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aleppo, then just the city, and now just the project. we reject it. >> students inn marseille that there is stifling academic freedom. >> it started as one country's fight against niger. they'll join the offensive. chad and niger's campaign includes attacks on both the ground and the air. it's niger's first major push

into nigerian territory. we have more from abuja. >> reporter: fighters are on the way. the objective is to push the fighters into the corner against the expected final onslaught this month. more than 30 towns and villages have been liberated by the fighters since troops from chad and niger have joined the group. >> reporter: there is a fear that the group if left uncheck will expand its area of control and become a bigger threat throughout the region. >> they were unable to crush boko haram in the last five years now say that they're in position to do so. >> we are now equipped.

we've taken liberty of the game changers and we've taken the liberty which is what you're seeing behind me there. before of the defensive operation we are on the defensive. >> reporter: the military in february asked for six weeks to clear the north east of boko haram. over the weekend attacks on maiduguri, a move created by the nigerian military as an desperate attempt to battle

isil. they expect to strengthen the task force already taking on boko haram. >> let's speak with ahmed from the abuja capitol. i hear that these forces have takenover the northeastern town of damask. >> yes damask has been taken over by chadian air forces. they launched an operation yesterday to try to push boko haram and some reports from across the border of niger some of the wounded soldiers have been taken to hospital where they're currently receiving treatment on the niger side of the border. >> one of the first major successes for the joint forces,

but what is it that they're expecting from boko haram now after they pledged allegiance to isil, in the run up to the election. >> reporter: well, this is a complicated issue. the feeling here is if isil takes first bait and joins boko haram in fighting in northeastern nigeria or in nigeria, the situation could get messy. some people feel that the clock is ticking away to quickly defeat boko haram before the situation gets messier. a lot of people know that if isil is able to come into the fighting in the north of nigerian then the nigeria then it will get messier in this part of the world. they're making the call for isil to join the fight in the

northeastern nigeria as an attempt to bring this group to fight on its side. >> residents in the rebel-held districts of aleppo protested against the u.n.'s plan for temporary cease-fire in the city. the initiative has seemed to have collapsed as both sides disagreed on what would be involved in the settlement. it comes as the war in syria enters it's fifth year. >> reporter: this is what the united nations was hoping to stop, but it has failed to freeze the conflict in syria's second largest city. barrel bombs have already killed hundreds of people in recent months, and they continue to fall in populated areas of rebel-controlled aleppo city. >> more than a million used to

live in the rebel areas. now there is 300,000. there was mass exodus because there was a time when dozens of people were dying every day. >> reporter: the syrian government told u.n. that it would stop air and temporary bombardment in the city if the rebels would stop attacks in aleppo. the opposition dis disagreed. >> the government wanted to limit it to the city. the opposition wanted it to extend all across the countryside too the aleppo border. they suggested to try a cease-fire in one of the battle-ground districts in the city. but the people of the district accused the u.n. of caving in to the demands of the government. they want a comprehensive

settlement that would involve the government stepping down and a cease-fire that would be enforced across syria. >> at fires they wanted to free the fighting in aleppo province. then it became just the city. now it's just limited to this district. we reject him as a leader and we reject the initiative. >> reporter: syria is entering it's fifth year. the u.n. was hoping the aleppo initiative could be the start of up but the u.n. can only do so much without the backing of the many regional and international players which support the warring sides. al jazeera beirut. >> an u.s.-led coalition much airstrikes has hit an isil-controlled refinery. it is near the turkish border. people havethere are reports of

people being killed. iraqi forces try to retake the town of tikrit. tikrit is important because it on the road to baghdad. the militias have already retaken bou-ajeel and alalam. if they take tikrit, they'll move further north to mosul the biggest city under isil control. troops began amassing in anbar province. they begin to push forward in the city of fallujah.

fallujah has been under control for several months. the fight against isil is forcing a number of people from their homes. it's a situation that aid agencies in iraq say will only get worse. jane arraf reports from baghdad. >> reporter: this woman has been trying to get by on her own since she had to leave her home. the mattresses will help cover her bear floors. it's not easy for a widow with four young daughters. and with a growing number of iraqis displaced as the iraqi government takes on isil there is less and less aid. annan is luckier than most, to be helped by the military after she left the town of baghdadi. she found work as a school janitor. more than $200 a month for this converted kitchen in the house but she said she had no choice

but to leave home. >> no one came to tell us to leave. we left because there was no water and no electricity. there were a lot of families who left. i was afraid for the children. >> her husband was a border guard. he was killed in an attack on his post three years ago. her father and her husband's parents stayed behind. she has not been able to reach them sense. after school she helps the girls with their lessons. her daughters are able to attend classes here. tens of thousands of other displaced children don't have access to school. the iraqi military and kurdish forces are making gains against isil. as they do, there are more civilians displaced by the fighting. aid agencies thought it could not get worse until last jean when more than a million people were forced from their homes but it has. >> the united nations are making plans to help residents of

tikrit and of mosul once that battle starts. but it's running out of money. >> we're worried about getting assets to people in areas controlled by isil. we know that a number of communities are in serious trouble. they have not had access to regular symptoms for quite some time. we have to assume that their conditions are serious. >> reporter: the fighting has uprooted 30,000 people when remained behind when they the others fled. there are many who can't go home. along the battle lines iraqi soldiers and their shia-militia partners are replacing isil flags with their own. but winning the military battle is just the first step in helping the growing number of iraqis displaced from their homes 37 jane arraf. baghdad. >> still to come in the news hour the government hunt the

killers of boris nemtsov. >> imagine you need to get to the hospital, but you can't get a car threw here. i'll tell you how it's done. >> and the world cup quarter finals. joe will be here to tell you about india and the team they beat. >> students in myanmar's biggest city say police are preventing them from joining protest against a new education law. the students say that the education restricts academic freedom. as reported, the response of the government is a test of its democratic process. >> reporter: it's a small gathering on the outskirts attracting more onlookers than demonstrators. it is call forgive amendments to the recently passed education

law. fearful of being arrested for demonstrating without a permit, they disperse after 10 minutes. >> 50 million people in the new generations to come are subject to the education system, so it needs to be better and more democratic. this is why we support the protest. >> reporter: for the past few days activists have been trying to evade the place sometimes showing up hours later to give security the slip. the main protest is a three hour's drive from mangog. they're unhappy with the new education law which does not allow them to form unions and leave little scope for universities. they arethe police have not been

table stop other protests in support of the students were popping up in the city. there are signs that the government is losing losing patience. use of a civilian force is allowed under law and was often used by the former military regime. the government says it is listening to the students' demands. >> the reform process i'm hearing is being held. it's the result of students advocates and lawmakers. >> now the government handles the protest is slowly watched. it will hold elections later in year. already there are calls to allow

its citizens for the rights of peaceful assembly as part of a democratic society. al jazeera. >> series of attacks started are houthi faters. two outies were killed when their car was targeted in al bayda. there were further killings elsewhere. a meeting is due to take place at the end of march. they believe that the arab league will encourage negotiation between the rival groups in yemen to begin. >> reporter: the consensus is that the national security requirements the territorial

integrity of the country must be maintained at all costs. we're going to see negotiations between president hadi and the houthi leadership to find out whether or not negotiations could be started once again. but both sides are holding on to very strong positions and they're not willing to concede. the leader of the arab strikes will probably encourage the negotiations to occur some place in the region. but that's a toss up at this point. nobody knows what will happen. >> now airstrikes in tripoli this comes as peace talks with libya's warring factions continue. delegates return to morocco this week for continuing gas negotiations. most of the victims come east come from

misrata. >> reporter: this family is in mourning. they lost two of their sons. their son was killed in fighting in july. and abdul, a doctor, died in december. he was treating the wounded at a hospital when it was shelled. >> the shelling of make shift hospitals and food sources and airports. >> reporter: the family blames this man former general haftar. he is appointed army commander of the u.n.-recognized government in tibruk in eastern libya. his operation known as "dignity" started last year. his men have taken large swaths of territory, and he said he's going after fighters in the region linked to isil. his rivals in tripoli are also accused of becoming oil

installations in the east. the family is also torn between sadness and pride. >> abdul was fighting a war and i expected him to be martyred, but not abdul aziz. he was treating the patients. he was not involved in the fighting. >> reporter: it's not difficult to find victims of the violence here in misrata. this exhibition documents hundreds of faces and names of people who have died. there are now many front lines across libya and the sit fighting has been fierce. many here hope that the u.n.-led peace talks in morocco can end the political crisis and this conflict. al jazeera. heroin trade is the biggest drug problem facing the united states and it's a problem rooted in mexico. farmers are planting more poppy

fields than ever before to feed the breezing demand. on a three-part series, adam rainy has followed the trafficking route from mexico into the u.s. he begins his journey in the fields of guerrera state. >> reporter: the sierra madre mountains, a lawless land in the corridor between mexico and the united states is where it begins to where people call their garden. her husband tends the crops colorful poppies, a key us source forsource for heroin. the demand north of the border is why farms like this exist and there are more and more of them. mexico sees five times as much poppy paste in 2013 as compared to the year before. southern guerrero state is a

leading producer of raw poppy sap. once collected it's processed into high grade heroin. it's delicate, high-consuming work but it's paveoff pay off is higher than crops like avocado. >> reporter: the farmers who have asked us to hide their identities face threats from drug traffickers as well as authorities. >> reporter: the farmers we met

meet three times a year about the poppy sap. they have to agree on the price that is set. asking for more would be suicide. poppy farmers can earn hundreds of dollars a day in the high seasons. community leaders say they would prefer to grow fruits and vegetables but need good roads to get them to market. no support, they say but there is punishment. in recent years mexico's government has stepped up fumigation the result a whole harvest of poppies lost. sometimes neighboring legal fields are damaged too but the flowers continue to flourish. in mexican cartels are now the main source of the heroin found in the united states. with american users demanding more of the deadly drug the

difficult journey out of these mountains is well worth it for the traffickers. adam rainy al jazeera, in mexico's sierra madre mountains. >> richard i'm hearing about stormy weather in the south pacific. what is happening there. >> meteorologist: let me whisk you away to the australia and the islands. we've seen vast amounts of rain coming over over the solomon islands over the past few days. the whole area is obliterated by this storm system. it is a vicious beast but it will head south wards in the next couple of days.

thereat the moment it looks like it's going to stay off to the east of new caledonia and weaken to cooler waters as it heads to new zealand. it's one to watch and hopefully it will track away and not do anyone any harm. we have separate system on madagascar and tropical islands on this part of the world. they've already had rain in recent days across madagascar. this does not come as a great surprise the most rainfall ever recorded in 24 hours was 1,825 millimeters. now if you think of half an inch of rain is a very wet day, they

had that much rain back in 1966. there is still plenty of rain for the next couple of days, but the good news is that storm system should be moving away. >> a memory like an elephant. getting around in slums using a car is not easy. but some people in nairobi's neighborhoods have come up with a way to get medical assistance to people in need. >> moses is a different kind of ambulance driver. someone is sick, someone needs help. it's not easy getting his wheel barrel there. these narrow pathways in the slum are rough. but the ambulance team endures the pumps. even the occasional tight squeeze, and eventually they arrive. >> this is allowing me to reach

the facility. we can use the corridors to reach here. >> concerned friends and relatives seem relieved that help is here. she has chest pains and can't walk to the clinic. [ sirens ] just in case it's serious the sirens are switched on and away they go. >> we used to carry people with our own hands. the car could not reach some places. it was hard. we would carry patients to the clinic. >> the wheel barrels were first introduced to help pregnant women. many were dying at home during childbirth. there are some patients who don't want to be carried in a wheel barrel. they say it is embarrassing and they will not allow it to be done. but others are too sick to move. but in places like this the

wheel barrel is the only option. once again the team and the wheel barrel heads out. another person needs an ambulance. [ sirens ] >> still to come, remembering bloody sunday, 50 years later race relations are still a challenge. and how greece is losing $1.5 billion from fuel tax alone. almost enough to pay the entire health budget. and greek officials head to crisis talks to the european football chiefs over fan violence. we have more with jo in just a moment.

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>> hello again. here are the headlines. forces from nigeria niger and chad have retaken a town from boko haram. on sunday the united force launched an offense against the armed group which has pledged allegiance to isil. protesting against u.n. plans for a temporary cease-fire adducing accusing the u.n. for siding with the army. in myanmar students say new laws prevent academic freedom by refusing student unions.

a manin the investigation of bareries nemtsov a man from chechnya confessed to the murder. greece will try to satisfy national creditors. they want greece to cut public spending and boost tax reseats. the total income was almost $56 billion, more than $48 billion of that was tax revenue, short of the $50 billion target. now compare total income of spending ever $60 million and you have a shortfall of $4 billion. so as john reports, the greek government is clamping down on oil refineries and tax-free fuel. >> reporter: two years ago an

anonymous whistle believe left customs documents that show that some of the companies in the petroleum business could not account for the delivery of thousands of tons of fuel. the fuel was lost along with the tax that should have been paid on it. papers had been drawn up into fax fraud, which never happened. >> these customs documents were hid no one drawers for years. they didn't come to trial. this is one way of taking care of business when faced with indictments. >> reporter: tax is normally paid at the oil refinery unless it's intended for shipping and aviation. but that tax fuel can be diverted back. fuel taxes brought the government $7 billion, more than 12% of its tax revenue. but tax evasion is estimated to cost the governments as much as $1.5 billion more.

that's almost equal to the health budget. >> reporter: there is no system, in fact, we don't even know how many tanks there are. there are no tracking devices. once we put the whole system under surveillance we'll know that nothing is getting past us. >> the oil refinery cops have been ordered to fit gauges but they say they don't have time. >> reporter: tax evasion is connected to corruption. it is corruption that led this country to bankruptcy, and national humiliation. the money that is not flowing into state coffers are strengthening other centers of influence. >> reporter: the government can call back three and a half years of tax projects, and it has to if it's going to help the poor.

>> a march rally in columbia to support government and farc rebels. they've greed to move landmines and explosives in battle grounds. they say it is an important step in ending the 50-year conflict. thousands in the u.s. have crossed the edmund pettus bridge in selma alabama. they were celebrating the march that brought voting rights to americans. >> reporter: the day began with prayer and song. giving thanks for freedoms won remembering the cause in lives blood, and broken bones. thousands marched across the span that made selma a synonym

oppression years ago. a few blocks away from the speeches and celebrations, clément chappelle had a quiet family gathering. >> when they charged with us their horses and fear gas, and they were beating us with sticks and could cow prods. one of my teachers, they hit her in the head. i grabbed her and escorted her back across the bridge. >> reporter: people traveled around the country to be in selma today. >> i don't have to face that hostility or that level of oppression. i feel as an african-american woman i need to be mindful of the struggles. [♪ singing ♪] >> reporter: but amid the chorus of celebration calls for change. >> many people in this crowd say they're frustrated by police shootings of unarmed black

american the incarceration of black men and the inequality along racial lines. >> there is a system that works against us, and it is minimizing and ostracizing a group of people and basically murdering them. >> the police brutality is institutionalizing they're killing kids left and right. >> they testify to a deep economic decline. jobs are scarce. unemployment is twice the national rate. 42% of people here live below the federal poverty line. still, complement chappelle has faith in progress. >> i think it will come back. >> you're hopeful. >> i'm hopeful that it will come back. >> but unlike the march across edmund pettus bridge, the walk

to justice may never come to an end. >> in guatemala women are turn turning to worms to end the impact of poverty. it's turning waste into wasn't in some of the poorest farming communities. >> reporter: up in the guatemalan highlands these women are using a new weapon to impact poverty. the earth worm. for maria rodriguez worms could hold the key in some of the poorest areas. >> they have the power to transform waste into wealth. the fertilizer improves the quality of soil for farmers. in reality they're very positive, and they have a lot of

faith in worms. >> in a process known as worming composting, women layout the bedding for the worms then they add old vegetables and fruit. in around three- to six-months' time they convert the it to compost. it is something that is embraced. >> it's organic. it does not have chemicals. since the project started i wanted to learn the process of using worms to create fertilizer. >> while the project has been slow to start there are high hopes. >> six months from now the group hopes that all of these troughs around me will be filled with organic waste and worms. the women hope to be producing around 150 tons of organic fertilizer per month bringing in $2,400. petrona and the other women use the fertilizer to grow herbs

and medal medicinal plants. they sell the plants to grow community gardens. making even a few dollars a week is empowering. >> sometimes women are told to stay in the house. no, women are have a right to work and. we're just as valuable as men. this group has helped me to realize this and to get ahead. >> a project that is good for the environment while transforming the lives of guatemalan women all thanks to these little creatures, and a lot of patience and determination. david mercer, al jazeera, guatemala. >> pioneering solar powered plane has taken off in what is hopeful to be an epic flight around the world. it soared into the sky covered in 17,000 solar panels.

it only weighs the same as a family car. two pilots will take turns to fly over the next five months taking clean renewable energy to new heights. over the past 20 years bangladesh has made major progress in meeting some of the u.n.'s millennium goals. but when it comes to science and technology, it is still lagging behind. the tech school in dhaka is a small but growing initiative that is trying to change that. here is that report. >> reporter: he said that most of his friends probably think he's a little weird. while they spend lunch breaks playing cricket and football he spends time building circuits. >> they just talk about soccer and this and that. i'm like the black sheep in the herd. >> reporter: that's why he feels

at home at the tech school. it's just a room with monitors and a mess of gadgets. but for these youngsters it's the place to unleash the tech geek inside them. bangladesh's schools are playing catch up. >> before in the past years we had to go to without any electronic. we had to use our brain. nothing else. >> still things are improveing. [music] these days she has a soft spot for teaching using musical presentations. up until ten years ago there were hardly any computers to be found in public schools in bangladesh. today that is no longer the case. but the teachers at the tech cools say having computers is not enough, and more needs to be

done. safwan and his friends are not just learning how to use computers. they're learning knowledge to build things. >> the technology is not happening over here. >> the show bees is a batman's gadget. it's a tool to detect obstacles ahead. a tool they hope will help the blind. it has a long way to go, but it does not stop the children from thinking big. al jazeera dhaka. >> still to come on the news hour. >> the government tries to revive its property market, the area has buildings roads you it just doesn't have people. >> we'll tell you about the

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>> the construction company says that they have decided not to put apartments up for sale yet. >> a few years ago developers ran away with investors' money. that's what makes people nervous. our boss is a local man. he wants to reassure buyers. >> this is how it will look. homes for government or workers perhaps, but for now there is little life on the streets of yingkou. the government was having to cover bad debt as developments failed. if the present is the future, then there can't be much prospect for getting that money back. so it's sunday afternoon in yingkou main park, and what do you know, i've got the place to myself. across china governments have been betting on grand projects just like this one. across china ghost towns just

like this one has been emerging as a result. the national government has been trying to tackle the problems of over supply and falling property prices. and selling property in yingkou has not gotten easier. >> i want to live in the old town. it's more convenient here. the new town is too far away. >> reporter: s here that you find a successful meg da project. one of the developers are spending a $1 billion for a mall and office complex. they said that they would never invest here if they thought that the government would relocate. if it stays put then it will

sign their fate. now the task is to stop the collapse to be repeated across china's property sector. >> jo is here with the sports news. >> the head of the national cycling has admitted that the sports' golfing governing body help lance armstrong to cover up his drug use. they suggested that it's still rife in professional cycling. >> reporter: a sore that has carried a black eye for more than two decades takes another hit. the independent reform commission compiling a 227 page report attacking the sporting body that appointed them to investigate how cycling lost it's way. and the conclusion was that a

culture of doping still exists. the manner that they allowed armstrong to get away with doping and covering up a positive test of cortisone in in 1999. >> they were going to protect the support rather than than protecting the honesty of the sport. >> it's a common problem that you see in many sports is that these sports are too close over the elite athletes. >> the american was in his seventh tour de france titles after admitting to doping

in 2013. he spend two days being interviewed as part of this session and issued a statement saying, i am deeply sorry for many things i have done, however, it is my hope that revealing the truth will lead to a bright dope-free future for the sport i love. >> the report is promising a clean slate for the organization but it is critical for those who will be asked to give up honorary presidency. they stand accused of prioritizing the sport's image over its action. the policy was to give the impression that the uci was tough on doping rather than actually being good on anti-doping. >> i think there are those who are in a certain degree of denial and.

cycling has had many so-called fresh starts, but this proves another test in the long-running battle to establish faith in a clean sport. >> england's cricket has been knocked out of the world cup by bangladesh who grabbed the start in the quarterfinals for the first time in history. it was do or die for glen. bangladesh posted a competitive inning of 275-7 from their 50 overs. josh butler made a half century before being caught. 238-7 at that point. they won by 15 runs.

the head of european football is meeting greece's deputy sports minister to discuss the ongoing crisis in greek football. it was suspended for a third time this season because of crowd violence. matches got back under way on saturday and sunday, but they were played behind closed door. fans will continue to be excluded until the greek government say they have a chance to review the situation. well a journalist for sky tv in greece. they say the fan violence is connected with violence in greece. >> fans believe quite justifybly, that nothing is as clean as it should be in greek football and in fact, there are a couple of criminal investigations under way by the

justice system into corruption and match fixing rings and criminal organizations operating inside greek football. now, if that is not cleared then i suspect that violence will be even more difficult to tackle. the u.s. could put pressure on the greek football association to change some of the rules that are generally considered to be at the route of several corruption-related problems. the greek state is not allowed to change regulations without the consent of the football folks and inside the consent of uefa. that is why the government is contacting the commission personally. >> golf's number one rory mcilroy said that's disappointed with his

performance in florida. dustin johnson captured the championship with a single stroke on sunday. mcilroy in ninth place and culminated in a week in which the northern irishman tossed one of his clubs into the ponds. they had it fished out and brought to him on sunday. >> i guess the game is not there. i'll have to work on it a little bit. i'm disappointed by my play over all. it felt better at this point but yeah, just not quite 100%. >> thethe iditarod dog sled race will probably get off to a start on monday. they will complete 16 kilometers

journey in extreme conditions in southern california. this year's race has been moved from its traditional start in willow for just the second time in race history due to a lack of snow. well, instead the start line will be had 470 kilometers north from the city of fairbanks and from there they will embark on a journey west and finish in nome with the winner collecting $70,000 in prize money. >> thank you very much jo. first there were digital cameras and then digital music players then smart phones and now smart watches, although there are a number of available as fashion has played a less important role than technology. that about to change as we have reports from bangkok. >> reporter: it's the next step of living in a time when science

fiction is becoming a reality: a smart watch. they can do most things that a smart phone does and more. but so far there has been a struggle to convince consumers to buy them. they're more stylish and less like a smart phone and more like a watch. one model even has a saphire crystal face. >> it is really clever, and the apps are really quite compelling. but they are expensive. and the battery does not last long enough. while they will be great in the future. it's a good year or two away from that right now. >> how will the smart watches be viewed in asia. will people start buying them

because they're the newest thing to wear or because they can use the technology. right now the opinion is split on the the streets of hong kong. >> the technology now is so advanced we'll be able to do so many more things and be far more convenient. >> the smart phone already does it. it's only smaller. >> if the watch was pretty i would consider it. but for girls it has to be sparkler. >> they will petition this as the year of the smart watch. in asia there is no clear consensus if this merge in fashion and technology will now become an item. >> my not so smart watch says that we'll be back with news in a couple of minutes. a full bulletin of news straight ahead, in the meantime, you can always log on to our website.

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>> regional neighbors fightback chad and cameroon send soldiers into nigeria. and is there a chance for a cease-fire in aleppo. and i wanted to free the fighting in aleppo province, then it was just the city. now it's limited to the district. we reject him as an u.n. leader