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Harder to survive the bits of the cold winter in sports are as far as a coma the greatest schools his 1st one in the cage of more than 3 years his victory in 40 seconds could such a rematch against a man who almost ended his career 18 months ago. Thank you for joining as we begin this news hour in berlin where libyas warring sides are coming together in the latest International Effort to end years of civil war turkeys president. And his russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have just met the 2 support opposing sides in libyas call flaked in are seen as key figures in bringing the fighting to an end russia backs warlords highly for half tall whose forces control much of Eastern Libya and who have launched an offensive to take tripoli in april turkey supports the internationally recognized government base in tripoli early attempts to negotiate a cease fire have failed including a summit in. Last week. We have been trying on a number of occasions to have a cease fire agreement signed the National Government of accord signed a cease fire agreement yes it wasnt signed by the other party lead by huff if we fail to have a cease fire in place and if we fail to have an agreement signed we will never see how fatahs hostilities coming to an end we go with what we think both the parties were coming to moscow as they both had heeded our calls and they had both responded to our demands of a ceasefire now we are in berlin we hope for more success in this particular crisis. Where we have 2 correspondents covering this story. Libya but 1st we go to the shiloh who is covering the u. N. Conference on libya in Berlin Germany tell us 1st about who is participating in this conference and what the expectations are. Well funny as much about who is participating as well as truth is im participating as you mentioned 2 of the key figures that are president of the russian president as well as his counterparts we have the chinese ship sions the m. R. O. As well as some of the african countries as well and european powers obviously brought germany being the host nation but we have the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson and the italians as well each of those countries either have direct links with the conflict in libya because theyre either geographically meeting the border of countries like egypt or so forth but there are others who have economic and other Strategic Interests as well who isnt present for example are the chinese ians or the moroccans who. Expressed rather their surprise not being involved chinese obviously being a border country with maybe an obviously maracle d so being strategically and your graphics because of the south of the northern parts of africa how where we can map this out for us for me is that whilst were talking about the Armed Conflict on the ground there is also that geopolitical conflicts the geopolitical struggle that continues to unfold in libya as you mentioned there there is russia on one side and turkey on the other but you also have the United Arab Emirates and all those who were opposed to the arab spring all those who are opposed to these kind of democrats opposition of the arab world on one side who have been heavily backing the have said and see in him a person who can represent their foreign policies ensuring that there is some sort of Ultra Classic regime in that area and then you have other countries like algeria. Tunisia people maybe would side a bit more on the other europeans however find themselves maybe losing influence in a very strategic country because of its border with them with this training and what that implicates in terms of people in the. Movements of people and thats why theyre struggling to try and get a hold or maybe more influence in the struggle ari so we know whos there and whos not there what are the expectations then because last week in moscow the expectation was that they would sign a more permanent ceasefire and end the un baps government of surat what are they hoping to achieve today in berlin and will the fact that some of some countries like qatar or morocco tunisia been excluded from this conference will it undermine the chances of a breakthrough. Well realistically nobodys expecting that this conference will conclude then suddenly the fighting will stop the concept is a little complicated as weve just tried to disseminate in this rip. Time but what is more likely a realistic outcome is that there will be an announcement for further discussions maybe a more detailed roadmap of the political discourse were hearing rumors of possibly further discussions taking place in geneva under the auspices of the United Nations but driven by these Major Players that are in just most likely a more realistic scenario but there is a draft communique that has been going around weve seen the 3rd version of the draft and were not sure how many more versions will be drafted before and if it was gathered behind me will be able to agree something but there are so many things to discuss obviously there is the arms and putting an end to its bearing in mind that the United Nations puts an embargo on countries sending arms to either side for a very long time but that was thrown to the by the immoralities egyptians and people also question the russians and french for something going to run a good general stuff so theres the army section theres also the economic and the oil libya being a huge producer of oil there is parts of the communique saying that the International Community would recognize the sole entity that would be able to sell libyan oil would be the tripoli based company obviously that would give a lot of ways to the recognized government there so theres a lot being discussed whether theyll be able to agree on this were not quite sure most realistically will be the announcements of further discussions on the road jim thank you very much for the moment we will of course be checking in with you its a lot to day here jim i mentioned a draft of the final communique is expected to be released. About conference in berlin and its already called on all parties to refrain from hostilities against Oil Facilities the latest attack by forces loyal to warlord honey for have to have forced the closure of 5 of libyas eastern. Oil exporting ports they are riga way tina ras lanuf and sidra libyas National Oil Company says that will result in a loss of 800000 barrels a day in output lets bring in Mahmoud Abdel wahab now in tripoli for us so mahmoud how is the book age of the Oil Terminals likely to impact those talks in berlin could it do derail things. Apparently it could do in any peace talks not only the berlin ongoing talks now because a member of the Prime Minister said that the fact that hastert has given green light to his forces to block the Oil Terminals which are the major Oil Installations in the country and that means for the test it is not ready for peace and now as the peace talks are going on in berlin military commanders here in the ground say that. This step taken by have to the forces to block the Oil Terminals in the east of the country is one of several violations of the cease fire accord proposed by to a key and. 10 days ago now on the ground here their military experts say that the oil industry not only represent the major part of the national oil income but also. Presenting a threat to the area because in case a conflict erupts there that could cause both humanitarian and environmental disasters oil experts here in tripoli tell us that there blockage of the Oil Terminals in their east of the country will not only affect their countrys economy but it will also cause a d. N. A. Link to their production process because of the 50 or youll fields have been disrupted by this blockage and the they also say the experts say that in order to set the production process back to normal that could take a huge effort including sophisticated maintenance so this intuition remains very uncertain and the gap between the 2 all evil. Suctions seems to be very wide in order for the International Mediation to bridge this that it needs very big effort to be achieved ok mahmoud thank you for that Mahmoud Abdel lies our correspondent in tripoli well lets discuss the situation in libya further now with claudia xeni whos Senior Analyst for libya at the International Crisis group round he joins us from rome thank you so much for being with us so less discussed this meeting in berlin a highly anticipated meeting and the hope is that this conference will lead to a more permanent ceasefire in libya and to the implementation of the arms embargo do you think this is achievable in the current context. Well i think what is more realistic to expect coming out of berlin. Statements of support and undersigned declaration supported by these 12 countries for International Organizations holding full of the libyan parties to take steps for a more permanent cease fire their support for respect in the arms embargo that has been flaunted and theyre cold to support a u. N. Led political process so were not actually expecting the libyan parties to sign them all permanent cease fire agreement in berlin mind you if that comes its very welcome and much needed but the dynamics and the choreography. Of the personalities in berlin does not bode well for that so were lim is going to be an International Show of support but you know you say were not expecting them to sign a permanent cease fire but we did see in moscow last week the un backed government. Signing a cease fire agreement while honey for have to i said he needed more time what is it going to take for have to side to sign the cease fire agreement what needs to happen is they enough pressure on him you think from the International Community. Well at the heart of the problem of course is how the 2 sides perceive themselves hoft are still perceived himself as on the winning side he sees his forces on the outskirts of tripoli as still being very powerful so he wants to go to the bargaining table or to the negotiation table in a position of power said raj signed because there was nothing controversial in the cease fire agreement that was put on the table in moscow it essentially said so russia agreed to nominate 5 representatives for a joint military committee to discuss the details of the cease fire support you and lead future pro says political process d and a commitment to discuss the boundaries of the cease fire from half there is point of view what is controversial is the appointment of 1 5 of his representatives to sit in a joint military committee with representatives from the g n a we all know that their considers the military forces to the jna nothing more than militias so this is the main obstacle and secondly what the political process that the u. N. Is backing and that is being discussed in berlin and which will be supported by the International Community looks like if one goes to the negotiating table perceiving oneself as powerful certainly you would want concessions that favor your vision of what the printed tacl process should look like how much leverage does the International Community have claudia and in fact how much will and commitment is day from some of these farmers who bought the various sides in the conflict from the u. A. E. From from turkey how much commitment is there we need to see an end to this conflict in libya. Well in many respects the countries that are deeply involved in the libya crisis. Want to see the end of the conflict and they want to see the country gradually moving towards a more stable and unified political setup the question however is whether theyre going to stop arming the military allies in libya or not in this in the sense that theyve invested so much u. A. E. On one side saudi arabia as well in egypt to to sustain. That they might they might be paying lip service to this agreement that is on the table but if they see within a few weeks or the next month that this is not leading towards actually a unification of political process they might continue to support the allies and likewise for turkey turkey is committed to supporting ceasefire in the political process but its heavily involved in supporting the g. And a and if if if they see that there is some political process that might lead to the toppling of the g n a or a more unilateral political push and have their side they might also continue to support militarily their proxies in in libya their allies in libya and we interesting to see if any progress is made in berlin thank you so much ground here for speaking to us from the International Crisis group joining us from rome thank you for your time thank you lets turn our attention to other world news 9 protests have turned violent on the streets of hong kong again after prodemocracy demonstrators tried to march in defiance of a ban riot police fired tear gas at protesters and arrested several people thousands had gathered in the center of the city for the demonstration authorities had approved the rally as long as participants stayed in one location but police warned they would stop anyone attempting to monch sauerkraut was at the rally in hong kong she says a Police Response is part of a. Security crackdown ahead of the Chinese New Year. It began as a peaceful rally with thousands gathered in china garden in Central Hong Kong on the island and the organizers of this particular rally they wanted to march but the police denied that approval but the purchases were to hit anyone other lift try to god and then march along some the busy surface of the big highways behind us all the why to cause why by but the protesters were stopped i will go a police line behind me where hundreds of right place blocked that exits and they pushed them back others also fought a number of rounds of tear gas and sponge grenades on those purchases trying to disperse the crowd another place always said that they would move in if that particular group of the demonstrators started to move and they did now weve had a number of arrests also in central and its all part of a Police Crackdown as we enter the Chinese New Year festival of the place and the government have banned a number of events of the coming weeks and a number of fish have also of ramped up the security around hong kong as part of a Police Crackdown on the antigovernment demonstrations which are now in the i. Coming up on the news hour. Protests also turn violent in lebanon on to anger is rising as the economic and political crisis deepens well have a live report plus we join me philippines coast guards trying to create people from around the volcano assam ignore warnings of imminent danger and score the poor hope their success will raise more enemies as they take on old rivals Manchester United in the english premier league. First the bodies of 11 ukrainians killed on board a passenger plane which iran said it has mistakenly shot down have been repatriated they have received a military guard of honor in kiev in a ceremony attended by president roh to me is that in ski authorities in iran say theyre analyzing the fright. Recorders from the Ukrainian Airlines an airliner and have no current plans to send the black boxes overseas iran is under pressure to compensate the families of the 176. 00 victims that speak to our correspondent in tehran dossier barry dorsey the 1st whats the latest in the investigation and iranian authorities had said they were sending the black box recorders of the plane to ukraine whats changed well we know that over the past 24 hours there is some confusion about whether or not the authorities here would send the 2 black boxes that they retrieved from the crash site near the airport but according to the head of the Investigations Team of the Civil Aviation authority in iran the iranians have no plans to send either of the black boxes to be analyzed either in ukraine or any other western country for that matter for the forseeable future thats what we know so far we do know that the 150 bodies out of the 176 victims have been identified and have been given back to the loved ones the 11 that we know have been sent back to ukraine is just part of the ones that they are given back the bodies to the country that theyre supposed to go back to the authorities here say that they dont plan on giving this black boxes to any other country for the time being because theyre still analyzing theyre trying to retrieve the data that is on those boxes trying to piece together what happened in the last moments of the flight before it was shot down by iranian officials this is something that has been ongoing they also have had a from the ukraine germany and france and canada who have come to iran to help in the investigation so we are waiting to find out more about the 1st initial reports that come from this investigation but for the time being we know that the black boxes will remain in iran and whats been happening on the diplomatic front door so. Well there was a lot of criticism in this surely not only by the International Community but also by iranians inside the country because officials here denied any involvement in this plane being shot down they said that it was impossible and for days they denied it happening and then in this sudden turn of events we saw that the revolutionary guard admitted that it had mistakenly shot down the plane since then theres been a lot of diplomatic efforts trying to salvage the faith that people would have in the authorities here and weve even heard from the Supreme Leader delivering a rare friday sermon this past friday in tehran the company who said that indeed this was a bitter accident and its broken the hearts of the nation but that the western powers are seeking this opportunity to question irans revolutionary guard in the commitment the iranian public has in the islamic establishment so he warned that not to let the diplomacy that is ongoing to question the fundamentals of this country at the same time the foreign minister Mohammad Javad zarif has been meeting with the Canadian Foreign minister because a number of the victims have dual nationalities they were canadian iranians and the canadian government has had a big part in all of this as well he met with the Canadian Foreign minister in oman on saturday and they continue to have this dialogue to try and resolve the investors the Ongoing Investigation and trying to further cooperation between all sides and trying to figure out what actually happened and put this incident behind them but theres a lot more questions than answers at the moment and the government is certainly trying its best to not let this incident destroy irans diplomatic relations. In tehran thank you. In yemen at least 79 government soldiers have been killed in a missile strike on the province of mari dozens more were wounded in the attack on a military Training Camp yemens government is accusing who the rebels of being behind the violence. Then so now he says the death toll is expected to rise they are turkey has involved according to sources 333 missiles one targeting a gathering of the Government Forces and another one targeted weaponry where were house. The nobody has so far i claimed responsibility over the. It has targeted this military camp which is. South of the province of my rep its a little bit far away from the whole fees but. Their missiles could reach such distances even though they have reached over 1000 kilometer when the targeted. Targets inside the saudi territories but so far. We are still waiting for with the confirm or deny their responsibility over the attack. Lebanons Public Prosecutor has ordered the release of dozens of people detained during a nights of vine and seen beirut months of peaceful protests descended into rioting on saturday leaving nearly 400 people injured and speak to then a 100 was in beirut for as so zain of the protests had been largely peaceful what is it that led to the eruption of violence that we saw on saturday night and whats the situation like today. Well it started here outside Parliament Square protesters were gathered and then they tried to storm the square behind me when Security Forces reacted and responded with tear gas and rubber bullets you mentioned 400. 00 almost 400. 00 injured it was the worst day of violence since the start of the Popular Uprising in mid october why did it happen people are growing frustrated theyre growing impatient theyre angry anger is escalating because the Economic Situation is the terrier i think Living Conditions are deteriorating the value of the local currency is plummeting which means people are taking their salaries it now has half its value and some prices are on the rise so there is this growing anger there were running battles in the streets around this area in the center of the lebanese capital at the same time people today are calling for further protests you can see people have started to gather in the next hour or so were expecting this area to fill up with protesters and the slogan today is we will not back down and this this protest movement will continue lets see what happened last night here in the center of the lebanese capital. Rage in the streets of the capital in what might be a new phase in an uprising against lebanons leadership that is now in its purest months fears confrontations between antiriot police and establishment protesters turned. Downtown beirut into a war zone this is the epicenter of a protest movement that until a few days ago was relatively peaceful running battles began when demonstrators who want the Political Class they blame for mismanagement and corruption to leave power try to Storm Parliament building Security Forces responded with tear gas. Protesters to back off and that they cant win it and i think that the message of everybody here is that. Lebanons economy has been in turmoil for months a proposal to tax whats up holes which should be a free service triggered the protests in mid october unemployment was rising and the lebanese local currency was losing value in an economy is everybodys going to everybodys going to need to do this sooner i dont have to convince anybody about whats happening today its clear whats happening who can get their money in the banks we lost the recent job funnily everything this is true. It was an amazing country they took everything we have nothing left this is our only option is to go down on the streets and violence we have to use violence we are fighting for the year corrupted government. There is anger at banks which imposed caps on withdrawals there is a shortage of dollars antiriot police have been using excessive amounts of tear gas to disperse the crowd but. Protesters are defiant the wounded were in the dozens both protesters and Security Forces were taken to hospitals there is a political vacuum many lebanese are growing impatient with politicians who are refusing to form an independent Government Free of the influence of Political Parties instead they are bickering among themselves for ministerial. Posts in the next cabinet this new government. Technocrats it was really just a smokescreen for the old ruling oligarchies elite so the protestors. This is the 3rd night of violence since tuesday when activists said they planned to revive the momentum of the protest movement after a brief they announced what they called a week of rage they seem to be living up to that promise the United Nations has already described events in lebanon as dangerous chaos it is what comes next that many fear. Revolution revolution this is what people here are chanting they want to change and leadership they dont have any faith in those who are in power but those who are in power are refusing to leave in fact theyre bickering amongst themselves over ministerial portfolios and set of coming up with an economic plan to quote save the country and this is why people here are growing frustrated but at the end of the day what is so important and what gives these people support is the position of the International Community weve heard the United Nations envoy in the 11 on repeat time and time again that there needs to be a credible government a government that meets the aspirations of the lebanese people in order for this government to receive the help it needs and for and support is needed in order for this Financial Economic crisis to be resolved so this is in some way or the other you know give support to the people in the street we have to see is whether or not people here will be able to mend taking this momentum or is this going to be just a weekend revolution or an afternoon revolution when tomorrow morning people return to work or because at the end of the day they need to work for their daily wages in order to survive so yes theres a turning point weve seen the worst violence since the start of this Movement People are more the term and theyre promising more protest action. Theyre acting very defiant but whether or not they will be able to maintain the momentum and whether or not they can bring about any change those questions need to be out so in the coming days or weeks is aina thank you very much for that is in a harder is our correspondent in beirut well for more on the situation 11 on thats now speak to common good how who is assistant professor at the American University in beirut and also a political activist she is via skype from beirut common very good to have you with us on aljazeera i want to ask you for is the lebanese people are most angry at today and is this a sentiment reflected across all sectors of lebanese society. Yes thank you for having me and thank you for telling the story this is not a complicated story this is a story of a group of warlords after the civil war in 1989 that took over power and the economic distress and challenges that were living in is because of the political failure of this class it is in their interest to complicate this fight to say that there are various factions and to employ a discourse that says they would last night as it was a war zone it was not a war zone it was a Police Attack on protesters gone angry perhaps some vandalism but this was not a war zone these were not violent clashes between protesters and police this was the 3rd night of police line is if you hear the testimonials and the stories of the way that young protesters men and women a journalist reporter students have been dragged by their hair is beaten up on their head and insulted and police stations you would understand that this was a police state at that to suppress this protest this is not a war zone these are not clashes between one faction and another all types of lebanese people have taken parts and this protest its been 95 days at differences different mechanisms have been used some more peaceful than others different slogans but the fight has been the same the same to say that this economic crisis is the result of manipulation and corruption of 30 years of the same people ruling this country its a complicated story all right so tell us how the crisis is affecting peoples rights on a daily basis. So because of massive rampant corruption the Public Sector sort of has been emptied by its Regulatory Power over the Banking System we have a crisis of a flow of 1st money the 11. 00 is the era has risen its been back to the dollar for 3 decades already we have a crisis of the capacity to purchase medical supplies food basic basic needs of people so thats been also causing inflation and also panic among people the economic crisis has let people to lose their homes lebanon for example stopped giving Housing Loans the last couple of years so this has been a crisis thats been mounting but that people were very clear on this is not about the price of oil and gas and fuel this is about the this is about mismanagement and corrupt politicians who are all together sort of embedded in the system so what changes then are protesters demanding specifically weve heard you know about changes to the sectarian based political system but is that what they want ultimately wont that be sufficient to change all these problems to improve the situation as you as they want it to. So ill tell you there are different type of protesters and there are different political movements that are born out of the straight answer and some of the some of the slogans or some of these demands have been about macro long term changes we want a modern state we dont want people to be hired on the basis of their loyalty towards their zine these are big macro political and economic the bands to restructure the debt to work on more productive sectors in the economy to kill and combat clanton ism that keeps you bill hanging by their throat but these macro demands people arent foolish we dont think that were going to wake up to a better country tomorrow theres been a very clear micro immediate demands which is the call for an immediate crisis emergency economic plan and the immediate appointment of a competent government with competent people who arent. Going to be loyal only toward sectarian interests or to foreign allies but are going to be loyal to the country to the nation to this poor people who are leaving their houses and going in at night and defying tear gas and almost dying just to say that we respond theyve been insulting us its been 95. 00 days they havent done a single accountability move theyve not even entering the lies any of the narrative so the microeconomic immediate demands are very clear and long term i do think that this revolution will be able to challenge the fundamental system the pillars of the system but is going to take time common so very good to talk to you about this thank you so much for your inside common jail as assistant professor at the American University of be able to me appreciate your time thank you. 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Youre watching the news hour on aljazeera with me for the bad people are a reminder of our top stories turkeys president bush a typewriter one and his russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have met in berlin as part of the latest International Effort to end libyas civil war the 2 leaders support opposing sides in the conflict in hong kong antigovernment demonstrations have once again turned violent after protesters tried to march through the city in defiance of a ban riot police fired tear gas at the crowds and arrested several people and the bodies of 11 ukrainians who were killed in an airline that was in a plane that was mistakenly shot down by iran have been repatriated iran is under pressure to provide answers and compensation to the victims families but it says it has no plans to send the file recorders overseas. More now on our top story end the libyan peace conference underway in germanys capital berlin here with us now is our senior political analyst Marwan Bashar marwan i know the draft communique for this conference is already out will brylin succeed where moscow failed last week it seems like its almost designed to it seemed like what we were missing in moscow was a bit of a warm up or. 2. 00 to 2. 00 berlin or 2 words were lin and thats why we find prism put it in both places so were basically the warm up was in moscow talking about the various needs for a cease fire and now putin for a reason i would like to discuss maybe later is a wording merkel that little victory over a ceasefire in tripoli to be done in berlin rather than moscow is easy though i mean why why would he do that well this is i think i mean i think we theres a lot to talk about in terms of libya my sense up and that we have the final real communique whats really interesting about whats going on and berlin 40 is is anything but libya and i think 80 percent you know im seeing random number 90 percent of the reasons why most of these participants are there has nothing to do with libya so what is it about and it doesnt have a number of countries a number of countries are not bad in asia countries that are involved somehow in libyas crisis but that havent been invited absolutely i think the reason why a lot most of the countries were invited apparently according to some german logic of sort is that they have they they have a weight that has come to burn on the security situation in the country. Be that as it may i think what is important for many of the participants notably yes the u. A. E. In egypt yes Turkey Russia the europeans is that they have their own drivers their own motivations their own strategic calculus for the russians its any number of things 1st of all theyre going to have to theyre going to. Reestablish themselves in the in the Eastern Mediterranean and i think the whole barter with merkel and the europeans now that i helped you in libya youre going to need to help me in syria ok because that was going to be my next question why are they more motivated today about end in this conflict in libya than there were lets say last year a few months ago when when you know when have to began its offensive on tripoli i mean these were the same al 11 involved and they were pushing him why do they want to see the conflict and now and then actually come brings me to the 2nd point about the european what the vision for doing this or being there its also worth is that europe lets all admit is weak is divided is preoccupied with its own affairs and it has been quite opportunistic with comes to libya so for 9 months now theyve been sitting on their hands doing nothing as libyans were basically killed slaughtered the countrys being destroyed through some kind of war by proxy mostly with warlords supported by egypt the u. A. E. And others basically launching a war against the libyans in the name of the libyans kind of very strange to us anyway the europeans are weak preoccupied with their own affair and the only thing that they cared about is the flux of refugees and the question of terrorism they could care less apparently about the real stability and the prosperity of libya and hence what we have is a situation where the turks got involved and suddenly it was clear that half there is going to wind the battle of tripoli and take over libya and become their new stronger man in north africa like sissy is their man in north africa when that became clear. They have to move because the last thing they want aside from all their weakness and preoccupation and division is to have the russians and the turks be established in these in the southern part of the mediterranean in an oil rich country that europe depends on and yet you see that turkey and russia still remain the main player the main drivers if you will of this even though its happening in berlin so well the europeans be successful in finding a place for themself in this you know in this and thats exactly what theyre trying to do i think well i think what theyre trying to do is to say look whether its libya or syria or do you care or whatever america is preoccupied so if you want the west or the socalled International Community you need the europeans europeans are good at the reconstruction a construction of nation building a drink in the United Nations at even you know questions of cease fire and diplomacy is also worth and if you look clearly at the drafters aleutian where we started of course is the usual thing you need security but then you need diplomacy you need political process you need the economy you need the humanitarian and the europeans think that they can help and all 4 or 5 save the final communique is the same as a draft one thank you very much marwan for that matter and bashar is our senior political analysts. Now to the philippines where an eruption warning is still in place for the kaino but some fish. In the area have ignored it and gone home or back to work rob mcbride has the story. The philippines coast guard is making this Early Morning patrol every day at the moment theres still a restriction on anyone going to the island its simply too dangerous to go there and this is part of that. Just as we were approaching the island we saw boats also coming to the island and also we see people on the shoreline here that people still have fish farms here so they come out very Early Morning to tend to their fish farms despite warnings that they should be staying away. So theyve been telling the fishing boats they cant stay here they have to leave and some of them have left but we still have these guys on the shoreline here who are determined to stay and theres not much the coast guard it seems can do about that. Wording them to leave the island and those we see trying to come across we stop because its still a level 4 and weve got to think about safety and as weve been driving around here we see just over the hillside huge billowing clouds of steam and dust coming from the volcano having said that it does seem as though the emissions have dropped in the past few days or so it seems a lot more peaceful so its hard trying to tell people that they can come out here people say look we have livelihoods were going to make a living we have to come out to our fish farms or come out and fish what else are we going to do there are villages dotted all around the coastline of this volcanic island as weve been going along weve been seeing boats at all of them and people happily at work as though life is getting back to normal and seemingly impervious to the warnings from the coast guard. It seems risky enough just visiting here seems inconceivable that anyone would want to spend any time here with people left they left behind livestock also left behind. Domestic animals we just noticed there was a dog on the shoreline the coast guard here just made an attempt to rescue it put it in the boat but it doesnt seem to want to leave her. The coast guard will be out again tomorrow morning to do the same warning people to stay away and that this is still a very dangerous volcano but what also annoys them they tell us is that while other people are putting their lives at risk by coming out here so what the coast guard by coming out and trying to tell them to stay away heavy snowfall in parts of afghanistan has killed dozens of people in recent weeks. Went to hair out province in the west where people facing harsh conditions are appealing for help. In villages all over the country afghans live in much the same way they have for centuries there are no gas or electricity lines people still collect the wood they burn to stay warm in winter oh. Thats how 18 year old mother died his father said he walked to a nearby forest to gather brush for a fire to keep the family warm through the night but he never came up. Out of the lot of them. We thought that he went to his sisters house on the other side of the woods find new yorks do not work at night so we went there the next day we found his body in the snow our next years father said his son probably became tired walking in the heavy snow and with no one to help him fell asleep and froze to death. Conditions are miserable for people in other a scone district one man in this village said here in the forgotten corners of afghanistan people are a living waiting to die. Snowfall was so heavy this year the roof of mud johns mud house collapsed in the middle of the night her family was sleeping when it happened. I ran out of the room and my husband was screaming for help i was only able to pull my children out of doing things my husband was trapped and tied on to develop all when the neighbors came they removed his body. Even before the storm she did not have much now a widow sitting outside her broken home she seems completely lost though tragic local Officials Say the overall death toll in this area has been low but village elders say they are in serious need of help weather related illnesses and injuries have affected nearly every one of the 700 homes in this Community People we met said the winters in this part of the country have been getting increasingly more and more extreme but the cold is more severe and they have ever experienced in the past and we are expecting 2 more months of snow fall and they are already worried about the next disaster when the snow eventually melts and floods their homes even if people wanted to leave their Ancestral Lands they say they have nowhere else to go if they dont get help soon elders here worry out of work young men could join armed groups like the taliban more as a matter of survival than ideology. I got these people the jobless and they do not have anything to eat if these men commit rogueries or join insurgents and it is the right. The biggest complaint we heard was that people here need a Medical Clinic the nearest one is in district headquarters on the other side of snow covered hills one woman said people have no choice but to walk while they still can before the next storm. It seems desperate but they may be the lucky ones deeper in the mountains where the roads are still covered in snow district Officials Say many villages remain inaccessible and the true scale of human suffering still out of sight is in basra the other risk on district Herat Province of stone. We want to show you now the latest pictures from berlin where World Leaders have gathered for their family photo ahead of the un backed conference on libya being hosted by the german chancellor Angela Merkel attending aa frances president emanuel might call the president of. Who heads the African Union committee on libya as well as of course turkeys president rochette type and russias leader Vladimir Putin turkey and russia who negotiated the recent cease fire on libya there the family photo the meeting is officially now getting underway chaired by the german chancellor Angela Merkel theyll be discussing ways to find a permanent solution to the conflict in libya a summit which is also attended by review is libyas rival administrations the head of the internationally recognized government. And his rival renegade general highly for have to who controls much of Eastern Libya will bring you the latest from berlin of course when we have more information. That libraries around the world are constantly looking for ways to keep up in the digital age in australia one initiative has proven especially popular Andrew Thomas has more on how one small change has helped bring people back to the library. Its a brand new library with a new way of lending brewing a book has been the same for decades people read them for a set amount of time then return them if they dont books become overdue and readers of find when they bring them back. But thats changing Many Australian libraries have a since 27 so you tested i know following policy managers say yes to save stuff time and the costs of administration which were 10 times higher than the revenue raised from fines potential fines also put off poor people from using libraries and stopped them borrowing books once they owed fines they couldnt pay in the 1st trial that we had the amount of items they got returned to the library list 3 times as many that we usually have any its sorry that was close to 70000 items that came back so we regained a whole lot of customers that hadnt been using our services because they were either afraid of the fines that with a or a bit embarrassed to come back the trial has become a permanent change we just want this to be a welcoming friendly place and having fines and chasing people down for money is really not the kind of relationship that we want to have with that community in the digital age libraries like this one mostly lend traditional books they need to change to survive but opinion is divided its great because i get them during have to try and remember the dates and things like that and then if you just come in whenever it suits us other people is waiting for the opportunity to read to the same bolt if they are not penalized than the other person will be lost opportunity but the no Foreign Policy is spreading this initiative is one thats proving popular with councils across australia and beyond borrowing the idea libraries in scandinavia britain and the United States have scrapped the fine system other countries too are considering taking a leaf out of the same book under thomas aljazeera sydney. Tempest was all folly thank you so much Colum Mcgregor has made an emphatic return to the ultimate fighting championship securing his 1st win in more than 3 years and as paul van dorf reports it sets up the prospect of a dream rematch for the sports i preparing to enter the octagon it is his biggest ever fighting weight colonel macgregor had promised to put on a show in his 1st fight in 15 months i the former 2 Division Champion moved up to welterweight for the 1st time in his career and wasted no time against american donaldson running i immediately after the 42nd technical knockout when you have c boss dana white suggested mcgregors next fight should be a rematch against russias lightweight champion to be an american middle class very personal about man and then his team and look it is what it is i make no promises than i was i am who i am and its its not its it is what it is so habeeb same is demanding 100000000. 00 before they consider what could well be the biggest pay per view in the u. F. C. As history the 1st fight was marred by controversy before it even began mcgregor was arrested in 2018 after throwing a hand cart into a bus full of fighters including the man from dagestan then immediately after the beating the 31 year old have jumped out of the cage seeking retribution for a number of racial and religious slurs in the build up to the fight both fighters were fined and suspended. Im more russian than that and i would love to go to moscow and compete there. It would be like something out of a rocky movie in arabian so id be very eager to do that this time outside the octagon hasnt gone so well he was fined for punching an elderly man and has denied allegations of sexual assault. After becoming the 1st man to secure knockouts in 3 weight divisions theres little sign that his actions outside the cage are reducing the use of cs wish to get the most bang for their buck out of the irishman prevent a worth aljazeera. To football and a new era begins at barcelona on sunday the spanish champions will take to the pitch for the 1st time under their new coach kick a setian the former bettis coach was a surprise replacement for the sacked n. S. A. Valverde last week hell make his debut in the dugout against granada at the nou camp as a catalyst try to overtake rome adrift at the top such and had a long playing career with rusting some time but is aware that as a coach he has a lot to prove and one of the highest pressure jobs in world football. Youre my go to come in there ali though i think of myself as a capable coach but sometimes thats not enough because we all know how the world of football works as i said the other day this is been an absolutely unexpected gift and i will enjoy every day that im here until the day i have to leave. English premier League Leaders liverpool can stretch their advantage to the top 16 points when they host Manchester United at anfield after 30 years without winning the title liverpool looked to be strolling towards the crown and would relish victory against their old rivals especially as united a fallen on tough times in club hopes liverpool success can make more teams dislike them as much as united do we have more natural enemies than other clubs have sold. For the reason is our history probably most successful this club this club was but we said it long ago as a long goal we have to write our own history. The Boston Celtics lost ground in the n. B. A. s eastern conference as they were beaten by the phoenix suns on home court 7 bookout 39 points for phoenix who are trying to rise out of obscurity in the west and nicole bridges weighed in with 26 of his own to put the suns almost out of sight the celtics Gordon Hayward then missed a golden chance to close that gap. To be consoled by teammates marcus smart for the era 12321198 final score in boston. Poor quality isnt the only concern for organizers ahead of the start of the Australian Open tennis heavy rain on the potential for flash flooding is forecast across the state of victoria for the start of the main draw on monday the players were forced to withdraw from qualifying due to impacts of smoke from ongoing bushfires the funding womens champion niamey a saga says shes now in a much clearer headspace after struggling with the attention she received last year. I think i would drop out of the top 10 if i lost in the 1st round and that kind of weighs heavy on my mind alla time when you played in the u. S. Open and here so just like getting that out of the way and trusting myself the knowing like if i played the best that i can then obviously i will lose in the 1st now. Max gunter has written his name into the history books of formula 8 in dramatic fashion the 22 year old b. M. W. Driver became the youngest to ever win a race in the all electric championship after passing Antonio Felix to costa on the final lap of the some thiago in prix in chile. On from the track to the slopes now and World Champion scotty james has won the 1st major snowboard title of the year the australian claiming the victory at the lax open in switzerland for the 2nd year running in the womens field spains cut old custom by taking the most risks to him her 1st title the events. Are that sort of sport for now. Thank you very much for that thats it for this news hour on aljazeera do stay with us plenty more world news coming up after this short break. Down to the car from the trade deal is china capitulates can beijing deliver tens of billions in extra trade russia seeks to isolate ukraine with a pipeline by turkey while south koreas good spoon struggling to climb the social skylights counting the cost of aljazeera. The un published the most comprehensive study of life on. They found 1000000 species face extinction thats more than 12 percent of known life on. What im trying to destroy the actual infrastructure on which our world depends the report identifies the 5 main drivers of this big logical crisis fact the way we use and abuse our products resources 75 percent of the land and 2 thirds of the Marine Environment have been severely altered by human activity exploitation of species through over fishing and hunting Climate Change caused by our Greenhouse Gas emissions. Pollution and finally creaked on local ecosystems by invasive species. Who are supposed to say the decline can be slight installed in some cases but to do that we must transform our relationship with. Explorers prominent figures of the 20th century and why bill reese influence the course of history the souls that did not get enough credit for it in the book you want to be the big historical figure but he was mondello the biggest in the world the prisoner and the president who came together to end up in south Africa Nelson mandela and f. W. De klerk face to face. Understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world no matter where. We use in Current Affairs that matter to you. Maybe as warring sides in need as a foreign powers begin talks in berlin to find ways to end the long running conflict says. Player watching aljazeera live from doha with me for the bad people also coming up tear gas and violence in hong kong us thousands defy a Police Crackdown on a protest launch. Honoring the dead bodies of ukrainian nationalists killed when iran shot