on sunday for a heated debate with grover norquist. that's here on sunday. >> greece in russia after an opposition leader and outspoken leader of putin gunned down near the kremlin. >> i'm shiulie ghosh you are watching al jazeera live from doha. promising more social security india's government unveils narendra modi's first budget helicopters fly in help after avalanches in afghanistan, and a start of 3-day's mourning for those that died and robert mugabe spends

a million on his 91st birthday - but people have little to celebrate. russia's president has condemned the murder of kremlin critic boris nemtsov. mourners held a vigil in moscow where the former opposition leader was shot dead. he was due to lead a major rally on sound. >> reporter: opposition politician boris nemtsov was shot several times by an unidentified gunman he'd gone out for a walk near the kremlin when he was attacked and killed in a dive by shooting. >> translation: a vehicle pulled up. a couple of shots were fired from it. four penetrated his back. investigative teams are working at the scene eyewitnesss are being question. the woman with him is being questioned in a police department. >> reporter: boris nemtsov supporters are mourning the loss

of a leader they hoped could bring about political change. >> for me the death of boris nemtsov is about a challenge, a challenge thrown to all of us. he was a bright opposition activist and shook up the system. >> boris nemtsov was an outspoken critic of vladimir putin, and an experienced politician. he served as deputy prime minister under former president yement sin, and -- yeltsin and had been governor of one of the biggest cities. after leaving parliament in 2003 he helped to establish and led several opposition parties, and was murdered two days before a major opposition rally he was due to take part in. >> he was a top three leader. opposition. in russia he is - has been you know a personal nemesis of vladimir putin, one of the most daring and outspoken leaders.

he organised most of the opposition rallies going back to 2011. >> russian president vladimir putin condemned the murder his spokesman saying the president is taking the investigation into boris nemtsov's murder under his personal control well jazzal jazeera's correspondent is in moscow. there's a lot of conspiracy theories circulating around russia, not least because boris nemtsov, himself said he feared for his life. >> yes. everybody i talked to today seems to be absolutely sure that it was a political murder. people say he didn't do much other than politics. he was a figure charismatic, attractive articulate of the

opposition consuleation and his death changes the calculus here in russia for one thing, it exposes russia vladimir putin's russia as a place that may look happy, united and stable. underneath, it's anything but. >> an opposition rally planned for tomorrow, which mehdi nemmouche was due to take part in, is that going ahead. what can we expect from that? >> yes, and i think that it had multiple focuses before. i mean all the various grievances about the vladimir putin era would have been on display, and now i think that that rally will be bigger than it otherwise would have been and it will be all about boris boris nemtsov, and what next. >> vladimir putin, of course, ordered a full investigation. it's going to be very important for critics of russia and the

kremlin that this is seen to be a full impartial investigation. >> well, absolutely. and i think the kremlin should be interested in that. you can never know what the truth is. it does seem that vladimir putin was the last guy who would have wanted to see this happen. because he was winning, by his tactics, marginalizing boris nemtsov, pushing the opposition to the fringes, making them irrelevant. he has 86% approval rating. he had no - no interest in seeing this happen. he will have a very strong interest, i think, in making sure that someone gets caught and convicted for it and he gets the credit for pushing that. >> thank you for that. fred weir updating us from moscow 11 people have been killed in twin blasts in kabul.

two car bombs blew up targetting a busy market. 31 were injured. >> condemnation is dwelling after i.s.i.l.'s destruction of priceless relics in mosul. >> translation: what has happened is a gross violation, not only to the iraqi heritage. we call for the world community to come together and support iraq. for our part we'll open the iraqi national museum and promise the iraqi people that our answer will be to open more museums and shape our future. >> reporter: the u.n. envoy to syria is heading to damascus for a 2-day visit. stefano is trying to get the rebels and the government to agree to a truce. he said the syrian government

indicated a willingness to halt bombardment. they are sending a second team to aleppo to assess conditions there india's finance minister unveiled the first full budget. government headed by hindu nationalist prime minister narendra modi. the induction of corporate tax has been announced, and the government is introducing a universal security programme, including health insurance for india' poor. overall spending has gone down. the country's public health system, which millions rely on is a source of concern. >> for more than 20 years, this woman worked to connect people in her community to india's confusing and complex public health care system. she says getting good medical treatment shouldn't be this hard. >> when we go to the hospital for help all the duration do is

give preparations and tell us to buy medicines, no one checks us no one asks us what is wrong. >> davies community is home to some of india's poorest people lacking access to proper sanitation, food and shelter, and need to turn to the health care system when they fall ill, a system on which the indian government spened over 1% of g -- spened over 1% of gd perform. >> if you want to do well we must enhance and not provide unnecessary budgets. we are ensuring there'll bell no expansion of the system, no improvement of quality and poor people will continue not to be able to access basic health care services. >> reporter: budgets have been contentious. state-run medical facilities are unable to spend funds, because of challenges like bureaucracy.

the result - smaller health care budgets. some worry that budget cuts or reallocations will weaken india's ailing health care system. people involved in encouraging the growth of the private medical sector say there's a need to repurpose funds. one of india's well-known doctors said the government must purchase services from the private sector if it's to have a chance of providing health care to all. >> all our assets of health care services and providers on the ground - we should integrate the services in the delivery to the last person standing on the ground, the villager in the village who is not getting help right now. >> that is what the public health care system is meant to do. those working to better it say that altering the budget may force poor into the hands of big

business. >> the afghan government is appealing for international help to find survivors of an avalanche in the north. it declared three days of mourning for the victims. more than 200 people are known to a died. that figure could rise. the government is being accused of being too slow to respond. >> the panjshir has seen snow before. this is different, meters and meters turning jagged mountains into smooth white slopes and val ice into silent gorges. in the provincial capital it was anything but quiet. helicopters buzzed overhead. hundreds of troops trudged uphill to secure the packs and a convoy blocked the only rode through the valley. why the commotion?

president ashraf ghani was fly engine to check out the rescue effort. the problem is the only rescuest was a lone grader struggling to clear the road meter by painful meter. this is a far as emergency crews can get. the road is cut off by snow. dozens of villages have been cut off, and are not getting help. clearing the rest of the closed 50km, could take 10 days. this man is desperate for new, his wife and eight children are in a village he can't reach. all my family is stuck up there. i had no contact with them for a week. i come here in case someone from the other side comes. >> the government says it's doing its best. 1,000 security forces have been dispatched to the area. people are getting angry at how long it's taking to clear the

snow. . >> 18 members of my family are under the snow. they are getting no help. cars and helicopters are only here for sightseeing. >> panjshir is dotted with tiny villages, caught out by the heavy snow and dozens of avalanches. >> the machinery we have is an agreeser for grading the road. the bulldozer doesn't have chains on the wheel. if we have strong machinery we can clear the road and focus on the villages. >> reporter: down in the valley people are used to snow. high in the mountains, thousands wait urgently to be rescued there's more to come on the programme. a big day for a small kingdom. we report from les ute u where people are voting in a general election called two years ahead of time. >> the chinese government to

tighten restrictions on the internet. details in just a bit.

>> sunday night. >> 140 world leaders will take the podium. >> get the full story. >> there is real disunity in the security council. >> about issues that impact your world. >> infectious diseases are a major threat to health. >> "the week ahead". sunday 8:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. hello, welcome back i'm gosh shiulie ghosh. the top stories, vigils have been held after an opposition leader was gunned down. boris nemtsov was a fierce critic. vladimir putin. india's finance minister present the first full budget of the

government, headed by prime minister narendra modi. it includes health insurance for india's poor. back to the top story - a political analyst and former russian diplomat - a lot of speculation about a political motive for boris nemtsov's killing. >> in russia there's quite a lot of versions about the reason why boris nemtsov, himself, was killed. me personally am sharing political reasons, because he was a political figure one of two or three main political groups that criticize vladimir putin, and russian government this year. i don't think that he is so popular through threatens the regime, or vladimir putin's government. oath it's some kind of

provocation. boris, himself, was a close friend of all ukranian presidents. and now petro porashenko he was a close friend and close ally to ukrainian leaders. it is one of the reasons, and he was killed in the breach with ukranian girl was strolling in the street late at night. >> the fighting in eastern ukraine forced more than a million people to flee their homes. thousands have been unwilling or unable to leave. local hospitals have been turned into trauma units, and as jacob brennan reports, they are struggling to cope with a shortage of staff and medical supplies. >> for 2-year-old oxana and her younger sister, home is a room in the children's hospital at

horlivka. they are too young to understand what happened to them or their town. >> it's difficult. all the children are scared. as soon as they hear the slightest sound or noise, it's frightening for adults. ma'am how the children -- imagine how the children feel. >> a third of the children's treatments rooms were unusable. >> 90% of children have problems. it's the fright when the bombs fall. and the fear of they have landed. they have problems with their speech stammering and stuttering and lose confidence in their appearance because when adults are frightened the children are frightened as well. >> the current pause in the fighting has not stopped the flow of injured and ill arriving. it shifted the emphasis. as the guns fall silent the attention of the medical staff is switching to post conflict issues.

thursday a 2-month-old baby was brought in with shrapnel wounds. >> a short distance from the children's unit the main hospital treats the adult casualties. people like 69-year-old nataliya, who was sitting at home when a piece of shrapnel sliced off her hand. >> so many casualties so much blood. everything is destroyed. i wish for the war to end as soon as possible. >> the hospital director tells how in the darkest days of the conflict, this hospital became a frontline drama unit. >> on 29 january, we received 74 wounded people. most of them soldiers. among them were burns victims from landmines or shrapnel. on that day heavy fighting was going on and they brought their injured to us. a flow of patients was never

ending. >> back in the children's unit drip by drip this purpose is treated for a stomach infection. she doesn't care what made her ill, he just wants it to get better. >> u.s. president obama signed a bill that gives the department of homeland security one more week of funding. a last-minute voting congress averted a partial shutdown of the agency in charge of internal security. congress has several days to find a longer term solution to problems. >> polls opened in lesotho's general election two years ahead of schedule in a bid to ease political tensions. in august the prime minister accused the deputy and the military of planning to topple him. >> reporter: the people at the voting group are optimistic. they are hopeful they can get a

stable government. in 2012 they were here voting for the first coalition government. that government was supposed to be the solution to the long held political upheaval in lesotho. it wasn't. they had the alleged attempted coup last year and here they are again voting for another government. there are fears of some violence but all of the leaders said to us "no, if we lose we'll do so grate fully. >> the background history is that there is tension between the police force and the army. the incumbent prime minister tends to enjoy his support among the police force. they seem to have the support from the army they will stay in the barracks on polling day to allay fears. tensions as far as violence and everyone here hopes it will be peaceful.

they want economic stability, this is an isolated nation landlocked in south africa and rowling on its neighbour for economic stability. they want economic stability and independence for their country. they want jobs roads, health care, and a stable government that can provide all the solutions for them. >> zimbabwe's long-time leader robert mugabe is celebrating a 91st birthday with a lavish party estimated to cost a million. opposition criticized the price tag saying to spend that much in a country with an ailing economy is foolish. we have this report. >> reporter: the president robert mugabe and his wife arrive at victoria falls to host another elaborate birthday party. more than 20,000 from across the country are here to celebrate with him. the estimated cost - roughly

$1 million, mostly bank rolled by his political party, zanu pf supporters. those that gathered, and the youth league has been organising and federation cupped raising since -- fund racing since 1986 saying they choose to celebrate the good they cans. >> our -- good things. >> our president has given education and more throughout the country. >> reporter: his critics find it hard to see the good in the fog of bad. a struggling economy, high cost of living. majority of zimbabweans are unemployed, and the list goes on. >> it's un-african to have a birthday party when there's problems in the community. you have to focus on the funeral in the community, and the funeral in the community is the swags this our country. >> what best illustrates zimbabwe's failing economy is the industries.

the manufacturing sector has been hit hard in the last decade and a half. industries have collapsed. here, a thriving city few factories are open. many of those are struggling to keep afloat. >> this man and his neighbours pray for things to change. this is life - life has never been more difficult. >> we have warehouses. we are inputting finished goods. we are exporting jobs to those countries which are purchasing those things. >> reporter: at the venue of robert mugabe's party, children rehash their steps. organizers say they invited many children including those that share a birth date with the president, so they can emulate him. his critics add that he's a man living in the past unable to fix the problems of the present

china's government is about to tighten internet restrictions. from march all users will need to register accounts using their real names. adrian brown reports from beijing. [ ♪♪ ] >> reporter: a song in praise of chinese censorship performed by the men and women who police the country's internet. it's the official theme tune of the cyber space administration, and was posted on its website just died before china announced a tightening of its internet restrictions. this economist is not one singing along. he blogs on corruption and censorship. >> translation: there is so much information out there. and, of course there is criticism. but in is normal. and people should be able to speak. the sky will not fall if you let

people criticize and vent unhappiness. >> from march the 1st there could be more unhappy next. from sunday the government will ban social media and internet account not registered in the names of the real users, the measure is named at halting the spread of rumours, and lessoning the impact of social responsibility. >> yes, the arab spring woman had an impact. the government cuts down on any voices. if a group tries something similar, they'll be suppressed. >> reporter: it's surprising who is permitted. these are comments from people reacting to a news report about how eight inmates died in a prison during the past six years. what is wrong with this country, it's dark and horrible says a post. another says if we don't get rid

of corrupt government officials, the party is finished. >> this is a good way to let the public find a place to vent their anger and they will not go on to do any demonstrations. >> reporter: but for the guard yanls of china's -- guardians of china's cyber sovereignty it's the same. transforming china into a rising power peru's cotton producers are struggling with low prices. cotton imports from china is affecting the industry it was one of peru's banner product. for centuries, peruvians have woven a hi cotton. the industry is slowly dying. this man produces under a 10th

of the cotton it used top. the country imports 90% of cotton it uses. farmers turn to other crops. this man says he can't give up 4 heck hectares of cotton. >> farmers are scared. we wait for the crops to be sold and god to guide us to get through. home fully we will because families depend on this. >> they produce two main cotton varietyies. one crop per year. post cotton fields are on small parcels of land and owners are small formers. critics say the government has not encouraged the population, put tried to get them to change to asparagus, berries, other

crops. as a result the textile industry has shrunk too. >> if there is no cotton no one will invest in the spinning companies. in time they'll disappear. if they don't exist, the weavers and ready to wear industry will be useless. if the echelon is lost. the chain of production will be weakened. >> the peruvian cotton institute is funding a programme to monitor seeds to improve the quality of the cotton. it's the only hope for peru's cotton farmers. >> we are beginning to spread a new variety with good results in terms of fibre and productivity. that will help the farmers profitability this programme is small and may be a case of too little too late for peru's cotton farmers. and don't forget you can

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