hello and thank you for joining us. the ukrainian president says there's been an agreement to allow full access for international monitors into war-torn eastern ukraine. in a phone conversation with the leaders of france germany, and russia, president poroshenko also demanded the release of all ukrainians taken prisoner by pro-russian rebels. the rebel advance into the strategic town of debaltseve came in spite of the peace agreement that was signed in minsk last week. let's take a look at some drawing footage of the town of debaltseve. it shows the devastation there after days of fighting. ukraine says that over 2,000 of its soldiers withdrew on wednesday and called for the deployment of u.n. peacekeepers while a rebel leader has just said that they would not object to that. >> translator: with regard to peacekeepers, at the very beginning when this whole conflict started, we offered at that time to the russian federation and all the u.n. security council member states to look into this issue and send peacekeepers here. we were told no at that time. so if they want to send peacekeepers, we are not against it. let them send them. >> well in a separate development, the british defense secretary, michael fallon has said that russia represents a danger to the baltic states. latvia estonia, and lithuania, all of them have russian-speaking minorities. and mr. fallon said that it would be likely that russia could use covert tactics, such as undercover forces deployed in crimea against one of those three countries. well, international monitors from the osc have been barred from debaltseve but they witnessed the shelling from the addition. alexander hook described the overall state of the cease-fire. >> reporter: i have just returned from a town to the north of debaltseve late last night where me and my team have tried to access the city of debaltseve. despite the fact we have not been able to access the town we have monitored from a distance the shelling of the town by unidentified forces. we have not been able to access the town but we can attest that the city has been under fire. >> does the situation in bedalt bebattle sieve, the fact of the ukrainian withdrawal does that not make a mockery of the cease-fire that your organization is meant to be monitoring? >> the osc special monitoring has been prevented by accessing the town by the rebel forces who says we have not the required security guarantees to enter the town. that in effect has led up to a test that both sides have failed to jointly enforce the cease-fire, to which they have agreed last week in minsk and this should be enforced. >> let's discuss this further with the bbc's ukraine analyst, olexy sole eventco. the rebels say they don't have a problem with peacekeepers going into eastern ukraine. are we talking about the same thing? >> i think not. what the rebels wanted from the start was to have russian peacekeepers on the border and the separation line. what the ukrainian president wants is clearly the u.n. peacekeepers and european union peacekeepers. they're talking about different things. and one crucial element of difference is also that ukrainian president wanted peacekeepers also to patrol the border between the separatist regions of the russian federation. and this is something that the rebels don't agree to. and russian ambassador to the united stateses also said that this is very very suspicious that this may undermine the agreement, no matter how bad it is, the minsk agreement is still there, and russia thinks it might be implemented rather than sending peacekeepers that could exacerbate the situation, according to the russian position. >> well, president poroshenko isn't giving up. he got on the phone with angela merkel francois hollande and president putin today. they also just spoke. and he said let's not pretend what happened in debaltseve was any part of the minsk agreement. he's not giving up is he? but it feels as though his position has been extremely weakened. >> his position is very, very difficult. because a year after the process that resulted in him coming to power, he has to deliver. and he has to deliver on many fronts. and one of the key fronts is the confrontation with the rebels. ukraine was winning until the interjection by russia, direct some observers say, russia simply denies it was direct but there's evidence on the ground that russia had been present, even during the recent fighting in debaltseve. so it's very, very difficult for him to withstand that kind of pressure from the rebels supported very heavily by the russians. there is rumbling in the ranks. for instance, one of the commanders of the voluntary commanders, announced today that they want to set up parallel general headquarters because they don't believe the ukrainian army general staff. it's all very very messy, as a result of the defeat of the ukrainian armed forces in debaltseve. whether this will result in some kind of push for peace, he wants it, he needs it his people expect him to deliver. and i think the pressure will mount on president poroshenko in the coming days. >> olexy, we'll watch that and i know you'll help us analyze that. greece has formerly ousted the yaureuropean union for a loan extension after weeks of disagreement about its $270 billion international bailout. greece is likely to run out of money by the end of the month unless a compromise is reached. let's catch up with mark allowlowen, our correspondent in athens. they want an extension, but an end to austerity as well. can you explain? >> reporter: a lot of it comes down to semantics. they've asked for the master financial assistance facility agreement. doesn't quite roll off the tongue, does it? it's a formal term for greece's international loan that was agreed with the euro zone but ift document does not mention the word memorandum of understanding, which is linked to the bailout, because the bailout contains all the harsh conditions of austerity. but this loan agreement also contains conditions. so what they've done, the greeks is to basically prepare a document that helps them save face. saying, we want to continue with our funding, but we want some flexibility in discussing exactly which conditions we'll fulfill in the next few weeks. what the euro zone has said they will now call an extraordinary meeting of euro zone finance ministers tomorrow friday at 1,500 brussels times 1400 gmt, in which they will basically rubber stamp the agreement. it looks like at the moment greece has been called back from the brink. >> mark how does the left-wing government, which pledged an end to austerity, now fulfill that to its voters its electorate? >> reporter: they must sell it to the voters but i think their voters are also fully aware that they have tried pretty hard to push up against brussels and berlin. but this is a mini coup,oper pushing up against a ten-ton bus. and ultimately the euro zone has pushed back and said you've got to fall in line. i don't think there's backlash at this stage. i think there would be some disappointment possibly if they rode back considerably. but i think that maybe he's got the face-saving measures he kneads in this document in terms of the wording to try to sell it to his voters and please the euro zone. we'll find out tomorrow at that meeting in brussels. >> mark thank you very much. we are going to watch that closely here on bbc world. let's get a bit of analysis on this with aaron who's there for us. aaron, the way mark said it that this is maybe enough of a face-saving measure for the greek government. what do you think that means? >> i think this also suggests we've been waiting. we've been waiting. the euro group gave athens, the new government to this friday tomorrow, to put an extension on to ask a formal request. but i think this suggests greece blinked first. we may have some watered down austerity, but it's still going to have to come with something. because both sides have something to lose. and it's all in the statement that we'll see being released -- get released or released after this euro group meeting tomorrow. because athens alexis tsipras, the greek prime minister he's to save face as you were mentioning, to the voters. and of course for the euro group, europe didn't want to set a precedent. it couldn't afford to give greece too much slack, because you have anti-austerity parties building in spain, portugal even in france. very interesting to see what happens tomorrow. >> interesting to see the wording as well aaron. >> the wording is absolute key. and that is what -- that's what they struggle on agreeing just the wording, let alone the deal itself. but we'll keep across that indeed. hello, there. also in the news france's national assembly is expected to hold a confidence vote called by opposition lawmakers. it's after the french prime minister, manuel valls, had decreed to basically ran his economic reform bill through parliament. but they may use the occasion to throw rebel back benchers out of the party if they vote against him. the big question is will this bruising battle put the government off any further attempts to reform? we're going to have more on that throughout the rest of the day, keeping our eye on that vote indeed. how about this? from the "rolling stone"roll ging stones and the beatles to sam smith and adele, britain is famous for its popular music. nearly 1 in 8 albums sold around the world are by british artists and nearly 25% of all music consumed in europe last year is from the uk. now they're backing british museums to boost their music around the world. 13 acts have been given grants of up to 30,000 pounds by what's called the music export growth scheme, part of the uk trade and investment to help boost their careers overseas. so we're going to have a lot more on that -- oh, we are going to do the markets. this is a rare treat when i didn't bring my clicker. the markets have been expecteding, i should say, we haven't seen any big falls on the markets, certainly over the course of this week because they were expecting a deal. last minute or not, they were expecting a deal to be reached between, of course athens and the euro group. the markets will be certainly watching tomorrow's meeting and as i was saying to daniellea, the statement that comes out of that meeting. lots going on follow me on twitter, tweet me i'll get you right back. that is it with the business. for now, more on "gmt" in just over an hour's time. >> with david! >> good old david. thanks aaron. the italian government has warned that it can't cope with the number of migrants crossing the mediterranean from north africa. some italian officials are worried jihadists could be hiding among those who set off from libya. only 66,000 of the 170,000 migrants who arrived in italy last year have been registered by silence centers. emma jane kirby went to sicily to investigate. >> reporter: rescued at sea and waiting for a new life to begin. these migrants have all registered asylum claims in italy. but others want to live elsewhere in europe. you won't see their faces in this reception center because they've already checked out. >> most of them disappear, most of them the majority. >> reporter: this isn't the prison, the migrants here at this reception center are free to come and go as they please. the problem is, many of them do just go. >> reporter: and every day brings fresh arrivals. the exhausted staff have no time to police who's coming and who's going. >> it's not our duty, no. our duty isn't to give them the support, recover them and give them food a warm bed, something like that. and try to help them as well we can. >> reporter: where the migrants end up isn't the only concern. the authorities are concerned about where they're from. some set off from libya. there are fears that jihadists could be hidden among the migrants. >> many a slight minority could be involved in criminal activities or maybe in terrorist. we have to take them on board and we have to consider that as a potentially a current or future threat. >> reporter: the migrants are supposed to have their names and fingerprints taken as soon as they disembark. but many just race here to the train station, where they buy tickets to head north. the eu's passport free zone means no one stops them at borders. local politicians fear that could be asking for trouble and want the system overhauled. >> translator: it's a real danger, because this illegal immigration is uncontrolled. we don't know who could be hidden in the boats. no one's registered. so it's very dangerous to have these unidentified migrants wandering freely through italy and europe. >> reporter: slipping out for a walk or slipping out of the system, would anyone notice if they didn't come back? 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move on we have to talk our way through several military checkpoints, before reaching the border town. so we're now known in what's known as the special region. there's a state of emergency in place here which basically means the military is in charge. jonah. in the last week of fighting the army has lost nearly 50 men, with dozens of rebels and civilians killed. the reason the return of this man, the rebel leader from five years of exile in china. apart from the soldiers this is now a ghost town. a normally vibrant community, emptied overnight. then we spot a small group moving towards the border. she says she hasn't felt safe since soldiers arrived in town. ethnically chinese, but recognized as a burmese group, in the last week 30,000 are thought to have fled into china. just behind those houses over there is the chinese border. now, the chinese have an awkward problem at the moment. the three most active burmese rebel groups are all operating along this frontier. beijing is stressing that it wants peace and stability, but there are certainly officials and businessmen in china who are profiting from the wars here. some of the displaced who don't have chinese heritage have headed to the burmese town where a large monoastery has opened its doors. this woman's husband was killed in a rebel outburst last week. i tell my daughter that her father was killed in a battle but she doesn't understand. she still thinks he's alive somewhere. six months ago, a nationwide cease-fire appeared close. now, it's a distant dream. as more burmese flee the fighting it's the role that china's playing that's under scrutiny. jonah fisher bbc news. the man who was pushed off a metro train in paris by a group of chelsea football fans who were chanting about being racist says they must be found and punished. the man of maurtanian instruction said he intended to complain to the police. a video on tuesday prompted widespread condemnation including from chelsea football club, french and 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international monitors into war war-torn eastern ukraine. in a discussion with the leaders of france germany, and russia president poroshenko also demanded the release of all ukrainians taken prisoner by pro-russian rebels. the rebel advance into the strategic town of debaltseve came in spite of the peace plan that was signed in minsk last week. let's have a look at some drone footage of the town of debaltseve. it shows the devastating impact of the last few days of fighting. ukraine says over 2,000 of its soldiers withdrew from there on wednesday, and of course the deployment of u.n. peacekeepers. a rebel leader has said they would not object. >> translator: with regard to peacekeepers, at the very beginning, when this whole conflict started, we offered at that time to the russian federation, and all the u.n. security council member states to look into this issue and send peacekeepers here. we were told no at that time. so if they want to send peacekeepers, we are not against it. let them send them. >> well in a separate development, the british defense secretary, michael fallon has said that russia presents a danger to the baltic states of latvia estonia, and lithuania. all of them have russian-speaking minorities. mr. fallon said it was likely that russia would use covert tactics, such as the undercover forces deployed in crimea against one of those three countries. well international monitors from the osc have been barred from debaltseve but witness the shelling from nearby positions. alexander hog described the overall state of the cease-fire. >> i have just returned from a town to the north of debaltseve late last night, where me and my team have tried to access the city of debaltseve despite the fact that we were prevented from accessing the town we have monitored from a distance the shelling of the town by unidentified forces. we have not been able to access the town but we can attest that the city has been under fire. >> does the situation in debaltseve the fact that the ukrainian withdrawal does that not make a mockery of the cease-fire that your organization is meant to be monitoring? >> the osc special monitoring has been prevented by accessing the town by the rebel forces saying that we have not the required security guarantees to enter the town. that in effect has led us to attest that both sides have failed to jointly enforce the cease-fire, to which they have agreed last week in minsk and been enforced sunday. >> well the general comments prevailed in the rebel-held city of donetsk has been broke by shelling. ian is in donetsk and on the line for us now. describe for us what you've seen and heard. >> reporter: it was a fairly calm morning. there have been sporadic episodes of shelling throughout the week-long peace agreement, but none of it has been particularly heavy, whereas this morning, for a few hours, and i'm still hearing some sound of shelling, there has been pretty heavy incoming and outgoing particularly in the north of the city, near the airport, here in the city center you know windows were shaking, people out on the streets are looking anxious, looking up to the sky, trying to work out whether it's outgoing or incoming because clearly it makes a substantial difference to them. so you know, there have been a hope that perhaps that would be enough and it would give the peace process a chance to settle in. that doesn't appear to be the case right now. and this isn't the only place where we know the cease-fire has been breached. of course, there was debaltseve in the new york, but also mariupol, the port city down in the south. so it is at best an imperfect peace process. it's certainly flawed. the key question is whether it's fate will so. >> reporter: >> ian, you said it's difficult to figure out whether the fire is incoming or outgoing. would that lead us to figuring out who's firing perhaps? >> reporter: well, yeah look it certainly would. but i've just spoken to someone who's come from that area and he's adamant that it is incoming and outgoing. i've just looked at some of the footage that he'd recorded and you can hear the shells crashing in. you know it's difficult when you're removed from it because in an urban environment, the sound echoes around. but, yet, of course, it does tell you a lot about what's exactly going on there. there were key questions about how ukrainian forces will respond to debaltseve. many of them were deeply unhappy with the way that it was handled by their own military command. they felt some people were critical that they weren't getting clear orders. that either they should have been told to attack or to withdraw, but they weren't. they were left there in a vulnerable position under incredibly heavy fire by the rebel forces. so you know, how do they respond? do they have a clear chain of command? and similarly on this side as well, you know, it's not a cohesive block, and it would be a mistake to think of it that way. and that makes it much harder to enforce a peace agreement if you don't have a clear chain of command. >> indeed it does. ian there in donetsk for us. thank you very much for updating us on the fact that there has been some shelling there in donetsk, in spite of the cease-fire. let's move on to greece because it has formally asked the european union for a loan extension after weeks of disagreement over its $270 billion international bailout. greece is likely to run out of money by the end of the month, unless a compromise is reached. well nicolas sarkozy, the former french president, who originally backed austerity measures for greece says he believes the country will have no chance but to reimburse its debt. >> translator: there is no chance he will succeed. but look where greece stands now, forced to beg because a prime minister who talked nonsense to our campaigning is now leading his country to bankruptcy. we have to tell greece which i love for many reasons, including for family reasons, you will have to pay back your debt. >> well our correspondent, mark lowen, is in athens and he gave me more details about the loan agreement. >> it comes down to semantics, daniela. what they've asked for is an extension called the master financial assistance agreement. doesn't quite roll off the tongue, does it? it's a formal term for greece's international loan that was agreed with the eurozone but the bailout contains all the harsh conditions of austerity. but, this loan agreement also contains conditions. so what they've done the greeks, is to basically prepare a document that helps them save face, to say, we want to continue with our funding, we will continue to fulfill conditions, but we want some flexibility in discussing exactly which conditions we'll fulfill in the next few weeks. now, what the eurozone has said they'll now call an extraordinary meeting of eurozone finance ministers tomorrow, friday at 1500 brussels time 1400 gmt, in which they will basically rubber stamp the agreement. it so looks like at the moment greece has been called back from the brink. >> mark, how does the left-wing government which pledged an end to austerity now fulfill that to its voters its electorate? >> reporter: they must sell it to the voters. but i think that both their voters are also fully aware that they have tried pretty hard to push up against brussels and berlin, but this is a mini cooper pushing up against a ten-ton bus. and that really ultimately, you know, the eurozone has pushed backed and said look you've got to fall in line. so i don't think there's likely to be backlash at this stage. i think there's be some disappointment, possibly if they roll back considerably. but i think maybe he's got the face-saving measures he needs in this document in terms of the wording to try to sell it to his voters and to please the eurozone. we'll find out tomorrow at that meeting in brussels. >> that was mark lowen there for us in athens. well the italian government has warned that it can't cope with the number of migrants crossing the mediterranean from north africa. some italian officials are worried that jihadists could be hiding among the many who set off from libya. only 66,000 of the 170,000 migrants who arrived in italy last year have been registered by asylum seekers. emma jane kirby went to sicily to investigate. >> reporter: rescued at sea and waiting for a new life to begin. these migrants have all registered asylum claims in italy. but others want to live elsewhere in europe. you won't see their faces in this reception center because they've already checked out. >> some of them disappear, some of them stay. but most of them disappear. most of them. the majority. >> reporter: this isn't a prison. the migrants here at this reception center are free to come and go as they please. the only problem is many of them do just go. and every day brings fresh arrivals. the exhausted staff have no time to police who's coming and who's going. >> it's not our duty no to have control of them. our duty is to give them support, recover them and give them a warm food warm bed, something like that and try to help them as well as we can. >> reporter: where the migrants end up isn't the only concern. the italian authorities worry about where they're from. most set off from libya, a power base of the so-called islamic state. there are fears that jihadists could be hidden among the migrants. >> many a slight minority could be involved in criminal activities or maybe in terrorists. we have to take them on board and we have to consider that as a potentially a current or threat. >> reporter: the migrants are supposed to have their names and fingerprints taken as soon as they disembark, but many just race here of train station, where they buy tickets to head north. the eu's passport-free schengen zone means no one stops them at borders. local politicians fear that could be asking for trouble and want the schengen system overhauled. >> translator: it's a real danger, 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visiting myrbetriq.com hello. i'm daniellary tor da. you're watching bbc world news. an agreement has been reached allowing monitors full access to the areas of eastern ukraine. and greece has asked for a loan extension. just want to bring you an update from ukraine. we've received pictures from the town of debaltseve which is now completely in the hands of pro-russian rebels. these pictures were filmed in the center of the town on thursday morning, so just a few hours ago. showing the rebel group moving around freely. they also showed images of a handful of civilians who do appear to be searching for supplies of water. there is no sign of any government forces. but some of the items that they left behind i think they are going to be seeing some of those items shortly, including ukrainian flags being handled by the rebels. these images at least, there is no sign of any fighting or any sound of any shots being fired. there had been reported that number of ukrainian government troops were still missing inside of debaltseve but these pictures don't seem to show any trace of them. two of the al jazeera journalists jailed in egypt more than a year ago are facing a retrial on monday on charges of assisting the muslim brotherhood and of spreading false news. their colleague, peter greste a former bbc correspondent, was released earlier this month, and having gone home to australia, he's now here in london for the first time since he was the freed. i caught up with him and we spoke about the last couple of weeks. peter, thank you very much for coming in. to be honest, i'm surprised to see you here. i don't think your parents would have let you out of their sight, let alone out of the country. tell us what brings you here. >> look i come for the television society awards. we were given a special award last night, which was very very humbling, quite extraordinary, but also taking the opportunity to catch up with a lot of old friends, people here at the bbc, who i used to work with and also to say thank you to everyone who gave us such extraordinary support. one of the reasons i think i'm here today is because so many of my professional colleagues and old friends all over the world really went the extra mile to support us. because i think everyone recognized the significance of what we were going through. and i just wanted to say thank you. >> tell us an last night. that must have been quite an honor and i think quite emotional having been back to be baher and mohamed as well. >> yeah, talking to them as much as to that audience was really quite moving. you know we've been through an awful lot together. 400 days in a cell. you get to know one another pretty closely, pretty intimately. and you know they're brothers. they always will be now. it was a tough time and i'm very proud of what we went through, what we achieved together and the way the people have taken to this story. and we've also got a long way to go. the retrial is still continuing they're out on bail which is a good sign that we've still got to go through that process. >> and just speaking about that bbc arabic has done an interview with baher mohamed, i want to listen to it and pick up a few points, but we'll have a listen first. >> it's not abuse, but the conditions in some prisons were horrible. and the first prison, spent about one month and a half or almost two months in this prison, the conditions there were disgusting. sleeping on the floor, no food cold water, no bathroom no hot water, insects all over the place. you're spending 24 hours in your cell you're not allowed to go out. but when we moved, it was different. we were allowed one hour out and 23 hours, the rest of the day, we were spending it inside the prison inside the cell. >> during your ordeal in prison did you ever give up hope? >> nope. no >> what kept you going? >> this mass of support growing outside. and knowing that i'm -- >> you knew about everything that was going on? >> not everything. i was getting bits and pieces of information. >> from who? >> through my family through peter's family. through others' family and also through the newspapers. sometimes local newspaper gives some small things about what's going on. >> how optimist you are now that this case will be over soon? >> i don't want to put any expectations after the previous trial, and you saw what happened in the sentences, but at the same time, i'm very optimistic. because of the judgment of the court. they said there are no evidence. there's nothing so -- >> so you're ready for all scenarios, including going back to jail? >> for freedom of press, yes. seriously, yes. i'm willing. >> so that was baher's really sort of strong sentiment at the end. and it gives me goose bumps hearing that. i don't know how you felt listening. >> yeah, i'm very very proud, proud of them but baher and fahmy, and what kept us going, as he mentioned in that interview, knowing that this was about something that was bigger than just the three of us alone. the charges were very specifically aimed at the work that we were doing. they accused us personally of supporting the muslim brotherhood. and we always denied that we always defended that. but we also felt that this was about something much bigger. the fact that so many people around the world followed this and supported us, not only because they recognized that we were innocent but because they recognized that this was a struggle against an erosion or an attack on the freedom of the press. and that gave it meaning. that meant that we had a function we had a purpose, that it wasn't just a personal battle. and, you know, as you've seen from baher there, he's prepared to go back to prison. that's a remarkable statement. >> you talk about it and i just want to put that to you. because this idea the goodwill that was generated for journalism for solidarity is there something you want to do with that? >> of course. look, we've been very solidly connected with freedom of the press. and at a time when the press is being -- coming under increasing attack, and literal attack as well as judicial attack of course we're seeing isis taking the heads off journalists. we've seen the "charlie hebdo" attack and the attack in copenhagen. a number of governments have been introducing draconian legislation, limiting the scope of what journalists can do in the name of national security. and i think, throughout it all, throughout the last 400 days we have become very closely connected with that issue. a lot of people have come to talk about it, because we were identified with it. and so i want to take that and use that platform. because i believe that we it's a very important cause. we run the risk of damaging social cohesion frankly, if we lose sight of that. if we let the freedom of the press erode. so i want to be an advocate for that. >> but at the same time, given the perspective you've gained over the past 12 months would there be any story for yourself or a foreigner to say, not worth it too risky. >> you always make those judgments, constantly. i can't sit here and tell you i wouldn't go to syria. i would think very very seriously about it and i think my mum would have one or two things to say. and i probably think that egypt isn't a place i should go back to in a great hurry. but, you know, we make all of these decisions as journalists working in these areas. it's part of the constant judgments that you make. so i wouldn't sit here and say no there's definitely no place i'd go back to. >> so what's next for you? >> some advocacy work i'm not prepared to give up my journalism. i want to keep doing more than that. there's a book in there somewhere as well but i want to take a little bit of time to just kind of figure it out and make sense of it all and work out what to do next. >> peter greste speaking to me just about an hour or so ago on everything that's happened in the past and what's going to happen in his future. hundreds of thousands of people in tarnlgargentina have marched through buenos aires to demand answers over the death of a state prosecutor. a month ago, alberto nisman's body was found with a gunshot wound to the head just hours before he was due in congress to present hours against president fernandez dekirchner. >> reporter: despite this appalling weather, there are still tens of thousands of people marching through the streets of bainesuenos aires tonight. some in silent protest, many in anger. it's more than a month now since the death of the special prosecutor alberto nisman. he had been investigating the bombing in which 85 people has been killed. and he had accused the government of cristina kirchner for playing a role in the bombing. and these people are protesting because they don't support their government to solve the bombing and also the unexplained death of alberto nisman. countries across asia are beginning their lunar new year celebrations to welcome in the year of the sheep. and in china, hundreds of thousands of people traveled what is the greatest migration on the face of our pleasant. festivities are already underway. >> reporter: even by chinese standards, it's incredibly busy here and there's a fair amount of barging going on. if you're not one for trials this is certainly not the place to be. traditionally, families gather at temple fairs to mark the start of the new year. an event like this one are happening right across the country. one of the most common wishes is for a prosperous new year. >> these were once religious events where people would offer prayers for a good harvest. but there's not much of that here. commercialization has set in and everyone is trying their luck. for some here, a good start to the new year means winning a couple of those. >> i hope we can pay off our mortgage sooner. that's the most important thing. >> i want the country to be prosperous and peaceful. there are fourn generations of my family and i hope everyone remains healthy. >> i hope and pray i can find a wife this year. that's my biggest wish. i came here because there are loads of people and it's a great atmosphere. >> for the chinese, the celebrations are the same every year, but there's a debate this year, is this the year of the sheep, the goat, or the ram? the problem is, the chinese character could be all three of them. in china, it's not a concern. so it's just a case of taking your pick. martin patience, bbc news beijing. that's it from me for today. 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