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no to the renegotiation of the bail out term. i will be asking what challenges it faces. the take on gahni for the spot in the semifinals. we will know the line-up for that final later this hour diplomatic editor underway, which has killed more than 5,000 people since last april. the german chancellor are in dee ya to push their new peace initiative. they say that they will respect the territory and present a solution that is acceptable to all.

john kerry is also in kiev where he has met with leaders. it calls for an immediate cease fire. a nato defense minister has also been in ukraine. seeking to bolster europe, in the reaction to a new reaction force of 5,000 troops. simon manager gregor wood has the latest. >> just how serious the situation is becoming, first it was the secretary of state john kerry and then the prime minister. pledging u.s. backing and pointing a finning ther of blame at moscow. >> russia the separatest are seizing more territory. terrorizing more citizens. and refusing to participate in serious negotiations. let there be no doubt about who is blocking the prospect of peace here. >> significantly he said president obama would decide

soon whether or not to supply ukraine with he that will weapons. nato and angel merkel flew in bringing with them a new peace plan to discuss with ukraine on thursday, the with the russians on friday the talking comes a the fighting escalates which everyone blames on russia and it's separatist allies. defense ministers put the finishing touches on the force, and spearhead troops deployable in dates. lit have six command and control centers in eastern europe. russia is meant to notice that. >> we are tamping these steps in response to our changed security environment they are defensive, proportional, and in line with our international commitments. >> they also talked about russia's decision to upgrade the nuclear missiles and lower it's threshold. this is a day when western leaders are trying to get new

peace talks started for fear the situation may spiral out of control. and why they do so, nato is working on how to respond to the crisis if the talking fails. and there update from moss tow. so we have a situation where they are on their way to moscow. they will be arriving on friday. what will it bring here. at the moment is unclear the details of that initiative, still very mercury the analyst that i will be speaking to are expecting that they will come playing

to washington bad cop. they will say to vladimir putin, neither you nor we want the situation where the united states is arming the ukrainian army. so if we are going to avoided that let's freeze this conflict. break on it where it is at the moment the parliament, the separatist can carve out some sort of in the east, but stilln't ares ukraine's territorial integrity so that would have been integrated in some way into the sovereign frame work. but let's try to avoided a wider war. interestingly, it doesn't seem like these two are the only ones with the a proposal. which he has send the details with that involved be uh the rumors here are that it may be something to the peace keepers

on the ground, so friday lit be a very interesting diplomatic day indeed. hundreds of thousands are being forced to see their homes. al jazeera has this report and a warning you may find some of the images in his report disturbing. >> the children are lucky to be alive. as the shells exploded around their home, near the town, volunteers braved the artillery and brought them to safety. i took the risk trying to save my children. >> three of her four children staying at a shelter set up by volunteers. her husband and daughter are spill hiding in a basement in

the besieged hometown. there are 50 other people here who have also fled the violence. the makeshift because the children get cold with the windows oopen in winter. >> where is camed. i feel lost, it is hard but there is no way to move back home. >> it is estimated that more than 900,000 people have been forced to flee their homes and as the fighting gets worse, the number of civilians killed or wounded in this conflict increases by the day. whirlabout the government and the separatist blame each other for repeated failures and truce talks. >> it seems the increasingly well equipped fighters can do the same. russia continues to deny supplying the separatists.

where soldiers or weapons. and just as they control towns, hospitals on the ukrainian military side, are full of wounded soldiers and civilians. none of these people could have predicted the violence. she is praying her eldest daughter will make it to safety, al jazeera eastern ukraine. joining me now in the studio, is a policy consultant. and previously served as an arms control advisor, thank you for coming in. difficult at the moment, of course to know what is in this new piece initiative. the kremlin might have a plan of it's own how optimistic are you that these talks could add to a deescalation of this crisis? where previous attempts have failed. >> i don't see enchase of a

complete break through. there may be some progress on the margins be uh in the short term, i don't think we are looking at a solution at hand. >> the fact they are talking i guess has to be a good thing? >> there hasn't been a lot of discussion. >> absolutely true. angel merkel had been speaking on a very regular basis. the first time in quite a while she has gone to moscow. as rightly they should. >> and that seriousness, is that because we have seen the escalation of fighting in eastern ukraine when that cease fire basically disintegrate. >> i think it has to be. i think right now it is for a gradual worsening if not a rapid worsening of the situation. often less someone tries to do something. >> does the formation force this source that can be basically september somewhere within two days they say.

suggest they need a plan b and they are not convinced that it is going to solve this situation? i think that's one of the facets that we are looking at. i think it is more galvanized into coming into fruition. >> how would it work. >> putting forwards the bodies feed to make the force work, so you hope that among the 28, they can come up with 5,000 breathing soldiers. they call it defensive weapons we know that weapons can be offensive as well as defensive. some argue that by giving the

army these extra weapons that they might see them have a change of heart others say it is in tune to the fire, and pushing moscow into taking more action. where do you stand on this. >> i think there's already a fairly sorry history of here of the secured interests being ignored by nato. and by the u.s. and to do this. to make this promise almost, that they are going to consider he that will aid in this situation is to haul back and slap mr. putin in the face again and i don't think you will get any better ruts this time. the sanctions of course, haven't worked? >> they have tried them the military. the sanctions have absolutely no effect. >> that's exactly right we have to look at where the involvement begins. the summit where nato promised

that the promise that ukraine would eventually be a new alley, thus completely ignoring rush are sha's clearly stated majors to the red line. this is not the way they do international diplomacy. you saw them in august with georgia, we saw them last year with ukraine. and it needs fixing but through widespread diplomacy. and not by shunning certain parties or putting them on the back foot. >> the military says there would be more to come. in the jordanian capitol.

>> all targets were destroyed this is only a start. and it is said that jordan is committed to fighting isil until the group is finishes. they made it clear that this country is determined to have a prominent roll in fighting. today the jordanians move to the troops to the borders with iraq very close to positions that isil holds on the other side of the boarder and the officials have been making it clear they are on the growing sentiments against isil and in support of the government's

decision to take part in the coalition, and to fight for them. >> sent the report from his hometown. >> this is where pilots family wants to celebrate his return. instead, it is become a place where they are receiving condolences after the islamic state of iraq and the levant burned him alive. >> the king paid his respects to the tribe in the southern province. he told the pilots father that jordan's royal air force had just shelled forces in the syrian province. to avenge the murder, and now he appears to have more public support for going to war

claims from the royal fors after bombarding them, god willing we will end their existence in syria the queen visiting the female members but the wife is unconsoleble. >> she is 25 and they are only married for five months. >> the mother is also shake and heart broken. none of the immediate female family members are speaking to the media question are very sad, but i am sprouted of my cousin, he is a martyr who defended his country and although my heart is bleeding i will also offer my four sons as martyrs for my country. many people want vengeance because of the way he was murdered. >> we should be united with one body, i call on one to be one heart, one mind, and one

soul. hundreds of officers also came to support the tribe. for joining the u.s. led coalition. but so far this effort appears to have had the opposite effect. mr. say the resolve has been strengthened by this murder. those that didn't believe they were a threat to the country now say the war is theirs. still to come, dozens killed in syrian government air strikes on rebel held positions oen the outskirts of the capitol. accidental hero how the pilot of a doomed taiwanese airliner may have steered away in the moments before the crash. and an intense battle for the

lead during the first round of the malaysia open. video upletted to the interin the is intensive shelling in two neighborhoods. the city is at the heart of clashing between government and rebel forces. the u.n. has called for local freezes in fighting to start in aleppo the diplomates say the situation is going from bad to worse. >> after a series of tit for tat attacks by government forces and rebels. the leader of one of the main rebel groups the army of islam had warned it would retaliate after government strikes on it's positions. this is the after math of government air strikes on

rebel held positions. on the outskirts of damascus. victims are taken to field hospitals in almost four years of fighting in which tows were killed and entire areas reduced to rebel the violence continues. a suburb the army has launched air strikes using barrel bombs. anti-fighters have been trying to control this mountainous area. the government attacks are aimed at driving rebels out of the areas. that surround damascus. this is a convoy from the army

of islam on it's way to shell areas in the capitol. our attack of the government through damascus of civilians and the outskirts of damascus. >> before the attacks we issue warnings to appoint military areas. >> the armed group has consolidated it's control in many areas near damascus. here it's fighters attack government positions. the army had also ex-nd pad north, where it has joined an alliance of religious armed groups against government troops in the attack. the military reare mains in control of most of the cities.

at least nine people have been killed after progovernment forces try to recapture from rebel fighters. benghazi has been a battlefield since last may when the army general declared war on fightingers there. the counsel. they have approve add new coalition government, made up of the secular par ity and the religious base. it comes after the first freed presidential and parliamentary elections last year. they have more details. it will be a coalition government the opposition will be small and weak.

but tunisia's next prime minister says it is the only option. >> we are all invited. the government and political parties national organizations and 70 society to work hard, hand in hand, to open the doors of hope. >> most of the ministers that's the biggest party. and a small number are from the party the main rival. >> tunisia's leaders seem to have put aside their differences on how much influence religion should have on state affairs and are instead focusing on the issues they do agree on. >> like improving the economy. that's a priority for hala. she renovated this history call building into a boutique hotel. she want today see more economic reform. >> i think there are tremendous investment opportunities, and almost every sector.

a lot of education to create the jobs for i think to make the process a lot smoother. >> and the government says there are thousands of young tunisias fighting for isil. >> the vice president says the country needs unity we agreed as we felt that this is a phase that we are passing through, aphids of dialect agreement and harmony, we should all agree for the interest oz f the country.

the finance ministers from both countries have let for the first time at high stakes talks in berlin. he said they'd agree to disagree. >> i can not hide my skepticism about the new greening government. even though my colleague told me they are not confirmed yet. is in our opinion, they are not moving in the right direction if he was disappointed he didn't show it. this was simply the beginning

he said of deliberations that will put an end to a crisis. we didn't reach an agreement it was never on therd cas that we would. we didn't even agree to disagree from where i am standing. from where i am standing we agreed to enter into deliberations as partners. with a joint orientations toward as european solution to european problems. for a plan to restructure the enormous debt burden while holding firm to their election pledge to abandon five years of bail outs and austerity. >> the response has been lukewarm. and frankfort on wednesday the central bank announced it would no longer accept the government bonds as collateral

for loans to the inkroosingly shaky banks. for the new broke government, abandoning all together may be easier said than done. >> the message was said, whether it was here already is open i hope it was here. how the rest of europe will handle the greek death. something how other parties have something to say. the new government is looking for support and running out of places to find it, and there wasn't much support here where the message to greece seems to have been, turn back, your plans to abandon austerity, or we may turn our backs on you. >> outside the finance ministry a small group of level wing sympathetic to the position the new poll

indicates that they are against debt relief if it walks away from it's commitments and the german government is acting accordingly. back in greece, thousands of supporters have rallied in the capitol previously the scene of violent rallies. it is the first such gathering since the left wing party swept a victory in elections last month. in a speech to the greek parliament the newly elected prime minister insisted the country will not back down in the face of opposition. >> certainly not through emails. greece has a clear position, greece has it's own voice and it's own negotiations strength. >> still to come, communication is cut for deaf people in the domic republic of congo after mobile text

and the internet are switched off. double trouble in mexico, a pair of volcanos stage a spectacular eruption. plus. >> where wails will play england in rugby opening game, but i will will show you how in this country, research is underway to tackle concussion from big hits. >> . >> . >> . >> >> >> >> >> >>

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it follows the killing of a jordanian pilot earlier this week. the army says the attackens are just the beginning. >> and and soon isil will know who the jordanians are. today, dozens of jet fighters from the jordanian air force launched successive air strike is ises and destroyed the headquarters of the terrorist organization. they promised god the nation, and the supreme commander that we will give up everything to defend our values and uproot this terrorist group. >> to iraq, where a curfew in baghdad which has been in place for more than ten years is being lifted. to one has been allowed since midnight and five app. when the security deteriorated. the search for the 12

remaining missing passengers from the taiwan air crash is continuing with little hope of finding them alive after more than two days. 31 people including the two pilots are are known to have died after the planes had an engine failure. the pilot is being hailed a hero for steering the plane away from housing. >> people into a second night they bring ashore thing frommingments of the flight. they seem so light so flimsy, it's hard to imagine that they were part of the fuse lodge designed to with stand the forces of flight. to match for the final plunge into the river. incredible that anyone survived. this manage did and he unbuckled five others. >> if i did not move quick enough to help them, they would have been dead.

one father who saved his son reportedly moved his family to the right side of the plane on hearing a strange sound from the port engine. in his last message the pilot said there was a problem with an engine. >> . >> the airline though denied media reports that the a.t.r. 72 took ought with an unchecked faulty engine. >> question have is is the documents that say we did check the plane before take off. >> with two fatal crashes in the last seven months the pine minister has promised an inquirery into the safety standards. at the crash site, there was mourning and desperate efforts to find the missing. counter part the river the

dive teams worked in short shifts in frigid watt we visibility at near zero. and even as night brought worse conditions they worked on. throughout the night we with have been watching as they have brought ashore pieces of the airplane, evidence of how violent this crash was what the loved ones of those are still missing want to see are are their relative aretives brought ashore, and that's proving an extremely grim and difficult task al jazeera taipei. >> freed correspondent has been enjoying his first stay back in his native australia but he says he won't forget the two colleagues he has left behind. they have now been behind bars for 404 days. peter told a news conference that he will keep campaigning for them. >> you can imagine after 400

days in prison with these guys we are very close. and it was very difficult to leave them behind. but i'm grateful to be out. i trust that they will follow in due course. it's going to take time, it is going to take some further efforts. but we will see them out. and when we with do, i am going to party with them, indeed. >> india's christian community is calling for great ever protection from violence after a recent spade of attacks on churches. almost 30 million people. the reports from new delhi they feel they are not getting enough help from the hindu nationalist government. >> police were deployed to deal with with troublemakers instead they watched as memberrens of the christian community prayed for justice. earlier, some of them were detained by police as they

tried to deliver a letter to the minister. calling for action, the protestors say the police use addis proportion gnat apt of force during what was a peaceful demonstration. >> i had to lay down on the floor, don't wrap me up, but they wrapped up all the sisters and the women and they dragged us and took us to the police station in parliament. >> the conference of india wants the government to address what they describe as a growing threat to the secular nature just because we with are a minority, the majority should not take us for granted. all of us are citizens of india, so i have the same right as you have. and as them, because it is guaranteed. >> al jazeera onen taped these photographs that was ransacked earlier this month. recent attacks on churches have shaken the trust not just

of christians but other indians as well. >> the whole right wing is out to finish. every other community take this no, they want to build the political state something like pakistan or afghanistan the only difference being you have muslims here you have taliban. al jazeera, new delhi. >> boko haram fighters have reportedly killed more than 100 people, around 800

fighters from the nigeriaian group attacked the group. along the boarder between the two countries. officials they burned churches, mosquings and villages in the area. this latest violence comes just nine days before nigeria's presidential election which is the council states it will not postpone. in the democratic republic, text messages and mobile internet has been switched off for more than two weeks now. this following process by opposition groups who believe the president is trying to extend his role. malcolm web reports from the eastern city, the disruption to communications is hitting one group especially hard. >> this school for deaf children in the city is time for physical education. students here use sign language to communicate with each other and their teachers. beyond that they depend on text messages and mobile internet. but the government switched

off those services to weeks ago, following antigovernment protests. they say people used them to instigate violence and looting. and the children that we neat, are not happy about it. phone calls television and radio are still on, but they have no use to them. they say they are completely cut off. >> my parents live far away from here, i have not been able to communicate with them, i ask the government, please to reopen the text messages. i am really crying. >> they write signs to show us this boy is inspired by the protests against the charlie hebdo attack last month. the children here learn skills that help them to get help. normally the things they make are sold to raise money for the schools but they depend on text messages to communicate request the buyers now they can't, so there's no business and they are left hanging here on the wall. >> they learned to sow at the

school. now she running a sewing place for deaf women. >> communication by text message is one of the only ways we can make money. so because we with are are not communicating now we with have lost a lot of money. the deaf community here is struggling and there are many. there's no accurate data, but health charities estimate over 1 million. the lack of healthcare means untreated infectionses often cause loss of hearing, this association for the deaf has more than 500 members throughout the north province, but without text messages or internet, the only way they can meet or ask the group for help is if they walk around for hours looking for each other. he can't happen tact us or his family to come the the

hospital. >> he wants watch this on line he won't be able to hear what we say, or even be able to see us unless the internet controls back. and deaf people need it more than most, there are few services to support people with disabilities. the children here at the school are are luckier than others. but one of the few things thattic mas a hard life a little easier is been taken away. malcolm web, al jazeera. in the domic republic of congo. >> asbestos is bans in more than 50 countries but not in columbia. most buildings contain asbestos. reports asbestos workers are now taking legal action. >> another asbestos related death. 48-year-old jorge died of mes sew thiel yes, ma'am ma, a cancer only caused by asbestos

fibers. as kids we would play with it, and i remember the dust flying around. and now we are seeing the deaths. it continues producing pipes insulated with as be eses to 14 years later she develop add cancer. after 17 rounds of chemo he has little doubt about his fate but hopes that what he called the silent killer will soon from outlaws. i just don't want anybody to suffer like this any more, this is so cruel, this pain is atrocious. >> doctor run as clinic here, he sees five new caseses each year. >> the cases we are seeing are of people who are exposed to it years ago. and this is a progressive illness. more people will get six all

the we with can so is stop this now, and least make sure our children won't be exposed. asbestos is everywhere. one with study says it can be found in 90% of all the buildings even here in our office in a richer part of town, it is on almost every roof. 56 countries already banned the substance. and took very serious steps to clean up buildings and waste. in columbia instead the government recently reare assumed the permit of a major mine. >> senior officials insist it is safe when used properly, but also promised thatly look into changes the victims are

tired of waiting a class action is underway, and so is the first lawsuit against the company. meanwhile, the struggle continues for survivors and families who are left wondering who will fall sick is is next. al jazeera. columbia. >> two oldest volcanos have erupted. now, this is as the volcano of fire 700-kilometers northwest of the capitol. almost 4,000 meters above sea level, it is one of the most active the mexico, but rarely sees eruptions this large. and 70-kilometers southeast the second highest peek in mexico is also erupting. >>a task force looking into the rising resistence to antibiotic. the report says that resistant infections already claim more than 700,000 lives globally

each year. bring 2050, it says this could rise to 10 million deaths annually. and the cost of the buggings would be at least $100 trillion by the year 2050. the former golden sax chief has been appointed to head the reare view on the issue. we asked them why there is such a lack of funding. >> if you look another the shortage of money and the almost absence of post graduate research going into it if you looken at the renumeration of those that do it relative to those studying other areas it all seems pretty low small fry kind of stuff. so i think that's reflective of the fact, that researchers don't regard it as a hot area either and people focus on cancer so on so one of our ideas is why not if policy

makers think this is as important as they say to me, why not do something to raise the reare wards for people researching on these things? it is happening in the u.k. about becomenning a teacher is now being encouraged tor ml1 c^ important certainly for subjects why not do the same for post graduate research research, or specific topics on this. what ewith are calling for is a globally agreed plan to boost the amount of post graduate research on it. which itself, might even be more effective than an invasion fund. >> still to come, where this year's film festival is getting underwayen find out what the organizers did here, or rather didn't do, to upset north korea. that's coming up, later. >> and in sport, how taking this road cause add slip up. that cycling dubai tour

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they beat host guinea, in a semifinal match that was marred by violence, with ghana 3-nil up, the match had to be stopped eight minutes from time, guinea fans were throwing bottles and missiles at players and fans but the game then restarted and ghana will now face the ivory coast in the final.

our correspondent joins us now, and robin talk us through what happened. >> an absolutely farcical end. extraordinary scene yet the stadium where police shot tear gas, they were trying to keep the unruly crowd under control. but so little luck and just absolutely bizarre scenes. you have the police chopper flying on to the field and fans through missiles at the police helicopter. well that was cleared later as you mentioned the game reare started spoken to organizer whose have condemned in the strongest terms these violent seams. we might remember as well, that they host the african cup of nations will be fined $50,000 for similar sceneses that took place in the quarter final, so there l be a meeting

between the organizers and the likely sanctioned they might be kicked out of the african nation they might also have to play the qualifiers for the 2017 game, if they are allowed to be competing in that event. the world cup qualifiers as well empty stadiums. >> okay soigne nah is through what are their chances against the ivory coast? is. >> well, obviously ghana comes with a controversial final, they both finalist many occasions both of them former champions. 23 years to get another shoot another bite after the cherry, if you will. whether or not they will be able to do it against the ghana side that has shown so much promise so much promise in the semifinals as well, really just coming into their own, remains to be seen.

that game taking place on sunday, but of course it will be a match that's what everyone predicts. >> robin adams reporting live. on friday, the rugby union gets underway with a big game between champion contenders. but in whales research has been taking place into the effect of concussionses which is calling increasing concerns. >> the bigginger the sportsman, the bigger the tackles and the impact. it ises a simple equation for the increasing size of those that play rugby concussion and the long term effects in wails a proud rugby nation, professor damien bailey and his team have analyzed 280 current and retired players applying pressure on the brain in controlled conditions and investigating such areas as the early on set of dementia.

>> it involve as blow to the body or the head. the issue is that approximately 90% of the concussions don't involve a lot of consciousness so these are alternative techniques that allowtous have a look into the brain. >> last year, thousands of american footballers were compensated for concussion can related injuries by a federal judge, and in football fifa reacted by introducing more prot controls. including more time to stop a game and more father between doctors or whether a player can continue. but in rugby contact comes fast. they have decided to investigate the problem now to provide protection going forward. that monitors the size and angle of blows to the head.

>> it is something that in some sports gets push add little bit but i suppose we want to know. this is just one with part of it. >> the information will be continually scrutinized but this is just the start is is of action that can take years to provide useful numbers. this is world cup year, but first the six nation starts with a big game between whales and england no one will take a step backwards in this one there will be mighty clubses. a few injuries but is nut being done to assess the long term hidden damage and to protect new generations in is. >> professor bailey is not look takenle the they ares he is looking to help them, but says they need to take this ball and run with it. >> off now and there is a tie

at the top after the opening round of the malaysia open. shares the lead with his rider cup teammate, the two of them started at the 10th and sank seven byrddys. he has won stage two of cycling dubai tour on what was a day to forget for a number of the riders. who took a wrong turn sending them off course with 14-kilometers still to go. me surged to the front with 50 meters left, but it is mark kabendish that hangs on. that's all your sport to now. now back to london. >> thank you very much indeed. now the sixty-fifth berlin festival is underway, but the lead up has been overshadowed by a diplomatic dispute about a film that is not even showing there.

they love a drama at the berlin film festival, but as this year gets underway, they have been at the center of their own. sony knows how that feels allegedly by his people. and all because of this. >> the movie the interview which mocked north korea's leader. and the fall out proven from hollywood to here. this is why. the interview goes on genre lease here in berlin on thursday but north korea the berlin film festival confused. and it was not happy at all. it describe the showing as terrorism. i vowed vengeance the exact words were merciless punishment. from this man, he is the boss here he had to race to the north korean embassy and say look you have this all wrong it has nothing to do with me, it is just a coincidence, the it is opening on the same day.

he did eventually pull back, albeit privately. iside from that drama, there is still plenty more to see here on the next week and a half. the golden bear is the big prize they are competing for here with everyone to chamber maids to send relative are la on show after he upset his government. taxi is in with a real shout to the top prize. as he watches from home in tehran. >> he doesn't stop, because that's what he is doing, he is making films, he is express aring himself so he needs to make them, and the films he make are are great and for us it is a great way of promoting his work to the world. >> over the next ten days the movie world will watch. the crowds will freeze, trying to watch. and even north korea will keeping an eye to make sure the crowds keep looking at

this and not this in terms of what else we are seeing here is the opening film nobody wants tonight. it is a production between frabs, spain, and bulgaria, it was shot in green land and it is being premiered here. and the spanish director are really big here this year. there are a lot of them all over the competition echos in the mountain, being shown but other films from the likes of venezuela, chili, and mexico. 300,000 tickets have been sold for this year's and this, of course is only the first night, and for the next ten days lit be very busy around here. you can find much more on all our stories click on to is aljazeera.com, aljazeera.com. and that's just about it for this particular news hour, i am back with more news in a

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>> we're following a funeral cortege procession through the outskirts of baltimore... kyndal staten was shot dead at his home in northeast baltimore. he was 27. today his family and friends are burying him.