al jazeera, kathmandu. >> now time for sport. >> lauren, thank you so much. bayern munich has beaten arsenal to take a step close for the last 16 of the champions league. they raced to a 3-0 lead in the first half. they added two after the break, and eventually winning 5-1, leaving arsenal at the bottom of group f. >>> there were seven other matches on wednesday. barcelona won, 3-0. and chelsea won, their second in group g behind porto, who also won, and russian side have secured qualifications to the last 16 by beating lyon. >>> palestine are set to play their up coming world cup qualifiers against saudi arabia and malaysia at neutral venues. the palestinian government don't guarantee necessary security provisions, however, initially saudi arabia said they will not play in the west bank but to circumstances. a number of muslim nations refuse to play in the west bank as that would legitimatize the israeli occupation. >>> the head of athletics world governing body has been arrested. they athey're working with french prosecutors. he faces accusations of accepti

blocking roads in southern nepal and and off since september when a new constitution of signed in kathmandu>> pleas say they had to use their guns in self defense after a protestor set fire to a believe and attacked vehicles. some say members of their group were shot while sitting on a road trying to block traffic. either way, people are dying, at least 40 killed since protests began. the violence and road blocks are having an impact on nepal. there are shortages of food and medicine especially since a massive earthquake earlier this year. essential supplies have not crossed the border from india for months. india denies they are siding with the protestors and creating an unofficial blockade. >> we are ready to suffer. we are ready to call anybody, formal or informal talks for diplomacy. let's not waste time. india is a big and great country. it will not make much difference to it. in a pal is being ruined. the destruction of nepal is not in india's interest. >> they say the new constitution created new federal states which the people don't want because they cut through ancestral lands leav

the blockade has sent prices of gasoline, tomatoes and onions soaring in the nepalese capital kathmandu. most of those items come from india. many nepalese suspect india is behind the blockade. madeshis are ethnically and culturally close to india. india denies those claims. the dispute has soured ties. on thursday, china said it would supply nepal with emergency fuel aid. china and india are rival nations divided by the himalayans. the madeshi blockade is affecting ties between the two countries. nepal abolished its longstanding monarchy and became a republic in 2008 after civil war. a new constitution was proclaimed in september. that triggered hope that reconstruction from the quake would pick up, but the protests and blockade have frustrated those hopes. >>> a japanese business group has asked the chinese government to intervene to cut back steel production. they say chinese overproduction is causing a collapse in global steel prices. representatives of the japan/china economic association met with officials in beijing in charge of industrial policy. the head of the delegation, shoj

more than 50% of nepal's entire imports comes from this area, and kathmandu and the rest of the country has really felt the pinch from this border closure. in the morning yesterday, protestors were chased away, some to india and five arrested. some 200 trucks stuck on the nepal died of the border managed to go across to india, but none of the trucks from india have come to nepal. >> an indian man has been killed. we are very angry, we shouldn't be here. >> they have been told to get away from here by the protestors, people from the other side of the border also are coming to the protest site because they are angry against the killing of one of their own, and have taken positions in case things flare up. it looks like both sides are preparing for the worst case scenario and things could get ugly, al jazeera, nepal. >> the imprisonment of former makes apposition later an war ibrahim was politically motivated and illegal. that is a body which reviewed the case says. it calls for his immediate release. he was convicted of sod my for the sect time in just over 10 years. he started serving a

they have been blocking roads in southe southern nepal since a new one was signed in kathmandu and usedelf-defense after they stormed a building and attacked vehicles and say members of their group were shot sitting on a road trying to block traffic. either way people are dying, at least 40 have been killed since protests began two months ago, the violence and roadblocks are having an impact in the whole of nepal and bad shortages of fuel and medicine since the massive earthquake earlier this year and essential supplies not crossing the border of india for months and the india government denies nepal with an official blockade. >> translator: we are ready to suffer. we are ready to call anybody formal or informal talks for diplomacy and let's not waste time and it's a great and big country and not make much difference to it and nepal is being ruined and say clearly destruction of health is not in india's interest. >> reporter: nepal government tried to negotiate with leaders and say it created new federal says which the people don't want because they cut through lands without proper repr

. >> blocking roads in southern nepal, when the constitution was signed in the capital, kathmandu.rotestors set fire to their buildings and attacked vehicles. trying to block traffic, sitting on the road. either way, people are dying, as least 40 have been killed since protests began two months ago. the violence and rote blocks are having an impact the wheel of nepal. essentially supplies have not been crossing the border from independent for months. proachtors and creating an unfoicialght blockade. >>> we are ready to suffer we are ready to call anybody from the house, inform or non? it will not amake much difference to it but nepal is being ruined. i want to say clearly that structure of nepal is not in india's interest. >> the nepal i, they say the new constitution created new states. which the modesto people don't want because they cut through lands, the u.n. has so-called on both sides to resolution their situation easily caroline malone. >> a team of women in afghanistan, defining competition and on the road fm road fm road. >> democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders

and kathmandu and the rest of the country has really felt the pinch from this border closure, protesterschased away in the morning. some 200 trucks managed to go across to inkorea, but none of the trucks from india have come from nepal? we have just been told to get away from here by the protesters, people from the other side of the border are also coming to this protest site because they are angry against the -- against the killing of one of their own, and we also have taken positions just in case things flair up. it looks like both sides are preparing for the worst-case scenario, and things could get ugly. >> a nepali journalist and blogger says that india is responsible for the blockade. >> india is conducting the blockade. india is the monopoly supplier of fuel to nepal. aviation, diesel, and gas for cooking. besides that, india controls almost all access into kneeal. the tibetan route is very dangerous and it was destroyed in the earthquake. so nepal is india bound and india blocked. the world needs to know there is a problem within nepal, regarding the dissatisfaction with the cons

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