american journalism >> a warm welcome to this hour of aljazeera news hour. these are stories we're covering in detail in the next 60 minutes. wanted now for mass murder, an arrest warrant is issued for ukraine's fugitive president. >> stepping down, egypt's prime minister said his government is to resign. >> uganda's president signs a law that could see gay people jailed for 14 years. >> in london with the rest of

the news from europe, britain's prime minister goes offshore as oil takes center stage in the debate on scottish independence. >> what will the style of government be? we cult the new italian prime minister's stylist. >> he is a man on the run and on ukraine's most wanted list, labeled a mass murderer. viktor yanukovych faces an arrest warrant for killing peaceful civilians. he was reportedly last seen in a part of ukraine largely pro russian, and russia's prime minister's described events as an warmed mutiny. while the man acting as ukraine's interim president said his economy will be in closer

integration. $35 billion from russia is needed in aid and to round it up, the u.k.'s finance minister that said we should be there with a checkbook. >> let's go live in the ukrainian capitol. is there any semblance of order now at all in ukraine? >> i'm sorry, could you repeat that question? >> with all of the difference events, so many things said and so many outside and inside interests, is there any semblance have order in ukraine? >> well, there is a semblance of order, the parliament has been convening, cushions about how to form the government, differing opinions and what they would like to see and who they would like to see part of that government. there were strong opinions about representatives to join that

government of national unity. we do have the parliament that is convening in an emergency session, all sessions are now emergency that has been decided last saturday. they have been discussing how really to kickstart the economy. they've also been discussing the future role of the riot police in this country. you do have a sense of normalcy, even though there is still that hunt going on for the former president, viktor yanukovych. his trail has gone cold, the last thing we heard from the acting interior ministry who basically on his facebook page posted the fact that yanukovych was last seen in a small port in the south of the country, also where the russian naval fleet is based. since then, we haven't heard

anything and we are still waiting to hear from the prosecutor general about the arrest warrant. it's still not official, so you do get a sense that the country is moving ahead and there's some sort of normalcy going. joining me to discuss this order is a political science professor here in kiev. thank you very much for joining me. now, looking ahead, the national unity government, what are we to expect about its formation. >> first of all, it's necessary to form the parliamentary majority, because the country return to the constitution of 2004, which was canceled by president yanukovych i will legitimately and it's very important to return to that constitutional design, but the new system is much more balanced. president would be only one players and prime minister and whole cabinet responsible to the

parliament, so it would be balanced system. that's very important, despite the need, so there could be different things, but the system would be much more balanced and that's why democratic. so what we see now is actually a position is joined by m.p.'s who are formerly non-party members and also there's a lot of defectors from the party from ruling party, regions, i believe it's more than 80 deputies, who left the regions and some have already decreed to new faction. that's really important. we will have not only a position, but majority, which would include former representatives of other parties or former ruling parties and that give us their sense of potentially on the one hand compromise solution and on the

other that we will really have the n new government, not including members of the former corrupt political regime. >> one major issue is the economy. catherine ashton is in town. we do know that the trade deal is not on the table at the moment at least until the presidential elections, but she is coming to find ways to maybe bring a loan or some sort of stimulus package for this country. how urgent is it and do you feel that ukraine is maybe at the moment when it comes to money trapped in a race between russia and the west? >> first of all, ukraine was going to sign an agreement in november with the e.u. it was ready, and unfortunately, russia started actually economic warfare against ukraine and black mailed yanukovych and finally yanukovych declined signing of this very important association agreement with the

e.u. part of this association agreement is a free trade zone with the e.u., which would be beneficial for the ukraine economy, so i believe when we will have a new government, first of all, it would be possible to sign this agreement, which is ready and which would open european market for ukrainian goods and on the other hand, yes, we do need financial support service, because what russia is doing is not economickiccal, it's political motivated in order to keep ukraine under control of russia, which is saying about one nation with ukrainians and russia, which is really stupid. he doesn't understand that ukraine is a separate country, as its people here, we are fighting for its own freedom. what we expect, for three months of protest, we heard a lot of

very nice statements in support of ukrainian democracy. now when it's support, ukrainian prove to be european nation which is striving peacefully to democracy, and i think it would be very encouraging for ukrainians that finally, the e.u. would say that at some point, ukraine deserves to become a member of the e.u. i am not talking about next year, but finally, because we want to be part of european family of nations. >> thank you very much. obviously there are people here who wouldn't agree with what he just said, but that said, we do get a sense that viktor yanukovych has lost a lot of support, whether here in kiev, but also in his traditional strong hold, like the east and south of the country, a lot of people blame him for the state of affairs of this country.

now catherine ashton will be meeting with m.p.'s today and tomorrow, is the some point the acting president of this country. only then we will find out what sort of economic deal has been put forward to the government here. >> thank you. talking about the east of ukraine, one of the biggest cities in that russian-speaking district, which is yanukovych's power place said he now accepts the new authorities in kiev. >> i recognize decisions of ukraines parliament at legitimate, it is ukraine's only legitimate body now. we need to face the truth. a lot of mistakes, including tragic mistakes have been made and the most horrible thing is they led to people's death. for this the president will undoubtedly taken into account. >> the second biggest city anti

yanukovych protestors not giving up their cause. >> still standing their ground, the pro europe protestors in this pro-russian city showing defiance and trying to repeat the miracle of kiev's independence square just an hour's drive from ukraine's eastern border and the control of the kremlin. the city's mayor has pleaded with them for a few minutes silence to explain, but his plea fell on deaf ears. inside, they were discussing their tactics for the days ahead, and how they would resist any plans to evict them. across the square, the pro moscow demonstrators still mounting their guard around a giant statue of len anyone, the

only left in ukraine that hasn't been banished to the suburbs. the kremlin's grip on events even here is loosening. a van appears at a side door of the governor's headquarters. >> an attempt by the governor's secretary to remove his personal belongings is stopped by the protestors here. >> the cardboard boxes they were take away contained his personal silver statue of the deposed president. the man in person, though, has so far avoided a similar fate. >> they think we're supposed to yield to them because they're wearing masks and carrying batons. we're going to take away their clubs and smash their heads with them. >> what we're seeing here is not a single sign of remorse. they hold no grasp of the fact that they are criminals, the instigators of the violence in kiev. >> the thin black line of the city's police have managed to prevent the two sides coming to blows, but the anger is

squirrelling around the square. what lice ahead, nobody can tell, but rumors are ripe here the next time the man makes an appearance he will be bringing with him his personal squad of riot police instead of a megaphone. aljazeera. >> now to other world news. egypt's incident rim government resigned, the prime minister made the announcement. he has been asked to stay on as prime minister while a new government is formed. it's not clear why there was a resignation, but presidential election, due by mid april. the army topple would president mohamed morsi last year after protests against his rule and he was appointed weeks after that. >> the cabinet decided today to smith his resignation to the. it's only fair to talk to the people as well. the cabinet took on a heavy responsibility and carried it

out with a high sense of duty and in general achieved success. as with other social project, it can only be as successful as human government can achieve. its members did not spare effort to get egypt out of trouble in terms of security, economy or political turmoil. >> the cab knelt's resignation could pave the way for army chief to run for president in those elections. the interim government sworn in after the out of thing of mohamed morsi in july. it was to lead the country until presidential elections, which aren't due to be held by mid april. the defense minister and army leader is widely expected to win the presidential poll if he stands, but now sisi has oh resign before he can be a candidate. let's get more news on

monitoring developments here. i mentioned al-sisi. is there a bigger picture? >> there's been strikes, a bubbling amount of civil unrest on the streets, so we've seen people working factories now in the delta area, as well as pharmacists, doctors, garbage collectors going on strike, very unhappy with their pay and with conditions. generally with the economic situation in egypt. this cabinet resignation may will be all to do with sisi but could be to try to put a lead on the uprest on the streets to show people they are doing something, listening to people's problems and will come back with something better until parliamentary elections. >> while we wait to get the

makeup of the new government, there will be speculation about who is going to be interior minister who would oversee the elections and defense minister, because at the moment, that is held by. >> al sisi. exactly. at the moment, we don't know if this cabinet resignation means everybody is out, or similar faces in the cabinet as well as new faces. it may be that he stays on and later announces his candidacy to run for president. we really don't know, so at this stage, it's alger have you not clear and interior minister, the other very important post that we'll be waiting to see if he'll be out and somebody new in or whether those two important posties will stay the same and we'll see a few new faces.

>> aljazeera demanding the release of its staff held 58 days now in egypt. they are accused of having links with a terrorist organization and of spreading false news. aljazeera rejects those charges. other aljazeera journalists from the arabic channel has been held since august, on hunger strike for more than a month protesting his imprisonment. >> now still to come on this news hour: ♪ >> an emotional public farewell to 21 afghan soldiers killed as they slept as kabul hint at foreign involvement in the attack. >> u.s.a. to see that green house gas challenge in court. >> $18 million on a player they already have.

>> he is gay and has aids. that makes life doubly ditch in uganda. we've changed his name and hidden his face. this clinic provides services to people of high risk. he comes here to get life saving drugs but worries the new law will make that impossible. >> i don't think the government will allow us to be here or to actions anything, because they will think that the hospital is promoting us, which is not true.

>> here in parliament, the anti homosexuality bill was passed. the president agreed to sign it into law. >> i will sign the bill. [ cheering ] >> it's widely supported here. it was said he shouldn't sign it. politicians here want it. >> religion is important to people in uganda. at the side of the street, you can buy paraphernalia outside of cher. some religious leaders played a key role in mobilizing the population to support the bill. while in reality, the existing law is rarely enforced, few people go to court or jail and it's unlikely that the new law could be fully enforced either. gay rights activists say the rhetoric has made life extremely difficult and dangerous.

>> legal experts say its unconstitutional. they're a tiny minority. ears say it's a convenient distraction from lack of public services. others like him only hope the politics won't cut off the medicines that keep them alive. aljazeera, uganda. >> that is the story in uganda, but amnesty international said the situation there reflects a growing anti gay trend across the african continent. like uganda, it is illegal to be gay in 35 other african countries, homosexuals facing a range of sanctions including imprisonment. northern nigeria and souther somalia, people found to be in same sex relationships there face the death penalty. >> in 18 african countries, homosexual's legal but they are easily the minority across the

continent and amnesty said existing gay rights are steadily being eroded. >> working with the organization which advocates for gay and lesbian rights there told us the country is stuck with outdated tuesday. >> quality is something we have always have. it's the british laws that took that away from us. for me, it is very, very disturbing that we are holding on to, we choose, select what we want to stick with and then also give back some of the things. i mean british, the british law that we're using today, britain itself does not criminalize homosexuality anymore, why don't we follow that if we are so hung up on the british? >> now the northern scottish city at the heart of the high prosecutor file political battle

with more on this and the rest of europe's news, to our london news center. >> david camden's cabinet normally is just around the corner here in central london but now the ministers are further north in the oil city of aberdeen. it's connected to scott land's independence referendum in september. cameron has been visiting an oil and gas rig in the north sea for the first time, head of the cabinet meeting where the future of the industry will be discussed. he believes a united economy is vital to maximize oil revenues. >> i think it makes a very strong argument about the united kingdom and how the broad shoulders are one of the top 10 economies in the world has really got behind this industry and will continue to stay behind this industry until we get the maximum benefit out of it for all of the united kingdom, including scotland. because we are a top 10 economy, we can invest the long term structure necessary to make sure

we recover as much from the sea as possible. that's good for everybody. >> campaigning for independence, he is taking his meeting south of aberdeen. as you'd expect, he doesn't agree that scotland needs english oil expertise. >> that's a very interesting concept for people in this part of the world who can glance across the north sea to norway, a country smaller than scotland, but a country by which every observation has handled its north sea oil and gas resources substantially better than the stewardship from westminster. >> what is cameron hoping to achieve with this trip up there? >> well, this is clearly an all-out media assault. he's gone out to this oil rig and wants that make clear that he believes the united kingdom will best serve the north sea oil and gas industry. to give you an idea of why this

is so important, current production on the continental shelf of united kingdom is worth $100 billion for the u.k. economy every year. that's a massive amount of money. i'm joined by a political analyst based here in aberdeen. why is the oil and gas industry so important to the debate? >> it's important because if scotland were to become independent, it would receive 90% of the current oil revenues. clearly that's quite a lot of money. it will also help to cover money that will be lost as a result of independence. >> he has made mention of norway, is there a realistic option for scotland? >> i think clearly the

norwegians are a country that have best utilized their own revenues. the problem that scotland would face now is whether it would be possible to save money and build up a pot, if you like, for use in the future, because there will be such considerable pressures on currently revenue spending year to year, so it seems a little bit -- it's not quite clear how both those objectives can be achieved. >> what happens with the oil and gas industry should scotland become independent has been a major issue and perhaps one that voters will be considering. do you think that there's more issues at stake here with this debate? >> i think so in terms of the yes-no debate. clearly, the oil revenues are very helpful to the yes campaign, because there's a feeling well, we'll get 90% of the current revenues.

i think that at the end of the day, it's the emotive issue i think that people may feel that we are scotts, we have a certain identity and really ethnic identities ought to have their own separate states. i think that the sentiment behind that is much more likely to tell in the outcome of the referendum. the arguments over the pluses and minuses of what happens to be oil revenues. >> thank you very much, michael dyer, a lot for scotts to consider when they go to the polls. >> we're going to meet the syrian refugees who say cultural differences forced them to leave u.n. run camps in jordan.

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>> you're watching the aljazeera news hour with david foster. ukraine's interior minister is working on an arrest warrant for the ousted president viktor yanukovych who fled kiev on friday. new acting authorities want him tried over the death the of protestors. >> egypt's interim government has quit, made the announcement, not clear why he stepped down. presidential elections are due by mid april. >> uganda's president signed a controversial law setting out tougher penalties for homosexuals, allowing jail for four years and also banning what

it calls the promotion of homosexuality. >> it's been a suicide bombing outside the iranian consulate. two soldiers have been killed. security officials are searching for two attackers who escaped after the bombing. let us go live now to peshwar. >> in the last few minutes, we've heard that the suicide bomber did detonate himself, but there's also an explosive laden car outside the iranian consulate. they are trying to defuse it as we speak. we do not know why the consulate was the target, but there have been sectarian attacks that have taken place in the past. there were multiple groups

outfits which had threatened various incidents lakes of the pakistani security forces as well as diplomatic enclaves. >> in terms of police activity, security activity there, how intense is it? >> in the last few days, we've seen the fatigue come under a lockdown. ever since pakistan security forces started going after fighters in the tribal areas, the capitol has seen intense number of security personnel, and heightened security at all entrances and exit. we are at the hotel from here, going to the blast location, which takes about five minutes. that actually took us about 20 minutes, because we have to go through multiple check posts and security points. despite that. there is a number of suicide attacks that the security fears

have entered the province from the pile areas. we saw one such suicide packet diffused just a few days ago by the bomb disposal squad. security is very, very tight. despite that, there are loopholes that the fighters are trying to exploit. >> thank you very much indeed. elsewhere in northwest pakistan, a send year member of the taliban has been shot dead in his car. he had briefly taken over after the leader was killed in a drone strike in november. we have more from islamabad. >> the commander of the taliban pakistan was killed by unidentified gunman. it is said that he was attacked as he left his home. interestingly, he was appointed

as a chief of the taliban pakistan in the interim period also a member of the high council, which is also known as the taliban shura. the pakistani government has been carrying out reprisal attacks against the agency. those are reprisal attacks for those carried out after 20 pakistani soldiers were beheaded on the afghan side of the border. this comes at a time when peace talks are deadlocked. it appears that attacks such as this may jeopardize those talks altogether. >> 21 soldiers died in the incident.

there have been emotional scenes as a public funeral for the men in kabul. bernard smith reports. >> the killing of 21 afghan soldiers as they slept at a remote outpost seems to be the worst single blow to government forces in the last three years. they would have had little chance as their base, close to the border with pakistan was overrun by what the government says were hundreds of taliban fighters. >> the attack was organized from the other side of the border and it was very intensive. the army defended their country until the last drop of their blood. >> the defense minister accused a foreign intelligence service of helping plan the attack. he didn't name pakistan, but the inference was clear. >> since the beginning of the year, more than 80 soldiers have been killed in combat with the taliban, a measure the army faces looking after the security

of its own country without the help of nato. >> nato support was requested, the afghan army says, but it didn't arrive in time. this man's son was a soldier for more than three years. he was the only breadwinner, his father says. >> there's been an outpouring of public sympathy for these soldiers and their families and plenty of frustration voiced about fears the army is poorly equipped. all this may have helped prompt this public memorial. it was a first for the afghan army, which is normally reluctant to publicize is rapidly growing list have casualties. >> bernard smith, aljazeera, kabul. >> syria's government is ready to cooperate with a u.n. resolution which goes on both sides of the conflict to allow

aid delivers. 8 million people are in need of help and supplies. con voice made it into the city of homs during a brief truce between opposition fighters and government forces. aid groups managed to evacuate hundreds of people from the city, mostly women, children and the elderly. many syrian families have told us here at aljazeera that they're being denied entry into jordan. they are stranded at the border and fear they will be targeted by the syrian military. >> for the sake of those children, have some mercy. >> why have you come to the jordanian borders now? >> we fled the bombardment, explosive barrels, rockets and shells. should we wait to see our children slaughtered? we are losing a loved one every day. >> how long have you been here?

>> we have been here since morning, but others have been here for more than three days. >> jordan's home to hundreds of thousands of syrians who have fled their country, many choosing not to live now in u.n. run refugee camps for cultural reasons. from northbound jordan, we report. >> since the syrian refugee crisis began, the jordanian government built officials camps like this one to cope with the human in flux. it wanted to avoid these, informal tented settlements set up by the refugees themselves. here, hundreds of families have left the nearby camp to live on privately owned land. this man is poor and prefers to live in a tent among people from his hometown in syria to living among strangers. >> i don't have $300 to rent a flat. i'm not even getting $70 a month to spend on food.

it's better to live in a tent than face a landlord who wants his money. >> many of these syrian refugees belong to the same tribes as the jordanians who live here. it's a deeply engrained tradition to help and protect your relatives. that's what this jordanian man is doing. >> i've given land to build tents, build a bathroom and shower for them and make sure assistance that comes here is distributed. >> there are pure services here than official camps. many here have to buy their own water, but they say that's fine in exchange for the freedom and sense of security and familiarity they get through tribal ties. >> most have left to live in nearby tents, saying returning isn't an option because refer gees from the province make up the majority there and these refugees from homs do not feel comfortable as the minority in the camp. >> a bedouin from homs said she

is used to a nomadic lifestyle and cannot be restricted to a fenced camp. >> there are differences between us and those who live in refugee camps. they are farmers and we are bed wins. we can't live together. we can only live with our own people. >> these tented settlements have been springing up all over jordan. the government has been understanding but can be evicted. >> all families who are not properly registered through the government's registration system, in those cases, the government has declared that it will take action. >> jordan is the third largest host country, refugees and the number of those coming from syria is only likely to keep rising. that means more tent cities. aljazeera. >> back to london for more news out of europe, specifically

lauren. thanks, david. the new prime minister to speak to the countries senate for the first time ahead of a mandatory vote of confidence for his brand new coalition government. he became italy's youngest prime minister on saturday. the former mayor is for political and legal reform. >> there's been a meteoric rise for him. political governor to mayor to prime minister all before his 40th birthday. we traveled to his home city of florence to get local opinion on him. >> antonio has worked as a barber for more than 60 years but recently lost his most famous client, the 39-year-old mayor of florence. he says that florence's loss is italy's gain. >> he is the best, he has the

ideas, he is a doer and he has the energy to do things. he never stops. it's difficult to keep up with him. i wish him good luck. >> not everyone in florence is sad to see him go. >> if he manages italy as he managed florence, it won't end well. he will only last six months. >> i don't think he is ready to lead italy especially because of the way he got there. he doesn't have enough experience. he went from governor of tuscany to mayor of florence to prime minister. what is he becoming next? the pope? >> he was appraised for closing down the city center to traffic, believe bicycle lanes and for a city plan that banned new bills. he was criticized for privatizing the local transport company and for slashing the salary of council workers. >> he once compared himself to the david of mickle angelo, but you'll youth and ambition proved sufficient to run florence, his critics say he needs a lot more than that to lead italy out of

the economic crisis. >> one of them wrote a book. >> age doesn't matter, as his experience in florence shows, enthusiasm and energy can improve things, but they soon crash against old problems in this country, such as bureaucracy and the huge public debt. >> florence is known as the birth place of italy's renaissance. now its mayor needs to prove he's the man to watch over the countries rebirth. aljazeera, florence. >> pope francis's move to take greater control over financial affairs after a series of sandals. the head of the catholic church set up a new secretary of the economy, headed by a cardinal with 14 reporting to him. id will be guided by a council including financial experts from outside the church. >> 100 migrants broke into the

spanish enclave in a mass assault. 500 people armed with sticks and stones stormed the six-meter high fence. morocco said 16 members of its security forces were injured trying to stop them. >> in russia, seven activists have been given jail sentences of four years for taking part in pro tests against president vladimir putin two years ago, convicted of rye ideaing during demonstrations surrounding putin's demonstrations in 2012. supporters gathered outside the court with some chancing slogans backing ukraine. one member of pussy riot said russian protestors have been encouraged by those events. >> i hope we find inspiration by finding it's possible to remove things we don't like. with regard to putin. it's clear that this situation troubles and frightens him. >> back to david.

>> still to come, drama at a very wet daytona 500. we'll have that and the rest of the sport.

only on al jazeera america >> the obama administration is facing a legal challenge to its efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions. the supreme court is to hear arguments by industry groups who want the agency stripped of its authorities, and setting new

standards for power plants. >> it's one of barack obama's top environmental goals, reducing the output of carbon dikes side from new vehicles and the next generation of power generators and other plants. >> we are pumping out less dangerous carbon pollution. if we keep going down this road, we're going to have a future full of good paying jobs. >> obama's critics say the tougher rules are costing jobs and will spell the end to coal fired power plants in the u.s. is efforts have been blocked in the u.s. congress, so he's invoking presidential executive powers to carry out with the e.p.a. calls its mandate under existing environmental laws. >> we are applying the law as intended to a pollutant that is regulated under the clean air act, done what we've always done, looked at how to be reasonable and rational.

>> while obama is accused of a war on coal, he out toes the benefits of natural gas as a cheap and abundant substitute, calling it a less polluting bridge fuel until renewable energy sources that emit no carbon dioxide. natural gas's mine ingredient may be worse for global warning, methane visible here with an infrared camera. the impact pound for pound is 30 times greater than c.o.2 in accelerating climate change. >> if you release natural gas to the atmosphere without burning it, you release pure methane instead of c.o.2. it has a significant warming impact. >> a new study by stanford university researchers found the e.p.a. was underestimating the amount of leaking methane by half. the gas escaping from hundreds have thousands of well storage tanks and corroding papes. in the city of washington,

nearly 6,000 methane and other gas leaks have been identified in pipe lines. >> as opposed to its hard line against carbon dikes side, the obama administration has free trained from imposing regulations to curb methane, relying instead on private industry to plug its own leaks. >> not only to save the environment, but make money by turning now wasted methane into more commercial fuel. tom ackermann, aljazeera, washington. >> time in the news now for the full sports roundup now. >> barcelona paid $18.6 million to the spanish tax authorities to cover any potential regular hearts over the signs of brazilian striker. the spanish club still maintain their in sense over charges of fraud. it means the cost is in and out up to $138 million.

>> a loss of knee-0, a team that began the game four points ahead. >> they extended their unbeaten run with a victory. german international scored twice. crowateion striker also got on the score sheet. jamaican sprinter brown has been cleared to run again by the court of arbitration. the two time olympic 200-meter champion missed the world championships in moscow last year and has not competed since testing positive for a banned substance ins may.

she was suspended by her countries national federation. brown has always denied wrongdoing. >> jason collins made his debut for the brooklyn nets as we won at the los angeles lakers. collins became the first actively open gay player to compete in the nba. the 35-year-old signed a 10 day contract for the nets sunday. he failed to score, but williams the top scorer scored 30 points. >> i understand you guys have a job to do and i do understand that there is significance, but at the same time, there are other athletes, all of us, you know, it's about being an athlete, about going out and winning, competing, playing hard. >> after the longest delay in nascar history of over six hours, when the race resumed,

there were multi-car crashes. danica patrick hitting the wall head on in one. there was even a big wreck on the final lap, but earnhardt, jr. still managed to take the checkered flag. he last won this race 10 years ago. >> the state championship in arizona, a final could have been avoided had he sunk a put on the 18th, but he missed it. he had to twice negotiate to half posts at the 19th and 20th hole. he clears the biggest victory of his clear on the 23, the australian won $1.5 million. >> tennis as well, number one won the rio open.

he took it 6-3, wrapping up the second on a tie break to seal his 43rd title. nadal's 60ly comes after having injured his back. >> i think i play much better, and yet happy to have the title. finally to come back again and win the title, i'm very happy and thank you very much. >> the 2014 winter olympics came to a close in sochi on sunday. the closing ceremonies saw russia officially pass on hosting duties to south korea. our reporter was in the south korean capitol, seoul.

>> it won't compare with the amount of money spent in sochi, $15 billion, saw the korea intends to spend $9 billion. part of the reason is that this is the third bid, the successful third bid for south korea for the olympics, so much has already been put in place. seven of the 13 separate venues are already there, already waiting. in terms of the weather, it will feel much more like winter than sochi. even though south korea has suffered from lack of snowfall in winter historically, in the last few years, we've seen the hundred year snowfall record broken twice. it's possible they'll get a huge amount of snow, but temperatures will ensure the artificial stuff

will be than during the competitions in sochi. one of the questions is whether north korea will send its own teams. kim jong-il has been promotes sports, building a massive park which opens this winter. there are some in south korea, some calling for a jointly north-south olympic team. a northern team will be welcome but the prospect of a joint team is pretty small, saying releases would have to improve significantly for that to happen. >> that's sport. back to david. >> think of mobile, you probably think phones, but in an increasingly connected world, may be other gadgets, appliances, even cars are coming on line. the mobile world congress is in spain with the latest innovations on show. >> the world mobile congress is

the largest mobile technology, bringing together 75,000 delegates, 1800 exhibitors, many of them showing off their latest wears. it brings together some of the smartest minds of the industry to ponder the current and future state of mobile technology. >> connected devices are used in sports. he is using this to monitor the blood sugar levels in his body. that information gets sent u upo the satellite and down to a website. he can monitor glucose and heart rate. the applications are not only for professional athletes, but also in the home. it could be for someone with diabetes going about their every day lives. there are monitors in the home that could apply to those

brushing their teeth. they connect with the toothbrush. it talks to the phone. it immediately tells you where you should brush in your mouth and also to how long, if you put too much pressure on a particular part, the app tells you to ease off. they say they've tested this on 10,000 volunteers and found that people who tend to brush their feet for more than twice as long when they have this smart monitoring going on in the bathroom. many new technologies like this smart shirt actually record and transmit the vital signs of the players during the game seem almost futuristic, sometimes gimmicky in nature, but go back 10 years and you have to remember that some of the technologies of the day seemed the same, and today, these technologies are very much part of our every day life. >> smart monitoring in the bathroom. i don't think so. see you next time.

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