♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello there and welcome to the news hour i'm live from al jazeera headquarters in doha and coming your way in the next 60 minutes commander in al-nusra front killed in a syrian army attack. russian released from prison after serving a 15 day sentence for promoting a protest rally. the search must go on chinese family demand answers nearly 12 months after the disappearance

of flight mh 370. in a town just outside of madrid where the local neighbors have been giving the mainstream politicians a run for their money. ♪ a senior nusra front commander killed in a syrian government strike and abdul rahman al-qadhi was killed on thursday and he was a veteran al-qaeda leader who held the title of general military commander for al-nusra front and we have this report. >> reporter: this is an al-qaeda training camp in afghanistan 16 years ago and some of al-qaeda leaders are being trained. this man was among them abdul rahman al-qadhi a top commander called the al-nusra front and

abdul rahman al-qadhi was killed in an army attack on thursday. he reportedly worked with al-qaeda in the late 1990s and travels to iraq before the fall of baghdad in 2003 and he was arrested and handed over to syrian authorities who later released him and later returned to baghdad and became a military commander of al-qaeda and 2005 we went to lebanon and met the top command from afghanistan to syria, that is where he joined the ranks of al-nusra front in 2012. >> senior military commander for al-nusra and this is going to be an important blow. >> reporter: over the years al-nusra front took positions from the syrian army and were challenged by more modern syrian rebels and later by the islamic state of iraq and levante. in fighting helped the syrian government tack back control and target leadership of all rebel

groups fighting against it and a divided international community has not helped them seeking regime change. >> the regime has gotten stronger in the left several months and it seems to have picked up speed since the united states began to bomb i.s.i.s. and nusra as well. it has taken some of the pressure off. iran has stepped in a big way and hezbollah committed itself more than it had before it's quite clear that the regime with full iranian backing is confident and this is just one more demonstration that it's going to assert itself and the allies the united states this command of the united states saudi arabia turk -- turkey are in complete chaos. >> reporter: the u.s. led coalition continues to target the group and syria conflict gets more complicated everyday i'm with al jazeera.

live for us in beirut so abdul rahman al-qadhi and several commanders killed what does this mean for al-nusra's fight in syria? >> well it is one of the most powerful players on the ground. in fact, it is the most powerful rival of the syrian government. these are senior commanders. this is definitely a blow to the organization but the timing of the attack is what is important. the organization has been asked, and this is what we understand asked by many channels including international channels to shift course, to disassociate itself from al-qaeda we have to remember the al-nusra is al-qaeda branch and want the group to cut links with al-qaeda become a purely syrian force, that means the group will be armed, it to be provided with finance and what we understand is that there are divisions within al-nusra's leadership and the men who were killed

yesterday including abdul rahman al-qadhi are believed to be the hard liners and those not interested in cutting relationship and we have to remember that shami has a long history with the organization like you mentioned fighting in afghanistan and iraq. >> reporter: the leader of al-nusra front is one who is open to the split, does this mean that it now could be more likely? >> we still do not have confirmation that galina is open to the split but we have to remember something al-nusra front what it has been up to as late and last week it declared war against the syrian backed rebel movement and brigade and that brigade was forced to disband and receiving weapons from the united states this brigade was chosen for its training program, that was a clear message from al-use --

al-nusra to the united states and we are the force on the ground and at the end of the day they try to create partners on the ground which it doesn't have and no more so called moderate rebels and they are weak. this is a game changer but we will have to wait to see how it plays out on the ground and on diplomatic levels. >> thank you so much in beirut there. israeli police say palestinian car driver has been shot and injured after his vehicle plowed in pedestrians and four of five hurt were israeli border policewomen, the incident happened outside of a police station on border that divides east and west jerusalem. libya parliament in tabrook says air strikes will stop and meeting in morocco to end the crisis and they fight for control of libya's oil fields and we have more. >> reporter: they are walking to the meeting hall but libya's

feuding factions are not ready to sit together to talk about a way out of the conflict. this is the go between, united nations representative leon is meeting here with members of the tripoli-based government recognized as legitimate by the country's institutional court. >> translator: we came here because there is a crisis in libya, the others don't want to talk to us they want chaos to continue, they continue to bomb our cities but we want this round of talks to succeed. >> reporter: the u.n. envoy moves to another room to talk with members of the internationally recognized government of tobruk. libya has two governments and two armies. they have been fighting each other for control.

>> translator: the fact that we are here means we are building trust which has not been the case in the past. all the time they want to solve the problem, implement ceasefire and national unity government and appoint a new prime minister. >> reporter: rival factions in the past brushed aside cause for dialog each laying its claim as the legitimate authority of libya. >> so far i can tell you that there is a sense of if not optimism at least a sense that it is possible to make a deal and this is something very important because in the last month this was not the case. >> reporter: for years violence in the country has claimed the lives of thousands of people and forced many others to flee for safety. it has also played into the hands of groups claiming allegiance to the islamic state of iraq and levante with

problems it could destabilize the region. >> reporter: two parties are not actually speaking face-to-face but there are talks going on what is the latest on those? >> basically today could be the most significant in the talks held here in the morocco capitol and the questions of both parties will be are you ready for a unity government? the biggest obstacle now the international community has to overcome is trust deficit and bring in the internationally recognized community of tobruk and tripoli to sit together to tackle this issue, and stick that to the point of the sole legitimacy in libya and the other side is rogue and trying to undermine peace and stability. if they can come to some sort of consensus today they will be able to talk about a national

unity government we know from our sources they have been floating some names about who is likely to become prime minister but at this particular stage this could be a long way to go until they decide whether or not they want to have a national unity government agreed upon here here. >> reporter: there does seem to be an air of optimism libya is talking about it in very optimistic terms and tobruk agreed to sus spenldz-- suspend air strikes as talks are going on this is a positive sign isn't it? >> a step forward by all the party, by the government in tripoli and tobruk government and also by the u.n. and we have been talking to both parties and basically they said in the past we met in different locations but we were never near clinching

a deal. this time what is different is that we are committed to come up with a roadmap for the future of libya and that is if we have to stay for long days here in morocco to come up with agreement we are going to do so. the international community made it clear to the tripoli delegation and other delegation they are not in favor of any party and they will push for political settlement and parties have to forget there is not going to be military intervention in libya to help that party or the other. they have to agree and if they don't agree they will still be asked to come back again and agree. so there is some sense of optimism prevailing now in the capitol. >> reporter: good to hear thank you very much indeed for that in morocco there. in southern yemen president hadi put local malitia in charge and

known as the popular committees and responsible for security at his palace and correspondent mohamed has been to meet some of their field commanders. >> reporter: these are the men in charge of law an order in southern yemen. the popular committee malitia patrolling the city for months. but now they have replaced all regular security personnel. >> translator: i think the popular committees have become a key factor of security and stblt and were able to defeat terrorists more efficiently than entire countries and governments. >> reporter: on president hadi orders they got the presidential compounds, airport and all public institutions. >> translator: we we come committees among us because they are useful. we had a lot of weaknesses and they helped tremendously especially matters of crime and illegal weapons. >> reporter: popular committees

started in 2012 by haidi to fight al-qaeda and shown efficiency and made some success and that is why president haidi relies on them now for his own protection and keep security in the city of aiden. >> translator: we saw the illusion and aggression that took place in sanaa and libya and northern provinces and we cannot let the same thing happen in aiden. >> reporter: regarding security in the north the commanders appear divided and some are open to the idea of an anti-houthi offensive. >> translator: we limit ourselves to the south and welcome president haidi but not ready to go to the north to fight the houthis. >> reporter: some say it isn't their fight. >> translator: we will mobilize our forces forward when we have a fascia and military order and agreement between all tribes and provinces. >> reporter: right now there is no plan to make a military move on the houthis in sanaa and

people here say they are concerned the presence of political players from the capitol may turn the south into a playground for instability, al-qaeda still operates here and only the committees are here to protect the south, mohamed with al jazeera, aiden. more to come here on the al jazeera news here including students in myanmar take aim at the government and we will tell you why they are so angry. the death of an argentina prosecutor puts pressure on president kirchner saying he was murdered. in sport a week after being cut at the honda classic mcilroy struggles with the blue monster course in florida and richard will have all the details. ♪

russian elect has been released from prison after spending 15 days in custody and arrested for promoting an allegedly he was due to speak and arrested on the eve of the protest and accused the kremlin of ordering the killing. >> translator: i know you will have lots of questions regarding the events and i expressed my opinion on this and will not add for now but i would say our activity will not change in any way and will not list our efforts and not change anything and in sense the act of terror that took place will not achieve the means and i'm sure it will not frighten anyone and it doesn't frighten me and has not frightened comrades. >> reporter: we are live from moscow and putin thought you have been behind bars for keeping quiet he has another thing coming and has been very out spoken about his death.

>> reporter: yes, his position is that nimsof was killed which government intelligence or a pro-government organization on the specific orders of the kremlin itself leadership of the country itself saying vladimir putin's name specifically. he thinks that various groups are being created like a group that was made at the beginning of the vehicle for this kind of purpose specifically. so he is very dismissive of the idea that nimsov died of a kind of general atmosphere of hatred in the country and says it's nonsense and this is a specific order. >> taken quite a battering recently what is next for them? >> well i think clearly people like novalni will be worried

about their own safety and you can argue that novalni is a much higher opposition figure than nimsov and it was the memorial for nimsov last weekend, another opposition figure was warned she has to consider there is a possibility that she might be next. but the opposition are continuing with what they are trying to do and what they have been doing so the reports that nimsov was working on into the russian government, the russian military's involvement in ukraine, the opposition saying that will still be published, we don't know when but probably sometime soon and the march that was going to take place last within as an opposition march which became the memorial march for nimsov that opposition march is now going to happen in april but if the opposition are going

to make any kind of headway they are go to have to overcome the kind of prevailing atmosphere in russia at the moment which is a very very strong public mood of conservative nationalism it's going to be hard. >> rory in moscow thanks indeed for that. opposition leader has been shot dead in turkey. and was killed by an assailant from istanbul and he was one of the hard line president's most outspoken critics. police in south korea investigating possible links between a knife attack on u.s. ambassador and alleged asilents visit to north korea and lippert needed 80 stitches after his face was slashed on a forum talking about korean unification on thursday. he has broken in a high security

prison and murdered a rape suspect. the mob dragged the 35-year-old from the prison paraded him naked and beat him to death and accused of raping a 20-year-old naga woman last month. student leaders in myanmar accusing government leaders from curbing academic freedom, peaceful for two months has now turned violent and we have more. >> reporter: student protesters said this was a heavy-handed crack down on a peaceful protest and police say they came under attack after they told demonstrators to disburse. >> translator: security in plain clothes were doing this to a girl and what are they trying to show does this brutality belong in this day and age? >> reporter: demonstrators are angry at the government for pushing an education bill they feel would stifle academic freedom and calling for changes to the school system and the

right to form unions and demonstrations gone on for months here, authorities say it's the first time they have taken action despite the fact activists did not get the proper permissions and student activists want to march to myanmar's city. >> translator: we are protesting because we want reform of the education system which has been neglected for something like 60 years by the government. we have written letters to the parliament, we had a lot of meetings and submitted a lot of demands but we have to have this march. >> reporter: they are calling themselves the 88 generation named after student protest in 88 for a prodemocracy movement and military suppressed the protest and intensified the crack down on activists and writers but a lot has changed in what was then known as burkesmburma. >> translator: the government is still watching us and no

decision has come from them yet, i think they want to cut us off and stop other students from joining us and trying to separate us from outside communication. >> reporter: after arrest and skirmishes say they will continue until their demands are met, al jazeera. airliner slid off the runway and hit a fence after landing in snow in new york all 132 passengers and crew escaped the delta airlines jet without serious injury at laguardia airport. sunday is the first anniversary of one of the world's biggest aviation mystery, what happened to flight 370 and its 239 passengers and crew? many on board were chinese and families refusing to accept what they have been told about the jet disappearance and adrian brown reports. >> reporter: one year on they still demand answers. families of the missing trying

to marsh on malaysia embassy, as always their way is blocked. police regard them as troublemakers and keep them under surveillance. >> translator: what you are doing is illegal he shouts. >> reporter: the law only allows them to have one child. >> translator: looking for help from the government but the government hasn't done anything our demands have not been answered. >> reporter: such displays of emotion are frowned upon by the authorities which is why the families are scornful of the government as they are of malaysia airlines and 12 months ago surrounded by the media he came to beijing hoping to find news of his brother and wanted the truth then he wants it now. >> translator: the government isn't working on seeking the truth but instead is pressuring us to take compensation this

leaves our hearts cold. >> reporter: the older brother devoted to his family, his home is adorned with happy memories and his son was 21 months old when mh 370 vanished. they had been working as a construction worker in singapore, with the money he saved he hoped to one day train to be a dentist to serve his community here in the province. his family still believe he willful fill that dream because in their words he is coming back back. >> translator: yes, from the bottom of my heart, i always feel like nothing ever happened to him and one day he will come back. every time i talk about this with my son he always says daddy will come back. >> reporter: the lack of my credible information has led the family to entertain any number of theories about what happened to the plane. for now they think it was

hijacked. some have taken their protest to the doorstep of malaysia headquarters in quala-lampor and are refusing compensation offer and to do so would be to acknowledge their loved ones are never coming back. and one year on that is still something that leeling can't quite believe, adrian brown in china. family of an argentina prosecutor says independent forensic tests show he was murdered. and he was found dead in january hours before he was due to testify in congress against president kristina kirchner and autopsy pointed to suicide and we have more. >> reporter: results from an independent forensic team seemed to confirm what almost everyone in argentina already suspected, prosecutor nisman did not die by

his hand. >> translator: i want to let you know nisman did not have an accidents and did not commit suicide, he was killed and death is an assassination of unknown proportions that deserves answers and in my opinion on the part of the institutions of the republic. >> reporter: found dead in his apartment from a gunshot wound to his head and state forensic studies found no gun powder on his hands and refused to rule out suicide and he died the night before a report to congress saying kirchner conspired to cover up iran alleged involvement in the 1994 bombing of a jewish cultural center and the wife who hired the independent forensic team says the results also indicate the prosecutor did not die instantly and may have suffered. his death continues to cast doubts on the president who denies any involvement and suggests nisman was murdered by rogue members of argentina

service who wanted to implicate her and nisman did not commit suicide there is no hard evidence pointing the finger at who may have pulled the trigger, al jazeera. salvage operations underway in northern argentina after the worst flooding in 50 years. weeks of heavy rain destroyed hundreds of foams across four provinces and forced thousands of residents to seek safety exact number of people evacuated unknown and some areas cutoff by the flooding. the flooding happened in argentina and we will get the weather with rob because there is a prospect of that in europe. >> it has just been reported in croatia because the middle mediterranean is churning itself up, for the last 24 hours or so and this is the cloud to look

at, this is most of the weather in europe and circulating as you can see and throwing itself against the high ground and croatia and it has caused flooding and the strength of the wind that comes out of it you would not necessarily think you get this strength of wind and this is split and the camera is shaking and winds picked up and waves are getting bigger but have been significant damage as well, not just here on the coast but across in italy too where big trees have been brought down, this is a seasonal wind called a bora and you get a spinning low against rising pressure in the rest of europe and there through the day from italy and drifting slowly southward afterwards so it is still stormy and a combination of the wind the rain and the snow around this low. and running it forward from the current forecast for 24 hours you will notice although it drifts south this is still an area full of rain and snow the

rest of europe is doing quite nicely and more to come and more stories of flooding and big snows, julie. >> reporter: thanks for that hundreds of skiers rescued in the italy after getting stranded on a cable car lift and this was in the resort on thursday after high winds blew a huge tree on the cable and at risk of snapping rescuers went down from helicopters and managed to get everyone to safety without any serious injuries. still to come here on the news hour fears in south africa power cuts could effect the wider economy plus back to school in the town where 300 school girls were kidnapped from nigeria boko haram last year. find out if dallas got

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♪ welcome back let's get the headlines on al jazeera, a senior commander of the al-qaeda al-nusra group has been killed in syria abu hamman al-shami died on an air strike in the city on thursday. israeli police say a palestinian man shot and injured after he plowed his car in pedestrians in occupied east jerusalem and people people have been injured. the russian has been released from prison after spending 15 days in custody, and was

arrested for promoting a protest rally after the murder of opposition leader borris and we will get more on our top story, a closer look at the al-nusra front and objective, al-qaeda branch in syria taking on the name in 2012 as part of the uprising against the assad regime and the group has been fighting other groups including islamic state of iraq and levante and looking at cutting ties with al-qaeda to be a pur entity and rebranding the group would have more funding and it's listed as a terrorist group by the u.s. omar is a senior lecture and security studies and politics at the university and joins us now and good to have you with us. we have been hearing reports, haven't we intelligence officials from the gulf states have been meeting with al-nusra

front leader to try and persuade him to abandon al-qaeda, is this something that al-nusra front is actively considering? >> it's very hard to actually determine why was such a high-level meeting held in italy by the top leaders and the second tier as well. possibly to be considering something like that but we are not sure and it puts or conflict and very hard to get to exactly why they were there. especially that the large organization fighting against the regime had its top leaders killed in a similar event in a meeting as well in italy and the village not so far from where the attack happened on al-nusra and loss a significant percentage of top leadership including the head of the organization. so al-nusra is doing a similar

meeting and gets that kind of the top leader was not killed of mohamed but some reports of him being injured but the top military commander. >> abu hamman al-shami and told abu hamman al-shami was opposed to the al-nusra front abandoning ties with al-qaeda so is there is split in al-nusra about whether or not to stay affiliated with al-qaeda? >> again, it's very hard to determine at the moment. there are conflicting reports that the faction existed when is declared that it is i.s.i.s. islamic state of iraq and shim about one-third to half of the al-nusra front commanders' headquarters, many recruits are joined by i.s.i.s. so there was a major split back then but

then things consolidated a bit around the leadership around iran leadership especially in the south and they more of less stopped expansion of i.s.i.s. into the northwest of syria and the south of syria. so you know the factionism could happen on whether they could cut ties with al-qaeda and he was very close to al-qaeda and generation of bin laden, a generation trained by suri despite his issues with al-qaeda, 17 years, two of them afghanistan and after that in iraq and after that in lebanon and syria. so quite intertwined with that but again it's very musky. >> the leader of al-nusra front

galani is thinking if i do ditch al-qaeda we could get more resources and get more funding from countries like qatar which made it clear this may be a possible option and they could always do with more funding. >> actually it's not just qatar but the u.n. enjoy have signalled something like that about the inclusion of the al-nusra front in the dialog of forces. so they can get international, some kinds of legitimacy including the name out of the u.n. list and international list. >> so you think the western of al-nusra would change if they dropped their links to al-qaeda? >> it's not that straightforward, it's always more complex and we have groups that dropped affiliation with al-qaeda since the 90s and still on terror lists but so it doesn't work that way. however, if you have significant

military presence on the ground then you need to be included one way or another and depends on the resources on the ground. >> interesting stuff omar and thank you for that omar with us. >> thank you. a barrel bomb attack in syria has killed at least 20 people and injured dozens more. activists in the city of aleppo say government helicopters attacked rebel held area on friday and special envoy failed to get sides to stop fighting in aleppo as our editor james base reports. >> reporter: for months the u.n. has been calling for a freeze in aleppo but it is clear the opposite has been happening. when special envoy stephan-de-mistura addressed the group said he had an agreement to stop aerial bombardment and gave the security council a

clear timeline but now with a think tank in london with plans stalled he says violence has been increasing. >> that is the tragic effect and i'm afraid you are right and we have seen this around aleppo. >> reporter: he seemed to hint his choice of aleppo for the freeze may have been wrong. >> aleppo perhaps was not right but for the reasons i said there is a moment where you also have to stimulate, recognize, push in a certain direction and therefore perhaps making it right. >> reporter: so if his plan is failing what else is there? the prime minister of turkey whose border is less than 100 kilometers from aleppo has been discussing the secretary with the u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon. if his plan is failing what is plan b? >> he didn't have a plan a until now, forget plan b.

we had some proposals but u.n. security council didn't have an issue regarding syrian crisis didn't have a clear response and reaction to war crimes committed by the regime when regime used chemical weapons against civilians. >> reporter: u.n. headquarters has increasing concern about the prospects for mr. de-mistura's plan and currently the president of the security council says he is skeptical of chances of success and again there is talk about a top down rather than his bottom up approach one very senior u.n. official told me this time it needs to be different though all regional players including iran need to be invited to the table, james base al jazeera, u.n. fighters from the islamic state of iraq and the levante have destroyed one over iraq's

most important argue -- site and it was used during the assault and the destruction of iraq heritage follows release of i.s.i.l. video last week showing artifacts in mosul museum being smashed by fighters. in south africa there are fears that power cuts could threaten the economy. the state electricity company has been struggling to provide a steady supply and has erica wood reports from joe -- johannesburg are concerned about business. >> reporter: it's old and cannot cope with demand and new ones are being built but it will be sometime before they are online, the state owned energy company has warned people and industry they will have to endure regular power outages. >> and we have given them our word we are working on restoring

these probability of the power system but it's going to be a long and painful process i'm afraid. >> reporter: south africa chamber of commerce says interruption for supply is not good for foreign investments. >> we are concerned about the impact this could have on international investment if you are going to invest you need a secure supply of energy and needs to be at a reasonable cost and that certainly might be a tipping source for a decision not to invest. >>. that reasonable cost is set to rise in april but this justifies saying it still has some of the world's cheapest energy but for owners of south africa energy hungry industries like mines and factories that cheap power is only useful if it's switched on. and it has given big business fair warning and asked them to cut down on electricity needs or even generate their own. companies like bmw have taken

his advice over the past five years it cut energy consumption by 28% at its local manufacturing plant. and a company that turns coal into oil has done even more. >> we have installed enough equipment for 70% of power requirements in the form of various equipment from steam stations to gas turbines to gas supplied power plants. >> reporter: but asking an industry to provide its own electricity is potentially damaging to south africa's reputation as one of africa's most stable and economically advanced. >> they know of our patent and working together with them to find a solution to this issue. >> reporter: it's kind of a bit late though isn't it? >> it's a bit late i acknowledge that. >> reporter: 1.5% last year and lagging well behind other countries on the continent and too early to tell whether this will have a massive impact on

international investment and a country that suffers labor strike a power shortage could make companies think twice about coming here erica woods johannesburg south africa. we are joined by a political analyst focusing on african government and development. that report there focusing on problems for investors because of power shortages but the blackouts going on for years now effects the poor in south africa more than anyone because they cannot afford to buy generators. >> absolutely and effect house and small business entrepreneurs and anybody who is really trying to lift themselves out of poverty because they effect transport networks and effect communication networks and of course also send up the prices of things like fuel or things like food and basic goods.

when we have widespread so called load shedding here and that impacts on the quality of life of the poorest of the poor in our society. >> so why hasn't this issue been resolved yet? >> because of a blatent lack of attention to the need for better power generation and improved power generation and the maintenance of existing power generation capacity and this dates back as far as the late 1990s. in fact, in the decade between 1997 and about 2007 there was a survey done by one of the non-government affiliated unions which showed that south africa was actually decreasing supply to sectors such as mining, and industry but that of course there was an increased supply to those households that had previously not had electricity under apartheid and joining the power grid and interestingly south africa was also increasing its state of electricity outside

of its borders and we provide electricity on firm contracts to countries and in the neighborhood and provide electricity on so called non-firm contracts to our neighbors in zambia and zimbabwe way and south africa says we have to deal with all this load shedding why are we selling off our capacity. >> extraordinary and in the long time south african government said we are refurbishing these and it will take a long time and in the meantime energy prices are due to rise aren't they? >> absolutely, 13% is a huge increase in energy prices for the average south african, let alone for the business person or the small business owner or the entrepreneur. so it is going to have a huge domino effect on economy. in fact, international analysts

such as the hsbc downgrade their growth forecast in january of this year and the south african reserve bank has done so twice this year last month from 2.4% down to 2.2 and this month in the budget speech last week down to 2% and it also brought the economic forecast for next year down as well which tells you a lot about what the actual growth rate is then likely to be in this country. >> thanks for that in johanesburg, nigeria president says the troops are narrowing down the areas controlled by boko haram and goodluck jonathan said the army is closer to finding the school girls abduct abducted and taken by the fighters in november and schools are being rebuilt. >> reporter: on a mission to secure schools a nigerian delegation traveling to tobuk is

cleared of boko haram fighters and trying to come to terms with the abduction of school girls last year and this is how, a product supported by britain, the united states, qatar and others, the idea is simple go into areas that have been freed from boko haram control and build new, safe schools. it's a new part of the strategy against the group with a name that basically means western education is sinful and all the places like this have new schools, students from places where boko haram is still in control are being relegated so they can attend class too. more than 2400 so far. >> laying new foundations soon to rebuild the school. the school project is finding ways to strengthen the school surroundings for our children particularly the national initiative was set in borno and

we are looking at software and hardware. >> reporter: bolsted by successes of boko haram the nigeria military is confident that schools like this will reopen soon. >> we are taking the liberty of new equipment one of which is what you are seeing right behind me there and have not found it for boko haram and before that it was a defensive operation and now we are under offensive. >> reporter: government says the save school projects will guaranty students in places with violence and after 276 students taken by boko haram from the school 219 of them are yet to come home something this community has not forgotten. the kidnapping on april 14 last year still hangs over tobok and say the government priority should be the return of their missing daughters and their daughter is still held by boko

haram. our pain is evident today. >> translator: i really don't know what to say and i don't know what is happening to her, she was taken when she was recouping from a surgical operation and want her back safe and the idea of rebuilding the school is okay but i just want my baby back. >> reporter: i'm with al jazeera, tobuk northeast nigeria. spain's local politician is at an all-time low after a series of corruption scandals, close to 2000 currently under investigation and one neighborhood group is trying to restore confidence in the system by changing the way towns are run. from just outside the capitol madrid sonya reports. >> reporter: it may be a sleepy commuter town outside of madrid but in its own small way it has been quietly are here and has

taken grass roots politics to another level, four years ago a group of residentss fed up with the incumbent council decided to take matters in their hands and formed a local party and priorities were to make local politics accountable and get rid of the town's debt and they won beating the popular parties 24 year hold here and once in power they made repairs and reduced their wages, trimmed down expenses and got rid of their debt, all this while most of them still held on to their own day jobs. >> we don't have an ideology and don't have a political motive it's our only management okay. we just think that we have to manage the city as if we are home. the same thing you do you first do repair the pipes before buying a new t.v. sets. >> reporter: it's an extraordinary feet at a time when spain is bitterly divided

between left and right wing politics there is an alternative built on finding a pragmatic solution, the neighbors of this town have managed to ruffle the feathers of the mainstream political parties but it had newcomers on the scene taking note. spain has a huge problem with trust in its elected officials and the latest national pole says 96% of people have no faith in politicians, unemployment and corruption are the top of the list of worries and 800 cases of corruption uncovered since 2000 and politics played a hefty part and 676 local councils misusing public funds and worse offenders are valencia and two others and goes across political parties. more and more voters are looking for ways to ring in the changes this election year. what the neighbors has shown it

can be possible even without the support of mainstream political parties, i'm with al jazeera. still to come on the program, we will have all the sport including a blow for his bid for a fifth term as president, all the details coming up. ♪

♪ welcome back and let's get the sport here with richard. >> thanks a lot and we will start with the latest from the cricket world cup and india taking on the west indies in

poll b and chose to bat and probably regretting that decision now after out for 182, mohamed shami taking three wick ets and india wants to make four wins after four and started their response and now they are 11 for 0 loss. for the first time in nearly three years all 50 of the world's top golfers competing at the same event and j.b. holmes that leads after the first day at wgc championship in dorall and to the famous blue monster course in florida by getting a ten under par, 62 to take a 4 shot lead. world number one mcilroy is off the pace and 11 strokes behind with 1 over 73 and comes a week after he was cut from the honda classic. english futbol association wants fans to report sex at games

after to resent incidents involving chess -- chelsea and so far this seize 25 incidents of sexist abuse reported to antidiscrimination group kick it out and women in futbol and last season just two incidents were reported. fifa presidential candidate michael says he is hopeful he will receive backing from south america after the confederation failed to endorse the current president for a fifth term and the annual congress in par paraguay and the prince of jordan and former captain attended the congress. >> the only federations i have been talking to was idea and the ball fed races and very much interested in futbol issues and

of course transparency and change is what the feeling i got that they want change. i have a good feeling about the meetings yesterday and that is all that i can say and of course they did not disclose what they are going to do and i can understand that because there are 2 1/2 months to go and they have to come together and makeup their minds. >> reporter: beat at home for the first time in two years. it happened in their semi final first leg and mohamed scored twice in the 2-1 victory. and the last home defeat was 47 matches ago against mumick in the champion league in april 2013, the second leg takes place on april the 8th. the new major league soccer season kicks off on friday and defending champions will take on chicago fire after the league avoided a player strike with a

new collective bargaining agreement on wednesday and includes the introduction of a former free agency allowing players to represent themselves as well as a rise in the minimum wage. >> i know nothing about it for the most part. it's none of my business to be honest with you, whatever they agreed to they agreed to and if everyone is happy on that end i'm good with it. >> reporter: nba news in the eastern conference chicago bulls beat the oklahoma thunder 108-105 despite 43 points from westbrook and portland the trailblazers hammered the mav -- mavericks and started with double double and 12 rebounds 94-75 was the final score and portland's fifth straight win. staying in the usa and nhl reigning champions for the stanley cup winners la kings

beat the canadians 4-3 and better night for another canadian team the flames and beat the boston bruins and 3-2 in the final but ericson from boston to send the game into over time a shoot out was eventually needed and got the winning goal final score 4-3 to the flames. now the bid for the 2022 winter olympics announced a series of changes which they say will save $500 million. the international olympic committee urged bidding cities to be financially efficient and the change sell nation of two planned venues and getting rid of other events and beijing is the only other bidder. that is all for now and back to you julie. >> thanks for that and that is it from this news hour more news coming up, but for me and all the team here good-bye for

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>> a leading commander in the al nusra front is killed in a syrian army attack on idlib. hello, i'm martine dennis live from doha. also coming up in the next half hour - peace talks begin. not with each other. libya's feuding factions refuse to meet face to face. a russian dissident is released from prison after serving a 15-day sentence for promoting a protest rally. >> hanging by a thread a dramatic helic