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>> this is al jazeera. >> welcome to the newshour, i'm darren jordan from al jazeera headquarters in doha. these are the headlines. >> we continue to seek a solution. >> to the crisis in ukraine. and the stadium in egypt issue. >> and boko haram nigerian
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officials hope to protect voters. and we have the results from the bafta awards. we begin with the crisis in ukraine. meetings took place on both sides of the atlantic to find a solution to the conflict. in washington, the german chancellor the u.s. president barack obama. not yet decided to provide arms to ukrainian forces. angela merkel says she's against the idea saying sending weapons to kiev will only escalate. allen, both sides may differ on whether or not to arm ukrainians but whether they will have a diplomatic solution to the crises. >> i think president obama wants to give the meeting in minsk a
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chance. they've agreed there may be room for exploring those ideas in minsk on wednesday. there may be some diplomatic solution. but barack obama is pond dergering the ukrainians with weapons. but they believe there should be some solution to the crisis in ukraine. we are make it clear today that if russia continues on its current course which is hurting the russian economy and the russian people, as well as having such a terrible effect on ukraine, russia's position will only worsen politically and
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diplomatically. >> that is most important message we can send to russia. we continue to pursue a diplomatic solution although we have suffered a number of setbacks but we will see whether every side is ready to come to a diplomatic solution, i don't see a military solution but we have to put our efforts to a diplomatic solution. >> how is that likely to play out? >> what they will do is increase the sanctions that are currently in place against the russians and the russian economy. they will name companies. they will name individuals and they will impose those sanctions. the europeans have seemed to be a bit split on that but in brussels they seem to be able to get together and say yes we can do this, if there's no meeting of the minds in minsk. the president's news conference
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ended less than 15 minutes ago. he says they are considering sending force to kiev, anti-tank weapons, and those-used as offensive as well. well -- can be used as offensive as well. he is looking for angela merkel and francois hollande to push forward. knowing the russians know there could be further sanctions down the line, so i think he's hoping that vladimir putin will for want of a better phrase come to his senses and reach some sort of deal that can be implemented rather than further sanctions or weapons being sent to the ukrainians. >> allen, thank you. center stage in brussels, that's where eu foreign minister
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have been meeting ahead of ukraine peace talks in the belarusian comal minsk. capital minsk. they face visa bans. simon mcgregor wood has been following the discussions in brussels. >> what we understood was the conclusion of european foreign minister is that yes, there is going to be another 19 people, russians and pro-russian ukrainians slapped with travel babsbans and asset freezes but given this is before the delicate fledgling peace process was set it was decided in brussels to give space for those issues to
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develop. so as we heard from the european union's new foreign policy chief, it was decided to give space to this process. there is some discussion at behind closed dooshes here that doors here that the ukrainians may have asked to back off. what happens in minsk wednesday but for now there will be 19 new names added to that list, travel bans asset freezes but they woanl become officiallywon'ting officially targeted with those bans until after the accent. >> images of the russian president, scheduled to meet with the egyptian president abdel fattah al-sisi about relations with the middle east. let's talk to omar ashor
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joins us now from exeter. omar what's the significance of putin's visit to egypt? why dogs does putin and sisi need each other? >> putin's model is quite an feiveaffective one. at the same time boosts a significant economic performance. this is of course before the oil and the prices drop down. and on the other hand, putin is showing that he's not that isolated despite what's happening in ukraine and its consequences and he's moving around in china india and egypt, and giving this signal that he's cooperating internationally as well. the -- when it goes a bit
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deeper though, it's very hard to see what they can benefit. because i don't think the relationship with egypt is among the -- you know, 200 300 priorities of russia at the moment and i don't think in terms of arms trade it is very unlikely that the weapon systems that egypt or since 1979 which is more or less u.s.-made will be changed. i don't think so they have the will i have no -- i don't think they have the money. u.s. provides 1.3 billion per year for the military since '79. at the moment i don't think that russia will be able to supply that russia will want money from them, something they really don't have. >> and human rights are really not far off the agenda when it comes to egypt and russia. in relation to mass death sentences, that's nothing new is it? >> no, it's nothing new. it's been consistent since july
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coup of 2013. they sentenced 520 individuals to death followed by april another 683 individuals sentenced to death. and this seems to be a pattern. mainly since the july coup sisi is using the state organs, whether the security establishment, the intelligence establishment, the judicial establishment or part of it, and the media establishment to promote the regime and to crack down on opposition, at the core of this is a structural crisis really and to continue either for a while until one side more or less collapses. there is a quite a few strikes against sisi now with the u.n. special reporteur with the leaks that have been extra
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embarrassing him supporting the regime and it tells you as well within the regime there is someone who was able to record these tapes and from the presidential office from the minister of defense from the sisi's personal secretary and then send them away to the media. which tells you that there are some people who don't like him within this camp. >> thank you for talking to al jazeera. putin's visit to cairo comes as egypt launches an investigation outside a of a stampede outside a football stadium. osama ben jave reports. >> a person who died out of the air defense stadium in cairo. his family is among 30 others
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who mourn their family members' death. the family threw tear gas when barricades failed to hold back the crowds. >> translator: the police were in front and ahead of the gate. they fired tear gas this caused panic and people fell on top of each other. >> the confusion followed. what happened, was a massacre by police said one witness. the interior ministry said, that an increase of fans without tickets gathered, they climbed walls in an attempt to enter resulting in the injury of dozens. relations between security forces and football fans have been tense since the 2011 revolution. football supporters were part of the mass protests.
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many had no political affiliations. but the media director at the egyptian football association accuses the outlawed muslim brotherhood of being involved. >> translator: this is an incident that has happened on purpose. they meant to insult the police and take the country back to square one. the root of the problem is that they are the branches of the brotherhood. >> but the group's political wing says the government is behind the killings. its statement says the freedom and justice party holds abdel fattah al-sisi and the military gang fully responsible callously disregarding the deaths the blood and the whole issue of egyptian youth. in 2012, 74 people died following a match in port said. fans stormed the pitch and attacked rival supporters. 24 were sentenced to death for their part in the violence.
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the prosecutors ordered the ready of the group. judgment football freas federation has postponed football at any of the areas indefinitely. a new trial for baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy who now spent 408 days in jail. they are accused of supporting muslim brotherhood charges they and al jazeera denied. fahmy gave up his egyptian citizenship so he could be deported to canada. >> why it ordered a retrial in the first place it listed a number of problems with the initial judgment including the case failed to prove mohamed and fahmy had any links to the
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muslim brotherhood. it failed to prove an act of terror occurred. what broadcasting equipment mohamed fahmy was accused of carrying. also still to come in the newshour. talks in yemen get underway. and protecting residents from boko haram in nigeria. after cup of nation he, details with sammy a liberals later. now, we're getting word that 29 migrants have died of hypothermia.
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claudio, what have you been hearing? >> we just spoke to the coast guard on the island of lampedusa, the debt toll is up to 29. they gave us some details on how that happened. they said the italian coast guard sunday night received a distress signal, from this boat carrying over 100 migrants. by the time they got there two patrol boats they saw the migrant boats being swept away by very strong winds waves as high as 8 meters, 0° celsius. 50 time they got there, coast guard said seven migrants were already dead but 22 more died of hypothermia on the rescue boats on the long journey back to the island of lampedusa. despite the fact that the coast
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guard insisting that the rescued migrants were given immediately aluminum ablankets blankets to warm up. end operation mare nostrum to intercept migrant boats before they run into trouble throughout 2014 and is credited for having saved at least 150,000 migrants. now italian government says this operation was replaced by an operation run by the european union called frontex but critics say it is not a rescue operation, it is a border operation. meaning boats cannot go to rescue migrants until they receive a distress signal which is the case on monday morning by the time they get there it may be too late. >> claudio, thank you. to nigeria now where the national security advisor has
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told al jazeera that allied forces will try to dismantle all of boko haram's camps in six weeks just in time for elections. hara matasa has this report. >> they know this could be a very difficult task and convincing nigerians they can do it could be even harder. this is what they say the plan is going to be. forces from cameroon chafd chad and african union where boko haram fighters may be hiding and living. people who split in the northeast will feel comfortable enough to go back to these areas and vote in the presidential election which is scheduled for the beginning of march. some people are skeptic challenge, they said they've heard this kind of talk from their government so many times before. the government in the past has said in a few months, few years
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they may be able to defeat boko haram, but that hasn't happened. a lot more different now countries coming in to help nigeria maibs with maybe with that force and that help they may be able to help. >> fighters will defeat regional armed forces sent to crush the group he vows. it follows an incurs into boko haram in cameroon last week when they set fire to homes and killed dozens of people. a town right on the border, fighters came from a nigerian town close by. gambaru is a five minute walk away connected by a bridge. chaddian officials say they killed boko haram fighters. mohammad adow now reports on the fight for the strategic town of
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gamboru. >> reporter: this is the town of gamboru. it is now under the control of chaddian 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 some of their injured are hiding in some house he particularly remote abandoned houses. >> reporter: for nine months boko haram controlled gamburu imposing a strict form of muslim law. motion of the people were forced to -- most of the people were forced to leave to cameroon and chad. for the chaddian troops everyone left in gamboru is a suspect. these men are suspected ever belonging to boko haram. they are finally released, but only after convincing the
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informs they are not involved with the group. this has not been an easy task for the chaddian army. it lost fighters during the conflict with boko haram. >> translator: we used to go and come back from our farms without any problem. only thing boko haram asked us to do is teach our children the koran, they left us alone. >> reporter: forces decided to put together a regional force of 8700 soldiers to fight boko haram. nigerians, original effort against the radical group and any town and village taken from its fighters will bring the reality of holding those postponed elections a little closer. mohammad adow, al jazeera lagos
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nigeria. >> abdalla kaya was killed when when fighters open fired on his car. new prime minister lineup of ministers. 42 voted against. to yemen where political rivals are meeting for first time. the nasarus party has backed out after three were arrested by houthis but the u.n. brokered talks are continue. east and south of aden have rejected the houthi declaration. in mareb tribes are threatening to stop oil production and cut off electricity if the houthis try to enforce their rule across
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yemen. meanwhile, prime minister and three other ministers are under house arrest. from the at city of tais. >> before it started omar did try oinstill some kind of optimism on the scene he has spoken to all political parties and they have agreed to sit around the table and discuss things on monday. but after meeting the almost immediately the socialist naturalist party said they were withdrawing from these talks. what we understand is that they were actually, their leader was threatened by death essentially by a spokesperson or one of the members of the houthi movement. there's also report that the group had demand he three of their members abducted by the houthis be released.
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now the ministry under control of the houthis since that coup said no one would be allowed to participate in any form of demonstration or protest without their approval and they had opposed that. while they haven't withdrawn from these political negotiations that they won't continue participating in them unless the u.n. special envoy comes out publicly very clearly says that these discussions are discussions that are continuation from the political discussions that took place prior to the coup, that he comes out and says that he does not recognize the coup and that he does not recognize the houthis power grab. obviously the united nations secretary-general ban ki-moon has said things along that line but he's reluctant to do that and that's what's decreased the distrust of him from the political sectors in yemen. a challenge across the
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globe, what about population decline? in the last part of the series depopulation, the town of portland dk maine is trying to boost its flagging economy. tom ackerman explains. >> for the past years this paper mill gave portland an identity but it shut down putting people out of work. >> i always had a place to work, now there's no mill. >> you think of bucks bucksport they make paper that's what they do. now that's what bucksport was about. now we have to find something else to be about. >> more deaths than births, a shrinking workforce due in part to the oldest median age in the u.s. >> the truth is not that we drove young people away.
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it's that we didn't make enough of them. >> but in places like the city of bangor, the issue has been approached. >> you can buy a house here for $125,000. that's a great deal. things like that combined with strong job opportunities that make bangor an opportunity for young people to look at maybe for the first time. >> but prime factors for growing america's population. hispanics whose birth rate is higher than other groups and immigrants from overseas. but in the state's largest city, portland hundreds of refugees, political asielees asylesleeses. if. >> people love maine .
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they love it because it's small people are really welcoming refugees and immigrants here. it is a safe place. >> it is a good place to raise the children. >> safety is one of the reasons why iraqi refugee faisal ali is happy to call portland home. he owns a grocery store that draws customers from across the city. >> i can leave my family alone. crimes, i hear of a lot of crimes around in 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. tom ackerman, al jazeera in maine. >> still ahead here in al jazeera, hanging on to power. australia's priementsdz survives aaustralia's prime ministersurvives
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a challenge. and sammy will have details of sport after the break. break.
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>> welcome back. a quick reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. the german chancellor has immediate the u.s. president barack obama on the crisis in ukraine. not yet convinced about arming ukraine with defensive weapons. a stampede near cairo killed 40 people. police released tear gas to try to control the crowd. much multinational forces will try to dismantle boko haram's camps in the last few weeks. the presidential election will be held by march 28th.
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the vote scheduled for this week was delayed because of security concerns. two bombings in the iraqi capital have killed 20 people and injured 48 others. one suicide bomber targeted a busy square and another bomb went off on a residential street. the second set of bombings in three days, follows a lifting of a curfew in place for 12 years. major ground offensive to retake territory from i.s.i.l. the coalition against i.s.i.l american soldiers are training iraqi soldiers at four main sites with the help of its international allies. danish trainers, on anbar province. in taji there are train frers australiahe eshesers fromaustralia
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and new zealand. jane arraf has the story. >> 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. that includes training of iraqi forces, a plan for what comes after, including police force as well as things like humanitarian assistance and reconstruction. all of that is a long-term effort. but general allen's comments indicate that they are on board with supporting the rakes in iraqis in the beginning of a major ground offensive. he doesn't mention mosul but there are a lot of areas that are still held by the group. the u.s. is now training soldiers as well as special forces and other security force he in four main bases around
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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. now iraq says it needs more air support more hardware but these comments by general allen are an indication they seem to be getting on board on the same page that there is a major ground offensive by the iraqis backed by the coalition that could begin in the next few weeks. >> australia's prime minister says he's doarmd do determined to do better after 75ing after surviving a no-confidence vote. andrew thomas looks at why his popularity is declining. >> this australian mass become
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disillusioned. >> quite disappointed yes because the policies, you know, he pushed and come up with, you know. be. >> reporter: he's >> reporter: he's not the onlyone. tony abbott survived a chasening experience. 39 mps and senators voted against him. >> obviously i accept that the last few weeks have been difficult weeks for 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 confident 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. >> reporter: but abbott may yet face another challenge. it is all reminiscent of the
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power struggles of the previous labor government when julia gillard took the job from rudd, but rudd saw the job back on his second attempt. tony abbott's own popularity is partly due to his own style some colleagues say he doesn't consult. facing an economic downturn, abbott struggled to get cost-cutting legislation through parliament. he has had to backtrack on proposed fees to see doctors a scrapped parental leave proposal that critics argued favored the rich over the poor. abbott has also seen as a gas-prone prime minister. last month he gave australia's highest accolade to not a prominent australian but to prince philipp husband of the british queen. >> i couldn't believe it. i didn't laugh but i was surprised and shocked.
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>> tony ab bath needs people like tony pallas to leave behind him. they're not. a poll suggests most australians would vote out if they could an overwhelming number don't want tony abbott as prime minister. many think he hasn't ended the speculation, merely delayed the inevitable. andrew thomas, al jazeera sydney. a plan in greece to continue theto roll back the austerity process. >> alexis tsipras in his first address to parliament as prime minister tsipras stayed true to the policy of austerity. >> the greek people gave a
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strong and clear mandate to end austerity, catastrophic austerity and to change policies. consequently the notorious bailout was cancelled by its own failure and destructive results. >> reporter: this means that the bailout for greece is effectively over because stiches tsipras refuses to meet auditors and needs time to renegotiate with the rest of europe. >> we will state again and again, greece wants to service its debt. if our partners want this too they can join us at the table to find a way to make it vinyl. >> reporter: the punch of those talks -- the purpose of those talks would be to review how and when greece will pay back its debt of $350 billion. destroying economic growth. the party believes it has a better formula for restoring
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growth paying the debt, and alleviating the humanitarian crisis. incomes here have fallen 35% over the last five years and a million people remain below the poverty line. but to be viable during negotiations the creek government needs permission to raise $11 billion from the markets. it will have a chance to present its positions to all its creditors at once at wednesday's wednesday's euro group meeting. >> first round debate on that, i don't expect conclusions. it will take time. there are complex matters different views. it will take time. but we'll have a first round of constructive debates next wednesday. >> the new greek government insists on maintaining a balanced budget and insists on a higher minimum wage. meaning the debates with
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european leaders are bound to be difficult. john siropolous, al jazeera athens. >> elite troops sent to the scene to seal off the area. no immediate reports of injuries. senior officials suggested the incident was due to drug crimes. attacks last month killed 17 people. to albania now where residents have been forced from their homes after a torrential rain drove happened. second strongest rains on record. malaysia malaysia's president reporting from kuala
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lumpur. >> he's been walking in and out of court for over a decade trying to clear his name. his previous acquittal was overturned last month. now guilty of sodomy, and in prison for five years, he's been on became pending appeal. being removed from office, it was 1997, and he was the deputy prime minister. charged and convicted he spent several years in jail until the verdict was partially overturned in 2004. whether he was released on appeal. -- whether he was when he was released on appeal. . >> now as long as this case is pending and hang over his head he probably wouldn't be able to focus 100% in leading this country towards change. he is still seen as the most significant political leader to
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bring this country to a better place. >> he has been a traditionally popular figure among young people and those disaffected with a government that's been in power for over 50 years. often speak going the change he can offer thousands are willing to listen at gatherings like this at the capital. >> if i'm not going to be here to help them, to defend them, who sells going to be here? >> reporter: no one is writing anwar's political obituary yet. if he does go to jail will the opposition fragment? if he's finally acquitted will this clean bill of political health embolden the politician who has made significant gains in recent years. this court will have the final say on anwar's future.
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a new future will be written. the decision will change the direction of malaysian politics. sahiil ram-an, al jazeera malaysia. ongoing conflict in south sudan is taking a heavy toll on the country as it face is another food crisis. the eunlts united nations says 2.5 million people are on the break of a food crisis. the u.n. also says more than six million people are in need of aid. it is also look after 100,000.civilians trapped inside camps. i talked to the actor forrest
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whittaker who has just returned from south sudan. >> right now we're at the humanitarian event for south sudan raising moneys for that punch and trying to move ahead of it by getting these foods to certain places before the rainy season comes so a lot easier that people will be able to access the food in the coming months. i did witness some of the children were malnourished and yesterday i was in wye an adp camp and there was a clear problem with malnutrition ploongs themalnutritionamongst the children. i've been trying to avert that right now. peace builders community builders, from the training,
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computer training and others, they develop projects inside of their community of which they are able to try bring peace to the area. and then they create a network amongst themselves to try to keep connectivity and communication going between the different villages to avert any sort of conflicts in the future. >> now wreckage from a plane that went missing in chile more than 50 years ago has finally been located. mountaineers came across the remains of a douglas dc 3 the crash happened in the andes mountains. stunned the sporting world at the time and has remained pooh mystery until now. forensic experts said they found flaws in the investigation of the missing 43 students in mexico. identifying the students remains they found dna linked to other
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people not the missing students. the case has been pending since last september. still ahead on the newshour. >> i'm daniel lack in canada's yukon territory where one of the longest coldest races is taking place. they call it the yukon ultra and i'll be reporting on it.
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>> welcome back. >> thank you very much, darren. africa cup of nations victory as one of the finest moments of his
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career. goal after 120 minutes the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out and after saving ghana's cps second time they won thea's cup. >> it's quite amazing. with the country it's unbelievable you know. i've been waiting for i don't know how many years now to lift this trophy, as captain you know it's something special, you know. >> ivory coast victory includes sometimes controversial africa cup of nations but officials insist the cup's biggest tournament. adam west reports. >> after 23 years the continental crown is theirs.
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ivory coast captured the cup. replacement hosts equatorial guinea will also be remembered for these ugly scene the malaba stadium. led to the death of 36 football fans and the host to be find $100,000. tournament was a huge success and the most powerful man in world football is happy with the state of 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 made good. they were just missing a little bit of life. >> the cup of nations is rich in history. and fans have no doubts as to the tournament's importance.
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the first africa cup of nations took place in 1957 in sudan. that then, only two other nations were involved, ethiopia and egypt. now it's evolved into a huge base of support. >> if you take it out of the calendar year, they are going to make losses. >> reporter: this tournament arrives every two years and players many of them based overseas choose country over cluck in their quest to win the title and reaffirm the title to their team and to the continent. >> sometimes in europe people forget how important it is for us african cup of nations. for is us it is as important as our championships. >> reporter: as the curtain comes down on this edition of the cup of nations preparations
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for 2017 tournament aren't far off. qualifying sarts starts in june. for the next two years at least it will be champions ivory coast who are the champions of football. >> clatches between fans and police amid a top flight match. ahead of their home game with corinthians. used tear gas and many fans throwing bottle rockets. cricket, beat sri lanka by five wickets. building up some system.
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while they crashed the west inn indies. chasing down the targets in 23 overs. they start against host australia on saturday. pakistan beat bangladesh. opening clash against rivals india on sunday. pakistan going to the world cup to new zealand and with an injury-hit squad. good news, icc has replaced john sheriff. second stage of the tour of qatar in another wind-swept day in the gulf. longest stage of the race at 187.5 kilometers saw the riders
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set out christophe led from the front, sprint, 15 remaining riders had to deal with strong wind and sand. took the sprint win seizings the overall leader's jersey with four stages left. it's one of the world's toughest endurance races competitors brave temperatures, minus 40° celsius and race 690 kilometers along a number of surfaces. daniel lak reports. >> reporter: call it organized chaos, start of one of the hard athletic events of all. long distance racers haul their sleds, along with jogging marathoners. vast daunting arctic wilderness.
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there's no one reason why they race. >> i'm looking forward to being on the trail ipo on my own and meeting with god out there. >> i lost 115 pounds in ray months and worked very hard to get here and hope i can finish. >> among 30 racers hoping to conquer 690 kilometers of frozen landscape, 71-year-old britain james banks. >> just because i'm old anybody takes any notice. nobody took any notice of me when i was 30. you know. my old feet, god if he can do it when i'm that age i should be able to. >> all if track mode please. >> it's safety first for organizer robert polehammer who makes sure everyone has a working satellite tracking device. he spends the rest of the race checking on their progress and well-being. a labor of love you might say.
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>> you have so many different people right? all ages, women men different athletic backgrounds people with hardly any athletic background just in love of the outdoors. it's a mixture really, to see those people perform it's a really fun thing. >> day 1 is among two flat frozen rivers and more mountainous terrain to cross in the days ahead. for most of us minus 30° wind and snow, it's not a great day it's rather cold but if you're a competitor in this race it's a pretty good day for running in the yukon arctic ultra it's also the finish line for those running the marathon. it's a final tough slog up a snowy trail for the eventual winner. >> it was nice, everything went
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well. that's good. >> and it goes on for most competitors. those tough enough to make their distances will have slept wild in minus 40° temperatures and survived an ordeal that many would consider a nightmare but for them, it's just an adventure. daniel lack, takini wilderness. >> biggest night in british television, the bafta awards. phil lavelle. >> that's a first a bafta without rain or snow. definitely not the norm here. >> eddy redmain. >> quite a collection of trophies. one more now for him. a bafta for best actor for his
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portrayal ever steven hawk, in "the theory of everything." >> they're here this evening and i would like to thank them. >> but there was an award for least surprising winner, there she is is, julieann moore. the portrayal ever an alzheimer's sufferer, "still alice." >> thank you for including me among these beautiful performances both british an american reese and amy i'm honored to be honored with you tonight. >> the big prize best film. >> goes to "boyhood." >> this film took 12 years to make. an award for its director, too richard linkalert best. third man failed to take off
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here despite flying high in the u.s. it was not meant with the british academy. >> what do you think spit it out. >> although the producer felt his was the better film. >> it was a film that ultimately deserves it, i think it's a really incredibly ambitious film. the way we made it was totally unique, we're proud of it. if it gets recognition that's what i'm interested in. >> the baftas try distinguish themselves. this is british academy. we are a long way from l.a. having said that the same names do pop up again and again. and for those who won tonight they are helping hoping that does happen again in two weeks. phil lavelle at the baftas in london. >> stay with us here. there is more. keep up with aljazeera.com. bye for now. now.
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>> an al jazeera america special report >> unfortunately, you can't "should have", all we can do is move forward >> a nation forced to take a closer look at race. >> ...check which ethnicity... i checked multiple boxes... this is who i am... >> what does it really mean to be the minority? >> black history comes up, everyones looking to hear what you have to say, because you're the spokesperson... >> how can we learn from the past? and create a better future? an al jazeera america special report race in america all next week part of our special black history month coverage on al jazeera america >> tonight. >> we're going to the bottom of the sea. >> deep submergence vehicles. >> three, zero, three, six. >> ocean experts have made some miraculous discoveries. >> octopus everywhere. >> but are the most important discoveries yet to come? >> implications for energy and also for climate change. >> "techknow's" team of experts show you how the miracles of science. >> this is my selfie, what can you tell me about my future? >> can affect and surprise us. >> don't try this at home. >> "techknow", where technology
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meets humanity. tonight, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. a bomber undecided -- bowx undecided. president obama is cities undecided as german chancellor angela merkel pushes for a diplomatic solution. hello there i'm felicity barr you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up, nigeria says allied forces will destroy all of boko haram camps within six weeks but the rebels vow to fight on. funerals are held for some of the victims of a deadly stampede outside a cairo football stadium.