the u.s. announces a major ground offensive has jordan has airstrikes have destroyed logistics centers and arms depos in syria. ♪ i am jonah hull. also coming up: egypt says it will stop the retrial of al jazeera journalist mohammed fahmy and mohammed on thursday as shells rain down. leaders agree to meet for peace talks on wednesday.

fresh from his big tour of europe the new greek prime minister sets out his plan to ease austerity. and tight security in bata where it's kickoff time in the african cup of nations final. the head of the u.s.-led coalition against the islamic state of iraq in the levant announced a massive ground offensive. saying 12 brigades have been trained as jordan said it attacked and destroyed is ill logistic centers and weapons depos in 56 raids that it has carried out in response to the brutal killing of one of its pilots. a report now. >> reporter: the military says it has carried out hundreds of

strikes in the last three days in syria and iraq after a captured jordaneian fighter pilot was murdered by isil also known by the acronym dash. >> we targeted garsons where they sleep and eat and we successfully destroyed more than 19 target did. i have said that the war against dash is going to continue. we are determined to achieve objectiz. we are going to destroy dash. >> the general says the u.s.-led coalition has conducted 7500 missions since the airstrikesgan. jordan has participated in almost 20% of the strikes. the military estimates it has killed more than 7,000 isil fighters. campaign has received support from regional and international al likewise. the united affairab emirates and

the u.k. sending troops in an add vise o roll. some say it needs to be racheted up against a group controlling vast territory. >> the whole campaign is too slow doing too little very constrained sort of thing. we need to open up. we need to increases the sortee rate to 600, 800 per day. the logistic supports sparrow parts, airplanes asking even for, you know, rbvs vehicles. we didn't get the predator because of the bureaucracy of the state department or the pentagon or the congress. so we need these airplanes, they can inflict a lot of damage. at that that support would be crucial. iraqi government forces to control villages surrounding the town but it's a tough fight for

iraqi troops backed by shia malitias. a suicide bombing killed several iraqi soldiers north of fallujah in ambar troughprove incident. isil remains defiant, continuing to post more videos of killings online. these men were reportedly killed in the isil controlled parts of aleppo. they have propped up the international response against the group. thegoing international airstrikes haven't been able to defeat it. osama binjabi, al jazeera. >> the threat of isil dominated the major security in munich john kerry and john mccain blamed syria's government for the rise of isil there. >> as dash retreats to syria, we will continue our fight we will put pressure because there is no place for a brutal dictator a magnet for terrorism and allows those terrorists safe haven.

>> we are conducting airstrikes against dash while assad's aircraft dropped barrel bombs on innocent civilians a few towns over. we say we will train an army on syrians to fight against the greatest threat to us but offer nothing to protect they want as assad attacks their families. it is a recipe for failure and immoral. >> on the agenda in munich earlier was iran with leaders discussing how to get the talks over the country's nuclear program back on track. iran's foreign minister and the u.s. secretary of state met on the sidelines of the conference some u.s. lawmakers have threatened new safringsdz if a march deadline for an agreement on iran's nuclear ambitions isn't met. in tehran iran's supreme leader said no deal would be better than a bad deal but he firmly backs negotiations with the

west. >> >> i support the progress and if a didgood deal is reached, i would agree with that and believe the iranian nation would not sprays an agreement in which its dignity,ress expect and interests are protected. the subject. >> envoy to yemen says all of the country's faxes have agreed to resume talks including houthi rebels. the shia group dissolved the government on friday establishing a presidential council in its place in what's been described as coup. also in the south, people in the city of tiaz have spent a third straight day protesting against the coup. they want the houthis to release president hadi from house arrest. ban ki-moon is returning for him to be returned to power.

>> it is deteriorating with the making this country a vacuum in power. there must be a restoration of legitimacy of the hadi's. we have progress on this one through the security council a date has been set for the retrial of the affricates journalists who have spent 407 days behind bars in egypt. their case is due to be heard on thursday. they along with peter greste were accused of reporting false news and supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood, charges that they and al jazeera deny. peter is back home in australia now after being released last sunday. al jazeera says that with a date now set for the retrial, the

egyptian authorities know exactly what to do: throw the entire case out and give bahar and mohammed their freedom which has been denied to them for more than 400 days. >> million sources say five have been killed in cairo. it happened outside the air defense stadium after a fan group calling themselves the ultra white knighted tried to attend a match. a ban on crowds at league matches in place since 2012 had been partially lifted allowing fans to return to the stands. did the diplomatic push to end at a time crisis in east crain france. have been a peace plan.

leaders of the >> rory challands has more now. >> hopes that it's meeting in minsk seem to be rising the

russian foreign ministry says it expects serious and significant decisions to be made there. however, the 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. conversations with colleagues from kiev berlin and paris in the so-called normandy format has just ended. we agreed that we will try to organize a meeting in the same format between heads of state 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 we aim to meet on wednesday if certain positions have been agreed first because there are clearly lots of details that will have to be thrashed out first. much of that will happen in berlin on monday when deputy foreign ministers meet there. then, on tuesday in minsk, there will be a meeting of the contact

group. >> includes the ose and crucially represent ticks of the donetsk's peoples republic and the lundqvist people's republic. >> on wednesday, the main topic of conversations are going to be a cease-fire how that can be broad in. the terms of the minsk memorandum which was agreed back in september of last year and the degree of autonomy that will be granted to the separatist areas of lundqvist and donetsk. what western leaders will be looking for from russia is for the kremlin, for putin, to bring influence to bear on the separatists, themselves because you can have as many high-level agreements as you want but if the separatists on the ground don't stop fighting then it means nothing and russia and the separatists will be hoping that the ukrainian army will pull back, and that is a responsibility for petro

poroshenko. >> well, while politicians continue to push for a glom attic solution civilians in eastern ukraine are feeling the true impact of the war. families forced to flee the fighting are struggling to find shelter and food with many complaining that the rations they are receiving aren't enough. charles stratford has this report from the city of donetsk. >> nearly 70 people are living here. more come every day. in this stuffy 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 intention. olga's home was damaged when a shell destroyed her neighbor's place. >> we all hope the talks will succeed and hope for peace. last night, shelling shattered the windows on the fourth floor. at midnight all families hid in one corner of the shelter. children were batoned down. women were crying. >> the families tell us that 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 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 yourself and open them up and make sure there is only food inside. >> the poor have no choice but to try and supplement their supplies. as the dull crunch of shellins is heard, they mean say they

flesh more out of necessity than pleasure. victor has three children and hasn't been paid his pension since july. >> we didn't 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 shelling on 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 dondon eastern ukraine. >> still to come this half hour: nigeria's opposition condemns the postponing of elections but calls for calm. plus: >> in london where it is the big movie it night. find out the winners and the losers are expected to be. bafta awards. >> if you feel tired, would you turn around and come back? >> our teams find out first hand how treacherous the migrants journey can be. >> we make them take a trip of death >> it is heartbreaking when you see the families on top of the rail car borderland continues only on al jazeera america

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as dozens of airstrikes on the group since thursday. he egypt says the retrial of al jazeera journalists will start on thursday. they have spent 407 days behind bars. germany, france russia and ukraine have agreed to meet in minsk on wednesday to discuss a peace plan for eastern ukraine. is it comes as ukraine masses troops around dibolt i have a where 12 soldiers have been killed in the last 24 hours nigeria's main opposition leader said the decision to delay elections is an attempt to divert the democratic process. it has been pushed back. reportedly due to the fight against the armed group, boko haram. opposition candidate marmadu

marmadu duhari has spoken exclusively to al jazeera. >> the chairman of inek nigerian election toral commission gave a detailed brief of the activities for 2011. and there clearly said or he said that they are ready to hold the election. if the same military cannot secure out of 774 in six years how can we be sure they can secure those for local governments six weeks we are going to appeal to our supporters to give inek the

chance and the maximum allowed by the constitution that 30 minutes or 30 days to the swearing in of the new government central government elections must be conducted. so there is no more room for man your. >> watch the full interview after this program at 1930, gmt in a special edition of talk to al jazeera with martin dennis. to grease where the new prime minister says he doesn't want an extension of the country's bail-out program which expires at the end of the month. instead, alexis tsipras wants appear plan put in place until a new deal is being struck. we can go live now to barnaby phillips who is in athens and was listening to that speech by alexis tsipras pretty much stick to go his election pledges,

mr. tsipras. >> reporter: the whole, he was consistent with what he said he would do during the election campaign. i think this will go down well with a greek audience a domestic audience. for example, he is talking about raising the minimum wage up again. he is talking about a return to collect zarif bargaining with trade unions. he is talking about providing free medicine and food and housing and electricity to thousands of greeks who have been caught up in what he calls a humanitarian crisis. he talked about the barbarism of austerity. he said that the bail-out program for greece had failed. it was no longer acceptable and that when it ends on february the 28th greece would not be asking for an extension. contrary to the wishes and the advice that he is receiving, say, from the german group crucially but from other major european institutions in this

prolixus. >> isn't that the point, barnaby away from the domestic audience, there will be others watching closely in europe and elsewhere. mr. tsipras and finance marble sten have best left no doubt there are many who don't want these policies to go ahead. how is he going to balance the promises he has made at home with the demands of the countries and institutions that is have lent so much money to grease? >> well there were parts of this speech jonah that would have been more palatable to european partners. when he talks, for example about fighting very hard against corruption, about looking for tax evasion in greece which has been such an endemic problem, people like angela merkel will be happy to hear that. you are absolutely right. the stain has now been set for a very tension 40night of negotiations in brussels with finance ministers and leaders of government on thursday because time is of the essence and

greece is in this awkward situation. as i say, they are saying: we won't extend bail-out program beyond february the 28th. >> that's all very well. it's very well to be that defiant but also running out of money fast. and that's why mr. tsipras is also saying or asking european partners: can we please have some sort of bridging agreement, a different sort of agreement whereby we the greeks are entitled to issue more debt. in other words, we can borrow more money that will keep us going until june by which time we and you our european partners can work out some sort of deal to get this country back on a stable footing? well, the worry there, the danger is that some european partners will see that as the greeks asking whether they can bore more money without the kinds of conditions that european institutions have considered so essential until now. so, it's a very very interesting and unpredictable

situation in the days and weeks ahead. >> greece in a corner yet again perhaps. barnaby phillips in athens. to france now where the socialists have fought off the far right national front in a local election. the poll was triggered when the socialist mp of dube near the swiss border became a european commissioner. the result is being seen by some as an indicator of the political mood in france following the killing of 17 people in paris last month. in the last half hour the final of african football's biggest tournament >> the cup of nations has kicked off in equatorial beginee. facing the 4-time champion ghana, a repeat of the 1992 final which was won by ivory coast on penalties. >> that's the only time they have lifted the trophy. al jazeera's robin adams is with us now in barta, live where that match is taking place.

robin, the game many people presumably wanted to see in this final. >> reporter: absolutely. they have three tickets as well which makes them extra happy. so many fans and now a steady stream of fans midway through the first half. either they know something we don't because no goals have been scored in this game yet between the african giants so to say as you mentioned and africa. it has been a longer wait for ghana. all of their players in the african cup of nations, not a single one was born the last time ghana won three years ago. >> robin, i imagine security is tight as well. they won't want to see a repeat of the -- on pitch scenes of violence, clashes between fans and police just in the last week. >> yes, of course there was

scenes here in barta as well just a few weeks ago where there were police and the crowd. it has been a very steady increase in security personnel here we have them at various vantage points on top of hotels for example, two security officers there keeping look out all of the afternoon. the filth chopper has been circling around here all afternoon keeping a very presence in the sky. the security presence here, of course the country's president is also in attendance and expecting a full house at the city of 5,000, you increase security measures. you do not see the scenes that we saw on thursday. >> apologies for the poor audio quality there. robin adams enjoying the final of the africa cup of nations in barta, equatorial begin e. it's the biggest not in the

u.k.'s brit fish film night the baftas are underway. many see it as an indication of which films may do well at the oscars later this month. phil lavell is there. >> reporter: so a pretty tight battle this in reality three, grand budapest hotel and the three of everything. out of all of the categories three tend to guest the most attention. attention one is best actor. ray fines could take that for grand budapest hotel. jay is hoping he is in for a shout because he missed out in the ausc-arizona nominations. critics will tell you it's down to benedict comber bachmann in the code breaker and the imitation game and his friends and competitor eddie red maine for his outstanding performance as professor stephen hawking in "the theory of everything u". >> see how the men in their women's dresses do you know why? >> no.

>> hide? >> washing powder. >> jones there plays steven hawkings wife up for best actries alongside reece wither witherspoon amy adams and gone girl. this isn't necessarily a guaranteed winner julian moore, she is widely said to take best actress could the baftas be a great prelude for her. >> i hope you enjoyed that because you blew our dinner plans. then there is best film usual contenders are grand budapest hotel, imitation game and the three of everything. boyhood has been a favorite. an unusual concept. this film was shot over a few weeks every year for 12 years. you actually see a young boy growing up in almost realtime. having said that birdman seems to be sweeping through and taking every single prize it's nominated for.

could this sweep under the could this sweep under the nose. >> it bodes well for them in hollywood in a few week's time. >> colombia farq rebels have invited ms. universities to attend peace talks in havan a. pauline a vega was crowned in late january and said in interviews that she would be willing to travel to the talks gu she hasn't responded yet to their invitation. farq met the government in cuba for another round of discussions aimed at ending 50 years of

conflict. >> remember as ever that you can find more on all of our top stories on our website. the address is www.aljazeera.com. >> that's aljazeera.com.