tonight," tomorrow. a symbol of democracy and now the most powerful minister in myanmar's new government. aung san suu kyi is to join the cabinet. you're watching al jazeera. also ahead, the u.s. government reveals it may be able to underlock an iphone without apple's help avoiding a legal battle. fronk, awkward and at times critical, a meeting between presidents exposing divergent

views. a capital brought to a standstill in a protest against uber myanmar's political transition has taken another step forward. the new government is being named and it looks like aung san suu kyi, who led the country struggle for democracy, will be the most powerful minister in the reports. she will lead four ministries, including the president's office around foreign affairs. her personal struggle captured the attention of the world. she spent years under house arrest between 1999 and 2010. her commitment to peace won global recognition with a noble peez prize in 1991. that was a year after the military refused to recognised her victory in elections.

they final began opening up. her national league for democracy was confirmed the choice last november. she has been banned from becoming president but it seems clear she will be the government's guiding force. there has already been reaction to her nomination. >> translation: i think aung san suu kyi taking a position in the government means that the government is do much better to develop our country. >> translation: people voted for her because they support her. now the one they support will take a position in the government. people will like that u.s. investigators say they may not need apple's help to unlock an iphone used in last year's shootings in california. in led a judge to postpone a much anticipated court hearing into the issue. gerald tann has the issues >> reporter: the iphone se, a

new model. product launches by apple are usually accompanied by fan fair and hype. this occasion was no different. although the event was slightly over shadowed by the company's legal battle with the u.s. government >> this is an issue that impacts all of us. >> reporter: the f.b.i. have been trying to force apple to write new software. they wanted this man's iphone read. the justice department says an outside party has come up with a possible way to unlock the iphone without apple's help. the spokes woman issued a statement saying: neither details of the third party nor the proposed method were made public, but a court hearing has been postponed.

apple says it's too early to claim victory. there could be a software that could hack its own product. it insists it would set a dangerous precedent >> we did not expect to be in this position, at odds with our own government. we believe strongly that we he a responsibility to help you protect your data and protect your privacy. we owe it to our customers and we owe it to our country. >> reporter: this case has crystallised the debate of a privacy insecurity. last month protesters rallied in several u.s. cities calling on the government to back down. the latest disclosure has brought the justice department more time. it has until april 5 before the next hearing is held the u.s. and cuban

presidents pledged to set aside their differences in their has particular-- historic and at times awkward meeting >> reporter: after decades of silence between cuba and the u.s., this. [ ♪ ] >> reporter: a moment most americans and cubans never thought they will would see after more than half a century of animosity. the u.s. president on cuban soil being celebrated. but a closer look shows there are still deep differences. the man escorting him helped stop the day of pigs day which was a huge embarrassment for america. the president sent his own message here paying tribute to a

hero, writing his passion for liberty, freedom and self-determination lives on in the cuban people today. as the leaders made statements, the differences came into sharp focus, asked about political prisoners, president castro issued a challenge. >> translation: we talked about political prisoners. give me a list of these prisoners and i will release them immediately. what political prisoners? give me names. if we have them they will be released before the night ends >> reporter: he went on to criticise the human rights record of u.s. saying cuba offers universal health care and free education. areas in which u.s. calls sthorlt calling it a two-faced approached to resume rights. obama went out of his way to show he didn't take offence >> as you heard, president castro has also addressed what he views as shortly comings in the u.s., around basic needs for

people and poverty and race relations. we welcome that constructive dialogue as well. >> reporter: the president is going to continue the dialogue, but with opponents of the castro government on tuesday. a senior administration official tells me this is a huely unusual visit for them because they're just not sure exactly what the cuban government is going to do. one big question is will they try to interfere with the president's meeting with the disdents. the administration isn't sure. this was meant to send a message that the countries were moving on, but it also served to highlight that a hassle century of distrust cannot be than washed away with a few ceremonies, regardless of how historic they are u.s. marines have established a small military base in northern iraq to help battle the i.s.i.l. fight yeshgs. it was revealed after an attack

on saturday. they were engaged in providing fire support. the troops have only been there in a training role and not directly involved in come was >> about two weeks ago a small contingent of marines from the 26th mew began moving into position at the newly constructed base. all of these movements have been done in close coordination with and at the invitation of the iraqi government syria's government negotiator says there is no so-called moderate opposition in syria. heap branded all the groups who opposed the syrian government as terrorist organizations. his comments come during the second week of talks in geneva on how to end the fighting in syria. he said the opposition consists only of terrorists and extremist

supported by and trained by other countries and sent back to syria through turkey four gunmen have attacked the e.u. ace military mission in bam oko. a picture shows the body of a suspected attackers. police in australia have arrested two people including a 16-year-old girl on suspicion of raising money to support i.s.i.l. they were detained in an operation aimed at preventing domestic attacks. >> we anticipate that both these people will be charged later today and attend court and the charge that we anticipate they will have is one of financing terrorism. it's a very serious charge. it carries a maximum imprisonment of 25 years. we will be alleging that they are involved in obtaining money

to send offshore to assist the islamic state in its activities in afghanistan i.s.i.l. has been fighting to establish itself in the eastern part of the country, but in recent weeks it has suffered serious setbacks. the afghan army has forced them to retreat from territory it has held for almost a year. a report from our correspondent. >> reporter: until a few weeks ago this was a no-go area for the afghan army. it was the administrative capital for i.s.i.l. in eastern afghanistan and it was well defended. after weeks of tough fighting, the army and local villages succeeded in pushing them back. for almost a year i.s.i.l. was in almost total control here. people had to flee for their lives. the group closed this school and made it their headquarters. on the wall is written their name for afghanistan.

not all pupils have returned because of fear. >> translation: we told that this was part of the non-blefrs and they prevented us from learning >> reporter: in the nearby village they were given a more brutal lesson. they told us that captured soldiers and anyone who resisted were beheaded or shot. this lady says she lost two grandsons. >> translation: they cut one to pieces and beheaded him. the other one was shot. >> reporter: if necessity saw someone shaven, they would beat them very badly. if they found an afghan army soldier, they would behead them and left the head on the stomach. >> reporter: the army says it has pushed i.s.i.l. back 8 kilometers and liberated 22 villages. >> reporter: the afghan army

says i.s.i.l. forces in this area are made up of foreign insurgence mostly from pakistan. that is why they say unlike syria and iraq few locals have flocked to join. most afghan factions of turned against them >> reporter: villagers have formed their own militias to protect the community. i.s.i.l. is not far away. they have heavily armed fighters and they're by no means defeated. >> translation: if the government stands with us, they will not be able to retake this area, but if they don't help us, they could take it tomorrow. >> reporter: the afghan army is stretched and poorly equipped and people know ultimately their lives are in their own hands plenty more still ahead, including. >> reporter: i'm in bedford where the world's longest and tallest aircraft is being unveiled. >> they ride on the coat-tails

of the men. they don't make any decision and they're very, very lucky riding coat tails into retirement. the indian wale quits over sexist comments he made about female players. female players.

welcome back. you're watching al jazeera. a quick reminder of top stories. the leader of myanmar's movement aung san suu kyi said to move the new-- more positions for her

in the government. the court hearing into the f.b.i.'s case against apple has been postponed. u.s. investigators say they may not need apple help to unlock an iphone used in the shootings in california. the u.s. and cuban presidents have pledged to set aside their differences in a meeting in halve aborigine an a. the meeting between obama and castro exposed differing views on human rights one of the biggest challenges for myanmar's new government will be fighting the country's drug trade. it's thought to be helping fund rebel armies and some suspected of being involved are taking on the drug lords themselves. >> reporter: in northern myanmar a family mourns the death of a 19 year old who became another victim of the drug trade. he was part of a group that has been destroying poppy fields.

he was allegedly killed when farmers and militia tried to protect their crops. >> translation: he used drug in the past. he felt guilty that he wasted his time. he was willing to help opium field. my husband and i were very worried. finally we let him go. >> reporter: this is a chris phenomenon group that is thought to have around 100,000 members. its leaders say they're tired for waiting for the military and government to move against drug producers >> translation: our people are being shot and killed. we won't stop because if we do, there will be thousands more who die from all these drug problems. >> reporter: myanmar is the world second largest opium producer behind afghanistan with much of it smuggled across borders. it is having a big impact on community in myanmar where there's easy access to drugs. treatment centers are often crude and involve detaining

addict. >> reporter: this is a former myanmar based investigator with the drug enforcement administration and he says the business is growing >> we've seen a gradual increase again in poppy cull invitation. in was in areas that are controlled by myanmar government government. >> reporter: this group says it has to continue its dangerous job despite losing one of its own south korea has confirmed its first case of the zika virus. a man who recently returned from brazil has been diagnosed. zika is suspected of causing birth defect and has been declared a global health emergency by the w.h.o. the virus has spread rapidly in the brazil and americas. thousands of indonesian taxi drivers have taken to the

streets of the capital to protest against online-based transport companies. drivers say taxi apps like uber and grab are unfairly undercutting their business. >> reporter: taxi drivers from all over here are venting their anger against companies like uber and grab taxi. these companies have become popular here and are offering cheap rides. very often it costs less than half of what a normal taxi ride costs. so these companies are urging the government to close down these companies >> >> translation: this is our place here. we have to work hard to earn money, where are our rights? >> reporter: this has become

very heated. other taxi drivers are being attacked for not participating in their protest. people have been attacked, taxis have been broken. why police was not more on alert for this protest today. the situation has escalated after the government has been giving mixed messages while the minister of transport have said uber and grab taxi have been set down. the government has said they're still negotiating and that is what they are saying. they're in negotiations still open, but the situation has gone completely out of control millions of brazilians have taken to the streets demanding an end to government corruption to ensure the movement gains popularity. the protesters have adopted

nationalist symbols. >> reporter: an estimated three million protesters took to the streets of brazil earlier this month. it has no it is for the prosecution of dilma rousseff and lula da silva on corruption charges. it has adopted the green yellow and blue of the brazilian flag. >> translation: the colors are back because we want justice and an end of the corruption and the removal of the presidential which we hope will happen soon. >> reporter: many government supporters are unhappy with what they see as the high jacketing of national symbols. this is always quick to meet the needs of a demanding public, including these surplus national team football shirts. >> translation: sales for these shirts had dried up since we lost seven to one in the world

cup. now they're popular again. >> reporter: the movement's growth has boosted sales, especially of the national flag at a time when unemployment is rising and the economy shinking. >> translation: suddenly everyone wag looking for brazilian bsh bsh was looking for brazilian flags t all sizess. >> reporter: these inflatable dolls sell well too, their message clear and simple. they're trying to forge a culture and identity, a street vendor culture. it's a match made in heaven, especially since a large part of the movement are middle class with a disposable income. many of these street convenient ders are the very people who defended government policies designed to help the poor. if they still support dilma rousseff and their party they're not saying, or they're going with the flow.

they know what to do. >> translation: i thought the president's party would be good. then he started jailing. >> reporter: government support is where the red of the governor's working party. on the streets in the country that is becoming increasingly polarized, it is easier to identify by the colors they wear what side of the political divide the people are on. for some of these, business is booming we are hearing of two explosions in brussels at the airport. apparently it happened before 8am this morning, i believe that's local time. we are hearing that several people have been injured in the departures hall. these are two explosions. we don't know what led to these explosions if, indeed, it's a technical fault or anybody is behind if or anything more than what i'm telling you now.

all we know two explosions at the airport. there are several people injured. as soon as we get more details of course we will let you know what happened. british engineers have unveiled one of the world's biggest flying machines. it looks like an air ship but looks more like a plane and helicopter and can trance pert people to almost near on the earth >> reporter: it is the world's tallest around longest aircraft dwarfing everything else in site. it doesn't need a proper run way to take off. filled with heel yum, this vast vessel will soon be able to carry cargo and people. inside the cockpit the controls are a mixture of air ship and plane. both of which david burns is used to piloting >> it is a very pleasant rise r ride. the engine are some 70 metres

behind the cabin and they're up right the side. you can only hear wind noise. if there's any turbulence, it is all a very gentle motion >> reporter: the dimensions show why it will be easy to spot in the skies. at 92 metres long and 43 metres wide, it is larger than the biggest air bus currently. that's 73 metres along with a wing span of 80 metres. both are far more smaller by the hindenburg built-in the 1930s. the balloons will be filled with flammable hydrogen back then and now it's heel yum, making them safer and easier to maneuver. when this is air bound it will use about as third fuel as a regular big aircraft. it has the potential to stay up

in the air for weeks on end. the aircraft was commissioned for the u.s. military to carry out surveillance work in sgan, but the project was abandoned before the aircraft was used. the designers brought it back to britain to remodified and rebuild it. adopting it so surveillance work might not be its only use >> it can land in water, snow, grass, deserts and it can go anywhere and take heavy loads of people from point to point. it can help in disasters. >> reporter: test flights will start lower this year. the engineering team is hoping the sky will be the limit asment u.s. and cue-- as the u.s. and cuba work together to overcome their difficulties, they agree on one thing.

they both love baseball. this isn't the first case of base bul dip loam ee between the two countries-- >> reporter: it is the national passion. base ball is cuba's favorite sport an an important cultural inheritance from this island nation's proximity to the u.s. why is it so important that president obama ask culminating his historic cuba at the stadium? >> because baseball is what unites us. baseball ask what unites us. we-- cuba started playing baseball in 1962. >> reporter: president castro invited jimmy carter to a game back in 2002. few forget when castro and the

late venezuelan leader chavas went to bad. cuban baseball is in crisis. although this country produces top players, many of them have defeated to join the american major leagues where they're made millions of dollars. baseball fans lament entity this state of affairs. >> the dream of our baseball players is to join the major lesion and to able to come and go to the u.s. without having to leave on a raft. >> reporter: now they can. two years ago cuba authorized its players to accept contracts abroad. just last week obama lifted another decade old prohibition by making it legal for the first time for cuban players living here to accept contracts be paid and be hired by major league teams. for the first time since the

oreales trip, a major league team is coming to town. back then it was part of an unsuccessful attempt to bring both countries closer together. this time a sitting american president will be in the stadium to consented the message that the process is irreversible the chief skoouch and director of tennis has quit about making sexist comments. he said women players ride the coat-tails of the money and they should thank god that fedderer and nadal were born because they have carried the sport. just an update on what is happening he belgium airport. two explosions. there are pictures of smoke rising above the airport and self-people have been injured in

the departures hall. apparently this happened around 8am local time. we're not sure at this stage what has caused these explosions to have, and we're hearing that the rail traffic to the airport has been suspended. as we get more on this, we shall update you, of course.