>> and it's very good to have you at this al jazeera news hour. i'm david foster with you for the next 60 minutes. in iraq more than 70 killed on attacks of sunni and shia muslims. >> reporter: i'm barnaby phillips in the central african republic. we'll have a report. >> $6.5 billion needed for

syria's war victims. >> hello there, the latest in europe including the vatican face as u.n. review on child sex abuse. and they are still not doing enough to address the issue. plus inside british's dron e hq. >> in the face of this, this, and this, all over this country iraq's prime minister is been calling for international help in his fight against armed sunni muslim troops. nouri al-maliki warned of a long fight ahead. 75 people killed in a series of attacks in baghdad, more than 500 people have been killed already in iraq this year.

we have more. >> reporter: once again the twisted melt from a bomb blast is spread across a baghdad neighborhood. it's something that we see time and time again in busy markets residential neighborhoods, car bombs go off and brood spills. there has been no immediate claim of responsibility, but the attacks follow a familiar pattern. they want to keep tension boiling. prime minister al maliki said there is a war on terror and those responsible will be funned. >> they have possibly been taken over by al-qaeda and used as bases, and the houses that were the source of fire that will be targeted by our forces. >> reporter: elsewhere in iraq

it's not just shear muslim that is have been punished. medics attend the funeral of a fighter in the northern city that was attacked. in the past two weeks alone 500 people have died as a result of violence across iraq. >> we cross to iraq, the figures are quite astonishing, the u.n. saying that last year nearly 8,000 civilians, more than a thousand members of the security forces were killed. we've given the figures so far for january, december, 759 killed. is there a pattern to the violence that we're seeing? >> mm-hmm, okay, according to the official reports we have 68 terrorist operations in iraq every month. the result of these operations

we have averaged 1,000 iraqi killed every month. the problems not starting today or before a few weeks. the problem is starting before ten years ago. there is no political solution from the iraqi government with the people in anbar an, and the sunni, and these people need to find a way to make a solution. the first thing they starting to-- >> just a second. are you suggesting that this crosses all communities, that each community independently of another is being targeted, or that what we're seeing is one community hitting another, and that community hitting back. >> all the community of the sunni people today would like to find a solution for this

problem. if you're looking for the policy in iraq when started before 40 years ago, he's starting the fighting, creating crisis, now the sunni people, they don't have leaders in iraq, and they start by demonstration. after that it. this push these people to fighting the government because they don't find any way for any

political solution. we have--well, we appreciate your time. >> the leader of the central african republic's appeal for peace. he said he won't be running for post of the transition president. a vote will take place in the next few days. we cross to barnaby phillips live in the capitol, barnaby? >> reporter: yes, the good news the capitol of bangui i there ia good feeling with less shooting

at night. this is a fragile peace. >> reporter: this is a message of peace in a country where there is so much fear. every american these christian and muslim women use their radio program to appeal to people to stop thinking in terms of them and us. >> muslims and christmas are always together. but it's politics that creates violence. >> reporter: both communities are counting their dead. in this mosque the bodies of three people killed, we were told, in the sectarian fight. >> why should the muslims leave, this is our country. the christians are our brothers, but they don't understand that. >> reporter: this might be a sign of hope. the national army has reported back to duty.

when the seleka militia seize the power last year many of these men and women have gone into hiding. >> for now they have no barracks, no weapons, and many have no uniforms. they're not being paid, either, yet they have turned up for work. that says something because many people in this country are desperate for some sort of authority and normality to return to their lives. the interim leader has the trappings of power but in reality he has very little power. ultimately if things are to get better he's going to need the french an and and african peaces in. >> reporter: this woman cares for all these children in her

own front yard. their orphanage was looted by seleka, who also killed two of the children. even the most vulnerable people in this country are treated with no mercy. >> reporter: well, let me introduce my guest at this point. he is the u.n. official in charge of humanitarian assistance here on the ground. thank you for joining us in al jazeera. is the u.n. now up to speed with the scale of the emergency in this country. do you have the resources that you need? >> we don't have the resources that we need. we're scaling up and this is the highest level of emergency. the same level as syria. just to acknowledge the

complication. we'll go to conference where we'll raise the issue of funding for central africa, which up to now is ignored emergency compared to other emergency that we're dealing with in the world. >> hopefully you will get money in brussels. there is talk of other countries, other than the french, sending troops here. would you welcome that? >> i certainly welcome that. we do not have enough forces in the country. the french have an about more than 1,000 in this country where the needs are so greater, and the main issue we're dealing with in this country is without security. without security we can't do anything. >> on that note i wonder if it's okay for the u.n. or other aid

agencies to discourage the millions displaced in this country to return home when there is still insecurity. isn't it better if they stay in camps and you can look after them there where they might be safer physically? >> the best would have been people who are displaced go back home. they don't go back home because they are afraid. and they're looking for refuge where they feel safer. today you have 100,000 people gathered in a site here in bangui who do not wanting to home either because they're afraid and part of them also--even if they wanting to home, they can't because their house has simply been destroyed. >> we have to leave it there. thank you for joining us briefly on al jazeera, live in bangui. stay with us the coming days and weeks as we cover the emergency in this country. >> thank you.

barbarnaby phillips in bangui. the u.n.'s biggest request ever for a country. the united states, $380 million. so far $2.4 billion which has been asked for has arrived. what does the u.n.'s high commissioner for refugees make of national commitments. >> i think its important to recognize that this pledging conference is a starting point. and if we take into account all of the money, and later came and

supported us the refugee program of the last year we had pledges in the conference of $1 billion, and in the end we were able to receive and spend about $2 billion: so i'm very importanted by this starting point. $2.4 billion means we can initiate programs, and we can deliver to the people in need, both inside syria and in the countries around. we can support also the government of those countries. and i'm absolutely sure that the momentum created by this conference more than $1 billion last year was pledged in this conference, the momentum will lead to many who were not pledging to do so. and many who pledged smaller amounts to multiply what they pledged in this conference by two, bu by three, by four.

>> the egyptians have on the second da day of going to the polls. this was a test of support for the military. they're continuing demonstrations in egypt. many angry over the clashes in several cities. several people have died in violence linked to the vote. later in the news hour we'll link up with our colleagues on "the stream" to see what is trending on twitter and elsewhere. the social media update for you from egypt and beyond. also coming up some prices in the latest assessment of food security. we'll hear why some of the

richest nations are facing challenges. and in tennis the world number two beats the heat of the australian open. we'll have robben here for the rest of the sport. >> still protecting priests in child sex abuse cases. this according to a report. for more we join felicity from our european broadcast center. >> reporter: the child rights international network issued that report just before the vatican delegations reported before the united nations commit on child rights. they accused the church of

moving priests who have been accused of child abuse. >> a victim of sexual abuse at the hands of his catholic priest at school. so was his brother mike. for him abuse considered a life cursed with drink, drugs, and an early death. peter runs an organization helping other survivors. >> most survivors are not particularly interested in compensation. they're interested in seeing change. they're interested in knowing that what happened to them is not going to happen to future generations. having said that compensation i think is entirely appropriate when it comes to people whose life--whose childhoods have been stolen. >> the vatican has a new pope. he's popular and he has made big promises. pope francis wants openness and a new transparency even on this toxic issue. he set up a new committee of his own to look into it.

first his appearance before the u.n. is overdue. the extent in which they engage seriously with the u.n. will be a test of francis' papacy and if he can deliver on the allegations of sexual abuse and cloud cover up. report on how widespread the abuse has been. and there is little op optimismn the approach. >> we trace back on the promises made versus what actually happened, and there have been promises in the past, and very little has happened concretely, and everything that happened has happened in complete secrecy. >> reporter: in 201 2020 the van was asked about child abuse and what it was doing about it. many questions have remained unanswered. >> if the church acknowledge it's failings, then many like i

who have suffered at these hands, will have some form of closure and some means of perhaps moving on. >> reporter: the vatican is coming to geneva because it signed on the u.n. convention rights of the child. it takes it seriously but it's action or inaction over sexual abuse suggest otherwise. this is a chance for the church and pope francis in particular to signal a new willingness to finally do something about it. al jazeera, geneva. >> we spoke to donny sullivan chairman of the catholic safeguard system. he said systems need to be put in place for the victims. >> i think historically it's true and accurate to say that the church did not teal effectively with with abuse. and, indeed, some bishops moved

priests hoping that if they moved them that some how it would stop. historically we've got to hold our hands up and say it was morally wrong, legally wrong. i think its important to look at what we're trying to do now. for example, every bishop's conference across the world, and england and wales is one of those, has to have it's proper procedures and guidelines for dealing with abuse and dealing with safeguarding. in england and wales if someone comes forward with allegation of abuse in the catholic church, either historic or current, we automatically report it to the police and social services. but i think we would need to acknowledge and certainly pop pe benedict did, we god things badly wrong. pope benedict was asked if he thought that the catholic church was unfairly criticized for

abuse. pope benedict's response was we deserve this humiliation. how could we have gotten things so badly wrong. we can't apologize enough for what we got wrong, but it's not good enough apologizing if we don't put in procedures that are transparent. i think it's interesting and striking the first public announcement is to set up the safeguarding the commission of the vatican. who will bwhat will be importano the vatican appoints to that commission. it may be lay people, experts from the church. i would like to think that the voices of the victims and survivors will be on that commission, and it must be open and transparent and deal with the criticisms, many of them

justified that the church has received. >> the new report painting a comprehensive picture of just how well people eat across the world. the best countries in terms of food security are found in western europe. while the worst tend to be in sub-saharan africa. but the rankings bring interesting and urgent challenges regarding the rich eveernations. >> reporter: when it comes to eating well, people in chad has it about as bad as anyone on the planet. that's according to a review that looked at conditions in 125 countries. do people have enough to eat? looking at levels of under nourishment and the percentage of underweight children. is food of good quality with access to clean water, and how

does the diet create unhealthy outcomes like diabetes. the best netherlands, france and switzerland. the other end of the scale, the worst country over all is chad where one in three children is underweight. all the bottom ten countries are in sub-saharan africa apart from yemen. even the best scoring nations have urgent problems. the netherlands might be a rich country but one in five people are overweight. and more and more people are using their services to get enough to eat. if they don't come to us at the food bank they have to get food somewhere else, from family, friends, or even from rubbish bins in the street. >> reporter: britain, the sixth richest nation but only 13th on the table. that's because food prices are

so high and austerity measures forces more and more people to rely on food pantries. is. >> we also have to prevent food crops for biofuels which drives up the prices, and we have to deal with the impact of climate change which are hurting the amount of crops that are available. >> reporter: a sna snapshot of w countries are doing with food security. al jazeera. >> we'll have more from europe a little later in the news hour. >> raf in eastern england where the british military has been showing off its tool kit of drones.

>> u.s. house of representatives are due to hold a hearing of how to bring peace to south sudan. several thousand people have been effected, and they sa the government say they will still fight the rebels. >> the government will defeat the rebels. we will defend the nation from internal aggression. we will stand together and seize that moment through.

>> china has criticize the japanese prime minister after he visited three africa countries. they have tried to undermine beijing's efforts. we have reports from the ethiopian capitol. >> reporter: it's the first visit by a prim japanese prime minister in eight years. one that could bring investment to the country. accompanied by dozens of businessmen and representatives of japanese companies to spell out his africa policy. >> in 2012 we made a commitment to provide revised $2 billion over this same period.

>> abe's visit says there is more money to be made in africa. however china has already invested billion dollars of dollars in the continent. the japanese premiere has just finished giving his policies pitch behind he me. the headquarters was built at the cost of $200 million by china, a gift to the continent, but japanese officials insist they are not here to build fancy buildings. japan's policy is to mainly support the people of africa. >> namely buying commodity inf

infer. >> japan lags far behind in resource, yet some still believe it could play an important role. >> there is always room for another customer in this continent. >> reporter: japan's push in japan could provide balance in a time of great concern that china is taking the continent's resources and selling back manufactured goods. al jazeera, ethiopia. >> we're off to thailand in this news hour. the government still refusing to stand down and cancel elections. plus. >> i'm lee wellings from the english south coast to explain how the football cup has produced a remarkable case of generosity.

>> you are watching the al jazeera news hour with me,

david foster. at least 75 people have been killed in a series of attacks in baghdad. the country's prime minister nouri al-maliki is calling international support to fight al-qaeda linked groups which he blames for the violence. central african republic appeal for peace between christians and muslims. more evidence of atrocities continue to emerge. the people of egypt voting for the constitution on the last day, it is the first popular poll since mohammed morsi was ousted last july. it seems to be a test of support or lack of for the military. now such a big event as the referendum in egypt brings with it a huge outpouring on central media. we go where our colleagues have

their finger on the pulse. >> reporter: in the last couple of days we've been looking out for the trending hashtag that is gives us an idea of what's happening online particularly on twitter as well. the people who are tweeting about a subject, so you're looking at the hashtag for referendum and also for constitution. 85,000 tweets in the last 48 hours or so. that was no surprise. we were expecting that. what did surprise us when we dug a little deeper in those stats. >> i'll show you rather than just tell you. taking a look the tweet, the majority were not coming out of egypt but saudi arabia. >> let's go back to egypt, there

is a little bit of push back. we head off to the second city of egypt, alexandria, we're seeing a lot of women online, and from there we go to cairo where we're see a lot of women online talking about their experiences of voting and here we land in alexandria, the second city of egypt, where this tweet is talking about you don't have that much choice. you vote yes or no. he would like to see more options. >> well, you hear that criticism of the referendum, but of course online there is public displays of support for it. this one says yes, to the constitution. and this is another tweet that is being circulated on twitter. this is a soldier doll being sold to show support for the military. >> we want to get a good sense of what is happening online. so we can't actually finish this

segment, this update without checking in with egyptians who have a whole spectrum of either pro morsi. >> today visiting the poling stations, the turn out was quite impressive. for a moment old people, disabled people, all working to take place in the democratic process. i guess the title of the day was a new star for egyptians after many depressions. thank you. >> i think this referendum means we're working towards reviving the mubarak era. people vote yes that means they're accepting military power without question for complete authority. it means that we're not working towards fighting for the main demands of january 25, 2011,

which were freedom and social justice for all. in sport this referendum presents taking a step backward instead of fulfilling the goals of 2006. >> they found the viral video. >> we did. this is quite visual. i'm playing it for you here. this is found villa twitter. they're on facebook. the caption says look what happen to the people. >> that is viral. you have 30,000 hits. that is viral. i want to leave you with pictures of women voting. they're loading their pictures, we're seeing them online. check them out.

[♪ music ] >> there is one picture that resonates, there are two youngsters. one with the victory sign. the other is showing the supporter of the former president morsi. if you would like to create your own social media. keep up-to-date with that. they are going up literally as we speak.

>> more than 30 media organizations the producers mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste are accused of spreading lies and joining terror groups. al jazeera is saying that the stories are fabricated and they're demanding their release. journalists from our sister channels, they have been detained for five months now. unmanned aircraft, you may know them as drones. they are not without controversial. felicity there is a certain group that doesn't want them called drones. >> there are, according to the

british government, the use of drones has saved many lives. critics have increased the number of civilian casualties. we go to afghanistan where the drones are remotely controlled. >> here the british military has put on display the entirety of their drone tool kit from the fairly large to the frankly completely miniscule. what this is a rebranding exercise. they want to stop us from using the word drone. they would much rather that we talk about remotely piloted aircraft systems. they feel drone conjures the mindless robots. and these are operated by highly trained personnel in use in afghanistan at this moment. the british military said there

has only been one instance that they know of when civilian casualties were caused by an u.k. operated drone. we are likely to be seeing much more of these things in the news because they're incredibly cost effective and they keep british troops out of harms way. >> let'let's go take a look at e use of drones. last year between 2008 and july of last year, 3745 were flown. of those missions only 299 included the use of a single or multmultiple weapon. the use of weapons currently stands at 8%. we spoke with the human rights about the reprieve. we asked about why there is so much concern about the use of drones. >> the answer to that is quite simple. when you look at how drone use

has pro live rated around the globe we now have got a situation where drones are being used to carry out strikes in non-declared war zones. and potentially more that we don't know about. the is he dec seductiveness of n and the ease, it's really problematic. >> u.k. as we gather, have got relatively few drones in compare to the u.s. only one is capable of carrying weapons. the. is there suspicion that the u.k. will invest more heavily. >> the u.k. has said it's going to invest more heavily but it's important to break down that number. there are two armed versions of the, the reaper and the

predator, the u.k. currently only owns the reaper. a to say that the u.k. is only for a flying five drones or they've only been flying them since the u.k. acquired drones is false. they've been flying missions with hundreds of u.s. drones for years now. even in libya they have been flying drones. they've thrown them in iraq and afghanistan. philip hammond, when asked right before christmas, would rule out when the drones were pulled out of afghanistan this year, whether he would deny or refute the proposition that they would be moved to yemen. he said no, yemen was still on the table. we see a need to use these things that we haven't seen with other weapons. >> are you opposed to use of drones, or do you want to see a

better legal framework? >> i think it's the extra judicial killings being done with drones. if you look at the extra judicial killings carried out by the u.s. drones are obviously a key way that extra judicial killings are being carried out, and key way that extra judicial killings are being carried out across the globe not just in war zones. the government promised a referendum on e.u. membership said that it's becoming less competitive for both china and india. >> the european treaties are not fit for purpose. they did not anticipate an european union where some

countries would receive deeper integration than others. those in brussels are forced into legal gymnastics as they stretch the existing treaties to fit a situation they were not designed for. >> russian soldiers and four gunmen have died in a shoot shout. russia's national anti-terrorism committee said the militants had been trapped in a house. it's claimed that one of the dead was a man behind a car bomb attack in december. russia is on high alert after two suicide-bombings in volgograd last month and the concern of the sochi olympics. migrants jumped over a border fence at least 20 were rounded up by police and three were taken to hospital with injuries they suffered when they jumped over the fence. spain has two autonomous

enclaves. all right, you're up-to-date with the latest news from here. >> felicity, thank you. we have robben and sport in just a moment. you'll see football with a twist. how they turned the beautiful game on its head. stay with us. if you can.

>> thailand's prime minister has refused to postpone next month's general election despite growing

protesters. >> reporter: protesters' efforts to derail elections and call for the government's resignation continued loudly on wednesday. anti-government protesters still occupied busy intersections in the city and kept up the pace . some feel the violence is intended to scare protesters. >> reporter: primary shinawatrp. >> reporter: prime minister shinawatra invited leaders of the opposition and protesters, both were a no show. after just two hours of

discussions, the prime minister announced she would not change the date. they have repeatedly called to postpone the vote. but the elections are here to stay. but some feel they're wearing out their welcome. >> what we've seen in the last few days is the opinion in bangkok has started to shift quite significantly because the people who supported the demonstrations, hated the amnesty bill and really don't like this disruption to the city. >> there is little question that the prime minister's party will win the elections. al jazeera, bangkok. >> a school bus has collided with with a truck in pakistan

killing 20 people. they were between 10 and 16 years old. the police are looking for the driver of the truck. police in the indian capitol have arrested two homeless men after a danish tourist claimed that she was gang raped. it has damagedgindia damaged ina tourist destination. >> after she was raped she went back to the hotel and called the police. she refused to be medically examined and took a flight to copenhagen. even without medical examination the case can go forward. >> the testimony of the woman

spoken correctly, spoken fearlessly standing up is enough for conviction. >> reporter: women's activists say the case is a high pro faile example that women are not safe in india. >> that india has become the rape capitol of the world. we have to make sure that such incidents do not happen, and we rid india. >> reporter: last spring a swiss woman was gang raped while cycling with her husband. and an american tourist was gang raped in india. these attacks are scaring tourists away.

>> no tourists want to com in lt of all these incidents. >> reporter: more victims are coming forward, but critics say while tougher laws and better policing are bringing cases to light, more needs to be done nationwide. al jazeera, new delhi. >> robben is here with sport. >> reporter: thank you very much. manchestemanchester city, and bn in the third round replay. aguero was back in the squad after missing the last month. >> they are all important for us

because for the moment the only team that we will try and we want to continue. >> for 143 years english football fans have been entranced by the so-called magic of the cup. but it is being held as an extraordinary act of generosity. lee wellings explains. >> reporter: such is the enduring popularivity of the world football competition, there is nothing unusual for fans to travel hundreds of kilometers to watch their teams play. but what is unusual, thee fans had their entire trip paid for by the supporters of the home club bournemouth. >> it's what fans are real about. >> it was postponed at last moment, but out of soggy misery

came an idea, to pay for fans to come back. >> i know there are good feelings, i knew that people would chip in, but not to the level that it took off. it's a fantastic surprise. >> reporter: fellow supporter adegrean lee created the website for donations to be made. >> it began with 200 pounds we were hoping but other discussions we decided to go in 1237 within 4 hours enough had been raised for all four coaches needed to bring bournemouth back to town. bournemouth is a see side town that has suffered from stormy weather over the past few weeks. but the actions of the people in the town have provided a ray of sunshine for a sport which is so often effected by bad publicity. >> having gotten promotion in

you 2010 and bournemouth gave them the run of the pitch and they would celebrate their ray achievement. >> reporter: bournemouth players have even played higher. >> this is the epitome of the true sportsmanship 1234 but bournemouth did not show such generosity on the pitch and won the match 4-1. lee wellings, al jazeera, bournemouth. >> real madrid for a praise in the spanish. coach ancelotti decided to address the field, but the real

side has yet to concede in 2014. he continues to be a major issue. temperatures of approach the mid 40s in melbourne. tournament organizers have come under increasing pleasures for failures to address the extreme heat policy. spectators and officials were also effected. while on court djokovic was able to keep cool as he moved into the third round. 6-6-6-4, 6-4. >> you don't want to spend too much time, and you want to try to win as quickly as possible and he started to play better as the match progressed in the second part. but you know, i felt like i was

serving well, and i was in the control and when i needed to use my students when they were presented i did so. and it was a better performance in the first round. >> overcoming a slow start to beat the frenchman, the spaniard trailed 3-3 in the hoping set, and then won it in the tie break and then lost it to come back and win the final two. well, serena williams advance. it was her 60th all-time victory. >> well for me there is always pressure. it always seems like i'm one of the favorites to win, but for me i look at it as find of exciting that i have an opportunity to go all the way.

>> a federal judge in philadelphia has rejected the settlement of the nfl concussion case. retired players have sued the league because of high risk of concussions. >> i think a lot of people are simply, if they were interested in going out on their own, which in this situation would be an extraordinary task for any lawyer or any party, especially parties that have been injured in a way that they have been you'll see a deal come back where the court will get the additional evidence that they need to be comfortable with the settle, the $674 million barely

registers and they need to put more money out. >> credit cricketers decided they would rather play football in giant inflatable public suits and it's all part of the claiming program, and it has proved such a hit. it is now once a week affair club. as you can see they have mastered the skills of controlling the bounce. that's very difficult. for more sports stories go to www.aljazeera.com/sports. it's regularly updated for you. www.aljazeera.com/sports. >> it reminds me of a tv character called mr. bloby. a few of you may remember that. we'll have more coming up in the

news hour later. bye-bye for now.

>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are the stories we're following for you. the vatican is slammed for sex abuse. warnings were missedden and agencies failed to communicate properly. and collateral damage, why citizens refused to lay down their arms. >> for more than a decade it has been one of the biggest scandals