>> hello, you're watching the news hour live from london. coming up benjamin netanyahu warns of a swift and painful retaliation after israeli soldiers are killed in clashes with hezbollah. jordan offers to exchange an iraqi woman held on death row for a pilot being held by isil. and we'll take you inside what was once the fortress of

the cold war the headquarters of east germany's secret police. hello h israel and hezbollah have exchanged fire along a disputed strip of land. two israeli soldiers were killed and another injured when hezbollah fire. one u.n. peace keeper was killed in that exchange. the area lies on an disputed track of land. first this report from nicole johnston in southern lebanon. >> reporter: this is moments after an anti-tank missile hit

near the board are serie-a and lebanon. israel deployed soldiers in the area. the armed group hezbollah claimed responsibility. it says it's in response to an israeli attack last week against its fight necessary syria. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has warned of a swift and powerful retaliation. >> at this moment to everyone who is challenging us, i advise that what happened in gaza, i'm asked to look at the hardest hit since it's formation and we'll react strongly on all fronts.

a high. >> a high ranking iranian was killed the son of a hezbollah founder was killed,. hezbollah has carried out attacks before, but certainly not any this bold over the years. nicole johnston. in southern lebanon. >> let's take you to nick schifrin. the tensions remain high. >> there are higher tensions on the other side of that mountain range. between the israeli occupied golan heights a where i'm standing. lebanon is that way.

military officials described exactly what happened one kilometer the convoy was all unarmed, israeli vehicles, two rockets, direct hits in that convoy. the first is company commander and sergeant were killed. the israel response was swift. 100 arrest till rather strikes inside of southern lebanon. but right now it is calm and messages from israel are that they're trying to calm the situation. a senior israeli official telling israeli media this is a tit-for-tat attack that there was that attack reportedly by israel that killed six hezbollah fighters ten days ago in

response to this seen as proportionate, and also in an interview with a few journals where they said to go back to the normal routine. >> thanks for the moment. let's take you from there to the united nations our diplomatic editor james bays. >> yes felicity. i had just run up the stairs from the floor below me from the u.n. tower. we spoke to a number of the ambassadors as they arrive. the french ambassadors said they were worried about an escalation of the situation. the deputy ambassador of the u.k. said that they were deeply concerned. the current president of the security council said that he was very very concerned about

the situation saying they hoped to have an joint meet to go to report to the press. there was a spanish. peace keeper killed in the latest violence. again, a spanish ambassador said that he would speak at the end of the meeting. and give their view on the situation. when we had a briefing earlier on from the spokesman from the secretary general they could

not give any education of information about how that peace keeper was killed. they will be looking at a letter that they've been warning repeatedly about the army and the stock piling of weapons and they hope that the security counsel will take notice. >> that will be brought back to you later. thank you very much. >> joining me now is is it fair that israel had expected some sort of hezbollah attack? let's just see if our guest can hear me.

>> i can hear you. now i can hear. >> you i'll ask the question again. is it fair to say that israel had expected some sort of attack from hezbollah? >> definitely the israeli government has been expecting a retaliation after the latest attack by the hezbollah convoy. but this is the first time that hezbollah was readied to retaliate for an attack that happened outside of lebanon. the israeli forces, this is the first time that hezbollah is changing the rule of engagement, and signaling the residence to use the lebanese territory to retaliate on any israeli attacks that have any kind of regional

die mention such as killing the al nusra commander in their latest attack. >> this is a huge risk for the government. as most of the israeli have called upon the government to hold responsibilities of those attacks and more over, the u.n. security council will be put at risk since 2006 there has been a stoppage of all aggressions between israel and hezbollah and practically we had a truce since 2006. as we saw one of the u.n. peace keepers has been killed. there is a big risk from

lebanon, and huge escalation indicate that the defense forces would retaliation and a huge scale attack. >> does any side want to escalate this still further? >> the israeli government won't be dragged into any further response. mainly it's because the investigation that led to the failure of 2006 campaign of israel against hezbollah. the main lesson they learned is they won't engage with the timing of this battle as well as the territory. we saw today that they are not engaging in an attack.

they tried to track the unit that engaged. yet, the response was limited and the israeli government trying to evaluate what kind of responses would be suitable to this late aggression. in 2006 with the hezbollah aggression. >> thank you. >> now jordan says it's willing to exchange a woman they're holding on death row for their pilot who has been captureed by

isil. they also said they would exchange with the japanese hostage kenji goto for al rishawi. >> she was sentenced to death in jordan for an attack. she said it was for revenge in the deaths of her brothers. >> they want al rishawi to be released from the jordan but

they said if she is not released released, they will kill the jordanian pilot. now the family of the pilot is putting pressure on the jordanian government to do whatever is needed to save his life. the government is still adamant that they want his release. this deal has not been condemned yet, but it is leading the government here in a tricky situation. the parents said yesterday of the jordanian pilot. this is not our war. our sonned joined the royal jordanian air force to protect jordan not to be captured in northern syria fighting isil.

>> al jazeera has gained access to the border after kurdish fighters won it this week. >> for months it was fierce fighting. house by house. in the north of the town there is not one building that was not destroyed. some burned out. many reduced to a pile of rubble. >> it was difficult at the beginning. the airstrikes helped as the fighters stood their ground. our presence was key. >> there used to be 200,000 people living here.

civilians won't be able to return here any time soon. there is no infrastructure. this, for example, is what is left of the hospital, but the main priority for the kurdish fighters at this point is to clear the town of the mines and boobie traps that isil have left behind. they'll have to search the town for unexploded ordinance that lay on the ground. on monday the kurdish people's protection unit are cautious. >> it's not finished yet. >> they will try the bombshell

and try again. now the second stage for this to return to kobane. >> it will sustain many more battles before the threat of isil is completely gone. >> at least ten have been killed by a car bomb that was set off near the syrian-jordanian border. the explosion happened near a square where most of killed were children. there was another explosion near housing. there is still plenty more to come on this news hour. there is a battle with the army in ukraine intense intensifies.

afghanistan tries and fails to build an unity government. and serena williams securing her 19th grand slam title. but first the nigerian military failed to take adequate action despite being given an advanced warning according to amnesty international. local army bases repeatedly requested reinforcements. the attacks earlier this month claimed hundreds of lives adding to the 4,000 who died at the hands of group last year.

>> it's the failure of the nigerian government to protect the civilians. there is no question that the people in the front line are struggling the military in the front line are struggling. but the most powerful army in africa huge amounts of money being spent but the leadership is not really leading. that's the biggest issue. there is no political will. there is no action on the ground. >> now to the front line of fighting in eastern ukraine where civilian casualties are increasing around the city of donetsk and the port city of mariupol. >> reporter: they call themselves soldiers in the army of donetsk people republic. they've been south of donetsk

since august. but the fighting has been more intense in recent days because of ukrainian niners close by. some insist we hide their faces. the fighters stand guard looking at the freezing fog. we're told there was a destroyed trug. >> there has been bombardment in the last few minutes. what is incredible people are still living in some of these houses. anatoly have been living here with his wife for 40 years. >> i have to feed my dog and protect my home.

where can i go? i have nowhere to go. i built this house myself. >> they stopped us from filming the heavy equipment moving through the village but they've helped to evacuate people here in recent weeks. >> the main thing is to protect the people. the things they want in life. especially those who can't leave. >> there has been no electricity or water in the village for seven months. there are food shortages too. >> we run and hide when we hear the bombs because we don't have a basement. >> back on the road the fighters stop and inspect the vehicles. they move back to where they say they will never retreat.

>> greece has just sworn its government into power. we have reports from athens. there was positive news for hundreds of unemployed cleaners. >> reporter: they have camped on the street outside the finance ministry in protest for a year. but on wednesday they were in shock. growth' new defensegreece's finance minister brought back cleaning ladies back to work. >> we hope that people will win back their properties, their lives and livelihoods that they lost. >> the government is clearly

keen and shows that it is delivering from day one. they'll put a stop to privatization to pay down the debt including the power. company and port authority. a five-euro fee for hospital visitation is gone. so is the hiring freeze for the national system. >> the barriers in front of parliament were removed. it's a small but symbolic measures that it will live within its means and putting people first. >> an enormous mistake was made in 2010. greece the biggest bail

out in history to pay off debts old and new. and countries lent greece more money than it should have. >> thisgreece's former representative at the international monetary fund said that the country will need to borrow $23 billion this year. >> they have chosen a path of confrontation which could lead to an accident that would take the form of default on their payment, on the external debt the next step would be social unrest. >> they are keen not to confront creditors in the wild west crooks but until the two sides

agree, they disagree. >> russia has made spending cuts. president putin said that savings from those cuts to be around $35 billion. it has been battered by falling oil prices and western sanctions. the crash has led to its credit rating to be cut making it difficult for it to borrow money. >> thousands of people from the form soviet republic arrive in the capitol to find a better life for their families. but the collapse of the economy has been the final straw. >> they do the jobs that others won't touch. they provide the labor force on

hundreds of construction sites. each morning is a lottery waiting and hoping for another day's work. this man left his wife and five children behind in uzbekistan. >> they came up with all these new laws and also everything became so expensive. we don't send home rubles. we send dollars. >> they have their own trade union, they go to process papers that will allow them to leave. they say the flow of migrants is 70% lower than this time last

year. but the head of the center said that some may yet come back. >> people can say that they'll never come back, but it may be an impulsive decision we should probably wait until march to determine. these people are voting with their feet, they'll take their exit papers and return home. the russian economy needs people, a migrant labor force that could not be replaced. but the fall of the rubble against the dollar, and the government plans to introduce a migrant tax. people could see this flow of cheap labor turned off. al jazeera, in moscow. >> still to come, the israeli rights groups accused of violating international law during last year's gaza

conflict. also hold historic prophets, historic profits how they made $18 billion in just two months. also these two meeting outside of the ring. robin will have all the details in sport.

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they're firing canisters of gas at us... emmy award winning investigative series... fault lines no refuge: children at the border only on al jazeera america >> welcome back and a reminder of the stories here on al jazeera. hezbollah has killed three people. two israeli soldiers died after hezbollah fired a missile at a vehicle. an u.n. peace keeper also died in the clashes. jordan said it's willing to release an iraqi prisoner on death row for exchange of a jordanian pilot captured by isil. and in the last few ms. al jazeera has learned that the pilot.

kurds now face dozens of unexpected unexploded explosive devices. >> afghan's parliament has denied several of ashraf ghani's cabinet nominations. >> 25 nominees were introduced last week. along with central bank and intelligence services. only 18 nominated ministers and intelligence head made it to this vote. there were questions over dual

significances and education qualification. many alliances and a system that has been criticized for corruption. >> some people want to reject this cabinet. >> it will be another month before afghanistan has a full cabinet. and president of ashraf ghani will have another sticks months before reform can take place.

afghans are frustrated that the political wrangling has lasted so long. jennifer glass al jazeera, kabul. >> an israeli rights group is accusing israel of violating international law by targeting palestinian homes during last year's conflicts in gaza. the report said that the policy caused a huge number of casualties most of them women children. more than 2,002 palestinians were killed and 72 fatalities on the israeli side. sarit michaeli. >> it appears the majority of people killed were not involved in the hostileities. they were family members very often, and in some cases we know who the intended targets of these souls were, militants from haomas or other armed groups from gas.

in other cases we don't know the stated intention the military. but when you look at these attacks and when you look at the policies of bombing civilian bombings over the summer, it appears that this policy in some cases has led to attacks that violates international law. and other cases there are suspicions that these laws were violated. now hamas and violated international laws as well. that does not mean that all israeli actions in response to these violations are legal. because it's clarified if your opponent is violating the law that does not give you giving license to do the same. israel is obligated to distinguish at all times and to be proportionate in its responses even although hamas

is violating international law itself. >> the change in sri lanka's government has put the spotlight on the country's relationship with china. former president trumpeted beijing as his trading partner of choice, securing billions of dollars worth of projects. we have reports from colombo there have long been allegations of corruption. >> proof of the close ties between sri lanka and china. here at this auction in the capitol of colombo chinese porcelain and other antiques are a common sight. former president took the relationship with china to a new level. it was what many saw as pay back for china helped sri lanka fight the tamil tigers during it's civil war. but now china has different plans. >> they have been our friends from the 1950s but the

element of corruption will be eliminateed. >> china won a large share of post-war projects including an international airport power plant and the country's express ways. china stood by sri lanka during the civil war. it was a crucial time. the kind of support that the last government was grateful for and eagle for reward. but some analysts accuse the government of taking financial short us. >> loans at high interest, haste and secrecy surround these deals with important questions. >> were the chinese more able and willing to provide the kind of commissions that are alleged to have taken were they therefore outbidding everybody else because there was certain underwriting or subsidizing. >> the challenger made history by unseating the two-term encome

benefit president. his election drew this response were beijing. >> the cooperation between china and sri lanka are in interests in the two country's people. we hope that it the relationship will further press ahead with a healthy and stable development. >> it's that healthy and table development that sri lanka says it wants for all investments. >> business will go on without any problem if there are is no corruption or fat layers laird on. that's a serious note for the future because we've come here not to reduce corruption but to eliminate corruption. >> the new government said it's reviewing all chinese deals. al jazeera colombo. >> well, the e-commerce giant alibaba has been accused by chinese authorities for the

selling of fake goods and misleading of customers. company raised $25 billion in its initial public offering in september. alibaba has accused one of the officials in charge of the investigation of misconduct and said it will file a formal complaint. cuba said it will not allow any interference from the united states. it warned that u.s. meddling would make the diplomatic relationship between the two countries meaningless. live now to al jazeera's lucinda newman in san jose. strong words from castro, what more did he have to say? >> he had a lot to say.

diplomathe gave a long list of conditions for the normalization of normal relations as he called it. first and foremost, he said, the embargo would be eliminated. he also said that guantanamo had to be returned to cuba, and that cuba also demanded that the united states cease what it called radio and television interference. last of all it said that cuba wanted to have justification for cuban suffering inflicted by the united states. very harsh words and also said or insinuated that the united states was still trying to undermine or get rid of the communist government there and he said, i'm quoting him the methods have changed but not the objective.

now that the united states, he claims is using communication means to try to bolster what he called artificial opposition. >> very strong words from castro. about what are the other powers saying? >> what is very interesting. this whole summit brings together the 33 nations of all latin america and the caribbean. they're behind cuba. they've applauded during the speech and the final declaration is going to be issued in 24 hours will emphatically appeal to the united states to drop completely the u.s. economic embargo against cuba. they say they applaud president obama's initiative so far but they make it clear that it is not enough to clear the region. >> apple is the most profitable

public company in history. the u.s. technology giant said it made $18 billion during the final quarter of last year. held by surge in iphone sells. the profits have raised questions about apple's tax arrangements. an u.s. government sub committee believed the company dodged a $9 billion tax bill in 2012 alone. more on that in a moment. but first we have reports on apple's success. >> the march of amy's iphone last october was met with unbridled enthusiasm. the device's larger screen was a departure were last iphones but the cells are a welcome one. >> how many apple products do you have in your household? >> two ipads five iphones. seven. >> why dubai apple do you buy

iapple? >> their streamlined. >> it sold nearly 75 million all together driving corporate profits to $18 billion. apple products remain incredibly popular in the united states. with every new product launched customers line up outside the flagship store here in new york. but it's growth in china that is behind these record-setting profits. >> in the last year apple went from sixth place to the number one seller of smart phones in china. sales grew 70% and now are almost on par with europe. >> apple was helped that they sealed collaboration with tran mobile the biggest service

mobile provider in china. they just started working together. so actually we expect apple to better going forward. >> overseas markets are seen as crucial to apple's continued growth as u.s. markets become saturated. more and more people access the internet villa the smart phone. the latest success comes as another technology giant ibm announced it was cutting 120,000 jobs worldwide. al jazeera new york. >> if it's that successful should it be paying more tax? we're joined by advocass sit action in u.k. he works with governments and companies to tackle tax avoid avoidance. apple would say that it's not breaking the law and it does not make the tax laws. >> you can't blame companies. they'll take what they can get from governments, and i think a key point here is that governments do need to do more.

i think governments need to catch up where consumers and voters and the tax practices of these big companies as well. that's why earlier this week, international ngos are calling on the u.k. government to do more to crackdown. >> this is a problem isn't it. how difficult is it to get a global agreement on tax regulations. of course if countries make it very--make tax very easy and less for companies companies move their operations to other countries and invest in the economic of the other countries. that's the problem. it's competitive between nations to see who they can get the companies attracted to those big cities. >> sure, there is a danger to the bottom, and global agreement is what we're aiming for and campaigning for around the world. this is particularly an issue that affects the poorest countries hardest. they lose much more, estimated

much more in tax avoidance than they gain in aid every year. but tax is you one reason why countries will invest. other issues such as an educated workforce, and contract law. you have to pay for those things to have a stable business environment. and you pay for that through tax. >> how the developing world being affected by the fact that these companies you know, they do it perfectly legally, but they manage to pay as little tax as they possibly can? >> it has a huge and very, very damagic affect on some poorest economies in the world. if you take a country like zambia where they work with our colleagues, you have a very lowlife expectancy of 50, huge numbers of children out of work. high incidents of women dying in childbirth. those things that richer countries take for granted are

paid for by tax revenues. ultimately those countries want to stand on their own two feet. and they'll only be able to do that when there is a global tax system that helps them to do that and one that stops the artificial practices that some countries are using at the moment to dodge paying taxes. >> the u.s. and u.k. there has been outrage about the lack of tax being paid by big companies not just apple but starbucks google etc. and they're looking at changing tax regulation. if it comes down to that it requires public outrage to push governments. >> very much so. i think governments are playing catch up where public opinion is on this. we asked last year in the u.k. what you think about these issues and 85% of u.k. adults said that even where it's legal tax avoidance is morally wrong. that's echoed in countries that we've worked with. we have programs in zambia and uganda where there are

mobilization and these issues as well. the governments need to catch up with that, and the example is the campaign we're running in the u.k. calling the government to bring in a tax dodging bill. that's replicated in other countries and it will become much harder for other countries to play against each other and drive down their taxes. >> thank you for joining news studio. thank you. >> sport is coming right up, and ivory coast make it to the africa cup of nations. more already explained in sport.

>> hello again. it was one of the most feared and hated institutions of east germany's regime. stasi was seen as a fortress of a cold war of the berlin. now 25 years old it is now a museum. giving people an idea of what it was like. we went to take a look. >> a featureless facade in the head germany's feared secret police. in its upper floors, preserved is the inner sanctum. this is the moisture of erich meilke.

>> execute and if necessary without a court verdict. >> from his desk he ordered a ruthless clamp down on dissent. these are the faces of those conscripted, often against their will into spying on their neighbors and their friends. >> this is a stasi training video with instructions on how to gather evidence and make an arrest. behind each one of these doors is an interrogation chamber. the entire system was give over to one thing, making a prisoner confess. in the early days they would use sleep deprivation torture but later they would perfect operative psychology. >> they found out in their own secret service university they would get more information not from beating people but by fooling them that they would be treated better.

>> gilbert was arrested and jailed for using subversive material. he faced repeated interrogation. >> when i was imprisoned here i put my emotions on hold. i was afraid if they could reach deep inside me, then i would be at their mercy. >> 25 years ago a few weeks after the championships of the berlin wall east germans stormed stasi headquarters. today the new museum gives access to all and to thousands of secret files. a museum, but also a memorial to darker times. al jazeera berlin. >> well, all right. as promised we'll go to sport now with robin in doha. >> felicity. thank you. it has been an absolute cliff-hanger with the final round of games taking place

before wednesday' action all four teams were on level on points. all of them with an equal chance of reaching the last eight. would you believe knocking out the champions, cameroon with the winning goal. the other group gain with 1-1 draw. there is only one quarterfinal place left which means they'll draw lots on thursday to see who stays and who goes. andy nervous for guinea, but it seems to be a cruel end to either one of those teams for contrasting reasons obviously. >> yes, it's a really bizarre situation. initially it had been penciled

in if lots were to be drawn it would take place just after the game. but now they've moved it to thursday to prolong the agony. just reading some quotes where the cameroon game took place. there was a penalty shoot out after the game. what will happen, we have sort of an event now on thursday. it's going to take place here in downtown in a hotel. the two names of the countries will be placed in a hat an official will randomly draw one of those names out and that will decide which country goes through in the last eight. in 1988 algeria progressed at the expense of ivory coast but

this will be a horrible few hours ahead for guinea and mali. >> nervous for them, but ivory coast managing to get the result and this is a great relief for the coach. >> it is, yes and a huge celebration after the game. some speculation that some of the ivory coast players might be too disappointed if they lose and get back to usual games. this is the fifth time, the fifth straight where the ivory coast have finished top of their group and then gone on to find new and interesting ways not to win the title. they of course have a star-studded team. admittedly this time without didier drogba. but they have others, one of the they've really come to the forward in the last couple of

games and an equalizer against mali and a fantastic winner in this game. huge for the ivory coast going forward. but they have a really difficult quarterfinal coming up against algeria. you would like to think whoever wins in that quarterfinal they would have huge confidence to go on. >> interesting times for the african cup of nations.: >> there have been cup competitions from europe to update you on. barcelona on the verge of knocking out atletico madrid. 3-2 is the latest score there. in the australian open, djokovic wins his 25th grand slam semifinal.

>> knowing that i have raised the level of performance tonight, and probably playing the best match of the tournament so far as effecting my confidence. >> wawrinka progresses to the semifinals. we also are at the semifinal stage of the women's top seeds. serena williams is through. she beat the lastserena's older sister

has been taken out of the final. boxers floyd mayweather jr. and manny pacquiao meet at the miami heat game. no word yet if they'll face each other in the ring. the two watching core side. brandon knight, 17 points. two of seven the milwaukee players to reach double figurers. the bucks go on to win 109 the- 109-102. that's your sports and now back to felicity in london. >> thank you very much, indeed. to find more on news and sport go to www.aljazeera.com. that's it from me.

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