>> don't try this at home. >> "techknow" where technology meets humanity. monday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> hello welcome total news hour. live from our headquarters in doha. coming up in the next 60 minutes, isil attacks villages in northeastern syria and kidnap dozens of syrian christians. >> leaked cables revealed dealings between the u.s., israel and palestinian authority that they'd never admit to in public. >> greece hands in it's refund plan to lenders. we'll find out if the proposals

go far enough. >> fifa recommends moving the 2022 qatar world cup to the winter months. >> first a bomb has exploded in northeastern nigeria. it happened at a crowded bus station in the town which has had two attacks. at least seven people were killed. we are joined with a report. what are you hearing about this latest attack? >> the details are still a little bit thin. we're getting different accounts from various eyewitnesses that we've managed to speak to. one eyewitness is saying it was a suicide attack, that somebody boarded a bus and a bomb went off. another eyewitness is talking about a device planted in a bag

near the bus station where people were queuing up. it's not clear at this stage which of those stories is actually correct whether this was an individual who decided to board a bus and let off a bomb or somebody wanted to plant a device and escape. authorities in the area, the military in the area, the police and the national emergency management authorities are still not commenting on the gravity of what has happened. those eye witnesses are telling us that there have been casualties, a number of people killed, not clear how many and several people have also been wounded. >> this is the just what, second attack in as many days in the town. what does it say about security situation, which has been cited of course as one of the reasons for delaying the election, the security situation in the northeast? >> it dependency who you are. when you talk to the authorities

here, excuse me, when you talk to the authorities here, they say this is part of the on going war on terrorism the ongoing battle to beat boko haram that they can't guarantee there wasn't be attacks like this. when you talk to communities affected, they will say this is just another sign of the gross incompetence of the security forces in the area. there are thousands of soldiers in the area who are supposed to be protecting life and property, and that they've failed to do so. you go back to the authorities they say no, we are gaining ground against boko haram in the last week or so, the nigeria military have taken back at least six key and strategic towns from the group. it does depend who your. obviously when people hear these reports, it does ruse public confidence in everything the authorities say about how effectively they're winning the war against the group. >> thank you very much indeed.

>> 10 people have been killed and 12 injured in the iraqi city of fallujah. there was heavy shelling by the iraqi army at the neighborhood in the city. there's been heavy fighting between the iraqi army and isil fighters in the town of al baghdadi. this video shows fighting which has now apparently reached a town center. iraqi officials say 20 isil fighters have been killed so far. nearly 800 iraqi troops are involved in the operation and helped by coalition airstrikes. isil fighters occupied large areas of the town early they are month. >> meanwhile a human rights group in syria says isil has kidnapped scores of people from syrian christian villages in the country's northeast. we have more from amman in jordan. >> according to the syrian observatory for human rights, at least 90 christians from the ancient syrian christian

minority were kidnapped in northeastern syria. they come from the villages which are close to a town which is under kurdish control. we understand that early on tuesday morning isil fighters launched raids and attacks on the village clashes broke out with the kurdish-syrian fighters there and as a result, the kidnappings happened. these kidnappings also coincide with a major push by syrian kurdish fighters in northeastern syria and close to the bored we are iraq that have compounded heavy losses for isil and kicked them out of areas that they had once controlled, and as well, these kidnappings are believed to be in retaliation for these attacks by kurdish groups, and to take revenge of what the kurdish groups were able to do by pushing out isil by basically kidnapping a large number of

people who belong to a minority in syria that kurdish fighters protecting. these kidnappings also coincide or come just over a week after isil in libya issued a graphic video, showing the executions of 21 christian egyptians and until now, the fate of these dozens of christian syrians remains unknown. >> news of another kidnapping, this one in afghanistan. afghan officials say armed gunman believed to be of foreign origin kidnapped 30 people from the ethnic community in southern afghanistan. they were taken from a bus in the province monday afternoon. >> al jazeera's investigative unit has been given leaked documents showing how the united states put pressure on the palestinian leadership over its bid for u.n. membership. it was around the same time that the c.i.a. was trying to

establish contact with hamas despite an official ban, as part of your series of spy cables, we have an exclusive report. >> the spy cable shows just how the u.s., israel and palestinian authority play political games with each other. >> the general conference has thus voted to admit palestinian as member of unesco. >> in 2011, palestinian was given full membership and its president has sought wide every u.n. recognition ever since. the cables illustrate how the americans and israelis fight that policy to the highest levels. 12012 cable reveals a secret phone call from the white house to the palestinian authority leader. president obama threatened president abbas if he went ahead to the u.n. bid and just as the u.s. was pressuring the

palestinian authority it now emerges they were seeking to make contact with hamas a group it consider as terrorist organization. a secret cable shows a c.i.a. operative in east jerusalem asked his south african counterpart to put them in touch. he writes the u.s. seems did he also pretty to make in roads in hamas and gas. he said by doing so, south africa will benefit in that we would establish collective priorities and requirements of the c.i.a. in other words, they would know what the c.i.a. is up to. meanwhile, in 2009, south africa's spy chief gets a direct phone call from assad boss. he's shocked at the breach of protocol and orders his staff to verify the number. later, a meeting. assad wants south africa to vote down the gold stone report, a u.n. fact-finding mission after

the 2009 gaza war. prominent south african jurist led it and crucially the reported said israel committed numerous war crimes. the mayor said the palestinian authority leader abbas privately supports the israeli position and also wants south africa to vote it down. according to the top man, he felt voting in favor of the report would play into the hands of rival hamas and weaken his position. the cable reveals how the u.s., israel and palestinian authority or forming clan did he say tine alliances they would never admit to in public. >> a spokesman for the p.l.o. is not surprised about the revelations of c.i.a. links with hamas. >> we know that there have been long relationships between many of the security apparatus in the u.s. and the muslim brotherhood

and other faxes including hamas. they even supported taliban and trained them, so this is not surprising, so the fact that they did seek, there was some talk, we heard about that, but it was only rumor and we do not act on the base of rumor. the fact that they sought to have actions to hamas means they have accepted them at part of the system and that's fine. >> >> i'm surprised to hear such news because i think until now we don't have official communication with the c.i.a. or united administration. i can say that within the last four or five years we met with local americans, some of them are from the sector, some political some say they are very close to the united states administration, but until now we didn't hear that someone say that he is coming officially

from c.i.a. or from united states or from official department of united states. >> still ahead on the al jazeera news hour, we have more revelations from the spy cables, this time about an intensive british effort to recruit a north korean agent. >> diplomatic efforts ramp up to find a solution to the conflict in eastern ukraine. >> a record hole at the cricket world cup. details coming up in sport. >> first, in yemen president adou rabbo mansour hadi ordered all staff to return to their homes in the north. he's withdrawn his resignation as president. he is trying to build a power

base in the south after escaping house arrest by the houthi rebels. we have more from aid june just a few days after his arrival to aden president hadi has been clear to his supporters and outside world when he withdrew his resignation officially. now he has asked the minister to say come to aden, but many of them are being prevented or most of them by the houthis. one of them tried to drive to aden yesterday, and was arrested by the houthis 100 kilometers south of sanna and sent back to the capitol. in this situation hadi is waiting to see if they can make it here, otherwise his entourage is telling us that he will probably appoint a provisional government here in aden and at the same time, president hadi is meeting with top security advisors, meeting with the provisional governors and making some security arrangements in the presidential compound to

make sure no deception happens those arrangements consist have sending back the staff members who belong to northern provinces back home, because some of them might be in presidential compound some might be loyal to the former president or the houthis. he received signs from the outside world of support and asked them to rally behind him. those are positive signs for him. some of the diplomatic missions in sanna might be thinking of shift to go aden and that's more signs of hadi probably being successful in his efforts to make a fresh start and rule yemen from aden. >> the crisis in eastern ukraine now and the diplomatic efforts to stop the fighting. foreign ministers from ukraine russia germany and france are meeting in paris to discuss a

ceasefire deal signed more than a week ago. the agreement requires the ukraine army and eastern rebels to withdraw heavy weapons from the front line. we are joined live from paris. what's come out of the talks so far, peter? >> well, nothing at the moment. this is a meeting of foreign ministers, don't forget and experience has shown us that you really need the big names to get involved in the diplomatic process here, putin poroshenko, merkel and hollande. these are just foreign ministers. the four came up with the minsk protocol and a wide ranging ceasefire agreement but one that's really failed to be implemented. the most crucial point of the whole peace plan was to move these heavy weapons these artillery pieces away from the conflict zones 50 kilometers away, and give the civilians some sort of security zone,

simply never happened. then reducing the threat between the conflicting the combat units which are very closely interlinked on the front lines, that hasn't happened, either. in donetsk the russian separatists and ukraine troops are almost eyeball to eyeball so the peace process has really, really floundered. last night the ukrainian foreign minister was leaving new york. he said that there was he felt a path forward. >> we have been contemplating the idea of putin additional element, it could be u.n. element, it could be e.u. element on the ground. we need to stabilize in order to eliminate the possible threats for further attacks. it's exactly what we have in mind. >> the talks now have been going on for about two and a half hours at the french foreign ministry and we'll get back to

you when they break up. >> ok, thank you very much for us live in paris. >> russia's president vladimir putin has been speaking about the crisis in eastern ukraine. he said he's hopeful for a peaceful resolution. >> minutes ask agreement was not only worked out by ukraine russia, france and germany, it was fixed in a resolution of the united nations security council and took the form of an international statute. i really hope this will be fulfilled and this is the right path toward normalization in this area of the country. >> humanitarian aid has reached the eastern ukrainian town of debaltseve. most of the 26,000 people who live there have left because of the fighting. pro-russian separatists took the strategic town, which has a railway hub, on thursday. the red cross said 5,000 people remain in the town and need your gent assistance. >> the european commission has welcomed a list of reforms

submitted by greece. if approved, greece will receive more bailout money over the next four months to pay its debts. it needs at least $8 billion for immediate repayment. the old plan imposed austerity. the new plan allows greece to come up with reforms, but they must be approved and then put forward to national governments. >> the head of the euro group representing international lenders is cautiously optimistic. >> i think the answer is, but it's not going to be easy. this is just a first step. this list is not a new m.o.u. or new agreement, this is a list of reforms they would like to push, replace and the ones they would like to continue. it's going to take time to really get into the details and to design a new contract or agreement, which will carry us on for four months. >> we are joined live from athens. john what exactly is in this document that greece has

submitted? john, can you hear me? >> yes hello. >> yes, i was wondering john, if you could explain to us what is in this document that greece has submitted? >> well, there is as mixture of things that the present leftwing government wanted, but we also see a lot of things carried over from the memoranda of previous governments, namely, a promise to validate the benefits to pensioners and to consolidate pension funds. this is a sort of clearing out a rationalization of social security by previous governments and to be much stricter on value added tax sort of a european version of sales tax. this is something contained in promises of the last government sent by email last december. there has been some concession made to all that have, however

this government has managed to get its priorities in the document quite strongly, namely to draft a new income tax code, to make the tax authority much more independent and to help people clear out the attacks arrears to the public sector. there have been various ideas about doing this floating around in this government. there was an idea closer to last week about giving people a large inventive to come and make a down payment against those tax arrears. no doubt that will be up for discussion. the government has managed to safe guard many of its priorities here. >> what happens next then? do we expect greece's creditors to easily accept these proposals later today? >> at this hour, the finance ministers of the euro zone are supposed to be talking about what they think of this document, and if things go reasonably well, this document

should be approved, perhaps with some changes it would then form the basis of the government's agenda for the next four months. there would be another evaluation in april just to make sure that greece is on track on implementation, and this period of let's say preliminary policy implementation would end in june. at that point greece would hope to graduate from its present period of oversight with the $8 billion worth of loan installments paid out so that it can meet its obligations in july and august. at that point it would then probably have to sit down and negotiate what happens next. i don't think that, and most people don't think greece is going to be allowed to simply walk off. it may it may not be strong enough to do that. it may have to then enter another period of much looser oversight with its creditors but that's a long way away. all the emphasis now is allowing

greece to get on with it for the next four months and implement confidence building measures between this new leftwing government and the creditors that up until now only had con be serve tibbs and socialists to deal with. >> let's stay in athens. a former advisor to the greek government joins us, thank you for being with us. measures unveiled by the greek government had been widely anticipated. the german foreign minister has been quoted saying that europe has some breathing space but that certainly this is not a solution. how do you view, you know, this reform plan that grease has introduced? is it solid enough, in your view? >> well, it appears to be solid and no one would disagree with the measures proposed, particularly measures on tax

evasion, and corruption, and reorganizing the public sector. these are all matters that were widely anticipated and there's no disagreement between greece's partners. the problem is how do you quantify these measures and how do you make these measures appear credible to greece's partners. this is the major question now. what i find interesting is -- >> go ahead what do you find interesting? >> yes what i find interesting is this strategy of satisfying both audiences european audience and domestic audience, we will see if this strategy will pay off. i think increasingly, mr. tsipras, the prime minister will have to address internal party strife because there are lots of people who believed in

this measures, who thought that there could be -- anti austerity in europe and they might see this dream dashed. of course we still have to see what independent greeks, their party, how they're going to react. >> you talked about the politics, but i want to know economically, what is the most urgent priority for the syriza government? >> to collect tax revenues, because in the way there was a certain moratorium on greek citizens paying their taxes so this has to stop now and they will have to find a way of

bringing back money into state coffers. that's number one. number two promoting the radical measures that they are now pledging that they'll do. >> ok, thank you so much for speaking to us. >> the head of the u.n. climate change panel has resigned after allegations of sexual harassment. the allegations are denied that he sexually harassed an employee in new delhi. he's been the chairman of the committee on climate change for years now. he pulled out of a meeting after indian police started an investigation. >> let's get an update on the weather now with rob. you've got the middle east up there. >> yes. this is a pretty picture. i'll show you first of all up

in the village it looks like this 12 hours ago just a gentle sight of snow. we have more winter coming to the middle east, mostly in the form of rain, because the air's warmed up that much more. the satellite picture shows the clouds spinning in nicely enough, doesn't tell you much more than that. actual fact, it will be rain and a bit of brief breeze, as well, but it's on its way too so wednesday, it's largely gone from that part of the world. not as gentle everywhere. in the u.s., we've had very nasty such going on. this is an ice breaker, can you believe on lake erie. you wouldn't expect that. this is a representation of what freezing rain looks like missing the ground. actually it's a building that caught fire in philadelphia. they are essentially the same. you get this falling out of the sky, too. texas was the last place this

happened. this streak is the faulty one. freezing rain potential there moving up the coast in the next hours. we've got snow coming back again, this time further west into the western states and the plains. >> looks very pretty, though, rob, thank you very much indeed for that. >> an inquiry has begun in bangladesh after the latest ferry disaster. 150 passengers have been killed or are missing after a collision on the river. >> it is upright again but the search for survivor is over. the boat sang sunday after running into a cargo ship, taking 150 passengers down with it. for many, this was a dilly commute, somewhere on their way to visit family, others to job in the capitol. most on deck made to it safety, but those in the cabin were trapped. a fortunate few escaped. >> there was a small window in

the lower deck, where i could see the sun, so i pulled myself through the opening but i kept slipping off. others who were trapped inside with me managed to push through the hole safely outside. there were some waiting in a boat near the accident side. they eventually rescued all of us from the spot. >> bodies recovered at least nine children were collected in a makeshift morgue before returned to their families. police can't say exactly how many people were onboard or how many are still missing. like most ferries this one kept no list of passengers. >> passenger ferry boat accident is common in bangladesh, mainly due to lack of safety standard and overcrowdle. there's increasing demand that the government come up with better regulatory standard and stricter enforcement. unless they do so, there will be such accident in future. to prevent that, the government hashas to be serious which is lacking. >> officials say more needs to be done. >> it's not an isolated incident

here. >> there are no easy solutions in a country with more than 200 rivers and many thousands of boats. ferries are often overcrowded like this one that capsized last august. meant for 85 passengers, there were at least 200 onboard. more than half were killed. earlier this month, five died in an accident south of the country. in comments last year, the prime minister said most disaster are the fault of ferry owners, who put profits before passenger safety. admission that as long as there's money to be made breaking the rules little rules will likely make little

difference. >> still ahead on the al jazeera news hour, find out why nigerians are worried about the government imposing a tax on imported cars. >> facing an old foe barcelona look for a repeat of last year's victory over man city in the champions league.

>> welcome back. you're watching the news our on al jazeera. a reminder of our top stories.

a bomb explode in near nigeria at a bus station. it's the second attack in the town in three days. >> the observatory for home rights said 90 christians have been kidnapped in the country's northeast. the area is near the scene of heavy fighting between kurdish fighters and isil. >> the hamas is denying it had contact with the c.i.a., which leaked documents contained by al jazeera which said it was desperate to do. >> to the maldives, the former president said he is mistreated by security forces and denied access to his lawyer. he was arrested on terror charges over the arrest of a judge. there were dramatic scenes monday as he went to court.

we have a report. >> this is the former president of maldives. the first democratically elected head of state. he said his arm was hurt as police dragged him into court. he was pleading to be allowed to walk in by himself. he was denied bail and access to his lawyer, who said the case is politically motivated. >> we say that this case is politically motivated because as i mentioned earlier, every step through administrative actions through today, they have not been able to register some of us the lawyers working in the case as lawyers able to represent him in the criminal court. >> the charges relate to the arrest in 2012 of a criminal

court judge for alleged corruption. the party accused him of becoming too powerful. violent protests then saw him stepping down. now he says he was forced to resign and security forces colluded with opposition parties to mount a coup against him. he lost the election in 2013 to the brother of the former president. critics accused him of being too autocratic. government leaders say they will never buck toll international pressure and the judiciary will continue to operate independently. relations with china have improved recently. >> we urge all concerned to calm the situation and resolve their differences within the constitutional and legal framework of mol dives. >> back in the capitol mali, the

democratic party doesn't expect a fair trial. it accuses government leaders of using trumped up charges. the island is best known for being a frank will tourist destination. >> indonesia's president says the execution of 11 drug traffickers on death row won't be delayed. his comments coincide with an indonesian judge rejecting an appeal against two executions. he warned foreign countries not to interfere with indonesia's capitol punishment laws. >> the egyptian government has been flying libyans out of tunisia. customs officials say many more are still waiting on the libyan side of the border, hoping to cross. cairo has urged hundred was thousands of its citizens working in libya to leave.

>> al jazeera has obtained an audio recording where egypt's interior minister is apparently heard telling security officials to use force against protestors. the conversation is believed to have come from a meeting last year before rallies in support of the deposed president mohamed morsi. we have more. >> every friday, they turn out across egypt. november 28 last year was no different. thousands demonstrated across the country carrying pictures of deposed president mohamed morsi and chanting slogans against a coup that forced him from power in 2013. security forces were waiting for them and some opened fire. at least four protestors were killed dozens injured. a leaked audio recording obtained by al jazeera provides new in sight into the events of that day. it comes from a meeting of senior security officials in the days leading up to the protest.

the gathering was chaired by interior minister mohamed eight are a him giving clear instructions on how protestors should be dealt with as they left friday prayers. >> he was no less blunt about how the demonstrators should be dispersed.

rights groups criticized the use of excessive force and the mass arrests of dissidents, journalists since the coupe. thousands held without charge or trial, while others are being prosecuted under new anti pro test laws. on monday, a five year prison sentence was handed down to one of the leaders of 2011 revolution for organizing an unauthorized demonstration. >> let's be clear this isn't justice, this is a vendetta. it's aimed at ripping the heart out of egypt's protest movement. it shows there's no room in protest for egypt today no room for dissenters and no room for people of a different opinion. he was seen at public enemy number one for protesting and will join thousands of others behind bars for challenging egyptian authorities. >> it appears that fridays egypt will bring more protests and

more death. >> egyptian president al sisi has signed off a new anti-terror law giving authorities more power to ban groups and powers ranging from harming national unity to disrupting public order. thousands of people have been jailed for taking part in illegal demonstrations. the retrial of two al jazeera journalists in egypt has been adjourned until march eight. mohamed fahmy and baher mohammed appeared in court monday. their case is postponed because of absence of witnesses. they deny the charges. peter greste was freed on february 1 and deported to australia. >> a u.s. court has fined two palestinian groups $218 million for attacks in israel more than 10 years ago. the court says the palestinian liberation organization and the palestinian authority were liable for the attacks which killed 33 people. the lawsuit was filed in new

york, because some victims were american citizens. the palestinian authority has rejected the verdicts, calling it baseless. >> palestinian officials say israeli forces shot dead a teenager in the occupied west bank. the 19-year-old was shot in the chest in the refugee camp south of bethlehem. fights broke out when israeli troops launch add predawn raid there. witnesses say the teenager was on the roof of his home when he was shot. australia's government has criticized a scathing report on conditions faced by children held in immigration detention centers. the country's how many rights commission found children face rampant abuse and left traumatized by their experiences. andrew thomas reports. >> he now lives in sydney and is studying to be an accountant, but before he was given a visa as a refugee australia's government held him in a year in

detention centers. he was 14 years old and alone but he came to australia by boat. he copied in detention he says, but saw other children who didn't. >> i saw kids who are cutting with pens. it's not something that i can forget. we are damaging those kids. we are damaging mentally and we are damaging physically. >> his experience is similar to many detailed and human rights reports on immigrant children detained by australia's government. >> our findings are deeply shocking. we found that all the medical evidence confirmed that detention causes and compounds mental health disorders amongst children. >> more than a third of children detained require psychiatric support. there are allegations of sexual abuse against children.

many have self-harmed. >> on tuesday officials from australia's immigration department confirmed a girl threw herself offer a building last week. >> this is a shocking report. only australia automatically locks up immigrant children. serious damage is being done to those it does, but shocking, too, has been the government's reaction to the report. this, it says is a travesty. >> more children were in detention under the previous government than the current one. the report, the prime minister says should acknowledge the government success in stopping refugees from coming to australia in the first place. >> this inquiry is a political stitch-up. it's a political stitch-up and it will be called out by members of this government. >> i totally reject any suggestion that this report is a politicized exercise. the facts frankly speak for themselves and this report speaks for itself. >> australia's policy towards

refugees is deeply political. elections have been won and lost on the issue. children though, are among those who feel its consequences. al jazeera sydney. >> some breaking news before we move on. france's foreign minister has just confirmed that a french woman has indeed been kidnapped in yemen. there were reports earlier today saying that a french woman and her driver had been kidnapped early on tuesday morning. we have the french foreign minister confirming that a french woman has indeed been kidnapped in yemen. we'll bring you more information when we have it. >> more on al jazeera's spy cable investigation. leaked documents reveal how the british spy agency mi6 tried to make in roads into the intelligence service. they wanted it at whatever cost.

>> this modest west london house is north korea's embassy in britain. it's small because there's not much diplomacy going on between the two countries. >> a few miles away, at britain's mi6 there's plenty of espionage. the spy cables give insights. this secret document is from britain's mi6 and reveals a plan to recruit a north korean spy. the target was traveling presenting what they described as an unusual opportunity. >> our officer would remind him of their previous meeting and encourage him to accept a long term relationship. >> this was the second british approach, and this time, they needed the south africans. >> your help would be needed to securely house him.

our officer would appear to be acting alone. >> the spy cable says a year earlier, mi6 offered the target a long term clandestine relationship in return for payment but got no response. they offered again presumably with more money. britain passed an act of parliament in 2010 making it illegal to bribe foreign officials but a clause exempted the intelligence services. that despite resistance from m.p.'s who warned there was no persuasive evidence that spies needed the legal right to bribe. m.p.'s were overruled. today's, britain's intelligence agencies remain above that law. >> new top secret spy cables at 18:00g.m.t. here. you can read more on our exclusive website at

aljazeera.com/spycables. tell us what you think on twitter, as well with the hash tag spy cables. >> buying a car in nigeria has just become a lot more expensive. the government imposed a tax of 70% on used and new imported car to say boost manufacturers. some worry that high taxes will hurt the used car industry. >> looking after his investment for years before buying this used car imported from europe. he needs a new one but like many other nigerians, he fears that he can not afford it. >> maybe this is the last car i'm going to drive in my life. what government is trying to do, i can't see me here with the little amount of money i'm get to go buy another car when it is implemented. >> the government is pushing ahead with its new policy,

raising staff representatives on imported cars up to 70%. >> in the future, we may not be able to afford what we need. >> factories are in a race to cash in. assembly lines dorm manual have been producing again. >> we believe that as the market opens up, supported by the new government policy, we will also progressively expand and grow operations to meet any potential increases in demand. >> they are looking beyond the local market.

>> nigerians spend $5 billion importing cars and spare parts. with a population of 170 million, local factories like this want a share of the lucrative market. they also want to expand into markets across the border. >> used car dealers say the new policy will hurt their industry, because car manufacturers here cannot meet local demand. >> you don't want business that you lose your capital and it's going to have adverse effect on our business before these cars inflate every sector of the economy. >> with a new policy and the growing local demand, many nigerians are either driving their last cars or may not have the opportunity to buy a new one anytime soon. al jazeera nigeria. >> still ahead on the news hour,

we look ahead to tuesday's champion league clashes. fifa recommends changing the days of the world cup in qatar. we'll tell you when they are plan to go hold football's biggest tournament.

>> manila is home to nearly 12 million people, but many live in poor and even dangerous conditions. local authorities have been working on a plan to relocate shanty town residents and offer a new chance in life.

we have a report. >> coming home has never felt so good for 53-year-old floor are a. it's the first time she's lived in a proper house with walls ceiling and even a door. >> the house we used to live in was near the river. it wasn't made of stone. the top parts were all scraps of wood patched together. every time it rained, we feared our house would get swept away. >> they aren't afraid anymore. like thousands of others from their old neighborhood, they got 400 u.s. dollars from the government to move here and begin a new life. they were even helped to find way to say earn a living, like taught how to run a store or work with their hands. >> the 19,000 people live in this government-built community just on the outskirts of manila, all of them are former settlers

or squatters moved here from areas that were considered hazardous, like shanty towns under bridges river banks which now flood when it rains. >> the goal is to move half a million people into similar neighborhoods by 2016. many areas are still wait to go get water and electricity which the private sector has to provide. some people return to their old communities, feeling they might earn a better wage on more familiar ground, while others, wary of change, choose to stay put. the government says it will not allow things to remain as they are. >> we had problem rewarding the movement of these families, however, when we do the intensive social preparation everything goes well. >> the government says it's about giving them something to call their own and helping them take ownership of their lives. after decades living as informal

settlers, commercials in manila hope they've given them somewhere they can formally call home. al jazeera manila. >> an update on the meeting of foreign ministers in paris over the situation in eastern ukraine. the foreign ministers are ukraine, russia, germany and france have been meeting the french capitol to discuss the shaky ceasefire deal in eastern ukraine and called for the strict implementation of the truce accord between the ukrainian government and pro-russian separatists. we'll bring you more on the talks in the french capitol later, when we speak to our corresponded in paris. >> let's catch up on sport. >> football's govern body will recommend that the 2022 world cup should be played in november and december to avoid the extreme summer heat.

>> qatar. almost from the moment qatar was awarded the cup the question of where it would be played began. forty degrees celsius temperatures can be exceeded. while they said they would have the required cooling in place fifa's good morning body classed it at high risk because of the weather. after a six month consultation process involving interests from all over the world affinal proposal has been made that the 2022 world cup should be played in november and december. >> there was not one solution that was supported by all but there is one solution coming out from the discussion, which is november december, 2022. >> for now this is a proposal, but it is almost certain to be rottifyed by a meeting of fifa

next month, part of an outcome that has angered representatives of the european leagues who was here in doha and whose tournaments face the most disruption. they said this was an argument they never had any chance of winning. >> the english premier league just one of many national competitions that will be taking an unexpected and unwanted break. >> their leagues are fitted around a summer world cup taking place every four years. it's a disruption. anybody that runs a league anywhere in the world will be sensing the disruption. >> qatar's organizers say they were and are ready to host a world cup at any time of the year but are happy a final decision is close. >> we're onboard whatever the executive committee decides in the coming meeting, we're committed to and we'll deliver an amazing world cup. >> the exact date and duration of the world cup should be signed off at that fifa meeting

in march. while discussions will continue, the main talking point now appears closed. >> as you heard leagues around the world will be affected by the change, but the recommendation to move the world cup has been welcomed by at least one english premier manager. >> i regret it took them so much time to realize that it's impossible to play in the summer. i think it makes sense. if you want people to survive there at the games it's the only way to do it in a decent way in a comfortable way. i think about the place and don't worry but for the supporters, it's the only way. it's the right decision. >> looking for a repeat of last year's triumph facing manchester city. the spanish giant returned where they beat city 2-0 at the same

stage last year and went on to reach the quarter finals. the bar lena stars coming off a defeat in the domestic league. >> a repeat of the 1997 final the german side won. >> cricket's world cup witness add new record on tuesday thanks to the western league's chris gail. he was brutal, paving the way for his team to claim a win over zimbabwe. >> opening the batting chris gail always had the the potential to be the star of the show. the big hitting lefty making run-scoring look easy. demoralizing zimbabwe's bowling attack to smash boundary after boundary after boundary. there was just no off switch on

this. >> make can batting machine building a total of 18 sixes to beat the current record. he was also setting his sights on his own record. the 34-year-old superstar hitting the fastest double century in o.d.i. history. it seems there was just no stopping him. not until the very last ball of the inning, anyway. but by then, it was too late. they had already done the damage complete ago 372 run stand. >> to score a double century is right up there. got to be the best one. >> going on to beat zimbabwe by 73 runs. >> that's all the sport for now. >> stay with us on al jazeera. more news coming up shortly. we'll be live in paris with the latest on that meeting of european foreign ministers over the situation in eastern ukraine, do stay with us.

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