♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello and welcome you are watching the news hour from doha with me peter and the top stories on al jazeera. fighting continues on the ground in syria as the proposed talks on the syrian crisis are delayed. [gunfire] protesters in egypt have a government ban on demonstrations to mark the fifth anniversary of the revolution. a cold snap sweeps through parts of east asia bringing with it record low temperatures.

>> i will have all your sport including the specter of match fixing once again raises his head at the australian open as a major gambling website suspends betting on a double's match. ♪ top story proposed talks on the crisis in syria to be held in geneva have now been delayed. the indirect negotiations between the syrian government and the opposition were due to start on monday but there is still no consensus on who will take part. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry says that is who will be resolved in a day or two. mohamed is a member of the syrian opposition, he says he is unhappy with the way the lead up to the talks is being handled. >> translator: there is pressure on us to give up the natural and legitimate right of the syrian people.

these pressures are represented and pushing our delegation to head to the talks without any clear agenda plus giving up good will measures and mainly addressing the humanitarian situation which has nothing to do with politics and there for we cannot say we gave up rights and headed to geneva without lifting it and releasing the siege or releasing prisoners or sending aid. >> we are close to the border with syria. >> reporter: staffan de mistura, the u.n. special envoy on syria should have been sending out invitations to geneva on sunday, that didn't take place and now we are looking at possibly wednesday, some diplomates say but john kerry has stepped in again, warning against any provocations by either side, what he called posturing. what has been happening is some elements of the syrian regime have warned that no concessions will be made to the opposition

and the opposition itself speaking from riyadh a large grouping of the main body which represents both the armed groups, politicians as well said it wants to see prisoners released, it wants to see the syrians not using russian air power any more against civilians and it also wants to see some more movement from the syrian regime. it feels pressurized according to a number of opposition figures. now kerry has assured the opposition that it has the full support military, financially and politically from the usa and he has knocked out suggestions that some countries are no longer backing the opposition and he said this terminology and he said that you can't make a horse drink water but you can bring it to the water. now, there is a question mark now about whether the opposition figures will even go to the water at this stage so a

different position, very complex and very high stakes indeed. while the diplomacy is more come kayed the syrian government is making gains on the ground. syrian forces have recaptured the last term held by rebels in the providence of lakatia part of offensive and they backed up the operation to retake the state and rob matheson has details. >> reporter: it's a small town but captured by syrian government forces could mark a big setback for armed opposition groups. >> translator: units from the national armed forces have been able to take control of the area in the northern countryside of latakia and successful operations led us in the last two days to regain control of 18 towns and villages including robia. >> they are held by bashar al-assad, a community to which al-assad belongs and it has been

a base for turkmen fighters and estimated 20,000 people have fled from their homes in the turkmen mountains. >> translator: rabil was one of the opposition big strongholds and where they kept supplies ammunition and weapons for the also, also many village's were safe heaven for the group and gave them gave them safe passage to the border. >> russian air attacks and the taking here means the russians are now stronger in latakia and can turn attention to idlib held by opposition fighters including the al-nusra front, talks to try to find a solution to the syrian crisis are planned for this week, there is still doubt about whether those talks will go ahead but in latakia syria's front line has been redrawn. rob matheson, al jazeera. vice president of the syrian

national coalition and is on skype from istanbul and for the people trying to get these talks off the ground in geneva they seem to be lacking desire or reality check to keep up with what is going on on the ground and it's this damascus is winning. >> actually damascus is not winning. russia is the one who is winning. they are fighting on behalf of the syrian regime and we know that this happened a few months ago as a start to push us through negotiation with the lowest conditions but the thing that russia and the regime doesn't know that we won't go to the negotiation except with anything they will put it on the table as they want with the government and not a

transitional government with the ss in geneva can communicate. >> you say damascus is not winning whose planes are in the air space and who is dropping the bombs and if rabia has fallen that is 13 kilometers from the turkish border, it is crucially important because it's very close to a major supply line, that is an issue that the rebels either have to address militarily or accept diplomatical diplomatically. >> they have controlled for three years and a half and the regime couldn't even come close but what russia air strikes are doing of course we don't have that kind of weapon to stop the air strike and that is what has happened, it's not the regime, as i told you it has been controlled by the rebels for three years and a half and getting close to rebil and

regime couldn't come close and now only 65 days or 66 days with russia air strike, yes, they are controlling it now and we asked for our friend's help but none of them helped us. >> but with the ebb and flow of what is going on on the ground even if we look at the so called southern front the rebels have been trying to take chunks out of that southern front and then parlay that into some sort of traction into the diplomatic process so they can get what they want, that hasn't happened either. >> sorry? >> the southern front we were told would be weakened, it hasn't happened, therefore you are in a weaker position looking forward to what may or may not happen in geneva.

>> actually we don't consider ourselves in this situation because losing a town or two is not losing our freedom or the battle like they call it like that. we are seeking for peace solution, political solution. what is going on on the ground is on ourselves and one way to defend ourselves is the military solution but for sure we are seeking for peace negotiation, political solution, according to geneva communication and 2254 which was by the end of december. we make it with the different ambassadors and one of them was the american ambassador and we told them as a condition we won't go to geneva according to what the regime says as the government.

the only way to set it on the table is to talk about transitional body. >> that is my next question a transitional body, staffan de mistura the u.n. special envoy to syria is due to talk at 5:00gmt, 6:00 p.m. swiss time. if he simply revisits what is already on the table are you telling us most certainly, most definitely that you will not be going to the talks? >> the agreement which all the forces signed according to geneva communication it's mentioned in 2254 geneva communication and i think that in the press conference will talk about geneva communication without mentioning anything else outside that otherwise he knows that a lot of coalition and armed groups won't go according

to what the regime wants but according to what is written in the united nations paper and all those countries signed which is geneva 2012. >> in istanbul thank you very much. >> south sudan's former president and rebel leader says a deal to form a unity government has collapsed. and he says it has fallen through because the president wants to nearly trouble the number of states in sudan and appoint governors and says the increase undermines their power-sharing deal. >> peace agreements and even the transitional constitution of south sudan and ten states but now the government is insisting that it should be to the united states. >> the conflict in south sudan

began in december 2013 after the president accused of having him over thrown and thousands were killed in the violence and forced to leave, a ceasefire was signed last month and failed within hours. in the same year the u.n. said a million were displaced due to fighting and 2015 was cancelled because of violence and peace talks it us between kia last year and we are in duba and joins us on the line and if the unity group is failing does that mean that the peace dale is failing too? >> well, unfortunately it perhaps looks like that and to understand why this has happened we need to go to august last year when president kiev signed this peace agreement and he did say under extreme pressure from

the community and as he signed the document he had regional heads of state standing over him and made it very clear on that day when he addressed his cabinet and the media he had very serious reservations about the agreement and for two months in october he changed south sudan from ten states to having 28, this is incredibly inflammatory and cannot possibly accept to form a government of a country that is so fundamentally changed to the one they negotiated over and so the question we have to ask is what they decide with a peace agreement or was this simply an outside imposition by the international community. >> it's significant isn't it that even people involved in the so called peace process and i'm thinking of the presence here have been caught on the back foot by all of this because that individual is saying this is utterly inconsistent with what was originally agreed. >> well, i'm afraid so, yes, al

jazeera spoke to the president a couple weeks ago and even then before the transitional deadline sorry before the deadline for the transitional government had passed he knew the creation of the 28 states would be enormously disruptive and would under mine any progress that had been made or yet to be made and at the same time he did say the opposition should implement the peace agreement nonetheless because it was in its spirit but we have known for a long time, yes, that these 28 states would cause problems for the formation of the government and for peace in this country. >> anna thanks very much. plenty more ground to cover for you on the news hour from al jazeera and we will take you to some of the most winter places in the world. >> we survived and then some. >> reporter: cleanup begins on the eastern sea board of the united states after a blizzard forced a shut down in many states. >> near the epicenter of april's

earthquake where quake survivors are facing a very cold winter after the snowstorms. the carolina panthers fan goes ahead of the eels in celebration as the team reaches their first ever superbowl and details coming up, with raul in 30 minutes. ♪ egyptian security forces are reported to have used tear gas for protesters near the city of alexandria and monday is five years since beginning of protest which called for the toppling of mubarak and they also defied an official ban on protests and over the past few days there has been exodus and describing the crack down as unprecedented, the revolution back in 2011 was driven by the young people of egypt and many feel betrayed by

the outcome and we report. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a new dawn as millions of egyptians came together. people from all faiths, backgrounds and ages united in the call for change. nearly 50% of egypt's population is 5 four-years-old and the youth was part of the driving resolution and the white knights joined the protests. and it started with a tech-savvy generation through social media and mobile phones. >> the youth were the leaders of what was happening and also we were not really into politics and we didn't really care or know much about politics, who is right or left wing and we knew this is wrong and we should speak up to that, that is exactly what happened. >> it was a period of demanding political freedom even wars became canvass and it was much

later that organized groups and political forces joined the protesters all calling for an end of tyrrany and the days it took mubarak to step down hundreds of protesters were killed and an elected government replaced by the military and restricted laws restrict the decent and protest and many of the icons of the revolution are either in exile or in jail. some feel the outrage that fueled the revolution also deflated us. >> what united us for dictators eventually drew us apart. >> the former vice president of egypt are living outside the country. the prominent blogger and activist has been jailed for five years for violating protest laws. >> he almost hit me. just missed by an inch. >> translator: i remember the crack down at the square and its

aftermath but despite feeling betrayed he says he has a sense of accomplishment. >> we always blame how they never really moved up to what is going on. they never talked about the -- all the corruption of the mobarak regime and all of that. >> it will be an evolution happening maybe in the next five years, that would happen. >> reporter: five years on a blood stained chapter in egypt's history continues to over shadow what me egyptians saw as the people's revolution, al jazeera. staying with egypt it is worse than 2011, new laws passed with little judicial review partly because egypt was operating without an elected parliament from 2012 until the end of last year and presidency abdel-fattah el-sissi passed laws and the government used heavy handed tactics to make

more arrests, since 2013 their than 1,000 protesters killed and thousands more jailed in a crack down on dissent, many of the arrest were under sisi's terrorism legislation and crack down on journalists, 23 behind bars and more than ever before and last year three al jazeera journalists were pardoned after spending time in jail on charges. if you wrote a sentence, magazine article or a book about egypt today and took out abdel-fattah el-sissi and put in mubarak what is the difference today than five years ago? >> there are a number of similarities and also a number of differences. we are not today what we were five years ago. fortunately and unfortunately. but basically i think the main lessons from the arab spring especially in egypt is not who replaces a dictator but what

replaces a dictatorship so the question wasn't even morsi or abdel-fattah el-sissi in this case, the question is what happened with the regime because at the end of the day it's like you remove the tumor and you ended up with cancer spreading throughout the body of a country like egypt. it was the regime that was rotten, it was corruption, it was the oversized role of the military, it was nepitism, it was the lower standard of living and education and so on and so forth and that was the problem, dictator ship that lasted for decades, to change the dictator it's not about changing one person and in this very particular case we had yet another military man and that was basically the disaster of what modern egypt is, since the independence of liberal governments what you had is one ma

mail -- i'll -- military man and they will play a major role with independence but because they withdrew from the country and one general in this case abdel-fattah el-sissi would bring them back to govern today it's not an insult to the egyptian people, it's actually an insult to a political process and to the all those people that died and remain in prison today. >> obviously the people on the report and on the ground protesting there is a percolation and not a revolution coming and if there is a revolution and if you go around the planet with abdel-fattah el-sissi and come back as a force of gravity do they go back to the muslim brotherhood? surely not. >> another lesson that was learned from the egyptian revolution is that once you go in and establish elections and

you win elections, so on and so forth what egyptians have asked on january 11 was very simple. this is the marvel of what happened back then, it wasn't ideology and there was no muslimism, there was no socialism or liberalism, they asked for bread and social justice, how this would be packaged and used to govern is a different ball game. egyptians did not ask when they were even then a year later or two and the muslim brotherhood won they felt the muslim brotherhood used the ballot box for an islamism if you will the perception in egypt and it was rejected and more people were powering in the streets. at the end of the day egyptians today want basics and the basics have disappeared five years later and i think president or general abdel-fattah el-sissi is on the defensive. look at him yesterday or the day before yesterday. i mean he still says he is

defending the january 25th revolution even though in practice he is doing everything to demolish it but still he is not able to perform on any number of the basic tenants of egyptian revolution and one no one can claim there is freedom. two, no one can claim that today bread, jobs are better offered than during mubarak and three there is zero social justice and seen numbers extending from 40,000 to 60-70,000 political prisoners. today a lot of them are without trial and when the trial takes place they basically you know judge 600 people to death sentence in a stroke of some type so social justice does not exist in egypt, freedom does not exist and the economic situation has gone from bad to worse as even the basic subsidies is lifted in egypt today, does that mean we will go to another religion? it's more complicated than that. at the end of the day popular

mobilization it's not as simple as popular will because there is one thing to have the need and have the desire to change the regime, that is another whole thing to go through another around of so many people dying, another round of chaos, another round of more mistakes and fears and i think probably the egyptians will take their time this time around and will not repeat the same mistakes as before. >> freezing temperatures causing major disruption across east asia and travel chaos in japan after a cold front drum -- drops temperatures and farmers in vietnam are losing their crops to the frost and here is rob mcbride. >> reporter: in many parts of japan a weekend of snow has caused major disruption with more to come. until now snowfall had been below average and some ski resorts even had to close. they may welcome the snowstorm

but it has caused temperatures to plummet. south korea has also suffered. the southern island had the heaviest snowfall in more than 30 years. flights have been cancelled and thousands of holiday makers left stranded. >> translator: staying in the airport is really exhausting and i really want to get out of here. i have been at the airport for 12 hours. >> reporter: the temperature in the capitol was 18celcius and china minus 40 as the country endured the same blast of polar air. the freezing conditions caused disruption to road, rail and air schedules. and they have come in the run up to the lunar new year holiday just when millions of people start traveling, the chill has even reached the normally sub tropical china cost and hong kong has the lowest temperatures in nearly 60 years and in the

southern chinese city the local media is reporting the first snow since 1929 and there are still a few more days to shiver through yet. parts of vietnam were also caught up in the cold snap. some farmers say their animals have died from the cold while their crops have perished. >> since i was born i never saw anything like this and it's affecting our society and my family's economy. >> reporter: in taiwan people appeared to be enjoying the unusual appearance of snow but more than 30 deaths have been blamed on the plunging temperatures that came with it. rob mcbride, al jazeera, hong kong. time for the weather, here is everton and the temperatures we are talking about today are properly seriously cold. >> absolutely and it's across asia and bangkok we saw temperatures dipping to 19 high celsius and should be 32 degrees and not as cold as we have been

talk about here but plenty cold enough and the cold air is tucked behind the line of cloud which is sinking its way southward to the south china seas and will bounce back through the next few days and there is the cold front, the blue line is what it says, lots of cold air in place and we will see the temperatures recovering to see how the blues they show all the way up to hong kong there where temperatures well they got down to 3.1 celsius on sunday morning picking up to six degrees in the heat of the day. should be about 18 or 19 degrees in hong kong. we will see the cold air making its way further north as we go on through the next couple of days and we have some rain in the forecast as well. the wet weather will work across northern parts of vietnam and should be around 20 celsius and snow to the north of that and the rain will make its way into hong kong and southeasterly winds in the middle part of the week and could see some flooding and turning wetter and much

warmer and wet weather in south asia and sri lanka and further north is dry and bright, we will see decent bouts of sunshine and kathmandu with highs of 15-16 degrees but at the moment it's fine and sunny, peter. everton thanks very much. snow storms and temperatures making it miserable for survivors of the earthquake in nepal and 4 billion pledged for reconstruction thousands of people still living in tents. we have more from the village. >> reporter: the weather is unpredictable, this village is near what was the epicenter of the earthquake that took the lives of around 9,000 people last april. the entire village had to be moved 1,000 meters up hill on to this plot of government land, sur surveyors were there and the

cold made the lives of the people miserable. a primary school teacher worries about her five-month-old daughter. >> translator: i can't sleep at night because my feet get really cold. some nights i have to keep massaging my feet to keep them warm. i may just die this winter. >> reporter: the walls of the shelter, there is nothing to shield those inside from the bitter cold. >> she sleeps with her daughter on this bed and it feels quite damp. as you can see there is a plank that separates the ground from the mattress and if you put your hand beneath this mattress it becomes wet. as night falls people huddle beside fires and desperately rub on oil in an attempt to warm themselves up. she is scared her daughter will

catch pneumonia and people and old are getting sick. the snow and the ice start melting, they tell us that villages are forced to choose between the cold and the risk of landslides. >> translator: just last week the government gave the final nod to relocate on this plot of land, if they had given approval a few months ago they would have built warmer houses and some older people are going to the village and the cold can be unbearable up here. >> billions of dollars pledged to rebuild a country but have been delays in deciding what land is available to relocate the areas away from risky areas and reconstruction has not started yet and they told us they want government officials responsible for reconstruction to come and experience the cold perhaps then they say they will

be serious about rebuilding their lives. al jazeera, northwest nepal. >> coming up, for you here on the al jazeera news hour we are on the front line with afghanistan's army as it tries to push i.s.i.l. fighters out of the eastern province. back to business iran welcomed by the international community as rouhani sets off on a tour. the top seed to tumble out of the australian open. ♪

♪ welcome if you are just joining us you are watching this from doha and top stories, syrian good evening forces recaptured what they say is the last rebel stronghold in latakia and which groups will attend and talks in geneva will be resolved soon. south sudan's former vice president says the deal to form a unity government has collapsed and it failed because the president wants to divide the country into 28 states instead of ten. egyptian security forces are reported to have used tear gas to dispurse protesters in the city of alexandria and this is in the cairo city of el nusra and there is a band to mark five years since the beginning of the revolution in egypt. pentagon wider authority for u.s. troops in afghanistan to hit targets linked to i.s.i.l. and afghan government reporting

progress against the group after they attacked the pakistan consula consulate and this is on the afghanistan/pakistan border. >> reporter: on the front line of of grand stand's fight against the islamic state of iraq and the levant and runs through a vast mountain area near the border with pakistan. we had a strong army escort up to this military post, the military relies on the village's to keep i.s.i.l. at bay. >> defending our country, it's our duty. >> reporter: but off camera this fighter tells me he doesn't have enough bullets to fight. i.s.i.l. is not far from here. their flag says it all. this is i.s.i.l. territory. i.s.i.l. was in afghanistan a year ago mainly in the east of the country and afghan leaders say it's mainly made up of

foreigners and that it has transformed to the taliban and al-qaeda and it's not too long before we hear the first valley of bullets. the army's 50 millimeter caliber guns of capable of subduing the incoming fire and tense moments fire and fighters take their positions. there has been fighting and clashes for the last half hour or so, we are about one kilometer away from the village where i.s.i.l. is presence there and they have their flag in that village and it's clear who is in control of that area and now the afghan intelligence military intelligence sources have told us there are about 4,000 fighters from i.s.i.l. based in the providence on the border between afghanistan and pakistan. it's very mountain terrain.

they are asked with fighting i.s.i.l. and the taliban. the commander says i.s.i.l. will be defeated soon. >> translator: serious threat in the beginning and we will clear the areas and defeat them by march and tell i.s.i.l. they don't have a footstep here. >> reporter: afghan military of defense says more than 190 i.s.i.l. fighters have been killed during last two months and not far from the base this market is busy. for many here i.s.i.l. is more than a threat, it is a reality. >> translator: the government controls the main roads and their bases, i.s.i.l. controls the rest and carrying out executions. >> reporter: the afghan army is already over stretched, fighting a resilient enemy the taliban but its battle with i.s.i.l. is different and won't be over soon, al jazeera on the

afghan/pakistan border. ran yanukovich president is visiting europe since sanctions this month and during the visit they hope to sign business deals with european companies including a $2 billion with the italian steel firm danyella and we go to jackie and he is on his way to france as well, jackie, this is a win-win situation for european business representatives, what do they get from it? >> well, as you mentioned peter it is his first trip to the west since those sanctions were lifted a week ago and certainly the iranian economy, iranian infrastructure and iranian airline are all suffering as a result of really being cutoff from the west, cutoff from spare parts and investment since sanctions were tightened in 2012 so for iran there is the

opportunity for them to upgrade their fleet of aircraft, upgrade oil infrastructure and obviously for the west there is the opportunity of huge business deals with iran and, in fact, as you mentioned one deal that has already been signed, another important deal which is expected to be signed on the next leg of the trip in paris is a deal to buy air bus planes to renew iran's fleet so you can really see both in the energy sector, infrastructure, transportation and other sectors as well like consumer goods and electronic and luxury goods and there is a lot of tune for western companies in iran. >> france historically over the past few years is talking about tehran's nuclear aspiration and happy to hit the reset button in a positive way on all sides. >> yes, of the u.n. security

council members who were involved intimately in negotiations with iran over its nuclear capacities france was really the one that dug its heels in and it was because of france's position that it took such a long time to eventually clinch that deal but now france also sees that there are opportunities in opening and more open with iran but not only from an economic point of view but from a political point of view and france is heavily involved in syria both on the diplomatic track and also in bombing as well, i.s.i.l. positions in syria so the french and other western countries are key to engage iran because of the influence it can bring to bear on president bashar al-assad and also there is keyness in the western sea and the resent exacerbation of tensions between iraq and saudi arabia to calm down as well so that is another thing that they will be talking to president

rouhani about. >> jackie thanks very much. malaysia police arrested seven people suspected of supporting i.s.i.l. and announcement made on the first day of conference on confronting radical extremism and the prime minister delivered the opening address saying he will take every step to keep them safe from attacks and we report from kuala-lumpur. >> in attacks by armed men in the indonesia capitol the prime minister says his country is taking no chances. >> in some countries it is not and offense to support da'esh nor to travel abroad for terrorist military training. i will not allow malaysia to be so open to infiltration. the law is there to protect us all but intention, the evil

intention of those who want to bomb, maim or be head can never be placed above the peaceful majority who firmly reject violence and war. >> reporter: the attacks of the indonesia capitol in january brought hematoma laysha authorities the danger is right on their doorsteps and for weeks the front page of many national newspapers have been warning the public to be vigilant. this weekend saw seven more arrests and three malaysia states and in the capitol kuala-lumpur and those arrested planned to attack a number of strategic locations and it's clear that alliances or sympathy towards group such as islamic state of iraq and levante will not be tolerated and security is tight in the venue and increased across malaysia and security was not all he wanted to address and told the conference that deradicalization programs have

been introduced and also says religious leaders have a responsibility to have a message that islam is a religion of peace and for some analysts it's a question of when rather than if an attack will happen in the region. >> we saw one attack in dakarta and not very professional and unfortunately not as many people killed as it was clear the terrorist hoped but massive publicity and i think we need to understand that it's that publicity that turns the failure into a success. >> it's that success that security experts want to stop both in support and potential attacks. malaysia's transport minister has been quoted and said there are as many as 50,000 i.s.i.l. sympathizers in malaysia and the worry there would be if 1% became radicalized and they hoped they could work closer together with international partners to prevent further attacks across asia pacific, al jazeera, kuala-lumpur.

working along the clock on u.s. east coast to clear snow after a major blizzard and more than 18 million people have been a affected by the storm and gabrielle alexander is from new york. >> the sun came out again and so did people looking for help to dig their cars out of mountains of snow. >> anybody stuck, anybody want to get out? some people have patients and some people don't have patients but when you go through a neighborhood, if you see anybody coming out clapping. >> new york city lifted a one-day ban on all vehicle traffic imposed so workers could clear away a near record amount of snow. it was new york's second largest blizzard in 150 years. >> all it takes is one car to get stuck and now that road is not passable and the plows can't plow that road and the situation

quickly descends into chaos. >> reporter: but for some of new york's homeless the city's designated shelters were not a haven. >> i had to spend my time downs in penn station due to the cold. >> reporter: 11 though u flights across the u.s. have been cancelled since friday and 4,000 on sunday alone and new york airport struggled to resume operations after the storm passed those serving washington d.c. remain closed until monday and so too did the capitol's metro train system. road accidents accounted for most of the deaths. >> happy to report that there are so far no deaths in new jersey connected with the storm. >> reporter: but at least six people died from exposure to the cold or from heart attacks as they shovelled snow. along the new jersey shore the blizzard whipped up tides that flooded some neighborhoods, some homeowners who suffered losses in hurricane sandy a little over

three years ago having to find themselves rebuilding once more. despite the inconvenience some people were still able to make the most of it in what has become something of a post blizzard tradition dozens dressed up in costumes and took part in a large snowball fight in washington d.c.'s dupont circle, more than half the meter of snow that fell in the u.s. capitol provided plenty of ammunition. but the big test of the cleanup efforts will come on monday when millions of people across the northeast will return to work challenging the roads and public transportation systems that ground to a halt because of this weekend's historic blizzard, a blizzard that anybody who lived through it won't forget any time soon. gabrielle alexander, new york. much more to come on the al jazeera news hour including. >> i'm andrew thomas, ahead of

australia day and some aboriginal australians see no reason to celebrate because it marks invasion day. snowed under how a nfl training dome was flattened during a severe winter storm and details coming up, with rual in sports news in just a moment or two.

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it should be severed and come up on celebrations an occasion that is viewed negatively by some indigenous australians and we report now from sid sidney. >> reporter: last year there were celebrations on sidney hash r for australia day and this year the weather looks good but on tuesday some won't be celebrating and many aboriginal people think it's a date to mourn and talks about 1788 with captain arthur phillips first fleet and the start of the first british colony on the land known as australia and if they have european heritage too that was a colonial invasion. >> it was an invasion. there was no colusion between the people who lived here and the britt i, the british just came in. >> reporter: on tuesday they

will mark what they call invasion day 1788 began a period of history where some australians were initially mess massacred by white settles and today they are advanced compared with the descendents of many migrants. >> i don't think any person should be celebrating, every one of our people should stand up and say no i will not sing the national anthem because i'm an aboriginal person in the country and this hurt my people. >> reporter: many indigenous people though will be taking part in the official australia day events and organizers say they are sensitive to what the day means. >> it's important for us to recognize that australia is a complex day for indigenous people but the great thing that happened this year is there is wonderful engagement between australia day council and the indigenous community. those protesting the biggest issue is the date and the day

shouldn't have anything to do with the arrival of captain phillip in 1788 and should be in 1901 when six states became the common wealth of australia and mashing the january 26 to some is offensive. >> first of january should be australia day. that would be in line with their own history. this is in line with the history of creating war against aboriginal people. you can't acknowledge that. >> reporter: next year australia people will vote whether to change their country's constitution so it recognizes the country was inhabited before white settlers arrived, changing the date of the country's national day say some should follow, andrew thomas, al jazeera, sidney. >> reporter: okay time for sports news with raul. >> thank you very much australia open organizers say they will continue to work with the police and the tennis integrity unit

and follows the latest match fixing scannel to hit the season first grand slam and they suspended betting on a match after it was suspected that it was fixed and pitted these teams with large amounts of money were put to win the first round encounter and lasted 49 minutes and winning 6-love-6-3 and rejected allegations of throwing the match saying the one sided outcome was the result of injury. >> to be honest i didn't see it and didn't look after anything after the match. i just spoke with tau about integrity and keep it confidential. >> there is nothing very comfortable to think that we didn't win the match on our terms. we played our best yesterday and we did very well and we won so

it's not comfortable to be questioned if someone else was not playing 100% or something. >> away from the controversy surrounding the match 2014 men's champion stan has been knocked out of the fourth run and fourth seed lost the first two sets to canada and the title ended with a five set loss and then he will go to the quarter finals and new to the two time women's champion reached the quarter finals for the fourth time in five years and beat barbara 6-2-6-4 and 14 seed will take on aungelique for a place in the semi finals in melbourne. men's second seed andy murray taking on bernard and the scott has won the first two sets of this game rather closer in the third set five games all at the moment. now there won't be a back to back superbowl title for the new england patriots this year and lost afc championship game with

the denver broncos on sunday and it was manning versus brady and 17th encounter and fifth in the post season and it was the broncos quarterback manning that came on top leading 20-18 with 12 seconds to go and patriots opted for a two-point conversion that would have tied the game but the pass was intercepted and gave the win at home and manning's fourth superbowl appearance and playing with three with the colts and 39 years old he is the quarterback to play in the traditional nfl season play. >> well, there is no question this is a sweet day. this was a sweet victory and to me it's a great example of what the entire season has been like. it has not been easy. >> it is just tough for us to get into a rhythm and finally score some points there at the point and for it to come down to a two-point conversion is

obviously a tough way to end the season. >> manning and broncos will have the work to be cut out to beat the panthers in superbowl 50 and thrashed the arizona cardinals for the first title and cam newton had two touchdowns and won 49-50. >> we came out, had a pretty successful game but i know it's a lot of people and like i say it feels just like me, we are not done yet. >> reporter: one carolina panthers fan will have a sore head this monday but not for the usual reasons and scoring the team's sixth count down they had high 5 with the fans and eagerness to get close this particular fan got rather close to the fan where he fell down from the stands and not necessarily injured so the carolina panthers and denver broncos will meet in san francisco in just under two

weeks time to contest the events on lombardi trophy at superbowl 50. staying with the nfl just as well the washington redskins never made it this far in the playoffs and in virginia it looks like a bubble but the snowstorm dumped 87 centimeters on the dome and it looks like this and collapsed in winds and weight of the snow, no one was injured and redskins say the facilities will be reinflated after the snow is gone. moving to the nba and oklahoma city thunders domination of the brooklyn nets has finally come to an end and occur occur on sunday looking for an eight straight win over the struggling nets but there was brook lopez scored 31 points as the nets ended the thunder hot streak with 116-106 home win.

moving to not ball and atletico reduced the chance to take the top spot and royal madrid dropped points on sunday seeing the team score ten goals in the first two games as coach and drew one-one struggling and that was thanks to the 71st minute equ equalizer and remains at the top of the table and english league chelsea beat 1-nil and they sent off for a foul after 18 minutes and chelsea made the one-man advantage count and then scoring the win just five minutes later. it has been 2 1/2 years since jason won his first and so far m major title and he has a drought

but on sunday the current world number 60 had a lucky break at pga in california and his ball was in the rocks and from there he somehow made par forcing a playoff with sweden david limar and found the water on the next hole and pockets the par to win the tournament. south africa cricket building a healthy league over england and day four had the final test and after losing the wick etto steven cook they had a head with an unbeaten half century and south africa 121 for four in their second inning, that is healthy lead of 254 runs and remember england have already won the series. that is your sport and more later and hand you back to pete. >> back at the top of the hour. see you then.

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