thanks for watching. i'm stephanie sy. >> hello, from our headquarters in doha, i'm jane dutton. coming up in news hour, a rocket explodes in a turkish school playground. isil is blamed for firing it from across syria. afghanistan holds talks to end 15 years of conflict. scraping the bottom of the barrel, oil prices are sent to a new low. a botched rocket landing off the coast poses more questions for the future of cheaper space

exploration. >> we begin in turkey near the border where of syria where a rocket was fired from syrian territory. andrew simmons has this update from where the rocket hit the schoolyard. >> in the middle of the schoolyard this is where one of the rockets dropped. the blast right here and the schranel hit where a woman died. another woman is believed also injured in hospital.

now the ministry is saying that they're convinced that there was three rockets fired from isil positions in syria, that's just under 20 kilometers away. this one struck and two others landed on soft ground in fields not far away. there is concern that isil will start repeating attacks like this. there has been a run up to it in a sense that the turkish ministry has been attacking isil positions ever since that bombing in istanbul in the old city where all those german tourists died. since then there have been retaliatory strikes both in the syrian border and also the iraqi border with the prime minister saying up to 250 isil operatives

have been killed. right now much concern about what is going to happen. a real feeling of fear here for people not knowing if it's safe for their children to even go to school. >> indeed, the syrian conflict reaches it's fifth anniversary in march. 250,000 people have been killed. more than 4 million people have been displaced from their homes. some people have sought refugees in neighboring countries. others have made the dangerous journey seeking a better life in europe. but on the ground, all sides are fighting each other and all are accused in the atrocities where syria's cultural heritage has all but been destroyed. talks wil have been suggested for later this month but nothing has been yet confirmed.

>> the countries, we call them friends of syria. they're not friends of syria any more. they've changed their interests in the area. not just in syria. we're talking in syria and a big area called middle east and the interests are different now than five years ago. syria, it seems, that syria is not important for them any more. it could be the oil in the area meaning gcc countries, not syria. they don't care about those people who have been killed orchid napped or disappeared for five years. there have been millions of refugees, millions of dead people, and destroying whole country. unfortunately, they're not interested in syria any more. >> attempts to reunite children stranded at a refugee camp with their families have ended up in a court.

campaigners say hundreds of children are at risk of deportation. and accuse authorities of ignoring the european rules which entitle them to seek asylum. >> of all the miserable lives being lifted in the squalor of northern france, the unaccompanied children here one would think would be the most deserving of compassion. they already have family in the u.k. then they should have a right to come for their protection. but the u.k. government continues to say they should seek asylum for france or elsewhere. that means those who have tried to help the children have no choice but to take cases to this anonymous building in central london to decide what is right. >> whatever the ruling, the government has to act. it's unacceptable for desperate children trying to reach their loved ones, something that no child should have to face and the government should react

immediate. >> i one of the cases involves the teenage brother of ahmed. ahmed has almost died after hiding for ten hours in a refrigerated lorrie to get to calais. his younger brother followed him to calais alone and now he's there alone. >> i feel like my hands are tied. the conditions in calais are so dangerous and anything could happen to my brother. this is the only thing i could, to help him get here. >> the emigration has been the largest since world war ii. >> in the end of the second world war there was the kinder transport which saved thousands of children from nazi germany. now the government sees no moral obligation to look after the interests of hundreds of children who are also victims of war and who are no more than an hour away by train in calais.

a service was held for a young afghan boy who had family in the u.k. and who also tried to cross by lorrie also, he suffocated. this is the risk they run if they want to get to family in britain. >> the u.n. special envoy in syria is due to brief the security council on the conflict. i believe that james bays has a sense of what's going to go down there, what are you hearing? >> well, remember where we are now, jane. the talks that everyone has been talking about now for a very long time are supposed to take place between all the parties in syria, in geneva one week from today. and there is big uncertainty whether they're going to go ahead 37 in fact, comments from one of the important international players in all

this, france, the french foreign minister saying he cannot confirm whether they will go ahead in one week's time. the effort still is to make them go ahead in one week's time. the security council, as you say s listening here in new york to the words of a man who will convene this peace conference if it goes ahead and they've given them the latest detail. he's actually the u.n. in geneva and briefing them by video conferences. this is a closed meeting, although we will find out some of what is being said. on the way in we heard from ambassadors who are attending the meeting. it must happen, he told me, after all the preparation that has been done. and i also spoke to the british deputy ambassador peter wilson who said that the u.k. believed there had to be talks. there should be talks taking

place. it's important that they take place this month. but then he admitted that it will be tough. what we understand is the case behind the scenes is the syrian opposition who is not certain they want to attend these talks. john kerry, the u.s. secretary of state has a meeting in london who said we cannot yet deliver the the opposition. including fighting groups to the conference in geneva who still has misgivings. i'm told by sources that those misgivings are about what happens when those talks don't go anywhere. they have experience of talks to years ago in geneva, and they believe that the syrian government turned up there. they used tactics where they weren't ready to participate, and what the syrian opposition want to hear from john kerry,

and he's now going to make his way first to zurich to speak to the russian foreign minister and then to saudi arabia where he'll meet the saudi government. what they want to hear from mr. kerry is that he has a plan b. if the syrian government turn up with trax next week and don't properly engage, then the u.s. then will take other action. >> james bays, thank you. new talks ending more than a decade of fighting between government forces and afghan taliban have been held in kabul. they called on all taliban groups to enter into talks with the government. more talks are due next month in islamabad, but the taliban recently stepped up its campaign against the government. >> a symbol of fear for many afghans. it's where they carried out public executions. >> during the taliban rule you

see those football posts over there? that's where they used to hang people. >> 14 years after the u.s.-led military campaign that removed it from power the taliban is still twitch. it's fighters are engaged in a continuing battle with local and foreign forces. most foreign troops have left and their combat operations left in 2014. leaving behind mostly u.s. troops in advisory and training capacity. but local afghan security forces can't defeat the taliban on their own. the taliban's strategy is to take advantage. their propaganda video shows some of its fighters celebrating recent victories and it has war tactic to gain a strong negotiating position.

>> what they have achieved on the battlefield it would bring position. >> but there are other factors that could be forcing the taliban to renegotiate. it suffered heavy losses over the years, and it's now divided. the announcement in july that mohammed has died two years earlier has rattled the group. some members split and some refuse to accept the new leader mohammed monsour. now there is momentum for peace. from the u.s. china and afghanistan, they met in islamabad to agree on a road map for taliban. >> and all parties to the talks have their own agenda and

tactics. >> the taliban's leader is struggling to maintain the group' group, and it is not known if he is in favor of peace talks, but the islamic state in iraq and the levant which is gaining ground in afghanistan. >> the charges related to the killing of a separatist leader fighting for autonomy, pakistan's biggest province of thwas killed. two other government officials were also killed. still to come on al jazeera, we're still in burkina faso where the government agreed to work with mall low to counter regional threats after an attack

on a hotel. plus the latest on the front runners, the race heats up ahead of the nomination contests. >> for me that's an act of sportsmanship. >> games setting and match setting, corruption in the game but admits he was offered money to throw a match early in his career. >> the president of neighboring benin is showing solidarity following attacks on a hotel. they pledged to work with burkina faso to counter regional security threats. >> we are the attack on friday, where vehicles align outside of

the hotel. they've been largely destroyed. the investigators from france, the united states and burkina faso are still combing through debris looking for any leads they can find. moments earlier the president of burkina faso, who was accompanied, they were shown the attacks. the african leaders would show solidarity, but the serious rhythm for their visit is the realization that they are no longer confined and they're carrying out attacks not only in mali but neighboring countries, and believed to jointly counter al-qaeda in the islamic area.

>> in yemen there have been more attacks in what is beginning to look like a systemic campaign. an official loyal to abd rabbuh mansur hadi was killed by a roadside bomb. in the port city of aden a car bomb attack killed 11 people. >> aden is the seat of yemen's internationally recognized government. this has not grout security. a suicide-bomber exploded his car outside of the city. this attack came on sunday despite a strictly enforced curfew that has been extend ford another month. the a spokesman said that the supporters and the rebels have infiltrated the security services. meanwhile, saudi-led airstrikes continue to pound houthi rebel conditions leading to a dire

situation in the city's infrastructure. >> they have under mind security and shake domestic front. the more violent the airstrikes and killings get, the tighter the domestic front would be. >> according to the united nations the fighting on the ground in yemen along with the airstrikes have killed 6,000 people in july. around half of those are said to be civilians. a local journalist was also killed in a saudi-led airstrikes on sunday. >> in iraq kurdish peshmerga forces say they found what appears to be a mass grave. fragments of bones and pieces of clothing was discovered on the outskirts of sinjar where yazidi men were reportedly killed in 2014. the remains are believed to

belong to 20 men who were captured and killed by isil fighters when they took over the town in northwest iraq. several american citizens have gone missing in the last few days. their identities have not been released. local media said that militias kidnapped three americans and said to be traveling to the city's international airport when they were abducted. morocco has arrested a belgium national. he was detectively linked to the group that carried out deadly attacks in paris on november 13th. we'll bring you more on that as we get it. the head of the u.n. atomic watchdog has arrived for talks with president hassan rouhani. paving the way for sanctions to be lifted. the meeting head of iran's atomic organization. they're expected to discuss the

iaea monitoring and verifying of tehran's nuclear program. meanwhile, iran has decided to increase oil production by half million barrels a day. following the lifting the sanctions and the nuclear deal. the price of barrel is now below $28 a barrel. that's the lowest. there are fears that it could be more so with the lifting of sanctions on iran. the chief investment officer said that the oil price is far from over. >> well, i would think that once the market sees the further fall in the oil price, probably that price is too high to be

competitive with renewable prices. we think it's a structural fall. we don't think it will swing up again soon, and iran coming up means more supply in a market where we may see soon peak demands. we might soon see peak demand because greater resource efficiency in germany and around the world, reside manned for cars because of electric mobility, it means that peak demand will be soon and as a result oil prices will be heading south long term, i believe. >> higher u.s. productions has pushed u.s.--has been pushed down. >> in texas its oil that accounts for the fortune in recent years. >> this has given our

communities also for our county a chance to advance a lot of programs in things that they are were wanting to do. >> the prairie landscape across south texas is dotted with new oil wells thanks to dramatic advances in the drilling technology known as hydraulic fracturing. that development has made the u.s. the world's biggest produ producer of crude. but it's proven too much of a good thing. the more america the opec country and others add to the global surplus, the less each barrel is worth. >> collectively it would make sense for all producers to ratchet back production a bit. but individually, and that's the calculous of each country or energy company is making, it makes sense individually for them to continue to produce. so that's what we're seeing. >> as a result some drill whose defen depended on high oil prices are being driven into bankruptcy, and texas has begun

to brace for the down side ofcal. >> the jobs in texas is now forecast to be one-third of what it was a couple years ago, but if oil prices continue to stay at current levels much longer economists see an actual loss of jobs. >> the crew working at this drilling services company is just half the size it was this time a year ago. joe said that he's too discourage to pay attention any more to the price of crude. >> it's not so much maybe not the money. it's the uncertainty of the fact you don't know what you have day-to-day. the money is still there. but it could be, you know, it could get worse. >> some find hope in new markets since the u.s. dropped it's 40-year ban on crude exports. the first tankers left texas laden with cargo bound for europe. but no one is looking for the

day when crude sells for more than $100 a barrel. >> it is just two weeks ago until the two u.s. main political parties begin to vote for their choice of presidential nominee. the front ruiners, hillary clinton and bernie sanders intensified their attacks over each other and argued over foreign policy and gun control. kimberly halkett reports. >> voters in charleston, south carolina, gather for a traditional fish fry social leading up to the democratic debate. a chance for party members to discuss which candidate they'll support. >> i go back and forth between the two. and honestly i'm still deciding. >> that's why britney mathis attended the debates to help determine which candidate deserves a chance to become the

next u.s. president, especially when it comes to dealing with complex foreign policy. senator bernie sanders argued the historic implementation with the agreement with iran is the reason to begin warming relations between the two nations. a point clinton disputed. >> the fact that we managed that prevents iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and we did that without going to war, and that i believe we're seeing a thaw in our relationships with iran is a very positive step. >> we've had one good day over 36 years, and i think we need more good days before we move more rapidly toward any kind of normalization. >> on the issue of growing influence of isil in syria the candidates reiterated previous positions. sanders blames the 2003 invasion of iraq as the reason for regional instability and argued that the u.s. should not send

soldiers in what he sees as a conflict. clinton said that we should take an active leadership role. the national policy, they would fire on gun control. sanders saying he will protect gun dealers. >> not a block from here where we had nine people murdered. now, i am pleased to hear that senator sanders has reversed his position on immunity. >> it is a small mom and pop gun shop who sells a gun legally to continue should not be held liable if somebody does something terrible with that gun. >> i have to agree with both of them. they both have been inconsistent when it comes to this issue. >> it left many democratic party members still undecided. which is why the attacks between the candidates coo--could

intensify. still two eaks in iowa where clinton has the narrow lead. she like left little time to win over undecided voters. >> still to come in the news hour, the rich list we take a look at a new report that painted a disturbing picture about the distribution of the world's wealth. plus nepal's new constitution is bringing young and old out on the streets in the country. we'll explain why. we'll also tell you how chris gayle blue away a cricket record. jo has more in sport.

>> celebrity chef, marcus samuelsson. >> i've had the fortune to live out my passion. >> his journey from orphan to entrepreneur. >> sometimes in life, the worst that can ever happen to you can also be your savior. >> and serving change through his restaurants. >> we hired 200 people here in harlem... these jobs can't be outsourced. >> i lived that character. >> we will be able to see change. >> hello again. the top stories on al jazeera. turkey's investigating an explosion at a school. the military said up to three rockets were fired from isil positions across the border in syria. talks in kabul aimed at ending more than a decade of fighting between afghan forces and the

taliban have ended. afghan, chinese, pakistani and u.s. call on all taliban groups to participate in talks with the government. oil prices are expected to fall further following the end of nuclear sanctions against iran. tehran has announced it will increase oil production by half a million barrels a day. should donald trump be banned from britain? british mps are debating the petition. they say trump, who is one of the u.s. presidential candidates, isn't welcome because of his controversial call to ban muslims from the country. >> love him or loathe him, donald trump can't stay out of the headlines. but some people in britain are now saying he should stay out of their country because of comments like this. >> donald trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states until our countries'

representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. >> more than half a million people have signed an online petition urging the government to ban him from the u.k. and now members of parliament are debating the proposal. the woman behind the petition says donald trump is no different from others who have been barred from britain on the grounds of hate speech. >> anyone who wouldn't be aware for hate speech in the past. they really should do it. there have been cases in the united states where his hate speech has led to actual violence. >> susan kelly's long campaign against trump's efforts have led to golf courses in scotland. he has spent years and large amounts of money on this site against the wishes of many local residents. >> mr. trump has had plans for this golf resort. there is a golf clubhouse. you have to be pretty gullible

to accept his claims now. >> trump has already had his status as business ambassador for scotland and honorary degree taken away. but his recent comments on an u.s. show raised eyebrows here in the capital which prides itself for its diversity. >> we have places in london and other places that are so radicalized that the police are afraid for their own lives. we have to be very smart and very vegetable glint that claim is being denied by the police. while many find donald trump's comments offensive, not everyone agrees he should be banned from entering the country. >> i don't think we can essentially ban him at the moment, but i really don't like what he stands for at all. >> you have no right to talk about banning him, donald trump from coming to england. the reason being america and england has always had a good relationship. now if you start that, then you're going to break off that

wonderful relationship that we had before. >> the u.k. government calls donald trump's comments as unhelpful and wrong. either way monday's debate is unlikely to effect his prospects in the u.s. election. al jazeera. london. >> there has been a long journey for 180 cubans who finally entered the u.s. they were stranded for weeks in costa rica after being denied entry there victimme through nicaragua. >> had woman and other cubans in this shelter in southern mexico have a flight to catch. they hope to make it to northern mexico and cross into the united states. before fly to go ecuador in october to begin her journey she had never left home. since then she has crossed six countries. one more to go.

the 43-year-old mother has come so far but still has more than 1700 kilometers to go before she reaches the u.s. border. her husband is in florida, where a whole new life to start is daunting. >> it's a radical change for me. i don't know what i'll have to face once i get there. it's another country. i'm excited, but i know it's a very drastic change. >> reforms in cuba actually helps daisy leave home. like others she sold her house, which was illegal in 2011. with thousands of dollars in hand she could afford the trip. they thought flying to the u.s. border would make their trip safer. but when they landed in the mexican border city famous for cartel gun fights and kidnappings it became clear what dangers they faced on their final push. airport taxis refuse to take them 15 minutes to the u.s. border without a federal police escort.

cubans are targets for extortion and kidnap. minutes turned to hours. the sun had almost set when police finally showed up. violent crime is rare at home. these cubans were shaken. >> we were afraid, really afraid. we thought we would have to spend the night in that space far away and cut off from everything else. it's dangerous. i was afraid. all of us were afraid. >> approaching the border it starts to hit them. they're almost there. >> daisy has taken her final steps on her way to the u.s. a journal that has taken two and a half months and one full of hazards and dangerous she couldn't have imagined when she left cuba. in two hours she is expected to be free on the other side. >> steps full of emotion, and now she has made it this far. the challenging new life is set to begin. adam raney, al jazeera, along the u.s.-mexico border. >> in cuba huge waves have

breached the sea wall flooding and stranding performance-enhancing drugs. it lasted several hours overnight sending water three blocks into the city. rescue workers were deployed to help people up the streets. thousands of government employees in argentina will not have their contracts renewed. many have lost their jobs because the new government said that they are political activists and supporters of the former president cristina kirchner. we have reports from buenos aires. >> a prong test by people who say they have lost their jobs. they said that they have been working at the community center for six years and now her contract has not been renewed. >> the government is playing off state employees and and they're accusing of being activists, of getting paid and not coming to work. i have three children to support, and my contract has not been reviewed.

>> macri came to power after cristina kirchner. he announced that the former president cristina kirchner has left the country financially in the red. that's why authorities have announced they'll look into the status of thousands of public employees because of fears they don't actually hold jobs at all but rather just collect a salary. >> these people are chanting, we want to work. over 5,500 people are having their contracts reviewed. mean have already been fired. and what they say they will continue protesting until they get their jobs back. >> all around argentina there are thousands in a similar situation. at the cultural center the contracts of 600 people have not been renewed. >> this man works in stenography, and claims they are not even allowed to enter the building. >> we signed the contract with the previous administration until december 2016.

they are ignoring that contract and accuse us of not working. i worked here for 12 hours every day. >> macri faces strong opposition that mostly comes by the supporters of former president cristina kirchner. the government claims that for years the previous government handed over public jobs in exchange of political support. generating jobs that the private sector did not. >> we're reviewing all contracts because we found very strange things. for example, in the last three years we've seen an increase in state employees. if anyone is being paid and not working it is disrespectful to the workers. it is public money. >> protests like this wit one will probably continue in argentina, and those who oppose macri have vowed to fight back.

al jazeera, buenos aires. >> taxi drivers in hungary have blocked lanes in downtown budapest to demand a ban on the taxi app uber. they're un' that uber drivers are not subject to the same regulations as taxi drivers. they're calling for fines against uber drivers and the immediate shutdown of the service. young men and women are accusing their older political leaders of failing to solve their problems. hundreds have been killed during most of unrest over the constitution. [ sobbing ] >> people in the village in nepal's southern plains are used to the sound of grief coming out of a house. in september, her teenage son was shot by security forces. locals hearsay that the whole village has been grieving since. >> it's unfortunate that this

happened during such a sad time. >> a youth leader, he was visiting families of those who died during present protests. he said that their deaths is a reminder of what is at stake. >> there are over a dozen people who have come to me and asked me to take this and that, but i tell them that i don't need anything. my son died a brutal death. i want his dream of equality realized. >> the first to start a protest here back in july. people from the southern plains have been demanding better representation under nepal's new constitution. there are strong links to residents on the other side of the indian border. they say they have long been discriminated against by the nepali state. >> more than 50 people have died in the protest since august. most of them young men. they are acutely aware that

they're paying the price of the past failures of their own leadership. this time they want to hold them accountable. >> a businessman in the town, the youth organization he's associated with popularly known is a non-partisan group. despite not trusting their political leaders they say they have to rely on them to negotiate. >> this is entirely a political issue and that's why political parties have to negotiate with the government. that's why bev to them them. we've been warning them not to lose track. this time the agreements won't be enough. we expect implementation. >> observers say that it's the youth who are responsible for the longevity of the movement. >> most politicians, people had lost trust in them. but you see they find these young boys and girls who can speak their language to them but

can converse with the international community. they also see that these people are sacrificing their prospect so they have inspired their country leaders. because of that it is so broad based. >> talks are going on. the youth here held that there is a common understanding soon. but they're also calling on their leaders to continue their fight. al jazeera, southern nepal. >> for the first time since 1949, pro independence party said to control taiwan's party. victory could set the island's relations wit relations with china. >> the new government soon for taiwan. victory for tsai ing-wen had been widely predicted. but how that may change taiwan's

relationship with china is far less predictable. the chinese government is thought to play down the election results. >> the relationship between china and taiwan can be best described as complicated. china feels taiwan is a province that could be taken back by force if necessary. but taiwan sees itself as separate. china is the island's largest trading partner. to reduce it's dependency on china, taiwan may pursue big deals with other nation such as the u.s.-led trans-pacific partnership, but it has to proceed carefully. while china may not respond to

its military might, it has economic weight. it could suspend talks and reduce trade. for now whether china's reaction goes beyond issuing strong statement also depend on how firmly taiwan asserts itself on its new government. >> china is going through its own difficulties right now as it tries to get out of the middle income trap, and it doesn't see itself having a lot of able to the deal with di september and voices on the side which they think would solve their conundrum right now. >> china is mindful of how it watches taiwan will be closely watched by monitoring organizations. both parties, it seems, will continue to tread carefully.

>> the "u.n. world food program" said 14 million people in southern a are at risk of starvation due to a drought made worse by the el niño weather pattern. the hardest hit country is malawi where 2.8 million people are expected to go hungry. 1.9million people are at risk on the indian association island of madagascar. the u.n. food agency said that rain has been scarce during the current planting season in southern africa. the world's wealth is more unfairly divided than ever before. just 62 people have roughly the same amount of money as half of the entire population of the planet. the mega rich has seen their wealth rise by 44% to almost 2 trillion-dollar. at the same time the 3.5 billion people at the bottom of the pile have become even poorer. we have head of research of that

report said that it needs to be reversed. >> it makes no economic or moral sense to have so much wealth concentrated in the hands of so few at a time when we're needing to fight the battle against extreme poverty, we really need to reverse this trend where actually the most of the proceeds of growth and most of the accumulation of wealth is going straight to the richest people. we need to make sure that work pays. we need to see better salaries, better wages and more secure employment of many people. we also need to make sure that everyone gets the opportunity to participate fairly in society. to do that they need decent education and healthcare. so public services are really critical. in addition we need to make sure that people are paying their taxes and pay the taxes they're due to pay and loopholes that exist that allow individuals and companies to avoid paying taxes

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>> rocket scientists are going back to the drawing board following their latest launch. space ex-.is using new rocket company. it has touched on land but landing at sea has been a

different story. >> an unmanned barge i as the rocket comes in to land. one of its four landing legs failed to deploy and the booster falls over. spacex has been testing it's land technology since last year. each costs $16 million, and until now crashed into the ocean after each launch. spacex did manage a successful controlled landing in december. that touched down on land was world first. the company said that reusable rockets will dramatically cut the costs of space travel and make exploration of the solar system possible. the landing attempt was the second part of a mission which earlier saw the record climbing the satellite into orbit.

it will measure the height of the sea far below to within just four centimeters. >> there is a radar attached to the satellite, and it bounces a radar wave off the surface of the ocean, and measures how long it takes to go down and come back, and this gives us a very simple estimate of the distance between the satellite and the ocean. >> the satellite is able to return data from every point on the globe every ten days. an effective way to chart the currents for shipping. the $180 million mission will give scientists greater insight into weather patterns such as el niño and climate change. the rocket was on target and the landing was soft. the landing label to exam what went wrong and spacex hopes to get it right next time. al jazeera. >> jo is here with sport. >> yes, thanks. well, tennis number one djokovic

admitted he was offered money to throw a match early in his career. it comes as leading tennis officials deny accusations that they failed to investigate suspicions of corruption in the sport. >> djokovic is one of the biggest names in tennis. a world number one who has won over $94 million in prize money throughout his career. but in 2007 the year prior to winning his first grand slam the serbian said he was offered $200,000 to fix a first round match in st. petersburg. >> i was approached, me personally, through people who were working with me at that time. of course, we threw it away right away. >> djokovic's comments came after he won his first round match at the australian open t . the sport's authorities have

been forced to deny that they've ignored indications that others have been accepting payments. >> the tennis integrity unity and the tennis authorities absolutely rejects any suggestion that evidence of match fixing has been suppressed for any reason or isn't being thoroughly investigated. >> the tennis integrity unit was set up in 2008 to investigate corruption within the sport. it's alleged that over the past decade 16 top 50 players have been repeatedly flagged over suspensions they may have thrown matches. it's claimed betting syndicates in russia and italy made hundreds of thousands of dollars betting on the games in question, the players, including grand slam winners were allowed to continue to competing. >> within its investigation the unit has to find evidence as opposed to information,

suspicion or hearsay. >> djokovic was the only one to express knowledge of payments being offered. >> as an athlete i do everything i can to be not only great, but historic. you know, if that's going on, i don't know about it. >> somebody may call it an opportunity. i call it--for me, that's an act of bad sportsmanship. a crime in sports, really. >> the show goes on but it's authorities not just players who find themselves under the toughest spotlight. elise holman, al jazeera. >> chris egan said that players at the lower levels of tennis are the most vulnerable of

corruption. >> it's the third most exposed and vulnerable support because it's so heavily bet on and gambled on throughout the world. the vast majority of problems for the corruption come with the lower levels of tennis. these are the very vulnerable, and many would admit that. they carry forward with intimidation. we're not talking about just money we're talking about organized crime. >> the way around the travesty of match fixing, roger federer set a record on monday by turning up for his 65th consecutive major.

and with straight set wins. defending women's champion serena williams had no trouble advancing. the melbourne champion came through 6-4, 7-5. other round one winners including former number one was knocked out by world number 76. west indy he is cricketers chris gayle has hit the headlines. his actions on the pitch continue to impress. gayle smashed 15 to show a record for the fastest half just in twenty20 cricket. that included four straight sixes.

>> well, the renegade still lost to the adelaide strikers by 27-1. the call backs to the nfl will go head to head after the denver broncos put their spot in next year's championship game. the broncos quarterback peyton manning made his return to the starting line up for the first time since november and helped guide his team to the win over the pittsburgh steelers. man willing face tom brady in the team's fifth playoff encounter with new england patriots. >> it works out to be in the game. we knew we had to be a good football team in order to get there. we'll try to enjoy this one tonight and get up and prepare for that game on monday and we'll talk about who is we're playing on wednesday.

>> playing through the nfc champion game to win 31-24, they'll play the arizona cardinals for a place at this year's super bowl. well, carolina will have home advantage for that nfc title clash on sunday. the new england patriots will be in colorado to decide if they get to defend their title at super bowl l. there is time to bring you incredible pictures from surfing big waves world tour to mexico. 24 competitors did their best to stay on board while rifing 30- and 40-foot waves at an area called killer. thankfully it did not live up to its name. that is all the sport for now. more with rahul later. >> that wraps up the news as well. thank you for watching. we'll hand you over to lauren taylor in london for the next bulletin.

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