and. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to form a dry riverbed like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their countries have been truly unable to escape the war. this is al jazeera. and welcome to the al-jazeera news hour live from my headquarters in doha with me it is the problem coming up in the next sixty minutes the u.n. points to likely war crimes in syria's east and and bones perpetrations they're

being identified. attacks and under law in the west african nation struggle to be armed groups. i really want to study no education is useless i just want to go to school how corruption is denying millions of nigerian children an education and we address an often overlooked category the costume design is nominated for oscars nori. syrian government airstrikes on besieged rebel areas and east and go to probably constitute war crimes and must be prosecuted that is according to the un high commissioner for human rights who's also condemned to rebel groups for firing shells into the capital damascus as a the other hussein unspoken geneva on friday. as another twenty three civilians

were killed in east and goeth away government forces have taken more ground. reports. makeshift clinics in eastern who to have been filling up the wounded most of the civilian casualties are women and children. waiting for the civilians to receive aid so we can preserve their lives we are waiting for reaction from the world. but that wait for the world to help stop the attacks and order has gone on for years and since the government's latest offensive began last month morgues have run out of space for the dead. instead of receiving worshipers on friday this mosque god bombs people here say syrians iranians and russians are mocking the united nations and the security council since again one of a cease fire resolution on saturday there have been hundreds of attacks in eastern guta that it was already but this mosque was here to praise god there are no weapons or cannon here the regime bombed it ten minutes before the ceasefire so why

use the world silent on these war crimes those allegations have echoed at the human rights council the un human rights chief says the syrian regime and its allies are potentially carrying out crimes against humanity what we are seeing. elsewhere in syria are likely war crimes and potentially crimes against humanity to civilians are being pounded into submission or death the perpetrators of these crimes must know that they are being identified not dos years are being built up with a view to the prosecution and that they will be held accountable for what they have done they five of the five hour pause in fighting was no different from previous days but more airstrikes and shelling close to seven hundred people have been killed in the relentless bombardment the choices for nearly four hundred thousand people are to starve surrender or die. in addition to the attacks on residential

areas rebel positions on the front lines are also under heavy bombardment usual islam and fail after ramadan fighters have been holding meetings with families to assure them they are not going to retreat to dr in eastern huta about the potential crimes against humanity are modest and he replied with a question has a road drawn their go red line and said never again he asked because the assad government's attacks on civilians have become more brazen strong words from the u.n. humanitarian chief but like other statements and resolutions they remain just words with no action. near the turkey syria border. and i hosp on the say one hundred is joining us live from beirut in neighboring lebanon for more on this now saying that we're hearing about the government dropping leaflets with information for pain from the next and go to what more can you tell us. oh yes the syrian army encouraging civilians to leave yet again aircraft dropping leaflets some of them have maps actually showing what they're

calling safe exits humanitarian corridors that civilians can use to leave there also in some of those leaflets encouraging rebels to surrender lay down their arms promising them amnesty this is what the government wants it wants the rebels to surrender the people to leave and this has been the aim really of this bombing campaign which began two weeks ago if that happens it really would be to the government's advantage why the operation has been very costly the ground offensive for example began approximately a week ago and very limited advances have been made on the ground in the government pro-government alliance they've lost a lot of men so a surrender would mean less fighting and also international outrage because the bombing of residential neighborhoods really is causing international criticism and putting a lot of pressure on the syrian government and bombings of residential area and is a military tactic to force a surrender so leaflets calling on civilians to leave but no. civilians have left

except for the pakistani couple a few days ago and saying that you know osama mentioned in his report that fighters have been assuring people that they're not going to retreat that they're not going to surrender but is that what people want for the rebels to keep fighting and despite the civilians paying the highest price here. well since the beginning of this conflict it has been the civilians who are paying the highest price in this conflict but civilians are worried they don't have any security guarantees now if they cross into government controlled territory a lot of them are wanted a lot of them are media activists working for the civil defense alone is a crime according to the syrian government so where do these people go if they cross into government controlled territory of course they would want the bombing to stop but what choices do they have the rebels have been accused of keeping them as human shields by the russian military the rebels say no this is not the case now we are getting some reports from the united nations that maybe possibly on sunday some

aid can enter aid enough for one hundred eighty thousand people according to the united nations they've received indications but they're hoping that this will be a commitment of course this will be definitely welcomed by the people inside because there's a lack of food there's a lack of medicine but yet again but we have to make clear this is still unconfirmed for the time being thank you very much for that for now that is they are joining us with the latest from beirut thank you. let's move on to other news now and at least sixteen people have now moment to have been killed in friday's attacks. which have highlighted the country's struggle to contain the threat of groups the military headquarters and french embassy to the same time in the capital suggesting a high level of coordination. downtown ouagadougou on friday another attack at the heart of the you know hospice capital coordinated and well planned the targets the army headquarters the french embassy and its cultural

center witnesses say some of the attackers came by taxi others in a pickup the started shooting set fire to the truck and continued to fire off did you know we did hear that there was so much gunfire damage everywhere two policemen went nearby the army headquarters there was a car with around four to six people and they opened fire there was an explosion we saw a lot of shots fired and a lot of smoke and then people started running. eight soldiers were killed several others wounded in sent to hospital after an hour long gun battle eight attackers were killed by the armed forces the army continued to comb the area looking for more attackers that may be on the loose fighter groups in this how it repeatedly target burkina faso the country's capital is home to a base for the french special forces deployed in the hell to fight rebel groups clashes and frequent attacks have led to tens of thousands of people fleeing the

area. fighters regularly attack police outposts in the north of the country last year and al-qaeda affiliated group attacked a turkish restaurant in walker dugu killing one thousand people in two thousand and sixteen thirty people died in an other attack on a hotel in a restaurant in the city. but this is the most brazen attack so far. these three locations are some of the most safest in security in this country many people here say if there is able to attack these places then no one is safe with the death toll likely to rise. is a good warning fearing what could come next. now families of those on board malaysia airlines flight m h three seventy are attending the memorial to mark nearly four years since the plane disappeared the bone triple seven vanished in march two thousand and fourteen while flying from kuala lumpur to

beijing with two hundred thirty nine people on board about an hour after takeoff the copilot made what would be the final radio contact with air traffic control in kuala lumpur then when the plane veered off course malaysian military radar plotted m h three seventy over the strait of malacca west of its last known location after the loss of radar satellite data showed the plane flew out over the southern indian ocean a stray malaysia and china scoured a huge area thought to be the crash site but found nothing well now a u.s. space seabed explorer is on the case at least three pieces of debris that are confirmed to be from the missing plane have been discovered on beaches animal russia's the french on the end of reunion and the a tanzania. lawrence taylor is in call in the hall where the memorial was held. family members of those who were on board m h three seventy have been paying moving tributes to their loved ones at

this memorial event now and they've also been saying that it's very important for the search to continue this is one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries and it's only when once the plane is located can this mystery finally be solved on the search effort is currently being conducted by a u.s. based private exploration known as ocean infinity has been contracted by the malaysian government on a new york your no fee basis but it has to locate the wreckage within ninety days that deadline will come up soon so there's a sense of urgency in this not to especially considering how fast the search area is and the depth of the ocean but ocean infiniti says they are conducting a search not only based on new information that's a real analysis of satellite imagery but also because there is new technology that is now available to that. search conditions be more difficult in the coming

weeks simply because it's going to be in the southern hemisphere which means there will be freezing temperatures. heavy winds and strong waves which will make search conditions much more difficult. so the u.s. now with police in the state of michigan have arrested a nineteen year old student who allegedly shot his parents dead on a college campus heavily armed officers searched for hours across the city of mount pleasant to find james eric davis jr he was eventually spotted on a train. now a growing number of u.s. companies are taking their own steps over gun control as politicians told the world's largest asset management company is one of them black rock says it's looking to create new investment funds that exclude fire manufacturers and retail is mike hanna reports from new york. the biggest fan of the second amendment many of you are there being vague promises of executive action from the president and

much discussion among lawmakers on both sides of the aisle but as yet there are no concrete signs of any substantive tightening of the u.s. is notoriously lax gun control legislation some corporations are not waiting for congress to take action several major businesses wal-mart dick's sporting goods and the latest l.b. may have announced they are unilaterally raising the minimum age for gun sales and will no longer sell guns to customers younger than twenty one federal law states that no one under twenty one may buy a handgun but confusingly any eighteen year old or above can buy a semiautomatic rifle with no background checks or training it's time the sins say some c.e.o.'s when we looked at those kids and we saw what with the grief that they were going through and how these kids organized to really have their voices heard

we talked amongst ourselves and said if these kids can be brave enough to do this then we should be brave enough to make us make a stand or self these are difficult decisions for business but nevertheless eventually the personal conscience the moral conscience kicks in and it has to be balanced with all of the stakeholders in the shareholder interests as well and social media reaction to the dick's decision is mixed some calling the company anti american others welcoming the move and calling it courageous. delta airlines is among the companies that is and the discount deals with the powerful national rifle association the n.r.a. but that comes at a financial cost republican lawmakers in georgia have killed a tax break for the company and its jet fuel costs retaliation that will cost delta billions of dollars the n.r.a. itself is lashed out at what it calls a shameful display of political and civic cowardice despite the national horror

recurring school shootings u.s. society remains as polarized on gun control issues as never before the constitutional right to bear arms being bigger asli asserted even as children continue to be killed by kana al-jazeera new york repenting more ahead for you for find out more about the campus wide and high head of the chemise election. party often from archaea after a journalist is murdered will tell you what he was investigating and the rest of a cover for the world cup against the name details coming up in sport with. russian president reading a person has denied us allegations that he is breaking cold war era treaties the accusation was made out of position on belfort he's described as a new and then civil nuclear weapons speaking to n.b.c.

putin said it was actually america started an arms race when it was the truth from the nine hundred seventy two antiballistic missile treaty. an arms race began at exactly the time and moment when the u.s. opted out of the anti-ballistic missile treaty some analysts are suggesting you've tested it and it failed and that's why you only showed animations are you talking about i.c.b.m. yes the one that you claim renders defense systems useless. as a matter of fact every single weapon system discussed today easily surpasses and avoids an anti-missile defense system but you've tested it. the test was excellent some of them still have to be fine tuned in work done others are already available to the troops and already are battle ready. being accused of bullying and terminating the henge of refugees. al-jazeera has spoken to refugee troops.

slingshots and throwing bottles at them. from the area. has a. range of muslims fleeing me on my face harassment the troops that pushed them out a back making it very clear they want to go on for good this woman shows a suitcase which she says was hit by ricocheting bullets fired into the camp al-jazeera producer tom chaldee spoke to those who fled from the army troops there said they were intimidated they were using bullhorn and mikes warning them to get out of this area. alcohol bottles and right using even sling shot at some point some of the troops even tried to climb the fence into the no man's land to intimidate them but where stopped by the buying of the broader gods. bangladesh is protesting the deployment of troops along the border and says it's highly

irregular it prompted bangladesh to summon me. and demand the troops be pulled back . they came at around ten am brought in seven trucks with two ladders in each vehicle a total of fourteen and they tried to cross the barbed wire fences to forcefully destroy our camp this area is widely referred to as no man's land for weeks myanmar soldiers have up their patrols of the border fence. and use loud hailer as to order the estimated six thousand ranger to leave but hundreds of the refugees have already given into the soldiers orders and crossed into bangladesh. it's been six months since almost seven hundred thousand range of muslims fled a military crackdown in me on miles and rocking state united nations called it a textbook example of ethnic cleansing refugee spoke of systematic murder sexual violence and arson but the government insists it was simply defending itself after

attacks from. myanmar reportedly claim some of those range of fighters are hiding within the border camp agencies meanwhile are helping refugees prepare as best they can for the coming monsoon season one assessment says more than a hundred thousand people could be affected by floods and landslides the diplomatic route of the truth movement to the border now threatens a controversial deal to send the range of refugees back to myanmar many will be questioning whether it will ever really be safe to go back to me on the imran khan . to say now where politicians have finished campaigning ahead of sunday's general election the ruling fenton left democratic party made a last push for voters in florence as its leader of a tale second place former prime minister silvio berlusconi center right party is expected to be part of a potential coalition with no party expected to be able to govern on its own

polling suggests the anti-establishment five star movement could gain the largest single party vote well honestly explains the five star movement appeal. a rainy monday night in this is silly in the city of palermo and they're pushing to get into the theatre the man they've all come to see is the leader of the five star movement what they all have in common is a desire to take back political control from people who they believe the failed them is different is not the. organization so it's made from people everywhere some to make a great to do something for itself or for the community for the person and that's exciting for us. in he came just thirty one years old luigi demaio spoke for nearly an hour without notes he didn't mention immigration once the touchstone issue for

a right wing looking to turn working class italians against refugees but he mocked endlessly the corruption of mainstream politics which he said made it's only an international joke. oh it's we had berlusconi from one side and bronzy from the other they stole the future from my generation. i can't understand how they dared to show their faces and promise to change things when they had twenty years in government and didn't do anything the whole point was about transparency the message that italy needs a totally new politics in all of this the man your five star policies are still written on the level of bullet points and like a lot of detail but none the less are all these people what this party represents is the basic outrage against the corrupts and useless political class and that's and that's a low looks like being enough to make five the biggest party this early in this

election. five star has been on a journey no longer the sheltie populism of the found a better grillo no longer do they wanted to lead to leave the euro or the european union but they still insist they will never do coalition deals with the other parties they despise instead five-star now demands a totally green economy funded by a publicly owned investment bank which organizes the universal basic income for the poor in chaotic cities like rome these ideas look incredibly difficult to achieve but it seems less important than the facts that they say the most all movement is a sort of. day hour long as you go in to try to collect consensus and electors from every part of political market so this kind of list of desires to some extent is a really wonderful but there is it

a lot of problems in diplomacy. concrete translation in policies. at the final rally in rome the crowd numbered several thousands of italian public is understandably cynical about politics many complain the five-star won't be any different to the rest of. their leaders are urging against apathy though if they want to govern alone they'll need the backing of hundreds of thousands of undecided voters to give them any chance lawrence lee al jazeera in italy. now thousands of people have protested it's the following the murder of a journalist crazy ak and his fiance were found shot dead at their home in the capital bratislava on sunday he was writing an article on suspected links between the italian mafia and the prime minister shelob ellis reports. it was a silent march through bratislava the sound of boots on the frozen ground doing the talking to the. protesters rallied in

a dozen slovakian says he's demanding justice for the murders of investigative journalist. and his fiance. the twenty seven year olds would you say marry in may they were killed in their home last week obviously this is why we are here to support slovak journalists on stand up for freedom of speech we want to journalists to work freely. to see i could been investigating suspected corruption between the italian mafia and people close to prime minister robert fico. jaan coup ziac expose the activities of people connected to the italian mafia and their business in slovakia especially when it comes to the drawdown of e.u. funds various government contracts suspicions of tax fraud blackmailing and violent crimes the full out from the murders has rippled through the government the chief station advisor and security ball stood down temporarily the culture minister resigned the opposition is calling for the interior minister and police chief to

follow the route and. from an objective point of view the ministry of culture has the closest relation to the media now i can't see myself staying in the post any more than. the. prime minister fico who once called journalists to see mt slovak prostitutes had offered one million euros to anybody who provides information on the murders his critics call it a holler gesture. geno's is in danger in europe. that's a danger as a democracy we are. a state of emergency he said you know. because the first journalist to be murdered and. sick it recently in europe to be killed after reporting on corruption blogger definitely quranic died in a car bombing in october she left her home on the island of malta thirty nine

journalists were murdered in twenty seventeen. slovakia's police conducted raids on arrested seven people on thursday the homes were linked to the people it was investigating. slovakian say they will stay in the streets his colleagues will stay on the story until it's revealed who was behind the mood it's shallop palace al jazeera britain's prime minister is warning that neither side will get exactly what it wants once the u.k. withdraws from the european union choice and has been laying out what she thinks the post bricks at relationship will look like me back a report from london. a rallying cry for bricks it from the british prime minister to resume a fourth major speech on britain's departure from the e.u. in which he set out the government's vision on future trade ties with europe this is a negotiation and neither of us can have exactly what we want. but i am confident that

we can reach agreement we both want good access to each other's markets we want competition between us to be fair and open and we want reliable transparent means of verifying we are meeting our commitments and resolving disputes may suggested the u.k. would mirror some even rules break away from others to ensure a continuation of frictionless trade with the e.u. she suggested setting up a system to mutually recognise each other's goods and services but is all this complexity really worth it journalist the answer is no we won't think again on bret's it the british people voted for bracks it and i think it is incumbent on their politicians to deliver on the decision that we asked them to take the british prime minister has been accused over very good on workable proposals by the european union and of being paralyzed by divisions within her own political party she's hoping that this key speech which store some credibility in her ability to

deliver. but before negotiations can move forward outstanding issues need resolving . including what's going to happen here on the border between northern ireland a part of the u.k. and the republic of ireland and e.u. member to reason may said the border will remain open promising a combination of new technology and trust to keep goods and people moving without a hard border. text contains their legal commitments a wednesday the e's chief negotiator michele bania said northern ireland should remain part of the customs territory with the e.u. after brics it. to reason maces any e.u. attempt to effectively an extent region will never happen she now has to provide more detail on how her high tech plan will work prime the u.k. and e.u. also can't agree on what's going to happen immediately after breaks it during the two year transition period the e.u. wants its courts to have the final say on any disputes of e.u.

nationals arriving joining that time to have the same rights as those arriving before brick set to resume a switch to the planned. these and other issues need to be resolved before the e.u. summit on march the twenty second without any progress trade remains off the table negotiations. al-jazeera london the russians here now with the weather check and then how europe is planning to for talent eight against the new u.s. trade tower us. the beautiful and very very japanese that's making a comeback and could video replace the u.s. at the world cup and russia football's role make a stop preparing to decide. from the neon lights of asia. to the city that never

sleeps. well the worst of the winter storm which hit many parts of western europe particularly the united kingdom is on its way out but it's. behind us extensive snow covering in fact some parts of southern england heavy snow fall since about nine hundred sixty five now as i say the situation is going to get better but different problems developing overnight twenty four hours or so meanwhile other parts here seem to cope with the cold weather somewhat better the shots coming from amsterdam where people were able to skate on the frozen canals but we have now got an area of low pressure to areas of low pressure across europe and those are having an impact on developments over the next few days circulations associated with the supply the really cold air we've had across parts of siberia still and take a long time to warm up but this milder air pushing in is going to bring about a thought quite a significant thaw and initially when you get warm air moving over cold ground you

get visibility problems a lot of folder and i think of the next twenty four hours for parts of france into the u.k. still some snow you'll notice across the alpine region and across parts of ukraine through into russia we're going to see vast amounts of snow continuing on this twenty four hours and certainly of these eastern parts of europe that cold air is going to remain for some time. the weather sponsored by qatar piece. what makes this moment this era we're living through so unique this is really an attack on itself is a lot of misunderstanding a distortion even of what free speech is supposed to be about the context is hugely important we have a right to publish if you choose to be offensive or provocative to people. setting the stage for a serious debate. up front at this time on al-jazeera. well i think one of our biggest strengths is that we talk to normal everyday people we

get them to tell was stories and doing that really reveals the truth people are still gathered outside these gates waiting for any information most of them don't know whether their loved ones are alive or dead or miami really is a place worth two worlds meet we can get to washington d.c. two hours we can get on jurists in the rest of central america about the same time we're born these where those two cultures north and south america. it's a very important place for all to the it's a big. it's good to have you with us on the al jazeera news al these are our top stories the un's human rights chief says strikes on the besieged rebel held city an enclave of eastern ghouta probably about to walk and those responsible should be prosecuted

he's also condemned rebel groups are firing shells into the capital damascus. but he says prime minister will be visiting the army headquarters which came under attack on friday at least sixteen people were killed including eight attackers and families of those who were on board malaysia airlines flight m h three seventy have attended a memorial to mark nearly four years since the plane disappeared. we're going to get more on our top story now and then the west as the west and u.n. paul pressure on the syrian government all over eastern ghouta and its allies doing the same and do they have any sway let's remind ourselves who they are first russia's perhaps president bashar al assad's most influential backa its two thousand and fifteen military intervention swung the war back in assets favor russians and. so you used its permanent seat on the u.n. security council to block many resolutions critical of

a sound iran has spent billions of dollars propping up the government with weapons and military advisors and lines of credit for oil transfers and syria is the main transit point for iranian weapons shipments to the lebanese group hezbollah whose fighters are battling alongside assad's forces. well let's get more on this now with the head of policy analysis at arab center for research and always good to have you with us on al-jazeera just how much leverage do you think that was allies of the syrian government have with s.r.t. and are they using that never a judge i think they have a huge leverage but this is not the issue here i think because all of them the regime and its allies are in agreement. russians in fact are leading the whole operation in my opinion they are calling the shots to your. lover of the russian foreign minister he stated clearly there are the there are actually seeking

agreements similar to the one. he concluded with eastern liberal in late two thousand and sixteen the convent was actually to eastern water and also of course the inhabitants of the region also to know to leave i think. just given. up on the exclusion zones they don't want them anymore it might be and they want now a military solution to this conflict that has become very clear in the recent weeks and in my opinion is very much related to the daily wish and of the relationship with the united states and what is it that the russians want for their intervention in syria if it's not at all in their interests to stop the war what is it that they want out of this well i think i mean. divisions are very complicated but if you want to understand russian policy in syria you have to look at the state of the

relationship between russia and the united states because we all know that russia until been in syria mainly after ukraine crisis in two thousand and fourteen and the russians they were somehow trying to that was their reaction to the u.s. sanctions on russia the russians they wanted very much to prove that they are still an international power and. we want americans mainly to take them seriously and this is what president putin said yesterday when he was actually giving this his famous speech when he said now we have more developed state of the art weapons that the west must take us more seriously i think this is what the russians are mainly after and today after bent adventures syria the stakes are very hard for the russians they wanted actually to win this war and they want they want actually to finish the opposition because different getting the opposition is a tool in the hands of the americans and they don't want the americans doing this conflict and even if you know they are winning this war they do win this war they

are coming under so much criticism for what's happening especially to the civilians is it going to cost them domestically and internationally and i'm not just talking about the russians but the other allies to who are allowing this war to continue the way it is but more of president putin really cares about his image his image on the international stage i think he i mean clearly i mean he things that he can hear he can execute to. nine hundred ninety nine what he did in grozny he just i mean demolished the whole city he destroyed the whole city actually so i don't think he cares very much about his image what he cares really about is to achieve his or his objectives in syria larger geopolitical through this we're told and what about others like. we saw in those mass protests protests that broke out in iran a few months ago that people in the country were against their involvement in syria

what is this going to cost overrun both domestically and internationally i mean there is opposition to the foreign policy of iran by iranian people but at the end of the day who really are our foreign policy in syria and iraq and the whole region actually is that if you are sure that he got. mainly it's not even the government of president assad will have any because from two thousand and thirteen we all know that the supreme leader of the iranian revolution has actually given. full power and authority to the revolutionary guard to execute the objectives of the geopolitical objectives of iran in the region so i don't think also that the brightest of the of the late last year has affected iranian foreign policy in any meaningful way because for iran just like russia this is searching their larger political seems less a couple as always we thank you for your time. tonight area now where the

abduction of one hundred and ten schoolgirls and the north last month has again highlight the challenges facing millions of children and getting an education well all the problems are corruption and resistance from parents are going to the first child to soccer top to look at solutions. from the dusty streets into a classroom i desire is finally get your education. like ten thousand other girls should have a chance to pursue our dream of becoming a doctor. thanks to a government funding scheme for parents a grandmother says the fact they know her deserves a school has also eased their waters so hoping exposes girls like her to a lot of dangers like rape getting knocked down by vehicles she safe and better off here in school. where the united nations children's fund launched a twitter cash assistance program imprinted fourteen in rome and four girls in schools and supporters stage roles from twelve to fourteen percent. the state

government wants to encourage as many goes as it can providing parents with forty one dollars every year to keep their daughters in the classroom they feel comfortable and only willing to release them to go to school. so we said well if it is for the peculiar benefit that you're getting from the proceeds of hawking by these girls release them to us let them with the class every month will give you this much but critics a corrupt local education administrator is the implementation of the first program and fear the new one will also feel that isn't people who operate in know and desist so you never succeed. you have to get a read of this people and underdo poorly is

education. at fourteen the saber muhammad hoax spices in the streets but still hopes one day our parents will allow her to get an education. i don't know why they don't want me to get school i really want to study no education is useless i just want to go to school for parents the priority is to save enough money from hawking before she is married. it's estimated ten million children of school age are still roaming the streets of baghdad of a basic education it's three decades of official corruption have had a devastating effect on public schools parents who can afford to take their kids at fancy private school. but only a few can especially here in a region with one of the highest rates of poverty in nigeria comedy grease al-jazeera so cool too. the european commission's president has threatened to impose duties on some of america's most well known products including harley

davidson bourbon levi's jeans it's in response to u.s. plans to put a twenty five percent tariff on steel imports grown the list of steel producing countries are considering retaliatory steps. now europe remains in the grip grip of a deep freeze the so-called beast from the east a blast of siberian air brought widespread stall and freezing conditions at the start of the week and that was followed by storm in the united kingdom and ireland for stubborn airport to close in twenty four thousand homes and businesses across ireland are without power and brush and the army's been cordoned to help rescue hundreds of drivers. in ukraine people are being urged to reduce gas usage after russia's gas problem continue to withhold supplies to ukraine schools have been shot because of the shortage the latest escalation of the long running dispute comes after the russian gas monopoly lost an international arbitration hearing. now

hollywood as a carrying out for its biggest night on sunday the oscars but we find out who's picked up the best picture and acting on it is but then there's the often forgotten award for best costume design rob reynolds reports. clothes make the man as the saying goes and often they make the movie too at the fashion institute of designs museum in los angeles oscar nominated apparel is on display in all its glory fashion designer nick for rails says costume is a subtle but vital part of all great films a lot of people say you know when you really don't notice the costumes in a film and the costume designer has done their job. getting. the oscar nominated costume design in victoria and abdul sends messages about wealth class and power the clothes especially for a victorian up to and queen victoria it's showing you who she is a queen good custom design is more than beautiful dresses it requires painstaking

historical accuracy for the film darkest hour costume designer jacqueline duran went to extraordinary lengths to lend authenticity to actor gary oldman portrayal of winston churchill and sue knack of vanity and i will say she's found out the actual savile row tailor who made a lot of winston churchill suits and they're still in business and so they flew out a tailor from london to los angeles to fit gary oldman for the suits that he wore in the film now they did that went with him wearing a fat suit one of this year's nominees for best costume design is a film about a costume designer daniel day lewis is neurotic couture e.a.a. in phantom threat when i was a boy. in the united kingdom i definitely think that there's a bit of kudos to the profession that we as fashion designers do that is put into

the film it's almost like a no mas and what i love about it is putting fashion out in the forefront you know and it's showing you how important costumes can be to tell the story telling stories on screen stitch by deliberate stitch rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles. we have the sports news coming up and use our jaws will tell us why on earth and this four hundred point but just. a survivor of the genocide there are people who beg me to kill them when they're suffering but it didn't have the heart to do who's dedicated his life to searching the woods for bones of the victims of the srebrenica massacre. in them here is that all. you know hope of finally laying the pass to rest and giving peace to the victims' families because you need to if i could just find

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it is time for sport now his show elizabeth thank you the world's most expensive football and neymar has arrived in brazil for surgery as he faces a race against time to be fit for this year's world cup the brazilian star has a broken foot and a sprained ankle and the national team doctor expects the strikes to be out for up to three months brazil's first world cup match will be against switzerland on the seventeenth of june. football's role make his vote decide on saturday whether to adopt video replay technology across football to help cut down on refereeing mistakes if it's approved it says he brought in for this year's world cup in russia the video assistant referee or v.a.r. can be used to help award goals penalties red calls or in cases of mistaken identity a referee away from the stadium watches the game and has access to all camera angles and let the on field referee know if there's been an era the system has been used at the confederations cup and the fee for under twenty world cup v.a.r.

was to be adopted in spain and is already being used in germany italy and the united states bought it has its critics some english premier league clubs are concerned about using the system all their lives manage a year can call up a pace to support it for sure it will take time if the premier league decides to introduce it and there will be a few more games when you think all that's really what you want and by the end i am still thinking it's all what we can do to make the decisions right helps the game. all right the associated press is global football writer robert harris joins me now on skype from london rob tell us about some of the concerns that people have rights to well i think it's those delays in the matches which are really upset some people get used to the fast flow of the game and those pauses particularly when like you saw the other night and hopkins going against got player scrolls and then

there was a delay waits for find of our page the goal and then the plants looked at the celebrations but the question for the last is well itself is whether it is worth having those delays to install that roll the injustices yeah how successful has it been in other countries that have had it and already using it yeah we've seen trials in leeds such as the area in the bundesliga major league soccer which is about to resume its season and its national focus a station board where they don't want to use all the balls of the guy accuracy is going up from ninety three percent to ninety nine percent so there is an effect but with it as a technology develops there are going to be sort of a lot of that is around the communication just the lack of awareness of why decisions that when that means they can and just how the process is working so it seems like they just need a little bit more practice really. could also be used in in

a medical context to tell us more about that. yes i was in sochi this week in russia for our welcome meetings and while there is going to be an additional of an extension of replays which is each team will be able to have a second doctor in the reviews and stands and they will be able to sort of assess injuries particularly heavy impact injuries and check for concussion and relate that diagnosis to the doctor who could be on the pitch or actually attending to the player and this is all of intended to actually play a welfare it just shows how the first time the very same technology after many years of resisting it on the set yesterday actually that that is to suit the vols at the world cup but i think that the household it is ensuring the referees and officials using but are actually experienced in it because of the world cup you're not going to want people who are sort of learning on the job at this decision that's happening on saturday in the next come coming out as it's ready and rubber

stamping of putting far into the rules but it's still going to be down to the leagues isn't it whether they sell on alt. yes lation most of us about there are actually already go through a presentation that be run through the various trials that are going on ultimately this decision stays about whether bars and the rules of football it is then for each competition including the first look up organizer to verify and earn if they want to use the for sure would use the walk up the city in buckets or a thief or council meeting in the next few weeks but the premier league and the champions league by the way for but not resisting at the moment they don't want to be the ones who are experiencing these two you can drop them in the glitches as. they want to leave others to make those mistakes and gives an indication about where us around some games and some in the game some of the biggest competition is just. as the process is developed all right rob harris thanks very much for your

thoughts on a are it's. when i v.a.r. technology in use on saturday in the english premier league where liverpool have a chance to squeeze into second place even if it's just temporary if they beat newcastle they'll go point ahead of manchester united who don't play until monday but they also have tottenham breathing down their necks spurs a currently fourth just two points behind liverpool as they host huddersfield town ramage would have the chance to make up some ground on the spanish league leaders barcelona later their fifteen points behind in third place as they take on had cafe rails defeat against espanyol midweek made it the cubs face the loss of the season with barcelona not in action until sunday mail's coach insists there's still a chance for his team to take the title. no i mean i'm in no mood to do some ok looking i'm not interested in what they're going to do but let me tell you that league is always going to be there for all of us you all might think the league is

decided even we can think so but no never in football we just need to get into our heads that the league or games we have ahead of us are important every day over in the n.b.a. the oklahoma city thunder went up against the phoenix suns hoping to avoid a fourth straight defeat russell westbrook turned around the dundas fortunes the reigning m.v.p.'s scored forty three points he also had fourteen rebounds and eight assists that the thunder winning this one hundred twenty four to one hundred and sixteen. german cyclist christina vogel has won a record equalling eleventh women's well title at the world track championships in the netherlands she beat australia's stephanie morton to win gold in the women's sprint on friday this is vogels fourth gold medal in five years in the event and second in a row against the australian having won the team sprint on wednesday she's now level with anime is the most women's title to hit on by her home crowd as

dutch rider kirsten vale also won a second gold on friday the thirty five year old added the only in title to the swatch title she won on wednesday. it was a glorious night for the ivory coast at the world indoor athletics championships in birmingham friday as they wanted gold and silver in the women's sixty meters muriel her crossed the line first in the world leading time six point nine seven seconds to win first ever gold medal the ivory coast world ingles it mary jo states to lose to cure the landmark one to. mean all there was a bizarre incident in one of the hates for the men's four hundred meters all five athletes in the heat were disqualified after one was dismissed for a false start to gold medal favorite braylon taplin of grenada won the race but he and his fellow can competitors were later disqualified for running out of their lanes greneda launched an appeal but it was rejected said it was the first time

every runner in a world championship race has been disqualified. and that is it was both of them really very much joe appreciate it well finally this bulletin the wetlands of providence provide a rich habitat for thousands of species of animals and plugs that among them japan's famous red crowned cranes who go there during the one to the numbers slowly recovering from the hunting and habitat destruction that pushed them to the brink of extinction. the conservationists helping to protect them or has his story of his own woods. imo somehow the other chief ranger of to do itto turn to a sanctuary. the red crown cranes or the largest birds in japan just one hundred forty centimeters tall the wingspan is two point four metres wide there are such dramatic birds and they're a symbol of long life and happiness the i know japan's indigenous people name then

sudden come in the god of the wetlands they believe that animals are sacred. from around the middle of february the birds begin to perform the courtship dance young birds seek partners and couples raising children dance in unison they raise their head high about to one another flap their wings run around and make many gestures it's mesmerizing they can never get enough of. these birds used to thrive across the ohio region and migrated to the mainland. but by the early one thousand nine hundred over hunting and destruction of their habitat from rampant land development caused a decline in their population at one point they were believed to have been extinct the cranes still here today are believed to originate from a handful that survived in the wetlands or spring water kept the river from freezing. local farmers first spotted them plucking corn in their fields and gave

their own food to save the wintering cranes that's how the feeding began and their numbers gradually began to recover yes it's a moving history we followed up on their effort and continued to provide a stable feeding ground when our institution was founded thirty years ago there were about four hundred cranks now there are eighteen hundred. i'm so relieved when they come back to us in winter it's good to know they were well and raise their children safely it feels like reuniting with family feeding is crucial for wintering cranes and we need to keep it. but they're wild birds and they shouldn't get too used to us that's why i do my job carefully even if i want to show them how much i care i remind myself to keep a distance. their numbers continue to grow but there are downsides to think about as the birds can die coming too close to him and they can also cause agricultural

damage beyond the sanctuary we have to lessen these incidents and their dependence on us and let them thrive in the wild. and that does it for the us out of ai news out bashing benefit as head of the not a full list bulletin just a couple of minutes thank you very much for watching. a lame. to. meet.

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