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adams, mercedes driver wins the grand prix and fernando says he's lucky to be alive after walking away from this huge case in melbourne. ♪ turkey's entire your minister has said the suicide a to beer responsible for saturday's blast was a member of isil. four other people were killed and dozens wounded when the bomber detonated his device on a crowded street. we have the latest from istanbul. >> reporter: a somber mood hangs over the street. this is the heart of istanbul's commercial lifeline. a place where locals and tourists hang out. but after a suicide bombing earlier on saturday, the avenue is overshadowed by fear. people here hold the vigil for the victims. >> translator: we came here right after the incident. and left red carnations to show our pain.

>> reporter: security camera footage captured the moment the blast went off around noon. witnesses say hundreds of people ran for cover when a loud explosion was heard. a day later, the security forces are still searching for blues. the forensic police are still trying to collect more evidence from the explosion site here behind me. and also there are some signs and banners that reflect a sense of defiance, one of the banners read that we stand united. the other banner says we won't give in to terrorism. but the general sense among people here is one of worry and concern. this woman says anyone could be a suspect. >> translator: istanbul has millions of people living here and many more visit from abroad. now anything can happen. and everyone could be a suspect. >> reporter: media reports say dna tests are being done to investigate a possible suspect

linked to isil. >> translator: terror once again showed its ugly and heinous face targeting civilians, our fight against terrorism will continue with full force in and out of the country. we should act towing in our fight against terrorism without buts. >> reporter: there have been a string of bomb attacks in turkey over the past few months. just last week a blast in the capital ankara killed 37 people. kurdish separatist separatists o the armed group p.k.k. claimed responsibility. the government insists the country is safe. it will have to convince not only its citizens, but the million of tourists who contribute to its economy. >> and omar al saleh has this update from istanbul. >> reporter: according to the minister of interior, the 24-year-old turkish national was the suicide bomber of saturday's explosion on the street here us stan bull. now, what we know so far is that

on saturday, also authorities arrested his fa they can the suspect's father and a brother and took dna samples and then the authorities carried out test this is morning and this is when we confirmed the identity of that suicide bomber. the minister also said that he is affiliated to isil. the islamic state of iraq and the levant. now, this is very interesting because in the past few months turkey has been rocked by a number of suicide bombings and as well as explosions but only by ice -- not only by isil but other groups including the kurdistan workers' and the p.k.k. and another extreme group. now, there is a huge sense of fear and uncertainty. turkey is embracing itself perhaps for more violence to come. a football match between two of turkey's biggest teams has been postponed just two hours before kickoff because of security fears.

the istanbul derby had been scheduled for sunday evening. the office of us stan bull's governor says serious intelligence was obtained about a potential threat. ♪ greece has begun the process of sending refugees on the islands of lesbos back to turkey. it's part of a deal struck between the european union and turkey. even as the operation begins to remove some people, more refugees are arriving. zeina khodr reports from lesbos. >> reporter: this was supposed to have stopped. but the boats keep coming in. europe's refugee crisis is far from over. the latest arrivals are refugees from syria. many of them from the war-torn city of aleppo. they are still making the dangerous journey across the aegean sea to reach the greek islands, the european union was hoping a cent agreement with

turkey would discourage asylum seekers. but people who managed to reach europe shores are still hopeful they won't be turned back. >> translator: i don't think they will reject us because we are coming from a destroyed city. we are asking for asylum on humanitarian grounds. not only is there war in our country, but the situation in turkey is bad for us. >> reporter: these people want to maker way to mainlands europe some some nba search of a better life others to be reunited with tear family members that made the tourney before them. >> translator: the situation is very bad in aleppo. we endured four years of war, bombardment and rocket attacks, i don't want to be sent back to turkey because my father and two sisters are in germany and i miss them. >> reporter: but tighter restrictions imposed by some european countries and the closure of the balkan route means these people will be stuck here. greece is no longer a transit country and there are new rules in place. according to the new agreement between the european union and

turkey, these new arrivals could be sent back to turk i they will be given the chance to apply for asylum, but there are no guarantees it will be accepted. human rights groups have criticized the deal that would also involve the e.u. resettling more than 70,000 refugees from turkey. they fear that the majority of those who do arrive in europe qualify as refugees and require protection. >> it's 10 or 11-kilometers from greece to turkey. so this port now, they told me we six hours inside the water we lost, okay, and the smuggle ergo back to turkey, so i don't think they will be agreed to back to turkey. >> reporter: this six-year-old and her brother are not aware of the new rules and restrictions. all they know that they managed to escape war and are hopeful that their lives will become better. she tells us that she

was scared while crossing the sea. but she also knows why her family had to do it. the situation in aleppo is very bad because of the bombardment she says. the agreement to sends back new arrivals on the islands entered in to force on sunday. the e.u. has promised greece assistance to deal with all of the eye asylum cases but that may not be the hard part. these people say they won't accept any move to take a step back. zeina khodr, al jazeera, lesbos, greece. for more rear joined live by a field organizer with doctors without borders in lesbos in greece, thank you very much for being with us. can you tell us what you are seeing on the ground at the moment there. >> the authorities are trying to [ inaudible ] from the refugees that were already here from yesterday in order to be able starting with today or tonight to apply the new procedures. so everyone now is heading to

mainland with different stories. >> what about the people still arriving? how much provision is there for them? >> the people that are still arriving now they will be followed let's say under the new procedure, it means that they will be bring to the outskirts of lesbos and [ inaudible ] they cannot apply for asylum, if thy cannot apply for asylum they will be sent back [ inaudible ] the people that will apply for asylum they will stay inside without movement until the end of the application process let's say if not they will be sent back to turkey if they have a positive answer they will remain in our up and apply for relocation or what else. >> how well do you think greece can cope with the practicalities of processing everyone in this way? >> this is a very good question because now it takes a few weeks

to have an answer from the application procedures and it means that if [ inaudible ] there won't be enough place for the peoples. we heard that the authorities are working to increase the capacity of the asylum services. but so far in lesbos i have no evidence of that. >> and how much are you couldn't cooperating with the government? how much information has they given you? have they told you what they would like you to be doing or is there no communication? >> there is communication, but nothing is too clear because i think that the authorities in athens to the authorities probably still have no directive. so honestly, we don't know precisely what will happen tomorrow. and all the humanitarian organization try to adop adapt d cope and see what will be tomorrow and how we can respond to the needs in this new

situation. >> and is it your impression that they will actually be a deterrent effect from this new deal? >> no. honestly, i think not at all. i know -- we know that there are a lot of people in turkey that are fleeing the war, a terrible war but just more barriers will lead people to take more risks to travel at nighttime. to travel in bad weather or maybe to change the route and go back to the italian route through libya and tunisia and it will just be more dangerous. >> from doctors without borders speaking it to us from lesbos, thank you for taking the time to talk to us. >> thank you, bye. two refugees have died trying to reach lesbos, they were found dead on an overcrowded rubber boat that arrived from turkey. medics performed cpr on the two men but failed to revive them. police official says 12 boats had already arrived near the

island's airport by early sunday morning. toll iraq now where the american military has deployed u.s. marines on the ground to help kurdish forces fights isil. for more we join christine saloomey who is in washington, d.c. for us. what exactly does this deployment mean? >> well, it's hard to say at this point, lauren, we know that the united states is sending a detachment from the 26th ma ridiculoumarineexpeditionary unt ground-air unit. they will be supporting the international coalition's ground operations in iraq. we don't know how many marines this detachment will cop sift. a full unit would be 2200. and it's quite possible these troops are simple replacing others on the ground. but the fact that they are an air-ground combat unit certainly raises some questions. we know that the forces, the coalition forces have been

talking about helping iraq to retake mosul from isil forces. this would be an iraq-led venture. the united states and the coalition's involvement so far there has primarily been an air support. an air campaign against isil. we also know that the united states lost its first service member in iraq. i am sorry, second service member in iraq on friday. only the second u.s. service person to die in this campaign against isil. and that took place just on friday. so is this announcement somehow in response to that? sending a signaling of more troops on the ground. it's interesting to note the timing of this because up to this point, the united states has been very quiet about the numbers of troops that it has in iraq and what their role is, saying primarily that it is support, training and advisory. but they do have just under 4,000 troops there now and it's

not clear, as i said, if this will increase those numbers or not. >> kristen saloomey, tar very tu very much. the iraqi army is trying to retake the city heat north of the baghdad. it was lost eight months ago in which was considered one of the worst massacres. they have been able to push back isil fighters in anbar, eitel fighters killed more than 200 sunni trikes men execution style on the day they took heet. military sources say at least 24 iraqi source have his been killed by aisles in two separate attacks in iraq. much more still to come on the al jazeera news hour, including senegal is holding a referendum. we'll tell you why the president is coming under fire even though he supports a yes vote. we visit congo where the polls have just closed and examine why elections there are so important. and one of morocco's biggest football teams is suspended

after three fans are killed in a riot in casablanca, details coming up in sport. ♪ ♪ now, the president is facing impeachment hearings, a former president under investigation and daily street protests. brazil's tense political situation has many losing faith in dilma rousseff's leadership something that has been seen across the entire nation, gabriel elizondo reports. >> reporter: the noise of protests replaced by the sound of horses galloping on cobblestone streets. here it's just another day on horseback, getting from one place to another. and when 18-year-old lopez looks at the politicians in his country, he sees little hope. >> translator: the politicians are only there to steal from the people. now for those of us who are poor, we are just here trying to figure out how to pay for a bag

of rice. >> reporter: here people are quiet, humble, working class, and they are watching from a far as their country's government faces the worst crisis in a generation. and they are losing faith. >> translator: we get one politician and they are corrupt. then we get another who is corrupt too. everywhere you look politicians from all sides are corrupt in this country. >> reporter: in rio de janeiro hundreds of thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets, calling for the impeachment of president dilma rousseff who they hold responsible for economic decline and alleged close ties to corrupt officials. pro-government supporters responded with huge protests of their own, saying it's a coup and they won't stand for it. the deepening crisis threatens to bring down the government and it has the potential to get worse very soon.

here in the capital of brasilia, the political situation could become even more volatile this week. that's when lawmakers here in congress are expected to open the first phase of impeachment hearings against the president. they are watching developments, but not today. no matter the differences on this day the one thing that brings everyone together is the local neighborhood football championship. but even those far away from the traditional seats of power realize this crisis is one of the worst the country has faced for many years. gabriel elizondo, al jazeera, brasilia. gabriel joins us now from the capital brasilia. so tell us more about the impeachment process. >> reporter: yeah that, process is going going to be starting tuesday here at the national capital building you see behind me. what we know about it is that the process of impeachment is actually being accelerated.

speeded up. it will be a panel or special commission of more than 50 lawmakers from various different political parties, left, center, and right they will start the impeachment hearing process on tuesday here. they say there will be about 15 sessions. so 15 days essentially is what they are saying. now, after that, they will decide if the impeachment process should go forward even further or not. after that, if they say it should, it will go to a vote of the full congress and then potentially to the senate who will make the ultimate ruling. it's a really completed process but essentially what the panel or the commission is saying is they are going to be meeting every single day, monday through friday, holding hearings trying to get this process through as quickly as they can to restore some sort of stability to the very tumultuous situation here in bra selling. >> and a new poll related to impeachment has been released what does that tell us?

>> reporter: yeah, a new poll came out and it's very bad news for president dilma rousseff, a poll by the very respected polling agency here in brazil. their new poll shows 66% of brazilians polled are in favor of the impeachment process against dilma rousseff. 65% actually want her to resign. that is really bad news for rousseff. for many reasons, but primarily it also gives the opposition more power, per se, in the congress to keep pursuing this impeachment process, because they know that at least based on this poll, the majority of brazilians are in favor of impeachment. so that's bad news for rousseff, she's losing a lot of her political allies and losing a lot of the brazilian people as well. i will say there was huge, huge, pro government rallies on friday here in brasilia. there were several thousand people. sal paolo almost 100,000 pima cord to go most estimates, so per supporters are out in the streets, they are coming out, they are mobilized.

but clearly this is a country very, very divided and here in brasilia, when the impeachment hearings get underway tuesday here, it's going to be even more polarized here than ever. >> gabriel elizondo reporting live there from brasilia. thank you very much. hundreds of people have been killed in gem en's third largest city taiz during fighting between houthi rebels and their rivals. hospitals are stretched are struggling to cope with the rising number of casualties. >> reporter: a shell hits near a group of people in taiz. fighting for control of gem en's third largest city is has destroyed many areas and killed hundreds of people. the city is divided. the government controls districts in the south and east. rudy rebels and former president saleh control the west and

north. hospitals are overwhelmed with the rising number of casualties. >> translator: the street was bustling with people when the barrage of shells, fired by the houthis, landed here. killing many innocent people. >> reporter: these are government troops trying to hold a houthi counter offensive. days after suffering losses in taiz, the shia rebels are on the attack to recapture the military base. fighting has turned in to street battles. the government of president hadi is sending reinforcement. these fighters have been di deployed to secure the mountains surrounding the city. this is another battlefield in yemen's conflict. government troops launching an offensive to recapture areas and the houthi control. it's one of the last remaining houthi held areas in southern yemen. government force is are backs by local tribes and coalition

fighting jets. >> translator: the moment had arrived, we have been instruct d by the government to relaunch an offensive to recapture the last areas. we are ready, i have start today make gain. >> reporter: new recruits are joining the fight. they are government loyalists, they all say they are determined to defeat the houthis, but the fight may not be over any time soon as neither side seems able to achieve a decisive victory. syrian government forces say they have retaken control of the mountain near a town in homs, it had previously been held by aisles. in eastern homs, isil seized five checkpoints near an oil field. the armed group has also taken an industrial town in northern aleppo. the sudden withdrawal of russian forces in syria last week has changed the dynamic of talks in geneva.

sear yaps government is under pressure to change its approach in indirect negotiations with the opposition. james bays reports from geneva. >> reporter: in the spotlight and under pressure at the geneva talks, the chief negotiator for the syrian government. while the opposition are represented by committee of political figures, the assad regime's interests are in the hands of one man whose day job is syrian ambassador to the u.n. in new york. he's known for his loyalty to his bosses in damascus, he's shown he's prepared to defend his country's case even when it's countered by clear facts to the contrary. for example claiming these images filmed earlier this year in madaya, a town besieged by his government were fabricated. >> the best way to torpedo the geneva talks and prevent the talks to take place is by raising a humanitarian issue,

did hdemonizing the syria gover. bringing us again to the security council as a guilty government to defend our selves. >> reporter: but many observers believe now that both sides are in geneva, it is am the ambassador who is doing his best to torpedo these talks. it's a role he has played before. last time, though, in negotiations in 2014, the ambassador argued constantly about the order of the agenda items. the u.n. mediator then, veteran diplomat offered his own compromise agenda and made it very clear which side rejected it. >> unfortunately the government has refused, which raises the sis sponges of the -- suspicion of the opposition. >> reporter: as ever, back then the ambassador used his favorite tactic, stern defiance. why do you not accept his order for the discussions? he's the chairman, why don't you

accept it? >> hold your horses. hold your horses. we said that we cannot move from one item. item one to item two, or item three or item four without fully considering this item and conclude buying a common vision. >> reporter: two years on, observers believe he's trying to use exactly the same playbook, one western diplomat told me he should be called ambassador filibusterer. however, this time his efforts looked like they could be thwarted. u.n. special envoy stefan dee miss tura has shown he's not prepared to accept endless delay and with the start of the russian pull out. ambassador must know he's no longer guaranteed unwavering support from moscow, james bays, at the united nations in geneva. polls have just closed in senegal where people were voting in a referendum to scare back the power. a yes result would see the president's term reduced from seven to five years. some say the proposed reforms

aren't enough. al jazeera's nicholas hack is in dakar for us, what was the turn out like? >> reporter: well, the polling stations have just closed half an hour arc they have closed the door and they are counting the ballots and this is happening across 1200 polling stations across the country. the official tally won't come until tomorrow morning. we already know the turn out was low. midday today the director of the electorate commission said 10 to 15% only came out to vote. supervisor at this polling station told us one of the reasons perhaps for the low turn out is because there are 15 clauses in this referendum. it's not just about reducing the term in office for the president. and, of course, many people here support reducing powers to the president, but there is also this feeling that tweaking around the constitution is

something that the senegalese feel uncomfortable about. lauren. >> why are they so concerned about the potential changes to the constitution? >> reporter: well, because as you know, across many afghan countries, presidents have tried to extend their stay in power. so they don't understand why the president here who was elected back in 2012 on a mandate that he would reduce his term in office, he has all the powers to do so, would call for a referendum. some argue that he should be using the national a certainlibly not the referendum in order to get these new measures in to place. there is also younger voters, some that have supported him during the 2012 election. remember, the incumbent president at the time was trying to extend his stay in power. now, the younger voters say that these measures that are being put in to place are vague. they don't understand them. and it's too little too late. >> nicholas haque, live in duh ca for us, thanduhca for us, th.

still happened in al jazeera, not seen in almost a century as cuba prepares to welcome a current u.s. president, we explore the tumultuous relations between the two nations. while a futuristic film from hong kong is raising present-day concerns in beijing. in support. south africa's cricketers celebrate their first victory. details coming up with robin.

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sinai pa let los angeles. the u interior ministry says the checkpoint was hit by mortar round, aisles says it was behind the attack. three days ago 10 were killed in another tack. last october aisles said they were behind the bombing of a russian airliner. security forces have been heightened since july when there were more than 15 attacks. a very policy fellow at brookings says the government's approach to dealing with armed groups has left people feeling alienated. >> this is a very serious security concern. sinai has historically felt marginalized and frustrated. the community of sinai for not

being part of the government's policies towards the development and engagement with the capital and left instead of actually approaching more on a develop concerns and engagement, the government responded with strict secure taye preach that actually contributed to creating a more conducive environment to extremism and this type of attacks. so the government contributed to creating a more co conducive environment that encouraged this. the strong evidence on this, actually, that say nigh replace third degree group from al qaeda to a more lethal group which is isis, so more of an involvement of radicalism in the sinai in terms of the virgin that they are taking from al sigh qauda to isis. or from the types of attacks that they are conducted as we

are seeing it's becoming more frequent and more lethal these days. thousands of paying their respects. grieving relatives left flowers for the 62 that died. the dubai both missed the run ray in russia. officials say it could take weeks to determine the cause of the crash. ray buzz carrying foreign students has crashed in northeastern spain killing 13 people it. happened near a small town south of bars loan arm the driver hit a railing before the bus crossed to the wrong side of the highway and hit a car, more than 30 people were injured. people are voting in a presidential election in the republic of congo despite a government imposed communications blackout. the long time leader is looking to extends his ruling over the central african oil producer but opposition parties say they will not accept the results if he

wins. >> reporter: isn't's election in the remembe republic of congo bh problems, some could not find their names. the police tried to calm them down. eventually voting starts, it seems people in the capital are determined to have their say. there were other problems. he said his name appears twice with different dates of birth, but the same address. >> translator: there are names of dead people on the roll. my name appears twice on the list, what is going on? >> reporter: the president held a referendum last year to change the constitution so he could stay in power. he has led the oil-rich nation for 31 of the past 36 years. >> i think the process is going well. throughout the country there are no reports of problems. everyone is voting freely. the process is democratic. it will move the country

forward. >> reporter: the government has ordered all mobile phone networks blocked to cut communications on sunday and monday. pima is who the country can't access the internet, make phone callings or send smss, they are also not allowed to drive and have to walk to polling stations. the opposition is worried about electoral fraud. >> the population is very [ inaudible ] here. they know very well the functioning of the policy in our country. i think that naturally they are not going to accept the result which is not correct. >> reporter: on the whole, voting was relatively peaceful. the african union sent observers but the european union refused saying this election is not transparent. this is an opposition strong hold and people are lining up to vote. opposition leaders say they want this election to go in to a second round. and they say if that happens, it could unite -- they could unite

behind one candidate. the electoral commission says it will announce results in a few days. opposition leaders say if the president wins, they won't accept it. al jazeera. tibetans have also been going to the polls. it's the second time they will be elected a prime minister since 2011 when the dalai lama stepped down as the political leader. the government has been based there since 1959 after a failed uprising against chinese rule. more than 80,000 tibetans it's estimated have taken part in the boat from around the world. the u.s. president is due to touchdown in cuba in the next few hours, he will become the first sitting president in almost 90 years to visit the nation. the power mark of a new era in ties between washington and havana. patty culhane has more. >> reporter: for more than 50 years, this was the image many americans had of cuba. fidel castro, country's leader,

the face, the passionate voice of a revolution he led the overthrow of a brutal dictator that had been backed by the u.s. now relations between the two have a fresh face. >> change is hard. in our own lives and the lives of nations. and change is even harder when we carry the heavyweight of history on our shoulders. >> reporter: that shared history is marked by suspicion and animosity which at worse took the world to the brink of a nuclear war. >> duck and cover under the table. >> reporter: direct u.s. interest in the island goes back to the 19th century when americanamericans intervened ins war of independence from spain. cuba ruled their land but only with the backing of the u.s. there was economic growth but also poverty and simmering resentment. in 1959, fidel castro and his followers fought their way in to the capital huh van a castro was now the country's leader and under him cuba became a one party communist state. >> new york's pennsylvania station rarely saw anything

like. >> reporter: he traveled to the united states only to be very publically shunned by president dwight eisenhower who went golf to go avoid the meeting. farming it out to his vice president richard nixon. >> it was very awkward. castro said we are going to washington but not going to do it every other -- do whatever other president of these banana republics do which is coul cow-o washington to get on our knees and beg for money. >> reporter: that's what president eisenhower began an embargo and soon after castro responded by national icing american businesses. that is when the u.s. began in earnest to try to overthrow castro in overt and covert ways. the u.s. sent exiled cubans to the island in what was known as the bay of pigs invasion it failed miserably. behind the scenes they tried to kill him in botched plots. but in 1962 cuba game the became the center of of the cold war, the u.s. real aoeutz soviet union placed missile capable of carrying nuclear weapons on the eyeland.

>> it shall be the policy of in nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from cuba or against any nation in the western hemisphere as an attack by the soviet union on the united states. requiring a full response. >> it was one of the most dangerous moments in human history. >> reporter: the soviets eventually removed the missile but the u.s. and cuba were now firm enemies. the countries remained in a stalemate until this. fidel's brother raul took over and this handshake with u.s. president obama signaled things could change. and they did. now with this visit, president obama is hoping to solidify his new approach. but he can only do so much. the embargo can only be lifted by the u.s. congress, which has shown no indication it will do that. patty culhane, al jazeera, washington. lucia newman is live for us in havana. what's the mood like there at

the moment, lucia? >> reporter: hello, lauren. president obama will be arriving here to this beautiful and very windy city in just about two hours. there is a tremendous amount of anticipation. this is historic as we have been saying all along. but there is also a lot of controversy linked to this visit. and one of the thorniest issues will be the different point of view on human rights. in fact, less than two hours ago, as the president was flying here, a group of cuban disdid he wants, 50 of them, in account far, led by the ladies in white, this country's most visible opposition group, were arrested after their habitual sunday march and were arrested by police and taken away. they have been detained we don't know when they will be released. this is very clearly meant to september a message that the cuban government is not prepared to make any convention concessis the demands of the white house for more openness in politics,

more opness with opposition members, particularly the ladies in white who have become emblematic of the opposition toy state. president obama is scheduled to meet with some of the people who were arrested a short while ago. joining me to talk more about this is cuban economist antonio romero. thank you for being with us, have. >> thank you for inviting me. >> reporter: are you surprised that the castro government decided to arrest these dissidents on a day like this? >> yes, i am surprised. >> reporter: why? >> well, you know,. >> part of the process in cuba, part that have is the information that we have been developing during this last two or three years that has [ inaudible ] >> reporter: but not political tolerance obviously is what we are seeing today.

let's talk about the economy, what are the anticipation of the people in cuba. what do you think we can expect? >> most of the cuban people expect as part of this visit of president obama to cuba, we have in the near future brother and economic relations with the united states. and that is very important. not only for the whole cuban economy, but mainly for the [ inaudible ] that now have been developing as part of this economic information process. >> reporter: now, we know that president obama has used his executive powers to loosen the grip of the economic embargo, but it's still in place, he has been accompanied by a lot of very important ceos from the united states. tell us more about how you read the tea leafs here? >> there are some reports saying during the last year, more than 300 from the most important u.s. company has been coming to cuba in order to explore. up until now them to have the

opportunity to explore opportunities in cuba. now as part of the last economic measure taken by the obama administration this week, there are -- there could be more opportunities because some of the most important elements that constrain the possibility to trade in cuba has been leaved 67 like telecommunications. >> yes. yesterday -- today before was announced that verizon sign an agreement with the cuban national telecommunication company before verizon also sprint sign an agreement in order to start joint ventures and it's expected as part of the president obama [ inaudible ] the president of at&t on the ceo will be coming and very important, very important u.s. coverage. >> reporter: thank you, we also understand heads of many important hotel chains are comincometoo. we may be able to talk about

that later on. thank you. >> thank you. >> reporter: there are a lot of important developments we are expecting any moment now the president will be landing as i say in just about two more hours. and we will be covering every move. back to you now. thank you very much indeed. now, the latest round of sabre rattling between the two koreas, pyongyang has broadcast picture of kim jong u inspecting military drills off. friday they test fired at least one ballistic missile drawing strong condemnation from the u.n. security council. ray controversial film predicting a grim future for hong kong under chinese rule has been nominated for best picture in the city's upcoming film awards, the movie has been selling out in early screenings despite moves to limit its release. rob mcbride has more. >> reporter: the film is called 10 years it's a package of five short films by different

director that his predicts what life will be like in hong kong in 2025. it is a bleak picture of a city firmly in the grip of chinese communist party control. that would is in spite of the so-called one country two systems form of government that is supposed to guarantee hong kong a high level of autonomy. >> the two systems is not work. i believe freedom of speech. >> reporter: production started before the umbrella movement street occupations of 2014 demanding greater political freedom. those real life events became woven in to parts of the film, helping connect with a hong kong audience. >> and some of the moments in doing the umbrella movement that as hong kong people we can never imagine. and so i think the tone and the mood become pessimistic. >> there was a riot.

>> reporter: aanand events since then seem to confirm the pessimism. the street violence that happened on the chinese new year was believed to be fueled by discontent youth. and the book sellers detained and paraded on mainland television. the early screenings of the film have sold out in hong kong, made on i budget of less than $100,000, it's taken nearly a million at the box office, but some cinemas are afraid of showing it. >> but even with that smashing record suddenly the cinema will tell the filmmakers that we are not going to show the film. >> reporter: there is now speculation the upcoming hong kong film awards won't be shown in mainland china because of the movie's nomination for best picture. combine that with the apparent reluctant of some cinemas to show it and the filmmakers can

be excused for thinking their totalitarian prediction is starting to come true. rock mcbride, al jazeera, hong kong. still ahead on al jazeera, lights out for balloon he had earth. parts of the earth go dim to highlight climate change. in sport well tell who you came out on top in the manchester derby. ♪ ♪ ((úz@úxóxkxñ($9

the event was aimed at highlighting the evenings of climate change and so millions

of people across the planet turned off their lights for an hour. gerald tan reports. >> reporter: going dark to shine a light on climate change. more than 7,000 cities taking turns to switch off their lights for an hour at 8:30 p.m. local time. landmarks across russia's capital moscow he looms nateed only by the candles of those that gathered for the initiative. >> translator: the goal of this event is to remind us of the limits of natural riches, our resources, and about how finite human life is. >> reporter: paris shows its love for the environment without the usual romantic glow of the eiffel tower. the world's tallest building, the birch in dubai, sits in the blackness of night. from sydney to taipei, millions coming together to raise awareness about the environment.

>> translator: i am mostly here to support environmental protections because climate change has been very severe a recently. the recent cold wetter has let me realize the importance of environmental protection for our planet. >> reporter: this is the 10th year of the earth hour conservation movement. organizers say the 60 minutes of action worldwide keeps the momentum going to address an issue that is affecting us all. gerald tan, al jazeera. now for all the sports news over to robin in doha. >> lauren, thank you very much. it certainly has been quite a busy sports day, but we start with football the manchester united have given their hopes of a top four finish with a big boost with a win against man city. marcus rashford with the only goal. the strike from the 18-year-old making him the youngest ever score never this fixture. city fourth with the results, united six but are just one point off a champions league place. also on sunday, tottenham closed the gap on leicester city to

five points with a 3-0 win to bournemouth. harry kane scored twice, the derby between new cast asking sunderland ended 1-1. it doesn't help either team as they are both still in that drop zone. and southampton came back two from practice two goals down to beat liverpool 3-2. >> fantastic goals. proud of the team. we had a great spirit. we had a great belief after halftime and that was the most difficult two minutes this after 45 minutes. >> it's not easy for us coming off the yellow card. especially when the ref changed a little bit the mood. that's not too good for us today obviously. spanish league leaders barcelona have stretched their unbeat run to 59 matches, but they threw away 2-0 lead to draw 2-2 at villarreal. also on sunday, espanyol beat

atletico bilboa. athletic and are playing. right now. real madrid host savilla. sunday's istanbul derby has been postponed due to a security threat. they were met to play at the arena. fans are already arrived for thathat game but the governor's office of istanbul said they decided to call the game off after the assessment of serious intelligence. five people were killed by a suicide bomber in the center of the turkish city on saturday. three fans have been killed and 54 injured after a riot at a football match in ma roe rocco, large groups of rival fans attacked each other at the match in casablanca, happening after the final whistle of the match. more than 30 people have been arrested. the teams have been suspended for five games and fined more than $10,000, they have

condemned the violence. formula one driver fernando alonso says he's lucky to be alive after a terrifying crash at the season opening race in melbourne, his car was left a mangled wreck after a dramatic australian grand prix. we have a report. >> reporter: formula one promised it would be back and less predictable than before. but after a farcical new qualifying format put the same old faces on the front of the grid. you would be forgiven for thinking that nothing much would change in 2016. but the opening race in melbourne proved to be anything but planned. champion lewis hamilton slipped from pole down to sixth before the first corner and sebastian vettel took the lead. as the chasing pack trite to get their positions a passing move on esteban gutierrez left alonso's car a mangled wreck.

the fact that he could walkway with no obvious injury proves that changes made to safety are a step in the right direction. but the track cleared and the race restarted, ferrari's hopes of dominating within up in smoke when this car had to be put out with an extinguisher. and when teammate and race leader sebastian vettel came in for a bungled tire change, nico rosburg snatched the lead for mercedess and never looked back. the german clinching the win in melbourne ahead of teammate hamilton with vertal coming in third. >> thank you to the team. they have done an unbelievable job giving us this incredible car. the car was unreal today. to beat the ferraris was great. [cheering and applause] >> so we absolutely loved it and i am super excited. >> it was a great race. a love the fact that we had to come from far wil behind the tem did a great job as always but it was tricky out there.

it's impossible for follow around here as you can see from all of us. i am happy to get the result. it's a great result for the team. >> reporter: this season's opening race putting new changes in safety and racing firmly in the spotlight. al jazeera. cricket now being the west indies chocked up their second win. action against the vending champion sri lanka a repeat of 2012 final. sri lanka batted first 122 for 9 in their 20 overs. the chief contributor in the innings scoring 40. windies off to a flying start. fletcher helping the caribbean side to a 7 wicket victory. interesting it came without the help of their batsman chris gaél scored an unbeat censure any their last match. south africa reside their campaign way win over afghanistan in mumbai after they lost to england on friday. 209 for 5 in their 20 overs. the top scoring with 64 runs.

mohamed top scored for the afghans with 44 of just 19 balls, but he fell to the bowling of chris morris. who took four wickets, south africa winning by 37 runs here. serena williams is playing in the indian wells final against viktoria a azarenka rigt now. it's a break up in the first set. djokovic will play in the men's final a little later. he'll take on canadian after routing natale. beating world number five nadal for the senth time in their last 11 meetings although it took djokovic six match points before he could throw closeout the spaniard sieve-6, and six safe6-2.that's your sports ban n in london. robin, thank you. and quick reminder you can catch up with all the news in sport on our website. the address is aljazeera.com. that's it for me, lauren taylor for this news hour, but barbara serra will be here with more in a minute on the day's news, bye

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