we thank each and every one of you for watching. >> hello, welcome to the news hourm doha with the top international stories. >> fighting and looting, pro ukraine protestors are dealt with as crimea's parliament votes to split from kiev and join russia. >> much more on the ukraine crisis, including joining europe, the new man in charge in kiev in brussels, ready to sign

a deal. >> also ahead, sent back to face justice. the son of muammar gaddafi is extradited. >> china trying to go green to power economic growth. >> it's a scenario that would redrop the map of europe and create a new crisis in international relations, but crimea is moving closer to a split from ukraine. the reamennal parliament voted to join russia and is speeding up referendum ambulance. ukraine's prime minister rejected carlment's vote and said it has no legal ground. facing a military occupation, his government appears to be losing what little influence it still has over the region. we report from ukraine.

>> the news came as a triumph here. dissenters a distinct majority dispatched with russian efficiency. >> i'm for crimea to be with ukraine, i don't want to join criminal russia, people watch television, tell everyone about the real situation here. >> i am a resident. i was born and have been living here. >> in the ukrainian capitol, still rev he willing in the revolutionary aftermath, the news the parliament voted to join russia came as an outrage. >> all ukrainians can see there are so many lies while they are invading crimea. toot pin's policy is unacceptable and wrong. he is destroying his reputation. >> crimean authorities are

called an outlaw government. >> no is an illegitimate decision and this so-called referendum has no legal grounds at all. that's the reason why he urge russian government not to support those who claim separatism in ukraine. crimea was, is and will be an integral part of ukraine. >> here in kiev, the revolutionary fervor is still going strong. there's no doubt the parliament will reject any steps the crimeans take toward russia. what's less clear is how far those ukrainians who fought to take back their country will go to keep in intact. >> for me, it's very sad news. i think ukraine cannot be divided. i'm 150% for united country and crimea must be part of ukraine. >> adding insult to occupation,

crimean lawmakers moved the date of a march 30 referendum asks citizens if they want to break away from ukraine and join russia up two weeks to march 16. for pro russian crimeans the referendum offers a chance for a long-awaited return to the motherland. to many ukrainians and the rest of the nation the move was the latest provocative voluntarily in a war so far of mere words. >> that report from john hendrin in kiev. let's go to paul brennan just outside the crimean parliament. paul, we do know that crimea has an you a to know moss government at the moment but how much legitimacy does this vote and the referendum actually have? >> we've been looking into it here and as far as i can understand it, they simply don't

have the constitutional authority for such a far-reaching decision with international implications. yes, they are an autonomous region, but within the larger nation of ukraine. although they have their own parliament, it has limited powers. it is limited by the constitution, also limited by the legislation. they can have a vote, yes, but it really as far as i understand it, would be no more important than an opinion poll as to exactly what the people think. it would not be binding in the sense that it would open the door for complete cessation of crimea and handing it to part of russia. that is my understanding. they are bound by legislation and by the constitution. they simply do not have the power to make this vote binding on the international arena. >> so it depend on the rest of the country and how they actually feel about it. yesterday, we saw a tense exchange between ukrainian and

russian forces there in crimea. what's the situation like now? >> well, it depends where you go. the vast majority, things r. peaceful and going on as they also were. people are playing with no problem. there are cossack's patrolling outside the parliament. we've been to the northern tip of crimea today, expecting to meet a delegation from s.c.o. coming across in order to try to find out the situation on the ground and perhaps offer alternative to the russian troops who have come out of their bar rackion and then sort of barricading and blockading the ukrainian troops within their bar racks. we were ordered away from a checkpoint at the point of a gun and told in no uncertain terms to clear the area. the ofce delegation were trying

to come from ukraine main if you like. they, too, were turned back and are going to try again tomorrow. you can see the moment in certain areas, the rule of the gun is still what holds sway here. >> certainly a very tense situation there in crimea. paul, thank you very much for that. let's go to kiev where john is standing by. we know the interim prime minister says he's willing to talk to russia, but does he have much support for this or are ukrainians preferring not to engage in dialogue with moscow? >> ukrainians by and large don't really rely on direct negotiations with russia. they don't trust russia, they don't trust putin and while they're willing to talk to russia, they want the entire world community behind them. i talked to the former prime minister yesterday and she said direct talks are not what she thinks they ought to do. she things the world community

ought to be involved in those negotiations. she and many other ukrainians want very strong sanctions against russia to press the pressure for russia to back off, because right now russia seems to have annexed crimea. here there is skepticism. that seems to be a consensus as to what people want. >> thank you very much. reporting from the capitol kiev. earlier, we heard from paul brennan, reporting for us from crimea. as the diplomatic efforts continue, european union leaderrers have been meeting in brussels. our european news center has more on that. >> thank you. e.u. heads of government are holding an emergency summit to try to agree on a common approach to the crisis in ukraine including sanctions against russia.

we have the story. >> the leaders of the european union have gathered in search of a convincing and unified reapproach of russia for its actions in crimea. this is not a body famed for its common approach to problems, and differences were clear from the start. can we hold talks, for example a contact group. we're working on this. i'm favor of it. we have to say that we can't just go back to normal especially if there are no diplomatic talks at all, which means you have to deal with different diplomatic sanctions. whether or not they will be implemented we'll have to decide which depends on however the diplomatic talks progress. >> trade relationships with russia, like germany prefer type lopez and dialogue over immediate tough sanctions, while others more vulnerable, some on russia's borders want moscow to

know that its actions have consequences. >> the danger of what we see today in europe is rewriting the post war and this signal russia is sending to us and we need to understand it properly and to react immediately, because after crimea will be moldava and other countries. >> unit over sanctions may prove illusive, but the leaders agree on one thing. while russia calls the new government in kiev illegitimate, here in brussels, the prime minister is being fated as the man in charge. the prevailing view is likely that talks with russia should continue and while the threat of sanctions may emerge here, their implementation may be put on hold. aljazeera. >> now to brussels. what have they been talking

about? >> well, i think the choreography of the day, symbolism has been important, the e.u. wanted to send a message that as far as it is concerned, the prime minister is legitimate. they want the russians to understand, their ultimate goal is to get this government and the russians talking. that's not something the russians are willing to do for the time being. it's also about offering tangible help to the prime minister, one of the things he was very keen to stress in his press conference was that as far as he is concerned, as far as his government is concerned, they want to push forward with an association agreement with the european union. don't forgot, it was the association agreement with the european union that president, the former president of ukraine rejected. that led to the uprising and his overthrow and this current crisis.

interesting that the ukrainian government now in power in kiev is rushing to get that association agreement back in place. >> are they any closer to an agreement about sanctions? >> no, i don't think so. all the indicators are that the final communicating will not deliver the sanctions. an emergency session was called monday. they left saying unless things deescalate quickly, our leaders meeting today should move forward with sanctions. we understand that from are significant splits with the polish and lithuanians and others wanting a far more aggressive approach to sanctions, but as far as we know, the more moderate voices urging caution and dialogue, the germans and french are winning the day so far, so we do not expect them to impose sanctions,

but continue to threaten the imposition are sanctions at some future point. one thing to watch out for in the final statement, which could be interesting, we are hearing that association agreements may also be offered or fast tracked with georgia and moldova. there is talk that georgia and moldova feel extremely threatened by russians actions in ukraine. this if in the final communique would be a clear sign of reassurance that georgia and moldova that the european union is thinking about them, as well as ukraine. >> thank you. i'll be back with more from europe later in the news hour, including how russians view the idea of sanctions and the u.s. has sanctions against some who it says were involved in the military intervention in crimea.

we'll have more from doha. >> let's take a look at the steps which include visa bans on those the u.s. says are threatening the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine. the sanctions cover those the u.s.a. miss misappropriated funds. asset freezes haven't yet been imposed. let's go to rosalyn jordan now joining us live from washington, d.c. just remind us again why washington is implementing these sanctions. >> well, it's very simple with that the obama administration says that it needs to hold russia accountable for invading crimea in the past week. it says that it has to be punished for doing so, and you recall, president barack obama said that there would be costs for russia and now for any ukrainians who have been involved in what they consider the destabilization or attempted destabilization of ukraine.

>> is there much congressional support for these measures against russia? >> there seems to be growing support to try to resolve this without the use of the military. however, there's a question of whether or not these sanctions announced just this morning, just on thursday here in washington, will be enough to persuade members of the congress that being unified behind the administration is in fact the way to go. there have been some talk of introducing resolutions with or bills that could actually go towards this, but there are some members of congress who are saying that the u.s. needs to show some toughness. it's of course, part of the partisan atmosphere here in washington, where you see this sort of very public discussion about the u.s.'s strategy for it and in fact whether the u.s. should even be worried about the status of ukraine.

but splitting this out, saying that both russians and ukrainians can and will be held accountable for what has already happened inside crimea is certain to give some members of congress at least a little more willingness to back the administration. >> great talking to you, thank you for that, speaking to us from washington, d.c. >> still to come, we'll be live from the united nations and the central african republic. >> we'll find out how the national football team might look now the public have voted to limit immigration. >> the libyan government confirmed it has the third son

of muammar gaddafi in custody. he fled shortly after the 2011 upridessing. he is accused of ordering violence against protestors. we report. >> wearing blue prison overand you also and kneeling for his head to be shaved, it's not known when these photographs were taken. it's reported that the libyan authorities took them when he arrived in libya after extradition. the 41-year-old former yet of footballs federation is known for his fast living and brief career in italian soccer, a career that ended abruptly following a failed drug test in 2003. he is one of the former libyan leaders sons and fled after rebels with nato support put an end to his father's 42 years in power. he was put under house arrest, but had always refused libya's requests to extradite him.

justice minister previously said he was sure he would face the death penalty in his home country. an arrest warrant was issued for his alleged role in ordering security forces to kill libyan rebels during the revolution. in december, 2011, the mexican government announced it had stopped a plot to smuggle him and his family to here, the frank will shores on the pacific coast. >> mexican authorities said the elaborate plan involved providing him with fake mexican i.d.'s and bank accounts. easy not wanted by the international criminal court, but the i.c.c. has already indicted his brother for crimes against humanity. the libyan government wants to try him for allegedly miss appropriating property by force and armed intimidation when he was head of the libyan football federation. >> let's bring in the u.k.'s former ambassador to libya. he works in tripoli until

international relations broke down. he joins us live. thank you for joining us on the show. if you could start off just explaining to us how i influentl was gadhafi in the regime. did he play a major role? >> i wouldn't say a major role, no. he became quite prominent in the last 10 years or so, was evident quite a young man and at first, he was obsessed with football and when anyone heard, his name was in connection with football but in the last years has become well known and was difficult to verify these facts, but accused of various kinds of violence and using his position to obtain commercial advantages and personal advantage and so on as you mentioned in your introduction. none of this has been tested and i don't know whether it's going to play a part in his trial or

not. he's not nearly such a significant figure as his older brother. >> officially it was refused to extradite him, fearing he could face the death penalty. given the current anger against the regime and family, how optimistic are you that he would face a fair trial in tripoli? >> first of all, you mention the death penalty. it can't be excluded but i'm not aware he has been charged with crimes that include the death penalty. he might be. there are three categories of crimes he might be accused of. the first is things that went on before the revolution, in 2011. secondly, there's the part he played in 2011 when i think he commanded one of the brigades which fought against the revolutionary and eventually were successful and thirdly, there have been suggestions in the media that he was involved while he was in some of the anti

libyan activities associated with say die hard gadhafi supporters. there are plenty of possibilities and the death penalty can't be excluded, but hasn't been mentioned as anything of the moment, i don't think. >> you mentioned gadhafi's other son, who is currently being detained in the mountain town of bintan. we now have the brother in the libyan government clutches, as well. how useful are these two in recovering assets or bringing others that were under their father's regime to justice? i don't think that right now they are at the top of the government's agenda. the government has got other problems that the government is very week and trying desperately to deal with a whole range of problems including bringing militia's under control, reestablishing the oil revenues,

oil exports and revenues and so on. i think it is important for the revolution, that they are dealing with members of the gaddafi family who have been accused of crimes. he is not such a big fish as his brother-in-law and head of intelligence, who's also under arrest and will eventually face trail, but he's an important figure, nevertheless. >> thank you very much for your insight. that's oliver miles, former ambassador to libya. >> the u.n. security council is meeting on the crisis in the central african republic. hundreds of thousands of people fled their homes amid eye lens between christian and muslim fighters. the u.n. chief has asked a harming peace keeping mission to protect civilians caught up in the fighting.

he wants a force backed by 1800 police personnel and it would be a separate force to the foreign troops already there, made up of 6,000 soldiers from the african union as well as 2,000 from france, also the european union plans to send up to 1,000 soldiers and police. tanya page joins us live now. if you could just get up to date on the current situation on the ground. >> the security situation here develops day by day. it's fair to say over the last weeks in particular that the capitol here has coupled down a bit, although there are still almost daily killings which means that tens of thousands of people are still far too afraid of going home. beyond the capitol, things start to get more insecure particularly in the north to the border with chad, where there are some chadian foreign troops

there. however, it is pretty much a no-go zone. there aren't any french forces aren't there, scarce humanitarian organizations. it is the most volatile part of the country, the idea, being, of course that as the capitol becomes more secure, some of the french and african union troops will spread out and head further into that least secure part of the country. >> thanks so much for getting us up to date there. tanya paige reporting for us. let's go to the united nations headquarters where our diplomatic editor james bays joins us. james, what more can you tell us about the proposal? >> he produced a report a few days ago suggesting there should be this very large force with chapter seven authorization going to the central african republic. that means they have the right

to use force if they need to. more details on the plan being briefed as i speak by the head of peace keeping in the united nations and security council, making it clear that this force would take the african peacekeepers that were already there, they'd get additional troops as well to try and stabilize the situation to protect civilians in the central african republic. he's making it clear this would be a surge force, to try and get things back on track and then the u.n. would try and perform more of a policing role. >> just how much backing does this plan actually have within the security council? >> well, i think we're going to see that, as this meeting progresses. we know that there's been a lot of debate on this issue around the table behind the scenes without us seeing what's going on and there seems to have been a little bit of a dispute between what are normally allies between the french which have troops on the ground, the french

are going to keep their troops on the ground even with a force, a reaction force separate from the u.n. force. on the other side of the argument, normally allies are the french but on this they certainly have a disagreement, the u.k. and u.s. who believe that perhaps the u.n. is entering do a long commitment without the mandate very clearly defined. they would prefer more of a policing mission, not a very large military force. the suggestions perhaps the u.s. might now support the idea on the table we'll see in the coming hours. >> james, thank you very much for that. that's our diplomatic editor james bays reporting from the united nations headquarters. we heard earlier on from tanya paige. >> nato air force has killed five afghan soldiers, eight others injured by the attack in the eastern province. nato says it was an accident and

is holding an investigation. >> pakistan's prime minister has met representatives of the pakistanie taliban. discussions resumed on wednesday after nearly a month of stalled talks. the taliban declared a one month ceasefire last weekend and in return, the government agreed to halt air strikes in the northwest. >> after almost 100 days of blockade, trucks are traveling through pakistan to bring supplies to nato forces in afghanistan. the supply lines were closed last year by a pakistani opposition party. we have the latest. >> for more than three months, these trucks sat idle, now move freely carrying supplies for u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan. in november, the opposition politician who's movement for justice party controls the province ordered his supporters to block the main transit route,

part of a protest against the u.s.'s drone campaign in pakistan's tribal areas. it hurt nato forces and truck operators who transport goods through the two countries. >> when they blocked the supply routes, we were living hand to mouth. i'm so happy i can work again. >> while many in the trucking industry are no doubt pleased that supply lines have been reopened, the routes remain unsafe. last week, armed men attacked a convoy, killing two drivers. >> it's a dangerous job, many drivers get killed and their containers destroyed, but it's a good way to earn money, which is why so many of us do it. >> in a statement, the party said it ended the protest after seeing a change in the u.s.'s drone policy. the last strike was on december 25, according to campaigners, it's the longest pause in seven years. >> the reality is the blockade

ended because the courts declared it illegal, but the reasons behind this apparent suspension in the u.s.'s drone campaign is most of complex. peace talks are pursued with the pakistani taliban. one of the conditions for negotiations is an end to the strikes, something washington appears to have agreed to at least for now. aljazeera, islamabad. >> still ahead on this news hour, lacking diplomacy. >> i stand corrected. the -- i stand corrected. >> lambasted for being unqualified. >> no love loft between these two teams as they engage in another brawl this season. details later.

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backing a split from ukraine to join russia. pro russian supporters gathered as the vote we understand ahead and parliament speeded up plans for a referendum which will happen in 10 days. ukraine's interim prime minister called for a political solution to the cries in his country. he wants ukraine to be part of any decision about crimea's future. he has been in an emergency meeting with e.u. leaders in brussels. a senior policy fellow at the european council on foreign relations joins us. thank you very much for joining us on the show. interim prime minister has said that if russia continues with this aggression, the ukraine is willing to act accordingly, at the same time calling for dialogue with moscow. he's sending mixed signals. >> yes, i think it's quite

obvious that ukrainian prime minister hopes that deescalation can be achieved and trying to get support in the west and send messages to moscow that it's still possible to back off. >> he has also said that this is not a ukraine-russia conflict, saying this is a european conflict. how would the possible secession affect it? >> the state and current borders have been secured. guarantees were given to ukraine in the memorandum in 1994 in

exchange for giving up new york clear weapons. ukraine tries to ask that now is your time to act. for european security, as he is session or annexation would be much more volatile. >> just how involved do you think the e.u. is willing to get in this situation? >> we will know more when the summit ends in brussels and we know the conclusions. everyone understands that this is a much more serious issue not just in terms of pretext of the

invasion of georgia. i think people are really understanding that russia's motivations can be quite dangerous. russia probably doesn't see that it's bound by international allow anymore the way it has for the last two decades and it has been stressing in all international exchanges that international law should be supreme. that's been russian positions on different conflicts, syria and elsewhere. all of that seems to be collapsing now, so this is a serious thing. >> thank you for your insight. let's go back to judy mcdonald now in london for more of the latest developments in ukraine. >> thank you. an elite phone call between european leaders has raised

questions as to who was responsible for the deaths of 80 people during last month's gun battles between anti-government protestors and police. the events on february 20 were the turning point in the demonstrations against then president viktor yanukovych, both sides accused each other of using nines. a recording has emerged of estonia foreign minister talking about the killings with top e.u. diplomat catherine ashton. it's her suggestion that snipers may have come from the opposition. >> what was quite disturbing, all the evidence shows the people were killed by snipers from bod sides among policeman and people on the streets, they were killed by snipers, people from both sides. it's really disturbing that now the new coalition, that they

don't want to investigate what exactly happened so that there is stronger and stronger understanding that behind snipers, it was not yanukovych, but it was somebody from the new coalition. >> i think we do want to investigate. i think that is interesting, gosh. >> it is disturbing that it already discredit from the very beginning this new coalition. >> the threat of tougher sanctions by the west against russia has led to threats of action in retaliation from the kremlin, but what would a freeze in trade with europe, russia's biggest trading partner mean for people there. we report from moscow. >> it's been described as moscows cathedral of consumerism, the biggest shopping in the capitol, top brands from london, paris and milan, the face of moscow facing

a new threat from europe, sanctions in retaliation for moscow in ukraine. shoppers anxious for what's ahead. >> it will influence us, the minimum damage is that the european goods will be more expensive. we work with foreign companies or foreign goods, there are a lot of them on our market. >> we're going to be fine without europe or the u.s.a. we have a strong economy. we will cooperate more with c.i.s. companies. we will turn east. >> at the brand new financial center, the mood on the current and trading desks is a little more relaxed, fearing the sanctions are a two way street. >> they know that sanctions can cut both ways. russia is quite simply europe's biggest sing the trading partner, accounting for more than 40% of trade last year. no surprises that the e.u. has failed to share washington's

enthusiasm for strong economic measures against russia. >> some of europe's biggest economies are most vulnerable, germany, 40% of gas and oil imports come from russia while germany accounts for 30% have all e.u.'s exports president obama russia. france negotiated the biggest sale of weaponry to russia, $1.6 billion, including putting up for sale helicopter carriers, the first due for delivery this year. london is now the safe haven for russian billionaires, who spent $900 million on the london profiting market in the last year alone. with 70 russian companies lift the on the london stock exchange. >> i don't expect a substantial damage to russia's economy. >> in moscow, the kremlin's now

drawing up retalia atory measures if sanctions are imposed. a new law would allow russia to seize western companies, individual private accounts could be confiscated. the new legislation would defend our sovereignty from threat. the e.u. froze the assets of the former ukrainian leader viktor yanukovych and 16 other officials. that net could be widened now following news of the crimea to join the russian nation. >> steven lawrence was stabbed to death by a gaining of youths more than 20 years ago, leading to major reform of the justice system after police were accused of racism. it's recently learned that the family's campaign for his murder to be investigated was

infiltrated. >> in the u.s., a dispute is brewing about whether the government is picking the best qualified people to represent its interests abroad. a diplomat's union threatens to take the issue to the courts. we explain. >> there were no niceties in the message sent by america's professional diplomatic staff to barack obama. in a rare vote, the american foreign services association has demanded the president provide proof his nominees to become ambassadors norway, argentina and hungary are qualified for the job. the nominees raised more than $4 million for president obama's reelection but in confirmation hearing had little knowledge about their future post. hotel executive called norway's right wing progress party a fringe element. >> the government has denounced them, the coalition government, part of the coalition of the government. >> i would say that you know

what, i stand corrected, i stand corrected. the -- i stand corrected. >> then there's the hollywood producer turned presidential fundraiser, appointed to represent the u.s. in hungary but struggled to identify u.s. strategic interests in the nation. >> in terms of our key priorities in hungary. >> the u.s. has followed what's nope as the 70-30 rule, most or 70% of ambassadors earn posts after years in the foreign service, while the remaining openings, or 30% filled by political appointees. president obama certainly isn't the first u.s. president to reward political donors with plum positions, but he has done it more than any other president in recent history. >> we need the best possible people in our country as our senior representatives there. >> that's why he hopes the white

house willis to his organization's recommendations to pick a new set of potential ambassadors, saying the new nominees do not have the best to offer. >> i have no more questions. >> as confirmed ambassadors, the series of embarrassing gaffs on capitol hill may not be their last. >> aljazeera, washington. >> china says it will shut coal fired facilities this year, slashing cement and steel production. the government is trying to tackle heavy pollution caused by the industries that fuel its economic boom. we have more. >> one year into his farming venture, he is seeing the fruit of his labor. organic straw about herries in this greenhouse.

he is planting other crops. the now abandoned iron works that he used to own, he was encouraged by government incentives to shift into a greener business. >> >> it was quicker money and investing in the farm took up-front invest. we have to think in the longer term and this is a better choice for the future. >> compared with the 200 people he used to employ making iron, he has only 15 workers now. for the government looking to reduce pollution by closing plants, the question is what to do with workers who were laid off. >> there are no doubts about the environmental benefits of replacing older polluting industries. the challenge authorities face is finding enough businesses to offer alternative jobs, in a society where maintaining social stability is important. >> in china's big cities

especially in the north that have experienced their worst smog of the winter turning sky lines from this to this, the question is not whether the country can afford to reduce pollution, can it afford not to. beijing resident has developed her own arsenal of weapons to deal with the smog, from face masks to special lamps. >> it's called crystal light, made from salt, actually. >> if those don't work, there's the air pure fire and even a u.v. lamp. even with that, on the worst days, she stays away from work. >> if no one went to work, it would cost money and then the government would have to do something. >> the challenge for china is figuring out how much of its wealth should be used cleaning up the mess made in creating it. aljazeera, beijing. >> still to come on this news hour, more terrifying than t. rex, the largest predator to

ever roam europe is discovered in portugal. stay with us.

>> scientists in portugal found the foss i willized remains of a dinosaur in europe. it was up to 10 meters long and weighed about five tons, the size of its head and teeth suggest it was near the top of the food chain and amongst the largest predators of the jurasic period, around 150 million years

ago. a professor of palian tolling joins us. >> we're finding bones from this very large top predator, and first, he's a new species never recognized before anywhere else in the world and we thought it was the same that there is in north america, but is a different species. this not only tells us about the existence of a top predator, almost t rex size, we're talking about 10 meters long, but also we're telling there was a common ancestor that crossed the atlantic in these protoplantic north america and europe were

separating and evolved into two different species in north america and europe. this shows how rich this part of europe it is concerning dinosaurs, that dozens of species we've been finding lately and getting one of the best places in the world to study jurasic dinosaurs. >> how much can you estimated about behavior and the way this dinosaur would have looked? >> the skull is about one meter, more than one meter long. it is one of the fierce predators by the time actually it would be probably the largest land predator that ever existed during the late jurasic, so it's similar to tie ran sore russ rex and everybody knows he would be a fierce predator, the difference is their age. when the first t. rex roamed the

earth, this was already a fossil 18 million years before, so it's much, much older in age, but it still, the equivalent of t rex for the jurasic. >> let's talk about the teeth. how big and how many are we talking? >> we are talking about teeth that can be more than 10 centimeters long. they are blade like, it's like a knife with a little sword like a kitchen knife on both of the edges. clearly adopted to cut through flesh very, very easily, and this shows even if you don't have fossilized behavior, this shows it was a top predator. there was no animal that could challenge at that time. >> fascinating and terrifying at the same time.

ok, thanks very much, joining us live. >> back to doha with all the day's sports news. >> the national football squad of switzerland is one of the tap ranked teams for the world cup in brazil. they are notably diverse with two thirds being immigrants in background. immigration could change the face. >> the national football team of switzerland proudly ranked as one of the top eight for the world cup finals, but this is what the team would look like without players whose families are immigrants. the swiss public just voted in a referendum to restrict immigration, the margin left at 1%, but a shock to those who see switzerland as a multi-cultural success story. >> wherever you go, to the tram

station, go to eat, people are talking about it, right furiously sometimes. you can't say they're all racists or something. that would be too easy. it's not like that. like about 10%, we don't really know where the rest came from. >> the confusion over the vote, over two thirds of immigrant backgrounds, balkan countries, kosovo, born in switzerland to turkish parents, born in ivory coast. >> of course, we talk about it. that's normal. we're human, you know, of course, what's been around us, and switzerland value, i think that we should not forget that and try to keep switzerland also it is now. >> switzerland's latest world cup match in the eastern town

shows the complex nature of swiss national identity. in a switzerland squad, there are players with croation backgrounds while in the crow occasion squad not for the first time, one player was born and raised in switzerland. >> we have a lot of croation, other people from other countries and you see, it's a nice feeling. >> i love it, because here can be a lot of other people, like croatia. >> both of switzerland's goals in a 2-2 draw were scored by dermic. of crow occasion descent. at the world cup in brazil, this team will represent years of switzerland looking outwards and opening its doors. the politics of the next few years and implementation of the law limiting immigration will determine how the swiss teams of the future will look and how a switzerland will look. aljazeera, switzerland. >> over 30 friendly's were

played across the globe wednesday as many teams get ready for the world cup in june. the ukraine football team won't be one of them, but they managed to put on united front in cypress. we explain. >> 600 miles away from these troubles in their home country, the ukraine football team beat the united states 2-0 in cypress. they put on a united front, scoring their first goal. netting their second in front of only around 1500 fans, the match originally scheduled to be played in ukraine. >> teams changed their kits in the second half, getting a hat trick scoring in yellow and blue, while the goal of the game with a 5-0 win in johannesburg.

still had his shooting boots on for france, netted 11 times in the last 13 games for real madrid and gave the french the lead against the netherlands. it helped with a 17 game unbeaten run. germany record. >> off the pitch for their performance against chili despite winning 1-0. the only goal. there was a narrow win for england at wembly. >> england won two contradict matches in a row. they won by 25 runs in antique gay.

>> a career best 128 for the indies in their winnings. they take the series 2-1. >> in the nhl, the philadelphia flyers have won for the seventh time in eight games, beating the washington capitals in a tense game. both teams turned back the clock with another all line ball in the first period. they have a long history of big hits and huge fights and it was all over, the two sides combined a 56-minute penalty. back to the game. each had two goals. that's all your sport. >> stay with us here on aljazeera. we've got another full bulletin of news for you right at the top of the hour.

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