this is al jazeera welcome to the news hour in doha. coming up in the next 60 minutes. a deal has been done to get aid to starving people in syria, but for some it could take days to arrive and tens of thousands are left out. >> the situation of iraq is crisis that has, you know, that has been forgotten a plea for help. aid workers say the world is ignoring the suffering of

iraqis. thousands of protesting in germany after mass sexual assaults in new year's eve in cologne. plus island calls on its best and brightest to return and help rebuild the economy. >> reporter: i'm with the sport. another busy day of cup games. there has been a big surprise in this competition. a billion dollar replay with liverpool. those details later in the program aid agencies are trying to get food and medicine into besieged towns in syria where tens of thousands of people are starving to death. images of emaciated bodies and starving children. in the former mountain holiday

resort of madaya around 42,000 people have been cut off from aid since july. volunteers hand out the few supplies they have left. >> translation: are we not arabs as well? i swear to god we are arabs. these children, what wrong have they done. what child what wrong did he commit? aid agencies have supplies of food and medicine ready to leave damascus. they hope that the first druks will arrive-- trucks will arrive on sunday. supplies will also see delivered in kefraya and foua. they have been blockaded by rebel groups, but there are still thus more who need help-- thousands more who need help. people are trapped in the dramas can you say suburb of darayya

and zabadani. i.s.i.l. fighters have cut off 200,000 people in the eastern city of deir az space says zar. it is not clear when or if they will get it. a spokes woman for the world food program in the middle east says she hopes aid supplies will get to civilians soon >> we expect that tomorrow, sunday, we will have the first aid trucks going to madaya carrying food for the 40,000 people who are besieged in the town. in addition there will be other humanitarian supplies on this convoy. by monday or hopefully also sunday we will be reaching for kafraya. throughout the week more convoys carrying humanitarian supplies will be reaching these besieged areas which will include baby food, it will include blankets,

children, winter clothing, water, water purifiers, medical supplies, by all the u nuchlt and humanitarian agencies operating in syria the u.n. is also trying to help more than a million syrian refugees who fled the war in lebanon. our correspondent has more from a refugee camp in the beqaa valley. >> reporter: six month old child has a serious burn across his face and head. his family can't afford to buy wood so she put whatever she could find on the fire burning. sometimes these material give off toxic fumes and the embers burn out of control. >> translation: i had put nigh lan and plastic shoes to keep us warm and woke up with the tent on fire. by the time we started putting the fire out my baby was burnt. >> reporter: part of the problem is that these are restrictions that they can't earn for

themselves. they can't get jobs unless they're sponsored by a lebanese national. >> translation: we are displaced and have absolutely no human rights. just look and see. where are my human rights. look at these kids. no problem clothes. i have ten people to take care of. i'm old. how can i feed them and keep them alive? >> reporter: the u.n. appealed to international donations to help syrian refugees every year, but last year it received half of what it had asked for, which means many refugees here are having to go without. >> reporter: it's people in the newer refugee camps like this that are most vulnerable. they p don't even have the most basic things they need to the run-up to winter. they need things like wood and fuel for the fire and plastic sheeting to water proof their tents. the syrian refugee family needs four to five hundred dollars a month to survive. many are getting about a third of that. >> translation: it's cold and water is leaking into the tents.

look at the tarps, we don't have plastic to cover it for the rain. yesterday than an ng. to brought us one tarp. what can that do to stop the leaking? the u.n. gets us aid. wet get $150 a month. it is not enough. >> reporter: an appeal for 2.84 billion in lebanon >> we're mostly exposed about people in exposed areas, insecure shelters. we know that 55% of refugees in lebanon live in garages, warehouses, not only tents, but also tents and all of them need our help and support >> reporter: there are more than one million refugees here who may need help. most of them living below the poverty line. back at the baby's tent, his mother who has been in lebanon for three years can only hope things will get better, especially during these long

winter days neighboring iraq, there are thousands of people facing a hard time in camps. our correspondent is in north-west offer bill where more than 4,000 people are living >> reporter: the winter conditions have made life here much harder than they already are. now, i want to bring in a guest we have here, somebody who can talk about this more. we're going to speak now to the head of the unicef office inner bill, mr barfa. i want to ask you, with all the various concurrent cry-- kri cease going on-- crisis going on. >> i would like to start with how many concerned unicef is of the situation of children in iraq and across the region

affected by the multiple crisis that we're facing. iraq is particularly very unique situation that we are facing in. we are calling it a forgotten crisis because we are surrounded by other countries which much higher profile. let me state a few facts. we have 3.2 million displaced population. on top of that we have nearly 250,000 refugees that are also in iraq. out of the 3.2 million those in iraq, many of those are children. those children are going through difficult situation, getting them to school is hard and the majority of them, at least 700,000 of them, miss at least one year of their schooling. there is no proper high jeem, there's no water, there's no proper health care system. the entire life of the children is affected and their future is

crashing on their helped and we're actually watching a situation that we will see quite large number of children that lost their future. so we are dealing with a situation that is so dire that getting resources to support children, put them in school, put them in protection centers, put them into a life with dignity where they get proper water, hygiene and appropriate toilet is becoming difficult because getting resources in iraq is not as easy as it is maybe in other places. >> reporter: what are the particular challenges right now with the onset of such cold weather worsening, winter weather conditions as far as getting the type of aid that these people desperately need right now to female inner bill and beyond? >> imagine living in this flimsy tent next to us and being a child. when you go in there's no heating system. we are wearing layers and layers

of clothes and we are feeling miserable. it goes sometimes to subzero. children do not have warm houses, warm water to shower, warm clothes to wear or warm home or shelter. it is still haunting me every day we wake up. we pack the car and i come back and find a child under the negligent of the car trying to warm themself. it is as difficult as any human being can imagine. we're trying our best. we just have to find heating system in the schools to get children some sort of heating in the clash room. we've distributed in this particular camp 1900 winter kits and 190 achieve received warm clothes, but it is the type of the ice-- tip of the ice. around 770,000 winter kits to

reach 770,000 children, but look at the 3.2 million people that i talk about and the number of children that are 50% of them affected by the winter. it is a very harsh winter. it breaks even the people who are wearing warm clothes. if we do not get resources to warm these children, we're likely to see many children affected by this harsh winter. >> reporter: you're describing extremely haunting scenes that children experience on a daily basis here in iraq, stuff that you've seen with your very eyes. even today with the distribution that has happened, i am seeing children here walking around in sandals even in this cold weather. it is only dire and getting very worse. >> it is getting worse. we are in early january and this is the peak of the winter and it is going to stay this kind of condition for a while and we're not going to see the situation

improving unless we get the resources we need to address those many children. agencies are trying their best. unicef is putting the best we could to address this sort of situation, the winter situation that we're dealing with. we're getting air conditioning in the schools, we're getting kerosene heating systems in the schools and child friendly spaces where children are there, but it's small. it's small and it's absolutely very small portion of what children need. we are in this difficult situation where i would hope the world will understand the situation of iraq is crisis that has been forgotten. it is been forgotten crisis that needs a lot of support from the international community the syrians say tv is reporting the government there has told the united nations it is ready to take part in talks with the opposition later this month. that's after a meeting between

u.n. envoy and the syrian foreign minister in damascus. it's understood that it is reinforced the need for groups which will be taking part adding that the government won't negotiate with what it calls terrorist organizations. the opposition has issued its own demands ahead of any negotiations, including the end of bombardment on civilian areas and lifting blockades on rebel territories. gulf leaders are holding an emergency meeting in the saudi capital over increased tensions are iran. it severed tensions with iran. they're protesting against the ex-execution of shia cleric nimr al-nimr in saudi arabia. he was an outspoken cleric. he was among 47 men executed on terrorism charges earlier this month.

our correspondent joins us. what do we expect to come out of this meeting? do you think we are going to get an escalation or deescalation? >> reporter: saudi arabia is trying to build a united front against iran. so they're starting with the dcc because right after the crisis we have seen some different reactions. countries like kuwait and the u.a.e. and qatar down grading those or recalling am was dorse. i think the saudis are pushing for a united front for them to go to at the time arab league, which is a gathering and build up more pressure in iran saying that they will come out saying we have most of the world with us against iran. so to put more pressure on the iranians. the prince said he is to

escalate if they're getting a united front. >> reporter: it is a situation where we have saudi arabia, a sunni power base, versus iran, a shia power base, and at stake huge issues like the situation in syria, ewe rake and yemen. in all those areas you have them saying they're using shia ideology spreading its future. they're saying the saudis are destablings those parts of the world. you have two most powerful players in the region and it will continue how successful do you think saudi will be in getting a united front amongst arab countries? do you say it has already been quite different responses? >> reporter: it's going to be quite interesting to see what happens in the world i'm going to interrupt you because we have got a press

conference now coming from riyadh with that meeting. so let's jump in and listen. >> translation: the interference in the affair which lead to all the security and ability as it is between our brothers and we come up with one common view regarding the iranian attacks and now i would like to give the word to the secretary general. >> translation: thanks be god. brothers and sisters, all the officers, this is a statement

which is issued which in this meeting of 9 january 2016 in sau saudi. they have made their meeting today on 6 january made with the foreign minister and also the president of the gulf state in the presence of all other highness and the foreign minister of the united emirates, the responsible minister for

different affairs and the foreign minister of qatar and the deputy of the -- of queue wait, the - kuwait and the general of the state. all this allegation about the attacks against the embassy and they confirm the condemnation and we accuse all this, and bearing all the responsibility for this act. this is of the 1961 convention and 1963 and also against the international law which states that the country is to protect

all the diplomatic delegations, and also the interference of the internal affair of the saudi kingdom and the ordeal regarding all the execution to all, and this is on the help to make it target all the protests of the saudi arabia, and all this acts does not serve peace and stability in the world and is against all the neighborhood and the interference of the internal affairs of these sovereignty of the state, and this only leads to more hatred and more clashes in the region.

also the council that reconfirmed that it is standing hand-in-hand with saudi arabia and supports all the procedures in order to come to the tourism and also to chase all those who take to the justice and that the independence of the justice if the saudi arabia and neutrality, and also the council confirm and agree to support for the saudi arabia and especially against all the acts against there and allegations in tehran and will take all steps in the act and condemn and refuse and also all the supports from the

international council and ask for all the organization and the international community to take the proper steps to stop all this attacks on the diplomatic delegations in iran. also the council condemn the condemnation of the occupation of the three islands and also creating sectarian problems and also the final toils organization in all it supplies the kingdom. also the plan there for their to pose some of the cells which are to cause some destruction and to have been arrested and supported by hezbollah, and from the

iranian system, and all this interference and also the council asks for the international community to take all the steps in order to get iran to respect the neighborhood and not to interfere and to cause the instability of the region and the support for the tourism not to interfere of the whole state. this is issued on 9 january 2016. >> translation: from al jazeera, the ministry of foreign affairs seek this call and do

these meetings. what's the aim of it? >> translation: the organization of the islamic corporation, the kingdom ask to call for the meeting with the islamic organization in order to discuss the attack on the saudi embassy in iran. not all the numbers. the purpose of this meeting to define the position of its members which is against the international law according to the convention of the organization of islamic corporation and it will take a decision like the other state have taken and also the arab to

make a decision regarding these steps or these attacks against the saudi embassy. or gain interference into the affairs of in the regions. >> translation: mekka newspaper. when the saudi and the state issue this decision like some form of punishment on the united nation or the countries of the gulf, the work and all the decision which done the iranian aggression and which we have succeeded in. now we are working with the

international community in order to clear the picture that iran, the way to behave in the last 35 years sw not acceptable and look-- is not acceptable and look at all the procedures that we cannot take towards iran if they continue in their policy, their present policy. so all the issues will be very clear very soon. >> translation: with increase of interference in iranian in neighbors' country, will gulf state, when see more issues taken by them, there is a

meeting with the league arab, arab league, will you meeting today and tomorrow with the arab league, what steps you going to take in this meeting? >> translation: in the meeting tomorrow in the arab league, the gulf state, their position was very clear and will be the determined in tomorrow's meeting with other arabic brothers we've been watching the gcc conference in riyadh following the gcc meeting to discuss iran. here in the studio we have our

correspondent. we were hearing there the real emphasis that gcc has been hurt by iran's interference in saudi arabia, but really nothing new has come out of this meeting. >> reporter: absolutely, no. there's no statement that shows that all clear indication of a more confrontation in the future. it's quite clear that saudi arabia is on the offensive trying to build international support for its case. so they are now asking for this meeting or the gcc countries to show that they are one family against iran. tomorrow they will be asking the arab gathering to say the same thing and they will alsoing asking the islamic conference to also do the same thing. they would like to show the international community and iran that saudi arabia stands on solid ground and that they're the defender and they have huge

religious legitimacy because it is one of the powerful richest nations. you have the statements basically saying that iran is destabilizing the reason, promoting terrorism, interfering with the sovereign states like saudi arabia, but it falls short of what some people thought this could be a mement for saudi arabia to ask all the gcc countries to sever all ties with iran, which is not going to be the case because countries have different agendas it's provocative talk. have we seen iran responding? >> reporter: at the beginning of the crisis they were critical. it back tracked in days following saying that the attack on the embassy was a big mistake and those who committed the attack will definitely be prosecuted, but you're talking about two countries who have a long history of political divide, each accusing the other of stoking sectarian divide in

the reason. those issues are solved but we continue to see more tensions and more problems in saudi arabia and iran. i think it's more pronounced now particularly when it comes to syria. this is one of the areas that both countries are trying to have their hands on the issue and unless they solve it we will continue to see more tension thank you very much. still ahead here on this news hour. how this device could help improve bangladesh's dismal rail safety record. imagine flying from britain to australia in this. one woman has just done it and we will find out what it was like. also what happens when trucks race on snow. all that's coming up in sport with robin.

the syrian government has told the u.n. that it is ready to take part in talks with the opposition later this month. meanwhile eight agencies say the first food and medicine trucks should arrive in the besieged cities in syria on sunday. other top stories this hour in iraq aid workers say the world must not forget the suffering of thousands of people in displacement camps. they're facing a tough winter without enough food, warm clothes or fuel. interference in saudi's internal

affairs. attack on the saudi embassy is going to lead to more hatred in the region. german chancellor is calling for tougher immigration laws after attacks on women in cologne on new year's eve. arabs and north african men were involved. the chief of police has been suspended and accused of mishandling the case. protests in the city. our correspondent is live for us. describe the atmosphere for us. it sounds from where we are pretty tense, but it looks quite calm. >> reporter: this is the city's area just outside the main station. behind me is taking place the rally at the far right group and there are, perhaps, 500 people who have come for the

demonstration, but off camera there is another rally taking place of considerably more people from the left wing which is in government with angela merkel's christian democrats. there's the sense that other demonstrations are going on, but the greater prepond rans of people is at the left wing rally. certainly those people have made clear they have come to oppose the other rally. they have come to stand up for the rights of the refugees or the asylum seekers trying to get asylum here in germany. the other side say there is too many asylum seekers in german. they want to see a cap on the number. so far the rallies have been peaceful, but certainly vocal. there have been sirens going

off, but so far it has been peaceful. that is something that the police, and there are very many police on the streets of cologne, that is something the police station have been trying to keep a lid on, trying to keep a peaceful element to the protest here. it is worth reporting that the government has been talking today about toughening up the measures to deal with asylum seekers who commit crimes. certainly that might be welcomed by some in the demonstrations behind me thank you for that very m h much. now to the historian michael sturmer. he is in berlin. interesting that we have got these two rival rallies going on in cologne at the moment, one the far right, the other more leftist liberal rallies and that that has drawn more people onto the streets. >> michael, we're just checking

that you can hear me. this is laura in doha. >> i can hear you but you have to speak slowly and clearly because the connection is bad apologies for that. i want your impression of what is happening in cologne at the moment. you have two rallies. the far right and the left more liberal rally. more people are at the liberal rally. >> well, this is not a question of left and right. this is a defining moment for the country and especially for angela merkel. there has been too much lying in the past, too much denying and there's also fear of the future i have to jump in there. lying and denying about what? >> about the nature of the

attacks on the new year's eve and there is a kind of spiral of silence over many, many months now and this has come to desightive point or turning point over the events of the new year's eve in cologne. that is the real meaning. it's the defining moment for angela merkel's chancellorship and the final moment for the mood in the country. nobody knows how this will translate into major shifts in the political party system. probably the right wing will gain the social democrats will suffer and angela merkel's party will suffer majorly and the left party will be the winner what do you want to see chancellor angela merkel do in response to these attacks?

>> well, what she has to do is she has in the coming week the chance to stand up in parliament and explain what will have to be done, now they are going to change asylum laws, how they are going to change social benefits paid out in cash today, paid out in practical goods tomorrow and there will be many more background checks. what has rattled people is the fact that about 300 immigrants got lost somewhere in the process. nobody took the fingerprints, nobody registered their names, nobody has the foggiest idea where they are, and this is in the background of the paris assassination, the paris murder.

that rattles people much more than what you see in front of the cathedral. these are a few hundred people probably not very representative but the real fact is deep down in the psychology of the people thank you very much for joining us there with your views. michael sturmer joining us there from berlin as big discussions get underway in germany as to its refugee policy. the former egyptian president has had his appeal against a corruption case rejected. he and his two sons were sentenced to three years in prison last may. they were accused of stealing millions of dollars to upgrade their property. he remains in a military hospital. we're joined now by the chief here. do talk us through this case and

what happened in court today. >> yeah, of course. in court actually as first time when the chairman of the court said that the accepted appeal from justice an appeal-- judge just as an appeal. crying from the court saying this is a very good, but me said no, we accepted it just as appeal but will refuse it in the subject. so the final decision is rejecting the appeal. actually t as we mentioned in the news, no physical or material is effect, but it is a significant effect for that verdict. that means accordingly to high-level sources in egypt that maybe the military middles will

draw. also his son, jamal, who wants to play a political role, may be prevented to do this. he cannot play this role because this is condemned. he condemned in the corruption case. so he cannot. he announced before that he can be a candidate for a presidential election in the future against the president asisi how much support is there in egypt for the former president? >> there is still some people who are saying they are aligned with them and also defenders of them. actually, they use is to attend all mubarak, the trial, supporting him. even after the verdict they said they will not looech mubarak-- leave mubarak.

the verdict to condemn mubarak and his sons. the more important effect, actually, is again jamal mubarak as president, he will not play any more political role, but for jam al he hope, there are supporters from him, especially from the businessman sector in egypt who was trying to make him as their candidate in the future he is the one to watch in the future >> yeah thank you for that. >> thank you two policemen have been killed in the egyptian capital. they were shot on their way to work in the giza district of greater cairo. one was killed and the other was wounded and arrested.

yemen's government has reversed a decision to expel a u.n. official heeding an appeal from ban ki-moon. the foreign ministry declared that he must leave for making what he called unfair statements. the u.n. has been highly critical of the yemeni government and the saudi-led military coalition that is helping it to fight shia houthi rebels. electoral reform and more harm me between different religious and ethnic groups. they're two aims of the reforms proposed by the president. the constitution has been outlined to change. >> reporter: some of the key changes expected will be changes to the electoral system which some analysts say are deeply flawed. again, the abolishment of the presidency, giving power to the government in a more broad-based

fashion. a lot of work to be done by this assembly. there is formal process of consultation which seeks to include all parties, all basically opinions with regards to the constitution and what we're seeing is that house will debate and discuss the potential changes at which time it will come up with a cohesive set of proposals for the constitutional change and then seek to take it through to bring to it to you fruition a british pilot has completed her three-month trip from britain to australia. she landed in sydney on saturday. she braced rough weather to fly her 1942 beoin steerma nshn. >> to fly something like this,

low level halfway around the world, seeing all the iconic landscapes, geology, vegetation. just the best view in the world. very few people get to fly it like i did ireland is now the fastest growing economy in the e.u. and the dramatic reversal of fortunes in the country's finances is changing the population. as the country recores, employers and the government want many to return. a report from the irish capital in dublin on those making the move back home. >> reporter: rebuilding the irish economy. the country is putting its bankruptcy in 2009 behind it and many of those who went abroad looking for work are coming home. people like paul o'brien who spent five years in sydney. >> a year ago i came home and yes, from talking to people, when you step off the aeroplane,

it was a lot more enthusiastic and promising. >> how can we get those young talented immigrants who have left ireland to consider ireland again >> reporter: ireland now has the highest gd. p growth in the european union, but one vital commodity is missing, those skilled professionals abroad and the government wants them back. as do employers like the boss of engineering form ethos, greg haydon. >> we started in the height and then the crash happened and we went on three-day weeks. we reduced salaries. it still wasn't enough. we had to let people go. guys left ireland as grants, they got suburb experience abroad. they had a lot to offer the countries they went to. there's a huge amount to offer them in coming back here. i thought that was a good thing to tap into >> reporter: so as ireland picks itself up as life particularly

here in the capital dublin begins to return to pre-crisis levels of prosperity, the return of workers who left is a welcomed buy product. the government expects 2016 to be the first year in seven in which those returning outnumber those leaving. it wants to attract 70,000 home by 2020. >> the higher-skilled immigrants, the college graduates, it specialists, there is a labor shortage. how long that labor shortage will last and how long this upswing of the economy is not a guess. >> i suppose it's peppered with caution as well because although time can be great heeder, i certainly still remember the reasons why i went in the first place because there was to work. >> reporter: the chief watch

word now is caution coming up golf's world number one starts the new year in peak form. reactions on the tournament of champions is ahead in sport.

an engineering student in bangladesh is hoping his invention will improve rail safety. police figures show an average of 70 people were killed by trains every month last year.

our correspondent has this report. >> reporter: the tracks don't inspire much confidence in this man. many are decades old. some were laid during british colonial rule before 1947. worried from reading frequent reports of derailment he decided to build a robot. inside a sensor detects cracks and derailments sending alerts with coordinates to a station. >> translation: right now all the maintenance works and check ups are done manually. we need a huge amount of manpower for that. not enough employees. we're trying to make an automated system >> reporter: lack the maintenance is not the biggest problem. a large number of tracks run through chaotic marketplaces and the middle of busy slums. it is a real danger for the people around. in 2015 police say an average of

70 people died each month after getting hit by trains. this man says he has seen 50 to 60 accidents during the 28 years he has set up shop here. he has recovered 10 dead bodies with his own hands. >> translation: some people are wandering onto to the tracks talking on their phones, some are absent minded, some have had an argument with a girlfriend and looking to end things. >> reporter: a proliferation of illegal crossings pose another threat with vehicles getting stuck on the uneven ground. >> they simply came, got stuck inside the rail track, the train came. the driver saw the train is coming but she could not move. >> reporter: with thousands of unregulated crossings around the country, safety remains a

problem that will take coordination between different government agencies so solve. in the meantime he is showing that one person's ideas can still make some difference with sport now. >> reporter: thank you very much. smaller clubs will do their level best to upset those in the action on saturday. they're already in for a big pay day after holding liverpool to a draw. there was no choice but to play the reserve team because of the red current injury crisis. 11 changes for this contest. in nine minutes liverpool were a goal down. three minutes later the winners were back on level terms thanks to the 19-year-old clair. just on the stroke of half-time, they had another goal. um see the liverpool's keeper

made a complete mess of things there. the visitors came back again in the second half. bradley smith ee equalized making it two two meaning a money exiter. they are set to make a million dollars from tv rights. aston villa leading wycombe. later it is norwich against man city. watford and west ham at home. manchester united against sheffield. quite a lot of interest around arsenal's quest to lands three cup title in a row. >> look, we want to win every competition we participate and the fa cup is one of them. for us it's an important competition. >> reporter: back to barcelona where they will attempt to

wrestle the lead away from madrid. they're one clear at the top with a win. the game kicking off in just over an hour. they're 17th in the league at the moment. barce's coach warned the players not to expect an easy match. >> it is an important game for us because it's officially the last game of the first half of the season. even though we still have a game to play, but all in all it's an important game. we will find a logical complication when we have teams in the area and this will be made worse by the fact that they have three very strong attackers. >> reporter: five games in total in spain taking place on saturday. there's the mid table class between getafe and betis. really ma drik and deportivo.

the first grand slam with a win in the warm up. federer with a straight set win. six one and six four. confirmed in a little over an hour. it will be a repeat of last year's final in brisbane. fedderer taking on the canadian who earned his place in the final with a straight set win. seven six seven six was the score. straight sets for the brisbane title. it was also a trophy win. six three and six to claim the open crown in china.

she is said to go up to the 4th. staying with tennis, australia has the first hop man cup title in 17 years. a final singles game was won six three and six four at the perth arena. the 21-year-old was actually born in russia and received a visa last year. the n ml play offs get underway on saturday as the remaining teams fight for a place in next month's super bowl. it will be one of the coldest in history. the game temperature is for cast to be minus 15 degrees. the top has been rolled over the surface. fans will be offered hand

warmers, free coach and an indoor facility at the nearby university prior to kick off. at the time wild card play office will be on saturday. kansas city chiefs and . on sunday seattle against vikings and the packers and the red skins. the world cup ski event has been cancelled in switzerland due to poor weather there. a surface has been constructed from artificial snow after long bout of warm weather. the days were followed by thick fog making it too dangerous for the event to go ahead. day seven of the rally is taking place now. there is a 27 team lead.

the world only track race on snow took place in u.s. nine drivers competing head to head with custom-made vehicles. speeds of up to 150 km/h. it was fair to say the conditions weren't friendly on everyone. br ice mensies won. jordan has in a four shot lead at the tournament of champions in hawaii. he shot off with one off the pace. there was a highlight though. the chip in eagle. that's your sport. more later thanks very much. do stay with us here on al jazeera. i will be right back with another full half-hour bulletin of news for you. for you.

gulf leaders accuse iran of escalating tensions with saudi arabia. this is al jazeera. live from our headquarters in doha. also on the program. a city divided as germany's chancellor has tougher laws for asylum seekers in cologne. a deal has been done to get aid to starving people in syria, but for some it could take days to arrive and for tens of thousands of