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country. especially for the nation s young people. plus, world leaders meet to ponder the fate of i.s.i.l. they look for new ways to crush the armed group, particularly as it rises up in libya. the topic of tonight s week ahead. world leaders are gathering over concern that north korea could be developing nuclear weapons programs. the united nations security council held an emergency meeting today after pyongyang launched a rocket. they say it put the entire world at risk. north korea claims the launch was part of a peaceful space programme, but diplomats think it was a secret missile test. the u.s. is now leading the charge to quickly impose new sanctions on north korea. al jazeera s gabriel elizonda has more from u.n. headquarters in new york while north korea insists the launch was an effort to put a payload in orbit. that has not been the concern of critics, it s the potential for north korea to use the rocket technology to launch a nuclear weapon. base explains ....
tuning out their president, the haitians still hit the street. plus. judge reporter: all over the country rain or shine, sickness and in health, people are trying to put aside their troubles party for an entire week. as though there were no tomorrow the german chancellor angela merkel is in turkey over talks in relation to the refugee crisis. a meeting will happen as more people flee the city of aleppo and surrounding areas in the face of a bombardment by syrian forces backed by russian air power. reporter: the air strikes are intense. the aim of the syrian government is to weaken the defenses of the opposition before ground forces move in. it is at the north-eastern entrance of aleppo on the only route in and out of rebel held districts inside the divided city. translation: the regime already cut off the roads in the northern side. the only life line is the crossing here. if they are taken over, there will be no way to get reinforcements. reporter: it is alon ....
mali, with the people trying to keep the peace. and i have all the sport. the denver broncos are crowned super bowl champions, beat egg the carolina panthers for the first time in years. hello everyone, german and turkish leaders are holding talks in ankara on the growing refugee crisis. turkey with a large number of syrian refugees, and the latest balance around aleppo. more are trying to enter. and turkey, taking in the biggest number of asylum seekers in europe. the majority are syrians. the united nations says there are more than 4.5 million registered refugees. the actual number is higher. break it down. 2.1 million in lebanon, jordan, iraq. it s a big number, almost the same, 1.1 million are in turkey alone. let s go to the syrian border. travelling through behind you there is movement. what have you been doing this morning? that s right. it s open for trucks, not people. so trucks have been going in yesterday as well, with supplies. through that border ar ....
this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i m del walters. voting in the first presidential primary is now underway. the polls there have been open for several hours in new hampshire. votes already tall lived in a few small towns including dicksville notch, nine voters voting there. new hampshire officials saying the vote will likely top the high mark set back in 2008. mike viqueira joins us live from manchester new hampshire, and mike how unpredictable is the primary this time around? reporter: well, it s very unpredictable, you look at the polling leading up to the real vote, donald trump lapping the field twice as clear as his nearest competitor, the nearest competitor being marco rubio. bern has lead for weeks over hillary clinton. a lot of people looking at that race, thinking it is going to tighten up somewhat. but there is a large number of undecided voters, and after frantic campaigning, the candidates making their final ditches del. several candid ....
the cosmos says einstein was right about gravitational waves. i m robin adams in doha and stories coming up including iaa president and fight the decision and its sponsor ship deal with athletics following resent corruption scandals. talks have started in munich aimed at revising the floundering syria peace process and u.s. secretary of state john kerry and sergei fedorov are hosting discussions and said a ceasefire to start on the first of march but the u.s. says it will push for the ceasefire to begin immediately. meanwhile on the ground there is continued fighting near syria s border with turkey in the latest battles they captured an air base which was originally controlled by the syrian military before it was seized by rebels. elsewhere nato defense ministers meeting in brussels agreed to send war ships to the aegean sea to stop smuggling refugees and migrants to europe and lots to get through first and we will start in munich and speak to our editor james base ....