Nigerias new cabinet is sworn in after a fivemonth delay. The chinese website, alibaba breaks records in a million Million Dollars sale. Sepp blatter has been hospitalized after suffering a small breakdown. Hello the e. U. Is holding yet another meeting to discuss refugees. African leaders are also attending a summit taking place in malta. Slovenia, meanwhile has begun building a fence at its border with croatia to control the influx of people. Until now the e. U. Has failed to agree on just how to deal with the ongoing crisis. More on that meeting in a moment, but first to slovenia. Reporter early in the morning, the army started erecting the fence in at least two locations. One of the locations this place. The refugees crossed the ice cold water here last month to get to slovenia. They still call this a technical barrier. Slovenia wants to close off the green border will keep accepting refugees through the main border. They say they are worried about some 20 to 30,000 refugees coming to slovenia in the next weeks. But it hasnt happened yet. Lawrence lee joining us from the capitol of malta to find out what the e. U. Is trying to getting a agreement on at the summ summit. Reporter yes, dozens and dozens of National Leaders are all meeting in the same place at the same time, and from the European Unions point of view, it is being spun effectively as turning a crisis into an opportunity. The hundreds and hundreds who died in the mediterranean, the European Union said that shouldnt happen, we have to protect them, and the opportunity is being presented after making africa a little bit richer, a place where people may want to stay rather than making the cross. So there is this trust fund of more than 2 billion which the European Commission is prese presenting to africa as a way of providing opportunities for people to stay rather than come. But underneath all of that is the much sharper end of the summit, which is the attempt by the European Union to actually physically stop people from making the crossing, and the much less well sketched out part of the plan to Better Police inside of the border. That could involve European Border staff in africa, checking people and potentially sending them back to their own countries before they reach the sea. And its that part that human Rights Groups are deeply concerned about, because there is the possibility giving places money to stop people from leaving. That is the most controversial part. And lawrence, you are talking to us about the african countries. What are they planning to get out of this meeting . Is it the financial aspect that you refer to . Yes, i think very much, its money, i think some of them are feeling a bit of grief that they think refugees from syria and the middle east are getting a better deal their thank people. But they want a better system of submittances, and universities and ways for better educated migrants to get educated in europe and then come back and improve their economies. But the big question is are people that make the journey to europe actually a benefit or problem for europe in my colleague has made one refugee in italy. Reporter an hours drive from rome, and tens of thousands of kilometers from mali, for this man, home is far away, but here he managed to rebuild his life by turning a childhood memory into a business. Organic yogurt. Translator i left mali in 2004 and it took me four years to get to italy. In 2010 we rose against the imhumane conditions were forced to live and work in andened up in rome. There was no work, so i started my own. Reporter he is one of the tens of thousands of refugees who make the dangerous crossing of the mediterranean every year. He is one of the very few refugees who managed to find a respectable job here in italy. Most wait months in overcrowded Reception Centers or linker in major cities like rome, hoping for a chance to continue their journey to other countries in northern europe. Last september, e. U. Members pledged to offer shelter to 160,000 refugees there italy and greece. But only 116 were located elsewhere in europe so far. We need to step up efforts to get the relocation numbers increased. I think we need to take measures overseas for those entitled to International Protection so they dont have to take dangerous journeys and risk their lives to obtain something they are anyway going to be entitled to. And i also any we have to look at legal, safe channels for those that have legitimate reasons to move economically. Reporter while tens of thousands of refugees in italy wait for their chance to rebuild their lives in europe, salomon will continue to deliver his example of resilience. Reporter a quick final word about time scales. Its a completely open question as to when if ever this relatively small amount of money from the European Commission might start to make a difference for the people in africa. But the plan to increase Border Security they want in place by next year, that really is a priority. All right. Lawrence, thank you for that update from malta. Afghanistans president has promised to find out who is responsible for the brutal killings of the Seven Members of a minority community. His comments followed protests by thousands of demonstrators outside of the president ial palace. Jennif Jennifer Glasse reports. Reporter this is the largest demonstration seen in the capitol in cent times. They were protesting against the murder of seven people from a minority community. They have been held hostage for months and are suspected to have been killed by fighters loyal to either isil for the taliban. But the people blame the government for not providing security. Translator the irresponsible acts of the government, thats the reason for the bloodshed of our martyrs. The people are here in a united front to demand justice for the bloodshed of these martyrs. Reporter the people seem particularly angry that a 9yearold girl is among the dead, behead like the others. Translator we dont want justice from government. Theres no government. We want people to standing up for their rights. We cant justice for the blood of the girl. Translator how much longer will the blood will spilled. How much longer will the government ignore us . The government has to act today. Reporter the demonstrators converged on the gates of the president ial palace, calling for the resignation of the president and his chief executive translator this government has destroyed the system. The country is asleep. There is no work. All you can see here is crime and killing. There is nothing else going on here. Reporter the government has declared an official day of mourning and has promised to launch an investigation as to why Afghan Forces failed to rescue the victims. When protesters tried to climb the wall to get into the compound, police fired shot in the air to stop them. People are frustrated by the clack of security and a weak economy they want their government to do something about it. Lets take a closer look of who the group are. They account for about 15 of the population. They often accuse the Largest Ethnic Group of discrimination. The majority of that group is sunni muslims. The Second Largest Group have long been more urbanized than other groups. There are other minorities. Al jazeeras political analyst and commentator on afghanistan says there are at least two reasons behind the persecution of the minority. Historically, they were not welcomed in afghanistan because of their religious affiliation, as you said they are shia, and they have been discriminated against out there afghanistans history. The fact that we hear news that there are the minorities fighting in syria alongside Bashar Alassad government, that makes targets in afghanistan. There are groups who are sympathies to isil or the people of syria, and they do look at them as a group that has extended its reach across the border inside syria and they are fighting there. That just gives them another excuse. Syrian opposition figures have rejected a russiandrafted proposal aimed attending the fiveyear war. They say it is only aimed at keeping Bashar Alassad in power. Inside syria, Government Forces have broken a long siege of a Strategic Air base in the north. Zana hoda reports. Reporter this is a significant break through and a strategic gain. The siege of the military airport has now been broken. Isil has been pushed back. The Syrian Government and its allies now have an air base in the north of the country after losing control of others over the years. If the military is able to hold ground it gives it a better position to support a planned offensive against opposition force. They have won this battle, but the war has many front and the government and itself allies have mounted multiple offenses, mainly against the rebels and not isil, and until now there has been little success. There has also been little success on the diplomatic front, but the u. N. Special envoy to syria says there is a momentum that shouldnt be missed. World and regional leaders are scheduled to hold another round of talks on saturday, but even before a u. N. Lead Peace Process can begin, the players need to agree on a list of opposition representatives who will take part in negotiations. The Syrian Government has long called its opponents terrorists, now it has to recognize an. Situation. Moscow has represented candidates it says it has talked to, and its not just those friendly with russia, but finding Common Ground wont be easy. It will be very difficult for different parties to agree on the representatives of the syrian conflict. Another challenge is to find, really, someone or a party that could represent all of the different oppositions within the syrian opposition. Reporter russia has denied that it prepared a special document for syria, but says it has ideas for further discussion, one of those reportedly involves an 18month constitutional reform process which wont be chaired by president Bashar Alassad. Its not clear if assads other ally, iran is on board, but the proposal could be seen as some sort of xrom compromise. The proposal says that the president can take part in future elections, and that is unacceptable for the opposition, who wants a specific time frame for his departure. Another point of contention is an agreement on who could be considered a terrorist in syria. Clearly this is progress, but the hard bargaining has yet to start. Zana hoda, al jazeera, beirut. Much more coming up on the al jazeera news hour. Were in saudi arabia where south american leaders are meeting to try to find a way to save tumbling oil prices. Plus the state of the u. S. Economy Takes Center Stage during the fourth debate between republican president ial hopefuls. And this nba star looks back after seeing his career nearly end. Details on who the star is coming up in a moment. First, eight Police Officers have been sentenced to 15 years in prison in south africa for murdering a taxi driver. Tania page reports. Reporter they were meant to protect, but instead they became killers. It wasnt long before the judge told them their fate. Each of you are sentenced to 15 years in prisonment. Reporter this footage was important evidence. It shows the officers hand cuffing the man to their vehicle. He was dragged to the Police Station and beaten in a cell, all for blocking a road with his taxi. They are distraught with their loss because apart from him being the breadwinner of the family, he was also a family member. He was a son. He was a husband. He was a father. He was a brother. And they have lost him, and unfortunately we cant bring him back. Reporter this is one of numerous cases of Police Brutality that have shocked South Africans and the world. It seems there are some Police Officers who have a disregard for the lives of the people they are supposed to protect. This video shows how a man was shot then kicked while riding on the footpath, the Police Officer takes aim and shoots again. In their Defense Police say south africa is an especially dangerous place to work in law enforcement. There is a high level of violent crime. But the police watch dog welcomed the sentence. But then said this. I think there is a problem with the society in south africa. You know, we are a very violent society. And i think we need to tone down as society. Reporter but many say there is a big problem with the police. Wider social issues must play a part, but at some point those who have been convicted only have themselves to blame. Nigeria finally has a new cabinet after nearly six months of waiting. The president has sworn in 36 nominees approved by parliament. He has also appointed himself as oil minister. He has been criticized for taking so long to form his cabinet. Were there any surprises there . Reporter well, the names of those shortlisted to be ministers were actually published several weeks ago, and what nigerians have been anticipating what they were waiting for was to find out who would get which ministries. And there had been a lot of speculation that the president would appoint himself as minister of petroleum, which is what happened. The appointed a junior minister to assist him in handling the oil industry. It has been at the heart of much of the sense of corruption that people have felt. Much of the public anger about corruption has come from the petroleum sector. Billions have been lost, and when he was sworn in, he said he would tackle the whole issue of corruption in the oil industry immediately. So he is delivering on that promise, you could say. What was also clear in the announcement and the portfolio that individuals were given was the promise to reduce the size and scale of the federal government. Now 36 ministers were named, but the number of ministries was reduced excuse me the number of ministries was reduced from 36 to 25, because the cost of running government has just been too high. There has been a lot of duplication of resources, and recurrent expenditure here is almost 70 of the governments budget. So we saw ministries like power, housing, and works, which were individual ministries not too long ago, being put under one minister. Now the pressure is on on the new ministers to deliver on the many promises of the new party, and of course of the president. Which communities feel underrepresented here . Reporter well, theres been a lot of criticism some criticism, maybe not a lot, of the poor representation of women. What was announced today was that there would be three federal ministers, national ministers, only 3 out of 36, and another 3 state ministers, who are more like junior ministers. People say, look, women make up more than 50 of the population of nigeria. That is not right. The average age is also something people are concerned about. It is about 57. And the millions who put him in office were between 18 and 30. And people say young people are not reflected in this. Some of these people were ministers 20, 30 years ago, and finally the sense that its not a clean break with the past. In some sense, one or two of the ministers were part of the old ruling party, the Peoples Democratic party of the expresident goodluck jonathan. So supporters say its not about whether 50 of the cabinet or woman, or what their age is, its about whether these people are competent, whether they are capable, and whether they have a clean past. The work of government is huge, because there are so many challenges facing the new leadership. Thank you for that update. U. S. President ial hopeful have held their fourth debate. Donald trumps plan to deport millions of undocumented immigrants came under attack from rivals. Alan fisher has more. Reporter a small concerted gathering. But in the debate hall, one dominant subject, the economy. First question, would candidates support raising the minimum wage to 15. For marco rubio, a resounding no. If you raise the minimum wage, you are going to make people more expensive than a machine. And that means all of this automation is only going to be accelerated. Make america the best place in the world to start a business, tax reform, and regulatory reform, bring our debt under control, fully utilize our Energy Resources so we can reinvigorate manufacturing. Reporter each candidate praised their own tax plan, but from john kasich, a demand to be realistic. We hear a lot of promises in this debate. A lot of promises about these tax cuts, or tax schemes sometimes that i call them. Hilary and the democrats promise everything on the spending side. We have to be realistic about what we propose on the tax side. Reporter donald trump wants to deport 11 million undocumented migrants. Jeb bush says even having the discuss sends the wrong message. They are doing high fives in the Clinton Campaign right now when they hear this. Thats the problem with this. We have to win the presidency, and the way you win the presidency is to have practical plans. Lay them out there. We need people to be able to earn legal status, where they pay a fine, where they work, where they dont commit crimes, and over an extended period of time, they earn legal status. This was a night where donald trump wasnt a dominant force. Ben carson struggled on details. And strengths were highlighted and weaknesses were exposed, but some have personalities that will carry them through this. But this was a night that may have changed the face of the republican debate. Thousands of protesters took to the streets in cities across the u. S. To demand an increase in minimum wage. They were out on the streets in many cities chanting slogans. They want to be paid at least 15 an hour. Most republican candidates oppose raising the minimum hourly wage. European commission has ad