Skip to main content

tv   News  Al Jazeera  February 10, 2015 12:00am-12:31am EST

12:00 am
malaysia 's opposition leader anwar ibrahim loses his appeal in a trial that has lasted 15 years. >> welcome to al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. i'm shilli gauche. nigeria says they will destroy all boko haram camps in six weeks. president obama says he doesn't whether to arm ukrainian forces.
12:01 am
angela merkel pushes for a dploiks solution. ann waanwar ibrahim has lost his rm appeal. upheld the conviction, anwar and his supporters insist the allegations are politically motivated. south of the malasian kuala lumpur. >> made it very clear there was overwhelming evidence to dismiss the appeal made by anwar ibb him. supported the
12:02 am
ibrahim. there had been no political interference. this had been a actuality case for malaysia to deal with and for ibrahim an his team it is the end of the road. he has now been found guilty and he will go to jail, certainly as a minimum of five years and upwards from that. there were tears of everyone, he managed to hug his granddaughter before he was led away but now the debate will begin in the largeer malasian circles politically and in society about where the opposition goes now. it is frurd, there is fractured, there is no shattered cabinet. it will be interesting how they progress with this scenario to a
12:03 am
full conclusion. national security advisor has told united nations that nigeria will fracture all of boko haram. >> mean while niger's parliament has voted to send troops to nigeria to help fight boko haram. the leader of boko haram has released a new video and in it abu bakar el shakau has made promises to defeat it. traveling from the town of koza to mora, 12 of the hostages were
12:04 am
killed. and in neighboring niger an explosion debt detonated. mohammad adow reports from the strategytragic town of gamboro. >> in case boko haram fighters decide to come back. >> no one is here now. probably some of the injured are hiding in some houses particularly remote abandoned house he. >> for nine months, boko haram controlled gamboro imposing a strict form of islamic law on people in the town. most of the people were forced to leave for neighboring chad and cameroon.
12:05 am
others escaped to parts of northern nigeria. these men are suspected ever suspected of belonging to boko haram. they must prove that they are not affiliated. the battle for gamboro they didn't mind boko haram's rule over their town. there we used to go and come back from our farms without any problem. the only thing boko haram would ask us to do is teach our children from koran when we told them we already do, they left us alone. >> the threat posed by boko haram caused the delay of nigeria's elections by six weeks. the chaddian troops part of an original effort against the radical group and any town and
12:06 am
village taken from its fighters will bring the reality of holding elections a little closer. mohammad adow, al jazeera lagos, nigeria. south sudan food crisis, two and a half people are on the brink of famine. the u.n. says more than half south sudan's population needs aid. civilians trapped inside camps. dominic kane reports. >> collecting rations from a camp in wau. >> the big problem is hunger. we need a lot of help because we don't have anything now. all we can think about is the
12:07 am
war. we're always hungry and if we're hungry we can't think of anything else unless someone helps us. >> on sunday the u.n. emergency relief coordinator flew in to see for herself. valerie amos believes millions of people in south sudan are now at risk of famine. one of the main causes the un unsubstantially political and military situation. around wau people are on patrol. south sudan internal conflict has forced nearly 2 million people from their homes. >> gives us opportunity to try to bring more attention with the usg, to the issue of peace. bringing peace to this country. when we're talking to people who have never known a country without peace. that conflict inside and outside, proper food and medical
12:08 am
supplies, so come here to speak about that. >> the government and rebels have been set a deadline of march the 5th to strike a final peace agreement but similar deadlines have come and gone before. >> the message is absolutely consistent and clear. which is that the fighting has to stop and the people of south sudan need to be put first. if you put the people first there's a huge impetus to get to a peace agreement which is solid. >> the u.n. has already raised more than $600 million dollars in aid for south sudan. but says another $1 billion is needed. dominic kane, al jazeera. >> expected to meet syria's foreign minister in a tip to bring new ideas to troops in aleppo. freeze the fighting to get badly
12:09 am
needed aid into the city. pleapaleppo is in the middle between government forces and foreign militias. >> proximity in fighting of wrtionprospect. >> we won't allow anyone to infringe on our national sovereignty and we are not in need of foreign ground troop to fight i.s.i.l. the syrian army is carrying out its mission. >> areas around mosul iraq's second largest city, mosul has been under control of islamic state of iraq and the levant since june. the assault is given air support by the u.s. led coalition. the police chief of helmont in
12:10 am
southeast afghanistan targeting when traveling in a car which the drone hit on monday. the suspect was a former military detain ease at guantanamo bay. u.s. president barack obama has not decided whether to supply weapons to ukraine. >> despite the distance between the podiums the two leaders want to show there's no gap in the approach to russia. as violence continues in eastern ukraine, angela merkel believes the peace plan joined up with france and presented to the russians the parties meet in belarus on wednesday.
12:11 am
willing to give diplomacy a chance for now but both leaders agree no deal will mean stricter sanctions against the russians. >> if in fact diplomacy fails what i've asked my team to did is look at all options. away other means can we put in place to change mr. putin's calculus. >> translator: if at a certain point in time one has to say that success is not possible even if one puts every effort into it, then the united states and europe have to sit together and try and explore further possibilities. >> european union has backed stronger sanctions at a meeting of foreign parties in brussels. >> we're delighted that there are negotiations and discussions going on but until we see russia complying on the ground, stopping the flow of weapons we
12:12 am
can't relieve the pressure in any way. >> vladimir putin's spokesman has warned against impose imposing ultimatums or deadlines. >> if we can agree with a number of positions we've talked about in the recent fast. >> wants those to believe there will be harsh consequences if russia doesn't help. sanctions definitely. military support well, that could hang on developments in minsk and that becomes a hugely significant and important meeting. >> thank you very much, everyone. >> allen fisher, white house washington. >> egypt is to investigate a football stadium stampede in which 40th were killed. says it was a distort egypt's reputation ahead of vladimir putin's visit.
12:13 am
attendingattending an opera with the egyptian president. the canadian government is calling for immediate release ever mohamed fahmy. in jail for 409 days, along with producer baher mohamed. julia yellich says the prime minister personally raised the case with egyptian officials 15 times thlt last nine in the last nine days. continue to call for mohamed fahmy's immediate release. fahmy and baher mohamed were accused ever concluding with the murvedmuslim brotherhood a charge they and al jazeera deny.
12:14 am
a third detainee, peter greste has been unconditionally released. we need to take a break. when we come back, the votes for at indianindia. plus. >> i'm imtiaz tyap.
12:15 am
12:16 am
>> "inside story", now at a new time. >> join me as we bring you an in-depth look at the most important issues of the day, breaking it down, getting you the facts. it's the only place you'll find the inside story. >> now at its new time. weeknights, 11:30 eastern. on al jazeera america.
12:17 am
>> hello again, welcome back. i'm shully gauche. anwar ibrahim has lost his appeal. althe presidential vote schedules for february 14th has been pushed back by six weeks in nigeria to give time to improve security. the german chancellor angela merkel has met with president obama to discuss the crisis in ukraine. president obama says he hasn't decided whether to arming ukrainian fighters and merkel cautions.
12:18 am
>> landslide victory in landslide elections inlast year. fez jemil how is it looking at the moment? >> well, so far the am asme party is leading 60 of 62 seats no one expected this much of a lead so soon. we were in about -- we're in the two hours of vote-counting so far. now so far this would mean 85%. that's more than a absolute majority. and it seems though am abney party has a strong lead so far. the prime minister who belongs to the bjp already tweeted congratulations to the am abney
12:19 am
party promising help in governing delhi. >> how was it they gained so much support? >> it started actually a few years ago acknowledge based on the anticorruption movement. they started up the party basically on the country's problems and in the last delhi elections he actually won a minority government. unfortunately they stepped down after just 40 days, saying they weren't able to pass anticorruption legislation. they always maintained their support among the poor and the working classes and if the leads do turn out to be true it would also show they made inroads against business class the middle class and the lower class in dill hi. they promised better
12:20 am
infrastructure in the city, and to end the vip culture. all these promises have can given them a wide strata of support. >> why are the elections so important for the rest of the country? >> you're right. delhi's voting population is small compared to the rest of the country. since the bjp has conin the last national election, they have also won local elections based on that more importantly it would be a strong voice of opposition right here in the capital. so any move, any announcement the national government could make, there would be a counter movement here outside the
12:21 am
capital. now, an illegal israeli settlement is trying to collect taxes from its palestinian leaders. palestinian leaders say they will not pay. imtiaz taxicab tyab reports. >> father of 13 received this letter under his door, a tax bill for over $22,000. it was send to jabba rvetiony by the councilbary by anlittle council. a tax by arnona only are paid by israeli residents. >> i don't even know what anona is. everything here, the land, the water, all the services, are
12:22 am
provided by the hebron municipality. >> jabbady's land is surrounded by israeli settlements. 12 years ago ago a group of israeli settlers constructed this makeshift are structure. the judiciary said it should be removed. palestinians say the reason behind the demand is simple. it's part of a long and well documented campaign of harassment by the settlement council. >> kamil hamed is the governor of hebron. he tells me, that routinely intimidated by settlers trying to push them off their lands.
12:23 am
>> as a way to are are something we can present as evidence to the international criminal court and other international organizations. >> council officials declined our request for an interview but told us anyone who lives within the settlement's boundaries are subject to tax but the prior ruling in jabbedy's favor it's unlikely to have to pay the bill. but costing him something he values much more his peace of mind. imtiaz tyab, in the are palestineian town of hebron. the indonesian government has several people on death row for drug charges including
12:24 am
foreigners. relatives of two australian convicts have held a news crrches in jakarta they were arrested in indonesia in twiefer 2005 as they were trying to are export 5 kilos of heroin. part of our series on the organ trade are more than 100 people have been victims of organ trafficking. >> people here in the village say he does not have long to live. the his kidney was stolen from him more than adecade ago. >> my friend asked me to go to
12:25 am
india with him. i have no appetite and my entire body is swollen. >> he was only asked to donate blood on his trip to india but the traffickers took his kidney. he was given $100 and told to go home. only three criminal cases have been registered so far. >> translator: even the three registered cases we have came only after many people had their organs trafficked. there is a strong network of traffickers and we can only track them at a certain level. this is an international are project. >> i ask how many have been victims of kidney trafficking. just as one man started counting another interjected saying they could face repercussions. and many are wary of outsiders.
12:26 am
are some residents say media attention has brought embarrassment to the village. others told us it's made it difficult for traffickers to operate here. traffickers have moved to new districts and women are now new targets. >> the organ transplant law only allows close relatives to donate kidneys. >> it's easy to get marriage certificates to look like a wife is donating her kidney to her husband. >> the demand for kidneys remains high and as long as there's money to be made traffickers are never far away. sabina shreshda acknowledge are al jazeera nepal.
12:27 am
>> in the next parse of the series we travel to be to bangladesh. venezuela's government is accusing a fod chain of food chain of squirreling away are food supplies. andy gallagher reports. >> in caracas shoppers line unearly, if staples like butter and flour would all of a sudden become available. >> when i come during week to shop they say no, shopping by i.d. card. what i.d. card? i go over there and see the
12:28 am
piece of paper and say monday is my day to shop. how do we know if there's going to be a shipment? >> the madoro government, says shortages are caused by private business owners. ricardo says it is a deliberate attempt to undermine authorities. >> this is yet another phase of the economic war aimed at toppling president mad maduro's government. >> supplies seized and serl owners jailed on charges of harming the economy. later though, same business ves little or nothing on the shelves and some shoppers aren't convinced the government is helping. >> i want them to explain how the measures will improve anything. everything they have
12:29 am
expropriated have been ran into the ground. >> many in the business community blame shortages on years of price controls, spiraling inflation and the seizure of private businesses. francisco martinez says it's little doubt who's to blame. >> the fact that they unjustly criminalize their activity is bound to cause uncertainty both inside and outside venezuela. >> some are calling for currency controls to be dropped. >> translator: the the thing is shop owners want a 400% profit. >> it's unclear whether the government will continue cracking down on businesses or if these measures will help get food back ton shelves.
12:30 am
but in the meantime venezuelans continue to stand in line. andy gallagher, al jazeera. >> don't forget you can keep up to date with all the day's news and sport on our website aljazeera.com. aljazeera.com. children once sacrificed their childhoods, even their lives working in american mills, mines and factories. the us rooted out child labor practices 75 years ago. but today, us agriculture remains a stronghold for child labor. >> i know most kids come out here to help their parents out get the money to pay the bills.