>> don't try this at home. >> "techknow" where technology meets humanity. monday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. ♪this isaj. this is al jazeera. welcome to the news hour in doha. coming up in the next 60 minutes: protests break out in the gaza strip against an egyptian court's decision to declare hamas a terrorist organization. russian opposition leaders demand a transparent investigation into the murder of boris nemtsov. protecting iraq's past a museum re-opened in baghdad days after is ill fighters destroy valuable statues in mosul.

>> a battleground as professional gamers show off skills for a european face-off. hello. western nations have long used the word "terrorist" to describe hamas. now t they are declared a terrorist organization. they protest at the first time an arab nation has condemned the group. hamas says the ruling sets a dangerous precedent. secretary general of the palestinian islamic jihad group has arrived in cairo to try to convince egypt to reconsider. hamas is widely seen as supportive of the muslim brotherhood in egypt. hamas says it doesn't medal in egypt's internal affairs. he script declared the muslim brotherhood a terrorist group in 2013 five months after mohamed morsi was ousted in a military coup.

hamas strongly denies egyptian allegations that it supports fighters in north sinai who have been attacking egyptian security forces. >> the court's decision is shocking dangerous and targets palestinian people. it's a shame for egypt, trying to export it's internal crisis. now, the occupation is the friend and the palestinian people, the enemy. this will not have any effect on hamas's role. >> has the respect of the leadership ships of the muslim world. >> the secretary general for the pal palestinian initiative says it will hurt palestinians and egyptians? >> i think this was a very wrong decision and it is totally unjustified. and i hope it's not politically motivated this is a wrong decision. hamas is not a terrorist organization. >> it is part of the palestinian national movement. such decision would hurt not only the relationship between palestinian and egyptian

peoples, which is very important to all of us but, also it would help e jipingsdz rule. he job descriptions rule at the arabic level and as a sponsor of palestinyununity talks and egyptian role as an important neighbor to palestine. so, i hope this decision which is probably improper 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 on 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. charged with murder after 12 people were killed in protest outside the muslim brotherhood's headquarters in cairo two years ago. the killings came four days before president mohamed morsi was in a military coup t most senior members of the banned muslim brotherhood are already in jail. to russia where opposition supporters are to march through moscow on sunday in memory of murdered kremlin critic boris nemtsov. president putin has promised a full investigation into friday's

killing. investigators are searching for forens ic evidence in a white car abandoned by the car sus abandoned by a suspected gunman. it's linking the suspects to opposition groups rallying for support. investigators say they are looking at leads that those involved with the ukrainian war or muslim fighters may have ordered the killing. >> these are new pictures from the crime scene early on saturday. police have been scouring the area searching for clues that may have been left around nemtsov's body. he was killed while walking with a female companion on a bridge over the moscow river. russian opposition figures have condemned what they are describing as the political murder of nemtsov. he was planning to lead a protest against russia's policy in ukraine on sunday. victoria gatenby reports. >> reporter: on the bridge where boris nemtsov was shot dead, thousands came to pay their respects. among the crowd, there were

several opposition politicians. >> i would say this is not only a blow to the opposition. it is a blow to the whole russian society. it is a blow to russia. if political views are punished this way, then this country simply has no future. >> he was a good open bright man who dedicated all of his life to the task of creating a normal country in russia. he wanted this very much. >> nemtsov 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. president vladimir putin offered condolences and called the murder a provocation. he vowed to personally oversee the investigation into nemtsov's death, but those who knew the opposition leader say the government did nothing to protect him when he received threats. >> he was big, handsome bright and talented the very kind that they kill. we needed him very much.

>> this is a new spiral in russia's descend into a fascist state. the mastermind is obvious, a political murder of one of the brightest opposition politicians. >> before he died nemtsov was working on a report that he believed proved russia had been directly involved in the separatist rebellion in eastern ukraine. he also criticized what he called the government's inefficiency and corruption. the opposition wants a march planned for sunday to now be a rally to mourn a man they saw as a voice attempting to hold the government accountable. victoria gatenby, al jazeera. twin car bomb explosions have killed shoppers in a town in western iraq. at least 21 people died in belarust as crowds gathered after the first explosion, a second vehicle blew up. the blast injured at least 44 people. iraq's prime minister is vowing to punish is ill fighters who destroy price lesotho pieces

of ancient art. an is ill propaganda video shows objects being smashed to pieces. a museum closed 12 years ago is being re-opened to show iraq is serious about protecting its ancients civilization. jane araf reports. >> reporter: this isn't the first time the myselfem has re-opened. but officials hope this reopening will last [applause.] . >> the museum had planned this ceremony weeks ago. with the destruction of ancient statues in mossel iraq's prime minister told us it became more important. >> today, we are opening this museum baghdad museum to send a message. we will center piece this heritage. this museum i think, contains a lot of heritage. there are a lot of sites for this heritage. we want the help of the world. we ask the u.n. security council to set apart iraqi haireritage.

prime minister said is ill has been selling an tickquities as well as destroying them. he called on other countries to help stop that trade. the iraq museum is still recovering from looting in 2003 after the u.s.-led invasion. many of the most important pieces that were stolen when baghdad fell have been recovered. but until now it's been considered too dangerous to fully open the museum. >> the museum hasn't really been closed. it's been open to dignity terris 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 heritage. it's the world's heritage as well. an artist almost 5,000 years ago created this marble mask of warka. it's one of the world's earliest sculpt temperatures of a human face. it was recovered intact. this vase depending scenes of

sumerian life was found in pieces and restored. this is what remains of the sumarian principal found in o. rr. they pieced together her gold head dress but there are still security concerns. >> we still need more security especially with the things made of gold. there are so many golden things. still, in a safe place t. >> one of the most famous pieces an ancient musical instrument, the golden lyre of ur has a replica of the golden ram's head on display. the original is in a vault, part of one of the biggest treasurer droves of golden objects ever excavated. for now, iraqis will at least be able to see the remnants of the sophisticated civilization thousands of years old at a time when so much of it hasis being

destroyed. jane araf al jazeera, baghdad. >> a u.s.-led coalition airstrikes have attacked 20 is ill targets in iraq and siryria in the last 48 hours. coalition commanders say three of the strikes targeted is ill in the proof incident northwest syria where he is ill fighters kidnapped more than 250 assyrian descriptions. until syria iraq, and lebanon, christians are fighting for survival of their communities and demanding weapons from the u.s.-led coalition to defend themselves. zena hoda reports from beirut. >> reporter: some of these peoples are refugees from iraq. others are from syria and the rest are their lebanese hosts. but all of them are asyrrian christians. they gathered in front of the u.n. office in beirut to speak in one voice. their message was clear. 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 historical home land. terrorists are taking our land. we are going to fight back until our last blood. we won't surrender. >> there is a heightened sense of concern after hundreds of asyrian crist facialp families were displaced and more than 200 of them were captured by the islamic state of iraq in the levant am 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, but there is also anger and defiance. >> the assyrian christian community says it is time to take up arms and it is asking the world for weapons.

>> do the christians deserve to be protected? yes or no? it's very clear. the christians, the united states has not defended for them. we as a christian, we want to with the iraq army egyptian army. >> people here fear the worst is yet to come. already, hundreds of thousands of christians have fled from this region over the years. >> christians view the displacement and kidnappings 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. but the 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

them. >> kurdish separatist movement has called on followers to end their 30-year long arms truthfully. abdullah ochalan who leads the kurdistan workers' party appealed to the pkk to lay down their weapons last year's ceasefire, there is sporadic fighting where the pkk has been fighting for more autonomy for decades. protesters are marched in two cities in yemen to show support for the deposed president. denouncing the coup by howthy fighters earlier this month. the how.

>> a power base in the signature sen city of aden after fleeing house arrest in the capital. protesters in sinai who is being backed by the united nations. >> in yemen, a u.s.-drone attack has killed four suspected al-qaeda fighters. yemeni sources say they were travelling in two vehicles in the southern province of shabwa. still ahead on this news hour counting gets underway after snap elections in lasutu. we ask if they will ease the tiny nation's political crisis. in northern myamnar violence forces thousands to seek shelt ner mon industries. >> t djokovic and if he had federer renew their rivalry. details coming up later in the program.

the german based group oppose what it calls the islamization of europe has held the first rally in the u.k. about 400 demonstrators gathering in new cassel were met with 2000 strong counter protesters. police kept the two demonstrations apart. five people were arrested. >> thousands of right-wing activists have been rallying in rommes against immigration and the government of mateo reasonsi. others are demanding the government to keep out immigrants. claudio reports. >> reporter: this is the northern league on offensive. on saturday the anti-europe and anti-immigration party held a rally where they are least popular: rome. the party has long blamed the capital and the centralized government of stealing from the industrialized rich north of

italy to finance the poorer south. it's new leader says rather than breaking up the country, he wants to unite it under his leadership. i am sillian, i think all should be united against europe sill. >> the only politic trying to do something for all italians. >> if he was elected leader of the northern league in 2013 -- when he was, the party increased from 6% to 30%. it's now the most popular right-wing party in italy. the but the city wants more. it wants to capitalize on anti-immigration sentiment to appeal to the electorate from all across the country. essentially, he wants to make the league less northern and more national. the other right-wing movement including the new fascist group

and france's national group but many in rome have not forgotten nor moreforgiven decades of discrimination against thousands of italians and the anti-immigration they passed as part of a coalition government led by belesconi. police clashed with protestors when they tried to occupy the square of the rally. the police charged and dispersed the crowd using tear gas. on saturday, their counter demonstration was peaceful. feelings were running high. >> the northern league is nationalist. they mustn't stop. >> thousands of people attended the league's first major rally in rome the northern league's leader will hope that it's success vince to fly the party's flag. al jazeera rome. . >> votes are being counted in lasutu after an election aimed at bringing stability.

tazerica wood reports, the election was called two years early after the deputy prime minister was accused of staging a coup. >> they arrived at the polling booths early. they are hoping by casting votes, there will be an end to the political upheaval that saw the collapse of their first coalition last year. >> we have been a struggling country for quite awhile. hopefully, whoever takes over government will implement policies that would change things. >> 75% of the population lives in rural, often remote areas of the country known as africa's mountain kingdom. they are the ones who suffer the most. >> we don't have running water. we have no electricity. we draw water from open wells which are contaminated. we want the next government to bring all of these services here to us. >> all of the opposition leaders including the incumbent prime

minister are promising to help them. >> their standard of living can definitely raise from what's happening to them today to a higher level, at least i can guarantee that at the end of my five years, if i get it now everybody would have three meals a day. >> the u.n. has identified the nation as one of the least developed in the world, 1 in every 32 women dies during pregnancy or childbirth. one in every nine children won't make it to their 5th birthday. almost a quarter of the population suffers from hiv, the third highest levels in the world. another major problem is the opposing political loyalties of the police and the military. it was that rivalry that was partly behind the alleged attempted croup last year. the army stayed in the barracks during the election to avoid fears of violence and independent observers say the polls ran bet earthen expected. >> the security concerns were

there at the beginning have not, you know, have all been taken care of. we hope that all of the candidates will accept the outcome of the elections as they have promised, and then we then i think, this country has to go through the post election process which we hope will be managed properly and apparently. >> they want a government that can finally, get past the political steps and concentrate on the people's needs. they say they want a government that can provide stability mussing from the country for so long erica woods, al jazeera on the outskirts. >> robert my gag e has given himself a million dollars party to celebrate his 91st birthday at a golf course near vick fore i can't falls. they say political donors paid for the party. gave a speech in which he threatened to take over animal

sanctuaries in the hands of white zimbabweans. >>. >> sanctions by the united states. land occupied by people and owners. >> boko haram fighters aren't the only threat in nigeria. cameroon has come batted fighters crossing the border trying to extend their influence. natasha gname has more. >> reporter: thousands of people took part in this rally to voice their opposition to boko haram. but 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 action treme north, we have 70 closed schools, 150,000 displaced people. 200,000 nigerian refugees, 55,000 children who do not go to school. cameroonians need to go. they 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 and support for their army. it has been drawn into what has become a regional conflict against the armed group. >> i am moved by this day. the cameroonian army is against boko haram. >> is with violence destruction and refugees still into their countries,

a torrential rain in madagascar's capital that killed 14 people. up to 24,000 people were forced to leave after heavy rains last week. the city was originally built on higher ground but the expanding population has turned the low-lying surrounding areas into residential slums. protesters have held the biggest street march in nepal for years.

35,000 rally in catmandu. an alliance of 30 opposition parties led by maoists is demanding the constitution draft be passed by a national consensus. a fighting has recently intensified in northern myammar between the army and ethnic chinese. >> has forced tens of thousands to escape the region. >> the quiet town in northern shaun shaun state has grown in receipt weeks. fighting between the military and kokang fighters has displaced tens of thousands of people home to an ethnic minority of the same name. most of the violence has been around lao ka the capital of kokang. many fled to southern china. some have made the longer journey south, to laotia ending up in this monastery that offers them food shelter and medical aid. >> there were four or five

people who arrived here who had shrapnel injuries. we sent them to the hospital. about 400 to 500 others had minor ailments like fatigue. we treated them here. we had several volunteer doctors and nurses. >> the people in laotia have been donating not just money but clothes to help those who have had to leave their homes with scantly anything. >> we have been offering blankets. i hope to go back. we need to go back home to start working 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 speak of the violence they have witnessed. >> in a nearby area a group of villagers were drinking whiskey. the burmese army ordered them not to ran away.

they ran and the army shot at them. >> even aide workers are not spared. the myanmar red cross has come under attack twice while helping civilians. the government has blamed the ethnic rebels who have denied involvement. the fighting in the kokang region is not the only one the myammar faces. it is trying to end facilities with others. the renewed violence with kokang fighters makes it more difficult for the government as it attempts to negotiate a nationwide cease-fire deal before elections later this year. florence loi, al jazeera, yangan. >> this issays. when we come back on this news hour from pilar of russian establishment to outspoken kremlin critic look back on behalf of murder politician plus chile hosts a u.n. summit as latin america's women presents are embroiled in scandal. and in sport, barcelona try to

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hello again. you are watching the al jazeera newshour. a reminder of top stories. palestinians in gaza have protested against an egyptian court's decision to declare hamas a terrorist organization. hamas says it is a dangerous precedent. 21 people have died in iraq. the blasts targeting a market injured at least 44 people. opposition supporters are to march through russia's capital on sunday in memory of murdered criminallin boris nemtsov. opposition is describing it as a political murder. he was a charismatic figure and became a fierce opponent of vladimir putin. he was killed hours after giving his last interview calling putin's policies mad and aggressive. emma hayward looks back at his

life. >> reporter: boris nemtsov knew at a time risks of speaking out. his 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. but in the he was part he was elected to parliament in 1990 and seven years later, he became a deputy prime minister under the watch of the boris yeltsin. in the last few years though he has become a prominent critic of the russian leadership. >> he is a man of principle. he stood up for the values that were human ones in favor of ordinary people having their say in the way that russia should develop and the need which i

think is a profound need for any country to have a dialogue between the rulers and the ruled. so in general, yes, heyou might just call that justice. >> nemtsov refused to be 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. in the hours before his murder nemtsov who had four children gave his last radio interview using it to once again call for political reform. he had been to an opposition rally in moscow on sunday that 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. emma haywardwood

al jazeera >> somebody who was forced my the west to sacrifice him to destable eyes the russian regime. we were the same kind of rhetoric was used on flight 17 fell down and there were almost 300 victims over ukraine. so, it's always the western's fault. they are going to argue first. but i think it is their position more and then of course the ukraine involvement, the anti-putin involvement and anti-rebel involvement, i think will be the most plausi although i disagree with a lot of analysts who say that putin was afraid of nemtsov's

investigation. he is not afraid of the investigation. they could be spinning that investigation to the second coming. so that's not what he is afraid of. i think what he is more afraid of is that after awhile the opposition would get stronger and that's i think, the most serious message. >> greece is hoping creditors will re-schedule its massive debt payments while it passes reform measures to control its economy. the finance minter said some of the payments are due in march. >> significantly, there will be a series of measures that encourage repayment or partial repayment without an am nestnestyamnesty, certainly no haircut to the capitol. we shall inform our partners of what we are doing, but at the same time i need to state that for obvious reasons, for reasons anyone can see, time is of the essence. and we need to increase our tax

base very quickly. this is the obvious source from which we can do this quickly while, at the same time, creating great sense of relief amongst the three and a half million greeks who are. >> barack obama signed a bill that gives the department of homeland security one more week of funding. this follows a split on funding the department within the republican-led house of representatives. congress now has seven days to find a longer-term solution to the department's funding problems. a u.n. secretary general ban ki moon has urged the world to end discrimination against women and girls. speaking at a summit in chile on women and decision making he said more women are winning important leadership positions and one region breaking the glass ceiling for women in politics is south america but the continent has three female presidents. they are all embroiled in corruption cases.

south america aboutf the only continent with three female presidents. yussef leader of latin america's largest nation. christina kirshner, president of argentinea and michelle bachela, the host on the conference of women in power. all three are serving second terms in office, and all three are in the hot seat. bad enough that under yussef's leadership brazil's economy has shrunk. what has some opponents asking for her impeachment is a multi-billion dollar corruption scandal involving the petro giant, pet tros bras in which she served as chairwoman. >> the petro bras disruptions scandal has deeply impacted brazil's system. it's the biggest scandal in financial terms in brazilian's

history. with millions of dollars going to the ruling coalition. >> argentina's christina khrisna whose approval rating has dropped to the low 20s is plagued by corruption charges involving her, her husband and her staff. while she denies them all, the courts are investigating putting the president on a head-on collision with judges and prosecutors. even chile'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 to a $10 million bank loan. >> argentine deputy says it's a pity that women who are making history as presidents are embroiled in scandal.

>> but women in politics are not better or worse than men. they are just new. we are new in politics. we have modernized politics. does that mean that we exercise power in a better or different way? apparently not yet. >> clearly women in power face the same problems and temptations as their male counterparts yet political psychologists say the public opinion expects more of women in high office and judges them more harshly when they stumble boyous airease. >> per use cotton producers are struggling with low prices and clothing imports from china are affecting peru's textile industry. more from the peruvian continuetton institute. >> it was one of peru's banner products, for centuries,

peruvians have woven high quality cotton. the industry is slowly dying. just under 1/10th of the continent it used to. the country now imports 90% of the cotton it uses mary farmers have turned to other crops but franvika says he can't give up his four hechtors of cotton because he only knows how to care for this type of crop. >> the farmers in this valley are scared. we wait for the crops to be sold and for god to guide us to get through and win some money, hopefully well, because our families depend on this. >> peru's two main cotton varieties have low yield did. one crop per year. most cotton fields are on small parcels of land. the owners are pour farmers with no money to invest and they don't get subsidies. >> critics say the government has not promoted cotton cultivation. instead, it has encouraged

cotton farmers to change their crops to more competitive products like berries, asparagus and grapes. >> as a result, the textile industry has shrunk too. >> if there is no cotton no one will invest in the spinning companies. so in time they will disappear. and if they don't exist, the people at ready to wear would be useless. the chain of production will be weakened. >> the peruvian cotton institute is funding a program to genetically modify seeds to improve the quality of the cotton. director juan lasos says it's the only hope for peru's cotton farmers. >> we are beginning to spread this new variety with very good results in terms of finer quality and for productivity. >> will help the farmers. >> but this program is small and may end up being a case of too

little too late for peru's cotton farmers. al jazeera, peru. >> incident in china are seeing censorship restriction. they need to use their real names to register their accounts instead of having an aillias to poke fun at government leaders and a whole lot more. avian brown reports from beijing. . >> a song in praise of chinese censorship performed by the men and women who police the country's internet. it's the official theme of the cyberspace administration and was posted on its website just days before china announced a tightening of its internet restrictions. economist hu gin gu is not one of those singing alone. he blogs on corruption and censorship. >> there is so much information

out there. 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 the 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 name did of the real users. the measure is aimed at halting the spread of rumors and let'sening the impact of something else it fears most: social instability. >> yes. the arab spring movement definitely had an impact. the government cracks down on any voices. if the group tries something similar, they definitely will be expressed. >> but it's surprising -- suppressed. >> these are comments from

people reacting ♪. >> but for the guardians of china's so much renty, the song remains same. censorship go the lyrics is transforming china into a rising power. adrienne brown, al jazeera, beijing. >> still to come on this news hour making his mark on gaza one of the world's most famous graphity artits takes his message to the palestinian territory. and in sport, the formula one world champion lewis hamilton sounds out a warning.

hello again. stalled e sports have become massive spectator efforts with millions tuning in online to watch live broadcasts. in london this weekend, they are checking outs call of duty championships. the u.k. is still playing catch-up with the u.s. and korea. as julie mcdonald reports. in a genteel corner of london the royal opera house is normally home to sump with us

sets and this weekend sumpsumptious sets and this weekend sump but they are being replaced with gunfire and 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 european championship. $10,000 in cash and a shot at the world finals in lawhere $1 million is up for grands la lathe u.s. teams usually take the big money. it's going to be great. the audience might look small eating pizza and chat okay twitter, but millions more are watching online making pro-gaming bigger than the movie

and t.v. industry put together. the u.k. though, is playing catch-up with the u.s. and korea. >> it's grassroots taking hold over here some the top players in europe and top players in north america are starting to be treed reich sports stars and have deals. we are starting to see that take hold for some of the events we do. some of the players can't walk out in public because they will get monday. >> the royal opera house is more used to the sounds of operatic grandeur than a coreous of assault rivals but the decision to hold it right here in this iconic venue isn't as streaming 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 sell out stadiums in the united states and far east, the likely champs of this connection will have to slum it at the opera until london's own

gamer dedicated venue gets the go ahead. later this year. al jazeera. from virtual games to games on the field, the sports roger federer has won for the 7th time, world number one, novak djokovic if the final on saturday. this was the 37th time the pair had met nadal in the latest chapter, he took the first set six games to three. the second set was closer. sets with 6-7 win and securing his second title of the year. seven breaks brake points, two for two. i have been very effective on break points all week.

everysic play. and i did well echinoid novak i don't want to say let it slip but it was so tight. it went my way. the czechoslavakia republic has won the qatar, beating azaranka of belarus. the first time the czechoslavakia pair had beaten azarank in 7 encounters. it ended azarankats 14 match unbeaten run in doha going for a thioate. qatar open title. safarova in straight sets 6-4, 6-3. she will move up to 11th in the new world ranking. >> it's amazing. i am excited and happy. it was a great week here in doha. a lot of tough matches, a lot of

great players that i beat and it's just nice to get this trophy. >> formula one and lewis hamilton was in an ultimate day of preseason testing. the mercedes drivers had a mixed target. he had to withdraw from testing because of illness. on saturday, he looked to be back to his best recording the quickest time of the day ahead of felipe massey. the next time we see him in his mercedes will be in melbourne on march 13th. >> it wasn't the greatest day. much better on thursday. so the car was doing great. came in today and the track was feeling poor everyone was in the same boat. >> stay with barcelona, the ball team one point behind the leaders real madrid.

croatian midfielder. 20 minutes to go messi sealed the win. england fourths place manchester united moved up to third in the premier league after sunderland two second half goals a penalty. al two-nil win at old trafford trafford five points behind manchester city. city play liverpool on sunday. four goals. in germany now in the barisa revival continues in the bundesliga after stating the year in the regulation zone. the game is known as the raw derby and all of the goals in this match go to the space of eight second half minutes rose

storers fourth successive league win. they now want only one of theirs. happened at the honda classic in florida. second round of 74 put him at 7 over par the first time in nearly a year he's got two consecutive rounds over par. the cut was made official on saturday after a rain delay with some players finishing second rounds this morning until florida. third round has been washed out in florida on saturday. match in paris finished with winning 20 points to 13 to make it two wins in a row

hopes >> the overall mapfre. >> sri lanka take okay england in wellington. england decided to bat first after winning the tots. a short time ago, they were 108 for 3 of 22 overs. england looking for their second win of the competition. sri lanka won two out of their three games so far in competition. >> the basketball world is mourning death of former nba star anthony mason who dived at 48. he enjoyed a 13-year nba career. most well known as the member of

the new york side. the new york nick side. congestive heart fail you're. >> that's the sport for now. more later. >> a british graffiti artist and political activist who calls himself banksy has turned attention to the streets and walls of gaza. banksy wants to highlight the plight of 2 million palestinian people confined there. his work bemyselves some gasns. others see a political message. paul chatajan reports. >> the 2014 war between hamas and israel left parts of gaza in ruins and much of it still needs rebuilding rebuilding. both these themes are explored by graffiti artits banksky and his latest work in gaza. >> a young foreign man came here and painted this picture. when we asked him what the picture means, he said animal has the right to live. so what about a human? there is a huge destruction

here, and we are here to support the palestinian people and send the message to the world that palestinians are being destroyed and the occupation destroys everything, be it humor animal. >> banksy has documented his trip in a short film. it starts off like an advertisement for a dream holiday, but it follows the artist into underground tunnels and on to rubble-strewn streets. the film scribes gaza as an exclusive setting and well away from the tourist track. children swinging from an israeli surveillance tower and a greek goddess with her head in her hands. just some of banksy's works that have appeared among the rubbish and abandoned buildings. bank banksy, always in a hoody is known for the social and political messages in his art work but some gasns are too busy simply survive to go bother about art. >> this has been here for more than a month. it was drawn in the night

because we saw it suddenly in the morning. we didn't care about it. gaza streets are full of posters, graphity and drawings. >> banksy has been a strong supporter of the palestinian cause. his previous work included a painting of a girl pulled upward by balloons on israel's west bank separation wall. this is not an artist who uses the walls of galleries to get his message across. paul tradergian al jazeera. >> united states scientists pointed a red baby orca off of the cost of washington state. the third documented this winter. the population remains dangerously low. four whales were lost. there are only 80 surviving orca's in the pugent sound region. the observations help scientists to decide how best to protect the animals. stay with us here on al jazeera. a full bullet of news straight ahead.

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