>> a welcome from me david foster, thank you for joining us this news hour. these are the stories we're covering in detail over the next 60 minutes. in greece, people head to the polls to say yes or no to austerity. and india's prime minister greets the u.s. president. we look at the revolution that deposed hosni mubarak.

>> i'm andrew thomas and the most talked about art gallery in australia. if you think the exhibits are strange, a machine that deaf cates, wait until you hear about the story of the man who is behind the museum. >> well, it start starts in nigeria. there have been an taken in the borno state northeast of the country. let's go to our course upon correspondent. fill us in on what you know. >> reporter: well, the latest is coming out from the nigerian menster of defense. they tweeted there has been an meet curfew put in lace in

maiduguri. this shows the extent of the attack by boko haram militant. we know so far that the attack went on after midnight and went on throughout the night. we engaged suspected boko haram fighters. what we don't know is how many attackers they were, what we don't know is whether there have been any victims in materials of casualties. what the ministry of defense is telling us they would telling us more and it seems that it was quite the defensive going on. >> you might imagine that although determined, this is a rag tag collection of fighters, yet we see people sitting on armored vehicles, possibly tanks. i wonder where they get this weaponry from. is it stealing from the nigerian

army outside of battles or where? >> reporter: well, that's a good question that's a question that many nigerians ask themselves every day as we get more and more stories from the northeast and attacks from this group. military sources i've spoken to indicated to me that they believed that there are collaborators within the nigerian armed forces. that these supplies, these weapons are coming from those that are within the military, who might be sympathetic to boko haram, who might have political leanings to the point of a specific direction. there is no evidence of this that has come out. the theory about weapons potentially coming from north africa from al-qaeda but sources i speak to on a regular basis say no, they think a lot of these weapons are coming from

collaborators within the nigerian armed forces. over the past several months there has been a lot of sacking in the military for corruption, mutiny, the military is facing major challenges on this front. so some of these theories where these weapons are coming from may be true. >> thank you. now we turn our attention to greece. they're voting there in a snap general election that could completely change the direction of the country. far left group is expected to win in the polls. he's promised to end austerity measures and delete debt. he's been pushing through pushing through the the

bailouts. and center left wants to keep greece in europe. golden dawn has gained support during the economic crisis. let's go live in athens for us now. if mr. samperas wins in the poles, are we going to see a complete turn around in the austerity measures? >> i think it depends on what the mandates. if he gets a full majority of 36%, then yes he could well push through real anti-austerity measures. he has talked about going up against the european lenders who have been forced, really, these austerity measures on the people of greece to try and help them pay back that enormous bailout fund they have been given. but if he does not win the

absolute majority, he may have to temper that approach. he'll have to go into government with another party. the frontrunner on that, the independent greeks to the senator right, if you like, not too keen either on europe, to be honest with you but he may have to pull back a bit going full throttle begins europe. those in the center of athens are those who have fallen on hard times. >> it's a tour of athens by foot. these people have not come to see ancient ruins but instead derelict buildings and destitution. unemployed and worried he'll lose his apartment.

>> i'm homeless, also, because i owe very many rents of my house you know, so i live with the fear that every day maybe they lock the door and say okay, go out. >> some parts of central athens look very sad these days, but the decay and the decline which you see around me does not tell the whole story of the greek economy during the crisis. because at the same time in recent years many young entrepreneurs have been busy setting up new businesses. and for them the crisis has been an opportunity. these women launched a luxury live beach towels at the height of 2012. they're hoping that customers from these lean years will stick with them when better times return. >> the younger generation have to be optimistic.

we have to be optimistic because we have to focus on our idea, give it energy, and help it grow. >> outside the finance ministry another group of women fighting to make a living. the economy and unemployment is getting worse despite what the officials say. by a depressed trillion area we find communists campaigning for votes. not many greeks are convinced by them but take a look at the empty factories nearby. they explain why greeks are going into that these elections desperate for change. >> those policies could bring them out of the eurozone all

together. it won't be just greece politicians there but all the way across the continent. >> yes i can't remember when an election effected so many countries across europe. we've seen anti-establishment parties across europe who have austere policies in place. in spain who goes to the polls in december, is really at the front of the movement in those elections coming up, and he's standing on anti-establishment platform. we're seeing these parties in portugal ireland and italy starting to emerge and gain strength because there are so many people disaffected with what is happening really on the ground from these very severe measures, from taxes being increased, people really struggling.

we could see if this does well in this poll here we might see them emboldened in those countries. that's a fear for many european governments all over europe, that they might be fighting a different kind of level against anti-establishment parties that they have not done before. >> thank you. india's prime minister once banned from visiting the united states, is has given the president an extremely warm welcome in new delhi. president barack obama good off the plane it is his second visit all together now so let's talk to senior fellow of brookings institution in india joining us from new delhi. president obama has been there twice and embracing a man who he

once said was effectively a terrorist speaks volumes of how the two countries need one another. in what way, do you think? >> well, i think if you look at these two countries the world's largest democracies they really need each other in every way and scope as democracies which are keen players globally, but one very established economy but another enew jerseying economy with great potential. i think those are the two primary drivers. it's both of the symbolism but also the substance which is really driving this relationship together and the recognition that you know, the world they live in today is a very complex world, as we just heard challenges from boko haram and from the islamic state all the way to the potential of china and japan going to war. and indian very much sitting at the center of this emerging

global disorder. very much the same that these two democracies these two significant military powers need to work together. >> what about the fact that it was only greece and the russian president putin was in india talking trade deals and there. is india playing one side off the other? >> i think it's so not so much playing one side off the other but playing all sides. there are things that india needs and will engage with russia going forward. that has been a historical relationship. one that even the united states recognizes, you know, is something that india will retain. but at the same time india does also offer different elements of potential and promise two

country into the country of the united states and the west. and in terms of contrast, the president of president putin was much more luke warm than say the welcome that president obama got both in terms of intensity and also the duration. president putin was barely here for less than 24 hours, in fact, 23 hours and 15 minutes. and president obama is spending three days here. the quality of that relationship is very different. >> thou different is the new man man, the new prime minister, mr. modi, how different is he in wanting to bring the country forward. >> you can still call him a knew man. he has not been there but a year old. what you're seeing is a lot of

continuity with the past. so the development is the same. the engagement globally remains the same. so many of the broader policy drivers are the same. but what has really changed is the intensity of that, the approach to that whereas the previous incumbent you could say was sleep walking through the office for the last six months to a year of his office. the new man is really showing tremendous amount of dynamism. foreign policy was never the top of his agenda, but he's seeing the linkage and the last six and seven months have shown how keenly he's going to be pursuing those for the interest of the country. i think it's not so much a change in either direction of policy but really change in the pace and intensity of that policy. >> thank you.

talking to us from new delhi. appreciate it. you. >> thank you. >> the prime minister of japan has called the killing of a japanese hostage by isil as outrageous and unforgivable. shinzo abe has said that the video that shows yukawa has been killed is incredible, and he's asking for the release of another hostage kenji got. goto. >> the japanese prime minister confirming the killing of a hostage. >> it has been a painful situation. we're believing that the credibility of these picture are high.

>> yukawa had traveled to syria after a string of military problems. he posted gruesome images of his travels through syrian battle fields. his father left distraught. >> i'm just overwhelmed with sadness. i cannot find words to express it. i have to hope deep in my heart that this is not true. i want to just give him a big hug. >> he expressed his regret that kenji goto, a respected freelance journalist now found himself facing the same fate having traveled to syria at least in part to seek yukawaa's release. >> a he's holding a picture of a dead body of his the captive.

a prisoner took part of suicide attacks in 2005. the japanese government has not said anything about the trade deal. >> we're asking for cooperation including jordan but we cannot disclose the content of the coordination. >> kenji goto's mother express prayers for his return. >> his face looked extremely nervous. i think he feels gravely for all that is to come. >> isil has shown again its willingness to kill it's foreign captives the hope, if a faint one, is the hope of the release of goto.

>> we'll have the latest on preparations to retake the second largest city from isil fighters. and in sport roger nadal finds himself in contention for another title.

>> the anniversary of the revolution has been canceled as part of the country's mourning period for saudi's late king abdullah. >> in order to fulfill the demands of the revolution freedom, and social justice there must be a revolution inside us that shall push us forward. >> in the course of the day we're going to be looking at egypt's current position on human rights, the economy and

international relations. first, alan fisher taking a look at the 18 days that forced a president from office. >> reporter: it started with a cry for change inspired by the protest in tunisia they gathered in thousands across egypt. in cairo tahrir square, the name that would become known around the world. >> for some, it marked the beginning of the end of a president who had been in power for almost 13 years. >> we're tired man. we're tired. stop the price hikes we're

suffering. >> protests continued and so. >> the violence on both sides. >> i wish we didn't have to go to the streets to impress the regime that we need change. we tried signatures. we tried boycotting the election. nothing worked. >> the opposition called for a day of rage. the biggest signs of dissent in modern times. the government tried to smother the demonstrations cutting off the internet and ordering mobile phone services shut down. it did not work. running battles were fought around tahrir squares and government buildings were burned. it felt like the country was falling into chaos. the government ordered troops on

the streets. >> i'm calling on all the egyptian people in all the different areas to take part in these protests here in tahrir square. >> the numbers grew, young and old, the fuel of change was coming but there was nothing to suggest that the regime was weakening. as the numbers continued to grow the army was ordered to use live ammunition on demonstrators. it refused. jets flew over the crowds in years and chants of support. the government said only a few thousand turned out. the pictures did not lie. more than a million came out. president mubarak addressed the nation. this he thought was their moment. he said he would not run the election but would stay in

office for the peaceful transition of power. >> i will continue to shoulder my responsibility. >> the crowd were angry and it showed. in the morning of february february 2nd the army told people to go home, to baby the protests as groups were on their way beyond the square. most believed it was a scare tactic. the mvp showed up to show support for the president and attacked the protesters. this was the most dangerous dayen the edge of civil war when provisions were never more pronounced protesters designated friday the fourth of february as the day of departure. in alexandria, more than a million protests. the voices pro loud and united.

the president unmoved. the government, the army tried to negotiate an end to the protests. all were rejected. the man whose facebook page sometimes credited for starting the protest was released from jail. he had been held for 14 days. >> you're the heroes. >> it seems to galvanize the protesters. >> i'm prepared to spend the rest of my life here. i'm prepared to die here. mubarak has been here for 30 years in nepotism and unjust. >> the biggest crowd yet in cairo for the day of love. the country's new vice president made a national address insisting that egypt was not ready for the democracy that the protesters wanted. the demonstrations continued. general strikes gripped the country. mubarak went on tv again. he told the nation he would remain in charge. he would transfer powers to his

vice president. >> i have decided to assign the functions of the president of the republic to the vice president, in accordance with the constitution. >> if he thought he had done enough, he was wrong. within moments of his announcement the anger the chance of leave began to spread throughout the crowd and the country. there was a very real fear egypt was in the about to explode. the 11th february the opposition declared another departure. but there were no indications that this would be any different. the protests continued. they were loud and anger as before. but behind the scenes there were signs things were finally about to change. there were reports that mubarak and his family left cairo. rumors and speculations throughout the country.

then the vice president appeared on national tv in a flat, unemotional voice he delivered the historic news. >> president mohammed hosni mubarak has decided to waive the office of the president of the republic, and instructed the extreme council the armed forces to run the affairs of the country. >> there was however no lack of emotion from those on the streets. from those who protested and prayed for those who called for change and finally saw it delivered. >> i'm so happy i can't take it. my voice is gone. >> not even in my dreams could i have imagined this. we did it. >> there were two days that will now be put down in our history when the revolution began on the 25th of january and today when the regime went down. >> the 2011 revolution in egypt

was bloody and difficult. many wanted an end to mubarak and his regime. that has been accomplished. four years on the military is back in charge and a country divided, and some wonder if it changed anything or changed everything. >> and the rallying cry of the revolution then was freedom social justice. let us focus on the first of those symbolizing the economy. i think the past four years have been pretty tough. the economy was growing under mubarak at 5% a year. during the mohammed morsi era you see it going down. and then it would go up as overseas investors get used to

the new president president sisi. it has hurt the people. infrastructure projects to double the capacity of the suez canal excited investors but some say the army has too much control over such projects and under employment under mubarak was 9% since he was deposed. it has reached almost 13%. at this point let's talk to angus blair. he joins us via skype. we mentioned peopleful feeling better about their standards of living. do they have better standards that they hoped for when they threw mubarak out. >> of course, in any up rising revolution there is uncertainty and that created change in the economy. the economy had felt some damage but interestingly since the beginning of january 2011,

there is only one quarter where you saw the debt below zero. the economy has been strong, actually given the relative circumstances, and you mentioned the economy is now growing. it's up roughly at the moment about 3.5% year on year gdp growth, which is pretty good going. but i think the main strength is liquidity in the economy and it's kept in positive gdp since early 2011. >> if your foreign reserves are half what effect does that have? >> i missed some of your question, you disappeared but it's a stress on the government. clearly it's taken about a year for the government to get performing and proposing plans

and president sisi spoke of a clear policy that will be outlined in more detail in the conference in march. one of the key issues is the deficit, government spending, bringing it back under control. bringing the budget deficit to 10%, which is a goal within a year or two. but clearly foreign ex-thank reserves has to rise. the size canal has been tackled with the growth also other plans, tourism and development and other projects that have been announced. >> angus we've seen countries saudi, other countries as well

throw massive amounts of money at egypt. where has that gone. >> first it has helped egypt fund its commitment, and provide some capital to help the government's biggest tax payments i think some of the payments that have come help the government pay for some of its internal spending, too. i think its important that the government itself sorts it is in order, which is trying to trap subsidies, which minimizes the affect on the poor. the subsidy programs, as in any country, benefit the rich, mostly. and the support that egypt has received historically will continue particularly from abu dhabi and riyadh, because in the regional interest that there is stability in egypt. and that commitment will continue. >> let me ask you this to wrap up fascinating for years we've been talking here on al jazeera,

and commentators have elsewhere about the control that the military has over the egyptian economy, how much it takes out with the businesses that it owns and the backhanders that it's senior members gets through various enterprisers. give our viewers an indication of how pervasive that is? >> well, actually on a day-to-day basis you won't see that. there have been people who have tried to study this but have not come up with very strong answers. military in in business, they're never the major player. in water the global companies have by far the biggest market share. car manufacturers and so on. it's a difference in terms of assets and real estate. that's not a major contributor to gdp. i think it is rather overblown

the importance of military in egypt. and on the ground amongst businesses and is it a fair environment in which business can flourish. it's about a strong private sector that can flourish instead of the gdp growth, which provides the jobs and brings the unemployment down. this is the key that you want a fair environment because then the government can bring tax taxation. angus blair, we have to leave it there. thank you very much, indeed. >> our coverage continues throughout the day. right now we welcome everton fox. is there snow where you really didn't expect it? >> meteorologist: i wouldn't say we didn't expect it for this time of year, but it's welcomed

snowfall. not unusual but makes for decent pictures when it does happen, doesn't it. you see the cloud near afghanistan pulling away. we saw a fair amount of wintery weather making its way across northern parts of iraq during the course of the weekend and then during the week we see decent snowfall coming through as well. indeed in tehran we saw a good dusting of snow coming through here. that certainly did allow for some fun to be had out there but also difficult conditions out and about. a decent covering of snow there. welcomed snowfall there, a chance for snowball fight. always the possibility of having fun when the white stuff comes down. it's now clear through bright skies coming in for tehran, and we see temperatures going up an inch at 13 degrees as you can see for tuesday. warm sunshine across the eastern side of beirut getting up to 18 celsius, and jerusalem should

top off at 14 degrees. we're seeing the worst of the winter weather pulling its way away. we do have unsettled weather making its way across central parts. as for eastern areas it does look fine. warm sunshine making its way across baghdad and i think by the end of the week we could see temperatures of 25 degrees. >> thank you very much, indeed. an emergency session in yemen has been postponed. members of parliament have been expected to talk about the recent regular he's nation of president hadi. the political crisis has created a power vacuum in the south. we have reports now in zinjibar where al-qaeda is active. >> reporter: the men are on alert. there are check points like this all over the city.

these fighters are known nothing the communities. >> we want to preserve security, to protect the province from al-qaeda, we will not retreat. >> zinjibar is the capitol. it is feared without these fighters that al-qaeda could easily make a comeback. in 2011 al-qaeda's local branch overrun the province and declared it an islamic emirates. a year later the army backed by local forces drove them out. but at a heavy cost. >> in zinjibar, it looks like this. buildings are completely destroyed. al-qaeda used to rule here, it would carry out attacks on local buildings and target the local fighters. the devastation is clear, and

alqaida's campaign of bombings and attacks is ongoing. zinjibar is on the edge and the men who fight al-qaeda are angry. they're paid $150 a month but they say the state is absence and weak. fighters protest outside of the governor's office. they are demanding justice for their comrades killed by al-qaeda a few days earlier. this commander says that four of his group senior members were murdered. >> in the send who has suffered since 2011 to new. all the people have left. now there are people in authority. there are hidden hands and fingers playing with al-qaeda against our province. they force the sons of zinjibar out, we say no. we'll continue to give birth to men and it will be steadfast. >> soldiers protecting the

compound appear helpless. the governor did not show up at his conference. as the rest of yemen crumbles, zinjibar could fall again. >> zambia has a new president. what did he have to say? >> reporter: he had a lot to say. he first thought about saying what the opposition leader was that he stole the election is not true. he said he won it fair and square and he wants to work with as many people as possible. they have said that this has been a clean and fair election. we know the opposition parties

are not happy about this. they maintain that the election was stolen and say that the result was too close and allege that the results were manipulated. with that said the new president said that he'll try to work with everyone those who agree with him and those who don't. >> he said he's quite an ordinary zambiaen with humble beginnings. he's president now but it might not be for very long. >> exactly. he came from humble beginnings. a lot of people say they kind of understand him support him but with that said he's been behind the scenes for a long time. he was defense minister and justice minister. people said that they really didn't know him. he wasn't making speeches, and he wasn't out in the public eye. he was the presidential candidate and said i won't be around for long. i'll help the poor. i'll try and create jobs and try

to improve infrastructure. he knows 18 months is not a long time and he's being realistic. people have been saying in the stadium if he doesn't perform in 18 months whatever he decides to do they won't hesitate to vote him out of power the next election. >> credit thank you weelection. >> we thank you very much, indeed. we now go to the ukraine where the president there has promised to punish the those responsible for a rocket attack in mariupol. he called it an offensive against the city. >> sirens ring out across the city. a building is in flames. a woman's body lies amidst the rubble. the body of a man nearby.

ukrainian soldiers patrol the streets. >> there is a lot of damage to residential buildings and to the market. they hit the moment when people were buying groceries. you can see the bodies lying over there. >> ukrainian military said that pro russian rebels launched the attacks on mariupol. it is a major city between russia and russian annexed crimea. ukrainian secretary of national secretary of the defense council said that the russian president was responsible. putin has blamed the recent up surge of violence on those who issue criminal orders. the attacks come just days after the ukrainian military withdraw from donetsk airport after eight months of fighting. the separatists took control of this ukrainian military post 30 kilometers outside of donetsk

on thursday, and they've continued to launch attacks from northern areas of the city. there had been a warning. these attacks should come as no surprise. rebel leader hear saying he had had enough. they're putting in place some kind of truce and a multi prong attack that would take out that area including mariupol city. now we hear from those attending a ceremony in commemoration of people killed in a bus attack earlier this week, that the battle for mariupol has begun. >> we'll go back and take a look at what is happening in egypt this being the fourth anniversary and kamal is with us. you've been taking what people have been saying. >> exactly. it was on social media that started it in the first place. what's been interesting is looking back at the tweets and facebook posts from january 4th.

the lead up and seeing how this revolution built. let's drop on the ipad and see how this built. you would consider this old media these days. look at the headline from "time." is egypt about to have a revolution? the date was january 4 24, 2011. they have pictures here of people carrying flags and it was then after that that they found legs with twitter and facebook. we picked out a few of them, rerandom but this is what "time" magazine was referring to. 8,800,000, and then all the posters that had been distributed. january 25th is expected to post major protest. and here, just landed in egypt

airport taxi driver knows about the january 25th protest, and said it will be a black day. it was an eventful day that's when social media really found its feet. this was january 26th january january 26th january 26th, when you see what was happening online. the united states particularly on the east coast. what we know happened after that has any mubarak hosni mubarak was pushed out of power.

january 25th is not trending today. it's more things to do. it has more to do with the young lady who was killed in tahrir square. one thing that is not trending, is free aj staff. you can go there have a look. join the campaign and have that trending all over the world for our team in egypt. david, back to you. >> i will reiterate the demand that our three colleagues about released. >> the egyptian president fattah al sisi said he would like to see the case resolved. we'll come up in a moment.

>> extreme sporting competitions in the world.

>> you're watching the al jazeera news hour. australia has an unusual art museum. andrew thomas went down to see the weird and wonderful exhibition for himself. >> reporter: it has a fat car

gold fish cheating death egyptian antiquities and a machine that is fed food, digests it, and then hours later defecates, but the history behind the museum is even more incredible than what is in it. even this, a room of books without any words. >> we call it the white library it's a library of six blank books. >> a professional gambler who studied gambling markets for 30 years. big disciplined bets have won him tens of millions of dollars more than he has ever lost. >> the odds of the event are more likely than the pay off. in the long run you'll win. >> with his fortune walshe built

and stocked an art museum. it has proved a hit and in four years it has become the biggest paid-for attraction in tasmania. it was built underground like a lair. >> i taught myself about museums to build a museum. but >> very overwhelming. a lot to take in. kind of strange. >> the art is unusual. but so, too is the presentation. none of the art work has a plaque with what it's called, who it's by. like this. it's called the o. similar to a smart phone it knows where you are in the museum.

it's technology that other museums want, one that walshe will soon pay its way. >> 15 of the visitors tell us that they came to tasmania because of it. in economic terms we estimate that $75 million into the economy that wouldn't have been realized had it not existed. >> for walshe, his museum is another gamble that has paid off. >> what an exhibition that you might find all the people rather than the snootiest with their noses in the air. >> david, thank you. number three seed rafael in a dad is through the quarterfinals of the australian open. nadal pretty much wrote off his chances of winning a second title in melbourne to just over two hours to beat the 14 seats.

7-5, 61-,64. nadal will see thomas berdych. andy murray is taking the first set, 6-4. dimitrov's partner maria sharapova comfortbly booked her spot. she reported a 6-3 6-love victory over china's pengx xi. >> this is really well in this tournament and the slams in this last year. really confident tennis, and inspired form. and i expect her to come out and

play a really good match. >> moving on to the africa cup of nations where there is a complete four-way tie in group d in the second round of matches. the ivory coast were held to a 1-1 draw. >> i was not upset against my players. now i won't talk about anything but i was not upset against my players. >> the other group between cameroon and begin any all finished 1-1 headed to the final round of games on wednesday. >> it's as you were in group d

after four 1-1 draws and still not nearer finding out who will make it through to the quarterfinals. what we did get from the gains were the goals of the tournament so far. fantastic opener formally against the ivory coast and the equalizer for guinea. now there was some trouble before equatorial guinea's last game. a lot of fans frustrated about their slow progress to the stadium. that was because there was the hand out of hand sanitation gel

and it did create a bottleneck, and fans throwing missiles towards the police, and police responding with smoke bombs and water canons. i'm sure security will be extra tight. the hosts need to win if they're to stay alive in this coupe of nations. >> the world's oldest club of nation has thrown upsets for england's biggest teams. staging a comeback of all come backs to beat chelsea. bradford reaching the fifth round in this competition for the first time in 18 years. >> again with the results i could find space to feel happy for them. i'm happy for them. but by another side i feel

ashamed. and i think the players should feel the same as i feel. >> chelsea weren't the only big name casualtyies. on a day of high drama the squad were humbleed at middlesbrough. bill belichick is continue to go deny claims his team intentionally deflated the football used in the championship win over the indianapolis colts. a week on from the game in question the nfl has yet to complete their investigation into the matter. the patriots won the game 45-7 to advance to next sunday's super bowl with the seattle see hawks. >> i believe now 100%, that i have personally and we as an

organization have absolutely followed every rule to the letter. >> now some of the world's most extreme athletes have been competing at the winter x-games in aspen in the united states. some of the dangers were highlights in the men's slalom events on saturday. swede's heinrich was knocked out cold. he had to be removed by medics from the mountain. he is said to be okay and in good spirits and is he is very lucky. for all the latest check out www.aljazeera.com/sport. there are details there of how to get in touch with our team using twitter and facebook. that's all your sport for now. >> we'll see you later. thank you. we're going to end the news hour with some of the most powerful images and sounds from the egyptian revolution. this being january 25th, four years ago today.

the celebrations were happening in tahrir square, that saw the end of hosni mubarak. from me and our news team, bye bye. >> sirens. [ chants and protests ]

>> welcome to al jazeera. india breaks protocol to greet the u.n. president on the tarmac. a video showing isil killing a japanese hostage seems credible.