>> don't try this at home. >> "techknow", where technology meets humanity. monday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. . >> announcer: this is al jazeera. hello, welcome to the newshour. i'm martine dennis in doha these are the top stories. flying into support ukraine - the united states top diplomats arrive as fighting intensifies in the east. attacks step up in syria's capital as a rebel group steps up the forces. a blow to the government - the european central bank tightens the screws on athens.

>> the latest on taiwan where the search continues into a second night for those still missing from the fatal plane crash. first, the west is rallying around ukraine in an intense effort to bolster theal lies. the situation in the east grows worst by the day. n.a.t.o. is holding a summit to ramp up its military presence in eastern europe. a top diplomat arrives in kiev to meet petro porashenko and are expected to discuss whether washington will offer assistance to ukraine, such as providing military with weapons. they are battling to control positions in east of ukraine. heavy shelling conditions in the rebel-held stronghold of donetsk and luhansk.

the port city of mariupol has been hit by fighting. it's intense. we have this report. >> reporter: the ukranian army fires a volley of grad rockets toward the front line. separatists say they have surrounded debaltseve a town under siege. volunteers like this man are trying to drive. >> translation: you can hear shelling and shooting. at night it was intense. >> reporter: "i have to go", says this man. we followed a bus into town. attempts at negotiating the truce for safe passage failed.

the shelling is intense. few on the street run for cover. what sounds like artillery fires. we cannot see. there have been repeated efforts to try to get some of the wounded out of debaltseve. there has been calls for ceasefires some have been contravened. we followed a humanitarian convoy into the city to try to deliver aid. the men tell us we are going to an area too dangerous to film. >> translation: people are entering at their own risk. they could not org face a

temporary truce. >> reporter: 25,000 lived in debaltseve. after weeks of fighting it's not known who is living here now. only the brave remain. "i walk every day" shouts this woman, as another shell explodes. debaltseve is of strategic importance to both sides. it's a major railway that the separatists control. it's believed up to 8,000 ukranian troops have been deployed to try to defend the town. they are suspicious about what they say are separate spies. the armored personnel carrier blocked the town. they questioned us before letting us drive on.

the road is the only way in to debaltseve, from the ukranian military controlled side. it is the only route out for many civilians who remain inside all right. rory challands is in moscow. what kind of reaction is there. first, let's go to casuarina who is in brussels at the n.a.t.o. defence minister's meeting. specifically, what is being considered by the defence ministers. >> the americans of defense are supposed to agree firstly to establish, to enhance the n.a.t.o. forces. 13,000 to more than double the

members. each spear heads, it's a kind of stand by brigade or rapid rehabilitation force, if you wanted. the numbers translates into 5,000 members. the men will be highly trained. and will mostly be weaker than currently existing nato. and all aim to be deployed when and where needed within days. then thirdly, ministers should establish a command and control center in six eastern allied countries, as well as the multinational command center in poland but they are anticipating germany and denmark. all this bottom line the all of all this is for there to be able to respond on the security challenges firstly posed by russia as secretary-general

said upon arrival to the meeting. this is a defensive plan. it is a response to the russian actions, so enhanced that it is not only about russia. it is also for n.a.t.o. to respond to the security challenge. thousand neighbours by northern africa. >> indeed casuarina, reporting live there from the n.a.t.o. defence minister's meeting in brussels. n.a.t.o. gets ready to display its might over a greater eastern europe. that's not going to make the kremlin happy. how might they show their displeasure? >> well, i think it will be viewed as nato playing to type. russian narrative of what is going on in ukraine. differing vastly from the

narrative in the west. >> russia what is happening, it fits in with geopolitics over the last 20 years or so. they say that the revolutions placed in the former soviet space, countries of eastern europe and the caucuses ukraine - they say the revolutions started instigated by the west. undertaken by the c.i.a. they said that about ukranian 2004/2005. and about the maidan revolution that led to the oust are of viktor yanukovych. this is what they say, deliberate acts of instigation in their own backyard. talking about a broader policy that n.a.t.o. has. breaking promise made to russia

over the fall not to expand it. n.a.t.o. is in the baltic state. nato is in poland and other eastern european areas. so for russia an n.a.t.o. bolstering of forces in eastern europe and a consideration by the united states for arming the ukranian military both those things fit into the narrative, and they feel aggrieved and justified okay. rory challands live in moscow. thank you very much indeed. we are going to go to syria now. the capital damascus and other nearby districts. state media is reporting three are dead, another-eight are injured. the syrian observatory for human rights said the army of islam is where the rockets came from we go live to stephanie dekker our

correspondent monitoring events in syria, from the capital of beirut. tell us about how sustained this attack is on damascus. >> it happened around 7:30 in the morning. we are hearing from at least 50 landing in the capital. in the capital. you mentioned three killed, 30 injured. it caused a panic among the people there. damascus is the capital of syria, relatively quiet in relation to what is going on in the rest of the country. people go to restaurants. they have the u.n. based there. the diplomats is the city like any other, if you can call it that. people are fearing the people that we spoke to. the laddereader of the group you mentioned, he said that damascus is a military zone and diplomats

and civilians should stay off the streets. he was going to bring the war to them. the government has been besieging the group based on the eastern outskirts, and with air strikes and there has been retaliatory air strikes, we are hearing 15 dead in the eastern areas, because the government has been bombarding retaliation from the air. fighting intensified also along lebanon, view to the official border crossing. that is on the eastern part as well. it's having an effect on the refugees seeking shelter in lebanon along the border. they have been given 24 hours to leave. >> translation: the army told us we have to leave. and said tents have to be removed along the border. they gave us no reason. they told us a week and people

thought they won't go through with it. they came back giving us a day. >> reporter: this makeshift champ in lebanon has been home to 200 families to workers here before the war. the battle across the board - we are told the fighting is around 10km away. this is why lebanese army says that the barrier is not safe and why all these people now support the decision to move to syria. >> this is the decision. the army is suspicious. they are taking precautions. we are directly on the border. some are armed men. i don't know who is who. they are made to leave.

the army is out. the people will be inspired. >> some showed up to leave. they tell us they have enough international support. no aid or money to deal with the 1.5 million syrians sheltered in lebanon. these people are desperate. this man asks where am i supposed to go. lock at my daughter where am i supposed to take her. there is no justice. he tells us we have land in syria and hasn't seep his land in four years. they kont go back. one among hundreds of thousands of others left alone with no money, dignity and powerless to

their fate. >> still to come on this newshour. we have the latest on the security situation in iraq. and iraq expected to lift a life-time curfew that has been in place. the first team through to the african cup of nation's final. we'll have that coming up. now to taiwan where the investigation is now under way, to find out why a plane crashed after takeoff, killing 51 of the 58 people on board. the audio recording between the pilot and the control tower has been released. we have more. >> reporter: slowly the wreckage of transasian flight 35 has been

hauled out of the water. searchers are looking for bodies. many are missing. twisted parts of the plane are recovered from the kee long river. industrial planes were brought in to lust the fuse -- industrial cranes were brought in to lift the fuselage out of the water. thousands were involved. the atr, 72 turbo prop was on a routine prop to the island of kin men. the footage shows the plane as it dived. clipped the highway, two taxis, and plunged into the river below. >> progress to reprieve have built a huge pontoon, to bring wrecking to the surface. divers use these to support search efforts. >> translation: the plane wings are still under water.

we are unable to pull it out. the current is very fast today. >> reporter: teams of divers come to the surface and bed of the river. they have been working around the clock in teams of up to six diving in short periods in the icy waters searching for clues. thursday they found part of the wing a vital piece. also between the cockpit and control tour the last words released to the public. while the search continues for those still missing, the having can begin. the flight data recorders were recovered from the crash site as has most of the wreckage and they may hold vital clues as to what caused the flight to crash all right, live now to taipei and the latest speaking

to another correspondent. harry fawcett. harry, bring this up to date. we can see that it is dark behind you. >> that's right. the activity goes on as it has through the day, and since this happened on wednesday, still hundreds of people involved in this effort. we have seen soldiers going along the path dispatching a large contingent upstream and have been coming back with pieces of wreckage. one man carried his arm, carrying a panel from the fuselage. still wreckage to be recovered. as well as that the divers work through the night trying to find the missing 12 people. we saw about 10 head downstream

packed with divers about half of the divers are volunteers working in difficult conditions cold water. visibility close to zero. extremely difficult. that work goes on. as that work goes on, of course, the investigation gets under way as well. the key part of what happened will be the fact that the pilot gave the may day saying there was a flame out in an engine that we understand has been replaced. when there's a flame out it's something usually connotes a lack of fuel getting to the engine, could be bird strike all of those sort of factors will be vetted. the real priority at the moment is to find those still missing. >> harry fawcett life in taipei. the taiwanese capital. thank you now the european central

bank stays it plans to restrict financing to greek banks. they say it will no longer accept greek bonds as collateral for commercial banks much the greek finance ministry said the decision due to come in effect on 11 february has no adverse impact on the country's financial industry. facing payment deadlines of the end and again in may. so these are two critical deadlines. john is live in the greek capital athens. and we have joe. the german finance minister is visiting the greek finance minister as he sweeps through europe. this is the meeting. after seeing the e.c.b., this is a key meeting with the germans.

>> well i think this is the crunch meeting of the week. the german foreign minister was key to the bailout programs netted over the last five years with greece. key to the austerity programs applied in greece. germany, of course the eurozone. what germany wants, they get. what greece wants out of the meeting is support. support for an enormous public burden. including 275 million accumulated. they borrowed heavily to service the loans in a debt relieve to find a way back to economic growth. the finance minister is likely to find a tough opponent in the talks. he said he will not be financing greece by threats, throwing off

austerity. they continue to adhere to the conditions of austerity as a way towards finding a debt restructure. >> we should see how the meeting goes. the germans, john are often - are often portrayed as being the main drivers behind the misfortune. how is it viewed from there. and the cost of government borrowing has already gone up. >> certainly at the moment the decision effectively from the quantitatively programme. from the i set buying programme.

as a bad turp of event, as an alignment with the hard-line europe. this moment is something that the government has to fight against. it's in response to last night's government. at the moment it will abrogate. should do an about turn and walk away from the promises to reverse the decision and from where the last government was off, which is a 48-page long memorandum measures. the creek statement that is in response to that german invitation for the greeks to capitulate says to do it would be to annul the election result of january the 25th in which

the greeks left themselves against austerity. the skypes are not at the moment in berlin. >> john live in athens jonah hull live in berlin. >> time for an update on the heavy rain in southern africa. >> yes, a couple of weeks ago we talked about the big floods across marts of madda gas ger. it rained for a time. heavy rain for madagascar at the moment. we see a massive cloud over madagascar. it's been swirling away for a couple of weeks. look how the thunder headser upt. signs in the sky. we have had reports of a drought

on. extending across a good part of the country, the west of the country. 126mm of rain in 24 hours. there's more to come over the next few days. take a look at friday's picture. circulation is in place. more downpours. as we go on through friday into saturday. going on into saturday. we can see little difference in conditions. sheltered by the mountains, still a little dry. you can follow the showers. more big downpours right across into the gulf of guinea. sun is making it further north. it's heading back into the southern parts of the west here. you know what further north it is fine and dry. there's a few showers, martine,

for the north-west of africa everton, thank you very much. readers are gathering far and wide. they are celebrating international literature and it reflets the reading tradition. >> reporter: they come for the love of books. nor the local authors, there's little profit in books, but plenty of passion. >> enjoy. i sold my first book. until then it is very struggling job. and it's a lonely session, i love it. >> the pair started in 1976. ever since they have drawn huge crowds of book lovers from all over the country and the world. the u.k. is the feature company

as it happens to be the 450th anniversary of william shakespeare's birth. despite modern distraction, people see the value of books. >> they want to be well read so they can have a discussion go out, things like that. >> the fair happens year after year. >> there's so much variety, that you don't run out of it. it's never boring it's always new. >> i love books. i buy books, and i always feel like coming back and seeing new books. >> reporter: the popularity as an event in this city. more people live in mumbai and delhi, the book fair is always popular. that is a long-held love for

reading. >> reporter: a few kilometres away. it's famous for the books. the saying is if you can't find a book here it probably never existed. organizers say the importance of books and being well-read in calcutta, is what makes this book. >> determining how they really love books. it suspiciouslyize on the children. to read - that's the main reason that calcutta has got a huge foot fall of books from book lovers. >> reporter: both make a few sails. they are surrounded by passion. stay tuned for more of the show including a communication breakdown that is hurting the

most vulnerable. plus... >> i'm phil lavelle in berlin where the film festival is getting under way. find out what the organizers did or didn't do to upset north korea. find out later. >> find out about this tunisian tennis player - why he lost a match he was winning.

hello, let's look at the top stories - u.s. secretary of state john kerry arrives in ukraine in the last hour or so to speak to president petro porashenko about the growing violence in the east. it's part of a plan to help bolster the fight of pro-russian separatists. the angela merkel says they'll go kiev for talks in syria - shelling hit nearby districts in government controlled areas. it's been reported three are dead, eight wounded the european central bank says it plans to restrict financing to greek banks. it says that it will no longer accept greek government bonds as collateral for lending money to the banks. the greek finance ministry says the decision will have no impact. >> king abdullah of jordan has been meeting senior military and

security officials in the capital ayman following the i.s.i.l. killing of a jordanian pilot. now, king abdullah vowed relentless war against the islamic state of iraq and levant. local media reporting that as a former force pilot, he may bomb i.s.i.l. targets himself. now, jordan you'll remember is in the heart and borders syria and iraq. there are strongholds of i.s.i.s. there. from the border to the area there is a strong hold of raoda, and that's where the pilot crashed. what does king abdullah have in his arsenal. his air fleet, for instance there are 146 aircraft. that is 70 jets, and 24 attack helicopters. as for manpower jordan has

110,000 active soldiers. all right. let's go live to the jordanian capital amman, and speak to rula our correspondent. the king is trying to captured mood of jordanian peel. how angry are the jordanians today? >> they are angry at i.s.i.l. for the cruelty they they have been treated and how he has been killed. we have to remember jordan has played an active role in pursuing al qaeda, and al qaeda. six years now, and so it's not knew. the killing has given the government a lot of momentum. and the government is building on it. it was very defiant yesterday, and it will continue in part of the international alliance against i.s.i.l. king abdullah himself said they'll trike at i.s.i.l. on his own territory.

they'll go after and hit them on their own ground. they are not deterred by the killing, and they want to send a message to i.s.i.l. their active role to go after them is not going to change. we are talking then judging from the copying -- king ramping up its contribution to the fight. do you think jordan has an appetite for what is effectively a war is this. >> definitely there are more jordanian more willing to support the government decision than there were a month ago. there is a hard-core jordanian opposition the leftist and national groups who criticize king abdullah for taking part in the alliance with the united states. we don't want to contribute to this war. it's actually on maern agenda. but the killing and the way the

drama had unfolded actually shifted the mood in support of striking back at i.s.i.l. to punish i.s.i.l. for what they did. the government now is trying to use it. it's not an unanimous public mood but there's more support definitely than there was a month ago. >> rula our correspondent live in ayman. thank you well in northern iraq it's kurdish peshmerga forces who have been at the forefront of the battle against i.s.i.l. thousands lost their lives since june. some in the most heinous of ways. zeina khodr has been speaking to a victim beheaded by i.s.i.l. sammy doesn't understand what happened to his father beheaded by the islamic state of iraq and levant. he was a kurdish peshmerga

fighter captured in june. his wife can't speak. she is in shock. but they are proud of their father, because he died defending their land. >> they killed our father killing him in a brutal way. we asked the leaders to bring back the body. >> he belonged to the tribe. his is a few kilometres. the killer was identified as a kurd. iraq's kurds are at war with i.s.i.l. the armed group has kurds in its ranks. there are no numbers, but i.s.i.l. says it had a kurdish unit. >> i'm very angry. what made me angry is that a kurd killed him. >> reporter: the suicide bomb are was an iraqi kurd.

erbil, the captain said it was a strategy and he wants to turn kurds against each other in a relatively peaceful kurdish tradition. >> they find problems in the community, and distribute it against the community, to stay against the court. they will try using different things to do it. >> kurd appear in i.s.i.l. propaganda videos encouraging others to join a secular society. most kurds are sunni muslims like i.s.i.l. but they have their own language and culture. >> i.s.i.l. uses these as a scare tactic. he was not the first soldier to be beheaded and may not be the last. i.s.i.l. captured more than 50

peshmerga fighters. >> many kurds of fighting age volunteered to join the peshmerga when the region came under threat. and they will not allow i.s.i.l. to compromise the community or let the threats care them away from the battle let's go further south to the iraqi capital baghdad, because the prime minister haider al-abadi ordered an end to a curfew. we go live to the correspondent there. things must be getting better. some things are getting better so the prime minister thinks it's safe enough and he has security in baghdad. it's popular among iraqis. no more scrambling no more rushing to get through the

checkpoints. the curfew has been in place. in recent years it been mud night to 5:00a.m. it has lifted. others are following suit. the first is kabula to the south as it lifted its own curfew. i spoke to security spokesmen. accompanying them is security convoys. and weapons urging a crack down on what's been an unregulated use of weapons, and the arrest of that rights -- of others. so they'll have to travel with

three vehicles in selected neighbourhoods. it's expected to spread around baghdad. >> we'll check back and see how it goes. thank you. now political forces - they are being mediate by the u.n. special envoy. let's go live to our correspondent in aiden in the south of the country. jamal, it was a few hours ago that the deadline passed for a new government. that deadline passed. what is the situation now? >> there is some promising news leaked from the meeting. seems the political parties are closer. some of the parties, the joint meeting parties, those that are

in favour of the revolution and onwards to the houthis, they are demanding several vice presidents be appointed to represent the different areas, and are demanding the houthis, the militias that took over the capital by force. they are shia origins that they provide a guarantee. so far there's not been real agreements, it appears from the meeting that they are getting closer. >> a work in progress. we'll come back to you when there's more to report boko haram fighters in

nigeria killed 100 people across the board in northern cameroon. the armed group attacked a town on the border. >> a major regional offensive is under way to flush out boko haram fighters. fighters from chad cameroon combined with nigerians are using the war planes to hunt down the armed group. boko haram stepped up its violence ahead of the presidential election due for 14 february. just days ago, until the presidential ballot parties are in the final pull to get the vote. they are upping their campaigns. there are tensions between the parties. the main election body considers the country may not be ready for this election to go ahead. we have this report from abuja.

>> reporter: the election campaign in nigeria - politicians through the media, they are looking for appear there's acts of violence. they were attacked by supporters. >> they detached from a convoy. they attacked and talked about candidates smashed cars and beat us up. >> it's all because of these. posters and campaign materials. some supporters tart officers vehicles and each other. this is despite an accord signed by the major parties to hold a peaceful campaign and election. >> political party offices and billboards have been attacked and destroyed. there is a fear unless the parties control the supporters

it could lead to violence during and after the elections. >> despite the agreement to conduct it nigerians continue to say acts of violence across the country. but the politicians say the supporters are not to blame. >> rarely have you heard or seen p.d. p supporters throwing stones inflicking violence or insuring leaders. it hardly happens. it's unheard of. maybe one or twice. >> it's an important revelation for us and the world for that. the governor the leading party, the ruling party in the country has come out to say leave it out. they are not responsible. >> but it's not all gloom. publishers and printers are cashing in on the opportunities of the season. most nigerians say the biggest concern is having a peaceful and

fair election. now, at a time when obviously everybody is speculating about the health and the wellbeing of zimbabwe's president, robert mugabe 90 years old, soon to be 91. he has taken a fall. they are paying attention. everyone wondering about the quality and his well being. there you see hum falling down. he was addressing supporters in harari, the capital, and he tripped. it's been reported that he has not been injured. no doubt for instinct that's a tumble and for a soon to be 91-year-old... ..anyway moving on. there's a few more things to come on this al jazeera newshour including... >> i'm rob reynolds in los

angeles and an outbreak on measles. and a run in germany - a miserable run of losses continues.

now, an outbreak of measles in the united states caused fate on the vaccines 20 children developed measles from does niland and spread to more than 100 unvaccinated kids. politicians are reacting and it

crossed party lines. rob reynolds reports. the measles outbreak that began has spread. american politicians weigh in with their thought. new jersey governor chris christie the likely presidential contender in the election seem to imply that parents skip the shots. >> they don't have a measure of choice in thinks. >> others were unequivocal, including the speaker john boehner. >> all children should be vaccinated. >> and democratic presidential candidate - the science is clear, the earth is round. the skies and vak seems weren't. >> this problem with measles was going to occur in other vaccine on them. because of a low incident of shots. >> reporter: the measles virus is contagious.

with conflicting advice and uncertain what to do. this woman doesn't trust the vaccine. >> vaccines are safe they say - not for my child. >> what helped the virus to spread is the relatively small number of families deciding not to have the children vaccinated out of religious beliefs or concern out of safety. >> visitors public health officials, say one may have inard vertently -- inadvertently carried the virus. and now let's go live to jordan. we understand that there are pictures available. you can see that in the midst of people. king abdullah has gone to the

home-town of the pilot who was killed in such a grizzly fashion by next week. we have been hearing from the correspondent that even today jordanian is powerful. king abdullah in order to address the anger of his subjects has promised full forced response. there's some speculation in jordan, in the media that the king himself, a trained pilot, that he might take part. in the home town of the murdered jordanian pilot now for the sport. here is jo. >> thank you. ivory coast will have another chance to win the continental title after reaching the final of the african cup of nations.

the democratic republic of congo in the first semifinal. they sealed the african cup final in nine years. >> translation: we are satisfied. we are happy to be in the final. it's the best time. we'll prepare and do our best to bring the cup if possible. >> translation: we did not have everything right in the gaum. i like the game. the important thing it to qualify for the final. the ivorians celebrated in the streets, getting ready for the final on sunday. they celebrated in the streets back home. this is the scenes as fans cheered progress to the time. >> host equatorial guinea will hope their fans can carry them to the final. they are undoubtedly the

underdogs. on one previous occasion ghana faced a fitness test. who picked up a hip injury. the west african giants have not won the cup despite making the four in the last four tournaments. >> in the bundislega it has become precarious. they were playing alpha, who despite going a man down won 1-0. dortmund's 11th league lose. it leaves them anchored to the foot of the standings. >> well real madrid star player rodriguez could be out after breaking his foot. he gave real madrid the lead in the 12th minute before being taken off. his replacement jessie rodriguez doubled the lead holding on despite a late goal winning

2-1. they are up by four points in the league. >> italian cup elders knapp are through to the semicup after beating inter milan 1-0. liverpool beat bolton in the fourth round replay. coming from down to win 2-1 tennis's atp tour invested in a tunisian player retired injured in a match he was winning. victory meant he would have faced an israeli opponent. he won his first match. he withdraw with an elbow injury which he picked up at the australian open. victory would have seen him go up against israel's player in the next round. when we contacted the head of federation of tunisia, they declined to comment. >> the reason he has come under suspicion is he dodged a meeting with israel withdrawing from a

tournament after he was scheduled to face an israeli opponent. it was after the 2015 davis cup. he's not the only one to snub israel. portugal's cristiano ronaldo withdrew. and a judo champ was disqualified from a meet against an opponent. weighing in too heavy. previously he said he would refuse to face the opponent in the draw. >> to the n.b.a. and one of this season's high players crashed in defeat against brooklyn after trailling the east number two side. they grabbed the lead in the third. jarrod jack top scoring with 24. alan anderson chimed in with 22

points as brooklyn routed the raptors 190 to 93 after shooting a worst round of his career tiger woods is adamant he's making progress. he's number 56 on the rankings after struggling through 2014. wood says he's working on his game and is desperate to be ready for the masters. >> it's a process i'm going through it. i want to be ready and the rest of the season new england patriots celebrate in front of home fans in the streets of boston. people caught a glimpse of the champions, celebrations coming a

day late. new england beat the seattle seahawks 28-24. this is the fourth championship title. there's more to come. check out aljazeera.com. >> that's sport for now. >> thank you. a book festival getting attention is in berlin attracting the ire of north korea. it wasn't part of the plan. all because of a mistake on pyongyang's part. from the berlinale we have this explanation. >> they love a drama. they have been at the center of their own. sony nose how that feels - hacked and humiliated allegedly by his people. and all because of this.

the movie, the interview mocking north korea's leader kim jong un. and the full-out moving from hollywood to here. "the interview" goes on release here on thursday. north korea got the city of berlin and the berlin film festival confused and described the showing as terrorism and vowed vengeance. the words were merciless punishment. cue hastily arranged damage limitation. they went to the embassy saying you've got this long it's nothing to do with me or the berlinale, it's a coincidence it opened on the same day. pyongyang pulled back albeit privately. >> aside from the drama, there's more to see over the next week and a half. the golden bear is the big prize they are competing for, with

everything from chamber mates to cinderella, and they are doing it without the director. they are making films until 2030 after upsetting the government. taxi is in with a top spot for prize, as he watches from home. he doesn't stop. he is making films, expressing himself. he needs to make them and will never stop. the film is great and it's a great way to promote his work to the world. >> reporter: over the next 10 days the movie world watches. crowds will freeze, and north korea will look to make sure the crowds look at this not this. >> that's all from me. more news in just a minute or so with nick clark. sh

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flying in to support ukraine, as america's top diplomat arrives in theeast. >> the french president and german chancellor are due in kiev later today. i'm nick clark, you are watching al jazeera live from doha. also ahead attacks step up in syria's capital as a rebel group mobilizes the forces. a blow for greece's government. it tightens its screws. >> i'm jennife