efforts to stop a swarm of locusts threatening to destroy the argentinian countryside. the new game of drones were in south korea where the race is on to shift control from military to civilian attacks. 16 people have starved to death in the besieged syrian town of madaya since aid convoys arrived there earlier this month. that's according to doctors without borders. 30 others are known to have

lionel messe, we'll hear from the argentinian later in the program. >> much needed food and medical supplies are being unloaded from

>> i love argentinian rock. i also like international rock music. >> what do you parents do for work? >> they are both lawyers. my mother works in the center and my father worked at the german embassy here. my father and i sometimes eat alone because my mother comes home from work quite late. >> what are your hopes for the future? >> that we live in a world with more justice, fewer wars, fewer conflicts between countries. people who need help, the poor, have to get more of it. rich people can't always keep all the money. anchor: that was simon from argentina. you can find out more about our special online series at our website. there is lots of articles, videos, and audio about sustainable development goals. india is home to 7% of the known animal and plant species. particularly rich in biodiversity are the andaman islands, east of india. back on the mainland, the population is growing. that poses a jam problem for the environment, particularly the coasts, where habitats get polluted and overexploited. on the is

a powerful mix making this an essential event of the argentinian countryside. >>> more on the website at aljazeera.com. [ ♪ ] >>> hello, i'm richard gizbert, and you are at the "listening post". these are some of the media stories we are looking at - warsaw and budapest. how much can the governments get away with on freedom of the press before the e.u. does something about it. the perilous task of reporting on the under-reported, the drone war in north western pakistan. turkey issues a ban. but the turkish media tells the story anyway. >> and instagram, the story from behind the lens. and it's not a pretty picture. >> three months ago. polls led to a parliamentary majority. the party is anti-russian, distrustful of germany. and with the strong emphasis on traditional values, it wants media to get behind the nationalist wreckage. the lower house passed a law giving the government a chance to appoint the head, as well as other state-owned media outlets. some saw the writing on the wall. they did not wait to be pushed. they resigned before the bill became the law. it raised concerns furt

it was the death of all argentinianes. i'm confident we will see change and honor him as he deserved. >> reporter: people here are calling for justice. they believed he was killed to silence his investigation. others say he had no case against president kirchner and killed himself. >> translation: his daughters should be the first to benefit from this investigation, but in second place should be the country because we all need to know what happens to the investigator who denounceed the president of the nation. >> reporter: many here hope the change of government will bring fresh impetus to the investigation, an investigation that from the beginning has divide argentina along political lines. one year on, those divisions are as strong as ever >>> the mayor of the u.s. city where drinking water has been contaminated is flying to washington to appeal for help. supplies were poisoned with led when the local government tried to save money by taking water from a local river. >> reporter: when the brown water started showing up i

osborne: the new argentinian government i think is a good thing. the last argentinian government was pretty terrible for argentina and the world. david cameron met with the president. has never been an easy relationship, but we are hopeful they carry on the quite impressive reform path. same applies to europe. we need to see that reform path implemented. lots of talk of completing single markets. fine, but talk doesn't deliver. >> do you think a potentially weaker chancellor merkel makes that harder? mr. osborne: chancellor merkel has been one of the strong forces in european politics. if you look at the advocacy she's provided to the deal,tlantic free-trade while it is not universally popular, actually, she's been a real boost. francine: george osborne, thank you so much. the u.k. chancellor of the exchequer. he's a busy man. we can't keep them for too long. coming up, we have some great, great, great guests. we are not only speaking to governor kuroda of japan, but also to a business secretary. we will talk more about brexit. we will also be spea

the argentinian peso and the ukrainian currency are three examples. second, hedging is neither free nor cheap. occurrencely volatility, he says in itself increases in significant ways this cost, so becomes difficult to afford. final quote -- it solves nothing longer term. it also does nothing to help restore the margin structure of the business. it simply defers volatility. you have the same hit with the same margin impact you would have had had you not hedged. do you think the feds even get that stuff? maybe they don't understand it. then to explain the pernicious moves exacerbated by the fed, he walked through a typical transaction in a country where the freakin' strong dollar is killing them and where the currency is going haywire. he goes through what happens in argentine ooh. the argentine peso has been devalid by 30% to 40% very recently. that's crushed american companies. i love the way he explained what happened by examining the issue facing procter's core and very important gillette business. first foreign exchange of peso denominated inputs.

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antarctica is 720 miles from the argentinian coast.ly try to go there. normally, it would be way too expensive. >> an argentinian travel group sponsors tours several times a year, particularly during the six arctic summer months from october through march. >> twice a day, you do expeditions. so you go in the small raft. antarctica is a different world. if you haven't been there, you can't imagine what it's like. it's so beautiful, the scenery. you have all these animals you don't have in the rest of the world. you have two types of moss that grow there. that's it. yeah, it's amazing. >> although the antarctica vistas are spectacular, they're set against the backdrop of frigid weather. average temperatures on the continent hover around minus 70 degrees fahrenheit. at the time of lex's trip, it was summer and the temperature was a bit warmer. >> it was around zero. it was really cold. the wind is really cold. the ice is really cold. a lot of layers on. jackets, scarves, hats. >> despite the bitter cold, lex and company soak in every brea

in january of last year, two argentinian men died in an avalanche while skiing off peak. >> you need to know little things about avalanches and how to find your way back. >> reporter: in recent years, the number of tourists coming to japan's slopes have grown, reaching 500,000 in 2014 alone. and it's prompting resort operators to take more preventive measures. they have put up posters in english warning people against going offcourse. >> translator: we hope skiers have the morals to follow the rules. things will be difficu unless they're aware of these point. >> reporter: and they are telling visitors of the hefty price of straight off course, the cost of their rescue. yuko hiraga, nhk world. >> a caveat for you travelers planning to travel to japan this winter. >>> 9 degrees celsius. we talk about a storm in the pacific so early in the yea >> yese're watchin pali, the earliest central storm over the pacific, thanks to the third strongest el nino in history which is taking place this moment. pali was a hurricane yesterday it's been downgraded to a tropical form. it's going to continu

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they met with the argentinians. the only people they don't stand up is british hard working payers. [shouting] >> can i raise with him another unfair tax policy that does effect many people in this country this this morning the court of appeals rule that had the taxes -- i don't know why members of the opposite find this funny. [shouting] >> the ruling is because of impact of individuals including of disabled, victims of domestic violence and disabled children, would the prime minister now read the judgment and finally abandon this cruel and unjust policy which has now been ruled to be illegal? >> we look very carefully on the judgments on this occasion. our fundamental position is that it's unfair to subsidize spare rooms in the sector, that is a basic issue of fairness. isn't it interesting that the first pledge he makes is something that could cost as much as two and a half billion pounds in the next parliament. who is going to pay for that? well, jeff will pay for it. the people will pay for it. why is it that he always wants to see more welfare, higher taxes, more borrowing, al

thousand of argentinians demand answers over the mysterious death of a state prosecutor. rosecutor. >>> you're watching al jazeera. a quick recap of the stories. china's economy is growing in its lowest rate for the last 25 years. it grew by 6.9% last year, broadly in line with the target but well below the double digit figures of recent years. the u.n. special envoy for syria has addressed the council. delays look likely. there is still no agreement on who will be invited to take part in the discussions in geneva next week. refugees in norway have begun a hunger strike to protest against their deportation to russia. police plan to return them to moscow because they were given safe passage there initially. the u.n. world food program is warning that 14 million people are at risk of starvation in southern after. 2015 was the region's driest year leading to a poor harvest. it is being blamed on a particular strong nin weather pattern. the worst affected companies are this list. the world food program spokesman for southern africa and he says the region needs urgent assistan

mauricio macri visited his two young daughters, former argentinian president cristina kirchner conspired the cover up iran's alleged involvement in the 1994 bombing of a jewish center. >>> a vigil is taking place in buenos aires to mark the first anniversary of his death. our correspondent daniel schweimler is there. >> one year from the time the body of prosecutor alber alberto nisman's body was found in his apartment. first of all, was he killed or did he commit suicide? still don't have the official report into that inquestions published. if he was killed, there are those who implicate members of the intelligence service, and the then president cristina kirchner and her then foreign minister mr. timmerman who were somehow involved in the coverup of iranian involvement in a bombing of a jewish center in 1994, that they were somehow implicatein that killing. but we have had no clear answers, no official pronouncements on that. many here are hoping that with a new government in office that president mauricio macri i can put influence imi emphasis behid that investigation, he met on the e

calls for justice, thousands of argentinians demands answers over the mysterious death of a state prosecutor. e prosecutor. when you're on hold, your business is on hold. that's why comcast business doesn't leave you there. when you call, a small business expert will answer you in about 30 seconds. no annoying hold music. just a real person, real fast. whenever you need them. so your business can get back to business. sounds like my ride's ready. don't get stuck on hold. reach an expert fast. comcast business. built for business. welcome back. you're watching al jazeera. a quick reminder of our top stories. in mali there are reports of a large explosion near the airport. local media say it was caused by a land mine targeting a u.n. vehicle. china's economy is growing at its slowest rate in 25 years. that's according to official data which many analystize say could be optimistic. growth was 6.9% last year broadly in line with the government's target. the u.n. special envoy for syria has briefed the security council ahead of proposed talks in syria but delays look likely. still no agreement on

a powerful mix that make this event an essential event of the argentinian countryside >>> system goes haywire. for me, a peanut becomes an extreme threat. my heart races. my skin erupts. my stomach is under seige. i am sick, and i am in trouble, but i'm not alone. >> you have five minutes, what are you going to do about it?

efforts to stop a swarm of locusts threatening to destroy the argentinian countryside. the new game of drones were in south korea where the race is on to shift control from military to civilian attacks. 16 people have starved to death in the besieged syrian town of madaya since aid convoys arrived there earlier this month. that's according to doctors without borders. 30 others are known to have starved to death previously. lifting blockades is a key demand before opposition agree to take part in talks. they have left for geneva where they will apartment indirectly, but they are yet to commit to negotiations with the bashar al-assad government. syrians are thought to be among 40 people drowned. some of these images are disturbing in this report. >> reporter: it is continued suffering like this that syrian activists hope will make an meaningful impact in geneva. as demonstrators in various parts of syria are imploring diplomats to remember the plight of their people. from those who have too little food to those taking cover from too many bombs. >> translation: we have dai

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thousands of people who voiced their opposition on saturday, the outcome is far from predictable >>> argentinian farmers are on a mission to ex-term eight locusts before the-- exterminate locusts. thick clouds of locusts are already swarming. a >> reporter: a single locust eats its own body weight in a day and eats any or all kinds of vegetation. in that same day an adult insect can fly more than 50 kilometers. that is just one locust. multiplied by millions, and that single locust forms part of a hungry devastating force. >> translation: the huge swarm of flying locusts are last october at the end of their breeding cycle. they laid their eggs and we're seeing the product of that swarm. >> reporter: this region has seen nothing like this since the early 1950s. >> translation: we're going to where the locusts are concentrating and causing the maximum damage. when we do that, they move elsewhere. so we trying to ensure that they don't form swarms because if they do they will migrate and lay their eggs elsewhere. >> reporter: government agencies and people are working together to find where they ar

withn exclusive interview the new argentinian president macquarie. right.ing session overnight, up 5%. how is your going to open? let's find out with caroline hyde. caroline: we had it wanted to 60 billion euros to the stoxx 600 yesterday. he managed to talk up the market. seeing stimulus to come in march. jpmorgan and rbs saying there ringing all of their expectations as soon as march. you start to see the worrying of the equity markets after such sensational falls. we can start to eat back. 2%. up 2% -- cac up only one falling in

an argentinian mountain near uploaded this video to youtube. >>> new video from the pacific tsunami warning likely happened on january 26th, 1700 when a massive earthquake struck the pacific northwest. the shaking lasted up to five minutes. a tsunami reached japan nine hours later and caused massive destruction. no major earthquake has happened along the cascade zone since then. geologist saz one could happen any day. >>> all right. let's find out from mike what's going on. >> well, college starts off. cal bears need to -- >> cal bears hosting 12 -- number 12 in the pac 12 conference leader arizona. a win tonight would help the young bears. he here he is free game. cal up two. right to allen. he goes into the bucket. arizona ties it at 73. 18 seconds to go. jalen brown hits the free-throw. puts cal up one. last chance for arizona. the layup. rolls off. cal improves to 14-6. 4-3 in conference play with a 47-73 victory. everybody on the floor. bears remain a perfect 13-0 at home. >> you did a great job. i mean, you just -- that's -- i think that's what separates some teams from others is thei

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more possibilities and more financing for those who want to invest, grow, and create work for argentinians. >> the former government of cristina kirchner, said they were immoral, illegal and they refused to pay them. the new government, the new finance min sister says that cost argentina daily, that failure to reach any kind of agreement with the hedge funds. he said that the country is willing to negotiate to find a solution to this problem, as soon as possible, that it will be a fair agreement, it will be a fair outcome, but between argentina's interest able to rebuild the economy to reach agreement with those hedge funds and put behind them the difficulties that the previous government faced with some of its most serious debtors. >> daniel schweimler in buenos aires. coming up, the european government is reviewing poland's new media law, to find out if the right wing government is violating eu's policies. >>> tomorrow night celebrating 15 years of wikipedia with the information site's co-founder. >> al jazeera america will assess operations by april 30th of this year. a statement from t

lionel messe, we'll hear from the argentinian later in the program. >> much needed food and medical supplies are being unloaded from trucks in syrian towns that have for months been cut off from aid. supplies have also been delivered to pro-government villages of alfoua and kefraya. in eastern boutta, about 176,000 people are said to be cut off and united nations says i.s.i.l. tighters have cut off cities of dar azur. caroline malone reports. >> aid has finally arrived. carrying desperately needed aid to madaya in western syria but much more has don to be done. >> not good enough. the united nations have done this exactly three months ago and look add where we are at now. >> reporter: to the north, supply trucks from the red crescent aid organization trundle through idlib, heading for foua and kefraya. part of the deal negotiated by the syrian government a few days ago. progovernment forces have been preventing these communities from getting aid. >> i swear to god we are arabs, what children what wrong have they done? this child, what wrong did he commit? >> the world food program says the a

amongst those named in the investigation former argentinian international and napoli chairman and president of lazio and ac milan's chief executive. >>> a to the nba, kevin durant on fire scoring a season high, 44 points on the night. his basket tied the game in regulation time and the thunder went on to win 128-122 in overtime. the second round this season that durant has crossed the 40-point mark. he played 43 against the orlando magic. back to the news hour team in london. >> thanks, robin. before you leave this news hour, sudan is reporting that president bashir has ordered the border with south sudan to be opened. it will be the first time since the land border will be reopened. we have more news for you in a few minutes. thank you for watching the news, indeed. bye for now. >> the only live national news show at 11:00 eastern. >> we start with breaking news. >> let's take a closer look. >> at 9:30 - "america tonight" - top investigative reporting, uncovering new perspectives. >> everything that's happening here is illegal. >> then at 10:00 - it's "reports from around the world". >> le

. >>> they don't wear western style hats or have those thick texas accents, but these argentinians areauthentic cow boys. >>> in argentina a class of cow boys are part of the century's old tradition. our correspondent visited an event to witness a sport where some say man and horse become one. >> reporter: this is happening in the province in the north of the country. this is man's first time as a rider. he is 18 years old and works as a mason. he says that if he can stay on a horse for eight seconds, he will have a chance of winning the prize. >> translation: i started when i was very young. we do it not only because of tradition but win prizes that help us financially. >> reporter: they're all around argentina. they're part of the tradition, the cattle herders that roamed the countryside 200 years ago. most of those who participate in these events have second jobs in the country's farming industry. people compare this event to a world cup because they say every rider in the country dreams about being here. the horses are chosen carefully. they have to have a special spirit and probab

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created in the 19th century by european immigrants who brought elements of art, and created a unique argentinian. it started as a way of decorating carriages but later became an emblem of buenos aires. for years buses were decorated with the art, until it was banned by the military government in the 1970s. the reason given, it was distracting to drivers. many say that it was an attack against popular art. this man says that the art is part of the soul of buenos aires. he managing a bus company and has struggled to keep this type of art live. >> translator: when buses appeared decades ago they were painted like street carriages. everybody wanted to have the nicest bus. they had the flag, homes, among others. >> reporter: he says that the military government's ban was in part responsible for it no longer being used, but also that buses became more commercial. >> translator: when buses are owned by companies, the buses don't belong to the drivers anymore, so that changed everything. >> reporter: this year, unesco has declared the art as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity. >> translator: th

it was found in an argentinian desert, took almost two years to dig up. the massive animal has been dubbed titanosaurus. mike: which is dinosaur talk for rob gronkowski. tomorrow at 4:35, the kansas city chiefs at the new england patriots in the divisional playoff. pats favored by five points. >> you put yourself in position for the playoffs and once the playoffs are here you go back to not having a record and focusing on one game and putting all your effort into that one game. >> the stadium is going to be loud, it's going to be a hostile they don't lose much up there, so we know that, tradition wise, and we're going into a pit fight, we'll be ready though. >> b's skate at the buffalo sabres tonight. celtics tip off at the td garden. both teams play tomorrow as well. coming up at 6:00, u.n.h. hockey, they have a game tonight when they play at northeastern. then tomorrow they'll host northeastern. so that's a home and home. dartmouth has a couple tough games as well, we'll talk about those at 6:00. josh: they did a bit of time traveling in goffstown today

argentinians are scrambling to fight the largest plague of low kufts in 60 years - locusts. >> reporter: a single locust eats it's own body weight in a day. it eats any and all vegetation. an adult insect can fly more than 50 kilometers. that is just one locust. multiplied by millions, and that single locust forms part of a devastating force. >> translation: the huge swarm of flying locusts were here. at the end of the breeding cycle they laid their eggs and this is the product, the swarm. >> reporter: the region hasn't seen anything like this since the 195s. >> translation: -- 1950s. >> translation: we're trying to ensure they don't form swarms because if they do they will migrate and lay their eggs somewhere else. >> reporter: the agricultural agencies and local people are working together to first find where they're concentrated. then they fumigate. most of the insects are still jumping. their wings haven't developed to fly. the challenge is to eradicate them before they take to the air in quantities so great they will be impossible to contain. this is a race against time with local

a powerful mix making this an essential event of the arch tinnian countryside -- argentinian countryside. >> i would rather them than me. that is the sport. >> thanks, jo >>> the oscar nominated movie "the martian "featured matt daixon growing vegetables in stays. astronauts have done it for reel on the international space station, they have eaten space-grown let us and have a flour. these pictures of a plant blooming. it is more difficult to grow than let us, making it -- lettuce, making it good profor the astronaut. they hope to grow tomatoes. n.a.s.a. helps it will allow astronauts to feed themselves. >> stay with us here on al jazeera. right at the top of the hour. >> these are babies in prison. >> he stood in that bathroom and nobody went to help him. >> how many people have to get raped before somebody says "whoa, we got a problem"? >> "faultlines". >> what do we want? >> al jazeera america's hard-hitting... >> today the will be arrested. >> ground-breaking... >> they're firing canisters of gas at us. >> emmy award-winning, investigative series. >> we have to get out of here. >> th

wine man, and we have a really a lot of nice italian wines, californias, everything, australian, argentinian, you name it. if it's there, we'll sell it. - i have fun every night. how many people could say they go to their job and have a good time? i drink a little bit of wine, talk to people. you want people to come back. that's the whole idea. - and that just shows you why i think i love italian food so much. - that's on the west side, near downtown. it's been around forever. it's iconic, and speaking of iconic, this is a place whenever julia child came to town, she had to go over to beachwood and visit giovanni's. a guy named carl quagliata has a great spot there. you're gonna love it. - [david] i love doing this show about iconic restaurants. i'm gonna tick off my favorite at the top. it's giovanni's and, carl, you're the man. you've been doing this about how long here? - here at this location, 38 yers. - 38 years, so in the old days, when one of those big-time chefs come through here -- the people that write the cookbooks, the famous people -- this is where they would eat, giovanni's, ri

argentinian president itts to be much closer, so will be interesting to hear his pitch for investors.e will speak to axel weber, giving up his first interview in davos. linkagelk about the between real growth and these bear markets and what that means for all attila t in the next couple of quarters. -- four of volatility in the next couple of quarters. we will talk oil with the leader of the iea. i'll ask if it is a shock to investment. then the deputy manning -- managing director of imf joins us and we will talk about china with him. we look forward to that. that is a great lineup, trying to get some perspective around the big issues. the first major european company to report later this morning. has the group price of affected the bottom line? ♪ anna: welcome back. shell will become the first european oil maker to report earnings. it comes after quarter which salt crude lose more than a quarter of its value. ryan is here. what do we expect from shell today? ryan: we can expect adjusted 39%, down justby over 3 billion at the same time last year. if you look at the last quarter show r