america tonight exclusive investigation: drugging dementia only on al jazeera america >> egypt's interior minister is sacked in a major shakeup of president sisi's government. >> this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up: >> libya's u.n. recognized government will hold airstrikes for three days to help the peace talks now underway in more cock row. >> the family of the argentine state prosecutor found dead say independent tests show he was murdered. plus: >> in eastern ukraine an investigation is underway into the cause of a major mining

accident. >> we begin with news of a major reshuffle of egypt's government. eight ministers were sacked in a move the prime minister said was designed to inject new blood into the government. the biggest casualty is the interior minister who's held the post since before sisi took power. he's been criticized by human rights groups over crackdowns on protestors. the government is under pressure over failure to prevent attacks by armed groups, especially in sinai. >> it is the first cabinet we shuffle under president al sisi who staged a coo in 2013 and later won presidential elections. eight ministers have been sacked, including the ministers of tourism and culture but the most important was the sacking of general ibrahim a long

serving officer. he was appointed as interior minister in 2012 under egypt's first elected civilian president, mohamed morsi a leading member of the muslim brotherhood. supporters accuse the minister of collaborating with the military to orchestrate the coup against the president. he led the violent crackdown on the muslim brotherhood and their support base. 400 to 800 people were killed in cairo when security forces dispersed protest camps in august 2013. human rights watch urge an investigation into crimes against humanity be carried out against egyptian officials including the general. under him egyptian security forces have been accused of carrying out torture and human rights abuses in an attempt to crack down on dissent. the minister survived a bomb blast in cairo in september

which he described as an assassination attempt on his life. he was featured in a number of audio leaks in which he helped the military hide the whereabouts of detained president morsi and obstruct the course of justice. he was also heard giving the green light to his officers to use automatic weapons against protestors. he became under the spotlight after a stampede in february which led to the death of at least 19 fans of the football club. there was a. outy to sack him accusing him of cite be violence against the fans. there could be other reasons for the sacking. there have been several attacks and blasts across eye jent of arrests and accusations but no clear indication as to who is behind the attacks or the ability to stop it. he and his forces have also failed to stop anti coup prosecutor tests which have been going on for more than a

year and a half. al jazeera. >> egyptian journalist believes the reshuffle was made to appease the people. >> it's not just get rid of the remains and hangovers of the government and regime of mohamed morsi. i believe that the main objective of such reshuffling especially when it comes to the interior minister is to calm down the dissatisfied big segments of society and the public, who are angry and frustrated of the eroding security internally, and also very angry and aggravated because of the massive and flagrant violations of human rights under the -- that minister. i guess this is the main reason of such reshuffle.

>> representatives of libya's two rival governments are due i have not morocco for talks. the negotiations aim to reach a ceasefire between libya's two rival parliaments and other armed groups. the crime cannot fester any longer and they say a national unity government must be formed. war planes from libya's recognized government carried out more airstrikes on tripoli's airport. it is now announced it will hold strikes for three days to help the talking about. the ongoing fight has gone prompted libya's major oil company to shut down production. the government has made an urgent appeal for help in tobruk. any progress from the talks so

far? >> talks are underway now with the united nations special representative leone trying to bring both parties to agree on a political settlement. the only problem that you have is the deepening mistrust. this is why talks are taking place at two separate meeting rooms, one where you have the international recognized government of tobruk and one where you have a government and the go between is the united nations envoy. he is trying to bring them together to form a national unity government, agree on a new prime minister of libya and solve the issues, the banning of military factions and pulling out fighters from the main cities then comes the third part drafting of a constitution. there is optimism in the air. both delegates are willing to move forward but it is an uphill

climb. >> at stake here really more broadly within the region and in libya itself. >> sorry, i couldn't hear you. >> what's at stake here with these talks? >> basically now the concern of the international community is that the rival parties in libya are the continued fighting. this is going to further drag the country into chaos. the one to benefit from that situation is groups affiliated with isil and this poses a serious threat to the country regional neighboring countries and also to europe, which neighbors libya. this is why they want a political settlement as soon as possible. now, there have been attempt to say try to convince the international community to opt for a military option in libya and provide some sort of

military support for the international recognized government in tobruk, but now most of the security council members say now we need to have both parties make significant concessions, agree on a roadmap for the national unity government. that's the only way to defeat radical groups in libya and maintain some sense of stability in the country. >> ok. thank you very much for that live update from those talks. >> iraqi forces allied with shia militia forces aim to retake tikrit from islamic state of iraq and the levant. the city 80 kilometers north of baghdad occupies a key location on the tigress. it is a slow and steady advance. >> the battle cry of this fighter, this is near the base of operations for iraq's shia militias on the eastern front of the battle for ticket.

the key players in this sector are iranian backed hezbollah. a leader of the battle core militia confers. they've combined with iraqi federal police special forces and army units for the biggest offensive evens isil seized parts of iraq last june. the troops are backed by iraqi airstrikes but it's been a slow advance to tikrit. this is a trip wire for a roadside bomb laid by isil. an explosives team detonates this one, one of hundreds they found along the road. thirty kilometers southeast of tikrit, iraqi security forces make their way past abandoned fields. >> we are still advancing reached 50 kilometers and gone through the terrain and desert

to reach tikrit. we have expelled isil from more than 15 cultural villages. behind me is farmland and desert. we have expelled isil from these villages. >> houses and schools are empty. villagers fled months ago leaving their crops in the feeds. security forces here, too detonated more than 200 roadside bombs, sometimes by shooting at them. isil built sand berms. bulldozers are dismantling them. it's been four days since the start of the offensive and fighters are still clearing villages along the way to tikrit. it's clear isil is on the defensive, but the main battle won't begin until troops reach the city. al jazeera baghdad. >> the family of ago berto nisman say forensic tests prove

he was murdered. he was found dead hours before testifying against argentina's president, expected her to accuse of covering up iran's involvement in the bombing of a jewish center in 1994. it was suggested he killed himself. >> his ex-wife gave this statement: >> i want to let you know that nisman did not have an accident. nisman did not commit suicide. nisman was killed and his death is an assassination of unknown proportion that is deserves answers and in my opinion on the part of the institutions of the republic. >> do you think she's going to get any of those kind of answers that she's looking for. >> hello lauren. if you want to take a quiz on the or jen tine public opinion most people think there will not be any concrete answers to this and that whoever may have pulled the trigger will get away with

it. that's what most people think. there is still no indication as to who could ever killed them. these forensic results are correct, there has also been suspicion that he did not commit suicide as such, as has been suggested, but there is enough conspiracy theories here for several hollywood thrillers but no hard evidence as to who pulled the trigger. his widow said that the forensic evidence, the team who she hired indicates that the prosecutor did not die instantly and that he had actually suffered before dying. pretty dramatic information coming at this hour. >> indeed. given all that, where does this go next? >> this is still an investigation underway. as you suggested, whether or not we get anywhere is the big question. there was really no doubt in

those people's minds that nisman did not commit suicide had really been very little evidence to suggest he wanted to kill himself. the real question is who did it. that's where we're not making any headway. >> ok, thank you very much indeed for that live update there. >> thank you. >> coming up on al jazeera: >> the u.s. ambassador to south korea is doing well despite being slashed by a korean nationalist. >> we look at the future of gaming for smart phones and tablets.

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>> he was a local emir, a commander of earn brigade. according to reports the u.s. led coalition was responsible for bombing this meeting.

we still cannot confirm that. the u.s. coalition has not confirmed that, but i can tell you that nusra has been attacked by the coalition in the past. we know this is a war against islamic state of iraq and the levant, but the u.s. has come out and said that they do target a certain cell operating within nusra. this is the first strike, if confirmed, on the khorasan group in weeks. it's just days after nusra has been on the offensive after other rebel groups. days ago nusra pushed an opposition group out of aleppo and this opposition group was seizing arms drop the u.s. like i mentioned in the past, the u.s. does not acknowledge that they target nusra. we have to remember, nusra is popular in syria. it has been fighting on the front lines against the regime.

they do acknowledge that they target an al-qaeda cell within that group known as khorasan. >> thank you for giving the details that have explosion in syria. thank you very much, indeed. >> to ukraine now where a day of mourning has been held after wednesday's deadly gas explosion in donetsk. 33 miners are now confirmed dead. we have this report: >> the rescue workers entered the mine once again hoping to find survivors. they emerged black-faced with only the dead. >> we sent upstairs four bodies, one was crushed. another one, we still can't find. the men are still searching. >> the grim toll, all 33 missing miners dead. >> everything is defolder, mangled and crushed trolley

the debris is quite spread out. it's a problem. >> the survivors entered day two of recovery, some of them hopefully. >> we have the best doctors in the world he says, they will put everyone back on their feet. that optimism belies the seriousness of their injuries. >> they suffered badly. when they arrived they were seriously wounded because the explosion was so deep underground. one had 100% burn, two had 70 to 80% and airways were all damaged. i've always admired their courage. every day they go into the mine, not sure if they'll come back. >> this is ukraine's biggest mine and because of high levels of methane gas it's deadliest. several accidents killed more than 300 miners. each time questions are asked about how safe it is, and afterward, hundreds of miners

return to the shaft. >> once again as rescue workers return the bodies of loft miners a the local government appointed a committee to investigate the explosion. donetsk, eastern crane. >> ukraine's military said one of its troops has been killed and another wounded in fight pro-russian separatists despite the ceasefire. >> in the u.s., republican and democratic leaders urge president obama to authorize military aid for ukraine quickly. >> an ukrainian diplomat kidnapped in lebanon 20 months ago has been freed. he was freed in an operation by iranian special forces. he was abducted in july 2014 by suspected al-nusra gunman. houthi rebels took power.

flights resumed between yemen and iran for the first time in many years. >> peace talks for sue dab will continue after a deadline passed without an agreement reached. negotiations were described as the last chance to end 14 months of civil war. le fature to agree means the u.n. could impose sanctions on leaders deemed to be obstructing peace. >> security forces in nigeria say suspected boko haram fighters killed 25 in borno state tuesday. this is as the president threaten to say kill the leader of boko haram if he doesn't give himself up. he said his hiding place is known and boko haram will be wiped out. he is believed to be in a nearby town until it was liberated by chadian forces last month. >> he ran away, but we know

where he is. it's in his interest to sundayer if not, he will have the same fate as his com pay com pay compatriots. we are going to win the battle and the war against boko haram. >> liberia has begun the countdown to being ebola free after the last patient was discharged from hospital, leaving the chinese run center after treated there for two weeks. liberia has gone a week without reporting any new cases the first time since may of last year. to be officially declared ebola free there must be no new cases for 42 consecutive days. >> north korea called a knife attack on a u.s. ambassador to south korea a deserved punishment. it's referring to its opposition to joint u.s. and south korean

military drills held annually. he was slashed across the face. questions are being raised what the u.s. is doing to protect its personnel. >> the u.s. ambassador to south korea had taken to life in seoul, going to the local market giving his son a korean name. after he was slashed at a public event, being rushed to the hospital was shocking. lib period's boss told reporters he was recovering. >> >> the attack on lippert is renewing questions about whether the u.s. is doing enough to protect its diplomats. in politically unstable countries, that can be difficult. after chris stevens was killed

in ban gas sky libya in 2012, there is agreement about how freely diplomats should move around. in libya and iraq, their free.com is limited. regardless of where he is, secretary of state john kerry travels with a full security team. >> it's a double edged soared. they need to get out and mix and mingle and attended events and do speeches, and trying to evaluate on a day to day basis by venue an event the level of security that's needed requires adequate resources to ensure that. >> lib period was slashed allegedly by this man a pro reunification activist. it's not the first time he has tried to harm a diplomat. in 2010, he was convicted of

throwing a concrete block at the japanese ambassador to south korea. it's not clear what charges he'll face this time. late thursday, the state department said the ambassador had undergone surgery and is it great spirits but it's not clear if he will return to work with the same gusto that he displayed his first few months on the job. al jazeera washington. >> in the u.s., the parents of a black teenager killed by a police officer in ferguson, missouri last year intend to file a civil lawsuit. michael brown was unarmed when shot by police officer darren wilson last august. killings sparked months of violent protest. the justice democratic said it will not be filing civil rights charges against wilson, who has now left the police force. >> we feel and felt from the very beginning that officer darren wilson did not have to shoot and kill michael brown in broad daylight in the manager that he did he had other

options available to him and he chose deadly force as his option. we machine to demonstrate in a court of law to reasonable-minded people that the choice to use deadly force was unreasonable and unnecessary. >> the plane carrying 125 passengers had skidded off the runway in new york during a snowstorm. the accident happened as the aircraft was trying to land at laguardia airport. new york's fire department said no one was injured. delta airlines said passengers used the inflatable slide to get off the plane. >> scientists believe that our ancestors existed earlier than originally thought. a jaw bone has been found which is 4,000 years older than the next oldest remains from which humans have descended. >> $55 billion a year, the computer game industry is big business.

traditionally, games have been played on specialized consoles. that's change, games on smart phones becoming increasingly popular. we have more on the future of gaming from barcelona. >> in the early days of computer gaming, you had to go to the arcades to play. soon, cob soles took over, bringing gaming into the home. the sale of these consoles, along with the games themselves have become a $55 billion a year industry. now that's changing. with gaming on smart phones becoming increasingly popular. >> games can go with you anywhere and be connected to any other mobile device. >> the games you download on to your hand set or tablet used to be an afterthought for the gaming industry but are becoming a maybe stay. this allows you to design your

car and race in a virtual world. you can order it for $20 with a 3-d printer into your home. mobile games are now reaching millions of users. they don't consider themselves gamers and this is as lucrative as the old console business. an lifts believe sales will top $30 billion with steady growth in the u.s. and europe much more explosive expansion in southeast asian markets and china. >> some games adapt well to certain countries and there's the mass hit such as angry birds. you get into specific genre based games that resonate well within areas but have problem adapting to the global scale. >> more than 4 billion people on devices by 2020, so will demand for entertainment on the

devices. these games will be even more popular and profitable. al jazeera the mobile word congress in barcelona. >> plenty more for you on our website at aljazeera.com and you can watch us by clicking on the watch live icon. very few people get up in evil. what evil can i do today? >> he wrote the epic novel, a song of fire and ice, the basis for the hbo series "game of thrones" now in its fourth season, george r.r. martin is working fotin issue the series. >> there are days i wonder if i bit off more than i could chew. did it have dotcoms? >> his characters are often consumed with power struggles making them blind to the greater threats to their kingdom did.