dive deep into the stories and go behind the scenes at aljazeera.com/ajtechknow. >> you're watching the al jazeera news hour. this is some of what we're stayeding in detail. in the next 60 minutes a massive explosion in the somali capitol, one killed, three wounded. >> in libya bombs explode killing 25 in the east of the country. >> the mayor of venezuela's capitol arrested, accused of plotting a coup.

>> cricket on the streets, new guinea, we find everybody there is in love with the game. >> details of confused information still trying to get to us. we understand that at least 11 people have been killed in two explosions in somalia's capitol. it was at a hotel in mogadishu. the deputy governor we understand is among those killed. somalia's deputy prime minister and transport minister are being treated for injuries, they've been taken to hospital. al shabab fighters claim responsibility for the attack. let's bring in the government spokesman in owe malia joining me from mogadishu. good to have you on. i guess things are pretty confused there. what do you understand actually happened? >> thank you very much.

the terrorist group al shabab have attacked and killed an innocent. we are trying to get the confirmation -- >> we are going to fight for the country and people of somalia. >> of those killed, how many are associated with the government. can you tell me that? >> member of parliament or two have been killed, but we have been trying to find out.

>> the prime minister, was he present at all? >> the prime minister is fine and he's going to speak with the media soon. >> so the deputy prime minister was the most senior government official there. we understand that he was perhaps wounded? >> he is very fine. >> i spoke to your prime minister last week. he told me the battle against al shabab had been all but won. he claimed that they'd been driven out of all the important places mogadishu one of those. that clearly isn't the case, is

it? i spoke to your prime minister on this program last week. he said al shabab had been put on the run inmate of the major towns and cities of somalia. he mentioned mogadishu bang peaceful place now. that clearly isn't the case, is it? >> well, an incident happened in the city. the government of somalia is controlling north of the country. we are stronger and will continue action to eliminate the al shabab, still in some areas of the country.

we have improved security forces. i think al shabab is already defeated and these attacks will not -- things are very clear that somalia will not go back. >> thank you, thank you very much indeed, talking on behalf of the somali government. al shabab he said is already

defeated, the group which says it carried out the attack at the hotel in mogadishu. 2m.p.'s, members of parliament have been killed. the deputy minister we believe to have been wounded but the government spokesman there saying he is fine and will be making a statement to the media pretty soon. let's bring in al jazeera journalist hamza mohamed. you spent a lot of time there and know the security of the country. was he right when he said al shabab is defeated? >> in terms of territory they've lost significant huge loss of towns. in terms of territory, al shabab have lost, but in terms of ability to carry out attacks, al shabab is still very much active. just to look at where these attacks happened, it happened about a kilometer from the seat

of power in the presidential palace. it's not the first one to happen in a popular hotel in mogadishu. this hotel is frequent by senior government officials as we know, and the deputy prime minister. >> would they have had to know that these people were there. were they there for a meeting or somewhere they go to congregate and anytime you plant a bomb there you're likely to get senior figures. >> terms of whether al shabab would have notice of officials being in this hotel when officials go through major roads in mogadishu it's easy to know there's a very important person going through. it wouldn't take significant amount of intelligence for al shabab to know, but what's important is the frequency of these attacks happening in mogadishu, what we know at least 11 people killed, including what we know is deputy mayor of mogadishu. and also, this is not the only

attack to happen in mogadishu this month. we know an m.p. was killed earlier this month. at least 10 officials working for the government have been killed. also this week, the government, they increase security check points around the city, in anticipation of possible al shabab attack. >> thank you. thank you very much, indeed for that. we'll get more details four later on in the news hour. >> at least 25 people have been killed in explosions in the libyan town where there were three car bomb attacks on the town including a police station and gas station as targets. for more, let's go to tunis near the libyan border. what can we say about the attack? we know it's happened. we don't know the target, although we understand parliamentary speaker said it was because of the attacks on

libya by the egyptian military. i want to bring something else up, which is the fact that the u.s. and u.k. have said that they are not going to get -- they will not be supporting any idea of arming libya's people fighting on the ground. where does the country go from there? >> well, i think it's not only the u.s. and the u.k. you've heard similar comments here in tunisia and in nearby algeria. the main problem in libya ever since the fall of muammar gaddafi regime, there hasn't been any political unity. there is not one track that has been coming forward and without that, without unity it's very difficult to demilitarize the country, because hundreds of brigade that is exist around the country have said it very

clearly ever since gadhafi was killed said there they would not give up weapons until there is unity or neutral national security forces. all of that does not exist in libya. there is a meeting scheduled to be held next monday in morocco. that comes at the back of two other u.n.-sponsored meet thanks happened in geneva and inside libya. now this time, i spoke to some of the politicians in both tripoli and in tobruk and they said they will hunker down until there is unity. both governments realize they have the backing of a coalition of strong militias, but a lot of libyans are alienated from both sides. >> while we talk about the

political ma entrepreneurings, fighting is taking place in so many parts of linea. it's difficult to pick at one and say this is important. close to where the egyptian christians were murdered by members of isil, which some people believe was the reason why the egyptians then bombed that area, there's a battle taking place there that's crucial for what reason? june it's crucial because isil wants to keep its group. just now, a convoy of 182 egyptianses who actually were deported, so to speak from libya has arrived here at the airport. they were held at the border between libya and tunisia for the past 24 hours. that comes an exact example of what is happening in sirte. most of these egyptians were

living that in area after the beheading, certainly their lives were threatened. many of them chose to leave. why sirte is important in the middle of libya. at the moment, isil fighters occupying all the government buildings there. the misrata fighters led by the 166th brigade said that they were going to go into sirte and take back those buildings occupied by isil. you know, the mass rat at a fighters are credited with capturing muammar gaddafi for nearly four years ago. there has been some very long negotiations throughout the day yesterday, according to misrata they led to nothing. isil has not retreated from the town. the misrata fighters were asking them to retreat which if you'll recall during the eastern push toward sirte has always been a stumbling block for the rebels, back in 2011. isil keeping its hand on sirte is expanding its footprint

throughout libya and basically holding a large swath of land all the way to sirte. that is something that worries both the u.n. recognized government in tobruk and the court assigned government in tripoli. >> thank you. watching egyptians coming out of libya at the border with neighboring country tunisia. former ambassador to libya told us that the country has to be stable for the interests of the entire region, also for europe. >> the sort of statement you're hearing from libya's neighbors algeria, tunisia and egypt shows a level of concern there that insecurity, instability in libya could affect the whole region and could spread. i think everybody in the region and including north in europe has an interest in stabilizing

the country now because it's clear that an unstable libya in which the situation deteriorates poses threats for us all. >> well, a leaked telephone conversation appears to suggest that a senior official in the office of the egyptian president sisi was trying to intervene in libyan affairs. a meeting was being arranged. more than a year ago at a time when sisi was not the president but was defense minister. >> u.s. military commanders are preparing iraqi and kurdish force to say recapture the city of mosul from isil fighters. officials in washington said the operation involving 25,000 soldiers is planned for april or

may. the u.s. will provide training and air support but there's been no decision on u.s. boots on the ground. mosul is iraq's second biggest city it's been held by isil fighters since june of last year. i>> for the last month or so, the ground has been prepared for an all out assault against mows sell city itself. kurdish peshmerga forces have taken key bridge heads in preparation for this assault. getting 25,000 troops, which is how the u.s. says are needed up in place will take a little while. the iraqis have learned from the defeats they faced against isil and say they are much better prepared now to take on isil fighters. there is a big issue nobody seems to be talking about and

that's one of civilian casualties. in the places that the iraqi army has taken from isil fighters the civilian population had fled. there are a million citizens within mosul effectively being held hostage by isil. this is going to be a street to street battle and we've seen isil be able to repel iraqi army forces before, so civilian casualties are going to be a very big issue. the prime minister at the very outset of the american help offered to him said we do need this help, but need to avoid civilian abilities. >> coming up, greek and european creditors divided ahead of crucial debt talks in brussels. >> the hospital that gave us the term bedlam with changes.

>> those who have experience of any kind of mental illness would say there is still much, much further to go. >> we have the sport, we have a thrashing for england by new zealand at the cricket world. >> the mayor mayor of caracas has been arrested, accused of plotting a coup. the money option leader has been in prison already for a year. we have more. >> this is the moment when the mayor of caracas a leading venezuelan opposition figure was led away by security forces. the insignia of the intelligence agency is seen on some of the vests. aids to the mayor said the men

did not identify themselves or give any reason for the arrest. hours later hundreds gathered outside the agencies headquarters in the capitol demanding his release. his wife spoke to al jazeera. >> i hold president nicholas maduro responsible for my husband's safety. >> the president accused him of plotting to topple the socialist government last week. >> antonio was captured under order of the prosecutor's office to be investigated according to venezuela justice for the crimes committed against the peace of the country and the security of the constitution. >> maduro said the plotters had the backing of the u.s. government. the u.s. state department called that claim baseless and false. the venezuelan government often sites lots to overthrow it

without producing hard evidence. it's been years since major protests against the government which faced massive food shortages. one lead opposition figure has spent more than a year in prison. >> people in charge of the euro zone finances getting together in brussels for what some described as crunch talks on greece's debt. the new austerity government of greece is asking for more time to pay back creditors. greece wants to extends the deal for six months not on existing terms, though. athens blames the unpopular bailout for pushing the economy into deep recession and worsening unemployment. berlin says no, opposed to changing the terms. greece has until february 28 to

work out a deal with it's $278 billion bailout expires leeing governments and banks without financing. in other words not very much time at all as we join nate barker in brussels. germany has said no several times to greece's plan. what about the other people who make up the european zone finance ministers, are they going to be able to twist angela merkel's arm here? >> well, the last 40 you a hours or so, we've seen a variety of different opinions, greece's latest proposal, a letter calling for six month loan extension to replace the bailout renewal. the deadline for that of course is next week on the 28th but this afternoon is in fact crunch day, largely because any agreement needs to pass by several european parliament, so a crucial day but the response to that greek proposal, as i said has been the initial

response from germany was as he said firmatively a no. they seem to be suffering that's the rhetoric over the course of this afternoon. we're expecting to hear from angela merkel, expected to speak in paris shortly to see exactly how softened that rhetoric is, but initially the response from germany was this wasn't going far enough. there were some opinions from german officials that the greek proposal was something of a trojan horse probably and indicator of how much distrust there is in the relationship between the new greek leadership and the german government as it stands, but more of a softer tone for the european commission president, and the french, as well. although we have seen differences of opinion on this latest proposal, what we are seeing is a step possibly towards an agreement although we've been here before, that

could still ablong way off. >> what happens let's sigh i owe you $500 and i'm not going to pay you. you might send around some pretty large advisories of your own to make sure i did cough up. that's not going to be with a nation but greece is going to be in trouble if it doesn't sort something out, is it? >> greece is already under tremendous amount of pressure. of course, from a very skeptical euro group very skeptical euro zone, it has also faced a tremendous amount of pressure, international, too. on wednesday, the white house called on greece to come up with a workable solution. at home, as well, financially greek's under a tremendous amount of pressure, too. they know that in the summit, they will have to remay the i.m.f. and european central bank two large amounts of cash. they know that their banks are deeply in trouble although the

european central bank have given some money to the banks to help keep them afloat in my the end of the month. that source of money is not limitless, so there are concerns both outside greece and within greece. most certainly the pressure and all eyes are here now on whether or not a workable solution really is possible at all. >> ok, the meeting's been delayed a little bit, i understand, but it is going to take place in the next hour or so. thank you from brussels. >> the ukrainian president called for u.n. peacekeepers to maintain a ceasefire. a truce was called but hasn't stopped fighting. poroshenko is particularly concerned about the town of debaltseve which ukrainian troops with draw from on wednesday. >> i'd like to add that the situation is getting more exacerbated, because with the support of the russian army, militants virtually wiped out debaltseve from the surface of

the earth and now debaltseve reminds me of the moon landscape. >> paul brennan sends us this from the stronghold of donetsk. >> the shell that caused this crater arrived at 11:00 p.m. thursday night. that's almost to the hour exactly five days after the minsk ceasefire deal supposedly came into force. this is northern donetsk. the shell sprayed the side of this residential block with shrapnel metal. there is as smear of blood on the doorstep. it is mercifully not human, it was a dog caught in the blast. it's not the first time that this particular block has been hilt by a shell. it's happened before. it probably won't be the last, but fortress dents here, it's almost the last straw. there's a woman who lives on the ground floor natalia she wouldn't speak on camera, but she's been here 10 years. she endured the previous

explosions that were happening in this area but she's given up. she's moving out. she's moving down to south donetsk. it does give a lie to those who say that the only place the ceasefire is not being observed is in the town of debaltseve. it's happening here in donetsk it's also happening down towards mariupol, as well. frankly, people don't care who is firing first who is respond to go their opponents. all they want is for the guns to fall silent. >> everything happening today in the east of the country has its roots in the ukrainian revolution in kiev, which is 700 kilometers from the front line. protestors 12 months ago were shot at as they gathered in independence square. on that night the former president, victor yanukovych fled the capitol. we talked to some who were there. >> he limps from a bullet wound to the leg received exactly a

year ago. he wears the camouflage trademark of many of those who manned the barricades. igor hardly needs photographers to remind him of the anti-government protests on kiev's central square that ended in bloodshed. >> i was proud that we were able to unite and we weren't scared off by the power that was destroying us and that we were able to withstand it. that's what it was all about. >> last year, there too a volunteer medic tend to go the injured and the dead. >> i cannot say the right words. if i say that the sacrifices were justified the families of the victims won't understand me. at the same time with the heroic actions they showed that we need to be able to protect ourselves and our country and

stand together until the end. >> widely credited with delivering the final blow to president van covich, he took to the stage following the shooting and told yanukovych to leave or be thrown out. he fled to russia. >> it is not over. it is not just a rally in central kiev, it is an ideology. when our children don't feel right in this country where will they go? >> they will come to midan. maybe we will look different then but all change comes from maidan and we have to believe in this. >> there were weapons on bolts sides.

in all the maidan protests lasted three months and claimed over 100 lives. >> the crowds, the fires, and the shooting are all long gone maidan. >> a year ago the forces of maidan have given way to a country riddled with corruption, on the verge of collapse. many cranes do still lean west wards in the hope of a european future, a future now in jeopardy because of war raging in the east. al jazeera kiev. >> everton's here. i'm english, i don't care if it rains for the rest of the cricket cup all over australia. >> we've got the kind of weather england could have done with to avoid the thrashing earlier. >> i meant that.

>> weather will be very useful if you're in australia. look at the eye on the storm making its way into the course. that is a typhoon sorry a severe tropical sky clone. another around australia and that is land. 809 millimeters of rain in 24 hours. we've seen heavy rain along the eastern coast. both of these systems are weakening quickly. that is the good news. we will see more extremely heavy rainfall over the next days. some of these over 200 millimeters of rain. it means the cricket in brisbane is likely to taper off. >> doesn't really matter. thank you. >> what happens now in afghanistan with the so-called war economy coming to an end?

>> good to ever you with us on the news hour. these are some of the top stories at this hour. al shabab said it was behind two explosions in somalia leaving 11 people dead. it was at a hotel in mogadishu. the government spokesman told us that 2m.p.'s were killed. somalia's transport minister is reportedly being treated for injuries in hospital. >> three car bombs in eastern libyan town, at least 25 reported to ever died there tares include a police station and a gas station.

>> here we see the ministers meet in brussels for greek's bailout program germany specially refusing greece's request for more time to pay back their debt. there we say german chancellor angela merkel who said no but still believe as deal can be reached. >> rival political factions in yemen have agreed on what they call a people's transitional council to help govern the country. u.n. mediator said it is an important step toward final agreement to end the political crisis there. houthi fighters seized power in the capitol earlier this month. we have more. >> yemen's political factions reach a deal forming the transitional council. it's a new chamber in parliament, which along with the house of representatives will be yemen's highest legislative

authority. >> this council will be in charge to lead the country for the next two years. the representation within this council 50% for southerners 50% for women and 20% for youth. the details of the description of these seats has not been agreed on, but this deal is an initial deal and far from a final deal. >> the main factions are yet to agree on a presidential council which is going to be the highest executive body. an interim government, how to reform the army and the police and disband armed militias. >> houthis say they have the upper hand in areas they control. the sunni majority remain skeptical. with tribesman gathering in the

province, an al-qaeda stronghold, they are form ago defense to protect their city against shia houthis. in the predominantly south anti houthi sentiment is on the rise. protestors take total streets to denounce the houthi takeover. the growing opposition to houthi's rising influence is something many believe could trig a year wider military confrontation that may spin out of control. al jazeera. >> the world has to confront the warped ideology of groups such as isil and al-qaeda. that was the u.s. president barack obama's message on the last day of a summit on extremism hosted by the white house. the u.s. government also wants to take on groups like isil on social media. our white house correspondent patty calhane reports.

>> one of the main messages from the summit attended by 60 countries is that the coalition is losing the tech war to islamic state of iraq and the levant. >> ironically, the summit itself had a few technical issues as if to the point. they got the mic working for u.s. president barack obama who announce add new initiative. >> we need to do more to help lift up voices of tolerance and peace, especially on line. that's why the united states is joining, for example with u.a.e. to create a new digital communications hub to work with religious and civil society and community leader to say counter terrorist propaganda. >> what does that mean? what will they actually do? turns out they're not sure yet. >> there are going to be conversation witness our partners in the region. i'm sure we will have moore to say on it as the details become finalized. >> the obama administration says it needs to fight isil on the

battlefield, but also in cyberspace. former c.i.a. agent said it's going to be a big challenge for the u.s. >> some sort of a communications hub, which is help to go reinforce and to amplify indigenous messages in the region, that's a good thing but when it has a u.s. stamp on it, it carries a taint. there's just no avoiding that. >> until this new plan is flushed out and put in place the u.s. state department is spending even more money trying to counter the isil narrative on line hoping the message gets through despite the fact the u.s. is the messenger. al jazeera washington. >> iranian and u.s. negotiators resumed talks in geneva on tehran's nuclear program saying the marsh deadline to reach a deal. u.s. secretary of state john kerry will join the discussion

on sunday and monday. negotiators are trying to reach a lasting agreement. they have made an interim deal in late 2013 for iran to suspend its nuclear program for a year for exchange for the easing of sanctions. >> the president's of foreign troops and organizations aid organizations create a thriving economy in parts of afghanistan but now most u.s. troops have gone and the so-called war economy coming to an end. nicole johnston has more from kabul. >> they start gathering at dawn, jobless men with the tools of their trade. there are painters, builders and brick layers, all desperate for work. >> i was working for a foreign agricultural organization. it had 1,500 employees. now, it has less than 50. i'm responsible for 40 people in the family, and i haven't made any money for two months. >> most men here had jobs that

were somehow linked to the war economy, working for n.g.o.'s, the military or on construction projects, but now the work is gradually drying up. >> all over kabul thousands waiting on the side of the road, looking for a job for an employer to come by and pick them up, and they are angry and frustrated, with the country's unemployment rate growing the chances of getting anything are looking very remote. >> others blame the government and its failure to agree on a new cabinet for driving investors away. this man says why aren't they making peace among themselves, instead of fill their pockets. on the edge of the city, diggerses lie idle in the dust. construction machinery lined up with not a customer in sight. muhammed nasrat was a refugee in pakistan. he returned home to set up his business.

it was making $300,000 a year, now profits are down by more than half. >> the pouring of the american's money and the money of the other people, it was not realistic. it should not be considered as a realistic economy because it was suddenly disappeared. >> the new president ago begany said the focus should be on developing mineral resources but this will take time. >> we have seen the closure of more than 600 projects, and it has deprived almost 50,000 afghans, intellectuals scholars, professionals and they have become jobless. >> as savings run out they're left to join the crowd of unemployed men knowing there are hardly any new jobs to go around. nicole johnston, al jazeera

kabul. >> fistfights have broken out in turkey's parliament cracking down on violent protests. >> it is the second such brawl over the controversial legislation this week. the bill gives police more power to conduct searches and increases penalties for anyone carrying pet patrol bombs sling shots or fireworks. opposition means reclusing the ruling party have tried to create a police state. >> more than 150 nigerians taken hostage by boko haram have been reunited with their families almost a month after release. most of them have been put in a rehabilitation camp. they were kidnapped at the beginning of the year. >> we told them we could not worship the way they wanted us to. they said if we did not follow their ways, then we should go back and follow the white flag.

we said we prefer to go back and live with our people who they say are non-believers. >> the massive u.s. supermarket chain wal-mart said it is boosting wages and benefits for nearly half of its workers. what is behind that? let tom ackermann explain. >> the global retail giant which earned more than $16 billion in profit last year has become a glaring symbol of corporate greed to labor organizers and some of its disgruntled workers. >> their logo is save money live better, while our workers should also live better. wal-mart's workers will be rewarded for their service and given more chance to say advance. >> we are making changes to our pay, strengthen the opportunity to progress within the company and offering more choice in scheduling. >> over the next year, the company says it will boost wanes to an average of $13 an hour for full time workers, $10 an hour for those working less than 40 hours a week. that's still below the nag

averages for most hourly retail workers, but higher on average than the lowest level staff personnel are paid nationwide. the company promise to say offer part-timers more working hours and the chance to pick more predictable schedules. >> the announcement comes as wal-mart is reporting its first rise in shopper traffic in more than two years. analyst say the concessions are in part a response to competition among u.s. mer chants for better trained retail workers. >> wal-mart's new starting wage of $9 an hour still falls far short of the $15 an hour minimum demanded by campaigners. >> that's still not enough for a full time worker to keep the family of four out of poverty and in fact, many workers are not full time and have been asking for full time work. >> the white house wants the federal minimum wage to be raised for the first time in five years. almost half the u.s. states this year are raising their own minimum wage levels. only a handful of them as much

as what wal-mart will be offering. tom ackermann, al jazeera washington. >> still to come on the news hour a famous psychiatric hospital museum opens in london. >> new guinea, a country with ambitions one day to play the cricket world cup.

>> back to cricket the on going world cup includes 14 countries but plenty more have ambitions. they include new guinea.

we have a report where cricket is the game of choice. >> >> the contradict world cup may be grabbing the attention in australia and new zealand but for new guinea, this is where the action is. no day goes by without matches springing up all along the road. introduced by 19th century missionaries cricket has flourished here without spreading much beyond village borders. bowlers fish bowls out from under the homes built on stilts. >> the kids play for fun but as they grow up, they start to have this bigger dream of playing outside. >> for those who do, it can mean an escape from poverty and the dangers of the port, one of the world's most crime-ridden cities. the challenge is close to

putting them on the big stage. >> cricket has been part of life here for more than 100 years but only recently that has been harnessed. if it wasn't for qualifying, they would be playing in the world cup. >> they were awarded a one day international status, a big 306 just missing out on the word 2020 and this world cup. >> in the last month our players learned what they've got to do to get to there. if you look at the nets now these nets are never empty. >> reaching the next world cup could mean breaking cricket out of the bubble. >> we want to spread the cricket playing throughout the country and make this a national game. if that happens, i'm sure they will be compete, other countries. >> the national team takes training sessions for disabled children, giving them

independence and self worth in a society that often hides them away. >> the children feel they are not segregated, they are not pushed away. >> the reduction of the next world cup to just 10 teams could hurt their international progress, but there will always be another generation here ready to take up the challenge. >> that is all your sport for now. >> thank you. the journalist who helped edward snowden expose the n.s.a.'s mass surveillance program believes he will be able to return home one day. we caught up with her ahead of the academy awards where her film about snowden is up for an oscar. >> does the n.s.a. collect data. >> on the run with top secret information on the other side of the world they love this kind of film at the oscars, but this

is not fiction. citizen four is up for best documentary this year. >> my name is edward snowden. >> this is him the man who in if you are rated the u.s. national security agency by revealing its mass surveillance program. this is the story his story from the start filmed by the journalist he contacted to help him. >> glen and i were given instruction where is to meet, in a public area in in a mall. we were told we should be there in a certain time and a man would walk by working on a rubik's cube. he was much younger than we thought he would be. >> the film showed snowden's caution as he revealed secrets. here an intermittent fire alarm visibly spooks him. this is a man who knows his revelations will have repercussions, yet on the whole he remains calm and unrepentant. >> would he do the same thing again? >> he says no regrets.

he wanted people to know what the government was doing and i think he feels that he's accomplished that, he feels that in a democracy that programs like this shouldn't happen in secret. >> do you still believe that you are being watched? >> you know, i don't have -- you don't know those things, right these are intelligence community that is work behind the scenes. i've heard sources said that my communications are, you know, lit up like a christmas tree now. >> snowden's actions would change his life forever. going back home to the u.s. was out of the question. he fled to russia, although she doesn't believe he will stay there for the rest of his life. >> i hope europe comes forward germany gives a lot of support there, i hope another country will offer him asylum. >> do you think he will ever come back to the u.s.a.? >> i think he will. >> security around this film has been tight. it was edited in germany because filmmakers were worried the f.b.i. may come and take their equipment away.

the footage was held on highly encrypted hard drivers. there were attempts to block it, another to prosecute the filmmakers for aiding and abetting edward snowden. it's here in hollywood, it is at the oscars. edward snowden might not be popular with everybody but he's not going away anytime soon. >> fireworks tonight in los angeles and because it's the start of the chinese new year. >> hong kong just a short while ago, spectacular fireworks lasting more than 20 minutes. the lunar new year, it is the beginning of the year of the goat.

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>> massive explosion in the capitol of somalia 2m.p.'s among those killed in an al shabab attack on a hotel. >> you're watching al jazeera with me, date foster. coming up, more violence in libya, three bombs explode killing 25 people in the east of the country. >> the mayor of venezuelas capitol arrested, accused of plotting a coup. >> trying to make a difference in war torn iraq with music for