Talibans leader is dead. Michel plantiti will run for fifas presidency. Well tell you why not everyone is happy about it. Hello there, a warm welcome to the news hour. There were no survivors when mh 17 was wrought down over the skies of Eastern Ukraine last year. Now plans to try to bring justice to those responsible have been halted. Russia has used its veto at the United Nations to prevent an International Tribunal from being established. In all 298 people were killed when a plane crashed a little over a year ago. Governments were quick to accuse the prorussian splittists using a missile to bring the plane down. Something that kiev denies. Russia would use its veto quashing the resolution just minutes after the ask to find someone accountable for the killing of those on board flight mh 17. Kristen, we heard arguments from the the malaysian transport minister. He was representing the Investigative Team into looking who is responsible for the downing of this airliner. He said it was essential to have in place to prosecute whoever was responsible to insure that justice was served on behalf of the victims and that the team, which is consists of countries most effected by the downing of this airline like belgium australia, malaysia and netherlands. Most of the victims came from netherlands they requested this from the Security Council but russia had a whole list of concerns quote serious concerns of how the investigation was taking place. They said that it lacked transparency. It was not in compliance with international norms. These are all points, of course, that the Investigative Team and other members of the council took sharp opposition to. They denied that and saidpointed to lack of evidence to the contrary. But russia went on to say that this was not in keeping with earlier resolutions that the Security Council had passed on mh 17, and they did not believe that the downing of this airliner while a tragedy that it jeopardizes International Peace and security. Here is more what they had to say. We do not back the idea of the creation of a tribunal under chapter 7 of the u. N. There are no grounds of this mindful of the fact that the Security Council did not classify the boeing tragedy as a threat to International Peace and security. Its difficult to explain how the events that took place a year ago were not deemed to be a threat to International Peace and security now it becomes just that. Well, kristen lots of Foreign Ministers ready for the vote but theyll have to settle for the investigation that is already ongoing. Thats right. As you might imagine the four ministers of these countries that suffered losses in this crash were very upset by the outcome and by the veto, and that was expressed in their speeches. They said that russia made a mockery of justice. Ukraine ambassador said that the truth would eventually set russia free and set people free. They were very heated, angry comments coming from these countries. And julie bishop vowed that they would seek another form of justice. They would find another venue to prosecute the perpetrators once the tribunal does come up with suspects that they would search for another way but obviously thats going to be very difficult without the backing of International Law and the Security Council. Kristen the malaysian government said that we dont give up our fight for justice but account u. N. Do any more to support them . Well, the u. N. And the Security Council continues to back the investigation but when it comes for finding another venue i think it will there arent a lot of other options at the United Nations unless the Security Council is united they cant refer something to the International Court or establish an tribunal unless the Security Council is on board. Then it comes down to individual nations and their justice systems and their reach and again that is more difficult when you dont have the backing of the Security Council to demand that suspects be extradited to a country to face trial. It can get much more complicated. Kristen salommey joining me live. Thank you. Police say its too early to say that they washed up reone island from the indian ocean. Wreckage washed up on the islands of the east coast of africa. One aviation expert believes it is from a boeing 777 just like mh 370. So far no one has found the plane that disappeared last year. What has become one of the great mysteries in aviation history. Well have more on that story a little later this news hour when we speak to the man who brought the story on the latest twist in the search of mh 370. British government hold as crisis meeting as more migrants try to access the terminal of the tunnel linking the u. K. And france. And in sport rory mcilroy could lose his number one ranking as early as next week. Presenting new proposals for a political solution to end a civil war that has been wage forgive four years. The new proposals have been made while keeping the Syrian People in mind. The u. N. Chief ban kimoon has outlined the devastation inside seriea. The. United nations continues to provide lifesaving support for billions of people. We must keep pressing for a solution. The price of continuing the civil war is simply too high. In the main of humanity there is an alternative to the negotiating table. Not to leave any stone unturned. Also the serious conversations and discussion, which are taking place, and were hearing them around the region and elsewhere which may require more time. We have tried to develop more information the way the Syrian People are given a chance they want to be consulted. We say that syrian led syrian involved. They want the opportunity. Our diplomatic editor james bays has more now on the significance of the proposals put forward. They tried High Level International conferences. They tried facetoface peace talks. What weve got now is a much more modest proposal. A series of working groups of syrians to discuss some of the issues. And why is that . Well you heard him talking about it there. There are other things going on in the region, and they believe they need time for those to play out in order to have the opportunity to have talks down the line. So the idea of these working groups is to do some prepare tore work to do to push for peace. President assad is losing ground and the thought is if he continues to do badly on the battlefield his government may be more willing to compromise at peace talks. There is also the iran nuclear deal. The talk is now that the deal has been done it has to be ratified by some of the governments involved, then the conversation can start between iran and some other countries that find themselves on the other side of the argument in syria. Meanwhile, rebels in syria say theyve ground they have gained ground. They claim to have captured several villages, checks points and property. We have more on the fighting around the city of idlib. Syrian Army Soldiers held onto the village for years. But along with several others it is now in the hands of the fattah army. It is heart of a loose coalition rebel groups fighting side by side trying to topple the syrian government. We started to use heavy artillery in the in the area. We managed to control the hills. We also control orvilleages. Rebels control much of what we see. They show Us Syrian Army tanks and a power station theyve overrun. Theyre framing these as major gains, which would allow them to reach president bashar alassads stronghold. This countryside they say is the gateway to his ancestral homeland. If they do make it that far its unclear who theyll find there. President assad admitted he has run short of soldiers. Theyre calling it the battle of victory, but victory is hard to define. There are hops of the death of taliban leader mullah omar. There have been rumors of his death in the past, but none have been confirmed. The u. S. Believes the latest reports of his death are credible. We talk about where the information about his death comes from. Two sources in the afghanistan began government, the after began president s office and the spokesman for the Afghan Intelligence service the National Director of security both saying that they believe that ma mullah omar died in pakistan in a hospital in 2013. Others arethe taliban is saying that hes still alive and running the taliban government. There are only a couple of photographs offer of him he has always been an reclusive leader, any confirmation of his leadership in tangible form are audio recordings released by him. The u. S. Led invasion he went into hiding and said he was staying reclusive because he did not want to be targeted by International Forces or the americans here. But now there are conflicting reports about whether hes alive or dead. The Afghan Government claiming not only is he dead, but he died in 2013. The Afghan Taliban denying that. The peace talks scheduled for friday are to be held in pakistan. The impact of this announcement and denial of the tall been are unclear. The members of the peace conference do not even know who is going to be at the peace discussion table on friday. They hope whoever comes has the support of the taliban fighters because the fighting continues. Im interested in the reaction to the reports. Do they tell us anything more about whether this might be true or not . Well, the reactions are there and its interesting because some people are really still doubting because this is actually the fifth time that there is news about taliban being leader being killed or being dead. There are people who are going to benefit a lot because were 48 hours away from one of the other round of negotiations or i would rather call it between facilitated by pakistan between afghanistan and the taliban. So that also at this point in time to break this news or to spread this news is also giving the news more importance. But then at the same time if you look into what has s happening if this is true or not in terms of the operations of the taliban, as they continue with bombings. There is no particular changes. But the reactions have been different within different groups. Mullah omar has been painted as the spiritual leader of this organization. But in reality does it make difference who the person is . Is it a flat structure. I often challenge this whole notion the spiritual leaders who have the followers based on religious justification. I see taliban as a proxy force or group that are actually operating in financial and military and geographical support of countries who have geopolitical interest in keeping the fight in the fire in the country. Looking into the phenomenon of taliban the taliban when they came to power they have motivation fighting for mujahideen fighting russians. They were known for harsh towards women. In 2001 theyre more known for killing civilians and being ruthless and not having a clear line of what is their justification. Of course, their general justification is the u. S. Invasion but this is not the only reason why theyve targeted civilians and locals that include gender population. Thank you very much for joining us with your thoughts. Thank you. Now Israeli Forces have fought in the occupied west bank. Scuffles broke out in the settlement as Israeli Forces began demolishing two partially built apartment blocks. It comes after after the israeli supreme courts decision that they were illegally built. It was publicly stated that these buildings should not be demolished but a separate appeal to the high court has been going on in the last couple ever hours. These are two buildings with 24 units. The Prime Minister has come out stating he has reapproved the building of 300 New Buildings here. This is a move to appease the settlers. The Settle Movement here is very strong. We have a shaky situation in the israeli parliament. Only 61 seats out 120 hes coming under fire saying he seems to have created an occupation settlement here. If the sisterlies here gave permission to build official structures, then they can rebuild it. The palestinians always saying that settlement construction goes to show that the Israeli Government is not genuine partner for peace. Israels parliament is due to vote on a bill on the force feeding of prisoners on hunger strike. The turkish government has held an entrepreneurial parliament try session in the discussion against isil. Simultaneous attacks on kurdish pkk targets are threatening the peace negotiations that started in 2012. Turkish jets have been bombing turkish fighters inside the southeast and inside northern iraq. Welcome to death valley. Its been given that name Bernard Smith reports from southern turkey. This is the first time in recent times that Turkish Parliament has met to discuss the security threats facing the country. All the opposition parties took the opportunity to round on the ruling and accuse it of allowing the security situation to deteriorate to this level that there was a suicidebombing last week near the border with syria. The Opposition Party said that the ruling party has turned a blind eye to what is happening across the board in syria. Theyve ignored the threats of isil and they have allowed the isil fighters to come and go across the border. The government denounced this this 2013 and recognized isil as a terrorist group and the deputy Prime Minister and Prime Minister saying whatever the terrorist groups are in this country we condemn all of them. At the same time a couple of opposition groups have said that the government has been too soft on the pkk. So how the government is dealing not only with isil but with the pkk, the kurdistan workers party. Lets go back to the United Nations where Foreign Ministers are speaking to journalists. Russia vetoed the resolution that called for an International Tribunal to investigate the mh 17 crash. We join forces to establish an u. N. Tribunal to trial these perpetrators. This was a preferred option because it would have generated and Brought International support for the prosecution process. It was also the best way for assuring the cooperation of all states. The resolution included a special Provision Requiring states to cooperate fully with the tribunal by surrendering suspects. Of course, it does not come as a complete surprise. Russia has expressed opposition to United Nations tribunal. Despite this we engage with russia until the very last minute but in the end it was not possible to find a common ground. What has happened today is regrettable but it will not bring to an end our near for bringing punjabty. So now we will start focusing on those options. Carefully and tirelessly. The countryies participating in this Investigation Team will continue working together with the support of a broad initial coalition, resolved to insure that resolution 2166 demand for accountability and fully implemented. The perpetrateor wherever they come from must be held to account. They must not be allowed to escape punishment. It is our task to continue drawing attention to flight mh 17. While we cannot take away the grief of those who lost loved ones that day well do everything in our power to bring the perpetrator to justice we will not rest until all the fax are known and justice is served. So thank you. This is a joint statement from all five of us. It is very short. Im disappointed in the outcome of the Security Council vote. Yet it does not come as a complete surprise. My thoughts go out to the families of the victims. Today theyre left without this tribunal. The countries countries made every effort to establish this tribunal. We favor this option to bring support for the prosecution process. It was also the best way to insure the cooperation of all countries. And i find it incomprehensible that obstructs justice in a tragedy that holds so may be that brought down so many lives. We had to support today of almost all United NationsSecurity Council members. 11 members said yes there were three abstentions. One veto and more than 18 cosponsors from all around the world. Russia has proved noting are to jump over its own shadow, but emeries lawsuits that we will continue in our efforts. We wont let this veto weaken our resolve. We will immediately continue to Work Together on these options carefully and tirelessly and it is our duty to continue to draw attention to the events surrounding mh 17. We cant take away the familys grief, but we will do everything we can in our power to bring the perpetrators to justice. We will not rest in all facts are known and justice is served. Prosecution will take place. We came here to the Security Council today with one purpose and that was to translate into action the demand for accountability enchinad in the unanimous resolution of the Security Council 2166 last year. Nothing with k bring back the lives of those who have perished on the 17th of july last year, but we owe it to the family and friends of those who died to find out what happened, and to hold to account those responsible for this barbaric act. I made a pledge during my speech that australia along with the other members of the joint Investigation Team would not be deterred in that pursuit of justice. During the debates today i received a number of Text Messages from representatives of those australian families who had loved ones on board of the illfated flight. And they deeply appreciated the support and the resolve of the nations who believe that the best way to fulfill the objectives of resolution 2166 and to hold those responsible for this barbaric act to account is to establish an independent tribunal with the backing of the Security Council only the Security Council can compel the cooperation of nation states. Thats why one has to question the veto being used in this way on this day. Australia will continue to seek justice, will continue to act in the interest of those who still grieve for the loss of their loved ones on in order mh 17, and it will not deter us in our resolve to obtain justice. Well, weve been listening in live there to the United States nations where Foreign Ministers are giving their reaction to russias veto to that resolution. They expressed very real disappoint and frustration with the result. We heard the transport minister say they tried to engage with russia up until the last minute but they could not find any common ground. He promised to pursue all roots to prosecution. The victims were left without this tribunal and they wouldnt get Justice Without one. He said it was incomprehensible that the member of the u. N. Security council had vetoed justice. Similarly the Australian Foreign minister said that we owe it to friends and families to find the perpetrators, and we will not stop until we do. Ahead here on al jazeera. Why the number of suicidebombings are rising dramatically in northern nigeria. Welcome to death value. Its given that name because its considered one of the hottest places anywhere on the planet. Runners from 4 Different Countries have come here to take part in what is considered the most difficult race anywhere in the world. Im Gabriel Elizondo in bad water, california. We have that story coming up. We have to focus on how we bridge that. A lot of innocent lives are still being lost. Welcome back. A reminder of the top stories. Russia has vetoed the resolution to prosecute those responsible for the mh 17 plane crash last year. Syria hasenvoy to syria has presents potentials to end the civil war. The1500 migrants tried to get into the champion tunnel near the french port calais. The tunnel between the port city of calais, france, and goes into the u. K. About 300 trains pass through it every day. Barn di phillips reports Barnaby Phillips report. Migrants bide their time. We watch as some try to cross the word. The French Police tell them to go away. They obey for now. But the police cant be everywhere. They say theyre overwhelmed and at night the my grants shy again in greater numbers. But why are they so desperate to get to england . We come from sudan to go to england. Were looking for a better life. Here they have escapeed wars and tyranny theyve crossed deserts and seas. These people are not welcomed here in calais, and the British Government doesnt want them either but theyve all come an awful long way and quite frankly they feel that they have nothing left to loose. So whatever french or british politicians say theyll carry on doing whatever they can to cross the english channel. Higher fences and more policemen may bring some order to the current chaos around calais, but they are shortterm solutions into a problem that will be with europe for many years to come. Barnaby phillips, al jazeera, calais. The Significant Development in the search malaysian flight mh 370 wreckage that looks like part of a planes wing washed up on the east coast of africa. There has been no trace of the boeing 777 which disappeared last year carrying 239 passengers bound for beijing. It has become one of the greatest mysteries in aviation history. One expert believes it is from a boeing 77, just like mh 370 and we can speak to him now. An aviation specialist. Thank you for joining us on the program. How did you hear about them . This has come to me from the media. Theyve been sending me pictures if it looks like something that i know, just to ask technical questions. So she sent me ten pictures this morning. We have been looking for matches. What kind of shape it is in, and we found that it matched only one plane it matched the rear wing and it doesnt fit only for the shape but also for the correcting of the holes. It really looks like the peace of the boeing 777. I believe there is some code on the wreckage. What could you make of that. The code is bb 670 usually there are no codes, but it doesnt mean anything. It be a number for a plane but in my mind its just specific to this piece of wreckage. I guess that the policemen will ask if boeing stays fifth with the mh 370 and it could be part of the plane. Is the government interested in talking to you about what you believe this is part of . Well, im not involved in any investigation right now. With my colleagues and coworkers, now with the news everywhere i see some other specialists around the world and they figure out that they also find similarities, and everybody is looking for. Joining us by scape from paris. Weve been hearing the malaysian transport minister will send a team to investigate that wreckage that theyre talking about the pictures of. Now Pakistani Police say they shot down the leader of a group that is behind hundreds of killings in the country. They are on the list of terrorist list of many countries. Now the verdict in the retrial of three al jazeera journalists will be handed down on thursday. Mohamed fahmy, Baher Mohammed was charged of helping the Muslim Brotherhood charges that they deny. Peter greste was also tried but released to australia. After a more than a year in jail peter greste was deported from egypt and returned to australia but hes not free. Hes still on trial as our colleagues who are still in egypt. Peter here in sydney do you feel you have freedom . I know it sounds ridiculous to be sitting in glorious sydney sunshine and being able to go g and do whatever i want to, but the fact is i dont feel like a free man. Were still caught up in this judicial process. Were still on trial im on trial along with my colleagues. We still have a campaign to fight and a legal battle to fight, and there is still the prospect of a conviction. So no, i dont feel free. What are your hopes for the verdict . Im hoping that the judge will see lack of evidence and throw the whole thing out. There was no more evidence that the prosecutor was able to present in this trial that wasnt presented in the first. Its quite clear that we were not involved in any of the things that the prosecutor accuses us of. Were not involved if terrorism. We have no connections with the Muslim Brotherhood beyond the work of a normal journalists. So as long as the Court Follows the evidence, he can only come to one verdict and that is acquittal to all. What biggest fear . My biggest fear that we will not just get convictions but that the original conviction will be upheld. It can confirm the original sentences. That is really a serious matter for mohamed fahmy, Baher Mohammed and that worries me enormously. What are the consequences of a guilty verdict. It could well mean going back to president. Attones they may end up with sentences for time served. That would mean that they will be able to walk free immediately. For me it would be more difficult because i would be under the same restrictions as all the other journalists tried in abstentia. Two are charged with aiding an american dentist to hunt the lyon. Cameroon is part of a Regional Force set up to fight armed group. Theyre expected to call for a Stronger Alliance between his country and cameroon. Carrying out tests of climate change. I asked what they hope to discover . Request. This is an amazing environment. First of all, its a lot like being on a different planet in many ways. Normally people could do not live underwater, so being here for 14 days is a lot like being on a spacecraft or on a space station or maybe something that landed on a different planet and really it does feel like a different plan when were outside. So being here we can learn a lot of different things. We can learn about interactions between two members and the ground control. We can learn about procedures and ways to make our work more effective when we are far away and isolateed. We implemented a time delay so all of our communication is delayed to. So there are a lot of different things. But most of all when we go outside the hatch thanks to our bouyantcy control devices we can perform in different continues of gravity. We can be in partial gravity like on the surface of mars or on the moon. We can use our tons and specifically develop procedures and tools to see how we would perform doing an exploration of a different planetary object. What sort of research are you doing . Marine biologists were interested in studying the socalled migration. They noticed that there is change in climate change. Were installing specific transmitters that collect data and Environmental Data like current, depth temperature and were collecting coral samples so that they can study them and see how these Little Creatures are working. Corals are an excellent marker how the environment is doing. If they change that, then we can find out the coles that were collected. Fascinating. Thank you for changing your underwater experience with us. Thank you. Still to Come International football coach sacked two days after leading his side to a major championship. Raul will have more later. Growing up fast. My quest is to find me and me is not here. Fighting for a better future. If you dont go to college youre gonna end up dead on the streets. Life changing moments. I had never been bullied, everyone hates me. From oscar winning director alex gibney. Shut the cam. A hard hitting look at the real issues facing american teens. The incredible journey continues. Its two days on this boat just to get there. Unspoiled. Unseen. Under threat. Welcome now. Here is all the days ports. Thank you very much. The man in charge of european football has confirmed he now has the world in his sights. Michel plantiti will stand for fifa election. In a statement plantiti said that its time for fifa to turn over a new leave. But he has been criticized by a formal lie prince ali of jordan who. Hes saying that the frenchman is not good for fifa. And another claiming that p l atini is no different than blatter when it comes to fifa reform. Journey as football administrator began in may of 2002 when elected to fifas powerful executive committee. By june 2007 he was head of youre european football at uefa. He has been supportedder of the world cup world 2022 world cup an at qatar. And in nay may 2015 blatter was asked to stand down. Coach Miguel Herrera is out of a job. Hes fired after punching a journalist who has been a critic of herrera in the past. I think that miguel understands the basis of the decision and at the end of the day our values and prince stand above football results. Golfs number one rory mcilroy could lose his status. He has yet to recover from an ankle injury he picked up playing football three weeks ago. That kept him out of the open championship. Jordan spieth will take over number one if he wins in ohio. The final major of the year gets unit way in two weeks time. In the third ashes test between england and australia 13 wickets fell on what was a raindisrupted day england finishing up 1333. Australia bowling for 136. Now, imagine running in temperatures of more than 40 degrees in one of the most hostile environments on the planet. Thats what competitors in the United States right now. If there really is a hell on planet earth death valley, california might be it. Few things can live here because this is the hottest place anywhere in the world. On average in summer it goes several months straight with temperatures never below 40 celsius or 100 fahrenheit. But the roads through this National Park will soon have more than rattle snakes slithering across and now also runners. If its not warm enough already theyre warming up their legs. Its 135 miles or 217 kilometers long starting below sea level at the bottom of death valley. They run over three mountain ranges. Thats just the first of three. Three mountain ranges totaling 15,000 feet to get to the finish line. Its epic. Its intense. There is nothing harder. 97 ultra marathon athletes from more than 24 countries have arrived to take part. There are people with every day lives and every day jobs, but extraordinary endurance when they lace up their sneakers. You got to be a little crazy to do this. I say so. And the runners who do this, we all have a screw loose but its part of our therapy. Its a challenge to see what you can do with your body. What challenges you to do this . Something about about the challenge, the heat. This is bad water here in death valley. Its 85 meters below sea level or 280 feet. Often the distance are salt flats that were created after a lake dried up at the end of the ice age. Runners will be running along this road besides me. This area is absolutely unforgiving but its one of the many extremes these athletes will be facing. [ cheering ] its final for the first group of runners to begin. The sun drops over the mountains fast in a race to survive knowing that when the sun comes up most wont even be halfway done. Gabriel elizondo death valley california. Well, this is not the only extreme race growing in popularity. You just heard the bad water marathon is the toughest foot race on earth but it has plenty of competition. The uconn arctic ultra in the northwest of alaska, runners braving temperatures who can compete on mountain bikes skis or foot on rough terrain over eight days. It requires competitors to run six Straight Days and they need to carry all of their food and supplies with them, and then there is this race in sweden. Only lasts for one day. But in the island to island race the race between 26 islands, plenty of trail running and 10 kilometers of open water swimming with tempt as low as 10 degrees celsius. Unbelievable. Definitely insane. Thats all for us. Russia uses its veto to block a resolution. Im julie mcdonald. This is al jazeera live from london. A piece of the m plane that matches the mh 370 is found