this is al jazeera. argentina in doha and in london, this is "the newshour." coming up in the next 60 minutes, a new truce. a signed deal with the government paving the way for early elections. al shabaab fighters claim responsibility for a suicide attack on the presidential. with the latest from europe including western europe's last

major back of movement etta pledges to put some arms beyond use. up to 200 people are arrested outside of a moscow court as inside, eight activists convicted of rioting and assault figure first to ukraine where a deal has been done to diffuse the crisis. the main square left into chaos. it's not clear how it will play out in kiev. protesters are still in independence square. >> that's at a time epicenter of the protest. outside of the capital, the situation, that's volatile, too. images from the eastern city of donesque. people have been queuing up to, to withdraw money. police withdrawn from the

streets these are images from overnight where protesters have capped government buildings. first, we go to kiev the capital. al jazeera simons is there. bringing us right off to date. >> events happening very quickly now after a four-hour delay chen it was expected that this deal would be signed by the opposition heard and yanukovych himself. the opposition leaders addressed the council here, and eventually they agreed for their leadership

to go forward to the president's office where they signed the deal brokers by european prime ministers. the essence of the deal is that right away, a special law put into effect to bring back the old constitution from 2004, which reduces the power of the president right down to basic level. a new parliament will be formed, a new government which will actually be a national unity government which will move forward and then reform the constitution and new elections for the presidency will take place by the end of the year. now, this all happened very quickly. the president no longer has the showers he used to have. there are other elements to this deal, which will hopefully enforce peace over the coming

days for political progress to take place, but there have been mixed feelings in the square here after so much violence, extraordinary change about events when you consider how many people have died in this european capitol. barnaby phillips assessed the mood of the voters. >> reporter: opposition leaders have signed a deal, but selling it to these people will be tough. they talk of revolution, and they say dozens of martyrs have died for their cause this week. we met ivan, a protester or perhaps rebel. >> translator: my children wanted to come here with me. said i would go alone, but i told them to follow me here if i don't come back home. the elder son must be first. >> reporter: so new barricades

are going up, and the exists fences are ever higher and ever-more elaborate. that is the result of this week's killings, and convincing people to take down these defenses is going to be an incredibly difficult task. the politicians can't even control their contempt for each other. more brawls in parliament as the speaker tries to delay debate on changes to the constitution. if the president is the villain in the square, these are the latest heros, peacemen who have joined the protest. they say they want to work for a real peace force. a sign of cracks in the ukrainian state but also in the fabric of the country. >> translator: how are we supposed to look on calmly when we gave our vows to protect the

ukrainian people. >> reporter: in the crowd we find lucia, she has been looking everywhere for a dear friend who is one of the protesters. there is no sign of him. she puts his name on a list, but fears the worst. >> translator: i worked in a hospital in afghanistan during the war. i saw many dead and injured there, but nothing like this. for a president to kill his own people it's not acceptable in a civilized country. >> reporter: she can only prayer her friend is alive, but others have come to pray for all of those that we know have died. this is lydia. she doesn't want to talk about politics after so much bloodshed, but everyone will have to accept a messy political deal. well, andrew this deal is being lauded as a victory for eu diplomacy, but is there any

indication that it will stick given that there have been deals done before. >> reporter: by the way those are fireworks going on behind me. over the coming hours and days there will be a acid test for this. there has to be extraordinary progress under bunker diplomacy as it has been described to be here brokering a deal. but pragmatism, extremely hard under such a tragic situation here, but reality, hard reality has faced the opposition leaders here as well as the president himself. they have had to make very soul-searching decisions about how far they can push things, and the reality, it has to be said, could have been that marshall law could have been enforced that the army may have been deployed. it came very close, closer than

all people realize. getting rid of the army chief on wednesday was the direct result of his refusal to turn the troops on the people of ukraine. the deputy chief of staff resigned only thursday when all of that was going on here with so many people dying undefended, sniper fire and so on. but this deal, whether it sticks or not, remains to be seen, but immense effort has been put into it to try to get the people on board as well as the politicians. >> all right. andrew thank you very much for that. andrew simmons bringing up up to date. as we said earlier there has been unrest outside of the capitol, we have shown you scenes from the east of the country, and also from the west of the country. that's where david is who joins

us live on the line. david what is the situation there? you were reporting earlier that the city is now being run by a people's council. >> that's right. the situation here today is very much calmer than it was when i first arrived. i had to say i was just speaking to one of the local ukrainian teams that i was working with over the past 48 hours, and he said one of his friends had been killed by snipers in independence square, and it's a reminder of the huge sacrifice made by the people here. they have been in the vanguard of these demonstrations, and the city now is in the hands of the people's council, as they call it. they are squaring in their own policemen to guard the polish console late, and russih

rush -- consulate. this morning, i asked a man what does he think of the deal being cooked in kiev, which we have now seen come to fruition, and he said frankly too much glood has been spilled. i want to see all of the leaders at the international criminal court in the hague, and i want the death penalty. that shows you the depth of the feelings and angers here. there is a great deal of anger. but i did man age to speak outside the people's council to the only police [ inaudible ] on the street since i got here -- >> david reporting live from la live in western ukraine. now to somalia where al-shabab has claimed responsibility for an attack on the presidential palace. 12 people were skill -- killed

when a car bomb exploded. let's go live to nairobi and talk to the correspondent for us. this is an audacious attack by al-shabab. >> reporter: yes, it was a very terrible attack. al-shabab, like you said, has claimed responsibility, the military spokesman sent a statement saying . . . the enemy has suffered a great deal of harm, and indeed the people who were there really suffered, what happened is that this attack started with a car bomb and exploded right outside the back gate where the presidential palace is. it's also compound where other

government offices are as well, so it was just not the gunmen who were in the car. there were also gunningmen on foot. they stormed into the compound. there was very heavy fire fight near the mosque where all of the dignitaries go to pray. there were about 12 casualty. we spoke to the interior minister who said that the president and other senior government officials are safe. we're told that these gunmen were wearing military fatigue and red hots normally worn by the presidential [ inaudible ]. and this is the second time that al-shabab is getting very close to the president. in 2012 when he was inaugurated and holding his first media briefing, gunmen attacked, gunmen stormed into a hotel, into a compound of the hotel

where he was holding this press briefing, and one gunman actually managed to get into a hotel in a suicide vest before he was killed. this underscores how challenging dealing with the security is, even as it remains a priority for the government and the african union peace keeping mission there. >> all right. thank you very much for that. a lot more to come here on news hour. turkey's government is accused of threatening the independence of the judiciary, plus, a call for ore anti-government demonstrations in venezuela. we'll take a look at why so many people are so unhappy. and in sports more medals fly up at the winter olympics. ♪ now hopes have risen for the disarmament of western union's

last violent separatists movement. let's join fillesty in london with more. >> yes, an international monitoring team set up in 2011, said that they will put some arms and explosives out of operative use. the team made the historic announcement at a press conference. >> the commission is confident that this step is significant and credible. we belief it will lead to the putting beyond operational use all arms, ammunition, and explosi explosives. from our experience. putting on the operational views, arms, ammunition, and explosives is a necessary stage prior to complete disarmament. we are confident with the support of all political and social actors, this can be

achieved. >> phil takes a look at a movement responsible for hundreds of deaths over more than four decades. >> reporter: the bomb blasts, the shooting, this was their strategy for 40 years. this group of separatists wants an independent homeland. two years ago it called an end to all of this. but there is one huge sticking point, handing over the killing equipment, and making this deal normal. this was what was prom mitted in 2011. the big announcement, it said there would be a definitive end. it was welcomed cautiously. remember they are thought to be responsible for 829 deaths. but it has until now refused to formally disband or disarm, which is exactly what the french and spanish governments have been insisting on.

they want the cashe of weapons handed over. it is saying it will be, quote, significant contributions to a casting settlement. it will put some arms beyond year. some query whether they want to draw the process out while talking to this man. spain's prime minister. it wants concessions. he says no. there are more than 500 prisoners held in jails. they want the conditions they are held in improved. this cache was discovered in a forrest in 2009, but until they are actually given up and willingly, this war between spain and the separatists is unlikely to be truly over.

>> we're joined now live from dublin. i guess a word of caution should be made here, because not all of the weapons have been handed over. >> i think it's very important to distinguish between the peace process in ireland where there was an internationally verified decommissioning process. where weapons were destroyed in front of observers both accepted the good faith. in this case they are not recognizing even though this commission is made up of very [ inaudible ] people, the spanish government doesn't recognize them. and assuming they really want to give up their arms and the political movement that supports

them wants this to happen. there is no doubt about that. they have learned that they will get much further towards independence through democratic means than through terrorism. but how do you persuade the people who are still not in prison, how do you persuade them to lead these people towards arms dumps? the other sticking point the treatment of the prisoners. in most peace processes, prisoners eventually get out of jail, or they could be brought back to prisons within the bask country itself. many are up to 800 kilometers away from the bask country. and these issues keep the

negotiations in conflict. so unless they can both make some concessions it's hard to see this finalizing. >> most of the leaders have been captured and a lot of weapons already found anyway, and political backers don't want the violence to continue, though? >> and even the backers i think know the game is up. as an armed movement it really is over. the danger is that unless there is some quid pro quo, there is a danger that some hard liners might emerge and start the ball rolling again. these things are very, very unpredictable, because a very small number of people can create an effective terrorist unit. and if the spanish security forces act in a heaven-handed

way as they have in the past, you may get support for the movement building up again. so i think it's important that these loose ends are tied up. there is a danger of the spanish government folding its arms and saying it's over, and there are 500-plus people in prison who would not be in prison if it were not for this conflict. they have very badly failed to engage in peace processes itself, but it is now, i think genuinely attempting to do so, though, i think today's rather extraordinary scene, that really is not good enough. they have to come up with a bigger gesture than they came up with today. >> thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you.

>> i'll have more news from europe a little later. for now, those, let's return to you doha. ♪ all right. let's go to nigeria, where the sacked governor of the central bank says he will challenge his removal from office. he was suspended from the president after making public that $20 million has gone missing from the state-run oil company. >> reporter: during the time he has been chief he has a repetition of being an outspoken official in in the country. his current time in office was to end in four months. this comes days after he presented to parliament e deposition the state oil company has failed to remit $20 billion

to federal government coffers. >> and there are questions about some of the [ inaudible ] that have happened [ inaudible ] >> reporter: this is just a case of fighting back. >> the president haven't taken action with respect to this and several other allegations of corruption against officials of the government. it accounts for 80% of state's revenue. giving raise to [ inaudible ] that illegally siphon crude oil from pipelines and process it in

places like this one. that [ inaudible ] of the president is aledged to be taking corruption in nigeria to even higher levels. his one time mentor, and former president said in a letter leaked in december that it would be morally flawed for johnthon to seek a second term. his administration was worse than that of the dictate fors who allegedly lieutenant billions from the treasury. jonathan rejects that criticism and maintains corruption in nigeria is being [ inaudible ] by his enemies syrian activists say hundreds of people have died in air strikes in the last few days. the government has spent more troops to try to recapture the

strategic region. fighting has forced hundreds of families to cross the border to a lebanese town. israeli troops have fired hear gas and sound again neighborhoods at demonstrators in the west bank. it was over the closure of a main road. that happened two decades ago, but the road is often a focus of friction between the two sides. human writing watchers urging the turkish president to veto a new law that gives his government more control over the appointment of judges and prosecutors. critics say it threatens the independence of the judiciary. >> reporter: this man is not happy with the new law passed by the turkish parliament. >> he becomes especially authorized minister, having

excessive powers over the composition of the high council, over the members of the high council, over judges and prosecutors. with all of these changes, you have got a system which puts the separation of powers into the rubbish. >> reporter: turkish supreme council is at the heart of the battle between the government and the movement. his followers are said to have influence over the police and the judiciary. the government blame them for the leak of bringing down the ruling of the justice and development party. the government sacked and reassigned thousands of police officers and prosecutors. it also introduced a new bill to

restructure the supreme council. the government claims the new law will end the [ inaudible ] in the building behind me. but that argument is infuriating the opposition, who accuse the government of destroying the independence of the judiciary. this woman says the government wants to stifle the investigation of corruption. >> translator: by laying their hand on the judiciary they turned it against a silencer. >> reporter: the prime minister is standing firm. his party denies all accusati accusations. a senior member of the ruling party says the case is exaggera exaggerated. >> translator: the problem is not independence of a judiciary,

the judiciary in turkey is working on an ideological structure. our intention is to make the state work. >> reporter: thu power struggle is likely to go on, and only harming the image of turkey. there is a lot more to come here on the al jazeera news hour including the dalai lama and the u.s. president is meeting but china is fiercely opposing the meeting. plus marijuana is legal in some states but it is still a dangerous business. the man who settled the most dramatic finale in world cup history has his hands back on the trophy. i'll explain why.

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president. al-shabab says it has carried out an attack in in mogadishu. europe's last major violence separatist group says it will put some arms and explosives out of use. the historic announcement was made at a press conference. china has warned the united states against meeting the dalai lama. beijing calls the dalai lama a wolf in sheep's clothing. let's go live now. president obama clearly then doesn't mind upsetting the

chinese? >> we are telling the chinese that they can't dictate to him with whom he will meet. the white house says the president is meeting with the dalai lama at this hour in his capacity as a spiritual and cultural leader not as a head of state, and they are meeting not in the oval office where heads of state and heads of government would typically have an audience with president obama, they are meeting in the map room, and no reporters and no photographer are allowed. >> what is the u.s.'s position on tibet itself? >> the dalai lama does not advocate independence, and the u.s. is making it very plain that it was not support tibetan independence, even though there

are many who is sympathetic to the tibetan's cause. the obama administration has grave concerns about the human rights situation in tibet and is l calling on the chinese government to end the human rights abuses and political abuses which the obama administration says are taking place inside tibet. get's go to venezuela now, because the opposition is calling for a nation-wide march on saturday. the government sent soldiers into the western border state where the unrest began, and it has been the scene of violent protests. and in the state capitol, essential services have been cut

and we're told the streets for now are empty. let's take a closer look at why so many people are so unhappy with the government. venezuela has one of the highest inflation rates. the annual rate is more than 50%. currency exchange rates are plummeting, and that has lead to shortage of goods. the president launched what he called an economic offensive. he set a 30% cap profit on companies, but his policies have done very little to calm the tensions. and there are electricity shortages and aledged repression of go opponents as well as the media. let's talk to a learn american analyst who joins us live from london. thank you for talking to us here at -- al jazeera.

there is a long list of complains why have people taken to the streets now? >> because people have been very patient. the sad part of this story is that when chavez started with his revolution many people were warning that the end of the road was going to be an unhappy one and you would get inflation and scarcity, and once that builds up, then people go into the street if they feel they have no other channels to protest. and in the case of venezuela it is interesting, high rates of inflation always hit the poor worst and first, and this is what has been happening in the country, and also it has got now one of the highest murder rates in the whole of the world. now this is extraordinary and

there's no reason other than an impunity and lack of interest in imposing law and order until now, and the president who is very, i'm afraid, terribly incompetent. >> who are the people taking to the streets? because traditionally those who supported the whole of the chavez revolution were the poor, those who you are suggesting are being hurt most right now. >> well, everybody is being hurt, but of course the middle classes and upper classes have got more resources to protect themselves from that kind of -- you know, for things like inflation, but once you have essential goods missing from the shops and you have problems with electricity and a go that is all the time declaring or denouncing conspiracies and decivilization

and so on, it creates a climate of violence, of uncertainty, of mistrust that also fuels the violence. >> and is this a ma lay that can be used to the advantage of the opposition, i'm thinking about one man who has now entered the fray and being charmed with serious charges. >> well, the thing is -- and this is also worrying in venezuela is both the government and the opposition are now divided. and they did have different attitudes. now lopez is in prison now, and there have been lots of people that have been imprisoned and even disappeared, so it is very sad that all of these -- after these 12 years of -- of populous

administration, venezuela ended up in -- like in the state that many had predicted it would end if those irresponsible policies were continued. and this is what has happened sadly. >> thank you very much indeed. >> thank you. now about 50 people have been detained outside of a court in moscow, where eight people were convicted for their part in a big anti-putin protest. >> yes, hundreds were outside the courtroom as the judge jailed the eight activists over a demonstration which took place nearly two years ago. those convicted had taken part in a demonstration which turned violent on the eve of the inauguration of putin in 2012. those arrested on friday were being unfairly targeted.

>> translator: here we see small dirty tricked played by the russian authorities who don't allow people to come closer to the court. the organizations detain people for no reasons, it's putin's eternal cat and mouse game. they see not so many people have come here, so they start picking them out, harassing them, sooner or later there will be more and he will pay for everything. >> tell us about the significance of the verdict in this case. >> okay. well, you know, i myself witnessed this event two years ago. right? it was a small scuffle on the edges of another wise peaceful and orderly demonstration. and it's -- this can happen in any country where you have protests and demonstrations, but it's only in russia that they turn it into a crime of the century, massive conspiracy

against the state as -- as we saw here. these defendants have been charged with mass disturbances and attempting to overthrow the go. and so it -- from the very beginning was a signal to society, you know, don't do that. don't go into the streets. don't protest. and we saw a redoubling of that signal outside of the courtroom today where there were mass arrests pretty indiscriminately, and they are clearly meant to say to people, just don't come out of your homes, don't go into the streets, never. don't do that. >> i'm just wondering how much the events happening in ukraine at the moment are affecting the attitudes of the russian government towards public process. >> yeah, i think the kremlin is watching with horror this spectacle of how a few thousand very determined protesters in the center of the capitol city can actually bring the

government to its knees. i think they know that the russian system of government is not so very different, and i -- i think that the message to putin is nip this sort of thing in the bud. >> thank you. here in the uk the former chief executive of news international says she was unaware of a contract with a private investigator worth more than $150,000. she said she was not informed of the payment to the man who has already admitted phone hacking. the country may still be suffering from one of the worst downturns in decades, but one airline is bucking the trend in greece. it started as a small dependent. but late last year it won the

right to buy out the former state airline. >> reporter: meet greece's new favorite airline. it's won dozens of awards for punctuality and rate of expansion going from 300,000 passengers to 6.5 million last year despite greece's economic crisis. >> we became the first greek airline ever to have today seven days around the country, where we base 17 aircraft, and flying international route directly from them. the investment in the last four years has been primarily international as a way to balance our alliance between greek consumers and international consumers. >> reporter: deregulation killed the airline, says a former ceo because it wasn't run as a business. >> the average lifetime was 8.5

months. there was no consistency in any management to deliver results, because they knew by the time that judgment day came that they would be gone. so therefore, their focus and their target became very short-term, one year. which means what? you know, cater to the whims of the political leadership who was a shareholder. >> reporter: it took six attempts to privatize olympic, partly because it was saddled with a billion dollars worth of illegal subsidies. >> we should have achieved before the olympics to have one local national champion. that would have allowed greek aviation to be five, six years ahead today in the global competition. and that was time lost, so don't delay what needs to be done in

terms of efficiencies that need to be reached. >> reporter: the crisis took its toll. it suffered three straight years of losses but broke back into profit last year. and will now enjoy its first full year of integrated flights with olympic. so greece finally has its national champion, but the real challenge to be a regional power is only just beginning. that brings you up to date with the latest news in europe. let's return to doha now. now to business of a very different kind, in the united states state of colorado. selling marijuana has become legal. it was only last month that it was agreed that it could be sold legally. but now retailers there are having to pay tax, and they are expected to give up to $100 million in revenue this

year, and giving that money to the tax man is proving to be a very tricky business. >> reporter: when you pay your taxes, do you hire combat veterans to keep thieves from stealing your money? you do if you own a marijuana dispensary. big al's security team is the muscle for nervous pot store owners. they are hired to transfer tens of thousands of dollars every day. >> the guy in the dark tinted windows was looking out as well. >> reporter: february 21st is the first day taxes are due. hundreds of pot shops are paying their tax bill in many cases all in cash, because federal laws won't allow them to have bank accounts. >> it will be a lot of cash going to the state and city buildings. >> reporter: this is big al, he

is a former special ops marine, dispensaries started to turning to him for protection when armored car companies found the job too risky. so you have grown five fold because these places need you help? >> oh, yes. >> reporter: it's like growing tomatoes ex-september - -- ex-september the crop that it yields is much more valuable. >> you are always being recorded no matter what you do or say. we also have panic buttons, and standard operation procedures where we can shut the entire december pencery down like that. >> reporter: the denver major is

nervous too, despite the fact that the mile-high city is going to reap millions, he sees it as a problem. >> i'm always concern large amounts of cash come into the city. >> reporter: dan left light shade loaded down with thousands in cash. light shade asked us not to say how much, just one day's take from one of colorado's over 400 pot shops. still to come a ray of light for the mantas. indonesia adopts a new law to help preserve the manta ray species. and in sport canada celebrates a great olympic comeback against the itself. andy will be here with that story. ♪

indonesia is giving full protection to manta rays in its waters. the government found that the fish is worth more alive than dead. officials hope it will help the tourist industry to grow. steph has more now from florez in indonesia. >> reporter: they are one of the most gentle and gracious fish and a popular attraction here where thousands of tourists come every year just to watchm watchman -- watch manta rays.

sometimes they come to the surface where you can actually see them simply from the boat. these huge fish are still being caught and shipped to china and other areas. now they now realize the living manta ray will give them 1 million in revenues while a dead manta ray will only give them a few hundred dollars. ♪ now here a andy on sports. >> details are beginning to emerge of athletes who fail the drug testing.

the international olympic committee will have carried out a total of 2.5,000 drug tests during these games. technology will be kept for 18 years to afor future testing. a one-two finish on the podium after they took gold siller is respectively. thompson took an early lead in the four-woman race. swede took bronze. canada and the usa will renew their hockey rivalry in the semifinal in the men's tournament. thursday saw canada's women winning a fourth straight hockey goal. they did it the hard way scoring

a decisive goal in overtime. with less than 4:00 remaining, the u.s. had been 2-up. canada's women haven't lost a game at the olympics now since 1998, and have won four of the five goals since the sport made its olympic debut. >> i would just say that this one was the hardest one to get in in so many different ways, and it feels really good, very satisfying. and the way that we did it, to come from behind, two goals down was a special win. >> you put yourself in a position to come out on top and be number one, that's what retrain for all year, and a gold medal was the result we wanted. it doesn't feel good. it's devastating this morning. canada have moved up to second in the medals

competition. and ukraine have won their first gold medal in the women's bi-at lon replay. one ukrainian skier withdrew from the games following the clashes in ukraine. >> i think you know that it was really difficult to make this decision, because we working hard for four years, and now [ inaudible ] and to decide to do this, it was really hard for us. i hope for -- just pray for ukraine, and i please all the world to pray for ukraine, and -- and i hope as soon as possible just something just change -- will change there. in golf the top seed has been knocked out of the match

play in arizona. this the sixth straight year now that the highest seed hasn't progressed in round three. rory mcelroy also dumped out of the tournament. a successful return from injury continue after he reached the australian open. he won in straight sets 6-1, 6-2. the first event since the australian open in melbourne. south africa is looking good. and australia for once are struggling in rely. they were convincing winners of

last week's first test. england can still win this year's six nation rugby championship. the former star man has been talking to lee wellings ahead of the latest round of games. >> he famously won this trophy with his white boot 11 years ago. now he has his hands back on the rugby world cup. his hero status is being used to recruit thousands of volunteers. >> the importance of volunteering at all levels be it a junior in clubs to the highest levels of the world cup, nothing gets done without it. >> reporter: but at the moment it's the six nation's tournament which is center stage in rugby, and he accepts that there are

two nations in better position. >> i think england have had two great performances, and this game is the crucial one. if it can come up against a very good ireland team, then they stand to push forward. >> reporter: last month they signed top welsh player who may be vital on kicking duties, but he is welcome with open arms. >> he's a quiet guy. he goes about his business working hard and does it for the rest of his team, you have to say welcome, and we'll be eternally grateful. >> reporter: he will be playing against france for whales as they try to revive their six-nation defense. johnny's long career is now over, much as he could still

like to be a part of the tournament. a new look england side will need to beat ireland in the next match to keep their title hopes alive. >> in the southern hemisphere the chiefs have beaten the crusaders. only a point separating the two teams until this happens. intercepts, and pass, and then the decisive score that put the game beyond the home side. plenty more of course on your website, aljazeera.com/sport. the top story there, canada taking women's ski cross gold as they move onward and upward on the medals table. plenty more sportment doing up later on, but that's it for now. thanks very much indeed. and there is a full news bulletin coming up in just a couple of minutes, so don't go

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