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melbourne australia with the sort of airplanes they viewed during the first world war. this year marks 100 years of the fighter plane. ♪ welcome to the program. it was a rare sight on the streets of moscow. thousands of protesters marched earlier on sunday in memory of the boris nemtsov. a vocal critic of put putin shot dead on friday night t protesters say it was a political murder. rory challands reports from the russian capitol. >> boris nemtsov hold sunday's rally would be a re-energizeing. the crowd was vast bigger than any anti-kremlin march for years. nemtsov was not here to see it. his murder, arguabley is the main reason so many people came.

>> we came to protest because they killed a man, a man who was telling the truth. we think the authorities bears'actions are a travesty of justice. a man was killed for telling the truth truth. i came because boris was killed and not only because of that: because we need to fight. we cannot live like this. i look around and i want to shout, people i love you. . >> nemtsov's face was everywhere. the bullets that killed him said this banner were meant for all of us. but, also present were thousands of russian flags. a politically statement, itself when opposition leaders like nemtsov arevillefied on t.v. as traitors. >> it has surprised many people that such a huge opposition rally has been allowed to take place right in the center of moss co. usually, thingsese things are kept on the outskirts of town. maybe the kremlin is thinking

grief and sorrow are more manageable public emotions than political anger. despite some anti-putin chanting, this was a somber event, mostly quiet and well-behaved. but included in the 50 or so arrests, the ukrainian mp contained on suspicion in involved in an o odessa fire that killed at least 40 pro-russian demonstrators, big anti-kremlin marches are a rarity these days with freedom of assembly so tightly controlled by the authorities. the challenge for russia's opposition now is whether it can turn the emotion generated by boris nemtsov's murder into a re-energizeed push for political change. >> and rory joins us live from the russian capitol it was supposed to initially be a protest march. of course, it turned in to a vigil to mourn how significant

was this demonstration? >> reporter: well, it's very significant if you take the protest movement the opposition movement over the span of the last three years or so. there has not been a rally of this you have to go to 2011, 2012 it made it very very hard for rallies of this size to take place without the explicit consent of the authorities, the

opposition figures, themselves, people like alexi neveli and boris nemtsov, too, were hit with various prosecutions and things like that to try to lessen their influence. given that there has not been an event of this magnitude in that time, the last three years or so, you could look at what happens today and say this was very, very significant. whether or not that trans pieces to a long-term, as i said in my package there, my report whether that trans pieces into a long-term re-energizeing of the opposition movement, we will have to wait to see. >> rory many of nemtsov's allies say this was a political killing. but in your estimation what do you think is likely to be the longer-term political fallout, if anything from this murder? >> well the unfortunate thing is that if you look back over the last 15, 20 years or so of russian history, there have been a good many killings of this sort. there is the death of boris

nemtsov is certainly not unique. and if you look back at the recent past a the people who were behind the political murders, russian political life have never been caught but, also the deaths themselves action don't really seem to have changed the situation that much. yes, there is horror and outrage in the short-term but it's for gotten quite quickly, remembered by human rights organizations and by people in the opposition movement, themselves. but generally, russia moves on and there is a danger a risk i suppose, that this process will be repeated again with the death of boris nemtsov. >> rory challands there. thank you. the iraqi prime minister is in the city of samara to oversee the military operation against is isil. >> i came here to the command

center to announce the start of the operation to liberate the proof incident from the turnierney of terrorists. we need to secure the safety of all of our civilians. to make sure they put the safety toes had who volunteered to help the army liberate the land. >> let's talk to jane araf. what more did he have to say about this operation to liberate? >> reporter: one of the interesting things was that he was reinforcing it security forces moving into the proof incident, near the city of tikrit had to take care to avoid civilian casualties the backdrop to that is civilians who have been killed unarmed people who have been killed. other places have which been

taken back from is isil. one of the big military operations that will perceive a long way to come. this one, there are a combination of u.s. air support, sunni tripe fighters sunni malitias and the iraqi military. they are heading toward tikrit from points north and many thousands, several thousand of those militia man have massed in samara where prime minister abadi has been speaking. this isn't expected to be an easy fight. is isil has dug in there. civilians have left but in the end, the military is hoping that they will be able to make their way through without too many

casualties. how well prepared are the iraqi forces to do this job? >> well, they are as well prepared as they will ever be, i suppose, is the short answer. when you look around and you see this on the battle frond, the gains iraqi forces have made countered by is isil coming back in some areas and the destruction they continue to be able to inflict on these areas really is a case of that the remains do have to move forward. they are moving forward in this particular instance into a place that has special significance on the south skirts of tikrit t 1,000 military recruits were killed. this is a tragedy. the families of those recruits are trying to find out where the bodies are. so there is a real push to liberate, if you will tikrit in particular.

tikrit is the saddam hussein's hometown. no one is expecting this all to be finished in the next few weeks or even the next few months. most iraqis realize this is a very long war. >> jane, thank you. plane by how houthi levels. forced out the government. some fear the flights obvious used to transport fighters and weapons. a report from aden. >> reporter: the decision to operate regular flights between yemen and saudi arabia two days after the houthi leader gave a speech in which he attacked saudi arabia and described the relationship between yemen and saudi arabia as historically one

of subjugationhumiliation. the official announcement an implementation. the houthis have opened this line and sent high ranking delegation for the first time and they announced it in the past. they sent people to iran but they did not announce it. now, it is officially described as a government delegation headed by the head of the politi bur bureau going to discuss economic between the countries according to the statement. here in adden, the decision has been criticized by president hadi and described it as illegal and void. he said he sent the message tots iranian authorities saying they should reverse this decision because it is not legal, as you mentioned. also, president houthi today

described it as a capital that is now under houthi occupation. he said every effort should be done to reverse this situation and oust the houthis from them. >> israeli prime minister heading to the u.s. to deliver a controversial address to congress on iran's nuclear program. he plans to speak out against an emerging dean with iran being negotiated with the u.s. and other world powers. i am departing to washington on a crucial and even historic mission. i feel i am representing all of the citizens of israel even those who don't agree with me as a representative of the entire jewish people. i feel a deep and sincere concern for the safety of all citizens of israel and the fate of the state and the fate of our people. i will do everything in my power to secure our future. >> netanyahu's address to congress was a hot topic on the sunday morning talk shows in america. u.s. secretary of state john kerry had this to say.

>> we don't want to see this turned into some great political ball. obviously, it was odd, if not unique, that we learned of it from the speaker of the house and that an administration was not included in this process. but the administration is not seeking to politicize this. we want to recognize the main goal here is to prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon and on that israel and the united states agree. >> kimberly halkett has more on how netanyahu's actions are exposing a political divide on capitol hill just as pro-israel lobby kicks off its annual conference. >> every year thousands of jewish advocates defend on -- descend on washington the goal of the american/israel conference is to promote the u.s./israel relationship one that's increasingly strained, most recently because this man, john boehner the top republican in the house of representatives, invited israel's prime minister

benjamin netanyahu to address the u.s. congress without knowledge of the white house. >> the american people and both parties in congress have always stood with israel. >> the threat boehner says is a deal being negotiated by six world powers with iran over its nuclear program. hawkish members of congress support netanyahu's claim iran is working toward a nuclear weapons program threatening israel's security. >> that's why it's expectednet netanyahu's speech will urge congress to impose tough new sanctions. >> more than 30 members of congress say they will boycott the speech. many believe it undermines white house efforts to negotiate framework deal with iran by the end of the month. so others resent any attempt to dictate american foreign policy towards iran while at the same time ignoring hard questions about israeli policies towards the palestinians. those in congress who take issue with israeli settlement expansion in violation of

international law and last summer's assault on gaza have until now remained mostly quiet. now a rare rift overt policies being exposed in congress and among the more than 6 million juice who live in the united states. >> what i am seeing is that the block who says support for israel support for whoever the government is shrinking. so, i think we are at the beginning point of a transition. and i think what netanyahu is going to do on tuesday is rub salt in the wounds. >> another jewish organization, j street has taken out a full-page ad in the national newspaper arguing wading into u.s. partisan politics will harm the u.s.'s real relationship. >> tough decisions are going to have to be made. it's damage that may already be surfacing. the u.s. president won't address apac this year. less senior members will attend.

traditionally, it's the vice president who presides over joint joint sessions. joe biden will be conspicuously absent. kimberly halkett, washington. >> hamas says egypt is setting a dangerous precedent after a cairo court declared it a terrorist organization. the decision provoking an angry response from palestinians and gaza. it's the first time an arab court has condemned the armed group. hamas denies egyptian allegations. it supports fighters in north sinai who have been attacking the security forces. more from gaza. >> the past leadership is no doubt very angry to declare the group a terrorist organization but people across the gaza strip are telling us they are afraid of what might happen next. here here is what they told us.

>> since sisi became president, the situation in gaza has only gotten worse. he has tightened the siege so much we can't even move. i am worried he will carry out military attacks against us here. the courts are very complicating things for us here in gaza. we have to be prepared for anything many are concerned about these latest developments. one thing remains unclear which is how or is the egyptian government will enforce the court's ruling. >> egypt's highest court has ruled an article in the rule regulating elections is unconstitutional. the courtts decision could mean a delay in the long awaited parliamentary pole. he script has been without a parliament since june, 2012 which a court -- when a court dissolved the chamber. still to come self defense in afghanistan, kidnapped by

criminals, plus: >> i am andy gallacher on the high plains of texas where we will show you how the falling price of cotton is threatening an entire way of life. in sport, find out if pakistan could get a win at the world cricket cup. >> that's also to come. a group of syrian opposition forces has rejected a temporary truce plan for the city of aleppo proposed by the united nations envoy. zena hodr in beirut sends us this report. >> reporter: the opposition has rejected ms. mizdura's report. flags from the coalition as well as representatives of some armed groups in aleppo took part in that meeting. they are saying the initiative is not comprehensive enough t

and that a comprehensive solution that would involve the depart from syrian president bashar from power. the opposition really has expressed a lot of reservations ever since mizdura presented this proposal last october. they said they don't trust the government. they have been asking for mechanisms on the ground to monitor this cease-fire but more importantly, the opposition is asking why the initiative has changed in october when the proposal was represented, it involved the cessation of hostilities now the cessation of heavy bombardment. the proposal really he has repeatedly said he is facing a daunting challenge. these are warring sides who don't trust each other. each one of them sees the other as illegitimate. what i was what he was trying to do was reduce violence in order to ease the suffering of the people in

and allow humanitarian aid in. the u.n. envoy was hoping that if this deal is put in plates some sort of political process can begin from the bottom up. but now that the opposition has rejected this initiative outright, his proposal is in effect, dead and there is no other political process underway in syria. syrians, the war is going, is going to enter its 5th year and statistics released by the syrian observatory for human rights says that just in the month of february 4,000, more than 4,000 people were killed. among them 800 civilians. at the end of day, this initiative did not involve solving the syrian crisis but the u.n. was hoping to start somewhere, and now we are really back to zero. >> in afghanistan, one of the country's most not otherous criminals has been executed. ray skadaz was charged with armed robberies and killings.

afghanistan's new president says taking on the criminal gangs is a top priority. among the president's focus is herat in the west of the country. nicole johnston reports. >> reporter: this is how well off families in herat get around these days. three years ago, eafan was kidnapped. he was six years old. his father now carries a gun and can't stop worrying about his family's safety. the boys have been on a school bus when three men shot the tires and dragged efram out of his brother's arms and off of the bus. they demanded $300,000. the family didn't have that much. so the kidnappers dropped the ransom to $50,000. efan was freed after 86 days. >> before he was kidnapped, he was naughty, fast and bright.

after after, he became withdrawn. if the body guard isn't with him all the time he gets frightened. he tells me, they will take us again. >> herat is a prosperous city. the taliban is active in the countryside but not the town. here, the problem is organized criminal gangs. >> one of the main reasons herat has become a target for criminal gangs is because it's full of businessmen. it's a major trading hub with neighboring iran. this road leads all the way to the iranian border and herat is the first big city you reach after the crossing. >> reporter: more than 100 people were killed in herat last year. and so-called -- in so-called targeted assassinations. kidnappings are common but out of fear most people don't report it. ghani fired the police of chief.

the new police chief says they need to build up trust with the community, to get more information about criminal gangs. >> the terrorist groups kidnappers and so-called taliban are not as strong as afghan security forces. they are small groups operate nag guerilla way. if the community cooperates the criminal criminalnals are nothing. >> efan said he didn't think he will ever see his family again. >> he said they beat me showed me guns to scare me. they tied me up and moved me three times. the family still receives threatening phone calls from men they believe are the kidnappers. efan is home but he is still far from being safe. nicole johnston herat. . >> mali's government signed a preliminary agreement with some

rebel groups to end fighting in the north. the rebel alliance has asked for further consultations. the rebels say the agreement does not address their demands for greater political autonomy. the united nations and european union are brokering the talks. marie roday is an analyst who gave us more details about the deal. >>reporter: >> full autonomy and even more. >> autonomy. >> in blaining derb police are investigating a group called

bangalatin over the killing of the blogger average roy. friends say roy was targeted for his writings. natasha gname reports. >> reporter: blindfolds were placed on the statue at the university. it's meant to be a symbol of liberation. after the murder of blogger roy, students and professors are protesting what they call an assault on freedom of expression in bangladesh. they paid their respects to the 42-year-old writer who frequently criticized religious extremism. >> he, as well as his website, free thinking is. >> roy and his wife were attacked bymen with machetes after they left a book fair in daka on thursday evening. roy's wife was seriously injured. police recovered the machetes but have yet to make arrests.

the armed group has claimed responsibility. roy's family and friends sad received death threats in the past. >> he was a long time he was a target of the fundamentalist groups and in many many blogs, religious organizations monday him. >> sits roy's death, there has been reaction from across the globe. a u.n. spokesman says it's important that the space for freedom of expression be protected. reporters without borders ranked the country at the bottom 20% when it comes to press freedom. roy is the third writer to be killed by armed groups in bangladesh in the last 11 years. natasha gname, argues. >> time for a short break when we come back here on al jazeera. cute but not cute enough. why some people in china don't want a second child even though the one-child policy has been relaxed. the graffiti artist on the

latest mark that divide gaza from the rest of the world. in sport, we will tell you about a big setback for manchester city. more on that. stay with us.

>> tonight, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera".

tonight, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. welcome back. a reminder the top stories, arriving in the city of samaraa to oversee the military operation against is isil on saturday, the group's target struck targets did he have. ♪net is going to the u.s. to deliver a controversial plan, splen planning to speak out with a deal being negotiated with other world powers. thousands of protesters in russia's capital have marched in memory of boris nemtsov, a critic of the putin shot dead on friday night. protesters say it was a political murder.

>> for more let's speak with sergey strokan joining me live from moss co. certain sergei, it's rare to see so many people protesting on the streets of moss co. what do you make of today's protest? and how significant is it? >> that was the biggest public demonstration that dated back to 2012, 2013. i think that the huge crowd we have seen today came as a surprise both to authorities and to opposition leaders, themselves, because initially, it was expected that not more than probably a few hundred thousands of people would come to the streets, but the latest figures show that probably t opposition was able just to bring to streets nearly 100,000

strong crowd. that was appear mass manifestation of people's anger over the killing, which we have seen today two days back. >> sergey what was surprising? that the kremlin allowed this to go ahead in the first place? did they have much choice? why do you think they approved that the march could go ahead? >> it is clear authorities improved their technique and they understand a ban would only generate more protests and will bring more people to the street. the second reason is that probably authorities didn't expect that much people would come to the streets. so the logic was such: why should we not allow an obscure minor group of disenchanted liberals not to come to the streets. and third thing, of course probably authorities took into consideration that that would

not be regular opposition. israel, i want to explain that today, we didn't see any speeches made. we don't see any banners of political parties. we have just seen silent people who were moving in the crowd, some were carrying flowers. some were carrying just notes. i wouldn't -- i would not be scared. i don't fear. >> that's all. so -- you understand? yes? >> yes. let me get a final point in here, sergey. how worried are people about what they see as a russia becoming more authoritarian and the fear of what could happen to you if you speak out against the government? let me just tell you the

opinion polls by independents opinion polls show 86% of russians support president putin. that's why even they 100,000 strong crowd of staunch anti-putins is a drop in the see of putin's sport. >> that's why it is a game changer in russian politics and standoff with the west. majority of russians are used to the politics of stand-off with the west. they share the mentality of besieged citizenship which is incited by official propaganda. a final thought. a few more seconds here do you think this will polar eyes russian society and russian politics? >> well now, we are

flooded with but at the same time i can't figure out when boris nemtsov was killed by some not orous who understand patriotism as hatred an attempt to find those whom they consider to be traitor of the nation and to kill them. >> thank you for talking to earplugs? >> thanks for having me. >> argentina's president delivering her annual address to the congress. it's a difficult time for kirsne. it follows the mysterious death

of her critic and it's an election year although she is not allowed to run. newman reports from buenas aires. >> hundreds of thousands have gathered to show support for this country's embattled president kirshner as she makes her last state of the nation address of her presidency. there is clearly a response by kirchner activists by those calling for justice for the prosecutor in thisman. people there were very very critical of the government. all of this just eight months before an election campaign in which the president cannot run but her political party can, and so can her political program, which the people here are defending. if this is the president's last major speech a way of defending her legacy she will underscore the achievements of her

government in the area of human rights and social spending, but as in the past she is unlikely to make any reference to the country's soaring inflation rate rising crime, and accusations of corruption against herself and members of her government. >> relations between venzuela and the united states have certain a turn for the worse during a rally in karakas, president maduro announced all americans will need vis as from now on after several united states citizens including a pilot were accused of spying. the mayor it was accused of plotting a u.s.-backed coup. . >> the price of cotton has fallen dramatically in the united states, partly because of a drop in demand from china. there are now concerns for the entire industry. in the last part of our global series on the price of cotton, andy gallacher reports from texas where many farmers face an uncertain future.

>> reporter: only the remnants of this season's cotton harvest remain but cotton has been planted in these fields since the 18th century. many farmers have a deep connection with the land. >> 640 acres is where my grandparents come out here in 1904. they come out here in a covered wag wagon. >> bruce vaughn says cotton farmers are now in serious trouble. the price of a bale of cotton is the lowest it has been in years. demands is it down. uncertainty about the future has bruce questioning his family legacy. >> i don't know all of my grandchildren really even want to be on the farm because of the uncertainties. i don't know if i will be able to stay. and that's going to be a hard pill to swallow, that i am the last one that was on the land. >> for the vaughn family there is the real possibility that after generations, they will no longer farm this land for cotton. if that pattern repeats itself across this entire region they

are the effects could be catastrophic. >> a monthly bill i can run anywhere from 30 to $50,000. >> dan jackson runs a cooperative cotton gin that indicators to local growers. he says many members are thinking hard about the future. >> a lot of guys are making decisions about, you know, what they are going to do. like i said while ago, it's going to be pretty tough. they are trying to figure out what's going to be the best option for them financially and get the economics right and everything has to fall in place. >> the u.s. exports more cotton than any other nation. but demand from the biggest buyer, china, is at a 12-year low. experts predict the prices will stay down for at least the rest of the year and while many farmers are looking at growing other crops, this part of texas, known as cotton country, remains vulnerable. >> this economy and the lubbock area in texas as a whole depends greatly ol agriculture and cotton. if this hangs on two or three years, it could have some pretty significant effect. >> bruce vaughn will begin planting cotton here again in

the spring. but if prices stay low, he might not be able to work this land much longer. 0 done texas. >> australia, indonesia and malaysia are testing a new method for tracking planes over remote oceans. the new system enables flights to be located every 15 minutes. an increase in the current 30 to 40 minutes. the new measures comes nearly a year after malaise january flight accident happened with 239 people on board. i appreciate it would be difficult without knowing precisely occurred in the case of mh-3 stiffened have intervened but at least it would have tracked the aircraft to within 15 minutes of -- and done son simultaneously. the big difference is it wouldn't have taken us weeks to interpret the data and to find where the engines finally

stopped. >> the change in the rules had a not bears'led to a soaring birth rate. only a handful of couples have applied to have more children. one of the main reasons is money. as adegreedian brown now reports. >> reporter: shiwai is testing the waters of motherhood. she gave birth to her son 10 months ago. she admits she wasn't prepared for motherhood. this is her old job, and seems not to care that the easing of it the one-child policy makes her ankle eligible for a second baby. >> many young people don't want a second child. they don't even want the first child. they even think marriage is too much of a hassle. >> on the face of it, she and her husband would seem to have it all. they are part of china's growing middle class. gao gichi has a well-paid job and they recently moved in to a three-bedroom apartment. they are also both only children, which is why they

qualify for a second baby. but gao is now resigned to his son being raised without a brother or sister. >> one child is too lonely. i grew up as the only child at home. my father has many brothers and sisters. they get along very well. but our one-child generation can't enjoy being with your brothers and sisters. >> the government's been enforcing the one-child policy for more than three decades, but a social experiment to control population growth has also created a gender imbalance because of the traditional chinese preference for boys. it's had another worrying consequence as well: a shrinking labor force. >> the health ministry says only 5% of women entitled to have a second child in this city have applied to do so. now, this same ministry which police the one child policy which has led to millions of abortions and sterlizations is

appealing to the women of shanghai to have more babies. >> yu hong has a son and wants a sibling for him but the garage owner has a problem. because he and his wife have brothers and sisters, their child can't have the same. >> to have a second child, you need to have more money, which we do. yet people like us are not allowed to have a second child. when my son leaves my wife and i will be lonely. >> so one couple that can afford a second child aren't allowed one while another that could seem unlikely to. adrian brown, al jazeera, shanghai. >> in hong kong, three people have been arrested at an anti-mainland demonstration. pepper spray dispersed crowds protesting shoppers from main

land shoppers. residents of the suburban u.n. district blame the chinese bias for distorting the local economy. there is a lot of anger t i mean from a lot of people on the chinese market. we just don't like how they travel all of the prices from everything, create a lot of

welcome back now for the thooirmd just over a week. astronauts at the international space station have carried out a space mission to install new docking ports. a tricky job involves more than 200 meters of cable and other equipment. the docking board will be flown up to the orbiting space lab later this year. now, art can be economical political and it sells for thousands of dollars. a graphitti artist has achieved global feign through his use of sentence ills and a can of spray paint. he turned attention to the streets and walls of gaza. a report. >> reporter: the 2014 war

between hamas and israel left parts of gaza in ruins and much of it still needs rebuilding. both these themes are explored by graphitti artist banksy in his latest work in gaza. >> a young foreign man came here and painted this picture graphi artist banksy in his latest work in gaza. >> a young foreign man came here and painted this picture graph. >> he said an an ma has a right to live. what about a human? there is a huge destruction here and we are here to support the palestinian people and send a message to the world that palestinians are being destroyed and the occupation sdmroiz everything be it humor animal. banksy documented his trip in a short film. it starts off like an at thisment for a dream holiday but it follows the artist into underground tunnels and then on to rubble-strewn streets. the film describes gaza as an exclusive setting and well away from the tourist track.

children sui swinging from an israel surveillance tower and a greek goddess with her head in her hands, some of banksy's works that have appeared among the rubbish and abandoned buildings. banksy, always in a hoody, is known for the social and political messages in his art work but some gazans are too busy simply surviving to 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, graffiti and drawings. >> reporter: 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 trabergion al jazeera. all right. time for the sport now.

andy is here. >> thank you. it looks to have been a decisive few hours. manchester city losing more ground on the latest chelsea, city had the chance to cut chelsea's point to two points with a win against liverpool but familiar to what we saw last season jordan henderson and kitino saw jeko scored city's goal. liverpool now within two points the top four in champions league qualification. city still 5 adrift of chelsea. >> we never give up. i am one of the players.

so, it's we just got to keep collecting points. arsenal beat everton after their three-1 mid-week defeat in the champions. goals on that one. everton are now just six points above the relegation zone arsenal into third place. >> three more points. than last week. if you look at our primary ground since november, yes, we are in a good position. i think on fluency front, we can do better. it was just to win the game. >> chelsea have won the first troche of the season, the lead cup after tottenham 2-nil at wimberly. they doubled their lead through a spurs own goal.

this, jose morino's first since his return to the club in 2012. a chance to go go four points, real are at home to villa real. it's ha in the game between athletico madrid. sovia could go to fourth with a win in that one. the game is goalless he though at the moment. the hosts of the 223 africa cup of nations have ruled out changing the date of the tournament to accommodate the world cup in qatar, guinea's sports minister saying the country couldn't move africa's biggest football event from january to june because it coincides with their rainy season. last week, fifa said the confederation of africa fuelt tulle had agreed to the switch.

a victory target of 310 but also just one wicket. century saying afghanistan's bowlers had presented more of a challenge than englands. sarah coats reports. >> reporter: lining up in wellington singing their national anthem. england was perhaps thinking about how to save themselves and their world cup campaign. with their opening p england's young gun joe brute stepped up. the 24-year-old carving out a career 12 one. gave england some respectability as they finished at 309 to 6.

>> less expectibility didn't last long. we dropped catches and sloppy bowling allowing sri lanka to easily chase down their target. at the crease battle and thrived. both bringing up tons as sri lanka rocked to 312 to 1 and 9 wicket victory. >> anything can happen in this tournament you know. we wonder when things started. but we came back really hard but that's not in the end we have to play against australia in the next match. we want to give 100% in that match, also every over you are going to be punished. we were. >> england now need to win their final two group games against

bangladesh to avoid being knocked out. sarah coats, al jazeera. >> pakistan keeping their homes alive with a nervy win over zimbabwe batting first. backstan captain. 1992 champion scored 235 to 7. zimbabwe couldn't quite chase total. keep looking for a win. so, this is the way we have to

approach the game. >> a special page there with the latest news from the critic world cap at our website, aljazeera.com forward slash port. liverpool's victories our top story there. all right andy thank you. machine guns in the first fighter jets took to the sky. l crucial to world war i battles and combat ever since on how australia is marking the beginning of aerial warfare a dog fight is underway. one that rep indicates aerial combat that took place a century a moment ago in europe and the middle east. the first world war is best known for long drawn out trench

warfare the first where air power played a significant role. from the very start of the war in 1914, aircraft were used for recon sans. pilots report the enemy position re rewe are talking about 1915, a crucial point in the war whether it comes to aerial combat. >> that's when the airplanes were fitted with guns and aerial come combat, dog-fighting evolved. >> and drew carter flies cargo planes for a living. but flying these is his passion. >> a roteae engine mean they spin together. if you were holding down the trigger of the machine gun and the propellor came in front, the machinegun would stop firing. it allowed you to come up behind another aircraft and looking directly at that aircraft long your line of site, take it out. >> it was simply deadly and a taste of the future of combat.

>> airplanes like these were the forefathers to all subsequent military aircraft. ever since then air power has been crucial to war. this weekend, 11 aircraft will be brought together to commemorate 100 years of aerial combat. these are replicas built to be exactly the same as those flown a century ago. back then pilots had minimal training. life xefktancy was said to be between six and 18 flying hours. there were no there were no pair chutes. a mistake, malfunction or a bullet in the fuel tank meant death. later this year australians and new zealanders will mark the centenary of anzak day the start of the tripoli that for many marked the birth of national consciousness. >> this is the opening act of the commenrations. andrew thomas al jazeera, melbourne. >> it for me. more news of course at the top of the hour. stay tuned. thanks for watching us.

we are not afraid the message of thousands murderered criminallin contractic boris nemtsov. they will 0 there this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up the first direct flight from tehran and in sanaa the yemeni capitol controlled by shia rebels said to be backed by iran. protests in gaza after an egyptian court grants hamas a terrorist organization. israel's prime minister flies to