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war veterans in the united states of america and find out way they are getting extra attention at the oscars this sunday. ♪ thanks for being with us greece asked european creditors to extend the bail out loan for six months while it negotiates a new deal but germany rejected it and negotiations will resume on friday morning and john reports from athens. on the eve of a crucial meeting of an euro finance ministers greek prime minister sounded as defiant as effort and addressing the chinese he effectively told the european partners what stance greece would take in friday's talks. >> china fought for independence greece is fighting for the national sovereignty. >> reporter: greece was in a war of words with headline on

germany worried about the left wing government spending promises. >> translator: the greek proposal is the first step but we have to say this offer is not sufficient because it's lacking concrete measures that need to be taken in greece and one thing is not acceptable, we can't ease things in greece and have germ man and european taxpayers pay for us. >> reporter: tough on tax collection and not to run into deficit during six months of talk, the sticking point is it doesn't want the next six months to see a continuation of the austerity policies. >> reporter: greece refusing to modify proposal saying the time has come for those who want a solution to reveal themselves and government issued a statement saying the uero group has two choices to accept the greek proposal or reject it and rallied around the government raising popularity since the election.

>> translator: prime minister proceeding in this way because he is very smart and has a sense of direction and reached this with courage and expectations and all the people support him. >> reporter: but they elected to keep greece in the euro zones and not to tumble out of it. >> translator: it doesn't matter if i'm not with those who support or have voted for this government, what matters is greece needs to find a solution within the euro because we sacrificed a lot and it should not be an option for us to exit. >> reporter: the program is not returning the economy to health and it wants to repay its debt but cannot it needs $25 billion this year alone so its only choice is to convince its creditors to finance the truce, john with al jazeera in athens. george is a political analyst and also a journalist at the greek finance newspaper daily, he thinks both sides will reach an agreement. >> there is no plan b. we are forced to compromise.

greece most compromise. germany must compromise and the chief of the european commission is exercising their very ver effective mediation, this afternoon. greek prime minister had a telephone conversations with angela merkel. it will be a very difficult negotiation. a very hard negotiation. but i think that every side is looking for a compromise solution. the best for every side. but this is the classical way to negotiate inside the european union, the euro zone. because there is no plan b, no one takes the political to put the things to uncertain territory, so compromise is the only solution. >> reporter: u.s. central commander official has given a timeframe for a potential offensive to recapture iraqi city of mosul from i.s.i.s.

fighters iraqi and kurdish military force have 25,000 troops is currently being prepared, the u.s. official said it could be ready to fight for control of iraq second largest city by april and roslyn joins me now from washington. jordan do we know why the u.s. is releasing this information now? >> well it's not clear why they decided to announce this apparent spring offensive, but it's not uncommon for the u.s. military to have done so in other conflicts. they talk about an annual spring offensive in afghanistan and they did talk about a similar action every year in iraq during the last war. so it's not unusual. but it does raise some questions about whether or not it's too soon to try to do this given that u.s. advisors started working and training these iraqi forces at the end of september. just about five months ago. >> any indication what kind of shape this assault might take?

>> well, the official didn't get into specifics. but there were enough hints dropped during this conversation with reporters on thursday to indicate that it would be both ground fighting in the street fighting as well as air strikes which had been ongoing, carried out by the u.s. and allies in that part of iraq. but it's not clear just how extensive this would be. he certainly or she did not actually spell out from which direction these troops would be coming how frequently, whether they would do it in the day time or the nighttime and didn't get that level of granularity. >> details sketchy at the moment but effectiveness of the iraqi army in the past r do we have an idea what role the u.s. may end up playing in this other than just training them? >> well certainly the big question which has been put to the u.s. military since last

fall after the air war inside iraq started is whether or not u.s. troops would be going back into iraq not to train, not to advise not to assist but to actually fight. president barack obama has repeatedly said he does not think that ground troops are necessary even though his top generals including the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general martin dempsey felt the only way the iraqi troops would succeed is have u.s. troops fighting alongside of them they would make that recommendation to the president. but of course it's ultimately up to president barack obama to decide whether or not ground forces would go in. at any rate as you might expect rob, that decision if it were to come would be extremely controversial here in the united states. >> reporting live from washington d.c. thanks very much indeed. now newly released video from u.s. central command apparently

shows u.s. and coalition air strikes in areaed controlled by i.s.i.l. in iraq. this video shows a strike on sunday near the area here and others show coalition air strikes on tuesday on a building occupied by the ground in anbar providence and oil town of beji and swept through northern iraq in june last year u.s.-led coalition carried out strikes against the group in neighboring syria. and fighters loyal to i.s.i.l. have seized the university in the central libyan city of cert and roads in libya exploiting a power vacuum for control between two governments and let's see what groups are competing for control and the fight in libya is drawn between two main coalitions, the first one backs the u.n.-recognize government based out of tabrook and the main bases are east of the

country and also control the western city of zintan. the second one fights under the libya dawn banner. it is supporting the rival government based in tripoli and made advances in cidra and others on the border. control of benghazi is split between rival malitia groups who back both coalitions and growing divide between both camps has given i.s.i.l. a chance to influence and gained ground in soot and two others but as we report other armed groups are fighting back. >> reporter: the fighters here led the battle for cert and captured former leader moammar gadhafi and now they are ready to go to the city to fend out i.s.i.l. and declared a providence and occupied government buildings there. >> translator: we should secure libya. we should not keep silent after we made sacrifices.

>> reporter: the fighters have moved into the cert area in preparation for what they say is an inevitable battle in cert and means yet another front line opening up in libya. cert is being controlled from its coastline, cost guards are now patrolling the mediterranean from misrata to cert and foreign fighters and weapon are said to have reached cert by sea and somewhere in the area that i.s.i.l. recently killed 21 egyptian copyic christians and it prompted egypt to launch air strikes in the northeast city a town where some fighters had declared alegienc in october and the u.n. recognized 1,000 kilometers away in tabrook welcomed them and if carried out rates against i.s.i.l. camps, training center and weapon depots but in libya and the beheading video by i.s.i.l. is worrying workers and estimate

the number one million even though there is no official count. these people are said to have arrived in the country illegally caught by the authorities, they are about to be deported. >> translator: regarding the seven fisherman who are with us from the legal immigration department came by sea and do not have any documents. we transferred them to tripoli and from tripoli to misrata for deportation. >> reporter: they are told to stay in for safety and they recognized the government and egypt asked the security council to lift arms embarbgo over libya but there is concerns more weapons will not contain the spread of i.s.i.l. or affiliates which are taking advantage of these divisions, many libyans asking for unity in the formation since the fall of the gadhafi regime nearly four years

ago which politicians so far failed to provide, al jazeera, in tunesia. local media says nearly 2000 egyptian workers returned from libya, 1700 arrived back following the air strikes in libya on monday and it has been a major destination for migrant workers because of the oil industry and because it's close to egypt. syria's information minister says the success for a ceasefire in aleppo hinges if foreign states can get the opposition to comply and said he was referring to saudi arabia katar, turkey and jordan which offered support to rebels fighting assad government. >> translator: the success of any effort related to the war on syria depends on the capacity of the parties that finance the armed terrorist groups. >> reporter: the world has to

confront the warped ideology of groups like i.s.i.l. and al-qaeda, that was u.s. president barack obama's message on the last day of a summit of extremism being hosted by the white house. but the u.s. government also wants to take on groups like i.s.i.l. on social media and white house correspondent patty reports. >> one of the main messages from the summit attended by more than 60 countries is the coalition is losing the tech war to the islamic state of iraq and lavonte. >> serve as an entity. >> reporter: ironically the summit had technical issues to highlight the point and got the mic working for u.s. president barack obama who announced a new initiative. >> we need to do more to help lift up voices of tolerance and peace especially online. and that's why the united states is joining, for example, with the uae to create a new digital

communication hub to work with religious and civ society and community leaders to counter terrorist propaganda. >> what does that mean what will they do? turns out they are not sure yet >> there are going to be conversations with partners in the region and i'm sure we will have more to say about it as details become finalized. >> reporter: the obama administration says it needs to fight i.s.i.l. on the battlefield and also in cyberspace where they are slick videos and campaign could lure more fighters to take up arms. former cia agent robert says it's going to be a big challenge for the u.s. >> some sort of a communications hub which is helping to reenforce and to amplify indigenous messages in the region is a good thing but when it has a u.s. stamp on it it carries a taint and there is no avoiding that. >> reporter: until this new plan is flushed out and put in place the u.s. state department is spending more money trying to counter the i.s.i.l. narrative online hoping the message gets

through despite the fact the u.s. is the messenger, patty with al jazeera, washington. lots more to come on the al jazeera news hour don't provoke russia warning to the west but the man who led astonia to independence. and in sport could this former playing great become the new president of world futbol? ♪ ukrainian activists gathered in kiev to mark a year since the violent protests in maiden square and opened fire at protesters killing more than 100 people. activists were angry that their president at the time had frozen ties with the european union, the protest eventually led to the removal of president viktor yanukovych. fighting has continued in eastern ukraine despite ceasefire called in effect on sunday president porshenko

wants u.n. peace keepers in the region to enforce the truce and raised concerns over the town from where his army withdrew on wednesday. >> translator: and i'd like to add that the situation is getting more exacerbated because with the support of the russian army, militants virtually wiped out the city from the surface of the earth and now it reminds me of the moon landscape. >> reporter: the government troops continue to battle rebels just outside there and paul brennan reports from a check point near the town. >> reporter: these are the russian soldiers who are claiming victory in the battle for debousava and vehicles flying the russian flag and allegiance is openly declared saying hello from russia

porteshenko. street by street combat continued here for four days after the supposed ceasefire deal. small numbers of ukrainian soldiers are still thought to be hold up, stranded inside the town. the dead lie where they fell. on the approach road to here at a place at a cross we found the aftermath of a battle with debris of a desperate struggle with casualties on both sides here a burnt out tank absolutely blackened by the intensity of the fire and fighting and more vehicles and a tank on the far side and two bodies still lying in the open over behind the camera there as well. a fighter from the russian city described the final assault. >> translator: the battle finished the day before yesterday, ukrainians were running out of ammunition and we hit the ammunition store and a

truck came to supply it and we destroyed it and yesterday artillery was quiet and shooting with rifles, after that they retreated. >> reporter: ukraine government says the retreat was organized but the soldiers who were there tell a very different story. many speak of a chaotic withdrawal racing over open fields constantly under fire from separatists, tanks and mortar and now there are fears that capturing the town may not be the limit of the separatists ambitions, attention is turning to the south of the donetsk region. >> translator: in the area of maripol concentration of rebel forces being observed but the situation is being monitored, how servicemen in the residential area are passing on intelligence that those forces are being prepared for a possible offensive. >> reporter: on thursday ukraine's national security council agreed a formal request for united nations peace keeping force to be deplayed to eastern ukraine, there is no guaranty the request will be granted but

they are fast running out of options. paul brennan, al jazeera. we have an executive board member of the ukrainian congress of america and joins us live from new york city thank you so much for being with us and i wanted to ask you about president portshenko for request for a u.n. backed peace keeping force to be brought in and got a veto on the security council and that is not likely to happen, is it? >> well, it's interesting what is going to develop out of this. first of all, he has turned the president portshenko turned to european nations in general, those who have mandate for u.n. peace keepers to voluntarily send their troops to ukraine, in terms of getting a specific mandate from the u.n. for a u.n. peace keeping mission on the demarcation line between the conflict in ukraine, it's going to be interesting what happens diplomatically because right now the question is at least being

asked at the u.n. and that means that the rest of the world doesn't have a lot of faith in the papers that putin signs. >> in terms of the shelling that is going on at the moment in breach of the ceasefire do we have an indication who is actually doing the firing? >> well what happened since the beginning of the ceasefire, before the ceasefire because what was laid into plan at minsk was for russia to send in almost 100 tanks, additional rocket launchers and missiles into ukraine between the time they signed the ceasefire and the actual implementation of the ceasefire. between those several days they encircled the town and trapped several thousand ukrainian soldiers. that territory has now been captured by russia and now have pushed beyond the line of demarcation they agreed to in minsk and pushing forward because they stated their intention is to take the entire

territorial borders of the provinces of both donetsk and luhonsk. >> you say russia is doing this and are suchsha -- russia is denying this and what proof do you have that russia is actually driving this? >> no more than just walking through the town and seeing the tanks that are there. these are clearly tanks that have come in from russia 272 and t 80s and not tanks available in ukraine and they are marked with markings that show they have been shipped over from different locations in russia not only that but the in the minsk agreement itself it was acquainted the tornado missile system was being in use in ukraine and that is a system that only went online and production in 2012 specifically for the russian army and no other military in the world uses it. >> i wanted to ask you, a member of the ukrainian parliament who leads a volunteer battalion

criticized army command for not taking responsibility in terms of the ceasefire. are we likely to see a split between the generals of the army and the ukrainian government? >> well, right now there is no sort of signs within the people that another revolution is a foot. what is happening though is people are calling their government into account and this has been a year long process about calling various aspects of their government into account. the entire anticorruption campaign, whether it's the prosecutor's office which was recently turned over the border patrol, all levels of ukrainian society are being questioned by civic society right now to try to give ukraine a future. what is happening with the army is similar but there is still a chain of command, a chain of command that was established in april of 2014 and building slowly into what will surely be

one of the strongest armies that has deployment capability on the territory of europe. >> and executive board member of the ukrainian congress committee of america and good to get you thoughts on this thank you very much indeed. the man who helped establish astonia independence from the soviet union saying russia is provoked by military expansion in eastern europe and we have been speaking after a warning after several leaders that moscow may attack a baltic state to test the resolve and we are from the town in astonia on the russian border. >> reporter: if there is a new cold war this could be the place where the spy movie is set. it is europe out post on this side of the river astonia, other side is russia and the water wouldn't stop invading army for long and it's 400 times smaller than russia with a navy of four ships and an airforce of two

transporter planes. the border town of nava is entirely russian speaking and many in nato believe a dispense of their rights could defy russian military action here. so astonia is a new fast response base for nato and soldiers being trained in fighter jets at the air base and government says there was no alternative. >> when putin senses a vacuum he rushes to fill it. when he has a weakness and indecision he will try to exploit it with strength and unity he will be deterred. >> reporter: justification of defense produced very high profile critics and among them the astonian whose aid to gorbechef had independence from the union and given that place in history his criticism of nato is highly significant.

>> this is a kind of provocation for russia. i don't think it's provocation for russia attack astonia but doesn't increase astonia's security certainly because there is no way that russia is going to attack astonia for that matter because it's not in russia's interest. >> reporter: what about the russians in eastern astonia, do they see themselves suffering like the russians of crimea? no they do not. >> translator: they feel part of the european union and believe solutions to their problems will come from europe and looking for answers from brussels not moscow. >> reporter: the question is whether nato actions here might drive pro-european astonia russians toward moscow. a few days time american and other nato soldiers will be parading in this square literally on the russian border

in celebration of astonia national day of independence. many western leaders accuse vladimir putin of paranoia of the advance and it's not difficult to imagine what a reaction would be in a place like washington if russian troops tried to state the celebration on the border with the united states of america. politicians here talk about whether their country might be betrayed to the russians over the river but rogue elements in the east of the country. if it's not paranoia then it's suspicion and isnot clear if nato presence will make things better or worse, lawrence lee, al jazeera on the astonia, russia border. fighter jets after long-range bombers off the u.s. coastline and didn't enter british air space but prime minister david cameron thinks moscow is trying to spend a political message and lee barker

reports. >> reporter: skirting uk territory, the type of russian war planes royal fighter jets intercepted off the british coast. aircraft have bombers otherwise known as bears built to carry nuclear cruise and missiles. two skrets were scrambled from the raf base here and escorted the russian planes for several hundred kilometers and prime minister david cameron believes moscow is sending london a message. >> when this happened at no time did the russian military aircraft cross into uk sovereign air space. i think what then demonstrates is we have the fast jets and pilots in place to protect the united kingdom and suspect the russians are trying to make some sort of a point and i don't think we should dignify it with too much of a response. >> reporter: also on thursday a russian t.v. channel owned by the russian defense ministry

broadcast this video filmed from inside a bare bomber and shows nato jets including britt typhoons flying inside and not clear when the film was made and this is the third time in a month that british forces have responded to russia inching close to british territory, on tuesday the royal navy dragged this 20 miles from the british coats and comes amidst criticism of russia over the apparent hand of ukraine conflict and uk blames mosquito for the murder of a spy on british soil poisons londons believes on kremlin orders. the sight of russian bombers off the coast of corn wall puts diplomatic ties under greater strain, lee barker, al jazeera. breaking news coming out of venezuela and opposition leaders say the mayor has been arrested condemning their detention

although the venezuela government has yet to say it's true but the office was full of police and told al jazeera he was eventually escorted from his office. we will be talking to adam the rainy live for us in mexico city with more on that. still to come on the program freed by boko haram former hostages speak about their experience in captivity. we will tell you about a website in germany which tries to make sure no one goes to bed hungry. and find out where one of n.b. averages biggest stars is heading on trade deadline day and we have the details in sport. nuz

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offensive to recapture the iraqi city of mosul from i.s.i.l. fighters could be ready by april, iraqi and kurdish force of up to 25,000 troops is currently being prepared. and fighting continues around the eastern ukrainian town of dabalsivo seized by pro-russian separatists and they are asking peace keepers to be declared for the ceasefire agreed upon in minsk last week. news out of venezuela and mayor arrested and monitoring developments on this from mexico city adam do we know why we has been taken? >> no we don't know why and actually we don't have official confirmation yet from the government that has been taken and now the president maduro is speaking on national television and whether or not he will describe what reportedly happened at this office is not

clear right now. what we are hearing from aids of the mayor is that men bearing no identification came into his office, that he was perhaps beaten and taken away and aids believe he might be held in intelligence authorities headquarters in the center of caracus but we are hearing confirmation from aids but nothing from the government and venezuela has extremely polarized politics and conflict between the mayor of caracus and socialist government and beat a socialist candidate in 2008 and since then the government led by chaves and now the other president and we have seen this pollinazation for years in caracas. >> it's breaking news and obviously just happened, do we have an indication how venezuela is reacting to this news? >> well, we are seeing on twitter of course many leaders in the opposition extremely angry and worried.

we are also hearing reports that one of the leading opposition figures machado her house has been raided. we have been unable to independently confirm that but what we can imagine if the president is speaking and this is indeed born out to be true that this mayor has been arrested we are going to see probably protests and perhaps more people on the streets in the coming hours. so we will be monitoring this as this carries on. >> adam thanks indeed and live for us in mexico city we will be coming back to you adam of course. now in nigeria more than 150 people taken hostage by the armed group boko haram have been reunited with their families on the yobi state a month after being released and most placed in a rehabilitation camp and kidnapped in early january and militants say they were freed after refusing to follow the rules of boko haram. >> translator: we told them we could not worship the way they wanted us to and said if we did not follow their ways then we

should go back and follow the flag and we said yes we prefer to go back and live with our people who they say are nonbelievers. >> meanwhile nigeria president good luck jonathan vowed to defeat boko haram, jonathan made the comments while commissioning war ships and told the navel officers the government is working to improve the capacity of armed forces and nigeria military is trying to drive out boko haram from the northeast along with help from neighboring countries. unrest appears to be spreading in minmar northeast and acruising three rebel groups of fighting the army in the shan state and we report from bangkok in neighboring thailand home to many refugees from myanmar. >> reporter: they are supposed to be celebrating the new year but the camp of myanmar are trapped between a rebel army and

the myanmar military or fleeing for their lives. now that marshal law has been declared people are worried it sets the stage for a new push by the myanmar military to end what they see as a threat to national sovereignty. >> we saw to helicopters and airplanes shooting and it was loud and ran away we were so afraid. >> reporter: the new battle between the ethnic myanmar national democratic alliance army and the tap madore the military is known is just one incident in decades of wars between the central government and ethnic minorities. the military dominated government has agreed ceasefires with some groups but the reality on the ground doesn't match the peace rhetoric. >> we have a ceasefire with the government from january 28 but this has been violated by the army for about 400 times.

and 2014 alone in 11 months first january to november there have been 102. >> reporter: questions are being asked about what marshal law in the camp part of the state could mean for other areas. >> it can happen in any area given the fact that the tamadore is expanding their presence and their control in almost every ethnic areas they have ceased fire. >> reporter: there could be serious implications for neighboring countrys as the armed struggles continue. to promote fighting between ethnic minorities and the government has meant that hundreds of thousands of people have left the country, not just china but also here in thailand. there are possible political consequences too. this is a crucial election year a test of the true depth of

reform in myanmar but cannot be help under marshal law, veronica with al jazeera in bankok. >> al jazeera tried to get reaction from myanmar government and resent events in the state but so far they have not responded. india is on a buying spree for its army navy and airforce and israel is hoping to profit india is the largest buyer of israeli military equipment and as we report the increasingly warm relations are not just about arms. >> reporter: israel defense minister in india visiting the aviation exhibition in the city here and it's the first time in israeli defense minister visited the country and comes as india has been on a buying spree to modernize the aging military equipment. but india is also taking israel help in places like this. in the state here the farm wasn't very profitable in the past. but thanks to israeli agricultural expertise and technology the yields and income

have grown. >> translator: i can grow more in a smaller plot of land. the monthly income is good and i use less water so i save money there too. it's a good market. >> reporter: a few kilometers away indian crops grown with israeli technology and experience at a joint i'd yanukovich israeli research farm and expertise being used in similar agricultural projects in ten indian states with plans to expand to more since relations were established in 1992 trade between india and israel has grown from the hundreds of millions to the billions of dollars, especially in military equipment. india is now one of israel's largest customers for military commitment and cooperating in defense projects and counter terrorism projects. >> we are very proud. >> reporter: ambassador to india says there have been a few high level visits in the past the two country's relationship remains strong. >> besides the having similar

values of democracy and pluralism and diversity, israel and india also confront similar challenges like terrorism. >> reporter: analysts say india relationship with israel has always been in good standing and previous indian government has been publically critical of israel done so for politicalic reasons. >> some opposition to the defense relationship from political parties and israeli policies domestically so that played a part in the previous development in ten years. >> reporter: both governments are now openly looking to further increase trade-in several sectors. the further strengthen a more public relationship. i'm with al jazeera. residents of northern australia preparing for two cyclones to slam the coast at the same time and expect both to collide on friday winds are expected to reach about 230

kilometers an hour. and has been listed as a category four, lammen is a category three and hundreds have been evacuated and shelters have been built. big u.s. retailer walmart says it is boosting wages and benefits for nearly half its u.s. workers. tom ackerman reports and what is behind the move. >> reporter: the global retail giant which earned more than $16 billion in profit last year has be come a glaring symbol of corporate greed to organizers and some disgruntled workers. >> save money, live betters and the workers should live better. >> reporter: walmart says the workers will be rewarded for their service and give own more chances to advance. >> we are making changes to our pay, strengthening the opportunity to progress within the company and offering more choice in scheduling. >> reporter: over the next year the company says it will boost wages to an average of $13 an hour for full-time workers, $10

an hour for those working less than 40 hours a week. that is still below the national averages for most hourly retail workers, but it's higher on average than what the lowest level staff personnel are paid nationwide. the company also promises to offer part-timers more working hours and the chance to pick more predictable schedules. the announcement comes as walmart is reporting its first rise in shopper traffic in more than two years, analysts say the concessions are in part a response to competition among u.s. merchants for better trained retail workers, but walmart's new starting wage of $9 an hour still falls far short of $15 minimum demanded by campaigners. >> that is still not enough for a full-time worker to keep the family of four out of poverty and, in fact, many walmart workers are not full-time workers and asking for full-time work. >> reporter: meanwhile the white house wants congress to raise the federal minimum wage for the first time in five years

and half the u.s. states this year are raising their own minimum wage levels only a handful of them as much as what walmart will be offering, tom ackerman, al jazeera, washington. a website in germany helping to distribute unsold food who need it the most and nick spicer explains how the hungry are benefitting from left overs. >> reporter: this student is dropping out fresh bread a bakery couldn't sell before closing and left overs from his home refrigerator. >> translator: i'm going away for the holiday and i still have a lot of food left and i can't take it with me because there is too much. >> reporter: this tea shop is one of scores of drop off and pick up points for food that would otherwise go to waste. he is one of the founders of the food sharing website and says the focus is not primarily on helping poor people but on saving food with volunteers or food savers. >> you don't have to be poor you don't have to be rich, the

only thing you have to be is a little bit aware of the rules like being pun wall -- punctual and be nice to the shop owners and employees as well as other food savers. >> reporter: this is one of 270 businesses in berlin using the website and since the site is in german and businesses in austri and other countries can use it and at this point over a thousand have decided to do so. he gets the delivery unsold bread and he has a picture who let's hungry users know when and where to come and get it if you signed up to rescue food it tells you when you have to make a pick up and where to leave it or how to get food yourself. he is back at the tea shop for another delivery. the actions are local but as germany imports lots of food the effects reach wide.

>> every time we throw something away we contribute to starvation in the world and reducing the waste we can really help also on a global scale. >> reporter: final food rescue takes place with left overs from a school cafeteria and anyone can volunteer, the food is free however, the real satisfaction is not in the eating but the sharing, nick spicer al jazeera, berlin. and coming up, in sport fan violence rocks a clash and we have details in sport. ♪

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♪ it's time for the sports and here is fara. >> rob thank you so much former portugal great has plans for expanded world cup should he be voted as fifa president and will give countries more cash to develop grass roots futbol 2001 world player of the year launched bid to be ahead of futbol governing body at the stadium and suggesting the world cup could be expanded from 32 team event to involving 48 countries and fifa presidential election takes place on may the 29th. >> normally i took positions thinking what is best in the case what is best for futbol and, you know it's the sport. if they see you in a ring

sometimes you loose and the reverse. i'm very positive and hopeful they can do a good campaign. >> reporter: the champion on course to win the competition for the fourth time in a decade and they beat 1-0 in the home leg of the last 32 tie and this year's title comes with the added bonus of a champion's league qualification. scored a hat trick in the 4-1 victory at switzerland's young boys. and also enjoyed a big night winning 4-0 away. frustrating night for two italian teams as turino was a draw and so was roma. while ahead of that match in rome 23 fired up fans arrested after violence broke out in the city, drunk fans damaged buildings and threw bottles at police, 19 people have been

charged and the dutch embassy in rome said they would cooperate with italian authorities to punish those involved. 15 time all star kevin granet moves to the minnesota wolfs from the nets on the nba trade deadline day and deal ceased young go the other way and garnet returns to the team and drafted him out of high school in 1995. and got minnesota to the playoffs eight times which are only ever trips in franchise history and will hope for immediate impact and decide rock bottom over the western conference. cohost new zealand taking on england just over an hour to make it three wins of the cricket world cup and picked up their first win earlier against uae who hit 285 for 7 in the world cup match in nearly 20 years and zimbobwai and shaun

williams had unbeaten 76 and says the smaller teams is be a match for anyone at this world cup. >> every single team at this world cup deserves to be at this world cup. you know for example, anyone of the top teams could be beaten by us or scotland, anyone any cricket team and all three departments in the world take the top team right to the end. >> reporter: after nearly two weeks of competition the longest and last leg of the yukon marathon is drawing to a close in northern canada and on foot and skis and mountain bikes have been racing through the wilderness nearly 100 athletes began the race and about half have dropped out with temperatures hovering at minus 40 degrees celsius, there are four races in the event, standard marathon and longer courses up to 690 kilometers. al jazeera's danielle lack has been along the trail from start

to finish. >> 1, 2, 3. >> reporter: from this less than two weeks ago a joyful start to nearly 700 kilometers of tough going. so the first finishers in the historic town of dawson city and it has been quite event, record number of entries and extreme cold and temperatures occasionally near minus 50 celsius and made for a powerful challenge. daniel of u.s. won the 160 kilometers and to stop he says was dangerous, possibly fatal. all around him racers were feeling the effects. early frontrunner michael of poland had to be rescued by helicopter with severe frost bike and chek republic entered as a couple and injuries forced her out early and yon kept going determined to finish at 500

kilometers a sore ankle stopped him short and not the cold or racing through the eerie arctic nights diminishes enthusiasm. >> going into nights the white tunnel and one part of you just wants to go and finish the challenge and one part of you, the more realistic one just telling you, you know it's your health. >> reporter: those healthy enough to finish will strawingel in for a few more days but the fastest man on wheels italy rico did 690 kilometers in just over a week and won twice before once on foot and once on skis at 61 years old he is the only old age pensioner in the race. >> i'm happy. >> reporter: and hice also italian won the long distance as runner two days behind his fellow countryman who was there to honor him at the finish. >> congratulations, my friend.

[cheers] it's competitive of course and these are some of the world east most physically fit people but as tough as the going can get there is a powerful spirit of sportsmanship. >> and it's a race and people do like to say i finished third or fourth and fight for the rankings but in the end it's more about camaraderie and it's about finishing, it's about the journey. >> reporter: and what a journey it has been through the vast and sometimes daunting yukon wilderness to hear historic gold rush town where the relics of a by-gone era surround the finish line of probably what is the toughest and coldest race in the world. danielle lack, al jazeera, dawson city in the yukon. that's all your sport for now and rob back to you. >> minus 40 degrees that is cold that is cold. hollywood is counting down to sunday annual academy award

ceremony and two of the oscar firms deal with the plight of war veterans. phil has more from california. >> reporter: we have a sold um responsibility to provide veterans and wounded war wars with what they earned when they come home. >> reporter: promise but that is the reality. >> if that is what they want why are you making it so damn hard. >> reporter: survived iraq and survived bomb ings and saw friends die and are still dying, ptsd which is taking them now. it vary nearly took him too. >> now it's hidden on a global scale more vets killing themselves at an alarming rate and it keeps getting higher. we feel remorse do you know what i mean. it kills us. >> reporter: ptsd is big news in hollywood this year and american sniper best picture contender is in focus right now because the man on trial for

killing the real life person was claimed suffering from the disorder and strong dose of reality and the best documentary short category, this film a stark look at men and women on lines talking suicidal war veterans out of killing themselves. there are around 22 million war veterans in the united states,, in fact, they represent just about 10% of this country's homeless population and los angeles county has the highest concentration and it's a hugely political issue, and major -- mayor said to get them off the street along and 50% likely to commit suicide than non-veterans especially within three years of returning home. as for mike there have been dark times, lots of them. but it's getting easier. he says that is down to bane who never leaves his side and helped save his life. >> i already planned out how i

was going to exit this world, you know. he got on the knife and kind of shrugged down a bit and i'm screaming at him, get off of the knife and he didn't do it. he looked at me and i broke down and started crying and grabbed him real close and promised i would never do it again and told him i would pay and thank you. >> the oscars may show ptsd to the wider world and many will still struggle in silence, for mike at least he is trying to close the door on his experience, phil lavele al jazeera in california. stay with us on al jazeera, another full bulletin ahead including breaking news out of venezuela where opposition leaders say mayor of caracas has been arrested and see you back

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