hello. you're watching "gmt" on "bbc world news." i'm lucy hockings. our top stories, nato plans the biggest reenforcement of its collective excess since the end of the cold war. the 5,000 strong force is supposed to send a clear signal to russia. we speak to estonia's defense minister about his concerns about moscow's ambitions. the pilot who faced taipei as rescuers scour the river for 12 people still missing from the transasia plane crash, praise for the pilot, who apparently steered the plane away from high-rise buildings.

and abdullah is meeting the family of the pilot who was burnt to death by islamic state. they say the blood of muath al kaseasbeh will not be shed in plane. aaron looking at that big high-stakes meeting between the greek and german government. >> it's very likely the germans will just say, nein to greece's wish and things ronlare only getting worse for the new greek government because last night the european central bank says it's cutting off its chief funding for the country's banks. it's midday in london 7:00 a.m. in washington. and 1:00 p.m. in brussels where nato is expected to announce its biggest reinforcement since the end of the cold war. up to 5,000 troops will make up a rapid reaction force, ready to deploy at two days' notice.

this is, of course a response to fighting in ukraine, which has killed more than 5,000 people. nato says russia is sending troops into eastern ukraine. that's something, though that russia denies. let's take you straight over to brussels. we can join jonathan marcus who is there for us. jonathan? >> reporter: well, thank you. you're right, nato defense ministers are meeting here today, and this afternoon, they're going to formally announce the creation of this new spearhead force, as they're calling it 5,000 strong. that's the brigade in military terms. the advance movements will be able to move in two days to its eastern flank or southern flank, as crisis looms. britain is going to play a key role in the first year of that force, in 2017. it will be the same country. that means it will command it help organize it and britain will contribute about a thousand or so of those 5,000 troops. now, there are some countries

that are alarmed by what's going on in russia. all of the nato's allies are alarmed, but those most alarmed are those closest to russia's own borders. the estonian defense minister is with me now. you are a small country, you are clearly worried by what russia has done in ukraine. you feel that you may be in russia's sights at some point in the future. are you reassured by what nato is announcing today? >> oh, obviously, the russian's aggression against ukraine has made the situation europe wide but particularly in our region i believe. and it's very important that nato has taken steps to strengthen its presence in our region to revise the country's plans to positions, including some units. but one of the lessons learned on this crisis i believe, is that the warning time ahead of

any crisis is reduced to virtually zero. this means that nato will have to be at very high readiness and very high readiness task force is an important part of that readiness, as are the integration units, the command and control elements that will be put in place. >> you mentioned that these nato force integration units, that in layman's terms, small headquarters that will be set up in six countries, one of them your own country, what will your job be? >> basically, the task force will be deployed to to the eastern most allied territories regularly. to exercise together with host nations, troops and i think one of the -- an important part of this improved readiness will also be joint exercises that are held more regularly on a larger scale, all over the alliance

territory, including in the eastern most territories, and this will be responsible for actually coordinating all that. >> there's a lot of diplomacy going on as well at the moment. you've got the u.s. secretary of state in kiev the french president and german chancellor headed the for keyiev and moscowover themoscow over the next couple of days. there's also a rising debate about arming ukraine. the mood in the united states seems to be shifting significantly. some other european countries, like poland seem eager to help arm the ukrainians. where does georgia stand -- i'm sorry, where does estonia stand on this? >> well estonia is a very small country, with limited resources, but in principle, i'm very supportive of the idea that we should support ukraine on all the fronts. basically, what seems to be the hope of the kremlin today is that although sanctions are

hurting a weak rubel and low oil prices are hurting moscow you can wait it out. and he believes that ukraine may collapse before russia does. so i think it's very important to keep ukraine afloat to keep it from collapsing militarily or economically. >> thank you very much. lots of movement there, then, on both the diplomatic front, but nato taking the steps there to ensure that it can reinforce its allies on its flanks if crisis looms. with that back to you in london. >> thanks for joining us from brussels. well let's have a look now at what is happening on the ground in eastern ukraine, as that nato meeting has got underway. we know that yesterday, three people were killed. and many more were wounded when a shell hit a hospital in the rebel-held city of donetsk. fighting between government forces and pro-russian rebels has intensified in recent weeks. more than 200 people have been killed in the last month alone. so while there is still a huge

amount of concern about that fighting there is this ongoing diplomatic process, a flurry of international diplomacy taking place right now. you heard jonathan mention that the u.s. secretary of state, john kerry, is in kiev today, discussing the possibility of giving u.s. weapons to the ukrainian army. let's take you to david stern, who is there for us. david, this seems to almost be a done deal that something will happen. the u.s. will give some kind of weapons. do we know what kind of weapons they could possibly supply to ukraine? >> well difficult to say. and it should be said that it's still being discussed. the fact that it is in fact, being debated at the moment this is a major shift. because the obama administration has been very resistant to this idea. but now, we're hearing from officials, unnamed officials within the administration as well as others that they are debating this. but it hasn't taken place yet. and if it does take place, yes, the question is what type of weapons? one of the ones that's mentioned

most often is a javelin anti-tank missile. a very effective anti-tank missile. other things that people are talking about are anti-battery radar systems, which allows the ukrainians to pinpoint their responses to attacks on them. but, again, it's difficult to say again exactly what it will entail. one thing that people do emphasize, is that these will be what they call defensive weapons. these will be things that allow the ukrainians to repel attacks, but not necessarily go on the offensive. so we'll see exactly what that means. david, this escalation and the conflict of course is sort of ongoing with the civilian deaths every day. and now we've got the german chancellor, the french president, on their way to kiev as well. they say they've got a new plan to end the fighting. do we have any details of that? >> no lucy not yet. and of course everybody's watching with great interest to see what they've presented. because they say they've worked on it for the last day.

this is a proposal that they're going to present to mr. poroshenko and then to mr. putin, and then they'll see what the two sides' reaction is. but it should also be said that there's a great deal of i guess you can say, not entirely optimism, of skepticism. i spoke to one western diplomat here in kiev who announced the visit and said basically, it's going to be very difficult. and difficult, precisely, because the situation on the ground is getting so much worse. one gets the sense that time is running out. this may not be the last chance but the fact that the two leaders are coming unexpected like this does indicate the sense of concern that is growing in the european capital, that we may be reaching the point of no return. >> david, thanks for the update from kiev. bring you up to date with some other news now. al qaeda in yemen says a senior cleric was among four people killed in the recent u.s. drone strikes. this is in the south of the country. there's a statement that was posted on a twitter county run by the group.

it said that he died on saturday. he recently appeared in a video praising last month's "charlie hebdo" attack in france. sierra leone's chief medical officer has blamed the rise in ebola cases on the continued practice of unsafe burials. he is speaking after world health organization figures showed an increase in new cases in all three affected countries in west africa for the first time this year. one of america's most famous news presenters has apologized after it emerged a story he told about coming under fire in iraq was untrue. brian williams said he made a mistake when he recalled being in a helicopter that was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade. instead, he acknowledged he was in a helicopter behind the one targeted. america's taiwanese capital, taipei, has hailed as a hero the pilot of the aircraft that crashed in his city on

wednesday. the death toll would have been a lot higher if the plane would not have narrowly hissed buildings to come down in a river. 31 people are known to have died including the pilot. some of the 15 survivors have been talking about the terrifying moments went they thought the plane was in trouble. >> translator: i thought others were drowning but didn't move quickly enough to help them they soon would have been dead. >> i thought something wasn't right after the plane took off. the flight wasn't full. i told the people next to me that we should buckle our seat belts, hold on to the seats, and cover our heads, and then the plane went down. >> there one of the survivors. peter greste the australian journalist who was freed from an egyptian jail after 400 days has given his first full news conference. it took place shortly after he arrived in his hometown of brisbane. our correspondent, andrew harding, spoke to him, and they

began speaking about colleagues of al jazeera colleagues who remain in jail in egypt. >> obviously, i feel quite concerned, you know? it's tough leaving them behind. and there's a part of me that feels that maybe i should have dug my heels in out of solidarity, but, you know, it would have been the wrong choice. >> was there any explanation given as to -- >> no. >> no. i don't know what was involved in the negotiations or the discussions. i don't know. all i was told is it's time to go. that's it. >> at what point did it sink in? >> i think when we got out at the airport. i was given an armed escort all the way to the airport, although that isn't quite the way these things usually work, and then at the airport they said good-bye you're on your own you know? shook my hand. there were some australian embassy officials who were with us, and took me from there and that was it. and when they left i kind of

thought, hmm, maybe this really is happening. we made a very conscious effort to look after ourselves, you know physically intellectually, spiritually. i tried very hard to keep fit. we set up a fitness program for ourselves. >> you're looking good. >> thanks very much! i'm actually feeling pretty good. you know, we did the sorts of things that everyone promises they're going to do every new year's eve, but we kind of stuck it out, because we knew actually our lives depended on it our sanity depended on it. and it really wasn't until i walked through that door and saw this throng this massive, unimaginable gaggle of this mass of cameras and lights and photographers and people and crowds, all cheering me on it just blew my mind. and that was the moment that i've been really craving. that was the moment where i really kind of had my emotional

freedom. it was just extraordinary. i knew, obviously, this was getting some attention, but i had no idea whatsoever that it was this big. that people were taking -- that people were reacting to it as massively as they had done. >> what did your parents say? >> oh, when i saw them mum smacked me over the ear and and told me not to do it again and gave me a huge hug, you know? >> so great to see peter smiling back home in brisbane. do stay with us here on "bbc world news." still to come we take a look around the first new palestinian city to be built in the west bank. but will israel agree to supply the city with everything it needs?

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the king of jordan has traveled to the home city of the pilot who was burnt alive by islamic state.

he has promised to wage a relentless war against the militants in revenge for the killing of muath al kaseasbeh. also, jordanian state television has been reporting in the last few minutes that the nation's fighter jets have returned top jordanian air space after carrying out an unspecified mission. let's take you over to amman. king abdullah what did he say to the family of the pilot? >> reporter: well, we're not privy to that. we're getting very scanty reports about what's actually being said down there. but actually, he went there in a very symbolic gesture to condole with the very highest level with the family and father of the murdered pilot and to spend time with them. to show his solidarity. it's very important, it's a very tribal area down there and an area where there has been defense in the past.

and indeed mr. kaseasbeh tried or clansmen had some of them been quite critical of jordan's involvement in the war against i.s. so this is a kind of pivotal moment where their support for the crown and the crown's support for them are being reaffirmed and the hope is of course, that the tribes will rally around and that has been the pattern so far, that mr. kaseasbeh's father who has been critical of the government's handling of the whole crisis has now swung fully behind moves to escalate jordan's punishment of i.s. and involvement in the fight, to keep it away from jordan's borders, and to carry the fight to the enemy camp which we're being led to understand, but without details, they may have already been doing with their fighter jets today. >> yeah we're hearing both fighter jets actually flew over on their way back into jordanian air space. do we know what they were up to jim? >> reporter: well jordan state

tv has been making quite a deal out of the fact that there has been flying around in the skies over both amman and carak, having completed their mission. it doesn't explain what their mission is but some of the west are saying they carried out bombing strikes on i.s. targets, which is the islamic state and. so whether this was something out of the ordinary in terms of coalition air strikes isn't clear. probably it was obviously coordinated with the coalition and parted of their overall effort rather than being jordan going off on its own, seeking revenge. but the message from jordan is that it is business as usual. it's intended to deter them by putting out that video. that's the message they're putting across. >> jim, thanks for joining us from amman. he's being called a $1

billion gamble. row rawabi is the idea of shar masri. his critics worry he'll start to have to making deals with israel to complete the project. we've been following developments for the past year. >> reporter: it's the biggest building project in palestinian history. rawabi. the first new palestinian city in the west bank complete with football stadium and roman amphitheater. >> this fits 10,000 people. this stage is on top, you can see the roman columns can being placed. >> roman columns? >> it's part of our history. >> reporter: it's the dream of palestinian multi-millionaire, bashar masri. he's building homes for 25,000 people on israeli-occupied land. >> i'm going to sell you an apartment.

so, this is a three-bedroom apartment. >> three bedroom. >> what does this sell for? >> this sells for about $110, $112,000, i think. >> magnets from paris. what a view! >> reporter: but you know what they say about real estate. location, location, location. >> this is an israeli settlement. this has been a source of big trouble for us, from day one. >> what do they say about this? >> they did not like the project from day one. >> reporter: people who are going to live here, if there's going to be open hostility with people on the next hill -- >> no, we're not promising people here heaven. we're not promising people here anything less than that we are still under occupation. this is not normalizing and accepting the occupation and looking the other way. this is defying the occupation.

>> reporter: just down the road from rawabi palestinian youth clash with troops at an israeli check post. for them, this is the only way to fight the occupation. we've been following this project over the past turbulent year. after seven long years, rawabi is almost ready. but there's still a major hurdle. there's no water. the joint israeli palestinian water committee has to sign off the water supply, but it hasn't met for years. the problem is political. palestinian officials suspect if they agree to water for rawabi they'll have to agree for water for jewish settlements too. >> we cannot, as a palestinian authority, deal with settlements. settlements are illegal. settles will not be part of the palestinian state. rawabi will be part of the

palestinian state, but not the settlement. >> this is the separate pipeline. >> for the water? >> reporter: israel denies ra yab waby is a bargaining chip. >> i believe that rowabi is a symbol, that israel will support any investment in the west bank. >> masri tells us for the last year, in every meeting, you say, two more weeks, two more weeks. and now people are pulling out of rawabi, because they don't think it will happen. >> this is a way to look at the empty half glass, i prefer to look at the full half, okay? what did we do? a lot. and we have a little bit more to do. we are leaving a process to make sure that in the coming few days, or few weeks, the water supply to rowabi would be authorized and agreed by both sides. >> but does that mean the palestinians have to agree that the water should go to the settlements? that's the condition for water going to rowabi? >> there are no conditions. >> reporter: a lot of well-connected figures are trying to ensure rowabi

succeeds. >> we need to go back to the very basic principle that this stuff on the ground matters as much as the politics. now, we haven't succeeded in relation to rawabi i hope we will, but this is something even president obama has faced. >> reporter: without water, without israeli/palestinian cooperation, rawabi's future is at risk. >> we are reaching a point where we are seeing a lot of the buyers are ready to question. and the word's out on the street that we are in financial trouble. well, guess what? we are in financial trouble. >> reporter: are there ever moments when bashar masri regrets that you ever started this? >> not a single moment. never, ever. i know i already achieved a lot in this project. we would like to achieve more. we're not there yet. >> and you can watch the full program "our world: the billion dollar gamble" on friday at 2030 gmt.

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i'm lucy hockings. in this half hour we bring you reaction to a manual for women that is being released by islamic state. a document aimed at recruiting women in the arabian peninsula argues that the western model of equality has failed and that girls can be married from the age of 9. and the issue of net neutrality. should issues be able to pay to have their websites put into an internet fast lane. and aaron is back looking at the staggering numbers of our global debt aaron. >> the numbers are so big, it is

difficult to comprehend. but in 2007 worldwide debt soared by an extra $57 trillion taking the total debt total to $199 trillion. and the number one culprit behind the debt the government debt. and i'll tell you what $199 trillion can buy you. welcome back to "gmt." how should women behave inside islamic state? well the extremist group has published a document which intends to answer that question. it's recently been translated and put online by a london-based think tank. it aims to attract more women to islamic state, from saudi arabia and the gulf. it says it's legitimate for a girl to be married at the age of 9, and this girl should be be hidden from view and support the caliphate from behind closed

doors. it also criticizes the western model of equality for women, which it says has failed. according to the document, it is considered legitimate, as i mentioned, for girls to be married at the age of 9. that is one of the key things that came out of that document. well i am joined now from birmingham by a member of the muslim women's network in the uk. shalina, good to see you. thanks for joining us. i know you've taken the time to read this document. what did you make of it? >> well firstly, i think it's really important while we're on the topic to emphasize that immans and scholars have given no premise to these organizations in what they hold the weight in. so yeah of course i read the document and thought these are extreme views. and ones that really don't reflect me as a british muslim woman and the islam that i look at. >> but a young muslim girl in this country, now the document has been translated into english, do you think they're

going to read it to in any way be inspired by the message in it? >> you know i think if we look at the actual document itself of course we can see that there are extreme views in there. you know and that the article that bbc published on the website was saying that actually there were terms of jihadist. i think that itself was glamorizes. in the actual article, it said in order for you to be termed as a jihadist, you had to be sitting at home saying your prayers, and supporting the men to go out and about. and that coupled with a lot of the other ideas that they say offers muslim women in the west are going through, almost make it us look like you know, we're being belittled. but, again, this is a very negative attitude. and one that does not reflect the 1.5 million, in britain alone, you know, that say that this is not in the name of islam. >> but what about these young girls who are inspired by what they see as some kind of romantic notion about going and

fighting for islamic state? because this document made it clear that women don't have a fighting role or shouldn't. they should be behind closed doors. but it does appear that young women in some cases are buying into some notion of what it means to be part of islamic state. >> yeah, let's look at that. those said in the article that 50 women at present have actually looked into that idea. and if we look at these statistics of that, that's 0.003% of women who have taken to this idea. so when you look at islam itself, it provides a solution. we say there's no extremism. so immediately, there's a prohibition for anyone who does believe in islam, the right islam, not to actually go down this root. but furthermore, yeah it should be a conversation we engage in. i think we should bring the female that went out there and came back and said it wasn't for me we should give females lake ss like that the platform to come on here and say, it's not the way

that it's glamourized in these documents. >> very briefly, shrks aalina, is that a conversation that's being held in mosques and around the dinner table? and it isn't. as muslims, we don't care what these people are doing. it doesn't reflect islam itself. what we do care about is that innocent people were brutally murdered, and not in the name of islam. nowhere in the koran does it say that you will burn someone to death. that is not in the name soft islam. >> shalina, thanks so much for joining us. time to catch up with business. aaron is with us now. and this is the key meeting today between germany and greece. >> german finance minister, the new greek finance minister, the word is already dropping hot off the press. the german finance minister saying we've agreed to disagree. we're expecting that. thanks lucy let me explain. hello, there. the finance minister after

meeting his greek counterpart, yanis varoufakis in berlin, he went on to say that greece belongs in the euro zone and that german understands that greeks have had some tough times in recent years. late yesterday on wednesday, the european central bank this was a surprise unexpectedly toughened its stance on greece saying that from the 11th of this month, it would no longer accept greek bonds as collateral against -- debt, that is debt against loans. it cited doubts about greece's commitment to its bailout term. so what exactly does all of this really mean? let me show you. up until this point, greek commercial banks were able to borrow money at a very low interest rate. look at this around 0.05%. however, banks in the country will now be forced to borrow billions of euros directly from the greek central bank. why is that a problem? i'll show you. greek banks will now have to pay this. 1.55 of a percent to borrow the same amount of money from their

central bank making it certainly significantly more expensive to borrow cash. now, all of this puts certainly more pressure on greece's current bailout agreement, which expires, february the 28th. if this is not extended then the european central bank could well stop lending greek banks money. and that of course well creating more of a headache for greece's new left-wing government, who wants to scrap, basically, those austerity measures, that were agreed in exchange for that. the $240 billion euros that they borrowed greece borrowed from the eu and the international monetary fund. well let's get more with jennifer, a senior economist at research firm, capital economics, and joins us. jennifer, great to have you on the program. this is an ecb move. does it kind of signal that yesterday's movement between the ecb boss and the greek finance minister didn't go too well because it kind of reads like the ecb is saying come on greece, get your act in order,

talk to the leopardsnders, and get a deal done? >> that's right. i think there's probably been distance on both sides with the greek finance minister not willing to continue it with the witness, and ecb not compared to continuing to meet the demands of the greek government. >> and what we're hearing, these top lines comes from a meeting in germany today, probably not going too well. i'm just wondering, this whole greek exiting the euro kind of sort of subsided a little bit, but i'm wondering if this brinkmanship now we're seeing in europe could force greece to take that exit. >> yes, it has subsided over recent months but i think perhaps today, the risk of a euro zone exit is greater than it's ever been. don't forget now, the greek government is running a primary fight itself. if it can just default on all of this debt it's coming and holding. >> and i want to sort of touch

on mr. varoufakis the greek finance minister he said this will not have any adverse impact on greece's financial industry. but really because correct me if i'm wrong, the greek banks are really under pressure already. how severe can this be for the banks? >> it could be very severe. there are fewer problems within the greek banks themselves that be there were a few years ago. but there is still reliance on the ecb funding and they're now withdrawing money from the greek banks, because they might leave the euro zone. >> just to end on this what next? what should we be keeping our eyes on? you know sort of the meetings who balks first? what do you think? >> i think to keep following these meetings and to see whether there's any sign that one side or the might be keeping. so far there's very little indication of that. maybe it's a game of chicken, or maybe there's no compromise that can be reached.

>> the is agasaga continues. thank you very much, jennifer mckown. talking all things greece. now, according to a new study by the influential mckinzie global institute -- listen to some of these numbers. global debt has grown by $57 trillion or 17% percentage points of gdp or worldwide income since 2007. to stand at, total, $199 trillion. that is equivalent to 286% of global gdp. and the single biggest contributor to the rise of global indebtedness yep, it's government debt. yes, that's increased by $25 trillion over those seven years. so what is striking is that of the 47 big economies, only five five, israel egypt, romania, saudi arabia and argentina have actually succeeded in reducing their debt. but these numbers, these numbers

are staggering. so big, it's almost too difficult to comprehend right? let's break it down a bit for you. put it into some sort of context. $199 trillion will buy you a year's salary in america for 3.5 billion teachers. or you could use that money to buy 8.4 billion brand-new prius cars. just what you need. let's get more on this. we'll explain these massive numbers that have cropped up around the world. robert, great the see you. i had to try to break them down somehow. what is interesting is during -- since the crisis and the subsequent austerity, we keep hearing, governments cutting debt i that must cut debt. but at the end of the day, only five out of the 47 big ones have actually achieved that. >> that's right. it does i think, make you wonder what all the fuss was about, when it came to the austerity so many governments adopted, because, you know, in

reality, the debts of most of them have continued to rise and rise and rise. now, in china, actually, there was no pretense of austerity. they when the global economy melted down in 2008, they really pushed the boat out in terms of encouraging banks to lend for investments. they encouraged all sorts of investments in infrastructure, roads, railways lots of residential property being built, and their debt has absolutely soared. i guess if you're going to look at one country where the mckenzie study tells us we ought to be a bit more anxious about what that might mean about the ability of borrowers to repay, it would be china. what mckenzie says is the government would have the ability to absorb the massive cost of a financial crisis if

it came to that but nonetheless, financial crisis and growth in what is the second biggest economy in the world, from a still a reasonably fast 7%, to close to nil or worth, say, you know, the chinese debt explosion is probably, if you look around the world, the thing that should worry us most. >> and robert i want to make sense and i'll ask you to make sense for viewers watching around the world, that perhaps don't follow this kind of business news. if global wealth is rising and this debt is i guess, only a percentage of that does it really matter? >> of course it matters. it's not wealth by the way, that we're looking at when we look at gdp and income. it's income. it's what the world produces every year. when debt rise as you know, basically, the burden of having to repay increases. and if the proportion -- you know you can't compare all economics to what goes on in a home, but, you know, on this

occasion, it is a lot like what happens in a home. you take on bigger debts as a family, you struggle to repay them. the world takes on record debt which is what it's doing. that means more money has to go out to service those debts, and less must be available for other things, for investments, for spending in the shops. what does that mean? it means global growth is under this constant weight. it means things slow down. >> robert great stuff! i just wanted you to explain it! thank you! are we stopping on this? the greek finance minister just finished speaking. we'll bring you the news from the news conference and with the german finance minister on "bbc world news." don't forget to follow that and follow me on twitter. tweet me and i'll tweet you back see if you can get me me @bbcaaron. that is it! >> of course it matters, aaron. do stay with us here on "bbc world news". still to come, should

companies be able to pay to get their websites priority? we're talking about net neutrality. that's coming up.

i'm lucy hockings. thanks for staying with us. our top stories this hour russia has suggested that the u.s. should supply ukraine with defensive weapons, they say would threaten russia's security. meanwhile, nato leaders are meeting in brussels. they're finalizing details of the new rapid reaction force. it will be 5,000 strong and based in central europe. we all hate it when we're watching something online that keeps stopping and starting because lots of other people are using the internet at the same time. well, some businesses would like to be able to pay internet service providers for a little bit extra to use a fast lane

service for their customers. at the head of the u.s. communications watchdog is considering new laws to stop that from happening and maintain what is called net neutrality. here's our technology reporter, jane wakefield. >> since the dawn of the internet one of its governing principles is that all traffic passing through the pipes of internet service providers should be treated equally. but now, in a data world, some isps are keen to introduce a tiered internet where content providers prepared to pay can move into a prioritized fast lane. this is a hot issue in the u.s. where companies rely on fast streaming speeds like netflix, are already reluctantly paying out for the privilege. the fcc would like to set out tough new rules for regulating the internet. these new rules may ban

prioritizing websites from preference. but they argue that the internet has benefited from lighter regulation and greater control will stifle innovation. >> our technology correspondent is with me now. this is a serious debate but an ideological debate. >> right from the beginning of the internet it was built on this principle of openness and free flow and no discrimination between different kinds of traffic. and the purists out there, and there are lots of them say nothing must be done to interfere with that. companies that would describe themselves as perhaps more realist, the big internet service providers say, listen look at how it's changed. we've now got huge amounts of data coming in particular from video companies. and we need to be able to charge them a bit more to give them a better service. otherwise, our infrastructure will just not support itself. so a titanic battle.

and when the america's fcc decided to be hitting the against net neutral, it was hit with a ton of protests. >> so if we end up with a two-tier system how does that affect the consumer? >> the internet service providers say, we would get a better service. but the argument against that all the innovation that has happened on the internet has happened because anybody, however small, can get online start a business and bring you a service which disrupts equivalence -- the likes of facebook, which started with one guy, in a bedroom in harvard, the argument is would not have happened if there had been higher charges for some services than for others. >> and where are we at with this? as you mentioned, there is kind of a big fight back going on in the u.s.? >> at the moment supporters of net neutrality appear to have one quite a significant victory with the head of the fcc. he's made a very very strong

statement, saying there are going to be huge protections for net neutrality and, you know, that is almost certain. so the net neutrality advocates are winning for the moment but don't expect the industry to sit back and watch that happen. that'll be huge amounts of litigation. >> and what about in the rest of the world? everyone's watching this closely, but does it happen elsewhere? >> in the rest of the world, in general, net neutrality has applied. it's more of an issue in america, because you have very very dominant internet service providers and not much choice for consumers. it's more of an issue there. it's quite expensive to use the internet, strangely, in america. you expect there to be more competition, but there isn't. but in europe too, there is a big debate beginning to emerge about net neutrality and whether it should be put down in law. that's part of the issue. whether we should just let things flow as they happen as they have so far, or whether regulators should get involved. everybody slightly suspicious about regulators and what they might do. >> we'll keep watching it closely. rory, thank you for joining us.

morocco's decision not to host the world cup of nations because of ebola met that equatorial guinea decided to hold the tournament on short notice, even though the team had been disqualified. but now they've made it to the semi-finals, although not without controversy. here's a report now from equatorial guinea. >> reporter: is the journey set to continue? it's been an incredible ride so far, and only their second africa equatorial guinea have reached the semifinals despite being the tournament's rank. >> translator: people are very happy with us. they're celebrating as it's something very historic and the president told us they treat us as heroes. >> reporter: though they reached the top four in controversial circumstances. they profited from the most debatable of penalties in the

win, leading to allegations of bias towards the hosts. claims that have since been denied. but a final referee has been banned for six months for poor performance. >> i want to believe that everything outside of the pitch is good. i think the referees until now, what i see, except one or two games, was good. >> reporter: in that fifth straight semi-final, beganghana, a firm favorite but the host coach is using football legends to inspire his team only playing after equatorial guinea agrees to stage the finals at short notice. >> i showed my players a video, when there was a war in the balkans in the early '90s and that uh they played a european championship. denmark wasn't originally, but after placing yugoslavia they finished as champions of europe.

>> equatorial guinea is called the national thunder. the question is will lightning strike twice? >> while some of those players in the africa cup of nations are amongst the highest paid sports people in the world. go to our website, there's a great feature where you can compare your own salary with the pay of top futbolers. type in your salary and select a futboler from the list. you can then find out how quickly your favorite player own earns your yearly salary. just a few minutes, in most cases, and how long it would take you to earn their annual salary. a few hundred years, in my case. that's at bbc.com/worldnews, quite fun. log on and have a go. a bit of a twitter storm.

she needs badly investment for argentina's struggling economy. she was meeting with her president, presidentshe tried to mimic a chinese accent. a few minutes later, another tweet appeared with an apology, saying the levels of ridiculousness and absurdity were so high they could only be digested with humor. there has not been any official response from china, but the people on twitter have criticized the remark as tactless and racist. an update now on our very top story. john kerry says the possibility of supplying u.s. weapons to the ukrainian army. in the last hour moscow has responded, saying it will cause colossal damage to relations between the u.s. and russia. russia also saying it is seriously concerned and that it would threaten russian security. just remember later today, the french and german leaders also in kiev with a new proposal on how to end the crisis in

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