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>> we don't know if there's a connection between the attacks but it has september shock waves through the capitol which has

really been sheltered from the violence we've seen in the north so far. we have seen more attacks going from improvised devices to this attack which was carried out with r.p.g.s they managed to get one on to the pace, killing one u.n. official and peacekeepers, as well. not focusing on the region, really a fighting batting against boko haram and in particular also on the libyan border with algeria which is strategically important. the focus has really always been on these al-qaeda connected groups. they haven't claimed responsibility for this particular attack but have on previous attacks on the united

nations. there are so many ethnic groups here militias here fighting for various causes and beliefs. >> so there's a plethora of different rebel groups linked up who want a separate state in the north. who, then, did the government sign the peace deal with just days ago and who was left out perhaps more crucially. >> six groups signed the peace agreement in algiers but the alliance you were just talking about there who want autonomy and independence have gone back to their grassroots to ask if they want to sign up for this deal or not but it doesn't include autonomy, only include governors that are a bit more independent of the economy and investment, which is going to be difficult for them to convince the people that they should sign up to this agreement.

we need to look to the rebellion and try to understand the root causes, the rebellion of 1963, which is important. while we have them not signing the peace deal, you have al-qaeda linked groups and smuggling in the north extremely lucrative for the armed groups and the french which seem to have lost interest in the region and the u.n., who don't have enough personnel. it is going to be difficult to bring peace to this area of mali. >> three suicide bombers killed more than 50 people in a series of coordinated attacks across the northeastern city. >> another bloody day in

northern nigeria opinion these are victims of the latest attacks by suspected boko haram fighters. medical workers struggle to save those they can a scene that has now become a routine in the north. dozens have been killed in three coordinated attacks to this city home to more than three mill displaced by the boko haram violence. >> the dead are in the morgue, the injured being treated. it was the work of male and female bombers. it is possible, but i can't confirm it now. >> the leader of boko haram pledged loyalty to isil hours after the attack. boko haram hinted at joining forces before, butle timing is important. the group has recently lost ground in the northeast of the country, and some see this pledge of allegiance as a desperate attempt to draw isil into its operations.

>> the military slowed boko haram with forces from niger cameroon and chad and forced the fighters from their bases taking back many towns r. towns and villages, but face resistance from boko haram. now the group has stepped up attacks on soft markets like markets and bus stations, causing concern among nigerians who have witnessed such attacks before. al jazeera. nigeria. >> boko haram has wage add six year war to try to carve out an islamic state in the northeastern part of nigeria. many victims have been children. 42 students were killed when boko haram stormed dormitories in a gun and bomb attack on a government bordering school in a village. in february last year, gunman

killed 40 students after throwing explosives into a dormitory. the group's most high pro feel attacks came in 2014, kidnapping 276 girls from a town in borno state. almost a year later, more than 200 girls are still missing. let's go live to birmingham in the united kingdom and speak to a specialist in boko haram. thank you for talking to us here at al jazeera. what practical difference will it make, fact that boko haram has opened this sworn allegiance to isil? >> it is not the first time boko haram has been associated with international terrorist groups like al-qaeda al shabab and even now isil. if you remember, in august last

year leader of northeastern nigeria pledged support for isil. it's confirmed there has been connect, there have been attacks between his group and isil, so it means now, there's going to be more fund to go them especially if the leader of isil accepts this allegiance paid to him and also there could be more technical support in terms of making bombs and especially now that boko haram happens to be between forces from continents in that had and the nigeria although torts. it is a difficult period for boko haram. they are trying to get out of that difficult situation and that probably in forms the need for them now to pay allegiance

directly to isil. >> from the government point of of view, its newly revived campaign against boko haram in the north is succeeding. >> in a way, it is succeed. it is actually dealing with boko haram in terms of their military ability and ability to carry out military attacks on nigerian forces and communities but does not mean the end of boko haram. it means they will go underground and hit soft markets and other places. it will continue for as long as they can get the support to do that. of course, the capacity to inflict organized attack would have been significantly reduced. >> indeed. we've what, two and a half weeks away from elections to be held in nigeria. how does the safety scenario look, how safe will it be for

people particularly in the northeast of the country to go and vote, assuming they've got their bio metric voting cards? >> there is going to be a threat. boko haram will try to force them into not coming out. the society in the northeast are determined to go out and change their situation. they believe what is happening to them today directly has to do with the failure of the nigerian government and the nigerian military to stop boko haram long ago, and dealing with the problem, people will see through the whole thing and will see the results on coming out to vote, cast their vote. what boko haram is doing now people will go out and vote, but boko haram will continue to try to see that does not happen. >> ok. thank you very much, indeed. >> now yemen's defense minister has arrived in the southern city of aden after escaping house

arrest in sanna. five of adou rabbo mansour hadi's cabinet had been put under house arrest. >> egypt the trial of two al jazeera journalists has been adjourned after that prosecution witnesses failed to show up for a second time. the trial will resume on marsh 19. mohamed fahmy and baher mohammed made their appearance in cairo. in february, mohamed fahmy who's given up his egyptian sitten send ship and baher mohammed were released after being held for more than a year. they spoke of their frustration with the process. >> we come here and respect the

courts, but it's very unusual that the witnesses don't come twice in a row and it's -- i see it as an insult to the judiciary here. it's really in legal limbo and we're caught in it. >> it's taking too much time, too much time, it's hard to get anything nowadays, because they don't have any proof. i'm working on it, but it's taking too much time. >> one person has been killed and six injured by a bomb in the egyptian city of alexandria outside a supermarket in the eastern district. the first comprehensive report into the disappearance of malaysian flight mh extent resealed that theunder water beacon battery had expired. it's a year since the passenger jet went missing. the plane's fate has become one of the biggest mysteries in aviation history. initially, the search area included 600,000 square

kilometers in the southern indian ocean narrowed down to 60,000 square kilometers and here off the coast of perth in australia. last september sonar devices searched below the sea along that arc. the search is expected to continue over the next few months. we have more now. >> on the first anniversary of the missing flight m.h.370, we are expect more vigils. we've seen a number of them in the week leading up to sunday, and they have been well attended. on sunday, the interim technical report was released by the ministry of transport, and that report was very much an information document to explain to the families, as well as interested parties in the international community where the investigation sits at this very moment in time.

who's involved in the investigation and where the search is going what equipment is involved, the state of that m.h.370 plane and all the technical data around it, people will be analyze that go data for sometime to come. as far as the government is concerned, they show remorse with and three with the families and the p.m. the prime minister says that as far as he's concerned, and the government is concerned the search will continue until the end of may when they will reevaluate the search parameters if the plane has not been found. >> as families of the passengers and crew wait for answers malaysian said it remains committed to the search. andrew thomas takes a look back. >> the flight 370 lost contact with air traffic control. >> the announcement began perhaps the greatest aviation

mystery of all time. a search along the intended flight route found nothing then came the twist. m.h.370 had stopped transmitting location information but had been seen by military radar off route west back across the peninsula. but then where? the best clues was seven pings picked up by a satellite suggesting mh370 traveled along an arc south. >> according to this new data, flight mh370 ended in the southern indian ocean. >> despite dozens of flights by search planes flown from the australian city of perth no debris was found. ships were sent first to listen for a black box signal, then map the sea bed now to explore it, with three of these dragged

behind ships their sonar can detect objects of a square meter. >> the boats are what we call mowing the lawn and they're doing long parallel lines. that takes us seven days, which is roundabout 1200 kilometers and we go up on a parallel line back to the north again. >> so far just over 40% of the priority area of 60,000 square kilometers has been searched with nothing found. those leading the hunt have hope. >> we are quite confident but not certain that the aircraft is in this high priority area we're searching and know that if it is there as it very likely is, we will find it. >> if they do, a whole new challenge begins. >> finding the missing plane would be the end of the search but only mark the beginning of the recovery. that is where this comes in.

>> underwater robots will go down to investigate wreckage and look for the plane's black box with that, perhaps the mh370 mystery can be involved. andrew thomas, al jazeera perth. >> we've got more to come here on the al jazeera news hour, including another protest in the united states after police shoot another black teenager. >> how isil is trying to erase iraq's cultural heritage in this ancient city. >> a shock defeat for real madrid in spain. a full football roundup coming up in a little while with jane. >> barack obama called on americans to carry forward the spirit of the civil rights movement. america's first black president was speaking in selma alabama

on the 50th anniversary of what became known as bloody sunday. >> vivid potent symbolism as u.s. president barack obama crossed the edmund pettus bridge as they did 50 years ago to be met with clubs. the president came to pay tribute to their courage. >> it was not a clash of armies, but a clash of wills, a contest to determine the true meaning of america. >> there were dissenting voices in the crowd. there were chants of we want change, not another speech, echoed my michael brown's mother. her son's death would spark the protest in ferguson, missouri and a sense that not enough has

changed. >> i don't think we've come forward at all and it felt sad to say it. i was born in 1979 and never thought i'd go through anything like this. >> the ferguson police department was found arrive with racism and corruption. the president said that isn't proof the civil rights movement has not made progress. >> i understood the question, the report's narrative was sadly familiar. what happened in ferguson may not be unique, but it's no longer endemic, no longer sanctioned by law or custom. >> civil rights leader say it is proof there needs to be a renewed focus on inequality. >> poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. this really is time for a lyndon baines johnson moment, a time for demonstrations and legislation and fair appropriation. >> the president called for this crowd to act to vote, to demand change but a sampling of the

crowd showed a decided lack of enthusiasm as the day came to a close. >> i thought he was going to give us solutions right on the spot but he didn't. >> arousing speech, a historic moment, but a lingering question about how much change is yet to come for the civil rights movement in america. al jazeera selma alabama. >> the police chief appealed for restraint from protestors after the shooting of another black teenager. demonstrators in madison wisconsin spoke out after police shot and killed a teenager on friday. police say they were responding to a disturbance and he was shot after fighting with an officer. the teen's death follow similar shootings which have provoked riots and protest. >> in russia, five suspects in the killing of the opposition figure boreries nemtsov have arrived in court in moscow.

these pictures coming in just a few minutes ago show one suspect taken into court. he is handcuffed and bowed over. details of the suspecting, two of whom who have been charged with involvement in the murder haven't been reds, but reports suggest, local media reports in russia suggest that these men came from the caucuses region and one man has been named and detained. he is said to have been from igosetvia. there you see a man covering his face. we are relying heavily on local media, a lot of journalists weren't allowed in, but what we know is that these men were picked up and accused of having some involvement in the murder of boris nemtsov. he of course was shot over a week ago very, very close to the kremlin.

it was said to have been a drive by shooting. he was walking apparently with his young ukrainian girlfriend. there was an outpouring of grief at his funeral opinion it was supposed to be a rally but turned into a memorial for the opposition leader. we'll keel our eyes on events there and keep you up to date with developments in russia today. >> to crepe, a military spokesperson said at least one soldier's been killed in the past 24 hours in the east of the country. three others were wounded in on going fighting. the violence comes as the deadline for creating a buffer zone by pulling back heavy weapons has passed, but as our correspondent reports, both sides accuse the other of ignoring it. >> on the rebel front line in eastern ukraine, the ceasefire is a noisy one.

he says he's a russian special forces trainer help to go fight government rebels, get down, he says did you hear that grenade launcher hit us? >> we are eight meters from the front lines told that grenade launchers are used to fire on the donetsk people's republic positions. we are hunkering down and waiting for the firing to stop. >> on the other side of the front lines a few days earlier ukrainian forces said it was separatists who were firing on them. >> in principle the ceasefire is holding but there's regular small arms fire, so complete ceasefire can't exist. before you arrived several small shells landed on our side. there were grenade launcher firing at us. >> saturday was the deadline to remove tanks artillery and other heavy equipment from the front lines.

both sides say they're compliant, though we spotted this separatist tank concealed about send kilometers from the front line. each side accuses the other of violating the heavy weapons ban. >> in principle, the ceasefire is hoed be, small arms fire only in going on, so a complete ceasefire can't exist. before you arrived several shells landed on our side. >> with daily violations of the ceasefire and apparent violations of the heavy weapons band, it's not at all clear that an end to the conflict is over. al jazeera eastern ukraine. >> time to look at the weather now. richard's here. in the united states, where they've had too much snow, but some parts not enough? >> that's right. it's been a very strange winter, really, across the u.s. we've had plenty of cold weather across eastern areas in alaska,

they've had a lack of the white stuff. it's been a strange situation. really temperatures have been way, way above average. as a result. the iditarod which would normally go from anchorage to gnome had to go to the north to fairbanks and across. it is here where the race is going to be taking place. the situation here, well, it is actually going to change. we are not going to see a great deal more in the way of snow. you can see on some of the trails, but at least the temperatures are going to be heading back down to where they should be. those are average temperatures on the forecast during the course of can you understand. we got towards monday, we will see significant cold weather at last coming back across the region. across the united states, we've sometime got this east-west split, plume of warm air up across the west to alaska, but having a positive effect for

seattle, san francisco and los angeles. temperatures way above what they should be. further towards the east, not quite as cold, but still we've got some temperatures, sub zero, such as in toronto. martin. >> thank you very much. >> rallies are held around the world to mark international women's day. in india the day's taken on a particular significance following the number of high profile rape cases. crowds gathered at a motor rally in mumbai in which the vehicles displayed messages, demanding justice and safety for women. >> south africa, much of the continent's food supply is produced by female farmers they sew the seeds and tend the fields and do much more, but most don't actually own the land. we have a report on the campaign for equal land rights in south africa. >> in this dry region, these women have teamed up to grow vegetables on a collective farm. they are able to grow enough to

feed their own families and also to sell what's left over. >> before, we used to have to buy everything, but now we're able to grow everything, so it's not only beneficial to us and our families, but even the other community members who come and buy from us. >> some estimates suggest up to 70% of all the food eaten across the continent is grown by women but few own the land they farm. the disadvantage with unequal laws and tribal traditions favor men, leaving women vulnerable. >> when men take the lead in farming, they take the money and buy alcohol. >> the benefits of giving the women rights to own land and skills to work it are exponential. studies have proven that women are far more likely than men to use their income to benefit not only themselves and the children but also the wider community.

she has won multiple awards for her farming. the former schoolteacher started farming to combat the local malnutrition of the children. she is now exporting and mentoring other women to farm. >> they are going to feed the children, they are going to take the children to schools, they are going to do everything for the whole family. >> mavis's profits are put back into her breakfast program feeding hundreds of local children. >> she is the head of the rural women's movement and a passionate campaigner for women's land rights, saying it will help combat the climate change. she said farming is crucial for women's independence. >> when we are financially secure, the chances of us being abused the chances of us facing

gender-based violence are very slim. >> farm to go women means more than just financial security. it's also security in terms of food, health and education empowering them to dig themselves and their children out of the cycle of poverty. al jazeera, south africa. >> still to come, sex tourists are ferried into estonia but what about the women tricked into sexual slavery? >> who's telling chinese traders to keep out of hong kong? >> barcelona to the top of la leagua. we'll have details in sport.

>> hello again. let's have a look at the headlines here. a united nations piece keeper and two civilians have been attacked at a u.n. base in mali. gunmen fired rockets and shells in a dawn attack on the compound. >> boko haram has become the largest group yet to pledge allegiance to islamic state of iraq and the levant. they made the announcement after more than 250 people were killed in nigeria. >> the first comprehensive report into malaysian airlines flightflight mh370's underwater beacon

had expired. >> isil is continuing to destroy iraq's cultural heritage. the ancient city is the latest site to be demolished with high explosives and sledge hammers. the city is more than two thous years old and a unesco world heritage site. on thursday, another city was the target for isil as they looted and bulldozed the ruins there. unesco condemned it as a war crime. fighters destroyed statues and carvings at the mosul museum. isil said they are false idols and should be destroyed. our political analyst is with me on set. isil seems to be destroying systematically the cultural

heritage of northern iraq. >> to say they are false idols as if anyone today in iraq and syria and all that part of the world worships any of these things. no one worships most of what's or all of what's being destroyed. this is part of iraq, syria and the arab world's heritage. what's happening is what some would like to call cult cultural genocide, cultural slynessing. that's a political vision to say i need to destroy everything before me in order to build something new. it is referred to that to reunite with the divine, i have to destroy everything. it's apack littical. >> they are destroying all of the middle east, because this is

one of the cradles of civilization. >> any world civilization is a accumulation of various cultures that came ba and to three those cultures from 2000 years ago none of the islamic leaders have touched really any one of them. this is not an isil thing. this the japanese did that in korea, the serbs did that in bosnia, the israeli's in palestinian and the westerners in all their colonies. i'll tell you the difference. those who claim to be civilized do all of these things secretively, but those mid-evil guys in isil are the ones trying to do it overtly, doing videos of it, making a spectacle out of

destroying civilization. >> it's all part of the reign of terror, trying to inspire complete fear in everything. >> when you see some of these young people are trying to break some of these statues with whatever instruments they have, it's something not just terribly annoying and ugly bit there's something sick, to be honest. >> there's an emotional response. >> there is. >> of so many people, when they see these people, what we see now, the deliberate slashing and taking drills to these. >> they tell that these people are congerrers, foreign to the culture that they are destroying. they actually want to make everyone else around them like them murderous wonderers in iraq. >> thank you very much.

>> thank you. >> now tensions are high in hong kong over a surge in the number of cross border traders. the visitors are accused of pushing up prices for locals and police are in the middle, trying to stop fights from starting. >> it is becoming a regular weekend occurrence, always rowdy, and increasingly violent. protests by hong kong groups against mainland chinese traders with the police trying to keep order. they're called parallel traders visitors using multiple entry visas to cross the border back and forth with bulk purchases of goods they resell in mainland china. according to protestors, they are making life in local border towns unbearable. >> it's affecting property price and the cost of goods in the shops and getting hard for people to get around on public

transport. >> while the vast majority of hong kong people would reject violence a survey by a main political party found 70% are in favor of measures to control visitor numbers. >> if there's no measures taken i guess the situation would go even worse. you can see in the last few weeks, there are protests and serious conflict. >> the problem is bringing in measures that just target the traders and don't put off the growing in flux of mainland chinese visitors and tourists buying everything from real estate to luxury goods. >> main mainland visitors would point out that their shopping trips help hong kong through recent economic downturn. in their view, do you want our money or not. >> the people who come across the border. >> the issue fueled the debate about the troubled relationship with mainland china especially

in the wake of the occupy central movement calling for greater freedom. >> it reflects the frustration of hong kong people with the government, its lack of ability to do things without referring all decisions up to beijing. it's lack of willingness to stand up for hong kong interests, rather than the interests of the leadership in beijing and that very much eminates from the core reasons that the occupy movement started in the first place. >> the legacy of the movement providing the impetus for a fresh psychful of demonstrations is having a worrying tendency to turn violent. >>le colombian government and farq rebels agreed to remove explosives from battle grounds. talks have been ongoing in the cuban capitol. statistics show land mines ever killed or injured more than 11,000 people over the past 25 years.

the government says the deal is a good start. >> our main objective in these conversations is to put an end to the conflict and avoid further victim in our country. that's why the proposal is a first and giant step toward peace, proof that we're working in the right direction. >> today we handled the country a humanitarian agreement that begins to clean up the decontamination of our fields, mines and the remains of more explosives that seek to eliminate the risks that they represent to the physical integrity of the humble people who work the land and of the fighters themselves. that with this gesture we advance the deescalation of the war. we are headed on a good path. >> mexican police captured two powerful drug records notorious for kidnapping, torture and

murder. now widows are coming together to try to build a future for themselves and their children. we report now from the state of mitch with a can. >> it's been really difficult because i don't make enough. together we just about get by, but now he's not here, it's tough. >> she's not alone. in her town in southwest mexico. drug cartels have wreaked havoc extorting, killing and leaving hundreds of women widowed. after years of struggling alone they are joining together for an ambitious project a dried fruit processing factory that would give them independence. the local and federal government are providing the training

they'll need to run the forecastry. together with the resource to say build it, it's due to be finished this april. >> these rapidly rising walls represent the hopes of many women in the town for decent jobs where they're in charge and can build a future for themselves and their children. >> the idea has spread around the to in. women who once suffered alone meet, work together and share their stories like her who's two nieces were kidnapped. >> when we're together, we don't think about the bad things. i'm able to forget a little. >> supporting the town's widow's mothers is essential to stop the next generation from falling into crime said the priest. we're going to lower crime with jobs and education for these people and the children who without fathers leave school, prostituting themselves for

becoming criminals. there's that other way. >> she is depending on the project not just for herself but for her girls. >> i'm desperate. i hope that the factory can help us get a decent life. my daughters deserve that. they study hard and they should have the things that they need. >> hundreds of determined women working together in a common aim, they'll be hard to stop. >> one of europe's smallest countries is under pressure to clamp down on human trafficking over concerns that it's filing the illegal sex trade across the continent. we have a report. >> the old town of the estonian capitol town is beautifully preserved, but the neon of gentlemen's clubs lights the streets. prostitution is legal here, but forced prostitution isn't and there are big questions about how much of it is tolerated.

this poor woman who has mental health problems was trafficked out of estonia to egypt. she disappeared for two whole years, while she was being repeatedly raped by her captors. the authorities had no idea she had even gone. >> i didn't even know the men all knew each other she told me. it was only when someone explained it to me afterwards. >> that kind of story suggest a darkness is hidden here behind the neon. >> estonia was the last country to establish an anti trafficking law. it only did so three years ago under pressure, but since then, there's barely been a single pros accusation. the u.s. state democratic said this country doesn't meet the minimum requirement needed for abolishing trafficking from inside its own borders. >> the buses come in, the border town is desolate. there's trafficking into estonia

from russia and desperate women get trafficked inside their own country, as well. yet the countries one anti trafficking body receives more funding from norway than it does its own government. >> it's not important thing in estonia for our government. >> why not? >> i think we have different economic issues. we have many different things, maybe we have thinking about good things is better than thinking about bad things. >> the government said it's estonian society that needs to change. >> i think today if you start interviews on the streets a lot of people will say prostitution is a good thing and we have to make it more legal and take tasks from that. i don't accept personally these understandings. >> you think that's what people think here? >> not all.

i think that if we do the questioning, and this questioning has been before, where we have to have something like that. >> some want prostitution here banned, but it won't happen. the ferries bringing in the sex tourists provide the economy. the country is accused of being a major hub for sex trafficking but little seems to be changing. lawrence lee, al jazeera. >> still to come on the al jazeera news hour, setting sale for a better planet. we report from hawaii. >> when a lack of snow means for this year's dog sled race.

>> 40 years ago, has wines launched a replica of a canoe their ancestors used to sale the pacific ocean a thousand years ago. they've been using that canoe to educate young people about their culture and the need to protect the oceans. we have a report. >> marsh eight 1975, a double canoe begins her maiden voyage from oahu. the 19-meter canoe is named after the brightest star in the sky. volunteers with the polynesian

voyaging society created it from illustrations. they taught the crew to sale how their ancestors did. >> it's simpler to navigate without instruments because the whole sky's a compass. rather than looking at the little bubble of the compass you look around you to find your bearings. >> last may she and her sister canoe began the three year journey with stops at 85 ports around the world. the trip is called to protect the planet earth. it will have stops in 26 countries with a message of global living and sustainable relationships. >> through caring for our island

earth, we'll be ail to touch the shores and the schools and the minds and hearts of our young children in the next generation. >> on the water, two canoes and their across are on a journey of hawaiian cultural reawakening hoping their story and message will inspire people from other lands to care for themselves, each other and their environment. al jazeera. >> ok. it's time for the sports, here's jo. >> australia has beaten sri lanka. michael clark was one of three batsman to get a 50. the standout performer was glenn maxell narrowly missing out for the record of fastest world cup century. sri lanka showed real fight personified by a knock of 104.

sri lanka eventually crumbled for 312, australia winning by 64 runs. >> i thought they played really well, the whole sri lankan batting innings, we were under pressure, no doubt about it. we had to continue to take wickets. our attitude was we've got to find a way to take wickets. it those how far the game has come, it's the skill of the players, the work they put in. >> new zealand have made it five wins after five beating afghanistan. the damage was done, taking four order 18 notching up his 300 ad o.d.i. wicket in the process. they made short work of chasing that down, top scored with 57 cruising to a six wicket win with 84 balls to spare. they sit comfortably on top.

>> it's always a good wicket here. if you restrict teams to 300 you have a good chance of winning. we went into it thinking it's going to be a tough day. >> two months ago their title hopes seem to have faded but now barcelona are back on top. they went into their match trailing real madrid by two points after real's loss saturday. it came with plenty of impetus lewis scored twice and a record 30 second hat trick in 30 minutes helped them to a 6-1 victory. they are on top of the standings by a point from real. >> real can further cement their six places they take. current champions athletic-madrid are third in the standings ahead of sunday's opponents valencia. >> abinvestigation after the cup win ended in a pitch invasion. they beat their local rivals for

a place in the semis thanks to 22nd half goals. he claims to have been bitten by one of the thousands of pitch invaders. >> 11 points clear at the top of the league, coming from a goal down to win 3-1 saturday. he scored a brilliant free kick. that was followed by 22nd half goals. they'll now turn their attention to champions league second leg match. it's 0-0 from the first leg. >> second place fell further behind in the title race, suffering their first defeat, beating 1-0. >> the club's on going financial

crisis the team has been given $5.5 million in emergency funding to see out the season. the long term future of one of the greatest clubs remains uncertain. we have a report. nothing flies the city's flag like its football club. in the past 23 years it won three national and four european cups. not bad for a mid evil city of less than 200,000 people. now, the club scored a self destructive goal. with a gross of $200 million and no money to pay its staff and players, parma hadn't played a game in three weeks. >> we feel bitter and defrauded befriday by who managed the club. we didn't expect this

catastrophe. it's the end of a glorious club. they're trying to take the club away from us, but they can't. >> there is no more powerful symbol of the decline than the stadium. since 2011, parma hasn't paid its rental fees and now doesn't have money to pay for games either. some fans put up a sign that says closed for robbery. >> to pay off the debted, some of the club's stadium fittings like the changing room's bench have recently gone under the hammer, a public auction and humiliation. friday italy's football league pledged $16 million to help parma play sunday, but the city's mayor said it's just a temporary solution. >> $6 million doesn't cover all the expenses to get to the end of the season. it's just a patch up, but we need the money not only for the players, but especially for the club's employees, who can't live

without salary. >> we don't care about the money, even though we all need it to sustain our families. we need a guarantee that what happened at parma won't happen again in any other club. >> march 19, a court in parma will decide whether to declare the club bankrupt. parma's trying to find the money to survive is quickly running out before a judge blows the final whistle. al jazeera parma. >> to the nba now eastern conference leaders atlanta hawks had a shocking loss to the philadelphia 76ers saturday. new orleans sprung a surprise, beating the memphis grizzlies. anthony davis had 10 pounds and seven rebounds. within one point deep in the court, eric gordon responded

with a triple, opening up a 4 point lead, pelicans closing out the game 95-89. >> this year's iditarod dog sled race gets underway monday. the traditional line had to be moved north to the city of fairbanks. warmer temperatures are changing the route for the nine day race, which will take mushers and their dogs to the tiny gold mining settlement of gnome. the race commemorates the run when dogs were used to deliver much needed diphtheria vaccines to the mines. that's all the sport for now. >> do stay with us here. we've got a lot more news coming up in just a minute or two from now, so don't go away.

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