exactly. >> geena davis, thank you so much for talking with al jazeera. i appreciate your time. >> then life will imitate art, exactly. >> my pleasure. >> geena davis, thank you so much for talking with al jazeera. i appreciate your time. >> my pleasure. thank you. thank you. >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ from our headquarters in doha this is the al jazeera news hour. coming up in the next 60 minutes, al-shabab claims responsibility for a deadly attack in the capitol. and three.comes explode in the east of libya, killing at least 45 people. one year on the ukrainian capitol remembers the victims of the revolution.

i'm in arizona where nate tiff americans are protesting a deal that allows a multinational mining operation to begin a copper mine on public land. our top story, the somali armed group, al-shabab has claimed responsibility for the two explosions in the capitol. the central hotel was the target. it's popular with somali officials because it's near the presidential palace also known as via somalia. >> translator: i was in the mosque when the first explosion went off. i saw a lot of people lying dead on the ground. i was shocked. >> a spocksman updated us on the situation a little while ago.

>> the terrorist of al-shabab have attacked the [ inaudible ] and killed a number of innocent citizens in a mosque. so far we are trying to get the confirmation as to who was injured and [ inaudible ] very clear that al-- al-shabab [ inaudible ], and we are going to find this terrorism that is destroying the country and the people of somalia. at least 45 people have been killed in several ex-motions in eastern libya. the blast took place 250 kilometers east of benghazi. let's go to hoda abdel hamid who joins us live near the libyan border. let's talk about the attack in libya, hoda what was the

target? and has anyone claimed responsibility as of yet? >> reporter: no one has claimed responsibility as yet. we know a police station, a gas station, and it appears also the home -- or the residence of the speaker of the [ inaudible ] parliament, or, i.e. the parliament that is sitting in tobruk, the under-recognized one, it is its hometown, and he said speaking to some media that this was in retaliation for the air strikes that were carried out by egypt in the eastern town of derna. we don't have a claim of responsibility as i said but we can probably understand the situation on the ground being that there was -- it was said some of the armed groups on the ground there had said that there will be retaliation, and a

member of the u.n.-recognized government in their view would be a fair play target. >> hoda just as you were talking there, i have just been told that reuters is now reporting that militants pledging loyalty to the armed group isil has just claimed responsibility for that attack. we will be bringing the audience more information once we get more news on this developing story, but you are in tunisia. are you seeing an exodus of people arriving or departs to tunisia due to the chaos in neighboring libya? >> reporter: well actually just now a couple of hours ago, a group of more than 180 egyptians had arrived at the airport here behind me. i spoke to them at length. some of them come were living in tripoli, some were living in

sirte. they do say the situation has become very give -- difficult for egyptians living in lib lib -- libya, and depending on where you are you would be accused of being from the other camp. among them were those seven fishermen who the local council had said had been taken off of the coast and entered the territorial waters of libya illegally. many of them did not want to speak, saying they could not tell us what happened to them there. they looked tired and haggered but they said there were too many egyptians still in libya for them to explain the whole situation. but what i do understand from them is that a lot of egyptians would like to get out of that country as soon as possible and they specifically fear maybe

there's more air strikes or military involvement from egypt and then there would be more retaliation. >> hoda thank you for that. well a leaked telephone conversation appeared to suggest that president al-sisi was trying to intervene with libyan affairs. there was an meeting to be arranged. he is a person believed to control large sums of libyan overseas investment and has strong ties to the u.n. recognized government in tobruk. let's get analysis of what is happening this libya from the formal ambassador to libya.

it seems that arab nations are now really weighing in on libya. we now have a diplomatic spat between egypt and qatar over foreign intervention in libya. explain the regional interest in libya. >> well i don't think the regional interest is all that great. libya has never had a tremendous importance in the eyes of its neighboring countries. it is a country that has tended to take the lead from them. the main problem at the moment is the huge amount of arms which gaudify left behind in libya. there are huge quantities of arms, some may be unusable but they have been sold off, and passed hand to hand and affected the security of the whole region. >> yesterday we were talking to one of the editors of qatar's local newspaper who said to me that egypt has an interest in libya's oil and this is why

egypt may want foreign intervention in order to secure this oil. would you support this view? >> no i think that's rather imaginative. of course egypt is is a [ inaudible ] country in terms of finances and if they had the finances of libya, things would be different. but i have not heard suggestion that libya is actively planning any change in the situation which would give them access to libya's oil. i think that would be an extraordinary idea. >> the u.n. and u.s. said they won't be arming any groups on the ground. why the hesitation to support groups in their fight against isil? >> because there are no effective governments in libya. there's no authority, which is capable of accepting arms and making sure that they are not passed on to the wrong people. i think that's pretty

straightforward. what we have got to do in libya. what libya needs is a political settlement which will bring together the different factions inside libya, and that's what the united states are working on. the representative has been successful in getting more and more people to join in political talks, which he has been conducting. and the outside power, britain, america, and others have expressed strong support for that. >> what is the likelihood of the two rival governments, the one in tobruk and the other in tripoli, putting aside their differences to stop the isil threat? a political reconciliation, as you would say. >> that's the big question and i don't have an answer to it. what i can tell you is that it's the best solution that libya could have. and i think a lot of libyans understand that. there are plenty of people in libya that are set up with this division. it isn't just two groups.

there are many separate group, one of course is the -- the islamic state, or isil people who carried out these terrible murders a few days ago. but there are many groups and what they have to do is get their heads together, and try to find a way of setting up a government for single libya, which nearly everybody actually wants. >> so good getting your incite sir. thank you so much for being with us. oliver miles there, former u.k. ambassador to libya. >> thank you. we move on and the u.n. independent international commission of inquiry on syria has just published a new report on war crimes in syria. let's get the details from our diplomatic editor james bayes who is at the u.n. tell us more about this report james. >> reporter: well this report covers what has happened in syria from july last year to january this year and it is

very, very grim reading. the situation is even worse than it has been in the past and it has all of the instances of what it says are massacres, torture, it says the majority of people held in syrian government jails have been tortured. it talks about barrel bombs, and the brutality of isil. these reports very very grim reading. we have seen so many of them this is the ninth, but what is different about this one is the recommendations, and they are making very strong mrengd a decisions. >> what are those recommendations, james if you could, briefly. >> i thought you were going to ask. the recommendations are that the international criminal court has never examined the situation in syria because of dead lock in the security council, you need the security council to agree, and there's always a veto to referral to the international criminal court. russia is deeply opposed to that. now they are saying well then

there should be urgent consideration for a special court for syria. and the other very important development is they have been keeping confidential lists of those they believe are responsible for the crimes in syria, a list of perpetrators. now they have never published those until now, because they say they have only been able to conduct investigations often from a far, and they don't meet the strict high standards of international justice, but they are now considering publishing publicly those lists of the perpetrateors in syria. they think it is a strong possibility they might. if they do they will announce those names of those they believe are guilty of war crimes in syria, when they brief the human rights council on the 17th of march. that could be a very important

day. >> important and significant. the impact would be huge. james just before we let you go you have been talking to the diplomats in the hallway. how much support do you think there would be for this ad hoc court? >> an ad hoc court can be composed and created in various ways. in fact just two countries could come together create a treaty and say we are creating a court. in that would create a court in the international system but would it be respected by all of the countries of the world? i'm sure russia would be opposed to this idea. russia a permanent member of the security council. it's certainly not an easy thing. we know the u.s. have examined the idea of an ad hoc court, and the word from washington has gone rather quiet on this subject. it seems they were not as queen as they once were on this idea. >> james thank you.

turkey and the u.s. wants to start training syrian rebels on turkey soil next month. and syrian's information minister says if the u.n. wants a ceasefire to succeed, it has to get the countries that back the rebels on board. >> reporter: the moderate syrian opposition which is battling both isil fighters and president bashar al-assad forces is about to get much-needed help. the united states military has identified 1200 fighters for potential training. the turkish government will provide an equal number of trainers to work alongside their american counterparts. >> the region is better off. and i agree with you, this is the start. with a lot of work ahead of us. >> reporter: the turkish government says the opposition fighters could also target president bashar al-assad's

forces. >> translator: these forces will fight against the islamic state as well as other forces. >> reporter: the deal with turkey is part of a broader program to train syrian fighters opposed to isil. u.s. officials say a deal for a training facility in jordan is imminent, and locations in saudi arabia and qatar could be ready within the year. on the ground the battles continue. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: these are fight from the opposition group battling government forces in aleppo. they have just regained control of farmland in the north of the city. >> translator: god is greatest. thanks to god, we managed to liberate our farmland. >> reporter: the united nations is trying to end the fighting in aleppo. it hopes a truce will ease the suffering of the people allow aid in and possibly lay the ground work for a political

process. until now opposition fighters haven't been convinced. countries like saudi arabia qatar, turkey and jordan must convince them to comply with the ceasefire. >> 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 syrian government says it is prepared to suspend its aerial attacks on aleppo for six weeks in a trial ceasefire. but opposition groups won't guarantee president asaw's forces won't take advantage of the lull in fighting. greece seeks to extend its european loan program. plus -- i'm in los angeles, a long way from russia, and find out why edward snowden is causing a stir on this side of the pacific

ocean again. and in sport new zealand makes england suffer at the cricket world cup. [ cheers ] ♪ ukraine has accused russia of sending tanks to the rebel-held town on the southern coast. it lies about 40 kilometers from the port city of mariupol. it could see the separatists expanding their battle. this follows the capture of debaltseve on wednesday, but the ukrainian army has also been involved in firing artillery, with some of them hitting residential areas in donetsk city as paul brennan reports. >> reporter: in central donetsk the sound of explosions varies

in intensity but never really stops. they have been exchanging fire. school 58 in the district took a direct hit from an artillery shell. the school reopened three days ago after repairing the building from a previous attack. they just spent more than $2,000 putting new windows back in and they waited until tuesday to reopen because they opened that the ceasefire would provide some degree of calm. no one was killed but the sense of grievance is enormous. >> translator: we spent so much money, so much of our hard work. we changed all of the windows for plastic ones. the money was collected by the parents of the children. we tried to bring the school back to normal but you see what happens. they shell us. thanks very much, poroshenko.

>> reporter: hitting this school even accidentally could scarily be more counterproductive. the geography teacher has spent 20 years assembling the artifacts here. >> translator: the souls of my ukrainian ancestors are here she says. it was so beautiful. and now they tell me i'm a separatists and a terrorists? it's unbelievable. >> reporter: helping the cleanup effort are these two cousins. they say they don't understand why this is happening. >> translator: we feel ah emotionals simultaneously. but most of all we feel insulted. we were living here and then they started shelling us. >> translator: the fact is the ukrainians are shelling themselves. >> reporter: a few streets from the school another of thursday

night's shell strikes landed in this residential block. many residences had already fled. a few returns to survey the damage. and all the time the sound of nearby shell fire continued. >> translator: it's very difficult. when you come out to the street you are afraid. i tremble with fear. i'm scared of a shell landing next to me and tearing me apart. it's such a terrible fear. in all of my life i have never felt as scared as i do now. >> reporter: their experience completely con -- contradicts those who claim that the battle of debaltseve was the only problem. for now the only lesson being learned here is that in ukraine ceasefires work only on paper. paul brennan al jazeera, donetsk. the crisis in eastern ukraine has its roots in

revolution that ousted the president a year ago. jonah hull has spoken to some of those who took part in the protest. >> reporter: this man limps from a bullet wound to the leg received exactly a year ago. eeg gore hardly needs photographs to remind him of the anti-government protests on kiev's central square that ended in bloodshed. >> translator: i was proud that we were able to unite, and that 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. >> reporter: last year this person was there too. a volunteer medic tending to the injured, and the dead. >> translator: i cannot find the right words, because 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 -- that we need to be able to protect ourselves, and our country, and stand together until the end. >> reporter: once a protester, now a member of parliament this man is widely credited with delivering the final blow to the former president. he took to the stage following the shootings, and told him to leave or be thrown out. that night the president fled in a helicopter to eventual exile in russia. >> translator: it is not over. mydan is not just a rally in central kiev. it is a ideology. maybe it will look different for my children but all change

comes from here, and we have to believe in this. >> reporter: on february 20th last year more than 50 protesters were shot dead many allegedly by government snipers, though there were weapons on both sides, the protests lasted three months and claimed over 100 lives. well, the crowds the fires, and the shooting are all long gone from here. it is once again a busy city square. but in a city and a country much changed. a year on and the forces of change that united here have given way to a country still riddled with corruption close to economic collapse, and on the verge of partition. many ukrainians still lean westwards in the hope of a european future. a future now in jeopardy because of war raging in the east. jonah hull al jazeera, kiev. it's make or break day for

greece as euro zone ministers meet in brussels. they are expected to decide if they will grant a question for an extension on their loan. we are monitoring events in brussels. and john psaropoulos is live for us in athens. first let's go to neave in brussels. what is the likely of the proposal being approved? >> reporter: well, it's a critical day for greece and the euro group as a whole, although the deadline for the renewal of the bailout isn't until the 28th. that's next week. ideally an agreement does need to be made to allow european parliaments to essentially ratify it so we really are down to the wire at the moment. on thursday the greeks submitted something of a copromiez proposal. they have called for a six-month

loan extension that would allow them some time to come up with a longer-term -- longer-fixed solution to their financial crisis. at the same time it would also allow them to pay off some of their most immediate creditor notably the imf and european central bank. the response in europe has been somewhat mixed. the germans said it wasn't good enough. some other german officials describing it rather as a trojan horse, a sign perhaps of the level of mistrust that exists at the moment between the two. but in paris, the german chancellor said there was absolutely no time at all for greek mythology. germany is calling for, i quote, significant improvement to the

greek aid request. much softer tone comes from the european commission president. he said he felt this was a step in the right direction. similar tones also from the french as well. when the greeks arrived here earlier on, the greek finance minister felt this meeting was likely to end positively. perhaps an overly optimistic stance to have right now, but he is looking forward to a white smoke moment. that's how he described it. >> all right. that is the situation in brussels with neave barker. let's now see what is happening in athens with john psaropoulos. john it is right down to the wire. let's just say the proposal is rejected, what does greece do then? >> well the greek prime minister earlier today said he felt confident it won't be because greece has done

everything possible for it to become accepted. and let me just remind you of some of the concessions made in yesterday's letter from the greek finance minister. there were important concessions made. namely, greece will allow monitoring of its economy during the six-month period. you remember when euro group chairman had some to athens in his presence the greek finance minister said that there will be no more inspections here. that's all over. well they seem to have gone back on that. also he has borrowed heavily from language contained in the german proposal. for example, promising to drive towards a successful completion of the current program. something the germans are very set upon. and promising to repay all of these loans back in full. so i think the greeks are fairly optimistic, that having borrowed these key terms that are in the

end legal and political requirements, they -- they hope that they will build enough confidence in the body to convince their european colleagues that they do mean to compromise, but beyond that, i think the message from athens is it is really time for the european side to meet them halfway. >> john thank you. still ahead on the news hour, a new weapon in the fight against ebola, a blood test is approved by the world health organization. calls for the release of a venezuelian opposition figure after he is accused by the president of plotting a coup. and find out if nadal could stay on course to win his third title of the year. ♪

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al-shabab has claimed responsible for two explosions in mogadishu. two members of parliament were killed in the attack. at least 45 people have been killed in three car bomb attacks in the eastern libyan city of kuba. a u.n. commission on war crimes in syria is calling for a special tribunal to investigate and bring perpetrators to justice. they say both sides have committed crimes including using barrel bombs and torture. a new rapid test to diagnose ebola has been approved by the world health organization. the test is easy to use and results are available within 15 minutes. the current test takes between 12 and 24 hours for results, and requires a laboratory with specialized equipment. down side of the new test is that it's less accurate. a number of people killed by the

virus in west africa is approaching 10,000. just over 2,000 have died from the disease in guinea. more than 3,400 in sierra leone. and liberia is the country worst hit with close to 4,000 fatalities. let's get more on this. we are joined by a scientist at the world health organization. she joins us now from geneva. thank you for being with us. if you could explain what exactly is involved in this test? what is the process? >> all right. the process is that this test can actually be used quite close to the patient as opposed to other tests that commonly used at the moment in west africa. the test requires a blood sample to be taken, and this is usually -- it can be done either by finger prick or by whole venus blood. and this means you don't need

need -- big equipment. you then collect the blood -- the blood that is collected goes straight on a little strip. it's a bit like a pregnancy test or a urine dip stick. >> it has been said that it is less accurate. that means that there will be cases that are missed. >> there will be occasionally. in patience with low viral load this may be the case and this will determine where this product can be used. so where we have cases where we know there's a high probability that the patients have infection, but we need a test it will give us a very good prediction of whether the patient has ebola or not. if we're investigating maybe a potential flairup, where we

don't know whether it's ebola or not, this test is going to give us a very good idea whether it's ebola or something else. >> robin -- [ overlapping speakers ] >> -- specific to ebola or can it be used to detect other potentially fatal viruses? >> no it's only for ebola. >> why do you think it has taken this long for a test like this to be developed and approved given that we have already had the flair-ups in so many african countries? >> unfortunately not many manufacturers were interested in even developing tests for ebola. so this is actually -- broken down the normal research and development phrase and assessment phase, from maybe two or a three-year process, down to about a six-month process. this is incredibly fast. >> robin, we're going to have to leave it there. thank you so much for joining us on the show.

>> thank you. >> from the world health organization. rival political factions in yemen have agreed on a people's transitional council to help govern the country. the u.n. mediator says it will help guide yemen out of its political crisis. hashem ahelbarra has more. >> reporter: 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 authority. >> this council will be in charge to lead the country for the next two years. the representation within this council, 30% for southerners, 30% for women, and 20% for youth. but again the details have not

been agreed on. this deal is an nirnal deal, and very far from a final deal. >> reporter: and yemen's political factions continues. the main factions have yet to agreeing on a presidential council. an intern government how to reform the army and police and disband armed militias. but the houthis say their popular committees won't disarm and will have the upper hand in the areas they control. the sunni majority remains skeptical. with tribesmen gathering in an al-qaeda strong hold. in the predominantly south, anti-houthi sentiment is on the rise. protesters take to the streets to denounce the houthi takeover.

the growing opposition to houthis rising influence is something many believe could trigger a wider military confrontation that may spin out of control. hashem ahelbarra, al jazeera. one protester has been killed and several others have been injured during an anti coup rally in egypt. witnesses say security forces opened fire on the crowd. the area has been a flash point for violence between promuslim brotherhood supporters since president morsi was ousted in 2013. u.s. military commanders are prepared to recapture the city of mosul from isil fighters. the operation involving 25,000 soldiers is being planned for april or may. the u.s. will provide training and air support, but there's been no decision on whether it will put boots on the ground.

mosul is iraq's second-largest city which was once home to a million people. it has been held by isil fighters since last june. thousands of people from myanmar's ethnic haan minority are fighting in the northeast. an armed group is battling government troops. at least 30,000 refugees have already crossed the border into china. >> reporter: some 30,000 refugees are said to have fled across the border from myanmar into china during the last nine to ten days. and many have come here. they are being accommodated in a place where trade fairs are held. now some 25,000 people we're told are being accommodated here. they are getting water, food and shelter. but none of them knows how much longer they will remain here.

because the fighting is still going on across the border. this is a very tricky problem for china, because the rebels are fighting the army of myanmar. now some of these rebels have appealed to china to provide aid, because they were ethnic chinese. but china has said there is no way that will happen. but myanmar is not so sure. a few days ago, a government minister said china should do all it can, to prevent chinese soil being turned into a base for terrorists. that's the sort of language that will engage beijing. china has also scoffed at notions that they will provide aid to the ethnic chinese rebels. it's worth remembering that a few years ago, china was probably the only friend myanmar had. that friendship is now being

tested. news out of venezuela now. and one of the biggest opposition figures, the mayor of caracas has been arrested. he has been accused by the president of plotting a coup. one of the main opposition leaders has been in prison for a year now. add -- adam rainey has more. >> reporter: the insignia of venezuela intelligence agency is seen on some of the vests of these men. the men did not identify themselves or give any reason for arresting the mayor. hours later, hundreds had gathered outside of the agency's headquarters in the capitol, demanding the mayor's release. his wife spoke to al jazeera. >> translator: i hold the president personally responsible for my husband's safety. >> reporter: after the arrest

the president took over national television airwaves again accusing him and others of plotting to topple the government last week. >> translator: he was captured underer 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. >> reporter: he 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 cites plots to overthrow it without evidence. one of the country's main opposition leaders has spent a year in prison. on wednesday, hundreds of people had gathered to mark that anniversary and protest again. adam rainey al jazeera. still ahead on al jazeera.

we report on protests to protect sacred american land. and in sport we'll be in pappa new guinea a country with ambitions to one day play at the quicket world cup. ♪

♪ >> in the u.s. state of arizona, a bitter fight over land is being played out. on one side is a powerful mining company, which wants to mine copper at the site. on the other side native americans, which consider the

site a holy place. rob reynolds has more. >> reporter: marching to save sacred ground. the tribe are protesting a proposed copper mine on land the app apaches say is holy. >> they talk about the -- the religious war overseas, well there's one right here happening. >> reporter: this part of arizona is riddled with huge copper mines. amid the landscape sits oak flat. it's a rare deserting habit with ponds and streams, it's on federal land but there is an enormous amount of copper underneath. this mine has been trying to get at the copper for more than a decade. late last year supporters of

the mine slipped a small edition into a military spending bill. in that addition now allows rio tinto to take over the land and begin mining. environmentalists says the mine would destroy wildlife habitat, water sources, and leave behind a gigantic pit. >> according to the company's own figures, the crater would be a thousand feet deep and 2.5 miles in diameters. the lawmakers include senator john mccain. asked for comment, the senators office emailed a statement from mccain predicting the mine will create nearly 4,000 jobs in the nearby community of superior. app patchy tribal figures deny

that. the mine declined a request for an online interview. it said it is committed to strong partnerships. but native americans say they can't and won't compromise over their cultural heritage. >> all of these different things that the government throws at it it's really to get rid of us. i didn't see it any other way. to get rid of our culture, you know you might as well just bomb us. >> reporter: environmental reviews might take several years before mining can begin. the apaches say they won't give up until their sacred land is safe. time for sport now. new -- new england

humbleable by new zealand. >> reporter: smiling for the cameras before the match got underway. england should hardly bare the nightmare. ian bell because the first casualty. this player went not long after. new zealand were also brilliant in the field. this catch from adam mills. [ cheers ] >> reporter: they finished with 7 wickets as england went all out for an embarrassing 123. if they thought that was bad, the worst was yet to come. brendan leading the charge

smashing his first six. but there were more of those to come. six more in fact. as he let lose against england's miserable bowling attack breaking his own word to notch the fastest world cup 50 of just 18 balls. new zealand going on to claim an emphatic 8-wicket win. >> i think it will be something we all look back on in time and think of how mazing this occasion was. a full house, and it was an amazing feeling, and having that many people in behind you, and this just went to the brand of cricket we have been playing later, and it is getting people through the gates and watching exciting cricket. >> all credit goes to them. the best display seance we have been down in this side of the world, which says a lot.

today they outperformed us. well the top four from pool a will qualify for the quarter finals. it doesn't look too good for england. they have to rebuild against scotland. that is their next game. coming up in group a next australia, the other co-hosts they are taking on bangladesh. now chelsea manager says he feels ashamed. this after a group of the clubs fans were filmed shouting racist comments and pushing a black passenger off of a train in paris earlier this week. chelsea have banned three of the fans caught on video from entering their stadium. >> we feel ashamed, but maybe we shouldn't because we are not -- i refuse to be connected with these people. i am contacted with -- with chelsea. i'm connected with -- with so many good things this club

depends and represents. >> reporter: barcelona have renamed their training ground in honor of their former coach who died from cancer last april. with villanova in charge the club won the league title. this season barca are unbeaten at the top of the league. nadal once again has that unbeatable look about him on clay. he feels as though his best form is returning, this after recent struggling with injury and illness. here he is beating his opponent in straight sets reaching the quarter finals now of the rio open. rugby for you, the chiefs of new zealand are the early leaders in the super rugby competition. they beat australia to pick up

their second straight win. they did take a last guest penalty for them to complete this 19-17 win. back to kicket the ongoing world cup includes 14 countries, but plenty more have ambitions to be involved. they include pappa new guinea. paul reports from the town where cricket is the game of choice. >> reporter: the cricket world cup may be grabbing the attention in australia and new zealand, but this has always been where the action is here. no day goes by without matches springing up all along the road from the nearby capitol. introduced by 19th century missionaries cricket has flourished here. the great majority of png's national players have come from this town. bowlers who fish balls out from

under the homes built on stilts. >> some of the kids play for fun, but as they grow up they start to have this bigger dream of playing outside. >> reporter: for those who do it can mean an escape from poverty and the dangers of one of the world's most crime-ridden cities. they are close to putting png on the big stage. cricket has been part of life here for more than a hundred years, but if it wasn't for a late collapsing qualifying paupa new guinea would now be playing at the world cup. they were awarded one-day international status, a big positive after just missing up on the world 2020. >> our players have learned what they have got to do to get to there, but these nets are never empty now.

>> we want to spread the cricket playing throughout the country and make it as a national game and if that happens i'm sure they will be in a position to compete with the rest of the countries. >> reporter: the national team takes training sessions for special needs and disabled children giving them independence and self worth in a society that often hides them away. >> the children feel they are not pushed anywhere. but there are people out there [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: the reduction of the next world cup to just ten teams could hurt their international progress but there will always be a next generation of cricketers here ready to take up the challenge. okay. plenty more on the cricket world cup and the rest of the sport on our website, of course. check that out,

aljazeera.com/sport. that is it for now. thanks very much andy. we continue with our award's season coverage and the journalist who helped edward snowden explosion the nsa program program. >> reporter: a security services insider on the run with top secret information on the other side of the world. they love this kind of film at the oscars but "citizen four" is up for best documentary this year. this is him. the man who infuriated the u.s. national security agency by revealing its mass surveillance program, and this is his story from the start. filmed by the journalist he contacted to help him. >> we were given instructions where to meet. it was in a public area in a mall and we were told we should

be there at a certain time and a man would walk by working on a rubix >> reporter: the film shows snowden's caution as he revealed those secrets. here a fire alarm, visually spooks him. he knows his revelations will have repercussions. would he do the same thing again do you think? >> he says no regrets. he has wanted people to know what the government is doing, and i think kneelfeels he has accomplished that. >> reporter: do you still believe you are being watched? >> you don't know those things right? these are intelligence communities that work behind the scenes. sources have said that my communications are lit up like a christmas tree.

>> reporter: 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 >> i hope another country will come forward and offer him asylum. >> reporter: do you think he will ever come back to the usa? >> i think he will. >> reporter: security around this film has been pretty tight. it was edited in germany, because they were concerned the fbi may show up and take their equipment away. there have been attempted to block the film one to have the oscar nomination taken away and another for prosecuting the editors for aiding and abetting. but yet it is here. edward snowden might not be popular with everybody, but he's not going away any time soon. stay with us. more news at the top of the hour. ♪

>> more violence in libya. three bombs explode in the east killing at least 45 people. ♪ i'm live from our al jazeera headquarters in doha. also ahead on the program. the armed group al-shabab claims responsibility for a deadly attack in somali's capitol. government officials are among the victims. crunch talks in brussels as greece seeks to extend its european loan program. >> i'm