where technology meets humanity. monday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> an egyptian court rules the palestinian group hamas a terrorist organization. hello from doha. we have the world news from al jazeera. calls for a transparent investigation after a russian opposition figure is shot and killed near the kremlin. the immigrant movement brings together thousands of protesters in roam, and protecting iraq's precious past the national museum reopens in baghdad just days after isil destroy valuable

statues in mosul. >> well, western nations have long used the word terrorist to describe hamas, but for the first time an arab nation has condemned the palestinian resistence moment. ance egyptian court has ruled hamas a terrorist group which the group itself calls a dangerous precedence. in the case of egypt hamas is widely seen as supporters of the muslim brotherhood, which hamas says it does not meddle in egyptian terrorist affairs. egyptian auses hamas of supporting fight necessary north ers in sinai but hamas deny this. >> the court's decision is shocking, dangerous and targets the palestinian people. it's a shame for egypt, which is

desperately attempting to export it's external crisis. now the occupation is becoming the friend, and the palestinian people the enemy. this will not have any affect on hamas' role. that has the respect of all the people and leaderships of the muslim world. >> we spoke with the secretary of the palestinian national initiative who said that this decision will hurt palestinians and egyptians alike. >> i think this was a very wrong decision and totally unjustified, i hope it's not politically motivated. but this is definitely a wrong decision. hamas is heart of the palestinian movement. such a decision will hurt not only the relationship between palestinian rand egyptian people but this will hurt the egyptian rule at the arabic

level, and unity talks and egyptian's role as an important neighbor to palestine. i hope this decision, which is probably improbable will be ratified and will be retracted and some political intervention will take place. at the end of the day i must emphasize that we build a very big hope in the relationship between palestinian and egyptian peoples, and we don't agree with any kind of intervention in any other country affair, including egypt, but at the same time we don't think that such a decision would serve the interest of either the palestinian people or the egyptian people. >> and also in egypt a court sentences the spiritual guide of the muslim brotherhood and 13 others to life in jail. mohammed badie was accused of inciting murder, and 14 other people were given death sentences. badi, had already been give the

death penalty and another life term in two other cases. russian leaders will carry out an investigation in the death of opposition politician boris nemtsov. he was an out outspoken critic of vladimir putin. he was shot dead just hours before a a march. >> boris nemtsov had received death threats before. he brushed them aside and said if he were afraid he would not be leading an opposition party. he was shot and killed by a passing car. >> we needed him very much. >> this is a new spiral in russia's descent into a fathers state. the mastermind of the crime is obvious. it's a mastermind from the political opposition.

>> it comes just two days before he was supposed to lead an opposition march. some are calling his death an assassination. this is a man once considered to be a potential successor to former president boris yeltsin. but instead yeltsin chose a little-known spy chief vladimir putin. but the opposition he fought so ladder for had recently found it harder and hard for make itself heard in an increasingly patriotic and anti-western russia. president vladimir putin offered his condolences and called the murder a provocation. he ordered a full investigation into nemtsov's death. he who knew the opposition leader said that the government did nothing with the threats.

the opposition wants a march planned for sunday to now be a rally to be for a man that they saw more than a voice holding politicians accountable. >> the italian navy is getting ready to carry out a military exercise off the shores of libya. it will do drills on monday. libya has an underwater oil. line that carries crude from western libya to sicily. there have been attacks on oil installations forcing ports to shut down. still with italy thousands of right wing activists are rallying in rome. supporters are demanding the government to do more to keep out immigrants. there are rival protests under way as well. we have more now from rome. >> the anti-immigration rally here in central rome, the same city that have been

discriminated against in the past 20 years of its existence when in the fast they have called roam rome accused the government of receiving money from the rich industrialized south. they have tries to nationalize the appeal. they want to appeal and capitalize anti-immigration and sentiment to grow its support base. hence, that's why they're hosting this rally here in roam. there are 30,000 people in the scare square alone. but this can be seen as a massive success.

especially if they can see how popular it is in rome. many romans have not forgotten or forgiven the discriminating stance that the northern league has had against south italy in the past. they'll have to wait for the next general elections to see whether they will have a wider support base not only the north of italy but all across the country. >> the jailed leader of turkey's kurdish separatist group has called on his follow tours lay down their weapons and end their 30-long struggle. the leader of the pkk made those statements read on it television. he urges rebels to make an historic decision and find a diplomatic resolution to the conflict. there is still sporadic violence

despite the cease-fire last year. 21 people killed in begin blasts in western iraq. as a car bomb went off in a busy market in diyala province. in the crowds a second vehicle exploded. had44 people were injured. the northern city is controlled by isil, but as a show of will to keep iraq's heritage alive the national museum in baghdad is being reopened. >> this isn't the first time that the museum has reopened. but the officials hope that this reopening will last. [applause] they planned the opening weeks ago. iraq's prime minister said that it became even more important. >> we're opening the museum to send a message.

we'll safeguard this heritage. this museum contains a lot of this her stage. there are a lot of sites for this heritage. we want the help of the world. we ask that the u.n. security council to safeguard iraqi heritage. >> prime minister said that isil has been selling antiquityies as well as destroying them. he called on other countries to help stop that trade. the iraq museum is still recovering from looting in 2013 after the u.s.-led invasion. most of the most important piece it's stolen when baghdad fell have been recovered. but until few it's been considered too dangerous to fully open the museum. the museum has not really been closed. it's been open to dignitaries and school groups for more than a decade. but this reopening is intended to achieve what the others haven't, allowing all iraqis to come and see more than 5,000 years of their her stage. it's the world's her stage as

well. an artist almost five thousand years ago created this marble mask. one of the world's earliest sculptures of the human face. it was recovered intact, but this vase depicting screens of is a marianne life was found in pieces and restored. this is what remains of the sumerian princess found in the cemetery of orr. they would piece together the head dress but there are still security concerns. >> more security especially with the things made of gold. there are so many golden things. so still in a safe place we put it near the iraqi museum. >> one of the famous pieces, the golden lyre of or has the golden replica of the ram's head on

display. and one of the biggest treasure troves of golden object it's ever escalated. for thou iraqis will be able to see the remnants of a sophisticated civilization thousands of years old at a time when so much of it has been destroyed. jane arraf al jazeera, baghdad. >> united nations' envoy to syria is heading to damascus for a two-day visit. he's trying to get the rebels and the government of bashar al-assad to agree to a truce in aleppo. last week the syrian government indicated willingness to hold bomb batterment bombardments over the city. protesters have gathered in yemen's capitol to show support for president hadi. demonstrators denounce a coup by the outy rebels earlier this month. after fleeing the capitol where he was being held under house

arrest by the houthi rebels. still ahead on al jazeera, lest hos overcome tension in political faction. and the thriller at the cricket world cup. the reaction a little bit later.

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terrorist organization. hamas said that the move sets a dangerous precedence. president vladimir putin will supervisor the investigation into the death of boris nemtsov. right wing activists are rallying in roam demanding that it's government do more to keep out immigrants. polls are closed in lesothos election. back in august the prime minister accused his deputy and prime minister from trying to topple him. >> votes are now being countered in lesotho for its general election. it comes two years early. people were here in 2012 to vote for the country's first coalition government. they were hoping that was going

to be the inclusion to their political problems. it wasn't. they've come back here again. these people want a change in the government, they want a government that is now looking out for the needs of its people. a government that will look out for the health problems, for the roads, education and for the economic stability. the people of lesotho they want jobs they want healthcare. this is a country that is one of the least developed in the world. it has the highest levels of hiv and child mortality. they want a government that will look out for them. >> nigeria and it's neighbors now share a common enemy in boko haram. now violence and refugees has spilled into other countries they have come together to fight the group. we look now at what has been done in cameroon. >> thousands of people took part in this rally to voice their

opposition to boko haram. but this is not nigeria where the armed group is based. it's in the capitol of neighboring cameroon where boko haram has launched attacks in the north. >> in the extreme north we have 70 closed schools 150,000 displaced people. 200,000 nigerian refugees, and 55,000 children who do not go to school. they mobilize because the danger is never too far. >> the march was intended to educate other cameroonians of the threat that boko haram will become. it has been drawn into what has become a regional conflict against the armed group. >> the cameroonian army will go up against boko haram. >> with violence, destruction

and refugees spilling over into their countries cameroon, niger and chad had no choice but to join nigeria's fight against boko haram. earlier this month the neighboring countries deployed a force of 8700 soldiers to the lake chad area. the tone of saturday's march was one of resolve and unity. >> we've seen them come together together. >> but after six years an estimated 13,000 people killed, boko haram has proved it's a foe that won't be easily defeated. al jazeera. >> u.s. president barack obama has signed a bill that gives the department of homeland security just one more week of funding. it follows a divisive split within the republican-led house of representatives. congress now has seven days to find a long-term solution to the

department's funding problems. for from kimberly halkett in washington. >> the u.s. congress has now agreed on a stop-gap measure as it's called, to fund the department of homeland security for seven days. that means that members of the border patrol, the coast guard. those that guard the airport even the president who works as part of the secret service security detail will go to work as they're expected to, but now they know they'll be getting a paycheck. but what this also means is there will be continued debate on capitol hill of how to fund this department beyond the seven days. that's where the real controversy comes in. there are many on capitol hill that feel that this funding should be tied to an issue on immigration, that is deeply controversial in this country. that is the executive order put in place by problem president obama late last year that would allow a path to citizenship for millions of people who have

entered the united states illegally. if you look at the election last november, many elected members of congress from the republican part want to roll back the executive action saying that it is unconstitutional, that the president did not have the legal authority to do. that's why we're having those debates right now. they feel that they must deliver on their congress, roll back this order put in place by president obama and they're doing so trying to tie this measure to legislation to fund homeland security. in the end they were unsuccessful but expect they will try again. that is why there will continue to be a lot of debate and arguing on capitol hill of just how to fund homeland security beyond seven days and the wider issue, too of how the republicans hope to roll back the executive order on immigration. >> kuhncuba and the united states have held a second round ever talks of how to restore relations. the u.s. wants

embassies reopened by april. cuba wants to be removed from a terrorism list. back in december president obama and his cuban counter part raul castro, have decided to restore ties after 50 years of animosity. people were arrested in the moldives after clashes broke out in demonstrations. thousands on the streets demanding the resignation of the president. and asking for the former president to be released from police detention. he has been he would under the country's terrorism law. his supporters deny those charges. in afghanistan more than 200 people have died in the worst avalanches to hit the country in decades. the death tolls are expected to rise as rescue teams try to reach remote villages. nicole johnston reports from

panjshir. >> it 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. in the provincial capitol, it was anything but quiet. helicopters buzzed over head. hundreds of troops trudged uphill to security the peaks. and the convoy of military vehicles blocked the only road through the valley. while the commotion president ashraf ghani was flown in to check out the rescue efforts. the problem is the only rescue that we saw was a lone grater trying 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 doses 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. mohammed is desperate for news. his wife and eight children are in a village he can't reach. >> all my family is stuck up there in the canyon. i have 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 that it's doing it's best. 1,000 security forces have been dispatched to the area. the people are getting angry at how long it's take to go clear the snow. >> 18 members of my family are under snow. they are getting no help. cars and helicopters are only here for sightseeing. >> panjshir is dotted with tiny villages, all covered in heavy snow and avalanches. >> the machinery that we have is greater for paving the road. the bulldozer does not have

chains on the wheels. if we get strong machinery we can clear the road quickly and then focus on the villages. >> down in the valley people are getting used to living with snow. but high up in the mountains thousands of their countrymen wait urgently to be rescued. nicole johnston, al jazeera, in the panjshir valley. >> video games are so much more than that now. they are an industry. in fact, sales are expected to bring that industry into $92 billion this year from more than a billion customers worldwide. most revenues come from sales of traditional console games like the massively popular "call of duty," and much more money has been made in the mobile market. the market is expected to overache console gaming this year. many have descended on the london royal opera house for a

massive spectator event. we've got this from harry fawcett who reports where it all began, seoul, south korea. >> the history of online gaming as a spectator sport started in this studio in seoul in 1999. backed by sponsors and supported by elaborate infrastructure. they classify what happens here as classifying the players as sports people. it is not just being followed closely here in korea but there are aisles on screens around the world following this game. that's why there is commentary live in korean and the english language as well. >> we look at the numbers for the recently world championship.

it took place in seoul this year at the world cup stadium. there were 40,000 live spectators and nearly 30 million viewers around the world, which puts it in the same bracket as some of the games sevens and the world series nba finals. it has arrived. loot people don't know about it yet because its broadcast across the internet, but certainly the popularity is there. >> the growing popularity of e-sports can be seen in cold hard cash. the online gaming industry as a whole is worth about $23 billion u.s. every year. a viv of that comes here every year, but the industry has been slowing in recent years. some insiders blame restrictions brought in by the south korean government to combat the serious

problem of online gaming addiction. for the growing number around the world the distinction between digital and physical sport just doesn't exist any more. >> now to a real sport cricket. the cricket world cup where the co-hosts went head to head in auckland where new zealand beat australia in an encounter. i got a little emotional about it as well. >> the packed house in auckland included the prime ministers of new zealand and australia. it looked like it might be an one sided affair as the bowlers ripped into the batting line up. australia captain michael clarke could only get 23 on his return from hamstring surgery. he was one of five crickets supporters as the aussies were bowled out for 151. they looked like they would blast their way to victory. they were on their way to the

target in 78-2. mitchell starc brought the aussies back in to the match. he brought in three wickets in the space of four bowls. it was a thrilling finale when he took new zealand's ninth wicket the black caps needing six more runs, and then williamson smashed the ball over the required six giving new zealand the one-wicket win. >> i was looking to head a boundary ideally a sixth. but the after the other end. it was obviously quite tough. trying to get a boundary away was the plan. >> we were extremely poor. no doubt about that. you thought they bowled very well. they swung the bowl kindly. i think you have the defense more than anything was an area

that was a lot poorer than we would have liked. >> new zealand now have four wins from four. al jazeera. >> we have lots more sports news with the headline of the day for you whenever you want 4/7, at www.aljazeera.com. >> i'm russsell beard, in southern kenya, where the latest development in human elephant conflict resolution is creating a real buzz. >> and i'm amanda burrell in indonesia, to see a wasteland