>> announcer: this is al jazeera. >> welcome to the newshour live from al jazeera's international headquarters in doha. these are the main stories coming up in the next hour: a damming report on human rights in north korea. a leaked investigation suggests crimes against humanity may have been committed. >> venezuela unrest. police fire water canon and tear gas at protesters blocking a major highway.

>> weapons in somalia - how it was intended to be used against al-shabab - how did it end up in the hands of the armed groups. >> 25 years on, we look back on the day soviet troops withdrew - defeated from afghanistan. >> external nation camps, forced starvation and a widespread campaign of abduction - damning findings of a leaked united nations report suggesting that north korea may have committed crimes against humanity. north korea denied the allegations. harry fawcett has more from the south korean capital, seoul. >> the 3-person u.n. panel spent years investigating humans rights abusers, and heard testimony from, amongst others,

defectors and those that spent time in the prison camps. artist impressions used to describe horrors. >> translation: the most painful is when they handcuffed my hands to the back, 60 centimetres to the back. i couldn't sit or stand. i was left alone for three or four days. >> according to a leaked summary of the report, it details not just abuses in the camps, but throughout the country. murders, rape, crimes against humanity. the full report is due to be published on monday. the u.n. is not confirming the contents of the leak. if they are an accurate representation, it wouldn't be anything new. they run back many years. however, it represents the most concerted effort by the international community to investigate north korea's human rights record and hold it to account. according to the leak the report

recommends action by an international court of justice. he hoped referral to the international criminal court looks far fetched, with china, north korea's ally, holding veto power at the u.n. during the investigation the chairman insisted the forensic nature of the endeavour would force some accountability. >> they are on notice and have due process and an opportunity to respond in detail. not just general rejection that this is a hostile act, because it's an act of the whole world community, but a reaction which will be appropriately detailed to all the evidence that we are gathering. >> north korea has already reacted to the leak, calling allegations of crimes against humanity unfounded. it comes a day after talks with north korea, and amid agreements to push ahead with a reunion between families. those families and officials in seoul will be watching to see if

they have any impact on the reunions and the relations between the two countries. the u.n. findings are said to be consistent with a report to be released on monday. the human rights group released testimony from prisoners that had been released and former prin guards. -- prison guards.

>> riot police broke up anti-government protests. three days of demonstrations against nicolas maduro's government left three dead and more injured. from caracas we have more. >> for a third day in a row anti-government demonstrations turned violent in caracas. ignoring a ban on protests hundreds of people blocked highways in the capital. police used water canons and tear gas to break up the crowds. >> i came here to protest peacefully unarmed. i've been protesting since wednesday because we need to express disapproval with what is happening in the country. >> hours later the nation's leader launched a plan for piece on state television. >> president nicolas maduro blames the violence on the

opposition, who he says is trying to overthrow his government. >> translation: no more intolerance and hate. we need to learn to live together. i call on the opposition to stop their hatred. >> early in the day friends, family and neighbours turned out to say goodbye to a 23-year-old carpenter, shot in the head on wednesday during a peaceful protest. three people were killed. the government says it's investigating the killings, but the boy's mother blames the president. >> translation: as a venezuelan i'm frustrated and devastated. the president has kids. i hope he feels the pain of vensan moth -- venezuelan mothers who have lost their children. >> plans for more protests are going out for the next few days. >> what are our weapons? they

are our values, ideals, voices. that's profile what we need to organise. that is powerful. without the support of the military, it's unlikely that the growing demonstrations will overthrow the government. as venezuela becomes for polarized and both sides blame each other for the violence, many fear that couple will not be restored soon enough. >> a u.n. report suggests that weapons shipments sent to somalia to fight against al-shabab ended up with the armed group instead. a weapons embargo was relaxed to help the government arm its forces. the u.n. is suggesting a full arms embargo from next month. joining me is a professor of international affairs at qatar university. thank you for being on the show.

how could this have happened? was it bureaucratic bun gling, corruption. >> it's secret and only members of the security council have access to it. we cannot say what happened in reality. this is not the first report, actually, when it comes to somali government and the monitoring group. the government is accused of corruption, they retaliate saying it's not the case. there's conflicts, and also some of the officials - conflict between the u.n. monitoring group and the government during the past year or so. it's been going on for a while, even through previous governments. >> you understand that the trust has been lost. we are talking about an armed shipment. how trustworthy is the somali

government. if armed treatments can go missing, what about the rest of the aim. >> the government needs to prove that this is not the case or if it is the case they have to come up with an explanation. at the moment i have not read the report. it's too early, because it's not available. and the government is basically denying. but this is not what i am interested in looking at. what we need to look at is overall picture of what needs to happen when it comms to somali state. regime is one thing, they'll come and go. sam articly needs military, legitimate use of violence. i have problem with the recommendation saying, "don't trust it", and that narrative has been going on. there's a wider suspicion between the somali, whoever that is, at any given time, and the u.n. agencies in general and the

monitoring group. i think it needs to be looking at. this narrative, some articly institution, it has been going on for so long. this is a perpetuating thing, executiveduting things. we don't have the authority to do anything. this needs to be looked at. >> it is a question of trust, isn't it. as you said, of course, the somali government has to prove itself to be trustworthy. then, again, you can understand if a large shipment of arms goes missing, this was the trust building exercise. they can't be trusted then. >> this is damaging. it's damaging to its integrity or legitimacy that they are trying to build. they have to prove they are at

risk, and things are not as reported. on its own, they have to come up with that. the general recommendations that the army cannot be replaced by african forces. what needs to be here is to support an act, somali government, in a way that is not take it or leave it. it's suggested do not trust, and that is problematic. they should be accountable but supported. i think this needs to happen from the u.n. agencies and the donor countries. >> interesting. thank you for joining us here on set. professor of international affairs at qatar university. >> well, the u.n. says 10,000 international soldiers are needed to help bring stability to central african republic, increasing violence has caused

thousands of muslims to flee christian militia. france pledged 400 troops, raising its deployment to 2,000. as kath turner reports from new york, it could be months before more troops arrive. >> the convoy heading out of bangui came to a halt. african peacekeepers were worried the procession of vehicles would come under attack. they refused to take the risk. >> translation: we are going to go home to chad. if peace is restarted. we can come back. >> there hasn't been sustained peace for months. sectarian violence erupted when the muslim rebels seized power. looting, murder and rape followed after.

for years the central africans held power. they became dangerous and killed the people. that is what sparked the revolt. >> the persecution has been compounded by the discovery of at least 13 bodies in a mass grave, at a military camp in bangui, occupied by rebel soldiers. human rights groups warned of genocide. france is beefing up its troops. the total number of french soldiers will hit 2,000. >> the very fabric of society over generations is being ripped apart. communities with no history of violent conflict are on a course that if left unchecked, could lead to decades of debilitating conflict. >> now, a full u.n. peacekeeping mission could be september. >> on tuesday, the

secretary-general expected to ask for approval to send troops to the central african republic. if council members followed, it could be months before soldiers are on the ground. >> the united nations says it fears the syrian army is planning a major ground assault on the rebel-held town of yabud. the u.n. has received reports of a military build up. as many as 50,000 are thought to be there. the threat of fighting caused more than 2,500 to leave. 600 families crossed the border through the town in neighbouring lebanon. the governor of the besieged city of homs said a ceasefire must be extended to give all the chance to flee. thursday was the last day the u.n. was able to get people out. 1400 evacuees left, but many more remain. >> meanwhile, in switzerland,

there has been no breakthrough during talks aimed at finding a political solution to the crisis. james bays has the details. >> there were hopes the arrival of a u.s. and russian delegation could kick start talks that are deadlocked and becoming ak rim onusious. after all, the two nations came up with the idea of the process. russia's prime minister claimed the u.s. and its allies are trying to derail the talks. >> we have an impression that they wanted to make the geneva communique the subject of the talks. they had in mind one thing, regime change. everything they want to talk about is the creation of a party. >> the syrian side is stalling. this process has two sponsors. the u.s. and russia. it seems one of those sponsors

is accusing the other of derailing the process. does this mean the whole of the negotiations are doomed? >> russia has decided not to defend the line of the regime. that is to say, they don't want to talk about the peace - the political process, and just want to discuss issues separately. >> minutes later a syrian government official took the same chair to say they strongly backed the russian position. >> we and our russian friends agreed to succeed and how to bring the conference into full success. >> two rounds of negotiations in geneva achieved nothing. the two countries that started the process and have been sponsoring it, the u.s. and russia, are at loggerheads. >> despite this planning is underway for a third round of talks. no one yet has a credible plan b. they are looking for one. on a visit to china, u.s.

secretary of state john kerry said president obama asked for alternatives. some in the administration may be arguing that the threat of military action should be an option. >> coming up in this newshour - bodies litter the street in south sudan, two weeks after government troops force a rebel retreat. >> huge clouds of volcanic ash were coming in our direction. >> the latest on the volcanic ash cloud in indonesia and austria double their gold medal tally at the start of day 8. all the latest from sochi later in the news.

>> bodies are littering a street in south sudan. bor witnessed fighting between government and opposition forces. there's a fragile ceasefire as peace talks between the government and rebel fighters continue. >> vul tours circle in the sky, two weeks after the government forces recapture the found. this man took it upon himself to give the dead dignity - collecting data and wrapping them in body bags. he found his uncle and friend among them. 2007 bodies have been collected. >> the first condition is gun shooting. the second condition is cutting necks. most of the women dead - they cut their head, after raped they cut their head >> the bodies will be buried in

mass graves, 200 in this one. officials say they have cleared only 65% of bor. this is a ghost town. there's a smell of death in the air. there's few people around. if they were to return, there's little they would come back to >> one can imagine the atrocities. the market reduced to rubble. this woman fled to the bush as the rebels approached her district. she has to come to terms with the horrors she witnessed. >> translation: they came after us in the bush and were shooting, shooting. some women and children tried to escape by boat. they shot at them. three boats sank. everyone drowned. >> she returned to help the

elder elderly. they are gaunt and frightened. >> this is not the first time they witnessed attacks by rebels loyal to riek machar. in 2001 people were killed. after south sudan gained independence, they hoped for a brighter future. it seems the shadow of the past haunts the present. >> bahrain's government says a policemen died of his injuries after a bomb blast. this is the third anniversary of the uprising by mainly shia muslim fighters. two were wounded by what it calls a terror. >> explosion. on friday security forces fought demonstrators as they headed for the site which became the focus of unrest three years ago. >> 92 prisoners escaped from a gaol in western libya. a spokesman for the local

council said four guards were watching more than 200 detainees at the prison. john hendren joined us from tripoli. do we know who the prisoners were, and what happened to those on the run? >> 92 escaped. some were recaptured after being shot by guards. there were two guards watching 220 figures, that's an example of how the libyan government is outmanned. there were 73 people sought. 74, my maths is off. there are a number of prisoners sought in tripoli. another prison break occurred. 54 people escaped. the prison, like many government institutions, are being overmanned.

that is what seems to have happened here. we don't know the names of all those people missing, and that is still being tallied as we speak. >> separately, but in libya, there are reports of a former minister who has been extradited back from chad. what do we know about this? >> >> that's right. a number of libyan officials escaped the country during the revolution, and what is going on right now is a man named abdullah monsieur, he fled to najar, among a fm -- number of officials. the son of saddam, sadi is a much bigger deal. but abdullah is in custody for allegedly taking the libyan

people's money ot of the country. it's the latest of a series of coups. 30 military officers are wanted for plotting a coup against the government. we had a youtube coup in which a former military leader announced on youtube that he wanted to see a change in government. it's an instable time in libya. i talked to the minister of justice. and he told me the obvious, saying that when it comes to security we have a problem. >> unstable and complex situation. thank you very much there. john hendren reporting from the libyan capital tripoli. >> now, the trail of three al jazeera journalists detained in egypt for 49 days is due to begin on february the 20th. they are part of a group of 20 people charged, accused of having links to a terrorist organization.

the egyptian authorities detained mohamed fadel fahmy, mohammed badr, and greste on 29th december. among the charges, having ties to muslim brotherhood, which were declared as a terrorist organization, abdullah al-shami, from our sister channel has been in custody since july. he's on day 27 of a hunger strike. >> al jazeera rejects charges and demand the release of its staff. >> torrential rain has caused flooding in the north-east of england. many farmers are facing financial ruin. these cows are desperately looking for an exit. they are trapped in the water of rains. they are likely to die. >> translation: there's so much water that the animals have to swim. sometimes they drown.

we have to leave them behind. you can't do anything. >> officials say that the torrential rains flooded 80% of the state, an area five times the size of the switzerland. 50% ever bolivia's meat comes from the meat, but the animals are dying. >> these cows made it out of the field, which is completely flooded. they are taking refuge in the middle of the highway, but the level of the water is growing, that it's a matter of time for this to be flooded as well. >> in this town people have taken shelter with dogs, chickens and pigs. two days after the deluge reached the area, the school was beginning to flood. this person captured a baby deer to save its life. >> we want to protect him, take it to higher ground. it cannot survive. we have to save him. >> ranchers are worried, saying 4 million cattle are in danger

of dying. torrential rain left devastation through the north and south bolivia. waters are racing by the minute. in a meeting of ranchers, they didn't believe that they were a disaster zone and the state should have the ability to control the emergency. the governor, a split cole opponent is trying to decide what to do. he does not have the resources to assist the victim and wants moralize to be declared a disaster zone. >> translation: we have to be honest, the government does not have the capacity to control the situation. the government cannot take advantage of this. >> the government says there's no time for political infighting. his state is a mess. people are looking for shelters and animals on their own, trying to stay alive.

>> a check on the weather with everton. doesn't look like there's any let-up in the rain. >> we have to say less bad over the next couple of days. small consolation. we have plenty of cloud on the satellite. to the north of ley paz. the wetter weather looks like it will edge northwards. that's the situation as we go through sunday. there'll be showers, but further and further between. the showers sink south wards into the flood-affected areas. not great new, hopefully better than it has been over the last few weeks if the truth be known. >> back home in the u.k. we have seen heavy rain making its way across the u.k. massive cloud and rain. it brought the latest stormy weather. the winds are in the process of

easing across the southern parts of the u.k. we have blustery showers adding to the flooding problems that we have seen here. this is the situation in bark sheer. military have been dragged in to help out. practicy and william doing their bit to help with the flood relief. it should turn dry and brighter. this is a better situation, more in the way of sunshine, a ridge of high pressure coming in here to calm things down. what is it looking like for the new working week. as we go into monday, yes, here we go again. more wet weather coming this. wind not as thick. we are going to see more heavy rain making its way further east ward adding to the problems. we'll see further heavy showers through the week. >> thank you.

still to come on this al jazeera newshour - we hear and see the changing face of resistance for women in ukraine. >> and a biometric - answers beating the crooks who are milking nigeria's banks. >> and $50 million on maradona and others' minds.

>> welcome back. the top stories - north korea's

government is denying united nations allegations of crimes against humanity. a leaked u.n. report says there's evidence of external nation camps, torture, forced starvation and widespread abduction. another u.n. report suggests weapons send to somalia to fight al-shabab ended up with their fighters instead. u.n. monitors recommend they re-establish an arms embargo that was relaxed last year. more anti-government protests. three days of d demonstrations against nicolas maduro's socialist government left three dead and dozens injured. >> major cities in indonesia are covered in ash after a volcano erupted. three were killed and 200,000 fled when the mt kelud exploded. ash and gravel rained down on the island. we go to the village close to

the volcano. how bad is the situation there? well, it's villages like these that have been hit the worst by the erpossession on thursday night. basically the villages are telling me that this is the third eruption experienced. 1990, 2007. this was basically the worst. roofs of houses were collapsing and we can still here them collapsing once in a while since being here. all the village, everything is covered in a thick lair of dust. around 20 centimetres thick. these were falling from the sky, coming out of the volcano. you have to know these are farmers. they depend on the corruption. volcanic dust is poisonous and

bad. this is what happened to the plans. these are banana trees and they are dead. they have to start with planting their crops. >> it sounds devastating and looks devastating. has everyone been evacuated to safetyie in. >> yes, you would hope so because it was - this is basically inside a danger zone. the military had to let us in, we had to convince them, because we wanted to see what happened in the villages where houses collapsed. some people are in here, we sleep here, we have a brother and sister. we are taking care of their animals, they have cows and goats to feed. they are hungry. the noise is dominant in the villages. >> are they receiving any assistance at all, those that remain in the village? >> well, so far nobody has come

here except for us. the government hasn't been here. what they have to do when they eat is go out and find something by the city. at the moment there's nothing here, there's no trig water or food and they need urgent assistance. they can't live in the houses right now. >> dire situation. thank you so much. >> the crown prince of saudi arabia is due in pakistan for a 3-day visit. the prince is expected to meet pakistan's president and prime minister. buying pakistani fighter jets may be on the agenda for the prince who is also the defence minister. >> it's very significant because the conference will be accompanied by a large delegation, consisting of senior ministers and important

businessmen. now, his visit comes at a time when relations between pakistan and the united states are not in the best of shape. pakistan is trying to improve on relations with the regional countries, particularly saudi arabia and turkey. the pakistani military held manoeuvres with the saudis. as you mentioned, there is the prospect that the saudis may be interested in buying the jointly produced fighter yet, the jf 17. >> anti-government demonstrators in ukraine have entered a third month. women are playing a role and defending the capital's main square. we have this report from kiev. >> 20-year-old yuliaz as come to join the revolution, at the command center. new recruits are here vetted.

he is ukrainian and lives in london. anunlikely member of the opposition women's brigade. the first time i seen how they burned the buses. i went to the. it's a dangerous situation. what are you prepared to do. >> not sure when we'll be in the country. >> she is among several hundred women eager to play a role in ongoing protests. that means being ready to fight. before being allowed to police the barricades, julio and others receive basic training. >> for these young recruits being trained, how to avoid

arrest and what to do in a riot situation. if there are any more clashes these young women are determined not to play a backseat role. >> none of the people are afraid of being hurt. they want to protect their freedom and their lives. the bigger danger is that it all will end in nothing. the young women are undergoing a radical transformation. this is the changing face of resistance. >> 25 years since the last soviet soldier left afghanistan, and the retreat came nine years after the kremlin sent 100,000 troops to the grum mean as the moouja hid een. the war saw the deaths of hundreds of thousands of afghans, million fleeing to pakistan and iran.

we'll have the few from moscow in a moment. first a recollection of an afghan. >> the protests and the resistance against the soviet union, it was an ideological confrontation of zealous ideaists from one side, islamic groups that came to afghanistan and joined the resistance. on the other hand, the soviet union and its red army and communist ideology were confronting each other. afghanistan was the soldier of the cold war. >> defense analyst joins us live from moscow. pavel, thank you for joining us on the show. the russia of today different from the soviet union of yesterday. how does the country now view that withdrawal 25 years ago.

well, most of the russian public most likely does not remember or tries not to remember this day. it does not see something by most russians, not a day that we should be proud about. this is a very important date for the veterans of that war, and there are many present in russia. but more or less the public ignores that war, and what happened afterwards. >> now, there are some parallels between what happened 25 years ago and today. after the soviet forces withdrew, afghanistan fell into chaos this year. we are about to see u.s. forces stand down. the security situation unstable in afghanistan. are we about to see the country fall back into the same chaos we saw 25 years ago. that's what many or most

observers here in moscow and specialists believe might happen. there's a fear that, yes, afghanistan will again form into chaos, it may fall into the hands of radical jihadists. of course, there is some comfort by - for some russians, that the americans failed in afghanistan as we failed 25 years ago. but here if afghanistan goes up in flames, this will have a very negative effect on neighbouring former soviet central asia, where russia has important interests, and that this may, in the end, have a negative effect on russia itself. let's go back to afghanistan and keep in mind that the country runs along tribal and ethnic

lines. what do you see as the best solution for afghanistan? well, before the upheavals began, afghanistan in the '70s, upped the rule of the king, it was a balanced country, a buffer country between the soviet union and western powers. there was an intricate balance between the different religious groups. most likely the best solution for afghanistan would be to restore the balance and stablilize the country. maybe that will happen. of course that will be mostly, and should be the work of the afghans themselves, first and foremost. the majority group, but others, too, because without that restoring that balance, it's going to be always some kind of

violence. it's - in some respects it's like if you don't restore the balance, you are going to have confrontations and clashes all the time. >> thank you for talking to us. pavel, defense analyst from moscow. >> staying in afghanistan - in heratz, a recently opened museum pays open to the afghans who died in the war. >> on the edge of herat on western afghanistan, captured soviet wepenry frames a museum. the walls are filled with the names of hundreds of thousands of afghans who died when the moouja had een rose up against the occupation. >> what people feared most was aerial bombing from the sof yet. it was tough. what was most distressing was

the kitting of women, the -- killing of women and the children. it united us. >> at the heart of the museum, life-size statues of the fighters guards the entrance to a diarama of a wall showing the history. sof yet murder villages, villages rise up, sof yet killed, the moouja dine march home. >> afghanistan's school mystery books gloss over the more than 30 years of conflict that blighted the country. the museum was created in part to remind the future generations of the horrors of war. >> the museum was founded by a former commander. his son, a local politician and businessman reflects a few often heard, that history is about to

repeat itself. >> when the soviets are defeated, the world abandoned us. they didn't want to attack the country. we have sacrificed ourselves for the world and war against terrorism. in return, they are going abandon us again. n.a.t.o.'s combat mission ends. it's a pre-arranged withdrawal, not a soviet style retreat. it doesn't stop people feeling uneasy about what the future holds. >> coming up, andy with the latest from the winter olympics , and news of a surprise defeat for the defending wimbledon champion.

>> nigeria has become a hub of banking and internet fraud. banks are trying to cut crime, with the introduction of biometic technology. as we report, not everyone is convinced it will work. >> introducing tighter controls into the banking system, over the next few months millions of bank customers will cue up to have their faces and fingerprints scanned. regulators see the implementation as a solution to bank fraud and money laundering that have given the country a bad day. >> if you find the microfinance

in one point, your data is available to everybody. you can't go to an atm, you can't go and borrow money. it's enough of a deterrent. it will change behaviour and attitudes. >> the challenges are enormous. rolling out the scheme will cost months. some face challenges of their own. >> banks in nij -- nigeria hope the new technology will help resecure money. >> for many individuals these controls came too late. this man lost $50,000 to a business partner. >> he forwarded the account via

text message. immediately i saw it, within an hour i couldn't get his account. >> one here after, the money has not been paid. like some, he is skeptical that the biometric data will cure the worries. for now, cash transactions will do business for many nigerians. for many, it will plague the country's system. >> that sting means it's time for andy and news out of sochi. austria claimed the second gold. anna fenninger claiming a title

in the superskiing. it's the second successive games that austria won. it's the fastest alpine discipline after the downhill. a german took silver, adding to her goal. six more gold medals coming up on day eight. let's look at what is to come. the women's cross-country relay, teams of four, with each skier competing in 5km stints. there's three goals to be won. the women 1500 metres will be decided along with the men's thousands and 1500 metre titles. the final run of the skeleton follows with russia's team leading. semon aman is looking for a fifth ski jump title.

>> here is a look at the medal count: >> canada were top of the table four years ago when they hosted the games in vancouver. they are in third with 11 medals. >> great britain is facing a rare winter olympic gold medal, yarnov winning the women's skeleton, the 10th medal. she took the event in 2008 after being spotted at a talent identification event. at the time she admitted to not knowing what the skeleton was. >> everyone tells me i'm the olympic champion. it's not going to sink in for a long time. it's been my dream as long as i can remember, every night going to bed. i slide down the track in practice and go through it, and

visualise my dream, but not winning, but the process. coming though the finish line and seeing the number one, after the fourth run - oh, my gosh. >> football, and manchester city versus chelsea is the stand-out game in the fifth round of the english fa cup. it's the last game: city and cardiff have champion's league matches next week as well. >> we'll try to win in spite of playing against the best team in this country. yes. we approach it the same. we don't want to replay. >> full am's american owner defied the club manager after 17 games in charge. another has been brought in to

save the club from delegation. it's the first german to coach in the league. fulham are bottom of the table. he has 12 games to turn the season around. >> dooega maradona enjoyed taking on a determined opponent. in the italian tax authorities he found a persistent one. he will take his place to the european parliament, accused of owing $50 million as a napoli player two decades ago. >> translation: i know that one day justice will prevail. i thank those people that understood i'm not a tax evader nor stealing jobs from the italian people. i want to go to italy to go to a football match or meet forehands. often i don't feel like coming because i may be persecuted. >> the qatar open finals take

place, jango vich is in the semi, beating pitaver. yanco vich plays angeliek kerfeer. >> andy murray is still to hit full fitness since having back surgery. the world number six beaten in rotterdam in the quarter files of the world tennis tournament. australia cricketers look to be closing in on a convincing win in the first test against south africa. having set the top-ranked side 482. mitchell johnson has been all over the top order. south africa - 65/3 at lunch on day four. >> india's cricketers looking good for a win away from home. they have taken control of the second test in new zealand.

rohani scored his first test century as india made 438 in the first innings. new zealand need another 222 runs to avoid an innings defeat and make india bat. they lead the series 1-0. >> i wanted to take my time. i just wanted to play the game and whatever i've been playing. i just wanted to take my time. >> credit to them, they played well at the top and got off to a good start. rohani was good and dohni's counterattack hurt us. their partnership was probably the difference between an okay day for us and a good day for them. yes, i mean, if we had taken a

wicket there we could have been in the hunt. >> more on the website, including a live blog with the latest from the sochi winter olympics. where sweden have won the women's cross-country skiing title. check it out aljazeera.com/sport. more from me later. that is all the support for now. >> thank you very much. >> the oner of the top prize at the beline international film festival will be announced today. movies from china to bollywood are in the running to win the coveted golden bear. we have a preview of the contenders. >> this is what it's been building up to for the last nine days, the golden bear, the big prize at the biennale. who will take it, that is anybody's guess. chinese cinema is well remembered "no man's land", a tale of greed taking years to

make much one of many films showed, up against a german field "in between worlds", the sto story of a german soldier befriending a boy. >> a big cast in a german field. that opened the show, will it have a big part in the closing. scott may be able to tell us, from "variety" magazine. >> you can never predict these things. everyone feels the competition in the last couple of days from boyhood. the film, which was made in an unusual way, 12 days, a few days a year, so the main kaj ter, a young boy, a college-aged student. almost like in michael aphead

movies. in addition to the main boy, the daughter is in the film and aims in real time. it's a remarkable experience to see a film made in an unusual way. it's a beautiful film about ordinary things - coming of age, divorcing parents, changing of the times. i think people found it moving, as audiences did at sundance. >> there's 20 films in conversation for that top prize. 400 or so screenings in the last nine days, half a million people or so have been turning out to see the films. we haven't long to wait. the announcement is expected after 7:00 pm local tie or 1800 gmf. >> we wait with anticipation. that's it for the news hour. stay with us on al jazeera. we have another full bulletin of news at the top of the hour. keep up to date on the website, aljazeera.com.

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