at 7:00 a.m. eastern opinion as always, we have it you to have a great day. more char toy on the open seas, five refugees including a baby drown off the coast of turkey. open the borders, let us go from here. >> waiting refugees stuck on a greek camp on the macedonia border continue to demand safe passage into northern europe. es brazil's president has been chard in a money laundering

investigation. we meet some survivors of japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami five years on. >> the european refugee crisis claimed yet more lives, five people including a baby have drowned as the boat they were in capsized while they were trying to make the dangerous crossing from turkey to greece. this latest tragedy and so many others will be weighing on the minds of these men, the european interior ministers currently meeting in brussels. they're considering the plan to return ref jeers and migrants from europe back to turkey, and the decision by some of the european countries to close their borders completely to refugees, leading to this sprawling tent camp on the greek side of the border with macedonia. it's reckon that had up to 14,000 people are struck there

with conditions steadily worsening. we have the latest from there. >> the conditions are getting worse by the day. yesterday, we were walking it appalling, today there is no word to describe it. you see behind me now, it might look there are less tents. actually what happened is the tents were sinking in the mud, so we so you people remove them and they relocated on the gravel between the rail traction, that at the moment being the best option they have here. many are still trying to come to terms with the fact that the borders are closed. after waiting for so long under these very hard conditions, they find themselves in a very vulnerable situation. many have run out of money and have no other option at the moment than to wait to speak to the j agency for refugees who

would then relocate them elsewhere in the country. those who have money, a tiny minority will take buses back to athens, but once they arrive will be on their own. this morning, i was walking around, seeing hello to people i knew already. they couldn't hold their tears. they have reached a level of humiliation they never expected, specifically because they thought once in europe, things would get much easier for them. >> the u.n. high commission for human rights released and assessment of the conflict driven refugee crisis. the report labels the situation disturbing and says a decision to relocate refugees was potentially illegal. james bays has the details. >> this is a very strong rebuke to the european union coming from the u.n. high commissioner for human rights, the world's top human rights official.

he used his speech to the human rights council, his annual report on the state of human rights in the world, and the first thing he mentioned was the refugees in the e.u. >> the e.u.'s draft arrangement with turkey earlier this week raises a number of very serious concerns. we do not yet have full details of the drafted and i plan to discuss my concerns early next week before the two day e.u. summit which begins on the 17th of march. vitals international and european law. >> the high commissioner said the situation in greece was dramatic and he singled out

macedonia, serbia, croatia, slovenia and austria for criticisms he said their border restrictions lamentable. he said he plans to go to brussels to speak to officials about the proposals and he's hoping that when e.u. leaders meet next week on the 17th, that they will revise them and come up with something that is compliant with international human rights law. >> now immigration reform is the main point of contention in a combative debate between the two democratic party contenders in the race for the white house. the self proclaimed underdog bernie sanders was keen to capitalize on his shocked primary vote win against hillary clinton in the state of michigan. we have the latest. >> the issue of immigration dominated the eighth debate between the democratic presidential candidate, hillary clinton and bernie sanders argued they're the candidate that best represents the future for the millions of latinos

already living in the united states for trying to enter illegally. >> i have been consistent and committed to comprehensive reform to a path to citizenship. i think our best chance was in 2007. i voted for that bill, senator sanders against it. >> one of the great human tragedies of recent years is children came from honduras and i said welcome those children into this country. secretary clinton said send them back. >> the tone of the debate at times tense, as each candidate tried to score political points, knowing in less than a week, the state of florida will hold its presidential nominating contest and a large number of voters will be latino. >> in 2006, senator sanders supported indefinite detention for people facing deportation, and stood with the minute men

vigilantes in their ridiculous, absurd efforts to quote hunt down immigrants. >> no, i do not support vigilantes and that is a horrific statement and unfair statement to make. >> still, there were questions of character in the debate that only clinton could answer or chose not to answer, like her decision to use a private email server as secretary of state. it's a choice she's apologized for but is still being investigated by the f.b.i. >> if you get indicted, would you repent? >> that's ridiculous, i am not even answering that question. >> there are questions of propriety that playing clinton. the issue of trust cost her with voters issue measure and could again in florida, and a host of other states voting on tuesday. it is a challenge clinton will have to overcome if ultimately named the democratic presidential nominee in a general election.

kimberly helcut, washington. at the desilva is named in a money laundering investigation. prosecutors say they have strong evidence that illicit money was used to finance the workers party. he was detained for questioning last week. he's accused of receiving payments and favors in exchange for contracts with brazil's state run oil company. every denies all the charges. here's the latest now from rio. >> former president is facing charges that are not a direct result of the federal investigation into corruption. this is a separate state prosecution into alleged hidden assets that he may have kept, however, his lawyers are saying the fact that there are two concurrent cases could cause complications and they could see the charges dropped. they are asking the supreme

court to step in and decide which case should take precedence over the other. however, the fact that there are now formal charges against her mentor makes things very complicated for current president roussef, getting pressure for giving him a position. it would give him immunity from prosecution, because the supreme court is only allowed to try sitting cabinet ministers. she herself is facing impeachment proceedings in congress, already widely unpopular and though not officially under investigation for corruption to do with petro brass, there are suspicions that it's just a matter of time before she herself could be investigated by federal police. >> peru votes in april for their next president and tackling drug related violence is a big election issue. we have a report from the city where the illicit trading has

sparked a wave of drug related murders. >> peru's main sea port is officially in a state of emergency. police have poured in to try to stop a war between drug gangs competing for one of the countries main cocaine export routes. you are looking at video of at least one of 90 murders last year. there's a fight to control them because of access to international shipping containers. >> i take out ore and replace it with cocaine before it leaves the port. there are other cargo handlers involved. it's not just a small group. everyone's in on it. this is the first time a cargo handler agreed to talk to international media. he says colleagues who won't go on a gang's payroll or work for rivals are condemned men. >> there's always someone watching. they make a call and they come

and kill you. >> once you're in, the money is spectacular, he says. about $50,000 per cocaine laden container. there's also no way out. if you leave, they're going to kill you, or your family. >> the rising drug trafficking and battle for profit is linked to an overall increase in maritime trade said the port's police chief. >> before, there were only 4,000 containers leaving a month and now there are 8,000, so the possibilities of getting out illegal merchandise have doubled with the higher flow in commerce. >> the drug's violence and i am punty have for years defined the port. >> the violence has been cooking for years and authorities have done little to prevent it.

the authorities have arrived in force but the situation is out of handled. >> destroying in cents like a 10-year-old, here she is enjoying life with her family only hours before she was shot while with her father. her grieving mother said that the old rules have changed. >> before, men just fought with their 50s, now it's bullets. before, they respected women and children. not now. >> despite the state of emergency, there's to respite to this community. there have been 25 murders already since the start of december and the battle for control goes on. lets take you live now to the white house in washington, d.c. and there you see president obama welcoming justin trudeau, the canadian prime minister, only elected in october, making his first state visit as prime minister of canada to the united

states. it's a three day official visit. that is the south lawn there. mr. trudeau's arrived with his family, three children and his wife, sophie is with with him, as well. let's listen in. ♪ >> the united states national anthem there. there you see, oh, the cam razz moving around quite a bit. you saw michelle obama, also sophie trudeau there, perhaps the most he telegenic first family for the canadians in a long time. as i was saying, this is about 20 years since there has been an official state visit from canada to the united states. everybody is hoping that relations between these two north american countries will

improve as a consequence of mr. trudeau's election. that's a scene live there at the white house in washington, d.c. we have more to come, including the expected next president for myanmar. the arctic games in greenland where traditions are being kept alive in the gym.

>> hello, again, let's have a top look at the stories here at al jazeera. another tragedy at sea with a baby drowning off the coast of turkey. they were trying to make it to greece, their speed boat capsized. >> for those who have made it to greece, the situation is deteriorating, thousands camped at the border with macedonia despite being told they won't be led through. prosecutors filed charges against the former president of brazil alleging there is strong money that illicit money was used to finance the party in power for 13 years. thousands of refugees are children freeing war and persecution and they are traveling alone. most of arriving through greece where a stretched asylum system is struggling to support them. we have this report from the island of lesbos.

>> these are some of the tens of thousands of children fleeing their homes without family to protect them along the route. this house one of two temporary shelters for unaccompanied minors. the island of lesbos is their home for now. only the most vulnerable of the children are kept here. the rest of in highly gutted confinement centers some call jail. >> most of happy to have left the jail, to be in proper house with colors and toys and stuff like this. >> the children most of whom are from afghanistan speak of walking hundreds of kilometers from their homes to the turkish coast, sleeping in the open before joining others to make the crossing to lesbos. a majority of unaccompanied children arriving in greece are slipping through the cracks. >> many of them certainly don't want to be identified. they present themselves as

arabs, because they feel this would slow down their journey otherwise or present someone they are traveling with as a guardian even if that is not the case. >> some will stay until they are 18 years old, but due to a prolonged financial crisis, they will probably not get proper housing, schooling and social support. most of them therefore choose to leave for our european countries. >> they do so under pressure from their parents and smugglers to continue their journey north wards. greece has neither the desire nor funds to keep them here. >> if the government would do something to make them stay, they would make sure the facilities were of a certain quality, ensure social and economic reasons for the children to stay, but at this point in time, greece is not even in a position to satisfactory the needs of its

own citizens. >> agencies warn that unaccompanied children are at risk of getting exploit and abused by traffickers. >> the traffickers are doing thee things with mines, the first is the trade of organs. the second is slavery and the third is sexual exploitation. >> the biggest challenge for social workers now is to convince the children to pursue legal options that may take months, quick or potentially dangerous journeys with smugglers. greece lacks a formal guardianship system, another reason to encourage unaccompanied children to take matters into their own hands. >> within the last hour or so, the head of the european central bank has announced the reduction of its main interest rate to zero, this being the latest attempt to boost euro zone

economies. banks will be charged zero interest if they bro from the central bank. the interest rate on deposits has been reduced if held at the central bank to minus 0.4%, that's from minus 0.3%. banks will be charged more if they deposit instead of lending to businesses. masked men attacked foreign local journalistses and rights activists in southern russia. they've been forced to leave their bus as they reached chechnya. the party leader is not on the list, barred from the top job. the constitution stops the presidency going to anyone with foreign children.

we explain from the capital. >> there was another important step in myanmar's transition to democracy. members of parliament gathered to hear nominations for the next president. >> i'm happy, because the hope for our country starts here, hope for myanmar citizens starts from today, too. that's why i'm excited. >> but there was no sign of the woman whose campaigned for this moment for decades. she led her national league for democracy party to a big win in november's election. under the military drafted constitution, she's barred from becoming president. negotiations to change the rules failed amid signs that political transition is not going smoothly. >> the next president will come from the nld because it dominates both houses of parliament. the favorite is the lower house's nominee, a low profile

69-year-old who's a trusted loyal ally of the party leader. the nld hasn't given up hope of her becoming president. it's believed there will be another push for cans stukesal amendment within the next year, but to achieve that, relations with the military will need to improve significantly. >> whoever is elected by members of the parliament next week will have to be someone who's happy to stand aside and allow her to take over. >> i think she will be president after the amend to the constitution. we have to try to amend the constitution with full force. >> the military will nominate a presidential candidate and the two nominees will become vice presidents. wane hey, al jazeera. >> friday marks five years since

japan's earthquake and tsunami which killed over 18,000 people. the prime says it's required a massive cleanup operation but that effort is starting to bring results. >> we're moving faster to improve the environment so that by march next year, we hope to lift the evacuation orders in all regions, except fukushima. we have been meeting survivors. >> this has become his life's work. he's been devoted to the school raising generations of children. he helped rebuild the school on this hillside. the old one was swept away by the tsunami, but not before he checked that every child and teacher had made it to safety. >> all the hard work and hardship is rewarded by the

children's smiles. they heal us. >> healing has been all too necessary since the day of the disaster. he told his wife to stay at home and wait for him while he checked on the school but couldn't get back in time. he found her body a week later, a memory undimmed five years on. >> they stopped the heavy machinery and i saw my wife. i held her in my arms. she was still intact. i screamed i'm sorry. i could barely speak. >> more than 1200 residents were killed, 2/3 of its buildings destroyed, still awaiting final demolition, the town hall where 40 initials lost their lives, it robs families of its loved ones and the town of its leadership at a crucial time. >> the people have had to wait for their town to be rebuilt. in this place, morn motor allege this ravaged coastline, that process has been marked by delays and argument. >> there is now some momentum, a

decision at last in favor of building a sea wall, but such debates have seen aid money go unspent as more than 3,000 people still live in tiny, temporary houses, a term stretched now beyond meaning. he is living with his nephew and with kay, a woman he calls the best wife in all of japan. he talks to her every day and hears her talking back. his friend, the chief monk of a temple said many speak of seeing and hearing the dead here. >> it is important to understand they are here to protect us. they are guardians of our lives. >> he feels he is a guardian in turn not just to the young families he wants to help stay here, but to his wife. at 82, he wants to build her a new marital home. >> why i'm still healthy, i want to say sorry to her for being in

this small borrowed space. i wants to this i also our place, here is your room, a room just for her altar. this is my biggest, most important goal. >> in the years before the tsunami, the couple learned to play the harp. she was much better, he says. he can still hear the sound of her voice correcting him when he goes long. venezuela has withdrawn its ambassador from the united states in response to the u.s. imposing new sanctions on several top venezuelan officials. it comes a year after the u.s. first imposed sanctions over alleged human rights abuses and corruptions. some repeat to the anti government crack downs in 2014. the arctic winter games are being held in greenland showcasing a revival in ancient

inuit games many thought were lost. >> getting around by hopping on your knuckles may be a new one to most people but in the arctic, it's a sport and like the rest of the traditional disciplines at the arctic winter games in greenland is deeply rooted in thousands of years of history. games designed to hone skills for hunting now given new life in medal events. >> these sports tie us to our culture. a lot of the elders call us the healing generation, because our culture was lost, pushed out by settlers and this generation of youth has been strong in bringing it back and these games are a big part of inspiring and motivating the youth to rebuild what was lost. >> the knuckle hop traces origins to seal hunting, getting close by mimicking the animal movement, while the kneel jump was to escape from a sudden

polar bear. some of the sports are of more uncertain origins. all require skill. >> the skim is showing me now the arm pull, a kind of extreme full body version of arm wrestling. the story goes that the old inuit strong men would do this for so long their sting would be played off their fore arms. hopefully that won't happen this time, but lets give it a go. a built more training needed. >> the arctic region's competing in vast distances add ice between them, but these sports are as familiar to the athletes as cricket in afghanistan. the games look like they'll keep going for a while yet. al jazeera, greenland. we leave you with this live

picture coming from the white house in washington, d.c. where as you see, president obama is speaking in welcome to justin trudeau, the newly elected prime minister of canada, for the first time in 19 years. >> gave us in florida, hillary clinton and better than sand spar over immigration in their final debasement before the next major primary, the president and canada prime minister talk over trade and easier travel across the border. lead in the water not just in flint, in new jersey's largest school district.