you are? well, afghans were getting prepared for a big celebration for a big night. now instead, we can see people in the street, they are celebrating, some fans that we talked to are saying that the game was not bad, it's simply india played better than afghans. the celebration is not as we were expecting it, not that big. people are in the street, but they are not making noise as much as they did in 2013 when they were in that match. >> well, of course, yeah. how popular is football in

afghanistan? how successful has this team been in the past? >> it's very popular, football in afghanistan. you can see in every dusty road in here boys, little boys and even girls are playing football in afghanistan. football could be the one thing that afghan are united and the team is a very national team. you can see players from every ethnic playing in this national team, and people, it's very popular among the afghans, not only in the big cities like kabul, even in countryside, if you talk with people in countryside they don't know much about any other sport, but they know a lot about football. >> all right, joining me live from kabul after afghanistan lost that south asian cup final to whoa one. seth curry made his return from injury for the golden state warriors, played just 15 minutes before going off hurt again.

they boat the denver nuggets 111-103 in overtime. there was trouble at the game between milwaukee and minnesota. an eight year veteran of the game lost his cool at the referee who hadn't given a foul. he was ejected from the game. it made matters worse. he had to be hauled away by the coaching staff. the bucks beat the timberwolves 95-85. that is all the sport for now. laura. thanks very much. we'll see you again later. every year, technology appears on the horizon. some makes our lives better, others don't catch on. looking at the year ahead, we explore some of the gadgets meant to shape 2016. >> the markets are unmanned remote aircraft better known as drones has grown fast in recent

years. it's now estimated to be worth over $1.4 billion a year and each generation getting smarter than before. new models of drones are able to navigate by themselves and can be photographed to film as they follow a beak son worn on the wrist. >> you wear a wrist band and the camera will follow you around for 20 minutes so you can ski down a slope or be driving a race car or a motorcycle. there's a lot of really interesting things that i think we'll see in the coming year. >> 2016 looks to be the year of virtual reality will come of age. one combines the virtual and real in a new way. visitors explore a real game space, but their experience is enhanced by 360-degree video and sound from virtual headsets, and physical heat and water sprays. from the virtual to the real, dubai civil defense forces will

take delivery of seven jet packs, intended to replace helicopters in an emergency situation. they could be used in oil and gas industry, even by farmers. >> cities are fast becoming smarter, from monitoring rubbish bins to traffic flows. 1 billion sensors are installed in the world cities to track the activities of residents. more than 5.5 million more will be connected each day around the world during 2016. >> the problem is that there's a strong focus on using people data without the permission or the awareness of the user, so what we find is lots of corporation that is see the city as these areas to get date that to repackage it and resell it for whatever reasons that you'll never know of. >> new technology that could disrupt public transport is also going to be tested this coming clear. high pollutant transportation

hopes to propel passenger pods through tubes that speed over 2,000 kilometers per hour will be tested in a track near las vegas. it could in time change the way we travel. >> it's been promised before, but 2016 is expected to be the year biometric security really takes off. more and more devices and services are swapping passwords for digital readings of features such as your face shape, fingerprint, iris of your eye, heartbeat or even brainwave patterns. >> owners can unlock their data in under a second. >> they can be used to unlock objects like handguns and will increasingly be used to protect our identities and our private data as our world becomes more connected. al jazeera. do stay with us here on al jazeera. we have the news right after

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