south africa where an afterschool programme is trying to meet the education needs of some of johannesburg's inner city children. >> sunday night. >> 140 world leaders will take the podium. >> get the full story. >> there is real disunity in the security council. >> about issues that impact your world. >> infectious diseases are a major threat to health. >> "the week ahead". sunday 8:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> a reminder of the top stories - the danish prime minister called two shooting attacks in copenhagen an attack on democracy. police say they have killed the man believed to be behind the attacks at a cafe and synagogue. two were killed five police officers injured. >> in yemen, political leaders opposed to the houthi takeover are calling on gulf countries to intervene, meeting in the south in aiden. agreeing to move the capital from aiden to sanaa. the meeting was delayed after an attempted bombing. >> the families of 21 christians are calling on the government to do more. concerns are high after fighters loyal to islamic state of iraq and levant released pictures of th

al jazeera, johannesburg. >> efforts to save a predator are paying off there are more siberian tigers in russia. in the russia border is the port city once the soviet naval base closed to the outside world. always here, the tiger has been revered. there are monuments to this beast dotted around the city. four hours out of town deep in the province, biologist and tiger expert briefs his team. as part of a mass migration of attackers in an area three size of the time of the netherlands. >> trackers have to be alert. every now and then, humans are attacked and killed and they know tigers are nearby. the snow is an open book that you can read if you know how. the tigers age and gender can be identified from paw prints. the trackers determine the number of tiger cubs. >> this is a male we met earlier over there. he passed through around three days ago. >> given the dire state of tiger populations, that population has grown more than tenfold to around about 500. >> this is nature in the raw where all kinds of wild animals thrive, and everything, everyone is aware what's top of the food chai

al jazeera johannesburg. >> time for our check on the world weather now with robin. new england's in a blizzard. >> in the middle now correct. satellite pictures showed you some things. this is a cloud winding up the east coast getting brighter and brighter. that cold is interrupted with warm from the atlantic, you get the back wash, the northerly wind and snow. the two together, of course, make it busy. zooming in on this, this is nearly in the frame here, not so much new york, but boston and new hampshire, new brunswick and maine. current conditions in boston, minus seven celsius winds 28k from the northeast not as strong as it's going to be. current wind chill is mine fuss 15 but it could get as low as minus 25, even minus 30 before this is blown out. this is just stage one of what is a process as you know of various snowfalls. already we've had a record snowfall in boston. something else is coming in behind me, and said through different states, the southern states, st. louis missouri and nashville, tennessee. where is this going to go next? having dumped what co

show cart blanche broadcast claims of a former airline guard at johannesburg airport. he said he was working for israel's internal spy agency. >> we pull the wool over everyone's eyes, the airport authorities do not know what we are doing. >> months later an israeli airline official was deported. little detail was released, but a secret intelligence document confirms his story. >> they did carry fire arms and had according to them diplomatic protection. they even had all access unrestricted at the airport. this gave them the advantage to gather information with reward to say arrivals and departures to and from south africa. >> another classified report says el al has the privilege of not being searched at the restricted areas. >> el al officials are allowed to travel freely with their weapons amongst the el al passengers. one of the members of el al has been identified as a courier for the mossad. >> the broadcast triggered a meeting. security representatives withdrew permission for the israelis to carry weapons. despite argument, they took away the diplomatic immunity

tania page reports. >> reporter: rain pelts children during one of the johannesburg's summer storms. it will not keep them away from their afterschool programme. the city can be dangerous. security is tight. this is a safe space for learning. it's called the street light school. the focus is on a more wholistic creative education. >> when a child is growing up she has to have more options. she doesn't have to be like only - she has to be informative. >> reporter: parents will be charged a small fee, making it a low-fee private school. like others this person moved to the city for work. more people mean more strain on resources. there's not enough space in the public school classrooms for all the children. private schools are filling the gap and urban spaces. this building was a shoe factory before being converted into housing for low income families. 150 live her, and the children attend the programme. they are developing their own characters for a story. the woman behind it says the government curriculum has narrowed. one education right shoot says private schools are not the answer

south africa - a unique afterschool programme is trying to meet the education needs of some of johannesburg's children. >>> and 1 billion people around the world are watching pakistan in the cricket world cup. farah will be here later with the latest in sport. >>> now, government forces in ukraine, and pro-russian rebels are accusing each other of violating a ceasefire after it began. both sides agreed to the truce in the capital. the ukranian president ordered the army to stop operations on saturday. >> these negotiations were at the highest level. this time the other party will observe the terms of the agreement with the necessary tension and responsibility. >> charles stratford joins us on the line from kiev 60km. charles, earlier there'd been reports of the ceasefire being broken. what are you seeing? we may have lost charles there. we'll get him back to get the latest from on the ground in ukraine. still with ukraine, where many ukrainians have left their homes, for them the ceasefire comes too late. since the fighting began. about 40,000 have sought refuge in the rovt okay region. some

al jazeera johannesburg. >> protesters supporting greece are due to be held later on paris sunday. anti austerity protests are a pretty regular event across europe. this is a scene in rome saturday this made up of union members and the unemployed. greek's new leftest government will work to seize the austerity program. >> the u.s. isn't protected from problems facing the euro zone. from atlanta alan fisher explains. >> this is german class immersing elementary students in the language possibly for a future career, in a country where spanish is the fastest growing language. >> germany is the largest economy in europe, basically carrying the e.u. right now. german's an important language. >> in atlanta there are more than 270 companies with german links. they employ thousands so that means a problem over there can quickly become a problem over here. southeastern states have become a hub for investment. they need supply companies logistics, support. many other industries have crossed the atlantic. >> they have a very positive outlook on the u.s. market, and a lot of companies plan on

the coal-fired plant supplied electricity to most of johannesburg until 1998.rate 300 mega watts of energy before being decommissioned. it was deemed unnecessary to keep life here but now south africa is facing a power crisis. the scomm has been forced to implement forced blackouts for the first time since 2008. it's struggling to meet the demand. the rolling blackouts that are affecting many parts of the country have been largely attributed to deteriorating and underserviced power plants. but the delays and the completion of newly built power stations is also putting pressure on the grid. 35 companies consume about 45% of all the electricity supply in south africa. these include gold and mines and steel sections. so, there's simply not enough electricity to supply both households and large industry. >> yes, we certainly are in trouble. and you can see the immediate trouble from the part of 2014 which has come back with a vengeance in the second half of 2015. and it's certainly not a short-term problem. i think the problems are going to be with us for several y

think broadly speaking, the team that worked on this we were shocked to find the extent to which johannesburg has become the el dorado of espionage. >> in what way what do you mean? >> they work spy and downer spy to scupper deals over natural resources, to insist that the south african government surveil this muslim-o or that pro-palestinian organization or this ngo or that ngo. the entire rubric on terror has really warped, and in public they say we want rule of law rights and behind the table they're asking for very undemocratic things. you can see that in the cables displp you can see that in our exclusive website aljazeera.com/spy cables. u.s. court has fined palestinian groups $218 million for terrorism over two years ago. liable for the attacks in which 33 people were killed. the lawsuit was filed in new york, because some of those two died were american citizens. the palestinian authority has rejected the verdict and called it baseless. kristin saloomey has more in new york. >> the attacks took place between 2002 and 2004 bombings and shootings that happened out in the street and in o

police launched a sting operation pose ed as russian buyers and made their arrests outside johannesburg, only a handful of journalists wrote about the case. >> it would have been a very sexy story if one was privy to the whole setting of the trap and people being arrested and so on. but the media wasn't involved in the actual drama of the story. >> the spy story somehow israel's mossad had gotten hold of the blueprints. this sparked a battle between the two nations. search wantedsouth african wanted the blueprints back. >> we can at least return the missile plans to you. >> but on one condition. >> israeli citizen mr. yitsak taltalia. >> got its blueprints bam back, presumably only after mossad had made a copy. two years later a trial took place, without any mention of israel's involvements in the affair. the israeli citizen walked away free from prosecution. will jordan, al jazeera. >> you can see the articles and analysis on our exclusive website, aljazeera.com/spycables. also see twitter and use the hashtag, spycables. al jazeera has obtained what appearingappears to be a meeting of

i am in johannesburg at the moment. >> i was interested because, of course, i saw you -- well, at all the u.n. climate summits not the last, but certainly in durban, south africa. we in the united states right now are experiencing, to say the least, extreme weather. the weather centers on television used to be called weather centers, where the meteorologists stood, now it is extreme weather center or severe weather center. the south has never experienced this kind of cold or snow. the northeast them a freezing temperatures, drought in california. as we wrap up and you heard, we're speaking to kert davis as well about the american petroleum institute and other corporations funding dr. soon, the climate denier, your thoughts on this backdrop of what is happening in the world today around climate change? >> well, most of all, political and business leaders have now been pushed into a corner where they have had to acknowledge the science, acknowledge the fact we have to change and are saying in broader terms, the right thing -- that we have to cut down emissions, transition to a clean eco

that's what this man said when he walked into the jewelry store in johannesburg south africa. was only a decoy for what was about to happen. the woman pretends that there's something wrong with her shoe as she's fixing it there, holding the door open an employee runs in he can't get into the store as she's blocking the way. as he's at the door not being let in he's pushed into the store by two other men, and then the very brazen robbery. to give you an idea just one of the items that they took was worth more than $34,000. and that was just one of the items. fortunately nobody was injured in this in incident. this other incident happened in oregon. this man in this holding cell 33-year-old robin, held on charges of stalking and first degree sexual assault but later accused detectives of assaulting him. this video captures the incident. tell me what you think happened. >> he's going to start banging his head against the walls. >> he does start punching his own face trying to make it seem like he actually had been assaulted by officers. of course once video reviewed they figure o

tania page, al jazeera, johannesburg. >>> thousands of people are rallying in antens to show support the new greek government. this was a scene outside parliament. people are backing the governmentts rejection for continued economic reform. leftist leadership to cancel key terms of the bail-out program. >>> political uncertainty over the fate of greece is adding to europe's economic worries, pushing the euro ever lower. it's dropped more than 20 percent over the last year and is now hovering near 11 year lows. the u.s. isn't protected from the problems facing the euro zone. >> this is german class, elementary students in the language laying the foundations for a future career. this, in a country where spanish is the fastest growing language. >> if you look at the economy in europe germany is the largest economy. it is basically carrying the eu right now and so german is an important language. >> europe is a growing interest and a growing share in u.s. markets, not just in retail but in manufacturing services and finance. in atlanta, alone, there are more than 270 companies with germa

clayton swisher, al jazerra johannesburg. >>> the islamic state of iraq and the levant has kidnappedan 100 men and nine boys in iraq. the hostages belong to the sunni tribe one of the largest in the country. the defense minister is a member of that tribe. they all come from a village east of tikrit. government troops are fighting with isil for control of the area. about 200-kilometers from the capital baghdad. jayna half has more from baghdad. >> reporter: there is no word on the fate of these men and boys who were taken away. the sheik of the tribe tells us 127 tribes men remember originally cat nipped. this is three days ago. the news just filtering out now because of difficult communications there. it's a village east of tikrit where fighting has been going on. when they took the men they also took nine boys. they are between nine and 10 years of age and they continue to be held. the sheik tells us that he believes it's in retaliation for relatives of the men and boys fighting either with iraqi forces or tribal forces against isil. the tribe was also involved in another attack by

clayton swisher al jazerra johannesburg. >>> there is more to come here on the program.eria's president proms at the to create 2 million jobs if he's reelected but how credible is the claim? and we'll be live in ma layer that there are high hopes for a climate change conference late they are year. stay with us. >> sunday, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back. the top stories here on al jazerra. the u.n. special envoy to yemen has arrived in the city of aden to meet the countries president hadi. it comes just hours after the security council said it was backing hadi as yep end's leader. there have been rallies supporting hadi. >>> south african agents are spying on russia for details on their own joint satellite problem. according to a top secret cable obtained by the al jazerra investigative unit. the spy cable

deborah patta cbs news johannesburg. >> axelrod: and we have some breaking news to tell you about. let's get right to the details. >> reporter: thanks, jim. i'm juan fernandez in los angeles. just a quick update. we're now hearing there's been another shooting in downtown copenhagen. three people shot, including two police officers. it's not yet known if this is connected to the earlier attack. jim, now, back to you.: >> axelrod: a >> axelrod: a cease-fire is now in effect in european community, but it is unclear if it will hold or for how long. as ukrainian troops and russian- backed separatists kept battling right up to the midnight deadline. here in the u.s., some ukrainian-americans have been trying to gift troops overseas a fighting chance. here's dean reynolds. >> reporter: a cease-fire is in place now on the bloody battlefields in ukraine and it could be at least a pause in hostilities. >> do you guys want to put theit bigger boxes in first?xe >> reporter: but 5,000 miles away in chicago's ukrainian village neighborhood, 25-year- old michael gleveb is busy. >> we're doing it

debora pat acbs news, johannesburg. >> axelrod: a cease-fire is now in effect in european community, but it is unclear if it will hold or for how long. as ukrainian troops and russian-backed separatists kept battling right up to the midnight deadline. here in the u.s., some ukrainian americans have been trying to gift troops overseas a fighting chance. here's dean rldeynos. >> reporter: a cease-fire is in place now on the bloody battlefields in ukraine and it could be at least a pause in hostilities. >> to youment to put the bigger boxes in first? >> reporter: but 5000 miles away in chicago's ukrainian village neighborhood 25-year-old michael gleveb is busy. >> we're doing it because i'm patriotic. >> reporter: for most of the last year, he and his ukrainian friends have been shipping war fighting supplies back to the motherland, trying to even out what they see as a lopsided battle against russia. >> i see that our people in ukraine right now our brothers and sisters aren't being helped by the rest of the world. if we wrghts and sisters, who's going to help them? >> reporter: glebef

sting operation made their arrest outside jo johannesburg in 2010. >> the meeting wasn't involved in the actual drama of the story. >> reporter: the spy cables reveal crucial details that were kept hidden from the public. somehow, israel's massad had gotten hold of the anti-tank blueprints. south africa wanted the bleupts the the blueprints back. >> we can return the missile plans to you. israeli citizen mr. yitzak talia is involved. we want confirmation that he will not be involved in legal issues. >> covered up and got its blueprints back. presumably only after massad had made a copy. two years later a trial took place without any mention of israel's secret role in the affair. the men were tried here and the israeli citizen involved walked away free from prosecution. will jordan, al jazeera. >> you can see the original spy cables and analysis at our exclusive website at aljazeera.com/spy cables . you can follow the story on twitter,/spy cables. >>> covers period between september and december last year, during that time at least 165 executions were carried out following sentences b

in 2009 south african tv show "carte blanche" bread cast the names of staff at johannesburg. israel's internal spy agency - we pulled the wool over everyone said eye, we do what we want. local authorities do not know what we are doing. months later south african officials, more details were released. a secret intelligence document confirms the story. >> they carried firearms. this gave them the advantage to gather information with regards to arrivals and departures to and from south africa. >> a classified report says that it has the privilege. officials are allowed to travel freely amongst the passengers. one of the members of ellal are a courier for the mossad. >> security representatives. then they took away the workers diplomatic immunity. a separate document relates to information that the south africans gathered. it says that the airport is very involved in the gathering of intelligence, and handled the initiative of a pipeline in 2001. elal refused to comment. the carte blanche broadcast was worried. they contacted south africa and asked for details. not just as an air

police launched a sting operation, posed as buyers and made an arrest outside johannesburg in 2010. there was little media coverage. >> it would have been a story if one was privy to the whole setting of the trap and people being arrested and so on. there really wasn't involved in the actual drama of the story. >> reporter: the spy cables reveal details hidden from the government. israel's moz ard got hold of the blueprints sparking a battle between the two nation's spies. south africa wanted the blue print back arrived israel and got this reply:. >> on one condition: >> reporter: it appeared south africa agreed, covered up israel's involvement and got the blueprint back presumably after moss ard made a copy. two years later a trial took place, without mention of the secret roll in the affair. the men were tried here and the israeli citizen involved walked away free from prosecution >>> joining nee were doha is the manager of al jazeera investigation unit. tell us more about the role of israel glis that affair. it's intriguing stuff. >> well it's intriguing and gives us a glimpse in

police launched a sting operation, posed as russian buyers and made their roasts outside johannesburg in 2010. there was little media coverage. only a handful of journalists wrote about the case. >> it would have been a story if one was privy to the setting of the trap being arrested and so on. it wasn't involved in the actual drama of the story. >> the spy cables reveal crucial details hidden from the public. israel's mossad got hold of the blueprints sparking a behind the scenes battle between the two nation's spies. south africa wanted the blueprint back asked israel and got this reply. >> in light of strong cooperation between our service, we can return the missile plans to you. >> on one condition. >> israeli citizen is involved in this affair: it appears south africa agreed covered up israel's involvement and got the blueprints back. presumably after randy moss made a copy. two years later a trial took police without a mention of israel's secret role in the air. the men were tried here and the israeli citizen walked away free from prosecution. >> you can see the original spy cab

we see high-population densities on marginal lands, and proximity to johannesburg and pretoria-- the center of south africa. and so those areas served as effective labor reserves, meaning that if we can keep the people in those areas from garnering a real livelihood, keep them structurally dependent on migration then we have a large labor pool. narrator: there was a distinct geography of apartheid a geography of separateness based upon race. as the gnmt to redress these injusces in 1994 and '95, land reform brought euphoric times. woman: so really today, i don't know. nce thisorningi had one cup of tea. d i feel that i'm so strongly, i can even jump just because i'm going back to my land. ( singing in native language ) so the idea of a land-reform program is to try and set right some of the wrongs that were done under apartheid, and clearly that's not going to be done overnight so it's a long-term program. mccusker: land reform essentially is a program to redress the imbalances of the past. and one of the largest imbalances of the past was in land distribution versus population. it's

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joining us from johannesburg is gold fields ceo nick holland.you believe that we have hit the low point and things get better. the market traded your stock down aggressively this morning. mikhail and: -- nick holland: if you look at the one project in south africa, we've had a poor year in production. we've had to shut the mind for four months due to safety considerations. we are projecting to improve production by 15%. that should be through to the bottom line. it is highly leveraged to production. most costs are already in the system. that is the reason we are saying we have hit the low point and we should do much better in 2015. francine: when will the mine be up to steady production of 700,000 ounces? nick holland: we are reassessing. all the development we thought we would have had to open the large parts has not happened. it is taking longer. we are looking at getting the mind back to basics and making sure we understand that we have got operator skills, good maintenance skills behind us. let;s get those bright before we expand the operati