john kerry accuses of russia of lying about having troops in ukraine, while britain announces it is going to help train the ukrainian army. hello, this is al jazeera live from doha. i'm adrian finighan. also on the program, two separate bomb blasts in nigeria, at least 22 people are dead. the spy cables leaked documents show the cia tried to establish contact with hamas, despite an official ban. and fifa shows the red card to a summer world cup in qatar, recommending a move to the winter months. ♪

the u.s. secretary of state says that russia has repeatedly lied to him about its activities in the ukraine. he told a committee that he thinks russia is engaged in what he termed an extensive propaganda exercise. britain's prime minister says the u.k. will send military personnel to ukraine. david cameron said they will help train the country's army. all of this while peace talks have ended. it was called off with tension over who is at fault for the continued violence. fears are growing that the city of mariupol could become the latest battlefield. paul brennan has seen yuan ukrainian soldiers digging new defensive positions. >> reporter: the ukrainians delivered fresh tank to the

front line on tuesday. while it's true that the guns have fallen silent along large sections of the line of conflict it's not happening here. >> bombing every day from separatists, and we can't give him -- >> reporter: youing can't rely. >> we can't. >> reporter: you are under orders. >> the fire is only one day. >> reporter: we passed abandoned houses and waving between ukrainian military defensive positions. there are tanks and guns and there is no intention to withdraw them yet. >> translator: these tanks are on the second defensive line in this case the enemy breaks through the front line. do you hear the sound, it might just be shelling or they might be preparing a ground assault. if it's an assault i must be able to withstand it or make a rely. >> reporter: just a few hundred

meters back the sound of fire is almost continuous. the ukrainian army is digging new defensive ditches. we have been told for good reason not to reveal the exact location of these trenches but you can see the urgency with which the soldiers are digging them. the city of mariupol, with its huge steal works and busy sea port was briefly controlled by separatists fighters last may before being recaptured by european soldiers and volunteers. the industrial power gives its significant strategic importance. the market still operates but the uncertainty is creating deep anxiety. >> translator: of course we feel anxious, but i stand here on the market every day, and i see ukrainian military vehicles heading to the front line to help our army and i personally

think mariupol will not be surrendered. >> translator: because we are worried when you live on the border of donetsk and see what is happening there, you worry that it can happen here too. a lot of people have fled the city. >> translator: we hope our soldiers will defend us and our other allies support us. it would be better good they gave us weapons to defend ourselves. >> reporter: international monitors have expressed deep concern but diplomacy has so far done little to silence the guns here. lithuania's president says his country will bring back conscription due to fears of russia. it has 16,000 active military personnel already. if approved conscription will be renewed for five years.

fighters from the islamic state of iraq and the levant have kidnapped at least 90 piem people from christian villages in the northeast of syria. the villagers were attacked on monday morning. the head of a syrian political party in iraq says that they are working to find the missing people, but have so far had no luck. >> translator: until now we haven't been able to contact any of the hostages, as i said 90 to 150 people were kidnapped and two people are missing, so we think they have been killed. live now to beirut and zana hoda is following this story from there. what is the latest zana? >> reporter: well, we know that community leaders from the syrian christians, they have been appealing for help asking the international community for help. like you mentioned the islamic state -- islamic state of iraq

and the levant captured up to 90 people. isil managed to control three villages in the northeast of the country, and they captured those people and according to the syrian observatory for human rights, they still don't know how many of the 90 people captured are women, children and there were some reports that priests were among those they kidnapped. it's still not clear what isil wants. do they want some sort of an exchange? no demands have been met, but this is not the first time isil really has captured people in areas where literally they don't have any control, and people do not support them. we have seen this in iraq in mosul. they targeted christians as well as sunnis who do not support them. we saw this northwest iraq in this the sinjar mountains when they targeted the minor yazidis community. so the community leaders are

really worried about these people. >> all right. zana, many thanks in in -- indeed. houthi rebels sigh president is wanted for justice. he stepped down last month after the rebel group seized the presidential palace and sana'a and placed him under house arrest. meanwhile a french woman and her driver have been kidnapped in the yemeni capitol. ten people have been killed and 12 injured in the iraqi city of fallujah. there was heavy shelling by the iraqi army. the iraqi army has been trying to drive isil forces out of fallujah for more than a year now. two bomb blasts in northern nigeria have killed 22 people.

there have now been three attacks in the last four days. let's go live to nigeria's capitol abuja. ivan? >> reporter: well, adrian more details coming in of precisely what happened. starting with the first blast, we are now getting confirmation that it was a male suicide attacker. there were initial reports that it could have been a female suicide bomber. it's not clear whether the attacker boarded a bus or planted a device in the bus. in carno, two male suicide bombers were behind this attack. these individuals had arrived on a bus that went into this bus station where they exploded their devices.

we also know speaking to the police that the area where the bomb went off has been cordoned off and combed through, and has been deemed safe. people are kind of moving around but still on edge. >> what does this tell us about the security situation in the country? >> reporter: it depends who you ask. when you speak to the authorities, they say, look the fight against boko haram is ongoing. they have never promised to eliminate boko haram. they have never said that it would be possible to stop the sort of attacks that we're reporting today. they compare the situation facing the military here to the situation facing the military in countries like afghanistan, iraq pakistan. they say terrorism is a global problem. they point to their successes over the last week or so at

least seven strategic towns in the northeast have been recaptured by the nigerian armed forces, and they say, look we're making progress but when you talk to of course those who are immediately involved in these tragedies, they are worried. they are afraid. they do feel not enough is being done. when you talk to the opposition they say this is a sign when you see these kinds of attacks, it's a sign of the fact that the security services really don't have a grip, don't have a handle on boko haram. but the president, goodluck jonathan has insisted publicly that in the next three to four weeks, that we will see boko haram significantly diminished by the armed forces. >> many thanks indeed. european football clubs want compensation if fifa holds the 2022 world cup in qatar in november and december. the head of the european clubs association has said that moving the tournament to the winter

would cause great damage to domestic football. on tuesday fifa recommended the date change after a visit to doha. >> reporter: almost from the moment qatar was awarded the 2022 world cup the questions as to when it would be played began. temperatures in the gulf state can exceed 40 degrees celsius turning the usual tournament window of june and july. and while qatar said it would have the required cooling technology in place, fifa did cast qatar's bid as high risk because of the weather. now after a six-month consultation process, involving vested interests from all over the football world, a final proposal has been made that the 2022 world cup should be played in november and december. >> there would be not one solution which would be supported by all, but there is one solution which is coming out

from this discussion, which is november, december 2022. >> reporter: for now this is just a proposal but it's a proposal that is almost certain to be ratified after a meeting of the executive committee next month. the english premiere league just one of many national competitions that will be taking an unexpected and as far as its bosses are concerned one wanted break. >> the league are centered around a world cup taking place every four years, and it's a disruption. anybody who runs a league anywhere in the world will sense the disruption and chaos. >> reporter: qatar's organizers say they were and are ready to host at anytime of the year but are happy a final decision is close. >> we're on board whatever the

executive committee decides, we're committed to. and we'll deliver an amazing world cup. return the exact date and duration should be signed off at that fifa meeting in march, and the main talking point now appears closed. all right still to come here on al jazeera, sewing the seeds of decent farmers in india protest new land acquisition laws.

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ukrainian troops dig in around the city of mariupol as fears grow the pro-russian advance. meanwhile britain says it will send military staff to train troops in the country. and u.s. secretary of state john kerry has accused russia of lying over its links to separatists. fighters from the islamic state of iraq and the levant have kidnapped at least 90 people from christian vil vil -- villages in the northeast of syria. two bomb blasts in northern nigeria have killed 22 people. the first happened at a crowded bus station. police say that 12 people died there, 35 others were wounded. and further north another another -- blast killed ten. al jazeera has obtained leaked documents that has

revealed that the cia tried to establish contact with ham mass despite an official ban. as part of our series the spy cables clayton swisher has our exclusive report. ♪ the spy cables show us just how the u.s. israel and the palestinian authority play political games with each other. >> the general conference has voted to admit palestine as member of unesco. >> reporter: unesco gave the state of palestine full membership in 2011 and its president has sought wider u.n. recognition ever since. but the cables ill state how the americans and israelis fight that policy to the highest levels. one cable reveal asik ret phone call from the white house to the palestinian leader. president obama threatened president abbas if he went ahead

with the bid. and it now emerges they were also seeking to establish contact with hamas a group it considers a terrorist organization. a secret cable reveals a cia operative in east jerusalem asked his south african counterpart to put them in touch. the south african writes: so in other words they would know what the cia is up to. meanwhile in 2009, south africa's spy chief gets a direct call from a boss. he is shocked at the breach of protocol and orders his staff to verify the number. later a meeting. he wants south africa to vote down the gold stone report a

u.n. fact finding mission after the 2009 gaza war. prominent jurist richard goldstone lead it hah it said israel had committed numerous war crimes. the palestinian authority leader privately supports the israeli position, and also wants south africa to vote it down. according to the top man: in this way, the cables reveal how the u.s. israel and palestinian authority are privately forming clandestine alliances they would never aed mitt to in -- admit to in public. >> we'll bring you more top secret cables at 1800 hours gmt. and you can read the original articles at our website,

aljazeera.com/spycables. and tell us what you think on twitter using the hashtag spycables. palestinian officials say israeli forces have shot dead a teenager in this the occupied west bank. the 19 year old was shot in the chest. fights broke out when israeli troops launched a predawn raid there. witnesses said the man was on the roof of his home when he was killed. euro zone finance ministers have approved greece's proposed economic reforms. greece has handed over a proposed list of changes to the european countries to which it owes money. at least eight people have been killed in a shooting in this the czech republic. it's being reported that an armed man burst into a restaurant in a town. police say the 60-year-old gunman is among the dead. the fair trade movement has been hailed for lifting huge numbers of farmers out of poffer ty. but new e.u. rules to protect

european farmers could put the livelihoods of many producers in the developing world at risk. >> reporter: if you could take the idea of -- triumph over diversity and put it in a bottle this would be it. these farmers tree's are under constant threat of israeli settlement expansion. the organization is promoting the oil with the farmers who grew the trees. for all of them it has acted as a badge of honor, opening huge markets as well as being a mark of palestinian nationhood. >> translator: the fact that our products are palestinian oil is being exported to 24 countries around the world, under the fair trade model, that's a sign that we exist as a land. >> it has doubled at least the market for palestinian product and made it also -- while we were operating in an area where

it was basically preaching to the converted who wanted to support palestinian farmers, now it has gone out to people who buy it baseded on its excel elect quality. >> reporter: yet as much as fair trade has been proven to work it now appears millions of farmers who produce sugar cane across asia and the caribbean are at huge risk by the pollties of the european union. fair trade says it is a complete double standard. >> it smacks of contempt the european approach smacks of contempt for the value and importance of farming to communities. this will make people poorer around the world. that's not in anyone's interests. >> reporter: supporters of the developing world say it proves how flichlsy the west's

commitment -- is. >> we need to put farmers back in control of their food systems. >> reporter: the whole point of the model is to put power back in the hands of people who grow food for western consumers. european politicians like the idea when their countries can afford it but in hard financial times, it seems those ideals may not apply, and in the end many farmers are left powerless. the man who oversees the work of britain's intelligence services has been forced to step down. he was secretly filmed offering his political services for cash to a fake chinese company. he is one of the prime minister's most senior lawmakers. he says he will leave politics. thousands of farmers have joined one of india's leading anti-corruption activists to

protest against changing to land acquisition legislation. the change was made through an executive order make it easier for the government to buy land for industrial products. >> reporter: these farmers have been marching for days but they are not tired and they won't give up. they are part of a growing national movement against changes to the complex land acquisition laws. >> translator: it is absolutely wrong for the land to be taken away without the permission of farmers. we demand this land acquisition be stopped. we are ready to fight it and protect our rights. >> reporter: farmers will be entitled to compensation and rehabilitation if they sell their land to the government but india's prime minister says it's time to streamline the process. for many people this march to the capitol evokes memories of

the anti-corruption protests that brought india to a stand still in 2011. the man who urged indians to combat corruption in politics now wants them to reunite against getting rid of majority consensus from landowners and other amendments to the law >> translator: they have to wake up, and we need to take this protest across the country. even now i see in small villages women and small farmers are unaware of the act and the unfair provisions in it. everyone has to wake up. >> reporter: consecutive governments have tried and failed to keep india's farmers happy, but bowing to their demands has damaged india's growth say some economists. >> around the world agricultural land is transformed into urbanization. and therefore this development is not unique to india.

>> reporter: it's that's inevitable by farmers fear. he sold some of his land for $27,000.09 years ago, he is meant to receive $200 in annual royalties to help make ends meet, but only receives a fraction of that. >> translator: for us to be able to eat, the government is giving us royalties, but it's not enough. we appeal to the government, please don't kill farmers like this. we plead with them to increase the land rate or we will die. >> reporter: but the challenge the government faces is balancing economic development with the needs of people who's fortunes are tied to the land. the head of the u.n.'s climate science panel has resigned after accusations of sexual harassment have been brought against him. he headed the intergovernmental

panel on climate change when it was awarded the nobel peace prize in 2007. brazil's biggest illegal for forrester has been caught. he was arrested following a six-month operation. it is claimed he is responsible for the destruction of tens of thousands of square kilometers of public land. now to the philippines where the government is trying to rehouse the city's poorest. tens of thousands of people live in shantytowns. margo reports. >> reporter: coming home has never felt so good for this 53 year old. it's the first time she has ever lived in a popper house, she says with walls, a ceiling, and even a door. >> translator: the house we used

to live in was near the river. it wasn't made of stone. the top parts were all just scraps of wood patched together. every time it rained we feared our house would get swept away. >> reporter: but they aren't afraid anymore. like thousands of other people from their old neighborhood they got 400 usd from the government to move here and begin a new life. they were even helped to find ways to earn a living like taught how to run a store or work with their hands. some 19,000 people live in this government-built community just on the outskirts of manila all of them informal settlers on squatters moved here from areas within the city that were considered hazardous. the goal is to move more than half a million people into similar neighborhoods by 2016. but it hasn't been so easy. many areas are still waiting to get water and electricity, which

the private sector has to provide. and some people return to their old communities. feeling they might earn a better wage and more familiar ground while others wary of change choose to stay put. but the government says it will not allow things to remain as they are. >> at first we had problem regarding the movement of these families. however, when we do the intensive social preparation, everything goes well. >> reporter: the government says it's about giving them something to call their own. and help them takenership of their lives. after decades living as informal settlers officials in manila hope they have given them somewhere they can formally call home. in this the u.s. at least 30 people have been injured in a train crash north of los angeles. the commuter train collided with

a truck which burst into flames. three carriages toppled on to their sides. emergency services are still at the scene. there's more of al jazeera's brand of real new and analysis at our new-look website at aljazeera.com. today a special preview of the ground breaking new documentary freeway cracking the system. the effect of literacy, the need for collaboration and the edition instruction of the police. i never read a book. and never tried to read a book. >> we will examine the contributing factors