only on al jazeera america. ♪ ♪ >>> reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera.ussions to revive talks on syria are underway between the u.s. and russia in munich. moscow says it will begin a ceasefire in syria on march the 1st, but washington says it must begin immediately. >>> south africa's president jacob zuma has been repeatedly interrupted while making his annual state of the nation address. outside of lament in cape town police fired stun grenades at protesters demanding that zuma stand down. >>> at least fest two prison immaterial mates diet following a try nut mexico. >>> tensions between the two career as have escalated further after the north demanded everyone leave from the industrial park and ceased all the assets -- seized all the assets. >> reporter: on the southern side of the korean boarder the first con crean consequences of north korea's recent rocket launch the vehicles headed south from the industry kpr*ebgs, the joint venture that south korea declared indefinitely closed as of wednesday. >> translator: i feel horrible. if it stops operating

lucia newman, al jazeera, santiago. >> that's it for this international news hour in al jazeera america, in our next hour a surprise endorsement and another day of insults. we'll have more on the run-up to super tuesday in the presidential runoff race. i'll be back with more influences in two minutes. minutes. news intwo minutes. >> good evening, i'm antonio mora. this is al jazeera america. >> i would like to introduce him because he's going to say something that i think you'll find very, very interesting. >> about face. new jersey governor chris christie endorses donald trump as president months after saying he was unfit for the job. >>> truce in syria. the ceasefire takes effect. and flood much controversy, why a move meant to protect homes from rising waters has some people outraged. we begin with the presidential

step vaessen, al jazeera. >>> unbelievable. fifa is expected to hold an election to replace sepp blatter. plus, a smartphone upgrade, turning its focus to smart accessories. al jazeera america. >> welcome back, the world governing body for soccer fifa is expected to roll this week on appeals by former fifa president sepp blatter and the head of european football michel plantini. plantini was found to have accepted a questionable payment from blatter. the election to replace blatter is also happening this week, and on friday world football's associations will clues from these candidates, gian tirvetioi thrvetionbettini is expected top candidate. >> won or lost, almost a quarter of world football's 209 member associations are on the continent and every country gets a vote. something sepp blatter was always aware of. >> when blatter's predecessor came to power in 1974, did he so on african votes. it was greater fifa investment here. blatter went even further. he brought the world cup to africa and oversaw the contribution of hundr

courtney kealy, al jazeera. >> earlier al jazeera spoke to brent wilkes, who predicts a large hispanic turnout in the november election. >> i think you're going to see a huge latino turnout if trump is the nominee you'll probably see a large latino turnout anyway because latinos are very engaged in this election. they have seen how damaging his words are and how his policies could hurt their families and deny opportunities, educational opportunities, around of course immigration. and because of that they are very a tuned this the election -- attuned this election. you did a clip on some of our iowa campaign and i tell you, we went from 1,000 voters, latino voters in the iowa caucuses four years ago to over 13,000 in this caucus. so the trend is that latino voters are engaging like they never have before and they're going to be voting against donald trump and his policies, which is a big trouble for republicans. they have got to stop donald trump, or they have to figure out what they will do because they are going to be in trouble if donald trump is the standard bearer for the party. >>

al jazeera. >>> much more on that and everything else that we have been covering on our website, the address on your screen is now al jazeera.com. caucus day in iowa, the american people get their first official say in this year's presidential election, they are discussing the next steps in fighting zika, a deadly series of attacks in damascus over shadows talks to end the conflict in syria plus. >> ladies and gentlemen welcome to diverse t.v. >> reporter: one hollywood award show dials up the diversity. ♪ this is al jazeera america, live from new york city and big night almost in iowa and we are told the first contest of 2016 presidential race after 18 months hundreds of millions of dollars and tens of thousands of those t.v. ads that you're probably a little tired of iowa people will take part in caucuses tonight and candidates criss-crossing the state in a mad dash to get the latest support and the poll gives hillary clinton a slight lead on bernie sanders but it's within the margin off error. republican and donald trump has 28% and cruz had 23% and in second place and we are live

tom ackerman, al jazeera, u.s. supreme court. >> this year's academy award nominations are under scrutiny, for lack of diversity, andrew thomas is at trop fest. trop fest. >> what is the world's biggest short film festival. each year, 16 films are short-listed from the hundreds submitted to compete for the festival's prize, each must have been made specifically for competition. but just as the oscars are being criticized for a lack of diversity among those celebrateat the top of the film industry, the same is being said for these producers for the top list for the prize. >> this year, 16 are candidates but only one is a woman. how can this be every year? >> i think there's an industry wide issue of diversity. i'm not going to pretend trop fest isn't part of the industry. we can only choose the films we get entered but i will say we continue to look for diversity. >> this festival should have happened last november but financial problems got in the way, a last minute corporate sponsor meant it was delayed not cancel

al jazeera's degga has the story. >> treatment t for pregnancy complications. her baby was born in australia, now she and her one-year-old face deportion back to naru. it was not illegal for the woman to be held in a prison camp on naru and the deal is valid under the constitution. lawyers for the woman say she's by therly disappointed. they believe the government should step in. >> the stroke of a pen is all it would take our prime minister or immigration prime minister, do the decent thing and let these people stay. >> it's not just a security consideration but a moral one as well. >> what i can say is this, our system of deterrence remains robust and has recently been reinforced to deal with immediate and enduring threats to our maritime security and sovereignty. >> unicef says it's disappointed with the ruling and has called for the government to intervene. >> this is an important moment for the australian government to say it's going to take a reasoned reaction to what has happened, it's empowered to make decisions for these children and their families. >>

step vaessen, al jazeera, bene, west tim timor. (f) public appearance by 21-year-old otto, since his arrest on the 26th of january. he says he took the banner from his hotel as a souvenir but north korea has accused him of tacitly working for u.s. government. south of the border, oppositions are speaking for seven days in a filibuster a deliberate delaying tactic againsten a government-backed antiterrorism law. harry fawcett has more. >> reporter: this is incredibly rare in south korean politics. nothing like this has happened since 1469. the reason it's happening now is essentially twofold. this is an incredibly contention contentious piece of legislation. the speaker of the facial assembly has simply decided it's been la languishing for too lon, it's time to bring it to a vote. the reason the government and the national intelligence service says it's necessary is one, there is the threat of north korea after the recent rocket launch and before that the nuclear test and the groups such as i.s.i.l, el nusra, al qaeda, as far as the

" on al jazeera.sia's drug wars first airs 2230 gmc this thursday on al jazeera. the people in the philippines are marking 30 years since the revolution that ended the rule of corrupt former president ferdinand marcos and his family the so-called people power movement of peaceful protests event taillight i forced marcos from power, he died in exile but members of his family recently returned. his son has become a senator and is seen as a strong contender for vice president in the upcoming elections in may. >>> irish voters are electing a new government on friday. many view it as a test of the outgoing leadership's economic management of the past six years. island which was -- ireland which was forced in to an international bailout in 2010 is now the fastest growing economy in europe. but as neave barker reports from dublin, not everyone is feeling they are benefiting. >> reporter: when ireland goes to the polls on friday, she and her family will be evicted from this government-paid hostile and they do

tarek bazley, al jazeera. >> that's it for this edition of al jazeera america's world news. >>> good evening, this is aljazeera america. >> holy cow! >> a powerful storm system has killed at least six people moving through the south and east and the danger is not over yet. the standoff on capitol hill over the president's plans to nominate replacement for supreme court justice scalia, the republicans say don't even think about it. >> it's going to be an amazing two month

you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up on the program, iran prepares to go to the polls for its first elections since agreeing a nuclear treaty. kuwait becomes the latest country to ban its citizens from traveling to lebanon. and calling ahead of the future the material which could revolutionize. >> hello, welcome to the program. the u.n. says it's dropped its biggest air drop of aid. trucks are unable to reach the town last week because it was surrounded by isil territory. but moscow confirming it started negotiations with rebel groups in the country. meanwhile, the british government said that there is evidence that the syrian kurdish fighters, the ypg, are coordinating with the syrian government and russian air force. the group had previously been helped to push isil forces out of territory in northern syria. our diplomatic editor james bays with the latest developments. >> as a meeting of the u.n. security council to discuss the humanitarian situation in syria, there was stinging criticism of the syrian

lucia newman, al jazeera, rio de janeiro. rio de janeiro. >> dr. marty three have found the presence of the zika virus in urine and saliva. can it be transmitted that way? >> we are not totally sure. those studies have not been done, so from a scientific sense it hasn't been done, we don't know. >> and is sexual transmission is that new? >> no, it isn't really new. we had evidence that this was going on before. in fact there was a case in 2008 of a couple of researchers that were doing work in senegal, one of them, both of them men, one of them came back and had relations with his wife who had not traveled and she became sick with zika. we had seen that in the united states before. >> so knowing that sexual transmission is possible then the advice being given is that men obviously should use condoms with respect to women who have traveled in the region where soik izika is present? >> that's correct, that's what the cdc has advised and they are absolutely right to advise that. i had hoped they would do that sooner because the information is really o

al jazeera, india. >>> still to come on the al jazeera news hour. >> reporter: i al allen fish neverhe political circus moves on from here. with donald trump firmly established as the front runner in the republican presidential race. >>> niger elections how the current president is hoping to secure a second five-year term. and coming up in sport, the world's best snowboarders get a first look at the course where they will be aiming for olympic gold in i don't two year's time. ♪ ♪ >>> fijians have been told to stay inside for a second night as officials try to assess the damage and restore services after their strongest storm on record. at least six people are dead after cyclone winston brought 300-kilometer an hour winds and torrential rains to the pacific island nation. caroline malone reports. >> reporter: a glimpse of the damage in fiji after the strongest cyclone on record there. by a town on the main island escaped a direct hit but the storm still left its mark. cyclone winston brought rain and 300-kilometer per hour winds, that's flattened homes, trees and electricity cables. t

james bays, al jazeera at the united nations. >> let's take you live now to the region al jazeera's omar al saleh is in the turkish city of gaziantep. seven hours after this began what is the situation now? >> reporter: well we've had a few incidents reported inside syria, fewer hours about two hours after the truce started. we have some bombardment, utterly on tablisa, in the homs country and some incidents in darra, quickly stopped and didn't develop. even the u.n. envoy to syria reported it, said he wasn't too worried about it. the truce is largely holding for first time in many, many years people inside syria in the areas in damascus and surrounding damascus have had a few hours of calm. the military base, the air base in latakia where the russians use it for their strikes was very calm as well. we also have the u.n. envoy saying that if this really holds the u.n.'s aim is to deliver much needed aid to about 100,000 people in -- held in besieged areas in syria. so the situation is pretty calm adrian. >> omar, many thanks. >>> initial results from iran's preliminary elections are held

al jazeera america. >>> you're watching talk to al jazeera.'m speaking this week with jazz diva cassandra wilson. if you ever write a book or someone asks you what is your legacy as a musician, how would you describe cassandra wilson's legacy to music? >> i love what you said earlier about being a peace maker. i think that's a very important part of who i am and what i do is bringing disparate elements together and realising common ground. i think it's important to do that musically and i think it's important for us to do that in the world. so i want to be remembered for doing that and i also want to be remembered for the spirituality, tapping into spirituality inside of the music. that's very important >>> i understand you're teaching workshops. >> we have begun to do workshops at the yellow scarf in jackson mississippi. we take on young children who are interested in music, try to teach them about the industry and music. it's not just learning about working with the notes and tones, it is also about how to carry yourself in the marketplace.

>> only on al jazeera america. >> the u.n. says almost 50 civilians died in syria when four hospitals and two schools were hit by air strikes. russia is beings blamed for thee attacks. >> hello i'm julie mcdonald. this is the newshour, coming up, riot police detained the main opposition leader in uganda just two days from the presidential election. >>> mental health care here in the u.k. and past success in berlin film festival inspire the showing of iranian films showing what life is like back home. >>> hello there. a wave of air strikes on schools and hospitals in syria has left at least 50 civilians dead. the attacks have been blamed on russia and comes just days after moscow and others agree to pause hostilities in syria. comments made by president assad in the past hours e-says a truce doesn't mean each side doesn't have to stop using weapons and fighting terrorism remains his priority. >> translator: until now we hear about them requesting a ceasefire within a week. okay then who is capable of bringing together all these

you're watching al jazeera.hy the abortion issue has hit deeply catholic brazil. >>> and seven day straight filibuster in south korea. >> hello again a reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. mast doamacedonian police have d tear gas against refugees at the border with greece. >>> syria's opposition telling u.n. further breaches in the ceasefire would make further talks unattainable. >>> syrian capital trying to reach 154 syrians in five days with humanitarian aid. >>> the outbreak of the zika virus has reopened the abortion debate in brazil. hundreds of mothers are said to be traumatized worrying about birth defects. the option to terminate terminae pregnancy. marga ortigas reports. >> lourdes has just been told her baby has microcephaly. she was born with an unusually spall head and her brain might not develop. it's a condition that's afflicting many newborns in northeastern brazil where the zika virus is widespread. >> translator: it is very hard to take care of a child like this. my other children we

. ♪ this is al jazeera live from london.coming up: iran's president hales a bright future for his country as early election countries show strong backing for reformist candidates >>> thousands march for an opposition candidate shot dead near the kremlin. >> in los angeles, home to a film industry where women are still routinely paid less than their male counterparts. how does that reflect life as a whole in the united states? >>> it's 24 hours since the cessation of hostilities came into play. so far in most parts, it's quiet. the united states and russia have welcomed the pause. almost 100 rebel factions have agreed to respect the truce. >> does not include the al-qaeda-linked nusra front or isil. the u.n. regards them as terror groups. they weren't part of the deal. the russian military says it has stopped airstrikes but the u.s. is continuing to target isil with reports. >> the government is continuing to shell daria. it's hoped the lull can be used to get aid into besieged towns. >> ross crossing the border into syria, o

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al jazeera, in central london. >> the u.s. ambassador to the united nations says defended the united states effort to end the syrian conflict during an interview with al jazeera. we absolutely have a responsibility again, to get food to those people, we have publicly and privately called out russia, and the syrian regime for doing what it is doing. what we have not done which appears to be what you are asking for is gone to war with the regime. and you have heard the president speak to that over a long period of time. he does not have confidence that particularly after the war in iraq, and the way that turns out, that going to war in syria will bring about the political solution that we all seek. we have used every tool in the tool box short of getting involved militarily and bombing the regime to try to bring this conflict to an end. >> at least 28 iraqi soldiers have been killed in anbar province, it is the third major attack in as many days that's where fighting has continued for months despite the claims that it controlled

adrian brown, al jazeera, beijing. >> that's its for al jazeera's international news hour. up next, new hampshire voters will start voting in the first in the nation primary. we'll have a preview and how the results could shake up the race for both parties. i'll be back with more news in two minutes. utes. ew hampshire >>> good evening, i'm antonio mora. this is al jazeera america. >> i care about making a real difference in your life. >> we have to get away from the politicians, and we have to bring sanity to this country. >> the only way we bring about change is the way that real change has always occurred. >> i hope you want a president that accepts responsibility and accountability. >> appealing to undecided voters, the issues and mud slinging candidates are using in an attempt to win the new hampshire primary. winter whether could be a factor, and offshore mother nature turned a leisurely cruise into a

john holman, al jazeera, chiapas. >> stern warn about syria. secretary osenator john mccain o punches. >> mr. putin is not interested in being our partner. he wants to establish russia as a major power in the middle east. he wants to exacerbate the refugee crisis and use it as a weapon. >> mccain predicted that a ceasefire brokered by secretary of state john kerry is likely to fail. talking to putin with the ceasefire plan and the bigger picture. the two leaders spoke about the involvement in the country. the white house says obama urged putin to focus on extremists and blockades be removed. moving towards mosul the threat of an i.s.i.l. attack is a constant in oil rich regions like tikrit. suicide bombings are common there. imran khan reports from baghdad. >> in april, to much fanfare, predominantly shia militias announced they had retain tikrit. today just outside that city, there is the scene. i.s.i.l. which still controls the country side mounts attacks on the oil fields there. the battle over tikrit is crucial in advance towards mosul, the

. >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ >>> hello from doha, everyone.his is the news hour on al jazeera. [ gunfire ] >> unholy alliances the u.k. says evidence the kurds are siding with president assad and russia is, quote, very disturbing. >>> more momentum for donald trump. he celebrates a big win in vegas. >>> iranians head to the polls in key elections. we are live in tehran. all of that, plus -- >>> i'm phil lavelle in los angeles, where we are now days away from the oscars, but it is who and what isn't nominated this year that people are talking about. ♪ >>> so we'll start with syria, there is said to be evidence that kurdish forces are coordinating with the assad government and the russian military. the evidence of such coordination is called, quote, very disturbing. paul brennan has more. >> reporter: syrias complex civil war has become even more complicates by the presence of isil both in syria and iraq, leaving combatants and their backers fighting on multiple fronts. the british foreign secretary has been briefing the parliament. there was ex

>> only on al jazeera america. >> the u.s. and russia agree a draft deal on ending hostilities in syria but will the warring sides put down their weapons? hello i'm maryam nemazee. you're watching live from london also coming up. afghan forces pull out of another district in helmond province ceding control to the taliban. >>> 21 people are confirmed dead after a cyclone packing winds of more than 300 kilometers an hour hit sphe fiji. uganda's main opposition leader is head after disputed elections. also in step with the president, the 106-year-old who got to have a dance with the obamas the at the white house. al jazeera has learned a draft deal has been reached between the united states and russia which sets a date for a cessation of the fighting in syria. at the moment it's not clear if the warring parties will agree to lay down their weapons. in the last hour the u.s. secretary of state john kerry has released the following statement on the draft deem. he says if complemented and adhered to, the cessation will not only lead

al jazeera's pat trish at a sabga has more. >> this is what rebalancing looks like. president obama standing shoulder to shoulder last november with leaders from asean the association of southeast asian nations, a club of countries in a region dominated by china and where washington is determined to remain a major player. >> asia pacific is critical to promoting security, prosperity and human dignity around the world. >> the first stand alone meeting in the united states with southeast asian leaders, this week's summit in southern california will formally elevate the u.s. asean relationship to a strategic partnership, a symbolic upgraded rooted in concerns over china's economic heft and growing military might. four nations are fart of the partnership, binding asia closer to the united states. four asean countries lay claim to parts of the south china sea, which china has marked out as its sovereign territory, an expansive claim beijing has tried to cement by building islands. >> we will fly, sail and operate wherever international law permits. >> and which washington

you're watching the al jazeera newshour. a new era in myanmar politics, hundreds of politicians take their seats after decades of military rule. and the first real test, for candidates hoping to become the next president of the united states, we're going to be live in iowa. hello thank you for joining us. in the last hour, the world health organization has declared the outbreak of the zika virus a public health emergency of international concern. the u.n. health agency has warned that the mosquito borne virus is spreading fast across the americas. the illness is suspected of causing birth defects however no firm link has been established. w.h.o. says over 4 million people are likely to be infected this year. >> i am now declaring that the recent includes pe cluster of my and other abnormalities, reported in the americas and in french polly nearb polyniche p a coordinated response is needed to seek the dee detection of infections and neurological complications. to intensify the control of mosquito populations and to expedite

dominic cane, al jazeera. colon. >> the u.n. says more peace keeping troops in the central african republic have been accused of sexually abusing locals. they have been confined to their barracks. seven new suspected victims including five children have been identified asy in the country's central region. >> spain has reported the first european case of a pregnant woman being diagnosed with the zika virus after returning from south america. as the virus spread they are scrambling to confirm whether there is a link with thousands of babies born with ab normally small heads. our latin american editor reports now from the cities, on the latest many h the search efforts. >> it is very value time, but there's nothing festive. scores of pregnant women whose babies are being diagnosed with microcephaly. rebecca who caught the virus in her second month is a prime suspect. >> your baby's head looks normal so far, but it is too early so know for sure. >> more and more people are being infected by the virus, and every day more mothers are

this is al jazeera america. russia's bombing campaign in syria has restarted as world leaders plot out a platt for the middle eastern country's future. >> also. >> there's nothing conservative about donald trump. >> on air and online. >> fixing a gas leak in l.a. spewing toxic fumes for months. how the damage to the surrounding area could last for decades. >>> historic

neave barker, al jazeera, dublin. >>> still ahead on al jazeera. as alal i on the first anniversary of the shooting of the opposition leader boris nemtsov. >>> some fear more unrest over current economic controls. ♪ ♪ >> the only live national news show at 11:00 eastern. >> we start with breaking news. >> let's take a closer look. ♪ ♪ >>> hello again, reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. the u.n. says a cessation of hostilities in syria is largely being honored. russia says it's halted airstrikes on syrian rebels who have agreed to the ceasefire. >>> at least 25 people have been killed in two suicide attacks in afghanistan. and ireland is placing political uncertainty after exit polls indicate the governing coalition has failed to win enough votes for secure a second term. the u.n. is worried about the use of force in uganda following the presidential elections. two killed and 200 detained including the opposition candidate. the opposition is continue to go dispute the president's reelection. and now there are more allegations of vote ri

mohammed jamjoom, al jazeera, stockholm sweden. >> coming up. the baby who is in the middle of a showdown between a hospital and australia's government. >>> plus the arrest of a student leader in india, leads to arrests boycotted classes and government warnings. >> tomorrower israeli prime minister ehud olmert has begun an 18 month sentence in prison. hwas forced to resign amid the corruption allegations in 2009. >>> a hospital in eastern australia has emerged, as a focal point of human rights. baby ashah. >> personalizing everything that is political, 300 more people is here to support her, stop the baby and her parents of being deported to naru. under australia's tough policies were immediately deported to the island of naru. there the mother got pregnant. the baby was born here but the parents and bane were returned to naru. in january of this year, the baby had an accident. boiling water was poured on her and now she is brought here to australia. now that she is better the hospital woulgovernment would ld her back to naru. the hospital staff

you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up, the eight-year-old girl is pulled alive from a taiwanese apartment block 16 hours after it was toppled by an earthquake. >>> power vacuum the u.n. urges haiti to form a new government quickly as protests grow. >>> and why ancient traditions to welcome in the lunar new year are changing in china.

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♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello and welcome to the al jazeera news hour and i'm in doha and attacks over syria and now doctors without borders says it has come under fire. >> stockholm sweden where they are struggling how to best help child refugees and migrants who arrived here alone in the past year. >>> the baby at the center of a detention center protest in australia. >>> i'll have all the day's sport including kobe bryant wins his 18th and final nba all-star game and action coming up, later this hour. ♪ we saw in this news hour with reports from syria that medical facility of doctors without borders has come over attack in idlib in the northwest of the country where air strikes are taking place and the border between turkey and syria continues to come under fire and we are live to correspondent zaina in the southern part of turkey right on the border with turkey and first of all zaina tell us more about this msf air strike that has happened in idlib. >> well, like you mentioned doctors without borders confirming it's one of the health facilities it supports in the villa

caroline malone, al jazeera. >> al jazeera's weather preventer richard has been looking at why this cycloneso powerful. >> tropical cyclone winston is an angular cyclone looks like it will donut it doesn't have the big bands of clouds and rain on its outer edges as many such cyclones do and tends to peek its power along this type of storm. sustained winds are very high. incredibly powerful gusts but thankfully it continues to move away towards the west, as it does so it will take the worst of the wind and rain with it. certainly? the coming hours it will be very windy and stormy. rain will continue for quite a long time. flooding remains a big issue. big seize all around the coast of the fiji gradually winston should ease away in the coming hours. >>> syria's opposition has agreed to hold a two to three-week ceasefire if russia stops its air campaign. russia says it will work to solve the crisis is will you diplomatic means but there are questions of whether a truce can be implemented. zeina khodr has this update from southern turkey near the border. >> reporter: the opposition saying they

thanks for your time. ♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ >>> and this is the al jazeera news hour. foster live from london nflt let's take a look at some of the stories we'll be studying in detail in the next 60 minutes. syria's president says his forces will retake all of the country. just hours after an international call for cessation of hostilitieses. >>> doctors protest in egypt after the release of police accused of attacking their colleagues. >>> key

miller with al jazeera. >>> still ahead on al jazeera the first of big tests for people vying to be thes. president, we will go live to iowa plus the scam which has defrauded investors of $7.6 billion in china. ♪ ♪ reminder of the top stories on al jazeera 20 killed and many others injured by a suicide bomber in the afghan capitol kabul. behind a negotiating committee are meeting with the u.n. special envoy staffan de mistura for indirect talks aimed at ending the syria civil war and hundreds of prodemocracy politicians have been sworn into the parliament in myanmar with a new era in policy for the country. voting will get underway later in the u.s. state of iowa as the republican and democrat parties choose their candidate for the election and after months of campaigning which at times has been heated and angry it will be the first real test of how the candidates are viewed by the general public and allen fisher is in des moines, iowa and he sent us this update. >> reporter: this is where presidential campaigns come to die, performance in the news of iowa outside the top three and drea

tom ackerman, al jazeera washington. >> that's it for this international news hour on al jazeera america flex hour. the presidential poll three days before the biggest contest in the race. i'll be back in two minutes. >> good evening i'm antonio mora. this is allejandr al jazeera am. talking directly to the voters. marco rubio, ted cruz and ben carson talk to the people while donald trump participates this a separate event tonight. and the message to hillary clinton to voters in chicago. >>> late word from the warehouse that president obama is expected to visit the communist island cuba soon. >>> apple versus fbi, the fbi is

zeina khodr, al jazeera, southern turkey. >> and the u.n. special envoy to syria, staffan de mistura, has arrived, due to meet foreign minister on tuesday, suspended peace talks between warring factions earlier in february but hopes to bring parties to the negotiating table in geneva next week. as we've mentioned russia is being blamed for those air strikes that killed almost 50 civilians. at the same time, tension between russia and turkey is escalating. there are fears that that will jeopardize the cessation of hostilities in syria itself. roisrory challands reports from moscow. >> several days across border artillery fire suggests pulling in deeper. russia has reacted angrily to the shelling. we see this as response to international terrorism and violent resolutions of the u.n. security council and turkey as a member of the international syria support group. turkey is of course a nato country and russia is aware that turkey is a potential fault line within the alliance. >> this is very unpleasant for nato and nato will do everything to pr

this is al jazeera. >> and this is the al jazeera news hour. a warm welcome for me.g to you live from london, a look at what we will be studying in the next 60 minutes. >>less arrest the main challenger to uganda's president as they allege. syria's main kurdish armed group denied turkey's accusation that it plant add car bomb killing 28 people.

al jazeera america. >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello and welcome to the al jazeera news hourmarteen dennis in do doha and distant as ever on air strikes on hospitals and schools kill dozens of people. rival energy giants saudi arabia and russia reach agreement on oil production plus. >>> i'm mohamed at the center for unaccompanied children in

al jazeera. >>> the u.s. is condemning the murder of an american by two palestinian teenagers in the west bank. the 21-year-old who was also an off-duty israeli joarl was solds stabbed to death yesterday. >>> cameroon is blaming boko haram for two suicide bombings today. boko haram is mostly nigeria based but it has carried out attacks in neighboring cameroon chad and niger. more than 50 others were wounded. the u.s. military now calls boko haram the most lethal terrorist group in the world. >>> the threat posed by boko haram and other groups is playing a role in the elections of the wearc wef african nationf niger. mohammad adow is reporting. >> it's a moment of uncertainty in a country that along with others is waging a war against armed groups including i.s.i.l. and its local friend boko haram. al qaeda also has groups capable of striking at the heart of west africa. something similar may happen here in niger. the government says it controls the internal situation but the world should help more on an overa

marga ortigas, al jazeera. brazil. >> be hong kong bi-election, campaigned for greater democracy and currently facing rioting charges. the action followed rioting protests with the chinese government over freedoms in the former chinese territory. sarah clark reports. >> reporter: at 34 years of age this is alvin young's first movement into politics. >> reform is, hong kong is at a critical juncture. we have convince voters that we can deliver something that they can rely on. >> an increasing number of young politician he fighting for greater democracy in a city divided over its political future. six candidates ran in the bielection, and edward young campaigned for hong kong's independence and came third place in the election. says the message from voters is a wake justify call for the hong kong government. >> people should know we of the young generation we determined to sacrifice to devote ourselves in hong kong's future. >> reporter: it may have just been a bi-election but this campaign has seen a growing num

you're watching al jazeera news. the "world health organization" sets up a gear in the fight against zika virus. >>> the eagle has landed dutch police's latest measure to keep dangerous drones away. >> syrian government forces have launched a major offensive from the north of aleppo and captur ed several strategically important towns. they're trying to cut supply lines to aleppo. they've captured the aim is to break through rebel-held territory to reach the pro government villages. by doing this the government would cut off rebel fighters in the north and prevent reinforcements from getting through. we have reports from southern turkey close to the syrian border. >> this battle can change the balance of power. the syrian army and it's allies are taking it town by town in the northern countryside of aleppo. with the help of russian air power the government is advancing. civilians are caught in the cross fire and the heavy bombardment is forcing many families to leave. >> look at the situation. look at those people who

paul brennan, al jazeera, brussels. >>> the u.n. an impending humanitarian crisis in homs where an estimated 120,000 people have been cutoff from aid since the middle of january. meanwhile casualty figures for the duration of the five-year war have laid bear the devastating affect that it's had on syria's people. the syrian center for policy research says 11.5% of the population has either been killed or injured in the war. death toll of 470,000 people includes 70,000 who could have been saved if they had adequate healthcare, water or housing. a staggering 1.9 million syrians injured in the war. life expectancy in the country has fallen from 70 which it was in 2010 to 55. with me now in the studio is benedict europe policy director at the international development organization and thank you so much for joining us here on al jazeera. now, these figures from the syrian center for policy research, i don't expect you to know exactly if they are correct but do they sound right to you, do they echo the kind of what you have been experienc

you're watching al jazeera. let's take you through the top stories. tens of thousands of syrians mass at turkey's border as they flee the fighting in aleppo. burundian refugees, are targeted by government agents infiltrating their camps. >>> julian assange's detention in the ecuadorian embassy in london has ended. >>> el nino originates in the pacific, brings drought to areas that are usually wet and rain and snow to areas that are normally dry. rob reynolds is on the story. >> the last few years have been tough for california farmer jordan parsons. >> the last four years in a rewe've had complete crop failures. in terms of the irrigated stuff we've seen acreage drop because our wells can't hold up. >> now for the first time in a long time his fields are green thanks to the el nino global weather system that's bringing water to california. scientists measuring the snow pack in the sierra nevada mountains say it's well above normal for this kind of the year. the scripps ocean og iography institute. >> we would be very unlikely to erase our way out of t

more in a minute. >>> this is talk to al jazeera.y guest this week is jazz artist cassandra wilson >>> you've been described as someone who has been a peace maker between jazz and other genres. in this kwoelt they were talking about rock of. -- quote. genre bending jazz diva. what do you think about that? >> i love the idea about bending things, bending reality. that is always fascinating to me. i don't know if i care for the word "diva" >>> i saw this song and i thought what was it about and it was an awesome polyrhythmic thing going and you started to sing a song about someone who died. this is something that i've read that you find a connection to your dad. now, explain that, please. how a song entitled death letter connects you to your father? >> because of the emotion that you tap into, you remember. the cooling board is where the body cools. i remember when my father passed away, he was at the college funeral home, and i had to look at him before they could sign off. they wanted it to be as close to how he looked in life. so so

>> only on al jazeera america. >> this is al jazeera. ♪ >> hello there, and welcome to the news hour.e're live from our headquarters in doha. coming up in the next 60 minutes. the russian air force halts it's bombing campaign in syria and the temporary cease-fire seems to be holding. separate suicide attacks in afghanistan, more than 20 people are killed and many more wounded. >>> a march in moscow. >> in los angeles, home to a film industry where women are routinely paid less than their male counter parts. but how does that reflect life as a whole in the united states? >> a conditional peace fire in syria is largely being observed. some artillery and machine gunfire has been reported, but no major attacks. now the main syrian opposition said that 100 rebel factions have agreed to respect the truce. it does not include isil and the al nusra front, which is learned to al-qaeda. they're both designated terrorist groups by the united nations and were not part of the truce deal. al nusra is calling on its fight tours intensify attacks on government forces. the a suburb in the capital of d

. >>> hello again from doha, this is the world news from al jazeera. also ahead. >> thank you very much, everybody. >>> donald trump trumps bid to be the presidential candidate, he celebrates a big win in vegas. >>> several gulf countries issue a travel ban for their nationals on traveling to lebanon. we're live in beirut with the details. >>> almost nothing left, one of the areas worst hit by fiji cyclone, as a massive cleanup operation swings into action. let's start with syria where there is said to be evidence that kurdish forces coordinating with the assad government and the russian air force. the british foreign secretary phillip hammond made that assertion calling the evidence of such coordination very disturbing. we're going to take a look why it is so significant. syrian kurdish forces, the y.p.g. captured territory from isil. you see it marked in red there. they've done that with help from the united states. they've taken advantage of the syrian government offensive around aleppo to capture ground from u.s. backed rebels. then there's another

al jazeera al jazeera's zeina khodr has been telling us about the people of deir az zor, about how they are starving and living in fear. >> they are from deir az zor. it's the young men escaping. they hide their identities to protect activists back home, who helped them broadcast to the world what otherwise would not be seen. activists that call themselves deir az zor slotted provided images from the i.s.i.l. controlled province. al jazeera is not able to verify the videos. in deir az zor, the harsh rule is brutal, because it's facing resistance. >> translation: we don't feel safe because people are fighting back. there are sleeper cells targetting i.s.i.l. members. many join i.s.i.l., they are not loyal. they join out of fear or to get a salary. >> reporter: life is just as hard in the province sal capital. people are poor and hungry. i.s.i.l. besieged areas where 200,000 live. food is scarce. there has been deaths from starvation. activists say they face a double blockade. the government says they bring in supplies through the military airport. the people are faced with two realities.