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 dry river beds like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country have been truly unable to escape the war. this is. i know there are more of this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes president bashar assad says the syrian bombardment of eastern goods

will continue. governing body loses control of parliament in national elections but as counting continues there's no clear winner. investigation and interference in the u.s. presidential election extends to include the united arab emirates. and south korea prepares to send a senior delegation to north korea for two days of talks. the u.s. has accused russia of killing civilians in syria. saying it carried out twenty bombings a day late last month is the white house the strongest accusation to date of russia's role in a government offensive on the rebel held enclave more than six hundred forty people have been killed over the past two weeks syrian president bashar al assad has vowed to continue with the strikes but at the same time he says. troops will open the way

for civilians to leave he's also denied using chemical weapons but four hundred thousand people are trapped inside it with little food and basic supplies assad has called such descriptions a ridiculous lie by the west he says his army is making progress against what he calls terrorists for there is no contradiction between our troops and the combat operations the advancement of yesterday and the day before by the arab syrian army took place in the midst of this truce that's why when we speak about the resolution there are some positives that allow for the achievement of humanitarian goals at the same time as allowing us to get the terrorists this is why we have to continue with our operation while at the same time allowing civilians to leave and while the rebels say they've made some gains against our forces. today we regained control of some territory after fierce battles the regime used scorched

earth policy after failing for four months to achieve any progress through ground fighting russian and syrian airliners bombs the area intensively using helicopters so we count attacked with rates. when we were the un is sounding the alarm saying the collective punishment of civilians is simply unacceptable so how to reports from beirut in neighboring lebanon. pro-government forces are advancing inside eastern huta since friday they've seized at least ten percent of the one hundred ten square kilometer enclave they are moving in from the eastern side forcing people to pack whatever they can and move to other areas away from the front lines people are seeking shelter in towns closer to the center this placement is adding to their suffering. the ground offensive began just over a week ago the territory taken is not heavily populated it's mainly farmlands which

are hard to defend pro-government forces want to control the do mushy phony out road which would cut rebel supply lines cut off the main town of duma and split the opposition held pocket in half. the assault is not just from the ground airstrikes and shelling are targeting towns throughout the besieged rebel stronghold the bombing may have lessened since the five hour daily pause in the fighting ordered by the russian government came into effect on tuesday but civilians continue to be killed. it's one of the deadliest offensives in the almost eight year conflict the death toll is now more than six hundred fifty rebels have been retaliated by firing mortars into the syrian capital killing almost thirty people in the past two weeks the ability of the opposition to threaten damascus is one of the reasons why the pro-government alliance wants to recapture eastern huta it is the last major opposition controlled area close to the government seat of

power if pro-government forces take it then there will be only one small pocket of territory south of the capital out of the government's control and the pro-government alliance is making it clear not only in its words but in its actions that it is not ready to compromise and it is pushing for a military victory despite pleas from humanitarian organizations aid hasn't reached the almost four hundred thousand people believed to be in eastern huta the united nations was hoping to deliver food and medical supplies on sunday now it says that won't happen this isn't the first time restricting humanitarian access to a besieged population has been used as a weapon of war. senator bayh lieut. honestly early exit polls of general election suggest there is no clear when that none of the parties are expected to reach the threshold needed to form a government but exit polls in italy have been wrong before and counting is still

underway so let's take a look at how the vote works and what's at stake let's the first general votes in the new electoral law came into force which encourages parties to form coalitions before the vote six hundred thirty seats in the lower house and three hundred fifteen in the senate are up for grabs one third of that will be decided by a winner takes all bases in individual can fit and fichman sees the rest will depend on the number of votes each party gets the main parties include the anti-establishment five star movement with thirty one year old luigi de mayo as the leader former prime minister silvio berlusconi's center right for the italian party and the anti immigration legal party led by the tail salvini. that the barber is following the story for us and joins us from rome where the five star movement is gathered so nadeem how were the result shaping up how well has the five star done. well judging by the cheer that went up in

a room next to where i'm standing here at a hotel that the party has hired out very well indeed exceeding expectations those expectations were high because even going into the vote they were all the opinion polls suggested they'd be that the biggest single party in italy and now an initial projection is saying that they may have taken thirty three percent of the national vote now fact turns out to be correct. that's based on a partial count so it's slightly more indicative than what you were saying the exit polls. then that could mean that the party is in a decent position to become the largest bloc in parliament but far short of having a majority and being able to form a government still everybody's wondering exactly how the footsie a tally

a policy of silvio berlusconi and his allies the lego party led by matteo salvini have done with their another party the brothers of italy they have got a joint platform and they think that they'll be in a position to govern but they may well fall fall short as well of the forty percent threshold in parliament to be able to to form a government so what people are saying is that if all of those opinion polls approved virtually more or less corrects what we're looking at these days if not weeks of talks of bargain making between all of these blocks of course some of them. are just beyond the pale but some policies for example the center left democratic party have nots. definitely ruled out going into some kind of government with the center right. i mean that would be really something that i think would

make a lot of italian voters quite cynical but it's a possibility ok i mean it's a five star success that indicates doesn't it just how fed up the talents of many italians are with their politics but just as what are the themes have dominated the election. one of five stars historic figures since it came into being less than a decade ago has been fighting corruption it was well known as a euro skeptic party and promised. they'd push for a referendum on e.u. membership and the euro currency but they've actually toned that down considerably they're much less euro skeptic than they used to be the most euro skeptic party is the lego and they very for example say that they want to start expelling many of the hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants that

have arrived in italy in the last few years so immigration has been a big theme across many of the parties or vote five star recently have shied away from talking about that perhaps wherry of putting off more leftwing votes is that after also the economy many of the parties promising to. bring into place a basic minimum income five star for example say that they would guarantee that everybody would get an income of one thousand dollars a month economists asking where will the money come from but for the moment it seems to be working at least among a section of the of the electorate ok nadine bomb for the moment we'll leave it there we'll keep checking back aim again as those results keep coming in. now us media is reporting the investigation into russian interference the twenty six thousand election has widened to include the influence of the united arab emirates

you know time says the f.b.i. has been questioning george neda an american lebanese businessman who is the device's the crown prince of the u.a.e. special counsel robert muller as the original focus was on contacts between donald trump's campaign and russia and s. america is covering this for us she joins us now from washington so dan tell us more about this widening prize. well what this means is it doesn't look like this investigation this special investigation by special counsel robert mueller is going to go away any time soon and he's not only now looking at whether or not russia had any influence on the election and on the white house but whether other countries do as well and this brings us to this george nader this lebanese american businessmen and cushion or the president's son in law an advisor and later has been a frequent visitor to the white house and he's had meetings with jared question or

so that raises a few red flags this past week here and cushion or had his security is top secret security clearance stripped of him while the f.b.i. continues a background check and one of the things that's raised a red flag is cushion or families deep business ties around the world and whether or not he could be susceptible to influence by an outsider like a george nader and today on one of the sunday talk shows a prominent senator raise that question as well and has deep concerns about jared cushion or if it's true it's damning if it's true or has to go for many of us the fall of the middle east closely we could not understand why the trumpet ministration was so firmly taking the saudi side in this dispute between the saudis the immoralities and the qataris because the united states has very important interests in qatar at the top of the list are thousands of u.s. troops that are stationed in

a base there and so to so firmly take the side of the saudis against the countries potentially resulting in the downward spiral of the qatari economy put thousands of americans at risk. and there were media reports this past week that the president was looking to have his chief of staff john kelly oust jared kosher and his daughter a volga jared's wife from the oval office this could potentially pave the way for that ok di many thanks for the update on that probe. now saudi arabia's crown prince is in cairo for a three day visit is mohamed bin solomon's first foreign trip since becoming crown prince last year then fly on to meet with leaders in the u.s. and the u.k. saudi arabia and egypt are among the countries that imposed a blockade on cattle last june i shall bear is following developments from doha. this is one hundred percent man's first foreign trip as crown prince of saudi

arabia and people might wonder why did he choose egypt as the first leg of the trip well from a sandy perspective there are two serious challenges in the region first of all iran which the saudis consider almost like an existential threat and the war in yemen which continues with no indication that it might come to an end anytime soon so for the saudis the only way to contain iran's growing influence and to win the war in saudi arabia they need to rely on a strong ally in the region and this explains why they have been pouring billions of dollars into the gypsum economy and providing strong political assistance to the president of the c.c. if you look at the events shuttle during that three day visit crown prince mohammed bin so many is going to meet with pope who was the second leader of the coptic christians in egypt and this is quite significant because crown prince will have a bias and i would like to show that he is young more to break into from

a long tradition of strict interpretation of islam that has been prevailing in saudi arabia for decades he's going also to attend a performance of the opera in cairo along with the president at the has sisi. only recently saudi arabia decided to invest sixty one billion dollars into intertainment industry in the kingdom and this is quite important for saudi leader because he says who wants to introduce major changes in the society and diversify the economy he basically wants to be seen as a young leader who is going to change science eurabia. democrats backed another coalition with.

north korea for two days of talks on monday as a response to an invitation for me to kim jong un sister when she attended the winter olympics in south korea last month. the delegation is being led by two ministry level intelligence officials one of them an expert in u.s. korean relations the other an expert in into korean relations so it seems this delegation has a jewel purpose first of all of exploring the possibility of dialogue between pyongyang and washington but also looking at what is the next step in into korean relations with the anticipated visit perhaps by a south korean president moon jay into north korea following on from the invitation

that was extended by kim jong un sr attending the opening of the winter olympics the team will be in pyongyang for two days of talks will then return to seoul to brief officials here and then go straight on to washington to brief and their written officials the process does point up the differences in approach between south korea and the united states to north korea the u.s. position is still that north korea should commit itself to denuclearize ation before negotiations or dialogue starts increasingly it seems the south korean position is one of pragmatism that dialogue itself should be entered into and see where it goes there are concerns among more hawkish conservative elements here and also in the united states that north korea might be using this whole process of

trying to get around the sanctions which many people believe are beginning to bite and trying to undermine the whole process of maximum pressure china's leaders are defending their plans to scrap term limits on the presidency which would allow a siege in pink to will indefinitely and they did have a shattering this year's gathering of parliament. don according to the constitution of the chinese communist party there's no such provision as to nor more than two successive terms the general secretary and the chairman of the central military commission of the party. there's no such cause of no more that two terms for the chairman of the central military commission for the country and the constitution of china so if we pose the similar clause in the constitution for the terms of the presidency its can juicer to upholding the authority of the central committee of the party with comrade xi jinping at the core and also to unify

leadership also will help strengthen and improve the country's governance. reports from beijing. in the ceremonial heart of beijing china's political season is about to start but it will be different this year delegates to the national people's congress are being asked to do something they've never had to before approve a change to the constitution that restricts presidents to two terms dissenting voices are rare in today's china yet in the run up to this n.p.c. there's been token criticism over the proposed amendment. most of the modern countries in the world adopt this two term presidency that's why people find it unbelievable that if she is going to stay in power more than two terms president she is likely to get his way the n.p.c. is viewed as a largely rubber stamp body controlled by the ruling communist party and has never

voted down a proposal from party leaders. the change will further consolidate she's power as he's also party chief and head of the military and in october his name was in shrines in the constitution elevating him to the status of chairman mao like president xi jinping wants to make his country great again and he often talks about the rejuvenation of the chinese nation he now believes he's the only leader that can make that happen there are no opinion polls in china so it's not possible to gauge what the public thinks about all of this a few people in beijing though were willing to share their views and surprisingly they weren't all positive. when they were out of miami or dallas. this hasn't happened in china or other countries before if you change the constitution itis that is back to the old days when i living back when. he should be president for

more than two terms even he serves seeks i would support him. china today is a one party state dominated now by one man adrian brown al-jazeera beijing germany's social democrats have voted to approve their party going into another coalition giving the conservative chancellor angela merkel a fourth term in office and brings an end to a month of political uncertainty that many in the party aren't happy to propping up another government from berlin dominic cain reports for much of the past six months since the federal election failed to find a clear winner the social democrats have appeared divided stuck between the ideological desire to oppose angle america's and the pragmatic need for germany to have a stable government on sunday the party's grass roots had their say. it. will not annoy on the eyes it's thousand two hundred thirty nine thousand six hundred

four is speedy members voted yes one hundred twenty three thousand three hundred twenty nine in speedy members voted no this represents a two thirds yes vote and one third of those. this was a decision of the head not the heart many members agonized over their choice some feared how the electorate will perceive another grand coalition in the weeks leading up to the vote the party youth movement was vociferously opposed saying election losers should lick their wounds and not work with angle america but the politician who is likely to be the next finance minister welcomed sunday's result. we now have clarity s.p.d. will join the next government our party did not make this decision lightly this will now give us the strength we need to move forward as a party in government and to put our country on the right path. but some analysts believe it's questionable whether that path will benefit the social democrats long term brand is social justice but it has to be more in order to actually be over

twenty over thirty percent because what they're claiming for they still want to be a fights and what does that label mean it actually means or how is it defined thirty percent and more of the vote and they're far away from that in the end the party's members have decided to put the interests of the country above the interests of their party but the point to make here as they contemplate another coalition with anglo-american christian democrats is it's now many many years since their party has been in a position to win an election and to provide the chancellor as a social democrats dominant came al-jazeera. mountain climbers have recovered the black boxes of the iranian plane that crashed two weeks ago killing all sixty six people on board the flight recorders have now been handed over to investigators experts will analyze them after legal procedures are finished the twin engine asked

a man airlines plane which was on its way from tehran to yesterday crashed into the zagros mountains in for here. and there people remain without electricity in the u.s. says the cleanup begins from a powerful storm in the country's northeast storm riley pulled down trees and power lines across several states that's being blamed for at least nine deaths including two children large scale power outages continue in new york new jersey virginia and maryland journalists from nepal's largest newspaper have been charged with contempt of court after they published stories that were critical of the chief justice the case against the counter pour daily is being seen as an attack on press freedom so being a chef the has more from the capital katmandu. riot police were deployed outside the supreme court as representatives of the parts of largest newspaper the county daily arrived for the hearing security was tight and court authorities strict about

who else would be allowed in so the sharma's the newspapers editor. and this is not only a case of conduct but of the larger case of priest freedom in nepal this will set a precedent on how widely ordinarily the constitutional guarantee of free speech will be understood. because people daily published a series of reports alleging that the parts chief justice but actually used fake documents and falsified his date of birth the mandatory age retirement is sixty five the chief justice says that these stories are a tad on the judiciary system with imaginary facts and objectionable language the supreme court however already has an ongoing investigation against the chief justice on the alleged charges of fake documents. chief justice perjury had issued an order for the newspaper to appear on charges of contempt of court he also ordered the press council

a press watchdog body with government appointed members to presents a news against him constitutional experts say this sets a dangerous trend. is very important to know. even if. there may be some sort of. respect for those views of those coming in with regard to this pronouncement with regard to. all due previously but i actually sat on his own case despite being implicated in it do other judges presided on sunday the hearing was adjourned until monday it's been a stressed out is era government. so i have here on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu set to meet at the white house on monday we'll tell you what's on the agenda plus. the.

final making a comeback in colombia where thousands of latin music lovers have gathered for the annual college. and the first man to break the four minute mile has died his story coming up in sports. welcome back and look at the weather across the americas now we've got some really heavy snowfall to contend with across some of the northern plains united states into the canary and prairie's frontal system extends further south and as a move the forecasts are in to choose they see the snow pushing further towards the east the cold air beginning to feed this way in and this frontal system had me across parts of the south still droit during choose day for new york meanwhile out

across the west it should be improving seattle looking at highs of eleven and fine across the southwest was long los angeles coming in at twenty five degrees into central parts of america has been looking pretty quiet over recent days some very fine weather conditions here and that's how it continues the risk of showers is pretty low all way through central america and indeed for the islands of the caribbean the weather conditions continue to look fine with temperatures in the high twenty's and more or less unbroken sunshine for many areas so it's not too well on that region that's moved down into south america where we've got some heavy showers still affecting parts of prue and down through bolivia and into northern parts of argentina paraguayan still seeing a little bit of rain and some showers still expected for rio de janeiro further south is looking generally draw around the river plate region but the flow count for the south is turning cooler and what a series with a high here of twenty three. forced to be displaced by their governments in one nine hundred twenty three. it was very

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and again you're watching out of there as reminder of our top stories this hour the u.s. has accused russia of killing civilians in syria's besieged eastern saying it carried out twenty bombings a day last month as the white house the strongest accusation to date of russia's role in the government offensive on the rebel held. three early exit polls of the general election suggest there's no clear winner none of the parties are expected to reach the threshold needed to form a majority government. and us media is reporting special prosecutor robert well as investigation into russian interference in the twenty sixteen election has widened

to include the united arab emirates the new york times says the f.b.i. has been questioning george later american lebanese businessman as an advisor to the crown prince of the u. a e. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is meeting with u.s. president donald trump in washington on monday to discuss a middle east peace deal and iran's nuclear program that he departed israel on sunday leaving behind swirling accusations of corruption u.s. israel ties of warm since trump came to power last year trump recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel and said it relocate the u.s. embassy there. mohamed always is a palestinian american playschool analysts and joins us from washington d.c. good to have you with us so this is the fifth meeting between thank you amr and netanyahu in the key issue one of the key issues of course will be tom's middle east peace plan do you think we're going to expect any announcement on that

you know or i think all these visits and all what we are hearing from from tel aviv and from washington about tomorrow and the meeting between both netanyahu has nothing to do with peace or with politics or diplomacy these guys are in trouble both of them are under investigation and they have no time to do anything but don't muddy the waters in order to save their skin but a plan no doubt will be released whatever the motives behind it at some point in the coming months what do you think it's going to say and what can be the reaction to it. peace between who and who i mean and the people who work for trump in basically jason blatt david friedman. and nikki haley all of them are more settlers and more more

zionists than the israelis themselves and they have not spoken to the palestinians since they took office they have not spoken to any meaningful country except the countries who are and what i call prompts arabs they are talking to people who are plotting with donald trump in order to give israel what israel wants another piece the issue here is nobody is negotiating with their party to the issue which is the palestinians that palestinians are being marginalized they talk about the deal of the century but they're not talking to anybody who counts so what i see both people i'm talking about netanyahu and both of them are sinking and i don't think they have time to do anything except to talk about projects and their projects that they are not going to be able to fulfill and to get to continue in their offices as long as they can it is not for the palace and yes it's not for

peace for the sake of and then you are only ok and another means that both leaders are going to see as a welcome distraction is the u.s. embassy to jerusalem a date has been set that date has to take the sense of once and for the palestinians. it's a dangerous one to not just sensitive on the day on the date of seventy years of occupy in palestine here they are moving the embassy to jerusalem meaning that. the facts the changing of the facts on the ground and trying to say it's over to you dave whatever is put on the table it is not what rightfully yours said they are telling the palestinians that they tell it telling the arabs and the muslim world unfortunately the muslim world is busy if i may quickly the arab world especially the arab world is busy fighting each other a blockade in qatar blockading gaza paying money to the israelis helping trump

without asking for anything for the arabs or the palestinians or resolving the issues that have dogged the area for more than seventy years and there's certainly been a lot of upsets in the middle east sense that chunk came to power but how interested is he really in the region. trampas and that i said and mr trump himself interested in money and the rest and making money from the arabs and joining in with the israelis in order to open the gulf area with with their money where their money is he is talking about normalizing relations between certain arab countries let me say mainly saudi arabia and the united arab emirates who are working with him but he does not he is starting to realize that his interest is growing and their interest is going to die as long as the special investigator in the united states states is going after all the people who worked

for him and who are working for him let's remember that about sixty four percent of the people who came in from new york with mr trump to the white house already designed already have been either convicted or of the blood guilty. misleading investigators about the money trail that the drug dealing with money big money with mohamed bin site and the emirates and the sea shell islands and with the israelis and billions of dollars that are being investigated now both of them. netanyahu and i think this is all what what the whole last year was about money and about corruption both of them are corrupt and i'm afraid they're not going to be able to deliver anything to the middle east or to america in the near future ok if i am sixty feet two thanks for joining us from washington d.c.

thank you. hundreds of miramar soldiers are refusing to leave the bangladesh border area where they've been since last week minerals government says they're staying because of intelligence reports of an imminent attack refugees critics say the troops presence is intimidation and proof that repatriation to miramar is not an option charlotte dallas reports. this sprawling koos prolong camp near the bangladesh meum our border home to nearly six hundred thousand ranger refugees the majority have arrived since august. of one refugee who witnessed the influx is kemal hussein has lived here since he was two his parents also fled violence some e.m.r. in the ninety's. my concern was people are coming to bangladesh who'd never been here before they don't know the place they don't know anyone they don't know the roads where to go what to eat where to sleep i want i want i want them for all

we have the smic in october after he saved up a missing persons birth in the scramble for survival into bangladesh many refugees became separated and disoriented he reminded some seven hundred families in the first two months. has closed the birth it's no longer needed ranjan no longer stream over the border a sibling into cooper long camp is hard just like he did some twenty years ago. my concern is i've been living here since one thousand nine hundred ninety eight a came from burma when i was only a child now i'm twenty eight i'm still here what will happen to those who are coming now i believe they'll suffer more. in the emma and bangladesh governments have been negotiating over a petrie ation deal that would return more than seven hundred thousand russian jets but critics say is not an honest broker the government has deflected accusations of ethnic cleansing and even genocide and cannot be trusted to re home the very people

it pushed out they say the latest troop build up on the border is a hostile message for the revenger the whole purpose of forcibly event during and destroying the communities over rangers across the northern arc on is to make sure that like you know burma. no longer has ranger as a group and so why would. take the you know nearly one million rangers back. in just say they wouldn't return anyway until they have a guarantee of safety compensation for the destroyed villages and citizenship suddenly not be denied for thirty five years. they live dish remain said one million revenge are entirely dependent on handouts following commercial making crucial long kept their home charlotte dallas. a week after

a deadly quake struck the highlands of papua new guinea nearly one hundred fifty thousand people remain in need of emergency supplies damaged roads and landslides have stopped the plenty of aid to the country's isolated communities the quake destroyed or damaged the homes around seven thousand people after others in the region are in desperate need of food water and sanitation often wrong as a journalist and blogger on the ground about a new kenyan he says much of the jam it is in remote areas. essentially we're talking about people in. very difficult mountain terrain tropical rain forest communities that isolated. connections. and so we're talking about. this case you mention about one hundred fifty thousand people in the community since we literally infrastructure very good.

but you know faster security forces remain on high alert after a man was shot dead was attempting to storm a row block near the presidential compound it comes just two days after sixteen people were killed and twenty attacks on the military headquarters of the french embassy the violence is part of what's an increasingly tense situation in the western style region of central africa because huck reports from ouagadougou. the moment american special forces are ambushed in asia to hell this is footage from and i still affiliate dated from last october. under fire the american soldiers run for cover behind their vehicles there are a number of times. the gun battle last several minutes before they're all shot dead . in birkenau faso prayers for the victims of another attack on friday fighters dressed in army uniforms attacked the french embassy in the routine of us army headquarters the attack was coordinated by another group known as jamaat

. well the muslimeen but the aim is the same to attack countries and soldiers currently fighting in the same. way. we're not surprised with what's going on but we feel sad and see so many people die like this why do they want to kill so many of us. brooklyn afonso along with new share molly more tina and chad are deploying troops in the region as part of a multi nation fighting force led by friends their goal is to gain control of territories that are in the hands of rebel groups. the last month there's been a series of coordinated attacks targeting u.n. french and african troops in mali many including civilians have been killed. in a statement the group behind friday's attack warned the government not to get involved in the fighting. in want to do you know forces capital the army and security forces are on high alert three men on a motorcycle tried to force their way through

a military checkpoint by the presidential palace early on sunday morning one of the men were shot down the two other are on the loose many here fear that the fighting that once took place hundreds of kilometers away in this hour hell is coming closer churning wanted to move into a new battleground. the prime minister says the situation has turned into a war imposed on them that. the people have but to keep faith in our government in our institutions so that we as a common force can reach out our enemies while diploma ruth prays for peace the united states is tipping up its operations backing friends following last october's attack an armed surveillance drones deployed from an american base in the air will be replaced with armed ones the fighting is intensifying the front line is expanding and can no longer be ignored.

macedonia is a process to against a name change deal with greece thousands of demonstrations organized by the we are macedonia movement gathered under the statue of. the great subjects of the country's use of the name macedonia arguing it implies territorial claims over greece's northern reaches of the same name the two countries have agreed to step up un broken to solve the decades old dispute. the red carpet has been rolled out for hollywood's biggest night of the air the nineteenth annual academy awards are due to begin shortly in los angeles and this year's awards have been overshadowed by claims of sexual harassment and cool to see more women represented in the industry. the shape of. race with thirteen nominations so all eyes will be on best director the only female nominee for her film there you can see all the great the good gathering on the red carpet

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perception if you were to design a propaganda system you could not build a better plan than facebook. for documentaries debates and discussion this country that was once that the wealthiest in the region what went wrong how did we get to this point alex years ago. parlous boresome have tatyana. thank you very much italian football is in a state of shock the captain of that club fit and tina a study has been found dead

to end his team's hotel before bag game the thirty one year old who also played in the italian national team was expected to play against the nesa couldn't tina say he died of a sudden illness all top flight games in italy have been postponed on sunday. the league released a statement saying it was shocked by the tragic news and even italy's former prime minister pause during the country's the elections to tweet this it seems impossible i'm in a state of disbelief and i cry with his family and all for fear of a goodbye captain. spanish league leaders barcelona are also paying paid tribute to our story ahead of their big game with athletico madrid both teams held a minute's silence at the nou camp to express their condolences barcelona went on to extend their lead at the top of the league table beating a second place athletico one million are messy with the irony goal of the game making it his six hundredth career goal. in the english premier league men just

a city have now gone eighteen points clear at the top of the table thirty were winners against chelsea on sunday but not a silver giving pep guardiola team a one nil victory the most cut dutch international footballer of all time with lee schneider who can really play football for africa in qatar has called time on his international career started out at i accept before going on to represent some of europe's biggest clubs including israel madrid to enter milan and a gala tathra he helped his country and the netherlands reach the world cup final in two thousand and ten and also the semifinals in twenty fourteen he turned out one hundred thirty three times for his country. roger bannister who was the first man to run a mile in under four minutes has died at the age of eighty eight the president of the international athletics federation fed kokoda a day of intense sadness for all of us an athletics at least home and takes

a look back at his incredible sporting achievement. roger bannister of the british one out recalled how that lines up with five other runners for the rights which ended by making history. but it's rare for a sportsman to rate define what the human body can achieve the when roger bannister became the first man to run a mile in and of two minutes impossible became the music of the hour together twenty five year old bannister took the lead with an amazing best of speed he went on to achieve a bad record of a mile in under five minutes so i'd have to have me travel far to get the three minute fifty nine point four second performance on a rainy day in oxford thrust him onto the global stage in one thousand nine hundred fifty four it also became a symbol of britain's emergence from the post-war years and change the perception of a major sports in the era i think that it's second that if you think thank you ma'am the one that made him in for you tonight you think it was second to find somebody

else in the world at seven times the lead it five so. he was right there the record lasted just forty six days a strongly and john landy batted it by a second and the pay would be long time rivals in august of nine hundred fifty four they sank stones at the british empire and commonwealth games invite result in a rice that became known as the miracle mile that is two wins by far your was bannister later returned to his medical studies to become a new role in just the decades he saw those four minutes as nothing more than an interlude the delight he successful quickly but he remained a respected identity in running and would often reflect on his achievements there was this magic about. sabbatical lapse of one minute each and it was just something which caught the public of my generation bannister

was diagnosed with parkinson's disease in twenty eleven and ultimately it was complications brought on by the neurological disorder the brought his history making life to an end a legacy that already carried for more than six decades will continue even longer delays homan just zero. while one thousand five hundred metres isn't quite a full mile but it was one of the gold medal events on sunday at the world indoor championships and burning in ethiopia samuel to federer finished in three minutes fifty eight point one nine seconds that was two tenths of a second faster than poland's maryland down. of morocco completed the podium. if you appeared dominated the three thousand meters to your move could gel church gold while selling men better go was second kenya's best for bergen made a clean sweep on the podium for east african nations african domination continued in the women's eight hundred meters as france in the first place for second place

would go to american a.g. wilson britton shalane asking clarke took bronze there was a gold medal for the united states as their women won first place in the four by four hundred meters relay corner of his georgia and myleene she kimber wimbley and cornea carlo finishing ahead of poland and the ukraine in the men's four by four hundred meter relay it took a wild indoor record time for poland to take first place doing so ahead of the united states and belgium in the women's long the gold medal was won by a van with the fun of it of serbia who leapt a world leading distance of six point nine six meters brittney reese of the u.s. was second with germany's fifteen morgan are inferred. there was something up for the home crowd to cheer for as the won gold in the men's sixty meter hurdles his season's best time of seven point four six seconds enough to beat out america's jarrett eaton and france's are all monger. now doping scandals don't just affect

russian olympic athletes the world's most famous dog sled race founded felt under scrutiny when doc that last year's event tested positive for a banned painkiller shallop last report by the organizer thing competitive and now hoping to put that and more behind them as they set off on the i detroit trail in africa. the. sled dogs in their drivers are off on the idea they've got sixteen hundred kilometers ahead of them and came to distance themselves from dog door ping and davis. this is the world's most famous dog sled race and for the first time in its history dogs failed drug tests for animals belonging to last year's runner up bella c.v. to suppose for a bad painkiller tramadol c.v. who has won the race four times denied doping his dogs he wasn't on the start line and protest i'm one who believes we've got will go another forty three years before

the next don't bring scandal and this will be remembered as the year that. anomaly happened. organizers have their own obstacles to navigate beyond doping have lost a major sponsor and are under pressure from animal rights advocates following the death of five dogs last year there's always going to be and i did arrive. we've i consider this more of. a growing process than anything else this year's race starts alaska's biggest city and courage and will take the southern route thanks to heavy snow passing through twenty three checkpoints including the races namesake i did her old to end in the remarks bering sea community of norm it's expected to take the winner nine days. sixty seven mushes will drive about one thousand dogs to the finish line going all night through all weather determined

to leave this year's scandals behind them charlotte dallas. australia is just one wicket away from victory in the first cricket test against south africa and in all of these were all out for two hundred twenty seven leaving the south africans with a target of four hundred seventeen to win the test eight in markham scored one hundred forty three but most of his teammates paris mitchell started four wickets as the home team were left reeling two hundred ninety three for nine at the close of play. and so before for now more later how come his music scene is usually dominated by pop solemn alumina and check cara but in the city of cali thousands of people gather every year to celebrate the old school vinyl record and revel in the region's unique sounds from cali as under our m.p.'s he reports. scoring the beans searching for devon missing records or a rare treasure it might seem like a relic from a bygone age but not for the thousands who crowd columbia's traditional meeting of

music lovers and collectors. it's our twenty sixth year it's a calling for all lovers of latin music salsa afro cuban all united by the same passion salsa music and vinyl records for six consecutive days fans about for a caribbean music gather to trade stories i think is an lp. they kept coming as the analog formats was replaced by see these first then digital and they're still at it now that finally seeing a worldwide resurgence. it's an old format which was presumed dead but it refuses to go away and actually it's coming back with force people are dusting off the records they had stored away the passion is back just. like the way i was albums go for just a few us dollars to up to two hundred seventy some cases even more than one thousand u.s.

dollars depending on how rare it is or how highly sought after by collectors and it's not only old nostalgics the an able man this is part of a group of young salsa music aficionado's who arrived from new york she says these albums also remind her of her father and the older crowd me i shared that experience and when i moved to new york i was more into things by the end of dinner where everything. i think are breaking me thankfully on beer or motorhome that in america was country so go be an explosive that i've heard pretty much every minute yeah i want to tell you that some i wrote for my life. as night falls the meeting he never did leave turns into a record playing party with people shaking my back because hitting on cowbells in there. seeing as collectors polished their soon to be player to rarities for the excited crowd. means to me the now proud owner of five thousands of them says it's

difficult to choose this favorite. they're all special to me but the music lover like the first the hardest for it runs in our blood like a disease. no doubt it's a contagious but cheerful illness and one that won't let you stand still. and just that you have gotten. it from me in this news hour but i want to back you just a moment more at the day's news forty.

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