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>> tehran's nuclear program under fire against isil on the final day of a security summit in munich. >> you're watching al jazeera live from doha. the push for peace france, germany and ukraine leaders agree to meet wednesday to try to end fighting in ukraine. >> the government delays the presidential election in nigeria. >> believe it or not this is baghdad. they really have something to celebrate, no more curfew.
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>> iran's nuclear package and the threat of isil have dominated security talks in munich. on the final day of the summit, both issues remain top of the agenda. we have a report. >> on the final day of the security conference, a temporary folk husband shift. from talks about ukraine another persistent issue iran's nuclear program and the impasse in negotiations. the country's foreign minister stresses it is now time to reach a deal but pushed a key demand. >> sanctions are a liability. you need to get rid of them if you want to solution, and unless particularly some politics come to the realization a sanction are a liability and need to be lifted, we will not have a solution.
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i think we have made good headway in resolving even that. >> also discussed was the up heaval across the middle east, with the former u.n. secretary general taking the stage. >> history teaches us that closed societies dictate. open owe sites are the ones that prosper. >> the iraqi prime minister called on nations to help fight the advance of isil. >> we are facing a formidable threat to iraq and it there he isens the region, it threatens the whole world at the moment. as far as i know, we are the only country that have armies on
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the ground fighting daish. >> the three day conference brings together some of the world's most influential players. in the hall waits and behind closed doors are delegates trying to push for solutions that some of today's most pressing security issues. al jazeera munich. >> iran's supreme leaders addressed the nation over the nuclear program firmly packing negotiations with the west. >> we think that no deal is better than a bad deal. that is against our interests and humiliates the great nation of iran. i support the progress of nuclear negotiations and if a good deal is reached, i will agree and believe that the iranian nation would not oppose an agreement. >> the u.k. is sending dozens of soldiers to train jordan's troops to fight isil following jordan's decision to step up attacks against the group in syria and iraq. the jordanian army destroyed 56
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isil targets in the past few days since the killing of muath al-kaseasbeh. jordan's air force chief said the country is determined to win. >> we targeted daish where they sleep and eat and successfully destroyed more than 19 targets. the war against daish is going to continue. we are determined to achieve the objectives of this war and not only to degrade daish capabilities, we are going to destroy daish. that is the target and we are going to achieve it. >> they are advancing on a town.
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>> russia's president vladimir putin and his ukrainian counterpart have taken part in a four way telephone call aimed at ending fighting in ukraine. france and germany's leaders were also on the line. they plan to meet in minsk wednesday to discuss a new peace plan to halt the spiraling conflict. we have more from moscow. >> if this meeting does go ahead and vladimir putin has suggested it will only happen if certain agreements are reached first then the russians are hopeful that big decisions will be made in minsk wednesday a small reminder of how we got here. after discussions friday night led to a phone call on sunday between the four leaders. out of that phone call came an agreement to meet again in minsk on wednesday. now, various things are going to
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be discussed at that meeting. we are pretty sure those things will be talk of a ceasefire talk of how to uphold the minsk memorandum from last september and discussions about the special status. the various leaders have their own suggestions. president hollande is talking about a demilitarized zone in ukraine. petro poroshenko doesn't want to have u.n. peace keeping forbes on the ground but will consider a wrench did you in ukraine on the federalization of the country, but western leaders will certainly be looking towards vladimir putin be looking towards russia to bring its influence that bear on the fighters on the rebels in the east because there's not much point in making high-level agreements if you can't get the separatists themselves to agree that this is the best course of action and vladimir putin, of
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course, will be tooking toward petro poroshenko to convince the ukraine army to pull back. >> the u.s. says nigerias decision to postpone presidential and legislative elections is deeply disappointing. the vote was supposed to happen next week but now delayed by six weeks due to security concerns. opposition parties are also criticizing that decision. >> it's a decision arrived at after long deliberations, and when he finally came to announce it the chairman had this to say about the decision to postpone the elections due to security concerns: >> we can't guarantee protection for materials or even observers the commission cannot likely wave off the advice of the
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nations security chiefs. >> the reaction was swift and angry, with the opposition congress calling the decision provocative. people had been protesting for days against delaying the vote outside the electoral commission headquarters. >> that man said one year ago to draw a time table for election should not be allowed to sit on the eve of the election to postpone it. >> they will lose confidence in the process because the postponement comes from the pressure of the worry of defeat. then party will have the will in manipulating the results. >> at the same time, four neighboring countries announce plans to deploy a force of more
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than 8,700 to fight boko haram. it's part of a plan to bring security to the region, a plan that the government says will allow the election to go ahead. security forces ever struggled to defeat boko haram for five years. it is worried the discussion can turn to six weeks. >> why didn't they do this between 2009 up to this time, if it is true that they can deal with this situation. in cent people continue to be killed. i think the chief should honorably design. >> the elections must take place by the end of april. that is what many pin their hopes on that it won't be moved again. al jazeera nigeria. >> the presidential candidate from nigeria's main opposition
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party, former military general spoke exclusively to al jazeera. he says the reason given by the electoral commission to delay the polls seems i am implausible. >> the chairman of the independent nigerian commission gave a detailed brief of the activities from 2011 and they clearly said or he said that they are ready to hold the election. if the same military cannot secure 14 out of 774 in six years, how can web sure they can secure those 14 local governments in six weeks? we are going to ask our
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supporters to give the chance and reach the maximum allowed by the constitution that 30 days to the swearing in of the new government central government, elections must be conducted so there's no more room for maneuver. >> you can watch the full interview at 19:30g.m.t. today and special edition of talk to al jazeera. >> to yemen where leaders in the south announced that they're rejecting the leadership of the houthis in the capital. the shia group carried out a coup friday. there are protests against the takeover for the third straight day, wanting fighters to release the president from house arrest. the houthi leader has defended the move, calling it a
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revolution and blamed the president for stepping down and create ago power vacuum. >> united nations chief ban ki-moon called for the president to return to power. >> the situation is very, very seriously deteriorating with the houthis taking power and making this government vacuum in power. there must be a restoration of legitimacy of the president. we have to address this one through all the security council and initiatives. >> still to come, we're in bangladesh where factories are crippled by a month long blockade. >> prime minister tony abbot tries to fight off a leadership challenge. more on that. stay with us.
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>> a reminder of the top stairs. iran's nuclear program and threat of isil top the agenda for the final day of munich's security summit. iran's foreign minister warranted the u.s. against new sanctions. >> ukraine president poroshenko expects a swift and unconditional ceasefire after talks wednesday. comments come after he held a telephone conversation with his russian counterpart as well as the leaders of france and germany. >> mimes main opposition party
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credit tides the electoral commission for delaying elections out of security concerns. the u.s. described the decision as deeply disappointing. >> a retrial for jailed al jazeera journalist baher mohammed and mohamed fahmy begin february 12. they've spent 407 days behind bars in egypt. they were accused of reporting false news and supporting the out laud muslim boarding along with peter greste, charges al jazeera denies. al jazeera demands their immediate release. >> a television station in turkey is broadcast ago leaked conversation involving egyptian president al sisi. it reportedly took place just after the coup to removed mohamed morsi from power. he is heard telling the head of his office to offer the money and makes remarks about the
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qatari royal family and other countries called half states. >> we need to save a small portion of this money in the central bank to get accounts settled until 2014. why you are laughing? they will faint. their money is like rice. >> the recording was obtained by a pro muslim brotherhood station in turkey. the brotherhood was elected to power in egypt following the 2011 revolution. popular protests and the military coup forced it out and it's now labeled a terrorist
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organization. >> a professor of political science from the united arab emirates university said it is unlikely to effect the relationship between the country and the gulf states. >> really, people just laugh at them. it's good for the media but it doesn't really affect policies or government's relationship to each other. i don't think, you know, gulf-egypt relationship relations are going to be affected in any way or shape. it's going to make a few people here and there unhappy and probably they'll use it for their own private consumption with a bit of sense of humor. i, you know, the gulf relation, gulf have a lack of interest in egypt, egypt has a lack of
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strong relationship with the gulf and that is not going to be harmed one way or the other. >> activists say 14 people have died in a province, killed in fight, the army. two civilians also died in shelling by the government. >> french police arrested six expected of running a recruitment network to send fighter to say syria and other con applicants abroad. >> india's prime minister could face his first election defeat. exit polls for elections in the new delhi territory suggest a victory for the opposing party. the election results will be announced tuesday. we have more from new delhi. >> most opinion polls are projecting that the common man party will in fact win the state assembly with a majority. final results are expected tuesday. there's two ways of look the at
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the projected numbers. on one hand, a symbolic loss for the ruling b.j.p. party which has some suggest rid an wave following last year's landslide nag election victory. on the other hand, vindication for india's newest political party that it has now got perhaps the numbers it needs to governor the state of dheli and platform for indian politics. the congress party that been a big dom man part of indian politics for a about century now but looks absolutely annihilated in this election. it will be interesting to see where one of india's biggest and most historic parties goes from here. >> six were killed after a bus attack in bangladesh. explosive devices were thrown in the vehicle. thirty people were injured. >> that was the latest in a
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string of attacks fueled by an ongoing transportation strike. the unrest is now hurting the country's economy. >> there's been a transportation strike since january 5 and there are no trucks willing to take things to port. >> i haven't been able to ship rawhide. i have 250 square feet sitting here that's worth about half a million dollars. >> across bangladesh, traders say their businesses are being hurt but the general strikes called by the option party b.n.p. which wants to force the prime minister to resign and call new elections. >> it's rush hour.
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the lines are almost completely empty to the main entrance of the capitol. to give some idea of the economic impact of the opposition blockade, by many accounts the traffic coming through is less than 50% of what it usually is. according to employees it's close to 10 to 20% of the normal traffic. >> there have been several attacks, including this one on a bus, where dozens of civilians have been killed or injured. the governing army party accuses the b.n.p. of targeting the public to create an atmosphere of fear. >> when we said to go on general strikes, we used to go to the bus owners, the workers the small business owners. we went to the general public and said we are protesting against the injustice of the government. will you join us? we got them on our side. that's how it's supposed to be done. what's the opposition doing now. a bomb gets thrown in the middle of the night into the bus
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killing passengers. can you call this politics? >> but opposition activists say they are also victims of state violence. living in constant fear of being attacked is this man. al jazeera spoke to his wife when he first jailed. today is freed but always in hiding. >> after i was released, maybe i got past the four walls of the prison but then all of bangladesh became my prison. >> the government and prime minister have refused to sit down for the opposition, blaming it for the recent violence. back at the factory, it is hold the blockade comes to an end soon to the rawhide can be sold. until there is as political agreement, the strikes and violence will continue. >> there have been street protests in haiti against the
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price of fuel. 6,000 people marched to port-au-prince. they say a recent deal to cut fuel prices doesn't go far enough. demonstrators are calling on the president to stand down, angry at him for delaying long overdo elections. >> a volcano in southern guatemala supplied rock and ash into surrounding towns. people living in the area are being evacuated and the international airport in guatemala city has been closed. >> australian prime minister tony aboth has brought forward a confidence vote that could result in him being replaced by one of his ministers. he has loft popularity for making cuts to contain the country budget deficit. >> australian prime minister tony aboth must have had a lot on his mind while jogging.
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he took to the podium in sydney with an announcement. >> the last thing australia needs right now is instability and uncertainty. on reflection and after talking to my colleagues. i've decided that the best thing we can do is deal with it as quickly as possible. >> he brought fort a vote monday morning that could result in his own party forcing him out of office. it's been a traumatic fall for the once popular prime minister. he came to power less than 18 months ago. recent polls suggest more than half of all australians want him gone. it's an ironic turn of events, considering he was fiercely of the flip-flop that went on before him. >> we were elected to fix labor's mess. >> he talked about what many
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considered a deback that. kevin rudd came to power, he was challenged, two more leadership challenges rudd returned victorious. now as another challenge to power nears julie bishop is keeping tight lipped. >> the meeting is now on 9:00 monday morning. she and minister of communications are considered the main contenders, although neither are giving much away. >> any member of the party can stand, without any disloyalty to the person who's leadership has been declared cake can't. >> aboth seems convinced the party will vote in his five. there's no escape that go some of his back benches want him gone if that if he clears this hurdle. political stability is far from
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assured. >> a new report from china shows demands for imports is slowing in the world's second largest economy. in january exports fell by 3.3% and the imports tumbled 19.9%. as a result, china post add record trade surplus of $60 billion. the new figures could prove a headache for the government already under pressure to do more to stimulate the economy. >> in iraq's capital baghdad a long time curfew is lifted. we took to the streets to see what people think. >> for the first time in 12 years, baghdad residents don't need to rush home. the curfew first put in place is
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now history. there was real fear that baghdad could fall to isil, but that threat has diminished. although there are regular bombings iraq's new government is focused on getting life back on track. >> we believe that this is the right time to send the right message to our people. iraq is still at war however the people of baghdad should live their life, life should go on. >> because of the curfew, the biggest mall in the city has been closing at 11:00 p.m. considered early by many iraqis, this dress shop is just one dress shop to plans to stay open after midnight. >> it's a positive decision for our business and our work. the shops will stay open later and of course we will benefit. >> a lot of people feel safer at night. most bombings happen in the day time. >> it isn't just a curfew
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lifted a lot road blocks are ordered removed. in some neighborhoods there are crackdowns on armed groups carrying weapons and limits to the number of security vehicles officials can use. this is a country at war but these are all aimed at making the city more livable. >> people are used to danger, but sped up of spending hours in traffic because of road blocks. >> you have check points in the middle of the streets when there is no immediate threat. it leaves us stuck at the checkpoint for almost two hours. >> as midnight approached, some gathered at tahrir square where city officials were throwing a party. >> you can see all the people here are happy about the curfew being lifted. from now on, we sleep in the day and go to work at night. >> the iraq bikers, a motorcycle gang came out in force joining tribal leaders and politicians.
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no one thinks lifting the curfew means baghdad is safe, but for some it's certainly more fun. al jazeera baghdad. >> more news on our website there it is, aljazeera.com. aljazeera.com. >> misty copeland stumbled on to talent. >> as soon as i stepped into the ballet studio i started to realise that this is beautiful, and this is challenging. >> but she had to fight for the right to dance. emancipation. >> being in a public school and having your story postured all
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