>> don't try this at home. >> "techknow", where technology meets humanity. tonight, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> hello welcome to another news hour from al jazeera in doha. coming up, talks to try to solve the political cries in yemen get underway in the capitol. >> 40 people killed in a stampede outside a football stadium in cairo. egypt's public prosecutor orders and investigation. >> america's top envoy to iraq says government forces will begin a major ground campaign to

take back territory from isil. ♪ ♪ >> we'll tell you why the biggest awards ceremony in music wasn't all just song and dance. >> we'll begin this news hour with breaking news out of nigeria. the national security advisor in nigeria said all boko haram camps in the north of the country will be completely destroyed within six weeks. his comments come ago the countries presidential election has been delayed because of. >> security in the north of the country where the group is active. we'll have more on that breaking news later in this news hour. >> talks are underway in yemen to try to solve the political crisis there. one party has withdrawn but the talks continue. friday houthi rebels took power

in a coup, plunging the country into turmoil. many regions in the south and east have ejected the houthi declaration. tribes are threatening to stop oil production and cut off electricity if the houthis try to enforce their rule across the country. meanwhile, the former penalty hadi the prime minister and 20 ministers are still under arrest. we are live via skype. with what's happened in yemen friday and the opposition to it what are the chances that peace talks will get anywhere. >> in fact, the ball is in the field of houthis now. they've simply excluded all political powers from the political scene and by what they call the presidential declaration, that was a clear

step to finally announce a coup that they've denied. there was news about starting negotiations again today but there are rumors about a fistfight between representatives during the negotiations today. the only way for these negotiations to succeed is for houthis to understand that they cannot go forward with their coup without including other political powers in negotiations that will not only save them, but the country. continuing the way they are now there will be no yemen for them to rule. >> one party demands the release of some people arrested in the demonstrations by the houthis. they are asking for restrictions on demonstrations lifted as part of their demands for taking part

in these peace negotiations. what are the chances of that happening? >> only this morning on the way to work, i passed a university where the student movement continues to protest every morning. i heard gunshots. they've been using light ammunition against protests for weeks now. there weren't any registered cases in san in a in sanna. i don't think there are any intentions to stop these violations on the street anytime soon at least not today. >> is sanna the right place in which to be holding these talks? should they be happening in aden or even outside the country? >> i would strongly disagree

with any negotiations outside the country because the external mediations have done enough harm in yemen so far. unfortunately, it's not a matter of a place now. it's too late. extending efforts to places outside of the center, outside the capitol should have happened before the national dial up conference. the u.n. does not support enforcing the 20 points suggested by the preparation committee of the national dialogue. what's happening now is a result of going through negotiations without preparing the ground in reality with people first. it doesn't matter where the negotiations are held, as long as they are discussing the core issue. the number one issue now is releasing the public governmental institutions beginning with the presidential institutions and end other

governmental entities, because all of these entities are now being held hostage by the militia. >> good to talk to you many thanks indeed, political analyst in anna. >> an investigation is launched into egypt into a stampede outside a football stadium that left 40 dead. most killed were fans of the football team, police and fans blame each other for causing the stampede. >> football fans tried to get into the air defense stadium in cairo. they'd come to watch a premier league match some of them without tickets. the police tried to control the crowds with barricades. when that didn't work, they fired tear gas. >> 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 and people fell on top of each other.

we started to leave quickly. there were old people in the crowd and they were crushed by other fans. those who managed to leave were confronted by police. >> many people fell down and were trampled in the confusion. the club called what happened a massacre by the police. officials say the police officers were overwhelmed. egypt's interior ministry said in a statement that increasing number of fans without tickets gathered outside the stadium. the numbers exceeded 10,000. they pushed to storm the gates of the stadium and climbed walls in attempt to enter resulting in the injury of dozens. >> releases between security forces and football fans have been tense since the 2011 revolution. football supporters were part of the mass protests. the media director of the egyptian football association accuses the outlawed muslim brother hood of being involved. >> this is an incident that has happened on purpose. they meant to insult the police and take the country back to

square one. the rule of the problem is they are the branch brotherhood. >> people are dying every day. it's like we came for a wedding but now it's a funeral. >> in 2012, 74 people died following a match. fans stormed the pitch and attacked rival supporters. 21 people were sentenced to death for their part in the violence. the egyptian football federation lift add three year ban on people attending football matches for this game, but now the egyptian government has postponed matches in the premier league indefinitely. al jazeera. >> let's get an expert opinion from omar, a senior lecturer, joining us now live via skype.

what do you make of what happened last night in cairo? >> it's another disaster, to be honest. that repeated what happened in february, 2012 when around 72 football fans were killed in the port side stadium and it shows a failure on multiple levels. there was no revision on how exactly to approach situations as sensitive as such. the last time, the february 2012, the accountability was not really clear on who's responsible for that and after 2013, there seems to be an in minty rewarding on the one hand the security sector, but any attempt to advice security for these situations has been halted, as well. >> there was a political element to it, too not just about

football. >> very strong one. the football fans, the so-called ultras, these leagues of football fans are seen to be supportive of the generally 2011 uprising and security services blame them for breaking the security forces on the 20 of january. as they blame others, as well. on other occasion, they clash and take revenge on the fans in february, 2012 and yesterday. the animosity between these entities those football fans have songs about how the police betrayed them and how the police shot at them. it's a long history of animosity. >> if this isn't a crowd safety issue, what's to stop it happening again? >> well, i think what stop it,

on the macro level you need a security sector reform, but it needs a political will and there is no political will. the standard operating procedures on dealing with crowd control situation non-lethal or at least less lethal crowd control situation is very much knob existent. at the moment, there's no urge to revise these procedures, because there is no accountability no one will get held for shooting protestors or killing 17 of them, so i think at the moment, it will -- >> what do you make of the accusation in the report that some demonstrators were part of the

muslim brotherhood. >> i think they call them muslim brotherhood to get out of formal accountability. but realistically, i don't think they had any collection of muslim brothers. i think this is not the first time the security forces shoots on football fans, but also not the first time they actually imply some threats towards these fans. if you look at the official or some of the facebook pages and even some of the official statements that came out against these fans, it is extremely threatening, telling them behave yourself or else. what we saw is just carrying out of some of these statements yesterday. >> good to talk to you, may be thanks indeed, joining us by skype. >> egypt announce add retrial date of february 12 for al jazeera journal itists momentum ma'am and baher mohammed who have spent 408 days in prison.

they are accused of supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood charges they deny. a deal with prosecutors he gave up egyptian citizenship to be deported to his home in canada, but prosecutors have not yet met their side of the agreement. the canadian government expressed disappointment in the decision to keep mohamed fahmy behind bars, saying canada is deeply concerned a retile date had been set despite assurance he would be released along with his colleague peter greste. canada calls for the immediate release of mr. fahmy. >> it is said canada needs to push harder for mr. fahmy's

freedom. >> i sit here outraged over what has happened in cairo with mr. fahmy. i've thought that the prime minister of this country should ever intervened right away. we've been told over the last many months that there are back channels front channels, but it should be the main channel and that is the prime minister of this country. any other canadian journalist who would be caught in a peculiar circumstance such as this would have been released. it is up to the prime minister to call president al sisi and get something done. he is an egyptian, but a canadians the australian journalist is home and he said if i'm allowed to be free, then we should all be free, and that includes other journalists are in egyptian jails as we speak. >> plenty more still to come here on the news hour. we'll be on the trail of drug

traffickers in honduras where the military is targeting the drug trade air strips. >> i'm in the u.s. state of maine where more people die every year than are born, but maine is working on answer to say its population loss challenge. we'll tell you about them. >> in sport ivory coast celebrate their first africa cup of nations in over two decades. the details later in the news hour. >> two bombings in iraq's capitol, one targeted a busy square and another ball on a main street. both attacks happened in predominantly shia neighborhoods. it's the second set of bombings in three days. the lifting of a curfew for the

first time in 12 years occurred before the bombings. >> the u.s. coalition against isil said an operation will begin in the coming weeks general allen saying american forces are training iraqi soldiers at four main sites in the country with the international eyes. danish and australian trainers are supporting the american trainers in anbar province. the spanish are training. there are trainers from australia and new zealand italian, dutch and belgian trainers are in erbil. >> iraqi officials have been eager to start this major offensive particularly in mess as you will, the stronghold of isil. the coalition primarily the united states hasn't been quite so keen. they've made the point general allen included that before ground troops go in to take

mosul, they need everything to be ready including training of iraqi forces, a plan for what comes after include ago police force as well as humanitarian assistance and reconstruction. all that have is a long other term effort, but general allens comments indicate that they are onboard with supporting the iraqis in the beginning of a major ground offensive. he doesn't mention mosul but there are a lot of other areas in the north and the west that are still held by the group. the u.s. is now training soldiers, as well as special forces and other security forces in forming bases around iraq. they are not out there on the ground and they don't have the authority to do that, but there are other coalition partners that are believed to have special forces out there with the iraqis. iraq needs yet more support more airstrikes, more hardware, but these comments by general allen are an indication that they seem to be getting onboard on the same page, that there is

a major ground offensive by the iraqi's backed by the coalition that could begin in the next few weeks. >> across the border in syria kurdish forces backed by opposition fight everies making gains around kobane. they've pushed isil out of 120 villages there. al jazeera reports now from neighboring lebanon. >> these villages have been under the control of the islamic state of iraq and the levant for months. they surround the border town of kobane and the victory in that town by the kurdish people's protection units has upped the momentum and isil is being pushed back. the kurds are being helped by factions uniting to battal common enemy. >> now on the country side of kobane and god willing further. within a few days, we will take control of man beach god willing and on to aleppo.

it seems isil has melted away here without a fight. isil has threatened to return and still holds large areas along the bored we are turkey, which lead to their stronghold of raqqa and through to iraq. >> where as the victory is symbolic the on going air campaign against isil doesn't seemed to have lessened the threat. four years on, the political solution to this war remains a long way off. >> armed men shot a member of parliament in mogadishu. he was killed leaving his house on his way to parliament, there have been a series of fatal attacks targets poll advertises in somalia. al shabab has killed five members of parliament in the last month. that came hours before a new parliament was approved.

the prime minister was named in december. >> back to the breaking news we told you about earlier nigeria's national security advisor said that multi-national forces will destroy all boko haram camps in the next six weeks. troops from nigeria and neighboring countries have gained beyond over the last days following an in curse by boko haram into cameroon, setting fires to homes and killing dozens of people. that happened in a town right on the border. the fighters came from a nigerian town close by. a five minute walk away, it is connected by the bridge on the right of our map they're. chadian soldiers killed 200 boko haram fighters, cameroon and chad have recently taken on boko haram. al jazeera reports now on the fight for control of the strategic town. >> this is the town on the

nigeria border with cameroon. until recently, it was a stronghold for boko haram fighters. it's now under the control of chadian troops. they patrol around the town in case boko haram fighters decide to come back. >> they are now outside the town. we have combed the whole area. no one is here now. probably the injured are hiding in houses, particularly remote, abandoned houses. >> for nine months, boko haram imposed the town, imposing a strict islamic law on people in the town. big parts of the area remain deserted. most people left for neighboring chad and cameroon. for the chadian troops, everyone left is a suspect. this man suspected of belonging to boko haram. they are finally released after convincing the forces that they are not affiliated with the group. the battle has not been an easy

one for the chadian army. it lost 17 of its soldiers during fight, boko haram. some of of the residents say they didn't mind boko haram's rule over their town. >> we used to go and come back from our forms without problems. they asked us to teach our children the koran. when we told them we prayed and have the koran they left us alone. >> there are eight thus 500 fighter to say fight boko haram. elections in nigeria are delayed six weeks. there is a regional effort against the radical group and any town or village taken from its fighters will bring the reality of holding those postponed elections a little closer. >> the u.n.'s nuclear watchdog said contaminated water leaking from japan's nuclear plant is

still a challenging issue. the international atomic energy agency is reviewing work to demission the plant which was damaged in an earthquake and tsunami in 2011. the energy company was criticized for its handle of the radioactive water leaks into the pacific ocean. last month it said it would be unable to decontaminate water at the site before a marsh deadline. >> australia's prime minister is determined to do better after surviving a no-confidence vote. tony abbott has kept his job as head of the ruling liberal party, but only just. andrew thomas takes a look at why his popularity has slumped. >> tony lives and works restoring classic cars in tony abbotts constituency. he voted for him but has become disillusioned. >> quite disappointed, yes because of the policies, you

know he pushed and come up with. >> he is not the only one. many in tony aboth's party have loft faith in him. he survived a no confidence vote. 39m.p.'s and senators voted against him. >> obviously i accept that the last few weeks have been difficult weeks for the government but they've also been difficult weeks for the australian people, because the people expect and deserve a government which is getting on with the job. i am confidence that we have put this time behind us. i am confident that as of today we're back at work for the people of australia. >> abbott may face another challenge. it's all reminiscent of the

power struggles of the previous labor government when julia gillard took power from rudd only to have him take power back. tony abbotts popularity problem is because some say he doesn't cult facing falling prices for commodities, abbott struggled to get what he's called cost cutting through parliament. he's had to backtrack on raising fees to see doctors. he is been seen as a gas prone prime minister. last month he gave australia's highest accolade a knighthood to prince philip, husband of the british queen. australians were amused. >> i couldn't believe it. i didn't laugh, i was surprised and shocked.

>> tony abbott needs people like tony palas behind him. an opinion poll said mostousousens would vote out the current government if they had. a majority don't want abbott as prime minister. unless he turns opinions around fast many in australia think he hasn't ended speculation merely delayed the inevitable. >> in california, you've not had much use for a brolley until lately. it has rained and here to tell us more is our meteorologist. >> you're building up to be a big story. it is a good news story. let's run through a satellite picture. this is of course winter weather. we were briefly talking about california and here we are. this is the current setup. there's a big low on the

pineapple express bringing rain to washington and oregon and flash flooding, it's fairly normal. this cold front is the more interesting one. that gave rain in san francisco itself and it was glorious to behold if you were there at least. it was enjoyed. 51 mill meters fell in san francisco itself. there was a bit more in central valley. that's where i stop the good news because not everybody had the rain, and of course, a good part of california is still in drought, has been for ages. forest fires have been equally prevalent. they are huge to admit but sparked fairly regularly. the story of california isn't hugely better the next few days, because rain that probably ceased. we go to the other side to boston making the best of the winter weather. it's not the end of the snow for the eastern side. there's more to come, it's not over yet. >> still to come here on the

news hour: [ applause ] >> back from europe, the new greek foreign minister lays out his plans to ease austerity. >> in canada's yukon territory one of the longest toughs and coldest foot races in the world is taking place. i'll be reporting on it.

>> good to have you with us. this is the news hour from al jazeera in doha.

egypt's public prosecutor ordered an investigation to a stampede outside a football stadium east of cairo. police used tear gas to break up the crowd. forty people were killed. >> peace talks in yemen are underway to find a solution to the political crisis. the negotiations brokered by the u.n. come three days after houthi leaders took power in a coup. one opposition party has withdrawn from those talks. >> nigeria's national security advisor has said multi-national forces will dry boko haram camps in the country in the next six weeks. it is said that the postponed presidential election will be held by march 28. the vote was delayed because of security concerns in the north of country where boko haram is active. >> more now on yemen. those talks that are underway in the capitol sanna, al jazeera is

in the city of tiese. tell us about reaction to what happened on friday there. >> it is the birth place of the arab spinning uprising that will be cell braided the day after tomorrow. it was expected after that coup announcement was made, there were protests. this is thought to be to get rid of the democratic steps the country has taken considering that the coup taken was seen as maybe one of the final nails in the coffin of president monsur.

a lot of anger here toward the houthis. >> given that the opposition there and elsewhere in the country, what are the chances of these u.n. oak brokered talks in sanna actually getting anywhere? >> well, looks like they've hit a stumbling block almost as soon as they've resumed. late on sunday, he was optimistic getting all the parties to agree to sit down, but within hours of them sitting down, one of them, a party the leftist socialist party decided to withdraw. the reason they with drew, according to one source that is their leader was actually threatened to be killed by one of the houthi leaders essentially threatened him there. they also with drew because they had demands of some of their members backed by the houthi that they be reds. more significantly, they were

against this new decree by the ministry of interior preventing any form of protest or demonstration across the country without prior agreement. also significant to point out quickly is that the ask me i have the party say the status quo is rejected. it's understood that comments have been made, but not as clear, not at public as they would have liked. there is still mistrust. >> many takes. >> the e.u. has agreed sanctions against russia over its actions in ukraine. 19 cranen and russian individuals are subject to visa

bans and will have their assets in the e.u. frozen. it comes at german chancellor angela merkel is in washington to brief president obama on the crisis in ukraine. the leaders are germany france, ukraine and russia will meet this week for the peace talks. >> there are plans to roll back the austerity in agreeing. we have a report from athence. >> he was elected on an anti austerity program, one that appeared to place him and his party at odds to the rest of the euro zone. in his first address to parliament as prime minister, he stayed true to that policy. >> the greek people gave a strong and clear mandate to end austerity immediately. this catastrophic austerity and to change policies.

consequently the notorious bailout was first canceled by its very own failure and destructive results. >> this means that the bailout for greece is effectively over, because he refuses to meet inspectors from his cores or receive more money from them. instead, he wants a truce of up to six months to renegotiate with the rest of europe. >> we will state again and again, greece wants to service its debt. if our partners wants this, too they can join us at the table to find a way to make it viable. >> the purpose of talks would be to review how and when greece will pay back its debt off every $350 billion. >> he says austerity will never allow greece to pay back the debt because it is destroying growth. the party has a formula for row storing growth, paying debt and

relieving the humanitarian crisis. incomes have fallen over 35% and a million people remain below the party line. >> to be viable during negotiation, the greek government needs permission to raise $11 billion from the markets. it will have a chance to present its position to say creditors at wednesday's euro group meeting. >> i think it is the right time to hear from the greek government their proposal to move forward. we'll have a first round. i don't expect conclusions. it will take time. there are cool plex matters different views. it will take time, but we'll have our first round of constructive debates next week. >> the u.n. government rejects austerity taxes and insists on a higher minimum wage, meaning debates are bound to be difficult. al jazeera athence. >> the people of a small south

africa town are calling for more autonomy and held protests after the government denied their application to become a separate municipality. they say they are not getting the services they deserve. as we report now the issues go deeper than just boundary lines. >> the streets are barricaded by razor wire and riot police in the ready. they were there after weeks of protests that resulted in several schools set on fire. many of the shops have been shut down and school lessons suspended for the past month. it's part of a strike by people to finally have their grievances heard. >> the government doesn't see us as human beings, but wild animals. let them tell us why they are doing this to us. >> they say they are not getting their fair share of public services such as paved roads sanitation and clean water.

she has a tap in her front yard, but it's unreliable. >> there's no water. if it comes it's just twice a week. sometimes it comes for 30 minutes or an hour. >> further down the road, violet has the same problem. she's just returned from another failed trip to the water supply she shares with her neighbors. >> we have a lot of problems. we want our own municipality so we can complain to our own people. >> one of the biggest casualties to this long running dispute is children's education. there is poor access to schools but in the last month, three schools have been burned and students haven't been able to go to class. they say they first planed about a lack of services in 1999. they say they are disdiscriminated against because of their tribe and the people running the services are from

another. a report shows many of their grievances are genuine but saying redrawing community lines won't solve their problems, it goes much deeper than that. >> that raises a question of social problems in the country that we cannot run from any longer. we have not paid much attention as a country to the ethnic and tribal issues. >> the government says separation communities around tribal lines just perpetuates policies of segregation. it wants better integration. people say they have tried for 15 years to have their grievances addressed. they say they will continue protesting until their demands are met. al jazeera, south africa. >> forensic experts say there are plus to into the disappears of 43 student teachers in mexico. the team from argentina has been trying to identify what's believed to be the student remains but found d.n.a. matches

to other people not linked to the case. the teachers have been missing since september of last year. >> an estimated 100-300 tons of cocaine passes through the country every year in honduras. fores are trying to crack down on the trade and violence it brings. al jazeera reports now. >> every week, honduran soldiers destroy landing strips used by drug traffickers. the honduran military showed us dozens of landing strips, saying that planes left behind were transporting cocaine mainly from colombia and venezuela. it's a seemingly never-ending task. >> this is the fifth time the

army has destroyed this landing strip. the traffickers get local people and in less than 24 hours they rare them. >> traffickers use this complex territory to load drugs on trucks to take inland or speed boats to head north to mexico in the u.s. the honduran military told us many of the local community is involved in the trade. >> speed boats and light planes also drop drug bundles and the tide brings them ashore. many wait around for them to try out their luck. >> local fisherman say they've never seen any drugs on the beach. the military says it is reducing the drug flights and that last year it confiscated 11 tons of drugs. >> honduras used to be a transit point but in the last two years we have found narco labs. it has left us terrible

violence. >> the drug trade fuels violence in the country with the highest murder rate in the world. this woman fled had we are family from their home because rival drug gangs were dumping their murdered victims. >> we had to leave our home, everything and came here. we are starting from zero. i feel bad but i'll get used to it. >> it is a community with residents take turns to watch out for turf battles and protect their families. soldiers say they're confident they'll be able to control the region but their fight by land, air and sea covers 17,000 square almost to terse with limited resources, the communities worst affected are yet to see the progress. al jazeera honduras. >> just ahead in sport.

>> equatorial guinea, take a look at the history of the africa cup of nations as a new international champion is crowned.

>> dealing with the impact of population growth is a challenge across the globe. there are many places where population decline is an issue. in the last part of our series on depopulation, tom ackermann went to portland in the state of maine, which hopes to attract more young people. >> for 80 years this paper mill

gave the people a steady living and identity, but in december, it shut down forever throwing 500 people out of work. >> it was a place to apply for a job. now there's no mill. >> you think of them, they make paper. that's what they do and that's what it was about. now we have to find something else to be about. >> in this rural state the decline of such natural resource industries compounds its demographic dilemma. more deaths than pictures and a shrinking workforce due to the oldest median age in the u.s. >> the truth is not that we drove young people away, it's that we didn't make enough of them. >> in places like the city of bangor the city is being attacked by promoting ingredients that make it a magnet. >> you can buy a house here for

$125,000. that's a great deal. combined with strong opportunities, it makes the area to be looked at for maybe the first time. >> hispanics birth rate is higher than other groups and immigrants from overseas. >> in the state's largest city, portland hundreds of political refugees and other immigrants have settled from africa, asia and eastern europe. his job is to help them adjust. he arrived 25 years ago. >> severe winter, despite this, they love maine. they love it because it is small. refugees and immigrants are here. it's a very safe place. >> it's a good place to raise the children. >> safety is one reason that

iraqi refugee says he's happy to call portland home. the former interpreter owns a grocery store that draws customers from around the city. >> i can leave my family alone no crimes. i heard of a lot of crimes around the united states, but maine, we don't have. >> if maine can capitalize on its assets, it stands a good chance of reversing its reputation from a point of departure to a desired destination. al jazeera in maine. >> time now for sport. ivory coast captain described his nation's victory as one of the finest moments of his career. the goalkeeper was the hero in the final against ghana. goal was after 120 minutes the match decided by a penalty shootout. after saving ghana's 11th

11th kick, they scored are the winner to get the victory. it's the second time they've won the championship. >> one time you win with your club is quite amazing but when the country is, you know, unbelievable, you know. i've been waiting for i don't know how many years now to lift this trophy. as captain it's something special, you know. >> things happen in football, you know, so we have no excuses now. i think going to the final on two occasions and if they've lost and came back again to win it. >> ivory coast victory conclude as sometimes controversial africa cup of nations but the officialness it remains

integral. >> it's celebration time for ivory coast fans. after 23 years the continental crown is theirs. ivory coast success capped the tournament that was rarely short of excitement, drama and controversy. the 2015 cup of nations pulled together in record time, but will also be remembered for these ugly scenes. crowd violence in the semifinals led to the injuries of 36 football fans and the host nation fined $100,000. still, the tournament was a huge success. the most powerful man in world football is happy with the game on the continent too. >> africa is doing well. if you have looked on the results of the african teams in the world cup they're very

good. they were just missing a little bit of luck. >> the cup offlations is rich in history and fans have no doubts as to the tournament's importance. >> the first africa cup of nations took place in 1957 in sudan. back then, only two other nations were involved, ethiopia and egypt. it has a huge global following. only the european cup gets more viewers. >> the international teams in the africa cup of nations is the prized jewel of african football. if you take it out of the calendar year, they are going to make losses. >> this tournament arrives every two years and players many based overseas in the quest to win the title and rea.m. their commitment to their national team and the continent. >> sometimes they forget how important it is for us, african cup of nations. it shows everybody that for us,

it's as important as our championships. >> as the curtain comes down on this edition of the cup of nations, preparations for the 2017 tournament aren't for off. qualifying start in june, even though still searching for hosts for the event. for the next two years it will be champion ivory coast who are the toast of african football. al jazeera baca. >> the p.g. event at torrey pines, pushing past the defending champion in the first hole of sudden death and then went on to beat the american at the next hole. this is his third p.g.a. title. he is up to four in the world rankings. the 34-year-old has become the champion in the tennis tour in

that the ecuador open, the world number 52 had become the first dominican to ever reach a final just by qualifying for this match. >> it's one of the world's toughest endurance races in the yukon ultra they race up to 690 kilometers across a number of disciplines. we have more from the opening day of the race in the yukon territory. >> call it organized chaos. the official start of one of the tough effort athletic events of all, fat tire mountain bikers pedaled with cross country skiers long distance racers hauled survival gear alongside jogging marathoners leaving the small city for a vast daunting wilderness. there's no one reason they race. >> i'm looking forward to being

on the trail on my own. i'm looking forward to meeting with god out there. >> i lost 115 pounds in eight months and worked very hard to get here. hopefully, i can tissue the marathon. >> among 30 racers hoping to conger 690 kilometers of frozen landscape, 71-year-old before it is amused by the attention he gets. >> i'm surprised anybody takes notice. nobody took notice of me when i first 30. they all think god if he can do it when i'm that age, i should do it. >> it's safety first for the organizer, making sure everyone has got a working satellite tracking device. he spends the rest of the race checking on their progress and their well being. a labor of love, you might say. >> you have so many different people, all ages, women men different athletic backgrounds

people with hardly any athletic background just love for the outdoors. it's a mixture and to see those people perform that's a really fun thing. >> day two is alongside two flat rivers with wilder more mountainous terrain to cross in the days ahead. >> for motor of us, minus 30 degrees snow and some north wind behind me on the yukon river is not a great winter's day, it's cold. if you're a competitor in this race it's a pretty good day for running in the race. >> the first of many check points where long distance athletes was not cam up are also a finish line for those running the marathon. it's up the trail for the eventual winner that have event which he got here in less than four hours with a little help from a furry friend. >> the trail was nice. everything went well. it's good. >> it goes on for most

competitors, those tough enough to make their distances will have slept wild in -40-degree temperatures and survived an ordeal that many regard as a nightmare, but for them is just an adventure. >> that's all your sport for now. >> better them than me. now, stars of the silver screen hit the red carpet for the biggest night in british film and television, the baftas. >> one of the big winners of the night, eddie redmany for the theory of everything. the film is named outstanding british film and won a 30 aboard.

>> in los angeles the grammies were held. >> the big winner at the 57th 57th grammy awards was british soul singer sam smith. his ballad stay with me won record and song of the year. 22-year-old breakout performer won best new artist and best pop vocal album. >> thank you all. this is the best night of my life. just a quick one. i want to thank the man who this record is about high fell in love with last year, thank you so much for breaking my heart because you got me a grammy. >> it wasn't exactly a clean sweep. the top trophy for album of the year went to american rocker. >> we made this record at my house for the most part, so i'd like to thank my kids for

letting me keep them awake a little bit extra longer. >> the ceremony in los angeles had other notable performances. >> many by those who dominated the music industry for decades but there was also a somber undertone. singer katy perry teamed up to shine the spotlight on domestic violence. >> it's not ok, and it has to stop. artists have a unique power at a change minds and tuesday and get us thinking and talking about what matters. >> a nod to music with a message. al jazeera. >> the latest on the day's top stairs straight ahead here on al jazeera. that will do it for the news hour. thank you for watching, we'll see you again.

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