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do not come to europe. the plight of thousands stranded on the grease-macedonian border is desperate. >> new hope. the number of people killed in syria dropped sharply since the start of a truce on saturday. >> and church sex scandal. >> humility. begging forgiveness from us. doing everything they can to restore the lives of all the victims out there. >> a vatican official turning a blind eye meets some of the victims. >> i'm antonio mora, this is al jazeera's international news hour. we begin with the u.s. presidential race because of its impact around the world.

today donald trump faced new opposition from the last presidential nominee for the republicans, mitt romney came out swing of course, calling trump a phoney and a fraud. trump fired back labelling mitt romney a loser and a choker. he has taken fire from saul side, before taking the stage from the debate, including a letter from top republican world, accusing the front runner of having an unprincipled world view. al jazeera's patty culhane reports on trump's latest feuds. >> hi, donald trump, president of the united states. >> reporter: that is a terrifying thought for the republican establishment. this is them fighting back. >> donald trump is a phoney, a fraud. a business genius he is not. the absurd third-grade theatrics. >> donald trump is a conman, a fake. donald trump sells us that he is very, very smart.

[ laughs ] >> i'm afraid when it comes to foreign policy, he is very, very not smart. >> a very, very personal attack from mitt romney. the last republican to run for president. mitt romney all but daring trump to attack him. show americans his true temperament. trump took the bait. >> you can see how loyal he is, he was begging for my endorsement. i could have said mitt, drop to your knees, he would have dropped to his knees. >> this is an effort to stop trump. many academics published this alert warning,: comedians are zeroing in with videos going viral. >> it turns out the name trump was not the family name. an ancestor changed in, this is

true, drump. manage if you met a guy called donald drump. a serial liar with a string of broken business ventures and the support of a former clan leader who he can't decide whether or not to condemn. >> the washington establishment saw trump as a joke. they are not laughing now. >> coming up in tonight's in context segment, corresponds from around the world join us to share how their countries are viewing the presidential race. >> north korean leader kim jong un, placed the country's nuclear arsenal on standby. that shift in strategy could allow the military to launch a pre-emptive strike at any time. the pentagon responded by calling on north korea to - reframe from provocative actions aggravating tensions. >> electricity is returning to syria after a massive blackout

today. state media gave no cause for the nation-wide power outage. the tentative truce in syria appears to be holding. the state department says it has not seen significant violations in of the last 24 hours, despite russian claims of dozens of breaches. the power may have been out. but the dip in violence made up for inconvenience. from aleppo to damascus. the ceasefire has given many of us a chance to walk the streets and by food without fear of being killed. >> people in the ancient city of aleppo witnessed some of the worse fighting since the start of civil war. residence were certain that advancing forces of bashar al-assad would impose a siege, starving them of supplies. >> air strikes were frequent here, most days prepare forced to close our shops. if we heard a plane, we'd close

for an hour or two or three until the situation was calm. >> for the past six days, residents of neighbourhoods that saw the worst bombing returned home. the challenge is that there's not enough food and prices are high. >> there is some difficulty in securing raw materials. mostly fuel. our work needs fuel because of isil roads that are closed and fuel is expensive. >> since the civil war began five years ago, food prices shot up about 300%. families had to cut their spending and get by on little. the ceasefire helped to bring down the prices. bread cost two-thirds less. the price of fruit and vegetables like tomatoes has been halved. >> people are able to go out. move, go places and buy things, potato, tomatos. thank god. before the ceasefire, no one could do that. >> to the east of the capital city, residents used the break in violence to breathe a sigh of

relief. some of the residence fear the bashar al-assad government is sufg the ceasefire to hide forces advancing on rebel conditions. >> i'm sick of everything, five years of shelling and killings, am i relaxed? >> not really. there's a pause, enough bloodshed. we have had it. ceasefire means so much. the five years had been so long. >> residents also east of damascus are using the break from the bombs to hold peaceful demonstrations against the bashar al-assad government. they plan on joining hands in a nationwide peaceful protest on friday. they'll gather to call on the bashar al-assad to step down, and hope to bring back what they call the glory of the syrian revolution. >> there's even a sense of relief in government-held areas in the old city of damascus. these areas experienced calm until now. >> everyone sees that

opportunity, we feel like people are happy and optimistic. >> across syria, more than a quarter of a mailion died -- million died since the conflict began. the united nations hopes this week's ceasefire will allow the talks to settle the conflict, to continue aid is running out for refugees at the greece macedonian boarder. macedonia closed the boarder leaving thousands stranded. many clashed with guards. the u.n. says europe is on the cusp of a largely self-induced crisis. and the president warned some looking for a better life, to stop coming to europe. >> i want to appeal to all potential illegal economic migrants wherever you are from. do not come to europe.

do not believe the smugglers. do not risk your lives and your money, it is all for nothing. greece or any other country will no longer be a transit country france is warning of consequences if the u.k. leaves the european union, including ending boarder controls and letting thousands of refugees cross into britain. the world of both countries met in france. al jazeera's paul brennan reports from calais. >> a century ago, france and britain fought shoulder to shoulder around the modern city. there was symbolism with francois holland and david cameron starting with a wreath laying at the war memorial. ceremonies complete, the two men got down to business. an arrangement threatened by the

impending british referendum on e.u. membership. i don't want to scare you. i want to say the truce. there'll be consequences if the u.k. leaves the e.u., there'll be consequences in many areas, on the single market, on financial trade and economic development. there'll be consequences. especially in terms of people as well. >> there was progress in a promise that unaccompanied refugee children will be allowed to join relatives in the u.k. but the headline british response was to promise more financial support. so most refugees say on french same. >> we'll invest $17 million in priority structure, to assist the work of french police. the money would go towards efforts, facilities in france, and we'll found joint work to return migrant not in need of protection to the home countries, the real challenge is

in the eastern mediterranean, where we need to dissuade people from embarking on a journey in search of a new life in europe. >> the dem loigs of parts of calais known as the jungle continues. undeterred. clearance teams and bulldozers flattened a large area of the southern sector of the camp. >> the jungle has been a potent sim bomb, and ka clearance of large areas in the past couple of days. authorities send a powerful message to those hoping to come in the expectation of reaching the u.k. there are questions about whether throwing money at the problem is the real solution. >> it's not only a money issue with the refugees who are trying here north of france to cross from this side to the u.k., it's not a money issue, it's a visa issue, a global picture of what

europe wants to do with all the people that are coming from the countries. are they real or refugees, and have the right to here in europe or next. >> it can only be addressed at the summit convened next week. >> refugees are giving the upcoming rio olympics a rare spin. how athletes force said to leave their home lands are getting the opportunity to compete. >> also an international panel of correspondence joins us with a global view of the u.s. presidential race.

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change the way you experience tv with x1 from xfinity. the u.s. presidential race carries high stakes to our neighbour to the south. especially for donald trump who promised to build a wall, ends up in the white house. al jazeera's natasha ghunaim reports from new york city. >> mexico is pulled into the campaign, mud slinging and all. immigration is front and center. two former mexican presidents compared the republican candidate and front runner donald trump to the german dictator adolf hitler. it stems from comments saying mexico is sending drug dealers and rapist to the u.s., and it will pay to build a wall along

the boarder. on the democratic side, both candidates are promoting comprehensive reform, a welcome notion here. another topic much great concern, any change in policy that would impact trade between the two countries, and reduce american vestment. >> natasha reporting from mexico city. >> we are joined by a panel of international correspondents. in new york is the u.s. bureau chief of the french news magazine. and the u.s. bureau chief for the daily italian newspaper. and from washington d.c. we are joined by carina, a us correspondent for echo of moscow. it's good to have you here, you are the new american on the panel. i looked at the website. there was one head line about mitt romney calling trump on imposter. how much attention are the french paying to the u.s.

election? >> a lot. i think this controversy between romney and donald trump drew a lot of attention because of the level of the intensity of the war of words, you know. we are not used to that. and, yes. i mean, also awrote the story because i covered rom your in 2012. he's well-mannered, educated. if he spoke in 2012, maybe he would have won against obama. it was interesting to see him. >> some argued he had more passion than in the election. >> when we spoke you said russia's interest is luke korm. -- lukewarm. and attention from the russian people increasing or low on the list that interests them? >> well, hello.

i would say that russia - russian people's attention stays on the same level as it was. and russian people are interested in american elections, because trump and vladimir putin have something in common. and i would like to draw your attention on trump's words just 20 minutes ago, because there were debates in detroit, republican debates, and trump was asked about edward snowden, and he said if russia respected our country, they would send snowden back to the states as a spy. so people think that trump is being nice with vladimir putin, which is partly true. but look what he said, that russia doesn't report the states. people talk about trump, of course, and it's not that senseless any more, because at

the end of the day it's about trump and clinton. so i would like to distinguish two kind of opinions. there are pro-kremlin expert opinions, and liberal independent opinions. so if we are talking about pro-kremlin opinions and editorials, those journalists, those experts say - well, it's all about vladimir putin, drawing attention to the elections because once clinton - like, she was against russia, and lost her polls and whatever. she saw that trump talks about russia in a nice way and changed

her position. i want to ask her in a moment. your website was the one that had the most about the u.s. elections, it had two headlines about trump, one about hillary clinton. are italians interested? >> yes, definitely they pay a lot of attention. they always did. i mean, american elections always were important. this time we are paying more attention because of donald trump. >> does d feel like you have - you had your own version of trump and other billionaire in power that was flamboyant. >> it's funny or paradoxic am. we used to think that america would lead, and some political trends born in america would be followed. this time it was the opposite way around. we invented the showman, berlusconi, and in europe we had

leaders who were xenophobic, protectionistic, anti-trade. so trump is taking from the european recipes of extreme right political parties. >> while we have some of them in italy and france. they have the front led by the le pen family. what's the reaction in france to seeing a similar populist native tennahment. >> the reaction is - you are talking about le pen, tweeted that he would vote, that he wouldn't vote for trump. marie le pen looks carefully at how the entire establishment in america does. she presents herself. >> they had quite a bit of the

vote. >> they did well. they didn't win a region, it was a regional election. it was the first french party. the rest of the party. it's a show. like - there is a strong interest. always had been a strong interest on the american election. this time around. and, yes, because he's donald trump, and runs the show basically. >> last time we talked. in russia, there's no politics, vladimir putin. >> so what do you think now about vladimir putin, as the election has developed. who would he prefer to have in the white house. >> not clinton. still not clinton. people, russian experts. basically they see clinton as

obama. and as you probably know, people in russia, that is sad, true. people don't like obama. probability because russians are mostly racist. that is true still. and kremlin loves obama. let me quote, i prepared it for you sales. quote piece from the most prominent pro-kremlin propaganda newspaper. it's about trump. so this is what it said - no candidate can stay silent about vladimir putin, and the important party here is that they talk not about russian policy, but vladimir putin personality. vladimir putin's brand is a significant factor of this complaint. and now we can see that this cart is played by the most promising candidate. it's not only vladimir putin

working on trump's advantage. sharing his rate with the candidate. trump works on russia's vaj, exposing -- advantage, exposing propaganda. so as you can see, even here it's all about vladimir putin at the end of the day. so what had journalist says, it's all about vladimir putin, and he says that vladimir putin is sharing it with trump. >> and it makes a valid point that the focus has been much of the time on vladimir putin, rather than on russian policy or u.s. policy to russia. we heard carina - that they'd rather have trump in the white house, or at least the kremlin would. what about the italians. >> no, no, no.

italians and europeans are scared. he might become the president of the united states, and it's a nightmare. >> the french paper had a headline saying that. that trump was a nightmare. >> you use the word which is important. populistic. mind, this word has different meaning. here in the united states, you use the poppualist word in a neutral, sometimes positive meaning, because you had the populist - the progressive movement, teddy roosevelt. . in europe, when we say poppualist. we speak of mousso leaney, fascism. nazi germany, hitler. when we say trump is populist. he may become an authoritarian leader.

if you have an authoritarian leader who is elected in hungary, you can do a lot of harm to a small country. if he's the president to the united states, the arm is global. >> i want to ask you, not a popular one. socialism in the u.s. is traditionally been more rejected out of hand. what do the french think about sanders. >> the french think bernie sanders can by a french politician, that's what we think. all of the themes that he talks about are, you know, what a socialist in french would talk about, really. on the other hand, the french don't take the risk of burning bernie sanders, because of his age, and all thinking is that basically america is not ready for socialism, basically. so bernie sanders is just - it's

nice, he seems nice. but i mean people don't really believe that he could make it against hillary clinton. here on the other hand he is popular in france. because of clinton's in '92, where it was popular. the french likes the charisma. here he inherited that a little bit. >> i can talk to you guys a long time. we'll leave it there. >> great to have you with us. thank you. >> isil is not the only cause of instability in iraq. coming up, how sectarian groups could lead to lapses in security, and spain's princess cristina takes the stand in her tax fraud trial, and why she says she's innocent.

welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm antonio mora. coming up in this half hour of international thus, the potential for an even more explosive outbreak of the zika virus. first, iraq says its forces are making progress in the battle against isil. the country is rocked by sectarian violence. in one town shia militias are trying to force out sunni families. >> bernard smith reports few here are daring to venture on to the streets.

shia militias have been using loud speakers to warn sunni families to leave town now. the iraqi town is in diyala province, it's important for the shia militia, the area is predominantly sunni. isil has been the most destabilizing force recently. this was the aftermath of a suicide bombing on monday, for a funeral commanded by militias. 40 were killed. >> in a video leaked online the governor is heard gaming the breakdown on iraq's prime minist minister. the decision to take security from police and give it to military has political and sectarian motions. the state financiers is accused of using it to force sunni said from the area.

it did the same thing in january, when the suicide killed people. there were reprisal attacks, including nine sunni mosques. civilians from all communities are the victims of the virus. much of the iraqi army's manpower sp dedicated to areas north of baghdad, where it's trying to dislodge isil. they are working together with shia militias. the aim to tighten the grip around the city of mosul. in other areas, the army works with sunni fighters, in diyala where the shia millish owes are in control. they fear they are vulnerable to intimidation. and revenge attacks. a diplomatic fight in the middle east. the six nations labelled hezbollah a terrorist group. iran, the main backer of the

lebanese shia group condemned the declaration. al jazeera's mohammed jamjoom has more on a move that has called hezbollah reckless and hostile. >> reporter: the gulf council calling hezbollah a terrorist organization is significantly. many say it will have a wide-ranging impact across the region >> this is a big deal. saudi arabia is putting order within the alliance. as we know in previous times, the kingdom of saudi arabia, along with bahrain, and the emirates have already designated hezbollah as a terrorist organization. now what we have is the addition of kuwait, qatar and especially the sultan of oman. >> an escalation indicating how lebanon, where hezbollah is based. finds itself on the front lines of a regional power struggle. coming as it does, less than two weeks after saudi arabia announced it was cutting 4

billion in aid. and a week after citizens were warned against travelling to lebanon, and urged citizens in lebanon to leave. a decision called a mistake, underscores the regional decision between saudi arabia and iran. much of the tension can be traced back to january, when the saudi arabia embassy was stormed by protesters, protesting against an execution of the prominent cleric. in a televised address, hezbollah's leader accused the saudi arabia government of punishing lebanon. >> the saudi arabia had the right to sanction lebanon. the lebanese army, state and people, and the lebanese residing in saudi arabia and the gulf. just because one party took a decision and raised its voice. the g.c.c. insists the block

decided to formally label hezbollah a terrorist organization because of what it calls hostile acts within the state. as well as other countries in the region. the g.c.c. is determined to stop hezbollah. >> i think the gulf countries are determined not to allow hezbollah, the militia, to determine the fate of no just what goes on in lebanon, but the involvement in syria, iraq, and yemen. >> days ago kale serious accusations in saudi arabia and yemenan. to plot and carry out attacks in both countries. >> for the moment it's lebanon, a tiny country whose sectarian divisions run deep that could be most affected. >> the paris talks to bring stability to ukraine are making no progress. he met with his counterparts from russia, germany and france. they are hoping to reach an

agreement on a ceasefire so ukraine can hold elections in june. more than 9,000 died since separatists backed by russia took over eastern ukraine. the u.s. expended songs sanctions over its military center in ukraine. president obama signed an order targetting those connected to vladimir putin. it blocks a number of russian state companies from holding assets in the united states. >> the international olympic committee says 43 refugees athletes will compete in the summer games in rio. they will take part as the team of athletes. >> the reason brazil's organizers came to london, it was a good place. and they need to get the messages out. it's been another difficult week for them.

still concerned about zika virus and the need to reassure the public and competitors. they are not going away. despite the reassurances that they try to put out event like this. and also there's an issue with tickets and 7.5 million tickets from rio have been sold. the organizers say the brazilian public came to it late. what a good thing, the story came out from the international committee about refugee. it will be interesting to see that the team will come out before the brazilians in the opening ceremony. it will be a big deal with the world watching. there are 43 athletes that they have been working with. they will not all make rio. he thinks five or 10 - they have the talent to compete where they

need. it's a welcome piece of positive news for the i.o.c. as well as the brazilian organizers. >> we have in brazil one, i think one that was qualified in judo. in i remember. and we supported the i.o.c. we supported the refugee to participate. and then with these we have to have them participate in the countries. >> it's not the first time the international olympic committee did this kind of thing, i remember covering the story of long distant athlete. he's from south sudan. he's allowed to compete. this is part of the bigger picture of the olympic ideal, which is what it's meant to be about in the first place. the shadow and with the problems

organising it, it's good to have a positive glow over the olympics too. >> brazil is researching whether the zika virus can be transmitted by more than one type of mosquito. the outbreak of zika and latin american has been blamed on one species. scientists find more than one type is capable of carrying the virus. >> if that's the case, zika could be a big threat in the united states. >> in africa oscar pistorius lost an appeal to have his murder conviction overturned. he shot and killed his girlfriend on valentine's day in 2013. his manslaughter conviction was update to murder in disis by the supreme court. it clears the way for sentencing in april when they argue for a sentence of 15 years.

>> hondurans are mourning the death of an environmentalists, shot and killed in her home. david mercer has more. >> reporter: she was known throughout central america for her fearless work defending the environment and indigenous right. her unwavering commitment appears to have cost her life. early on thursday morning, gunmen broke into her house in western honduras and shot her dead. she was one of the leading organizers for indigenous land rights in honduras. in 2015, she won the goldman environmental prize, considered the highest international award for grassroots environmental activism. >> let us wake up. let us wake up humankind. we are running out of time.

our conscious will be shaken because of forces of racism. >> but she was no stranger to intimidation. she and the other members of the group had received death threats for years. many arose from her leadership in the fight against a hydroelectric dam. construction of the dam was stopped. rights groups reported that repress spiked once again. since a 2009 military coup. honduras saw a rise in human rise. that would displace communities. >> honduras is the deadliest country in the world.

>> more than 100 environmental candidates. representative of this sadly growing group of people who are threatened by development. and in her case, the sacred land is threatened by the construction of this land. they have a manner of protection provided to her by international recognition. it appears it was not enough to protect her life growing divisions in venezuela, following a controversial ruling by the country's supreme court. demonstrations against the ruling turned violent in the western city. a student-led protest sparked by the ruling on tuesday, that curtailed the power of the

opposition controlled national assembly to review paintments of supreme court -- appointment of supreme court justices. they ruled in favour of the government, and legislatures say the last decision is invalid. >> article 40 supports the legal rules. it is signed. from the chamber. there's 5-7 judges, and the decision signed. it's on the record of the decision itself. >> the national assembly resolved to ask the organization of american states to break the power struggle between the newly collected opposition. they outlined a three-pronged plan to used maduro. including a constitutional amendment to shorten presidential terms, a recalled referendum. and a campaign to step down. they promised to off the madura.

dire news for brazil. south america's largest company may be facing its worse recession in more than a century. the economy sank by 4%, the biggest contraction in 25 years. it's expected to get worse and contract by 3.5% this year, leading to the worst brazilian recession since 1901. >> princess kristina in spain took to the courtroom. her and her husband accused of tax evasion, prosecutors looking into accusations that they embezzled millions. >> translation: i did not pay for the trips. they were managed by my husband. i'm unaware how it was done. as they said in the beginning. i decided that responsibility, and my husband in charge of

family expenses. >> reporter: the princess has done testifying. a roman catholic cardinal george pell met with people that were sexually abused. later when she was a bishop in australia. they met in rome for two hours. in which pell said to the media evil was down. >> reporter: after giving evidence for the past four days. one of the most powerful cardinals in the catholic church emerged from a meeting, which is decades in the making. >> i met with about a dozen of the ballarat survivors, and they support people and officials. and i've heard each of their stories and their suffering. it was hard and honest and occasionally emotional meeting.

>> now in charge of the vatican economy. pell was a priest in his native australian town of ball rats in the 1970s, when four paedophile priests abused tens of children. survivors that met with him say he knew about the abusers, but failed to act. >> we didn't talk about the fast. i was clear. we spoke about the future. what he can do, and his decision and what the catholic church can do. humility begging forgiveness from us. doing everything they can to restore the lives of victims out there. words is what we get. throughout his evidence pell drew criticism and scorn for his often allusive answers. and his empathy for the victims. >> it's a sad story, it wasn't

of much interest to me. >> the commission accused pell of lying and called his claim that he was unaware of what was going on around him implausible. >> following his evidence child abuse campaigners in australia called for guido pello to either retire or resign. some of the survivors say they'd rather work with him to make sure the catholic church will do more in the future to protect children from paedophile priests. >> released from gaol, an indian student arrested for sedition because of a university protest gets a hero's welcome upon his return. the court placed conditions on his freedom. >> and why a reference come on new zealand's flag is an emotional issue. ((úz@úxóxkxñ9

al jazeera america. the student union leader at india's prestige use university is out on bail. charged with chanting anti-government slogans at a campus event. the arrest leading thousands to take to the streets in protest. they have more from new delhi. >> back on campus this time to a hero's welcome. the student leader address the

crowd. with passion and energy. >> i believe in the constitution of the company. >> i believe in the laws of the land. i believe in the fact of the change and truth. >> it stands for change, and change will come one day. >> it was here at the university that the ph.d. student was arrested on sedition charges for allegedly holding an event in which protests were used. once again, the students marched across campus, this time to celebrate the arrival. >> we are all happy to see him again. >> definitely we are happy. half of the battle is won. from the beginning only.

it is not involved in anything. >> the large chants have yet to the convince the courts. >> it is most likely that it march is closely watched by the authorities. bill was granted with conditions, including one that says he will not take part in any other protests. and will use his effort to control anti-activity on campus. >> the courts gave kumar a 6-month interim bail. lawyers say it can be cancelled at any stage. the judge by this sentence put a less adequate chance if there is

any incident. it's almost as if the university as a whole was being collectively punished or put on good behaviour. >> kamal's unrest led to protest. it opened up a debate on tolerance and freedom of speech. the final outcome was a line between expressing your opinion and a crime. >> or global view segment. a look at how news outlets react to various event. >> britain's guardian said people living in the calais jungle camp did not deserve to have the papers demolished. refugees are not monsters that came to innovate europe, but people that came because they had no choice. therefore the editorial says the battle to clear the jungle was

unyesry and humanizing. >> the president and his allies won a victory over hard-lined opponents. a vote of confidence, and the nuclear deal with the west. the paper warns the west to temper expectations, saying hardliners hold powerful checks on hassan rouhani's power. the european union's package so greece is the first time humanitarian aid funds have been used in the e.u., showing how severe the paper became. it says the e.u. must act quickly. >> new zealanders began to vote on whether to replace the flag they've been flying for more than a century, that features the british union jack. the alternative does not. carley flynn reports on the choice. >> brothers in arms.

but divided by a flag. these current and previous soldiers are used to working together on the battlefield. >> that was horrible. >> but are miles water off it when it comes to deciding if the country is ready for a new flag. >> i think that the new flag represents a new multicultural new zealand, and so there's linked to the taste. celebrating the presence. >> i don't think it's worth making a save for a decision we may regret. >> more than 3 million voting papers were sent out in a second and final referendum. in a first vote in november. voters were arrived to choose

between five designs, and chose this one. historian doctor caroline daly says it hasn't come at the right time. >> governments ta change flags do so because of a major event. south africa's flag changing after evgeny medvedev has been released from prison. we haven't had a major event. which is why a lot of people thing why bother. >> the counter flag is one of a handful left in the world. those for a change says it's confused with the australian one. the australians are also considering a change. proponents there are urging new zealand to be the first, placing this add in the national newspaper. but for those that caught under the flag, it's not an easy decision. >> it has a lot of history

behind it. it's not something you can discard. >> i'm not a complete design core. if the country changes, i'll go with it. >> the nation's flag is meant to unite a country, this process shows how emotional and divisive a flag change can be. one way or the other new zealanders can final out which flag will take them forward. >> greenland's ice sheet is melting faster than in the past. as the surface ice melts dust and other impurities are uncovered making it darker. scientists warn the melting ice could raise sea levels. >> that's it for this international news hour, in the next hour the rub yn presidential -- republican

presidential contenders and their last debate. i'll be back in 2 minutes.

good evening, i'm antonio mora, this is al jazeera. >> now the people of florida can't stand him. he couldn't get elected dog catcher. >> there we go. >> donald sh learn not to interrupt, it's not complicated. count to 10 back on the debate stage, more mud slinging by the republican candidates. we are learn more on the plans for health care, i.s.i.l. and the economy. >> donald trump lacks it. >> mitt romney stakes on donald trump. and the