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multi-million business. western education under fire in china, beijing wants to ban books that teach western values raising accusations of a doug standard many -- double standard, many chinese elite sending their kids to the u.s. to college. good evening to jam r, i'm antonio mora. -- jam rsh, i'm antonio mora. >> i'm stephanie sy. another attempt to solve the crisis in ukraine. an attempt to broker a deal. >> talks began in minsk, the capital of belarus. officials are trying to hammer out an agreement. it includes a ceasefire, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and border controls. >> and president obama called russian president vladimir putin, pressing him to cease

what he called aggressive actions in ukraine, or face steeper costs. >> developments came as pro-russian separatists carried out an attack on army held positions in eastern ukraine. >> charles stratford is on the front lines. >> destroyed ukranian tanks abandoned in the snow. this town is virtually it'sered. fighters with the self-proclaimed army of the donetsk people's republic took control from the army. tightening the noose around the strategically important town. >> translation: debaltseve is important. it's a railway junction we want to liberate it all the territory of luhansk and donetsk. people believe in us. they voted for us in a referendum. we want to bring them freedom. >> reporter: it's not known how many civilians were killed here. it's around 10km.

it was taken over by the separatists a few days ago. we are hearing a lot of outgoing shelling and increasing amount of incoming. separatists say they have debaltseve surrounded. the ukranian army denied the claim. the day before we were across the frontline and saw ukrainian tanks digging in close to the only route in and out of debaltseve. the rocket launches were driving towards the front. in the ukranian military controlled city of kramatorsk 50 kilometres away missiles reach an area a military base. >> translation: we were feeding the kids. they were sitting the a the table. the kids started screaming. the shell exploded. it was judgment day. we started to round up the

troops. it's thunder in the middle of winter. thunder is coming soon and it's thunder. >> reporter: ukranian authorities said weapons had been fired. it flew from a southern direction. the attacks are significant because kramatorsk is home to the command. separatists denied responsibility. the fighting intensified in this region in a separatist base we find this ukranian army prisoner, he covers his burnt face his tank hit in the battle. outside hang the pictures of dead separatist fighters. a father greaves for his son. >> translation: of course i'm proud. he was defending his mother land people family.

>> reporter: as another attempt at ceasefire talks is scheduled for wednesday, sons and daughters continue to be killed in the violence every day australian counterterrorism police say they thwarted an imminent i.s.i.l.-related attack announcing the arrest of two men in the sydney area the men had a machete, hunting knife, home made i.s.i.l. flag and a video of a man talking about carrying out an attack. officials say the about police do not know what they were planning to do. >> the family of an aide worker held by i.s.i.l. kaler's family confirmed she was killed. the circumstances around her desk is unclear. wheeler was captured by i.s.i.l. in 2014 that's the fourth american to be killed by the group. muller's family talked about someone they described as extraordinary. >> reporter: relatives and

friends of the 26 humanitarian aid worker struggled with the news of her death, struggling to find confirmation. >> in kayla's letter to marsha and carl she wrote... i have come to see there's got in every situation, sometimes we have to look for it. right now that's what we are all trying to do. >> reporter: the news of her death was confirmed in a private message from i.s.i.l. to her families. the white house said intelligence agencies verified her death, not the cause or the time. they challenged i.s.i.l.'s assertion that she was killed in a jordanian air strike. >> we have no evidence of civilians in the target area prior to the coalition strike taking place. that's calling into question of the claims made by i.s.i.l. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry said "i.s.i.s. and i.s.i.s. alone is the reason

kayla is gone. unlike three americans beheaded muller was never put on display, her family requested no media attention in the hopes for her released. i.s.i.l. organised for at exchange of a prisoner serving an 80 year sentence" her parents released a letter in which muller said she was not mistreated and had a lot of fight inside of her. she continued: last year a u.s. special forces mission attempted to free hostages they failed to find them at the targeted location. the white house said one other american is believed captive in syria, but not necessarily by i.s.i.l.

>> for more we are joined by jamie mcintyre from the pentagon how much do we know about the american missing in syria. >> well there's - he is a freelance journalist captured in august 2012. his family saw a video of him from back in that time where he was blindfolded. it's not at all clear that he's held by i.s.i.l. fighters. in fact they haven't had much information about him in the intervening time. the parents have been public and have been expressing concern about the gait of their son. they believe he's alive, that's the last they have seen. they were critical of the u.s. government for not having a process and a plan for safely returning u.s. hostages something that president obama pushed back on today in an interview that he gave where he said that everything - he has done everything possible to

return american hostages safely short of paying a ransom which is against u.s. policy. he acknowledged that he authorised a rescue mission in syria, aimed at not just rescuing kayla muller but other hostages, but they may have missed them by a day or two. showing this the u.s. is willing to take significant risks. >> we are walking about the president. the white house is circulating a proposal about the u.s. war powers. there's a lot of back and fourth about this. how much do we know about the proposal and early congressional reaction? >> well the president has been cutting with members of congress, the president is arguing for limits on their authority. some don't find it acceptable. the draft that people are talking about included a three

year authorisation to go after iraq and syria, including the use of special forces on the ground if necessary. but not a broader concerted combat operation. that's something that congress says is not acceptable. >> good to have you with us. >> the united arab emirates rejoined air strikes against i.s.i.l. subject. planes from the king tom attacked factories in syria, and returned to an air base in jordan. the u.a.e. stopped conducting air strikes after i.s.i.l. attracted a pilot. i.s.i.l. burnt the title to death. the u.s. planned on closing the embassy. the stay department is not confirming the closurer most were closed in november when

houthi rebels surrounded the capital. they said drones with continue. >> a vote of confidence from the greek prime minister. they made a days to renet the debt owed for the bailout, and says greece will not pay to european demands to prevent further economic melt dounls most greeks approve of the stance it may be a harder sell to the finance minister when he meets with them tomorrow. barnaby phillips travelled to athens to see what it is that resonates with greeks. >> greece's prime minister told parliament that his country and all of europe are at a turning point. there's no going back to austerity and conditions being improved on greeks from abroad. alexis tsipras assess the humanitarian crisis touched many. this family lives in gloom.

a single light connected to the neighbour's supply their's cut off when they didn't pay the bill. unemployed for five years, a businessman reduced for looking for food in the dust pans. if it wasn't for the children. he would have killed himself. this is a family that alexis tsipras said he'd help with electricity and food. they cling to his words. >> translation: i believe in him. he is young and has a future in front of him. some of it will happen yes. i believe him, whatever he can do. >> reporter: also on the prime minister's side journalists, it was closed down by the previous government it said to save money. some journalists carried on working anything and syriza said it will continue to pay them. >> we are waiting for that that

20 months and we are working for that. we are here without money. we are working in order - in order for democracy will come back to greece and us. >> who will pay for this. economists warn without help greece could run out of money. >> the government promised a lot of people. in my view i do not think that all of this cost of what the government has promised can be met with. >> reporter: the port one of the biggest in europe the previous government planned to privatize it to raise a billion euros. if the greek government stops the privatisation of the port

it's a major creditor statement of a direction in economic policy and would have repercussions. greece's relationship with europe and investors around the world. the dockers are happy. most voted for syriza which said it would protect their jobs. alexis tsipras has to balance their demands with a need to keep foreign lenders happy. popular support would not save syriza or greece. budget cuts debts, uncertainty is a way of life. a fact not lost on europeans. a political cartoon in the u.k.'s "daily telegraph" sums it up showing a greek official going out to see "50 shades of gray", as an escape from the stress of his job. >> venezuela's social government is switching to a free-market exchange system easing controls in place.

the oil rich country is a basket case struggling with the plunge in oil prices what is believed to be high inflation and food shortages caused by the limited number of dollars available for imports. we have this report on how venezuelans have trouble recovering. >> reporter: many line up hoping that grows ris like flour will become available. this 54-year-old says she has never seen things this bad before. >> translation: when i come during the week to shop she says no shopping is by i.d. card. they tell me that monday is my day. i go monday and nothing is there. how do the shop owners know that's difference the government says the shortages are caused by private businesses. it's a deliberate attempt to

undermine the authorities. >> translation: this is another phase of the war aimed at toppling the government with groups of business many creating anguish and discontent. >> reporter: in recent weeks a handful of shops were taken over by government forces, supplies were seized. a day later, there's little or nothing on the shelves. the government is not convinced the government is helping. >> translation: i want them to explain how it measures will improve anything. anything ex-propriated has been ground into the ground. >> reporter: many in the community blame shortages on shortage. there's little doubt who is to blame.

>> the fact that we have a government that attacks private property and business owners and criminalizes the productive activity is bound to cause uncertainty and undermine confidence inside and outside venezuela. >> some in the business community call for currency controls to be dropped, with cheaper goods amongst venezuela's poor. >> translation: the thing is shop owners want a full 100% profit. if the government doesn't regulate the prices some will go hungry. >> reporter: it's unclear if they'll crack down on measures or if it will get food on the shelves among the its vanishing from pharmacy shelves is contraceptives. the prop started in december when the government d tightened

the dispersement of dollars. they were so scarce the price went up to $755 for the cost of condoms. on the black market they sell for $25. >> that is something a lot of folks would consider a basic necessity all right, israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu moves ahead with plans to address congress. >> how he is trying to keep the focus on iran rather than the controversial speech before the election. >> china attacks economic freedom by banning books. even as chinese students look to american education.

in our context segment president obama and prime minister binyamin netanyahu, in three weeks the prime minister to make a trip to u.s. to

address congress. >> the president is not going to meet him. and senior members will not be there. mike viqueira joins us from the white house. is this the latest incident in a complicated relationship? >> good evening, president obama and israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu have had a famously frosty relationship. the latest clash burst into public view at a time of incredibly delicate international diplomacy. >> there were reports he was having second thoughts. instead israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu is doubling down. >> i'm going to the united states not because i seek a confrontation with the president, but because i must fulfil my obligation to speak up on a matter that affects the very survival of my country. >> binyamin netanyahu backed it up with a storm of tweets one reading "i intend to speak in the u.s. congress because congress night have an important

role in the deal with iran. binyamin netanyahu's peach to congress is set for march 3rd, three weeks before the deadline for agreement. that is as president obama stood alongside angela merkel on monday is why binyamin netanyahu will not come to the white house while he's in washington. >> as much as i love angela if she was two weeks from an election she probably would not have received an invitation to the white house, i suspect she couldn't have asked for one. >> president obama avoids interfering in israeli politics. cutting this campaign ad and inching ahead in pre-election polls. it was a republican. house speaker john boehner invited binyamin netanyahu to

address congress. he didn't ask the white house house, there's a backlash. snub for a spud. vice president who will attend. his office says they'll travel abroad. in a statement. he wrote. they have orchestrated a taudry and high-handed stunt embarrassing israel and congress. >> thus far 17 members of congress liberal democrats said they will not attend the speech. >> are you thinking of not going. >> i'm not thinking of not going, i'm not going. i may watch on tv but i'm not going. >> and stephanie, the crucial israeli elections come two weeks after the march 3rd speech that binyamin netanyahu is scheduled to give in congress. united states is giving too much away in its nuclear talks. it's not divulging details, neither is the white house.

president obama came out with a forceful statement. as we reported yesterday, saying that this is the last deadline they will not extend the dead line. >> mike viqueira at the white house. thank you. >> joining us now is the u.s. editor and correspondent for the herets newspaper. good to have you with us. >> hi. >> you wrote the consequences of binyamin netanyahu coming to speak before congress is leading to scorched earth spreading to the infrastructure of u.s.-israeli relations. do you think it's causing damage? >> i think it's causing a lot of damage what we used to think of a bad personal relation between president obama and binyamin netanyahu, it's trickling to areas, the bipartisan support in congress - not the bed rock security and so on. there's a chill on relations

that we have they are seen before. >> as you know the relationship between president obama and alex nedeljkovic has not been good. the president came into office saying things that were not all that popular. you walked about arrogance and him alienating the president. does the president have responsibility for alienating conservative israelis. >> there's no doubt president obama head a series of bad moves and things considered to be insensitive, and the policies not seen as being agreeable to israel. he has not exhibit ed the warmth that israelis have gotten used to. with clinton, president regan, he's more aloof and less emotionally involved. so israelis are not fond of him. therefore, when prime minister

binyamin netanyahu fights with obama, it's not working in his favour. you mentioned the split in washington. republicans have long wanted to separate. americans used the democrats, are the democrats walking into a trap by having the president not meeting and some democrats not attending the speech. there are some americans growing more distant from israel. that's true. of the jewish community and the general community. what we are seeing now, i think, is there has been a threshold that has been crossed. and liberal members that are supportive are now distancing themselves and i'm not sure that they'll be able to walk all the way back. i think we'll see changes here.

i don't think there'll be dramatic changes, not all members of congress feel the need. >> the big issue is it that could hurt relations in the long run with binyamin netanyahu inserting themselves. let's talk politics about israel. your paper has a poll of polls. in that summary, binyamin netanyahu is ahead. recent polls show that he's behind, and there's a poll from the army radio that shows that most israelies a relative do not want binyamin netanyahu to speak before congress. is this hurting them at all before israel. >> the jury is out. it helped them in the beginning. when israelis realised how much this is an issue in america. i think it's beginning to hurt him. a lot depends what will happen with the speech will it be

favourably. if it continues to be held under the crowd of the controversy, it could hurt him. even though israelis don't like obama, i don't think they are ready tore looking forward to a rupture of relations with the united states. it's a gamble from his point of view. >> thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you allegations of human rights abuses on an island paradise in the persian gulf - next why a new report on migrant workers in the middle east is raising concerns about fear and intimidation. and we look at the multi million industry in efforts to bring it to an end. end.

ises welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm antonio mora.

>> and i'm stephanie sy. coming up, the big invest. china is making in developing ethiopia and the yukon arctic ultra - serious problems competitors are facing. >> human rights groups are criticizing the united arab emirates, saying arab workers are being abused in abu dhabi and are calling out the american institutions. as paul beban tells us they are putting pressure on the u.a.e. to fix the problem. >> reporter: it's sold as a modern island paradise in the middle of the middle east. it's betting that museums, and luxurious lifestyle will make it a global destination. researcher says that there's another side to it. >> the reality, as with a lot of things, when you scratch that

surface, there's something deeper darker more sinister underneath it. >> he says he and other human rights watch researchers found it an atrocious track worker on the migrant workers, coming from poor countries, to build the area. confiscated passports, stlp wages, all issues that more than 100 workers reported to human rights watch between 2013 and 2014. when some went on strike to protest how they were treated. they say they were arrested thrown in gaol and deported without due process. >> i went with the hope of providing my daughter with an education. to get my daughter married. build a house. they are the dreams of the future. i'm unable to afford the education and living cost and lost hope. >> the project ipp clouds branchs of institutions and a new campus of new york

university, that is why they are calling on the organizations to demand better working conditions. so far the recommendations resulted in some government reforms, but human rights watch says they don't go far enough. the investment company disagrees saying tdi c rejects the reports unfounded conclusions, which are outdated and based on unknown methodologies, and: lion palestine in a statement on tuesday -- in a statement on tuesday they said that workers have access to health and passports. it added: cl construction in abu dhabi is not under way but:.

>> verifying how contractors street workers is the least these big name institutions can do. >> they need to recognise the power and leverage that they have and push for better enforcement. >> reporter: enforcement is what human rights watch says is critical if they live up to how it's marketed at a model city in the new middle east and mc-giaan says he and other had human rights watch researchers have been blacklisted for their work on migrants rights and freedom of expression with the ebola crisis slowing in west africa nearly all the u.s. personnel deployed will return home by the end of april. 2800 troops were sent to support health workers in liberia, sierra leone and guinea. 100 troops will stay to run the ebola center set up by the u.s.

in case of future outbreaks. >> the obama administration is condemning a move to gaol the main opposition leader. a malaysian court sentenced anwar ibrahim to five years imprisonment. hundreds demonstrated outside the courthouse and they say it's politically motivated. they added support to the argument calling the move disappointing. the united states followed the trail of the opposition leader. the decision to prosecute him and his trial raised concerns regarding the rule of law and independence of the courts. >> anwar was convicted in 2012. this case was launched by a provide individual not the administration, and today's conviction was a matter of due process. the main opposition party is looking for new leadership. >> now for a story off the

radar, an usual u that is not getting a lot of media attention. it takes us to nepal. >> they knock them out, steal their organs and steal them on the black market. >> reporter: people here in this village in central nepal say that this man does not have much longer to live. one kidney nailed and the other stolen from him a decade ago. >> translation: my friend asked me to go to india with him. he said i would be fine. i went with him. i found out 24 hours later that my heart burns. i have no appetite. my body is is stolen. >> reporter: he was asked to donate blood, but the traffickers took his kidney. he took $800 and was send home. many have been tricked. only three criminal cases have been registered so far.

>> translation: even the registered cases came after organs were trafficked. we can only crack the middle level. people say some who sell their kidneys get plastic surgery to cover the scars. i asked many how many had been victims of kidney trafficking. and many are wary of outsiders. >> some hope the residents say media attention brought embarrassment to the village, others say it made it difficult for traffickers to operate, and they have moved to other

districts and women are the new targets. the organ transplant allowed close relatives to donate kidneys. >> translation: traffickers used fake documents to make victims look like family members. it's easy to get fake documents to make it look like a woman is donating for the husband. the demand for kidneys is high. as long as there is money to be made traffickers are never far away. a lot of money changes hands on the black market. it was estimated that some $75 million was generated each year in the kidney trade. people making money off it includes sellers wh brokers. sellers make $5,000 while the mark-up for the broker rapings from 100 to 200,000. buyers spend a lot of cash.

places that see the highest i am not spent and the united states. it's not just orgaps a dead body can sell for $200,000. they are used to hear about vest organs bone and tissue. joining us now is nancy sheppard hughes. she is cofounder and director of human rights watch, and advisor to the world health organisation. good evening thank you for your time. i have so many questions here. let's start with the international network that a reporter talked about in the piece. what is being done to tackle this international network. >> well there has been a lot of activity since 2008 with the international meeting of transport coordinators in istanbul. since that time there has been acknowledgment that this is a real problem, it's not a myth

it's not a rumour it's widespread, and they don't like it. transport surgeons - whether they are in a country like nepal, pakistan or bangladesh or south africa or the united states or england, or maldova do not like it. they think it's not why they became transplant surgeons. there has been several prosecutions. they tend to go after the brokers, the middlemen, and don't go after the hospitals, they don't go after the surgeons that make a bit of money on this. they don't question the transplant tourists that come from the first world and go to the third. they show a lot of pictures of people that have been sick sims. i want to see the faces of the surgeons the hospital administers. let's unpack some of what you said. you say these organs, that were harvested in this village are

then going to other countries, to where people from the first world go and get transplants. >> you have to travel. it's not the kidney that shipped, it's the person that kills the kidney who either go from a rural village to a hospital. there's is lot of people from eastern europe central asia the former soviet states. they've been hard hit. they are trafficked to go to turkey, the united states and egypt. to go wherever russia and the transplant tourists travel to the sites. the broker sets it up. he gets to infiltrate the hospital. >> why is it hard to identify which hospitals are receiving the illegally harvested organs?

>> they don't report it. it's off the record. basically, as in the case of many american hospitals, the israeli broker from brooklyn was seen as an international medical tour u. they didn't ask questions about who the donors would come and be presented as relatives of some foreigners from israel europe and within the united states. who would say this is my cousin. they couldn't speak the same language it didn't matter to the transport center. it was against the laws. in effect we did have a prosecution. my question was where is everybody else that was part of the scheme that was making money on it. it wasn't just mr rosenbaum.

trafficking was not mentioned, and yet it was all trafficked in. >> a disturbing story. thank you for your insights on it. >> it really is disturbing. >> taking a ride towards the future in ethiopia. >> as some celebrate, the first light rail in this part of africa others raise concerns. why they worry about the country in debt to china. >> a move to ban books that teach western values even though many kids of the elite come to the west for college.

the white house called for greater investment on the african continent. an example is youth, where they'll launch a light rail system, thanks to china. not everyone is celebrating where the money is coming from. >> this is a new public

transport. the government has just completed the light rail connecting ethiopia's fast-expanding capital. >> for many the transported system is a marvel. they'll be ready to carry passengers. >> this man will not miss the fast trip. >> translation: i'm old and only use the train for a few years. i'm glad my children and grandchildren will benefit. >> the 41 trains will have a capacity to car i up to 60,000 pem, reducing overcrowded and overburdened road transport system. >> this is central africa the first chinese built model in africa definitely progress from a country shedding animage of

death since the famine two decades ago. >> it's not just the railway, there's construction everywhere. most of it is it backed by chinese investment. the government is building highways connecting the country to its neighbours megadams and housing states. they want to develop like south korea, taiwan and china. >> some worry the country is relying too much on china. >> making yourself dependent on one country is not staebable. -- sustainable. you have to be careful. what matters is not the loan but your own domestic capacity to generate savings. >> government officials insist that the country's well within its means, and has been taking manageable low interest long-term loans. >> we are not only taking the loan. we are taking the technology

also. our people our contractors are working with chinese, so after a short time we are going to construct by our own solves. >> many ethiopia are proud of their country's achievements buts hope that the benefits of this group will trickle down to them well while china looks to the west to invest the country is turning its back on western values. late last month the chinese education minister announced a ban an te. books that teaches values. critics say it's an attack on academic freedom. let's bring in a harvard professor, and an author. professor, thank you for your time. here is what the education miles per hour wrote - young teachers

and students are targets of infiltration by enemy forces. why do we see this rhetoric and policy now. >> this textbook campaign is a package of what is going on in china. on the crackdown of vitics. -- critics, if you look at what is going on the arrest and detention of human right lawyers and foreign supporters they have been denied a visa to stay in china. i am sure you are aware of melissa chan where she was denied a visa and you had to close the beijing office. >> yes, buts she's a foreign journalist. these controls on chinese citizens seem to create a bit of dissent. even within china. you are port of the general ace. dissent starts on university campuses, not just in china, but

this country as well. it was where the tina men square democracy started -- tina men square started. is the country feeing under threat, is that where we see the ban. >> the legitimate concern, this is not just starting right now. it started back to 1989 immediately after the crackdown. at the moment you order your army to fire on your own people you lost your legitimacy it's as such as that. >> how do you establish legitimacy. you have to justify what you did, and find an outside enemy. that is why blaming what they call anti-china for enforcers. and even before 1989, during the time in the early '80s when china was ducking the open and reform policy they launch anti-spiritual campaign which

is similar, equivalent. >> pardon me for interrupting. i think that was an expectation with china's openness economically to the world. we had a peace about investments in africa that there would be more reform and openness. is china going backward when it comes to a lot of these issues? you can see that china is economically developed. they never have intentions for political reform. that's why people were surprised in 1989, and afterwards the government adopted the policy. you want to make money whatever way you want. they have been - they have been adopting the policy in the post tiananmen period. it is true that the leadership under the new president - he i think, for two reasons, number

one, he crew up during the cultural revolution. he had been influenced and that's what they tend to believe, the background and the upbringing how it affected. and instead of trying to open it as you mentioned earlier, to open up to have the freedom to develop a civil society, he thinks they'll have more control. that's the way to secure the regime. i think this is practical. i don't think it's sustainable. as you mentioned, look at the development. you need free market. you need rule of law. he launched an aind corruption campaign. >> yes. >> there's no way to rule out an anticorruption campaign if you don't have rule of law. >> i asfol guise, we'll -- apologise, we'll have to cut you off. we had problems with the microphone, but i heard

everything you said and appreciate your time and ineights a record number of people reflounsed u.s. -- renounced u.s. citizenship. more than 3400 cut their ties to the u.s. some by getting rid of citizenship, others by relying wishing long-term residents status. few than 3,000 cut their ties in 2013 that was a record. it happened mostly because of laws enacted to force transparency. as of last july foreign banks are required to report the income of the i.r.s. 140,000 banks agreed to reply. >> tina turner is one of those people. >> yes, one of the most prominent of them all. >> a review of wall street. >> and apple's success. >> and a look at athletes competing in a tough race in the world. some find it a little too tough.

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now to our global view stories making news around the world. tomorrow jordan "times", officials are avoiding citizens to avoid overstocking bread and food. strong winds, snow and rain are expected to hit the kingdom. they do not get that weather often. >> bakeries are baking bread but not enough. >> it is enough. the government is saying it is enough. >> don't buy too much. >> an australian newspaper carries a head line about apple, because they have had a record day an wall street. the company became the first to reach a market value of $700 billion. shares closing around $122 putting the value at 710 billion. a lot is due to the fact that they are selling more expensive

iphones. >> now to the u.k. and the guardian. a prototype driverless cars will be tested in four cities. britain is on the cutting edge of automotive technology. >> joggers wonder if it's a good idea. >> i can't wait. >> a lot of questions. >> competitors in the yukon arctic - we talking about it. the yukon arctic ultra wrapped up one of the most gruelling places in the world. >> it's gruelling because of the temperatures causing problems for some. most completed the first leg of the race. some dropped out. the second leg will have many setting off $200 miles. daniel lack explained how the weather was affecting the competition. >> it's been n extreme event.

a number of competitors. 11 or more had to pull out. one of them a man that had to leave the field. a man from poland. he was taken to hospital a first for this race. to get an idea of what this cold and environment can do to the human body we talked to a scientist and doctor. a man that specialises these are the first signs, so to speak. you lose your dexterity in your hands, nose here hands, fingers, you lose de. territory, and everything is becoming more difficult. you probably are no longer able to get yourself out of the situation, whereby the problems become worse. the cold weather is causing more problems. equipment is malfunctioning in the fridge itted weather, a

mountain biker told us he pushed his fat-tired mountain bike 65km to reach a checkpoint to go in and get warm and fix it. >> if there are going to be problems it's normally early on in the race. the big challenges of terrain, cold weather as you get into the high country, it's better to be acclimatized for that. the race that goes 100 miles goes down the trail in front of us. that's the 160km race, a 3 mill - they'll kep going, after the end of 10 or 12 days, the 690 race is the event they call the longest, toughest and coldest event in the world. >> thank you to daniel lack for braving the conditions. unlike our reporter competitor is not allowed. >> the prize, bragging rights.

there's nothing else athletes had to pay $1500. >> not even a hot chocolate? >> nothing. >> that's it for this edition of al jazeera america's international hour. >> thanks for watching. "america tonight" is next. have a great evening. on "america tonight.".. >> the only real successful way to control - when you have a predity wolf is to remove the wolf. >> the process is controversial. animals are trapped in snares. animal rights activists call it cruel. >> because you see a wolf doesn't mean you have to kill