john hendren, al jazeera, chicago. >> time to get all the ports, andy. there thank you very much, barbara. russia has secured a place in european football championships. a very difficult year for russia. taken them into the last round of qualifying matches but this 2-nil win against moscow against montenegro, sees them through to the next point with france. team finished third in group g and they go into the playoffs. albania's football team enjoyed their unprecedented achievement. a 3-nil win in armenia saw them reaching the finals. first time since the football federation was founded in 1930 that the team has qualified for a major tournament. >>> 2018 world cup, syria faces afghanistan in oman, played in a neutral venue. >> it's been a long and lowly road of qualifying for syrian football team. each and every game has been an away-match. their goals played out in front of largely empty stands. fifa has banned matches in their home country because of the war. instead their games have been moved to oman. their dream of qualifying for the world cup in rus

john hendren, chicago. >> let's get omore sports with the unencrypted andy. >> let's hope so lauren. russia has secured a place in next year's european football championships. after taking eight points from their first six games they fired coach fabio capella, seized them through to the finals in france. slovakia's 4-1 victory puts them into the end of euro. austria already ahead, sweden finished third and they go into the playoffs. albania's football team has returned home to the capital, to enjoy their unprecedented win. first time since the country's football federation was founded in 1930 that the team has qualified for a major tournament. now asian qualifying continues for the 2018 world cup on tuesday. syria faces afghanistan, with the match having to be played in a neutral venue. reporting from the capital muscat. >> it's been a long and lonely road for qualifying for syrian football team. each and every game has been an away-match. their match played out to largely empty fields. dream of qualifying for the world cup in russia in 2018. >> you know, our situation in my country

. >> john hendren, from washington. >> a statement by the u.s. embassy in kabul mourns what it calls a tragic incident. the general on the ground, general john campbell says he had spoken with ashraf ghani, the afghan president, about what had happened. calling tao a tragic incident, saying it would be investigated. however none of these statements were apologetic and none of them said exactly what happened, other than to say that there were u.s. troops assisting afghan forces on the ground, that there were taliban forces there as well. this makes it much more difficult for u.s. government to operate in afghanistan and put ashraf ghani in the position of his pre predecessor. perception of course is devastating, and the taliban don't have their own planes so it's known that it is only the u.s. and the coalition that are committing these strikes. and that makes it much more difficult for u.s. to operate in afghanistan. >> one man who was in the hospital with his two children at the time of the bombing gave al jazeera his account. >> translator: from

john hendren found a relic at that time that became a symbol of defiance. >> this is the wall of shame. half a mile of solid segregation. when teresa moved as a child. blacks lived on one sid >> the purpose of the wall was to separate the white community from the black community. how i feel is how dare you. i don't like it, it's a parts of my history. >> reporter: as detroit expanded a developer wanted to build middle-class housing for whites middle-class housing for whites on the outskirts of the city. the u.s. federal housing authority backed the loan, but insisted on the wall, reasoning separating the races would protect the agency's investment. while those oppressed by the berlin wall tore it down, detroit wall has been allowed to stand. >> this maybe serves to people that want to see the stand. victims who want to see this of how things used to be. >> it's not very intimidating. it was not designed as a physical barrier, it was designed to send a message, and that is keep out. since 1961 gloria johnson lived with the symbol. one she says of triumph and hoi hoip. -- triumph and hop

. >>> john hendren visited a forensics science laboratory. >> a miss tear using intnt calling it cicada 3301. who is behind it? >> mia has been speculated, mi-6, cia, terrorist groups like al qaeda. another possibility is it's a big hoax. >> solving the puzzle takes an esoteric knowledge of computer codes, history, art and literate as obscure as medieval welsh poetry. a participant had to locate computer codes located on telephone poems. claimed to be recruiting highly intelligent people. this looks like a text message but it's actually a picture, a digital image. it contains a hidden message. >> we hide the message at the end of the file and this is the message completely ignored by the jpeg viewer. >> m. tiberius claude yu was the fourth emperor of rome. they turned this string of gibberish into this web address, a picture of a duck. inside that message was another code leading them to another page and so on so on. they asked ledinski what can be held inside an audio message. the answer, a lot. that is a clean microsoft xp shut down sound. this one sounds identically but hidden in the

john hendren reports. >> reporter: this puzzle has the brightest minds in the world perplexed.hey are confounded by the puzzle, one of three on the interit placed by sick ada 3301, and second by a baffling question - who is behind it. >> n.s.a. has been speculated. mi6, c.i.a., terrorist groups - al qaeda. another possibility is that it's a big hoax. >> reporter: solving the problems involves an esoteric knowledge of computer coding, programming, history and art, literature. at one points contestants to to look of polls. taped to telephone polls in warsaw. it started on january 4th, 2012, when sick ada 3301 published a puzzle and claimed to recruit intelligent people . this was a text message, it contains a hidden message. >> there's a message ignored by the jpeg viewer. >> reporter: google told them who the fourth emperor of roam was, using four as the key and using it to translate letter, they turned gibberish into a web address, the picture of a duck. inside the message another message was hidden, leading them to this page, so on and so on. the fbi is so concerned, they ask

al jazeera's john hendren found a little known relic that has become a symbol of defines. >> reporter: this is detroit's wall of shame, half a mile of solid segregation. when teresa moon moved here as a child blacks lived on one side, whites on the other and that's the way it was intended to be. >> the purpose of the wall was to separate the white community from the black community. how i feel is how dare you. i don't like it, it's a parts of my history. >> reporter: as detroit expanded in 1941, a developer wanted to build middle class housing for whites on the outskirts of the city. the u.s. federal housing authority backed the loan, but insisted on the wall, reasoning separating the races would protect the agency's investment. detroit's wall of racial separation has been allowed to stand. >> this maybe serves as to people that want to see the stand, victims of racism serving as how things have been and perhaps this their mind have gotten better. >> reporter: it's not intimidating wall, 6 feet high. it wasn't designed as a physical barrier, but designed to send a message to the black

al jazeera john hendren found a relic. one that symbolized racial policies against blacks. >> in is detroit's wall of shame. half a mile of solid segregation. when teresa moved here as a child, blacks lived on one side. whites on the other. that is the way it was intended to be. >> the purpose of the wall was to separate the white community from the black. how i feel is how dare you. i don't like it. it's a part of my history. >> as detroit expanded in 1941, a developer wanted to build middleclass housing. the u.s. federal housing authority backed the loan but insisted on the wall, reasoning that separating the races would protect the investment. >> detroit's wall of racial separation has been allowed to stand. >> this, maybe serves as people that want to see the stand, victims of racism. this serves as a memory of how things used to be and how they have gotten better. >> it's an intimidating wall. it was not designed as a physical barrier, signed to send a message to those on the black side of the wall. that message is ke

john hendren found a nomadic, a symbol of defines. >> the purpose of the wham was to operate the white community from the back. how i feel is how dare you. as the community expanded a developer wanted to build a community for wipes. the loan was backed, but insisted on the wall. while those oppressed by the berlin wall turned it down. detroit's wall has been allowed to stand. it serves to victims of racism, of how things used to be and may have gotten better. >> it's designed to send a message on the black side of the wham. that sh keep out >>> since 1961 zoria johnson lived with the symbol in her background, of triumph and hoch. >> it did not work. the war did not hurt. the people they tried to repress, they are all over the city. it shows you karnt build walls around people. >> a remarkable feature stands, tucked away behind a park, partly painted. the rest a rembrandt. >> more to come, including a dye trend lighting up the fashion shows, that and the sports news as well. maria sharapova falls flat in the seen finale for the tennis. >>> welcome back. it's fashion week in nigeria, and

. >> john hendren live for us in washington, d.c. thank you. >>> now, in our other top stories, two israelis have been killed and several others injured during an attack in jerusalem's old city. police say a palestinian man stabbed a number of people before taking a gun from .1 of the wounded and opening fire on tourists and police officers. the attacker was then shot and killed by police. mike hannah is jer uselim and joins us on the phone now. what more can you tell us? >> marianne, this took part in a part of the old city that has seldom seen an outbreak of violence. it's close to the area where tourists, pilgrims, throng to walk the steps of jesus christ on his way to crucifixion. according to several reports and, indeed, several phone video from the scene, a 19-year-old palestinian attacked a group of israelis with a knife. another person then came down and attempted to stop the young man. his gun was taken by the attacker who then opened fire. the stacker, .19-year-olds mohammed sanabi, he has been identified as was then shot a

john hendren was there with them. >> reporter: this is what celebration looks like and they have been waiting a long time to celebrate. the cubs are a step away from the world series, a place they have not been since 1945. they have not come this close since 2008. if they win the division, they'll go to the series, and you don't think that's a big deal, they have not won in a world series since 1908, before world war i, before world war ii. back here, they believe the curse has been broken. and that chicago will end up going to the world series. who's going to the world series? >> the chicago cubs are going to the world series. >> reporter: you heard it here. the fans believe... >> this is rewarding for them, for mr ricketts, theo and the city that stuck behind us the entire time. time has one easy the last few years, but with all the talent we had and were building, everyone knew that the cubs were coming. we are here, hopefully we can keep it going. >> the cubs received a message. congratulations of fans, the chicago white sox. u.s. president obama took to twitter to offer congradua

our reporter john hendren was with them. >> reporter: this is what celebration looks like in a town thating a long time to celebrate. the cubs are one step away from the world series, a place they haven't been since 1945. they haven't come this close since 2008. if the they win the division, then they go to the series. they have not won since 1908. back here, they believe the curse has been broken. [ cheers ] >> and they will end up going to the world series. >> the chicago cubs are going to the world series! [ cheers ] >> reporter: you heard it here. [ inaudible ]. >> this is really nice and rewarding for them, for mr. ricketts, for theo, and for this entire city who has stuck behind us this entire time. times wsh -- weren't easy the last few years, but everyone new the cubs were coming. and hopefully we can keep this going. >> the cubs have received a message of congratulations from a fan of their bitterest rivals, the chicago white sox. u.s. president barack obama took to twitter to offer his personal congratulations. he said he will be supporting the cubs if they reach the world seri