>> this is al jazeera. >> hello, welcome to the news hour. i'm folly bah thibault. the u.n. urges all access to the starving access to the besieged refugee camp. >> after a mayor is banned from office. preying on a pret or the. we uses the greatest technology

to get into the mind of a great white shark. a imhander from the african union has told al jazeera that peace keepers, it comes after entering president michelle disoajt was convinced to step down. it's thought his resignation would help the christian and muslim armed groups. some clashes and thousands of foreign nationals are now being air lifted out of the capital. most of them are believed to be from the corresponding nations. barnaby, a lot of tension still on the streets of bangui, despite the resignation of michelle disoajt, and djotodia.

>> i'm speaking to you on the hangar of the bangui airport, which contains what remains of the air force. night the hangar are hundreds and hundreds of muslims, rather your nationality is a rather fluid concept in this part of the world. most people would say they were born in the central african republic. but they consider themselves chad, they don't feel safe. there is some sort of escape route for them today organized by the iom, international organization of migration, they have a plane, from jordan, a

long long way away, will land here later on day and take a first load up to chad in jamena and there will be two more flights the iom will be telling us tomorrow. tragically an evacuation that is taking place along explicit sectarian lines but it's unfortunate that that's what it's come to, that is the situation in the central african republic. >> the morning after michel djotodia's resignation has there been a backlash against nation he of the central african republic? >> there is a feeling that the muslims are on the back surge and the christian majority in the capital are feeling triumphant after that resignation. we were hearing a senior force

in the central african republic, not that the outgoing djotodia, but that he was concerned that the antil balaka would be looking for vengeance today and he would be sending central eafn trying to respond to them. christian youths we were signed to enter the undesignated muslim neighborhoods in order to pillage and loot shops which had been abandoned by their neighbors, and the french peace keepers seem to be doing agood job preventing that from happening. that carried on into the morning as well. >> barnaby, thank you very much. a lot of uncertainty from the are central african republic. barnaby phillips from the town

of bangui. >> in the hands of rebels form loyal to former vice president reem riek machar. hara mutassa reports on the impact of the violence from the unity state. >> people are till trying to get out of unityity the states, for now only the wounded are being flown out, mostly are soldiers. forces loyal to the former vice president, riek machar. a few civilians are allowed on board maybe women and children. government officials say they have recaptured the opportunity of beenentu, some haven't been maird and there is an where

overwhelming where is images of women and children. >> many of them are not buried. i was unable to sleep at all. this is not the nation we wanted. this is not the home i dream of before the independence of the wash. >> many people haven't returned. there is nobody here. others went as far as the capital juba. here is another blow to the oil producing state, production has stopped. government blames the rebels for the destruction. have. >> they have destroyed the facility processing of oil, and they can remove out all electronics machines, in the

operation rooms you know, and they remove all assets that belong to the staffs and then also, same damage to thomas house, they are not been aware the area was under control of those people. so they destroyed so many facilities and loyalties. >> some believe the past struggle between president salva kiir and his deputy, would convince more people it's safe for them to go back hoax could be more difficult. unity state, south sudan. >> addis ababa, what is the latest? we are hearing further dlois

from the stock. what's causing these delays? >> well, folly, where getting an agreement on a cease fire seems to be causing problems with the talks. the spokesman in the two sides sair they will knot are sign an agreement that being hemmed in juba right now. these are former cabinet miss e-ministers? they are now referred the mediator to reak when they should sign this agreement or not. an therefrom, about three hours ago, mowed yairnts have left for an usualen disclosed location in

south sedan. are rks. >> and wonder how are the recent events on the ground affecting the talks? could the rebels reuf to take these drugs? >> well, yes, folly, that's one of the things that the rebels, the negotiators are seeing from the rebels. not only do they feel they're on the back field of food, but they have not been given incentive, sings the talked have gun have rice ed this average citizen. they really need to be at the government's flat prfal and amead 88th that many that's why they say they will not define this agreement until an okay is given by former vice president riek machar.

>> thank you very much for that update. mohamed abdul. frommings south sudan, it's the first official united states deployment to the east african country after a 20 year experience. u.s. troops two helicopters were shot and 18 americans were killed. in or the world news? inside so i ya are sobbing to death. the rebel controls yama camp, thousands are people are.trap with very little many many medicine an the-k some are the are many men sill lin study

program. >> the starting change of acute sufertion to? ahmuk. >> some people have taken oeat grass to wart off hunger you about energiesingly the most vulnerable are dying. aid agencies have appealed to all parties in the syrian area. >> yarmuk is a place of profound civilian suffering. because of medical care women are dying in childbirth, there is reports of l heavily reduced to eating animal feed spices mixed in unsafe water. interyarmuk was just south ef the damascus. eem of 1950s.

dpru to include schools and health centers. the camp has been under rebel control every forover a year but it's been surrounded by government forces in the last few months. activists say if camp is effectively under a military siege. >> in order to get to these areas you need to get permission from the government, you need to gis have many did allow or you can get the aid night this plash spot with without any many -- with the relative safety to the corn invoice. >> the u.n. relief agency has called urgently for a humanitarian corridor, there has been no water heating and snoot supply is returning out, karen lyon hadmentn malone, al

jazeera. syria. >> we saw a desperate situation where aid groups vice president been able to go in. >> both parties are accusing each other, syrians say that there was an aid convoy that attempted to enter the district but it was fighters on by rebels, there are some activists who go as far to say that are the l rebels are using the children and the international community has been can gleating, bee seemed, at is a loss of died from malnutrition. the head of the international committee of the red cross was in damascus holding talks with

officials, attempting to get more access to reach these people getting, an appeal going for more money motivation who want to leef or, thus enthuse not about getting the needed money but raising awareness to create humanitarian why corridors. >> different rebel groups in the north of sir. >> yes, there is, the al qaeda himplegd group are continuing to fight back. they are beings targeting expr rebels with using suicide bombings, car bombings so they're not giving up without a fight. syrian opposition groups have

managed to clear them from aleppo and certain areas. just a week before planned peace talks in geneva really fractured oirption, the opposition in compile not being able to attend in or decide on one unified delegation, the regime feeling very confident territorial gains, it has the upper hand militarily, rebels because they are bogged down not able to make any territorial gains on the grounds. >> zena hoder on ground there in lebanon. care taker government, part of an grawm that saw the resignation of ali aliat on thursday. revolution in 2011. at least three protesters were

killed across egypt, and in the capitol cairo thousands took to the streets to demand the end to military rule. producers mohamed fahmy, producer, peter greste, al jazeera says the allegations are false. detaped for five months now. making money from remnants from the afghan war. still ahead, the scrap dealers trying to cash in on exr war

gear. plus. >> the truth that smoke kills so has it mate people use the habit, una messa, where details later. are to thailand now, where leaving seven injured. ings one of the demonstrators is in a critical condition. police say they're worried about an escalation of violence during mass protests planned for next week. the army has appealed for calm. >> i worry for safety as the signs of violence, do not use violence against each other. as we are all thai.

>> at least ten people have been injured in violence between riot police and antigovernment protestors in the ukrainian capital. the fighting in kiev erupted after a court handed out a six year sentence to three men. accused of attempting to blow up a statute of vladimir lenin in 2011. tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in bogota. alesandro pieto reports from bogota. >> tens of thousands, much fewer still they packed bogota's packed square waiting for the ousted mayor to speak. >> they said we will not be able

to full the square again. today we showed immense force and conviction of this popular movement. >> a movement sparked by the inspector-general's decision to kick the leftist mayor out of the country's second most important political post over the assembly of the city's garbage system. >> what they want to do is get rid of pedro, they want to ban him from office for 15 years. they want his political death but we won't let that happen. >> pedro a former rebel fighter is an icon of the left. while he needs the show of force on the streets the real battle is a legal one. the mayor's defense team has asked for an appeal but by columbiaian law they can bring the challenge only to the inspector general himself who

will most likely not change his decision. so pedro is looking for internationalling support. >> if you don't take precautionary measure then are either the president would take into consideration this measure and would not apply the final decision by the united inspector, or doesn't do that, he can use in order to make effective in the domestic columbiaian legal system, this international division. >> the inspector general is expected to ratify his decision in the coming days making it effective immediately. pedro has asked his supporters to permanent reply occupy the plaza if that happens. even if the mayor manages to recall the issue he will face a

vote in march. >> leave the embassy of nu delhi, accused of visa fraud back in india. liddy datt has the story. >> her arrival in new de del de. >> as she landed, events took a new turn. india has asked an american diplomat posted in new delhi to leave. this is the latest twist in a standoff that began almost one month ago when the independentan diplomat was arrested in new

york city. despite being granted diplomatic immunity a greur in the units has indicted kobraghadi. >> the charges against me are false and baseless. i look forward to proving them wrong. >> however, this statement released by the organization representing her, sangita richards said: >> i stood up by my rights as a worker. i'ming disappointed to hear that kobraggadi. and the withdrawal of diplomatic privileges traditionally

extended to american consular officials. >> translator: we should show the thaws we are equals. we should not be pressured by america or any other developed nation. >> she is not an individual, she is representing india in u.s. i as an indian think u.s. government is taking back step, and indian government has handled the case adequately. >> domestic issues have also played a part in the indian handling of this case. there are elections soon and politician he want to be seenless as effective leaders. particularly on the international staining. liddy datt, new delhi. >> pumps and sand bags, seven

people have died in thousands of homes and businesses have been flooded in recent weeks. let's get more on the weather with step. step, wild weather over the rest of europe. >> we can see why where he have had the clouds. marching its way across the continent. for many of us we are enjoying the fact that the temperatures are not quite as cold as they would be in the winter but other places the ski reports are really not doing too well, this ski season is happening our in boz naybosnia. it's going to stay moazly dry and going to be very, very mild again. in fact out towards the west we have yet more unsettled weather, dragging in more mild air, the next system by monday over parts

of france down into barcelona, there, and another system working its way behind. for west and parts of europe super, there is anita, here is the clouds we have had over us, these are the kinds of pitches fortunately the ray is going to be short simplified and should have cleared, followy. >> now, 50 years ago, a report released in the united states revealed that smoking cigarettes could kill. social attitudes have changed a good deal since then but millions of people continue to die each year from many tobacco opinions have changed. >> the report concluded that

smoking causes illness and death. the report was not well received. in the 1960s tobacco was one of the most profitable industries in the world, promote the enjoyment and even safety of cigarettes. >> the surgeon general's report on smoke being and health, eventually it imposed tighter regulations on smoking and advertising. smoking greats are now down 59%, back in 1964, 42% of u.s. adults were smoking compared to just 18% in 2012. and government tobacco control efforts which have included taxes on cigarettes and smoking ban in public places have helped to save as many as 8 million

lives. >> in the past half century nothing else has come close to this contribution tot healed of mairps. nothing. >> but 18th smoking advocates argue there's still much more work to be done. they say the number of americans dropping flay have dropped over the weeks but that is not the case. >> 100 million people have died because of tobacco use across the globe and until that is restrained that number is expected to raise to 1 billion smoking deaths, particularly in low to middle income countries. >> the tobacco country is meticulously targeting the populations in those countries. everyone year we go, we see the marketing that hasn't been allowed in the unite united sta, europe and other countries for

decades. >> even in the u.s., more than 3,000 children still try their first cigarette every day, a trend that will be reversed in public health campaigns started back in 1964. kimberly hellcut. al jazeera. >> plus, dairy farmers in china take steps to improve consumer confidence in their products. and in sports, a big shock for the world's final warmup in the last grand slam. the inquiry had recommended

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>> welcome back. the top stories on al jazeera. jubilation in the central african republic. after the president has quit. crucial town in oil producing state, rebels loyal to former vice president riek machar. and people living in yarmuk refugee camp in syria, surrounded by forces loyal to president bashar al-assad. let's get more now on the

crisis in east central african republic. and take a look at how interim president michel disojtd came to power, took over large parts of the country. a failed peace deal followed and by march last year they had taken the capital and overthrown the former president francois bozizze. his lines of supporters known as seleka will be dissolved. christian militia took up arms and in december an explosion forced tense of thousands of people to flee from their homes. well, joining us to further the discussion in central african republic is lidy boka, via

skype. thank you very much forbeing on skype. do you believe that his exit would be a turning moant in the. >> in the next days if not weeks, we shouldn't forget that there is a pluz lix minorities miernt who hoped to finally be heard and have a wait in proks and that was their guide now he's out. they're probably knot celebrating as much as have what we believe. >> france had warned of a possible genocide. do you think that is something that will still happy today? >> i think the risk is decreasing because finally the

international community is focusing on are south sudan. there is a force on the ground, there is also miska that is going to take over from the french, but the likelihood is down. >> when the many try to end this crisis in car but there are many in bangui who don't see chad as an honest broker debbie, accused of meddling in the affairs of car. what do you think chad can do for the end of this crisis? >> i think it's going to continues because chad is part of the is solution, of the problem as well. chad needs car add a rebel from

coming from other places. we know there was a rebellion sported by khartoum. the risk is still in despite the peace agreement between al bashir. >> who precisely do you think that can be? it's going to be very difficult to reconcile muslims and christians. who is it in bangui and in central african republic today that can unite the country once again? >> it's probably going to be somebody from the past who is well accepted by everybody. i saw yesterday ex prime minister zigele -- >> who inspired the opposition

today? >> yes. next is beings prime minister bozize, w.h.o. calls for reconciliation. there can be other are people as well, i do not believe nor do id naj that safeco power within the elections, it's going to probably be a fram figure. >> libby thank you for your views in central e-central african republic. lidy boca. >> thank you very much for having me. >> some major bases are semg scrap to local dealers, opening up a constant lust corporation. pr going scraption of equipment

from kandahar air base, for years a major american military facility in southern afghanistan. whatever isn't being packed up or sent to the u.s. or given to afghans forces is sold to local dealers but much of it has been intentionally damaged. model he stmentu areri sits in a small tefnlt, baffled that some so valuable could be destroyed. >> what is their in by doing that, if we could do give us is many, treasure for being afghanistan but they break into pieces and send it to it. >> the u.s. military says it doesn't wand to be useful for bomb making. the canned har bears one housed thousands of soldiers, now being sold to local traders.

it ends up in scrap yards like this on the edge of the city. although many here complain that they would have preferred to have in tact equilibrium and nothing this is a being toiled multimillion dollar one here in asked ankandahar. >> i just moved stuff from here to there and with my life can feed 10:memes of my, others are ris quirchtioning. >> if they where are thick of aftion they could leave thoal, there are shoes coming with holes in them. >> locals here sort through the remnants of things they disofnts recognize. aftion doesn't have the equipment to do that, so most of

it will be sold across the border to pakistan. similar to the armies it once belonged to, these remnants of war will soon be moving on. jane fergses, alz, afghanistan. >> a fire has steroid much of an ain chenl pound, tooj over 1,000 fighters brought it under croap of the it is hard to know what caused the blaze. wrnchts choind's by the wayness industry has been struggle reply, and as rob mcbryde reports, some matters are taking pleartle into their old hands. it's milking time. to the soothing toon ofs

knowledge the process begins. the 700 cows are fed organic hay, the heart land of the chinese dairy industry which was hit hard by a 2,000 a day milk scandal after six children died and two others were sick after the, this farm decided to, it has helped our sales a lot. >> that connection with the consumers underpins the business which organization tools so its customers with can could see the whole to work. milk wur will be on the store shelves in is bay jinx by the

end of the day. >> for this customized it, we prefer the organic flexible, we think it's safer and better than our kids. >> we called on them to make our products safe but many of the other is, solution, but for the rest of china's producers l rob mcbryde al jazeera, beijing. >> the country is recovering from a six year recession, despite that, many are l enroll better than i had been fm it peer that the orange, that representative of the people,

millionaires make up 1% of the american population. the richest legislator, darryl issa, $460 million. these issues create possible conflict of interest. >> while some people are enjoying some fard of flexibility, from chicago john hendren reports. >> from new wine nick n forvetionvelas, american of wine store money a lot of them. >> and then there are the customers with money to spent. >> people are not looking for

low -- priced items, they're not buying pim milk, they are buying 77 bottles of wine. >> poles is shoapts where think haven't. >> even the weather is going to get better. >> when it comes with jorks, that rise being conversation confidence goes with a bust. >> i do feel a lot of people are still out unemployed so i hope that improves. >> everyone is talking about getting better but i really haven't seen it. >> i didn't barchlts people out there, shopping district a sense of guarded oment minutes. getten who you are,.

>> but others are still having extreme difficulty in the labor market. the extent of any quality in our society today is greater than in right before the great depression. there reflects that it's a tale of two americas. >> two americas. one increasingly confident, prosperous in spending the other, jobless and running out of resources and hope. john hendren, al jazeera, chicago. >> unemployment is at 26.sai%, one of its top job priorities is creating beings sometimes taking a risk, face off. >> the adrenalin is flowing, coffee island is a hit with the port of piraeus.

this branch was born of the policing-k few hundred euros a month. now they have finally full time employees. we antenna a risk and we were thrament formula working. if we hadn't done it we might be out on the streets today like many others because we don't know for sure if our jobs would still exist. >> in grease cmentd it's a rare example of medium inventing their own jobs. nearly 28% of the workforce is i'd l, a record high, now the state is going to be in limiting the are these wons are among hundreds of cleaners recently laid off from tax offices. the government says it saved $2.5 million a year by replacing

them with contractors and it's encouraged them to go into beks and bid for their own jobs as entrepreneurs. >> they started with us thinking that because we are low on the roster we wouldn't have number 5. if soabs achts meefg not everyone wants to undertake the risks of busy and with bangs that is the nuft capitol for new investments to pim up their vissments without risks. deny john siropolous, ah this'll e-thrch can be glks still ahead, a scathing comment on the current crops.

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>> welcome back. one of the world's fiat, julie has this report from florida. >> one of the most feared and misunderstood predators. shark biology program says recorded data on great whites is

limited but that is changing because of katherine and other sharks like her. >> i believe that the general public looks at this as a beautiful species, and i think in many cases the tide has shifted and many are very interested in it. it is a large species and preys into our primal spheres. >> stoked by entertainment like "jaws." >> the research organization like osearch gathers information from great whites. they tagged her with a satelliting tracking device. every time katherine surfaces, she have sends a message to the device. >> the internet last really caused this explosion of

admiration and intrigue for the white shark. >> since august katherine has traversed the eastern seaboard several times. this past week she roamed near cape canaveral. information on katherine's exact travel patterns, will let them inhow many great whites are in the area, how long they stay in this region and if their presence is in any way remitted to their credit mating habits. >> are great white reproduction and breeding, researchers say their population is believed to be small and they reproduce slowly. anderson was part of the team that taghtd katherine. she formed an ultrasound on katherine. >> had he was a wild one. >> her study could be crucial to

great white sharks. >> know where they're pupping, if their population is you know declining, we can know these areas and protect them. >> researchers hope that pass technology imrofts they will even more about the great white and a feared predator is really much more intelligence than originally thought. >> time to catch up on the sports. >> a very significant day in spain's premier division. bars loap ah, going into the game having won their last five games. the madrid is looking for its first title in pla league since 1996. his coach has a lot of

confidence in costa. >> the results so far have been because of a great effort from team and a great effort from the club to keep the players who always wanted to improve and wanted to grow up because there was a rebellion. diego costa is a different player, just like koke, all the players have grown at an extraordinary level. >> visitors barsa could be boosted by the return of the player, messe came in an a substitute and the copa del era might not start without his big man there. >> in cases like leo players were as competition for a long

time and i'm always concerned about how they feel. stievment like egg only at our rival, makes us corps of make hasty decisions. there is a lot to do until the end of the season, i prefer to have my players in place. >> top half of the spanish stable friday night as they took the lead with an acrobatic goal against murillo. >> also helped score twice, move up 9th in the findings. manchester united are sprit to end the run of three straight defeats, gavin morris side take on swansea, who peat them in the

fa cup. they haven't lost four games in a row, danish gold keeper registered can wouldn't the 11 points needs a massive year of haul. >> are i 30 there is a few player in the dressing room arings that are not taking the responsibility of being a manchester united player as serious as i would like it. and i find that a big shame. there's a few players there that hasn't been performing this year, year before. and i think at some point the manager needs to make a decision. whether the two, to keep them or not keep them. >> juan martin is liking good just a bit before, straight sets

to win the final of the sydney international but there was a huge shock in the ladies television. bulgaria's svetkona, bead and focial h wimbledon championship since 2010. >> i felts very emotional and also extremely happy. exprk and so grateful for that moment. expr. >> quicker than lan ca, have restricted their wrks programs for 257 lasting in pnl now formula on day 4 had de dubai.

after the first test was drawn. to basketball where the brookl brooklyn, double overtime to clinch their fiefd invite win. after seven match road trip and they bead the bofts celtics. many 22 points scifnlg assistance sore nine rebounds. 19 points to never in the nhl, the oilers are the bottom team in the western conference but came back from three games hopes hopkins are the two goal of the

week, interbeings former f.-1 everyone chx remains in pooh medically induced coma nearly two week after his skiing accident. the new williams driver john ferari as the german team was leaving the sceefn. >> i mission him so many because of the close championship we had. giving me the opportunity. miscrerd because of the at any time i quotd to got, kim i-richenan had a life with ferrari william i rm planning every day. some news out of the dacca

reilly many motorcycle competition. disorder on friday morning. the exact circumstances of his dit are still required. peter han seattle in his mini, but leads. check out a aljazeera.com/sports about. that's all for me folly. >> thank you very much. scientists have discovered a black hole from the milky way. the path the cloud has taken the first time a phenomenon that is been offend. thank you, jay dutton is with you next, i hope you do stay

with us. winds of 150 miles per hour. but this twister is created in the lab. >> i'm at the national wind institute where they can check

>> hundreds of thousands of west virginians still without water. despite a drop in chemical levels, there's no end in fight >> target says that the hack during the holidays could happen again. another company hacked >> an-american diplomat detained, tit for tat, as an indian diplomat returns home >> it's been 50 years since the surgeon general warned the public that smoking kills. is there more left