republican debate plus: >> i am andy richardson at the african nations championship in rwanda finding out if women's football can keep pace with the men's game. >>> haiti haiti's president is due to step down to install a transitional government. it keeps the country from plunging into a power vacuum after the postponement. actually scheduled for april 24th. natasha joins me from port awe prince t we understand the presidentu prince t we understand the preside president? >> the president is here at the parl parliament flanked by many foreign dignity tardies including someone representing the u.n. the american ambassador. this was supposed to be a day in which the president ended his five-year tenure and handed over power to another president. instead, he is leaving his five years in office with a great deal of uncertainty and a lot of anger. there have been weeks of protests. we have heard a process has begun. so an agreement was reached between the parliament and the president and what will happen in this vacuum, political vamume if you will, is that the president is going to select

plus: >> i'm andy richardson in rwanda. to see the end of sepp blatter's reign as fifa's president. >> afghan government forces have pulled out of a second district in helmond province in just three days leaving the taliban there in control of most of the northern part of that province. now this retreat from nowzad district, after troops left the district last week, seemingly a strategic decision, fiercest battles with the taliban since 2001. >> translator: we have decided to pull our troops identities from their defensive role and get them ready for an offensive. this new move is part of a new strategy. those troops that have been pulled from the districts are still on the ground. they have not gone somewhere else. we are providing them with new training ande and equipping the. >> our man in harad, in western afghanistan. >> this is a development that doesn't bode well for afghan government and afghan security forces in their fight against the taliban according to a senior military official who asked not to be named, afgha

andy richardson, al jazeera. >>> leaders from the tech industry are gathering in barcelona to show offest products at the world mobile congress, but things are a little different this year. this time around it's the accessories, and not the devices that are creating a buzz. >> i'm going to introduce the next best mobile. >> it's the first android that has -- >> a bno -- >> reporter: it's a hard sell these days. for years mobile phone makers have enjoyed golden times. year on year increases in sales as billions around the world bought smarter and smarter phones. but now the city is under pressure. >> we went through a decade of innovation. there was always a reason to upgrade. now that is starting to diminish. so therefore the reason to upgrade is getting tougher. >> reporter: and it's these that are the issue. dozens of new handsets, but they are largely indistinguishable from last year's models, and phone makers are unable to come up with smartphones with significantly new and better features, it appears that customers are willing to hold on to the phones they already have rather than

of the cup and chelsea winning 5-1 at stanford bridge against an inexperienced city team and andy richardson reporter: with one eye on the championship league game manchester city got a team for chelsea and the home team looked to take advantage and giving them the lead. 5-4 included in city's line up including teenage french striker who scored an equalizer and during the celebration city play ers were targeted and chelsea cashed in by opponents and quickly restored their lead and chelsea said they never lost a game with the club winning it when he was last in charge in 2009 and gary kahill scored three and showing something like his best form the bell -- belgian giving them the fourth and he was appended and oscar missed from the spots and oscar did go on to set up and wrap up a 5-1 win, andy richardson, al jazeera. >>> drop for the quarter finals and reddening meeting crystal palace and everton versus chelsea and replay between holders arsenal will go on to meet waterford and west ham will face manchester united or another and the two teams play on monday and a match saw an unexpected time

believing. >> reporter: the third team in history to come to down to win a five-match series, andy richardsoneera. >>> phil mickelson's career will last longer and overnight leader going in the final around of the pebble beach round in california and missed a putt on the last hole and would have forced a playoff and world number 447 vaughn taylor won, the first pga title in years and he began the day six shots behind and mickelson since the open in 2013. >> i didn't even have my tour card and got in this week off past champion status and you know i'm playing in the masters pretty soon so this is a dream come true. >> reporter: now traditional winter sports countries such as switzerland and the united states have claimed some of the early metals at the youth olympic games and one made history with kenya's alpine skier taking part and paul reese reports. >> reporter: the warm up has been done hundreds of times before but never for a race like this. this is kenya's first professional outlined skier and challenging a field of austrians and americans and swiss at the games in norway and this is co

. >>> i'm andy richardson in ru wanda and finding out if the futbol is happy or sand and end of bladderey set for the president. ♪ time for sports news and here is fara. >> peter thank you so much and manchester united ended three games out a win to steal a place in the quarter finals and resent setbacks in the league have piled on the pressure on manager louis van howe and were having a fifth tie here and chris scored the opener before wan had two just before half time. and in the second half they wrapped up 3-nil and united will face west ham in the next round. >> everybody shall say it's against the town at manchester united as to the win but we have seen very difficult results and not always the top team is winning so i think we have done it fantastically. >> barcelona continue the defense of their champion league title and take on english premier league later on tuesday and the holders go in the game in hot form and have won nine of the last ten in laligua and the sixth champion title and looking to win the competition for the first time and heading in the match having been knocked

andy richardson, al jazeera, kigale, rwanda. >>> now to our global view segment with a look at how news outlets across the world are reacting to various events. >> starting with the japan times, the most peaceful decade in more than a century, arab spring has not only failed but actually made things worse in most countries involved, a major change in thinking and messages in the muslim world before the numbers goin fal going to fall . germany's deutsche vein, paper says even throw rubio won second place in south carolina he has a hard battle ahead of him to take away momentum from trump. and britain's the sun says london mayor boris johnson's back, the sunday followed -- the sun followed that up with an editorial fef effectively endorg boris. >>> leaders of the tech industry are gathering in spain showing off their latest products at the world mobile congress. but things are a bit different. tarek bazley reports. >> the best mobile. >> it is the first android smartphone -- >> it is a hard sell these days. >> that's what lg 5 fantastic. >> for years, they have enjoyed increase in sales,

andy richardson reports. >> south africa have the momentum heading into this decisive game of the series, and england are in trouble in cape town. opener, and aggressive with the bat. england has been rewarded since an disastrous world cup campaign. alex heading to a century. his team-mates weren't. >> kapto and morgan out by less than distinguished shots. >> they accounted for power hitters, and spokes at 29. and bowled the first ball. hale made his way to 112. england were all out for 236. reece looked intend on belling. in contention. three wickets had them rocking. >> the captain for a century partnership. >> it was out for 59. 101 from devilliers saw a 5-pocket win. >> keeping the spirits up. we weren't far i ask the guards to keep believing. >> it's the third team to come from 2-down to win a 5-match series. >> rugby players have continued the winning start under new coach eddy jones. a hat-trick of tries from justin joseph helps to points and victories over italy involvement. england top of the 6 nations championship. >> you are confident. you don't get carried away. there were a

. >> i'm andy richardson at the african championship in rwanda, finding out if the women's football can keep pace with the men's game. >>> hello again, you are watching the al jazeera newshour. the top story, the united nations condemned north korea for launching a long-range rocket. the security council is preparing new sanctions against pyongyang, after ignoring resolutions banning the launch technology. syrian forces backed by air strikes are escalating to cease back control of aleppo. troops are surrounding the portions in the east and pushing towards the border in turkey >>> president michelle martelie is stepping down. there's no one to replace him. the caretaker government will run the country with presidential elections planned in april >>> in iraq, reports say 15 people have been killed. security forces say i.s.i.l. planted roadside bombs and rigged houses with explosives. the army is saying it made advances in ramadi, taking territory back from i.s.i.l. fighters. we have this report from baghdad. >> reporter: it's props more symbol -- perhaps more symbolic that strategic. afte

plus >> reporter: i'm andy richardson at the african nation champion ship finding out if the women's football can keep pace with the men's game. s game. >>> you're watching al jazeera. our top stories. north korea has launched a long range rocket into space. south korea has condemned the action and says it will begin talks with the u.s. on a new missile defense system. the u.n. security council will hold an emergency meeting later on sunday. the united arab emirites says it will send troops to fight i.s.i.l. at least 29 people have died in saturday's earthquake in southern taiwan. more than 130 people are still feared trapped in the rubble. there are signs of life under the debris of a high rise building which collapsed. some more on our top story. it's not the north korea's space ambitions that have concerned countries, but the technology could also be used to deliver a nuclear weapon. >> reporter: here it is north korea's rocket. similar it not identical to the one that thought put a satellite into space on sunday. it has never been tested as a ballistic missile but experts say it

andy richardson has more. >> the african nation's championship has given rwandaen football it's highest ever profile, with but the women's national team is struggling for attention. they played their first official game two years ago. the role women playing is changing. after the genocide which left 1 million rwandaens dead, the population was almost 70% female. women began to make their voices heard. this woman has spent the last 20 years campaigning for equality in football. >> their ideas are out, they are found that having a woman in the position is great idea. >> women's rights are now enshrined in the countries constitution. 60% of those in parliament are women, the biggest proportion anywhere in the word, but it's taking time for that high political profile to be right field in sports. the experiences of the national team's coach provide an insight into how much has had to change. >> i started when i had, i played with the men. whenever i reach at home, then my parents started to beat me. >> many clubs make funds available to he hadvasion help parents accept their daughters' choi

andy richardson reports. >> reporter: with one eye on their upcoming champions league game with dynamoty selected an under strengthed team for this f.a. cup tie chelsea and the home team looked to take full advantage. diego costa giving them the lead. five full debutantes were included in city's lineup, including teenage french striker david who scored an equalizer. during their celebrations cities players were seemingly targeted by coins thrown from the crowd the second such incidents in this round of fa cup games. after the break it was chelsea cashing in on their opponents' lack of experience. willian quickly restored their lead. chelsea interim manager has never loved anf.a. cup game winning it last in 2009. gary cahill scored number three. and eden hazard was shown something like his first form, the bel belgian's free kick givg chelsea their fourth. number five should have arrived after try or i was upended only for oscar to miss from the spot. oscar, though, did go onto up i try or i to wratraore for a 5-1. >>> there is not much left in the league for chelsea to be honest. where

andy richardson has more. >> reporter: it was south africa who had the momentum heading in to this decisivegland were quickly in trouble in cape town. opener jason roy falling to the spin. england's aggressive intense with the bats has been awarded with some success since a disastrous world cup campaign last year. alec hales was heading towards a century but his teammates most definitely weren't. captain owen morgan out on a less than distinguished shot. accounting for england's power hitters, and then 29. and butler bold first bowl. while hales made his way to 112, england were all out for a below par 236. looking intent to bowling them back in to con telling, three quick wickets had out africa rocking. that upset the teams two best batsmen combining for a century partnership. he was out for 59. but an unbeat 101 en saw his team with a 5-wicket win. south africa just the third team in history to come back from two down to win a five-match series. andy rich around son, al jazeera. >>> england's wrigley players have continue their winning start under new coach eddie jones, hat trick tries fr