♪ this is al jazeera. >> hello a very warm welcome to the news hour. coming up in the next 60 minutes. egypt's highest criminal court orders a retrial for three al jazeera journalists jailed in cairo for over a year. at least 36 people are killed in a stampede in shanghai. a new beginning, he is open to talks with south korea. we check out the hottest tech toys for 2015.

♪ ♪ we beagain in egypt where the first day of the new year is offer add resolution for the three journalists who spent all of last year in a cairo prison. they have order add retrial that peter greste mohamed fatny will remain in custody. the retrial could get underway in a month, but there's no telling how long it could take. the journalists were not present when that decision was made, but the lawyers say they will seek bail for the three that were falsely accused and convicted of spreading propaganda. yeahle ma has more. >> . >> they never saw a minute of 2014 and the start of the new year, they remain imprisoned. despite an ael poos courtn't graying the

retrial, they are still behind bars. the judge on thursday's session says it was not in his power to pant pail. >> we welcome the court's decision to accept the appeal, but at the same time, we demand that they are immediately released. they are unjustly imprisoned. everything is politicized, their arrest and the verdict against them, were also politicized. >> the arrests of the three staff on december 29th, were initially assumed to be a short term thing. a mix up over. but as time passed it became more and more clear that the egyptian authorities under the new government had other intentions. >> peter greste, knew little about egypt was clearly as amazed as he was shocked be i the idea that he was linked in some way to what the government in cairo described as terrorists. and of course, exactly

the same can be said for his team. by mid january, the international media was dend maaing the release. the #free a.j. staff went viral. and in the u.k., u.s., and elsewhere they all kate out to they the treatment of the employees was a threat to the entire journalistic community trying to report from egypt. the trial fail to come up with anything against the three men that could have vaguely to have been said to incriminate them. a video of sheep hearding some of the work in kenya, footage from a different channel spirally were found on their lap p toes. to. >> today this session presented video evidence, and we found that the videos have no criminal inindictment whatsoever, to all. >> eventually adjourned into the fury of the world, the men were

convicted and jailed. for the families it was the lowest point of a desperate year. >> it's still remains in my memory as just an awful awful nightmare. >> it was a farce, no witnesses appeared in the trial. i wonder how they were indicted and then sentenced in the first place there isn't a single piece of evidence against them. >> including president denounced the court ruling. >> the issue of the journalists in egypt we have been clear both publicly and privately that they should be released. >> for all that, the government stood behind the court, arguing that it had not been a political decision, and that it was now up to the appeals process to determine what should happen next until then, al jazeera and

journalists everywhere, will maintain the campaign, because journalism is not a crime. al jazeera, doha. >> a lawyer representing peter greste and baha mohamed. he says an order for a retrial is a good step forward. today's acsisment is a very good indication. that the procedures that the hopefully in the next procedures. >> the reasoning for the judgement, so the whole case will be a first today for the cairo court

they referred the case for a retrial. be uh the retrial, would be in front or before different panels. this would give us a chance to plead which we hope will be positive for the gentlemen. we expect the next hearing, within a month of five days it all depends on the back load of cases. fahmy. baher mohamed. >> the lawyers anow seeking the journalist release on jail, but let's take a look at the other legalling os. many are hoping the egyptian president will use his executive power to pardon peter greste,

he has said so far he will not interfere with the process a new law which would have him deported. it would be unlikely for mohamed fahmy to get any release who hold egyptian citizenship. >> they have an egyptian end, and i am not sure whether they consider him a dual nationality or ask egyptian national. i would like to see the chances despite grim, the nationality. >> in response to the courts decision, al jazeera issued the following statement. peter and mohamed have been unjustly in jailed for over a year now the

authorities have a simple choice, free them quickly or continue to string this out. in the eyes of the world they should choose the former. we have had this reaction from mohamed 1/2ny he says a new trial is a milestone. our spirits are bullet proof. his fiance also spoke to the media. >> in't can even imagine that he will stay for a year in prison. >> he just applied to the egyptian presidency, for mohamed to be deported to canada, and be a canadian citizen, and to continue the trial there. i'm still waiting for americans to help. >> the foreign office says it hope as retrial happens swiftly. it says they have serious concerns about the arrests from the outset,

and the foreign secretary have raised them waythe egyptian government. upholding the human rights contained within the constitution, is essential to building a still prosperous and domic egypt. joins us live now, what are you watching for in terms of the way a second trial might be managed? >> to be very clear the legal basis of this case is very weak. i think it is nonexistence. and in a normal context it would be thrown out for lack of legal evidence. the political dimension as well as very strong and i think what they are looking at in the retrial is the political side of this the dynamics the political dynamics domestically or regionally, were really

effect the outcome of the retrial. so this is to be very clear. >> omar, a difficult question to answer, but do you think we could be looking at a swift retrial, or are we looking at potentially protracted legal proceeding here. >> again based on the political more or less dynamics we can see a prolonged one, if we have a political stand still or if we have a very swift one if the there is a release in the political stalemate. i think part of the problem as well as of course it's about -- it's a crisis of the freedom of speech in egypt as a whole. and that crisis is -- if you are an independent journalist, if you are reporting on what's actually happening on the ground, if you are reporting the realities the social, political

realities and those realities defy the narrative of the status quo, defy the narrative of the regime, then you can be subjected to what mohamed and peter have been going through. >> yes. >> and this applied to them, and applied to many other. >> that's right, because we have been talking about a potential resolution in this case. but we must not forget the plight of the hundreds of thousands of other egyptians who have been imprisoned on political charges omar, who hope is there for them. >> it's very difficult at the moment. the pal lance of power is on the side of the regime. there seems to be more events and developments that happened that would put anyone who would do this on the international criminal court list.

and more over the ones that would report, that would face a fate similar to what peter and mohamed have been going through for the last year. so the moment it's dream. but i hear you have many young egyptians and women and men, who are still professing this, still reporting on this, and what gives us hope is the defiance, and the percy tense in pursuing a better egypt. >> oma'am, analyst with the university there in the u.k., thank you for giving us some incite. well, a campaign to free our journalists has plenty of traction online. many are not just tweeting the # but posting images of themselves with their mouths covers. a demonstration against silencing the pooed yeah, over the last year there

has been half a million tweets by close to 170,000 twitter uses. the campaign has reached more than 120 million twitter accounts and that's t no including the post on facebook, incity gram, and other social media. remember, you can join us on this campaign we also have a special page on our website an al jazeera.com where we have uplated reported for you to take a look, so do check that out. aljazeera.com. including the search for the victims of the air asia crash is continuing in the joba sea. as nato leaves afghanistan, president granny rallies his own troop and vows to step up the fight against the taliban. in sport all the details for us it's been a tragic

start to 2015 in in a stampede during new year's celebrations in shanghai. a night of revelry quickly turns chaotic. visit the scene of what started out a a new year celebration. instead, the injured lie on the ground, run down in a stampede on shanghai's waitedder front district. the stampede started just before midnight, police say they are still investigating the cause. >> we were downstairs and those who were upstates wants to move down, we were pushed down by the people from above all those trying to move up fell down on the stairs. >> local media say witnesses reporting sees coupons being thrown into the crowd, they looked like dollar bills pictures of the coupons have appeared on social media. it is a popular spot in the city with restores

older buildings and narrow streets. a laser display has been planned here, it had attracted some 300,000 people. but a week ago the local government canceled the show the official reason, to improve traffic flow. but it is hard to cancel tradition, it is a gathering place for major events so people went there anyway, apparently in the thousands. it's not clear what kind of crowd control measures were in place but it seems whatever it was, it wasn't enough. florence lee, al jazeera. beijing. >> north korea leader proposing high level talks with the south kim john-un made the offer during his traditional speech. the reaction from seoul. >> for the second year rubbing kim john-un used his new years streak to strike in part a conciliatory tone. >> the atmosphere and

environment is there there is no reason not to hold the highest level summit. we will make every effort to advance dialog, and cooperation. >> but he also said such talks couldn't take place while south korea carries out military drills with the u.s. and reaffirms his nuclear weapons policy. >> we proved clearly how right it is that we support the values of late leaders strengthen our national defense based mainly on the nuclear deterrence and safe defiances the life of the country strongly. >> he followed a briefing monday by the ministry, sullagessing initial talks this month, and the south korean president own new year message in which he promised to lead towards trust and change, and eventually unification. >> they have consistently said that she would be willing to meet kim john-un, but only if such a meeting would off the prospect of real progress, no talks for talks sake. that said, this year

would carry extra symbolism, if the 70th anniversary of the end of the second world war, which here, also means the end of japanese rule, and the beginning of the north-south divide. if 2015 does see a summed, it would be the third after the earlier meetings in 2000 and 2007 but getting to that stage would be fought with difficulty. south korea wants to see the amount. they have committed themselveses to the continuing development of weapons as a key national policy. al jazeera, seoul. >> emergency crews working to recover bodies from the air asian air crash have found two more victims. there were 162 people onboard the flight that went down on sunday, but only eight bodies have been recovered so far. reports now for the relatives of the victims it is a inpaful wait.

>> more than 24 hours after bodies were found floating in the ocean rescuers have failed to spot more victims of the air asian crash. serj tales suspect the plane may be. meanwhile, relatives are starting to become frustrated. joseph and his wife are waiting for four days for news about their 23-year-old son. >> yeah, my son is still there. his friends. five of his friends to celebrate. and then my other son is also in singapore, so they were going to meet over there. now they are stuck. >> they have come from their hometown in the east of indonesian to put up the pressure. >> of course i am frustrated.

it is taking to long that's right. they can do it much faster than that. >> it is a painful wait for the relatives here at the police head quarters. while the airline company tries to support them as much as possible. they are now proking impacter, they want to see fuse about their loved ones. >> despite earlier reports saying a shadow of the plane was seen underwater rescuers have not managed to locate it. also no signal from the black box has been detected. a ship with a underwater low kay tor beacon is in the area. >> yeah, it is useful, it is useful. we try to keep the noise level low, so that's why it is very difficult. so you have to proceed very very slowly. joe wise like otherwise if you use the ship, the noise of course will interfere with the signal, that's the difficulty.

two victims were finally taken to the mainland, they are being brought for identification. this did not stop thousands of people to gather some lighting candles to pray. among them many were hoping to celebrate the new year, in singapore. al jazeera. the true scale of the blood disaster the malaysia is being shown as water starts proceeding. more than 100,000 people are still in shelters. more from the biggest hospital in the state the region hit hardest by the floods this is the main hospital, one of the worst flood effected areas in ma play sha. now, they say that they had prior warnings that the floods were coming and they were able to

take measures to mitigate the damage. thigh evacuated this low lying building which is the orthopedic, and the dental wing, and move patients and staff to a multistoried building that wasn't effected by the flood. >> this room in the mediate trick center, is where new brothers would come to breast feed their babies. you can see the absolutely damage that the floods have caused in this room the doctor is the director of this hospital doctor, can you tell me, you were here for the 2004 floods how does this compare. >> so this is more serious, and the ability of the water and it causes more damages. this is why we are planning right now. >> so you tell me, sir that your main priority is to get the hospital up and running again, how long do you think it will take? >> well, we talked

yesterday about the limit of what the supply that comes to our hospital. >> so the main priority, of course, is to make sure that services are up and running again for patients now this may take a few days. but as you see the hospital staff are working long hours to ensure that the hospital is back up on it's feet. >> now in iraq, the kurdish person mer sha fighters are fighting isil forces. outside of mosul. peshmerga had seized control earlier on, but fighters attempted suicide attacks against them, three troops and ten isil fighters have been killed. in western falujjah, eight gunman were killed can during fights. elsewhere in eastern and western ramadi at least 40 fighters were killed in combat. in other developments iraqi prime minister visited the town in the south of the country on

wednesday. the visit comes after security forces regain the town with the support of u.s. led coalition air strikes. afghanistan's army and police have officially taken over security duties from nato forces. president granny thanked international troops and rallied his own forces to step up the fighting against the taliban, jennifer glass reports. the president gathers senior officials and members of the coalition in cab pull's presidential palace. he told security forces the honor now lies in their hands. and instructed them to follow the rule of law. >> afghan security forces have to implement law. should not do anything against your acts should be the pride of the nation. >> he promised promotions, education, and accommodation. and he has a warning for the country's neighbors that if there's not peace

in after dan stan, there won't be peace in the region. >> no one can drown afghanistan. whoever dreams of destroying afghanistan they will be destroyed. >> but afghanistan has considerable internal problems. and it's people are often caught in the middle. >> foreign forces have gone home. but afghanistan is still not safe. afghanistan is sacrificing it's children heavy fighting between the taliban and government forces killed 26, and wounded five, all women and children. a rocket landed on the house while they were celebrating a wedding a brutal beginning to the new year. >> if this kind of incident happened to the families of president ganny, and chief executive abdullah, then they would understand our pain. the people gather here are asking the government why should we be suffering and why is the government not feeling

our pane. >> civilian casualties hit an all time high in 2014. with more than 10,000 killed or wounded. they gave the highest honor the presidential honor to afghans and member of the coalition. and he praised afghan women, saying no one has suffered more fanny promised politician they will name one within a week, but it is not the first time he has promised that and failed to meet the headline. they have already turned violent p against the government. >> we will use the people

power to fight against the government. >> the march was an act of solidarity, for villagers more than 160-kilometers away. >> farmers here in the province of me mar have been fighting the expansion of a copper mind. they faced a wall of bullets. that he killed a woman in the 50's while they tried to stop workers from building a fence around the mine. >> instead of protecting the citizen the government has always resorted to violence. the mine is a joint venture villagers say it is snatching their homeland, and destroying the environment. >> we want to maintain the rule of the law in

this country. >> the chinese company say it is expanding the work area to comply with permit requirements, it prompts to pour 2% of the pines profits into community development. but giving the long standing aingeer and the violence. al jazeera. >> still ahead for you this hour, he claims he can treat diseases like aids but can the president cure his country's ills? a new year and new challenges for brazil's president this morning. ♪ ♪

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a date has not been set and it is not clear how long a retrial will take. mourners have layed flowers at the site where 36 people were killed in a spam pead. chinese police say they are still investigating what caused the crowd to panic. north korea's leader is proposing high level talks with the south. he made the offer during his traditional new years speech, but he also said they couldn't take place while south korea carries out military drills with the u.s. a court hasrd oared a retrial for three al jazeera staff. here is a reminder of that case. the three journalist were arrested on december 29th. after a trial, they were sentenced to june, peter and mohamed to seven years, baha was given ten years. in october authorities in cairo announce add judicial review with a hearing of the case on january 1st.

then earlier this week, vigils were held to mark one year since their arrest. he told me while he was disappointed that bail wasn't granted a retrial is step in the right direction. >> i am sure he will be encouraged by the fact he has been grant add retrial, and it's an opportunity for egypt to correct a massive injustice. he is holding up okay, but it's been a tough 12 months and he is having to look -- look after himself, physically, and mentally to make sure he gets through this ordeal. so he is determined that the whole prison experience isn't going to break him. three bomb attacks have killed at least 11 people. a suicide bomber tried to attack a church service and was killed by local

security forces. also a female suicide pommer was killed as she tried to enter military barracks with an ex-close lives belt, and a bus was struck in the town. eight antislavery activists remain in prison after a court ruled against their release. the defendants are being tried on charges of longing to a nonrecognized organization, and for glen straiting without a permit. the court postponed a ruling until mid january. gambian president is back in the country after a failed coupe attempt. some believe more unrest is likely to happen. nicholas reports at the border. relief finally safe. he left in the middle of the night, as soon as he heard gunshots he sensed trouble. >> the gunfire didn't last long, since there's.

an eerie calm, the military are wherever have, i have been so scared what will our leader do now? >> in the eyes of many, this last failed attempt proves how powerful he is. he has strength no other has. he may even harm us here. >> al jazeera got rare access to the leader in 20007, he is a self-declared heeler. his potions are profezzed to have a cure for aids, asthma but his clinics have a serious side, many have been advised to stop taking antiviral drugs. at the border most game bei don't knows would not talk to us on camera, fearful of reprisals on their loved ones. but authorities told us this isn't correct, their leader they say is extremely gent and kind.

we tried to welcome into the country but were refused. tourists are welcomed though, this is peek season. >> when in gambia, made international headlines for the wrong reasons, it is either for the threats, about threatening to throw his opulence into the crown, and bury them six feet deep, or it is about hizzoner antics against the west. i think there is a global thirst and hunger for something to happen despite the failed coupe, they have not lost hope, they say it is a matter of time before he loses power. al jazeera. at the border. >> on new year's day lithuaniaens said goodbye to 2014, and their current season. politician hope that joining the zone will

boost the economy. sighmore mcgregor wood reports. >> fireworks greet add new year, and a new currency for lithuania the 19th european union to join the club it is the last of the three soviets to do so, for the politician it was a moment to savor. >> the your owe will be our guarantee for economic stability, it will allow us to develop quickly a lively economy that will create new workplaces and improving ins. a strong believe we will strengthen the family. >> the symbolism of withdrawing the note will not be lost on the increasingly neighbor russia, it is a sign that lithuania, before it, is cementing it's european identity. looking west, firmly rejecting old ties with rush a. >> russia's muscle flexing over ukraine's

closer ties to europe has led to frequent russian incursions. most recently on christmas day an incident russia denied. but the country's 3 million people, there is understandable sorrow for the loss of their leaders, and fears of economic uncertainty. since the borders are gone the world became global, i think it is the best time to have the euro. if we close ourselves off, that may be patriotic, but it is bet tore go global. >> well, we lithuaniaens are a bit afraid. that we will wake up with higher prices. >> as others are discovered to their cost in recent years having the euro, does not guarantee economic or political good times. simon mcgresh go wood, al jazeera. >> ukrainian president says 2014 was the most difficult year since the end of world war ii, he praised ukrainians for

standing up to defend the mother land. in the east, soldiers rang in the new year they have been fighting pro-russian separatists there since april. meanwhile, the russian president vladimir putin has used his new year address to hail the annexation of crimea, but increasing problems are putting pressure on putin, the falling price of oil and sanctions over ukraine have caused the value of the rubble to plunge. peter sharp reports. >> the traditional fireworks over red square, bringing in the new year, in moscow. but for the russian people an uncertainty about what lied ahead. there were reassuring words from president putin in his traditional message to the nation. dear friends at this time, when we summarize the ending of the year, i want to thank you for your unity and solidarity. for your deep feelings of truth, honor, and justice, and

responsibility for the destiny of your country. for your unwaiverring redness to defend the interests of russia, for standing by not only in triumph, but also at a time of trials. to fight the inpledgation of our most brave and wide scale plans. >> 2014 has been a year of highs and lows for russia, it was the glory of hosting the world's most expensive olympics in history a $50 billion spectacular, that confounded the it dr.ices. a month later crimea was annexed, neatly side stepping the west, voted to rejoin russia. >> but the war that followed in the east, between government troops and pro russian separatists raged virtually uninterrupted as the west piled on the sanctions. the ruble plummets losing more than 50% of the value, oil prices follows in the same direction. as more than $130 billion

in foreign capitol left the country heading west. but for the russian people, are a particularly resilient bunch. this mentality is predicted in the upbeat predictions of the year ahead. >> i expect all the best from the new year, everything is going to be all right. we will be happy and healthy we hope that everything will be okay, we will be lucky and happy. >> i think that everything is going to be great. >> but despite these words of confidence, and reassurance, there's a growing realization, perhaps unspoken among these people that things are going to get worse possibly far worse before they get better. peter sharp, al jazeera in moscow.

>> but with the economy showing little sign of growth pressure is beginning to mount. the value of the brazilian real has plunged against the dollar, and unemployment is at record highs. a look now at the challenges facing the new president. >> a new year, a new term, for brazil's president. if 2014 just barely saw her re-election, 2015 could prove just as challenges. under her the world second largest emerging economy has been floundering, just barely climbing out of a tech may call recession as the year ended. a huge fiscal deficit rising inflation, poor infrastructure, and crippling taxes and pure rocksy are to blame. ordinary brazillians like mechanic says the people of south america's largest and most popeless

nation want results. >> everything is to be improved, not just public health, transportation education, we want a better country, it is what we hope for. no matter who is in power, people want a better country for everyone. that's what i expect. >> but the continuing depreciation of brazil's currency suggests even a new finance minister, is not enough to boost confidence. >> everyone is waiting to see what will be the reaction of the social movements once the government starts making cuts this year. we don't know if the government can make sufficient changes to spark growth that would offset cuts. the biggest challenge is to make tease and maintain it's support through perhaps. >> a support that is being further strained by a $1.5 billion corruption scandal that grows be i the day. threatening to splatter even the president. >> the chairman of the

state owned oil giant. brazil's largest company when most of the money was allegedly skimmed off inflated contracts and distributed to construction companies executives, and politician. >> more than 50 of them have been inexcited for racketeering and the investigation is jut beginning. >> they have so far skipped personal responsibility, but she knows the nagging scandal along with brazil's economic woes will give her little time to show this time around, she has what it takes to fulfill her giant nation's potential. al jazeera. >> still ahead for you on the al jazeera news hour the treasure drove of gifts the european commission keeps behind a locked door. and in sport the new tennis season is already underway, we will told you if andy murray can start his year with a victory.

♪ ♪ he is known for his extensive travel, but like many, the former european commission president, collected a lot more than hand shakes on his travels.

there are always gifts involved it's usually a question of give and take. and maybe a blessing or two. but the rules state that commissioners can't keep any presents worth 150 euros so they all end up in a deep dark vault, a place those who work here call alibaba's kay. >> we are always honored when we receive the gifts because we are part of a diplomatic exchange. we treat all of them with the biggest respect they require, and afterwards they then come here, to the alibaba cave. >> how about these carved chairs bring your own accusation. a traditional knife from algeria, think of all the euro that could cut through, and this from russia, whose recent relations have been far from plain sailing. there's usually a

physical momento too this instrument made it's way back to belgium to join the drove. along site portraits of your favorite figures. >> we have paintings of different kinds this one for example is from turkey. picturing former commissioner. >> while many objects languish here for years some are sold at auction in the last 40 years years the saled have raised $12 million for charities. still, you have to wonder. thank you so much. right now english premier league leaders losing 4-1 if it stays that way manchester city will move to the top of the table. come as day after he agreed to stay at the champions until the end of the season. put city 2-nil up at the stadium, southerland came back, thanks to goals from two excity players.

fourth place south hamilton beat arsenal 4-2. 3 points ahead in the championships league. >> manchester united 9 points behind chelsea after their third draw in four games. ryan shaw cross, gave the home side an early lead, but rad mere equalized just before the half time. >> i think they deserve more of the victory but at the end the draw, i think it is good. >> is i can not say that we were the better team today. and i have said that many many times but today i cannot say that. >> everiton's defeat is

their fifth in six matches, lester came from two foals down, to draw 2-2, new castle without the soon to be departing manager, during 3-3 with burnly new west head coach watches from the stands as they true 1-1 at west town. andy murray has set up on friday on the first tournament of the year. he beat lopez in the first day of the world champions. the six man exhibition tournament, is the unofficial season opener, the scott clenched victory on his fifth match point for athletes found guilty of doping for first offenders it has doubled automatic bans from two years to four, with athletes banned for life, if they test positive again. more than 26 years since very first major doping

scandal pen johnson was stripped of gold three days after winning the 100 meters at the seoul olympics after testing positive for steroids. he was given that ban at the time but later was suspendedded for life, after failing a second test. another track and field fall from grace as marian jones, she was stripped of five medals banned for two years and jailed for six months for lying to federal ats about her drug use and never served any bans. and who could forget lance armstrong stripped of seven tour de france titles and banned by the u.s. anti-doping agency from elite level sports for the rest of his life. kenya has also suffered in recent months after a number of runners tests positive including championship rita. on top of the new water

rules there's now a building being proposed which would make doping a criminal offense. where many elite athletes go to train at high altitude. >> they all want to compete on the best tracks one day and bring home gold medals. kenya is world famous for it's runners. but these young athletes know a worrying trend is hurting the country's image, doping he admits there is enormous pressure to take stimulants and excel. so far he says he hasn't been tempted to cheap. >> so i think it is not good. >> the coach knows he may not be able to protect his athletes over the years high profile kenyans have been caught using banned performance enhancing drugs.

western korea is trying to change that. >> what i want to do is criminalized doping so we can bring fear to the people that are going to use it that you can get caught and go to jail, or be penalized secondly, that would help us the second part of the deal is, to help us to fool the athletes that have been caught to see where they got it, the stuff. >> they are also no effective anti-doping controls in kenya, it doesn't help that some are relatively easy to buy. at your local pharmacy. >> it is a medicine used for treating patients with kidney conditions, or dialysis patients. request athletes, this medicine by the very production of red blood cells, and therefore helps them to run and run without getting tired. that's why it becomes a

very effective medicine a law criminalizing could be a deterrent sports officials fear it is something is not done to curb illegal drug use it could control kenya's impressive sporting reputation. al jazeera. kenya. there are many big sporting events to look forward to. the asia cup heads to australia, for the first time, where japan will be defending champions. then with just two months notice equatorial guinea takes on hosting rights of the nation, in february, the world's best correct nation descend for the 50 world. in may, he is a man that has faced plenty of credit civil. question remains as to whether he will have any

serious opponents. the best of south america converged and then the fifa women's world cup will be held across canada, also in that month, the first ever multisport will be held, following in the path of the games. in september, the all africa games will also be held marking their fifth anniversary in their birthplace in the republic of congo, and there's the world cup in the u.k., which begins in september, new zealand are bidding to become the first ever repeat champions. seo a lot to look forward to that's all the sport for now. as the new year begins what gadgets can we look forward to in 2015. flexing it's muscles for the first time, this fabric has fiberoptic

sensors which means it can monitor the health and motion. the p twoers say this technology is almost invisible making it easier to integrate into normal clothing. this opens up the possibility of it being used in many areas including fashion garments. fashion changes radically and quickly. for the fabric can be updated seasonally, and the technology can exist within the fabric that's enwith it comes into it's own. >> also taking off in 2015, the use of drones, small unmanned remote controlled aircraft, as prices have dropped they have become increasingly popular, not just with agencies but also with lobbyists. >> very very few of these tones are licensed. which leads to the prospect of 12-year-old boys using these things with the top of box of flat. which as we have already

seen with drones being very close to aircraft, there's a lot of concern. >> from the smart whole chair which monitors the user's health, and also the mechanical health of the chair itself to what are being called smart cities where the data from millions of sensors is analyzes and responded to in real time, helping manage traffic, and the use of utilities like water, 2015 is expected to see hundreds of millions of devices and sensors connect over the internet. >> it is also expected to see a people in what is being called revenue streaming, this is where they use the special net to connect directly with others, this could be a ride somewhere in their car. >> or letting someone else use their home or flat. >> it matches demand so supply, so it is allowing people that have a home they don't use or they can go away for the weekend and allow someone else to use it and

monotize that in a way that people feel is safe and effective. >> it is also expected to be the year, when readers like this one are widely introducing for banking. both will help boost online security and now increasingly connected world. al jazeera. >> n have been traditional celebrations worldwide to welcome in the new year, more than 1 million australians parties along the harbor, an estimated 1 billion television viewers tuned in to watch the start. it was packed for massive firework display there look at those immanages and then in new york city again, proving it's rep ace as a city that never sleeps, hundreds of thousands praying freezing temperatures to watch the famous ball drop in time square.

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