she's hoping to compete here in her home city almaty in 2022. people will say hey, somewhere in asia is a country called kazakhstan. maybe i have a chance to take part. i think i'm in with a good chance. this city almaty is also in with a chance bosting a lot of pre -- boasting a lot of pre-existing infrastructure, close to the city and the cost a mere $5 billion, organizers estimate a fraction of the games. the only competition is beijing, which has ample resources, unlike here, it lacks snow. these are the games that no one wanted. all the european cities withdrew the bid. the games were going to be too expensive and was unpopular with the public. there's no danger of it happening here rich in oil with a managed democracy. that means any criticism can be carefully managed. >> there are laws that ban unsanctioned protests. so these environmentalists chose an inconspicuous riverbed to make their point. if you squipt. that's the -- squint that's the face of a mountain snow leopard, it's endangered by this resort which if almaty held the bid, woul

which if almaty hosts the bid, will host the world's media.se games will not be financially profitable. >> reporter: organizers insist the games will be greenful. >> no need to destroy the nature. we need to upgrade, and fulfil olympic requirements for facilities and build new housing. for us it's a big show case of the country and the city. >> reporter: it's a view shared by diane and others. winning an event would give her and her country a big lift. >> next scorpions on a plane - no it's not a movie. how this tiny creature caused a flight to be delayed. plus... >> the 90 years that we've been here it doesn't account for anything. >> a sad goodbye to a new york institution. >>> a woman's vacation nearly spoilt before her plane took off. she was on a flight about to leave los angeles, when she was stung by a scorpion the alaskan airline plane returned to the gates, the scorpion was killed. the plane had returned from mexico. she was treated, and is fine >>> a legendry institution is leaving the city. motso factory has been selling for almost

organizers insist almaty's games will be green. >> we need to add the olympic requirements to fulfil requirements, and build family housing. that's it. for us it's a big showcase of the country and for the city. >> that's a view shared by diane, and most kazakhstanis. winning the bid would give her and her country a big list >>> brilliant pictures to show you from slovenia's who managed to break the 250 meter barrier, peter perrett. it was broken by everton 200 years ago. prevc leads the standings. >> what a job. thank you, indeed. a bout of wind and snow made its way to the new england coast in the u.s. the state of maine was one of the hardest hit by the storm, some areas receiving 1 motor since the know began to fall. similar amounts fell in massachusetts. that's it for the newshour. the latest news on al jazeera. i'll see you again. bye for now. bye for now. >>> this is al jazeera america, life from new york. i'm michael eaves, richelle carey is off. 21 egyptian christians murdered by i.s.i.l. in libya. gunfire stops, but tension is high around a transportation hub in ukraine >>>

rob ivan walker al jazeera, almati. >> a new jumping world record the 22-year-old who will laid afterhe first round began the first man to break the 250 meter barrier with the second jump. here it is the priests record by evans set four years ago at 2465 point meters. this one leading with the world cup standings with that recall as well. all of those big sports stories including from the critic world cup on aljazeera.com/sport indiana beating pakistan more later. >> thanks. we will stay with the know one of the rarest predators in the world, a sigh beerian was stacked by distinction but their numbers are on the rise. 2000 trackers are countying the moppings. nick collar traveled to russia's far east and joined one of the teams. flanked by china is the port city of vlad i have a st on. k, once a soviet naval place closed to the outside work. always, the tiger has been revered. there are monumentsp huntsman to this beast dotted around the city. four hours out of town pie october and tiger expert briefs his team. it's part of a mass motive eyesathes of trafkdz, surveying an area of tige