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sri-kumar: it is.ng, they have a safe haven play the same way you have had in the case of money coming to the u.s. dollar, the japanese yen. the swiss franc is even more of a safe haven. is adition to that, it much smaller economy compared with japan or the united states, so the foreign-exchange gets overwhelmed by the amount of safe haven money that is coming in. given my expectation of the way in which the global outlook will turn out in 2016, i cannot see any change in that relationship as far as the swiss franc is concerned. vonnie: speaking of places where people like to buy expensive things, tiffany's is saying that its 2016 -- that 5% and 10% between lower. the only place tiffany's is doing well is japan. sales are up 10%, tom. tom: one of the small and announcements about retail -- you really wonder well -- you really wonder where retail will be in a year. what the swiss national bank had to do. can you envision a u.s. central bank that in some way will mimic switzerland, and weaken the dollar?

sri lanka goes through a probe into what happened. in an interview with al jazeera the president now rejects any foreign involvement. >> translation: we will always act in accordance with the sovereign ultimately of our country and the constitution. for this work we can get foreign technology in certain areas but we do not need outsiders. we have an unbiassed independent judiciary in this country. >> reporter: but the report by the presidential commission has raised the possibility that war crimes and krams against humanitarian-- crimes against humanitarian were committed by both the tam il fighters and fighters in the sri lankan army against tam il civilians >> crimes that are set out has to be investigated. not that we admit it was committed. it should be investigated >> reporter: thousands of tam ils are still missing. this woman laf saw her husband in 2006. he had gone out to the market and never returned. >> translation: people told me that he was caught at the check point, but when we asked, they said he was released. others sai

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. >>> and we look at sri lanka where people are returning to land handed back after the war with the tigers. >>> hello, again. talks aimed at ending the war in syria are underway without the attendance of opposition delegates. >>> and the u.n. is promising a full investigation following claims of sexual abuse by european soldiers in central african republic. >>> republican presidential contenders in the u.s. have squared off in their last debate before monday's vote in iowa state. the party's most prominent presidential hopeful was notable by his absence. alan fisher reports. >> reporter: the final debate before the first vote, and the front runner missing. donald trump no-show had to been the subject of the first question. >> let me say, i'm a maniac, and everyone on this stage is stupid fat and ugly, and ben you are a terrible surgeon. now that we have gotten the donald trump portion out of the way -- [ laughter ] >> reporter: this is shaping up to be a battle between outsiders and the main britishment, lead by marco rubio. >> this campaign is about the greatest country the world.

everyone living here was expelled and the sri lanka army moved in.oth barely recognize the house they grew up in. >> translator: we were really sad the first time we saw it. we kept on looking and then we left. this was a sitting room. visitors used to come here. it was always alive and nice. the only thing left is this painting. everything else is gone, everything is broken. >> reporter: six years after the war with the tamil tigers ended, the socials are gradually pulling back. about 700 hectares were returned last year. the land is now overgrown and needs to be cleared, and there is no water. still they are glad that after so many years, they got their property back, a first step towards national reconciliation, even though many say the government needs to do much more. many members of the tamil tigers are still in jail. others like this woman's husband were detained after the war ended. he is going through a government-sponsored rehabilitation course, but she doesn't known when he'll be back home. >> translator: all of this time, my husband hasn'

on sri lanka the government is cracking down. authorities destroy millions in elephants touch. >> this haul had been concealed among sacks of plastic waste, backed in a container moving through the port of colombo. >> to other reports. we had no way to have the information, unless it is downloaded. without difficulty. >> essentially, on the international market, ivory fetches as much as 3,000 a kilo, and one can imagine one and a half tonnes of ivory. in terms of the sri lankan authorities, they set up to driveway the ivory, the clergy had the blessings on the elephant. in different to what happened years ago. essentially asking that responsibility and custody of the tasks be travelled to his crete air yacht. the -- secret air yacht. the government not encouraging the trade, and all 359 tusks were going through it over the course of the day. the resulting fragments that come out of the crusher will be weighed up. essentially bagged up and taken to an industrial incinerator. very much what the central team thinking behind this is

sri lanka called for an indigestion with the help of international investigators.in an interview, they now reject any foreign involvement. >> we will always act in accordance with the sovereignty of our country and the constitution. for this work we can get technology in certain areas but we definitely don't need outsiders. we have an unbias judiciary in this country. >> but the report by the presidential commission has raised the possibility that war crimes and crimes against humanity were committed by fighters and soldiers against tamil civilians. >> the crimes that were set out as to be investigated. not that we say those allegations have been committed. they should be investigated. >> thousands of tamils are still missing. this woman last saw her husband in 2006. he had gone out to the market and never returned. >> people told me that he was caught at the checkpoint. but when we asked they said he was released. others said that they saw two bodies on that day. so much time has gone by. i don't think anyone will have a solution. but i can't give up. >> for those

plus running out of room in sri lanka. the forest is disappearing. israeli prosecutors have charged a justish man with the murder of a palestinian family in an arson attack. a miner has been charged as being an accessory to the murders last july. three family members, including an 18 month old boy were killed in the occupied west bank the. the only survivor was a four-year-old boy boy. charles stratford joins us. bring us up to spee with everything that has happened so far, charlie. >> reporter: this is being reported by israeli radio. they're saying that, as you say, a court has charged a jewish man with murder. it's also reporting that another man has been indicted as an accessory to murder. it is important to recognise here that there has been a complete media ban in relation to reporting this case, or reporting this investigation since it started. that attack in late july molotov cocktails thrown into a house in the occupied west bank. an 18 month old boy died in that attack. his parents later died of their injuries in hospital. as i say, the gov

al jazeera, sri lanka. >> and you can see the full interview with the sri lanka president on "talk to al jazeera" 0430 gmt on saturday. >>> freezing temperatures are causing major disruptions across east asia. travel is difficult in japan after a cold front brought heavy snow. temperatures in the southwest dropped to as low as minus 4 cell 4 degrees celsius. in vietnam animals are dying from the cold and suffering from the extreme drop in temperature. >>> the plummeting temperatures are making life miserable for survivors of last year's earthquake in nepal. despite $4 billion posted for reconstruction thousands of people are still living in tents. >> in laprax the weather is unpredictable. this village was near the epicenter of the earthquake that took the lives of 9,000 people last april. the entire village had to be moved 1,000 meters uphill on to this plot of government land. surveyors had given it a red certificate, meaning it was in danger of being swept away by landslides. but no storms have brought biting cold and made the lives of villagers miserable. a primary schoolteacher w

the sri lankaen leopard are among the animals under threat. environmentalists say the new government appears to be responding to their concerns. a presidential task force is coordinating a three year environment protection plan aiming to reverse damage and expand the country's forest cover. >> we are working together to ensure at least by end of three years we will have an addition of another 5,000 to 6,000 hectares of rye forestation. >> the challenge is to strike the right balance between on the one hand the need to free up lands for development and the on the other, the need to protect the environment, especially for wildlife species already on the verge of extinction. al jazeera, northwest sri lanka. >>> the new year has begun in el salvador just like the old one ended, as one of the murder capitals of the world. 29 residents were murdered within hours of festivities, including gang members killed when they shot at police. the murder rate surged as drug gangs battled it out. 16 people on average died every day. >>> in mexico, three days of

looking for light in sri lanka.we celebrate the night when light overcame the darkness, when romo returned from exile, principal returned from longer in the grips of the demon king. abducted according to mythology. many are vanished. it is becoming history. when the government commits atrocities with impunity, keeps people's faith a mystery to my agrees to reform without accountability where is the light? what can we see? suffered abuses in the evil robbers custody. many are now being tortured at the hands of the police

including the legacy of sri lanka's civil war and looking at rebuilding a nation torn apart by a longody conflict plus we report on a tragedy that highlights the plight of thousands of migrants in southeast asia and in sport find out what happened to this player after he hit and nhl official and farrah will have all the details. ♪ ♪ hello again you are with al jazeera and these are the top stories the u.n. says talks aimed at ending the war in syria will go ahead on friday and some opposition figures will attend those talks despite others within the opposition insisting they won't take part. the u.n. says it is alarmed over new allegations of child abuse by european soldiers in the central african republic, some of the alleged victims identify french and jordan troops as their abusers. the world health organization warns the zika virus is spreading explosively in the americas and the mosquito-borne disease could affect four million people within a year. all right our main story today are the efforts to get talks going in geneva on the syrian war. here in the studio with me is a syrian

we're in sri lanka where wildlife is under threat. we will tell you why >>> saudi arabia has severed diplomatic ties with iran after demonstrators targeted the embassy on saturday night. they were protesting after saudi arabia executed a proposal entity shia cleringic. nimr al-nimr was among 47 men put to death. >> reporter: the saw deembassy ablaze in tehran. they lash out while nimr al-nimr was executed on terrorism charges. the saudi government says it made repeated requests for iran to protect the embassy. they were ignore in order. in response the kingdom has cut diplomatic ties with tehran. >> we are determined not to allow iran to undermine our security. we are determined not to let iran mobilise or create or establish terrorist cells in our country or in the countries of our allies. >> reporter: the execution of nimr al-nimr has prompted protests among shia communities across the middle east. nimr al-nimr and the other men, including al-qaeda preacher. faris al-zahrani, were charged with plotting and carrying out terrorist att

hoda abdel hamid, al jazeera, in northern sri lanka. >>> for more on the political situation in sri lankaan -- talk to al jazeera will be meeting with the president, and you can see that here on al jazeera on saturday 4:30 gmt. as well as on monday it will be repeated at 1430 gmt. >>> china is amending its law on wildlife protection. conservationists are not happy. they are saying the draft law gives too much weight to businesses breeding formally wild animals for profit. >> reporter: once running free, now in captivity, the siberian tiger, and the south china tiger used to roam china in much larger numbers. but only a dozen of these subspecies are estimated to survive in the wild. now china is revising its law on wildlife protection. but conservationists say some of the proposed amendments are worrying. in particular, the provision that allows wildlife to be hunted for captive breeding, and other special services. >> it's not natural, first. and also they are going to -- probably going to influence and damage the wild population of the wild animals. >> reporter: captive animals cannot co

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you were born in sri lanka. what was the state of the country at that time? chamath: i was born in 1976. i think the civil war broke out in the early 1980's between the tamil hindu minority and the ethnic senegalese buddhist majority. both my parents are buddhists. my dad was in the civil service. my mom was a nurse. my dad was able to insinuate himself to get posted to the sri lankan high commission in canada. i think we were six when myself, my sister, and my parents immigrated. emily: had the war started by then? chamath: it had started. my dad proudly talks about how he was a communist organizer. when he spoke out about that, there was a huge pushback. pushback from the government that said you can't talk like this. so there was a lot of pressure on my father to the point where he could not reasonably return to sri lanka without his life or our life not being in some kind of jeopardy, so we filed for refugee status. the canadian government, out of the goodness of their heart, gave us refugee status, and then we stayed, and literally, like, life as we knew

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sri lanka, the government trying to protect threatened wildlife.land cricketer ben stokes blasts into the history books. robin will have the details in sport. >> new moms forced to choose. >> the united states does lag behind other countries on this. >> now a revolution in workers' rights... >> my story is so many peoples' story. >> that could decide the election. >> it can be different. >>> back and a reminder the top stories here afghanistan has come under attack. local officials say they heard explosions and attacks when gunmen entered. two israelis are being charged in connection with an arson attack in the occupied west bank. demonstrators, angry about the execution by saudi arabia at the prominent sheik cleric. to mexico, a mayor was shot dead 24 hours after starting her new job. 100 kilometers of mexico city. she was sworn in as mayor of mexico city on friday and was dead on saturday, shot and killed at her home detectives suspects nine people were involved in her murder. two were killed at the scene. police officers and soldiers chased and

let's begin with sri in sipping ga poor. sri. >> wilford, lovely to see you, sir. what a mess.t a deeply inauspicious start in asia in 2016. let's start with the china markets. that was by far the biggest story of the day. that was the first time china has halted trade in the trades. the reality related to the circuit breakers is that it is supposed to contain volatility so ultimately, yes, it is early days. the first days of implementation, but ultimately it was self-defeating. let me just talk you about what happened. the softer china pmi seemed to be the capitalist. csi was down by about 5% at quarter past 1 singapore time. that was the first threshold that we crossed that triggered the circuit breakers. trade resumed 15 minutes later. soon after that we saw the selling snowball. down by 7%. bang, the next trigger for the circuit breakers. that effectively froze trade for the rest of the session. so i'd say there was an element, as i said, of shouting fire in a crowded movie theater. investors essentially did panic, they tried to rush for the exits and sell to try to preempt

is ount w aupa bni gyrachhi >>> cameraman and wildlife biologist alex put a camera in the river in sri lanka all kinds of gold. by gold, i mean video selfies. this video was posted on instagram. the doctor will own these pictures because the supreme can take his own pictures. >> oh, my gosh, they're cute. i love how curious they are about the camera. >> let's just relieved that none of them is doing duck lips. >> i just want to point out that monkeys don't shoot vertical video. >> everybody can learn from this. if primates can do it, we can do it. >> look at those shots, the composition is great, the lighting is great. >> now they're famous. >> they're mastered instagram and facebook. it's just them looking at the camera. >>> besideodybuilder bradley martin wants to live as many weights as>> where do we sign up? >> his instagram account has many followers i think in part because of some of the workout videos he's sharing. girls sitting on him. >> i can do that, if you guys want to help. >> who are you asking here? >> you. >> knew it. >> he has a bunch of crazy videos. in this one, the

[ cheers and applause ] >> so my dad is from sri lanka, sri lanka and he's the one i think who taught me about story-telling. so it's not fact checked, this story. so my dad came from sri lanka in plane as the beatles. he flew from london to new york on the same plane as the beatles and he says he heard a little party going on up front, butow what's happening. and this is the days when you would -- it's not jetway, there's a staircase out to the runway, right? >> seth: sure.op of the staircase and there's a crowd and he says to the lady, wow, they treat foreign students here so well! [ laughter ]is not true. >> that is true. first -- >> seth: is it true? okay. [ laughter ] so you know as a writer, you went through -- and this really broke my heart when i heard this.t draft of this book, 600 pages -- >> 604. >> yeah. yeah.ad it -- explain how you lose -- i mean, first of all -- yeah. >> i mean, how -- really, explain it to me. it's crazy. probably the last person this will ever happen to in the digital age, right? >> seth: yeah. >> so i was living in chili, and i didn't have any intern

sri lanka was covered by forests, today less than 30%. even with part of the country's oldest and largest nature preserve has suffered from encroachment as the country's population expands. over 1,000 hectares of forest adjoining the preserve have been cleared for housing, provoking a huge outcry from environmentalists. these films show the extent of the deforestation. they don't understand these are the preserves and must be protected. it's the main reason these areas come under threat. >> the outcry is to halt any further land being cleared for housing in the area. >> as the population grows and progresses, forests like this and the animals in them face increasing threat. environmentalists say they must be protected the for long term survival. environmentalists say land ordered to be deforested should be used for development rather than clearing remaining forests. changes course they say would be disastrous, not least for wildlife. >>> the species are endangered categories. if he don't take action, we may tend to lose some of these spec

back to you. >> thank you, sri. with the japanese yen at a one year high against the dollar. sri in singapore for us this morning. breaking news from the institute of international finance. the iif reporting $735 billion was yanked out of emerging markets last year up sharply from 2004. the image tells the story. this is capital outflows. basically financial assets pulled out of emerging markets. they always track this. they have a global picture for the year. the last one just before the line is what happened in 2015 with all the concerns about slower growth and commodities hitting the economies. about all the money coming out and past the line there on the right is the forecast for 2016 which is they predict it's not going to get better. they call this an unusual gloomy picture of emerging market capital flows. the countries are brazil, south africa and turkey but a big part of the outflow story for 2015 is china. $676 billion in capital outflows. in 2015. this past year, 676 billion in capital outflows which was a majority of the total emerging market flows. >> it's such a

a century ago 80% of sri lanka was covered by forests. today it's less than 30%. even part of the country's oldest and largest nature reserve suffered encroachment as the population expands. over 1,000 hectares of forest joining the reserve has been cleared for housing in recent years, provoking a huge outcry from environmentalists. these are the pictures filmed by them, showing the extent of the deforestation >>> the lack in the population is a problem. they don't understand that these are the reserves and must be protected. it's the main reasons the areas come under threat. >> the outcry prompting the office to halt further land cleared for housing in the area. >> as the population grows and progresses, forests like this and the animals in them face increasing threat. environments they say must be protected to ensure long term survival. environmentalists say land that has been deforested should be used for development. rather that clearing forest. failure to change course would be disastrous, not the least for wildlife. some of these are in the critically endang

. >> sri lanka's president is due to begin addressing parliaments.the government wants the electoral system amended as well as more emphasis made on ethnic and religious reconciliation. correspond manel fernandez is standing by. manel, this is partly of a form that is hoping to kick off. >> that's right, fauziah, very much a pillar of the campaign when he wanted to come to power he did promise that the issues that stayed with this constitution would be addressed. he's made some progress during the past year with the few amendments but now brings the process to bring in a new constitution for this country. with me i have a constitutional expert to tell us more. behind us in the parliament we have the new government just finishing a year yesterday in office. can you tell us exactly what is going on in parliament today and what are they hoping to do? >> the prime minister is going to introduce a resolution seeking to convert parliament into a constitutional assembly, so the constitutional assembly can lead the process on deliberating upon the substance

for more on that, let's get out to sri in singapore. happy new year to you. disappointing data from china. i'm wondering if there's something bigger here driving sentiments significant can'tly lower? >> i'll say this, i think the volatility is back and it's back with a vengeance. arguably people got a little bit complacent about the china markets. they thought they saw the washouts, the worst of the meltdown in the third quarter in 2015. this tells me that there's still a considerable degree of margin debt and leverage in the system and with that margin debt and leverage comes renewed volatility. the trigger seems to have been the data as you pointed out. we saw weakness in manufacturing activity, both the official and the forecasters, pardon me, for the month of december. so manufacturing under pressure. that's not really new news. still, it confirmed the trend of slower growth for the chinese economy. services was better. we saw improvements. your growth in december. that speaks to the rebalancing towards consumer-led growth. i'll say this. i don't think th

father is from sri lanka. and your mother is from montana. >> that's right. >> seth: and they're here tonight? is that correct? >> they are, that's right. >> seth: want to say hello to them? there we are. hey guys. [ cheers and applause ] >> so my dad is from sri lanka, my dad's from sri lanka and he's the one i think who taught me about story-telling. so it's not fact checked, this story. so my dad came from sri lanka in 1964 on the same plane as the beatles. he flew from london to new york on the same plane as the beatles and he says he heard a little party going on up front, but he didn't really know what's happening. and this is the days when you would -- it's not jetway, there's a staircase out to the runway, right? >> seth: sure. >> he comes to the top of the staircase and there's a crowd and he says to the lady, wow, they treat foreign students here so well! [ laughter ] >> seth: that is not true. >> that is true. first -- >> seth: is it true? okay. [ laughter ] i believe him. so you know as a writer, y

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running out of room in sri la i lanki. forests there are disappearing according to the specialists. syria's opposition is trying to agree on who should be part of upcoming direct talks with the as add government. the u.n. special envoy is to be bringing together. damascus based opposition members and syrian kurdish pyd groups that have been accused by some opposition factions of being regime allies. meanwhile government troops are battling free syrian army fighters near the border with jordan. they say they're under heavy bombardment by fighter jets there. regime forces are hoping to retake territory in the south which has been out of government control for more than three years. small towns in north-western syria are running out of food and medicine. a recent prisoner swap was meant to end a siege by pro-government forces, but the aid that the towns were expecting hasn't arrived. >> reporter: the people of this area were promised help. it hasn't come. shops are empty or closed. on the streets dejacks and despairs - dejection. >> translation: we only have water. how come there is no

the world's three largest blue star sapphires are from sri lanka. nigel: britain's prince george is growing up fast. the third in line to the british throne started school yesterday. prince william and his wife, kate, marked the occasion by releasing two photos. george is two and a half years old, and is seen here outside the school building. the royal couple announced he would be attending school in norfolk. that's close to where the family lives. the school has said prince george will receive the same treatment as the other kids. gabrielle: very cute. , addition at illinois's brookfield zoo. lily, the zoo's 11-year-old grey seal, gave birth to a female pup on january 2nd. the pup weighs just over 30 pounds. staff there estimate that she will triple or quadruple her weight in the next month. mom and baby will remain out of public view to allow them some time to bond. nigel: matter of time, it was. gabrielle: it has been a while since we heard that. a couple weeks. nigel: "star wars: the force awakens" has become the highest-grossing domestic movie

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