>> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ welcome to the news hour. i'm live from our headquarters in doha. coming up on the program, still no deal in peru as countries try to hammer out a global climate agreement. london's air space is fully reopened after a technical problem forced traffic control to impose restrictions. fighting isil amid falling oil prices and an struggling economy, but iraq's finance minister says the armed group

can and will be defeated. and lockdown in sierra leone amid concerns the ebola virus outbreak may be more widespread than expected. the u.s. secretary of state, john kerry, is warning of a global tragedy unless a deal on climate is reached. international negotiators have been in peru for the past two weeks to try to hammer out a treaty. in that summit will not wrap up on friday as expected, as long-running issues threaten a deal. nick clark joins us from peru east capitol, lima, the summit has been extended. what is the likelihood of all members reaching a consensus? >> reporter: well, they all want consensus of their own, but whether or not they'll get it

remains to be seen. it's all about this draft text that is causing all of the problem. they have been working at it all week. it has been hacked down to 7 pages long, and now some are saying it is too small. it all resolves around this aim-old argument about the fact that developed nations want developing nations to shoulder more of the blame, and they disagree. and this is something that john kerry alluded to that we have to remember that half of the emissions are coming from developing nations and it's important that they act too. and countries like china and south africa disagree. but there have been rallying cries. >> reporter: every year-round this time in one country or another, a seemingly endless

u.n. negotiating process griengds on and on. here in lima, the rallying cries have begun. >> i want them to look back at us and ask the question how did you find the moral courage to shake off the lethargy? so break free of the chains of the past? to lift your sights and draw the design of a future that we can accomplish. u.s. secretary of state john kerry made a flying visit to rally things along. >> this is not just another policy issue measured against the array of global threats that we face today, and there are many, terrorism, extremism, epidemics, poverty, nuclear proliferation, all challenges that no know borders, climate change, absolutely ranks up there equal with all of them. >> reporter: as time ran on

there is more optimism than usual. >> i have never seen such a sense of resolve that you find among people over year, that of course has to translate into something concrete, and that's where people are sort of protecting their own turf. >> reporter: the progress is still extraordinarily slow. >> this is proving difficult because all of the countries of the world are at different stages, and we want to be sure -- at least for us -- we want to be sure that rich countries in putting down what they can do, do not slide backwards. >> reporter: i should say it is possible that there could be an agreement here tonight, but it is unlikely. we can speak to kelly dent the lead here for oxfirm.

>> we have the ministers negotiating what is going to be in the draft. there are a few sticking points that will have to be ironed out in the next few days. >> reporter: so saturday and maybe even sunday? >> i'm fairly certain that it is going to go into saturday at this point, because we still have some of the big issues like who is going to reduce their emissions by how much. finance, that they will be financed before 2020 and after 2020, and that finance is critical to allow poor countries to embark on low-carbon pathways while lifting people out of poverty, as well as allowing them to adapt and prepare for the impacteds of climate change they are feeling now. >> reporter: there was so much

optimism before the conference. and now we have had this crash of progress. who is the cause? >> i think what we're seeing here is a real lack of political will. we have the solutions we just need the political will to make it happen. >> reporter: we said this same thing in doha and we're talking about it again. >> the difference this year is we saw 600,000 people out on the streets in september in new york, and here in lima, we saw the biggest-ever climate march in latin america. but when you come to who are the culprits, i would like to start with who has been positive. >> reporter: briefly, if you could. >> briefly. we have seen countries like the african group putting forth positive proposals.

and peru aaron alexis and -- pu proposals. and countries like the u.s. and e.u. not doing enough. we would also like to see china doing more than what they are doing. >> reporter: okay. there you have it. they are still at it here in lima. we'll see how it all develops. >> all right. nick clark thank you. moving on an iraq finance minister has told al jazeera that the drain of fighting isil is depleting their economy. >> reporter: when isil came in june it captured territory, seized assets, property, gold,

and cashing, from citizens, business people and banks. the finance minister says over hah -- half a billion dollars was stolen. isil is believed to be the richest such organization in the world. a lot of the revenue comes from iraqi oil fields. it has gained control of major oil fields in iraq. >> air campaign target those facilities in syria and some in iraq in order to deny them and deprive them of this revenue, but they have enormous financial resources. they are paying their recruits or their soldiers, or their fighters good salaries, better than what we can afford to -- to pay ours. >> reporter: that's partly

because iraq has a serious financial crisis. the economy is expected to shrink this year, because of lower oil output due to the war and unchecked government spending including other militias propping up iraqi security forces. but five months of air strikes and more effective ground forces have put isil on the defensive. it is apparently planning to push on with an attack on mosul, to recapture the city taken by isil in june. >> iraqi government has set up an operation for the liberation of mosul, okay? and this can only be done in concert, of course, and coordination with the coalition, not separately, but i believe it's doable. and contrary to what many people believe or think, i don't think it would be a long fought

battle. >> reporter: he and other iraqi leaders aware strikes and an army won't be enough. reclaiming iraq's third-biggest city will rely on persuading sunni tribes and others who have so far been on the sidelines to fight isil as well. money has always been one of iraq's biggest weapons, but now the iraqi government is struggling with a serious financial crisis at the very time it needs money most. the finance minister says with the falling world oil prices the government will have to make some tough decisions on cutting spending while being able to continue this fight. and oil prices continue to tumble after the international energy agency cut its forecast for global oil demand for next year. prices are at a five-year low, and they warn a further decline could raise the risk of social unrest in oil-producing

countries. oil is currently trading around $60 a gallon. it may come to the aid of opec's weaker members, like nigeria which was forced to decrease its economic. for the consumers the oil slump has its benefits. in the united states petrol is at its lowest price in five years. airline profits are set to rise next year, and they should pass on those savings to consumers. joining me now is joe michelle, a lecturer in economics at the university of england. thank you for being with us,

sir. the iea is predicting a fall in the global oil demand next year. what would that be due to? >> the fall in demand is mostly due to falling global demand for consumption good, commodities and investments, we're seeing falling aggravate demands in western europe, america, and increasingly in china. the falling oil prices is a reflection of two things. one, demand for goods and services and investment is falling globally. and on the other side, we're not seeing a response from the oil-producing nations on not reducing supply as they usually do in order to balance the two. >> i want to take you up on that point. falling oil prices have major long-term effects, possible social unrest, weaker opec

members may need to be bailedout. all of this can be avoided if opec cuts production. why haven't they? >> one theory why opec are not choosing to reduce output is this is some kind of grab for market share. at 30 or $40 per barrel, opec production remains profitable. however, north american production, canadian, and mexican production, much of it shale and tar sands becomes economically unviable. so if the price remains at 50 or $60 a barrel, many of those projects may be taken off line, reducing the share of total global supply, coming from the americas. >> all right. the bottom line of course is that the consumers are the victors in all of this, but the question is how much longer will this continue? >> there's two sides to it. you are right, the consumers are

the winners inasmuch as prices at the pump should fall. goods and services should get a little cheaper. but demand is very weak globally. prices are almost at the point of deflation. we have very, very inflation, and a significant drop in the price of oil can feed through into falling prices, and at that point central banks face serious problems because they no longer have monetary pools to regulate demand in the way that they usually do. >> thank you for joining us. violence has broken out between israeli security forces and hamas supporters at a demonstration in the occupied west bank. palestinian activists say israeli police stormed the rally, firing tear gas at the crowd. they say officers destroyed a stage set up for celebrations marking the founding of the

hamas organization. two people have been arrested. several demonstrations across egypt on friday have called for an end to military rule. protesters gathered in several cities calling for an end to president sisi's military-backed government. demonstrators also voiced opposition to the acquittal of mubarak. al jazeera continues to demand the release of our three journalists who have now been imprisoned in egypt for 349 days. peter greste, mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed all three were jailed on false charges of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. and they are appealing against their convictions. much more to come on this news hour. we will be live at europe's busiest airport after a

technical glitch lead to air space restrictions. and an oil spill in the world's largest mangrove forest. and switzerland introduces new laws targeting corrupt sports behavior. 32 people have been killed in a twin bomb attack in nigeria's northeastern city. there has been no claims of responsibility, but the attack has been blamed on boko haram. it happened on the same day the ruling and opposition parties officially named their candidates for next year's presidential elections. >> reporter: another attack in a crowded city market creates a trail of carnage. the state government says two suicide bombers detonated

explosives here tuesday night. targeting packed areas in major cities has been an ongoing trend for boko haram. >> translator: we heard the sound of the blast, not ab minute later, the second bomb went off. i saw a lot of bodies scattered on the ground, everywhere. >> reporter: the state government says dozens of people were killed and injured, the explosions took place in the evening as shopping were closing. that significantly reduced what could have been a higher casualty toll. >> translator: when i discovered that [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: the bombing of markets, bus stations and large gatherings in northern nigeria has claimed hundreds of lives. the choice of location on a day

political parties named their presidential candidates for the upcoming presidential elections could not have been more symbolic. sierra leone has imposed a two-week lockdown in the east of the country, after health workers discovered a price in the number of ebola infections. the epidemic was thought to be largely under control, but 87 bodies have been buried in the last 11 days. sierra leone has overtaken liberia as the country worse effected by the virus. winnie is a spokeswoman for the world health organization, and she says people attending funerals are inned a vert wantly spreading the virus. >> generally most of the infections are being spread two ways, bun which attending unsafe

barrels. when someone dies the tradition here is you come together as a family. there is some washing of the body and some rituals with that waterer, which is highly infectious. it is the most dangerous time to be around someone who has died of ebola is at the moment of death or just before. so for them to come and touch that person and weep and brush away their tears that's when they introduce the disease into their body. so the funerals are a main transmitter of the ebola infection, and then of course if you are caring for someone who is very sick in your house, it's very easy to catch ebola through the care of that person, and through handling the body fluids as you clean them up as we would for any loved person that we care for. zimbabwe's two new vice

presidents have been sworn in. the president chose them as sacking joyce ma -- ma djourou. following the news those interested in politics, this is a big day. the president has appointed two new vice presidents, so people are reading the newspapers trying to get as much information as they can about these appointments. the two men who have been chosen as vice presidents, are these two mugabe recently sacked his former vice president, joice muju mujuru. he alleges she tried to remove him from power and he even

alledges that she tried to kill him. the main thing on people's mind is the economy, what does this mean to the zimbabwe economy? >> maybe some jobs, better life for our kids and everyone. >> we don't know whether they are going to deliver or they are not going to deliver, but we hope they are going to deliver since the appointment that the president is going to do the will of the people. >> reporter: but there are some who say that mugabe has only appointed loiists, meme that won't try to remove him from power. and the skeptics say they feel nothing much will change on the ground. fishermen have begun cleaning up what environmentalists are calling ecological disaster. it's home to the world's largest

mangrove forest, the spill threatens trees, fish, and a rare species of dolphin. >> reporter: i'm on the brink of the river. on my left side you can see the mangrove forest, the largest mangrove in the world. it's about 10,000 square kilometers of this forest, 60% of it is in bangladesh territory on the indian side. you can see dark patches all across. these are the oil that's been washed ashore by the tide. the impact of it yet to be determined by the environmentalists, and marine biologists. there is a dolphin sanctuary about a kilometer from here, where we have some of the most endangers species of dolphin. this is a place -- or the habitat of the royal benningal

tiger. because this channel has been filtered, recently the commercial vehicle has been using this. government yesterday decided to ban using any commercial vehicle in this shore, to preserve this area. well elizabeth farny is bangladesh's director of training and education for the wildlife conservation society, and she says activists are concerned about the long-term impact of the oil spill. >> well the mangrove forest as such is very delicate ecosystem. the sediment load that comes through the mangroves is enormous. right now the second -- sediment is covering over the oil already. and the concern is the oil that

is not visible will be seeping out over the next several years. and that is a vicious cycle that will affect the forest and its wildlife for many, many years to come. nobody is or was prepared for such a disaster, and this has to be a priority for bangladesh, and this is not the first oil spill, but it is certainly one that will surpass all others in terms of the impact. the disbursements are very controversial. they will have possibly very negative impact on the ecosystem, so other solutions have to be found. what we are trying to do is to network with the government and agencies that are experts in this field so that the best-possible solutions can be found. transport in italy has been brought to a stand still after two major trade unions organized

protests against government plans to reform the job market. jonah hull reports from rome. >> reporter: a nationwide strike, the latest in a string of recent protests against the most sweeping labor reforms italy has seen in years. the contentious jobs act is the government's answer to unemployment currently touching 15%. unless there are major changes, students like these on the fringes of the protest and increasingly of society, face a grim prospect, only one in two will likely enter full-time work. >> translator: it's clear that our country doesn't guarantee us a few thure, so my biggest fear is to be a temporary contract worker forever. >> reporter: the jobs act is meant to answer these concerns, making it easier for companies

to hire and reducing the need for short-term contracts. the unions complain the act makes it easier to fireworkers instead, doing away with protection against unfair dismissal. one of italy's biggest problems the economists will tell you its traditionally inflexible labor market locks in high unemployment in a struggling economy. if employers can't hire and fire freely, then they simply don't. >> translator: it's like taking us back to the 1800s. >> translator: i'm a teacher, but i'm also a mother, so i'm worried for my 19 year old. we were expecting a completely different approach by the government. >> reporter: if italy really is changing, as the prime minister insisted when the jobs act was passed this month, then it isn't changing in the way many people here would like.

still ahead on al jazeera, the u.s. politicians debate a huge budget bill to stave off another threat of a government shutdown. the united states is accused of using hip hop to generate discord in cuba. a military helicopter in the skies patrolling the area, and the security forces are ensuring that this match is held without any incident. >> reporter: pakistan's tightened security ahead of an important cricket match. details coming up in sport. ♪

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mrairs -- paris next year. iraq's finance minister has told al jazeera the fight against isil is draining the economy. he also says the city of mosul is the key to defeating the armed group. sierra leone has imposed a two-week long down in this eastern district after health workers discovered a rise in the number of ebola infections. 87 bodies have been buried over the last 11 days. people in a yemeni village say their family membered were killed in the failed hostage rescue attempt on saturday. they are angry at the government and wanting compensation. at least 11 people died in the raid, including the hostages. >> reporter: this is one of the houses in the repoet yemeni village damaged by a failed u.s.

rescue attempt. two hostages an american and a south african were being held here. the hostages were shot by their captors, but al-qaeda accuses u.s. forces of killing them. one of them killed was this man's son. he says most of the villages weren't aware of any foreigners being kept there. they said all they saw were helicopters in the distance, and thinking it was an attack, they thought back. he says he lost four sons that night. >> translator: we demand state retribution for those who came to kill our elders sons and children. >> reporter: anger has been growing for months. and the failed rescue raid did not help. >> translator: we condemn and

denounce all acts of terrorism whether from al-qaeda or u.s. marines or anybody whatsoever. who gave them a right to violate, honor and commit such a barbaric act. >> reporter: u.s. officials say they decided to go in because the life of the american journalist was in danger. but the non-governmental group working to free the other hostage say they was due to be released. kenneth ross is the executive director of human rights watch, and joins us from new york. thank you for being with us. obviously there's lots of anger over this botched rescue attempt. what is the likelihood the u.s. or yemeni government will be held responsible for the death of his hostages and the

civilians? >> well, it's interesting that we're having this discussion today, because exactly a year ago, there was a u.s. drone raid on a wedding party that effectively turned into a funeral, because 12 civilians lost their lives, and we have seen in that time, the way the u.s. has been operating in yemen. the u.s. first said this was an al-qaeda operative that we killed. they later backed away from that. but to this day they never formally admitted civilians were killed, but quietly they have given out over a million dollars in cash in compensation. >> hum. mr. roth, here is a question for you, you are right of a human right's organization, when it comes to releasing hostages in a dangerous situation like the one we saw in yemen, are you in

favor of negotiating with the kidnappers, or are you in -- favor of a military position. >> we don't take a position on that. you can argue it both ways. but if there is a military operation, we want to make sure it abides by the laws of war. and so that means obviously taking all feasible precautions to avoid civilian casualties. if there are civilian casualties as we saw in the drone attack of a year ago, and many other cases, it is essential there be a degree of accountability. and here the u.s. has utterly failed. sometimes when the u.s. operates it's the cia, other times it's the pentagon, but even when it is the pentagon there has been a real reluctance to allow a

formal inquiry. was there any fault involved? we just don't know, and we don't know this for any of the attacks that yemenis have suffered. >> a recent report of the cia and their treatment of prisoners was recently released. the u.n. has called on those involved to be held accountable. what do you think is the likelihood of that happening? >> human rights has very much pushed for justice as well. this investigation was not done by the executive branch. obama fought it. the cia fought it. it was done by the senate intelligence committee. and it put out a devastating report showing systematic torture authorized from the top. now that's a very important truth-telling process. we have nothing like that with the many drone attacks but

unfortunately obama has taken the view he wants to look forward not back. but these are acts of torture in the case of the cia. this is the most fundamental prohibition there is. you can't just say, oops, we were naughty but please don't punish us. this cries out for prosecution, but the obama administration has resisted tooth and nail even to this day. >> thank you very much for your incite. the portuguese parliament has adopted a recommendation calling on the government to recognize the palestinian state. israel withdrew its ambassador from sweden in october when it became the first western e.u. state to recognize palestinian statehood. london's airports are returning to normal after a technical failure .

flights had to be grounded for a time leading to delays for passeng passengers, but flights have now resumed. >> reporter: we don't know any knock-on immediate effect that this outage may have caused. there is of course always a worry when news like this surfaces that traffic chaos will ensue. from what we gather, though, things are now under control, flights are able to land and take off as i mentioned earlier, at airports like gatwig. the concern, though, now is probably the -- lots and lots of people who were undoubtedly going to be affected by delays. we don't know how severe those delays will be. there is most certainly going to be quite a lot of unhappy people stuck at the airports for probably a few hours to come. the u.s. house of

representingtives has beaten a deadline and approved a budget for next year. president barack obama has urged cross party support to avoid a government shutdown on thursday. tom akerman has this update. >> reporter: this driving a big wedge between the white house and president obama's democratic followers in the house, who are -- many of them outraged as what many see as the white house caving in to republicans on several issues most prom next -- prom nextly one that would give big banks some kind of protection. in the words of one lawmaker the president may make a case of being a lame duck president to get along with republicans for the final year and a half or so of his administration, but in

the case of democrats who are hoping to make big electoral gains in congress in 2016, this will be seen as facilitating another potential bailout for the big banks. ukraine's defense minister has called for a doubling of the defense budget. he says the boost is needed to help deal with the ongoing conflict in the east. the number of soldiers fighting separatists rebels in eastern ukraine will now grow to a quarter of a million. in britain it's estimated that there are up to 120,000 illegal migrants. even though married to british citizens are now feeling mar generalized. >> reporter: for chris and jane fining a doctor happy to treat them as been less than straightforward. chris is a british citizen.

he met jane when she was over from the philippines on a tourist visa. they got married. she became pregnant, but when she went to find a doctor she was told she would be reported to the immigration authorities. >> they were very intimidating. >> reporter: how do that affect you then, during your pregnancy? >> oh, it -- it was really -- stressed, really worried, and -- >> it felt kind of hopeless -- >> it was really hopeless. >> chris works in a care home, pays his taxes, yet his pregnant wife and baby's health was jeopardized because of the health system. >> i think there could be possibility that this will have long term consequences. >> reporter: the anti-migrant culture here hardens all the time.

land lords have to check the immigration status of renters. and in just the same way it is becoming harder and harder for undocumented migrants like these syrian orphans we found in northern france to enter the country to claim ally sum. 2014 has been the most horrendous years, leading to the upheavals of millions of people who have been displaced to other parts of the planet, and yet, here, certainly the political will to bring those people in on compassionate grounds is in shorter supply than ever before. all of this has left those who live undocumented lives in fear of authority and in a sort of authority. children grow up not even knowing they are not british until the day comes when they have to find a job. >> there are a number of

undocumented migrant children in the u.k. who have been here for years. and it's very, very difficult for them to regularize their status, because it's a very complicated procedure. they can't get free advice and representation. rfrp many people here would simply regard jean as an illegal over stayer, any day now authorities will tell here if she has to leave the uk, and leave her british husband and baby behind. a sri lanka airplane has crashed. the plane came down in bad weather shortly after takeoff. the loan survivor was pulled from the wreckage and rushed to hospital. a former korean air executive has made a public apology for delaying a plane

over a bag of nuts. they both apologized for the incident. cho was on a flight when she ordered the plane back to the gate because a crew member did not serve her nuts on a plate. korean officials are investigating whether the airline broke aviation rules. >> translator: i'm truly sorry to trouble you. i have resigned from all posts. i will step down from all management positions, and i do not have any plans. >> reporter: still ahead on the news hour, we'll have all of the sports news, and real madrid closing in on a world record. details coming up with raul.

♪ time for sport now. >> thank you very much. the heads of some of the biggest sporting organizations in the world could face corruption investigations after a new law was passed in switzerland on friday. there are currently around 60 international sporting bodies based in the country well switzerland is viewed as attractive for many reasons, but now tougher laws will allow for financial transactions to be examined and exemptions from money laundering laws will be lifted. officials will be defined as

politically exposed persons meaning they could be prosecuted for corruption. earlier we spoke to a swiss lawmaker. >> the pressure has become bigger and bigger from the outside but as well from the swiss people, who say if these people don't do anything themselves we have to doing is, because they are tarnishing the image of our country. fifa will vote next week on whether to publicly release the report investigating the bidding of the world cups. garcia disagreed with the content of the summary and appealed. a vote will take place at the meeting in morocco. a processor in criminal law previously advised fifa. he said a change of guard could have helped the organization

through this difficult period. >> they did not introduce a term of office, and that has now backfired because the president is going to run again for presidency, and we would have liked him to step down. for football matters on the pitch now. real madrid could extend their winning run. their game kicks off in just over an hour's time. they recorded their 19th straight success on tuesday. they are currently five short of the world record of 24 set by brazil in 2011. the match will be the last leigh game of 2014 before they head to the club world cup in morocco. >> translator: i think real madrid are doing well at this point. we're playing well. it's true we weren't forced to work too hard in the champions

league victory, but the team is all in good condition. a formula one boss says he doesn't plan to buy any players claiming his current squad are good enough. they face [ inaudible ] on saturday with a 3-point lead. but the coach thinks he has enough. >> we cannot be better than first in the premier league, we cannot be better than top of the league in any group phase, and at this moment, we cannot be better than quarter final of capitol cup. let's see if tuesday we can be in the capital cup. >> cricket is expected to host the international series with kenya on saturday.

six policeman and a van driver were killed in a gun attack. however, the pakistan cricket board say they hoped this series would change attitudes regarding security concerns in the country. kamal has more. >> reporter: pakistan is holding an international tournament with the kenyan team here. this is happening after five years of suspension of international cricket here in pakistan after the deadly attack on the sri lanka team in 2009. that wounded seven of their players and killed another eight people. the pakistanis are trying to reassure the international teams that this is a safe venue. extra security measures have been taken. the kenyan team is being housed in the pcp compound, which is the pakistan cricket board. there are 14 [ inaudible ] with

separate gate from the outside. there are military helicopters up in the skies patrolling the area. and they the forces are trying to ensure this event is held without incident. >> the 2009 attack mean that pakistan currently play all of their home matches in the arab emirates. they are in their second game of their one-day international series. new zealand won by 4. the series is now 1-1. david warner's sworing street has continued for australia after scoring 145 in the first innings against india. he followed it up with 102 on friday. the opener.

philip hughes died after being struck in the neck by a ball. they will need to take all wickets on the final day to clench victory. another person heavily affected by the health of philip hughes is making a return to the game. he helped his team defeat queensland. now the [ inaudible ] governing body says that the kazakh team, which have been the subject of several failed drug tests this year. but they have been warned that they must show themselves to be completely clean. >> we're now getting to a

situation where the straws are very close to breaking the camel's back, as it were. so we need to make sure when we take action, it is something that is going to stick and be legally defensible. >> the olympic champion has won the world event in switzerland. a second run saw her take the race with .2 seconds to spare. she was the overall champion in 2013, and now extended her lead to 177 points. this was her 26th world cup win, putting her 12th in the all-time list. golf, brandon grace has built up a 5-point lead in south africa. francesca is his closest competitor. he was 7 under for the day, and is now 11 under for the championship, but grace shot a

66, to remain comfortably in front. it looks good with two more rounds to play over the weekend. much more sport on our website, check out aljazeera.com/sport. details there on how to get in touch with our team. that's your sport. more later. thanks very much. the united nations has declared the first-ever international day of yoga. it will be observed starting next year on june 21st. this follows a proposal by the indian prime minister who himself practices yoga, and has appointed a minister for yoga to his cabinet. yoga has become a popular activity across the world with more than 20 million practitioners in the u.s. alone.

to moldova now where musicians are hoping to take advantage of visa-free travel through europe. from the capitol robin for esther walker has the story. >> reporter: this band is beloved by moldovans. twice they have represented the country at euro vision. but they are exceptional. the singer remembers the '90s when moldova's music blossomed. >> translator: when we appeared it there were a lot of interesting music. >> reporter: whereas today the independent music industry has twinn

dwindled. >> in some ways there are more opportunities. . >> reporter: until recent ri going global wasn't easy on moll dovian pass port. but now they can make it visa free to europe since the summer. and that could be the passport to moldova's future. ♪ >> we're trying to promote alternative music here in moldova, which is quite a rare thing now. ♪ >> music could be good ambassador of moldova. it could boost our economy if we had a strategical approach. >> reporter: so they have started coaching young bands how to get ahead.

her band has promise, but she admits they need to learn the basics, like using social media. >> we need to -- attention, just attention, because the music -- you -- you can't just sing the music from -- for you. ♪ >> reporter: and your fans will sing back if you get to be like this band. ♪ >> reporter: they have a loyal following from munich to moscow. tonight they play to the home crowd in the capitol. with the right help this is what moldova's young talent can hope for, and like these guys, commercial success is beyond their borders. stay with us here on al jazeera with have another full bulletin of news for you right at the top of the hour.

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running out of time, delegates at a key climate change conference, try to find a deal to reduce carbon emissions. ♪ >> hello there, you are watching al jazeera live from london. beige la desh's environmental disaster. cleaning up after a massive oil spill that also has india on high alert. a computer glitch closes london's air space causing chaos for travelers. plus -- ♪ >> did the u.s. put