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>> the latest for you in about 45 minutes time. hello there, thank you for joining us. exactly four years after the uprising that overthrew muammar gaddafi violence is spiraling out of control. in the latest development maz lish sha allied to the legally installed tripoli government say that they are heading to the city they are doing that to tackle groups there which a affiliated to the islamic state of iraq. they are rejecting calls for foreign intervention but that is exactly what egypt's president is pushing for.

>> is egypt has already retaliated with air strikes in libya, these pictures show some of the aftermath at a hospital in the town. poem celebrate as they remember the start of a uprising four years ago that helped push mom mar out of power, but many are also angry at the air force strikes on the east of the country on monday. and marched in support of relatives oif civilians killed in those attacks. >> the court appointed triply based government, one of two fighting for control of the country, described the attacks as hostile. now militia that supports them say they are headed to support groups themselves. egypt is calling for

intervene, and then the military campaign happened after the beheading of 21 christians cap thursdayed there. it isn't just egypt that isen canned. >> the european union is planning to hold talks with the united states and egypt on how to deal with groups linked to isil. sometimes referred to. it is clear that it is a complex situation very dangerous, so far it has been mainly for the migration roots. now, obviously, there is another dimensions that should push all the sides inside libya to realize that they are a threat to the entire country. to all the libyans and that would require a joint action to face the threats. >> france also campaigning for coordinated international response. warning that if left unchecked in libya fighting groups linked to isil could be at usual's doorstep. carolina malone, al jazeera.

>> that's the straight lines now to the united nations, to speak to our diplomatic editor james bays. and james you have spoken to egypt's foreign minister about what is happening in libya tell us what he told you. >> yeah, well he is going around the united nations, having meetings with the most importance players in this building. meeting secretary general of the u.n. ban ki-moon later on, already been meeting with key ambassadors including the u.s. ambassador and also other members of the permanent 5 of the security council. those that have the veto when it comes to the security council. it's coming clearer what egypt is actually proposing. and there was talk earlier of words intervention, and egyptian intervention. it seems from my discussion with foreign minister that right now what they are asking for is much more limited. he says they want a much tighter armed embargo they

want the borders to be patrolled to make sure that arms don't get in, and they want additional support for the government, but it doesn't seem right now that they are asking for boots on the ground. to go into place inside libya although when i spoke to him he did add this. >> i think if it is up to the community to define what is the best course of action to deal with the threat, i will not prejudge, or jump to any conclusions. it is up to us to forge a collective understanding and commitment that should not exclude any formal support of the legitimate government. >> and james the security council isn't just dealing with libya but also with ukraine, there's been an meeting there about that

troubled part of the world there's meant to be a cease fire but fighting seems to continue, what is the u.n. saying about that. >> the u.n. security council has pass add resolution on ukraine, and that is very basic, very short for the u.n. security council. simply saying that it fully supportses that minsk treatment, that late night agreement that was done in bela ruise. and it says that that should mark the way forward for ukraine. now, that gives the minsk agreement, now fresh legal status because it is now supported by the u.n. security council, it is in other words, international law at the same time the security council is issued a statement on some of the more recent developments deploring the on doing violence in eastern ukraine.

>> separatist say they have now seized large parts of the strategically important city acclaim denied by ukraine's defense ministry, paul brennen has close stoas the fighting there and he has this report. >> there is no truce. there's the firing continuing stray shells are a constant threat. this is what happens when one hit as gas pipeline. a spectacular explosion. the big guns remain at the front line. separatist artillery use this

area to target troops at the airport. but now that battle is over, it's not clear whether the launchers have moved back, or simply moved elsewhere outside the town, we found a unit of separatist artillery. this is well within the supposed withdrawal of lines agreed to mink. the separatist insist they were never going to be involved by themselves. once it started a big operation like this, you should finish it. >> a strategic rail hub in both sides are throwing everything they can into the battle to win it. these soldiers in the village just ten minutes drive from the town, they claim to be optimistic and insists the road had been unblocked. but on tuesday russian television aired footage of

dozens of captured soldiers. both sides accepted that they are now a close quarters street by street battle. the price of withdrawal of artillery in these circumstances. these guns aimed at the town just other the hill there are not pulling back any time soon, they have received no ordered to do so, and the soldiers here appear reluctant to do so, but unless they do, then the peace here stands no chance of talk. paul brennen, al jazeera outside. >> russian president vladimir putin says fighting during the cease fire was inevitable, because crew cranian troops were encircled he says he hoped both sides will lay down their weapons. >> i hope that the militia fighters representatives and leadership of the donetsk people of republic, would not

detain ahold these people, and let those troops freely speakingspeaking in hungary where he schaus just sign add new gas deal with the country's prime minister, he says the agreement replaces the 20 year existing contract and will allow for more affordable gas for hungarys. >> hung barry needs russia. it is important that russia is hope to receive and in the interest of hung hungary are to have safe energy. both partieses free to strengthen relations and these are rooted in our mutual respect for each other. >> where there's been more violence with bomb attacks reported across the country. 20 people were killed in a military check point near the city.

where three explosions were set off. the check point was manned by civilian fighters who are said to have shot and killed some of the attackers. three people are dead, and 13 wounded, after a suicide bomber blew himself up in a restaurant. the young group is very active in these regions further south, a policeman was killed when an explosion and gunfire erupted at a political rally the epole la virus is on the rise again the economic pressure. nicholas jumped onboard with guinea's truckers. >> it is a long and dangerous journey. they have traveled from

southern finney, across ebola infected regions carrying two tons of fish. we don't want to hear about ebola any more. it has destroyed everything including our trade. >> they are not sure if they will be allowed in, for the last eight months they have closed the land border with guinea to prevent ebola from spreading the rout is is used by traders throughout west africa, and the closure has hurt trade. >> closing borders is not a very good thing even to fight against a disease. you are causing panic you are causing a lot of stress on the economy, and the people to go through moments of tension. so there are also ethical reasons to criticize the closure. >> it has put measures in

place. but there is no temperature checks here, just a request to wash their hands. customs officers to a thorough inspection of their load. >> we have seen so much traffic coming through. they are carrying coffee, sizes, honey, fruits and vegetables what they bring are essential goods for senegal. >> their destination a few hours away, it is one of the largest wholesale smarts. in reopening the borderses they are boosting trade with countries that have suffers economic loss because of ebola. it is also sending a strong message to the rest of the world saying it's open for business and it's safe to come here this is no ebola here but 400,000 tourists came to visit. a country that relies on tourism. >> ebola is as much of a health crisis as an economic one, even if we get rid of the virus tomorrow, it will take

months if not years for some oftous get over the economic loss ebola has caused. >> they hope people won't be afraid to buy their fish. and now ebola continues to spread, for senegal the risks of reopening it's border outweighs the cost of keeping it closed. at least for now. al jazeera, senegal's border with guinea. >> still is to come in this news hour, we speak tomia grants who survived the journey from libya to italy some test ugh they are lucky to be alive. and correct world cup co-host new zealand struggle against scotland, and the rest of the day's sport coming up a little later.

>> . >> the country's finance minister has effectedly been handed an ultimatum by euro zone counter parts. it has given agrees until the end of this week to extend it's pail out program or risk crashing out of the euro. prime minister says he will not be forced into a bad deal. we are cooperating with our partners on the basis of specific proposals that represent in good faith that with a sincere willingness for positive outcome for the negotiations. we want a solution, not a clash. our goal is not for a clash our goal is a viable situation with with tough negotiation. we refuse to succumb to psychological black male. >> who is also part of a group that campaigns for closer integration across europe welcome to al jazeera. i presume that you are in favor then of greece staying within the euro zone we are

seeing this ted lock now in the talks do you think that the greek government does have a plan b? is because they never really talk of one they say it was that or nothing. >> i hope they have one and if they don't they must be formulating one very quickly. it is clear that they are not as far as the government would like them to. there is to accommodation that they are looking for. so a compromise will have to be struck, and that will produce a significant down from the significant cuts. >> you say compromise, but what is the middle ground? is they have made it both very clear what they want, and there doesn't seem to be any compromise. >> there isn't indeed. the line both sides are taking is remarkly hard. there is an opportunity for significant relief in the bail out terms of greece's. both in terms of the money that greece owns it's european partners but also the type of

reforms that are necessary. if emphasis is given to instruction in the debt, and making sure that the payment is take a bit longer, and the interest is reduced it will be significant savings for the government. if i remember momented reforms oen what they want, and the european partners to put emphasis with the retomorrows give them more time to implement them, and at the same time give them more money to stay afloat. >> it is a tricky situation because they got elected on this ticket, even though now the members have changed how much wiggle room do they have how much would the people of greece toll rare any change? is. >> they have indeed promises more than they can deliver. >> once you come into power you make calculations and realize that the promises are

not to be recommended. i believe that the good people will understand, if the government confronts them honestly and tells them what is suggested was impossible any more, but if they continue pushing that line, they might find themselves in even worse predicament, crashing out of the euro zone is not something is they want. most want to remain in the european union. if this government leads them out, they will have aftereven bigger question. >> it was never really just about greece, it was more about setting the precedence of the country and then possibly creating a situation where bigger countries like spain or italy would then either default from their debts or come out of the euro, do you still that is realistic a greek exit will mean the end of the euro zone as we need it. >> even though it is a small

economy? is. >> it is supposed to be a monetary union, where members are locked together, in the process of integration, that is supposed to be never ending if one member crashes out, the question is who will be next. it's a cloud where people can come in, and go out at will. and that changes the landscape entirely and serious questions will be asked about other states. >> some kind of agreement has to be drawn up between the euro zone and the greek government, i believe by tend of this month so i am sure we will be tackling about this again, for the moment, political analyst, thank you. after 20 people died in an accident with power cables. the hee-seop taj line touched the open part of a float lex from cuting those onboard, and starting a stampede that injured many more dominic cape has more. >> carnival early on tuesday

morning thundershowers of people are partying at a succession of musical flows makes it's way through the floats. among them, one belonging to a group. as their open top bus henns down the road, it close to some electrical cables and then a man is struck by the cable that match who received the shock is now in critical condition many others were killed or injureses as they tried to get away. >> the casualsies were taken to the city's general hospital. as you can see, some of these are critical. we have stabilized them, there are also some who are relatively stable. >> issue as statement on twitter expressing his sincere sympathies to the victims. tuesday's incident happened on

the day of mardi gras, for more than 200 years asians have celebrated carnival in port-au-prince. it's no more practice in haiti for the open top floats and buss to have someone onboard who lifts power cables out of the way. but it seems on this occasion, that did not happen. dominic cane, al jazeera. the u.s. plans to start selling it's military to more nations. so far the drones have only been sought by the united kingdom. the remote control drones have play as major part in u.s. strategy in countries including pakistan, afghanistan, and syria. but they have also caused many civilian deaths. more on this story in washington tell us more about the policy and the motivation behind it, because of course drones have always been and

will definitely be now a very controversial weapon. >> and from probably going to remain very controversial. the idea is that countries are under more pressure to improve their military arsenals particularly members of nato, who are required to try to spend up two to 2% of their annual gdp on defense i.q., and operations. certainly if these countries were able to purchase drones as opposed to purchasing helicopters, or fighter jets it would be more ard toble for them to be able to build up that part of their military. and certainly other countries that don't have the man power that the united states or china, or india have, can certainly find a way to augment their military capabilities as well, by using both armed and unarmed drones. however, this is a question of how are they going to be used and certainly the

controversial which the u.s. has encountered when there have been civilian casualties in the wake of it's drone strikes is certainly going to be a question now. >> i guess the u.s. wouldn't want to sell it to countries that thinks might use them in a unlawful way assuming there is a lawful way of using them, so how would they make sure the countries they sell them to would comply to this? >> well that's certainly the rub, and this is something that currently exists with the sale of conventional weapons. again, fighter jets, rifles, miss stolls, attack helicopters, anything that could pose an offensive threat to people whether they are in uniform, or simply walking down the street, certainly the concern was raised about the sale of apache helicopters to egypt in the wake of concerns about how it treated protestors after the start of the uprising that eventually

toppled mumbarak as president. there are questions about whether the restrictions that the u.s. would be placing on the sale of these armed drones would actually be enforced, and logistically how could they be enforced. does this mean that the country in question would no longer get weapons? is would the drones be brought back to the united states, those are some serious questions which now have to be raised even though the obama administration says that it believes that it can carry out this policy, and not put civilians at risk. >> with the latest from washington d.c., rosalyn thank you. >> bangladesh's war crimes will deliver another verdict tomorrow in london, this time on former mp mohamed suban however, reports by a prominent qc says that so far the convictions haven't been based on proper evidence if it

is anything like the previous ones it is likely to be a death sentence for alleged crimes against humanity. states that the court falls far short of international standards. >> green the pakistan army helped by local collaborators and nationalist supported by the indian army fighting for been delash independent. hundreds of thousands died in mass killings with rape and torture common. the tribunal was meant to provide justice instead it's judgements have sparked

violent protests building new divisions out of old wounds. >> in his report, mr. robertson notes that the court's defendants have all been members of political rival to the government with many of it's convictions based on hear say rather than proper evidence the report knows that a 2010 parliamentary amendment removed key constitutional protections for defendants that says it failed to provide basic human rights guarantees required by international law including having adequate time to prepare a defense. as far as we are concerned we have observed the courts have actually followed all the rules all the procedures and it came up we lab rate practice to support the process -- to ensure that the defense team gets their day in court, so that is the reason i think the process is fair enough, and it has. unfairly assessed by this report. >> what do you believe should

be done. >> i hope that my report will contribute to some retomorrows. i believe it should be possible to calling for change al jazeera london. >> coming up on al jazeera claims the u.s. hid spying software deep within computer hard drives, for countries like iran and russia. and a as afghanistan prepares to make their world cup debut we head to the country to see how the national team is inspiring a new generation of players.

here is a reminder of the top stories.

militia ally to the legally installed government, saying they are headed to tackle isil. the u.n. security council has said it regrets that violence has continues in some parts of eastern ukraine, despite the announcement of a cease fire. and the greek prime minister alexis has declared that his government will not succumb to plaque mail in the stand off with the euro zone. >> more than 2,000 migrants have been rescued off the coast of libya in the last couple of days alone. many of them have been picked up be i the coast guard in trafficking boats or just trying to make their own way to safety, more now from the island warming up in foil blankets after a treacherous journey at sea these are some of the more than 2,000 migrants rescued since sunday. more than 1,000 of them are being held here. at a reception center on the

italian island. that's more than twice as many as it was built for. they told al jazeera they were lucky to survive. >> that situation was so dangerous. to get here. but we we decide to be here. if you are from the -- so you have to try -- in order to be here even -- this' an oxygen. and inside the people, some of them some of them -- it is more crowded. okay it will take three or four people. >> pause they don't get any attention for us.

they didn't give milk for children. nevertheless they will have to move quickly to bigger sections across the country. >> the u.n. refugee agency says conditions inside the center are worrying. >> the situation is a bit out of control. because the distribution of food of clothes cannot be guaranteed, there was a number of people landed tonight, 265 people that have to sleep outdoors that some of them still had their wet clothes on they couldn't receive adequate assistance. >> this year, a record number

of migrants have already attempted the dangerous crossing to europe, during the freezing winter months, when the seas are particularly rough. and hundreds are already feared to have drowned. >> on tuesday some of the migrants were flown to the destination centers across the country. but the worry is that this tiny island between north africa and sicily will once again become the gate way into europe for hundreds of thousands. al jazeera a federal judge has temporarily blocked president obama's plan to protect millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation. the judge in texas ruled that the correct administrative procedures had not been followed.

gabriel has more now from san antonio texas where the ruling was made. >> nowhere is this federal judge decision going to be felt more than here in the state of texas there's an estimated 1.2 million migrants that live in this state and about half of which are about five to 600,000 were eligible to apply for deportation relief but now are going to be stuck now obviously anti-immigration activists here and elsewhere in the country are applauding this urge have's decision, but others are not. we saw a press conference that was held today here in the city of san antonio, where immigration activists and local lawmakers came out and they were basically giving the message that they are going to fight this judge's decision, until barack obama's executive orders actually implemented. now, the effects are very serious, we actually met a local man here who has been living in san antonio for more

than 20 years and he is undocumented he is from mexico. he doesn't have any legal papers in the united states, and he was hoping to apply this week for deportation relief based under this executive order. but now he is not going to be able to, he will have to wait until a final resolution is in place. so all over this country there will be people that are going to be effected by this decision, i can tell you immigration activists and even the federal government said they plan to challenge this when it could possibly be overturned or even if it will be is really anybody's guess. >> joining us now from new york madame, thank you so much for joining us here on al jazeera. first of aural your reaction to this decision by this judge, why do you think he took it. >> well, the decision itself wasn't a surprise, this judge

is known for potentially some anti-immigrant sentimentses the rhetoric in the opinion was quite anti-immigrant. so the decision itself wasn't a surprise. the fact that it was a very narrow ruling and the actual finding of the cause for the injunction being basically a the administrative act, was -- is positive. >> but of course he says the correct procedures have nonbillion foe lot ultimately is he right because whichever we look at it it is very embarrassing for the administration right now. >> somewhat's one way to look at it and certainly the states that brought the act wanted to stop this, and they will have successes in at least delays it. but we are very confident and

we expect the federal government to appeal this immediately, and that will go forward that this is really just a delay. you say it is just a delay but what do you think it does to the wider conversation about immigration in the u.s., which we all know is very devicive, what do you think it does to it, to do you think it fogs the issue. >> you know that's a concern and i think that that would be one of the tactics to bring this back it was in the news in knot, people have probably not thought about it since then, it was supposed to start accepting applications as of tomorrow. so is is it does bring the conversation back, but we can use this to show that again overwhelm majority of americans do believe that we need to deal positively with the undocumented. no one is in favor or certainly a very small minority would be in favor of

deporting the undocumented population in the u.s. which doesn't make any sense. >> attorney at the american immigration lawyers association, thank you for sharinging your views with us. >> stays in the u.s., the agency there has been accused of hiding spying software deep within with computer hard drives that have been shipped all over the world if truitt would allow the agency to eaves drop on computers anywhere. says computers in countries like iran, china and afghanistan were targeted the most. the software is said to have been planted by what is described as the equation group, thought to be a vailed reference to the u.s. national security agency and it's military counter parts cyber command. the report describes the software as impossible to wipe

out, because it is implemented deep within the systems out of reach of antivirus programs. let's get more on this. and analysis team he joins us live now from skype sir thank you for joining us here on al jazeera. first of all and in very similar language, explain to us how this super spy ware would work? how does it work? is. >> so, there's the possibility for the equation group to hit your hard drives firmware, which is basically the electronics that drive the communication and the operations of the disk from your computer. normally, this is not accessible to anyone let's say outside the manufacturer. of this hard drives and we are talking probably about 12 different companies around the world, which produce this hard drives. so it's not possible for

common people like you and me to modify the software that has been placed on this hard drives. except for the manufacturers and now by this powerful actor that we called the equation group. and is just tell us from your research who you think is been most effected. >> we see three countries have been the most effected across the world these are iran, afghanistan, and rush are sha and we also see quite a bit of infection thes in afghanistan syria, china mellowly we also see infections pretty much all around the world in countries in europe, for instance, we have seen infections in belgium, germany switzerland even the u.k., although the infections in the u.k. and the west are quite different from the others. in the u.k. and the u.s., the only kinds of infections we have seen were computers

belonging to islamic scholars and activists so they were targeting specific my in the u.s. and u.k. your company has stopped short of accusing the agency of being the source of this software but obviously it does seem to point that way from reading a lot of it, what proof do you have? is how did you go about discovering this? is. >> to be honest, we don't know who is behind this operation. this is the most important thing to mention is there's no technical evidence that links it to any agency or to any government. there are a lot of code napes inside very strange code names such as straight shooter, dessert winter, drink, stealth fighter there's even one called which says grock and to be honest all these code names mean nothing to the layman they

don't appear anywhere on the internet and you will not be able to find any connections to any agency, except for one there is one such module called grock which was previously mentioned in leaks and there it was mentioned and we did find this together with and equation group and we confirm. so there are four letters which basically link this operation let's say to known leaks but i would call it a weak connection, so for now we don't know who is behind this. >> i am sure lit be investigated further, thank you so much for syrian government forces are reported to have taken control of several villages in the the latest offenses near the city

bringsbrings the army closer the largest city in syria. >> and syria will be a major scene this week, when the white house convened a major summit called countering violent extremism. the three day event will discuss how to combat the recruitment efforts of groups like al quaida and isil. one strategy is -- some say these efforts unfairly single out immigrant groups. kimberly reports. her only goal was to raise her family away from conflict. but now she worried that her young children and others in the enclave of minneapolis are being targeted by isil recruitment videos. we are the most vulnerable, because we have enemies --

that's because this july, seven people have left to travel to syria and have since been charged with crimes related to their involvement with isil. >> the u.s. attorney says it will address issue such as high unemployment, that makes young people feel isolated and slur initial. >> there's a feel of identity crisis. the community wants to address and it we are there to help. the program has it's critics that fear it will lead to mass surveillance. 2008 teenagers were act ily recruited by the somali al

quaida links group. but a government program was also being used to gather intelligence. in their internal documentses they made very clear that if one purpose of this outreach was to collect information about the community. >> after holding dozens of meetings with youth leaders andy says this program is different. >> we do have a problem and we want to solve it, the community wants to soft it community memberrens say they are optimistic but also skeptical. >> to share the label or to share the claim where the bad guys do whatever they want to do and get away and we are the one who is going to get hurt the label or the sticker, or the name for it

and she says as long as there is stigmal that will be suspicious even when they are claimed to protect people like her children. >> coming up we will have all of the days sports news, plus the owls that are becoming the main attraction over quiet syrian town.

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to brim with tourists and locals for some time. the state of mass robberies means they aren't the only ones. fully armed forces have joined them on the sand as lue see yeah reports. rio and the beach are synonomous while people flog by the hundreds of thousands. but locals know to bring the bear minimum, bare being the operative word. to protect themselveses from a possible tsunami. but not a tsunami that comes from the ocean, but rather from the hills that surround. it's called a human wave, that descends from the absolutelies on to the beaches stealing everything in it's path. three months ago othan same beach, this was the scene. >> beach goers running in panic trying in vain to escape

from the onslaught of thieves. >> that's why rio's political has introduce add new type of sun protection, it's called operation beach. the same special units forces that normally fight drug trafficking gangs is now stationed at the beaches. in full combat gear. >> this is not an extreme measure, it is a precaution, in order to protect people who frequent the beach. due to the large number of people who come here, some take advantage to commit crimes. >> some 300 police bikes and foot carries pistols and stun gunds weave their way around the umbrellas. while on the pavement, state of the art technology to keep track of potential player ups in real time. >> these are the images from police helicopters and local cameras we are told. suspects are arrested on the

spot. a welcomed development say locals. >> i decided to come here pause it is close to the police truck it makes the whole family feel safer. >> it was a bit dangerous. >> authorities promise to keep operation beach going as long as there is a mass presence of beach goers which in rio means practically all year round. >> now time to get all the sports news, here is robin in doha. >> barbara, thank you. the latest football news for you and the first of the champions league round of 16 matches has just finished. the big spenderses the team that took the lead they won the lead going into the second

half well, edson is heading in the 5040 minute made it all square, chelsea taking away the goal into the tile which takes place on march 11th. has to buy in 1,000-kilometers away due to the on going conflict, new zealand meat it two wins from two their latest opponent, true to be a tougher test than expected. >> after victory over sri lanka, the fans were expecting another win against scotland, it looks like that wouldn't be a problem when they lost their top four, in just the first five overs. >> and 142 despite 38 from

cane williamson, the black cat struggle to chase the modest target they lost seven of regular intervals in their innings. but new zealand still manages to claim the victory with went five overs and three to spare. a little bit scarier than we wanted i guess. rushing around the change, means we may be in a little bit of trouble but we got the points, and we got the job done, so pretty satisfying. >> chasing that small total may have been tricky for them, and it might have changes the way that their natural game would usually be. so i'm not sure what other teams will make of it, but from a scottish point of view we are very proud. >> despite running the hosts close, scotland has yet to win the three world cups. >> afghanistan's team, when

they play bangladesh. reportsreports on the hopes of the afghan people. >> the pitch is almost ready for the first tournament, playing inning this semifinal match, the high school in orange, and share hon in blue. a bit of last minute strategy before the match begins. >> then it gets underway. this is one of afghanistan's most dangerous provinces and security is a main concern for the players. >> if a player is wealthy, he is afraid of being kidnapped if he is poor, he only thinks about his financial situation and most are in bad economic shape. >> so is the government, the national budget still relying heavily on international aid so there's not much money for sports. we don't have grounds and we don't have the proper gear to practice we ask the government to pay attention to

sports especially cricket, so we can develop. >> local officials say the spore also helps keep young men out of trouble and gives them something to aspire too, like a spot on the national team. most of the team came from here. warm wear all year long and proximity to pakistan makes it basically the correct capitol of afghanistan. players played in pakistan and brought fit there to here now we have academies here, but there should be academies in every province, so boys can get good at correct. >> this is well appointed with pads and batting mitts and the players have high expectations if their would be hometown heros. the dreams of their fans rest on the teams world cup performance. but even the national team says he doesn't think the team will win and it might not happen for another decade, but the fact that afghanistan is playing with the best teams in the world is an achievement in

itself and afghans will be cheering them on, every step of the way. >> kabul. >> that's it, back to barbara. >> thank you. now, a small town in northern serbia is becoming an international mac net for bird watchers. on the lure of long ears owls. in the main square, the trees are filled with long eared owls all through the winter, this small town become as kind of bird watcher's paradise. during the day they take it easy but at night they hunt for mice and rats. that's good news for the local farmers the owls have got used to their urban lifestyle and the humans seem to like it too. >> we are proud that our town has become famous because of our owls. >> them become part of our every day life, i am sad now

as there are on 200 or 300 there used to be more, but recent holidays took a toll, firecrackers and everything. but in a nutshell, we are so proud of our owls. >> however the owls probably haven't chosen for the beautiful buildings or friendly people, local environmentalists think they have been forced here. most of our local forrest was cut dun, there are only a few orchards with small trees the only logical solution for them was to come here, and get used to the noise. they have nowhere else to go it may not be as quiet as their old home in the forrest but as towns go, it is a pretty sleepy place. the long ears owls hope that won't change. simon mcgregor wood, al jazeera. >> and that is it for me, the rest of the london team for this news hour, we will be pack in a few minutes with more of the day's news, i hope you can join us then, bye bye.

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