jazeera. ♪ hello and welcome to the al jazeera news hour, i'm steve in doha, condemnation and sanctions and crimea maos to break away from ukraine. guilty of crimes against humanity they hand down a verdict from a former congo leader and malasia convicts him of sodomy and overturning a previous sentence and el nino is

back and it could cause drought and famine. ♪ but first there are divisions within ukraine and across the world on how best to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis in crimea. members of crimea's parliament voted to join russia and hold a referendum on march the 16th and the city of sevastopol also decided to join russia and the ukrainian prime minister condemned decisions that he says he says are illegal and without involvement. and american president barack obama has asset freezes inte hind the military intervention in ukraine. >> the proposed referendum would violate the ukraine constitution and violate international law. any discussion about the future

of ukraine must include the government of ukraine, in 2014 we are beyond the days that borders can be redrawn over the heads of democratic leaders. >> a. paul is in sevastopol and is live. attitudes do seem to be hardening more than deescalating at the moment. >> it is and although the international community pronouncements made in brussels yesterday and indeed by president barack obama overnight too, they just simply don't appear to be altering the sentiment and hardening of sentiment in crimea itself. it's almost as if the proseparatist elements and pro-russian people here in the peninsula simply don't care what the international community think. and i think that the fans of that are flamed by the uncertainty that still persists

exactly what russia's intentions are in this. i'm hearing 30 more trucks and buses came across on the ferry and into eastern crimea from the russian mainland in the last 24 hours. and my colleague has been looking at the uncertainty regarding russia's involvement in all of this and what the end game might be. >> russian soldiers come and go in crimea leaving everyone to guess their next move. few imagine they would abandon some positions. >> translator: they left at midnight and i don't know why or where they went and there are in bases and some are replaced by self-defense units that are still russians. >> reporter: they were in the airforce based by sevastopol and armed men armed it in the dead of the night and sabotaged the defense system. there are questions who the men

are. this may be a clue. it's a food ration box and a flag of the russian federation. beside it says military trade and on this side it says not for sale so one can confidently say that russia is at least putting its full weight behind the men. backing the new regular government. >> translator: this scenario was not written in crimea. it was written in moscow. the regular government is like a new-born kit ten that doesn't know what the next step will be and told what to do but doesn't know the plan and the mp didn't know they would be voting for cessation when they went to parliament. >> reporter: they are trying to gain legitimacy they have to do it under protection of the closest ally and they went to crimea a few days ago through the strength of courage and now deployed by the regular parliament. >> translator: we have the right to decide on destiny like

any other people and staying for the referendum and we were called her to help maintain order. >> reporter: major maxim was ashamed when soldiers entered the base and are building new defenses and whether they can build a defense for a yes vote of crimea to go to russia is entirely a different matter. al jazeera, crimea. >> reporter: none of these issues we are talking about are modern-day issues in some ways. there is a lot of history attached to all of this especially as far as sevastopol is concerned. >> indeed, and sevastopol is probably the quinticential center of the dispute. they have a massive black sea fleet here with both russia and ukraine and there are complex accords governing the access to

this area. if anything, this is the area where russia has been nervous about the importance because the fleet is vital to the interest and gives them access to the mediterranean. >> who signed it in 2010, viktor yanukovych and out of the picture now and russia is wondering what the new kiev government might do and the justification if you look from the roscoe point of view to try and safeguard the fleet location here. that said the city council's decision last night in an extraordinary meeting to declare this city as russian, well, i find it very difficult to see how they are going to justify that legally to the international community. >> reporter: paul is live from sevastopol, thanks, paul. the fight for crimea hasn't only been a political one, it's a military one too as robin worker

reports and a fierce battle for hearts and minds is taking place in the local media. today freedom of expression in crimea depends on who you are and protesters against russia's military presence were chased away by men who call themselves the defense force of the crimea people and alleged to have targeted media out lets and black sea television has the plug pulled on local broadcasts and it's available on satellite and the web the journalists are feeling threatened. >> translator: there have been problems filming and we filmed without logos and microphones because everyday people calling self defenders try to chase our reporters away. >> reporter: his cell vision channel has links within ukraine government but here in crimea the pro-moscow administration is openly defiant of kiev and that

may be the cause of black sea television problems. to find out how tough things are getting for journalists the watchdog and the organization for security and cooperation in europe was in crimea on wednesday. >> the most important thing is you can really continue working and reporting and by being here i also want to give clear signal that whoever has the responsibility has to ensure your safety. >> reporter: but the osc had to leave by the backdoor and the crowd outside was angry at the west and western media. >> translator: you are eslaying the situation, europe and the usa, they are escalating the situation that there is a war here that we are under russian occupation but there are not any russian forces here. russia would never be an occupier. >> reporter: never mine russian forces have surrounded and seized ukrainian military facilities in crimea, the

russian state media echoes the line that the soldiers are not russian and that is why many russian speakers in crimea are going to for news and the outcome of the crisis depends on who gets their message across. i'm with al jazeera, sevastopol. >> reporter: analysis on the website, as you can see, that is the home page and you can find all of that at al jazeera.com. it's worth a good read because it will offer a lot of perspective on the crisis. the international criminal court has found a former congo leader guilty of being complicit in crimes gaps humanity and they alleged that 35-year-old germain katanga led an attack on the ethnic group in the democratic republic of congo where 200 people died and found not guilty of several other offenses.

let's get more from al jazeera barker in the hague and been watching what happened in court, bring us up to date of what happened in the last half an hour or so. >> reporter: throughout proceedings he looked relaxed and smiled occasionally and when asked to stand for the verdict he remained impassive throughout and they found him guilty of being an accessory to the killings that took place in the strategically important village on the uganda border east of the drc, particularly the volatile part of the country and found him guilty of pilaging and acquitted of several more charges of using child soldiers and children under the age of 15 and the malitia and found not guilty of rape and of sexual slavery. he now awaits sentencing, the

date for sentencing is yet to be decided but we do know he will remain in custody until that date happens. the verdict does go some way in satisfying the victims of these crimes. and of course it does go some way in vindicating some criticisms the icc faced for not being able to bring about effective conclusions of some cases it has been dealing with in a very short history. >> that is an important issue as you point out and thanks for that and we will leave it there. rob williams is ceo of war torn uk, humanitarian organizations affected by conflict and he is joining us from england. your reaction to mr. germain katanga acquittal of using child soldiers. >> okay, while the verdict was being given i was sitting in the chair waiting to talk to you and as i heard the news piece i

smiled when i heard the news that he had been convicted. but my smile turned a little bit down when i heard he had not been found guilty of the crime of a recruiting child soldiers and using them in conflict and also found not guilty of rape and sexual slavery, those are the two parts of the case that most effect what we do, we are about protecting children in conflict zones and would have been a landmark case and a first time a verdict has been given on sexual slavery and raped and there were hundreds and 200 killed and large numbers of women and children, girls and boys who were raised. i will tell you what one prosecution witness said. she escaped from the village and she was raped and dragged off to the rebel camp where she was again raped by many other soldiers an and slave to a

commander for several months and the crime took place and it's disappointing the court has not been able to pin this on any particular individual and there are problems here and great it came to trial but disappointed he has not been found guilty. >> reporter: why do you think then he was acquitted? >> it's been a difficult case for quite a while and to prove he was actually responsible for these acts the court set out to prove he was a head of a rebel group which had a hierarchy who was carrying out the orders and then four years in the trial the court realized that would be difficult to prove and there were conflicting statements from various statements as to whether he was the leader of the group or not. he himself said he was the coordinator. the court then changed the charge to be one of ie that he helped people who he knew would go on to commit crimes. they found sufficient evidence to say he knew they would commit

the crimes of killing civilians but i'm puzzled as to why they did not feel to find he was aware he would rape children and women. in fact, we know in that particular conflict, in that particular part of dic rape and sexual abuse was very common to use by armed malitia on all sides. frankly to assume he wouldn't be aware that it would be a factor in the attack on the village it's surprising because they concluded he was aware that civilians would be killed. >> reporter: thanks for joining us rob. a court convicted opposition leader abraham of charges of sodomy and claim the move is politically motivated to end his career as a politician and they will appeal the verdict but could effect his plans to run

for election this month. let's get more on this and you have been following this story for us and they are still in court, are they. what is happening? >> well, the court took a short recess but expected to sit any time and his lawyers will be offering a mitigating argument for the judges to consider in their sentencing of abraham and lawyers said they are absolutely shocked at the decision but will be pursuing all legal means. as you mentioned, steven, they will -- there is an opportunity for them to appeal because this was a court of appeals decision. it's not the highest court in the nation, there is a higher court, the federal court and could still appeal this decision. there is another possibility they will be applying for a stay of sentencing so that he may still be able to compete in the local election that is scheduled to start next week.

>> reporter: these charges have a long history, the story seems to have been running for a long time with the charges brought, acquitted charges brought again. what impact does this decision have on malasian politics for tomorrow? >> well, you are right, this is not the first time that he has been convicted of sodomy or that sodomy charges are brought against him and charges were first brought against him in 1998. he was sentenced and sense to prison and this particular decision today was a decision made in 2012. he was acquitted then because the judge, the high courts said that the evidence, the dna evidence against him could have been contaminated. now, what this decision means it very well could be the end of

abraham's career and anybody who has conviction cannot hold political office and comes at a sensitive time and he in 2013 led the opposition coalition to the strongest ever victory and in a few day's time he will stand in the local election that could pave the way for him to lead malasia's richest state and saying it's politically motivated and an attempt to remove him from the political scene by hook or by crook but it could very well mean this could be the end of malasia, of his political career and the problem is that he has been very crucial in holding together a coalition of three political parties with very differing views and fears there may not be another person who will be able to step up to that role in the immediate future.

>> reporter: thanks, florence. you are watching the news hour and i'm steve and coming up, we meet the dissolutioned people of venezuela as it continues against the president. will they compete, the par olympics are deciding to withdraw from sochi over the crimea crisis. >> find out how the national team might look and now the public have voted to limit immigration. ♪ the u.n. security council has been told that the central african republic could fall apart in this large peace keeping mission is deployed and the humanitarian chief described the situation as a total break down of violence between christians and muslims and forced hundreds of thousands of people out of their homes and the u.n. is considering sending

a large peace keeping force to the country. the u.n. general moon once a force of 10,000 soldiers to be supported by 1800 police. some of the troops will come from an existing african union force which will be transferred to u.n. control. there are also 2000 french troops there and are planning to send a thousand soldiers and police and bongi says it needs help now. >> translator: if we are delayed it may be too late and may lose the country and i didn't ask if we shoot for extremists. it's not far. and don't let us leave that country. please. >> reporter: as a cycle of retaliatory violence continues to escalate in the car, so too

does the number of people leaving and a million are displayed and almost a million fled to other countries and we report on the river on the democratic republic of congo. >> reporter: almost every one on the boat has relatives missing or gone and they have been here for weeks fearing for their lives and now made it to safety. >> translator: a lot of gunfire and that is why we fled and i don't know where my children are or my parents. >> reporter: nearly a million people have fled the violence in car and for over 60,000 their escape route has been here across the river of bangi. this is the central african republic and the other side is the democratic republic of congo and thousand fled from the congo side to get away from the

violence and the refugees are in remote locations and only accessed using boats like this. this factory is a landing site on the congo side and they keep landing here and wait for u.n. trucks to take them to a refugee camp. they arrived with his back full of gunshot and said his girlfriend had an affair with a malitia member and a group came for him an ordered him to leave her and started beating him up. >> translator: i got up and run away and then they shot me in the back with a shotgun. >> reporter: he was lucky to get away, thousands have died in the violence and me left when his brother was kill and targeted simply not for having a traditional hairstyle. >> translator: he ran into some antimalitia and saw him and said because of his haircut he was a

muslim and killed him. >> reporter: and they are in a band. they insist on showing us a dance routine at the london site. ♪ they used to perform to hundreds of people back home but say the music scene stops with the violence. it will probably be a long time before they can perform again. along with thousands of central africans they are about to begin new lives in exile and it won't be easy but it's their way to forget for a moment the pain of what they left behind. security forces broken up an antigovernment protest and 40 people were arrested. demonstrating against president's decision to run for a fourth term later this month and the 77-year-old confirmed candidacy earlier this week. two more people have been killed

in protests in venezuela, a soldier on a motorcycle died in a demonstration in caracus and called to the capitol and they are calling for the president to step down but after several weeks of protest there is little sign of that happening and it began a month ago and gained momentum with daily demonstrations and daniel reports now on how young venezuela are seeing their future. >> reporter: they see no future in venezuela or not the kind of future they like and protesters for the past month have been calling for radical changes in president maduro's government and someone needs to step down now, saying there is no room for compromise. >> translator: no, i don't see a future here, i see a very unstable future. i'm going to graduate next year god willing but i don't know what happens then.

i'm very dissolutioned and not over my career or teachers but in my country. >> reporter: it's been mostly young people building the roadblocks erected in the cities across venezuela and mostly young people among the victims and clashes against protesters and security forces. the government says the students are behind the violence, an accusation they strongly deny. >> translator: as a student, as a person, as a venezuela i take to the streets peacefully with my banners, with my sauce pans. i'm young i would be out on the beach enjoying the carnival, no, because they have been killing students. >> reporter: many young opposition demonstrators like them have sacrificed the carnival to protest the government and it's repeated across the country. these people are marching for their future, a future they believe is denied them by the

present government but they have remained in venezuela and still have some hope. but many of the country's brightest and best have gone and lost faith in venezuela's future and gone to spain and he went to argentina last year and found work as a graphic designer and he is building a new life a long way from home. >> translator: i'd love to be able to return but i will wait until things calm down and i have faith that the situation in venezuela will change and as soon as it does i will buy my ticket home and go and work for my country. >> reporter: it seems unlikely he will go home any time soon as the protests continue daily and venezuela becomes ever more polarized. i'm with al jazeera, venezuela. >> reporter: the u.s. climate scientists say it's warming in the central pacific ocean and

could result in an el-nino phenomenon this year and occurs four to five years when the top of the water is warmer at the surface water. it's unclear why it happens but it has a dramatic effect in around the world and warmer than average temperatures and the hottest in 2010 and 1998 were both during el-nino cycles and drought in australia, mexico and central american and important crop growing areas and u.s. and south america get heavy rain and flooding and in the past it caused billions of loss to stock and infrastructure and we have more on what it could mean for the weather and what kind of weather can we expect everton? >> there is a possibility of high temperatures and we may be talking about the hottest year

on record when it does actuallying o. the other thing we have to watch out for is with the high sea temperatures in the eastern pacific you may well see more in the way of flooding rains across the eastern pacific, that is the western side of south america. so we have already had floods recently in peru and bolivia and it may worsen over the next few months going to the later part of the year should it occur. another thing to watch out for that may be of interest to you is you may find the price of anchovies because of the warm water in the pacific and it goes lower and getting in the cooler waters so something else you may want to watch out for. flip side of the coin with regard to the temperature of the waters, in the atlantic for example we may well find hurricanes of less significance this year. it might be a quiet hurricane season with the el-nino event happening and it's a statistical

thing but you have to bear in mind that hurricane andrew which was the 5th costly on record occurred in an el-nino year and you tend to see a more quiet storm season when it's el-nino year you may well still see a big storm developing as a result of this particular event. >> reporter: you are right i'm particularly partial to the anchovie. but everton, any more to report on global weather pattern? >> elsewhere for example, we are pleased to say there is a sign of spring breaking through and back home it has been a long, wet winter for those of us from the uk but better news on the horizon and in europe and central parts of the mediterranean it's sharp and home in the uk it's in the process of making its way through and a ridge of high pressure coming in behind. now with high pressure that acts

to suppress the cloud and quiet it down and we may see quiet weather coming across and not feeling bad and a few showers there on saturday but 15 degrees in london and 5-6 degrees warmer and 17 paris and may get warmer in sunday and the warmest weather of the year so far. it's not just the uk but central and eastern part of europe and the temperatures are 6-7 degrees above the average here. meanwhile across the other side of the atlantic, a little bit of winter if you get out of the way around dc and carolinas and 5 and washington and new york and saturday d.c. could see highs of 14 degrees steven. >> almost spring-like in london, everton thank you very much and still to come on the news hour we look at one of the oldest groups in crimea, the tatas

issuing their own warning to president putin plus. >> reporter: the frozen shoreline of alaska coast will be the next challenge in front of this year's iditarod and i will be reporting on their progress. ♪

let's look at the headline stories making their way around the world and says russia must withdraw troops from ukraine and stop support for what he describes as separatists and

they will join russia and have a referendum on march 16. germain katanga was acquitted of using child soldiers, rape and child slavery and the court convicted abraham of sodomy charges and claim the move is politically motivated. let's get more on the top story, the continuing crisis in ukraine and the tatas are one of the oldest groups and warning putin not to under estimate the take over of the semi atonomous region and we are watching events closely on the peninsula. >> reporter: the new blockbuster on turkey tv starring the actor who plays a muslim soldier in the russian

army whose loyalty is to his homeland crimea and switch sides and help turkey and the reality for the tata and turkish speaking muslims is hard and subjected to deportation by stalin in the 1940s and nearly half dying from starvation and disease. >> translator: they had 15 minutes notice, just time to grab a piece of bread and a karan and flee. >> reporter: lucky ones found sanctuary. >> we will not suffer leak the 1940s. and we are standing firm and receiving calls and e-mails everyday from them and are different in turkey and educators and we will not behave like the russians. >> reporter: and the crimea tata have the backing of turkey's government.

foreign minister jetted to kiev last saturday. he stressed the importance of crimea to turkey and called for preservation of the intelty of ukraine but everyone is worried about an escalation of force. when word spread the ukrainian navy ship was passing through istanbul the association came to make sure it had not and to show their support for ukrainian independence. it connects the mediterranean with the black sea and ukraine and crimea and russia are that way. it's one of the world's historic highways and people's memories around here for centuries. she and along with decedents of kan warn them to be careful. >> we know during the original afghanistan some put down their guns and refused to fight under

muslims and russia needs to keep this fact in mind. >> reporter: without support they believe the people would have been almost wiped out and say they learned from their history. anita, al jazeera, istanbul. >> they are withdrawing the ambassador from qatar after they talk about the country earlier this week. and the three accuse of qatar of not having a security pact and relations between cairo and doha since they had a crack down of the muslim brotherhood and several fled to doha but wanted for trial. and three journalists trial will resume on the 24th and peter gres si and mohamed and bahir have been in prison and al

jazeera rejects and denies the charges. a senior official reappeared after speculation he had fallen victim to another perjury and on the far left is believes to be number two in the country after kim-jong-un and he is powerful after the execution of kim's uncle last year. a thousand workers are on strike at an ibm factory in china over a take-over deal. this video was taken by an ibm worker and shows people outside of the facility and ibm is selling the business and includes a factory to chinese pc maker lenovo and will transfer it to lenovo or better packages if they choose to leave. china's growing debt problem is one of the main issues on day two of the national people's congress currently held in

beijing and spending by the government has kept the economy on track but at what cost? rob mcbride has more from one of china's indebted cities in the southwest. >> reporter: enjoying the winter sunshine beneath early peach blossom and people on the housing estate and life looks better and to massive public spending and living in modern apartments for $100 a month these blocks are the result of the city's unprecedented building boom. >> translator: the government pays a lot of attention to improve the city's infrastructure and create better living conditions. >> translator: the city has been making great progress in recent years, growing a lot faster than neighboring areas. >> reporter: while residents count themselves lucky the city has been counting the cost. these developments are a legacy of his former leader bo xilai in

the scandal to hit the leadership in decades and mostly under his leadership the city of 30 million people doubled the size of its rail system and tripled the road network and public housing estates pushed the city's boundaries ever further into surviving farmland. his growth has stood out in a group of extravagant project and the true cost has concern among international investors. criticism that china is not as transparent as it could be regarding the debt by the government has accurate orders and welcome by analysts they make for disturbing readings with many provinces and cities taking on huge debt compared to incomes and cities like chong-ching leading the way, 70%

in years and far more than they admitted and that is balanced by the central government's strong control on the economy. >> translator: economic development varies widely between the provinces but the central government has a system with the cities to transfer the revenue to balance that out and previous over all the debt is under control. >> reporter: since having power they reigned in public spending and to avoid a hard landing the government hopes rising domestic consumption will have an economic driver and chong-ching is like other cities and less well off relying on big public spending and could be facing tougher times. rob mcbride, al jazeera. reporter: hundreds of protesters in greece are demonstrating against record-high unemployment and scuffles broke out as police try to contain the crowds and

unemployed greeks has tripled since the crisis began more than 27% of the population is currently out of work. climate change could mean more malaria in south america and found evidence with rising temperatures it will go to high altitude areas and the danger is if the disease shifts into places that were once malaria free them populations with no protective immunity are at risk of infection and according to the world health organization it infected around 219 million people in 2010 and killing about 660,000. a man once described as batoven and he has apologized for not writing his music and said he had been working with a ghost writer for 18 years. >> translator: i'm extremely sorry to have caused such

tremendous trouble. it is very hard to explain my hearing problem that is i can hear from time to time but sound gets distorted so i cannot hear conversations most of the time. >> reporter: to come on the al jazeera news hour, the burns victims of bangladesh sufficient tearing effects of post election violence. we are in the indian state where all the talk is about the time and whether or not it changes. and how this pint-sized envieder's dreams came true thanks to the stars of brazil. ♪ der's dreams came true thanks to the stars of brazil. ♪ dreams came true thanks to th stars of brazil. ♪

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election but some are finding it hard to get back to normal and this is the burns unit at a hospital in daca where some victims of the violence are struggling to survive and warning that some of these images are disturbing. >> and her daughter wanted chips and the taxi driver didn't have the money and barely able to work last year because of political shut downs and blockades and desperate to please his little girl he defied the blockade and took his vehicle out to earn cash and an hour later someone threw a bomb at him and today he is still at the burn unit at the college and still in agonizing pain. >> translator: what this patient is going through right now is something no one can understand unless they go through it themselves, i would not want my enemies to go through this. it has been a few weeks for his wife and not sure what the future holds, her husband was

the family's sole income earner. >> translator: right now we ask our neighbors and family for money just to get by. >> translator: my family needs help. i'm really suffering right now. i've lost everything. i'm getting treated here. we are poor people and having financial problems. >> reporter: 24 victims of political violence have died in this ward. the most resent casualty a police officer another victim of a bomb. >> reporter: surgery in a few days and he hopes to leave in a month and they already released 68 patients and he is excited about heading home but he and the others here know getting out does not mean the troubles can go away. she doesn't remember the fire and blocked out when the bus she was on was set ablaze but cannot pretend it never happened. >> i did not want this kind of

life and i'm an ordinary person and didn't want to do anything ordinary and the wounds i will have to bear the rest of my life because they will not disappear. >> reporter: thousands of people had their lived turns up side down by the politics and the burn units may be reality, i'm with al jazeera, taca. >> reporter: the far northeast of india is thousands of kilometers away from the capitol new deli but in the same time zone and now they want to change it and say the single time zone for the whole country makes their industries less productive and gives people fewer daylight hours and we were sent this report. >> reporter: this is what 5:30 in the morning looks like in the thumb and the rest of india waits another hour to see the sunlight the day has already begun here in another northeastern state. and for he and his family means getting the kids ready for

school and himself ready for work starts early. >> my office starts at 7:00 but that is not the point. my kids have to go to school from 6:15 on wards. so my day starts at 5:45 is when we always wake up. >> reporter: by 7:00 a.m. the morning is already in full swing. it's 7:30 in the morning and the sun has already been up for about two hours, and like the sunrise things start earlier in the northeast of india and comes with its own set of problems. his office work end by 3:30 in the afternoon and doesn't give him much time to enjoy the rest of the day. >> we have to struggle to finish the last two holes. >> reporter: this senior government official says having a new time zone will benefit people in the thumb and over all productivity. >> and the time zone, which we are seeing in other industries with different time zones.

>> reporter: critics of the idea say having another time zone will isolate the northeast region and make one part of the country out of sinc. but he disagreed. >> time zone has nothing to do with alleviation and it's more related to economics and process of linkage. >> reporter: adjustment to having two time zones in the country and at 5:00 p.m. the sun starts to set and people say being able to enjoy the day with still daylight out will be worth it, al jazeera. >> reporter: time for a look at sport now, here is joe. >> reporter: steven, thank you. ukrai ukraine par olympians will go to

sochi and on thursday they staged their own protests at the crimea peninsula by russia and leaving the welcoming ceremony earlier and they have metal contenders and cross country skiing. the two mba finalists from last seize are head to head and the runners came out on top and he snapped a five-game regular season and they beat the miami heat and tim duncan had 23 points and 11 rebounds to take the spurs to 111-86 victory as parker finished with 17 points and four assists. and young has been sentenced to six years in prison for money laundering $93 million and he resigned as director of the english club and charges were unrelated to the city. the national football squad of

switzerland is the top for the cup in brazil and it is diverse with two thirds being from immigrant background. but switzerland voted on immigration quotas that could change the face of the team and nation and steve welding reports. >> reporter: the national football team of switzerland proudly ranked as the top 8 for the world cup finals in brazil and this is what it looks like without the immigrants in the family and they voted in a referendum to restrict immigration. and the margin was less than 1% but a shock to those who see switzerland as a multi cultural success story. >> wherever you go and where you eat wherever and your family, people are talking about this quite seriously sometimes and you cannot just say it's like they are all racist or something, that would be too easy and it's not like that.

let's say about 10% we don't really know where it came from. >> reporter: the national football squad talks about the confusion over the vote and two thirds from immigrant background and mainly balkin roots and he was born in switzerland of turkish parents and he was born in ivory coast. >> the more we talk about it, we are human, we, of course, we look as well for what has been around us. and value as well from both so i think we should not forget that and try to keep this as it is now. >> reporter: switzerland's latest world cup warm up shows the complex nature of swiss national identity and they have ceoatian and one player was born and raised in switzerland.

>> we have people from other countries and you see it's a nice feeling. >> i love it because here they come and other people like crotia. >> reporter: and goals in 2-2 draw were scored by a man of crotia decent. at the world cup in brazil the team will represent years of looking outward and opening the doors, the politics of the next few years and implementation of the law limiting immigration would determine how the swiss teams of the future will look and how the switzerland of the future will look. lee weldings in switzerland. >> reporter: golf and six players managed to finish the first around in florida on thursday and delaying play for more than two hours and bringing it to an early close and english tops the lead with three under

par and 69 and one person who withdraw from last week's honda classic because of injury managed ten holes and the light faded and he is two open. nhl eastern conference leaders pittsburgh is looking at boston after they won a third straight gen to go one.behind and detroit red wings 8 in the west and the former captain nick lindstrom went to four titles and number five shirt retired two seasons after the 20 year nhl and they were beat in over time and 31.4 seconds left on the clock. and nhl eastern conference the buffalo beat santa bay lightning 3-1 and rock was the star for buffalo making it 43 saves on

the money. st. louis has cut annaheim lead to two points and the blues beat them 2-1 and staying in the west the semi cup champions and the la kings made it two consecond sif wins after beating winnipeg jets and the team struck back 40 seconds later and went on to win, 3-1. it's called the last great race on earth and competition is heating up as the annual iditarod is in the ice of alaska and daniel is there. >> this is a race that quite literally traverses the huge state of alaska from southeast to northwest and we are at the western extremity of the race and at the village of analaclete and the hills to the left are the last really rugged bits of

terrain and tundra they had to go through and it was the absence of snow. you can see from some pictures on the trail they were going over frozen logs and tree roots, 11 or 12 people had to drop out, it was a mess. another daunting section of the trail lies ahead for competitors, the frozen expanse of the sea that lies between russia and america and brings weather challenges, snow is possible, howling winds and frigid temperatures and several days to go before they get to the finish line in alaska but they will tell you, anyone we have spoke end to and says it's all about the challenges and racing against yourself as much as others and it's you and your dogs in what ever section of the trail, whatever challenges you face and you do it to win and finish to be sure you can and this is iditarod and we will know in a few days who won the

race. >> reporter: the rest of the sport only our website and check out al jazeera.com/sport and details there and how to get in touch with our team using twitter and facebook and we have blogs and video clips from our correspondents and that is all the sport for now. >> joe, thank you very much. pitch invaders are frowned on around the world and some reason the brazil football team and striker took a shine for one going to a pitch and this little man received a warm welcome from the players and embraced before security carried him away. and he was all smiles as a pint-sized person posed for pictures with the squad and he will remember and the parents who probably will remember this for quite sometime. good news stories on al jazeera. ♪

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