Syria can become a reality. And keeping old cultures alive, why schools in zimbabwe are teaching children to play this traditional instrument. Reporter and ill be here with all of the days sport, including the prince requests a secret president ial election be suspended with the vote just days away. We begin the news hour with the continuing refugee crisis in europe. More than a hundred thousand refugees and migrants have already arrived on european shores this year alone. Most of these, 97,000 people landed on the greek islands while more than 7,000 crossed to italy. More than 400 lost their lives so far this year mainly on the sea crossing from the Turkish Coast to the greek islands. Meanwhile, afghan refugees remain stranded at barbed wire fences. The macedonians imposed restrictions on afghans entering their territory, while allowing people there syria and iraq to pass through. Those refused entry have been staging a sitin on the border. Reporter only iraqi and syrian nationals are allowed to continue their journey. At the moment they are preventing because the afghans have been holding a sit in, saying if we cant go in they cant go in. The buses behind me are waiting to be loaded with afghan nationals, and they will be taken back to athens. We understand in athens there is a backlog, about 5,000 refugees are there. They are not allowed to come towards the border area, because authorities here want to solve the situation before allowing them in. This is causing a lot of anxiety not only among the afghans who say we came all the way from our countries to here, spending all of our money, and what is going to happen to us now . We cannot go back to afghanistan. And the iraqis and syrians are on the move and in a hurry. They are worried that maybe soon the borders will also close for them. And they want to continue their journey. So it is creating some sort of friction between these two different groups of refugees. We received this report from kabul. Reporter an intriguing statement following the Fourth Meeting of the Coordination Group here in kabul. In the statement the group saying it invites all taliban factions to take part in peace talks, scheduled to take place during the first week of march. Now the invite itself is not earthshattering news. It has long been the Afghan Governments position, and the qcgs position that they want to sit down and negotiate a political solution with the taliban. However, the statement suggests that they are narrowing their time frame and the location of the first round of talks. If the statement is accurate, this would mean that by next week, the Afghan Government will be sitting across the table with representatives of the taliban for the First Time Since the summer of 2015. The statement coming at a time when theres a lot of uncertainty about the prospects of peace talks with the taliban, a time when theres indications that the taliban is gaining territory in southern pakistan, critical province of hellmann where after man troops have pulled out with two very a at no time groups. So if these peace talks happen will all taliban factions show up, and will the talks have a positive out come. Meanwhile near the french city of calais, thousands of refugees face eviction from the camp known as the jungle. Up to a thousand people could be force today move into nearby shipping containers. Many do not want to move, and are hoping for a court intervention. Another major factor in this refugee crisis is the fighting continues in syria. Isil says it has killed a number of soldiers and captured dozens of others. Meanwhile the Syrian Military saying it blew up an isil suicide car bomb before it reached their check point. A ceasefire agreed between the u. S. And russia is due to come into effect on saturday. Crossing over to our correspondent joining us from turkey near the border with syria. And even though the ceasefire is supposed to come into effect on saturday, a lot of questions about how the cessation of hostilities will actually be put into practice. Yes, absolutely. Big questions are still waiting to be answered by the americans and the russians. We do know that they the two sides, russia and america have called on all rebel groups to commit to this cessation of hostilities. If they do not then they will be considered perhaps terrorist groups. Of course the call was not extended to isil and alnusra, because the deal excludes them. There is also the question of who will monitor the cessation of hostility, which party will be able to determine who of the rebel groups violated that agreement. So it remains to be seen. Also the syrian opposition, really, are not behind this cessation of hostility the idea. They do have huge suspicion about it. They do think that russia and the Syrian Government are not sincere about it. While you are talking to us, were looking at the right side of our screen, where were playing footage of the seen this aleppo. Tell us about the scene in aleppo because there has been a government offensive taking place there. Yes, thats true. First we have news from last night, into this morning that heavy fighting continued between a number of rebel groups fighting the ypg, those are Kurdish Forces in aleppo, heavy shelling, heavy bombardment and fighting. Also we have other reports coming in, in the last hour or so, that isil has man aged to take control of an area in the southern countryside. This is an important area, because its a supply route in the syrian army, so the fighting is still raging in a number of areas not only in aleppo but also outside of aleppo. Thank you for that update. Saudi arabia urging its nationals to leave lebanon immediately, and avoid traveling there in the future. The announcement comes despite attempts of the lebanese Prime Minister to reinstate his support for riyadh. Saudi arabia accuses lebanon of failing to back it in its on going dispute with iran. Libyan Security Forces have confirmed the arrival of French Special forces. 180 solders have landed in the International Airport east of benghazi. In the last few days they stepped up attacks on isil and rebel groups in benghazi. Thousands of people are marching in indias capitol, furious about the suicide of student who was allegedly the victim of cast discrimination. There is also anger over sedition charges against six students in what they believe is an ongoing crackdown on freedom of so speech. Faiz jamil reports from new delhi. Reporter they came in the thousands from around the country, protesting the suicide of a prograduate student from the Southern City who claimed to be a victim of castbased discrimination. He was in the lowest cast, who used to be known as untouchables. His death resinates with students across india, but especially with other minorities. Translator we have come for justice. He was murdered. No one heard us, so we thought we need to come to delhi to be heard. Thats why so many of us have come. Reporter as the march went on, more students and activists joined. The protests is over the death of the student, but with recent events here in the capitol, issues of freedom of speech is clearly among strong feelings in this crowd. These protesters are also protesting sedition charges brought against several students after a video appeared to show several people making socalled antinational remarks earlier this month. South of mumbai, students at the film and Television Institute protested the appointment of a new chairman. Some students say freedom of speech is under attack in india. I do not see any [ inaudible ] sedition charges [ inaudible ] this government wants to [ inaudible ] they cannot take [ inaudible ]. Reporter several kilometers from the march, the opening of the latest parliamentary session began. The Prime Minister who has remained silent on the recent events, appeared to throw an olive branch to the opposition, evidently not wanting the protests to stall parliamentary work. En translator i hope the session will be used for debate. This is the only way to strengthen democracy and fulfill the aspirations of the people. Reporter several opposition lawmakers came out to join the protesters. Everyone here says they want action to stop the discrimination and crackdown on freedom of speech, but no one here truly believes the issue will be resolved by a single protest. The Indian Government also struggling to deal with another castbased crisis, involving the relatively prosperous farming community. The government has agreed to some concessions in a bid to end days of protests. They are demanding more access to government jobs and university places. Our correspondent has that story. Reporter the chief minister, says they are trying to create a new category of affirmative action that will give them more access to government jobs and university quotas. He was heckled showing a deep mistrust of the government. The protesters say they have been promised this many times before and in fact have been promised reservation status by previous governments, and each time it has been quashed by the supreme court. The chief minister has been summoned to delhi, where talks are going to go to a National Level where there could be higher discussions. Here where we have seen some of the worst violence, buildings burned, vehicles torched, and shops looted, residents have told us they are mostly staying in doors in case the agitation flairs up again. There are thousands of troops on the ground, trying to maintain calm in many of the areas where the protests have been. The effects of the protests are being felt in the capitol, new delhi relies on this area for most of its water supply, 50 comes from one particular canal, that canal has been damaged by the protesters, while the government says they are doing everything they can to try to stop a water crisis, they are warning that there will be water shortages and it will take at least two weeks for supplies to return to normal in the city. Emergency supplies of food, medicine, and temporary shelter are pouring into fiji where the death toll has risen to 29. Andrew thomas is with one emergency team, and ours is the first tv team to get there. This is andrews report. Reporter it has taken nearly three days, but help is coming to some of the fijian islands. This boat is the second in two days, with phone communication cut, one did an exploratory cross on monday. When we couldnt get in touch with them. We said we have to make a run and check, and what we saw, we were the first point of contact with the outside world, and what we saw was really devastating. Reporter a day later this is the first trip with passengers, carrying people back who. Hahhed to be away from the storm. These are their first glimpses of their homes. Total destruction. Reporter is it better or worse than you expected . Its worse. Reporter this island used to be lush and green, and the coastal villages used to be intact. The ship docked 45 minutes before dusk, with no power, passengers have 45 minutes of daylight to see what up close what the wind and pounding waves have done. Not far from the dock was this man sitting in the ruins of his home. Very sorry to see the building to be very devastating like this. Very sorry. Reporter his house is not the exception here. Its now the norm. People say three people died on this island of 6,000, given the damage, that number seems remarkably low. I came here in 2014 to do a piece on what people thought about fijis up coming election. I chose to come to this island, because it was known as one of fijis prettiest. I stayed in this village, but look at it now. Complete devastation. Dusk, and then dark hid the damage, but not its consequences. Many have nowhere to sleep but outdoors. Still to come in this news hour, were live to washington where the u. S. President is expected to make an announcement about the future of the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay. Plus elected twice only to be ousted in a cue. Im in rwanda, finding out if they are happy or sad to see the end of Sepp Blatters reign as fifas president. First, the Egyptian Military says the sentencing of a fouryearold boy to life in prison for murder was a mistake. The army says a 16 year old should have been sentenced instead. The child was convicted along with 114 others. The boys father spent four months in jail for refusing to hand him over. Reporter well the israeli army has demolished the homes of two palestinians in the occupied west bank. The properties belong to two men convicted of killing five israelis last year. The Israeli Government enacted this destruction policy when people are found guilty or suspected of attacks against israelis. And in ramallah, hundreds of teachers have been protesting, refusing to work until they get better pay and conditions effecting about a Million School children. Imti imtiaz tyab reports. Reporter they chant, dignity, dignity, give us dignity. They are protesting against low wages and poor benefits. They say the Palestinian Authority has failed to make good on promises, including pay increases. This woman has been a High School Biology teacher. Translator i want my dignity, to be treated like Public Employees of other ministries. We will only stop when we get our rights. I miss my students. Reporter more than 120,000 palestinian teachers have been on strike since last week, it has effected about 1 Million School children. This strike is about the palestinian authorities failure to implement an agreement that was put in place nearly three years ago. That agreement included guidelines around salary, pay increases and promotions, but as the strike continues, it is becoming increasingly politicized. The party of the president has blamed political rival hamas for the teachers refusal to end their strike. They say hamas is encouraging the strike to further weaken the Palestinian Authority which is already struggling with a budget crisis. But striking teachers say this isnt a political issue for them, its one of fairness, because they make up the secondlargest sector of Public Workers thatry the least paid. This spokesperson says the government is doing its best to address the teachers demanding. All prior agreements will be met by the end of the month, as well as the teachers will will see an increase of 5 in their salaries, but that doesnt mean that this is the end of the discussion. Reporter on sunday the head of the sales palestinians Teachers Union resigned. Teachers here say protests like this will not only continue but also get larger. He or his allies have repeatedly won parliamentary majorities in thailand, but military coups has forced him into exile. He says hef fears for his life. He has been speaking to wayne haye in singapore. Reporter for the best part of a decade, this man has stayed awide from thailand but remained deeply connected to its politics. After he made his money in telecommunications, he was twice elected Prime Minister on the back of policies that benefited poorer thais. Since the most recent coup in his homeland, he has been unusually quiet. [ technical difficulties ] well, you are watch that full interview on al jazeera this saturday. Thats on talk to al jazeera at 0430 gmt on february 27th. Oil Industry Leaders are meeting in the u. S. State of texas, discussing prices to boost prices. The slump is having a big impact on oildependant economies. John hendren joining us live from houston, texas, and you are covering that conference, amongst oil leaders. What kind of strategies are they talking about here . Reporter well, they are longterm strategies. They all know theres no shortterm fix. Oil prices are at about 30 a barrel. What they are talking about now is some kind of freeze doing something to halt production, but thats just a handful of countries, and of course you have got the increase in oil from american shale producers and from iran, which now that sanctions have lifted is adding oil on to the market. So theres a real glut of oil on the market as we speak right now, the Saudi Arabia Oil ministry is talking about saudi arabias response. He has been fairly criticized for continuing to pump saudi oil. Saudi arabia has strong cash reserves so they can handle a time like this, but other countries, russia, venezuela, are not able to do that. They need to keep pumping, and thats what the american producers are doing as well. So getting control of the oil supply has been a very serious problem. We had a forecast by the International Energy agency, they said that oil prices will turn to 80 a barrel, thats the good news, the bad news that is not going to happen until sometime in 2018 to 2020. So it is going to be a while before they can rebalance the market. Right now that glut will continue, and everyone here expects low prices to continue through the end of 2016. They tried to control it last week with the announcement to freeze oil output, but it really didnt help the global price of oil, did it . Reporter thats right. It was four countries doing that. However, january was an historic high time, so its not as if they were cutting back significantly. Also its just four countries, not everyone is doing that. The u. S. Fracers, are continuing to pump out oil, because they need to continue to make that money, and then you have got iran pumping oil on the market as it has not done in the recent past. So really, that cut is being more than compensated for by overproduction by other countries, so there really is no control of the market right now. John hendren reporting from houston. John, thank you. You are with the news hour, and theres much more to come on the program, including 500 million for two paintings. Well look at why the buyer paid so much. Plus im phil lavelle in los angeles, a world away from west africa, and yet a lot of people here are talking about ebola at the moment. Find out why shortly. And comi