♪ the u.n. raises the alarm about civilian deaths in iraq. ♪ in doha and coming up, in the next half hour the political factions announced the formation of a long-awayed unity government. from world's factory to flattening economy, what new growth numbers mean for china and its global business partners. and boycotting the oscars and u.s. film maker spike lee says he will not be attending what he calls a lillie white awards

show. ♪ i.s.i.l. fighters in iraq accused of holding 3 half million as slaves and report from the u.n. says i.s.i.l. is guilty of systematic violence which amounts to crimes against humanity and possibly even genocide and reports details how at least 3.2 million people have been displaced in the past two years between may and october of last year, at least 3800 people were killed. it's estimated that 3500 civilians are being held as slaves. let's get more from mohamed who joins us live from baghdad and mohamed the u.n. report is also calling on the iraqi government to allow those who fled their homes to return is that even possible given the unstable

security situation? >> yeah, this is the big question here right now and this report lays out in very stark terms just how dire the situation not only is but continues to get each and everyday. one of the big problems here is that even when areas are cleared of i.s.i.l. fighters it's very difficult for families, displaced people here to actually go back. let me give you one example first. we were in erbill just about a week and a half ago and we were speaking to members of the aziti and want to return to sinjar and liberated of i.s.i.l. but they can't, can't for two reasons and one of the reasons is because the area still could be boobie trapped and no infrastructure and the homes are all destroyed and another reason is in mosul right next door i.s.i.l. still has a stronghold and iraqi army

has not begun trying to retake mosul and let's take a place like anbar places and there are places close to ramadi cleared of i.s.i.l. fighters in the past few months but a lot of sunni families that are afraid to go back to homes because not just of the devastation that is still there and lack of infrastructure but also they are afraid of rising sectarian tensions and afraid of being targeted by shia malitias and it's a problem that continues in the last week there was a lot of sectarian violence and sunni families that were there were blaming shia malitias for that from an attack by i.s.i.l. earlier in the week and it's a very complicated situation here on the ground, the sectarian tensions continue to rise and this makes it all the more difficult for displaced people in iraq, 3.2 million displaced people and a million of them being children makes it all that more difficult to try

to go home and this is what this human report is trying to highlight and it's saying that the international community needs to do more to try to allocate funds to make sure that the iraqi government can try to get these areas rebuilt, to try to get these families back in and try to help the iraqi people as much as possible. last week we spoke to unicef and u.n. folks in iraq and said the situation is so dire and often the interfacial community fore gets about the displaced people of iraq and focus on refugees in the region and they forgot how bad it is for the people of iraq. >> a very complicated situation in iraq and it's the people that suffer and mohamed thank you so much for the update speaking to us from baghdad. libya's rival political factions have announced the formation of a new unity government, the two sides signed a u.n. backed deal in morocco last month and under the agreement a presidential council was formed and currently based in tunis and named a

government of 32 ministers. let's get more now from tunis and hashim this is a very significant development for libya, what can you tell us about the unity government. >> basically the presidential council managed to overcome some of the obstacles it faced in the past and now has agreed on 32 members of the national unity government, people picked from different tribes and different regions to sort of project a full representation of libya because as you know libya has historically been divided among regional and tribal lines for the national unity government to work without in the future without problems and needs to represent most of those regions and tribes. it is quite a significant development in the sense that over the last few weeks the international community has been concerned about i.s.i.l.

expanding in libya and controlling 170 coastal area that stretches to places near misrati and they are concerned that i.s.i.l. could easily use it for attacks against europe and a national unity government could be the answer to those problems and the beginning of an end of a political impasse that has crippled libya for years. >> just detail for us the sort of challenges that this unity government will be facing, keeping in mind that the security situation is still unstable in libya. >> exactly and you have malitias on the ground that are more powerful than the government and it remains to be seen whether the government is going to be able to convince then to join a national army. libya is a country which has divided and it has two parliaments, two governments and two armies, one in the east and

the other in the west. now, this national unity government should in theory pave the ground for consensus in libya to put an end to instability and divisions and now this is what we expect to happen in the coming days. this government needs to have legitimacy and has to be approved by the internationally recognized parliament based in tabrook but parliament divided over the national unity government and know many members almost a third of the parliament is not really happy with the national unity government. let's assume they endorse the government. it has to relocate in tripoli, the problem is the tripoli based general council would juxt the government and need consensus and need all the factions agree to put an end to instability and start a new chapter. >> lots of obstacles ahead for libya and thank you speaking to us from tunis on the new unity government that just formed.

the chinese economy is growing at its slowest rate in 25 years which is having a knock on effect to communities worldwide and gdp slowed to 6.9% and that is still broadly in line with the government's target and many other countries can only dream of the expanding chinese economy but its growth is far lower than the double digit figures seen in 2010 and say the chinese data could be overly optimistic and from beijing lawrence reports. >> reporter: for years china has been the world's factory, relying on low manufacturing costs to make goods sold worldwide. more than 20 years of record breaking growth has propelled china from communism to consumerism and now the chinese economy is stalling and the slow down is hurting many other economies worldwide. commodity exporters who relied

on china as a buyer for years are also struggling and analysts say a slow down is inevitable given how much the chinese economy has grown in resent years. they say high-speed growth is unsustainable and a recess is needed. >> translator: china is indeed in a moment of momentum transferring from old to new. traditional industries are big in size while these emerging economies are smallers and are growing fast emerging industries cannot makeup for traditional slow down so the over all economy is facing downward pressure. >> reporter: slower growth is expected to be the new normal for china, already analysts predicting the economy to go further this year and even government measures and increasing spending and interest rates are not expected to help much. chinese government leaders are encouraging everyone to spend more hoping to shift the economy from export dependent to a more sustainable consumer driven

model. some encouraging data emerged on tuesday. retail spending even though lower than expected still grew by double digits and the automotive industry is expected to grow. >> translator: lower than gdp but industry as a whole are doing all right because people up grade their cars with better cars coming only the market and the whole market is developing pretty fast. >> reporter: the government is under taking structural reforms slowly changing from a centrally planned economy to a market driven one, that will take time. for now china and the countries that depend on chinese demand for exports will have to put up with slower chinese growth, lawrence from al jazeera, beijing. despite the slow down in china the latest from the international monetary fund says global economic growth is expected to rise this year and global growth is 3.4% and that is a rise of a third of 1% from

last year, advanced economies will drive global growth as they see what the imf calls a continued modest and uneven recovery. the imf meanwhile forecasts a generalized slow down for china and other emerging market economies and more from barnabie phillips in london and despite the chinese gdp data and low oil prices how is it that the imf still remains upbeat about the global economic growth? >> well, i'm not sure i would use the world upbeat. the imf is talking about the entire economy and when you look at their latest projections there are grounds for optimism and encouragement in some areas and grounds for pessimism in others so it's a more nuisanced picture if you like on the pessimistic side imf yes they are predicting the economy will grow 3.4% in 2016 but that is 2

points less than three months ago back in october so they are trimming their estimates, as you were suggesting they believe that the rate of growth in china will carry on slowing down in 2016-2017 and this will have enormous global consequences. they predict also i should say a very bleak picture in latin american and see the brazil economy contracting by 3.5% this year. they see problems for big oil exporters of course countries like angola and nigeria and sub sahara and africa and other places they are optimistic and in the developed world they see a modest recovery continuing, countries like britain and even spain caught up in the euro zone crisis and their economy grew 2% and united states economy continuing to do relatively well over the next couple of years so it's a mixed picture.

>> didn't mention much about the current oil prices that are currently seeing their all-time low. are they not at all concerned about the oil prices and perhaps the economies that are dependents on oil production? >> for those countries undoubtedly the imf predicts difficulties but what they are saying is that low oil prices is or are double-edged sword, majority of countries in the world are not significant, oil exporters and for them cheap oil means cheaper imports and that ought to mean cheaper prices at the pump if you like for drivers in many countries and that ought to boost manufacturing. i think what the imf says however is that the extent to which ordinary people benefit from falling oil prices and falling petrol and gasoline

prices varies an awful lot from region to region and in developed economies those benefits tend to be passed on more quickly, more efficiently to the consumer than they do in many developing economies. >> thank you and making sense of the imf figures that have just come out today. lots more coming up, on al jazeera, thousands of argintina people demand answers. going to a base in afghanistan for a look at how they are helping these men fight a different kind of battle. ♪ the only way to get better is to challenge yourself,

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♪ the top stories on al jazeera and u.n. accusing i.s.i.l. fighters in iraq of against humanity to october 2015. and the rival political factions have a long awaited unity government but it still has to be approved by the internationally recognized parliament in tabrook, chinese economy is growing at its slowest rate in 25 years and government data shows year on year gdp slowed half a percent to 6.9% and say the chinese data could be overly optimistic. ten people killed in pakistan and at least 20 others injured in a suicide bomb attack and taliban fighters suspected of a

attack at a check point on peshawar near the afghan border and witnesses say the explosives were attached to a motor bike. u.n. special envoy staffan de mistura briefed the security council ahead of talks on syria but delays look likely and still no agreement who will be invited to take part in the discussions in geneva next week and a diplomatic editor james base reports. >> reporter: staffan de mistura the u.n. envoy who is supposed to mediate talks between the syrian government and opposition in a week's time. but it is touch and go whether they will now go ahead according to the french foreign minister. >> obviously we hope that the negotiation will take place but there are some questions which have to be dealt with. >> reporter: the u.n. in new york ambassadors arrived to hear a briefing from mr. staffan de mistura by video conference from

his office in geneva all expressing a determination that talks must start on time. >> it's important that talks do go ahead this month and what we will hear from staffan de mistura is what progress he has made on this. >> looks like the talks on the 25th are going to take place? >> i hope so, they must, they must after all the work that has been done. >> reporter: ambassador knows his own government has problems with the current plan and vladimir putin was in qatar in moscow and talks that focused on the situation in syria the russian leader will have made it clear he believes the list for the opposition delegation drawn up in saudi arabia should have more secular figures and representation from kurdish groups. there is another problem even those currently on the opposition list are not yet committed to attend geneva. they want reassurances that what happened last time there was syrian negotiations two years ago won't be repeated. they claim the syrian government

was deliberately obstructive and derailed those talks and want a guaranty if that happens again the u.s. and its allies have a plan b. it is thought this time around the former will begin with days of what are known as proximity talks in the headquarters in geneva the two sides will be kept in separate rooms with mrmr. mr. staffan de mistura shuttling between it and mr. staffan de mistura said anyone who takes part in the negotiation in either delegation will not be allowed to be a part of the transitional government that the talks are supposed to create, so there are rules in place but for talks that for now look far from certain. james base, al jazeera, u.n. large explosion near the airport in the northern city in mali, local media say it was caused by a land mine targeting a u.n. vehicle, sources in kadal say some people have been

injured. some kenya troops killed arrived home and died when the african union peace keepers were attacked on friday and al-shabab says it killed more than 100 soldiers but kenya officials have not confirmed the final death toll as yet. the body of alberta was found in his apartment a year ago sparking protests and accusations of a presidential cover up and daniel reports now from the argentine capitol buenos aires. >> reporter: a year on and there are more questions than answers. these people are still asking how alberto nissman died if he was killed then who killed him. >> translator: why did those who are supposed to be guarding him the night he died disappear? and why is such a high profile

case taking so long to investigate and reach conclusions. >> translator: they are trying to cover the sun with their hands but the hands they are using to block out the sun are covered with gun powder and blood. >> reporter: alberto niss marn was due to present to congress the findings and if the president kirshner was corpsing up a bombing of a jewish community center in buenos aires which 85 people died and there are those that say because this case is so important and complicated it needs to be done properly and others say it is highlighted from argintine conclusions and the intelligence services, whatever the reason one year on these people are asking what happened to alberto nissman. >> translator: it's worth it to keep looking for answers and argentina is a world power looking for justice because we

had experience and are optimistic. >> we felt the death and not just him dying but the death of us and i'm confident we will see change and honor him as he deserved. >> reporter: a month after his death these crowds filled the streets of buenos aires calling for justice. they believe nissman was killed to silence his investigation, others say he had no case against president kirchner and killed himself. >> translator: his daughters should be the first to benefit from this investigation but in second place should be the country because we all need to know what happened to the investigator who denounced the president of the nation. >> reporter: many here hope the change of government will bring fresh impetus to the investigation, an investigation that from the beginning has divided argentina along political lines. one year on those decisions are as strong as ever. al jazeera, buenos aires. >> the mining, company at the

center of the biggest environment accident in latin america is being accused of not acting to prevent the disaster and t.v. reporters in brazil say they have proof that the mining, firm san marco knew of the risk at the mariano dam two years before it bursts and denies the accusation and says precautions taken and several employees will face trial and 17 were killed when a flood from polluted water and iron ore spread across a huge area of southern brazil. afghanistan is the biggest global supplier of heroin around the world but the drug is also widely available and cheap to buy for many afghans, as omar reports addicts there are in desperate need of help to try and kick the habit. >> it was the biggest u.s. military camp in kabul now it's the largest treatment center for drug addicts in afghanistan. most of these men are homeless

because of addiction and receive three meals a day, new training suits and a haircut. around 600 men are now living here. each has his story of misery and hope. >> translator: i've been using drugs for 22 years. i'm tired of this dark life. i want to start a new one. >> translator: when i compared my previous life with the current one i feel unhuman. >> reporter: many here praise the treatment center but some complain about the quality of food and lack of proper medical services. outside the addicts get fresh air everyday and the chance to exercise, keeping fit and busy is important for their recovery. they are not allowed to leave, visitors come twice a week and there are more than 60 wards and the government will host more than 10,000 a year and they have a budget of approximately $4 million a year, one step on a long road. doctors here say the program

starts with the 45 days detoxification and rehabilitation process. >> they do physical activity and we will learn and teach them physical and teach them carrier for example they will learn carpentry, they will learn painting and now it's six months, a long period of time. so after that we teach them their career, of course, the government has decided to just send them to other ministries for their jobs. >> reporter: afghanistan is the world's biggest producer of fuel and last year it produced 3300 tons, opium poppies turned to heroin and sold worldwide, illegal drugs in afghanistan are cheap and available and in kabul these men remain vulnerable. unemployment is high and addicts can easily return to old habits, number in afghanistan is alarming and the ministry says there are about 2.4 million

adult drug users and the other problem is there are only 123 treatment centers across the country. in this center a moment of joy for the addicts temporarily for getting the battle they could win or lose, al jazeera, kabul. film maker spike lee and jada pinkett smith are boycotting awards and people receiving the nominations are white and gerald tan has the story. >> reporter: award season when they walk the red carpets in hopes of going home with a trophy but this year's build up to the awards have travesty and noted director spike lee is calling for a boycott of what he describes as an lily white oscar

ceremony and no black actor receives a nomination and jada smith says it's time for people of color to disregard the academy awards. >> begging for acknowledgment or even asking diminishes dignity and diminishs power and we are a dignified people. >> reporter: that message appears to be gaining traction on social media to hash tag oscars so white has been quickly resurrected with users calling this a sequel to last year's saga. here is every actor nominated this year in four major film awards, oscar and golden globe and screen actors guild and there are 35 in total and take a look and two of them are black and will smith for performance in concussion and alba for beast of the nations and disappear with several others when it comes to the oscars and academy

awards traditionally awarded as the most prestigious as acting nominees for the second year in a row. some argue that black actors simply did not play prominent roles on screen this year, others say the problem goes deeper. >> the motion picture industry like so many other institutions is very slow to change, not a very diverse institution, you have a situation where essentially white males are dominating the industry. >> reporter: oscar nominees and winners determined by the roughly 6,000 members of the academy of motion pictures arts and sciences and the president had a statement saying it's time for big changes, we will conduct membership recruitment in order to bring about much needed diversity and that diversity is long time coming, some industry comment that it's easier for a black person to become president

of the united states than head of hollywood movie studio. gerald tan, al jazeera. don't forget you can get all the latest news and analysis all on our website, the address is right there on your screen, it's at al jazeera.com. whole different set of rules. soaking the rich is back in style for democrats. the latest example is hillary clinton's proposal to slap a 4% surcharge on annual income above $5 million. that would effectively raise what are known as marginal tax