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linked. >> they did not make that link. that's because for the u.s. vice president for the u.s., the ypg fighters, the syrian kurdish fighters are the most important group fighting on the ground. the u.s. sees them as an important partner. what worries turkey is that because the ypg is seen as this important partner, the u.s. has turned a blind eye or ignore any sort of territory y'all ambition the kurds might have in syria. it believes the pkk is being emboldened in what it sees happening in turkey. >> we discussed how we can improve twhat remains of isil's

access. that's a priority for both of our nations so we can prevent new fighte and equipment from reaching isil and conducting attacks against syria and so that the control now and after we defeat isil of the border is within turkey's control, that it's secure, that there is no separate state sitting on your southern border. >> reporter: of course, turkey's prime minister also keen for the u.s. to understand turkey's concerns about what's happening with kurdish forces in syria. biden also pointed out that turkey has done a lot to improve its border security. turkey has been under a lot of pressure from the u.s. to strengthen its border. biden pointed out they have done

a lot to do that and certainly, turkey and the u.s.'s plans towards fighting isil have matured but two sides have come together, a lot on what needs to be done to continue to combat isil. >> translator: there should be no uncertainty about the representation of the opposition in syria. yesterday when mr. ban ki moon, we discussed this as well. we are happy the u.s. shared this mission. there should only be legitimate syrian opposition. >> when it comes to the against isil and turkey, what have they done to improve the wait they work together? >> reporter: i mean we know over the last six months or so, there has been a lot of pressure from the u.s. to consider liste

we know it's tough. if it were easy, it would have happened a long time ago. there are sharp divisions within the international community, especially about the future of assad, but we are clear about that. we know that the war in syria cannot end. it's not that it will not end. it's not that people choose otherwise. it's that it cannot end because he is the magnet thatstracts the violent terrorism and jihadis who will continue to come as

long as he or their -- his supporters insist that he is a part of the long-term future. we know that's simply not possible. >> tunisiases prime minister has held an emergency cabinet weeke weekend. he cut short a visit to france on thursday following four days of protests and a nightly curfew has been put in place right across the country since friday. until tun easeia, hasham, the prime minister did come out and speak but didn't seem to outline any con kreelt steps the government was going to use. the fruprotesters are frustrate and angry. >> reporter: this is what he had to say. his announcement falls into the same line of the speech made by the president yesterday that basically there are groups that are exploiting the movement and planning to undermine tunisia

and that there is an emergent democracy and the state has the obligation to defend the democracy in tunisia and that the government needs more time to try to address grievance and concerns made by the people. it is going to take some time before the government can implement reforms to address social, economic problems. when it comes to how is the government going to fix this problem? what is it going to have money to offer jobs to people? he does not make any specific statements. they expected their lives to be better by now and blame the government for the facttha they are not it's been five years since protesters forced him to leave tunisia after 23 years in power, starting what became known as the arab spring.

but tunisia still has some of the same problems that created the revolution: issues like unemployment and poverty. the president has urged the country to respect the nationwide curfew that's been put in place following a wave of protests across the country. in an address to the nation, he acknowledged the high unemployment rate as a factor for the protests. but he also said foreign groups were deliberately destabilizing tunisia. >> translator: we have more than 700,000 unemployed, among them, 300,000 youths who have qualifications and cannot find a job. they have been targeted by outside forces, isil and others. >> reporter: the protests started after the death on saturday, electrocuted after

criming a transmission tower in a protest after missing out on a government job. the prime minister has cut short a trip to europe to deal with the unrest. he said the situation is under control and that the government has started to implement a job creation program. the situation is coming down. it's economic people. it's people looking for work. they have a way to resolve the problem. they can't solve all of the unemployment problems in one goal. >> a functioning democratic state hasn't been easy. slow economic growth has left many disappointed. this is quite a delicate situation for tunisia because there is a curfew that comes in to effect. there is also an emergency law that has been implemented a few months ago to stem the rise of

violence. it came against the backdrop of the deadly attacks targeting western tourists in tunisia, particular particularly, so people are pretty much concerned about the emergency law and the curfew saying this is something that undermines democracy in tunisia. for the government, this is quite instrumental. it's the only way to stem the rise of violence that has been threatening to spin out of control. listen to what habib said, the prime minister of tunisia had to say. >> people should understand that we can reach a solution, yet this requires a great amount of patience and positiveness. and as i said, many are taking advantage of the peaceful demonstrations and enthusiasm of the youth. many do not wish to see tunisia successful. they feel undermined by the democratic process. they are doing all they can to disturb the harmony of our

democracy and the historic transition period tunisia has seen. the transition is inevitable. the transition is irreversible. >> hashem, he talks about the transition, but is there a sense there that tunisia is still the shimmer of hope amongst all of the very fragile revolutions? how do you see this playing out? >> reporter: basically, the general sentiment among many people is since the 2010 revolution, tunisia has managed the most important step, which is basically al transition across a backdrop of elections. the biggest challenge. you see the idea for tunisia would be basically the following. they say bolivia can absorb about half a million tun easeian workers. this is number 1.

no. 2, riding the wave of an economic growth of 5% to be able to generate money to offer job opportunities for many tun easians. this is something that is going to take at least 5 to 10 years. tun easians have to be patient. >> okay, hashem, thank you for that update. >> an attack, at least four

months. >> we haven't heard any details. details. identity.

taken to a school. people are completely unfamiliar with this. it's no exaggeration to say the country is a little shocked at this today. >> daniel, thank you for that update from toronto. still ahead on the al jazeera newshour: >> it's not a school you would want your children to be educated in. >> why teachers in the u.s. city

of detroit are calling in sick to get better schools, plus: >> i am hara matasa inside africa. i will show you how this concept saves lives. >> in sport, play was suspensed as a leading coach collapses in the stands. first, china's president is on a two-day visit to iran to increase economic ties with the country. the first head of state to visit iran just days after decades-long u.n. sanctions on iran were lifted. china has been iran's biggest trading partner for the past six years. the iranian president welcomed the strengthening of ties in the post-sanctions era. >> translator: we are delighted to see this trip taking plates and strengthen ties awe decided

to increase mutual trade, up to $600,000,000,000. to ensure security and stability in the middle east, we are offering help to countries which suffer from terrorism like afghanistan, iraq, syria and yemen. we areeuvering intellectual intelligence to fight terrorism. >> the world economic forum is drawing to a close. low oil prices and the chinese economic slump dominated the meeting of world leaders and business chiefs. there has been an era of pessimism. bill gates has an optimistic outlook by beijing's challenges? >> most countries would envy their rate of quote. they have a challenge of shifting the economy into some new directions. there is a lot of great talent in china, building up the

educational system and, you know, i think, you know, china's got a very bright future. i have a lot of confidence in china, partly because they take long-term view. they look at what other countries are doing china is going to be con tri butting more and more. >> finding food to eat. they sit with their mother and father on the side of industrial street breaking rocks.

the small stones are gathered and sold to builders and landscapers. on a good day, the boys and their parents make around $10 and some days go by and they make nothing at all. >> i wish for my sons to grow up and i don't want them to work here. this is not a good place for children. >> not only does working here mean children like these miss out on an education. breaking rocks is very dangerous and they have no safety here these stones are very sharp and pieces, if they fly out and hit one of them in the face, they could lose an eye. just a few minutes down the road is the cathedral community school set up to cater for orphans and vulnerable children. it's estimated around 25% of zam bean children are involved in some sort of work. projects such as this are hoping to reduce that percentage. 12-year-old isaac is one of the

school's >> they are severely underfunded. and they don't have enough staff to nurture these children. >> on the street, they are surviving. >> the united nations considers access to education a fundamental human rights. but that right is still not safe

guarded, which means children such as patrick and his brother ryan are robbed of their childhood. al jazeera. musaka. there have been violent clashes in haiti after a presidential run-off was delayed for a second time. it was supposed to happen on sunday. the electoral commission pushed it back because of security concerns. no new date has been set. as andy gallacher reports from port space au prince. >> one opposition leader called it a victory for democracy on the streets of port awe prince. protesters were in no mood to celebrate. thousands voiced their anger, burning campaign posters, tires, and throwing rocks. many here remain skeptical of the election process and fear haiti is now heading into a deepening compliccrisis. this protester told us it's time to form a government and organizati organize a fresh election and says people need to be part of

that position and in the end be victorious. >> he refers to himself as banana man because of his agricultural background. he told us that fruit is haiti's future. >> it's true six months ago, nobody knew the name but today the entire country knows who the banana man is. they know me because i have done excellent work. >> reporter: opposition candidate called the first route

of voting a farce and refused to campaign in the run-off. there is now pressure from the international community for haiti to restore confidence in its electoral process. time is running out. the president is supposed to step down in two weeks. what comes next remains uncertain. andy g ga. lacher. >> the major snowstorm in the eastern part of the u.s.? >> it was nice when it started yesterday, daylight hours, children t think, good. day off school. lovely. enjoy it. this is the nice bit. then of course comes the night so nice and eventually very nasty business. yesterday's minor accidents, there have been one,000 motor accidents recorded in this area, mostly until virginia. there is the developing storm in the last 24 hours. part is still off just off of the east coast off of cape

hateras actually and winding up storm. this was feeding in lots of moisture. this is tropical moisture going along into this storm and tucked in behind it is the coldest across the stay of under cutting. this is an ideal set up for a huge winter storm. the con sequences of that are blizard and we are in new york now, washington at the moment, snow and ice. even potential for freezing rain which is really unpleasant stuff. anyway, these are the pictures as we stand at the moment with the snow still falling in many states. as far as tennessee, 40 centimeters in a blowing wind as i mentioned in washington d.c. it's going to be one of the major ones but 2010 was pretty nasty in d.c. it looks like we could easily rival the nexter bokor storm we have heard about in 1922, destroyed knickerbocker theatre.

however, it's going to be one of the two or three biggest, just in d.c. snow is falling in knock, $0.18 meters on the ground. baltimore up to 30. richmond virginia 50 and charleston in west virginia, 38 centimeters. in this appalachian area where the worst of the weather is. we have it for another 24 hours. so, if you take it northward for the next 24 hours, it gives you a fine sunday. but until that point, it's not good. we have a live coming up from washington after the bottom of the hour. >> thank you, rob. i know you will be tracking that closely for us we will cross over live to our correspondent in washington and we will get the latest on the snowstorm for there. praying for power, bol eve i can't's most popular leader finished 10 years in office and wants to stay longer . >> i am lee wellington, the tulle club north of london but

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♪ top stories on the al jazeera newshour. the u.s. vice president joe biden is in turkey pushing for a glomatic resolution to end the war in syria. he pledged u.s. support to help turkey defend its borders from isil attacks. tunisia's prime minister has held an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss this week's wave of protests by the unemployed. after the meeting, he said the

transition to democracy is inevitable and irreversible. four people have been killed by a shooter at a high school and a second location in canada. the suspect has been arrested. prima the prime minister said the country's hard is breaking for the people there. six people have been killed in the united states as a huge blizzard hits the east coast. it's expected to bring as much as 60 centimeters in some areas. thousands of flights have been cancelled. people have been warned not to drive and stay indoors until that storm passes. let's cross over to tom ackerman joining us from washington, d.c. to let us know when that storm, tom, is expected to hit and what else are people doing to prepare for it? >> reporter: well, the first snowflakes hit washington, d.c. approximately 18 hours ago. the forecasters say we can expect another 18 hours. as of now, the latest count here

in d.c., itself, is about $0.35 meters of snow, but as our forecasters said, it could go as high as 60 or even more. right now, we are seeing reasoningbly good conditions in the sense that people are simply staying boarded up at home and the saving grace for this storm so far, at least on the eastern coast, has been that the authorities had plenty of warning and gave plenty of advisories in the city of fi philadelphia, there was a code blue yesterday asking if anybody who sees somebody exposed to the elements to report them immediately to the authorities so that we don't have incidents of hypothermia. in some cases.

>> they are setting up shelters. >> you see a lot of cases of heart attacks of people trying to dig out when they are not properly conditioned to deal with that kind of physical exertion. so, we still have a long way to go with the storm .

>> okay. >> back to you. >> we will leave it there for now. they say thank you for giving us that update from the snowfall in washington, d.c. the head of the teachers union tells us they are striking because of violations of state law. >> i am not above if it's what's right for kids. >> there could be a strike eventually. >> there could be this one. i am not going to lie about it.

right now, i don't feel this is the time. >> even though there is a michigan law against it? >> >> ask request can.

to present him from running in 2019 for another five years. >> the people's objective is to stay. if a "yes" wins, after 10 years in office, i think it's too much. >> critics also say they don't believe in morales's promises. >> he said twice he wouldn't seek re-election and hasn't kept his word. after a fourth or 5th term he will ask for another reform and so on and so on. >> reporter: on this anniversary, in a six-hour address, he accounted his achievements from bol average i have i can't's growth. he said bolivia needs continues newty. mineers, women's groups. >> as dawn broke, his cabinet

members had been flanked by supporters for a special ceremony. they raised their palms to receive the magic of the first rays of "the sun," the tradition goes. morales said it's the energy to go on. al jazeera, bolivia. the top u.s. agency for disease prevention has issued a warning to pregnant women to avoid travel to more than 20 countries affected by the mosquitos borne virus linked to a spike in birth defects. while the connection has not been confirmed, health professionals throughout the americas say it's not worth the risk. >> reporter: the mosquitos born zika virus has been around for years in africa and in that time, it barely registered as a problem. >> was until it turned up in brazil. in months, there have been half a million cases of con tapeons of the virus and a suspected link to a dramatic rise of birth

defects in babies. >> normally, zika is not a very dangerous disease. it's with mild symptoms but what we see in brazil right now is that lots of the areas where we have zika infections, women have given birth to babies of micro cephaly. >> that's the condition in which a baby's brain and head don't fully develop. back in 2014, before the virus arrived in brazil, there were 150 known cases in the country. since october, that has jumped to 4,000. the link to zika virus hasn't been concerned but it's enough to prompt health officials to act as if there is one. >> we are quite concerned about the potential complications to the fetus of a zika virus in pregnant women. we are advising pregnant women

consider postponing travel to these areas if possible. >> those areas cover 20 different countries throughout latin america and the caribbeanan and there have been a handful of cases in the united states. health officials are still not clear why it's spread into an epidemic so quickly. they are worried the olympic games next august could provide the conditions for it to spread even further. >> it's the olympic games and a lot of tourists from all over the world will arrive in ri rio de janiero. they will be exposed to the risk of getting a virus. it's sequences for the brazilian's health but worldwide. >> there is no treatment for the zika virus. specialists in brazil and e el salavador have taken the unprecedented step asking women not to get pregnant at all. they are the same mosquitos that

carry other diseases. they thrive and breed in small amounts of still water. health officials say avoiding all still water is the only answer, making mosquitos eradication programs like these all the more important. al jazeera. >> the south african government is trying to encourage more mothers to breast feed as the country has one of the lowest levels of breast feeding in the world. it's part of the effort to persuade new moms away from manufactured mic is setting up human milk banks. >> every day, shontal doe it's a some breast milk to a child. she doesn't always know who gets it but she is happy it's for a good cause. she still has more than enough to feed her 6 month old daughter. >> i get the feel you that you

think it's going to a baby, more than what we needed. it's going to help them grow and nurture them. so, you know, it's very important. >> the donated milk is collected or dropped off at human milk banks across the country. >> this is a milk bank where the donated milk is tested for hiv and other diseases. it is then past yourized and fed to orphans who don't have mother's milk. >> there are more than 40 milk banks nationwide. more than 2800 babies received human milk last year. they are encouraging breast feeding instead of formula milk. >> it's about breast feeding, a country like south africa where we have dangerously low breast feeding rates. 7.4 of our mothers exclusively breast feed their children at six months. >> the baby girl was born

premature and is still sick and weak to leave hospital. doane assess for the milk bank are needed because she can't produce enough milk. >> if they were not there, i don't know how my baby's going to survive. so maybe i would buy milk from the shops but they say milk from the shops is not right for the babies. >> reporter: 34 newborn babies out of every 1,000 die before their first birthday in south africa. more human milk banks could help save more lives. hara matasa, johan he isburg. >> still ahead on the newshour. . >> later on al jazeera, i will be telling you why not every piece of art is a paint okay a wall but is being displayed in all shapes and sizes across the city. >> there have been clearly failures. i don't think anybody would be

sitti sitting in my position without saying that. >> the head of the iaaf, taskin clupings scandal involving sledding.

♪ it's enternational arts week in sang apour. the newly he opened national gallery showcasing top worked around the world. the entire island is hosting art. some is in unusual places. >> you can't wallu wa-- walk

anywhere in singapore without seeing art. the focal part. there used to be that for singapore and city hall. >> i think the building is beautiful, and it's a very lovely space to be in. >> the merger of the two sides created a large area of art space adding new light to the chief justice's chambers has been a defendant challenge. there were many issues to be resolved. >> these buildings were office buildings, not designed in any shape or form far an art gallery. problems were like foundation, the floor loading, bringing it up to modern day codes and standards in terms of air conditioning and lighting and cabling. >> the whole event is spread across the island. it's not just established names showing their work here. local artists are also featured

in some very unusual locations. inside these shipping containers, visitors can see and meaty merging talent. hezekial wong is a fine arts major. he. >> from my work, i really am not here to say what's right or wrong, but really to stand as a reminder for people to watch their mouth before they speak, to watch their action before they say anything. >> reporter: it's a start. he hopes to join british artists and cutting-edge. names such as his are raising the profile of this festival. >> southeast asia is emerging. the history of contemporary art is not so old.

it's not compared to london or new york but it's a future. the world is moving towards asia. all of the new countries are emerging. as well as hong kong and china, a center for contemporary art. >> there is something for everyone, and there is definitely debate about what they like artistically and what they don't. >> it's time for sports. here is ferrah. >> thank you so. andy murray sealed his place in the fourth round at the australian open, the scot went down in the second set but came back to win the next two. murray, a 4-time eaton finaltists. nervous scenes at the labor arena as andy murray's father-in-law collapsed. he is also the coach of ann anna nanovich. he is in hospital.

she went on to lose her match to madison keeton. >> a 400th career win, in the third roundtion. the 2014 champion needed less than two hours to pull out the match. faces 13th seed in the fourth round. williomen's world number 3 the latest seed to fall at melvin park. knocked out by barocova. seen as a title contender lost in straight sets. 21 female seeds have fallen after six days of play, 12 bundled out in the first round. i think i played good, very good. also, i didn't play good but i don't know.

i couldn't find the court and my shots. didn't really find my game. eight matches happening in the english premier league on saturday. norich hosting liverpool. right now, fernino, norich came back to score two goals. it's the hosts leading actually 2-1 now to the host. let's take a look at the other games coming up on saturday. a late kick off puts together manchester city and west ham. >> one of the unlikely stars in the english premier league scoring 13 goals in the third highest score in the league. as lee welling reports, his journey to the stop has had plenty of hurdles. >> at watford football club, the january freeze prevented premier

league stars from having their morning training session but it didn't bother the man who came in from the cold. before reaching england, he left for norway for some african teammates, the move was too much of a culture shock. >> because it's not only easy, but you work hard and in prayer for it, you can achieve it. for me, my own saying is it's smarting. >> lagos was more dangerous. his mother helped get him out to a new life. >> my mom lives there now. they are crying, praying for me it is what you worked for. you have been striving to be a

professional player to play outside of this country. and this is an opportunity for you to do that. >> reporter: after leaving for italy, trying to get time at a third-tier team but two 6ive prom motions before a move to england and wand watford. the english premier league is the world's most popular football league. one of the reasons is the ability -- this season has been like no other where chelsea, liverpool and manchester united are being so regularly beating by the likes of lester, and of course watford. >> the huge contribution, they wanted the club supporters and flores is desperate to hold on to him against mass interest from major clubs. he will take it in his stride. >> the best i have done is

believe in myself, keep working on it. the future is bright. >> his self belief made him achieve these goals. lee we willings, al jazeera, watford. a man in charge of worth athletics has admitted to access the organization has made mistakes when it comes to doping and corruption within the sport. the iaaf president insists athletics can regain its credibility. >> it's been a turbulent few months for sebastian coe, elected last august, his former 2-time champion has had to deal with the suspension for russia on the doping program and the fallout following his predecessor on corruption charges. ahead of the asian indoor athletics championships being held in doha, i spoke to sebastian coe about what he

plans to do to clean up the sport. >> did you have any idea when you became the president back in august of the storm that was about to break over athletics? >> well, as i have said, we were conscious on the council around the specific issue of the escalating problem in russia. >> and questions were asked. >> the questions were asked. you have said in previous interviews that you and the organization didn't follow up with those questions maybe more vigorously. is that a failure on the part of the iff and you personally considering you were vice president for several years? >> there of clearly been failures. i don't think anybody would be sitting in my position without saying that. we should have known or been in a better position to know firstly whether those conversations, and second place, what the outcome was. >> in terms of your plan for athletics, we will spoke about them. talking about it.

all of that back in the 80s and the long distance running. there was a remark in august, 1981, with a world record, three times? >> three times in about nine days. >> certainly in the u.k., it was front page and back page news for all of the right reasons. can we get back to that? >> it can. it has to. despite the dark days we are facing at the moment, the overwhelming challenge that we face is to get more young people involved and excited in our sport and that means being much more creative about the way we deliver the sport. here is looking at the product of the athletics. we need to get the big name athletes racing against each other, and that may even mean looking at central contracts. we do need those athletes to be out there satisfying the demand that there is for track and field. >> as for seb coe, it will mean he doesn't shy away from the

tough decisions and whether coe and iaff insider for the best part of 13 years is the man's best place to do that. >> remains to be seen. al jazeera. doha. this woman here, lined see vaughn has become the most prolific winner in downhill skiing's world cup. the 31-year-old won saturday's race on the olymme i can't course in italy. it's her 37th win surpassing the record of austrian great, anna marie porel since stood since 1980. vaughn world 74 world cup events getting close to the all time mark. that's your sport for now. back back to doreen thank you very much for that update. stay with us right here on al jazeera. that's it for the news hour. we are back in a motor two with a full bulletin of news coming

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sgrafrnling. together, we continue to work toward a political resolution of the situation in syria. >> the u.s. looking for an end to syria's war. vice president joe biden is in turkey. >> that none of us or any other -- are under any illusions that obstacles don't still exist. >> secretary of state john kerry meets foreign ministers in the gulf region. you are watching al-jazerra live from head quarterbacks. also ahead, the grim fallout of