get in there. >> 10,000 people are already dead mr. president, who should answer for those people? >> nightmare at the museum. i.s.i.l. fighters destroy centuries old statues in moss all. i.s.i.l. fighter responsible for killing hostages has been stashed as a british graduate from london hello, good to have you with us, i'm ghosh. this is al jazeera. also, a woman? honk hong kong hong kong gaoled for six years

for abusing her maid. how people in the united states feel about restoring diplomatic relations. united nations is condemning the destruction of iraq's ancient history. priceless statues, some more than 2,000 years old, have been smashed to pieces. the director confirmed this newly released man with sledge hammers is genuine. it's an attack on iraqi heritage. >> it's a destruction of artefact as we see today. it's a violation. latest resolution. 99. the director-general of u.n.e.s.c.o. asked the president of the security council to convey a meeting on this matter.

when history is destroyed, you destroy the future of a company. you are violent. robbing the millennial culture of iraq puts its future at risk i.s.i.l. fighters seized control of a bridge linking two cities. the seized bridge connects haditha to baghdadi close to an air base used by the iraqi and u.s. military. 20 iraqi soldiers were killed in the battle. u.s. allies say the total is lower. an iraqi air strike is believed to have killed i.s.i.l. fighters and civilians. this shows the attack near al-huran. many i.s.i.l. fighters were killed. commanders are among the

injured. for months videos showing a masked man threatening to behead westerners in iraq and syria under the flag of i.s.i.l. shocked the world. he's identified as a kuwaiti important british system called mohammed enwasi. we have this report. >> by the time the reporters turned up at the enwazi home they were long gone. the police had been around reports emerged that their son was a murderer. easy to understand why they didn't want to be there. >> we have probably donated 100 million to kill the women and change. >> it's some weeks since the american security services said recognition software helped to identify the man the newspapers called jihadi john a ridiculous sounding name given it was a man involved beheading captives aid workers and journalists, people who could not defend themselves and had not gone to fight.

he was the narrator of an organization who tore through iraq and syria. the question is being raised as to what if anything the british security services knew of enwazi they nor the police would comment. this organization which hears complaints from muslims knew enwaysy. he told them -- enwazi. he told them he'd been harassed by security services and blocked him turning to kuwait. the men that new enwazi said he was a beautiful person enraged by the security of britain. >> this is the problem, where young people's lives can be destroyed without recourse to challenge them in an effective way. >> reporter: to add to it all. enwazi was linked to the killer

of british soldier rigby, as men angered at their experiences at the hands of british security. they can't talk about specific case but efforts to maintain safety in the u.k. are proportionate to the threats. whether or not the security services tried to stop enwazi returning home. they knew who he was. the question is how dangerous they thought he was. after all, this appears to be a successful young man, removed from the stereotype of annest lated loser, at risk of ratticalizing. >> a lot of times they are well educated, when we do the searches people that go syria overwhelmingly are educated not coming from impoverished or deprived backgrounds. >> reporter: the media made up

his mind that this is mohammed enwazi. until he takes his hood off we won't know for certain. his parents don't believe it's him. that's understandable. >> 190 people are confirmed to have died in an afghanistan avalanche. more than 1,000 soldiers are helping. homes, schools, mosques were buried in pancheer. nicole johnson has the latest. >> reporter: the police chief and the governor of pancheer say there are dozens of villages thee cannot contact, isolated. up in the mountains in panjshir. 200 families are unaccounted for. afghan security forces tried to reach the areas. we've seen a learning convoy of some 600 vehicles from african

security forces entering into panjshir. there's it 100 troops trying to clear the main road. there's on one road in. it's part of the problem. afghan security are hampered by the fact that they don't have the necessary equipment or expertise. afghanistan's president ashraf ghani will visit the area at the moment. the government is under a lot of pressure to try to do something to try to help the situation and get supplies to people who need it. panjshir is an area that a lot of political elite in kabul come from putting extra pressure on the government since the syrian still war began years ago, 12 million have been displaced. many sought refuge abroad. more than 7.6 million have been internally displaced.

james base diplomatic editor has the latest from the united nations. >> there was a rare moment of unity moments ago, voting for greater humanitary access in syria. since then the situation is worse. a year ago the death toll quoted was 100,000. most agree it's over 250,000. a year ago there were 2.4 million refugees, now there's 8.2 million, 2 million under the age of 18. according to the high commissioner of refugees they risk becoming a lost gern agency. inside syria. the security council was told the international community is failing to help those. >> over 2 million people have been affected by willful denial of water and electricity by parties to the conflict this

month. of the 212,000 people who are besieged in conditions that deteriorate every day, only 304 were reached with food in january. >> the security council was told the barrel bomb attacks are intensifying and access to aid is being used as a weapon of war. it was a sobering meeting, and at the end of her speech the u.s. ambassador samantha power said if this doesn't motivate us, nothing will. >> a man described by prosecutors as one of the al qaeda's early leaders has been convicted of conspiracy by a court in new york. he faces life in prison for involvement in the u.s. embassy bombings in kenya it tanzania in 1998 killing 224 people. the man was one of osama bin laden's closest aids. a court in hong kong sentenced a woman to six years

for abusing her indonesian maid. the victim welcomes the government but insists more reforms ore necessary. the employer was convicted of 18 charges. the trial highlighted the plight of domestic workers abroad. we have more. >> the sentence of 6 years in prison. nearly the maximum able to be given in this case the judge dismissed her claims by her defense attorneys, that she was a good wife and mother and her obsessiveness with the cleanliness of her department. leading to the way she treated her domestic maid was because of a skin allergy suffered by her mum. the judge said there was enough physical proof of months of abuse at the hands of mrs. lau. she had been found guilty in a hearing, of 18-20 counts

relating to not only this maid but another. during the sentencing mrs. lau kept her head bowed. showing no rehabilitation in what was a packed courtroom. this is a case gaining international attention. many media were inside the court and rights advocates and the maid herself. she'd been there for the aerial judgment come back to hong kong. and came out of the court and give her rehabilitation. she said in the past she might forgive mrs. lau. in passing sentence the judge said this case could have been avoided and further cases like this could be avoided if domestic workers had greater legislative protectors. she became a focal point for campaigns in support of her and the rights of migrant workers.

a third of a million migrant workers in domestic service, cleaning apartments of hong kong people and from indonesia and philippines, who rights groups say are almost treated as second-class citizens. >> more to come including we tell you how the crisis in libya is hitting the tunisian economy. with an eye on the presidential election, conserve tifs gather to lay out their future visions. after the

>> sunday, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. welcome back.

i'm ghosh, a reminder of the top stories. i.s.i.l. fighters in iraq smash thousands of statues, that are hundreds of years old. the u.n. condemned the attack on iraqi heritage. >> syria's war puts the youth ot risk says the u.n. high commission making the comments highlighting the urgency of syria's refugee crisis. >> 197,000 people are confirmed to have died in an avalanche in afghanistan. more than 1,000 soldiers are helping in the search and recovery. >> tunisian police arrested 13 people on terrorism charges. the interior ministry said the suspect were involved in the killing of policeman. four women are among those detained. 100 people have been arrested as

part of the anti-terror initiative. >> violence in libya is affecting businesses across the border in tunisia. towns where people depend on the flow of traffic have been worse affected. movement dwindled since tunisian authorities closed several cross sings. we have this report. >> reporter: not many customers come to this man's shop these days business has been slowed down sense the tunisian government imposed an export tax of $15 for each foreigner leaving the country with goods through land borders. >> translation: so the libyans don't come any more. i used to have 50-60 client per day. now there are none. my income decreased, our situation was worse with the chaos in libya the world bank said cross-border illegal trade is costing tunisia more than $600 million a year. the government decided to

clampdown. the border is open but there's less traffic because of decreasing speed and lack of security on roads in libya. a few months ago the government declared the border area a military zone. the army has been deployed to stop weapons or fighters getting into the country. it's having an impact on people's income. since security has been beefed up along the border illegal trade has come to a stop. now there's little to do for most of the people here. >> nothing will change whether one talks or not. it was daily trade. it's called smuggling, just enough to feed us. nothing more. now there is nothing. >> the situation has hit young people particularly hard in an area where economic development is close to none. some say it's so dire it's pushing youth to look into the wrong direction. >> the youth in this country are

under pressure to find a solution. they lost hope and decided to go and maybe die. >> it's a worry for this man. his two sons of 28 and 30 are unemployed. he assess they are at breaking point. >> they could steal, they could look the other way and join i.s.i.l. they have having to lose. some will go for sure. the government is doing nothing for them. my sons are disgusted. there's so much danger. >> people here say the area is safe for now, and no one joined the ranks of i.s.i.l. so far. they wonder how much worse things will get as the crisis in libya deteriorates now, thousands of university students in the philippines are protesting against a proposed increase in tu irn fees. one of the -- tuition fees one issue bringing the government of

aquino under pressure. give us an idea of numbers of protesters and what they want. >> well there are about 2,000 protesters here. most are student coming from over 100 organizations across the country. one of the many issues is the increase of school fees across the country, saying that president aquino has vowed to sort out issues when he was going into office in 2010 - poverty, corruption and injustice. one of the issues behind the protest is what is seen as an alleged abuse of power by those in government. particularly those who are friend of the president. there was a raid a few weeks ago leading to over 60 killed. it was a police operation led by a police chief suspended for corruption, he is a close friend of the president. despite being suspended he managed to conduct and lead a

precarious opposition. at this time what they want is for the president to acknowledge his mistake, a tendency to trust and lead crucial operations and positions in governments with those of his close friends, and that they must stop. the president says he's confident that in fact he will be able to finish in 2016. and it is unlikely that millions will take to the streets. >> does the government feel under pressure by this if it's unlikely that the protests will get much bigger? >> yes, indeed. the president admits there are mistakes down and it is difficult to solve the problems in that corruption is so endemic. there has been reforms, but they are not fully implemented. they are ripe. not many of the people agree. they think that it will not be

beneficial in the long run. institutions need to be strengthened. for protesters here they'll continue until the president resigns. over the past fewer decades two presidents have been removed from office due to popular revolts in cow de tars. this is a wording situation, aquino says he will be termed to finish his term in 2016. >> thank you very much for that now, the indian government released its annual economic survey and says growth will be more than 8% this year. it is the release of india's budget. millions of indians are watching closely to see how the government will change. we have this report. >> reporter: for as long as he can remember this man sold most

of the wheat he grows to the indian government. but he worries that his son will not follow him into the family business, because politicians are talking about changing the state-run public distribution system. he says if the government decides to by less grain, it will ruin him. the farming sector will be destroyed. we are an agricultural economy. 70 prsz of people are associated with -- 70% of people are associated with farming, if 70% are broken they will be defaulters. how will the country operate? >> the government feeds many by buying food at a set price. food is a sensitive issue in india, and talk of changes to the makes political allies nervous. >> translation: we have given the multi government time and majority in parliament. if they want changes, and if they roll back the food subsidy

scheme, it will be dangerous for them and the country. the food programme is said to cost the state $70 billion a year. 70% of the country benefits the distribution system is considered as a burden on the economy. faced with opposition from disgruntled farmers and political allies the government will have to act discretely as it describes a future course of action. not everyone is willing to wait. some farmers think creatively and are moving on. they moved on a long time ago. it's been 15 years since he decided to invest in high-tech farming methods. he earns hundreds of thousands by selling high quality produce. farmers need to adapt if they want to survive. >> translation: there's a fixed rate and he is increasing

profits by increasing products. he's not innovating if he doesn't catch up to world standards, he'll be left behind. >> reporter: the prime minister said he will not completely withdraw seems like the public distribution system helping the poor. but to prepare for the future farmers may have to grow through innovation to remain profitable protesters in greece have thrown petrol bombs at riot police and smashed shop windows. it's the first demonstration against the series party -- syriza partiy since it formed government. protesters are unhappy with the new deal with europe ahead of a german parliamentary vote on whether to extend a financial live line to -- life line to grease. to the u.s. to what is billed as the largest gathering of conservatives in america.

for four days the conservative action committee will hear but it has been criticized for appealing to a narrow group of voters. allen schauffler reports. >> reporter: they are the admitted concerned, faithful. c.p.a.c. the conservative political action committee is one of the important vest. >> men and women will play a role. >> reporter: it's an important stop for those wanting to nominate. >> it's an important voice for republicans, not the majority, but a substantial segment of the republican party and the most passionate segment of the republican party. it's important to appeal to c.p.a.c. to furnish republican credentials. >> the republican presidential

hopefuls, this means you can lose nom nation - a for speech a failure to connect to the audience. it could derail a campaign. this is a predominantly white middle class gathering. a gay republican group was turned away. they need to connect with african american hispanics and women, leaving a lot of work to do to attract new voters. >> they said that they'd go with the values letting people know what the message is and the conservative fiscal message, and social message. >> jed bush is one of the biggest names. he doesn't always appeal to the conservative wing of the party, the rehabilitation could be significant. the event is a surprise a minor carrier delivering a performance, winning over the crowd. for one conservative operative, the people who leave the hall will take the message out to the

country, selling the person they like the best. >> we are a big party. there's a lot of opinions. these are clearly the conservatives, the people that will be out there knocking on doors, supporting candidates, everyone is here to make the best impression. >> there is a poll at the end of the conference. a pop idle meaning little when it comes to presidential nomination. it's better than losing. republicans lost the last two presidential elections, and they don't want that to become a habit diplomats from the u.s. and cuba will meet for a second time on friday as they move towards normalizing nations. the two sides said they'd re-establish embassies in both countries, for cuban americans, talks are bricking hope. many are skeptical. andy gallagher spoke to three ballet dancers who defected to

the u.s. to see what they thought about the talks. [ ♪♪ ] >> reporter: this is the brandon city ballet in central florida, a small dance company with big ambitions. it's artistic director wants to bring ballet to the masses. he gected from kooub -- defected from cuba more than three years ago and is key to nurture the talents of others. dancers that have been here for four months. the 23-year-old came to the u.s. alone. most of the family is on the island. like many in this situation, he's nervous talking about u.s.-cuba relations. he tells us he hopes any changes are positive for both countries, but wants change for cuba its people and family. like ricardo, annie made the difficult decision to defect to the u.s. she, too, left friends and family behind to pursue a

dancing career. she has a goal in mind for the future. >> translation: my ultimate hope and dream is this my family joins me here in the united states. even if the situation were to get better in cuba. but i realise it's a personal decision, and i would understand if they didn't want to leave their country. >> reporter: in all the brandon city ballet is home to three cuban dancers who detected. they came to the u.s. for a better life. like those that came before them, they are realistic about the change of time. >> it will take time to get to a good relationship and something that can be good for the people. >> all three of these dancers that made the long and difficult journey are watching the normalization process carefully, but with caution. all three have bright futures, tempered by expectations of what

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