>> > hello, welcome to the newshour from doha, with the top stories. >> war crimes and cover up. the sri lankan government tells al jazeera it will conduct its own investigation. >> syria's war generation. the u.n. case children are being recruited for combat. >> a warning from china about a new and highly infectious strain

of bird flu >> egypt releases an al jazeera cameraman after six months in custody. >> a new report sri lanka's still war said the government may have covered up human rights violations. there's evidence that they carried out the vast majority of war crimes. they are calling on u.n. to launch its own investigation. >> in the final moments of sri lanka's 25-year civil war there was a last 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 from which it is believed 40,000 died. a team of international investigators say it found

evidence that citizens were targeted by bombardment and other war crimes between 2008 and into 2009. violations of international law were committed by both sides. evidence was found that sri lankan security forces were responsible for the vast majority. investigators described such established command and control structure that charges of crimes against humanity could be levelled against senior commanders, government officials and tamil tigers. the report written by a law policy experts on criminal law and war crimes found evidence that the crimes continue to this day. perpetrated by the armed forces. an author says a concern is attempts to cover up the crime committed. >> it makes is 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 action. over the weekend u.s. officials says washington intended to sponsor a third resolution in march. details were not given the the imposition of sanctions was ruled out. the sri lankan president invoked the language of the war on terror to answer the critics. >> translation: every powerful country should realise the difficulty in defeating terrorist. we faced a serious and brutal change. >> without a comprehensive and independent international investigation reconciliation will not be achieved and those abusing the civilian operation will be emboldened. >> a member of the parliament and advisor an reconciliation to

the president says that they'll look into conducting its own investigation. >> i said the main point on which they site what seems to be the only case, we will not have international interference, just as i hope you in qatar will not allow international interference. there's such a thing of national sovereignty. americans have a one size fits all except themselves. you people think everything is about war crimes. it's not. it's about reckon sill eyeings, and it has -- reconciliation has many aspects, including working with the sfistors.

i have -- survivors. i pointed out it's not only about law crimes, that there are issues that need to be investigated further. the sri lankan government should have an investigation, and not because of ice, but lessons learnt is about vindictive innocence and working towards a common picture. >> it's a devastating picture. aiations report tables peace talks in geneva. it was written by u.n. secretary ban ki-moon, and some of the findings are shocking. the government tortured children as young as 11 years old, including beatings, rape, solitary confinement and forced to watch the torture of relatives.

it contains examples of children suspended from the ceiling and whippeded. they are used as shields. in 2011 government forces threatened to kill eight children in idlib unless the rebels withdrew. the free syrian army denied using armed soldiers, but some affiliated groups are recruiting in syria and the refugee camps. we spoke earlier to a representative and they urged all sides to stop violations. >> recruitment of children by armed groups is something that was, for now, at least since our last report, where the f.s.a. was listed in the security - in the general annex us for recruitment and use of children is now a trend. they are, of course - they are

trained. they are used as combatant. some have been injured, some killed. they are also used in other functions to support as it is mentioned in the report, the armed groups. many are killed not only because they are fighting, but because they are performing these functions that are in the middle of the group. if we don't care about the children of syria today, we will not have a future of the these are the future generation, and this - you cannot accept piece if people that will be the future are today paying such a high price. >> an al jazeera cameraman mohammed badr has been released by egyptian authorities, acquitted of all charms. four others are in custody. al jazeera demonstrated they be freed and denied they engaged in

illegal activities. the white house joined international calls for the men to be released. >> all right. let's take a look at other knloeble headlines -- globalholds. 25 -- global headlines. 25an killed. a suicide bomber blew himself up in a restaurant. another car bomb afac targeted a lobing -- attack targeted a local market. >> the u.n. launched an appeal to avoid a humanitarian disaster in south sudan, and asked for a billion dollars in aid before the rainy season. >> parliament voted to allow same sex marriage defying strong opposition from the christians, scotland is the 17th country in the world to allow gay marriage. >> chinese scientists warn a strain of the bird flu virus has

the participation to cause a pan dem uk and should not be underestimated. a report by the government center of disease control prevention goes into detail about the h1n1. and says an elderly woman died in december and another infected last month. the new strain should be closely monitored. it's not the first time china has been affected. the h5n1 was detected in hong kong in 1997, causing 384 deaths since 2003. 6-00 people were ineffected. the h7n9 led to 71 deaths last year, 159 human infctions were recorded. craig liaison joins us live from hong kong. why is the latest virus unusual? >> this is the first time with

the trait you mentioned. a woman that died in december - it was the first time that this virus killed anybody or was found in a human. it is - there's another woman found with the virus. that's a cause of concern that the scientists are talking about in particular. they say that this virus ticks all the boxes for concern because it is particularly vira lent. it is resistance and replicates quickly within the human body. that is why they have released a note of caution and a warning today about this particular virus. >> how open are the chinese authorities being about the spread of this virus? >> a lot more open than they were when the bird flu virus

raised its head in 1999. they learnt their lessons then because they were slow to react to the virus. doctors were slow to react because they didn't have the information. we are getting daily updates with the virus as it mutates and spreads to other humans. we had a warning that there were eight new cases in china. a person died a week ago. they announced they'd ban live poultry in the east coast of the china. they culled the chickens in the live markets here, 20,000 killed last week as a precaution. information is flowing and the chinese authority is keep for that to happen. they can head off the virus and provide information as needed.

>> the ukrainian today tonight is meeting the european union's foreign policy chief to discuss unrest. anti-government protesters say they don't expect much to come from the talks, and will continue their fight against viktor yanukovych. >> the latest live from the ukrainian capital kiev, and neve barker. talks with the president at the moment. >> that's right. it's the foreign policy chief's third visit to ukraine during the crisis. she's here to broker an end to the dispute. she met with members of the opposition late last night and now with president viktor yanukovych. what is the situation now? well, the e.u., and the united states, say that they are preparing some sort of financial said package to ease the economic instability in the country at the moment. this allows ukraine to free

itself from the financial links that it currently has to moscow. moscow froze its $15 billion bailout package while the country remains in political turmoil. some believe this may start a bidding war between the european union, u.s. and western powers over the future of the country, bringing criticism upon the european union. the former president of poland believes the yooup european union hafs made the situation -- has made the situation worse, not understanding the subtle nuances, a country that bles walks a tight -- that walks a tight rope between the east and west. >> you mentioned the parliament. scenes of disarray on tuesday. i gather not much of a debate

held today? . >> a short parliamentary session this morning. these are regularly chaotic, as they have been since independence. the opposition are keen to make sure that members of viktor yanukovych's party are shouted down whenever they try to speak russian instead of ukrainian. the opposition are keep to push for constitutional reforms, that would see some of the president's powers handed back to parliament. essentially the clock is going back to the tower constitution. the constitution of the orange revolution. the leadership says that they are prepared to hold more talks, more discussion, but all of that aside, many continue to come out for a protest. they want viktor yanukovych to leave first and foremost. >> that is neve barker live for

us from the ukrainian capital. >> still to come on al jazeera, only enough food for a week. the u.n. says the violent situation in the central african republic is dire. >> don't worry, you have time. you're not too old to become a pin up model >> when political campaigning crosses the line, we look at the verbal abuse aimed at thailand's prime minister. >> with two games until the winter games , the olympic torch makes a final journey to the host city sochi. full details in sport. >> but first, afghanistan's presidential election campaign is under way. amidst an atmosphere of uncertainty. president hamid karzai is not eligible to rup, but he has

work -- to run, but he has work to do. an international rights group is urging him to refuse to sign a bill denying women and girls application from domestic violence. let's go to jane ferguson in kaboom. we'll talk about -- kabul. we'll talk about hum jg rights, but -- human right, but first the presidential debate. what issues were raised. do the candidates have stances on the issues? >> five of the 11 candidate attended the debate, broadcast on local tv. one of the first issues addressed was the bilateral security agreement. the row between the palace and others. whether or not the u.s. will be allowed to keep forces in the country behind 2014 for training

emissions. they were asked about this subject. they said they were in support of it, that they would want it signed. it is well-known that the other two candidates are in support of it. essentially all five canned kates showed support of -- candidates showed support of the bilateral agreement. that will be something that washington dc will watch closely, because they may have to get the successor to hamid karzai to sign that within the next few months. what was raised were talks with the taliban, it's little surprise to find the candidates present at the debate were in favour of the talks. that is something that is accepted in kabul for years now, as essential to bring peace here. >> it's significant to have a debate. >> enormously significant. i mean, 13 years ago this country, of course, when it was ruled by the taliban not only

was political debate flattened, but television was banned so to have the capacity in the media to host the debate and bring it into the homes of afghans and have candidate showing political maturity, articulating their platforms, there are changes around this election, security challenges, the challenge of corruption, and the fact that many of these have served in the current government. in terms of whether or not voters trust what the men are saying, it's a different issue. many will be rightly cynical and guarded about that. in principle, to have this kind of a debate is a huge step forward. it's a small victory for the country and foreign elections. >> the debate a big step forward, but there are concerns that the rights of women are

taking a step backwards, why? >> that's right. there has been a recent row erupt over the fact that a law has been passed by both houses of porment. it is not -- parliament. it is not specifically about women's rights, but is the criminal procedural code. what is passed is an amendment to an act in that law, an article in the law that says that in cases of criminal procedures, the relatives of anybody accused of a crime cannot be interviewed or come forward as witnesses even if they volunteered to do so. the reason that has upset a lot of not just women's right and human rights' activists is because of the implications of that. if a crime is committed against a woman and most of those crimes are committed, it's in the home. any witness they find is likely to be a family member.

lots of women's right say the change to the criminal procedure code those accused of crimes against women will have a degree of immunity. >> jane ferguson in kaboom. thanks. >> the u.n. children's agency is urging the international agency to avert a growing crisis. there's only a week of aid left. the humanitarian office received $60 million of $551 million. aid is needed to help up to a million displaced people. we have more details. >> in the district of bangui, a christian returns home. it's the first time he has seen it since fleeing with his

family. possessions are gone. ash is all that remains. >> translation: we want the looting and violence to stop. it's been hard for us. we don't want the war. >> locals salvage what they can from piles of photographs. it's the work of internationally celebrated photographer, looted when he returned from his home. residents are frustrated after enduring a year of sectarian fighting. >> it was the central africans who looted the house. christians who knew the photographer. he lived here and made his photographs here. all the world knows him. >> chaos erupted in the central african republic when a group of rebels known as the seleka seized power. a christian millish area group,

the anti-balaka rose in opposition. both are refusing to back down. 2,000 have been killed. a million, a quarter of the population, fled from their homes. they are forced to leave squalid refugee camps with food and water. >> french and afghan troops will patrol the streets in an attempt to stop the looting and violence. there is control among the loots. >> an ngo is helping 150 young people cleaning up their city, rather that stealing their homes. >> translation: we are enjoying cutting the grass and clearing the canal. we'll do all the work we can. >> the fighting persists, uniany self says millions in aid is needed to stop the country turning into what it calls a

human catastrophe. >> this is a central african republic analyst. he joins us from nairobi. good to have you on the program. how stretched do you think the peace keepers are on the ground in the car. >> it was a strained start. there is a lack of strategy. they don't know what to do with the anti-balaka or seleka fighters. the seleka gather in bangui but they were not proposed or disarmed. they left the city and commit the same problems in the province. we need strategy. do we integrate the fighters?

what do we do with them. the second thing is a question of names. we welcome - i think the decision of the european troops to be deployed in february. nevertheless, they'd need more money, equipment to fulfil the mandate. there was a conference early february where the international community said it would provide more than $300 million to support them. now they have to put action to words. >> we, of course, have a new government under president catherine samba-panza. what can we expect of the new government? >> well, it's a positive news, because catherine samba-panza is quite competent and independence, and not part of the plil call established -- political establishment. the challenges are enorm.

the president and the new prime minister, we have to see the reconciliation process and ease tensions between muslims and christians and kick start the functions of the state, education, health and security. >> is there enough international commitment and enough knowledge of what is happening in the car now in >> i think there's not enough knowledge, especially on human rights violations. you have a mandate to investigate the human rights violation and send a report to bangui moon for that. it's an important step. we have much information going on in the province, in the countryside. >> thank you for joining us.

>> time to catch up with the worldwide weather picture. >> let me take you to the south pacific islands of melanesia, to new caledonia, a french dependencies, population 250,000. nickel deposits are there. those deposits are managed from water. the tropical system, moving down from the north, has given massive minutes of rainful. huge accumulations over the last two or three days. the tropical system has given strong winds, currently about 100 k/hr, gusting to 130. the system will head south towards new zealand and we'll see improvement. that system will trundle towards new zealand. the weather across the north island is likely to remain unsettled. >> it's been unsettled across

parts of australia. topical cyclone fletcher has given very heavy rain fall. prolonged with an area of low pressure. with the drought, further heavy rain across northern parts of australia over the coming days. >> there has been something of a reshuffle at the helm of microsoft. bill gates stepped down as chairman and is the technology advisor. so now a third ceo. bodella was born in hyde ra bad known as cyber bad. it's the largest operation outside the u.s. the 46-year-old has worked for the firm for more than two decades. a top pay packet. he takes over from steve balmer

commanding $1.35 million a year. >> the notion of being able to build the devices encaps umating the experience that users expect and the unique contributions that microsoft makes is core capability. i loved the super bowl add, the tag line about a software being the thing that empowers everyone, is the core of what we will do with the experiences on our devices. >> more ahead on the program. we are in geneva to hear the findings of the report. >> plus, david beckham plans to unveil a team in florida. the last team that tried failed. what will be different this time.

>> hello, again. you're watching al jazeera. a team of international lawyers says it found new evidence of war crimes committed by sri lankan government. the army destroyed mass graves of civilians. >> chinese scientists warn a new strain of bird flu virus should not be underestimated. h10n8 killed an elderly woman. the virus can spread quickly among humans. >> unicef is warning of a human

cas as trough ni in the central african republic if people don't get basic supplies in a week. it comes as french and african troops patrol the streets of bangui. we'll show you live pictures from geneva, where they are setting up for a panel from the u.n. committee on the rights of a child, due to present their findings. it's expected that they'll recommend that more needs to be done in the catholic church in the vatican into tackling child abuse. we'll be back to that live press conference as and when it happens in geneva. >> while the size of anti-government protests on the streets of thailand reduced, the war of words is growing. yingluck shinawatra is the target, and the fact that she's a woman. veronica pedrosa reports.

>> an attractive woman in a role that up to now has been played by men. when yingluck shinawatra was elected prime minister, it was spun as a sign of protest. now she's at the center of a bitter fight to control the country. >> mass protests across bangkok and the government, even trying to obstruct elections. >> the crowds are nowhere near as big as they were at the beginning of the shutdown. >> that doesn't mean though that the language and vitriol has been pored out of stages like this one. income, women's rights groups complained about the sexist language used agipps the prime minister yingluck shinawatra >> referring to a tv game show called "smart lady", the top opposition leader said if there was a competition for dumb lady,

no one could compete. much worse. sexist language has been used. >> translation: don't worry, you have time, you are not too old to become a pin-up model, as you have not yet reached men o pause. >> some dislike the hate speech. as a woman i think it's harsh. it must be the laf straw to say uch things. not just the last straw, but possibly an omen of things to come. >> we are seeing protesters calling their enemies in the government nonhuman. and therefore heels are all saying they don't deserve to live any more. this is a dangerous indicator of ongoong and escalating violent confrop stations.

>> the more irn flamentry, the more likely it is that there'll be more violence. >> we'll return to the ukraine, a country caught in a geopolitical tug of war between western europe and moscow. russia offers cash e.u. offers trade and western standard of democracy. we have this report on the choice that is facing ordinary ukrainians. >> gas-fired power station provide a backbone of support. the kremlin cut the price of supplying them by a third, postponing the inevitable, painful reforms needed. this giant fertiliser planned on the autoskirts of odesa is one of many across the industrial heartland of ukraine that may be living on borrowed time, sheltered from the cold reality of market economics.

>> ukraine's industries are hooked on russian gas. a deal with the european union brings with it stringent terms from the international monetary funds. terms that would send a shockwave across the ukraine. a subsidy will have to go, raising the bills for heating in every household. this family says it's worth the price. >> speaking for myself and friends, i can say we are ready to pay the higher prices if that's the cost of the ukraine's membership of the european union. >> that was a point of view shared by an anti-government protestor, we found playing chess in one of odesa's snow-bound parks. he is the author of a book on the tactic of a game, believing that viktor yanukovych is responsible for the stalemate in the country.

>> we are european country and need it. we are elephants. we cannot live with him in government. >> the city's statue of lenin may have been banished to a suburban park, but the hand of the creme line has not gone away. >> argentina's president says the price controls her government put in place must be respected. christina kirchner accused companies of onspiring against them. fuel rose by 12%, and consumer prices rose by a third. buenos aires issued a number of sanctions. it was the biggest since the 2001 crisis. >> translation: it's what we

have to do. this is what happened to argentina before. >> mexico's president has announced a multi-million investment plan - let's take you to geneva, where we have a long-promised press conference on child abuse in the vatican. >> convention on the rights of the chimed the the holy seer has committed to implementing it on the vatican city and as the supreme pour of the catholic church and institutions placed under its authority. i'll mention a few concerns. the holy seer's past statements and declarations on homosexuality contributed to the social citying mattizition of and violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and chin raised by the same-sex

couples. dl another concern was that the holy seer is not taking measures to protect and ensure justice for girls who are ark trarly placed by their families in state institutions in the mag do dolen run by four generations of catholic sisters. with regard to child sexual abuse committed by members of the catholic churches operating under the holly sooer, that is clerics involved in the sexual abuse of tens of thousands of children worldwide, the main finding of the committee was that the holy sooer adopted policies and practices leading to the continuation of the abuse by and the impunity of the perpetrators. >> the holy sooer has consistently placed the preservation of the reputation of the church and the

application of the perpetrators above children adds best interests. in the concluding observations the committee highlighted the practice of mobility. they were moved from paris to paris when things were discovered. and this places children in many countries at high risk of sexual abuse. another matter was the code of silence that was imposed by the church on children and the fact that reporting to international law enforcement authorities has never been made compulsory. another concern we had was adolescents recruited by the region of christ and other catholic institutions. progressively separating for their families and isolated from the outside world. there was a mention in our observations of a case of a nine-year-old brazilian girl who

underwent an emergency life saving abortion in 2009 after thissing have been raped by -- having been raped by her stepfather. an archbishop sanctioned the mother of the girl and the doctor that performed the abortion. we like to mention the negative consequences of the holy sears position and practices of denying adolescence to contraceptives and reproduct mfihealth and information. the last point i'll mention now is that thousands of babies that have been forcibly withdrawn from their mother by members of catholic congregations in a number of countries, and subsequently placed in orphanages or given to adopt if personalities abroad as was the case in spain and the magdolen convents in ireland. tafs the short summary of the

concluding observations, and now to germany. germany was reviewed so years ago. >> you've been listen to a critical report in a press conference held by the u.n. about the which the catholic church dealt with child abuse committed by the church's proosts. it says that clerics abused tens of thousands of children over the years, and the vatican's practices led to a continuation of that abuse. we'll speak to gerald okogel, a van can analyst. he joins me from live. we expected in to be a critical report. the report says the reputation of the church is more important than the welfare of children. >> i think this is really a misinterpretation of reality. everyone expected the report to

be hard. it is. but, to say that the church today is putting its own institution above the welfare of children is not true. it's not true, that pope is making clear that this is not the case. the last pope, benedict the 16th made it clear. there is no doubt nobody denies - not here in the vatican or the church around the world, that abuses have taken place, but i think it should be said that the vast majority of them are historical abuses. the vast majority go back to the "50, '60s, '70s, and '80s. there's a number of cases but there should be none coming in today. the significant thing, i think, about the - this document, this critique, it's a reflecks of the

committee. they read the input and listened to a constructive dialogue. they admitted under this pope things are moving in a positive direction. but they also finger point. on the abuse question they say there was a code of silence imposed under the - under the penalty of ex communication on the vic timent and the proost. this is not true. there was no code imposed. people were told to be silent. there was no imposition of the code. >> people are told to be silent, is that imposing the will of the vatican saying, "you don't have a choice, you must be silent." >> they said there's a code imposed on the penalty, this is

not true. >> what about the fact that the panel - it is true, it is true. >> sorry to interrupt you, what about - i wanted to talk to you about the pan 'em. that the defenders, and there probably are a small number within the church. they are being moved from parish to parish without receiving proper judgment or judicial process. if app accusation is made, a priest is moved to another parish, where he could carry on that abuse. >> this happened in the past. nobody denies it. we are talking about maybe hundreds, less. and certainly today the bishops have instructions not to do this. if somebody is doing it in a religious order, they are going it against a clear direction of the vatican. in every state you have laws. does everybody obey every law, know. what the church is doing, and what this pope is setting up a

new committee to ensure the application of the kids, children. it is making clear that it will not tolerate the abuse of the past. and it is described - the committee says it's called it a - not calling it a crime. the pope called it a crime and a sin. there is the word delict in the canon law, and this will be changed. >> the panel was concerned about the fact that it feels the church is not open about its own findings. is there a possibility that the vatican will say okay, come and have a look at our data and investigations? >> look, i don't think there's any organization in the world which is going to put all the - all its internal information in the public bomb an. here you are dealing with individuals who were abused.

some of whom want the thing put in the public domain. others do not. and many of them do not. there are abusers who have been removed from office. i mean, after the meeting in january 16th in geneva, the vat gan, the associated press brought out the information in the vatican files that in the last two years they removed 384 priests, removed them out of the ministry, taken them out of the ministry, they can no longer function as priests. this was not made clear in geneva, but the vatican is using strong sanctions, and the songsest it can use is to remove him from the priesthood, he has no longer a briefed, he's excluded. also, many countries, the instruction is, as in england, to tell the local judicial authorities once a crime is

detected. not every country, because not every country obligations the institutions to denounce a crime. >> i'm sorry to interrupt you once more. i appreciate your time, but we are out of time. thank you for joining us from rome. thank you. >> thank you. >> indonesian asylum seekers seekers are asuesing the australian -- accusing the april navy of mistreatment. thousands try to cross the waters from indonesia. >> 56 asylum seekers, mostly from pakistan and afghanistan were hoping to reach ouz on a small -- australia on a small bolt. when it sank, they say the april navy refused to rescue them. >> for about 2.5 hours we were in the water and the april navy was filming and laughing at us.

we were a show to them. >> the it 1% said "please, help me, my family with me." and the navy person said [ bleep ] your family and [ bleep ]. >> in a statement the australian immigration minister said: >> after the asylum seekers were picked up, they were kept op an australian customs ship for in my opinion days before being put into a life boat and escorted back into indonesia. >> was there no place for 56 people in australia. this is a terrible injustice that happened to us, trying to reach australia was a journey of death in itself. why bridge us back. we want justice and a right to be fulfilled. >> the asylum seekers say the

australian navy breached territorial workers. >> sanctions increased. after the ipp kurtion. indonesia stepped up patrols. >> indonesia condemned australia's policy op 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 are pursued blindlessly, mainly to potential complications >> australia prime minister, tony abbott, who has not responded to the incident calls incursion into indonesian waters, an accident. according to the asylum seekers,

it was not an accident and they hope australia changes its policy or its government soon. >> time for a bit of a sporting update with joe. >> we start with a huge game in spain wednesday. athletica take on real madrid in the semifinal of the copa del rey. real return to the seen of last year's victory for their encount. carlos answersa lotty is expecting gareth bale to play. he be given a 4-game ban. bale is expected to return. >> barcelona in semifinal action, hosting socio dad. they hope to put their defeat

behind them. >> translation: whenever there is a defeat at the next game, there's a chance of vindication. more so if we find a copa del rey semifinal. not only must we play a different phase, but we must bedecisive because the first 90 minutes are important. >> in italy. ooudin eza moved to within one of an idallian cup final, beating floren phona. roma, on wednesday, take on first-place napoli. >> david beckham is expected to announce a return to football, but in a different capacity. the former england international planned to launch an mls franchise in miami. there's no guarantee it would be a success. ♪ i'm happy to be

♪ [ singing ] >> they by be too young to join david beckham's squad, but you can't fault the enthsm and in a city that's home to some of the biggest names in sport, it's an indication of how far football has come. there's little doubt here that david beckham is about to take it further. >> parents are interested, because it's like a social sport. approximately be a huge success. david beckham bring the people to the united states. to miami. david beckham's ambitions to launch a team were never a secret. part of his contract at l.a. galaxy was an option to buy a franchise. it's the perfect choice, at least on paper. >> if david beckham and investors need a history lesson, they don't have to look far. this used to be the home of the

miami fusion. a team that closed its doors more than 10 years ago with millions of dollars in debt. >> miami's football record may be blemished. team beckham believes they can cash in on his celebrity. some think it's a gamble. >> it will be a slow burn or a slow fizz, depending on how the up to reacts to the team. and whether david beckham is at the head of it or not. it's the product on the field and the stadium experience. >> at the training grounds a local semi-professional team, there's excitement abo the franchise. if you ask what teams are followed. the answers are revealing. >> barcelona. >> liverpool. >> the teams in the u.s. may not be as famous as those, but professional football expands

here. ultimately in miami and beyond the fans will decide. >> after 60,000km and 100 days the olympic tovern will arrive in sochi. it's less than 200km from the host city. by the time is gets there, it would have stopped in 2,900 cities, travelling further than the earth's sur cum france. the game begins on friday. >> a successful and divisive history, kevin pietersen has been told his international career is over. he will not be considered for upcoming tours to the caribbean. bringing to an end a career that included 104 tests in which he scored over 8,000 run, and he is englands leading international

scorer with 14,000 runs in tests, one-day informationals and t 20 cricket. >> the indiana pacers strengthened their position at the top of the ladder beating the hawks. a team that will not make the playoffs is the la lakers. they lost to the minnesota timber wolves, who had a chance much making the post season. they may need to tight ep their act. cory breuer with a miss of the season. his star 109 to 99. >> that's all the sport for now. >> thank you very much indeed for that. >> now, cast away who claims to have spent a year adrift in the pacific says trams of eating his -- dreams of eating his favourite food kept him alive. he's thought to have drifted 12,500km from mexico in the marshall islands. >> it's the stuff of the hollywood movies.

a lone man surviving the elements for months, perhaps longer, but could it be fru? this man, jose, a native of elvalva door said he survived 13 months adrift at sea, living on fish, turtles and bird's blood. he washed ashore on the marshal islands, more than a year after leaving mexico to hunt sharks with another... date (technical difficulties)

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>> winter storm warning from the midwest to name the blast of snow and ice that is crippling roads, rails and runways nationwide. it contaminated the drinking water for a quarter million people. the white house wants to know if the chemical spill in west virginia is a crime. >> there were a number of specifics threats of varying degrees that we are tracking. >> security in sochi - catin