>> freeway crack in the system only on al jazeera america ♪ there is al jazeera. ♪ hello. i am mayor an demazi. appear welcome to the newshour live from london. top stories, russians paid tribute tribute. they sad been preparing a report on the presence of russian troops in ukraine. themnemtsov nemtsov. he script becomes first to declare hamas a terrorist organization. a call for police.

abdullah achaland urges armed rebels to end their their fight with the turkey. a message to isil. memory of boris nemtsovmensova murdered in moscow. he was deputy prime minister and one of the kremlin's most vocal critics. putin has taken charge of the investigation saying he will do all he can to bring the gunman to justice nemtsov. he was an out spoken critic of russia's involvement in ukraine and had been promoting a large march against the war planned for sunday that's likely to be

dominated by protests against his murderer. rory chal lands reports. >> the bridge where he died is now a shrine. all day saturday people brought candles candles. this murder besides the walls of the kremlin has shocked many. >> it's a. >> it's hard for me to talk about it. i just feel sorry for him as a person. he was murdered for some he was pop positive. some for some negative. >> he was considered to be a potential successor of the

former president, yeltsin. he chosed a spy chief called putin and numbemanja'stsov nemosov has found it. >> so this was nolo-level job. dignitaries came with a message that the way russia investigates this crime will be watched closely in capitals far away. >> the ambassadors, we gather to pay respects and lay site of the killing of mr. boris mensotv. >> what do you think is an important thing to do? >> it's a brutal

murder. he could become a sacrificial victim. >> that's a theory dismissed by the opposition leaders. they say the kremlin is responsible for his murder. maybe not directly but at the very least, because the kremlin has created the political environment in which it could happen. rory challands, moscow. >> ukraine's president is

mourning the loss of boris nemsov saying he was a bridge between ukraine and russia. forces continued withdrawing as part of a peace deal with pro-russia separatists. rebels say they have shifted the bulk of their heavy we hopeonry on the front line but isolated clashes continue elsewhere. president boris shenko says he believes it was related to the conflict in ukraine. >> boris declared he would reveal persuasive evidence about the involvement of russian armed forces in ukraine. someone was very afraid of this. boris was not afraid. the hangman and executioners were afraid. they killed him. >> joining me live from moscow is sergei markcov who was in the duma and did the chairman on international affairs. thank you for taking time to talk to us. mr. markov to what extent would

you say the killing of boris nentosv has deprived russia of a voice the opposition in the country at a time when those figures have been increasingly squeezed? >> reporter: he has been my friend almost 20 years. we have been political opponents but we keep very friendly relationship. he is showed me different sport exercising because he was a very sporting person and we believe that this nemtsov. we believe it's to the russian political life and the country, to the revolution and to the war which we see on ukraine right now. and now it's some kind of example, russian society, how

russia will resort to the assassination. i personally believe this. the most interesting thing in russia, this -- >> let me ask you, just picking up on a point. sorry to interrupt you but i want to pick up on a point that you make there about what the assassination says about russian society. obviously, we don't know who killed mr. nemtsov and we don't know what the motivation was behind this killing but the sympathizers with mr. nemtsov say that the kremlin was indirectly responsible in the way that it created a climate of fear and intimidation in which no dissenting voice was tolerated. >> reporter: >> the kremlin is mostly concerned about the opposition

believed russian government will be here. >> boris see, we know opinion polls know this has been agonized from outside of russia t one of the opposition leaders. >> do you think we will ever find out what happened to mr. nemtsov? because we know there has been high-profile assassinations in the past. there have been investigations. obviously, the kremlin and president putin say they are

taking this seriously and mr. putin wants to manage the investigation, himself. will it be different this time? >> i believe the reason of such a killing connected with a woman or with they found that in few days but the curekilled for the political reason i think it will be found. because if real professional killed him but now it looks like it will be very difficult to find t the killer already killed themselves. in john kennedy case.

>> the representative of the russian president and a member of the douma. thank you for joining us live from the russian capital, moscow moscow. an egyptian court has declared hamas a terrorist organization a decision that the group has branded shocking and dangerous. it's a label western nations have used against gaza's rulers. never an arab nation. it's an off chute of the egyptian brotherhood until it was outlawed in 2013. in march, last year egypt banned hamas from carrying out any activities on its territory and froze assets. in january, on the brigade designating it the terrorist organization. a judge who issued this new ruling says hamas has targeted civilians and security forces inside egypt's volatile sinai peninsula and aimed to harm the country. it comes four days after egypt's government announced a new terrorism law that allows a

closure and freezing of assets. a spokesman for hamas has said it was against the palestinian people and in favor of israel. the palestinian resistance it also relates to the israeli enemy and a friend and to hamas, the palestinian people and the resistance as the enemy. this decision will never harm hamas and its victories or the stand of its leaders but it will contaminate the reputation of egypt. >> an egyptian court and 18 others are sentenced to life in jail. mohammed abdia was accused of inciting murder in 2013. four or people were given death sentences. he has already been handed the death penalty and a life term in other cases.

a u.s. drone attack in yemen has killed four suspected al-qaeda fighters. they were traveling in two vehicles in the southern prove incident of shubwa when they were targeted. elsewhere protest ordered gathered to show support for hadi. demonstrate orders denoused the coup against him earlier this month. he established a base in aden after fleeing the capitol where he had been held under house aver. >>. >> the jailed leader of turkey's group has called on leaders top end their 30-year arms struggle. achalan who will leads the ppk released a statement read out on television. he called for a conference to take place to ratify the decision to disarm. kurdish rebels have been fighting for more autonomy for decades and there is sporadic violence. bernard smith has more from

istanbul. >> reporter: the jailed leader of the ppk, ocalan says this is a historic call to replace an armed struggles. he says that both sides. to piece. since the deck collaration of a cease-fire in 2013, that brought an ends to an arms struggle between turkish state and kurdish separatists who had seen more than 40,000 people killed since 1984. but, that peace process has stalled because kurdish leaders say that the turkish government had introduced promised reform. now, the turkish

haven't. >> it's the world's heritage as well. an artist almost 5,000 years ago created this marble mask of juarka one of the world's earliest sculpt tours of a human face. it was recovered intact. this vase was found in pieces

and restored. which is what remains in the royal cemetery of bohr. her gold head dress was pieced together. there is still security concerns. >> we still need more security especially with things made of gold a safe place. we didn't put it in the iraqi museum. >> what is the most fame -- one of the most famous pieces an ancient musical instrument, the golden lyre of bohr has a ram's head on display. the original was in a vault. one of the biggest treasurer troves of golden objects ever excavated. for now, iraqis will be able to see the remnants of the sophisticated civilization thousands of years old at a time when so much of it has been destroyed. jane araf al jazeera, baghdad. >> al-qaeda afilliants has

overrun the basis of another rebel group in northern syria. the fighting between the nusra front took place some 30 kilometers west of aleppo. 29 fighters and six nusra front fighters were killed in those dollars. the united nations has arrived in damascus for a two-day visit. in the northern city of aleppo. he said the government was willing to suspend its bombardment for six weeks. it is meeting syrian foreign minister during his trip. the u.s.-led coalition has launched more airstrikes against isil in syria. the group has taken more than 250 assyrian christians captain there in the past week. the assyrians in syria, iraq and lebanon are not only worried about those captured but the

survival of their community. some of these people are refugees from iraq. others are from syria, and the rest of their lebanese hosts, but all of them are assyrian christians. they gathered in front of the u.n. office in beirut to speak in one voice. their message was cleared: this minority community in the middle east believes its future is threatened. >> this is a conspiracy to put the indigenous people of this region, the assyrians from their homeland. terrorists are taking our land but they are going to fight back until our last blood. we won't. >> there is a heightened sense of concerns after hundreds of families were displaced in recent fighting in the northeastern syrian proven incident and more than 200 of them were captured by the islamic state of iraq in the levant. some managed to escape to tell their story. >> there was a massacre. they came to our villages at

night. they burned people in their homes. they took our women and children. why isn't the world helping us? >> there is a feeling of helplessness among the christians and anger and did he ever fines. the community says it is time to take up arms and it is asking the world for weapons. >> the christians deserve to be protected? yes or no? so it's very clear for the christians stoknow the united states is not defending for them. we want to hold the arms with the army with the iraqi army with the syrian army with the egyptian army. >> people here fear the worst is yet to come. already hundreds of thousands of christians have fled from this reach original over the years. >> christians view the displacement as another episode of persecution. last year thousands of christians were forced to flee the iraqi city of mosul after it

was captured by isil. mass exodus from iraq was already underway since the 2003 war. it's a similar story in neighboring syria. >> christians say they will no longer be forced out of their areas. they say they intend to fight back. and they want the international community to help them do just that. abrute. >> at least 70 migrants, most syrians and iraqis have been rescued off of the coast of roman i can't. a group that included 30 women and 7 children was taken and packed into a small boat in danger of fishing after trying to cross frommist an bull in rough sees. the italianian navy says it's stationaried between italy and libya in preparation for a military exercise on monday. officials wouldn't comment on whether the ships were also sent there to defend italian interests. italy has an under water

pipeline that carries crude off to sicily. isil has warmed it will conquer rome rome. thousands of right-wing activists have been rallying in rome against immigration and the government. supporters of italy's northern league party are demanding the government does more to keep immigrants out. claudio lavanga reports. >> reporter: this is the northern league. the anti-europe and anti-immigration party held a rally where they are least popular: rome. the party has long blamed the capitol and the centralized government of stealing from the industrial

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deputy prime primary. >> the television show was shut down, so he took his message online instead and on to the streets of moss co and beyond. nemtsov was a thorn in the side of the kremlin and vladimir putin. in the 90s, he was very much part of the russian political establishment. in 1990 and seven years later, he became a deputy prime minister after the watch of the boris yeltsin. in the last few years, though he had become a prominent critic of the russian leadership. a man of principle. he stood up for the values that worldwide, human ones in favor

of ordinary people having their say in the way that russia should development. generally, yes, you might just call that justice. >> nemtsov refused to be silenced silenced. he tried to expose corruption in the run-up to last year's sochi olympics. more recently, he had been a leading voice against russia's alleged involvement in the conflict in eastern ukraine. i gave his last radio interview using it to call for political reform. he had been to lead an opposition rally in moscow out sunday. >> will now become a memorial to boris nemtsov, shot dead in the shadows of the walls he had spent the last few years trying to break down. em may.

a heyword, al jazeera. >> joining me is andre alaniaov. the new boris nummerdorb nemtsov -- he knew boris nemtsov. i know the killing hasn't come as a surprise to many people given at a time current environment in moscow. nevertheless, it has been awhile, perhaps some 10 years since we have seen a high profile assassination like this. what do you make of the timing of nemtsov's killing? >> first of all, this is clearly a terrorist act. this is an attempt to put terror on the russian side here. it is a way of producing intimidation that people would be shut down that people would not speak up

march. you know we know flat boris nemtsov certainly enjoyed genuine popularity inside russia as an opposition leader. you say that this was aimed at quashing -- the march he had planned for sunday but if anything, it had the reverse effect i have that. has it not?

including this march, i would say probably more than people would come to pay tribute to him than would go to this anti-war march. >> there had been suggestions he had been preparing a report on the presence of russian troops in ukraine. i know that knew mr. nemtsov. what can you tell us about that report before he was killed. that was what i was going to say before your intripings. another reason that hen been aired was on account of the report that in crain worth it could be one of the most important reasons. it is known that russian troops are in ukraine.

many pieces of russian hardware have been on exhibition in kiev. >> that's why it's possible a reason but probably not the most one. another reason boris nemtsovwas using obscene and that was considered intolerable. it was why one had been poisoned in london in 2006. this particular language the fate is very similar. to get your perspective on this. thank you. now, afghanistan's president says a total of 286 people have now died in avalanches and landslides over the past few days. rescue teams to reach remote

villages under the snow. in the northeast is the worst hit. some areas under one meter of snow. those left homeless in manila after a huge fire that swept through the residential area east of the city center for more than five hours before being extinguished. six people were injured including one fire volunteer. the military is crashing with ethnic rebels. tens of thousands are leaving the kankan region. some head to go china. others heading south. florence louie reports. >> reporter: the quite town has seen its population grow in recent weeks. fighting between the myanmar military and kokan fighters has displaced tens of thousands, home to an ethnic minority.

some have made the longer journey south ending up in this mon monastery which offers food shelter and medical aid. we sent them to the hospital. about 400 to 500 others had minor aimments like fatigue. we treated them here. we had several volume you will tear doctors and nurses. >> people in lasho have been donating not just money but clothes to help those who have had to leave their homes with scantly anything. have to go back after martial law ends. we need to go back home to start work again. >> when the fighting was at its worst around mid february, the monastery received up to 1,000

refugees a day. the number has since dwindled to about 100. but they are still arriving. some speakers of violence paid witness. the burmese army ordered them not to run away but they were scared and ran. sot the army shot at them. >> aide workers are not spared. the red cross has come under attack twice fighting in the region is not the only one the government faces. it's trying to end hostilities with other armed groups. the renewed violence with kokane fighters makes it more difficult for the government as it attempts to negotiate a cease-fire deal before elections later this year. florence loi. >> thousands have marched

through the capital to deny ounce boko haram. they were in support of their army joining forces to fight the group. natasha gname now reports. this isn't nigeria where the armed group is based. it's in the capital of neighboring cameroon where boko haram has launched attacks in the north. . >> in the extreme north, it has 70 closed schools, 150,000 of sdmraipts people. 200,000 nigerian refugees, 55,000 children who do not go to school. cameroonians need to go to mobilize because the danger is never too far. >> the march was intended to educate other cameroonians about the threat that boko haram has become. people showed solidarity for

citizens and support for their amy army. it has been drawn into what has become a regional conflict against the armed group. >> i am moved by this. the camerooniana army has. >> violence destruction and refugees spilling over into their countries, cameroon niger and chad had nol choice but to join the fight against boko haram. 8700 shoulders were agreed. to the lake chad area. the tone of saturday's march was one of resolve and unity. >> we come together from all nooks and crannies to shout in one voice. >> after six years and an estimated 13,000 people killed, boko boko haram has proved it's a foe that won't be easily defeated. natasha gname, al jazeera.

>> sierra leone has reinstated restrictions designed to contain the symbols outbreak after a rise in reported cases. many of the 18 new cases are related to fishing. the restrictions include a nighttime ban on all boats launch from shore and on commercial vessels landing their goods overnight. restrictions were applied to ferries and taxis. the country's vice president has placed himself under quarantine after one of his bodyguards died from symbols. analyst suggests the electorate of 1.2 million might end up with another coalition government. the vote was brought forth two years accusing the deputy and military of staging an attempted coup. results are expected until next week. >> mexico's most wanted drug lord has been transferred to a maximum security prison. he was arrested in michigan on

friday. the former schoolteacher was leader of the knights templar drug cartel. he is wanted by the united states for trafficking. a cross border drug trade between mexico and the u.s. shows know sides of slowing down. the second largest load of marijuana earlier this week 15 tons of the drug is in police custody. the young has called on the world to follow latin america's need and promote women to positions of power. ban ki moon was addressing women in the chilean capital. the continent has a high proportion of women in government roles and three female presidents. but all three of them are currently embroiled in corruption cases. al jazeerats latin america leader now reports. . >> south america, the only continent with not 1, 2, but 3

female presidents brazil's leader of latin america's largest nation kirshner, president of argentine aeand chile's michelle bachulea, the host of the women in power. all three are serving second terms in office and all three are in the hot seat. it's bad enough under yussef's leadership brazil's economy had shrunk. what has some opponents asking for her impeachment is a multi-billion dollar corruption scots involving petro bras on whose board she once served as chairwoman. >> the petro bras scandal has deeply impacted brazil's system in the sense it's the biggest scare going to the ruling coalition.

argentina's christina kirshner dropped from 70% to the low 20s is playinggued by corruption charges involving her, her deceased husband, business partners and her staff. while she denies them all, the courts are investigating, including putting the president on a head-on collision with judges and prosecutors. even yhile's president considered squeaky clean has seen her popularity plunge to the low 30s in the last two weeks. her son was forced to resign as head of a government charity amid allegations that he and his wife abused their position to obtain privileged access toss a $10 million bank loan. argentine deputy said it's a pit that is correct women who are making history as presidents are embroiled in scandal. women in politics are not better

or worse than men. they are just new. we are new in politics. we have modernized politics. >> does it mean we exercise power in a different or better way apparently not yet with um in power face the same problems and atthetimetations as their counter parts. psychologists say the public opinion expects more of women in high. and judges them more harshly when they stumble. al jazeera buenos aires. >> still ahead, we will have the latest sports news. roger federer and novak djokovic renew nair their rivalry. >> from physical sport to did i know al ones why the gaming industry is now considered a serious game.

related sports news now with raou raoul. >> thank you very much t got and barcelona. one point behind the leaders after they bean grenada 3-1 on saturday. scoring in the first half. the deck collaration, doubling lead after the break and there was a goal pulled back from 20 minutes ago. mesi sealed a 3-1 win. un heighted a 2-nil win, 5

points behind manchester city. city play liverpool on sunday. wiscore golds. so i was very happy. >> tennis roger federer has won the dubai championships for a 7th time beating djokovic in the final. this was the 37th time the pair had met. >> puts them second in the all-time list of great rivalry behind djokovic and nadal. but in this latest chapter, second set much closer. it took federer until the 11th game to break the serve and take a 6-5 lead. he served out the sets with a 6-3, 7-5 win, his second title of 2015. >> i think i i won the big points tonight.

i think it was certainly -- 0 for 7 break points. i was 2 for 2. i have been very effective on break points all week. that's something you wish was the case every single match you play but it's sfornlt impossible because it depends a lot on your opponent. i did very well tonight. i think novak, you know, i don't want to say let it slip but it was so tight and it luckily went my way. >> here in doha lucic has won the czech republic has won the qatar open. she beat the number 1 victoria of belarus in the final. it was the first time the czechoslavakia czech player had beat in 7 encounters and ended the 14th match unbeaten strength for azarenka, going for the third title. winning in straight sets 6-4, 6-3 and she will move up to 11th in the new world rankings. now the basketball world is mourning the death of former nba

star anthony mason who has died at age 48. the all star forward enjoyed a 13-year career and is well known as the member of the new york nicks side that reached the side in 1994. he was diagnosed with congestive heart failure earlier this month. the cricket world cup now where earlier co-host new zealand and australia produced arguably the match of the tournament so far. a thriller as richard par now reports reports. >> reporter: a packed house included the prime minister did of new zee rand and australia. it looked like it might be a one-sided affair as the new zealand bowlers ripped into the batting line-up. michael clark could only get 23 in his return from hamstring surgery. he was one of five wickets they looked like they were going it blast their way to victory.

to to 0 for 50. they were on their way to the target 78 to 2. mitchell start brought the aussies back in the match. six wickets including 3 in the space of four balls. kane williamson smashed the ball over the head for the required six giving new zealand a one-wickett win. >> i was looking at a boundary, ideally a 6 but after, the other ends for the new coming in. it was obviously quite tough. so trying to get a boundary away was sort of the plan. >> we remember extremeloor poor. there is no doubt about that. i think credit needs to go to new zealand ballers. they swung nicely and balled good areas but shot slenings was very poor. i think the defense more than

anything else was an area that was a lot pourer than we would have liked. new disagree lands have four wins from 4. richer arrested par, al jazeera. >> not quite as close in perth where indiana recorded their biggest ever world cup victory. they beat the united arab em wreaths by nine wickets. the uae stumbled as they were bold out for 102 taking four wickets wickets. in reply, the rockets, a partnership of 75 in this encounter. a half century as india reached the target in 18.5 overs and now won all 3 of the world cup games. >> at the end of the day, every wickett that you

. >> at the honda classic in florida. his second round of 74 on friday. after a rain on friday some of the players still needed to finish the second round this morning in florida. wales wenning, making it two in a row for welch and keeps alive their slim hopes aside.

esports has become a massive spec tate offer event with millions watching live broadcasts. this weekend video gaming fans have descended on london's royal opera house to watch the call of duty championships. now, the u.k. is still playing catch-up with the likes of the u.s. and korea. sum shus sets and the cream of operatic challenge. this weekend, they are being replaced by the automatic gunfire and teams of 20 something boys who shoot to kill from their consoles. >> it's our faith. >> the stage has become an arena. 28 teams from europe and the middle east battling it out to win the call of duty mean championships.

$10,000 in cash and a shot at the world finals in la where $1 million is up for grabs although it's unlikely any of these gamers will win it because u.s. teams take the big money. >> the audience might look small, eating pizza and chatting on twitter. millions more are watching online making pro-gaming bigger. the u.k. is playing catch-up with the u.s. and korea. >> grassroots taking hold over here some the top players in europe and north america are starting to be treated like sports stars and major sponsorship deals appear so on and so forth. we are seeing that take hold for some of the. some can't walk around in

public. >> the royal opera house is more used to the sound of operatic grandeur than to a coreous of assault rivals but the decision to hold the call of duty championships right here in this iconic venue isn't quite as strange as it may seem. pro-gaming growing wildly needs a headline grabbing venue in the u.k. to drag it into the mainstream. it might be selling out stadiums in the u.s. and far east. for now, these gamers the likely champs at this competition will have to slum it at the opera until london's own gamer dedicated venue gets the go ahead later this year. julie mcdonald. >> refer for everything we have been covering, go to our website, the address for that is aljazeera.com. you will find the latest comment, analysis and video on demand. check it out. aljazeera.com. we will have another full bullet coming up in a few moments time to continue to get reaction of the killing of russian opposition leader boris nemtsov.

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