situation. >> flemming rose it is very good seeing you again. >> thank you for having me. hello from al jazeera in doha. a cease-fire is supposed to come into effect. mending their ways. we report from nigeria's

strategy to bring peace to the region. plus? >> it's a big job but someone has got to do it. we meet the king of the carnival. >> it took four world leaders 16 hours to negotiate in the next few hours the latest cease-fire agreement that will come into force in ukraine. there has been fierce fighting across the east. we have the latest on that. >> it's hard to believe that there is an emanant and much hoped for cease-fire just hours away. the rebel held area grabbing as much territory as possible has

become the order of the day. >> with the support of the army of the russian federation, they're trying to solve tactical tasks that are important for them. to widen the territories that they control. >> and clearing up this morning at the center of the city of donetsk after a residential block was hit by shelling, broken windows and more shattered lives as two people died in the hit. fighting is still fierce. the rebels are making a fight over the town, forcing people to leave. >> despite the that's deal signed in the belarus, many are

heading for the border. many are holding out that this cease-fire will stick. >> charles stratford has been following developments from eastern ukraine. he joins me now from donetsk. you have just come back from the front lines. what is it that you see? >> that's right we traveled back from the area around debaltseve this morning. the fighting has been growing since the cease-fire agreement has been signed. as we cross the border it was noticeable the tension around the border check points. the ukrainian army has been a lot more stringent. we were detained yesterday for a

two good hours. phones were taken away from us and numbers registered. as we came across the borders today there were long lines of trucks. no one was being allowed in large vehicles were not allowed in this region. there was very little else on the roads. as we came in the separatest check points, they were setting up mortar positions. we spoke to one separatest who expected things to get a lot worse after dark. here in donetsk where there are reports of heavy shelling, certainly in the morning hours. when we arrived it was quite calm. but that all changed a couple of hours ago. we were attending a press conference expecting one of the press conferences to give a press conference, and we left the building very much in a hurry because there were three shells that landed progressively closer to that building. one of them landing in a residential area that we went to

visit afterwards, randing close to a children's playground. in one of the buildings the glass grown. no one killed, but we're hearing reports that at least three people were killed in those strikes and 12 others injured. >> charles, from what you've seen. what you have heard what's been said what are the chances of the cease-fire holding? >> well, since the cease-fire agreement was signed there has been even more of any intensification in the fighting. it seems that both sides are either trying to con sal date or even build onto the territory that they had. before this cease-fire starts in an few hours from now. there is a lot of fear on the streets in donetsk as i say it's expected. people expect the fighting could escalate further the closer we get to that cease-fire.

and you speak to people here, and they say they have very little hope of it actually holding and finger pointing. once you're on the ukrainian military side, they point fingers at the separatists and advice versus is a. it's a very tense situation. we've seen cease fires called before and certainly being ignored, certainly what we're seeing in the last 48 hours does not abode at all well. >> charles thanks for that. talks being held in the between the houthi rebels and former president ali abdullah saleh. they hope to create a transitional body that will hold for the next two years. >> angry protesters set fire to a houthi vehicles in yemen's

largest city. it is one of the predominantly sunni region where is anti-houthi sentiment is on the rise. this is a city south of the city of sanaa houthi control parts of the city, but people are worried. protesters are out on the streets to denounce what they say is a houthi crackdown on activists. >> they kept beating me, torturing me for hours. they wanted false confessions things that i was never involved in. they wanted me to lie and say that we were being paid to protest against them. that americans and british organizations are using the youth in yemen against them as we obtain money to protest

against the houthies. all lies. >> anti-houthi were test are spreading across the country. in the city of ib many gathered in the main square to express their solidarity with president hadi who was recently forced to resign. last week shia houthies dissolved parliament and sailed they would run the country on their own for two years until elections were held. the u.n. is renewing efforts to bring the factions together, including calling for new powers powers. many countries have evacuated their embassies in the capitol of sanaa including the u.s. which has been actively engaged in drone attacks against al-qaeda in yemen. but there is growing concern

that a power vacuum could lead to more violence and instability. al jazeera. >> the nigerian government said its forces have fought off an attack by boko haram on the northeastern city of gofmbe. the attack has prompted a 24-hour curfew in the area. on friday boko haram attacked a town in neighboring chad, killing at least ten people. >> the northeast is not the only part of the area where there is violence. the southern niger delta was the focus of the army and other armed group six years ago. there are fears that poverty and frustration among form fighters could send them back into battle from niger delta.

>> former fighters like her get a basic monthly allowance of $340 and they're taught a trade. and an incentive not to attack oil pipelines. but she said she still can't look after her two children. desperation could make her go back to a life of violence. >> i don't want to go back. i don't want to go back to that. >> these creeks are quieter than they used to be, but armed groups still hide out here. leaders were paid to keep their fighters away from the oil pipelines. the fighters were well armed and often attacked people

listening in the niger delta. they would destroy oil pipelines and kidnap foreigners. after years of fighting in the creeks former warlords pastor ruben now lives a comfortable life largely financed by the amnesty program. he knows that that could happen in president jonathan good luck loses in march. >> the finaller delta is where 90% of nigeria's oil come from. poverty and frustration could make it easier for former war lourdes like pastor ruben to go back.

>> if you didn't carry arms, and you didn't qualify for amnesty. the question therefore is the people who have potential to carry arms that have not carried arms what do you do with them? they are the ones who are left out. and they are the one who is will carry arms in the future. >> the struggling sing mother said if things get worse she would reluctantly join any warlord who offers her a way out of poverty. >> more to come here on the al jazeera news hour. delhi's new chief is sworn into office. >> separated by occupation, we meet a palestinian couple determined to keep their love alive. and in sport the 2015 cricket world cup is underway. we'll have all the action of opening match later in the hour.

>> activists have up loaded video showing running battles with police in several suburbs. they say dozens of people have been injured and this video appears to show a child being arrested. the demonstrators are mainly shia muslims calling for political reforms from the sunni royal family. when we speak on the phone to the human rights campaigner, he has just returned home from one of the protests in the capitol. what did you see on the streets? what's going on there? >> well, i'm not yet--. police have raided the area.

>> why are the police shootings shooting at people? >> peaceful protest is not allowed in this country. and people--we have hundreds of people who have been shot. we have four people who have been shot in the eye. they've become blind. we have a couple of hundred people hundreds of protests going on each village has a few thousand people, and there is a crackdown going on along with

hundreds people, it's like a war between police force around people throwing stones on the police. there is a lot of injuries. >> if i can jump in here what do you think is going on? what are the protesters want? are you surprised four years on there are such large numbers on the streets? >> i'm really priced because

after all the oppression and attack and death i expect to see the protests going yet but the number of people have doubled on the streets. and the number of women participation have doubled on the streets. it is something i haven't seen before. i'm really surprised. now they're criticizeing government institutions as incentives. there is no room, no tolerance for any kind of criticism any

kind of opposition. that's why it is pushing people towards more violence. >> thank you. >> on friday isil supporters said that the group had captured the coastal city of sirte. until for the city has been controlled. >> they travel through the town near sirte. these are fighters associated request the islamic state in iraq and the levant. for weeks force who is say they support isil have become creasing by horror active in libya. now they say they have taken sirte. they've given support to the

libyan dawn coalition until supplied to get out. the deteriorateing situation has prompted leaders in tripp to hold an emergency meeting on saturday. the presence of fighters linked to isil on the mediterranean coast has alarmed some european countries. on friday the italian foreign minister said that his country is ready to fight. he said we can't accept the idea that there is an activist terrorist threat only a few hours from italy by boat. in the eastern city of bengahzi. they had been fighting supporters of libyan dawn. haftar supports another parliament based in the city of at this tibruk. they sailed they would take over parts of bengahzi. >> you can see this is the

traffic light opposite here, we hope in the next few hours to liberate it, as we hope and pray. >> but they have made such statements before. and for now the fighting among the many armed groups in libya continues. dominick kane, al jazeera. >> the u.n. in iran strongly condemns the killing of a tribal leader. one of 12 people kidnapped by a shia group in baghdad and then murdered. they have described the killings as a heinous and unacceptable crime. two sons of an iraqi npr are also among the dead. there has been more fighting in the area since the group ceased the town in anbar province. it's five kilometers from an air base. the pentagon confirmed a group

of fighters attacked on friday. the liter of an anti-corruption party has been sworn in as chief minister. he won the landslide majority in the new delhi state election this past month. >> nothing was going to stop him from taking the oath of office as delhi's chief minister. he has been sick with fever for the last four days. after winning an overwhelming majority state assembly seat, he said that his party will focus on fighting corruption. >> my promise to the people of delhi is that the money you pay in taxes has always disappeared because of corruption. i promise you that i will not let one cent of that tax get lost in corruption. >> in his first speech as delhi's chief minister, he cautioned the party to be mindful of its new power. that's when the common manpower

stepped down from a government after it was unable to pass promised reforms. but now it has been give the mandate to go ahead. they say it feels like a victory from them. >> this is great. he doesn't have any dirt on his soul. he has 100% feeling for the masses. the work will automatically start happening. >> he'll do good work. we are with him. >> the party said it's determined that it's determined and confident that it will make delhi a better place. >> we're waiting to go, waiting to deliver. >> not everyone in the crowd was as optimistic now as they were during the campaign. >> inment promises he made, he

didn't talk about those in today's speech. he didn't talk about the houses or water being speech. he didn't speak of that early. it's all very confusing now. >> in the sea of supporters, many believe that the it's, if any,ly here. many reforms will need clearance from the central government which may or may not cooperate. while the party has a five-year mandate, people here expect results soon. al jazeera, new delhi. >> in malaysia protests have been rallying in support of jailed opposition leader he's serving a five-year sentence after his appeal of a sodomy conviction was rejected earlier this week. he said that the charges are politically motivate.

=fplt >> in mexico many are urging mexico to establish a special prosecutors office to lead in the investigation. a couple in palestine is forced to spend another valentine's apart again. >> nearly every morning they log on to their computers and video chat with each other for at least an hour. they've been doing this for almost four years after a meeting at a conference in jordan where they quickly fell in love and soon after decided to get engageed.

>> she's so affectionate and kind. she's very loving. that's why i want her to be the mother of my children, so she can teach them to be like her. >> but she lives in the west bank wild rashad lives in the gaza strip. which means that they need travel permit to see each other. >> after nearly four years of trying to be united, i asked if she ever field like giving up? >> at times i get depressed. i feel like i don't want to go on. i think to myself, why did i throw myself into this tornado. when will it be over? when will the humiliation end. >> the separation of the gaza and the west bank effect thousands of families.

according to human rights groups israel routinely prevents palestinians from passing through for weddings, or other reasons. >> the israeli officials say this policy is for security reasons. of course, one cannot accept this argument. it's a sweeping argument saying that all people are security threats. >> friends have started a facebook campaign called deliver the bride to the group and they're hoping that it attracts the attention of palestinian president mahmood abbas who they believe can help. >> love is stronger than politics and we'll make our dream come true, and live together forever. >> but until that happens, they will have to settle for moments like this. al jazeera, in the occupied west

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talks take place as houthi form a yemeni government. let's go more on the top story of the much anticipated cease-fire in eastern ukraine. let's take a closer look at what the del entails. >> the two sides have agrees to pull back from the front lines in 14 days. there will be a demilitarized zone of 50 kilometers between the two sides along the agreed front lines. all prisoners are to be exchanged in five days of the cease-fire. if the draw is successful then

local elections will be held in the rebel held areas. this includes allowing those regions to form their own police force and to trade freely with russia. let's bring in a political analyst for the magazine "russia profile." he joins us me live from moscow. dmitri, tell me what you think the conversation will be between russia and the separatists. will they be saying that this is a cease-fire that needs to be respected or does it look like a land grab? >> well, right now the situation is very dangerous. as the separatests say they've started to pull back their weapons. the ukrainian authorities do not confirm that, and president

poroshenko announced a dangerous escalation of the conflict. he said if the fighting does not stop at midnight he will introduce the marshal law in ukraine. >> correct. >> you can imagine what marshal law means. it means that the country will be in a state of war. i think that this is a very dangerous escalation and president poroshenko feels the full support of the european union behind him. he said that he can convenes the council to approve his actions. i think if the e.u. continues to give poroshenko unconditional support, that may leads to dangerous consequences. >> what else can they do other than giving ukraine unconditional support considering the satellite pictures which were presented by the u.s. ambassador that would ensure that russian artillery and there is lots of it near debaltseve?

>> well, the problem is that former ukrainian ambassador, he is notorious liar. i would remind you during the maidan revolution he kept saying that this was a peaceful protest, even at the moment when molotov cocktails were used for months. he said that molotov cocktails were used only because protesters i'm quoting him were impatient. i would not give much credence to what he said and the defense minister already denied it. the problem is not in russia's role. the operatests hold 3% of the ukrainian territory. and the ukrainian government thinks this is enough to announce a marshal law to use artillery. so the many problem people are killed on the ground. it is not in the relations between states. >> okay, we have seen a dramatic increase in fighting, so you can

understand why all parties are incredibly concerned. what do you think is going to happen if this cease-fire sticks and is there any chance of it sticking? >> well, i think that there is a chance. there is still a chance for the cease-fire although even in the agreement that was signed there is a lot of contradictions. i mean, the ukrainian authorities insist that they must control the border between their rebel regions and russia. but the problem is mr. poroshenko has cut all activities in that area. they have imposed an economic transportation. no money are sent to this region. people don't get pensions and salaries. there is no food sent there oh from the rest of ukraine. so the people humanitarian aid is their lifeline for survival. if there is no more food and money coming from russia, four

million people will be starving. already, this is a huge problem. according to the agreements the border will be controlled by the ukrainian government only when normal activity is started and when democratic elections are held in that region. so the problem is that both sides don't trust each other. and there should be a minimum of trust. right now the most aggressive rhetoric is coming from here, from mr. poroshenko who he keeps calling negotiation partners terrorists. he threatens to destroy them all. i don't know how the e.u. is going to put up with this new european government here. >> let's wait and see what happens, thank you very much for talking. for many ukraines who left their homes, cease fires are too late since fighting began two a year ago hundreds of thousands of people have fled to russia.

many sought refuge in the region. others are sent to western russia thousands of kilometers away from their homeland. we went to the arctic city rumu mumunsk. >> they left a house and now they share one room in a college dormitory. they didn't have a spoon or a fork when they arrived. but this family does not do much complaining. >> a month ago he got work at the port. a representative from the company came here and said he needed men. several guys from the germ got jobs there. i work as a shop continues. >> the dorm houses 53 refugees.

since december 1st they've been paying their way after the russian government shut off financial support. thankfully many picked up work. home may be thousands of kilometers away, but these days the internet keeps friend and family connected. they're getting news back from luhansk. >> why didn't you leave? >> i didn't get the chance to go. >> it's because of work. she had a job and a salary. now they can only work half a day. they want to leave but they can't. you need to get a permit to leave the city. >> the winter nights are long here. it's colder. not all the locals are happy with averages taking jobs, and the accommodations are cramped. but all that have is preferable to what is going on back home. >> the only motivation for them to stay or go is safety. if it's more safe here they'll

stay. >> now a third grader at a local school. it's entirely possible he'll graduate start a job and start a family here and ukraine will just be a fading childhood memory. >> lebanon's prime minister has made a rare visit to the country on the anniversary of his father's assassination. thousands have gathered to gather hariri, he was killed ten years ago along with 21 others. it deeply affected the country. >> it was an assassination that changed lebanon. prime minister hariri killed in a car bomb in the heart of downtown beirut. ten years later lebanon is still influenced by foreign powers. it's struggling to deal with the spill over of the syrian war

the deanening sectarian deepening sectarian divisions. >> it's important that the root of this was not the hariri assassination as it was the 2003 invasion of iraq. that's the point where the sectarian in the region really began. once the iraq war was over as far as the military damage and the u.s. damage and the intervention, then that moved to lebanon and syria and it was manifested within what came to be the hariri assassination. >> it had a direct impact on the sunni community here. coupled with what is happening in the evening has solidified sectarian divisions and some have identified with radical groups. in tripcally the syrian war is having a direct impact. there have been street battles between those who support the revolution and those who support

bashar al-assad. many will tell you that the increasing violence and division here will come down to the state and more specifically the politicians not doing enough to take care of their people. >> we have a system that is collapsing and deteriorating and deteriorating. dethis is a problem that has been there and it's been building up since the 1990s. in the system that already was failling to deliver services to its own citizens. >> security has become a huge issue with the armed shia rebels have been attacked inside lebanon inside shia neighborhoods. and so ten years after hariri

and 21 others were killed in downtown beirut, few would have predicted where they would find themselves now. over a quarter of the population in this tiny country are a syrian refugees. so ten years on and despite the establishment of international court to investigate hariri's death, no one has been brought to justice. stephanie dekker, al jazeera, beirut. >> we'll have the day on sports action and in science a very extreme event. >> i'm in canada's yukon territory. scientists are studying these amazing athletes in the yukon arctic ultra to determine what it might be like for humans in space.

>> youtube would not have been able to do it if it set by just a few. >> no longer do people have to keep radio stations, tv networks, movie studios to get the word out about content that they've created. instead, anyone can create something, distribute it to the world.

>> with a billion people visiting the site each month, a new generation of stars have found their audience. in youtube's revenue system means some are making millions of dollars each year. >> now they can create merchandise, do brand deals, do concerts if they want to. it's reduced the barriers for entry for anyone to then go build an audience and monday monetize. >> it's seeing a wide amount of self education industry. more than 300 hours of video is up loaded to youtube every minute making it difficult for the company to stop violent sometimes explicit videos being posted. >> this is the challenge. you can have this huge platform that anybody can up load

anything. it could have positive net value, but also some negative net value as well. >> as more people around the world connect to the internet and their bandwidth improve the popularity of online videos is likely to increase. many hope to continue to dominate audiences and their revenue that they bring. >> thomas is the global managing director of the marketing agency of ogilvy. he said that youtube changes the way people share online. >> youtube has really risen from an idea that nobody really thought would work. it has changed the world of politics culture and businesses around the world. one element of it is that there is a lot more sharing going on. in an era that youtube was launched in was an era of broadcast. one way communication large organizations that could reach

out only. now you don't have to be a south korean pop star. now you can just up load pictures of your children and you could "k" have a global audience. of youtube has changed the pathway to celebrity. it used to be controlled by gate keepsers who would decide what song was played and who was seen. now you have celebrities having an engaged relationship with their audience in a way that movie stars and old style celebrities had before. >> now to sport. >> it's been a good opening day for co-host. new zealand won in christchurch and sydney won in melbourne.

>> christchurch hosted the cricket world cup. they would be caught having scored 65 from just 49 bowls. then adding 57 for the black caps anderson stop cord of 57 from 46 bowls as new zealand finished on 341-6. despite 65, sri lanka never got close to the target. captain matthews fell short of the century when he was caught. sri lanka all ought for 233 giving new zealand a 98-one

victory. >> we're excited for the win. we know it's the early stages of the tournament, and it's a long road to go before we can start making those quarters as well. >> it was a big win for australia against england. glen maxwell added a half century. stephen finish became the first englishman to take a hat trick. it was too late as australia posted 322-9. troubles continue, the england captain got his fourth you have in the last five matches. marsh would take five wickets. steve smith with his diving catch to remove butler from england on 92-6. taylor tried to keep the

visitors in the game. he was on 98 when australia thought they would caught an lbw for the final wicket. the decision was reversed on review. but then james anderson was deemed run out on the same delivery. england all out on 231. australia winning by 111 runs. al jazeera. >> rugby's six nations continues on saturday with england taking on italy. request an impressive win over wales last week, they look to do the same thing against england's side england leads 18-5. they take on france in dublin ireland narrowly won in the final game of last year's six nations to clinch the title. they'll have three of their top

players back in the site following the return of jonathan sexton and the irish know that france can be unpredictable to play against. >> you know, we're trying to prepare for the first line up, we're trying to prepare for the unpredictability that they have on the attack. you know, that's what we've looked at when we've trained on the pitch. that's what the lads have been set up to do. >> sprinter usain bolt said he'll retire, but it won't be until after the 2017 world athletic championship in london. thehe has already been considering hanging up his spikes after the olympics in rio.

now bolt has said that his sponsors have convinced him to go another year. now he'll focus on the 100 meters in his last meeting. >> the bundesliga looks to be taking a turn for the better. royce was pivotal for the win. 4-2, was the final score. canada's frozen north is playing host to one of the world's coldest and toughest races. the yukon art i arctic ultra the race is providing scientists with a chance to study how people cope in such harsh conditions. >> racers in the yukon arctic ultra spend days, weeks crossing landscapes like this, seemingly

endless expanses, temperatures that can freeze exposed skin staying on the move, managing your water and managing your pace. then the long winter night. it's cold, you're alone. do you keep going and get fatigued or sleep and risk hyperthermia. it's a constant challenge, and it frightens even front ryaners. >> it was minus 51, i don't know. i was freezing. i kept going. i kept going at a high speed but i did not get warm at all. impossible. >> after that horrible night the current race leader is tested by a scientist from berlin's center for space medicine. heart rate, sleep patterns and body weight are measured. he fills in a questionnaire about his state of mind. three others are taking part as well. the basic idea is to increase mankind's knowledge to a fuller

perspective about the human physiology the adaptability of the human body. it just shows us what is possible. >> isolation endurance and extreme conditions, the cold, all of these are relevant to greater understand of the human body and finding out what it might be like for human beings in space. >> the yukon winter at its worse is not nearly as severe as beyond earth's atmosphere it is a happenedy proving ground for techniques and technology that might be helpful in space ex-pour ration and the return of those space explorers to their home planet. >> astronauts are required to go through survival courses and it's my hope that this study will help to increase their chances of survival should they end up in an environment like this one. >> for most runners this is a race against time, weather, and other competitors.

for scientists, a chance to ex-floor something little known how vagile human bodies can and do survive extreme stress. >> well, there is more sports on our website. for all the latest check out www.aljazeera.com. we've got blogs and videos from correspondents around the world. that address again www.aljazeera.com/sport. and just to bring you up-to-date, england now leading 28-10. we'll have more with robin a little bit later. >> we'll end with the party now. brazil's biggest party of the year has started in rio de janeiro. 900,000 tourists are expected in the five-day carnival, and the city's new carnival king has begun his reign.

>> the moment that many brazilians have been waiting for, when the legendary king momo receives the key to the city of rio de janeiro. >> i declare the festival open. >> the king is officially in charge of the city for a week. even the mayor is at his feet. >> from this moment on you will have to be able to deal with the city's complaints and the other problems of rio. >> but these are not king momo's priorities. it's animating the biggest party on earth with his queen and princesses by his side, an 82-year-old tradition. but who is the man with so much responsibility? earlier this week we visited 28-year-old wilson nicole. he went in for his final costume

costume. he had to compete to where this crown. >> i took stage lessons which helped loosen me up and learned to control my facial expresses when i'm dancing. i learned more about the history of carnival. >> he began parading in the local samba school when he was eight. samba and carnival are obviously in his blood. from now until next wednesday wilson will reign supreme. then after that he'll return to his less fairytale life of an events promoteer hoping that next year he'll receive the keys to the throne. >> we'll see new the next couple of minutes. thank you for watching.

>> fighting ranges in eastern you rain just before a cease-fire deal is supposed to come into affect. you're watching al jazeera. also coming up. rallies against yemen against the houthi take over and the use of force against protesters. mending their ways