>> only on al jazeera america. ♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello and welcome to the news hour i'm nick clark in doha and serious opposition arrived in geneva but says there will be no negotiations unless the regime stops bombing civilians. the boost for hillary clinton is in "new york times" back for the bid for the white house. the far right mob attacked refugees in the center of sweden's capitol city. and in sport for once serena williams denied success in a grand slam final and germany

winning the australian open, her first major title. ♪ so then the main syrian opposition have arrived in geneva for talks aimed at ending the civil war but it's still unclear if they will actually take part within minutes of arriving at their hotel the delegation were threatening to quit and want the prisoners released and bombardment stopped and sanctions lifted as the humanitarian crisis grows and 16 started to dead in madaya since they reached the besieged town earlier this month and people are city dying trying to reach europe and at least 37 died mostly syrians drowning on saturday when the boat struck rocks and capsized as they attempted to arrive at the greek island of lesbos from turkey and

we have more from geneva. >> reporter: a very large group of press here quite chaotic scenes when they arrived here because we all want to know the position, the exact position of the main opposition grouping. and solomon when he came here who was their spokesman said they still believe that the u.n. resolution at the end of december means there are things that should be put in place now before talks take place. he said they were not the -- his group's conditions, they were conditions of the u.n. security council and i then pressed him as to whether these conditions had to be met before they would sit down for talks. >> you say all conditions, if those conditions are not met will you engage in talks? >> we are ready, we are here to make this a success. we are ready to start negotiation but at least we should see something, you know, on ground there in syria.

we should really stop this against our people. so please help us, you know, save our children, save the remaining children of syria then you know we are willing to do anything that will really put an end to the war and put an end to i.s.i.s. and terrorism in syria and attend to what this dicta r dictatorship is doing and we want to see new syria. >> yes, they want to see those measures that are in the security council resolution put in place but no longer does it seem that that is a condition for the start of talks and i understand that the opposition delegation is likely and i have this from a number of diplomatic sources likely to see staffan de mistura on sunday for their initial meeting, not quite clear whether that meeting will take place. some sources telling me it will be at the u.n., some saying it will be an away from the u.n. but i think it's then a parallel meeting in many ways the one we

saw on friday with the syrian government, once those two meetings have taken place i think there will be a little more discussion but it's possible we could actually see both sides in the same place. not the same room because that won't happen for some considerable time but maybe both in the u.n. and geneva on monday. i think that will be the best hope of the u.n. team who are trying to mediate these talks. >> well let's look now at syria itself, where up to 400,000 people are trapped and in need of emergency assistance and many died trying to escape to a better life in europe and in a moment we report on yet another tragedy in the aegean see but here we are looking at the humanitarian crisis which is unfolding inside syria. >> reporter: it's continued suffering like this that syrian activists hope will make a meaningful impact in geneva. as demonstrators in various parts of syria are ememployering diplomates to remember the

plight of their people. from those who have too little food to those taking cover from too many bombs. >> we have daily murders and daily kills and many civilians are killed by the barrel bombs. just to remember this, okay? this is international society. >> reporter: war zone as the year of talks starting and stalling in switzerland many syrians say they are not hopeful. >> translator: the u.n. can't even ensure the delivery of cartons of milk to the children of madaya. >> reporter: those in the besieged town of noed yeah tell al jazeera despite the delivery of aid people continue to die of starvation. >> translator: the aid is about to run out, it was delivered more than ten days ago and the u.n. and the red cross know the

aid we got cannot last more than 15 days. even now we have lots of hunger here. >> reporter: others are angry with divided opposition as they are with the syrian government. >> translator: this is a message urging you to unify and not just assad barrel bombs that are killing us and not just russia's missiles your differences and divisions are killing us, you need to unite. >> reporter: but unity and agreement have been in short supply so far in geneva. where negotiations haven't even started yet while in syria the death and devastation continues. mohamed with al jazeera. there are casualties of war and poverty. among them a small boy, other children and adults too. washed up on a beach in turkey. their boat had sunk not far from the rocks. in all it's thought about a third of those on board didn't

make it. drowning as they tried to reach greece, a gate way to europe used by so many before them. some of the victims are thought to have been from syria. >> we will save you don't worry. >> reporter: overnight another group of refugees tried to make the journey. the italian coast guard spotted people stranded on rocks by the greek island of lesbos, against the darkness of the night the only light came from the rescue boat. it was a daring operation with divers trying to reassure the men, women and children that they would be rescued. eventually they were pulled aboard, cold, frightened, but safe. more than a million refugees and migrants have traveled to europe during the last year. the cold winter weather hadn't stopped people coming, and neither have the conflicts that

have driven so many to take the risk of making these journeys. emma hayward, al jazeera. german politician have an row that police should shoot migrants entering the country illegally if necessary and comments made by party chair woman to a regional newspaper have been criticized. meanwhile the german chancellor angela merkel expects refugees to return home after the conflict ends and has been under pressure for the welcoming stance towards migrants. well a gang of masked men have run through the swedish capitol threatening refugees and look at the video, shows dozens of far right activists in stockholm on friday night, witnesses saying they handed out leaflets calling for attacks on young refugees and targeted anyone who looked foreign. sweden's interior minister accused them of spreading hate. let's take this on and speak to christian who is a professional

of journalism at stockholm university and this is certainly a very troubling development isn't it? >> it is troubling and we had another demonstration this evening in stockholm of a far right group with also a counter demonstration by antiracist where a few of the antiracist were also attacked and it's an external crisis for democracy. >> a growing trend across europe. >> it does and i mean if we look at neighbors in denmark and finland we know what has been going on in denmark in the last week with decision to take money from refugees to pay for it and finland also reports of vigilante gangs so very much the nordic methodology or image of social democracy and humanitarian has taken a hit, whether or not that is deserved or not on the basis of this particular group last night is to be seen but i think globally the reputation of sweden is definitely changing. >> right your a professor at

stockholm and how is the media handing that and not much support for the violence itself but it's a big point of discussion and debate at the moment, isn't it? >> unlike the uk there are sections of the press that are quite openly anti-immigration swedish media has been fairly consistent in a resistance toward the scapegoating of refugees and migrants so in that way i think the swedish press has some credit. obviously what is happening the last two nights and also for example the fact that the sweden democrats, anti-immigration party are now within 5 percent points of the democrats which is the iconic swedish left party, it's causing a fair degree of self reflection and a lot of that self reflection is taking place in the swedish media and a lot of questions being asked about what it means for swedish society and politics. >> as far as swedish politics is concerned what is the government going to do about it?

planning to send failed asylum seekers back in large quantities is that going to sort the problem out and satisfy this discontent? >> that is very difficult to say and of course the number that has been thrown around over the last few days has been up wards of 80,000 possibly and would take a number of years according to the swedish media reports i have been reading. whether or not that leads to a reduction in support for example for far right parties is to be seen but there is a trend that there is support from the sweden democrats has been flattening out a little bit although it remains at 18% which is far, far more than it was when they first entered parliament at 5, 5 1/2% and seen as a protest party and know they are the third largest in the country. >> what about websites with hatred and encouraging this kind of activity on the streets? >> yeah, i mean in that way sweden is no different from any other country. personally i'm from the united states originally and european

countries has seen this going on and pointed out by politicians use of electronic lead yeah and also worth pointing out that le leaflets were handed out old fashion communication and old fashion form of technology so these sites have been criticized heavily in sweden. a lot of the people have been running the sites and criticized and use of technology in sweden is no different than it is in any other country. >> also reading about this potential link to football violence, groups from football clubs may be involved in this and leads one to kind of question the intentions here. >> it's very, very difficult at this point to understand the intentions. i mean it would be a big mistake on my part to inspect what the motivation for the organization behind these groups might be, that definitely has been discussed in the last 24-48 hours in the media but

motivation that i understand from reports here is in the central station as you point out in your report the target were younger children refugees or child refugees, youth refugees located within there and of course a lot of these attacks resolve around a lot of these discussions have been going on the last few weeks. >> kristen and more to come on the al jazeera news hour and the story of one very special football jersey from afghanistan. plus. i'm at india capitol where one-third have reduced lung function because of the air pollution this winter. and in sport we will have action from the england fa cup as spurs aim to overcome la-leagee opposition. ♪

hillary clinton bid for the white house a boost by the "new york times" apparently, the paper's endorsement is 36 hours before voters get their say on who should be the next president in iowa. let's speak to al jazeera kimberly and des moines, iowa and the "new york times" giving their backing and how much of a boost actually is that? >> reporter: it's expected that this boost could help especially here in iowa, nick. the "new york times" calling hillary clinton the most broadly and deeply qualified presidential candidate in modern history and it's true she would make history if she was elected. she would be the first woman elected by to be a nominee by a major party so this is ofkt of course going to be a very important endorsement and help in iowa and many people in iowa made their minds up and she is leading in the polls here the

argument by the "new york times" is her main opponent bernie sanders doesn't have the experience and martin o'malley is not suited for the job according to the "new york times" but what they did not mention is hillary clinton big trust factor problem and that is what she scores low on in polls across the united states. the issue is of course that many have pointed out especially her top rival bernie sanders that where she has some trust issues is not just on a recent e-mail scandal we will bet to in a moment but income, equality and perhaps what she would do to reign in wall street banks and this is especially difficult for her with recent revolutions and may have given paid speeches to investment banks like goldman sacs and receiving several hundred thousand dollars for the speeches. >> you mentioned the dreaded e-mails and an issue that won't disappear. >> no it won't and the problem

nick is that the statements we are getting from the clinton campaign now don't match with one year ago when we first learned of hillary clinton using a private e-mail server when she was working as the now former secretary of state and said it was not anything that was top secret or disseminated in any way and very benign information. now we know from the state department as of friday that, in fact, that is not the case. that 7 e-mail changes, 22 e-mails in total are in fact so top secret they cannot be revealed to the public for freedom of information request. now what the problem is here is that many are saying did hillary clinton break the law? is there sort of two -- are there two rules of law in the united states, one that applies to high elected officials or high appointed officials and then everybody else, you have to point to the fact that edward snowden is sitting in exile right now for disseminating government secrets, bradley or chelsea manning is serving 35 years, the u.s. law is that if

you disseminate information knowingly or unknowingly that you are breaking the law. this is something her republican opponents have seized upon specifically rubio. >> hillary clinton is disqualified from being president. she is disqualified. [applause] this thing with her e-mails is a big deal. okay, just yesterday they couldn't release all her e-mails and do you know why they couldn't and you read this because some of the e-mails are so sensitive and so classified they can't release them and can be damaged and what else do we need to know? she thinks she is above the law. >> reporter: now the issue of the e-mails is not likely to have an impact here in iowa with the polls or rather the caucus now just two days away but where it is likely to have an impact is in new hampshire which is still to come. voters here or caucus goers here

have generally made up their minds and hillary clinton is in the lead and not the case and trailing bernie sanders in new hampshire and again when it comes to the national polls should she become the democratic nominee it is certain to be a major issue, an issue that will be banded about quite heavily with her republican presidential nominee opponents. >> all right kimberly thanks very much indeed. puru has the first confirmed case of zika and 23 countries affected by the mosquito-borne disease which has been linked to birth defects and let's hear now from our correspondent natasha live from mexico city and it seems that this virus is spreading very rapidly. >> reporter: it is. and there are a couple of reasons for that which i'll get into in just a minute. but you know it's important to note that the world health organization believes that by the end of the year 3-4 million people in the americas will be infected with the zika virus, so

far brazil and now columbia are the hardest hit countries in the americas. today columbia announced that 2000 pregnant women have the zika virus and total 20,000 have it as well and most of them are women and of course with no vaccine there is a lot of concern. the reason that it's spreading so rapidly is pretty simple according to the world health organization, it first appeared in the americas in brazil last may. it is new to the americas so people don't have an immunity to fight it. the second reason is because the mosquito that transmits this virus exists in every single country in the americas except for canada and continental chile. >> and you mentioned the world health organization, they are convening on monday in geneva. what can we expect from that meeting? >> reporter: well, i think the concern here is they don't want a repeat of what happened with the ebola virus or epidemic from

last year so they are really trying to take a proactive stance. but again what is difficult with the zika virus is that there are so many unknowns. you mentioned the causal link that might exist between the zika virus and birth defects in newborns. whether or not if a mother has been infected with the zika virus she could pass it to her baby. there are just no concrete links at this time and that is something that health officials are trying to determine and the other things that make it difficult is the blood test to detect the virus and if you don't get tested in 3-5 days of the onset of symptoms it's difficult to detect and it resemble dengue fever and chikungunya and it's different for doctors to determine if someone has the zika virus and on top of that only one in four people actually exhibit symptoms so all of these are sort of like

a perfect storm making it very difficult for health officials but the world health organization at this point does have a strategy, the strategy it says is to really work with health officials in the affected countries to expand the ability to test for the zika virus and also to eliminate breeding for mosquitos because in the end that is really what will help. but also to tell people to wear insect repellant and wear long sleeves and pants and mosquito netting but without a vaccine it's very difficult to for people to be able to prevent getting bitten by a mosquito so i think the race is on at this point is to really determine if pregnant women are if they get infected with the virus are passing it on to their newborns in the form of a neurological disease. >> right, yes, they will be working around the clock trying to sort it out and thanks very much indeed. argentina farmers on a mission to exterminate locust before the

insects destroy their lively hoods and thick clouds of locust are already swarming and daniel reports from the northern providence of santiago. >> reporter: a single locust eats it's body weight in a day and eats any and all vegetation, in the same day a ten centimeter insect can fly more than 50 kilometers, that is just one locust. multiplied by millions and that single locust forms part of an ravenous, devastating force. >> translator: a huge swarm of flying locusts are out here last october at the end of their breeding cycle. they laid their eggs and what we are seeing now is the product of the swarm. >> reporter: this region has seen nothing like this since the early 1950s. >> translator: we are going to where the locust are concentrated and causing damage and when we do that they move

elsewhere and trying not to form swams because if they do they will migrate and lay their eggs somewhere else. >> reporter: state agricultural agencies and local people are working together to first find whether locust are concentrated then they fumigate. most of the insects are still jumping and their wings have not developed to fly. the challenge is to eradicate them before they take to the air in quantities so great they will be impossible to contain. this is a race against time. with local people and the authorities working together from dawn to dusk to try to exterminate these locusts before they multiply out of control. if they do, then they will devour all the vegetation in the whole area, destroying livelihoods and wiping out whole communities. the climate in this normal region has changed. resent winters have been milder and rainfall greater. that has created the ideal breeding conditions for the locust. >> translator: this is a job

that can't be done alone. everyone is working together, private and public and is going very well. we are all working to lessen the impact of the locust blades. >> reporter: as the sun goes down the locust settle for the night, and the locust hunters from all over argentina work in coordinated effort to see when best to fumigate the next morning, if they get it right they are on course to contain the threat, if they don't the locust multiply and eat everything in their path. daniel with al jazeera, argentina. the pacific island nation wants to persuade the top court to take a lawsuit against pakistan and britain and accusing the countries not doing enough to hold the nuclear arms race and the government says it knows too well of the threat of nuclear weapons as it was the site of a test in the 1940s and 50s. more than a third of people living in india's capitol have

trouble breathing and thousands of residents have been tested as new deli pollution levels reach historic highs and children and elderly most at risk but able bodied men and women are effected and we have this report. >> reporter: this is how he stays fit in new deli and used to exercise here in the park everyday until this winter when it started making him sick. >> i had minor colds and get minor headaches and feel my lungs are extremely heavy and these are the problems i never noticed in the previous years when i was living here. >> reporter: government survey shows one-third of people in the city have reduced lung function mainly because of air pollution. while aurora doesn't know how badly he is affected his doctor told him to spend less time out doors. >> i used to go running every evening and now i don't do that any more because i feel like my lungs feel so heavy and every time i go to a neighborhood park to run i actually come back

feeling ill because i can smell like the pollution out there. >> reporter: many doctors have seen an increase in complaints of breathing problems especially among children who are more vulnerable. specialist warn the effects may last even after pollution levels decrease. >> once the pollution level goes down infection rates go down they will go back but not totally 100 percent back and say there may be a chance that to improve it in the initial stage. >> reporter: with pollution levels now among the worst in the world people are demanding the government act. growing popularity of cars is one of the main sources of air pollution along with factories, construction and agra business and in an effort to get people out of their cars the state government is adding more buses and expanding the metro rail network and had resent success in banning drivers on alternate days but in the short term the government wants people here to think hard about the choices

they make. >> translator: if people want to reduce pollution they can. if they feel they have to buy a car maybe after five years they will do it. >> reporter: rising temperatures are expected to bring down the pollution in the air making it at least more tolerable. but restoring the city's air quality will need some clear thinking with a long-term horizon. al jazeera, new deli. a young boy from afghanistan has become a global sensation after photographs of his jersey made out of a plastic bag stole hearts on the internet and five-year-old had been asking his family for a team jersey, his favorite football player who is the star messi but it was too expensive so he and his brothers decided to take matters in their own hands and they created a replica jersey. >> translator: my name is raif and i'm his father and he is a fan of messi and he says messi's

name everyday and he asks me to find a real shirt for him with messi's name on it. i said how can i bring such a shirt for you? so he found a striped plastic bag and made a shirt of it, when he wakes up at night he says messi's name and says he wants to see messi. >> could be good news the barcelona star tweeted he wants to know who the boy is so they can arrange something for him. the power of the internet. all right coming up, a little later an ancient church reveals a secret during the first renovation in 1500 years. how south korea is cashing in on the business on the rise, drones. got sport coming up, too with andy murray australian open and find out if his brother could win the doubles title. ♪

>> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the soundbites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. ♪ welcome back here are the headlines at the main syrian opposition has arrived in geneva for talks aimed at ending the

civil war but it's still unclear if they will actually take part, they want prisoners released and end to bombardment offensi civi and government blockades lifted before negotiations begin. hillary clinton bid for the white house has a big boost by the "new york times" which endorsed her, on monday voters in iowa will get their say on who should be the next president. the masked men are through the swedish capitol threatening refugees and shows far right activists in stockholm on friday night and witnesses say they targeted anyone who looked foreign. russia has rejected claims from turkey that one of its jets violated turkish air space, the diplomatic row is parly sharp because turkey shot down a russian jet in november. well the turkish president issued this warning to moscow. >> translator: if russia continues to violate turkey's

sovereignty they will bear the consequences. such irresponsible behavior will not contribute to improving the relationship between nato and russia or to peace in the region. on the contrary it will do harm. >> reporter: we are in southern turkey and has more on the response from the turkish foreign ministry. >> reporter: in their statement they describe this incident as, quote, yet another example of russian exclatatory behavior and the president erdogan says it's an attempt by russia to escalate tensions in the region. like you mentioned the turkish foreign ministry said the plane violated its air space on friday. they summoned the russian ambassador and protested the action and condemned the action. we have to remember tensions were at an all-time high really, just a few weeks ago in november when the turkish airforce shot down a russian jet. now russia did not respond

militarily. yes, there were a war of words but russia also took severe actions, it imposed sanctions on turkey and took a number of actions inside syria which tied turkey's hands inside syria and have to remember the two powers are on the opposing divide in the syrian conflict and this is a very dangerous situation and also heard statements from nato urging russians to avoid such violations in the future. >> thousands of people protested in paris over sweeping security measures put in place following the november attack and french government considering extended the state of emergency to detain and arrest people without warrant and we were there. >> reporter: it was a 12-day and quickly extended to three months and that period is about to expire and the french government wants to extend the state of emergency even further and gives the authority unprecedented rights to be able

to detain and arrest without warrant, to shut down demonstrations like this and in more recent years closed down websites when it could be proven that the website is sympathetic or supported to acts of so called terrorism. but the law has been seen very much by these people as something of a double edged sword, on one hand it protects national security but on the other hand many people here believe that it under mines civil libertieliberties. >> it's used not only for fighting but that is a good thing, i think our society is used for people with opinion. what liberties are you worried about? >> this one, the liberty to demonstrate and the liberty for social struggle. >> reporter: large numbers at this demonstration still the vast majority of french people are in favor of extending the state of emergency. after all the french president francois hollande said the country is at war and many people believe him.

even though the emergency measures continue to divide opinion, here on the political left. tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in the italian capitol of rome to protest against a bill if approved will legalize same sex civil unions and it's the only western european nation without such a law and claudia was at the protest and sent us this report. >> reporter: they chose the circus in rome, the theatre of ancient battles to bring their fight against same sex civil unions and adoptions. tens of thousands of traditional families from all over italy together to say no to a law that proposes to give same sex couples legal recognition and the right to adopt a partner's biological child. >> translator: we are against this law because children are not given the right. since the beginning of time children have come from a mother and father. . >> translator: two men converse

to life so you can't call that a family, it's selfish of them to want children just to satisfy their desires. >> reporter: italy is the only country western europe without a law that legally recognizes and protects same sex couples and because of it last year it was condemned by the european court of human rights and one of the reasons the government is trying to fix the anominally and clearly a lot of italians disagree. in a counter demonstration last weekend thousands of gay rights advocates show their support for the law in more than 100 cities across the country. on thursday some of them gathered in front of the senate where the bill is being debated. awake up call for a country they say that can't wait any longer to keep up with the rest of europe. >> translator: we have been trying to have a law for same sex couples in italy for the past 30 years, i hope the government finally approves it without compromises because this

is already a compromise as it's not a law that legalizes same sex marriage but it is a first step. >> reporter: the bill will be voted on in the senate starting next week. but because of the hundreds of thousands of people who voice their opposition on saturday, the outcome is far from predictable. al jazeera, rome. african union leaders are attending a summit in ethiopia with burundi's ongoing crisis high on the agenda, it drew criticism from the u.n. which also took aim with numerous security situations across the continent and catherine reports now from there. >> reporter: opening sessions of african union summit are all about african unity and prosperity. u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon set the tone by expressing disappointment about failure to meet a deadline for a government and criticized african leaders who want to hang

on to power beyond their term limits. >> leaders should never use undemocratic constitutional changes and legal loopholes to cling to power. we have all seen the tragic consequences when they do. >> reporter: that was president robert giving a typical response, lashing out at the u.n. security council. >> but the bosses in the security council say you shall never have the powers that we have as permanent members. >> reporter: and got a standing ovation. >> reform the security council. [cheers and applause] what many people here are waiting for is a decision on whether to send african union peace keeping troops to burundi with or without the consent of the government, how the au will handle burundi will set a precedent on other countries holding contentious elections.

>> we need to find a way in which transitions offer political space for all various actors and tied to that we do need to find a succession and plan that makes it easier for leaders to contemplate on the possibility of standing down from power. >> reporter: 17 african countries are to hold national elections this year and particular interest is burundi's name the democratic republic of congo where the opposition has been accusing the president of attempting to illegally run for a third term, the president has not declared contention but his government has been violating and cracking down. this is an election year for the au as well. the council members of the peace and security council have ended, that is the chairperson of the commission. zuma and it's ends later in the year and the president the new union chairperson replaced robert in his inaugural speech

had no illusions ahead of the many problems afflicting africa, al jazeera. to south sudan with oil and making a loss from its production, the country has to pay its neighbor sudan for exporting the area through the territory and we report from the tap column duba civil war and drop in h global oil prices have hit them hard. >> reporter: the streets of duba require this. the drop in global oil prices is hitting south sudan hard. >> translator: in the past between towns it would have been enough to feed you and now it's enough to buy water and two pounds used to be enough to boy sugar now you have to buy it for six pounds. >> reporter: when south sudan gained independence from sudan it inherited the majority of the oil fields but because both countries relied on the oil revenue a transitional agreement was drawn up, south sudan agreed

to pay sudan $3 billion over a period of 3 1/2 years. it's really hurting south sudan. the government has to pay about $10 for every barrel of oil it tans ports transports through pipelines owned by sudan and transport costs are not new but they have to pay $15 for the transitional agreement and with south sudan grade of oil currently trading at about $20 and costs $25 it's actually losing money by producing oil. >> south sudan is the only country i know of making a loss on oil production and actually paying another country to export its oil, that in and off itself without any comparison to any other countries is pretty negative. >> to force renegotiations of the agreement south sudan government recently threatened to shut down production all together and it seems to have

worked as delegations from sudan is expected for talks in duba soon. >> shown willingness to review because the battle was very huge in the republic of south sudan because sudan was bigger than what we were getting. >> reporter: when the transition fees were decided the price of oil was much higher. now that it's declined south sudan's greatest asset is a financial burden, anna, al jazeera, due duba, south sudan. take a short break and still ahead in sport and andy will be here in a little while and find out if the defending champion had luck on his side at the qatar masters. ♪

♪ hello and welcome back, the first complete make over in 1500 years for one of the world most famous church is taking place and the church in bethlehem is being renovated by experts and we are taking a look. >> reporter: what is believed to be the birth place of jesus christ has got through siege and even an earthquake but history and the weather have taken its toll and for the first time in

the sixth century it's being completely restored from ceiling to floor. the latest is the mosica and uncovered something new hidden under the wall plaster. >> translator: lucky to discover an angel in its entirety with the top part of its head missing and we restored it and give a different of the church than before the restoration, this will be a beautiful end result. >> reporter: we are shown what it looks like before the italian team of experts take work and smoke and varnished dulled the image and the work is giving the church a complete face lift. the roof and windows were restored first because water was leaking in the windows and essential repairs and because they are taking place at all some jokingly describe as a miracle. this holy site is administered

by the greek and roman and italy and they have tightly guarded lines that crossed and can turn violent. >> translator: it happened before, in some cases there were serious scuffles between disputes over who cleans which centimeters. >> reporter: just like this priests and monks fighting with brooms following a communal clean and brushed too far and the idea is if you clean it or take care of it it's yours. the century old rivalries put aside in a rare moment of consensus over steen by the palestinian authority, perhaps the idea dawning that the results will benefit all. the roof no longer leaks, the mosiac shines and in time once the scaffolding and sheets are removed the church of nativity will be seen as it has not for centuries, stephanie decker at

the church of nativity in beth la bethlehem. >> thanks for the sport and they stunned world number one serena williams to win and she had been aiming for a 22nd title this was kerber's major success and we report. >> reporter: williams arrived at the final hoping to get a win 22 grand slam titles and opponent aungelique kerber the match of her life and it was the 28th-year-olds first ever grand slam final but the nightmare for williams began when she had 23 unforced errors helping her with a 6-4 lead. it was the first time the german has taken a set off williams in 3 1/2 years. the world number one regained some of her composure in the second set to play was patchy but took it 6-3 and force a

decider. graph's record of 22 grand slam titles ended when she hit a volly long. kerber6-4-3-6-6-4 victory in two hours stealing one of the biggest shocks in tennis history. >> my whole life i was working really hard and now i'm here and can say i'm a grand slam champion and it sounds really crazy. >> every time i walk in this room everyone expects me to win every single match every day of my life, as much as i would like to be a robot i'm not and i try to but you know i do the best that i can. >> reporter: the first german to win the title since steffie-graph in 1999, al jazeera. ahead of andy murray's australian open final appearance

brother jamie won the doubles title and did it alongside the first brazilian player to win any title at this event. and murray will take the first trophy in more than 80 years and brother andy was on hand there to see him get the job done. >> it was funny to see andy there at the end. obviously you know you don't see the match in the locker room and i didn't know that and i thought he would go back to the hotel but maybe he came back when he saw we had a chance. >> reporter: murray junior will be taking on top seed and defend champion djokovic in the singles final and djokovic won it five times and aiming for 11th grand slam and opponent is in the australian final for a fifth time but is yet to win it. >> don't under estimate him and no question about it, i have a tremendous respect and admiration for everything he has achieved in his career, he is

one week older than me and we grew up together and as i said we have very similar styles of game, very similar trajectory to the professional tennis and it's nice to see our rivalry keeps on going and we keep playing for the biggest titles. >> many people are expecting me to win on sunday and, you know, i just believe in myself, have a solid game plan and hopefully i execute and play well but you know the previous disappointments to say it's one tennis match and it doesn't matter what has happened in the past really, it's about what happens on sunday. fifth round of the english cup after a comfortable win over col chester and scored twice in a 4-1 win and spurs now unbeaten in ten away games and more competitions and 25 years now

since top last won this trophy. >> i see that we have quite enough and so this is good and we try to fight for every competition and then we see the reality of the season. >> reporter: a look at some scores from the fourth round and sanchez coming back from injury and the win of the holder's arsenal and his first since back in november. liverpool and west ham will have a reply after a goalless draw and wins for crystal palace and rockford and beat the rivals port smith and west broom a draw by peter and nigeria international scored a hat trick as they thrashed 4-nil. >> maybe i received some criticized why we didn't replace

some people at the beginning of the squeeze on -- season and he has to demonstrate why he is in the squad and that is a useful gain for him. >> reporter: barcelona made a big move in the spanish title race with 2-1 win over second place atletico madrid and messi and swarez and atletico had two players and barcelona three points clear at the top and have a game in hand. now japan came from two goals down to win the asian under 23 title here in qatar, this 81st minute goal given japan a 3-2 win over south korea. both teams have qualified for the rio olympics by virtue of reaching this final and third place iraq joining them in

brazil as well. south africa's brandon grace has retained the qatar masters winning two shots in do what and the world 11 shooting a final 69 to finish on 14 under pars, the 27-year-old became the first player to win back to back titles in doha and this is his 7th win on the european tour. >> to win is tough but to defend is even tougher and know that but it was great and playing really good golf and paid off at the end and now i know what it takes to defend a title but this is a special one. this is, you know, one that really put me on the map last year and said it before and i'll say it again and winning it twice is just extra special. >> and world number one jordan spieth played 28 holds on day three of the singapore open and weather delays had to finish the second round before he begin round three and finished six

under par on a mixed day. he is three shots behind the leader. that is your sports for now, nick. >> andy thanks indeed and see you later and thank you, two south korea has an expo for drones and dominates the industry which is expected to grow rapidly over the next ten years but new civilian uses are getting more and more popular. harry faucet now reports. >> reporter: it is race day for the pilots, time to get down to business. 80 teams vying for the title on a hazardously windy day. >> translator: i was nervous and it was windy, the drone kept rising so it was difficult. >> reporter: drone racing has only been an organized sport here for four months and every place in this contest was snapped up in just a few minutes and it's all happening just a few meters from south korea's

drone show, the largest such expo ever to be held in asia and south korea wants in on a fast-growing industry. >> translator: drone technology has been developed here mainly if the military sector and hope to promote the transfer of that technology to those civilian sector. >> reporter: one such effort enabling helicopter style take offices and landings and airplane horizontal flight and military dominates the drone industry and global one and what is changing is easier access to technology encouraging start ups to enter the fray and a drone in the final formal can mimic a bird of prey to keep them away from farms and airports. >> we use open source so the price of this thing is actually affordable to the farmers around the world right now. >> reporter: consumer section is one of the fast fastest growing and could be worth $4

billion a year by 2025. it's not hard to see why these things have been getting cheaper, producing ever better quality images and just about anybody can fly them. the problem on the horizon is an increasingly heavy set of regulations meaning that their use could be limited to strictly defined areas. there are concerns over legal liability, privacy and safety and here in south korea the very real threat of north korean drones. several have been found crashed in resent years, south korea enforces strict no fly zones among other regulations partly as a result. some drone makers worry that will mean there are still small civilian industry will struggle for lift off. but the racing enthusiasts have something to cheer and restrictions on ledger use are said to have be loosened, south korea. >> with that that is it for the news hour but i'll be back in a couple minutes with another full bulletin of news, good-bye for now. ♪

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