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. ♪ ♪ ♪

>> and tell you why the biggest award ceremony in music wasn't all just song and dance. >> hello. u.s. president barack obama says he hasn't decided whether to supply ukraine ukrainian forces in the battle. germany differs from u.s. in four minister in brussels, the key message there key measures against russia should be delayed. while the violence continues to escalate russian backed rebels have attacked more than 11 niems 24timesin the last 24 hours.

allen, president obama isn't showing any inclination doing it any time soon is he? >> he thinks he wants to give the diplomatic measures put forbid by angela merkel and francois hollande time to catch on. the ministers will meet in minsk on wednesday. obama said putting forth weapons would not be helpful prior to that. he kind of backs the idea of giving talks the chance to develop but realizing that if they go nowhere and remember there's already been an agreement which the russians he says simply haven't abided by, then sanctions would be his next option. will he send heavy weapons? he's under pressure domestically to do it but he's not keen at the moment. >> the possibles of lethal defensive weapons is one of those options that's being examined. but i have not made a decision

about that yet. i have consulted with not just angela but will be consulting with other allies about this issue. it is not based on the idea that ukraine could defeat a russian army that was determined. it is rather, to see whether or not there are additional things we can do to help ukraine bolster its defenses in the face of separatist aggression. >> what they're talking about is nonlethal defense measures. what do they mean by that? things like anti-tank weapons so the ukrainians have something to respond with. they can also be used in an offensive capacity. people in congress, john mccain among them, who believe sending blankets and supplies is no longer enough. angela merkel believes the talks

in minsk on wednesday could deliver some movement as far as the russians are concerned and of course always retains the option of increased sanctions if the russians don't play ball. >> translator: we continue to pursue a diplomatic solution, although we have suffered a lot of setbacks. these days we will see whether all sides are ready and willing to come to a negotiatesettlement. i have always said i don't see a military solution to this conflict but we have to put all our efforts in bringing about a diplomatic solution. >> so merkel and holland agreed to let the diplomatic course run its course but obama is under some pressure at home. >> on the sunday talk shows and across breakfast programs on monday they would like the see the americans do more to help people of the ukraine and he's asked his advisors to look at all the options available to them.

and we know ash carter, the man who's likely to be next defense secretary of the united states, he believes they should be sending weapons to the ukrainians.. but angela merkel seems to convince president obama if there needs to be convincing that diplomatic measures need to be exhausted. on wednesday when the french and the germans will sit down across the table from vladimir putin this becomes hugely significant and important. if it goes nowhere then possibility that barack obama will be put into a position where he really has to say yes we will send weapons to the ukrainians. >> allen live in washington, thank you. for more on the diplomatic developments in brussels, simon mcgregor wood, what did they agree to today? >> reporter: well, they agreed to rubber stamp essentially to a list of 19 new targeted names

russians and pro-russian ukrainians, a list that was agreed felicity last week. but what they decided to do is delay the imposition of sanction he until next monday. the expression being given here is to give these peace talks some space these negotiations, to give them a chance to gain some traction. they feel that these crucial talks in minsk on wednesday would not be well served by throwing in additional sanctions on 19 new people. we understand they include a deputy russian defense minister. that would rather sour the atmosphere. we also found that the ukrainians were quite keen to have this list of new names delayed to allow these peace talks a proper chance. >> the european union putting a lot of faith and optimism in the current effort. what happens if those talks fail, where does it go from there? >> well, that makes the following days eu summit a very

interesting summit, they are not always so interesting. but so much capital is put in the process, if the diplomatic talks go nowhere or unravel there will be renewed pressure for the european union to unleash sanctions and we'll see a few more voice behind these 23 member states backing u.s.'s call for arms. the spanish foreign minister today was complaining they cost the eu over $23 billion so far. getting tougher on russia with sanctions is going to be difficult because they need 28 member-states to agree unanimously to move forward on that. so if minsk talks fail on wednesday this summit here on thursday i think is going to be rather fraught. >> fine, in brussels, thank you.

there have been strong words from both sides in the fight against boko haram in northeastern nigeria where three country's armies are anonymity ranged against the armed group. the national security advisor has told al jazeera they will try to dismantle all of boko haram's carchls withinbokoharam's camps within six weeks. it follows an incurs by boko haram into cameroon killing dozens of people in the town of fotokal poop five minute walk across the bridge on the right. chaddian soldiers have advanced and killed boko haram fighters. joined nigeria in that fight against boko haram. mohammad adow has more on the battle. >> this is the town of gamboro on the nigerian border with

cameroon. they patrol around in case boko haram fighters decide to come back. >> translator: we are now outside the town, we have combed the area. no one is here now. probably some of the injured are hiding in houses, particularly abandoned houses. >> reporter: for nine months, boko haram controlled gamboro imposing a strict form ever of control over the people in the town. these men are suspected of belonging to boko haram. they're finally released but only after convincing the forces that they are not affiliated with the group. the battle for gamboro has not been an easy one for the

chaddian army. it lost 17 of its soldiers during fighting with boko haram. yet some of gamboro's soldiers say they don't mind boko haram in the town. >> we told them we pray and we have a koran they left us alone. >> nigeria and its neighbors recently decided to put together a force of 8700 soldiers to fight boko haram. the threat faced by boko haram caused the delay of nigeria's elections by six weeks. a part of 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 energize. ground offensive to retake territory from the islamic state of iraq and the levant. the u.s. envoy leading the

coalition against i.s.i.l. will begin in a week, general john allen says the alliance will begin training, dane is and australian are training at the anbar province. in taji there are trainers from australia and new zealand and italian dutch and belgian trainers are in erbil. jane arraf has more from baghdad. >> particularly in the i.s.i.l. stronghold of mosul but the coalition, primarily the united states hasn't been quite so keen. they have made the point general allen included, before the ground troops go in they need everything to be ready. training of iraqi forces, a plan of 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 comments indicate that they are on board with supporting the iraqis in the beginning. he doesn't mention mosul but there are a lot of 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 forces, they're 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. they need yet more support more air strikes more hardware but these comments by general allen that they are seeming to get on board on the same page, there is a major offensive by the iraqis backed by the coalition that could get underway in a few

weeks. >> 66 others were injured in the attacks which took place in predominantly shia neighborhoods. ists the second set of bombings in baghdad sings saturday when a nighttime curfew in place for a decade was lifted. egypt has announced a retrial date of february the 12th for al jazeera journalists baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy now spent 408 days in prison. they are accused of supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood charges they and al jazeera deny. fahmy's family has released a statement about a deal made with prosecutors. they say he gave you up his egyptian citizenship so he could be deported to canada. but they say prosecutors have not yet immediate their side of agreement. egypt's court has court of causation has released their reason why they granted a retrial. failed to prove an act of terror

actually occurred. and the case did not clarify what illegal broadcasting equipment mohamed fahmy was accused of carrying. an investigation's been launched in egypt into a stampede outside a football stadium that left 40 people dead most of those killed were fans of the zamalac football team. osama ben javeh reports. >> reporter: this is the sphun funeral of ab al kahat a football fan. his family is among those mourning the people who left to watch a football match but came back in body bags. local club zamalic and mp but some of them didn't have tickets. police fired tear gas when barricades failed to hold back

the crowds. >> the police were in front and behind the gate. they fired tear gas. this caused panic and people fell on top of each other. >> reporter: the confusion resulted in a stampede. called what happened a massacre by police. but officials say the police officers were overwhelmed. egypt's interior ministry said in a statement that the increasing number of fans without tickets gathered outside the stadium. their numbers exceeded 10,000. they pushed to storm gates of the stadium and climbed walls in the attempt to enter resulting in injury of dozens. relations have been tense since the 2012 revolution. football players were part of the mass protest. many didn't have are reported affiliations. cufergaffiliations. accusing the muslim brotherhood

of being involved. >> translator: this is an incident that happened on purpose. they meant to take the issue back to square one. >> the statement says the freedom and justice party holds abdel fattah al-sisi fully responsible for all this blood and authorities callously disregard he the whole issue. this isth isn't the first time football has taken the lives of people this egypt. 21 people were sentenced to death for their part in the violence. after sunday's deaths the public prosecutors are ahead of the group. football activities have been postponed at all leagues indefinitely.

osama ben javi, al jazeera. yemen's political parties get around the table to try oresolve the process but not everybody's happy the meet. and bombing the air strips honduran force he are drafted in to try to stop drug smuggling.

he i >> welcome back. a reminder of the top stories. president obama says he is

undecided about whether to provide defensive weapons to kiev in their fight against pro-russian separatists. multinational forces will try to destroy boko haram camps within six weeks. three countries are fighting the group. and egypt has launched an investigation into a stampede outside a football stadium in which 40 people died. funerals are being held for some of the victims. now talks are under way in yemen to try to solve the political crisis there. one opposition group has withdrawn but the talks are continuing. on friday, houthi rebels took part in a coup plunging the country into turmoil. rejected the houthi proposal for a new government. in mareb tribes are threatening to stop oil production and cut off electricity if the houthis try to force their rule across the country.

meanwhile in sanaa president hadi and the prime minister and other mints are under ministers are under arrest. >> just as soon as it started on the political scene after he has said he has spoken to all political parties they grate to they agreed to sit around the table and discuss. but after meeting they said they were withdrawing from the 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 reports that the nationalists had demanded that three of the members be released an that also they were opposed

to the fact that now the interior ministry under control of the houthis said that no one would be loud to participate in any form of protest and that they had opposed that. meanwhile the isla party says that whilst they haven't withdrawn from the political negotiations very clearly says the discussion he are discussions that are a 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 he does not recognize the houthi power grab. u.n. ban ki-moon already said that but that increased the distrust against him from the members of the political

spectrum in yemen. >> greece is going ahead with its roll back ever austerity measures. john siropolous reports from athens. >> as strident as the prime minister had been the previous night. the $280 billion that the european partners lent greece to make sure it could service its debt, brought with it austerity measures that won't make the situation better. >> this supposed medicine is toxic and the worst thing is the doctor knows it. he is committed to giving it to us that he knows this is not good for us that it only does harm. >> greece wants a period of at least four to seven months in which to renegotiate how and when it will repay its debt. but with neither side budging hopes for such a truce are slim. european stocks were down by as

much as 2% on monday. the athengs stocks felt by as much as 5%. hopes, failing that it will find itself only two weeks away from the official end of its funding program on february 28th. it will then be living off home grown tax revenue and in danger of defaulting on its debt. greece has announced it will abolish about $4 billion in taxes and increase spending on the destitute and pensioners. that will quickly eat through its cash reserves just less than $2 billion haas year unless the economy returns to growth. europeans are warning greece not to parent itself into the corner. >> changes so much that euro zone will don't greece's plans the its entirety. it will discuss the plan during

the meeting next wednesday i assume it will give us a chance to discuss things with mr. tsipras. >> as the country asserts its sovereignty a better deal can be struck they assume. john siropolous, al jazeera athens. >> it is estimate they'd at least three tons of cocaine passes through algeria in a year. security forces hope that won't be the case anymore. as mariana sanchez reports. >> drug traffickers here in the most active drug route in hoandz the honduran route they say the planes left behind were transporting cocaine mainly from

colombia and venezuela. but it is a seemingly never-ending task. this is the fifth time the army has tried odestroy this landing strip but look at the damage. the traffickers get local people and in less than 24 hours they repair them. mangroves lakes and rivers intertwine with patches of land. traffickers use this complex territory to load drugs on trucks to head inland or to mexico and the northwest. many of the local community is involved in the trade. >> translator: speed loatsspeedboats or light planes, many people wait for them to try out their luck. >> reporter: but local fishermen here 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. >> translator: honsdzhonduras used to be a transition point. >> highest murder rate in the world. this woman fled with her children and grandchildren from their home because rival drug gangs were dumping their murdered victims. >> we had to leave our home, everything and come here, starting from zero. i feel bad but i'll get used to it. >> reporter: blanca found a community where residents take turns to watch out for turf battles and protect their families. they are confident they will be able to protect the region but their fight covers 17,000 square kilometers. with limited resources the communities worst affected are yet to see the progress.

al jazeera honduras. >> sam smith has emerged the big winner at this year's grammy awards in los angeles. this night it was not all about song and dance. jerald tan has more details. >> it's called music's biggest night and the big winner at the 57th grammy awards was british soul sing are sam smith. his song, "stay with me,," was awarded best song, also, best album and best pop vocalist. >> the man who this record is about, thank you so much for breaking my heart because you got me four grammies. >> but it wasn't exactly a clean sweep. top trophy for album of the year went to american rocker beck,

for morning phase. >> we made this record at my house. for the most part. so i want to thank my kids for letting me keep them awake a little bit extra-longer. >> the ceremony in los angeles scintillated with other notable performances. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> many by those who have dominated the music industry for decades. but there was also a somber undertone. singer katie perry tuned up with the u.s. president to shine the spotlight on domestic violence. >> emotional one in four women has experienced some former of domestic violence. it's not okay and it has to stop. artists have a unique power to change minds and attitudes and getting us thinking and talking about what matters.

>> a grammy's nod to music with a message. jerald tan, al jazeera. >> and as ever you can find out much more over on our website. usual address to click onto is aljazeera.com. aljazeera.com. rosie perez was three years old when her schizophrenic mother put her in a catholic children's home where she was often abused. >> i had to physically fight back or else, you know, my ass was going to get kicked. >> the oscar nominated actress's new book explains how she overcame odds? >> i felt like i was always acting, always escaping into