>> the former deputy prime minister just ahead of a major rally. i'm david foster coming up in the next 30 minutes. the jailed leader of the kurds offers an olive branch to turkey to end the decades-long conflict. the egyptian court with regards hamas a terrorist organization. >> i'm nicole johnston in

afghanistan. we'll find out how emergency crews are coping with dozens of avalanches and the heaviest snow this valley has seen in decades. >> well, to the kremlin he was a thorn in the side. vocal critic of vladimir putin he spoke out against russian involvement in the war in ukraine. 55 years old, he had served as deputy prime minister under boris yeltsin. on friday late he was shot dead, gunned down in central moscow just hours ahead of a massive opposition rally. >> he had received death threats before, but he pressured them aside saying if he were afraid he wouldn't be leading an opposition party. justjust in front of the cell

lynn he was killed by a shot from a passing car. >> he was big and talented. the kind that they kill. we needed him very much. >> this is a new spiral of russia's descent into a fascist state. it is a political murder of one of the brightest opposition politicians. >> he was killed just two days before he was supposed to lead an opposition march in moscow. now there is anger within the opposition movement. and some are calling his death an assassination. this was a man once considered to be an potential successor to boris yeltsin. but instead yeltsin chose a little-known spy chief vladimir putin. the opposition recently found it harder and harder to make itself heard in an increasingly patriotic, anti-western russia.

president vladimir putin offered his condolences and called the murder a provocation. he ordered a full investigation into the death. but those who know the opposition leader said that the government did nothing to protect him when he received threats. before he died he was working on a report that he believed proved that russia has been directly involved in the separatist rebellion in eastern ukraine and called the government inefficiency and corruption. and the rally they saw was a voice attempting to hold the government accountable. >> the jailed leader of the kurdistan workers party called on it the pkk talked about laying down its weapon. the message was shared with the public by the tourish deputy prime minister during a press conference. we have reports now from istanbul. >> the jailed leader of the pkk says that this is an historic call to replace an arm struggle

with democratic politics, and turkey's deputy prime minister say both sides are closer than ever to space. perhaps since the declaration of the cease-fire in 2013 this is the most significant statement since then. not cease-fire effectively brought to an end an arms struggle between the kurdish state and kurdish separatists but 40,000 people killed since 1948. 1984. the possess process has called because they say the tourish government introduced and promised reform. now the tourish government wants those peace talks to start again. but kurdish political leaders they say before this extraordinary congress can go ahead, he wants the government to reform a security bill

pushing through parliament. this security bill will give the police wide-ranging new stronger powers. it was introduced by the government after last year killed more than 50 people. the kurdish political leaders say that this bill goes too far but the turkish government, the administration show no indication that it's prepared to water down this bill. however, there are national elections in turkey in the summer after those elections the ruling party wants to change the constitution to create a more executive presidency. it may need kurdish political help to push through and change that constitution. >> an egyptian court declares hams a terrorist organization. this is a month after hams military wing. the group's called the decision dangerous to the palestinian resistence against israeli

occupation. >> everyone was shocked and something unaccepted from the egyptian court because i think this will serve the israeli occupation against gaza. i think that egyptians have no proof to prove that hamas is an terrorist organization, and that hamas committed one criminal action. i think it's a shame. the big shame of the judicial system in egypt and i think that this will give more support in order to continue its occupation against other people, and they understand very well they have officially ir, and i

think they have all the discussion with them. they have one proof. they have no one proof that hamas is enrolled in any action against egyptians or egyptian people. >> and an egyptian called the spiritual guide to life in jail. four others were given the death penalty. butbadie had been given life term for a separate case. in western iraq a car bomb went off in a market in diala province. crowds around a second vehicle exploded where 44 people were wounded.

the u.n. envoy is off to syria, they're trying to get an agreement on a truss for truce for aleppo city. they were hope to go halt all aerial bombardments over the city. in yemen they have a chance to show support for president hadi. the demonstrators denounce an action carried out by houthi rebels. and u.s. drone attack in yemen has killed four suspected al-qaeda fighters in two vehicles in the southern province of shabwah. the italian navy said its getting ready to carry out an exercise off the coast of libya.

theyitaly has an underwater oil pipe that carries crude from libya to sicily. we go to our man in rome. >> the italian navy has announced that it will start military exercises between libya and italy in which a number of vessels will test antiwar ships technology. it is pressing that that is just a regular test. the last time they have done something like that was in 2013 but of course the timing of this exercise is particularly sensitive if you consider the political instability as it's seen as a threat to national security. the direct threats that isis has put forward against italy and the vatican, for instance, threatening to this guy's their fighters, and their fighters among the many migrants that arrive in italy every year.

also there is concern that the political instability in libya affects economic interests between libya and italy. some observers think that the presence of those ships during the military exercises between libya and italy could be a shore for us, flexing their muscles and also try to defend the gulfstream the pipelines that transports crude from libya to italy, but the navy said this is just an exercise. >> greece will not be looking for a third economic bail out. alexis tsipras, we have reports from athens. >> this is the first anti-government protest in

athens since the elections and it's coming from the communist party. syriza may have won experiments with new policies but it is still legally bound to previous agreements. >> there are few changes in words. we still have the same institutions. is minimum wage going back up? we heard many of the same things under the socialists, the government getting rid of expensive cars, and is so on. >> the communists only took 5.5% of the vote, but they sense an opportunity and they're positioning themselves as the new anti-austerity narrow i have narrative much like syriza did. they want greece to leave the european union and nato.

>> they will paint itself as a conformist, tension is already high within the ruling party with one cabinet member refusing to abide by privatization the government agreed to. but there is also pressure from europe. in berlin the bung tad would fulfill its obligation. >> it will have no help from creditors for two months, and will continue to pay off debt in the meantime. >> i call on you all as of tomorrow to work hard and implement the public mandate so that the country can turn a page. i call on you to work hard.

less talk and more action. >> syriza may get its partners to agree on a new deal in june, which would replace many of the austerity terms. but for now it has to earn trust, and compromise at home is sure to make that task more difficult. al jazeera athens. >> we'll continue in a moment. myanmar sees thousands trying to find shelter in the country's monasteries. we take a look at india's new budget. narendra modi's government introduces social security programs and cuts to cooperate tax rates. >> monday, a climate emergency. >> so a species could not be here in ten years. >> nasa steps in to help protect the future of the planet. >> the tropics regulate our climate. >> "techknow" heads to costa rica to see how one rainforest is fighting back. >> wow! some of these are amazing.

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>> here are the top stories for you. russian investigators are pursuing several lines of inquiry. boris nentsov was gunned down in front of the kremlin. the pkk fighters have waged a three-decade battle for greater kurdish autonomy in the southeast of turkey. and egyptians have declared hamas a terrorist organization. this is a month after hamas' military wing was put on the terrorist by the same court. some say it's dangerous to the

palestinian resistence to israeli occupation. they're out of the polls two years ahead of schedule due to political tensions in that country. we go to the capitol of masaru. >> people here are optimistic. they're hopeful they can get a stable government. that's because in 2012 they were here voting for the country's first coalition government. of course it wasn't the alleged intended coup, they're here voting for another government. there are fears that there will be some violence, but all of the leaders have said to us, no, if we lose we will do so gratefully. but the background history here is that there is tension between the police force and the army.

they have come top enforce their police force. they seem to have support with the army. the army said they'll secure the barracks on polling day to allay any fears. they're hoping and everyone here is hoping that it's going to be peaceful. in terms of aspirations they want economic stability. this is an isolated nation. it is relies heavily on its neighbor for its economic stability. these people want economic stability and independence for their country. they want jobs. they want roads, healthcare and stable government. they want these. >> the afghan government stands accused of being too slow to

respond. >> the panjshir has seen snow before, but this is something different. meters and meters of it, turning jagged mountains into smooth white slopes, and valleys into silent gorges. inin the provincial capitol it was anything but quiet. helicopters over head. and a convoy of military vehicles blocked the only road through the valley. while the commotion president ashraf ghani was checking out the rescue efforts. the problem is the only rescuing we saw was a lone grater, struggling to clear the road meter by painful meter. this is as far as emergency crews can get. the road has been blocked by snow, and that means that dozens of villages have been cut off

and right now they're not getting any help. at this rate clearing the rest of the road over 50 kilometers could take up to ten days. this man is desperate for news. his wife and eight children are in a village he can't reach. >> all my families are stuck up there in the canyon. i've had no contact with them for a week. i keep coming up here in case someone comes from the other side of the pass. >> the government says it's doing it's best. 1,000 security forces have been dispatched to the area. people are getting angry at how long it has taken to clear the snow. >> 18 members of my family are under snow. they're getting no help. cars and helicopters are here for sightseeing. >> panjshir is dotted with tiny villages covered in snow and avalanches. >> the machinery we have is

greater for paving the road. the bulldozer does not have chains on the wheels. we can clear the roads quickly and focus on the villages. >> down in the valley people are getting used to living in snow. but high up in the mountains thousands of their countrymen wait urgently to be rescued. >> india has had it's first full budget by narendra modi. and there are some surprises. >> one of the biggest announcements was the drop of the cooperate tax rate from 30% to 25%. the government said that will boost the economy and attract investment into the country which have been some of their major themes. they say they're going to balance that by eliminating corporate tax exemptions, which they say will increase revenue from corporations over the next few years. now besides increases in defense

and infrastructure spending, which were expected, the government has announced other policies such as a gold monitorization policy where people will deposit their gold in accounts and gain interest. one thing affecting hundreds of millions of people was the introduction of an universal social security program which will cover accident, life, and pensions for people with little details on that so far. now, this budget did have a lot of great expectations, but there was no big bang that people were expecting. it was more of a populous budget that gave something to everybody and tried to make everybody happy. >> many people are still fleeing from the north of myanmar an area that has seen renewed fighting between the military and ethnic fighters. we have reports. >> the quiet town in northern state has seen its population grow in recent weeks.

fighting between the myanmar military and fighters have displaced tens of thousands people in the kokang region, home to an ethnic minority of the same name. most of the violence hans been around the capitol of kokang. many have fled across the board to china. but many have made the longer journey south to laukkaing which--asho which offers food and aid. >> there were many who arrived here with injuries. we sent them to the hospital. others had minor ailments like fatigue, we kept them here. we had several volunteer doctors and nurses. >> many people have been donating not just money but clothes to help those who had to leave their homes with scarcely anything. >> we did not bring blankets or anything else. i hope to go back when the

fighting stops because we need to go back home to start working again. >> when the fighting was at its worse around mid-february, the monastery received up to 1,000 refugees a day. the number has since dwindled to 100. but some are still arriving. they speak of the violence they witnessed. >> in a nearby area a group of villagers were drinking whiskey. the burmese army arrived and ordered them not to run away. but they were scared and ran so the army shot at them. >> even aid workers are not spared. the myanmar red cross has come under attack twice while helping civilians. the government has blamed the ethnic rebels. the fighting in the kokang region is not the only one that myanmar faces. they're trying to face other fighting.

the government attempts to create cease-fire deals before elections this year. >> hundreds of homes have been destroyed in a fire philippines. itthe area was completely destroyed, but there are no fatalities. government in china is tightening up on internet restrictions because of the number of postings that poke fun at the government. everyone will have to register their accounts using their real names. will it work? here is adrian brown in beijing. [music] >> a song in praise of chinese censorship performed by the men and women who police the country's internet. it's the owe they were theme of

the cyberspace administration and was posted on its website just days before china announced a tightening of its internet restrictions. economists is not one of those singing along. he blogs on corruption and censorship. >> there is so much information out there. and of course there is criticism, but this is normal. and people should be able to speak. the sky won't fall if you let people criticize and vent their unhappiness. >> from march 1st there could be a lot more unhappiness. from sunday the government will ban social media and internet accounts that are not registered in the names of the real users. the measure is aimed at halting the spread of rumors and lessoning the impact that it fears most, social instability. >> yes the arab spring movement definitely had an impact.

if a group tries something similar, they would definitely be suppressed. >> but its surprising perhaps what is permitted. these are comments from people reacting to a news report about how eight inmates died in one prison during the past six years. what is wrong with this country? it's so dark and horrible citizen one post. another says if we don't get rid of corrupt government officials the party is finished. >> this is one good way for letting the public find a place to vent their anger and then they would not go on to do any strikes or sit-ins or demonstrations. >> but for the guardians of china's cyber sovereignty the song remains the same. censorship go the lyrics, is transforming china into a rising power. adrian brown al jazeera,

beijing. >> the video game descending on london's royal opera house of the call of duty championships. harry fawcett reports where all of this began, seoul, south korea. >> the history of online gaming as a sport started in seoul in 1999. south korea is widely with regarded as having the best professional leagues in the world backed by major sponsors and supported by labyrinth structures. they classify what happens here as sport, and classifying its players as sports players. it's not just followed in south korea, but there are eyeballs around the world following this game. that's why there credit interest is commentary in korean and

english as well. >> when you look at the numbers of the championship that took place in seoul at the world cup stadium. there were 40,000 live spectators and 30 million viewers around the world which puts it in the same practices as some of the game sevens in terms of viewership. we've already arrived. a lot of people don't know about it yet because it is mostly broadcast across the internet. does not get mainstream coverage. >> the growing popularity of the sports can be. measured in cold hard cash. the streaming service twitch has brought in $1 million last year broadcasting events like this. and the online gaming industry as a whole is $23 billion u.s. dollars every year. a fifth of that comes from here in south korea but the growth of the industry has been slowing in recent years, some insiders blame restrictions brought in by the south korean government to

combat a serious problem of on lime gaming addiction. for many people, for a growing number of people around the world, the distinction between digital and physical support simply does not exist any more. >> check us out. www.aljazeera.com. this week on "talk to al jazeera", musician, songwriter, producer akon, the senna galees american artist that sold for than 30 million records. >> first i'm a businessman. >> akon is an activist and philanthropist and spend a lot of time promoting peace in areas congo.