emperor nero he took he spent time chatting to the players and was given a whale by captain alan jones wales are aiming to win a well cup for the 1st time all right that is now i have the feeling joe thank you very much for that and that does it for this al-jazeera news hour but do stay with us michelle carey is here with another full of news bulletins in just a couple of minutes and as always you can keep up to date for the news on our web site al-jazeera dot com thank you for watching. it's a tough time for the afghan security forces taliban attacks have increased suffering heavy casualties and the prospect of a withdrawal of u.s. forces hangs over them yet young men are still joining up some for reasons for others is the only way to get a job despite the risks. he was an army bomb disposal engineer in helmand province he knew the risks he was blinded in both eyes and lost a leg when a roadside device exploded as you try to defuse it always aware of the danger of seeing friends wounded while working on mines i wasn't scared to lose and legace to sacrifice we have to mike to serve this coun

wales are the six nations champions. they won the grand slam. they have so many inspirational experiences and our team, the like of alan wynne jones, the experienceshe forward who captained them to that grand slam into six nations back at the start of the year. and also dan bigger, theirfly—half. —— biggar. biggar is the kicker as far as wales are concerned, such a key player for them. wales will look at what england did yesterday. they went into that match against the all blacks is the underdogs. they came out as —— came out with a victory. wales will also be hoping they can spring something of a surprise here today against south africa. yes, absolutely. a big day. we will be back with andy, part of that big buildup, kick—offjust back with andy, part of that big buildup, kick—off just after back with andy, part of that big buildup, kick—offjust after nine o‘clock this morning. we are going to talk about all of that, in just over an hour ‘s time. and we will be speaking to former wales hooker richard hibbard about wales‘ chances. quite a challenge ahead for them. very exciting, a potential home nations final, finally. the liberal democrats and the