online. accusations against the lankan government. against the we speak to a presidential advisor. >> hello, i'm sue turt jp, you're watching al jazeera, life from doha. also - a warning from china about a new strain of bird flu that has the potential to spread. >> egypt releases an al jazeera cameraman cleared of inciting riots. >> plus -- >> david beckham's plans to unveil a major league soccer team is making headlines. the last team that tried failed.

what will be different this time. >> a new report on sri lanka's civil war says the government may have covered up human rights violations. the military covered up a vast majority of war crimes and is calling on the u.n. to launch investigations >> in the final month of the 25-year civil war, there was a push by government forces against the tamil tigers in the north of the country, away from the gaze of the international media and ngos. they were prevented from witnessing the fight in which 40,000 are believed to have died. the international team said it has found evidence that found evidence that they were deliberately bombarded.

violations of international law were committed by both sides. the investigation found evidence that sri lankan security forces were responsible for seeing the vast majority. >> investigators describe such established command and control structures but charges of crimes against humanity could be levelled against commanders, officials and members of the tamil tyingers. the report commissioned by experts against criminal law and war crimes found evidence that many of the crimes continue to this day, perpetrated by the sri lankan armed forces on the civilian population. an author of the report says a particular concern is attempts to cover up the crimes committed. >> it makes it difficult to prove the guilt, because evidence has been destroyed. on the other hand when people destroy evidence, it's because they know they have done

something wrong. >> two resolutions have been passed, calling for actions. the u.s. official says washington intends to sponsor a third resolution. details were not given. the imposition of sanctions was ruled out. the sappingan president invoked the language of the war on terror to answer his critics. >> every powerful country should realise the difficulty in defeating terrorism. what we faced was a serious and brutal challenge. >> the report concludes without a comprehensive and international investigation, reconciliation will not be achieved in sri lanka. those that continue to abuse the civilian population will be emboldened. >> vj sink is a member of parliament and advisor on reconciliation and advisor to the president and joins us on the fon.

thank you for talking to al jazeera. this investigation, that inchoiry, report, has been damaging on the sappingan -- sri lankan government and the behaviour of the military. why won't the government allow an independent investigation to come into sri lanka to find out what happened. >> you asked several questions. the first is about the report. i am not sure that isap is a body of standing. they put on it one name i recognise, gordon white who has a grudge against the sri lankan government, as you know from the book "the cage", and if you look through my account of that book, there's a lot of misinformation in it. the sri lankan government should have investigation. he is a clear liar.

the reconciliation commission has said there there are issues that need to be investigated further. if you look at different sections in the interuk, that's -- introduction, that's all we had time to read, the executive summary. the point in which very site the evidence in regard to treatment which, of course, the sri lankan government points to. >> i'm going interrupt you is one thing you are saying is the sri lankans want to conduct their own investigation. constantly we heard international criticism that it is not credible and there has to be an independent body. people are not going turp away until that is done and someone is held able toable. >> i -- held accountable. >> i got your point. there's an assumption that the international community, made of

up a few westerners. >> why don't you name a body? >> your question of the international bodies. i accept the need for an independent inchoiry but raegement that -- reject that what we do is not independent. >> sir, your government is being accused, how could it be ingement. you are being brought to -- >> let me finish. dear lady, in any country it's norm ol to have an internal inchoiry. we had allegations last week. the americans in particular were nasty. when the reports came out, the british, the high commissioner told me they had suspicions. >> the british called for an independent investigation. the prime minister david cameron called for one. >> well, if you think david cameron runs this world, i'm sorry for you. david cameron does not run the world. when he talked jacob zuma, the

president of south africa, they should have an inchoiry like they did. it was internal. >> it has to be only the government, you won't accept knab else? >> or. >> you wouldn't accept anybody else to come in and do an inchoiry, it has to be the government of sri lanka. >> we do not need international intmps in sri lanka, just as i hope you in qatar will not allow international interference. i agree about the ipp depends. when you have several things to do with independence, and commissions - i saw the way some are working, i was impressed. >> you are in charge. reconciliation, is this a way to reconcile sri lanka? >> it's a way to move quickly. i said so repeatedly. there are other ways.

it's not only about war crimes. you people in the west. sorry, we seem to have this disease because you were more civilized during the war, as opposed to channel 4, but you think everything is about war crimes, it's not. it's about rechon sill gags. it has many aspects, including working with the survivors. we were criticised. i was talking to the high commission of rwandanment they have their own problems. americans have a one size fits all for everybody except themselves. don't fall into the trap. >> thank you for talking. >> reconciliation - this is about vined ictiveness. >> thank you for giving us your thoughts on al jazeera. >> chinese scientists warn that a new strain. bird flu virus has the potential to cause a pandemic. a report by the government

center for disease control and prevention goes into detail about the h1n1 virus, saying an elderly woman was killed in disease. another was ipp vected. a new strap should be monitored. the australian named h1n1 was detected in hong kong in 1997. it's caused 384 deaths sips 2003. more than 600 were infected. the strain managed last year led to 71 deaths in china. 159 human infections were recorded. >> we are joined live from hong kong. craig, how concerned do you think people are in the region that they are hearing another strain has emerged. >> this new strain is the fifth novel strain of its kind in 17 years.

the fact that it's emerged pretty much unannounced is of great concern to people, people that went through the first sars in 1991. there has been many deaths caused by the straps of viruses. they are concerned there could be a pandemic, because this virus had the ability to spread from human to human. >> is there a sense that they are welcoming the chinese being open about this. they haven't been open in the past. with the one death and another infected, it seems they have come out and said it already. >> that's right. they learnt from their mistakes in the past. every case is announced we here a daily tally and we have figures from the government saying cases of h7n9 have been discovered in china. two of those have died.

they are in the south and south east of china. they announce the cases as they come out. they want to stay on top and ensure it doesn't spread, particularly through major hubs like in hong kong and through transport eights systems, which is how this occurred. another gentleman died here yesterday. he picked up his strain across the border. it's important that they keep open the lines of communication. with the straps, particularly the new one, h7n9, the human to human ability to breach the barrier and ipp effect humans is what causes concerns. they have to keep a lid on that, and that means communication between the boarders. >> good to talk to you. >> 30 people have been killed in a bomb afac targetting baghdad's heavily fortified peace stone.

two targets went off. the suicide bomber apply himself up in a restaurant, leaving four dead. another car bomb afac targeted a -- attack targeted a market near, killing three people. >> egyptian prison authorities released an al jazeera staff member. cameraman mohammed badr has been acquitted and is free. four remain in custody without charge. the white house joined international calls for their release. patty culhane reports. >> at the white house they are usually careful to walk a fine line on egypt, rarely do they comment on any issue further inflaming the relationship with cairo. tuesday they were les constrained. when asked about the arrest of producers mohamed fadel fahmy, and mohammed badr and correspondent peter greste from al jazeera english, and sarm

ago. >> egypt can only move forward if egypt expresses itself. the newly approved constit ugs upholds basic rights and freedoms. we have expressed returns to the government of egypt. we have urged the government to drop the charges and release the journalists and dismicks that have been detained. we are expressing that we are concerned that this contrascreens the constitution that provides the freedoms that we hold tear and the egyptian people hold deer. >> we are making that clear. >> u.s. officials believe any influence they have in egypt. it comes from two things,

military hardware and cash. last year president obama decided to suspend delivery of the military supplies and cut back on aid. the >> without the threat of concrete consequence, it's unclear how much weight the words will carry. they were spoken from the white house podium, from the president's chief spokes maup. his call is echoed across the globe. >> in nairobi where peter is based the a message is sent that adjournism is not terrorism. a message represented across the world. >> with a sign, the pictures are popping up over social mediaing a growing chorus of powerful and every day people sending a message - they will not be

silenced. the al jazeera staff must be released. >> still ahead on al jazeera. libya declares itself free of chemical weapons. 10 years after it said it would destroy them. we speak to asylum seekers accusing the australian navy of the mistreatment.

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found new evidence of war crimes committed by the sri lankan government. the army destroyed mass grazes of civilians. chinese scientists warn a strain of bird flu virus should not be -- >> egypt released an al jazeera camera maup, mohammed badr, who had been in detention since july. the white house joined international calls for their release. >> libyan officials say the country's stocks of kellons, including -- chemical weapons, including woms and mustard gas have been destroyed. it marks a major milestone. >> libya began the lopping and poptionly -- long and potential by dangerous process of destroying weapons under the

leadership of muammar gaddafi. he and his regime are no more. the mission to rid libya of weapons of mass destruction has continued. now it's reached a milestone. >> they are happy that the operations to destroy the weapons was done in a professional way and finished without anything that could harm the environment or the area that stormed the weapons. libya is free of useable weapons. the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons says work has to be down. >> all weapons have been destroyed. there's some residuals that are category 2 weapons which remaim. we are confident they'll be destroyed in due course. >> in 2004 muammar gaddafi declared 25 metric tonnes of gas

and 400 tonnes of chemicals to make gas. 55% of the declared mustard gas had been destroyed and 40% of its precursor chemicals. under libya's new government, destruction resumed? 2013. libya's foreign minister is destroying the stockpile would not have been possible but advanced and reliable technological assistance from the united states. all eyes on syria, which promised to destroy its chemical weapons stockpile with help from international partners. >> the syrians are dragging their feet, not moving fast enough. they missed an important target date of 5 february to have all chemical weapons out of syria.

>> the destruction of libya's chemical arsenal makes the region safer. the hope is that syria will folo suit -- follow suit. >> a u.n. report into syria says the potential and government are using child sold yours. syrian opposition groups are recruiting children living in refugee camps, using them for combat and support roles. the report says the syrian government tortured and abused children with rebels links and the government used them as human shields. the u.n. special representative for children in armed conflict and says more needs to be done by all sides to stop violations against children. >> recruitment which children is something that was, for now, for at least since our last report, where the efforts were listed in the secretary-general annexize

for recruitment and use of children, is now a trend. there are used as combat aned, some have been injured. some killed. they are used in other functions to support as it is mentioned in the report the armed crops by providing help in transporting injured people, they are transporting medication and spying they were in check points. all the activities needed in this conflict. the children are used to implement the activity that puts them in great - at great risk. many are killed, not only because they are fighting, but because they are performing

these functions in the media. >> the u.n. launched an appeal to avoid what it says is a full-blown humanitarian disaster. it's after $1.27 billion in aid. almost two months of fighting exacerbated the problem. more than 900,000 people have been forced from their homes. 3 million people are in need of emergency food assistance. >> north and south korea agreed on dates to reunite families divided since the war in the 1950s. the two sides met for the first time in months, agreeing that an event will be held. a similar agreement was cancelled by pyongyang, and millions split apart by 1950 to 1953, by the korean war. >> indonesian asylum seekers are accusing the australian navy of mistreating them. thousands brave the seas to try

to reach the country. australian prime minister tony abbott promised to turn back the boats and relations soured between the two countries. we have this report. >> 56 asylum seekers, from pakistan and afghanistan were hoping to reach australia on a small boat in january. when the boat sank, they say the australian navy refused to rescue them. >> translation: for 2.5 hours we were in the water, and the australian navy was filming and laughing at us. we were a show to them. >> the 1% said, "help me, my family with me." the australian navy person said [ bleep ]. >> in a statement the australian immigration minister said:

>> after the asylum seekers were picked up they were kept on customs ship for nine days, before being put on in boat and taken to indonesia. >> is there no place for 56 people in australia. this is a terrible injustice. trying to reach australia was a journey of death itself. why do they have to send it back. we want justice. >> the asylum seekers say the australian navy breached indonesian waters by going as far as 3km from the west jva coast. >> after the incursion indonesia systemed up patrols. relations between the two countries is on hold. indonesia condemned australia's policy on asylum seekers. >> it's not only questionable in

terms of international treaty obligations, but as we are seeing, as i have said in the past, it can be a slippery slope, and we are concerned if such policies pursued mainly to pension complications. >> australia's prime minister, tony abbott, did not respond to the incident. they call the incurbings an accident. >> according to the asylum seekers, they say it was not an accident. they hope australia changes its policy or government. >> mexico's president announced a multi-million investment plan. the region has been plagued by violence by civilian defense groups and the drugs cartel knights templar. they rule much of the state, demanding extortion payments from businesses and farmers.

groups rolled up against their rule and gained ground. the president wants to spend the money on community initiatives. >> i want to assure the people that we will be with you, we will join efforts so that great stage returns to normal activities in an as moss fear of order, calm. we be here until local authorities have the strength. >> david beckham's ambitious to bring soccer to miami has been given the green light. he has been awarded a major league soccer franchise in south florida at a discounted $25 million. there's no guarantee that it will be a success. >> [ singing ]

they may be too young to join david beckham's squad. you can't fault their enthusiasm. in a city home to big names in sport, it's an indication of how it has ko.. there's little doubt that beckham will take it further. >> it's growing. parents are interested. i think it's going to be a huge success. david beckham bring all the people, the soccer to the united states. it's great. to miami. >> david beckham's ambitions to lunch his own team were never a secret. part of his contract at l.a. galaxy was an option to buy a franchise at a discounted rate. miami seems the perfect choice - at least on paper. >> if david beckham and investors need a history lesson, they don't need to look too far. that was the home.

miami fusion, a team that closed its doors ten years ago, with millions in debt. >> while miami's football record may be blemished. team beckham believe they can cash in on celebrity. some here think it's a gamble. it will be a slow burn or a slow fizz. depending on how the town reacts to the team. whether beckham's at the head of it, it will be the product on the field and the stadium experience. >> at the training grounds in miami, there's excitement about the new frap chis. if you ask the players which teams they follow, their answers are revealing. >> barcelona. >> bay erp. >> the teams in the u.s. may not be as famous as those. but professional football is expanding. >> in miami and behind, the fans

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