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china. ♪ we start with some developing news coming out of saudi arabia two security personnel killed on the border with iraq and happened in a patrol area and police say one of the two attackers wore a suicide vest and on saturday the foreign ministry said it would reopen the embassy in baghdad that close nearly 25 years ago and says the border area is a concern for the border police. >> translator: one of the border paroles in the province on the northern border came under gunfire at what the interior ministry statements described as terrorist opportunities and security forces with the situation dwelt with it necessarily and one was cornered and one killed and the other detonated a bomb belt killing two security personnel and injuring a third.

it is known the saudi arabia has a grave concern among the leadership and authorities because it's close to areas of long-lasting armed conflicts and it's the only entry and exit point and the border stretches over 900 kilometers with 40 border guard police. new visa restrictions on syrians trying to enter lebanon come this force and hundreds of thousands crossed in the neighboring country to escape violence but will have to see why they are entering lebanon and provide documentation and we report from beirut. >> reporter: 20 years he has not needed to worry about a visa to work in lebanon and syrians like him did not need one but now the lebanese government changed the rules and will have to explain why they are entering the country and entry is not guaranteed. >> translator: i've been working in lebanon since 1995

and now i'm stuck in lebanon, there is no way i can leave now back to syria, lebanon has been protecting us and now we don't feel safe. >> reporter: many syrians live in this working class neighborhood of beirut and most are confused about the new rules and came to ask us what is going on. but it's not yet clear what will happen to those already living inside lebanon who don't qualify for visas under the new rules. not all syrians in lebanon are registered as refugees and many came years ago looking for work. some escaping from the resent war split the time between safety of lebanon and visiting relatives inside syria, now if they leave there is no guaranty of being let back in. >> translator: i have a daughter still living in aleppo and risked life to see them and now they blocked us and now i won't be able to see them. >> reporter: it's not just working class syrians effected by the new rules, every syrian

who is not registered as a refugee will have to explain to the lebanese government what they are doing here. that includes middle class syrians. many own businesses inside lebanon. now when they enter lebanon they will need to take a box on the paperwork declaring themselves students business travelers, et cetera approve it. >> translator: the application on the border is a box to check the reason for their visit, if they are not a refugee they must have documents to explain the reason and this is to explain the flow of syrians. >> reporter: new regulations are the norm in many countries around the world but the border between syria and lebanon has historically been open. now syrians here fear that freedom of movement is fading. jane ferguson al jazeera, beirut. let's look at why these new rules were imposed. citizens have been able to travel freely across shared

borrow since 1943 but they have influx of refugees almost 1.1 million syrian refugees live in lebanon and equivalent to a quarter of population and estimated to be another 600,000 syrians living in lebanon but they have not applied for refugee status and we can speak to jane ferguson live from beirut and the question is why now? >> well right now as you pointed out, nick the lebanese government is experiencing and has been for several years a huge influx of syrians inside lebanon. that's not just registered syrian refugees 1.1 million, those are those who are registered with the u.n. as refugees. the government here has been very keen to stress that anybody who is registered as a refugee will not be in any way asked to leave the country. people here will be affected by

this as of today and syrians who are inside lebanon or want to enter lebanon not registered as refugees there is always a huge amount of traffic along the border with syria. so any syrians who want to enter into lebanon today will be subject to these new regulations, they will have to fill out forms explaining why they are here in they are a tourist, a business traveller or a student, et cetera, or going to the airport and provide documentation and basically be subject to that procedure approving their entry. syrians who are already inside lebanon at the moment as this legislation comes into place will be affected but not immediately today. up until now the rules meant any syrian coming in will have been given a six-month permit and once that runs out they would normally go to the government and go to general security to renew that six-month permit and anybody running out of permit

when they go to government officials to renew will be subject to these new rules themselves. the reason these rules are really being brought in is because the lebanese government feels under incredible amount of pressure. as you pointed out one in four people inside lebanon today are syrians. there is also security issues that the government wish to try to combat any spill over. there have been spill over attacks inside lebanon and the government feel they need to register people and get a grip who is here and why. whether or not this is implementable. in the next few months is debatable and whether or not the lebanese government really can get to grips with who is here and why is a big task ahead. >> reporter: especially vulnerable who will be most worried because they will be concerned about their access at all into lebanon. >> absolutely. there are a lot of very vulnerable syrians here and u.n.

keen to make sure this does not affect registered refugees. and also but there are also very many gray areas between registered refugees and syrians who are here. we have been speaking with many syrians inside beirut and a lot of them are very concerned about the fact they regularly return to syria to check up on relatives and bring families home to leave syria for various reasons and not as clean cut as people live in syria or lebanon and the movement will affect people who are potentially quite vulnerable and need to move in and out to support their families that are in syria. it also affects people who may say if i live and work in lebanon i'm syrian and now i need a visa and how does that affect my family if my wife or husband and children are here so lots and lots of questions people still have to ask and waiting for further clarification from the lebanese government about what exactly this means for them and there

are obvious huge amounts of questions for details how this will be implemented. >> we will leave it there, thanks indeed and jane ferguson in beirut. the fight of the islamic state, 11 iraqi soldiers and fighters have been killed in the province lies north of the cab toll baghdad and one of the areas which government forces trying to secure from isil and peshmerga forces trying to retake territory occupied by isil and peshmerga forces were reportedly in full control of the village a few days ago between the stronghold of mosul and the capitol erbil and we report now from the front line. >> reporter: this is a front line for kurdish peshmerga fighters and in the countryside of northern iraq a few hundred meters away is the village of

abdull and and it had fighting with peshmerga fighting and peshmerga control and in the rage of isil fire and we were told not to go to the village. >> almost daily between us and them because we are on the front line. bombs liter the area around peshmerga camp and say isil has killed some of their men. a few kilometers of the front lines is the village here and destroyed military vehicles and walls with bullet hopes are stark reminders of the battles fought here. in some of the villages over taken by peshmerga life is slowly returning to normal as people return to their notes but are facing many problems.

he and his family are behind when the rest of the villagers left and say they need urgent help. >> translator: we have no food no fuel no cooking gas, no electricity and even more essentially we have no clean water. we appeal to authorities to bring us water and food and it's very cold and the children are suffering. >> reporter: he feels relieved that isil is no longer in control of their village. >> translator: we are punished even the smallest actions, if someone smokes cigarettes they say you are not muslim or a soldier will be punished with links with the kurds. >> reporter: their own problems for the people and accuse some of its sunni residents of supporting isil and arrested them. >> translator: my cousin is one of the 16 people taken away by

peshmerga, we don't know where they are and accuse them of being isil members but they are not. >> reporter: at the front line peshmerga prepare their weapons. and others clean their guns. they say they are out gunned by isil and unless this changes the lines would not continue to hold, i'm with al jazeera, on the front lines of northern iraq. syrian government forces launched more air strikes around italy and shelling east of the capitol damascus and people in rebel held areas trying to have a defense system to protect against government attacks and we report a change of leadership in syria opposition in exile is not expected to have a major impact on the fighting. >> reporter: for the last two years they have spent almost everyday with air strikes by government forces and everyone she knows lost someone to missiles and barrel bombs which

have killed thousands of civilians. >> translator: they are going crazy with the sirens and jets and children are very frightened. >> reporter: people call the jets the factories of death and opposition fighters who control have established their own basic air defense system and someone spots a plane and they call it in. and an alarm is raised warning people that a plane is coming. activists say some of these alarms were seized from government forces and some are being locally manufactured. the fighters have built shelters to seek cover. >> translator: to inform residents that jets are hovering in the sky so it can take necessary precautions the army operation room sound the sirens. >> reporter: but even concrete

buildings cannot withstand the superior air power of the regime and this happened after a strike in opposition-held duma and rebels are continuing to launch attacks and say they made gains in northeastern aleppo and complain of weapons being in short supply but say they are improviseing with what they have. for its part the syrian government says it's on the offensive in many areas and state t.v. reports government forces captured parts of opposition controlled and new areas in isi lshgsl and they have yet again chosen another leader and takes over as syrian national president who served one term but doesn't have much influence on the ground and limited backing of the international community and the change in leadership doesn't mean much. and she and her children continue to seek cover.

in a war that seemingly has no end in sight. i'm with al jazeera. let's speak toe a professor of history of the middle east and joins us now and great to see you here again as ever and tell us more about the change of leadership in opposition and how much opposition this is going to bring to bear. >> reporter: it is political and put together to put political forces together and that was basically after a long debate with different players with the region and western powers to make sure there is a strong and unified budget which can face bashar regime and reality doesn't seem simply for whatever there is different views within that political body basically. there is a lot of suspicious

about their relationship with the people on the ground. and also there is concern about their economy, you know situation whether they can actually maintain the situation and they can provide people with some support or services. i mean last night basically the election of the new leader was he was he is in turkey and seems he also served as a representative of the coalition in turkey for the last three years and basically he seems to be close to turkey and turkey approach to syrian classes and this is sort of indication that will tell us turkey will have more influence in the future on the situation in syria or any solution. >> reporter: does he have that connectivity to people? >> that is the question. basically what we witnessed last 30 years is actually the absence

of leadership. there is lack of leadership where the individual or the person who can get people on board and he has charisma and there is an issue about this and we have to admit this is in all countries with arab spring basically and syria is another case of that. so basically it doesn't seem charisma, however, the effort the support he may have from region players and eastern powers, this coalition is being looked at as you know a good political body in the eye of muslim powers basically of the united states, european union and they hope that political body can do something at the end of the day when there is a serious negotiation about the final situation in syria and final solution in syria. >> appreciate that thank you very much. >> thank you, too. >> coming up later on the news hour a bomb strikes houthi

fighters in yemen as tensions rise in the country. and northern nigerian town struggles to recover and government forces pushed boko haram fighters out and trouble for the champion as the world's most grueling motor race gets underway and details coming up with robin in sport. ♪ so bangladesh national party leader is attempting to leave compound after being confined by security officers for two days and locked away after she urged activists to take to the streets as part of a campaign to hold new poles and two supporters of opposition party shot dead and sparked unprecedented political violence and let's get the very latest who joins me live on the line from the capitol daca and what is the situation with the opposition leader now?

>> right now there is quite an impressive police force presence in front of the office. there is about five rows of ten policemen or 20 policemen or 100 policemen and behind them a few morrows of rapid action forces. they are all crammed in the front gate to the office so no one inside can get out and it's not just this person there of prevention of a blockade. around this neighborhood we counted 11 trucks that have been placed across roads so no car can come in and out. you can only walk in and out of this area. but we are still hearing loud chants every now and then from the people who are inside the office. they are waiving black flags, a

sign of what they say is an agree so it has been one year since election they say was legitimate. >> reporter: thanks for that. well this comes on the first anniversary as we alluded to as the election marred by vie loans and hundreds died in the run up to last year's pole and we will hear again. >> reporter: signs that politics is still a dangerous business in bangladesh a police blockade prevents opposition leader from leaving her office. >> translator: as soon as we declared intention to stage protest rallies to mark the anniversary of elections, the government immediately started prosecuting leaders and activists. >> reporter: supporters and prime minister had planned to hold rival demonstrations on monday. but they have been banned. it's been a year since election

capped months of political violence here. more than 500 people died in the run up to the vote. ruling party activists say since the violence died down the government has focused on driving the nation forward. >> translator: since our independence up to now the only progress that happened in bangladesh happened thanks to prime minister. >> reporter: the government's promise is progress in exchange for stability and members of ruling party speak of the so called singapore model but it's unclear if bangladesh is seeing benefits. and he used to be a worker but lately jobs in the industry have dried up. >> translator: the gas bill keeps rising the water bill keeps rising and then the landlord comes and says they need to raise the rent because they are also not able to pay their bills. >> reporter: after the latest

rent hike she pays $57 for the small room she shares with her three children and her husband who is also unemployed. while the country's leaders remain locked in their power struggle she wonders how long she will be able to afford these cramped quarters i'm with al jazeera, taka. >> reporter: more on this we are joined by political analyst who is joined now from daka and this is certainly escalating in a very troubling way especially with the deaths of two activists from the opposition party. what do you make of it all? >> i think we are back to square one, you know to call them in 2014 and 2014 january 5 is as real as january 5, 2014. so nothing has focused much and we are back to where we were. >> reporter: what efforts for dialog in the course of the last

year? because it doesn't seem as you say much progress has been made and doesn't seem to be much point in barricading the opposition leader into her office because that is only going to increase tension, isn't it? >> i'm afraid no progress has been made and no dialog as such has come forward and early they had similar number of trucks so we are back to square one and no progress on the dialog and that is something quite frustrating. >> reporter: right very frustrating, what is going to break this deadlock? >> i'm not really sure what will. but i guess the politics sometimes takes a turn so there is some hope that opposition will come out with certain policies which will be nonviolent and peaceful because earlier, because violent and that did not lead to any solution so maybe some changes

in strategies can actually be a kind of oppression from both outside of nonviolence which, in fact, may allow the government to rethink about what they are doing now. >> reporter: and none of the countries you do what do you think supporters of the opposition will do when they see the opposition headquarters being barricaded in this way and streets being shut off and so forth? >> well in some areas there could be some aggressive you know kind of campaign and we have seen that where i guess two people got shot and got killed. that would be over all i think people are also not wanting violence that is true so there

is some you know a kind of defensing from violence and as i said new strategies is something we are looking forward that may come through but at this moment people are not wanting violence and i guess they will just be quiet and eventually await for the election to come and, you know and things may change from there on but at this moment violence is something that people are not really wanting violence so no violence at one stage but at the same time you have the ruling party or government trying to force something so it's in a statement which as i say is very frustrating. >> we appreciate your prospective on this and thanks indeed. suicide car bomb targeted a foreign vehicle east of afghan capitol and police say at least one eu police and two afghan policemen and six civilians were wounded in the attack.

pakistan's set to vote on to set up military courts comes in the wake of taliban attack on a school in peshwar last month that killed 148 people mostly children and critics say such courts could allow military to officer rule the judiciary. a bomb exploded at a house used as a base by houthi fighters in the yemen capitol and one person injured and comes hours after al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula is responsible for a blast south of the city and we have this update. >> reporter: security sources say it was an improvised explosive device left outside of the house used by the houthis as a base that house belongs to a number of the shia group. there is one person injured in the blast, it was a big blast and there is damage to the house and neighboring homes as well

and it was a residential area at the city center not very far from the president's house and the president of yemen lives in that neighborhood. now, there is no blame of responsibility yet but on sunday a similar improvised device exploded at a group of houthis in the province that left four people killed and it was claimed by al-qaeda and in the arabian peninsula. >> reporter: now the weather with everton and cold weather in northern india. >> expect cold weather this time of year but it has been particularly cold just to the north of india and this is the satellite picture and you see the area of cloud moving across the tibet and dumped heavy snowfall across tibet and a meter for snow for some and you can see digging that out there and that particularly cold air

drains its way down across northern parts of india and here the problem has been fog that does tend to drape across the plains of india through new deli in part while some trains delayed for a good ten hours or so it has an impact and you see people struggling to keep any kind of warmth in place and new deli with a top temperature of 18 degrees celsius and not much on the satellite picture and indeed through the actual rainfall chart and it does stay largely dry, 17 celsius top temperature in new deli and should be 23 this time of year so it has been particularly cold. and on top of the cold air across the middle east and through afghanistan and the next area of cloud pushing its way in and a cloud making its way across the country and see temperatures struggling here with heavy rain forcier yeah lebanon, jordan israel with high of 5 degrees on wednesday,

nick. everton thanks. much more still ahead on al jazeera including a cold reception and police turn their backs on new york mayor at the funeral of one of their fallen colleagues and robin in sport 20 minutes or so and who is in and who is out of the nfl play offs. ♪

♪ welcome back and reminder of the top stories on al jazeera and two saudi security personnel killed on the country border with iraq and happened in a

border patrol area and police say one of the two attackers detonated a suicide vest. leader of opposition bangladesh and nationalist party trying to leave compound after being blocked by security forces and confined after she urged them to take to the street calling for elections and people going in will have tough rules and declare rules for entering the country and provide documentation, more than 1.1 million syrian refugees are now living in lebanon after escaping the war. let's take this on and talk to a spokesperson for lebanese ministry for social affairs joins us now from beirut and good to see you there and a lot of clarification we would like to get from you and first of all why has this been brought in at this point in time. >> it's not something that is new. it's in line with the policy that was adopted by the government of lebanon and in

october of 2014 which talks about limiting or stopping the lebanon and comes in full compliance of lebanese laws and as you said in introduction lebanese host 1.1 registered refugees but the actual number of syrians present in lebanon is more than 1.5 million so this is a very large number and in comparison to the lebanese that are present in the country and reached a point where we truly need to start recognizing the individuals and state inside lebanon and it's a procedure for us to know who we have in lebanon and put some limitations on the access of people in the country that is too small. >> understood. let me just time is limited and wanted to clarify various points and what about those inside lebanon, will it affect their

status? >> reporter: no no their status will stay the same. today or tomorrow there will be a new procedure being announced by the ministry of interior and general security director that has to do with the people of the syrian residents that are already in lebanon and this does not mean that anybody will be thrown out of the country nor that anybody will have a new procedure that would limit their state in lebanon and it is talking about the entry and trying to regular the state and procedures will be announced soon regarding those who are already present. >> reporter: what about those especially vulnerable who are in syria right now but need to get into lebanon to escape violence or whatever pearls they may be facing, what about the restrictions they will be faced with will they not get access into lebanon? >> no as we have announced several times and this is also

in the government policy in october there are humanitarian implemented by the ministry of social affairs in close collaboration with general security. these humanitarian cases we are talking about extremely vulnerable humanitarian cases will be considered case by case and access will be granted to those who fall under the criteria of the humanitarian cases. >> we appreciate you clearing that up for us thanks very much indeed. egyptian court jailed 34 protestered with the out lawed muslim brotherhood and some students from three years to life in jail and special committee frozen assets of 100 members of the group as part of anti-coup alliance that held protest since they deposed mohamed morsi.

peter greste and fahmy and may mohamed wrongly accused of helping the out lawed muslim brotherhood and they ordered a retrial that will begin in a month and they have request to be deported from egypt. suspected boko haram fighters seized a base in northern nigeria by the town by lake chad and joint task force in 1998 to battle cross border crime is based there and mandate expanded to fight boko haram and they fled the area on saturday. residents of northeast have begun returning home and foesed out when boko haram took control of the center and we report how the town is struggling to recover and a warning that some may find images in this report

disturbing. >> reporter: harvesting what remains of the family farm and on the outskirts here. and unattended for months when boko haram fighters over ran the town and now lost a substantial amount of produce. >> we were supposed to have two months back but due to this incident we are not up to in this time around and due to incidents i lost my father who owns this land. >> reporter: as they work all around them are the sights and smell of death, the result of six weeks of occupation by boko haram. >> there is one dead body and therefore we cannot afford to have invested likewise many people around us you can find dead bodies behind the farmland. >> reporter: on the way to town the streets are littered with evidence of the carnage and weeks after boko haram fighters

were chased out, this is largely divided. security forces in charge of moving out but despite presence most people who fled are staying away and many businesses remain shut and that should hope for a quick return to normalcy. central market traders busy clearing debris from shops and a large section of market set on fire hours after boko haram fighters took control. hundreds of thousands of dollars have been lost and the traders here face an uncertain future. >> it's difficult to say if some will come back to this town. many traders have lost everything money, goods and even customers, yet some despite their losses come hoping for some miracle, but the truth is people are desperate. >> reporter: the area has now come but with boko haram history

of attacking towns and villages repeatedly people are left with one thing, hope hope that the resent victories by the military and vigilantes will hold. i'm with al jazeera, mobi northeast nigeria. palestinian president abbas in talks with jordan for a draft resolution to the security council and calls to end to israeli occupation of palestinian territories and rejected an earlier draft last week. >> translator: we will go again the u.n. security council, maybe in a week. we will consult with our brothers in jordan because first they are close to you and they are the only arab member in the security council and we might go again and again and again. we will never be board of going to the security council until we gain the recognition and in the end they will recognize us. >> reporter: more bodies expected to be identified as rescue teams resume search for

the wreckage of the flight 8501 in indonesia and the black boxes are believed to be located close to where five large objects spotted in the sea and carrying 162 passengers and crew when it crashed last sunday. in the united states thousands of people paid their respects at the funeral of new york police officer who was shot dead along with partner in brooklyn in december and ambushed. and he said he intended to kill police officers to avej the shootings of unarmed black men by police. and some police officers at the funeral service turned their backs on new york mayor bill and criticized him for not backing the force during a resent wave of antipolice protests. trial of accused in the 2013

boston marathon bombing opens monday and seeking death penalty accused of helping his late brother in the bomb ings that killed three and injured hundreds of others and tom has the report. >> reporter: now 21 plead not guilty to the 20 federal charges including the use of a weapon of mass destruction. he and older brother are accused of assembling and setting off the two explosive devices near the finish line of a marathon. >> looked like an ied from afghanistan and one guy lying with his leg blown off at the thigh and another with a foot blown off. >> reporter: three days later brothered spotted and allegedly had a gun battle with police and alerted with the shooting of a university police officer and he died in the shoot off and brother captured soon afterward. >> unanswered question and among them why did young men who grew

up and studied here as part of our communities and our country resort to such violence? >> reporter: prosecutors say an ethnic chechnan explained in a note taking responsibility for bottoming and said the act was retribution for u.s. military action against innocent muslims in iraq and afghanistan and u.s. attorney eric holder who opposes capitol punishment authorized seeking the death penalty and lawyers signalled a plea bargain to save the life and government not executed anyone since 2003 and tom ackerman al jazeera. 43 missing students in mexico say they will search for family members themselves and blame government for failing to find them missing since september and they went through mexico city to lay wreaths at the nation monument.

>> translator: we are going to go and look for all of them and not going to take the government in account any more because it doesn't do anything for us. they are just telling us that we should give up how are we going to give up? with the president give up if it was his son? >> reporter: in argentina the political landscape this year dominated by the presidential elections and constitution does not allow them to stand for a third consecutive term and inflation and rising crime and corruption are problems and we report from there. >> reporter: she heads the party founded by three times president in the 1940s. the president and before her her husband has served longer in the top job than their hero did. the president in october and is working now to ensure the legacy

remains remains. >> translator: this political project began in 2003 and with all the faults and benefits established in argentina a nation of quality to change the economic model and created thousands of jobs. >> reporter: government also claims improved public transport and better deal for pension and investment in education and robust campaign to bring to justice perpetrators of abuse committed under military rule in the 70s and 80s but not everyone is content. >> translator: looking ahead, it's not clear whether the party in power will win october's elections and that means there is great uncertainty over who has any kind of chance of winning which i believe creates an interesting possibility to improve the quality of democracy in this country. >> reporter: the opposition has

a different story to tell. they say that crime is rising inflation the worst in the word and the government riddled with corruption and vice president also accused of corruption is the most high profile of cases working their way through the courts. the elections are still some months away posters like this one are already appearing all over the country. planting ideas and engaging opinions but we still don't know who will lead the fragmented opposition or who from the governing victory front is capable of following the couple. the media is dividing between support for her saying opinion polls give her 50% approval rating and the anticamp that says she has been a disaster for the economy. a year can be a long time in politics. the scene is set for a

challenging confrontational and noisy 2015 in argentina. i'm with al jazeera. coming up on al jazeera robin will be here to tell you why even top tennis players need a caffeine kick just occasionally. ♪ with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america

♪ it's that time of day where we talk about sport. >> thank you nick, a dangerous event in south america with 400 bikes and

tracks and competing in the rally and travel over 9,000 kilometers over argentina, chilly and bolivia and we are at the start. >> reporter: day one and mixed fortunes here. and he won in 2011 finished the first stage in the league with a fine performance and showed no signs of losing first place. but he set out to defend his 2014 title came within a few minutes of start and broke down and happened again and again. and he had to wait it out by the roadside dropping down well behind the trucks. he may have already lost out on any chance of winning this year and he described his frustration to al jazeera.

>> pressure it down and low. >> reporter: and we will repair and see and it's so bad. >> reporter: new arrivals of a team didn't dominate but this is a return after 25 years and have an all-star driver line up. this rally goes on for a fort night so it's early days. this is the easy part but it's very fast. it's easy because it's the first stage only 175 kilometers the real hard work begins on monday with a much longer stage lasting over 600 kilometers in very heavy terrain. there are certainly tough times ahead and they will go across to

deserts and cross the andies and stages where service crews can't assist. in the motorcycle section britain sam of ktm finished first day in the lead taking some of the shine from defending champion mark performance hoping for a fifth victory and he was in third place a minute behind him. and so the daka rally with dangers and surprises is underway. the people here are contenders may not admit it but are awed but what lies ahead andrew simmons in argentina. down to eight and cow boys in the playoffs after beating the lions and the first playoff game and 20-14 down in the final quarter and detroit had the ball and officials reversed a

division on pass interference with no explanation and through the lions and scored a touchdown to win 24-20! the wild card game on sunday and post season continued for the cincinnati bangels and lost the playoff game and the colts winning 26-10. the colts will head to the denver bronchos for the playoffs on sunday and the cow boys earned a trip to green bay, before that saturday we will see afc divisional playoffs and ravens and the patriots and seattle seahawks against the panthers and edged the indiana pacers for a win on nba on sunday and lakers trailed by one with just two minutes to go and bryant gave the first lead since the first quarter hitting a

three pointer and pacers immediately hit back and sloan found a way around bryant and a jumper to shock the clock and in front by one with 20 seconds of the game left and bryant went on attack and sinking a shock and won 88-87. up in spain madrid and barcelona lead title ambitions frustrated on sunday and 22 winning streak ended just to then short of the world record and he did score in the 14th minute extending to 26 league goals but the house rallied back in the 52nd minute before nicholas was the winner in the 2-1 valencia and tough after losing to david and

trailed after joining two minutes in and mesi came on as substitutes in the second half could not inspire them for the best chance in the final five minutes and both attempts saved and lead barsa and atletico by one point and two weeks away from the grand slam of the season and australia opened with the biggest stars already warming up in the country and williams says she is using the hot temperatures at the purse to prepare for similar conditions in melbourne. and someone gave her coffee on the court. that seemed to perk up the american as she went 6-3-6-0 and also won his match and together they clinched the doubles to win

the title. fighting back against a determined bowling attack for the second day in a test in welding and did well to recover for 159 in the second innings and williamson and b.j. frustrating visitors and 94 and 6 with a partnership helping guide to 253 for 5 and a lead of 118 runs. and cricket will make an emotional return by fillphilosophyfill and dedicated to the player was placed on the cricket on the front of members pavilion. >> he was one of us and one of the good knights and i think

this week it's going to be great to be able to walk past that and save the fella there and give us a bit of inspiration going out on the field. >> as the game starts hopefully we cannot think about it and get on with the sport that the two teams have done really well in the series to overcome what happened at the start especially more for australia than anyone else and it's a commendable thing to get togethers and we enjoyed the competition from them. >> reporter: speaking as he prepares to take charge of the team for the first time as captain and he retired from cricket last week following use frail yeah and the match to place melbourne and india lost a four-match series and looking to enat victory preparing for the world cup next month and sports

stories region the website and check it out and the stories covered in death on al jazeera/sport for more and that is where we are and we will be back later. >> look forward to seeing you later and thank you indeed. on to china where the city in the north of the country come to be known for the snow and ice winter palace and this year it marks 31 years and has become the world's largest ice festival. and we have this report. >> reporter: five days of working in sub zero temperatures and this is the reward. a work of art from a single block of ice. this ice sculpting competition part of the ice festival attracted teams from all over the world, this spanish team putting the finishing touches to

this piece and patterns inspired by nature. >> it is from ice and you work on one side and another and you create four dimension side. >> reporter: competition is not the main draw here. nor is it this ice rink unusual the tricycle rides and also not for the horse drawn carriage and even though they add a nice touch, people come for this when day transforms into night and the buildings are lit up like some gaudy and magical winter wonder land. neon lights in every color light up blocks of snow and ice from inside and out. each year the festival keeps getting bigger attracting more people who put up more elaborate sculptures and organizers say they are expecting more people 10% increase from 1.1 million who visited last year.

there are castles to explore. trains going on-and-off when you had enough. >> translator: it's amazing, it's like seeing the sea or desert for the first time and suddenly you just go wow. . >> translator: it's my first time here. i'm from the south so i've never seen snow and ice carve ings before. i'm very excited. >> reporter: the cold is not a deterrent and even with temperatures sometimes dropping to minus 40 degrees sells celcius and turned this into a display of art and magic, i'm with al jazeera, northern china. that is one way to have fun in minus 40 degrees, isn't it? that is it for the news hour and another full bulletin is coming up and good-bye for me for now. ♪

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