>> coming up, the investigation into argentina's president over the alleged cover up of iran's bombing of a jewish center. suicide-bombers storm a mosque killing 20 people. groups fight boko haram inside chad. stepping up fights of a

crucial railway town. plus. >> mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed are freed on bail. >> art's president cristina kirchner is being investigated of a cover updating back 20 years. president kirchner had been accused of covering up the bombing in exchange for oil. this man decide mysterious last month on the eve of the hearing of the case.

they have accused church nery and her foreign minister. let's get more from buenos aires. have they advanced investigation into the bombing? >> so many cases in argentina politics decides on which side of the political fence you're on. they certainly believe they have advanced the case substantially. that they can now be formerly investigated in those accusations being made against them. the government are saying this amounts to very little. that it's a politically motivated case. there are elections later this year in october of argentina. they're saying very much it's a political case. all of this will come to an ahead next wednesday exactly a month after the prosecutor died when a march is being planned by some of his former colleagues, and people are either joining that march or very much against it.

they're very much a polarized society. but this is certainly had some impact on this investigation. >> and are we any closer to knowing how he died? >> no, none whatsoever. there is a separate investigation going on in in buenos aires whether he committed suicide as some believe, or if he was murdered, and if he was murdered, then who murdered him. those are going on with the allegations of a cover up in the 1990 bombing. there are a lot of questions out there waiting to be answered and we're not getting closer at all. >> do you they believe they will get those answers? >> one of the things that this case has done is put the focus and spotlight on argentine institutions. they have not come out very well

on this, that much has to be said. the intelligence agency that was involved in the investigation of that 1990 bombing was disbanded in december of last year, than is a debate of how it should be reformed. the judiciary has come under strong criticism saying it is far too weak and decisive and segmented. there will be further questions about the intelligence agency. >> thank you very much for that live update there. now, for the second time in two weeks the taliban has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on a shia mosque. 20 people were killed when suicide-bombers struck the city. >> reporter: the attackers chose the most sacred time of the week. friday prayers. and what should have been a day of rest ended up like this. according to the people in the

building at the time, all men wore suicide vests and brought in grenades. >> three terrorists entered the mosque. two of them exploded themselves, and a third one was killed due to police fire. >> reporter: the people of peshawar have been the center of a long-running campaign on the a group that wants a strict attack and wants control. it attacked shia muslims, a minority community. >> during the prayer there were two explosions. one after the other. and armed men came in. and later he blew himself up. >> back in september the attack in the same city shocked many people both in pakistan and

abroad. 150 people mostly children were killed in school. since then the government has set up a special combat team to make the area safer. but schools and mosques are soft targets, keeping them completely secure is never easy. al jazeera. >> we have more. >> reporter: this particular mosque belonged to the shia community. more details have emerged from the police saying that the three attackers used an adjacent building under construction to get into the premises. but before doing that they would make sure that no one was able to find out clues from where they came from. they were discovered, and there were earlier reports that they had come through the front gate, but the investigator of the province said that these people were wearing black clothes two

suicide-bombers having jackets packed with explosives and they were able to get into the mosque. there was considerable resistence inside the mosque, which prevented one of the attackers, who were short from detonating, the second attacker then detonated the device killing the third attacker as well. there would have been heavier casualties today had it not been some vigilanty action of the warship that was inside. however, the death toll was quite high and over 60 wounded. >> boko haram fighters from nigeria have attacked a village inside neighboring chatted. it's the first such assault on chadian soil. ten were killed before they were pushed back by the army. they crossed lake chad in canoes and get fire to houses in gambura. the group has already attacked towns and villages in cameroon

and niger in recent weeks. that prompted chad. nigerian cameroon to send troops into nigeria to fight boko haram with chad providing the most military fight. we have more in the nigerian capitol about the attack. >> reporter: the details come from an unnamed security official. what we know is that boko haram suspected members of the group stormed the village in the early hours of friday morning. now according to security officials there were 30 suspected boko haram fighters. however, there is some discrepancy about how many people may have been killed. what does this mean by the broader fight against barack obama? when you talk to those who are supporting the military offensive, the various military offensive going on against the group by countries like chad and

cam room, they say this is an i don't know goingon going battle. no one has said it would not be difficult to defeat boko haram. no one knows where they plan their attacks. but when you talk to authorities, they say this news of the latest attack shows the ineffectiveness of the armed force who is are battling the group. billions of dollars are being spent fighting them, thousands of soldiers have been deployed to the region. but still they're failing to protect lives and property is. >> let's talk more about this with celeste who reported extensively on the region. it's the first time that boko haram struck within chad, but chad has been involved in the fight against boko haram. what do you think the impact of this will be from this? >> i think chad will have to think quite seriously how far. bushes boko haram and its attempts to pacify nigeria.

i think there is a high stakes gamble that boko haram would follow through on attacks against chad, now they've done that chad needs to reassess if they'll keep fighting and how far they will go. there is going to be an impact in chad. it will scare people within chad and boko haram is capable of striking within chad. >> how much support was there for chad to take action against boko haram in nigeria in the first place. will that bring a change in the level of support? >> i think it's been a popular deployment. people have been quite worried about boko haram move out from northeastern nigeria. people in chad have worried the border around lake chad are quite porous and they have the capability to strike. up until now there has been a degree of public support. if they continue to strike within chad and the chadian army except for heavy losses it's possible that the public opinion my turn against deployed

deployed. >> how big is the chatten component? >> what will eventually be 7,500 strong force that was proposed by the a.u. earlier on this week. whether or not the other countries will be able to contribute what they said they would be able to contribute. chad has shown that it's willing to do that. there is some suggestion that chad might have to foot more soldiers if more countries are unable to do that. >> have they had success at all in the fight against boko haram? >> up until now there has been a reasonable degree of success. there has been a lot of battles with boko haram, and in nigeria and in cameroon and now chad and niger. this has all happened in the last week. each time this has happened, although difficult to verify there have been no independent confirmation on the front line with the chadian troops, everyone is saying that they're

doing quite well. at the moment the chadian army is quite strong, and well capable of taking on roadside boko haram. >> thank you. now sierra leanio answer government said it has locked down a neighborhood from the capitol after a death from ebola. on the edge of free town, the death is a blow to the country. the president had been hopeful that the worse was over, highlighting a steady downward trend in new cases. now the "world health organization" has reported a number of new incidents rising for the second week raining. coming up this news hour. iraqi forces repeal an isil attack on an air base, the group has taken control of a nearby town. u.s. police under scrutiny again after an indian man is thrown to the ground, leaving him partially paralyzed. >> i'm reporting from

christchurch new zealand, which is preparing to host a sporting event less than four years after the city was struck by a major earthquake. >> leaders from the g 7 group of nations just over 24 hours to go there has been a surge in fighting in eastern ukraine. pro-russian separatests mounted a last minute offensive. 25 people have been killed across the region. ukraine's military said 11 of its soldiers were killed in 24 hours. ambassador to the u.n. has condemned the up turn in violence. >> for us it was an and is an unacceptable that during the meeting in minsk new 50 tanks 40 artillery systems and 40 armor vehicles arrived from russia to separatists.

it is brutal, how separatists are preparing themselves to cease-fire on sunday. at this very moment they are conducting a meeting, 48 villages and towns are under heavy shelling. >> rebels are particularly focused on grabbing more strategically important territory from ukraine on saturday. they already control donetsk airport. and now they're pushing for the real way hub that is vital to the coal industry. capturing would further damage ukraine's energy sector. we have charles stratford's report. >> what is believed to be 8,000 ukrainian soldiers. now the separatists say they have surrounded the town and it

has become a major flash point. if the separatists take control of the area, it would give them a direct route via real way to russia. >> there was very little on the road. ukrainian artillery was firing close. you can't get to the town. there are dead bodies on the road. >> we pushed up further towards the city. we're here at the ukrainian army checkpoint. there is a lot of heavy weaponry going towards the front. we're hearing a lot of heavy shelling. these soldiers here are very nervous about this being here. they say they don't like to be filmed because they consider it to be bad luck before they go into battle. but some soldiers were returning, and one agreed to speak to us. >> we were in a village close

by he said. we were sheffield united with mortars and ground rockets. we want peace and we're happy about the coming cease-fire, but we don't trust president putin. >> reporter: behind me is the last bridge before the town, the military said it is too dangerous to go any further. there are fears that the separatists could hit this bridge at any time. and as you can see there is a lot of heavy military equipment going into that direction. the cease-fire is support to start at 0000 hours local time on february 15th. a withdraw of heavy weapons on both sides is supposed to begin soon after. for now though, the guns and rockets remain. behind me in the field the ukrainian military has set up tank batteries and rocket positions. you probably see them in the distance. there are grads to my left. now bear in mind we were here a few days ago and these soldiers were not here. there is a big fear that the separatists will try and take

full control in this interim period between the truce being signed and it being implemented on the 15th. >> charles stratford al jazeera eastern ukraine. >> the u.s. military said fighters from the islamic state in iraq and the levant are now in control of the western iraqi town. it follows a lengthy battle with iraqi forces. that means the group now holds territory close to the air base where u.s. troops are being training iraqi drops. the base itself came under attack from isil fighters on friday. the pentagon said that eight fighters were killed by iraqi troops in the attack. the base is home to 300 u.s. troops. but military command in iraq said that none of them were involved in the fighting. >> the former assistant tech of defense ander he joins us now

from washington, d.c. thank you for being with us. how do you get on this particular track on base and the fact that they've captured the area. >> well, it would be significant back here in the united states if a large number of americans were killed, but the isis has been attacking this base. they started back shelling back in january. and without much affect. but it obviously is important given president obama setting the war powers resolution to congress and saying american grouped troops would not be involved in battle, but obviously they would have to defend themselves if they were to come onto the base. >> and he also talked about that leaving there the room for maneuver. is this the kind of situation where that could happen? where they want someone to decide that air base is too vulnerable. they might need to take some people in?

>> well, there is no doubt about the fact that when you're there in a car zone even if you just training the iraqi forces, obviously you could come under fire. the real question is, will they be able to stop them? they have even though they've advanced on it, they've been able to stop them from getting close to the base. if the iraqi forces were not able to do that, then you could have americans involved in a battle. >> is the worry that so far there seems to have been some progress on the syrian front with isil with the fall of kobane. is the concern that there has not been much progress or at least as much progress in iraq? >> that's the whole question about how far this the united states goes in this battle. what do we do if americans come under fire. we have a terrible analogy where troops were there in a

peacekeeping mode, and somebody blue up their barracks, if you were to have someone get into the base and do something like that. that could create quite a firestorm back here in the united states. >> given the history with iraq and the u.s. involvement there what kind of level of public support is there for helping iraqis in the fight against isil. if americans start to die? >> well, it's not a great deal of public support in the united states. for getting american ground troops in battle or suffering casualties. there is no concern since we've been bombing back since last august and thousands of airstrikes and literally no americans have been killed. so the public will tolerate it. but if you had casualties like we had in iraq and 2004-5-6-7, people would say when does this end? why are we doing this?

and what is the whole purpose of it? >> thank you very much, indeed, for talking to us. >> thank you for having me. >> syrian activists say a car bomb in the damascus countryside has killed ten people including three people. it said to happen in a mosque. it happened as the worshipers were leaving the mosque. dozens of others are injured. the negotiations have broken down between the regime and the opposition fighters in homs. they refuse to accept the government demand to lay down their arms in exchange for the guarantee of civilian safety. >> this has been the scene never heard in homs. constant bombardment by regime forces is a clear sign of negotiations of where the rebels stand. the government has asked fight tours give up their arms in the northern parts of the city.

but they are not leaving. >> we're here to fight. we'll stay and defend our people. >> an earlier dealer of fighters allow police and institution government and institution to get back to work. >> why isn't anyone caring for us. we suffer in silence while the whole world watches. >> for the people of homs, the end of that suffering is a long way off. al jazeera. >> al jazeera journalist mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed are now home with their families after 411 days in detention. their trial of colluding with the muslim brotherhood is expected to start in ten days. >> after 411 days, after too much time in prison, it's like a

dream come true. >> al jazeera producer baher mohammed enjoy the first moments of his new found freedom. a day to celebrate with his wife and three children. >> i'm very proud of every similar moment i spent in prison for the sake of freedom of expression. if time goes back, i would choose the same experience. i know the case is still there. i'll continue to fight for the freedom of expression, and i will not back off. >> baher and his colleague mohammed fahmy were granted bail. it comes at a huge relief. they've been in prison since december 2013. as part of the bail,fahmy was asked to pay a security bond of $33,000. >> it was a lot. ail abide by everything in the egyptian law. i'm sure he'll be vindicated by this and continue to be

vindicated later on in this case. >> but the judicial fight will continue until the charges are dropped. baher was additionally sentenced to ten years and fahmy to seven years in prison. that was recently overturned. egypt's highest court of appeals has challenged the evidence saying that proceedings were flawed and has ordered a retrial. earlier this month another al jazeera journalist, peter greste was deported to australia, up to 400 days in detention. fahmy, an egyptian-canadian was told by the authorities was his only way to freedom was to renounce his egyptian citizenship, which he has done. the three al jazeera journalists, had been sentenced.

others were sentenced in abstentia for ten years in prison. they have called on all journalists exonerated. richard martin, al jazeera. >> there have been anti-government protests across egypt. security forces used tear gas to disperse some demonstrators in giza and media says that a bomb blast in cairo has killed a police officer. >> reporter: this is where a bomb exploded, killing a police officer and injuring nine other people. it happened in a neighborhood in cairo. it's the latest in a string of recent attacks targeting security forces in egypt where there has been violence since july 2013. where the army toppled president mohamed morsi. every friday anti-coup

protesters take to the streets to denounce the military and show support for morsi who is in jail. in the city of alexandria, protesters raise banners that read el-sisi is stealing money from the gulf countries. they're referring to the recent recenter requests of el-sisi demanding money from region alabama lies. protests take a violent turn. security forces fire tear gas to disperse the crowd. the government accuse the muslim brotherhood of staging attacks on the police and the army. the outlawed group continues to demand for its leaders to be released and for mohamed morsi to be reinstated. al jazeera. >> relatives of 21 egyptian

coptic christians kidnapped by isil in libya are demanding that the government do more to secure their release. theit comes a day after isil released images of some of the captives. they were kidnapped in january. in the deaths of 19 football fans in a match last sunday, the police fired tear gas then forced their ways into the venues sparking a stampede. games will be held indoors for the time being. within this hour, the u.s. president calls on private companies to do more to fight hackers. how people in brazil's biggest city are taking drastic measures to combat a major drought. and a trail running that is

growing in popularity. we look at the racer in nepal who is dominating the race to become a champion.

>> argentina's president christina kirchner will be investigated into a bombing of a jewish center. 85 people were killed in the attack in buenos aires in 1994. for the first time in two weeks, the taliban has claims responsibility of a deadly attack. and troops battle boko haram in nigeria the group has launched it's first attack on chadian soil. up to ten people were killed in the attack. italian coast guard and two commercial ships have rescued 700 migrants from over crowded boats. the command center mobilized earlier on friday after

receiving a distress call. it comes days after more than 300 people died trying to cross the mediterranean to europe. saudi arabia is the first arab state to close its embassy in yemen. germany and italy similar action on friday. it's because of the deteriorate deteriorating security situation and ongoing political crisis. shia houthi rebels officially took control of the government in a coup last week. we have more in southern yemen. >> they have closed the embassy pointing out the security situation in sanaa making them unable to secure the safety of their staff. this is proceeded by the u.s. u.k. france and italy to close their diplomatic missions in the capitol as well. but they're saying it's not only because of the security situation, which is deteriorating very fast, but

because the saudis are trying to play on the pressure of the outy who are the de facto government of the country. there have been strong stances against the houthi, calling for the reinstatement of the former government and calling on the houthies to withdraw fighters from the capitol and return the government buildings and institutions to what they say are the legitimate rulers for the governments here. there are three different military bases that have been taken over by tribal fighters. this is after another military base by fighters officially, and then handed over to those tribesmen there. so a lot of different developments on different fronts

across yemen show how long unstable the situation is. >> in myanmar 47 government forces have been killed near the chinese border. it happened earlier in the week. it con sided with the learn of a leader who had been in exile in china for five years and there is concern for refugee who is have been driven to cross into china. >> china provided them with the next assistance out of humanitarian consideration. we hope that all side of myanmar can work hard with china to calm the situation and return the border as soon as possible to peace and tranquility. so these border residents can go home. >> u.s. president barack obama signed a new executive order designed to encourage tech if firms to join more information with the government about cyber threats. putting pen to paper at stanford

university in california, cyber security summit hosted by the white house. they're calling for private enterprise to cooperate with the government to combat the threat of international hackers. >> so much of our infrastructure are in the private sector, which means government cannot do this alone. the fact is that the private sector can't do it alone either. because it's government that often has the latest information on new threats. there's only one way to depend america from these cyber threats. through government and industry, working together, sharing appropriate information as true partners. >> we're joined by paul marks worse correspondent at the cyber

forum. >> they've tried this before. the inventions, trade secrets are plundered by hackers. citizens are using a lot in data breaches, and i think this time they're serious. >> how far will the companies try to resist this? do you think they're on board because of the way things have been over the year or so, high profile embarrassing incidents? >> i think they need incentivizing in a big way and they need to realize how important it is that they need to spend some cash on defending their systems against some of the hack attacks out there it may mean sharing information. they may not like to do that because it might involve revealing parts of the way they do business with computers to rifles rivals. but the threat is so severe, they may need to. >> we go to stanford. rob, is there much push back

against this initiative from the president? >> you know, there has already been push back. from the perspective of the business the industries, the companies involved in this, they need to have their customers whether those are other big companies or individuals feel they can trust their information is secure. so when it came out that the government had actually penetrated millions of accounts and had gathered up information from these online companies they were quite taken aback and outraged by it. so there is a breach now between those companies many of them, like yahoo google, facebook, which--whose ceos did not even bother to come to this meeting billed as a cyber summit. they still remain to be convinced that the government can coexist with them and can

help with vital national security interests that the government say are under cyber threats, cyber warfare, and on the other hand, keeping the information of clients and individuals secret, and the president himself obama said in his speech, that's not easy. >> okay, rob, thank you very much indeed. we want to bring you back in. rob talked about what you alluded to, the gap between the companies, but what about the agencies that are supposed to run this. >> yes. >> historically there is a turf war that goes on between the agencies. explain how that is going to work. >> the nsa is part of the pentagon. it's part of the intelligence services but this new initiative is run by the department of homeland security, there will be on the one hand, the nsa want people's data, looking for terrorists and, etc. where on the other hand the department of homeland security will want to defend how much of

that can be gotten, so that data breaches don't occur. there is probably going to be tension. >> indeed, and the other asset is the fact that it seems to be taken as somewhat in isolation. this is a global problem. >> absolutely. >> that is a problem. >> dealing with this on an american level is not going to work. you're a micro second away from europe where other hackers might be. it needs more of a global effort. >> how likely is it that others other companies globally or security agencies will want to do more sharing in light of what is happening in the last year or so. >> we have bodies of the engineering task force, which is global which is already looking at security. i think initiatives like what obama is kicking off need to work with global bodies everywhere. the internet invented by the

u.s. department of defense is actually global. >> thank you very much. now president obama has also condemned the murders of three young muslims on tuesday. in a statement he said the shootings in the state of north carolina were brutal and outrageous. he also confirmed that the fbi is starting a federal investigation. the three were shot dead in what was initially described as a dispute over a parking space outs of a house. their neighbor is facing first-degree murder. search wanders show that he had 12 guns and a large cache of ammunition in his possession. the families of the victim are insisting that it was a hate crime. in the united states another case of police violence against ethnic minority. a police officer in alabama has been arrested and will lose his job after a 57-year-old indian

man was left partially paralyzed. >> about to meet two officers from the alabama police department. a dashboard camera in one of the officers cars record the conversation. and what follows. 57-year-old patel is tackled to the ground. police say they received a call about a suspicious person. patel's son said his father had gone for a walk. >> the police told him to stop. he stopped. he was telling them no english indian. he was telling them in english house number and pointing towards the house. >> patel had arrived in madison two weeks ago to help his son's family care for a new child.

when the police try lifting patel, they find he can't stand up. his lawyers say he was severely injured and required surgery to relief pressure on his spinal cord. madison police officers have apologized and arrested an officer on an assault charge. >> i found in officer parker's actions did not meet the high standards and expectations of the madison city police department. for that reason i sincerely apologize to mr. patel. >> the indian government has contacted the u.s. state department to express its concern. >> our understanding of the situation is that while there has been some progress in his medical situation it's still is a matter of concern. >> the u.s. state department has sent its condolences to patel's wife in india and the rest of

his family. he's suing the city of madison and the two officers. al jazeera. >> southeastern brazil is suffering a major drought and it looks to be getting worse. where the reservoirs are reaching critical levels. forecasters are only predicting more dry weather. we're in brazil's biggest city where they are resort to go any method they can to condition serve water. in this middle class area, the awareness of the need to save water has transformed everyone's life. maria and her family use a bowl to catch the water when they wash their hands. when it's full its used to flush the toilet. a bucket catches the water that used to waste while the shower warms up. while follow it's taken downstairs to be used for the dish water or the washing machine. the soapy water is collected for a second lot of clothes and then

used to wash the floors arbutes and pans. nothing is wasted in an effort to economize on what has become the most scarce commodity of brazil's capitol. >> sao paulo is such a large city, i don't know what we'll do if there is water rationing. the government has considered totally cutting water five days a week. >> there are already severe shortages in sao paolo's poorest neighborhoods where some rush home to gather water before the tap runs dry. >> we gather water in buckets and bottles. sometimes it disappears for days. >> in this case the washer machine is used to store water. according to brazilian experts the june going deforest indicationization is to blame

for the change in rain patterns. and the repercussions are economic and political. many disgruntled residents accuse the state and national governments equally in not investing in water infrastructure. the drought is in its third year. this drought has already impacting industry. and it's now threatening to unleash an energy crisis given brazil's dependence on hydroelectric power. >> depending on the duration of the drought we are certainly going into recession. certainly. there is no reason why to think otherwise. >> afraid of what to come, one of a traditional restaurant has devised a plan b. top of the line disposal plates and cutlery. >> we're prepared. we must be because if we have no water. there is no way to operate a

restaurant. >> sao paolo's government said they'll hold off until the end of the month in the unlikely event that it will rain enough to avoid stiff water rationing in this entire city of more than 20 million. lucia newman, so you sao paulo. >> rescuers are trying to refloat 170 whales. the animals became stranded on a beach in an area renown as a deathtrap. 25 have already died. with more expected to perish. conservation officials say it's the largest strandings in the past 20 years. germany has been marking the 70s anniversary of the most deadly attacks on its soil during world war ii. [music] >> the city of dresdan was largely destroyed after being fire bombed by british and u.s. aircraft, leaving tens of thousands dead. the attack has long been

controversial. at the time the allies thought it would hit civilian morale and help nazi germany surrender. but some argue that it was an unnecessary loss of life. >> 70 years ago our nations were at car. over three days in february allied bombers brought death and destruction on a scale and with a ferocity that is impossible to imagine. >> we want to emphasize it once more. we know who started the murderous war. we know it. therefore we'll never forget the victims of germany's war initiative. we'll never forget it. >> lifting restrictions for 60,000 people who were urged to stay indoors after a chemical explosion spread a toxic orange cloud over several towns. it injured six people west of barcelona. products being delivered to a

warehouse exploded after they were accidently mixed. still ahead this hour. in sport qatars world football organizers of deny that a controversial figure ever worked on their behalf. and a kick off in rio typically in vibrant style.

>> here is andy with all our sport. >> thank you very much, lauren. just minutes away from the opening match of the cricket

world cup co-host new zealand to play sri lanka at christ church. sri lanka has won the toss. they'll be fielding first. the black caps have been in pretty good form beating south africa in their final warm up match. >> it's a well prepared team. i think the solid play which will crunch down a period of time is something we're comfortable with. we've had different personnel come in and out over the last little while but the game plans remain the same. it's a good, strong--well, it's a good sign that they're able to replicate the same game plan. >> it's almost four years since a major earthquake struck christchurch and its impact is still being felt there. as its reported in many parts of the city that isn't the case. >> much of central christchurch

is still abandoned following the the 2011 earthquake. it doesn't really look like a city that's preparing to host a major international sporting event. on the edge of the business district, it's parks are alive and well. they're about to host the opening game of the world cup. >> it's just a fantastic opportunity for cries church to prove itself to be the host city that we've always been. >> but at the same time the lives of so many people who live here are still in limbo. in some suburbs communities have disappeared. in this area they used to be almost 600 families. now, there are just three. they turned down government offers to move out of the damaged area. he's now working to help others to get the money that are owed from insurance companies so they can rebuild. >> this is one of the reasons why we're starting the large claims in terms that we believe

insurance companies some of the insurance companies have breached people's human rights. >> it's a similar situation for many commercial buildings and facilities. the 2011 earthquake occurred less than seven months before this stadium in christchurch was scheduled to host some games in the rugby world cup. those games had to be moved to other cities, and this facility has been left largely untouched ever since. it also would have hosted world cup cricket games. but like many buildings it's the subject of an insurance dispute. and therefore it's fate is unknown. with so many reminders of the disaster it's hope that cricket will provide a distraction. chris harris played 251 day internationals for new zealand and now is helping to develop young children. he's proudly christchurch born and bread and believes the world cup is exactly what the city needs. >> there are families that are still having issues here. it's wonderful to have these

events and cheer up the community. >> hoping that when the games are shown around the world it will send a message that despite the challenges this city is open for business. al jazeera christchurch. >> now the man organizing the world cup denied that a controversial figure has been working on his behalf. he was banned from fifa activity after found guilty of repeated violations of the ethics code. bin hammam would decide who would host the world cups. >> bin hammam has been in the world of football language before anyone was involved. he had his own goals ambition his own strategy, his own vision. it's safe to say that i was not aware of his actions.

executive committee members earlier on that were positive towards the bid that understood the spirit and vision behind our bid before bin hamman. we had to work harder on him than the other executive committee members. >> you could see that interview in its entirety. whether qatar will host a summer or winter tournament, accusations of worker rights abuses and reactions from the fall out from the reports of late last year all up for discussion. it's first show something at 0430 gmt on saturday. now the egyptian premier league despite a fatal violence at a game last sunday. the egyptian government suspended the league in the death of nine supporters. they died with clashes with police outside of a stadium in cairo. the games will resume but will

be played behind closed doors. now the sport of trail run something hoping to get official recognition from the athletics world governing body later this year. there are spectacular places to run up and down a mountain than nepal. and the country has some of the best trail runners there are. >> every weekend locals wake up for a race among the trails among the mountains that encircle the valley. >> beautiful forest trails to run today. >> among the best runners is nira. last year at 23 she discovered trail running. since then she has been breaking records all over the world. >> we had to care water pup from our house up the hill, i used to have to carry water and 25 kyle lows of rice up and down the

mountain sell it, and get back home to do my home work. >> mira grew up in poverty. trail running in nepal an informal group discovered mira, and they sponsor her runs in hong kong and europe. runners hearsay that mira's story could be replicated. two girls in a remote corner of nepal performed runs in katmandu and showed plenty of promise but need training that is not available outside of the capitol. >> most might run and even win in an event but don't get a chance to continue. >> this year, i think the international athletics federation will recognize trail running as an official sport. then the nepal government in their sporting departments might be able to introduce trail races into their national program of running.

so if that happens then a lot of problems will be solved. >> for those like mira, without others raising money for her there is little chance she can continue running. al jazeera katmandu. >> that is your sport. back to lauren in london. >> thank you very much, indeed. in brazil two things come to mind football and carnival. [music] >> the celebrations are well under way in rio de janeiro. when king momo was handed keys to the city. it would hold five days of non-stop partying. the party will be held under tight security with 15,000 military police on under. 6,000 more than last year. that's it for this news hour. we'll have a full update of news for you in just a couple of

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