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arrests in the shooting. sri lanka president is in india on the first official oversees trip after taking office last month. we are live in new deli. ♪ our top story and egypt carried out air strikes in libya as part of a coordinated effort with the libyan airforce both say they were targeting fighters with islamic state and lavonte and attacked positions in the area and strikes took place after i.s.i.l. released a video showing the killing of 21 egyptian coptic christians and gerd tan reports. >> reporter: a predawn operation, egyptian war planes take off from libya to strike what the government says are targets of islamic state of iraq and lavonte and promised by the

president for the killing of 21 egyptians in libya. >> translator: egypt is not only defending itself but the whole region and will react in the right time. >> reporter: the aftermath of the air strike is visible in durna just 300 kilometers from the border of egypt and the military say it's going after i.s.i.l. affiliated positions and we have reports offensive yanukovich casualties. the international government in t i brook says it was carried out with the airforce and i.s.i.l. affiliated fighters are said to have over return durna and cert where egyptian christians were captured and al jazeera does not air it by the groups but the deaths are all the distinct traits of i.s.i.l. >> the government in egypt will respond some way militarily in libya, it's easier to do that

than iraq in syria and they certainly have been giving just cause and also face a problem with groups in the sinai affiliated with i.s.i.l. >> reporter: egypt's military has been running a campaign in the sinai peninsula since august 2012 as security and rebels in libya it is tackling the advance of i.s.i.l. on both sides of its border and other nations are also concerned. i.s.i.l. made a direct threat to in the latest video and suffered a narrow strip of mediterranean now closed the embassy there and is calling for intervention gerald tan al jazeera. we have a security analyst and said the coordinated air strikes have been in the making for months. >> the libya department in tibrook headed by operation

dignity and the egyptian government have been coordinating their intelligence operations for about 6-8 months now so they have very good relations for their coordination. so the launching of these air strikes is something that has been on the table for a while. i.s.i.l. was able to force the egyptians and the tibook government into action against them in order to launch a larger campaign within libya. i think the pattern here is that egypt is coordinating with other countries, securely with italy and france and the united states to respond to the growing threat of i.s.i.l. in libya, their coordination has been ongoing for the past few months.

there is talk of an intervention in libya in order to fill the gaps of the governmentability within the country that i.s.i.l. is filling. >> reporter: egypt and france are calling on the u.n. security council to come up with new measures against i.s.i.l. and u.n. calling for intervention and they are separated from libya by a narrow strip of mediterranean see and 2000 migrants rescued on sunday trying to reach libya by boat and we go to rome and claudia in the latest video i.s.i.l. the armed group mentioned being south of rome, is italy in any way viewing this as a threat? >> it is indeed seeing it as a threat to the point that italy interior minister about an hour ago said there is no time to waste, time is running out and it has called for a nato-led

military campaign to stop the advance of i.s.i.l. in libya before it is too late. now, this is not the first time i.s.i.s. is referred to italy and has threatened italy with the land of crusaders and in particular threatened to conquor rome for religious reasons because it's the crown of christianity and the threat is as far as syria and of course now the threat comes out from just across the mediterranean sea, that small stretch of mediterranean see with libya, 500 kilometers away and this of course raised the alarm to the point of course that italy has decided on sunday to close down the embassy in tripoli and scramble out the ambassador and all the stuff and arrived this morning looking very tired at a

port here in sicily and came by boat and not bi-plane and they advised all italians present in libya to leave the country immediately. >> reporter: now, claudia in the last 24 hours italian authorities rescued system like 2000 migrants from the mediterranean sea, were they fleeing i.s.i.l. threats? >> well that is another great worry, the worry is if i.s.i.s. continues to advance in libya and they gain control of coastal towns then they will also be in control in human traffic and business there that sends hundreds of thousands of migrants to italy as a gate way into europe. now i.s.i.s. has threatened in the past that they ruled this guise the fighters and as migrants in europe they will unleash hell and they said until now the situation has been under

control but with prospects of i.s.i.l. reaching the coastal towns and infiltrating fighters among migrants and a real prospect especially with increased number of migrants coming to this country, 2000 migrants saved on sunday just yesterday in one single day is a massive influx and numbers you usually see here during the summer and in the summer it's quite high but one incident there shows how the situation is spinning out of control. yesterday for the first time during the rescue of these 2000 migrants once one boat the bigger boat of the 12 rescued was sidelined by a smaller speed boat where armed men armed threatened directly the coast guard and saying rescue migrants but leave the boat back. this is an escalation of violence we have not seen before. >> reporter: claudia thank you for the update and speaking to us from rome.

now to yemen and anti-coup leaders expressed disappointment at a u.n. resolution calling on houthi rebels to hand back power 15 members of council demand they immediately withdraw from capitol sanaa and did not use force and that is something countries in the gulf region had been pushing for and the first resolution on yemen since the talk over and calls for the houthi withdrawal as well as weapons seized from the government and demands release of president hadi and baha and members of the cabinet under house arrest no and sanctions applied but warns of further steps if the resolution is ignored and we have more standing by in aiden and how has opposition factions reacted to the u.n. resolution? >> well as you say there is a

point that the resolution isn't a stronger one and they were expecting something that would at least acknowledge what took place was a coup and that it would threaten maybe the houthis unless they relinquish the power they took by force and something would happen the resolution itself failed to use the term coup possibly given the idea that this was just some sort of political misunderstanding in terms of a power grab but not a formal coup. and also the fact that it has not threatened them with anything they believe will change nothing on the ground because until now all that has come from the international community has been verbal condemnation with no real actions to back it up the anti-coup say they are out gunned essentially on the ground and will fire the supporter they were looking for from the international community and now they didn't receive it they are disappointed particularly after

they believe they have done what they can, on sunday they gathered and united together issuing joint declaration as to how to solve the problem politically, domestically speaking. but were not given the support they expected they were going to receive. >> we will leave it there speaking to us from the port city of aiden. to denmark where police arrested two people in connection to the shootings in copenhagen and the 22-year-old suspect shot and killed by police had a criminal record and nick spicer reports now from copenhagen. >> reporter: this video shot after the attack a victim of the gunman lays on the ground as people run for help it's saturday afternoon and just shot through the window of a cafe where a debate of free speech is underway and police arrive quickly on the scene, the

gunmans that fled leaving behind shot and confused survivors. one man died. on sunday police remained vigilant after what is question described as their biggest operation in resent history, the prime minister thanked them that morning saying it was time for the country to come together. >> translator: we are not in a fight between islam and the west. this is not a battle between muslims and non-muslims, it's a battle between ideas based on freedom of the individual and a dark ideology. >> reporter: the first attack saturday was followed by a second at this synagogue where police say the same man opened fire killing a watchman and injuring two police officers. it all ended here with a shoot out which killed a man police wanted to question about the attacks. police said the same man was behind both of them a 22-year-old known for gang activity and weapons possession but they did not release his name.

denmark's intelligence chief says the attacker may have been motivated by the charlie hebdo killings in paris in january, in the french capitol the president added the voice to other leaders expressing solidarity. >> translator: there is a denmark in france a link that does not mean a network but simply the same determination from terrorists to strike where we are what we represent of values of liberty and law and protection. >> reporter: people left flowers at the synagogue in the morning, the jewish community leaders say they are shocked and worried. >> there is a calm and somber presence at the synagogue where people come to pay respects and where police presence is strong and many here simply can't believe what has happened. >> really shocked about it and spent night in the streets here and it happened like one hour after we were here.

it was really personal for us. >> i'm very sad, very sad. and i hope that it won't influence anything. >> reporter: leaders of denmark muslim community expressed their grief as well condemning the attacks. there will be a ceremony on monday to mark what happened and helping people move on however and if they can, nick spicer copenhagen. iraq government holding a meeting after the sunni alliance walked out. plus heavy snow causes traffic chaos in the united states and there is more cold weather on the way. and in sport a surprise at the cricket world cup by completing a big run, we will have all the action a little later this hour. ♪ to ukraine where the

government says four soldiers have been killed in the last 48 hours, this is despite a ceasefire in place and the next step in the peace plan is heavy weapons and troops to be pulled back from the front line at midnight on monday that is if the truth is deemed to be fully in effect. [gunfire] shelling and mortar fire have been heard in the rail way hub, both ukrainian soldiers and prorush is a separatists accuse each other of violating the fighting. >> reporter: they guard their positions close to the front line. the fighting has been intense here in resent weeks. the situation may be more calm in other areas of the region since the ceasefire was called but the shelling continues not far from here we are in the separatist control, it's one of the closest towns and we are

hearing in coming and outgoing shelling despite this call for a truce. the separatists won't let us film their firing positions. >> translator: after the ceasefire began the ukrainian army fired toward us and buildings, some people still live there, especially older people and i'm not sure how many died and we said if they fired first we would respond and that is why we are firing. >> reporter: the fighters say the heavily fought over town is not included in the ceasefire deal and ukrainian military said the separatists started the shelling after the truce began. a few kilometers back from the line these men are fighting for the first time in weeks. they use the opportunity to train. many of these volunteers had never used weapons like this until recently.

they tell us to crouch down behind the makeshift glass wall before they throw their grenades. the tanks aim at targets in a distant field. there is a deep distrust of the ukrainian army. >> translator: training for a ceasefire and not a truce and many ceasefires before we don't believe in them anymore, ukrainians have broken them many times. >> reporter: most civilians evacuated or left towns close to here. the fighting in this area isn't over yet, charles stratford, al jazeera, eastern ukraine. implementation of a ceasefire has not stopped the eu from imposing new sanctions against people they say is under mining the independence eu has just published a new list of those who will be targeted

let's get more from rory live from moscow and tell us who is on this list and does it have any real effect? >> well the list is basically the details of something we knew was in the pipeline the eu decided on february the 9th that it was going to expand the number of entities and individuals it has been hitting with bands and asset freezes and such things like that. the decision was taken because of the attack on maripol at the beginning of the year and considered to be an escalation in the conflict and needed some sort of coordinated response so what we have are 19 individuals and 9 entities as it is termed on the list. it goes across the board from russian politicians to people within the separatist movement fighting in the east of ukraine. we have two russian deputy defense ministers and we have

two state members, a man called joseph, a former singer the russian frank sinatra and another man and much of the cabinet or the government of these self proclaimed luhansk government and various malitia unit fighting on separatist side and conflict unit like so somalia and other fighters and volunteers and militia members who have been actually taking the fight to ukrainian army in the east. also the movement itself. so this is something something going down with a a degree of consternation and pride and he said he thought this was a good thing and welcoming being included on this with a badge of honor. >> very strange rory and

speaking to us from moscow. iraq security forces say they managed to retake most of the town of al-bagdadi and people have been killed and i.s.i.l. pushed on outskirts of the town and they took the town on thursday and attacked nearby u.s. base on friday. iraq government holding an urgent meeting to try and resolve a political crisis the main sunni alliance suspended participation in parliament on saturday, the move has protest over the killing of the senior sunni tribal leader and 11 members of his entourage in baghdad and represents a 5th of parliament of 78 seats out of 328 and all employ ens in control and has a majority with 173 members, the cured kurdish all

-- alliance is the other group with 63 seats and we will go to the carnegie center from cambridge and thank you for being with us and sunni and the government and what are they hoping to achieve with this move? >> sunni block often relied on boycott as a form of protests and not very successful for them in the past the iraqi constitution of 2005 the reason why they view it so anti-sunni is they boycotted negotiations so this is a tactic they use to protest what is happening today which is what they call the crisis of trust so because they don't trust baghdad they result to these types of boycott ings. >> and on february 11 you were quoted as saying sunni tribal leaders are the key to any political and military solution

that can rid iraq of i.s.i.l., is this something that prime minister al-abadi actually recognizes? >> redefinitely does i spoke to him about this issue two years ago while he was still a member of parliament in the iraqi government and he knew at that time we were talking about the need to reinclude the sunni groups and watching disintegration of iraq into what we have today and this was a few years ago when the media was talking about i.s.i.s. and abadi realizes and the national guard initiative is an initiative he is championing as prime minister however, there are several other currents within iraqi politics that perhaps are hampering his ability to act in an atonomous way. >> if light of the killings the sunnis feel the government is not doing enough to protect

sunni civilians but in reality what more can the government do given iraq itself is in a state of security turmoil? >> right, yeah and it's a big problem, also external actors for example and in the influence of the interior and policing as well as shia malitias and a paralegal apparatus defending against i.s.i.l. when i speak to leaders and sunni tribes in iraq one of the things they tell me and when i asked them why is it that they don't want to fight i.s.i.s. they do not like -- a lot of them don't like i.s.i.s. and prefer to have no islamic state in their regions, however, the main point they sort of tell me is they don't know if it's worth spilling their blood if the alternative will be shia malitia and a return to maliki-style of politics. >> it's great getting your

insight and thank you very much from the middle east center. now the snow just keeps coming for people in parts of northeast of the u.s. piles of snow blanketed many parts of massachusetts, maine and new hampshire, freezing temperatures and strong winds caused road closures and major flight cancellations and especially hard hit is boston which got its fourth major snowstorm in two weeks. in chicago a snowstorm caused multiple accidents on roads near lake michigan and 38 car pile up on kennedy expressway and 12 people were injured. let's take a check on the weather now with rob and it doesn't look like the snow is letting up at all in the u.s. >> no it is already a record-breaking winter in boston and will be for many states and we are not there, we are middle of february with more to come. at the moment the driving storm is off shore, the back edge of

the cloud is where the cold air is coming out of the cloud and briefly, think about it it hits warm water and turns to clouds once more and the snow has fallen and gone through and if you run it you will see a speccel of clouds as this cloud comes out and this means it's cold air and wind and temperature currently in boston is minus 19 the wind is 37 kilometers per hour from the northwest and the snow is blowing unsurprisingly, the wind chill and this is what is talked about the thing that you feel and dogs feel is minus 32 and give you frost bite quickly and not alone in new england but the worst place at the moment. what happens next? there is the current winding up storm but follow the line back and what is gathering in the southern plain states is coming back and almost now is a massive developing snow and more quite possibly freezing rain places like kentucky southern

missouri, this in the next 24 house has to go through with snow and freezing rain and more nastiness, yes, back to you. >> thanks very much. let's move on to some conservation news and the tiger and the far eastern leopard are the rarest predators and live in the forest of russia and under constant threat from poachers but a new park has been created to help protect them and we report from russia. >> reporter: it's early morning in the oak and pine forest in the far east of russia, the temperatures are freezing minus 13 degrees celsius, you wouldn't think cold like this could sustain a forest where tigers live but it does. forester brian shows me the reason why. >> all these tracks are wild bores rooting for food and this is really what they are after, korean pine cone and this is the

basis of the tiger food change. >> reporter: this is a conservation ripple effect and the siberian tiger numbers increased from near extinction levels to more than 500 today and there are still problems over the course of 20 years they assisted in the confiscation of tiger pelts and worth $50,000 each. >> translator: here one man was responsible for eight tiger skins. this one was a cub clubbed to death. just terrible. >> reporter: it's been a big problem for police and it's not just tiger skins. these are the paws of bears killed in russian forest all heading to market in southeast asia particularly china and then in another part of the province there is far eastern and there

are 50 in the wild and that is an improvement. the park has now been designated for him, the so called land of the leopard and share their range with ten or more tigers and presents its own problems. every reported death has to be investigated and he is inspecting the remains of an adult leopard found a week ago and it seems the death was caused by a tiger. >> translator: unfortunately these tragedies do happen and it's not the first case of course it's a problem because the leopard is such a rare animal but you cannot influence wild nature. >> reporter: the park is a beacon of hope in clear view of the metropolise and people here look at the park everyday and what is extraordinary to think what they are actually looking at is the habitat of two of the rarest predators in the world pretty much on their doorstep.

you might wonder if the animals look back the other way. nick clark, al jazeera, russia. also ahead on the program, we meet refugees who fled sri lanka civil war and struggling for a normal life in india and westbrook is the man the all-star game and back with all the action a little later in the hour. ♪

♪ welcome back let's take a look at the top stories on al jazeera, egypt carried out air

strikes on libya that is part of a coordinated effort with the libyan airforce and both say they were targeting fighters with the islamic state of iraq and lavonte on sunday there was a video showing the killing of 21 egyptian u.n. security council passed a resolution calling on houthi rebels in yemen to give up power immediately but does not authorize the use of force and anti-coup leaders say they are disappointed. the police made two arrests in connection to the copenhagen shooting and two people were killed and five wounded in attacks, 22-year-old suspect shot and killed by the police had an extensive criminal record. setting aside differences sri lanka president on the first overseas trip to india and we met the prime minister modi where they signed a by lateral pact on cooperation and both

leaders spoke about booting trade and resolving a longstanding issue of refugees living in india, they left sri lanka during the 25-year civil war. now india is sri lanka's largest trading partner but ties between the two have been frayed and hoping he will move his country closer to india and away from china, under the predecessor china provided more than $4 billion in assistance to sri lanka mostly in the form of soft loans. this raised eyebrows in new deli which is nervous about beijing's influence over its neighbors and in march modi will be the first to make an official visit to sri lanka in 25 years and is doing that right now and hoping to convince the country the future lies with deli and not with beijing. let's go to live in new deli now

and economic and trade ties obviously the priority. >> reporter: yes, absolutely and perhaps this is india opportunity to say we can be just as important partners as china has been in resent years. prime minister modi acknowledging in press statements there the trade of balance was, in fact in india's favor and the india government would work to rectify that and india would work more on development and infrastructure program and that is the very programs that china has been looking to capitalize on in terms of influencing china and interesting to see where it will go from there and the fishing dispute was mentioned by both leaders and working closely on that and interestingly we should say prime minister modi mentioned the assistance they gave to people and 27,000 houses that indian aid has helped to

build there and said the indian government was happy how that has gone and looking to develop a closer relationship in light of what has gone on in years gone by which hasn't been what new deli has been looking for. >> apart from the by lateral issues also on the agenda is the re repatronization of sri lanka refugees. >> reporter: that is correct and hope here and sri lanka with the community and observers more would have been said in these press statements by leaders, we didn't hear a word of it in terms of the future of tens of thousands of sri lanka refugees in india and the lack or the silenced rather of the leaders on this will perhaps add to the uncertainty as we have found. life is not easy but it's better than what it would be in sri lanka. he fled from his county more

than 20 years ago and came to the southern indian state. the bakery is modest but for a survivor like him he says money isn't everything. >> translator: here i have peace and a little freedom. i don't have basic rights like indian citizens do but back home in sri lanka are a lot worse and i don't want to go back to that. >> reporter: a different story for this man, he was a-year-old when he came here with his parents. he is educated but struggles with the lack of opportunity in india. so for him sri lanka represents a new start. >> translator: if the governments of both countries help me financially and give me land and help me to build a house i will go home to sri lanka. >> reporter: he and tens of thousands like him live in more than 100 open camps spread across the land and they can stay here but they don't enjoy the same rights as indian

citizens. for most people deciding whether to stay or go is the easy part the biggest challenge many refugees living in camps like this face is getting the right documentation to lead a good life regardless of where they choose to call home. going back is often a complicated process especially for those whose children were born in india. >> certificates are essential documents and in the preparedness is there and if you are not prepared and not ready then you put off the trip. the earlier people go back the earlier they are in the agony of living as a refugee. >> reporter: the agony began with the war and 30 years the trust between sri lanka and affected politics in india. >> family communities very

concerned on familyies so to get political gain from our communities so they want to show we are supporting them. >> reporter: the refugees who are trying to shape their lives the future is still far from clear. and as you've just seen the refugee issue is highly a motive in india and also deeply connected to the politics of the southern state and we have not heard the leaders speak much about the future for tens of thousands of people there are hopes perhaps we will have more substantial things to talk about on the issue when prime minister modi visits sri lanka next month. >> thank you and speaking to us from new deli. more now on our top story in egypt's air strikes in libya, one of libya's two governments condemned the strikes carried out jointly between its rival and egypt, tripoli based general

national congress says egypt did not coordinate with it and fighting terrorism should be done through the government and said we denounce the decapitation of 21 egyptians by i.s.i.l. and form a force to secure the city of fit and announce the attack on it today and say it's an attack on libyan sovereignty. now sierra government says it has made gains against the opposition fighters in the south and said it has taken several towns from the al-qaeda linked al-nusra front and had a wide scale event for the group hezbollah and activists and monitors saying dozens of people have been dilleyed. free syrian army says it's being ignored by the international community and believes is focused only combatting i.s.i.l. fighters, at a meeting in istanbul they called for greater

unity and dominick has more. >> reporter: the area just bombed by syrian government forces n the chaos people try to rescue the wounded, before the civil war began more than 100,000 people lived here now many are homeless. the u.n. believes 3 million left syria since 2011 and some like these have gone to camps in turkey. >> translator: if they gave me all the money in the world in turkey and gave me kilos of gold i still wouldn't feel at home how can one leave their home land? i'm always sad, always sad, i came here now and they gave me all these things and i cannot even feel happy about it. >> reporter: the daily violence continues in syria and they have been meeting in istanbul and bashar al-assad stood to fight government forces for years.

>> translator: the chaos in the past was behind differences of coalition and believe we have a new beginning based on the coalition and positive relations with all countries. >> reporter: leaders of the free sierran army say their situation is challenging. frankly speaking we are not part of any plans by the international coalition of syrian territory and have coordination and cooperation. >> reporter: the problem they say is that their influence with the international community has declined as the threat of i.s.i.l. has grown. now some countries seem more interested in fighting the armed group than ending syria's civil war, dominick cane with al jazeera. a peace process to end a three-decade long in senegal stalled and accuse each other of planting land mines and as we report from the southern region neither side wants to remove them. >> reporter: too afraid to step

on his own land charles farming these fields when he stepped on a land mine and lost his leg. ten years after it happened he is still in shock. >> translator: i feel inferior and less of a man, i cannot support my family and useless to others and we are hungry. >> reporter: no longer tends the fields nor does anyone else because there might be more mines and as a result of 30-year conflict between the military and rebels from the region in the south. neither side will admit to using land mines so no one knows how many there are. until 2012 handicap international was working to clear them but since the peace negotiations stalled they lost their funding and no one is clearing mines anymore. >> translator: international donors turned their back on the problem and stopped the funding and saying if there is no peace

deal it cannot take place. >> reporter: almost a thousand people mostly farmers have either died or been injured because of these mines. >> translator: the fighting between the rebels and the military may have stopped but this means nothing to us there is no real peace until we can safely access and work on our lands. >> reporter: the government says a thousand square kilometers of the region is mine and agricultural land and people grow vegetables peanuts and rice and it's precious land in a country that has so little of it and struggles to feed its own people. last year the president announced plans to grow enough rice to end imports by 2017. >> translator: the senegal region around the river is crucial for us to meet our goal and be self sufficient in rice because we have potential to double our production.

>> reporter: that has given people hope. he now sees in this mine field rice patties ready to be sewn. southern senegal. thousands of people have rallied in athens to show their support for the new greek government and gathered on sunday in front of the parliament greece goes into talks with the euro zone hoping to renegotiate the bail out program. understand certainty over greece fate is adding to economic worries and pushing the euro lower against the u.s. dollar and dropped 20% over the past year and hovering near 11-year low and allen fisher explains how this is effecting businesses in the united states. >> reporter: this is german class and elementary students in georgia and language possibly laying foundations for future korea and this in a country where spanish is the fastest

growing language. >> it's the largest economy carrying the eu so german is an important language. >> reporter: growing interest and growing share in u.s. markets, not just retail but manufacturing services and finance. in atlanta alone there are more than 270 companies with german links, they employee thousands of people and means a problem over there can quickly become a problem over here southeast states is a hub for investment and bmw and mercedes and many others crossed the atlantic. >> when we survey german companies in the u.s. and have a positive look on the u.s. market and plans on increasing their strategic focus on u.s. market and strongly manned from customer base or proximity to customers. >> reporter: it means it's more expensive for companies to set up business in the u.s. and if

the economies continue to struggle that investment right dry up. >> suddenly a lot easier for european firms to just produce in europe because they are producing and paying currency in a wage that is cheaper and paying electricity that is cheaper compared to the u.s. and some other currencies. >> reporter: low value makes u.s. exports more expend i've and southern states offer big incentives for companies to set up here. >> companies basically come here because they need to be in this market and the manufacturers need to be here because they want to be seen as having a commitment to the market and region. the suppliers need to come here because they follow those large manufacturers and i think the current relationships and those shifts are blips. >> reporter: 85 connects the states with german companies and known locally as the auto ban and it's learned in the schools in a language that may be useful

in the years to come fisher in atlanta. still to come on al jazeera. ♪ guitar replaces gunshots and playing for peace in the eastern democratic of congo. and just 24 hours after a ski jump record is set we will tell you how it was broken again. ♪

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time for sport now and let's go over to joe. >> thank you, the first surprise at this year's cricket world cup and beat them by four wickets and did it by completing a big chase and richard power explains. the small city of nelson hosted two-time world champion west i ndies and ireland and he was run out for a duck. star player chris can only manage 36 in the part b match and called out by kevin o'brien. the western indies recover and got 89 the highest score by a number 7 backsman in a world cup. he puts on 154 run stand with simmons. simmons scored 304 for 7.

in reply ed joyce hit 84 for ireland. man of the match paul sterling struck three sixes in his innings eight runs short of a tie. ireland reaching the target with more than four hours to spare to win by four wickets. >> upsets and anything to associates i don't think, i don't see why a team has to be associate and has to be a full member and it's ranked and do whatever, it's not like that in any other sport. >> it's tough. you know we have not been playing the brand of cricket that allows us to win matches. >> reporter: it's the fifth successful chase of 300 runs in world cup history and three of them have been by islands, richard par, al jazeera. well the first time they beat a test plane nation and the first appearance in the

tournament in 2007 their first major scout was knocking out afghanistan and beat bangladesh 74 runs in barbados and the highest world cup in history scoring 329 for 7 to beat england in india and now scored 300 again to defeat the west indies in new zealand. lebron james is second place on the all-star scoring list and cavaliers forward was playing the eastern conference against the west on sunday scoring his 263 career point and sits just 17 behind kobe bryant on the list but his efforts unrewarded as 41 points were scored to 1 6 3-158 win and the highest total score ever in the all-star game. >> you never want to take no gains of great especially

all-star game to get out and share your talents and blessed to play the game i love and definitely we got the win. >> don't get no better man to play the game with the fans and know the game of basketball and go out and represent the team and the league at the highest level and means everything. >> reporter: well the sporting stars filled the seat at madison square garden and among them floyd mayweather junior who dismissed rumors agreed to $250 million fight. >> that's not true and i have not signed yet and he has not signed and it just has been speculations and rumors and hopefully we can make it happen. >> reporter: the spanish appearance is one to remember and barcelona an easy win and taking them back to a single point of madrid and messi had a hat trick and third place madrid

lost ground in title race and defeated 2-0. and fiji hopes and received a boost and won u.s. event in las vegas and it was 35-19 and fifth leg of the series and 15 coordinations at the end of may will qualify for olympics and they are third in the standings. u.s. golf ended a 17-month title drought winning pebble breach with 5 under par, 67 on sunday to finish three strokes ahit of nick an emotional second victory in three years for the event of the american who had a place in april's masters tournament with a win. ski jumping record broken for a second day in a row, less than 24 hours after peter became the first person to jump 250 meters

and they set the bar even further. and the jump was 251.5 meters and stunned the home crowd, incredibly not enough for him to win the event, and he finished second. it's difficult to imagine how far a 250 meter ski jump is so let's compare it to some familiar objects and it's like jumping the length of 2 1/2 football pitches or imagine flying over the top of four boeing 787 dream liners and landing safely at the other line or 250 meters is the equivalent of 23 london buses lined up end to end, that one is really quite difficult to imagine because you never get that many buses on a london street at any one time. more sport on our website, for

the latest check out al jazeera.com/sports. we have blogs and videos from our correspondents around the world. that is all the sport for now. >> thank you very much. now, dances and party goers have taken to the streets in rio de janeiro marking the first day of the carnival parade and latin america editor says the party is seen as a dress rehearsel for next year's olympics. ♪ it's a view that took portuguese breath away when they set eyes on rio de janeiro and a lot has changed since the tropical sea side city was first founded 450 years ago. in the 1920s cococabana looked like the and today it's one of the world east most cosmopolitan beaches with hotels and visitors especially this year.

the carnival rio de janeiro has begun celebrating the 450 birthday and dubbed the marvelous city. >> translator: 450th year represents a moment of profound re reflection about the history and city and revisiting the culture in genuine traditions. >> reporter: the first carnival dates back to the 1700s by the 20th century these parties were the rage. a far cry from today's enormous outdoor parades that bring up to two million people on to the streets. 450th anniversary of rio de janeiro is the theme of carnival, a time people don't go to work and party and forget their troubles but after 4 1/2 centuries this city like so many has not only grown in size but also in problems.

rio was plagued by drug and high murder rates and over crowded and inadequate public services all this as it prepares to host the olympic games next year but local and olympic committee officials say it will transform the city. >> it was a landmark and city that was global after the games and rio wants to do the same. >> reporter: construction is underway everywhere you look to build a new metro and rapid bus system to the renewal of the run down port area. improvements are causing major traffic congestion and other inconveniences and a sacrifice many welcome. >> translator: anything to lift the i'm image is to be applauded and we had a bad image but it's improving. >> reporter: expecting a million visitors in four days

rio earned the representation as a city for meg go events but as it celebrates its birthday the challenge to overcome obstacles to document without losing its unique flavor i'm with al jazeera, rio de janeiro. looks like a lot of fun. eastern democratic republican of congo the sounds of gunshots replaced with the sounds of traditional drums and singing crowds this weekend. ♪ hundreds of people gathered in north kihoo for a concert promoting peace, last year the festival was cancelled due to clashes between the army and armed groups but on sunday peace reigned as local artists and musicians from the i'very coast and barundi took to the stage, stay with us another bulletin is up next.

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