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And poverty could lead to former rebel fighters taking up arms again. And let the fun begin its time for brazils Biggest Party, the rio carnival. Well far from less is what we might think with fighting intensifying in Eastern Ukraine hours before as fire is due to come in effect proseparatist and army are battling in particular near the town here. These images are said to show a build up of Russian Artillery to the northeast of the town and tweeted by the u. S. Ambassador to ukraine jeffrey on friday he said we are confident these are Russian Military not separatists. The ukraines president had this to say about the latest violence. After this this is not just attack of ukraine civilian this is attack of the minsk results and we dont have explanation because of the defense operation of russia intensified significantly. Reporter so where is the fighting in Eastern Ukraine as the clock ticks down to what could be a ceasefire . These are the areas currently held by separatist fighters the rebel stronghold of donetsk seen shelling after ceasefire deal announced and shelling and live fire in the rebel held town of lohansk but the battle at the moment is control here and its strategic important of the railroad and stwong holds to russia Government Forces hold it but under intense fire and Charles Stratford is at the front line. In support position to what are 8,000 ukrainian soldiers in the town and separatists say they surrounded the town and it is a major flash point, some of the heaviest fighting there. If the separatist take control of the town it will give them a direct route by a rail way to russia. Little on the road except military equipment and ambulances ukrainian artillery firing close by. Translator everything is destroyed said this ambulance driver you cant get in town and there are dead bodies on the road. Reporter we pushed up further towards here and here at a Ukrainian Army check point, there is a lot of heavy weaponry that is going toward the front and hearing a lot of heavy shelling, the soldiers here are nervous about us being here and dont like to be film because they say its bad luck before they go in battle. Some soldiers were returning and one agreed to speak to us. Translator we were in a village close by he said. We were shelled with mortars and we want piece and happy about the ceasefire but we dont trust president putin. Reporter behind me is the last bridge and military telling us its too dangerous to go any further and fears the separatists could hit this bridge at any time and as you can see there is a lot of heavy military equipment going in that direction. The ceasefire is supposed to start at 0000 local time february 15 but withdrawal of weapons on both sides is supposed to begin soon after and for now the guns and rockets remain. Behind me in the field they have tank batteries and rocket positions and what we see in the distance are grads to my left and bear in mind we were here a few days ago and these soldiers were not here. There is a big fear that the separatists will try and take full control here in the interim period between the truce being signed and it being implemented on the 15th. Tell battle for the town goes on. Charles stratford, al jazeera, Eastern Ukraine. We will bring in theodore for the gulf analysis in dubi and they have been tweeted from the ukraine and showing Russian Artillery in ukraine and what do you believe that means . I think its very clear that the russians who are supporting the separatists are trying to take the strategic location almost immediately and if they do not do it by the deadline tonight for the ceasefire, they will continue to do it tomorrow and then we are going to see the minsk two process begin to unrival. If it unravels even before it has properly begun, what will that mean . Number two ceasefire not working . Where do we go from there . I think from there its going to be a mix of diplomatic and military pressure from both sides, obviously more from the russian side in terms of that mix. Having said that the United States canada and Great Britain will likely begin to push for lethal aid to kiev while at the same time the Ukrainian Government and ukraine itself is slipping deeper into bankruptcy. I think that this is going to lead to some more confrontations in the field as well as whether or not the kiev government can receive the kind of assistance it needs from europe and from the United States because there is an rubicon to be crossed here that i think will shift it into a new level of confrontation. And what is that rubicon . Well the rubicon is actually how much of the ceasefire is actually going to be adhered to and other components that were signed off or in this agreement including moving back to certain range of to create a d. M. Z. If you will as well as also giving more recognition and Self Governance to Eastern Ukraine by the kiev government these are ideas from before in september that have not been implemented according to various sides. So this rubicon that im discussing here now has to do with the fighting that is on going on the ground now and how it is interpreted by the west versus russia. Is it your view that with the United States and maybe europe you say still intends on supplying arms to ukraine and with the russian separatists or those supported by russia still intent on taking the town and is it your feeling all of the talk of a ceasefire is a sham . I wouldnt really call it a sham. I would call it more of a bridge to the next opportunity or operation if you will. I think what this has done particularly from the Russian Point of view is putin has all the cards, if you will and he is along with his generals is betting on the fact that the u. S. And the west will get trapped into sending lethal aid to ukraine which will play into Russian Military doctrine that nato is an enemy and that will play very well within the Russian Media about what is happening in ukraine. Thank you very much indeed theodore talking to us about of dubi. Thank you. U. N. Special envoy to syria clarified all earlier remark that asaid must be part of the solution to the crisis in syria and he wasnt talking about a longterm political solution but instead efforts to end the current fighting and gerald tan has more. Reporter clear signs that talks have broken down. Rebels in hom say they wont accept government demands to lay down their arms in exchange for civilian safety so the fighting continues in syria. Translator why isnt anyone caring for us . We suffer in silence while the whole world watches. Reporter world powers still trying to negotiate an end to the fouryear war. After meetings in damascus this week the u. N. Special envoy meet here with president Bashar Alassad must be a part of the solution. There is an important dialog that we need to have. He is still president of syria. There is a large part of syria which is under the control of the Syrian Government and i will continue having very important discussions with him because he is part of the solution. Reporter the u. N. Envoy has clarified he wasnt referring to a longterm political plan involving president assad but a way to stop the violence. His office emphasizes that the Geneva Community calling for Transitional Government remains the basis for u. N. Proposal to end the war. More than 200,000 people have been killed in this conflict and scenes like these out of duma are a daily reality. People in various cities are marching in solidarity with duma urging the government to stop its Bombing Campaign and the repeated demand that is unchanged since march 2011 president Bashar Alassad must go. Gerald tan, al jazeera. Reenforcing in that report that the geneva plan remains what they call a roadmap for peace, it was a conference in 2012 bringing together the government and opposition groups and many key players were left out and agreed on a Transitional Administration that could involve members of the current government but didnt know if president assad will be part of it and says he will be in power after 2021 after winning elections last year and last year was intended to implement the geneva plan but ended without a result and let us bring in a Senior Writer of golf news and also a former analyst at the u. S. Based Rand Corporation and live from beirut and he is not saying anything that has not been said before but why does he need to say it now . He needs to say it now because unlike his two predecessors brahimi has a strategy and needs bashar alasaid and president of syria to essentially implement this strategy which is focused on aleppo first. He wants to have some kind of a ceasefire in a an aleppo because a ceasefire will no longer work and concentrating on a an aleppo and need them to move the military might away so some relief can be brought to the besieged city. Why president alassad to play this game . I think there are a variety of reasons and probably the most important is that four years into the war president assad and everybody pretty much agreed that two leading forces are running this show on the one hand we have i. S. I. S. Or Islamic Forces making roads and on the other we have kurdish fighters who recently released them and are against the islamic airport and from damascus its a very Good Opportunity to cooperate with masserur to have a concrete result on the ground to show to the world that he is indispensable indispensable. If they cooperate and if i. S. I. L. Is defeated as you say it is also called, what then for president assad . He says he wants to stay for the best part of another six years, how does the attention then turn to that side of the problem . Reporter stephanmistura is that assad will have to be part of a solution and its a precursor for negotiation and i think everyone realizes the longterm prospects will be settled around the negotiating table but we are far from the reality and as in your report the suggestion was made that 200,000 people were killed, in fact, the numbers are much higher than than when you take in account all noncombatants who perished because syria infrastructure has collapsed health wise and otherwise and millions of refugees and prospects of having a solution in the short term are negligent to nil but over the longterm some kind of political settlement will have to be negotiated and what happens to Bashar Alassad in the government at this time will have to be determined around the negotiating table. But, again, that is a very far off option and its not part of the misturas immediate focus on aleppo. Pleasure to have you on the news hour thank you. Thank you. The scandal surrounding argentinas president is deepening and kristina has been formally investigated over accusations of a cover up to hide alleged iranian bombing in buenos aires and the prosecutor looking into it was found dead last month and we report. Reporter prosecutors are determined that the case against president will not go away. The allegation is they covered up iranian involvement in 1994 attack on Jewish Community center in buenos aires that killed 85 people alleged reward was cheap oil and trade deals, the government has denied those accusations. But the latest move has rocked the political establishment. Translator one has to distinguish between judicial and political aspects, judicial aspect is highly questionable. While we cant deny that its having an extraordinary political impact. Reporter the allegations were initially made by prosecutor albertto the day before he was speak at a hearing and his body was found in a bath and shot to the head and they returned to his apartment to search for more evidence to help the inquiry into how he died nearly a month later they debated if it was suicide or murder. The latest move is a major advance and others say its politically motivated and amounts to nothing and the certainty is it added to uncertainty and they are no closer to discovering who detonated the bomb in 1994 or how alberto died. Meanwhile the president has flown to her weekend home in the south for a fourday holiday weekend. She will return to buenos aires next week for a march organized by albertos former colleague and likely further polarize an already divided society, buenos aires. They say the accusations are biased. Translator why is there an active judicial coup . Because the complaint which was presented or the judicial steps being put forward are not aiming as a traditional outcome and pursuing a political outcome. Reporter we have this coming up, on this al jazeera news hour the sectarian divisions still unresolved ten years after the assassination of liberty nice Prime Minister. The multi million business behind the glitz and glammar of fashion week and cricket opening match between sri lanka and new zealand zealand. The Iraqi Government has now sent reenforcements to the town of albagdadi after i. S. I. L. Forces surrounded and stormed it a day after the local government reported the fall of the area in Anbar Providence and five kilometers from Assad Air Base where 320 u. S. Soldiers are training iraqi forces and confirmed a group of fighters attacked the base on friday. Gunmen who say they are loyal to i. S. I. L. Reportedly taken over a staterun Radio Station in the city of cert and the Radio Station has been broadcasting speakers by bagdadi and the minister says the situation threatens his country which is only a few hundred kilometers away from cert. The former Prime Minister has made a rare visit to lebanon on the anniversary of his fathers assassination, and he was killed ten years ago along with 21 others. The case has deeply affected the country. Stephanie decker has more now from beirut. Reporter assassination that changed lebanon and Prime Minister killed in a car bomb in the heart of downtown beirut and led to the pull out of syrian troops and at the time a belief that it would lessen syria influence here but ten years later lebanon is influenced by foreign powers and struggling to deal with spill over of syrian war and deep sectarian divisions and no sitting president to help manage it all. Increasing sectarianism that happened and its extremely important that the root of this was not so much the assassination as it was the 2003 u. S. Invasion of iraq. Thats the point where the sectarian project in the region really began and once the iraq war was over as far as the military damage and us damage military and intervention that moved to lebanon and syria and it was manifested within what came to be the assassination. Reporter the loss of a strong leader had a direct impact on the Sunni Community here failure of a unifying successor coupled with what is happening in the region solidified sectarian divisions and made some identify with more radical groups poverty also plays a role like the Northern City of tripoli where the syrian war is having a direct impact. There have been street battles between those who support the revolution and those who support Bashar Alassad and tell you increasing divisions here come down to the state or more specifically the politicians not doing enough to take care of their people. We have a system that is collapsing or at least degenerating and deteriorating, this is a massive problem and its been there and building up since the 1990s. The difference now however is the influx of a massive number of Syrian Refugees forming between one quarter and onethird of the lebanese population. In a system that already was failing to deliver services to its own citizens. Reporter security has become a huge issue with the army along with the armed shia group is patrolling the border areas and attacks inside lebanon against three yeah neighborhoods associated with hezbollah and i ran and what radical groups say is retaliation for fighting in syria beside Bashar Alassad then 21 others were killed right here in downtown beirut and few would have predicted where lebanon finds itself and Foreign Countries have too much say after what happened here and a quarter of the population of the tiny country are Syrian Refugees and a threat of growing groups along lebanon border with syria and within the country itself so ten years on and despite the establishment of International Court to investigate the death no one has been brought to justice, Stephanie Decker al jazeera, beirut. Mohamed and fahmy enjoying a day with their families in egypt free on bay, only on bail after spending 412 days in detention and as Richard Martin says retrial on charges of colluding with the banned Muslim Brotherhood expecting to resume on february 23. After 411 days after too much time alone in prison its like a dream come true. Reporter al jazeera producer mohamed enjoys the first moments of his newfound freedom, a day to celebrate with his wife and three children. Im very proud of every single moment i spent in prison for the sake of freedom of expression. I am really proud about it. As time goes back i would choose the same experience and i know i will continue to fight for the freedom of expression and i will not back off. Reporter baja and fahmy were granted bail by a judge on thursday. It has come as a huge relief. They have been in prison in egypt since december 2013 judicial fight for mohamed and fahmy will continue until charges are drop and baja was initially sentenced ten years and fahmy seven in prison and it was recently overturned, the highest court of appeals challenged the evidence by prosecution and said proceedings were flawed an ordered a retrial. [cheering] earlier this month another al jazeera journalist peter greste, was deported to australia after 400 days in detention. Fahmy who is an egyptian canadian was told by the authorities his only way to freedom was to renounce his egyptian citizenship which he has done. The three al jazeera journalists fahmy and greste have been wrongly accused of promoting the banned Muslim Brotherhood and trial widely condemned by the International Community and by human rights organizations. Six other colleagues from al jazeera were sentenced to ten years in prison al jazeera continues to call on egypt to have all of its journalists exonerated Richard Martin al jazeera. Time in the news hour to welcome in richard and take us to another snowstorm, as if they have not had enough on the east coast of the United States. You think two meters of snow would be enough but there is more coming and on satellite it doesnt like impressive and not much happening as you look on here and its all quiet and seeing cloud moving across because things are still going to develop, if we look we have a low pressure but what happens is when you add on the jet stream which is about 330 Kilometers Per Hour it comes together and is an explosive deep enner and will develop moving to the eastern sea board and in boston they are trying to get rid of what has fallen already and bright skies as you can see from some of the shots and it will get worse before it gets better there is a situation developing during the course of saturday. I will run the animation through and see this area of snow pushing away towards the eastern sea board. Now, as it does so then we are going to see some very large accumulations, and for boston you could be looking at 1530 sent centimeters and maine and New Brunswick snow and one to watch david. Casper the ghost and fashion designers from across the world showcasing their latest collection at new York Fashion Week and we will join gabrielle. Reporter the glitz, the glammar, the week of the highfashion cat walk in the big apple when the worlds top fashion designers show off by wrapping their collections around the young and beautiful, fashion week and especially for Young Designers trying to get noticed this is the biggest week of the year. Its a really big deal this is the epicenter where fashion happens and where it all starts so the buzz on fashion week and its a huge energetic event. Reporter increasingly fueled not just by energy but by economics. New York Fashion Week actually happens twice every year and combined it again rays 900 million in Economic Activity more than the new York City Marathon t last years superbowl or even the u. S. Open. More than 230,000 people go there during fashion shunl week some to watch shows and others to be seen and there is shopping for a city known for some of the world east renown brands but tens of thousands of jobs are created with all the people involved in making sure that the shows happen smoothly. Think about creating a runway show and all the marketing and the executive expertise then you have to have a venue and a place and people who run that and the lighting and the crews that are involved in it and the people who transport the crews and the people who feed the crews and then the after parties and the before parties and the during parties and the press that comes in from around the country, its a lot of people. Reporter now more than ever a lot of money too. Gabrielle with al jazeera, new york. Coming up on the news hour u. N. Asking mexico to explain exactly what happened to 43 students who disappeared last year plus the love anniversary has a special meaning for people but business has been bad the past few days. Reporter its valentines day and why business is not blooming for the flower sellers of bangladesh. Coming up, in sport a win in the German League and we will talk about that and the rest of the sport in 1520 minutes now. Our top story this hour on the al jazeera news hour is the fighting far from lessening and intensifying in Eastern Ukraine hours before a ceasefire is due and they are battling particularly around the town here. U. S. Special envoy to syria clarified an earlier remark that president assad must be part of the solution and he wasnt talking about longterm but said efforts simply to end the fighting now. The head of argentina cabinet says the latest accusations against the country president are biased and kristina being formally investigated for allegations of a cover up to hide alleged iran involvement of a 1994 Jewish Center and coup in yemen and houthis taking over the government last friday so just over a week ago now having talks we understand with the party of the former president , abdullah and we will bring in a correspondent who has been here many times and houthis on one side the tribe or the group if you like that has taken over control of the country or sanaa in particular and you have the former president who was ousted in coup and the two meeting and why . The u. N. Is trying to broker a new deal and efforts to try to salvage a deal or the country will disintegrate and know as we speak houthis are using with g. P. C. To agree on forming a Transitional Parliament that will be the one to create laws within a transitional period. If that agreement is reached it could invite the sunnis party to join. If they manage to overcome this major obstacle then they have a president ial council we understand from four people from representing different regions of the country and then an interim government. We dont know what will be the answer of the party of the assad who had an ambition to return to power or groom his son to take over. If not him then to make sure the families succession and he always has been said to be the power behind the latest houthi move. Definitely because this is someone who still has huge support within the military establishment and units under his control but the latest development basically which is going to happen in the coming hour which is u. N. Report on yemen, deplores actions taken by houthis and very critical of dissolution of the parliament and government and very critical of foreign interventions and asks for a more aggressive role of the United Nations advisors and want him basically to have a bigger say in reforming the Army Security of forces and pushing all the parties to come to an agreement within the coming days otherwise there is huge concern that there is a growing sectarian divide and no deal that yemen will disintegrate and control by the sunnis. If there is a deal why would that pull the country together . Well because we are now in a certain position where you have sunnis in the south saying we are not going to join any government led by the houthis, we are a majority and there for we have to have big Political Representation in the government if you dont have a deal like aden and different parts will say lets establish yemen for sunnis and the north as it is now under the control of the houthis, a situation that will been fit alqaeda and attacking military posts, military bases and taking advantage of sunni discontent telling people you have to join us for the fight. Thank you. North mexico a bus driver who ran through a red light is being blamed for a collision with a Freight Train that left 16 dead and 30 injured. A newspaper states that the 40 seats the bus was carrying 60 passengers. U. N. Committee urging the Mexican Government to carry out more investigations into the case of 43 missing students. They disappeared in september in the Southern State of guerrero and we report from mexico city. Reporter a national problem, that is how a u. N. Committee described forced disappearances in mexico and panel urged mexico to further investigation the case of 43 students who went missing in september. In contrast to the thousands of forced appearance we assume although we do not have the numbers exactly, and there are exactly six persons put to trial and sentenced for this crime. Reporter the u. N. Also called on mexico to create a special Prosecutors Office to investigate such crimes. Parents and classmates of the missing students gathered at the capitol on friday and welcomed the u. N. Report. Translator we have to look abroad, to ask them to demand that the government does its job correctly and they do a proper investigation. Translator the army was there and harassed us and took our cell phones and forced us on the ground. Reporter there is no concrete evidence that the army was involved and they have arrested dozens of local police. Last week the Mexican Government told the u. N. Committee more than 11,000 people were missing in the country and Amnesty International says more than 22000 people have disappeared in the past eight years. In resent years videos like this have emerged of Police Kidnapping people sometimes in broad daylight other times under the cover of night. Forced disappearances by authorities appears to be an epidemic. The students went missing on the night of september 26 this video allegedly shows some of them being halled off by local police. Translator mexicos attorney generally repeatedly said corrupt police handed them to a drug gang who killed them and burned their bodies and called it quote a historic troup and last week Forensic Experts said there were flaws in the investigation, a claim the government rejects, only remains of one student have been identified. Meanwhile another International Organization the Inter American commission on human rights said its sending a team here to mexico to launch an entirely new investigation into the disappearances as much as the attorney general wants to close the case all International Attention may make it impossible. Nigeria boko haram carried out the first attack in neighboring chad killing at least up to that is ten people. The fighters crossed lake chad which separates the two countries. And palaces set on fire in the Early Morning raid on a village and military camp. In Nigeria Delta and amnesty offered by the government to fighters in 2009 as in the opinion of many improved security there but there are concerns now the violence could return because of the growing poverty and harry reports. Reporter she is still new at that in 2009 the Nigerian Government granted amnesty to nearly 30,000 fighters from an armed group called the movement for emancipation of the delta or mint for short and she gets a basically allowance of roughly 340 and taught a trade and incentive not to attack Oil Pipelines and kidnap foreigners but she still cant look after her two children desperation could make her go back to a life of violence. I dont want to go back. Selfemployed, i dont want to go back to that. Reporter these creeks are quiet than they used to be but armed groups side out here and mainly disbanded when they accepted the government amnesty offer and paid to keep fighters away from the Oil Pipelines, the fighters were well armed and with People Living in the delta and destroy Oil Pipelines and kidnap foreigners after fighting in the creek pastor rubin has a life by the Amnesty Program and doesnt want to give it up but could happen if good luck jonathan loses the election in march. If for any reason people who are desperate of power lose the election and push good luck jonathan out of villa, i dont think there will be peace on the delta and will go back to the creek including myself. Reporter delta is where 90 of the oil comes from but this is how most people live poverty and frustration could make it easier for former war lords like pastor rshg ubin to find new recruits. And believes the government amnesty was only a shortterm solution that benefitted only a few. If you didnt carry arms then you didnt qualify for amnesty and therefore the question is the people that have potential to carry arms that have not carried arms what do you do with them . They are the ones that are left out and they are the ones that will carry arms in the future. Reporter the struggling single mother says if things get worse then she will reluctantly join any war lord who offers her a way out of poverty, in the delta. The very reverse of poverty here ten years ago today that three Young Americans registered a website with ideas of sharing one or two videos and youtube has more than a billion users every month and this was the 18second clip the first turn loaded by youtube and he went to the zoo, that is what he said 300 hours of video uploaded on youtube every single minute and gave a platform for minutes and overnight sensations like these two kids and pictures more than viral and 800 million views for them. It also gave direct access to protesters trying to barn it and armed group to spread their messages into even recruit fighters its a powerful tool for people to reach out to the world and sometimes make millions south korean gagman style and 2. 24 billion views and from hong kong global managing director for olgabee and your job is to sell stuff and how would you started off selling youtube ten years ago . It would have been a tough sale and it has risen from an idea that nobody really thought would work into a powerhouse that as you said in your excellent report has chapolitics culture and businesses around the world. What does it say about the way we have all changed though . It says one element of it is that there is a lot more sharing going on with an era that youtube was launched in was an era of broadcast, one way communication and Large Organizations and can reach out only, now you dont have to be a south korean pop star you can just be a parent uploading pictures of your children and suddenly you can have a global audience. You can be an absolute twit and make millions cant you . Yes. [laughter] a number of examples of that. So where does the emergence of talent come and what does it tell us about what we see on social media . The youtube is really brought around a change in the pathway to celebrity and used to be controlled by gait keepers and these gate keepers would be the ones deciding who was famous and what song gets played and what video gets seen and however now with youtube you have the ability of audiences to decide and suddenly you have these celebrities having a tremendously engaged relationship with audience the way movie stars and old celebrities never had before. Do you think you or i or anybody could now think okay this is the way im going to make a million through youtube and do it or is it luck . Its not luck. There is a lot of skill involved and above all there is a tremendous amount of work. What is interesting about some of the celebrities who succeed new tube is some of them try to get off in Mainstream Media or other sort of platforms and sometimes they fail utterly because they lose contact with the audience which is engagement method of maintaining relationship with awed yenls rather than building up the per sona through traditional methods. Thomas have you ever yes or no . Of course. I upelated many things and do videos on youtube which people say were a combination of meeting the blair witch project. Im terribly sorry yes or no it was, we didnt need the poor sell but what to expect from a marketing man and thomas thank you. Still to come we have the latest from the opening round of matches at the cricket world cup and good if you are english and. Im daniel and canada Yukon Territory and look at how scientists are studying m all mazing lees in the ultimate race, the yukon ultra and how conditions might be for humans in space. It is valentines day in case you have forgotten and flowers are a traditional way to celebrate and big business worldwide and attacks are hurting sales and are just not blooming as we report. Reporter it has been a difficult couple of months for businesses in bangladesh but Flower Growers it could end up being a bad year february is when they make almost all their money, barely break even the rest of the year. But as the opposition here tries to get the Prime Minister to step down through national strikes and violent blockades, transportation has stopped. This means that they continue to gather the roses on their farm there are no trucks to take them to the city in time for valentines day. Translator it is a couple of weeks this month that really matter, these two weeks are worth 79,000 for us and basically all our profit. Reporter its not just a problem with supply demand is also drying up. Translator the love anniversary has a special meaning for people but business has been bad the past few days. Reporter this is one of the largest flower markets in the capitol and its right at the square a popular venue for political rallies and makes it a sensitive location during general strikes and there is always a fear there might be an attack here and vendors worry this may be keeping customers away. February is flower season in bangladesh and not just because of valentines day, 13th is the first day of spring. On this day its common for young women to take to the streets wearing yellow and orange flowers but some worry that the violence can stop people taking part in a festival that has seen new growth in resent years. This is a day everyone should enjoy out in the streets and not saying cooped up in their homes, that would be a sad thing. Reporter she hopes this wont be the case a bad february already means a bad year and if this continues he is not sure his business could survive. Al jazeera, southern bangladesh. Valentines day and have you forgotten it . I actually forgot about it this morning. And do the sport and you had too much to think about. I love cricket and what we will start with 2015 cricket world cup has begun and a good opening day for new zeeland and had a big win from sri lanka and we report. Reporter the 2011 earthquake the Christ Church hosted the opening match of cricket world cup and they had 111 for cohost new sea zeeland and sli kareninger and scored 69 from just 49 balls and williamson 57 for the black cats and the 13th century in the oneday internationals and anderson had 75 from 46 balls as new zeeland had 50 overs and despite 65 sri lanka never got close to the target. Captain matthews fell short of a half century when he was called out by daniel. Sri lanka out for 233 giving new zealand 98 run victory, richard par, al jazeera. Melvin australia marching to victory and finch had 135 in innings and australia finished 342 for nine and steve taking a hat trick at the end and english response is poor and taken five wickets with 121 short with just one wicket left. And finally looks to be taking a turn for the better there out of the zone and royce was pivotal to the win and scored second goal and set up the strikers here for number three, 42 the final score. Rugby continues on saturday with champions to try to make on 22 taking on transcript in dublin and beat them 2220 in the final game of last years six nations to clinch the title and have three of top players in the side returning of jonathan and jamie and shown obrien but the irish know france can be unpredictable to play against. We are trying to prepare for you know the best line up of arms the best performance, the best moral performance and trying to prepare for all the unpredictable of having an attack and a good kicking game and its not just you know that is what we have looked at when we have trained on the pitch, that is what the lines have been set up to do. Reporter that match kicks off at 1700 g. M. T. Before that london hosts italy having secured an impressive 2116 win over whales last week and england has an unchanged team. Canada frozen north is host to one of the coldest and toughest race esand yukon ultra goes over 690 kilometers and a dozen left after 11 dropped out because of extreme cold and daniel lack says its also providing scientists a chance to see how people cope in such harsh conditions. Reporter racers in the yukon ultra spend days and weeks crossing landscapes like this and endless expenses and temperatures that can freeze exposed skin and staying on the move taking food and water, imagining your pace. Then there is the long winter nights and its colder you are alone and you have to choose do you keep going and get fatigued or sleep and risk hypothermia and sit a challenge and frightens frontrunners. It was minus 51 52 i dont know and i was freezing and i kept going and thought a high speed but i didnt get warm at all, impossible. Reporter after that horrible night the current race leader is tested by a scientist from Berlin Center for space medicine. Heart rate sleep patterns and body weight are measured and fills in a questionnaire about his state of mind three others are taking part as well. The basic idea of course is to increase mankinds knowledge to put it in a broader perspective about the human physiology adaptability of the human body and shows us what is possible. Reporter isolation, endurance and cold is relevant to understanding the human body and what it might be like for human beings in space and the yukon winter at worst is not as severe as the earths atmosphere and its a proving ground for techniques and technology that might one day be part of Space Exploration and crucially the return of those space explorers to their home planet. Required to do survival courses and Survival Training and its quite possible and its my hope to study might help to increase their chances of survival should they end up in an environment like this one. Reporter for most runners this is a race against time weather and other competitors, and for scientists a chance to explore something little known, how fragile human bodies can and do survive extreme stress daniel lack al jazeera yukon. That is the sport for now david. Thank you, jo brazil biggest part of the year kicked off in riodejaneiro. The king about to make entrance the moment when millions waited for when the king receives the keys to the city of riodejaneiro. Translator i declare the festivitys in rio open. Reporter the king is officially in charge of the city for a week and even the mayor is at his feet. Translator from this moment only you will have to deal with the citys bills and complaints and have to deal with the traffic and other problems of rio. Reporter these are not the kings priorities, its animating what is known as the Biggest Party on earth with his queen and two princesses by his side an 82yearold tradition, but who is the man with so much responsibility . Earlier this week we visited 28yearold wilson nettle as he went for his final costume fitting and the working class neighborhood where he lives. Wilson had to compete for the highly coveted honor of wearing the crown and a contest her has won two consecutive years. Translator i took stage lessens and helped loosen me up and control my facial expressions when im dancing and learned more about the history of carnival and my personal experience with carnival helped a lot. Reporter he was parading in the school when he was eight. Somba and carnival are obviously in his blood. From now until next wednesday wilson nettle will reign supreme in rio, after that he will return to his less fairy tale life as event promoter hoping and praying next year he will get back the keys to the throne im with al jazeera, rio. That is it thanks for joining us from the al jazeera news hour and david foster and the rest of the team and goodbye for now and leave you with a couple of minutes of this. Al Jazeera America presents borderlands dramatic conclusion no ones prepared for this journey. Our teams experience the heart breaking desperation were all following stories of people that have died in the desert. And the importance. Experiencing it, has changed me completely. Of the lives that were lost in the desert this is the most dangerous part of your trip. An emotional finale you cant miss. We got be here to tell the story. The final journey borderland only on al Jazeera America an escalation of violence in Eastern Ukraine just hours before a new ceasefire is set to go into effect. You are watching al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha and also coming up in the next 30 minutes the u. N. Says syrian president Bashar Alassad must be part of a solution to end fighting in the country and opposition says he is the problem. Youtube turns ten, we take a look at how the video sharing site has changed the internet over the last decade plus. Im daniel lack in

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