>> hello, there, welcome to the news hour. coming up in the next 60 minutes: the u.n. security council is set to meet about north korea's rocket launch. new efforts to bring stability to haiti with the provisional government. we'll have a live report. as the search and rescue operations continue in taiwan after saturday earthquake, questions surface about safety standards. i have the day's sport. fifty years on, we ask how the superbowl got so big.

america's most popular sporting event is now just hours away. north korea has launched a long-range rocket into space bringing widespread condemnation mom the international community. south korea is talking to the united states about deploying an anti missile defense system. harry fossett has more. >> north carolina had already brought its week long launch window forward by a day and wasn't wasting time. two hours into that window, the rocket carrying the bright star satellite lifted off. all overseen by the country's young leader and relaid by its most famous news reader. >> the complete success made in

the liftoff is fruition of the great workers of korean policy. it's an event in developing the countries science technology and defense capability. >> a rocket that can launch a satellite could also carry a nuclear warhead. even if this one, slow to fuel and hard to can cream is far from the ideal weapon. >> this system itself doesn't really have military applications but nevertheless, some of the applications, some of the technologies, some of the systems and sub systems, they could use for the military programs. >> south korea's president immediately convened her national security council, calling the launch an unacceptable provocation. >> recognizing the nuclear missile threat to world peace, the security council should quickly come up with strong sanctions. >> seoul announced it would

start formal conversations with the united states on deploying fad missile system on south carolinian soil. that's a signal to china. beijing is resolutely opposed to the fad system so close to its territory. they are trying to pressure china to get tough on its ally. >> in pyongyang an sunday, there was celebration. this launching comes at the start of the lunar new year and days before the birthday of the leader's late father, kim jong-il. the u.n. security council expected to meet in the next hour rewarding north korea's rocket launch. we have the date from the u.n.

what can we expect from this meeting of the u.n. security council? >> in short, nick, probably a lot of talking, a lot of condemnation, but probably not action. action here and resolutions take time. we probably won't see any sort of new u.n. security council resolution for days if not weeks. that's just basically how diplomacy works here at the united nations, it takes time. this emergency security council meeting was called by japan, south carolina and the united states. it will be a closed door private meeting, no cameras will be allowed inside, but we are hoping to, as ambassadors arrive at the meeting or leave are hoping to ask them to get more information about what they're discussing and what new actions they potentially could take. i can tell you, as far as the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon, he put out a statement late saturday night after this rocket launch, calling it

"deeply deplorable" and added that north korea should halt its provocative actions. ban ki-moon also warned north carolina before this launch not to go forward with it, he said it would be a very, very provocative action. also diplomats at the united nations before the launch also warned north korea not to move forward, as well. clearly all of those calls fell on deaf ears. >> what might we see happening next as this all unfolds? >> with the security council, there has already been numerous resolutions, and there's already sanctions in place. the question becomes what do they do now. it's complicated, because just last month, as we know, north

carolina had a nuclear test, and the u.s. and china on the security council were already still debating a new resolution based on that nuclear test last month, but it was very slow going, and very difficult. they hadn't even reached any sort of conclusion on that yet. now, this new rocket launch is now placed in their lap, a crisis, now the security council has to deal with, so essentially even more problematic. china is a top ally of north carolina and while their statements were pretty strong condemning the nuclear test last month, historically, china is very slow or reticent to act or take any actions very strong on the security council against their ally north korea. it will be very interesting to see how they position themselves. that's china now today in this security council meeting. if they planned to say that they're going to start to consider a stronger resolution

or not, we hope to hear from perhaps the chinese ambassador as he goes in or maybe comes out of the meeting today. >> let's see how it unfolds. thanks very much indeed. >> the united arab emirates says it's ready to send ground troops to syria to fight isil. it is the third gulf nation to say so following saudi arabia and bahrain. they are already part of the u.s. led bombing campaign in syria and iraq. syria has warned it will fight back against what it calls a ground incursion in its territory. turkey is ready to let in thousands of syrian refugees trapped on its border, stuck on the frontier after three an offensive near aleppo. ankara is providing food and shelter but not letting them cross the border. stephanie decker joins us from the syrian border, the turkish side of the syrian border. steph, can you see the refugees? what sort of numbers are we

talking about? >> we can't see them. they are a few kilometers across in the buffer scene. we are told bit the turkish disaster management agency there is about 10,000 people there. what we have seen happening at this border crossing during the day, it is closed to the refugees but open for trucks for goods to pass in and out and we have seen truck that is have some form of scaffolding, metal bars, which indicates to us that they are trying to built more and more facilities if you can call it that across the border. we saw a truck go over, which is a registering center. we are told they are starting to register the refugees. security is concerned and want to manage the situation. night is fogg here and it's getting incredibly cold. it's around zero celsius. we can only imagine what it's like for people who don't have the warm clothes, the most they have is a tent, they don't have heaters.

it's not just people across the border, it's across syria where you have millions of internally displaced. we know that more than the 10,000 here, tens of thousands are fleeing aleppo. they have gone to other towns, so a very difficult situation still on the ground and this offensive still very much active. >> yes, very difficult. the flow of refugees is only going to get worse, isn't it, as the offensive continues? >> absolutely. we heard from the turkish president today. he said he expected up to 70,000 potentially to flee aleppo because of this offensive. really the russian involvement backing the syrian regime and allies on the ground are making a huge difference and is also in stilling a real fear in the people because it's been so relentless. this is why we are seeing people starting to move. whether this will increase, or we see people pack up more and more belong i guessings to move to relative safety, we will see.

people living in aleppo in the rebel controlled areas have been living under extreme conditions for years. many don't have money to pay to get out. you need to pay taxes and pay all kinds of people, so very, very difficult, but certainly what is clear is that tens of thousands of people are moving away from that offensive, russian backed from the air, the syrian government and their allies on the ground are making real headway when it comes to the battle for the key city of aleppo. >> that's stephanie decker from the border between turkey and syria. earlier, i spoke to the syrian civil defense, an independent humanitarian organization that's funded by international donors, including the united kingdom and united states. it is the only country wide organization of syrian nationals trained for search and rescue and mainly operates in areas outside of government control. the head of that group in aleppo started by explaining the

situation there. >> at the moment, the situation on the ground is very dire. we see the regime forces advancing. they are backed and supported by the russian bombardment on the northern country side, the situation is dire. huge destruction, great losses, intense bombardment on the residential areas and other villages. this bombardment of forces resulted in large amounts of injuries and casualties. >> we've been hearing about refugees leaving by the thousands. can you confirm that and tell me the conditions they are tolerating. >> the number of refugees in this place as per the estimates exceeded 90,000 residents from this area, however, most of those people fled for their life

as a result of the indiscriminate, intense, heavy bombardment, coupled with artillery shelling by the assad regime on the city of aleppo and the northern countryside. this heavy, intense bombardment resulted answer forced people to leave. large amount is headed toward the crossing, others crossing towards the western countryside. they are believing to be heading to more safe areas, however, all the northern parts and all the surrounding and outskirts of aleppo are not safe. they are just fleeing for their lives. >> what is the situation with supplies, food supplies, medical supplies and so forth? >> with respect to the food supply, the regime has seized

control of many villages and towns, and he managed to control aleppo into two halves, one total besieged area. as a result, the prices of basic necessities and food items have skyrocketed. also, there is sharp shortage in medical supplies. on the other half, the lion of supplies from taiz and aleppo countryside has been also cut off as a result, the fuel and energy derivatives, medical supply prices have also skyrocketed. >> you have been heavily involved in rescue work, rescuing civilians caught up in the violence and offensive, a glimpse of which we can see from the body cameras that you and your fellow rescue efforts wear. it must be a traumatic

experience. give us an idea the things you are having to do, the things you are seeing. >> true. what's taking operation at the moment in the northern countryside of aleppo is the indress continual net heavy bombardment using the russian airstrikes coupled by the military. also the militias backing the regime forces. this resulted in gross, huge destruction, as a result. this requires a great deal of rescue operation, the civil defense is doing all they can to help residents. the rescue and search operations are underway day and night, however, they cannot be compared to the amount and magnitude and severity of destruction. we are doing all what we can to help residents.

we have no other options but the situation is dire and it's getting more worse. should also note to aleppo now is going through the worst situation since the beginning of the revolution. still to come on the program, the presidential hopefuls who reject both the democratic and republican platforms. i'm in hungary, one of a number of countries in which right wing nationalist governments testing the bonds of the european union. we have sport coming up. date of a dramatic finish at do do--dubai's golf classic. rescue workers found signs of life under the debris of a high rise building which collapsed after taiwan's

earthquake. more than 130 people are still feared trapped. 29 were killed in the worst affected area. rob mcbride has this report. >> as they work further down into the ruins, conditions fortress skew teams are getting harder. hang in there, the rescuer's shout. we will soon get you out. >> people are trapped in very small spaces and we captain use big machinery. we mostly dig with our hands. >> around the edges of the site, relatives of the missing have been waiting anxiously for news, since the earthquake on saturday morning that caused this entire complex to crumble in seconds, trapping hundreds as they slept. this man is looking for his father and younger brother. he believes rescuers are looking in the wrong place and urging them to look again. this woman is looking for her flee month old baby who was

being cared for by her sister. she still can't understand what happened. >> it's the construction company's fault. other buildings didn't collapse like this one. >> many are now saying the complex was poorly designed and poorly built. in the amanda run building, it's called a building like a bean curd structure. now exposed in the ruins, these are tin cans which had been used in place of concrete on several floors. local media have been focusing on how the building resulted with the ground floor turned into commercial space that may have weakened it further. of equal concern is how the authorities in this quake prone area of taiwan didn't prevent such alterations. >> the local prosecutor's office are doing a full investigation

and are here to collect evidence. >> as that investigation ramps up, so the search of the building continues with the likelihood of finding more bodies with survivors. rob mcbride, al jazeera, taiwan. on to haiti now, where the outgoing penalty has struck a deal with parliament to form an interim government less than a day before he was due to step down. it paves the way for elections to be held in april. it's hold the agreement will calm violent opposition protest. he's been ruling by decree since january last year. we are joined now from haiti's capital. the president is expected to appear shortly before parliament and announce the plan for an interim government. the opposition has already said it's against it. why is that? >> there's a lot of opposition to it, so clearly an agreement

has been announced. that does not mean the political turmoil in haiti is over just yet. we are in front of the parliament that is right behind me. there are a lot of people gathered outside. it is expected that the president will arrive very shortly. he'll appear before parliament and he'll announce this deal. this deem is in effect in the following, that the parliament will elect an interim president, that president will serve for four months. on april 24, there will be presidential runoff and outcome of that presidential runoff, the president will take power in may. clearly the opposition is against this. they believe that the entire electoral process has been fraudulent. they believe that the very parliament that's in agreement with the president on this deal came to power recently in fraudulent elections, so they are asking for an independent commission to not only investigate the previous elections, that win know down the number of presidential

candidates and brought the parliamentarians to power, but don't want them involved. >> what do they want to be in place? >> one of the ideas bandied about is that the president of the supreme court, which is how that person is referred to here, would actually become the interim president. as i mentioned, with the opposition feeling that the parliament is tainted, this would in effect put someone in a transitional position that they believe is not tainted by allegations of corruption. i do want to mention, there's a lot of suspicion that this transitional government will stay for quite a while. the constitution actually man dates that any person, interim president not stay in power for more than three months. there was a transitional government and it last the for

two years. >> we will leave it there for the time being, reporting from port-au-prince. >> u.s. presidential hopefuls held their last debate. marco rubio was given the hardest time of all at the event hosted by the u.s. network abc. here's alan fisher. >> dr. ben carson. >> candidates seemingly wandering on to the stage, donald trump was back after missing the last debate in iowa, but the front runner in new hampshire was not the main target of attacks from the others. that was marco rubio, a third place in iowa has given the florida senator momentum. that's what washington, d.c. does, the drive by shot at the beginning with incorrect and incomplete information and then the memorized 25 second speech. marco, the thing is this.

when you're president of the united states, when you're governor of a state, the memorized speech when you talk about how great america is at the end of it doesn't solve one problem for one person. >> we are seeing the launch from a nuclear north korea is the direct result of the failures of the first clinton administration. the clinton administration led the world in relaxing sanctions against north korea. billions of dollars flowed to north carolina in exchange for promises not to built nuclear weapons, so what we are seeing with north korea is fore shadowing of where we will be with iran. >> an attack from jeb bush brought this reaction from donald trump provoking bon in the audience. >> he wants to be a tough guy. >> let me talk, quiet. >> a lot of time. [ booing ] >> that's all it is, his bone norse and special interests out

there. >> i would not bring it back in any sort of widespread use. >> it was used sparingly. congress has changed the laws and i think where we stand is the appropriate place. >> i would bring back waterboarding and i'd bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding. >> the story going into this debate was all about marco rubio, how he could do well in iowa and new hampshire. chris christie and others attacked him and that could be enough to damage the florida senator. maybe not too much, but enough. >> we think the people of manchester new hampshire for having this debate. >> the candidates now spend their final hours in new hampshire, chasing support and chasing the dream of success. al jazeera, at the republican debate in new hampshire. more than a third of adults in the united states say they are neither republican nor democratic. in fact, the majority of americans have consistently told pollsters they want a third

political party. we went to new jersey in search of alternatives. we have this report. >> anyone born in the u.s. has the right to run for president. it's in the bill of rights. this health food restaurant owner in new hampshire is one of the 1500 presidential candidates registered with the federal election commission for 2016. >> it's the american dream, you can be whatever you want to be. >> but can you? can you become penalty. >> see, that's the challenge and another reason i'm on the platform. for the people by the people. we want regular citizen governing our country. we've got to change the system, because if a hard working american can't become president, it eliminates 99% of our country, so the 1% runs the 99. >> a study has shown to the social mobility has long ago disappeared and election after election show only a few can viewably run for the highest office. >> we need a new way forward

that is not bath and paid for by predator banks, by fossil fuel giants and war profit easers for funding the current system. >> jill stein was on the boggle lot. in 2016, she said it may have 95 to 100% of voters. >> even if a third party navigates 50 sets of electoral rules to get on each state's ballot, t.v. stations or indifferent or hostile. the libertarian parties are saying the debate system is rigged to ensure only two parties of heard. third where he didn't know the berlin wall was going to come down and it did. things do eventually change.

>> bernie sanders similar is similar to the green party. stein says the democratic establishment will ensure he is not the nominee but if he was, would be one man against the machinery. >> it's like helping a friend break up with an abusive relationship. how long will you keep making excuses for a political party that is pushing you over the cliff? >> in the last few weeks, the u.s. mainstream media has been discussing an alternative to the republicans and democrats, but it's michael bloomberg, the billion air tycoon. those wishing to challenge the establishment say a breakthrough is possible. al jazeera, new jersey. plenty more still to come, including back in business, why the reopening of this border crossing i guess so important for nepal.

we could not even try planting seeds. it's been dryer than ever. >> disaster zones as south africa remains in the grip of a severe drought. i'm at the african nations championship in rwanda. finding out if women's football can keep pace with the men's game.

>> even though we're in here, we're still human. >> how harsh conditions affect people on both sides of the bars. >> why did scott take his own life? >> the jail. >> some people might be scared to speak out but i'm not. i'm telling the truth.

the u.n. security council is holding an emergency meeting in half an hour after north korea learning ad a long-range rocket into space. there's been condemnation from south korea, japan, and russia and united states. they say it is testing new missile technology. haiti's outgoing president struck a deal with parliament to form an interim government less than a day before he was due to step down. it's hold the agreement will calm weeks of violent opposition protests. >> at least 29 people have died in saturday's earthquake in southern taiwan. more than 130 of still feared

strapped in the rubble. rescue workers say they found signs of life under the debris of a high rise building, which collapsed. more now on our top story. it's not north korea's space ambitions that has country's concerned. it's that the technology could also deliver the nuclear weapon. our technology editor explains all. >> here it is, north korea's rocket, similar if not identical to the one it put a satellite into space on sunday. it has never been tested as a ballistic missile but experts say it could be adapted to carry an 800 kale gram payload of up to 10,000 kilometers, putting asia, and the u.s. in its range. it is not consider add very good ballistic missile. it can only be launched from fix would sites and takes hours to

prepare it's volatile fuel for response, so it's hardly a responsive weapon. north carolina would need to develop a nuke warhead small enough and light enough to fit into the rocket. so far, there is no evidence of this. if north korea could bomb a target, it has another challenge, it would need to bring it back down in a controlled way to stop it burning up as it reaches speeds of up to 25,000 kilometers an hour. there's no evidence it has the capacity to do this. experts say a successful launch could help north korea develop this, the kn08 intercontinent ballistic missile. the rocket are different and work in very different ways. all of which means this is probably what the north korea scientists have little potential as a ballistic missile.

>> if one believes what the north korean media said, that they launch add slight, which is what the bright star satellite, the launch was successful and the satellite reached orbit successful lil, meaning north korea has mastered the technology for putting objects into earth's orbit. they have reliable rocket engines which could potentiallying used for ballistic missiles and this nuclear test in january again remains to be confirmed whether it was a thermonuclear device or hiroshima ma type fishing device. from the north america point of

view, japan is building up its plutonium stocks, so from their point of view, the world doesn't look very benign, so we have a crescendo of mutual recontinual nations. most stuck north korea has enough for six or seven nuclear weapons. they also have a uranium enrichment capability which they showed scientists eight years ago. that is still very limited, so estimates of 100 nuclear bombs in north korea in a decade or so i think are grossly exaggerated. >> to iraq and 15 people have been reported killed while trying to escape through a village east of the city. security forces say isil planted roadside bombs and rigged houses with explosives. the army has been carrying out a long stalled operation to clear the area of fighters. imran kahn reports from baghdad. >> it's an act more as i will bottommic than strategic but for

the iraqi army is important. after nearly a month of fighting, it's entered the last neighborhood in rimadi and cleared it of isil fighters. >> it is now completely liberated. now we are removing bombs from the streets and houses and moving civilians. >> moving them is a big job. they've been trapped in this neighborhood since the military offensive began. the relief at being able to leave is clear. >> isil treated us badly. they held us for three days and ordered us to leave our house and then rigged it with explosives. >> our life was dire. we had no food, no medicines and we were under siege from all sides. we had to make due with the little food we had. >> they are now being taken to camps to the west of rimadi. iraq army still has to secure the area.

its soldiers are going from house to house to clear booby trapped buildings and set up offensive positions. >> there are pockets of isil fighters further east of rimadi. we have seen isil fighters launch attacks. those talks look likely to crib, because isil still control parts of the countryside. that still makes them a threat. imran kahn, al jazeera, baghdad. >> in northern iraq, kurdish protests against turkey have turned violent. at least three police officers have been wounded. demonstrations that took place in erbil want turkey to stop conducting airstrikes. turkish jets have been pounding p.k.k. bases in northern iraq. >> i understand i canes foreign minister said said 39 workers

abducted by isil a year ago are still alive. speaking to their family members, two arab nations confirmed the workers are alive and believed to be kidnapped from mosul by isil in iraq. pro-government forces in yemen have made gains in sanna. they are sending more reinforcements in a new push to capture sanna. the capital was taken over by houthis in 2014. >> special forces retake coastal areas in the province and advance towards the port city which is a a shia rebel houthi stronghold. it's home to yemen's biggest oil refinery and its sea port is crucial for oil exports. the houthis and their allies troops stationed in the area. losing the city and its sea port

is likely to undermine chance of getting supplies of weapons from abroad. >> we are making major military gains. the army is gradually frightening the grip on the coastal province and they will make sure the houthis won't receive weapons anymore from iranians. >> as fighting in the coastal areas continues, pro government troops are on the move. they are now in control of an area a few kilometers from the capital sanna. this is where the future of the city may be decided. special forces loyal to president adou rabbo mansour hadi have led seen on a military base on the city's outskirts. the push by government loyal its is a significant development since the houthis took over sanna in september, 2014. backed by a saudi-led coalition, these fighters say they are

determined to continue the fight until their rivals surrender or face defeat. the coalition intensified airstrikes hoping to force the houthis into retreat. the shia rebels and former president sala remain defiant. they are determined to fight to defend the areas controlled. >> israel police shot and killed a sudanese migrant they say stabbed an israel soldier. the man was shot several times also he tried to flee. five of south africa's nine provinces are declared disaster areas because of severe drought. the farmers have been the worst affected. we report from the province where close to half the countries staple's maze crop is growing. >> it's south africa's worst

drought in more than 20 years. the farmer has been growing maze on this land in the free state province five decades as his father and grandfather before him. >> on our farm, there's never been a time there has not been maze in december. we could not even try planting seeds. it's been drier than ever. >> he said dry spells are not unusual, but he's never seen conditions this bad. it's estimated the drought is costing south african farmers more than $600 million in lost crops. low rainfall means maze production has dropped by a third. south africa will have to import 3 million tons of poise to feed the country this year. >> all of a sudden, africa is in a drought, so everyone will have a shortage of maize. due to the he can change rate, it will be expensive to import maze. the price will be high. people defend on it as a staple food and will have to get used

to it not being affordable. >> the government is spending $19 million on aid for struggling farmers and said farmers will need to start using different methods to adapt to changing weather patterns. >> we can't continue relying on culture. we need more funding so that we can build our capacity to put most of the production on irrigation. which will mean new infrastructure. >> drier river dams mean entire communities are affected by the drought. >> not far from the farm is the community of senegal. people here have not had water for more than four months. they rely on water tanks installed by private donors. people here have had no other way of surviving. >> the water we have is not enough for the community, so we still have a crisis of water, especially for schools, kids at

their schools drinking water is difficult. >> it is very painful for those who don't have water. i'm confident by the fact that there has been a little rain. >> national water campaigns hope to bring relief to those affected by the drought, but as dry conditions are expect to continue for months, this concern that if there's another season of low yields, many farmers will see their livelihoodlivelihoods disappear. >> the widening cracks in the europe union, our series, the given is not only about how to deal with millions have new refugees, there are concerns about russia's increasing influence in countries such as hungary. it is feared the government in hungary is undermining the cause. >> in the studios, they're never quite sure whether the next broadcast might be their last.

critical of the government, the station has lost most of its advertising and had its frequencies reduced. >> i have the fear that these guys and especially the prime minister believe that first of all, they can do what they want. they are so full of hatred, they hate their so-called enemies. they believe that everybody who does not think the same as they do are the enemies. >> in parts of central and eastern europe, among fully fledged members of the european union, the politics of nationalism is taking root. here in hungary, the prime minister victor orbans said to take his could you from vladimir putin. >> he confessed that his motives

are prom putin and turkish leaders. the biggest danger of his model is getting attractive for others, why not to use it. >> poland is restricting judicial and media freedoms and with slovakia and the czech republic completing the group, all four countries pushed back last year against the e.u.'s planned refugee quota system. last summer, hungary's highways and railway stations were packed with refugees most making they are way to germany. now they are nowhere to be seen. the country seemingly cleaningsed its southern border with serbia on the so-called balkan route, sealed with race door wire. hungary's prime minister is defending europe's christian values against the mainly muslim refugees. the country's small resident muslim community has noted a rise in hate crimes and death threats as a result.

>> the government communicated the immigration equals the arrival of islamic terrorism into the country. they even justified it with the paris attacks. if you repeat something often enough, people believe it. >> i put those concerns to the government's chief spokesman. >> it's most definitely not antireligious. integration of muslim people is unsuction of the. this is the case in most european countries for the past couple of decades. you talk about reality. >> what the hungarian government calls reality others call islamaphobia and it is a growing problem across much of europe. jonah hull, al jazeera, budapest. sports as the panthers or the broncos practice their winning smile ahead of superbowl 50.

>> the main indian nepal border crossing is fully open to traffic for the first time in five months. the crossing was block indicated with protestors demanding more rights in the constitution. we have a report from the nepalese side of the border. >> these trucks were stuck for months, but this crossing point between nepal and india has finally reopened and they can continue the journey. on friday, traders and locals

from nepal and india chased away protestors who had occupied this bridge. all other borders are open except this. if you want to close borders, close all of them. are they planning to starve us so we locals from both sides of the border decided to open it. >> trade had come to a standstill. >> this border is extremely important for nepal. two thirds of centers open here. more than $450 million has been lost in revenues. for months, members of a marginalized group here have been demanding better representation under nepal's new constitution. people say the government has

used excessive force to suppress their movement. more than 40 people have been killed during protests in which police have used live bullets. most people have close ties across the border in india and the government in new delhi takes an interest in what hams here. india said it believes the constitution did not go far enough. nepal said the indian government was tolerating a blockade off the border. on january 23, the government did amend the constitution addressing most demands but the demarcation of boundaries is in dispute. some see the border opening as a sign the protests are declining. >> the latest development shows the leaders of the parties have been defeated. this means there is a change in policy when it comes to support of movement. it shows the internal defenses

between the leaders who so far had been directing the movement. what is most important is that people are no longer supporting the direction of the movement. >> what is clear is that the real opening of the border for the locals is a welcome relief. al jazeera, southern nepal. to short now. >> thank you very much. the carolina panthers are getting ready to take on the denver broncos in the superbowl with an expected global t.v. audience of 190 million fans, it's well established as the biggest day in american sport. now in its 50th year, the nfl season finale didn't always have such a high profile. daniel lack supports. >> american football is more than a sport here. it's a celebration for families, friends, entire cities. it's also a chance for fans to test their own skills without the pressure of a big game. the atmosphere is friendly, even

between rival supporters whose teams are doing battle for superbowl sunday. >> it's going to be great. it's going to be great. >> i feel the same way. i just can't scream that loud. >> who's going to win? >> broncos! >> panthers. >> broncos! >> panthers! >> the name of the game is defense. >> this will be the 50th year of the championship. it began rather tentatively and few expected it to grow to the u.s.'s dominant sport. jerry green is one of two journalists who has been to every superbowl so far. he's seen a lot of change. >> it has become chaotic. the first one was very sedate. i think it's probably the growth of civilization, if i can say that. it's a -- for americans, it's our biggest sporting event. >> there's certainly a lot of money involved. advertisers pay $5 million for

32nd commercials during the game. all that revenue shared among broadcasters, players and the football league makes for huge profit. the league said it reinvests to beef up the sport. >> to some our approach, i would say this, get better. that's our goal. in everything we do, and every day we work, we will work to get better in every way. that's what our teams do and that's what the league will do. >> hours, even days before the game begins, the party's underway here in downtown san francisco, a city that's had shall we say mixed feelings about hosting this big sports event. >> some say the public costs of hosting the game, security, maintenance, overcrowding outweigh the benefits in a city that has one of the most visible homeless in the country. >> we have an affordability

crisis. we have a homeless crisis. we should be using tax that pair dollars to solve these important issues, not pay for a party for the rich. >> superbowl 50 may be crowded, expensive and glitzy, but the fans seem to love it. it's the climax of their football season and they're ready to soak it all in once again. daniel lack, al jazeera, san francisco. arsenal moved up to third in the english premier league table after their 2-0 win, they are now five points away from the leaders. in a few minutes time, chelsea will take on manchester united. >> we are getting back a bit on track, although i like to have a little bit more victories instead of the draw. we have a number of victory it is. the team is step-by-step more

stable. >> the winner of the african nations football championship will soon be decided in rwanda. the democratic republic of congo play mali in sunday's final. the tournament has been all about the men's game, but women's football in rwanda is also gaining ground. andy richardson has more. >> the african nation's championship has given rwandaen football it's highest ever profile, with but the women's national team is struggling for attention. they played their first official game two years ago. the role women playing is changing. after the genocide which left 1 million rwandaens dead, the population was almost 70% female. women began to make their voices heard. this woman has spent the last 20 years campaigning for equality

in football. >> their ideas are out, they are found that having a woman in the position is great idea. >> women's rights are now enshrined in the countries constitution. 60% of those in parliament are women, the biggest proportion anywhere in the word, but it's taking time for that high political profile to be right field in sports. the experiences of the national team's coach provide an insight into how much has had to change. >> i started when i had, i played with the men. whenever i reach at home, then my parents started to beat me.

>> many clubs make funds available to he hadvasion help parents accept their daughters' choices. >> right now i'm at university and the reason i'm there is not because my parents, but because of the team i play for has paid for all my education. >> this season, the national league expanded from 12 to 16 teams and more schools are giving boys and girls a sporting chance. >> the other day, you go to clean the classroom, you go to help the parents at home. you go to cooking but now that has stand. they do sports. >> to host an africa wide football tournament for women in rwanda now looks like a realistic target. al jazeera, rwanda.

chris froome has had the perfect start to the season. he has won the australian tour as well as caming for a third tour de france title later this year. he is targets two gold medals at the rio olympics. rory mcelroy finished to clinch the title by a single stroke. he finished 19 under par, clear of sullivan and bellow. that's it for me. we'll have more sport later. we'll have all the build up to superbowl 50. >> that is it for this news hour. more news coming up in a couple

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