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and why spend 160 hours cramped below a hot air balloon? to break a world record, of course. isjapan's government says it's highly likely that the video of killing of kenji goto is authentic. prime minister shinzo abe describes it as a heinous act. threatening to kill a jordanian pilot as well. >> visibly shaken prime minister of japan had this reaction. >> translator: we are deeply saddened by this despicable and horrendous act of terrorism and we denounce it in the strongest terms. to the terrorists we will never never forgive you for this act. since this act was committed we are going to coordinate with the international community. japan will never be defeated by terrorism. >> reporter: this is kenji goto in a video he recorded last year before crossing into syria and into siem i.s.i.l. territory. >> if something happens please don't claim any claim to experience there. >> he always hoped to make the world a place without any wars and to save children from war and poverty. i promise here to carry out his legacy hopefully with your support. >> here in jordan a dark cloud now hangs over hopes this country has to see it's pilot alive again. the response from i.s.i.l. it seems was to kill kenji goto. the suicide bomber at the center of the deal, sajida al rishawi has been offered up. linda meyer has interviewed rishawi through her lawyer. she says the 46-year-old iraqi an illiterate woman with no apparent value to i.s.i.l. >> why wouldn't they ask for her release, if they didn't capture the jordanian pilot would they have asked for her release, i don't think so. >> andrew simmons, al jazeera iran. spoke to earlier about the japanese feelings in the situation. >> they don't hold prime minister abe responsible in this case. they express shock and wonderment that he would be in syria to cover the plight of the weak in this area, and the gains of i.s.i.l. within the region. they look at prime minister abe as being a relatively strong leader throughout the had crisis trying to coordinate with the countries in the region particularly jordan, not cooperating with the terrorists but trying to save the life of kenji goto and the other hostage but also the pilot in jordan. army and paramilitary groups in nigeria, are trying to repel boko haram, in the northeastern borno state. fearing a larger offensive. let's go on the line to ahmed idris. away more can you tell us ahmed? >> i checked just before coming on air and i could hear explosions and gun shots in the background. the people of midugery are afraid of what might happen, over the last one month or so, people are really, really apprehensive. they fear boko haram might also attack. this attack began really early in the morning 2:00 a.m., 3:00 a.m. local time around 2:00 g mmplet. gmt. >> the african union broke up, yesterday do you think the two are linked? >> reporter: basically there is some feeling here that boko haram is becoming more and more desperate. over the last few days, we reported how other areas have been liberated by niger and the multinational task force operating there. people around here expect these things. as they push boko haram from the border mi isdugery has been in their line of fire for a very long time and cause various strategies to be taken. >> al jazeera's ahmed idris in abuja. al jazeera continues to demand release of their journalists who have been imprisoned for 400 days. peter greste, baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy peter and baher were given a seven year term, mohamed a ten year. (f) peter says we still have no idea when the retrial will begin or how long it might take. so while we remain strong and determined to do whatever it takes to clear our names and win our freedom 400 days still feels far too long to correct an injustice. al jazeera's wayne hay sat down with peter greste's parents in australian city brisbane. >> a complete sense of disbelief. a complete sense of disbelief. yet here it is as you say 400 day. it is a very bitter very sad reality. >> and lois you have just come back with spending two months in cairo and visiting peter on several occasions. how does he seem now? >> we've always known he is a strong person, very pliable you could say the word, and coping with all sorts of situations. you know you've got to be when you're a foreign correspondent in many ways. and this is just another one of those. and peter's dealing with it as you know as best he can thinking of all sorts of possibilities of what he might be able to do within the confines of his situation. and i mean he has bad days, there's no doubt about it but he pulls himself up. he was talking to us about it the last time we were there and saying that when he does have a bad day he knows and keeps telling himself that the next day will be good and it always is. so there's good days coming up even if he has a bad day. >> and where are we, what can you tell us about diplomatic or political deals to get peter back to australia? >> i don't think it's an exaggeration saying we continue to look into a dark void. although at the same time we feel we are doing everything we can to get peter back home. we do know that quite intense diplomatic activity is going on. we know that representations from other governments continue to be made on peter's behalf. so it's not as if we are treading water all the time. and merely hoping for the best. and yet in its own strange way there is -- there appears to be very very little movement, and little traction. and that, of course, doesn't help to allow our anxiety -- lower our anxiety levels and stress levels. >> there's been further unrest in the sinai peninsula in egypt. at least seven soldiers have been injured in attacks in northern sinai and activists say groups have been exchangeing shots, rocket propelled gren grenade before trying to storm it. once areas are cleared from i.s.i.l. fighters, shia fighters are denying the action but opened up old religious and ethnic wounds. zeina khodr reports. >> forced out of his home town by al qaeda. ten years back he is back. nor is an iraqi kurd. he took part in the fight against islamic state of iraq and the levant formerly an al qaeda aligned group. al qaeda fighters were formerly in the town, they are no longer here and there are some who blame them for allowing the i.s.i.l. takeover. >> the civilian they were al qaeda. they help them give them water food give them -- take them inside houses. they go up to take it to the kurdish house or the peshmerga house they blow, they burn it. >> reporter: the kurds believe this land is theirs but they are not only force on the ground. they are cooperate being with shia militia men they have government backing to fight i.s.i.l. you but they have been accused of working outside the law and changing the demography in many areas. we have met the forces based in this town they refused to appear on camera but what they told me is that they are going to allow people to return but on condition that they did not take part in the fighting alongside i.s.i.l. the kurds say the same thing. they deny they are punishing sunnis because they belong to the same sect. the displaced can return once the area is cleared of home made improvised explosive devices. many in jalala were supporters of the group. >> translator: we have credible information that 95% of the sunnis were fighting with i.s.i.l. al qaeda and other terrorist groups that were not targeting the families. in fact many of them found shelter in our communities. >> jalala's reality is the annal examples of the need of reconciliation. zeina khodr, al jazeera jalala. >> when we come back, turkish want to return to their homes but their villages have been destroyed by i.s.i.l. >> sunday night. >> 140 world leaders will take the podium. >> get the full story. >> there is real disunity in the security council. >> about issues that impact your world. >> infectious diseases are a major threat to health. >> "the week ahead". sunday 8:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> hello again the top stories here on al jazeera killing of kenji goto by i.s.i.l. is authentic. shinzo abe says it is a heinous act of terrorism. military sending in reenforcements to the strategically important position of midugery. >> al jazeera's journalists have been imprisoned for foarnd 400 days. many of the people who fled i.s.i.l. fighters in the syrian town of kobani are sheltering in turkey desperate to return to their homes but most of their homes have been destroyed or are still under i.s.i.l. control. >> not nok for how long they will be gone. >> three of my grand sons are fighting, two are wounded but others are still on the front line. i'm so proud of them. when i go back i will eat the soil. i want to go. even if i have to sleep in a grave. >> reporter: going back home is what many hoped for after kobani fell under control of the kurdish people's protection unit. hoping to see her brother owho has been on the front line for four months. >> i have a wonderful feeling i'm very happy first time i feel like my people defended their land and they won. >> but the islamic state of iraq and the levant still control the villages where many of the refugees live and where the fighting is ongoing and kobani is in ruins. the border the close to the ruins. on the outskirts of the town of saruch. growth turkey and kurdish officials say it's too early for the people to cross back for safety reasons. they will have to stay here for a while. there are 7,000 tents for up to 35,000 people. it has a playground and will soon open two schools for 10,000 children. people are already settling in but the mood is agreat as the weather. >> even if we had to live in a tent there it's better. at least back home we would save our dignity. this is not our country. it is not our land. i'm a foreigner here. >> like many here the bashrawi family ran out of money. so living in a camp is the only choice. >> i own 20 hectares of land. we had to leave all this behind. i did not take anything with me except the clothes for our child. we are all in the situation. >> moving to the camp just a few days after the recapture of kobani has left many people here disappointed. they wonder if it will take weeks months even years before they can return home. waiting for the day they can return to kobani, the day their lives at refugees will end. al jazeera saruch, turkey. two sides were trying to agree on a new ceasefire before fighting in ukraine's east has complicated things. charles stratford reports. >> no doubt they quickly ran into deep trouble each side blaming the other for making impossible demands. a plan for an immediate ceasefire looks as far away as ever. the negotiator says the self proclaimed luhansk and donetsk people's republics they are fully occupied dealing with this. >> reporter: the fighting continues between government forces and what seems increasingly well organized fighters calling themselves the donetsk people's republic. the ukrainian defense minister says russia was sending in more troops. moscow has denied such a claim that it is not supplying the separatists with more weapons. >> we have a number of prisoners of war and i want to say the russian federation, while getting military hardware into ukrainian territory is saying there is no federation there. this is the cynicism of the highest degree. >> residents in parts of donetsk close to the airport which has seen some of the heaviest fighting have been without running water or electricity for weeks. many of the houses have been completely destroyed. another failed attempt at a truce as the fighting in this region intensifies fear among civilian population on both sides of the country grows by the day. charles stratford, al jazeera donetsk, eastern ukraine. >> live pictures of that march in hong kong as demonstrations shut down parts of the city for two months. police cleared the final protest camps two months ago. sarah clark is there. >> protestors, our estimates are between 5 and 10,000 people, started the rally at causeway bay here. it is certainly not what they anticipated but the leaders or founders of the movement indicated this is the first rally for 2015. so far the political discussions with the government has failed, particularly during this rally they'll hold a march or forum at the other end the central business district in hong kong, that's where they hope to get more people to join the rally prodemocracy movement here in hong kong. there have been two rounds of discussions but fail to find common ground. beijing said they will go ahead with the public elections in 2017 but they will appoint those candidates and that's what's upset a large group of people here in hong kong so the next trip will be seeing whether or not the discussions which will be held in the next few weeks with the government whether they can find any way to move this pro-democracy movement forward. >> rescue teams are searching for survivors of a fire in bangladesh. survivors say there were around 70 workers inside when the fire began. zimbabwe's president has shrugged off his chair of the african union would harm the west. robert mubage says it's not his business what the west says or does. bahrain has revoked the citizenship of 72 people for what it calls tharming interest hampleg the interestharming theinterest of the country. protests have been occurring in bahrain for almost four years. most of the people are now abroad and can appeal the decision. germany's chancellor angela merkel is due to visit the huh hungarian capital. soon the government may be forced to pick sides. from budapest robin walker explains. >> a new community center has opened in downtown budapest supporting parents. norway's ambassador is guest of honor. her country contributed $12,000 tol to the project. but this kind of organization is under threat. >> i'm concerned that we do not manage to resolve this conflict so that the angels that our fund is supporting can finalize many good projects and tease are not only controversial projects. projects like fighting domestic violence roma integration. >> last summer police seized laptops. they say it's an attack on civil society. >> calling ngos foreign agents how ngos in russia are treated, the difference being years that hungary is a member of the european union. >> prime minister victor olban his critics accuse him of corruption putting pressure on the media and corruption. the budapest turning its back on brussels? >> hungary is probably the most scrutinized country in the european union. any comparison to any country where there is a dictatorship is not only harmful but highly unjustified. >> reporter: like most economies in eastern europe, hyun-jin rir's nothungary's last not done well. thousandsen onto the streets in protest. opponents of the government want the crowds to come out again. question is whether enough hungarians want change. robin forester walker, al jazeera, beud budapest. >> john holman reports. >> world's longest ever helium balloon flight began with smiles in japan and land he of the two eagles off of mexico's northwest coast. >> now we are feeling good and optimistic. and very glad to be among people. >> american troy bradley and russia leonid, endured 160 hours cramped together in a cabin smaller than a king sized bed. their route took them across the pacific ocean the balloon capsule weighs only 100 kilos and is stuffed with state-of-the-art equipment. ballooning has always captured public attention helped along in recent years with high flying adventures of millionaires of like richard branson and steve fawcett. fawcett's balloon was a hybrid, could go faster than two eagles, making that little achievement a little bit sweeter. john holman, al jazeera mexico city. >> now if you haven't already it's high time you took a look at our revamped website. we're very proud of it with al jazeera's unique brand of news analysis and much, much more, you'll find it at aljazeera.com. >> enjoying buts not for much longer one of the most powerful people in the industry tells me that it will start to go higher. >> it hasn't helped many countries out of an economic func. i spoke about what the world really needs to do to turn economies around. it may surprise you preparing the
NorwayMoscowMoskvaRussiaDohaAd-daw-ahQatarJapanAustraliaNigerRomaLazio >> the nigerian army alongside civilians and vigilantes have driven out boko haram from the capitol in northeastern nigeria. sunday the armed group launched an attack on the outskirts of the city that lasted several hours. the battle has moved on to the town of maffa. we have more from the capitol. >> the guns are silent after the military in collaboration with civilians repelled an attack from four different locations on the city. a security source told al jazeera that the fighters from boko haram have been chased away and now there is as raging battle currently going on in the town of maffa after the failure failure. this is coming at a time boko haram has suffered defeat in the hands of the nigerian mill at her, the chadian military, following the launch of attacks on several positions of boko haram in northeastern nigeria. this morning's attacks signify the desperation on the part of boko haram to make in roads into borno state. this morning's attack resulted in the death of several boko haram members, according to a security source. >> there's been more violence in nigeria's northeast a suicide bomber blowing himself up near the house of a politician. seven have been killed. the explosion happened at supporters gathered for an election campaign. nigeria goes to the polls february 14. >> at least seven people have been killed in a bomb blast in damascus. we have more from beirut in neighboring lebanon. >> this is a rare attack in the center of damascus. it happened on a bus or near a bus, a lebanese bus carrying shia pilgrims to the shrine. this happens every weekend pill gyms go to damascus to visit on a pilgrimage. a number of people dead and wounded in this attack. very unusual the center of damascus is relatively safe. this is fighting on the outskirts but when it comes to the center, we haven't seen an attack like this for at least a year. also why perhaps this being a target, of course the lebanese armed group is fighting on the side of the syrian regime in damascus against the rebels, so a complex web of allegiances perhaps to show you who why they're being targeted. the significance of this, an attack of this scale, and bomb placed in the center of damascus is very rare. >> japan's government said it is highly unlikely a video showing the killing of kenji goto is authentic. the killing is described as a heinous act of terrorism. we have this report. >> shock sadness and sympathy for kenji goto's family expressed by people in tokyo. crowds gathered outside the prime minister's office after they found out the veteran reporter had most likely been murdered in syria by the islamic state of iraq and the levant. >> he always hoped to make the world a place without any wars and to save children from war and poverty. i promise here to carry out his legacy. >> earlier, the prime minister said a video released by isil apparently showing them killing goto was most likely real. >> we are deeply saddened by this despicable and horrendous act of terrorism and denounce it in the strongest terms. to the terrorists, we will never, ever forgive you for this act. >> kenji goto has gone to help rescue another yep news national taken by isil. that person has since likely been killed. before going, he made a video making it clear he new the risks. >> unfortunately i think this incident will further degrade the islamic image in japan. this is a real tragedy because the hostage crisis and terrorism going on in northern iraq and syria has little to do with islam and much more with extremism. >> some people in the islamic community worry about a backlash but say it's unlikely given minorities are well treated in japan. >> i hope that there will be no misunderstanding because what happened that we heard this morning the news, it has nothing to do with islam. >> the news of the death of two japanese nationals within two weeks has made an impact and it's greatly affected some people here. >> the jordanian government released a statement condemning the killing the statement also talks about a jordanian pilot captured by isil. it says: >> isil has threatened to kill the pilots unless jordan release as female iraqi bomber jailed for a decade. it's unclear why isil wants her released. we have more. >> she's the would-at-bat suicide bomber. sajida al-rishawi has rarely been mentioned by iraq. it was in 2005, there were three separate attacks. she and her husband entered a wedding as her money. his suicide vest detonated. her device filed to explode so she ran away and was later arrested. jordanian investigative journalist linda meyer has interviewed sajida al-rishawi through her lawyer. she lives in self imposed solitary confinement on death row. she hasn't had visitors for nine years. she describes her as illiterate with no motivation and no apparent value to isil. >> if sajida al-rishawi was important to them, they would have asked for they are before now. why would they wait to ask for her release? if they had not captured the jordanian pilot would they have asked? i don't think so. >> the question is why did isil demand the release of sajida al-rishawi when there were more fire brand operatives jailed in jordan. that question, like the really crucial one on whether the , muath al-kaseasbeh is still alive. it is said they are trying to cause problems in jordan. there have been protests against jordan's role in the u.s. coalition fighting isil, but they've been toned right down now in the hope of negotiations for the pilot's release are happening. the issue hasn't gone away, though and until muath al-kaseasbeh has been killed, brought tests are sure to resume. >> over 1300 people in iraq have been killed in the violence alone. according to u.n. figures, more than half of them were civilians. over 2,200 people were also wounded in frequent bombings in other attacks. the capitol baghdad was the worst affected with 256 civilians killed there. >> kurdish and shia commanders deny accusations bringing ethnic divisions back into focus. we have a report now. >> in 2005, he was forced out of his hometown by al-qaeda. ten years later, he is back. he is an iraqi occurred. he took part in the recent battle against the islamic state of iraq and the levant, a formerly al-qaeda-aligned group. isil fighters may have been defeated in the town but were not the only ones who left. the predominantly soon any population is no longer here. some blame them for allowing the isil takeover. >> the civilian, they were al-qaeda. then helped give them water food stay inside houses. they go up with them -- take them to the kurdish hourses or peshmerga house they blow it, burn it. >> the kurds believe this land is theirs but are not the only force on the ground. they are cooperate shia militiamen who call themselves the popular mobilization force. they have the government back to go fight isil but have been accused of operating outside the law and chining the demography in most areas. >> they told me they are going to allow them to return on condition they did not take part in the fighting alongside isil. >> the kurds say the same thing they deny they are punishing sunnis because they belong to the same sect as isil fighters. occurred issue commanders say the displaced can return once cleared of i.e. des but they keep stressing that the province was an al-qaeda stronghold for years and many were supporters of the armed group. >> we have credible information that 95% of the sunnis in the area were fight isil, al-qaeda and other terrorist groups, but we're not targeting their families. in fact, many of them found shelter in our areas. >> instead of uniting iraq's communities, the war against isil is opening old wounds and creating future conflicts, like many other battle grounds the reality is an example of the need for reconciliation. al jazeera. >> bahrain revoked the citizenship of 72 people for what it calls harming the interest of the country. the opposition said the government is punishing activists who took part in anti-government protests. democratic reforms have been taking place in bahrain for almost four years. the government said most people on the list are now abroad and can appeal the decision. >> we are going to take a short break now. stay with us here on al jazeera because coming up, a medical report on a double hand transplant. >> the freezing shoreline of the bering sea where a film was made. watch to go find out what the locals think. >> welcome back, a reminder of the top stories. the nigerian army alongside civilians have driven out boko haram fighters from the capitol of borno state. sunday the group launched an attack that lasted several hours. the battle has moved on to the town of mafa. >> an exclosing happened close to a shia muslim shrine in damascus. >> prime minister of japan condemned the beheading of kenji goto. >> up to 10,000 people have rallied in hong kong in the first major demonstration since last year's pro democracy protests. demonstrators want free elections to choose the territories leadership in the 2017 election. we report now from hong kong. >> this rally wasn't just students this was a civil movement united under its symbol, the umbrella. >> freedom of speech in hong kong is shrinking. i will do whatever i can. >> it started in the shopping district, before people marched five kilometers back to where the protest began. traffic was stopped and police on stand by with up to 10,000 people reclaiming the streets in the heart of hong kong's city center. >> occupy hong kong ended a while ago so this is a chance to reunited the people. >> organizers say this shows there's still support for the campaign for greater voting rights in the 2017 election. >> we just hope more people get involved in the demonstration. >> china is standing by to screen all candidates for the chief executive election. that decision triggered two and a half months of protests last year. this rally avoided a repeat of those violent confrontations, but the complaint remains the same. >> we are telling the hong kong government and the hong kong people that we need to change the current constitution and reform plan. >> this is the first rally of the new year. after two rounds of public consultation failed to find common ground, protestors say demonstration like this one may now be the only way to put pressure on the city's government. al jazeera, hong kong. >> there's a growing campaign to save two australian convicted of drug trafficking in indonesia. the country is facing what it calls a drug emergency. we report frow mom jakarta. >> he is trying to stay clean from drugs in one of indonesia's government run rehabilitation center. there's a huge shortage of anti drug treatment. 18,000 people die every year because of drug abuse. >> all my friends who were using with me have died. i have no more friends left. i hate myself so much, so i want to die. >> indonesia has become an important market for drugs. it has a population of 250 million and corrupt law enforcement system makes it possible for traffic and dealer to say bribe police. early january 862 kilograms of crystal meth from hong kong was confiscated. many other shipments go through. >> the largest drug bust ever, a growing market in the region. the government can only stop the trafficker by executing them, they say. this fight is a international protest. >> back at the rehabilitation are several policemen being treated for drug abuse. this is one of them. now he's a counselor. >> we need a mental revolution. we can go after the dealers but the police needs to be cleaned. it's very likely the drugs are entering the country because the police are letting it happen for becoming middle men. police who should be stopping the drug trade are involved themselves. >> police admit other government officials are involved in the drug trade. >> as the president is firm, i'm sure the police chief and attorney general will follow. if the president is not firm, the others will still be involved in drugs like what we see in mexico. we need common commitment to stop this. >> while motor indonesians support the drug penalty for drug related offense many also see the dangers of capitol punishment. joyce has her own drug rehabilitation. she said the government should focus more on prevention and rehabilitation. >> there's a lot of anger among the indonesian families, because they feel unsafe for their kids anymore. everybody's using. there doesn't seem to be anything that's working education is still not in place. there's not a lot of money for prevention programs, real prevention programs. then you have recovery, and then the question with rehabilitation or recovery, are they really serious about their jobs. >> the government said executing drug traffickers will serve as a deterrent. many argue as long as there's demands for drugs, one executed drug dealer will immediately be replaced by another. al jazeera. >> african leaders have called on the international criminal court to drop charges against sudan's president. al bash. >> r. >> 13 soldiers were killed and 20 wounded in eastern ukraine saturday. fighting has intensified there as the government and pro-russian rebels fail to agree on a new ceasefire. the two sides blame each other for the collapse of peace talks. >> it is one of the most acclaimed films of 2014 and in the running for an oscar later this month. the russian feature leviathon is just being released there. we traveled to the northwest of the country where the film was shot to see what the locals there think about it all. >> take the road east and head north across the snow swept tundra in two hours you'll find a once thriving fishing village on the sea. two summers ago a film was made here a film now making waves. it's the story of a mechanic father and husband who falls victim to a corrupt local mayor. it's would not wards at the golden globes and cannes and nominated for an oscar. local, praise has been less forthcoming. >> ordinary people can be destroyed by corrupt officials but it's the way this film depicts russia and russians that has made the authorities uncomfortable. >> it's not an accurate rendition of the country they say. just because the characters swear and swig vodka doesn't make them russians. the cultural minute city which part funded the film has suggested it won't give money for such gloomy projects again. the initial head initially spoke against the film but is now giving more measured statements. >> this film is an artistic fiction. it is how the director sees things. this film is not about here, it was only filmed here. it is not about us, so it is a generalized image. >> as we left, another t.v. crew arrived. people here have had to get used to cameras and questions very fast but out in the snow, different views. the film hasn't been properly released in russia yet but recently villagers were given an advanced screening. >> no one should ban it. and it is good film about life. they showed it as little. this is what happens to people. they got cheat on, lied to, this is our life. >> it's a truthful film, a woman shouted through the wind. this is how we live. we're always lied to. they say one thing but do completely differently. look at the houses we live in. >> it's easy to feel forgotten in such run down corners of russia's remotest regions. the film has however briefly blasted away this villages a know anymore tee. a little attention is exactly what it needs. >> the father of the birth control bill has died in california at the age of 91. he is best known for leading a research team for an element in the 1950's. the synthetic molecule became a key component for what would become the pill, radically changing sexual practices and women's lives. >> surgeons in the indian city have performed a double hand transplant. they say that's significant because countries with many below the poverty line and those enduring conflict have a proportionately high number of amputees. we have this report. >> two weeks after surgery, he is back on his feet and making history with his hands. he hasn't got complete feeling yet, so some tasks are a little awkward. his rehabilitation is monitored and being able to feed himself now is life-changing progress. >> after i lost my hands, i was very scared, but now i'm happy that my hands have been operated on and restored and i can do all my regular activities. >> he was thrown out of a running train for trying to stop a group of men accost ago female passenger. twenty surgeons spent 16 hours giving him the hands of a donor. hand transplant surgery is rare and complex taking the donor hands, surgeons have to connect bones and blood vessels and 10 tons. the patient has to take drugs to suppress the immune system. around one hen surgeries have been done. that's fewer than seven a year. none had been done by surgeons in the developing word until now. >> that's important because the developing world has a proportionately high number of amputees. countries at war often have land mines and bomb attacks and in poor countries where medical resources are scarce face a bigger risk of infection and disease. >> the big advance here that is first of all it's certainly cheaper to perform in a developing country than what it has so far cost elsewhere and this will certainly show the world it is feasible. >> indian surgeons say there's another reason the surgery is significant, skin color which is important because if a donated hand changes color that means it's being rejected. >> this is the first time the hand transplant has been done in the interest of -- and probably the first that a hand transplant has been done with known white skin. it will ablesson for the world. >> a lesson this young man is thankful to be a part of. >> two men have made a record-breaking voyage from japan to mexico using a heel yum balloon. it took them more than 10,000 kilometers across the pacific. we have all the details. >> the world's longest ever helium balloon fight began with smiles and waves in japan. they were melt with the landing of the two eagles. >> now feeling good and optimistic and very glad to be among people. >> american troy bradley and the russian endured 160 hours crammed together in a cabin smaller than a king sized bed. their route took them 10,600 kilometers over the pacific ocean beating all previous records for purely gas filled balloon flight. the balloon capsule weighs 100-kilos and stuffed with state-of-the-art data recording instruments. the data will be analyzed to verify the new records. ballooning has always captured public attention helped by the high flying adventures of millionaires like richard branson and steve faucet. here on his way to becoming the first person to fly around the world in 2002, the balloon was a hybrid filled with a mixture of gas and hot air could go faster than two eagles, making this new achievement that little bit sweeter. al jazeera mexico city. >> from that extraordinary achievement, let me nudge you in the direction of our website all the news and stories that we've covered right there plenty of analysis and comment on all those stories too the address for the website aljazeera.com, of course, aljazeera.com. >> two years ago, buddhist mobs tore through rohingya muslim communities in western burma, attacking anyone in their path. it sparked a wave of sectarian violence that spread to other parts of the country with little hindrance from the authorities. now tens of thousand of rohingya
MyanmarJapanTokyoAustraliaChadDamascusDimashqSyriaChinaCaliforniaUnited-statesBorno-state hong kong's pro-democracy protesters take to the streets once again al jazeera journalist peter greste is free. he was released from an egyptian prison a few hours ago and deported. he flue to cypress where he is expected to continue to australia. he is said to be in good health. his colleagues mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are still in gaol in egypt, where they have been held for 400 days. al jazeera welcomed peter greste's release, but said the campaign to free journalists in egypt will not end until all three have been released. gerald tan respects. this was the most recent protest against the detention of al jazeera staff in egypt. at the end of the december marking a year since arrest journalists rallied in london and around the world - sydney the hague, sarajevo. it's been a year of agony for the men. peter greste's parents were in cairo, hoping for the release by christmas. >> to me giving him a hug at the end was difficult just to say goodbye and leave him for the rest of the day, knowing that you know it's not the best place to be. >> no one expected it to go on this long. there's a misunderstanding. it needs to be corrected. >> i'm still hopeful and fighting with mohammed for his freedom. >> the arrest of peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed on december 29th, 2013 were initially assumed it be short-lived, a mistake over media cred takes, as time passed it was clear that the egyptian authorities under the new government had other intentions. those that know peter greste a veteran correspondent and african specialist but about little experience of egypt made little sense of the charge that he was linked to a charge of terrorists. the same could be said of his colleagues. by mid january much of the media demanded his release. the hashtag free aj staff went viral. it was said that the incarceration of al jazeera journalist was a threat to all. the trial failed to produce credible evidence. there was evidence on the laptop news lips from different channels. adjournment after adjournment followed and in june the men were convicted and gaoled - the lowest point of a desperate year for all involved. world leaders, including president obama denounced the court ruling. egyptian government stood behind it saying it was not a political decision and it was up to the appeals process. hopes were raised in november a new law allowing abdul fatah al-sisi to deport foreign nationals. on 1st january the court threw out a retile. after 400 days peter greste is free. the ordeal conditions for mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed al jazeera said the campaign to free its journalists will not end until all three are released. peter greste is out of the country. but mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are behind bars. the network says all threes have to be ex-ownerated and convictions against other journalist tried in absentia have to be lifted. the managing director of al jazeera english says although the network is relieved to hear about the release of peter greste it demands the release of other journalists held. >> we spoke to peter this afternoon, after he was released from detention, and i can't tem you how relieved we are that peter left egypt and is on his way to bereunited with his family. tas day of mixed emotion, and we have to focus on the fact that baher mohamed and mohamed fadel fahmy are still behind bars 400 days after being taken in to detention. that injustice needs to come to an end. they are guilty of nothing, apart from great journal. >>. -- journalism australia prime minister welcomed what he assaulted -- australia foreign minister welcomed the release. >> i'm here to announce that peter greste has been released unconditionally from gaol in cairo and has departed from egypt. he was escorted by australian consular officials, and at the airport he was with his brother michael and australia ambassador to egypt, dr ralph king. i spoke to peter greste shortly after his release and before he departed egypt. he was immensely relieved and desperate to come home to australia and reunite with his family, his parents, and his brother michael who was with him and his other brother andrew. he expressed his heart felt thanks for the support he received in australia during the ordeal and thanked the australian government the public of australia and the journalists particularly who rallied to his cause and told me that it had subpoenaed him through the very long time that he spent in gaol over 12 months. she in cyprus. he was met by australian consular officials there. and will make his way home to australia to be with family and friends once more. on behalf of the australian government i would like to thank our consular staff who demonstrated throughout the lie level of service that australia is able to provide to its citizens in trouble overseas. but i particularly want to thank a number of other governments around the world who supported the cause and made representations at our request on peter greste's behalf to the susan shaprio government. i -- behalf to the abdul fatah al-sisi government. we had many governments, including in the region make representations on peter greste's behalf. i particularly mention the government of latvia given peter's family background the latvian government was of great assistance. it is about great relief i can confirm peter greste is on the way home. a white house security council released a statement urging egypt to continue with positive progress saying. well joining us in the studio is aiden white, director of the ethical journalism network, promoting ethics and good governance. interesting, strong statement from the u.s. and president obama mentioned the fate of our three journalists. we are not completely happy, one release, two in prison. how important do you think the pressure from the international community was on the release. >> i think it was vital. in the end it was an irresistible force. we are delighted that peter greste is released. all around the world there was a great deal of solidarity and his family and colleagues are happy. but we need to see the release of mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed as soon as possible. this is a start. the job has to be finished. the pressure from the international security that secured peter's release intensified to ensure our two other colleagues be released. do you think there's a danger that peter greste more high profile, working at other western networks do you think there's a danger the opposite may happen there'll be less pressures. >> i hope not. certain not from the community i represent. press freedom groups media groups international groups of media professionals have been strident in their demands that egypt shapes of regarding this case. it exposed the frailties of the justice system in egypt. it showed the dangers of the using journalists as pawns in political disputes. the opening of the door with the release of peter is very very important. we have to push through, and i think, therefore, there'll be a redoubling of efforts in the coming days to make sure hour two colleagues are released as soon as possible. >> the australian foreign minister said it was an unconditional release. the convictions were overturned when the court asked for a retrial. al jazeera is asking for a full ex-owneration of them and others tried in absentia. if deported they'd technically be guilty men. >> one can demand it. this case has shown how the system of justice in egypt was badly flawed and was recognised as such in egypt. i think we are looking at face-saving, i don't think the government will want to be seen to capitulate to demands from al jazeera or anyone else to provide an exoneration. we can be safe in the knowledge that the original convictions were not correct, they were flawed, based upon a trial which was ab cert and laughable. and to main outside observers. from our point of view this is not so important as securing the release of our colleagues and the quashing of the convictions of those journalists and media people tried in absentia aide ep white a director of the ethical journalism organization. the nigerian military is trying to repel boko haram fighters. the military says it has driven the fighters back but there's fresh fighting starting in the past our. two blosts in gom be city killed five. one of the attacks targeted a military checkpoint and a suicide bomber targetting a political meeting killing seven people. it come two week before the elections akmed idris has been following the latest and has more. >> the nigerian military deployed in large number to condane an onslaught by boko haram fighters, it is coming hours after vigilantes from the city chased boko haram from the city after they launched an attack on four fronds on the city of maiduguri. they were conducting operations before news got to them that boko haram launched fansive on the city trying to -- offensive on the city trying to enter maiduguri. it is strat eeg yik us of military and air force and other establishments in the city. it is considered as the birthplace of boko haram. elsewhere two bombs went off in the city of gombe and another town a bomb blast killed seven. all this happened as the boko haram fighters are facing a lot of pressure from multinational soldiers from cameroon chad nigeria and niger. as they coordinate effort in an attempt to take back territories seized by boko haram in the north-east of the country the greek and french finance minister met in paris. it's the first meeting since the party took power in greece. the french finance minister says the country will rep greece find a solution to economic woes saying the new greek government had legitimate concerns over the size of its debt. the greek finance minister has called for a fresh approach to repayments. >> my concern as a european first, is that the present bailout programme is costing the rest of europe not just us too much. we are interested in minimising the loss to our partners. >> still ahead on the newshour. - running for cover. we meet people in eastern ukraine hiding from the fighting in makeshift shelters. i'm rory challands on a russian shore line. a film has been made that upset russian authorities. keep watching to find out what the locals think. >> it's the biggest day in u.s. sport with the super bowl about to get under way. details soon. to syria, the al nusra front claims responsibility for a bomb placed on a bus transporting lebanese pilgrims in damascus. seven were killed. stephanie dekker has more from beirut in neighbouring lebanon. . >> this is a rare attack in damascus. on a bus carrying pilgrims to a shrine. this happens every weekend, pilgrims go do damascus to visit them. a number are dead and wounded in the attack. very unusual. the center of damascus the syrian capital is relatively safe. there is fighting on the outskirts, when it comes to the center we have not seen an attack like this for at least a year. and this being a target the lebanese armed group hezbollah, based in lebanon is fighting on the side of the syrian rooej eem in damascus against the rebels a complex web of allegiances to show you who, and why they are targeted. the significance and attack on this scale and a bomb in the center of alabama is rare. japan ordered heightened security precautions at their airports after the release of a video appearing to show the killing of kenji goto jogo by the islamic state of iraq and levant. prime minister shinzo abe condemned the killing calling it hinn us and despicable. according to friend and family he travelled to syria to try to save another hostage following the apparent killing jordan renewed the offer to i.s.i.l. to change an iraqi prisoner if a captured jordanian pilot is free. i.s.i.l. demanded the release of sajida al-rishawi, a prisoner facing death for her role in triple bombings in imam in 2005. andrew simmonds has more. >> reporter: she is a would-be suicide bomber virtually unheard of for years. sajida al-rishawi has rarely been mentioned by al qaeda in iraq who sent her and her husband on a bombing mission to jordan. it was in 2005 there were three separate attacks. she and her husband entered a wedding ceremony his suicide vest detonated, hers failed to explode. she ran away and was later arrested. jordanian investigative journalist linda meyer interviewed the woman through her lawyer saying she lives in solidary confinement on death row, hasn't had visitors and describes her as illiterate little motivation and no apparent value to i.s.i.l. >> translation: if sajida al-rishawi was important to them they would have asked for her before now. why ask to wait for her belief. if they had not captured the jordanian pilot, would they have asked? i don't think so. >> reporter: the question is why would they ask for the release of sajida al-rishawi when there are more fire-brand operatives in jordan. that question and other crucial ones, like whether the pilot is alive. is unanswered. they are convinced that the motivation is to cause trouble in jordan. >> i think that the aim and purpose of i s i.s. is to improve jordan and create as much internal difficulties for the political decision-making process in jordan. >> reporter: there have been protests against jordan's role in the fight against i.s.i.l. they have been toned down in the hope that negotiations for the pilot's release are happening. the issue has not gone away. and the lieutenant has been killed protests are sure to resume. in iraq the province of diyala was declared liberated from i.s.i.l. last woke. reports emerged of a massacre carried out by shia militias against unarmed villages. a warning some viewers may find this report disturbing. >> bodies of young men on the ground after fivers ashia militias and security forces raided the area. these men were not killed. they were shot in the head. families searched for husbands sons and brothers. "where are you?" a man cries. he tells his mother he has found him. human rights watch says it's unclear how many were killed but it appears to have been a massacre. it started when iraqi security forces told villages to come to the mosque to get food. from there groups of me were taken away and shot. the survivor in a nearby city tells us the men went willingly at first. >> translation: the army took our identification and gathered us together and we saw other forces dressed in black. we opened fire. >> there are few prisoners in the fight against i.s.i.l. in diyala shia militias believe sunni militias supported the group. in this village houses and the mosque were left in ruins after fighting between the iraqi forces and i.s.i.l. shia militia said after the battle they had liberated the remainder of diyala held by the group. >> a survivor told us that he and the others ran to the field and hid in the mud after they opened fire. the village is surrounded and running out of food. the prime minister is trying to contain the fallout, telling the conference that those responsible would be punished. >> those conducting killing and assault on properties areas liberated from i.s.i.l. are no less dangerous than terrorists. >> the government is upped pressure to prove it is in control, and not its partners. iraqi government forces and the kurds and militias have taken back a lot of territory from i.s.i.l. over the last few months. some of the fooerest fighting is in volatile areas. along the fault lines of ethnic rivalry and sectarian ambition. it led the government grappling with how to win a war but keep the country intact liam black is a middle east editor of "the guardian" and joins us in the studio. thank you for joining us on al jazeera. let's assess the situation with the fight of i.s.i.l. let's start with this report. we focus on the fight against i.s.i.l., not that it's overlooked, but it's spiralling or reopening into sectarian wound that are rife. what do you make of the report? >> the sectarian underpinnings to this conflict that is how it's seen in large parts of the country and across the middle east in the west where it's so focused on i.s.i.s. oilbut on the ground in the middle east it looks different. what you have in the story is allegations, looking convincing. a massacre is part of the fight back in iraq against i.s.i.s. people fighting back are no angels. we focus on the group with the horrible beheadings and the way in which they are threatening the west. the fact is on the ground this is the agony of the arab world, divided along sectarian lines. you have a government in baghdad pledging to reduce the degree of sectarianism a prime minister more ready to do so than his predecessor who had to go after the fall of mosul, but the price is the kind of violence that we are more accustomed to focussing on when it's carried out by the jihadis. violence is violence whatever the label of the group that is carrying it. it is an ugly scene. >> absolutely. key to a u.s.-led coalition is some arab countries in which jordan is a member now we hear that they are renewing their offer to i.s.i.l. to get their pilot back. jordan is a difficult situation. this pilot seems to embody a lot of discontent that the people across the middle east have with some of the members of the coalition. >> there's a great ambivalence. i was in jordan and it's easy to see that people are angry over what happened in syria. i.s.i.s. however brutally it behaves, and it behaves brutally to everyone not just the westerners but however badly it behaves, it is seen in large parts of the world, including in jordan as a fight back against sectarianism. i don't know how to put it - there's sneaking admiration distain for its cruelty. a couple of thousands of jordanians have gone to fight with i.s.i.s. as have a few thousand saudis and tunisians. jordan's decision to join actively and publicly in the coalition fighting it was risky. and disaster struck when the young pilot from an important tribe in a tribal society had the ill luck not to be shot down but to crash and be captured. sadly it's a pawn in a high stakes game. for a while it seemed to be part of an exchange including a japanese journalist who we believe was killed and was shown on the video. every country, when they see the hostages beheaded it is shocked. what would to do to jordanian public opinion if we see a video of the pilot beheaded. what do you see the rehabilitation in jordan as being? >> first of all, i think it would be a human tragedy as all these things are, and the specifics circumstances of jordan, people would be angry and outraged. i think the voices who are calling for an end to participation in the war on i.s.i.s. would feel that they had a stronger case than before. if it were to happen perish the thought, it would be a dramatic and volatile moment in the story. >> we have not much time left. briefly, do you think the fight against i.s.i.l. is going to the way western countries would want it to. >> the problem remains that there's a false separation between iraq and syria, and the idea that air power alone will be enough to really dislodge it. the results have been uneven so far, and as everybody says if this is going to go on it will be a long hall. ian black, middle east editor from "the guardian." thank you for joining us. still lots more ahead on al jazeera, including a medical milestone for the developing world. doctors in india carried out a successful double hand transplant. plus... >> i'm in venus, where two city tried marks carnival and high tide happen on the same day. >> in sport novak djokovic wins a record fifth australian open title. pash- a reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. al jazeera journalist peter greste has been released from an egyptian prison and is on his way home. he has flown to cypress and is expected to continue to australia. his colleagues mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are still in gaol in egypt, where they have been held for 400 days. the nigerian military is trying to repel boko haram fighters from the eastern city of maiduguri after a series of blasts across the north killing is it. in iraq shia militias are denying claims that they are preventing sunnis returning to their homes once areas are cleared of i.s.i.l. fighters. the release of our colleague peter greste. our correspondent in france spoke to the human rites lawyer jeffrey robertson asking why the egyptian authorities finally freed peter greste. >> international pressure had some impact. it's been 400 days one down, two to go. indeed 16 journalists banged up in egypt for the foreseeable future tens of thousands of political prisoners. this has been a very successful campaign to chill criticism - certainly in egypt and to an extent abroad - of the abdul fatah al-sisi dictatorship. it has stopped the coverage who afrl democratically elected. al jazeera closed a channel covering them. so it's been very effective and in other dictatorships are taking notice that the way to avoid criticism is to arrest journalists on trumped up charges. >> it caused immense embarrassment. do you think it backfired? >> not really. i don't think the embarrassment is great, i don't think it's had a great success within egypt of preventing criticism. no one sends journalists to egypt now to cover the opposition. so this talk of international pressure brought about, enormously embarrassing i think it's pie in the sky. i think it's a carefully thought out process of ensuring that you are not criticized and i think the international pressure has been fairly mild. there was a comment by president obama, diplomats of western nations have not really pressed hard. egypt has not been called to account at the united nations. where is the support for freedom of speech. i think this is - and, of course, there is still two journalists in prison for heaven nose how long. -- heaven knows how long. >> that leaves another question. how will it play. two journalists are in gaol. >> yes, and he is not free. under the agreement he is in cypress on his way to australia. but the agreement, apparently says that he should be kept in detention in australia until the trial. well australia won't stand for that though. probably they'll baleil him to bondi beach. it is part of the farce. he will be tried in absentia as the other two may well be tried in person. although they have not been convicted, the last trial was a farce, maybe there'll be fresh and fabricated evidence to keep this show on the road. it helps the egyptian government which has avoided criticism, by frightening international journalists and particularly local journalists human rights lawyer jeffrey robertson speaking to us. tens of thousands rally in hong kong in the first major demonstration since mass protests last year. it won three elections in the 2017 election. sarah clarke reports from hong kong. unlike the last protests this rally was not just for students. this was a civil movement united under its symbol the umbrella. >> freedom of speech in hong kong is shrinking. i will do what i can. >> the rally started in cause way bay, before people marched 5km back to where last year's protest began. traffic was stopped and police on stand by as up to 10,000 reclaimed the streets in the heart of hong kong's city center. >> occupy hong kong ended a while ago, this is a chance to reunite the people. organizers say the demonstration shows there's support for the campaign for greater voting rights in the 2017 election. >> the people involved in the demonstration show our persistence at the outrage and urge the government to relaunch the public consultation against the art and society. >> reporter: china is standing by its plan to screen all candidates for the chief executive election triggering 2.5 months of protests last year. the rally avoided a repeat of the violent confrontations. the complaint is the same. >> we are telling the hong kong government and people that we need to change the current constitution. >> this is a first rally of the new year. after two rounds of public consul stations failed to find new ground. demonstrations like this may be the only way to put pressure on the government. >> at least 13 ukranian soldiers have been killed in the past 24 hours. they were fighting pro-russian separatists, a spokesman confirmed that 20 soldiers were wounded in the clashes. >> a town has been the scene of intense fighting. we have this report. >> reporter: they run for cover, clutching shopping bags. what sound like artillery and mortars are landing close by. it was unclear build the separatists or the ukranian military fired first. >> we are in the town where there has been a lot of incoming shelling in the last few minutes. it's going on sporadically. the streets are deserted. those that can are hiding in their basements. under this block of flags we find alexander and his family. it's cold damp and the souped of the shelling reverberates through the walls. >> translation: we constantly have to come down because of what is going on. you can see what is happening now. how can we stay in our apartment? >> during a lull in the firing we head into town to where we heard the shells landing. relatives have pulled 86-year-old woman from her basement minutes before the house is destroyed. they lead her to a neighbour's home and medics arrive to treat her. >> i was trem bling. i live alone. i was sitting in the corner. and i only just survived. the force of the blast smashed the windows of this home. shrapnel is embedded in the walls above the bed. >> why do i have to live like this. why are they killing us? why. outside another neighbour appears from her damaged house. >> translation: how can they do this? what am i to do now. i don't know what to do. i think i just saw my own death. >> reporter: the repeated failure of troop negotiations means that community and others crossing will have to continue to live in fear. as we drive out of town separatist's heavy weapons pass us heading to the front line surgeons in the indian city have performed a double-hand transplant. it's the first in the country. doctors say it's significant because in additions with many people living below the poverty line and those endureing conflict tend to have large numbers of amputees. two weeks after surgery manu is back on his feet making history with his hands. he does not have complete feeling, and some tasks are a little awkward. his rehabilitation is monitored and being able to feed himself is life-changing progress. >> translation: after i lost my hand i was very scared. i'm happy that my hands have been operated on and restored and i can do my regular activities. >> manu was thrown out of a train for trying to stop a group of men accosting a passenger. 20 surgeons spent 16 hours. it is a complex procedure. taking the donor hands, surgeons have to connect bones, blood vessels. the patient has to a take drugs so the body doesn't reject the hand. 107 surgeries have been done none in the developing world until now. that is important. the developing world has a high number of amputees. countries at war have land mines and bomb attacks. those in poor countries where medical resources are scarce face a bigger risk of infection and disease. >> the big advance is that first of all it is certainly cheaper to perform a transplant in the developing country, than what it has so far hostels respect. >> -- so far elsewhere. there's another reason it is important. if a hand changes colour it means it's being rejected. >> this is the first time a hand transplant is done in an asian continent and probably the first with known white skin. we have to have - to document everything so that it will be a lesson for the world. >> a lesson this young man is thankful to be a part of amazing. with one of the most acclaimed films of last year and is in the running for an oscar. the russian feature "leviathan" is only now being released in the country where it was made. it caused controversy with a picture of the corruption and modern russia. rory challands travelled to the north-west where it was shot to gauge rehabilitation to the film. >> reporter: take the road east out of mum anof course and head north. you find a fishing village huddled on the rocky shore of the barrents sea. two summers ago a film called "leviathan" was made. a film making waves. it's the story of a mechanic father and husband who falls victim to a corrupt local mayor. it's won award at the golden globes and cannes and is nominated for an oscar. domestically praise is less forthcoming. "leviathan"'s themes are relevant yirp in the world, where ordinarily people can be affected by corruption. it's in this is made in russia this made the authorities uncomfortable. it's not accurate they say, because the character swear and swig vodka doesn't make them russian. the cultural ministry suggested it will not give money for cloomy projects again. the initial head here spoke against the film but is giving measured statements. >> translation: this is artistic. it's not about this area it's only filmed here. >> reporter: as we left another film crew arrived. people here had to get used to cameras and questions. the film has not been properly released but villagers were given an advanced screening. >> translation: this is a good film about life. they showed it as it is. this is what's to people. they get cheated on. >> reporter: it's a truthful film a woman shouted. this is how we live we are lied to. they say one thing, but do differently, look at the houses we are life in. >> it's easy to film in run-down corners of the remote regions. the film has, however, briefly blasted away this villages anonymity. not all here welcome that. for many a little attention is what it needs. still ahead on the programme - we'll have all the sport, and we'll tell you who has been crowned to 15 world handball champion. fleeing? >> your children will be a part of my group or killed... >> fault lines al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> today they will be arrested... >> ground breaking... they're firing canisters of gas at us... emmy award winning investigative series... fault lines no refuge: children at the border high tides in venice have not damped the spirits of visitors at this year's festival. it is famous for the revellers masks and costumes. we have this report. >> reporter: high spirits and high water on the day carnival and flooding came together. the carnival of venice kick started with a parade of costumes on the city's canals. cannes val goers were caught by -- carnival goers were caught by surprise. there is another event that is ven eastern - high tide. on sunday venice got both. a meter high tide flooded st. marks' square. but it's not a little bit of water stopping venetians from partying. sunday's show started with a pi jpist flying -- pianist flying over the lagoon a grand piano for a grand opening. >> reporter: nothing can stop us water, air, from enjoying life. >> typical boats from gondolas to water taxis took part in the parade. the main attraction were the great masks and the lavish costumes. >> food is like carnival. it's a celebration of life. the first carnival in venice was held in the 13th century as a street party. rich and poor look little even if for a few days. for the next two weeks it will be less about hiding behind masks and more about dressing to impress. amazing costumes. let's go to andy for all the sport thanks so much. we are building up to super bowl sunday. the biggest day in sports. the new england patriots play the seattle seahawks at the university of phoenix stadium in arizona. over 100 million set to watch. the league has never been more profitable with revenue around 25 million. it's been a hugely controversial season off the field. 50 n.f.l. players arrested in 2014 for various offenses. we go to rob reynolds in glendale. two hours before the game. give us an idea as to what it's been like around the stadium. >> that's right the kick off is in less than an hour. it's a buoyant, happy, excited atmosphere in glendale arizona. let's show you the crowds streaming in to the stadium in the afternoon sun lyings at city. you can see people lining up to go through security and get the tick eds stamped. some spent as much as several thousand for the tickets and people are offering $10,000 for two tickets. that's the university of phoenix stadium, 63,000 capacity. people are wearing team colours, the bright neon green and the dark blue of the seattle sea hawk and the red, white and blue of the new england patriots. around the country people are gathering in front of their tv sets in the living room getting ready to watch the game. it's been 49 years now since the first supergoal, and this is a yearly tradition that many americans look forward to. it's a lot of - a lot of family friends, a lot of beer chicken wings and a lot of corn chips. >> we are looking forward to chicken wings, even here in doha. the n.f.l.'s off-field problems have been well documented. has it in any way impacted on the public's interest in this game? >> i think marginally. perhaps some are a little disgusted by the before of some players who have been involved in well publicised scandals. certainly there are many women who were very displeased with the way that the league handled the punishment of a player caught on tape punching his fiancee into unconsciousness and then the league gave him a light punishment for that. but in general. this is a very very popular sport. as i mentioned, super bowl sunday is a yearly tradition, almost a cross between a carnival and a religious observance. the n.f.l. is something that is powerful brand. many people look forward to it and so no the popularity of the sport is intact. >> rob reynolds at the super bowl and we'll here for from rob as the game gets under way ivory coast beat algeria and will play the democratic republic of congo in the last four. a moment chosen to open a goal-scoring account. manchester city's 40 million signing, scoring twice against africa's top-ranked side. a late third scored. ivory coast aiming to win for the first time since 1992 ghana beat guinea taking the lead 4 minutes into the game. the advantage doubt before the break. atsu doubled. they'll play the hosts equatorial guinea novak djokovic won a fifth australian open title, taking on andy murray for the third time. he won the previous two, and won this. tie breakers needed to separate the pair. after two tense sets novak djokovic ran away. taking the match 7-6, 6-7, 3-6, an i think career grand slam. australia was once a dominant figure in global tennis it's been 39 years since a home player lifted the trophy. with declining participation figures and tennis courts disappearing. there are concerns the glory days may remain in the past. >> reporter: another year another australian open with no home-grown winner. it's been 10 years since an australian played in a singles final in the women's or men's event, you have to go back further to find the last australian to have won the open mark edmonton in 1976. >> the semis against rows wall - i just - he's like playing god. i think it was the best win of may life. and once i got through him. i just thought well this is fantastic. >> is it more accurate to say there's basically more things competing to kids attention than back in the day? >> in my view yes. when i was young there was four sports football - wrafr variety, cricket, tennis and swiping. >> reporter: a reason for the lack of success is not enough are playing tennis. in 2002, 18% of teenagers were registered players and has gone down to 8% and 3%. this year's open saw 19-year-old nick kyrgios reach the quarter files, the first time an australian did that since lleyton hewitt in 2005. the white city tennis club in sydney is almost a symbol of the decline of tennis. built in 1922 it hosted five davis cup finals and used to be the home of the sydney international until 2000. a lack of funding saw the iconic venue fall into disrepair. good news with the owners wanting to redevelop the site with a multisports facility and tennis will play a large part. if the sport can be accessible and affordable to all, maybe australia long wait for a singles champion at the australian open could come to an end. and the world handball champions have been decided, france beating qatar. the european and olympic champions took a lead winning 25-22. the first team to win the world title five times. qatar are the first non-european nation to secure a world championship medal. richard parr was at the final. >> reporter: qatar's amazing run at the world championships came to an end. beating austria, and pollen and germany, they loft 25-22 to france. france are the greatest ever handball team completing the triple crown. the olympic champions, european champions - are now the world champions. it's a fantastic performance. and it underlines a fantastic event in qatar. they had to use musical acts like gwen stephani jason derulo and others to attract interest but the 15,000 behind me in the arina were here for the handball. unfortunately for qatar, france are the world champions. that is how sport is looking. i'll hand you back to barbara in london thank you very much that is it. more on our website. and i'll have more news in a few minutes. bye-bye. bye-bye. handball. few minutes. w minutes. people in the industry tells me that it will start to go higher. >> it hasn't helped many countries out of an economic func. i spoke about what the world really needs to do to turn economies around.
LatviaQatarAlabamaUnited-statesAustraliaNigerChinaAustriaSyriaRussiaUkraineArizonanow the top story that we have been following for you here at the german chancellor angela merkel has called migration the biggest challenge facing the e.u. and urged the block to take a multilateral approach to overcome divisions on the issue her comments come during an address to the bundestag ahead of a key e.u. summit in brussels later today. and with that you're up to date now on news i'm sarah kelly and berlin thank you so much for your company have a great day. for such a. shift living in the digital age today. our favorite footballers on instagram innovative robot art. and spectacular photo shot by drone but first exposing fake news news
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calling people to britain's biggest cultural event of the year the great exhibition of the north. against a spectacular backdrop to english cities host an array of art design and innovation . eighty days of celebrations have already begun in new castle thank you ted. you're romex for thirty minutes on t.w. . but the asylum disputes till the end for a chance in america the government of german chancellor angela merkel could fall apart but not because her enemies are getting stronger can she resolve the conflict the sister party c s u and the discord within the e.u. picture consultations are taking place in berlin on the first knuckle explain herself to parliament a deadline has been set for sunday. and again this week until a new news. story that moves people the world over t.w. on facebook and twitter to date and in touch and follow us. entered the conflict zone confronting the powerful. as f.b.i. director james comey was always pretty well known but when. donald trump five him last 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