not quite sure... >> fault lines al jazeera america's award winning, investigative series... on al jazeera america >> [ siren ] 40 killed in a stampede outside a football stadium in cairo. egypt's public prosecutor orders an investigation. from al jazeera's headquarters in doha ahead america's top envoy to iraq says government forces will begin a major ground campaign to take back territory from i.s.i.l. we are in eastern ukraine where among them there is hope for a dialogue slated for wednesday

will bring peace. i'm daniel lack in canada's yukon territory, where one of the toughest longest marathons is taking place. they call it the yukon ultra marathon, and i'll be reporting on it a top story out of the egypt where an investigation has been ordered into a stampede outside football stadium east of cairo. that left 40 dead. officials are blaming fans of the football club for causing the crush. egypt's interior ministry issued a statement saying an increasing number of fans without tickets gathered at the stadium. the numbers exceeded 10,000. they pushed to open the gates, and resulted in the injury of dozens. football fans are blaming the police saying the violence happened because officials opened a narrow gate to let them

in and are criticizing security forces for firing gas into a tightly packed crowd. >> reporter: groups of football fans tried to get into defense stadium in cairo. coming to watch a premier league game between zamalek and emppi. some demonstrate have tickets. police tried to stop them with barricades. when that doesn't work they fired tear gas. some accused the police of using violence to pass fi the crowd. the police have -- pacify the crowd. the police denied this. suddenly they closed the gate and told us to get out through another gate. the police were in front and behind the gate. they fired tear gas. this caused panic. there were old people in the crowd, crushed by other fans. those that managed to leave were confronted by the police. >> it appears that in the confusion, a stampede occurred and many died from suffocation.

>> we need to look at how it was handled tonight. the way the police deal with the violence, and how egyptian blood has become so cheep and how fans are killed over a football match. >> in 2012 people have died following a match between the teams of al-ahly and al-masry. al-masry fans stormed the pitch after a 3-1 victory and attacked rival supporters. 21 were sentenced to death for their part in the violence. back in cairo, families were trying to find their loved ones. >> we were trying to have fun. instead of celebrating we are here to attend funerals. >> reporter: the egyptian prime minister held a meeting with ministerial colleagues to establish what happened.

but already the government has declined to open the premier league until further notice let's get more from the event from an egyptian journalist and blogger. he joins us on the line from cairo. what have witnesses told you about how the violence started. >> stories are disturbing about what really happened there. what is disturbing is the video and evidence showing how the police arranged for each narrow cage for the audience to enter the stadium, and for at least an officer wearing a balaclava and holding a rifle. shot twice. and those entering through this

cage or tube or whatever vehicle. unnecessarily. there was no attacks, there was no violence there was nothing calling for this the shooting of the tear gas. those that are inside the cage we end up with all the fatalities just because of a stupid police officer and we are going to escape prosecution. >> let me say, because we know there has been a history of distrust between the football fans and security forces in egypt. is this a case of football violence. there may be more to the incident. >> violence - it's police violence. >> why then would the police want to target the football

fans. >> football fans especially are the target of the media. it occurred. it has been always the case with the media. it's always the place with the police. they are accusing them of rioting and violence. and the media is always trying to portray them. they want to disturb the beast and the view of them is one that doesn't care about what happens to them. we have seen a massacre in both sides, years ago, when the 74 fans were murdered of al-ahly, brutally. not only by the people stepping on each other, but people were thrown from the roof. people were killed with lives, steps, distance and the trial

afterwards, even exactly did this we are going to have to leave it there. thoping you so much for keeping us up to date on the events. egyptian journalist and blogger explaining about the violence in that stadium and egypt. >> moving on to news out of iraq iraqi troops will launch a major ground offense. to take back territory from the islamic state of iraq and levant. the u.s. envoy leading the coalition against i.s.i.l. general john allen made the announcement on sunday. >> general allen seems to show a new resolve on behalf of the allies to back offenses on the ground. they have made clear that they'll get out there. from places like mosul, where they came into last june and took over a third of the

country. general allen has made clear that that is not going to be quick or easy. he said that it requires proper training of troops it requires humanitarian assistance and a police force to put in place after the areas. that is still coming together. what is clear is that in the wake of the killing by i.s.i.l. of the jordanian pilot and the jordanian response in syria, it's added impetus not only to efforts here to fight against i.s.i.l., but part of the coalition to show that they are doing something. it will be tricky in iraq because this country is a patchwork of security forces. official and unofficial. arranging from shia officials. they are now trained by the united states. and it's that training that the u.s. is focussing on.

not just the army and police but the tribes as well. it's complicated by many areas. plans are made for an offensive that could come in the nest few weeks, they are fighting on the ground. >> german chancellor angela merkel is in washington to brief president obama over the ukraine crisis. the leaders of ukraine, germany, france and russia met. the e.u. foreign ministers are expected to approve anxiouses against russia. they believe the u.s. is backing the fighting in the east. inside ukraine civilian life is difficult. there are few shelters and

rations are not enough. charles stratford spoke to a few families who are desperate for the fighting to end. >> 70 people are living here. these families try their best to continue their lives. they fled their homes because the shelling is so intense. this home was damaged when a shell destroyed her neighbours. >> we hope they succeed and hope for peace. last night shelling blew out all the windows. >> children were crying. >> the families tell us that the volunteer group that used to bring them food no longer comes. in donetsk, a convoy arrives. >> this is the latest convoy sent by russia to a reason

described as suffering a humanitarian crisis. it's hoped it will help thousands in donetsk and beyond. >> reporter: it's the 13th delivery from russia. there has been doubt whether previous convoys were only full of aid. russia denies sending separatists weapons. you can touch the boxes yourself and open them up making sure there is only food inside. >> reporter: the poor have no hope but to transport semis. these men say they fish more out of necessity than for pleasure. victor has three children and has not been paid his pengs since july. >> translation: we didn't attack them. they started the war. there's no gas in my home few

supplies fish. at least i can see the shells coming outside. >> residential areas continue to suffer indiscriminate shelling on both sides of the conflict. around 600,000 ukranians fled to other countries this year and the situation continues. >> night-time is the worst. families with access are terrified and powerless to stop the bombs still on al jazeera, boxed in by boko haram, we meet the local men defending the nigeria city of maiduguri and we'll tell you why the biggest ceremony in music was not all song and dance.

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coalition against islamic state of iraq and levant say iraqi troops will bring a major ground offensive to back the group. the assault will begin in coming weeks. the e.u. foreign ministers are arriving in brussels where they are expected to approve sanctions involving ukraine the united nations envoy to yemen says talks will begin on monday. negotiations show opposition to the power grab is mounding. regions have rejected. in maghreb tribes have threatened to stop oil production. and tensions in sanaa are high. former president abd-rabbu mansour hadi and five ministers are still under house arrest.

it's been 20 days. the editor-in-chief of the yemen post is based in sanaa. he says houthis are starting to tighten the grip on power. >> the houthis are now in talks and they do not, negotiations are not happening. they are willing to negotiate, but those who are not involved will be left out of all the decision making. the houthis also want to ensure that no one opposes them, and anyone that opposes them they have a legal right to imprison them for kidnapping protesters. >> the prime minister has

rejected a bailout. the bailout is due to end. he was elected on a promise to end austerity measures. >> reporter: alexis tsipras, elected on an anti-austerity programme, and in his first address as prime minister alexis tsipras was true to his toll sis. >> he gave a strong and clear mandate to end austerity immediately. and to change policies. consequently it was first cancelled by its own failure, and destructive results. >> that means that at the end of this month, it will end. alexis tsipras wants a bridging loan one allowing his country to renegotiate with the rest of

europe. our partners want this too. to come to the table to find a way to make it available. >> but to be viable the government needs to deal with debts totalling around $362 million. and needs to reassure eurozone leaders that it is serious. >> i think it's the rite time to hear from the -- right time to hear from the greek government what the proposal is to move forward. and the first debate - i don't expect conclusions. they are complex matters. it will take time. all over a first round of instructive debates next wednesday. >> the greek government introduced some minor cuts to ministerial budgets. but austerity and endorsement of a higher minimum way remains, meaning the debate on wednesday

may not be so constructive egypt announced a retrial date of february. al jazeera journalist mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have spend 408 days in an egyptian prison. they are accused of supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood. charges that they and al jazeera deny. mohamed fadel fahmy's family released a statement saying that he gave up his egypt passport so he could be deported but prosecutors have not fulfilled their side of the agreement. the prime minister needs to push harder. >> i see they are outraged over what has happened in cairo. over the last many months the

back channels there are fun channels and so on and so forth. it should be the main channel much and that is the prime minister of this country. any other canadian interest caught in peculiar circumstances would have been released a long time ago. it is up to prime minister harper to pick up a phone and to talk to abdul fatah al-sisi, and to get action done. mohamed fadel fahmy is a canadian. the australian journalist is home and if i'm allowed to be free they should all be tree. it includes other journalists. the nigerian city of maiduguri has come under attacks, trying to get control of it. it's in the country's north-east. that's the area that they are trying to secure. the people there say they can't rely on the army to keep them safe. we travel to maiduguri, and met

the local men defends the city. >> reporter: for three years these member of militia helped stopped boko haram from taking maiduguri. more than a dozen were killed. the civilian joint task force was poorly armed. they say the government strategy needs to change. >> people are attacking. if we are attacking them. what we have. if we attacking them they have no power to attack us. now the city is boxed in by all directions. >> move out of the local

government. and their support. some of them are in the houses. we have more than 1.5 million there, and in the city. you can see that the city is chopped up. after five years of violence and suffering, they have had enough. >> all of us are determined not to run. this is our last line of defense. if we run away there's nowhere to go to. if we go to other states of the federation boko haram will follow. >> going cameroon if we run to chad - we have the same problem. >> boko haram are determined to take maiduguri. it's a place of insurgency. with the presence of the military and the large airport. we could be crucial. >> reporter: the military needs six weeks throughout boko haram.

with the help of the forces to pave the way for elections. all the while, boko haram grew bolder and deadlier. for now, they say they are taking the destiny in their own hands. it will be their last line of defense. maiduguri, the north-east area. >> armed men have shot dead a member of parliament in somali. a man was killed in his house. there has been a serious of attacks targetting politicians since last year. it's said to be one of the world's toughest races. the ultra, sending competitors on a ruling trail through the

freezing winter wilderness. daniel lack is in the yukon territory to find out what drives people to attend. >> reporter: call it organised chaos, the official start of athletic event. mountain bikers cross-country skiers. how they haul their sledges of survival gear alongside the joggers. a vast daunting wilderness. there's no one reason they race. >> looking forward to being out on the trail on my own. looking forward to being out there. >> i lost 115 points. i worked hard to get here. and hopefully i can finish the marathon. >> among 30 races hoping to conquer.

a boost by the attention from race officials and media. anyone taking an interest nobody takes it. they think if he can do it we should be able to. snow safety first for organiser robert who makes sure everyone has a working satellite device. >> you have so many different people. all ages. women, men, different athletic backgrounds, people with hardly any athletic background but a love for the outdoors but a mixture, and to see the people perform is a fun thing. >> it is alongside two, with wilder mountainous terrain. >> reporter: for most of us

minus 13 snow and wind behind me on the river. it's not an agreed winter's day, it's cold. if you are a competitor in this race it's a good day for running in the ultra. >> the first of many checkpoints where long distance athletes can warm up in a fire is the finish line for a marathon. it's a final tough slog up a snowy trial for the winner of the event. she got here with a little help from a furry friend. >> tired. but the trail was nice. it was a lovely day too. everything went well. it was good. >> it goes on for most competitors. those close enough to make the distances slept well in the temperatures surviving an ordeal that many regard as a nightmare. for them it's an adventure british singer songwriter

cam smith enjoyed a big night at the grammy awards. taking home four trophies. it wasn't all song and dance. >> reporter: it's called music's biggest night. and the big winner at the 57th grammy award... ..was british singer sam for a ballad "stay with me", was awarded a record anthem and song of the year. the 22 year-old performer won best new artist and best pop vocal album. >> thank you all. it's the best night of my life. just a quick one, i want to thank the man i fell in love with thank you for breaking my heart. you got me here. >> reporter: it wasn't exactly a clean sweep. the top trophy for album of the year went to an american.

>> we made the record. i like to thank them for letting me keep them away a bit longer. the ceremony in los angeles sint lated with other notable performances. like those that dominated at the music industry for decades. there was also a sombre undertone. [ singing ] >> reporter: singer katy perry teaming up with the u.s. president to shine the spotlight on domestic violence. >> more than one in four women has experienced domestic violence. it's not okay. it has to stop. it hasp a unique power, and get us thinking and talking about what matters.

>> and starting music with a message and a quick reminder that you can keep up to date with the latest news analysis on our website. that's at aljazeera.com. i'm at the 45th agual forum meetings in davos switzerland, and about to lead a conversation about closing the infrastructure gap. most upped we are not building infrastructure or maintaining that that we have. some of that is because of a shift in how we gn the biggest -- finance the biggest infrastructure projects like power plants, roads, dams, railways. with interest rates at low, this