>> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ welcome to the al jazeera news hour i'm sami zeidan in doha. coming up in the next 60 minute violent protests in pakistan against the french newspaper, charlie hebdo. belgium prosecutors say they stopped a major plot to kill police officers. an al jazeera exclusive from the democratic republic of congo where rebels are accused of using their familiar list as human shields. and scientists say the beagle 2

probe lost a decade ago has been found on mars. ♪ protests have been taking place in several muslim countries against the french satirical newspaper charlie hebdo. on wednesday it published another magazine depicting the prophet muhammad on the cover. the largest demonstration happened in the pakistani port city. police had to use water cannon and rubber bullets to clear protesters. there were also demonstrations in the capitol islamabad. in the last 24 hours, demonstrations have also taken place in the yemeni city of aiden. and call listenians have been demonstrating against the magazine too, people took to the streets in the occupied west

bank town. >> reporter: there is anger across pakistan on the publication of the cartoons in charlie hebdo magazine. the people of pakistan are deeply conservative and do not take kindly to any insults hurled at the profit of islam. the message from the people the political parties, including both secular and islamic parties is that this is an intolerable act. the lower house of parliament has passed a resolution condemning the publication of those cartoons in the french magazine. there is likely to be even more anger in the streets of pakistan on this particular act committed by a magazine that says it is upholding free speech. however, in pakistan and across the islamic world there is an opinion that free speech should not insult other religions.

belgium prosecutors say they have foiled a plot to kill police officers. two suspects died overnight in a raid. 13 people were also arrested. security forces say they found weapons, police uniforms and large amount of money during the operation. neave barker sent us this update. >> reporter: the streets where the raid took place on thursday evening is still closed off to the public and still being guarded by belgium police. the authorities say this was one of a dozen similar raids and searches that took place across the country. when police arrived here to search a bakery just up the street to the right. fierce gun battle ensued. two suspects were shot dead a third was arrested. when police explored the interior of this premises. they say they uncovered bomb-making equipment, guns

mobile phone, and large amounts of money. but most importantly police uniforms. it is believed that the police the authorities themselves were the intended target of a potential attack. 12 suspects linked to last week's paris attacks are being held by french police. some are believed to have provided logistical support for the shootings. jacky rowland reports. >> reporter: the u.s. secretary of state said he came to give a big hug to the french people. it was also clearly a damage limitation exercise. washington recognized it made a mistake by only sending its paris ambassador to the solidarity march on sunday. >> today i just really wanted to come here and share a hug with all of paris and all of france. i wanted to express to you personally the sheer horror and

revulsion that all americans felt at the cowardly and despicable act, the assault on innocent lives and on fundamental values. >> reporter: an unscheduled stop on his trip john kerry visits the kosher supermarket where an attacker killed four people. jewish schools and other institutions across france are now under armed guard. french police say they arrested 12 people overnight in raids across the paris region. they are suspected of providing logistical support to the attackers. >> translator: most are known by police services. the paris prosecutor will speak when appropriate. >> reporter: more funerals are take place for the victims of those attacks. colleagues and friends have been saying good-bye to the cartoonist and editor and chief of charlie hebdo, schaub in a ceremony just outside of paris. five other victims of the

shootings were laid to rest on thursday. more than 120,000 police and army troops are now on the streets across the country. people in paris feel particularly on edge. the railway station was briefly evacuated on friday after a bomb scare. the whole of france remains on terror alert. jacky rowland, al jazeera, paris. multiple attacks in the iraqi capitol and surrounding areas have killed nine people. three mortar shells hit the mostly shia neighborhood north of bagdad killing four people. bombs exploded west of the capitol and northeast of bagdad. there have been anti-government protests across several regions in egypt. demonstrators in cairo were demanding the egyptian president resign. some of the protesters held pictures of the former

president, mohammed morsi who was removed from power in a military coup two years ago. congolese troops and united nations forces say they are about to launch an offensive against the fighters operating in the democratic republic of congo. the group being targeted is known as the fdlr. it's the largest rebel group with around 1400 fighters. the rebels are accused of taking part in the 1994 genocide in rwanda before crossing over the border into the democratic republic of congo. the u.n. has warned the fdlr may be hard to target as its fight verse blended into the civilian population and could use them as human shield but they hope if the fdlr are defeated other groups in the region will

disintegrate. malcolm webb has this report. >> reporter: we have to drive through eastern con go's hills twor two days to meet with the rebels. most people living here have more contact with armed groups than with their own government. the fdlr right verse been living in area since 1994. some of the members are accused of genocide back home. and been accused of mass rape and killings of civilians here in congo. we reach a hill top village. the spokesman leads us around. he says they want a dialogue with the rwandan government. >> translator: they tell us we're criminals. let them point out the criminals among us and we will sideline them. but what about the army's massacre of our people? the solution to the problem is truce and reconciliation.

>> reporter: there were no fighters or guns on show here. instead we're taken to meeting with their wives and children. the fdlr says they will be among the victims of any attack. few have surrendered although they insist the process is underway. but the united nations says many fighters are hidden in bush preparing for battle. government troops near here told us there are fdlr fighters hidden in the tops of these hills. and the government troops themselves are further down in the valley. they are waiting for the go ahead on the aoffensive. the terrain here is tough. it will be difficult for the government to completely defeat the fdlr. meanwhile in rwanda the government says dialogue is out of the question. >> the fdlr is not a political organization.

it's a bunch of thugs who committed genocide who is kept civilians, their families hostage. so that should be very clear. that nobody should even think that there is any kind of political claim that this group can have. >> reporter: back in congo, government soldiers deploy with fresh supplies. everyone here is waiting to see if and when the fighting will begin, and if it can bring an end to a regional conflict fought on ethnic lines that has dragged on for more than 20 years. chad has reportedly sent solders to cameroon to fight the nigerian armed group, boko haram. suspected boko haram fighters attacked the army base earlier this week. let's go to the capitol. first of all, how much of a unified regional african plan is

coming together to confront boko haram? >> reporter: well, there have been talks on regional basis, especially the region black, of course the economic community of west africa state. last year the chairman of the commission the president of ghana said on two occasions that they are considering setting up a regional force to tackle boko haram and bring to an end the violence unleashed by this group on people in the subregion. now cameroon has taken the initiative of asking chad to help with troops to assist in the situation. cameroon thought this was largely a nigerian problem, until they started attacking chad on its own territory. this is becoming more and more a situation whereby the countries in the region are becoming more and more afraid of what boko haram is doing in nigeria.

cameroon and chad are definitely not members of the economic community of west africa they belong to another regional grouping, but it looks like countries in that region especially countries under threat of boko haram attacks are coming together and with help of economic -- or regional groupings, they hope that once and for all, they will find a lasting solution to the problem of boko haram attacks in their -- member states. >> how much international support is there for any sort of regional action? yesterday we had the u.s. talking about a u.s. u.k. initiative. >> there could be. we saw last year after the abduction of the girls how some countries from the west contributed troops and equipment to deal with the problem. unfortunately seven months after we have not seen any tangible

results in rescuing these girls. now the united states and united kingdom are talking about looking at the possibility of intervening to bring the problem to an end. it's more of a global problem, because more and more countries are becoming more threatened. so it's like other groupings from different parts of the world are taking their own initiatives to try to address the problem. unfortunately or fortunately we don't know how much of that will be appreciated by people. because here in these parts of the world, people are suspicious of the presence of foreign troops on their soil. >> all right. thanks so much for that. let's bring you breaking news coming into us here. we're getting a line that the icc prosecutor is launching a preliminary probe we're told into possible war crimes in

palestinian territories. the icc prosecutor launching a preliminary probe into possible war crimes in the palestinian territories. let's go to james bays. what does a preliminary probe mean at this point? >> reporter: whel -- well this is an initial investigation. it comes some 17 days after the palestinian president signed up to the rome statute, signed up to join the international criminal court palestine not yet a member. they have come under jurisdiction of the international criminal court since the first of april. but the prosecutor ahead of that has already launched this preliminary examination. the palestinians said they

wanted the court to look at everything from june last year -- they wanted all of that to be covered by the court, and under the rules of the court, even though palestine isn't a member until the 1st of april, they can launch this preliminary examination. in fact it is the chief prosecutor's policy. and that is what she has done. there are a number of preliminary examinations around the world that are underway. >> explain i imagine the immensup diplomacy that must have happened as well as the diplomatic process that will follow. >> reporter: well we only in the last 24 hours, heard the u.n. security council talking about the situation in israel and palestine, and the israeli

ambassador railing against the palestinians joining the icc, describing it as follie. well that was this anger before a preliminary examination was launched. now the first legal step has been launched to look at the war in gaza. it is only a preliminary examination, but i think the repercussions politically will be very very important. of course, coming as it does in the middle of an israeli election campaign. >> there's lots more to discuss isn't there, james? but for now we'll leave it there. plenty more still to come on the news hour. pope francis is greeted by cheering crowds in the philippines as he calls on the government to get tough on corruption. plus -- i'm in port-au-prince haiti, where hundreds of public schools just like this one have yet to be completely rebuilt

after the devastating earthquake. we investigate why. and the depending champions march into the quarter final at football's asia cup. ♪ two italian aid workers who had been held in syria have arrived in rome. they were released on wednesday. the women disappeared in late july from aleppo. they are believed to have been taken by the al-qaeda-linked al-nusra front. saudi arabia has reportedly postponed the pug -- public flogging of a political blogger. he received 50 lashes last week after friday prayers in the port city. he is supposed to receive 50 a week for 20 weeks.

one of al jazeera's on youralists imprisoned in egypt for more than a year has called on the canadian prime minister to directly intervene in the case. he made the plea african da's foreign minister discussed the issue in cairo with egyptian officials. they were wrongly accused of broadcasting false news and helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. an appeals court in cairo has ordered a retrial. they have been in jail for 384 days. lawyers for peter and mohammed have filed requests for them to be deported from egypt. there is a focusing inquiry on huge development projects here his hometown in sri lanka. >> reporter: [ inaudible ] has been working his rice fields in southern sri lanka for 20 years.

like many people here he is a big man of the local man who lost in the presidential election. >> translator: i voted for him because he won the war and developed this area. i'm concerned the new government will forget us. >> reporter: it was a house very close to here where the former president was born so it should perhaps not be surprising that he directed so much investment in big projects in his local area. but it's those projects that could well be the focus of investigation into corruption by this country's new leader. the road here is a four-lane highway with very little on it. the 28-year-oldson is the local member of parliament. there's the near-empty international airport, built with the help of a $209 million chinese loan. the international cricket

stadium rises. there's the $1.5 billion support, china lent $400 million for the first phase of construction and $810 million for the second. when the opposition at the time sent a fact-finding team here last year they were pelted with eggs and the local mayor charged them with what he later said was only a plastic gun. since then he was arrested for an assault. sri lanka's new president says the funding process for these projects lacks transparency. the loan repayments are unsustainable, and has promised an inquiry into corruption. >> i think investigation is important. justice must be done. it's not only about the people who stole it. it's about the people who are coming to office as well. if justice is done then the people who hold office will be careful in the future. >> reporter: al jazeera spoke to

the former governor and asked him to his response to threats of an investigation by the now newly elected president. >> it [ inaudible ] one more mourning and say -- questions his credibility. >> reporter: he resigned the day after the president's election win. one party has submitted complaints to the bribee commission about him and the family including the former president. but back on the farm this man says he will continue supporting his favorite local politician but with his election campaign in tatters, the former president and many of his allies may need to come up with answers fast. guinea's health minister says all schools that were closed because of the ebola outbreak will reopen on monday. in liberia the schools won't be reopening until next month, but schools in sierra leone will remain closed where the outbreak

is hitting the hardest. they are waiting for the number of cases to keep falling before schools can open again. severe flooding has killed dozens of people in southern africa. malawi has been hit hard with at least 48 deaths reported and 100,000 left home less. katherine soy reports. >> reporter: tuesday at dawn flood waters swept through this township in southern malawi. the raging watering came down from the hills carrying these huge rocks. several people and livestock were swept away 40 houses were destroyed. this person's brother's home stood here. his 11 year old nephew was sleeping. he drowned. >> translator: [ inaudible ] like a boom boom. [ inaudible ] come to check, we found that there is nothing. everything is gone. >> reporter: people are

searching for those who are still missing. these men are looking for the bodies of a young and another man who we understand were living in that house. they think he bodies were buried under the mud. after several hours they found nothing. a short distance away hundreds of those who escaped have taken refuge in this school with little food and hardly any utensils to cook with. this woman is just happy she got her children out safely. >> translator: we have never experienced this before. >> reporter: it gets worse as you go further south. thousands are trapped in villages that are hard to access. it's a disaster that the president says the country cannot deal with alone.

pope francis has called on leaders in the philippines to reject corruption and end social injustice. the pontiff made the comments at a mass in manila. this is the first papal visit to the capitol in nearly 20 years. >> reporter: pope francis wasted no time in tackling politics. he told an audience of politicians and diplomats, that the country's leaders needed to get serious about corruption poverty and scanned olous inequality. >> it is now more than ever necessary that political leaders be outstanding for the honesty, integrity, and commitment to the common world. >> reporter: the philippine president has waged an anti corruption drive, but one which his critics say disproportionately targeted opposition figures. away from politics the popular

devotion. thousands crowd the streets to await the mass of the pope's visit. >> pope francis is actually here. i want to be enlightened, inspired. >> all of the things he suggests people usually follow him. >> reporter: his arrival brought new waves of excitement and expressions of love. he began his sermon by quoting jesus's words from the gospel. >> do you love me? >> yes. >> then thank you very much. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: his main message, though focused on poverty and the need for traditional catholic values. >> for those who living in the means of a society burdened by poverty and corruption have broken the spirit.

proclaim the deity and truth of the christian message. >> reporter: the church says its visit and inspirational message will be a wake-up call. the pope spoke in english to those inside and outside the cathedral. and that in the sheer crush of people trying to catch a glimpse. later pope francis was keen to emphasize the importance of family in a nation that is so divided. still ahead on al jazeera . . . >> i'm tarek bazley 18 meters beneath the city of amsterdam, where the rails are being laid in the final stage of a tunnelling project. and in sport, rory mcelroy

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you are watching the al jazeera news hour. let's give you a reminder of the stop stories. the international criminal court says it will begin an inquiry into war crimes in palestinian territories. anti-charlie hebdo protests have been taking place in several muslim countries, the largest demonstrations happened in one city. belgium prosecutors say they foiled a plan to kill police officers. two suspects died in an overnight raid southeast of the capitol. more on the breaking story about the icc, launching a preliminary inquiry.

our diplomatic editor is in new york. james what has to happen for this to become a full investigation? >> reporter: what this is is initial inquiry to see whether there should be a full investigation. what is important, you'll remember is that palestine signed up to the rome statute on the last day of last year. but at the same time -- and that doesn't actually come under icc jurisdiction until the first of april. they also put in a declaration on the first of january, saying they wanted the court's jurisdiction to be retroactive to go back and i quote, to cover crimes committed in the occupied palestinian territory, including east jerusalem since june 13th, 2014. when a country makes a declaration like that the chief

prosecutor of the icc has made it clear as a matter of policy and of course she will launch what is called this preliminary investigation. which is an investigation to look at the facts, and see whether she should launch a proper formal investigation. she has three options now from this point. she can initiate that formal investigation. she can go to the judges or she can say no we're not going to have an investigation. and there's plenty of time for her to decide all of this. there's no set time lines for her to make her decision. she has preliminary investigations like the one she has just launched in place concerning afghanistan, columbia georgia, guinea iraq nigeria, and ukraine. and what is worth making clear here sami and if she does decide to go the next step she

launches a formal inquiry, then that's the first stage towards a legal hearing of the events. it's worth remembering that at the international criminal court, you don't do a case against the person. you do a case on a geographical territory. so it could pave the way towards war crimes charges. but there could be war crimes charges against israeli leaders, but also against hamas figures too. >> there is a lot for the court to consider as well isn't there james? because you have u.n. groups and human rights groups already on the record speaking about war crimes. >> absolutely. currently the chief prosecutor is only looking at that period from -- let me find it again for you -- from the 13th of june last year.

so that only covers last summer's gaza war, but if the palestinians were to go back further, they could cover other aspects. also when palistine becomes a formal member of the rome stat statute statute, and has the jurisdiction of the international criminal court covering palistine then there is something else the chief prosecutor could look at. because in the rome statute, it specifically refers of countries building settlements in other countries. so that is also something potentially after the first of april that the court could look at. all of this is i think, going to create real anger in israel. 24 hours ago we had the monthly debate here at the united nations on the middle east. they have a monthly meeting, and every three months it is in debate format which meant we

heard from ambassadors all over the world, among those was the israeli ambassador. let's remind you what he said 24 hours ago. by going to the icc, the palestinians have reinforced the message they aren't interested in negotiating, and they aren't willing to compromise. the international community must stop encouraging this march of follie. he wasn't talking about this next dramatic step which is the chief prosecutor of the icc starting the very earliest step of a possible legal action with regard to the war in gaza. >> all right. james bayes thanks for now. now the russian government is warning the media that publishing religious caricatures violates the law. images inside ethnic and

religious hatred. the move follows pope francis's comments that he believes there should be limits to offending and ridiculing the faiths and beliefs of others. we're joined by a russian political analyst. good to have you with us. how much of a precedent is there for those laws to be used when people are accused of insulting and attacking and mocking religious symbols? >> russia has its own story of dealing with problems like publishing cartoons or other publications which might be found offensive. yes, we do have legislation which punishes any publications which can be considered a sort of fended religious feeling, but i hope you will agree that such

legislation especially when it comes to russia can be considered sort of a double-edged sword, and it can be applied selectively, and this is a problem -- this is what is the subject of concern for independent media and human right activists who are saying this can be used for an excuse for a crackdown on media. >> there is a split as to whether mocking religions is an act of free speech or incitement to hatred. where do you think most russian journalists would stand on this since you are also a columnist, i understand. >> let me tell you in our media community, there is ongoing debate which has not ended whether it would be appropriate to publish cartoons or come up

to publications we have seen similar to what we have seen in paris. and emotion is very high and the journalist community is equally split. so we have to understand this is a very delicate issue, where we have to balance our duties professional duties and responsibilities and understand it's sort of walking on a tight rope, where on one hand you should not seed your professional duty but you have to understand that if you cross a certain red line you can open a pandora box, and you can see something similar what you have seen in paris. >> reporter: is russia would you say perhaps more sensitive to religious sentiment in general than perhaps some of your western counterparts. what was the russian sentiment when pussy riot chose a church

to storm into as a sign of protest rather than another venue? >> well that's a good question but i -- i don't think comparison with pussy riot is fully relevant because what pussy riot has done was not only offending the feelings of believers, but it always sent a putin message whereas if we imagine that if any publication comes up with cartoons of prophet muhammad if one has any signs of being anti-putin. so this is the basic difference. and the other thing, let us not forget that russia is a country where 20% of the population are muslims. and this is another reason for editors to think twice before coming up with cartoons like that. >> thank you so much. good to always get your thoughts on that. >> thanks for having me. our new government program

in haiti is trying to revive the education system that collapsed after the earthquake in 2010. the scheme is offering free primary education to more than a million children. but as gabriel reports, many of the poorest are being left behind. >> reporter: children hungry to learn in school pen in hand and at tenttive looks during the first day of class, but teachers have called for a strike saying working conditions and supplies are inadequate. some teachers say they haven't been paid in fronts. >> translator: despite the bad working conditions the salary is the biggest problem, because if we can't get paid we can't take care of our family. >> reporter: a half rebuilt school in downtown port-au-prince. five years later this one

nowhere near ready. >> translator: there's not one single public school that was damaged in the earthquake that has been rebuilt and functioning now. there are some in construction and others construction hasn't even started. >> reporter: but look around port-au-prince and signs like this are everywhere. the government says they have paid for a program to put 1.4 million children in private schools, which make up 80% of all of the schools in the country. the good news is the government has been able to get some children back in school but with so much of the emphasis being on private education, it has come at the detriment of the public school system meaning that the poorest of the haitian children still have very few options. like this boy who's little hands should be holding a pencil in a classroom, but instead they are picking apart scrap metal. he does gonth to school and didn't afford a private one.

he is one of thousands who have slipped through the cracks. ironically when we ask him what he wants to be when he grows up he answers a teacher. at the public school the children may be too innocent to know the challenges their country has in trying to educate them with the gaps between those who learn, and those who don't, growing by the day. in peru student demonstrators have fought with police over a controversial new youth labor law. it allows employers to reduce benefits to employees between the ages of 18 and 24. the government says the law will reduce youth unemployment. the global fall in oil prices is starting to have an effect on the energy industry and people working in it. in the u.s. state of texas, about 2 million work in the oil

sector and it generates billions. andy gallagher reports. >> reporter: deer park bills itself as the birthplace of texas. it built its fortunes on oil. and this is a oil community. refineries chemical plants and chimneys dominate the landscape. if they don't work directly for the oil industry they are connected to it in many ways. the drop in the price of a barrel of oil has many concerned. this is where engineers, welders, and cleaning staff come to pick up new contracts. but things are changing. workers are being turned away. one man told us they now call this area the crying hole. >> right down the road is the refinery. and it is already starting to

make an impact on a lot of people i know. >> we have got to do something. i have got to find something else. >> for this mechanic who remembers the oil crisis of the '80s cheap oil is a worry. his biggest clients are the oil companies and their workers, and he is concerned. >> i'm at retirement age right now, i can't just walk away. and i have got to stay here. and i -- even if you tried to sell the business at that rate it's going to be hard to do. >> reporter: but economists say the economy here is still growing. he predicts job losses of 20,000, and says people will need to move to find work. >> we have been through it twice, and it's rough. even if it just ends up being you have to switch to a different part of town it's still hard. but there's still plenty of opportunity here in houston. >> reporter: around a quarter of this state's wealth is made from

oil. a figure much higher in places like deer park. and most are at the mercy of a market they can't control. google says it is stopping sales of its glass eyewear. reports of the move say it is to create a new version of the product. the glasses let users take videos photos and get directions. some argue it violates privacy, which led some bars and restaurants to ban the devices. more still ahead on the news hour including all of the sport. i'm andy richardson in ex-questioner toal guinea a country in a race against time to get ready to host this year's africa cup of nations.

♪ rails are finally being laid on a new metro under the city of amsterdam. the project is years behind schedule and over budget. but now the ambitious project is nearly complete as our technology editor tarek bazley explains. >> reporter: it's one of europe's historic train stations and the busiest in the netherlands. and an extraordinary construction project has been going on underneath it. tracks have been laid but building an underground railway

line hasn't been easy. >> we have had to excavate a complete canal under the station. and we have to take over the count a decision of the station, and 3,000 wooden piles have had to come down, and after the canal was built, we could float it in bring it under the station, hang it up and immerse it to this depth, so this was really extreme engineering. >> reporter: work was suspended midway when shops and homes above sank. it eventually resumed, but the cost has ballooned from under 2 to more than $3.7 billion. it was always going to be a massively ambitious project, a 10 kilometer train line beneath a city built on stilts and arranged throughout kanells. engineers have had to come up

with new teaks to bore seal and finish these tunnels. the digging also unearthed more than 700,000 artifacts. >> they felt from the hands from people and they said oh i lost it. but what they lost is our treasure, so we have a completely new entry on -- on the official history, and -- and the objects they are connected with daily life. >> reporter: there are plans to put some of the artifacts found on display in the stations. but for now the focus is on the finishing work with the first trains on this long-awaited and costly line due to run the year after next. tarek bazley al jazeera. let's catch up on all of the sports fews. a good day for japan at the asian cup? >> yes, they are the defending champions. japan have booked their spot in

the quarter finals of the asia cup. they won 1-0 in brisbane. the loan goal of the match from the penalty spot in the 24th minute. they are confirmed top of group d after two wins from two. earlier this man scored a contender to open the scoring for jordan against palistine. but he was out down by his teammate who then went on to score four goals. palestinians found one reason to celebrate. this 86th minute strike was their first ever in fifa competition. 5-1 the final score. on saturday the 30th africa cup of nations get underway in exwaer toal guinea. exwa doeral quinney is located

in west central africa. the games will be shared across four centers, the capitol, and other cities. that's where our correspondent reports from. >> reporter: well in 2012 when this stadium hosted the africa cup of nations, most thought they were witnessing a once in a generation sporting spectacle. but three years later here we go again. but unlike 2012 they won't be co-hosting. they will be standing alone. it means stadiums will be used again, but also smaller venues will be used for the first time. they have limited infrastructure virtually no hotels and there are obvious question marks about their suitability. when morocco pulled out of hosting the tournament just a couple of months ago, they did so because of fears of the ebola

virus spreading into their country. as far as the organization was concerned it wasn't an option to delay the tournament for a year. in almost six decades there has never been a cancellation or postponement. they have taken a big risk by bringing the tournament back here. but as far as they are concerned it's a risk worth taking. algeria have held their first training session ahead of their match on monday against south africa. they had a great showing at the world cup in brazil last year and will be hoping they can repeat that form in guinea. they are part of the group of death. boxing ledge end mohammed ali has been readmitted to

hospital in the united states the third-time world heavyweight champion is receiving follow-up care for a urinary tract infection. ali's family say they hope he will be home to celebrate his 73rd birthday on saturday. josh mcnairry has made his first court appearance since being charged with rape. the colts linebacker cannot play or practice with his team until his legal issues are cleared up. mcnairry denies the allegation over an incident that took place in december. >> i know everybody is aware of the situations and circumstances. we placed josh on the commissioner's exempt list which will give him time to take care of things that he needs to take care of. i'm not going to go into details regarding the circumstances. our focus right now is one thing

and one thing only and that's trying to get a win against new england. >> reporter: lebron james has helped the cavaliers stop a 6-game losing streak. he returned to action after a to two-week injury layoff. he scored 36 points for the caves to lead them to 109-102 win. the lakers have now lost nine times in 12 games. [ inaudible ] has shown she is ready to go for her third title at the australian open which begins on monday. she beat fellow czech 7-6, 7-6 to win the sydney international. the world number 4 takes a huge confidence boost into melbourne next week.

roy mcelroy has landed the first hole in one of his professional career. armed with a 9 iron he sunk this 177-yard shot during the second round of the abu dhabi championship. and he birdies the last hole to finish with a round of 66. and that's all of your sport for you have sami. >> thanks so much far are. it has been lost in space for 12 years, and sciences had presumed that the beagle 2 has failed its in mission to mars. >> reporter: for britain it was a ground-breaking mission, sending a spacecraft to land on mars, and at $75 million, at a fraction of the cost of most

space exploration, but after beagle two was released on christmas day 2003 it was never seen or heard from again, until now. >> what we can say today with some confidence is that the beagle two is no longer lost. >> reporter: recent photographs from an american spacecraft orbiting mars have turned the thinking on its head. this is what they think is beagle 2. >> what is consistent with those images is that beagle 2 didn't fully deploy. had four solar panels all of which needed to deploy in order to uncover the antenna which was transmit data back to the earth. it's extremely frustrating about it is we got so close. >> reporter: this was britain's first attempt at getting a

spacecraft to another pannet. >> there's an additional frustration, beagle 2 collected scientific data. it may still be on beagle 2, and we can never get to it. >> close contact with the spacecraft, they were not that far away from it in the orbit. >> reporter: he died last year but his daughter was there to hear the news that her father's work wasn't lost in space. >> we would saying so when are we going again in when is the next mission? you know how are we going to do things differently? >> reporter: scientists think there is ever chance eagle two would still work if even there was a way to open its solar panels. the european space agency plans to land a probe on mars next year taking in the lessons of what was once called a heroic failure. stay with us here on al jazeera. we have another full bulletin of news coming up in just a couple

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