it's because these days we value peace and we're not accustomed to wars like people were in his time napoleon transformed france he created many of its institutions and his napoleonic code still defined civil war across much of europe for visitors here his legacy is clear on the. whole he was a great figure of french history we owe him a lot our institutions and our schools. in troubled times he built an empire and restored order napoleon's tomb is under the sumptuous dome of the lead in paris it's one of the capital's most visited sites a testimony to his enduring appeal napoleons youth and ambition his love of symbols and his focus on europe have led many people in france to parallels with presidents . like napoleon presents himself as a man of the moment one who can restore french glory. france's

youngest president also promises to transform france and restore its prestige historians say macros regal leadership style can be traced back to napoleon. or an embedded what an historian once called the myth of the savior in world war two shallow was seen as a savior let's see if. but there is no doubt french presidential elections focus on one person we can fix everything and that is part of the legacy the exhibition in ass is called images of a legend whether those visiting will see napoleon as a genius and a reformer or an ambitious autocrat will depend on their perspective but it's clear that more than two centuries after his death napoleon bonaparte continues to fascinate natasha al-jazeera paris. just ahead here all that is out it was a ruthless performance by one player at the women's tennis finals in singapore we'll tell you all about it with far up in the sports next.

in the most heavily armed country in the world if there's any country that would be experiencing p.t.s.d. it would be a nation that's been war for for generations al-jazeera explains the reason those drones are there is to assist the innocent civilians they exist and offer a drone even they're not firing is them frightening because any moment they can bomb living beneath the drones. this time al-jazeera.

al-jazeera. where ever you are. looking you fly whatever the newsroom sport is for up a.j. and thank you so much he's an ass rose have booked their take it to l.a. they beat the new york yankees to reach major league baseball's world series for the first time in twelve years tatiana sanchez reports. just another game of houston had home field advantage in the deciding game seven at the american league championship series but the pressure was intense at the after one hosting one of the most successful sports in the wild the new york yankees but they started strong

from the beginning astra's pitcher charlie morton thirty five shutout innings allowing just two hits and striking out five but. there's a one one. already leading in the fifth inning has over who helped houston ten six was in form again on saturday night as he scored a solo home run to give the ashtrays a two nothing lead. brian mccann also came through for the second straight game by hits here to run double pushing that lead to four nothing right there. what a way for the same game seven the yankees who were trying to reach the first series since two thousand and nine that way to losing and in limitation game for the fast time this season and that was it the astros shutting out the yankees to reach the wild theories for the first time since two thousand and five. really are connected

because we all have a common goal is to win and i don't care whether you're old school new school analytical traditional it's about winning at this level and i think this organization gets it and i know people are you know we're going to talk about how we didn't win many games on the road you know there are some other teams that have won many games on the road you know we just happen to run into you know a very good team that beat us. the astros have never won a world series game but they'll have that chance again when they meet the los angeles dodgers game one of the best of seven fairy takes place on tuesday in l.a. . tatyana sanchez is there up triple formula one world champion lewis hamilton will start from hole position at sunday's u.s. crown pray the mercedes driver was quickest in qualifying at the circuit of americas and austin the briton finished a quarter of a second ahead of championship title contender sebastian vettel a ferrari hamilton currently leads the standings by fifty nine points ahead of

battle back and i could win the title with a victory on sunday eleanor city's driver valtteri bottas will line up third on the . track was very difficult today guys. with the wind picking up you've got ahead went into turn one a tailwind out of someone through the section the second one is tailwind and then you got a headwind into nine and so it's shifting the whole way through that so you kind of gauging how hard you can push and how hard you don't know but that's why i love this track and it's such a great fantastic circuit to drive i love it and it is special when you get a car you can really drive it. it was like a bit the rhythm especially the transition of the first or second sector was quite tricky with the wind so i struggled with that but finally i got it right on the last run one of my first so i said importantly to get front row because i believe that all right space is really good in quality all year we've been just a little bit behind so yeah well done to those of us needed to grow great lumps and

yeah looking forward to more on a. world champion marc marc has also taken a giant leap in retaining his title by winning the australian grand prix the honda rider won by one point eight seconds ahead of italy's valentino rossi yamaha's maverick finale's finished in third marquez's only challenger for the title andre ditsy also finished down there. in the n.b.a. the l.a. clippers cruised to victory over the phoenix suns to remain undefeated this season patrick beverley had fifteen points and six steals for the clippers but the star once again was blake griffin who scored twenty nine points on the night of a late easing to one hundred thirty to eighty victory in their home opener phoenix and now dropped all three of their games. there are two big games in english premier league on sunday arsenal are in action against everton and code level on points with fourth place chelsea with

a win and later on at wembley taught them host liverpool a win for spurs puts them on the same points total as second place man united i think for me is one of the this is what the premier league. believes unbelievable players and great money and i thin this would be just to play again. barcelona have maintained their four point lead at the top of the league bottom club malaga to no on saturday gerrard dela food open the scoring just a couple of minutes in and andres iniesta got number two in the second half the catalans didn't increase their lead in the table with second plates valencia beating sylvia four nil all sunday sees four games taking place in total in spain villareal had beaten last palm a celta vigo will play athletico madrid and again his face athletic bilbao and the late game will see third place around madrid trying to close the gap on barcelona tennis now and carolyn has won the opener of the finals and singapore the third

seed cruise past crowd favorite arenas williams six two six two it took just over an hour for the czech world number three to dismiss the american williams who was at her first final since two thousand and nine is the only player of the eight who has not won a title here. and that's all your sport for now adrian back to you for many thanks well just about to this news now but. just to update you on the day's top story see that. with. valued as a gem of africa nairobi has gone through many changes over the past decades took to al-jazeera travels to the kenyan capital to hear from those who witnessed the city's progress to becoming a metropolis and discusses where it's heading now at this time on al-jazeera.

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arabia as the u.s. secretary of state heads now to cattle. i get i'm adrian from again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a successful gamble as exit polls indicate a clear victory for japan's snap election. but investigate whether turkey was the target of the massive bomb attack in somalia. that italy's rich northern regions feel shortchanged by the government's economic policies now that fighting back. the u.s. secretary of state is now on his way to doha after a round of diplomacy in saudi arabia that's seen little sign of a breakthrough of the saudi led blockade on rex tillerson king solomon and the crown prince before

a press conference with foreign minister beth it's now been four months since riyadh the united arab emirates egypt and bahrain suspend the ties with. when it comes to the dispute with guts. the states of america are looking to have that relation because it's important from the security and. economic point of view also the. so the rabia emirates nothing has happened since the between the u.s. and these countries and as we've said before we hope the concern. of sorts of dialogue. regarding the kingdom of saudi arabia the emirates bufferin it's quiet and. for every citizen in the region we have consultations for the time being regarding the future steps and lives you know.

bring in al-jazeera senior political analyst mon bashar who is live for us and london no one in the press conference it seemed that they spent most of their time avoiding the very issue that everybody wanted the jobs of the one of them to talk about that that being cata. you know cut out is becoming an embarrassing topic for. the rulers in saudi arabia and the united arab emirates simply because washington has already moved on it's no longer staking their argument seriously and the whole bit about supporting terrorism and instability in the region and so on so forth this of course is proving false and clearly. tell are certain the secretary of state has other bigger issues in mind especially the containment of iran and reckons that the crisis in the gulf with qatar is simply a distraction and that it is counterproductive to the overall policy that the

united states is seeking in the region but also for that very policy that presumably riyadh and i would not be pursuing in the region for the containment of iran you cannot contain he won without for example having good relations with qatar and we might add today good relations with baghdad what do you think then my what is going on behind the scenes at the meetings today with with king salmon of crown prince and with that i'll just jump out. i think there is increasing pressure at least by the state department on riyadh to begin that because if you remember what was said in public is that there are certain parties the for decision countries unwilling to really resume or begin a serious dialogue with catherine or to resolve a crisis so clearly there is some pressure building up on saudi arabia whether that

pressure will bear any fruit before the beginning of december when presumably there should be a g.c.c. summit that should bring about the saudis and the qataris together in kuwait now let's all remember that not one g.c.c. summit has been. unhealed if you will or went on without really convening one year since the g.c.c. came about in the early eighty's what will this be the president or world washington and kuwait be able to bring the parties together to sit down before beginning december because as i said this is becoming an important global issues for the united states and its policies and a greater middle east they want to bring cut they want to bring iraq and saudi arabia closer together in order to limit iranian influence in baghdad but they also want to resolve the qatar crisis in order to unite the gulf countries around a more. united policy around stability and the containment of influence as well of

course as the fight against terror and as far as that the u.s. is concerned where does the blame for for this the deadlock in the to the diplomatic crisis where where does the blame lies with saudi arabia or the u.a.e. . you know we're there's more and more reports coming out in washington over the last several weeks to explain the crisis that took place over the last several months four plus months certainly since drum corps in saudi arabia and the saudis and the iraqi structure sold them. a story against qatar and why qatar supports terrorism and so so forth and why they need to take a stand against the how now since then as i said there were a number of stories in the american press really uncovering some of the details now we know one that. saudi arabia notably of the dubby wanted some sort of

a change in qatar because they don't like the regime in qatar because it's disagreeable to them and because it supported the arab spring that supported all sorts of movements in the arab world to their disliking second we know that trick style or certain the secular set that knows the region all too well probably the best secretary of state knowledge of the region as a former c.e.o. of exxon mobil almost as much as george schultz from the reagan administration when he was the c.e.o. of again another major contractor of the middle east knows it so well that he knows that qatar is not involved in any of the incitements. or support for terrorism that he's accused of and also knows that there is change. in qatar without a green light from the united states is simply a no go area and hence the i think present trump was convinced at last by his foreign policy establishment that what riyadh i would obvious doing not probably i would dubey is not in america's interest and hence this crisis needs to be

a dissolve this should be no regime change in a country where there is a huge american base the biggest american base in the middle east the center of the fight against terror and so forth so at this point in time adrian all what we know is so the arabia and the united arab emirates as well as egypt need to climb down the tree need to climb down the ladder i think circle to tell us in is in very general order to give them a hand. to climb down the out there and try to arrive at some kind of a face saving formula with qatar sort out just to see meeting can convene the being in december and some minimal normalization can happen in this in this region that is to the liking of washington senior political analyst mark bashara that live in lot of moment many thanks exit polls in japan suggest that prime minister shinzo r.b.s. ruling bloc is heading for a big win he was asking voters for a clear mandate as the country faces challenges to to its sluggish economy at

escalating tensions with north korea sarah clarke reports from tokyo thank you. it's a remarkable turnaround for japan's prime minister plagued by corruption scandals sheens oh abbé and his coalition party run shaky ground last month but on election day they were favorites to win reelection and an exit poll predicted the liberal democratic party would secure a parliamentary majority a coalition partner lost several seats but she looks ahead to become japan's longest serving leader since world war two. two newly formed political parties filed to oust by an exit poll says the party of hope led by the popular governor of tokyo we could make a up to fifty nine seats and the constitutional democratic party looks set to win even more making it the largest opposition party in japan's lower house not enough to challenge overwhelming majority the opposition itself doesn't share or

unifying ideology it doesn't really share or unifying policy platform and if they did manage to develop a credible narrative of being a better alternative than the current government even though the current cabinet is not that popular voting here in japan is not compulsory at the last election about fifty percent of eligible voters turned out but we're talking land living with conditions the public have been encouraged to vote early and i have already about fifteen percent have been to the polls before the official election day which he expects.