there's a business battle ahead and the backlash just beginning to surface. >> thank you so much, jonah hulll. >>> al jazeera has found signs of a russian troop build up in maneuvers in eastern ukraine. they've been seen close to the ukrainian border. the russian military has long denied that it has been helping separatist fighters near ukraine. charles stratford reports. >> equipment on a train close to the you trainan border. al jazeera has no way of verifying with these vehicles are being moved to or from. it includes armor personnel carriers and tanks. the plates have been removed or seemingly painted over. we drove out of town to an area where we heard there is a makeshift military camp. across the field we heard there are piles of dust in an area that looked like a farm. large vehicle were moving in convoy. around 10 kilometers behind she the border of ukraine. it says it is conducting military exercises and denies it has crossed the border. the government described a question whether it was preparing for an attack as completely inappropriate. the army has recently been conducting exer

jonah hull al jazeera, hungary. >>> the falling price of afghan lamb skin is affecting the country'sdustry. nicole johnston reports from northern afghanistan. >> reporter: under the harsh midday sun, this man is trying to feed his sheep. without much success. >> translator: we don't have grazing land. this sheep is very thin. there's no grass. we don't have water. they drink at a garbage dip and get sick. >> reporter: these are sheep highly regarded for their meat wool and lamb skin. when times are tough, and farmers can't afford to raise the lambs, they kill the newborns for their pelts. from the farm the pelt is sold in the market to these export traders. a lot of bar againing goes on to try to secure a deal as well as checking the qualify of the skins. this man has brought skins to sell, but he can't get the price he wants. neither can this man. he walks out in disgust. farmers say insecurity across the north has made grain prices more expensive. and prevents them from taking sheep to the mountains to graze. exporters have problems too. >> translator: our business here has almost

jonah hull, al jazeera runneme runnemede. >> still to come. in sport with their teammates in hospital, a medal for austria's synchronized swimmers. lee has be sports up later. . >> only on al jazeera america. >> three decades of war has almost destroyed it. art and culture is making a come back. as ranel hernandez reports. >> drama reality of the civil war in these parts took over. today artists are once again be finding the time and space. >> now we've broadened out. though we do say that remember the war now we're at a stage where we move away and once again explore other subjects. >> reporter: cultural exchanges and visiting performers like view from clox colombo sensitive topic 52 focus. six years after the end of the war the changes are hard to ignore. jasna has amounts been known as a center of learning and culture but 30 years of war meant other people had other priorities. as the former war zone and its people slowly reveal their lives the region is seeing a revival of the arts. it's strongly influenced by the violence and conflict of

jonah hull, al jazeera runnymede. >>> illustration of how reforms on the island are make it possible for artists to earn a real living. collectors from the u.s., europe and the middle east are buying up cuban art like never before. lucia newman has more from hooive. hooive. havana. a fake beach across the street along the city's main coastal drive. these installations and other works of art are cuba's highly anticipated 12th bianale. an international event, this year as never before cuban artists are taking center stage in these times of chain on the communist island. >> there were so many regulation is prohibitions and these situations are seen as drops of water on a very dry desert. being absorbed at lightning speed. >> today he has the freedom to buy and build his own studio. his latest paintings examining seductive relationship between many cubans and foreigners especially tourists. >> she is pure, beautiful but dangerous like a jellyfish. jester who seems so hospitable and can greet you in five languages but ends up selling you cigars and women. >> cuban art auctioned at sotheby

jonah hull, al jazeera southern hungary. >> french police fanned out near the euro tunnel. opened trailers and ordered men out. many had broken into the trucks yesterday when traffic was at a standstill. a strike by ferry workers blocked access to the tunnel that links britain to france. today traffic was moving again but not smooth sailing for drivers. >> problems with police. problems of load. problems all day. >> the ferry workers union is warning for three or four days of strikes many have gathered in france for the right to cross into britain. >>> u.n. tribunal to look into the downing of a malaysia airlines plane over ukraine last year making the proposal to the security council next month but russia homsdz the holds the power of veto. ukraine and u.s. expects the plane was shot down by a surface to air missile. all 298 on board died. >>> increased strain between russia and western nation. russia says it's again expanding its ban on u.s. food, supposed to be end this summer. the eu extended its essential on russia until next january. kremlin consistently denies claims

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in a second report from the hungarian serbian border jonah hull talks to migrants and their treatment. >> reporter: they could be tears of pain or relief or exhaustion, for more days than many can count, they travelled, crossing borders by any means, fleeing civil war in syria for the safety of the european union. this is the welcome they get. another group arrested. this time from pakistan. they walked from serbia into hungary. the latest leg of a shattering 2-month journey from islamabad. >> where do you want to go to? >> spain. >> reporter: why? >> working. >> reporter: in good weather, hundreds a day might cross into the pretty hungarian border town. the dense forest providing good cover, and most escape the local rangers who follow their tracks through the woods. the hungarian government plans to build a 4 meter high fence to seal the 175km stretch of border. something the mayor describes as a new iron curtain, a necessary solution to stop the influx of what he says are mainly muslim asylum seekers. >> we are talking about a totally different culture. we are talking about a musli

jonah hull, al jazeera. running mede. >> cuba's art exhibition is attracting art lovers from around the world. >> an ice skating rink with pretend eyes in the middle of tropical havana. a fake beach across the street along the city's main coastal drive. these installations and other works of arrested are part of cuba's highly anticipated biannual art show, an international event. but this year as never before cuban artists are taking center stage in these times of change on the communist island. >> there were so many regulations prohibitions and these freedoms were seen like throwing a drop of water on a very dry desert. they're being absorbed at lightening speed. >> ten years ago jesus had barely enough space to paint on the floor of his argument. now he owns his own studio. >> she is pure, beautiful but dangerous like a jelly fish. it's the jester who can greet you with five languages ends up selling you cigars and women. >> auctioned at sotherbys or purchase bid visiting collectors from new york to beirut

jonah hull has spoken to people at a serbian border town before they try to cross into hungary. >> reporter have been on the road for weeks, tired dehydrate dehydrated, they are afraid of arrest and police violence. >> give me water, please. >> hi morning. so guys we are doctors without borders, we provide -- >> reporter: the charity visits twice a week. the medic finds a woman who suffered a miscarriage. where do you guys all come from? >> afghanistan. >> reporter: everyone from afghanistan? >> we had problems in afghanistan all of these guys from taliban. where every we are having problems. >> reporter: the police asking for money? >> yes. >> reporter: and they beat you up? >> yes, strongly beat. in my whole body i feel pain. >> reporter: where are you going? >> i'm going to austria. >> i'm going to belgium. >> london. >> reporter: they seldom stay more than a night or two in these little encampments, incredibly courageous people resting their ache bones before continuing a long long journey, leaving behind countries like afghanistan, syria, yemen, iraq and not far ahead of them now, the

jonah hull al jazeera, hungary. >> japanese women have traditionally been discouraged from returningto work once they have left to have children. but the times and economic realities are changing. we have reports from tokyo about the rise of what is called women are mix. >> running the nail salon from their living room, she's lucky enough to find a work life solution. she can earn a living while raising her son. her customers many of them working numbers as well can bring along their children. >> i wanted to work, and i also wanted to raise my children, so running my salon from my home was the best way. >> other working mothers are looking for their own solutions. on a sunday afternoon women who left work to have children attend a catch-up course trying to return to the same positions in the companies they left. >> japan has the worst income disparity between men and women of any of the developed countries and women who leave to have children are the worst off. >> faced with an aging population bringing more women into the workforce is seen as an obvious way of reviving the economy.

jonah hull met some of the people trying to make the crossing. >> reporter: they have been on the roadeeks. they are afraid of arrest and police violence. >> give me water, please. >> reporter: hi morning. yes, so guys we are doctors without borders. we provide medical -- >> reporter: the charity visits twice a week at the far end of the camp the medic finds a woman who has suffered a miscarriage. where do you guys all come from? >> afghanistan. >> reporter: everyone? >> yeah. >> we had problems in afghanistan all of us these guys from taliban, such problems you know. and everywhere we are going problems. >> reporter: 34ris asking for money? >> yes they ask for money. >> reporter: and they beat you up? >> yes strongly beat i'm -- in my whole body i feel pain. >> reporter: where are you going? >> i'm going to austria. >> reporter: austria. >> i go to belgium. >> london. >> london. >> reporter: they schedule.com stay more than a night or two in these little encampments in the long grass here. desperately incredibly desperate people resting their aching bones, leaving far behind them coun

jonah hull, al jazeera runnymede. >> you can find much more on most of our stories on our website. that's what the front page looks like at the moment. the address is aljazeera.com. >> this is "techknow". a show about innovations that can change lives. >> the science of fighting a wild fire. >> we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity but we are doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. tonight "techknow" investigates climate change. >> i can really feel it vibrating now. >> it's science versus politics. >> do you know what this is? it's a snowball. >> from a city in the grips of climate crisis. >> neighbors were coming down. everybody was helping each other, pushing the cars. >> to the epicentre of a political debate. >> carbon pollution is co2, and that's really not a polutant it's a plant food. >> we go to the front lines of a debate that may not be decided. >> they're gonna raise the sidewalks... >> that must be what - two feet? >>> until it's too late. >> as mayor, i don't have the liberty or time to debate why climate change

in line with other major powers which give judges the power to approve electric surveillance jonah hullts. >> reporter: the british government's independent reviewer of terrorism legislation the barester david anderson is scathing of current laws governing the monitoring of private commutations on the phone, via satellite and on the internet. incomprehensible he says, offering inadequate protection to individuals intolerable. >> the law has been on the road for too long it's like an old car it's been patch up probably one too many times and now skat early all over the place, there are 65 different acts of parliament that govern this whole area. i think that should being reduce today one. >> reporter: mr. hands son's report is titled a question of trust. it was commissioned by the government and comes just as the government is planning new legislation here. among a great number of key recommendations, is one in particular the senior ministers be stripped of the power to authorize surveillance warrants and that that power instead be given to senior judges, mr. andersen believe that his am

in line with other major powers which gives judges the power to approve electronic survive lens, jonah hulle. >> reporter: the british government's independent reviewer of tear orism legislation, the barester david anderson is scathing of currents laws givenning the monitoring of private communication on his the phone, via satellite and on the internet. inning prongs i believe he says, offering inadequate protection to individuals intolerable. >> the law has been on the road if a long time. it's like an old car that's been patched up too many times it's scattered owl over the place there are 65 acts of government that govern this area, i think it should be reduced to one. >> reporter: mr. andersen's report was titled a question of trust. firefighters commission are commissioned by the government and it comes just as the government is planning new legislation here. among a great number of key recommendation is his one in particular the senior ministers be stripped of the power to authorize survive lens warrants and that that power instead be given to senior judges, mr. andersen believe that

jonah hull has their story >>> on disused private land an eco community gathers around a fire. deep among the sycamore trees they live in home made dwellings, subsist awful the land with well water and solar power. >> this house was built by mary building this home >>> at running meet the great charter or magna carta was signed. it represented the freedom of the individual. it's a notion that is beginning to wear thin as the new openers planned to develop the land. this community faces conviction. >> this has put in place an authority under section 63 under the criminal justice and public order act. which is a prevention of the event this evening. >> this is tyranny. this is an ause of your power. >> in is abuse of your power. the villages say they face harassment. >> the establishment saying "you think you free me. here is some of our law. and today we are told we are not to have our celebration. by a circle wearing the crown. to doing the queen's work. >> the queen's country seat visible from the city. her magesty's law viewed with disdain. >> i don't believe that anyone has

jonah hull is live in london where details coming to light jonah, about how wide government spying is there. >> well, it's interesting that just as these hours being reduced in the united states, they're alive and well here in britain and the government plans to extend the powers open to police and security services here as part of its legislative program, having just won reelection. this is a great concern to privacy campaigners, one called big brother watch has published a report today in which it notes figures obtained under freedom of information laws say that every minute in this country police forces make two requests for private communications. they make those requests. they are granted by the government 93% of the time. that's 730,000 requests made since may 2012. the government said it needs to extend those surveillance laws to cover a gap in new technologies the sorts of things that you make and receive on smart phones in addition to phone calls, of course and voice males. they say all of that is crucial to modern day policing, but critics say they have far too much power. a

jonah hull travelled to the border seeing the conditions that migrants face as they prepared to cross over. >> reporter: they've been on the road for weeks, crossed several countries. and protested violence. >> hi good morning. we are at the borders. >> reporter: the charity visits twice a week. at the far end of the camp a medic finds a woman who suffered a miscarriage. many pressed not to be identified. where do you all come from? >> afghanistan. >> reporter: everyone from afghanistan. >> afghanistan. >> we had problem if afghanistan, all of us these guys, from taliban, you know. everywhere we are going. >> reporter: police were asking for money. >> yes, they ask about money. >> they beat you up. >> yes strongly bet. in my whole body i feel pain. >> where are you going? >> i'm going to austria. >> i go to belgium. >> reporter: belgium. >> london. >> reporter: they seldom stay more than a night or two in these little encampments, in the long grass. desperate people courageous resting weary legs and aching bones before substantial a long long journey, leaving countries like afghanista

rise more than 600 people have now died in the southern sindh province but -- >> reporter: i'm jonah hullng the encampments of bedraggled migrants leaving behind their countries are not far ahead now along a well-warn path to the hungarian border and the european union. >>> and we'll report on japan's growing digital addiction. ♪ >>> we begin in syria where kurdish fighters have made major gains against the islamic state of iraq and the levant. they have ceased the syrian town about 50 kilometers north of raka forcing isil to withdraw. it's the last major mare -- major area near isil's strong hold. the brigade 93 base has also been recaptured. it is important because it links isil to other major outposts. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: this kurdish fighter says they have discovered a tunnel used by the islamic state of iraq and the levant on the sir-- syrian turkish border. the people's protection units, which go by ypg have been making gains on the border. the latest discovery was after they took this border post. now that the fighting is over hundreds of families have returned.