achieve the objectives the u.s. led coalition has conducted 7500 missions since the airstrike began. jordan has participated in almost 20% of the strikes. the military estimates, it's killed more than 778 is ill fighters. jordanian campaign has received support from regional and international allies. the un allotted arab emirates is sending a squadron of f-16 jets. some argue campaign needs to be racheted up to be effective against a group controlling vast territory. >> the whole campaign i could

comment on that is too slow doing too little very constrained sort of thing. >> we need to increase the sort sortee. we need the logistic support, the bureaucracy from the pentagon or the congress. so we need these airplanes. they can inflict a lot of damage. >> reporter: that support would be crucial to keep the momentum against isil in places like the town of beiji and villages surrounding the town. it's a tough fight for iraqi troops backed by shia malitias. aside bombing killed several soldiers north of ambar prove incident. but isil remains de.

it has posted more videos of killings online. these men were reportedly killed in the isil-controlled parts of aleppo in syria. it will has propped up the response against the group but the ongoing national airstrikes haven't been able to defeat it. al jazeera. >> rutanzi is in washington, d.c. with the latest on what appears to be a significant development in the fight against isil. talk us through it. >>reporter: >> well if you are referring to that report that we have from a jordanian news agency we have to stress this is one report from a jordanian news agency saying general john allen, the special presidential envoy for the global coalition to counter is ill -- that's his official title said to a jordanian group would soon take place with 12 military brigades were being trained by the americans in order to take on isil. we haverun report about that.

we have nothing else. we have to say here and now we have no more information about that. that was that one report in jordan right now. he is going to go on to southeast asia and australia in the coming days and weeks. other than that as far as we know here in washington we are pretty much in the same holding pattern we have always been. the topic of isil has dominated the sunday talk shows today. it's the same discussion we have had for weeks, maybe months now with the hawks saying the u.s. should be much more aggressive and have boots on the ground where those supporting obamastration saying we have to be a bit more cautious. president obama unveiled his strategy of strategic patience, vavery much in that vein. john allen at least on the u.s. talk shows not saying particularly much of anything. he said that is ill should be taken seriously, they have adapted to the strategies used against them. the main message that the i knew of the gyratedannian pilot has galvanized. john kerry being firm no u.s. boots on the ground would go in.

>> all right. thank you. the fight against isil was as you can imagine the top of the agenda at the security summit in munich. >> that's where world leaders have been gathering to discuss key international security issues. let's bring in hoda hamid at that conference. what dochlts as far as isil is concerned? >> reporter: it's certainly the strongest words from u.s. secretary of state john kerry. he said that the fight against isil is increasing in effectiveness and getting more and more organized. he said that so far, there have been about 2000 airstrikes, that these airstrikes meant that about 1/5 of the territory that is isil controlled was regained. he said they managed to regain some of the oil facilities that isil was controlling in both iraq and syria from which they were financing the group. so certainly from the coalition

point of view, a huge breakthrough. he said also the capability of isil moving around convoys, of moving the fighters has been by and large diminished because of the threat of continued airstrikes. >> said there is age understanding here certainly among -- from the conversation we heard, is that to fight isil you need to have a more comprehensive approach apart from political and it comical reforms in countries where you have more of the young men who are willing to go and join the fight. there is also need to be an approach on how to doo deal with the assad generallying e-mail. john mccain was very vocal about that. he said you cannot have airstrikes in one area against isil when three villages away, the assad jet fighters are sending barrel bombs on civilian population there. so both of those have to be tackled at the same time if the problem of isil and its rise is

to be diminished. >> hoda we are going to listen to what iran's supreme leader said in a couple of minutes or so but it seems that there appears to be a bit of a shift in iran's approach to the nuclear talks. what happened there? >> reporter: well the u.s. secretary of state john kerry, met twice with the iranian foreign minister unannounced meetings on the sideline of the conference. and then this morning, we heard from the two men. the iranian foreign minister said the talks need to continue but he seemed to point -- and i think that was is where the crux of the issue is is that the sanctions need to be lifted unequivocally and not an easing or gradual lifting of the sanctions if an agreement agreement

is to in the coming weeks as the march deadline that is fast approaching. this is what he had to say. >> the only chance i can see of an extension at this point in time would be that you really have the outlines of the agreement, gu if we are not able to make the fundamental decisions that have to be made over the course of the next weeks literally, i think it would be impossible to extend. i don't think we would want to extend at that point. either you make the decisions to prove your program is a peaceful

one, or if you are unable to do that it may tell a story that none of us wants to here jaf. >> as he said earlier, the march deadline is fast approaching. as we understand it, there will be several meetings in the coming weeks zar. and the report of the international atomic agency will come out. >> report will indicate whether it thinks iran has undisclose -- disclosed all of its facilities. so certainly, a lot ahead to be watched very closely. >> hoda thank you for that. let us conclude what happened there as far as iran was concerned and listen to what the supreme leader ayatollah khomeni said. >> he said no deal is better than a bad deal. >> what happens? >> translator: i support the progress of the nuclear negotiations, and if a good deal is reached, i would agree with

that and believe the iranian nation would not expect. >> to come ahead, new hope for resolving conflict in eastern ukraine. what could be the first election loss for india's prime minister? is one of the toughest and coldest events in the world, the yukon where athletes are preparing for an ultra marathon lasting up to 10 days. u.k. says nigeria's decision to postpone presidential and legislative elections is a cause for concern. the vote was supposed to have happened next week but is now being delayed by six weeks due to security concerns as mohammed urda reports, opposition parties are also criticizing the decision. >> it's a decision arrived at

after long deliberations. when he finally, came to announce it, the chairman of the electoral commission had this to say about the decision to postpone the elections due to security concerns: >> at a time security agency protection for personnel and materials as well as e legs or even observers, the commission cannot likely wave off the advice by the nation security counsel. >> the reaction was swift and angry with the opposition all progressives congress apc, calling the decision proven okaytive. people have been protesting for days against delaying the vote outside the electoral commission headquarters in abujah. >> that man, to draw timetable for elections should not be allowed to sit on the eve of

elections to postpone it. >> we lose confidence in the process because definitely they believe that a shift is as a result of the pressure that comes from perhaps a party that is scared of defeat and the elections and so if that party has its will to shift the goalpost at the end of the match, they will have their way in manageipulating the results statement, nigeria and neighboring countries have announced plans top deploy a force of 8,700 to fight the group, boka haram in the northeast. 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. nigeria's security forces have been struggling to defeat boko boko haram for five years. many nigerians are skeptical that the situation in the country's north can be changed in six weeks. >> so they can complete this in

six weeks. why didn't they do it between 2009 up to this time if it is true that they can deal with the situation. if they allow it to happen deliberately so innocent people will continue to be killed? is that what they are telling the world? the chiefs i think they should honorabley resign. >> under nigeria's constitution the elections must take place by the end of april. and that is what many are pinning their hopes on, that it won't be moved again. mohammed adow al jazeera, lagos, nigeria. >> the leader of the opposition party spoke to al jazeera. he says the reason given by the electoral commission to delay the polls seems i am plausible. >> it is extreme disappointment because at the national council of states the chairman of inek independent nigerian electoral commission gave a detailed brief

of the activities from 2011, the from the election to then and they clearly said, or he said that they are ready to hold the election. if the same military cannot secures 10 kilometers out of 774 in six years how can we be sure they can secure those for the local government in six weeks. >> we heard from fehmy, campaign leader for the current president goodluck jonathan. >> we were ready to go and we were looking forward to the 14ths. but the reality on the ground is that we must take very seriously the concerns of the military and our security agencies. i think inek did the right and proper thing by putting the lives and properties of

nigerians before, you know, before anything else. i think this prem is that you seem to have that we are somehow frightened of elections and that jonathan is scared of an election is completely false. we are ready to go. however, we are a nation guided by-laws. we are also a nation that takes very seriously the concept of life and property. we need to protect our people. if, for example, we proceeded with the election and people were slaughtered because the military could not do their job to keep us apart and protect inek officials, you would criticize us for this. as for people like general baheri not being able to do the job for five years. when he was head of state, he didn't buy one bullet for the military. we are ready for this election. we will win this election and we will put him and his group to shame. >> the new prime minister says greece does not want a bail-out extension, speaking in parlor parloring tsipras set out a program. greece will renege on or about

its debt deal and request a bridge agreement to tide the country over until a new packet is sealed. during this period greece wants to issue $11,000,000,000 worth of bonds. the country has sold $16,000,000,000 in bonds in 2010 greece enforced budget cuts in return for a bail-out. the european commission the international monetary fund and the european central bank. barn bephillips joins us live from athens. he is still talking, barnaby. what else has he been saying? >> in essence, jane he's been talking about what he calls the barbaric austerity program which greece has been understand since 2010 saying that it has failed, that greece cannot continue to adhere to it and the greek people have given him, in that election exactly two weeks ago, a clear mandate to reject it.

but it is something of a problem because he knows that greece is really under pressure financially and time is of the essence. the current bail-out program runs out on february the 28th. after that grease is going to need more money. but he is saying we will not carry on. we won't renew that program. we don't ax september any more condition conditionalty. he is saying to european partners give us a bridging program. give us until june effectively, lend us more money uncondition unconditionally. i think that is going to be the difficult part for european partners and by june we the greeks, would have come up with a comprehensive program. we can show you how we can balance our budget did, if you like. so that's what he's holding out to european partners. but to the greek electorate of course, he has to keep his promises which he made during campaign and so he has spoken

about how there will about how there will be free the germans and european central bank that he is serious about putting the country on the right footing. he needs that fiscal breathing space. what this means is that the next two weeks, until february 28th, this can be very tension negotiations to increase it with the rest of the european union. >> barnaby, he has a tough job. he is relatively new at it. how is he coming across? do people believe him? do other world leaders accept what he is saying and understand his position? >> reporter: i think some do.

and some don't. i think it's fair to say that there is a fair wave of populist support behind him here in greece which is obviously politically advantageous to him, but at the same time he has made these promises and, by necessity, when he negotiates with the rest of the europeans, negotiations if they are to succeed do inevitably involve some sort of compromise. he will have to climb down from some of his positions. interesting tonight so far on the speech he hasn't mentioned grease's debt being written off completely which was, of course one of the election promises. he seems to be climbing back from that. of course the sympathy for him in some european governments and indeed in many european opposition parties, sympathy from the united states. the americans have put out a statement. there is a general consensus that grease being thrown out of the euro zone which is really what's at stake here would be very, very bad for this country, very bad for the eu and the stability city of the single currency very bad in geo

political terms. european governments recognize that. so there is that shared common interest if you like in finding a solution but undoubtedly there is a long way in between tsipras's position and mr. shoblod. >> thank you, barnaby phillips. australian prime minister tony adams brought forth a party confidence vote that could have him replaced. critics say he has made popularity making cuts to health and education to reduce the budget deficit. kim vinnell reports. >> reporter: out for an early morning jobg, tony abbot must have had a lot on his mind. just a few hours later, he took to the podium in sydney with an announcement. >> the last thing australia needs right now is instability and uncertainty.

on reflex and after talking to my colleagues i have decided that the best thing we can do is deal with the motion as quickly as possible and put it behind us. >> with that abbot brought forward a vote that on monday morning could result in his own party forcing him out of. it's been a dramatic fall for the once popular prime minister who came to powerless than 18 months ago but recent polls suggest more than half of all australians now want him gone. it's an ironic turn of events considering abbot was critical of the lead evership flip-flop that went on before him. >> we were elected to end the chaos of labor. we were elected to fix the mess. >> he is talking about what many political analysts consider the rudd deb accel. in 2010, deputy prime minister

jill yard gilliard took over. two more leadership challenges and rudd returned victorious. now, as yet, another challenge to power nears, deputy liberal leader julie bishop is keeping tight-lipped. >> the mete something now at 9:00 o'clock on monday morning. >> she and minister for communications malcolm turnville are considered the main contenders although neither are giving much away. >> anyone any member of the party can stand, whether they be minister without any disloyalty disloyaltity to the person who had -- whose leadership has been declared vacant. >> abbot seems convinced the party will vote in his favor. there is no escaping some want him gone. >> means even if he does clear this hurdle political stability is far from assured. kim vannel al jazeera. >> proceed test on hong kong are back on the street over what's called parallel trading.

when products made from hong kong are smuggled into mainland china. they are considered safer so smugglers can sell them at a profit. some hong kong residents believe parallel trading will lead to inflation and increased rent. it's not a new issue but it's becoming a trigger point for the increasing anti-china sentiment. the spirit of -- the spread of hiv has called for a comp down on rural medical practices. in december hundreds tested positive for the virus after an unregistered doctor used botched treatments. rob mcbride spoke to some of the victims in batambang prove incident in northwest cambodia. >> reporter: in the village of roka people are scared. >> the deputy village chief was one of the first to test positive for hiv along with his wife and two of their children. >> after it was confirmed we had hiv, the rest of the villagers

were very afraid. they got tested too. and one after another, more cases were confirmed. >> the local medical center now finds itself treating well over 200 sufferers with still more being diagnosed. >> we got really worried when more and more people began testing positive. we know the impact this will have on the community. >> investigations quickly identified dirty needles from an unregistered doctor as the probable cause. he has been arrested and is awaiting trial. >> this episode is a big setback for cambodia nationally in tackling hiv aids. it it is held up as a model in disease prevention cutting 2% infection rate by more than half in the past 15 years well on its way to achieving its ultimate goal of stopping the spread of the virus completely by 2020. it has prompted demands for the authorities to crack down on poor medical standards, especially in rural areas.

>> as of now we do not have any evidence of such thing in other parts of the country and the medium term is considering of conducting other studies. >> back in roka village, imam tells us the names of uncles aunts and cousins who have been diagnosed. sixteen in total out of an extended family of 50. >> we know many other people in the village who won't get tested because they fear the discrimination if they test positive. >> those who have the virus lie the suwan family have been prescribed a strict regime of antiviral drugs for young and old alike. >> for me, it's very painful, but can accept it because i am old. but the real pain is for my children how can they go through school and family? how can they face a life without a cure? >> as cambodia deals with the wider implications of what's

happened, its impact here will be felt for a lifetime. however long that may be. rob mcbride, al jazeera, batambang prove incident cambodia. >> ahead. >> a man running mexico city how the government is having to send doctors into pregnant teenagers' homes because the girls put their lives at risk because they don't seemk medical health until the day they give birth. >> in sport, can india's preparations for the world cup get any worse? a warm-up match against australia later this hour. hour.

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the bail-out failed. the words of the new greek prime minister alexis tsipras about his plans to revise the company's economy. greece said it will not ask eu leaders to extend deadline to repay its dent. >> the country's electoral commission has been criticized over security concerns. the u.s. described the decision to postpone the vote by six weeks as deeply disappointing. the the united nations envoy to yemen says a national dialogue to resolve the current crisis will resume on monday. jamal benemart said the leader of the shia howthy rebels will participate. how how. they have resolved parliament and taken power in a coup. the united nation's chief is calling for the former yemeni president to be returned to power how.

>> it is seriously deteriorating with the houthis taking power and making this government a vacuum in power. there must be a restoration of legitimacy of the hadis. we have progressed this through the security council and the initiatives. >> jamal al shal is following these developments from aden. i want to know about the u.n. statement that there are going to be these talks on monday and the fact that the houthis apparentlied will attend the talks. i am wondering why considering they just seized power in a coup. >> well jane, that is a very good question. it's something that is difficult to answer. we have spoken to some of the different parties that have been invited, including the isla party, the islamist party, one

of the main political parties in yemen. they said they have indeed received an invitation. they vicinity given given him a final decision but their inclination is to attend these discussions. however, they have conditions. those would be that these would be a resumption of the negotiations kick started prior to the coup announcement prior to the houthis announcing on friday they were the country's new leaders. >> poses the question why are the houthis going if that condition is going to be met? and this is where the real story is it appears, that there is a lot of mistrust mock some of the political parties we have spoken to with regards to the role of the united nation's envoy. they say he has failed so far as an envoy. he has failed in ensuring that there is this peace and participation program that was kick started after the houthis have sent fighters several months ago and, therefore, they don't really have a lot of hope in him to be able to succeed this time. so a lot of people will be

waiting to see if actually they sit around the table on monday maybe that would be something that would be hail the by the united nations as some sort of success. but on the ground rather it will translate into anything different is difficult to see right now, jane. >> i am wondering what the security situation is in the country right now considering how many groups how many tribes are against what the houthis have done. >> yes, and i mean that security situation varies from one place to another and depends upon whose guns are where exactly in sanaa and the north. places like that where the houthis are in control. if you oppose them, it's not wise to go out and speak against them because the likelihood is you would least case scenario be abducted if not worse. in the south, obviously, the areas that are opposed to them there have been huge demonstrations that have been taking place against them particularly in the birthplace actually of the 2011 arab spring or uprising that forced out

ala dasala. they will celebrate that in a couple of days. it depends upon where it goes but the anti-coup demonstrations are continuing in several cities across the country. >> thank you for that jamal. egypt announced a retrial date of february 12th for al jazeera journalists who have spent 407 days in an egyptian prison. fahmy's family released a statement made over a deal with prosecutors. they say he gave up his egyptian citizenship in order to be deported do his home in canada but his family says prosecutors haven't yet met their side of the agreement. they are accused along with our colleague, peter greste of supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood, charges they and al jazeera deny. a canadian minister has shown disappointment over egypt's decision to keep mohammed fahmy behind bars. they says scanned concerned a

retrial date has been set despite assures he will be released along with his colleague, peter greste. canada calls for the immediate release of fahmy along with former minister continuing to raise the government's concerns with 7io egyptian officials. let's get more on one of our top stories, the greek prime minister alexis tsipras is unveiling his plan top ease the country's struggling economy. a research fellow at the helenic foundation for european and foreign policy joins me live from athens. i am not sure how much you have heard him say in parliament but the little that we have been talking about that he is going to stand firm what do you make of that? >> i think the basic claim the new prime minister makes is to demand for more time roughly a five-month long period during which he will be able to lay out

his program and also negotiate with grease's partners. this is not the short period. i am not sure the european union authorities will agree to that. but on the other hand clearly under the time pressure, it's not possible to reach an agreement. >> you really wonder who is going to be willing to give grease any more money in the near future. not many takers in that area. it was interesting, though that he hadn't written off writing off the debt completely. that was one of his election promises. why do you think he has avoided that? >> well tonight, he came back with this claim that the debt should be restructured. however, he quickly switched to other topics such as the organization of the republic administration and the organization of the mass media sector in greece. so the big problem, i think, is that the new government has laid on the table too many different issues which are open and that

may be a tactic which the new government follows in the negotiation table. it may backfire however, if some of the demands made by the new government are understood to be far-fetched. >> there is obviously a lot of pressure on him to pull this out of the bag for the greeks and for the rest of europe. how long do you think he has? how much time will he be given to succeed? >> unless the new government obtains additional funding from the european union authorities, there will be no more than one month or a month and a half of time available for turning around the current situation in greece. >> thank you very much. good to have you on the show dimitri.

france, german. >> the russian foreign ministry said it expects serious and significant decisions to be made there. however, at a time russians aren't fully signing up yet. we can listen now to some comments that vladimir putin made in sochi earlier on sunday. >> let us go. conversation with colleagues from kiev and paris in the scald normal abdomeny format has ended. we agreed we will try to organize a meeting in the same format between heads of states and governments in minsk. we hope to meet on wednesday. if by then we have managed to agree some positions, which we have been discussing very

intensively in recent days. >> note what he said there: we aim to meet them wednesday if certain positions have been agreed first because there are clearly lots of details that have to be thrashed out first. much will happen in berlin on monday when deputy foreign ministers meet there. then, on tuesday, in minsk, there will be a meeting of the contacts group. >> includes the ose and crucially representatives defendant donetsk people's republic. on wednesday, the main toptic of conversations with are going to be a vis fire how that can be brought in. and at a time terms of the minsk memorandum which was agreed back in september of last year and, also the degree of autonomy that will be granted to the separatist areas of lundqvist and donetsk. from russia is for the kremlin, for putin to bring influence to

bear on the separatists, themselves because you can have as many. if the separatists on the ground, and russia and the separatists will be hoping that's the ukrainian army will pull back and that is the responsibility for petro poroshenko. >> fighting continues in eastern ukraine. civilians in donetsk are starting to survive the daily bombings. there are fewer places for them to seek shelter and the haitians they receive are not enough. cruralis stratford spoke to some families who are desperate for the conflict to end. >> reporter: nearly 70 people are living here. more come every day. in this starving poorly lit basement under a block of flats, these families try their best to continue their lives. they fled their homes because the shelling has become so intense. olga's home was damaged when a shell destroyed her neighbor's

house. >> we hope the talks will succeed and hope for peace. last night shells sheterred the windows on the fourth floor. at midnight, all families hid in one corner of the shelter. children were down and families were crying. >> the volunteer group which used to bring them food no longer comes. but in donetsk city an aid convoy has arrived. >> this is just the latest humanitarian aid convoy sent by russia to a region which has been described as suffering a humanitarian crisis and its hoped that food and building products like this will help thousands of people in donetsk city and beyond. >> this is the 13th such delivery from russia since the fighting began 10 months ago. there have been doubts over whether the previous convoys were only bringing aid. russia denies it is supplying the separatists weapons. >> i have no idea where you could hide any weapons. you can touch these boxes, yourself, and open them up and

make sure there is only food inside. >> the poor have no choice but to try to supplement their supplies. the dull crunch of shelling is heard a few kilometers away. these men say they fish more out of necessity than for pleasew these days. victor has three children and hasn't been paid his pension since july. >> we didn'ttac attack them. they started the war. houses are being destroyed. children are being killed. there is no gas in my home no pensions, few supplies. i fish so i can boil myself a soup. i prefer to be outside, at least i can see the shells coming that way. >> residential areas continue to suffer indisriminate shell okay both sides of this conflict. the u.n. says around 600,000 ukrainians have fled to other countries in the last year. the situation continues to

deteriorate. nighttime is the worst. families with access to a basement will be underground again, terrified and powerless to stop the bombs. charles stratford, al jazeera, dondon eastern ukraine. india's prime minister could face his first election defeat since coming to power. exit polls show modi's ruling but the party is trailing behind the anti-corruption party in delhi's. >> most opinion polls are suggesting the common man party will, in fact win the delhi state assembly with a majority. final results are expected on tuesday. there are two weeks of looking at the projected numbers here on one hand, a symbolic loss for the ruling bjp party which has until now many suggest, ridden a modi wave following last

year's landslide national election victory. on the other hand vindication for india's newest political party that it has now got perhaps the numbers it needs to govern the state of delhi with a majority and perhaps also a platform to look at things to come to the party in terms of development in indian politics and you've got to also mention the congress party. it's been a big dominant part of indian politics for about a century now. but it looks like it's been absolutely annihilated in this election. it will be interesting to see where one of india's biggest and hist historic parties impose as well. >> theistan nations final between ghana and the ivory coast.

>> teenage pregnancies are on the rise in mexico. one out of five babies there has a routine age mother. many don't see doctors until they are close to giving birth because of fear. a report on the new program to find the teens and get them the treatment they need in the capitol mexico city. >> looking for pregnant girls, an army of 3,000 doctors go door to door in the poorest parts of mexico city. the program is called "a doctor in your house." "i got pregnant for the first time at 16. my older son is three. the other is two years old. i had to drop out of school.

>> some girls don't even know they are pregnant or they hide it from their family until complications arise. >>ists diagnosed with human papiloma virus. now, i have to treat it or it could give me cervical cancer. >> dr. fran silvering 0 cerna says the program is meant to save lives. >> it's a huge problem in mexico. just in this neighborhood we have 25 to 30 women a year dying for not having done to their prenatal visit. in mexico more than 40 out of 100,000 births end in the mother's death. in one out of every five babies born has a routine age mother. poor neighborhoods like this one in mexico city girls as young as 9 or 10 face a greater risk of getting pregnant and many of them don't even see a doctor until the day they give birth. >> jennifer is 15 and about to drop out of school. >>

i don't >> the president just recently announced a national strategy against teen pregnancy. his goal. to cut in half the number of teen pregnancies and totally eliminate them for anyone under 14. ambitious for sure but according to the united nations, mexico posts far too many deaths related to birth. meanwhile, expect ant girls like jennifer worry about their future. >> when i think that either the baby or i could die, i get scared. >> adam raney, al jazeera,

mexico city. >> you have the sports news. what's happening? >> a few minutes to the biggest africa showdown. african football's best side will be crowned in a few minutes' time with ghana soon to kick off against the ivory coast in the final of the cup of nations. this is a repeat of the 1992 final which was won by the ivory coast on penalties. >> that's the only time they have lifted the trophy. this will be a record final for ghana. . >> so it's a final with two very good teams, two very strong country in africa it seems for a long time. so we know it won't be easy but it's rockchester all of the final, i think. we will try to do our best. i say we will try. we want to do it on the pitch and this group of players, i think, show that they know how to fight and they know how to

play football and if i may say, they can be proud of this team. >> now let's go live to our correspondent. we are just minutes away from kickoff. any surprises in the team line-up? >> reporter: absolutely not. i mean they are obviously going to feel it on both sides, as they search to end it. there was concerns of skipper who for all intents and purposes probably appearing in his last cup of nations but he has been cleared and will lead out the ghana team against ivory coast, which you may remember contains the africa baller of the year. yaya will lead at the ivory coast. a team of a big bench.

they search to get their continental bragging rights for the next two years at least. >> what about the fans? did they get into the stadium safely? >> absolutely. there has been a steady stream of fans. even now fans are trickling in. all afternoon, there has been a steady stream of fans heightened security after the things we saw in malabo, the police. we got here this morning. police were all over the place already. they had security police up on our hotel keeping a very watchful eye. the fans are getting in quite safely. there seems to be a really good vibe outside bata stadium. i have to say more ivory coast fans than ghana fans. i think the ghaniass it will be a little worrying. everything seems to be going smoothly and according to plan. >> overall, are the organizers happy about this tournament and how it's gone? >> reporter: yes, i saw the official this afternoon saying

they were incredibly happy at the success of this event, especially in light that this was pulled together in a matter of weeks. the most outlying towns of mongomo and bibian who also saw quarterfinal those stadiums weren't even stadiums just a few weeks ago. they had special turn flown in from spain on four boeing jets. where there is a will there's a way seems to be the way it is. in light of the fact that it has taken a few weeks to pull this event together they have praised organizers and are legit legitimately happen happy with the success of the event. >> thank you very much for that. we will have a bit of breaking news for you now. five fans have been killed at a ball game in cairo. supporters clashed with egyptian police before a premier league game at an army-owned stadium on sunday. police used tear gas to disperse

people in front of cairo's air defense stadium. we will give you more details as soon as we get it. we are less than a week to go until the start of the critic world cup. the tournament hosts echt trail i can't have beating raining champions india by 106 runs. shama will miss with a knee injury. aust tray i can't in adelaide david warner got 104 and glen maxwell, 122 as the home side posted 371. inp india could only managed 265 taking three wickets for the aussies. 100 men and women will begin a gruelling series of races on sunday by foot, mountain bikes and across country skis. they will travel across the northern yukon territory in canada. they will face temperatures as low as 40 degrees celsius. daniel lack reports from

whitehorse on how human beings prepare for such an extreme endeavor. >> minus 30 degrees celsius on a winter's afternoon. yon and petra are training in a water front park. in the early 20s they are fit and regularly run mayor thongs and triathlons. they are also on their honeymoon here. >> we go together the first one 00 miles, you know holding hands and just enjoying the rom mantics of the trail. >> minus 40, sleep snuggling up in a sleeping bag. >> i am start to be scared a little bit, but actually looking forward as well yeah. it will be really nice experience. >> that's your house? >> yes. >> the sleds carry food safety gear to help them survive unimaginable extremes of cold but the real enemy is within. >> i know if my head would let

me down i can be, you know but if your head let's you down there is no way you can keep going. >> as we start to head north, the wind is blowing in our face. >> shelly teaches the mandatory survival clinic foraysers who haven't been in the extreme cold before. they discuss fears and the burden of being alone at night in deep winter. >> it's not going to be conditions that take you out of the rates. something else, you make a poor decision or start to get too tired or you start to let the demons in your brain, like overreact and then people just start miss judging. >> it's a race, yes missmisjudging. >> it's a race, yes miss. they make sure first timers are through mandatory cold weather training. >> a final test outdoors before the race begins miss. all of the things they will spend the next week or more having to do just to stay alive.

they will carry satellite devices as well so they can call for a rescue but the key is to be self-sufficient so they won't have to. >> yeah. for their safety but also for us because i have a crew out there. i want to be able to say the people out there can handle themselves and don't have to risk anybody's life rescuing somebody who did something wrong. >> this is what it comes down to: surviving the long dark arctic nights somehow, whether on foot, skis or mountain bike this is truly one of the coldest and toughest athletic events in the world. daniel lack al jazeera near whitehorse in the yukon. >> before we go, a reminder of our breaking news. five fans have been killed in violent confrontations with police at a fall football game in cairo. we will have more on that later on. >> that's it for news. >> thanks very much for that. we will be with you next. thanks for watching.

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