more refugees arrive in greece but to be forced back to turkey under the new e.u. deal also ahead in this half hour, zansibar votes but the opposition is staying away. salah abdeslam wanted to blow himself up but changed his mind. the controversial futurisetic film that is striking a nerve in

beijing preparations have begun on the greek island of lesbos to send refugees back to turkey. it is the key part of a deal struck between turkey and the e.u. which is designed to ease europe's refugee crisis. our correspondent is on lesbos where more refugees and migrants have been arriving. >> reporter: the e.u. turkey deal has come into force. the aim of that agreement is to stop the flow of refugees to europe to discourage people from making their way to europe, but that has not happened. the boats are still rivalling arriving. at least five boats arrived over night. there were syrians a lot from aleppo. all of them aare aware of the deal betweenment e.u. and turkey. they're not phased.

they believe that they will not be returned. the deal is about these could be sent back to turkey if their application for asylum is rejected, so there is that chance. these people say they do not believe they will be returned to turkey because they are applying for asylum. they have legitimate claims. they are coming from a war torn country. their cities are being bombarded and they're looking for a better life. human rights organizations are wared that there are legal loopholes, they're saying europe is turning their back on the crisis and the deal is not the way forward. europe is in a desperate situation. 150,000 people have reached the shores. implementing this deal will be difficult. greece is going to need help. the e.u. has promised to send experts to get these asylum

applications to be processed. the deal is in effect but people are still coming in. the people in turkey are ready to make that journey to cross the sea to each europe's shores but we have to remember that greece is no longer a transit country. they're stuck here because the balkans route has been closed and urine countries have imposed tighter restrictions 18 policemen have been killed by a hit of mortar rounds. i.s.i.l. says its fighters were behind the bombing. groups linked to i.s.i.l. has been targeting egyptian forces in sinai. russian planes have bombed the ancient city of palym wrshgs ra.

it was hit by up to 70 air strikes. government forces are advancing west of the city. i.s.i.l. captured the area last may. at least 43 people have been killed in a series of air strikes in the northern syrian province of raqqa. the victims include five children and seven women. the area is an i.s.i.l. stronghold and the target of syrian and russian attacks. they were the target of nine attacks in the area. it is not part of the limited truce which took effect three weeks ago elections are taking place across africa on sunday. it is a tense situation in the republic of congo. the president is expected to prolong his term in office. niger is holding its first presidential run off.

with the opposition boycotting the vote, the incumbent is more than likely will get a second term. also zansibar getting back to the policies. a referendum is being held in senegal. a close look at these elections. in republic of congo, the government has ordered all telecommunications to be blocked for 48 hours to stop illegal publication of the results. he is seeking to prolong his 32 years of running the country. in october a public referendum removed a two-term limit and an age limit for the presidency. it resulted in protests that left several people dead.

our correspondent joins us live. there's a few people there behind you. what is the turn out like. gentleman i can tell you compared to the referendum a few months ago, people are coming out still in small numbers, it's still early, but at least there are coming out. a few months ago they weren't coming out. this is a typical voter's card here. the problem with the people behind he is that these who have this card say they can't find the name on the voters role and then people who are not on the roll to begin with. there has been shouting back and forth, police were trying to push people back. people who were not on the list and demanding to know why they weren't on the list. they stopped. no-one is voting because those

who don't have this card are saying if i can't vote they you can't vote. another problem that i've seen is on the list being put up in people have their names on twice. it was one birth date and another birth date but the same address with the only date of birth are different. this is an open strigs stronghold. some people have warned in the process isn't done more trains parentally, that they could get angry and there could be problems there's this telephone and this internet blackout. how is that adding to the tense situation? >> reporter: people are frustrated. someone was saying they woke up in the morning and i can't make a phone call or send s ms. i can't contact anyone to find

out how voting is going. they're doing this because in the past in previous elections opposition members, some activists have been tweeting or sending out s mss of results. that resolved in some people taking to the streets earlier than expected. they're doing it for security reasons. they don't want people taking to the streets. it is frustrating the opposition and they feel that the government could be trying to make sure that the selection goes their way. they want a second round, the opposition. the open decision doesn't want a second round. they will try and unite behind one candidate and form a force against the president it could be an intense day. thank you niger is preparing to vote. the opposition there is boycotting the poll. it's the second round of elections for the country, but

the first presidential run-off. the president is aiming for a second time. his main opposition took leave from jail to seek medical treatment in paris. he has been behind bars since november 14 on charges of baby trafficking. he says those action sayingss were made to keep him out of the race there's an opposition boycott of elections in zanzibar. jap hundreds of people voted here, but today very little activity. only a small handful has come to vote because this is an opposition stronghold and they have called on their supporters to boycott this poll.

they say they've won the october election but the electoral commission annulled it. some people are voting. ruling party supporters are voting. the whole purpose of this is for the ruling party to rig it and keep themselves in power t the ruling party denies it. they say today's poll will be free in fair in senegal voting has been underway for changing the kon city dues to allow for a term of 7 years. many are expected to head to polls. prosecutors say the key suspect in last november's paris attacks wanted to blow himself up but changed his mind. salah abdeslam has been charged with error offences a day after he was arrested in brussels.

the 26 year old will challenge a new european arrest warrant for his extradition to france. >> reporter: a police convoy carrying salah abdeslam arrives theory after he was formally charged with participation in terrorist murders. the main suspect in the paris attacks was captured on friday and was likely injured during his rest. >> translation: he is cooperating with the belgian legal authorities. in the context that the europe peen arrest warrant, i can tell you that we refuse extradition. >> reporter: the french authorities have now issued a new european arrest warrant against him. the french prosecutor warned it could take up to three months to extradite him to france. >> translation: in our investigation it has become even

more true that he was a key player in the paris attacks. he played a key role in the make up of the commando unit, in the logistical plans and being present. >> reporter: there is tension in the neighborhood. four other people were arrested at the same time as salah abdeslam. three of them are members of a family that is expected of sheltering him during his time as a neighborhood. >> he is from this neighborhood so it is not surprising that he has friends, relatives and supporters who are willing to shelter him >> translation: we are relieved and happy that we finally stopped this grub. >> reporter: it was this raid earlier in a different part of brussels that gave police vital

clues on the whereabouts of europe's most wanted monday. minutes after a phone call was made from his cell phone. he had been on the run for four months. it would appear that his movements were limited to an area of just a few kilometers as he ran out of options and hiding places. >> reporter: 130 people were killed and more than 3000 injured in coordinated attacks on cafés, a concert hall and football stadium. the officials in both france and belgium have made it clear that the investigation is far from over and more arrests can be expected still to come dna tests are

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>> the only live national news show at 11:00 eastern. >> we start with breaking news. >> let's take a closer look. the domestic stories here. preparations have begun to send refugees back to turkey. it is an attempt to ease europe's refugee crisis. a series of air strikes in the syrian province killed at least 43 people, including women and

children. the area is an i.s.i.l. strongho stronghold. 18 policemen have been killed on an attack on the sigh anyway peninsula sinai peninsula. i.s.i.l. says its fighters were behind the ambush and that the suicide car bomber was involved. our analyst here is with us here in the studio. i.s.i.l. has claimed responsibility. this is yet another attack we're seeing. what is the motive? >> there are a million motives. actually, to understand what is happening in sinai, we have to go back three years. three years ago sinai didn't witness all these bloody incidents and the question in this case should be asked by

everyone why is it happening, why has it been happening over the last three years. not before that. the whole thing started with this policy or rather strategy of the nation. the enforced transfer had been to stop, tro prevent the potential terrorism. i cannot see any sane country in the world which would adopt such policies, violent policies against its own citizens just out of fear of potential that might be terrorism or violence. i guess the whole thing have been instigated purposesfully for a certain end. less not forget that in 2005 the international crisis grew which

is very prestigeous think tank, issued a policy paper titled the independence take of sinai. let's have all these packets in our minds-- pacts in our mind when we talk about the story of sigh anyway which should have been a very-- sinai, which should have been a simple story but it was made complicated this heavy military response to this group, to the sinai province, the i.s.i.l. affiliate that it is, it doesn't seem to be working. we are seeing more and more attacks. are there any attempts that the government is trying to stop these groups or people joining? >> not that i can see. things that might appear in front of our eyes for granted, knots everything that we see

tells the truth, tell the truth. let's try to figure out who actually called in the poltergeist and cannot dismiss it now. that poltergeist is seemingly i.s.i.s. well, not necessarily them, but the group in sinai was the jerusalem organization. now they changed their name into i.s.i.s. so names can change. they do not necessarily tell about what's lying behind the scenes. let's look at the facts. the facts are that three years ago there haven't been such violence. it started happening when this violence strategy have been adopted by the government thank you very much for coming and shedding some light on the situation. >> thank you

investigators in turkey are conducting d.n.a. tests to identify the attacker behind a bombing in istanbul on saturday. he is suspected to be linked to i.s.i.l. five people were killed and dozens of others wounded on the street. tell us more about the d.n.a. testing. >> reporter: a lot of the government is not saying much about anything, really. they're saying the investigation is underway. however, a lot of turkish media reports suggest that there is, speed, d.n.a. testing on one suspect. they found a body yesterday and they think it belongs to the suicide bomber and they are trying to carry out the d.n.a. test. we believe according to those reports that the father of the suss spebt lives in the turkish

city and they took some d.n.a. samples from him and they are trying to carry out the tests. however, as i said, the government didn't come out and say this officially yet. so, therefore, it is speculation goes on as to who is behind yesterday's attack, whether if it's affiliated to i.s.i.l. or the kurdistan workers party, the p.k.k. there are three main suspects, i.s.i.l., p.k.k. and affiliates or the communist/extremist groups in this country the government has said that turkey is safe, but the frequency of these attacks is causing many to question that. >> reporter: absolutely. i was at the side of the explosion-- site of the explosion. you can seed and see the-- read and see the fear of the people. i saw it.

one woman told us that it is a large city, millions, including turks as well as people coming from agraud. she says that anybody could be a suspect and carry out an attack. it clearly tells you how people are very worried. now, since july last year attacks started happening in this country. they've been happening every month. some told me they were nervous prior to the rival of istanbul. now that the attack happened, they are even more her vows. i told them are you cancelling your books and leaving your country. no. they said life carries on. they need to carry on. i don't know if you can see behind me, this is the square. it is rather early, it is still a weekend. how far, i saw-- however, i saw

still people come taryned as if nothing has happened. i think deep down with the locals here as well as the tourist, there is genuine fear thank you. voting is underway in the final phase of elections for the government in exile. people have been casting their vote in the indian city where the government is based. more than 80,000 tibetans around the world are expected to vote. nepal's prime minister will visit china in the first time for a long time. our correspondent reports from liping. >> reporter: this is the border down of hiping.

before last year's earthquake it was busy. it is normally the first stop for goods arriving from china. the border has been closed with only security forces living on either side. this woman runs the only tea shop here. >> translation: before this place used to be busy with people. it is deserted now. we're staying back in hope that the border point will open. if it opens great, but if it doesn't we will have to move elsewhere. >> reporter: opening the border would open an economic lifeline for people like her. on the chinese side people have been moved away from the border. those who have other houses have also moved. her family have lost everything. she rents this little tea shop for 50 a month. the prime minister is visiting china. many people are hoping that with the prime minister's visit,

trades, especially petroleum products is going to increase. chance port has an obvious challenge. the mountains and the plateau stand in the way. this border point would have been the only major rout to kathmandu but it doesn't look like it will open because of severe damage. just a few months after the earthquake, the other neighbor india enforced a blockade of full and essentials. the government talked up the policy of turning to china for an alternative fuel supply, partly as a means to put on pressur pressure. >> they tried to take the advantage of negatives. there was a very small market. they look at us as some hand out rather than investment. this time i think the government probably has seen some

immaturity. to move beyond charity and hand out, to investment. >> reporter: chinese investment in nepal might be increasing, but for people here, large trapd and investment are far away dreams. there are rumors that this border point might close forever and that will have greater consequences for people like the tea shop owner controversial film predicting a grim future for hong kong under chinese rule has been nominated for best picture in the city's upcoming film awards. it has been selling out in early screenings despite apparent moves there and the mainland china to limit the release. >> reporter: the film is called 10 years. it is actually a feature length package of five short films by different directors that fre dikts what life will be like in

hong kong in 2025. it is a bleak picture of a city firmly in the grip of chinese communist party control. that's in spite of the so-called one country two systems form of government that is supposed to guarantee hong kong a high level of autonomy. >> the truth is two sides don't work. i believe pre-domestic of street-- freedom of speech. >> reporter: the real life events became woven into parts of the film to connect with the audience. >> some moments during the umbrella movement as hong kong people we could never imagine. i think the tone and the mood become a little bit pessimistic. >> >> reporter: events since then seem to confirm that pessimism.

the street violence that happened at chinese new year which many believe was fuelled by discontented youth. the case of the hong kong book sellers who produced works critical of china's leaders detained and paraded on mainland tlvpgs. the early screenings of the film have sold out in hong kong. made on a budget of less than $100,000 it has taken nearly a million in the box office but some are afraid of showing it >> even with that smashing record, suddenly the cinema will tell the film makes r makers their they're not going to have the film >> reporter: there's speculation the upcoming hong king film awards won't be shown in mainland china because of the movie's nomination for best picture. combine that with the apparent reluctance of some cinemas to show it and the film makers can be excused for thinking their

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