>> hello everyone, i'm felicity barr, and welcome to this news hour live from london. coming up in the next 60 minutes. president obama presents his plan to close guantanamo bay and transfer some inmates to the u.s. [ baby crying ] >> desperation on the greek side of the border. macedonia blocks access to refugees. and returning to destroyed houses. fijian islanders coming home days before a devastating cyclone. >> we'll have all the sport. we'll bring you the latest from the champions league. arsenal taking on barcelona, and it's still goalless. >> he called it closing a chapter in u.s. history. president obama has finely outlined his plan to shut the guantanamo detention center seven years after he first pledged to close it. the prison was set up 14 years ago following the september 11th attacks to detain and interrogate people the u.s. thought posed extreme danger. but many were held for years without charge. bomb said that the facility undermines u.s. national security and value, and closing it would save tax payers $80 million a year in operating costs. obama, who

>> hello, everyone, i'm felicity barr, and welcome to the news hour live from london. coming up in the next 60 minutes. syria's president despise calls of hostilities. bashar al-assad vows to retake the entire country. >>> doctors protesting egypt after the release of police officers accused of attacking their colleagues. >>> farmer as fury tractor drive to greece's parliament against more austerity measures. >>> the catholic pope meets the russian orthodox patriarch for the first time in more than a millennium. >> given the boot of world's football governing body. those details coming up later in the program. >> hello, syria's president said that their force also retake the whole country. but they said that negotiations are worth pursuing. bashar al-assad's words come as russian airstrikes reportedly killed 26 people. well, the talks in munich world leaders agree to aim for hostility within seven days as well as providing humanitarian assistance. the syrian government and opposition groups have yet to agree, and the groups isil and al nusra front from not loued. the u

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. ♪ >>> hello there, i'm felicity barr and you are watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up. two passenger trains collide head on in southern germany. nine people are confirmed dead more than a hundred are injured. >>> demands in court for the south african president to repay public money spent on renovating his home. plus -- >> i'm

. >> hello everyone i'm felicity barr and welcome to the newshour live from london. coming up in the next 60 minutes. turkey says it will admit 30,000 people amassed at the turkey-syrian border when necessary. a young girl is pulled from a taiwanese apartment block.

hello there, i'm felicity barr. you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up, the eight-year-old girl is pulled alive from a taiwanese apartment block 16 hours after it was toppled by an earthquake. >>> power vacuum the u.n. urges haiti to form a new government quickly as protests grow. >>> and why ancient traditions to welcome in the lunar new year are changing in china.

. ♪ >>> hello there i'm felicity barr. and you are watching al jazeera, live from london. also coming up. doctors protest in egypt after the release of police officers accused of attacking their colleagues. >>> farmers fury. tractors drive to greece's parliament in a protest against more austerity measures. >>> and the roman catholic pope arrives in cuba to end a 1,000-year divide in the christian faith. as you can see we're live in havana. ♪ hello. syria's president says his forces will retake the whole country, but believes negotiations are worth pursuing. he was speaking as world powers discuss the implementation of a proposed cessation of hostilities set to begin in a week. despite the diplomacy in germany, the violence continues on the ground. russia air strikes have reportedly killed 18 people in homs. six were killed in air strikes east of damascus, and two more died in daraa. >> translator: we have fully believed in negotiations since the beginning of this crisis. however, if we negotiate, it does not mean we stop fighting terrorism. first through negotiations, a

. ♪ >>> hello there, i'm felicity barr and you are watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up. two passenger trains collide head on in southern germany. nine people are confirmed dead more than a hundred are injured. >>> demands in court for the south african president to repay public money spent on renovating his home. plus -- >> i'm in new hampshire. i have been asking first-time voters what do they think about the presidential candidates? ♪ >>> hello, in the last hour, russia's foreign minister has said his country has proposed what it calls a concrete plan to resolve the syrian crisis. sergei lavrov said the proposal is now being studied think washington. but the u.s. secretary of state has said russia's air strikes are making it harder to hold talks with moscow. >> there is no question that russia's activities in aleppo and the region right now, are making it much more difficult to be able to come to the table and to be able to have a serious conversation. and we have called on russia, and we call on russia again to join in the effort to bring about an im

hello there, i'm felicity barr. you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up, three poisons shot dead after carrying out a stabbing attack. on his first visit to an american mosque as president barack obama said that the u.s. will tackle it's anti-muslim head on. >>> and tiny luxembourg announces big plans. hello, after three days of talks about talks, syrian government and opposition representatives are heading home from geneva. he said more work needs to be done before the syrian people will see results from the political negotiations. talks will now be on februar february 25th. >> there will be a temporary pause. it did not end, and it is not a failure of the talks. why? they came and they stayed. not only, but both sides insisted on the fact that they are interested. >> james bays is live for us once again in geneva. what are they hoping the two sides are going to achieve during this three-week break? >> felicity, i don't know its anything to do in some ways with what the two sides could do here. it's about what is going on in syria. let me

hello there, i'm felicity barr. you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up, the eight-year-old girl is pulled alive from a taiwanese apartment block 16 hours after it was toppled by an earthquake. >>> power vacuum the u.n. urges haiti to form a new government quickly as protests grow. >>> and why ancient traditions to welcome in the lunar new year are changing in china. hello, we begin in syria where new refugee camps are being built to house the thousands of people who fled fighting around aleppo where government and opposition forces are locked in a battle for control. 30,000 people are now braving the cold at the turkish border hoping to cross to safety. turkey's prime minister said that they will be allowed to cross, quote, when necessary. the crisis dominated the discussions with the german chancellor in ankara. they agreed on new steps to halt the flow from syria. angela merkel was highly critical of russia saying they are government was not just appalled but horrified at the suffering caused by the airstrikes in syria. all this as 33 pe

hello everyone, i'm felicity barr. you are watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up. three palestinians who killed an israeli officer and injured another have been shot dead by police in occupied east jerusalem >>> in half an hour's time, a powerful global trade deal is due to come in effect. >> and president obama pays his first visit to a u.s. mosque and criticizes anti-muslim bias in the presidential candidate >>> hello, after three days of talks, the u.n.'s syrian envoy suspended negotiations in geneva on how to end the war in syria. stefan de-mistura said it was temporary talks, and they have not failed, they are due to continue on 25th february. the opposition coordinator said that they will not return until there's a change on the ground. the syrian government will announce later if they'll return. it came after a break through was made on the ground, cutting the rebel supply route between aleppo and the turkish border. more on that shortly. first, here is how the pause in the talks was announced. >> the difficulty in the decision to bring a temporary pause is

. >> hello again, i'm felicity barr, and you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up. the u.s. secretary of state talks about what could happen to syria if peace is not achieved. >>> desperation on the greek side of the border as macedonia blocks access for refugees. and we go to iran, ahead of parliamentary elections there, but who is best mobilized the voters? >> he calls it a closure of a chapter in u.s. history. guantanamo bay was set up to detain and interrogate people that the u.s. thought posed extreme danger. but many were held for years without charge. obama said that the facility undermines american values and closing it would save $80 million a year in operating costs. obama, who is in his final year as president said that he did not want to pass on the guantanamo problem to his successor. he said they were already holding dangerous terrorists in the united states and was coping just fine. patty culhane reports. >> with that-- >> it was one of his first promises in office, but now u.s. president barack obama is hoping in his last year he can

. >> hello there, i'm felicity barr, and this is al jazeera live from london. coming up, farmers' fury tractor drive their way to greece's parliament in riot against austerity measures. >>> the catholic pope meets the russian orthodox patriarch for the first time i in a millennium. >>> and doctors refuse to treat officers who are accused of attacking their colleagues. hello, syria's president has said his forces will retake the whole country, but he also said negotiations are worth pursuing. bashar al-assad's words come as russian airstrikes reportedly killed 36 people. talks in munich world leaders agree to aim for a halt in hostilities in syria within seven days as well providing humanitarian assistance. but the syrian government and opposition groups have yet to gray. and armed groups like isil an and al nusra front were not included in that deal. russia's prime minister said that the u.s. and arab partners needed to think hard about their actions in syria, saying all sides should negotiate despite what they call a new world war. live who what they had to sa

. ♪ >>> hello there, i'm felicity barr, and this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up, two passenger trains collide head on in southern germany. nine people are confirmed dead, more than a hundred are injured. >>> new hampshire decides sanders and trump look to claim their first wins in the u.s. presidential primaries. >>> and demands for the south african president to repay money that was spent on renovating his home. ♪ >>> hello, the united nations has called on turkey to open its border with syria to let refugees cross. tens of thousands of people have arrived at the crossing after fleeing intense fighting in aleapt poe. the government has stepped up its offensive there, backed by russia air strikes. with the border camps already full some are having to sleep in the open with just the clothes on their backs. syria's government is trying to surround aleppo, hoping to cut off lebl -- rebel supply lines to and from turkey. zana hoda sent this report. >> reporter: it's their jobs to watch the skies. civil defense engineers are on alert whenever they hea

i am felicity barr. you are watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up: polls close in a presidential run-off seen as vital to the central african republic's hopes for peace. >> the pope celebrates mass in one of the most crime-ridden parts of mexico. the death of the longest serving supreme court judge triggers a fierce power battle involving the president and congress in the united states. and the battle of the biggest british film awards. hello. the turkish prime minister has told the german chancellor his country will continue to strike back at kurdish fighters in northern syria turkey wants the syrian kurd irwin ypg fighters to withdraw from areas they have captured in northern aleppo. they are saying they will push b back any advance from isil. the syrian government has called on the u.n. security cowen sub sill to intervene and stop turkey shelling in northern syria. a report from the turkey-syria border. >> the battle for syria's northern corridor. opinionzition groups are still holdi has it's being targeted b russianjets. the gove

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hello everyone, i'm felicity barr. you are watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up. three palestinians who killed an israeli officer and injured another have been shot

. >> hello everyone i'm felicity barr and welcome to the newshour live from london. coming up in the next 60 minutes. turkey says it will admit 30,000 people amassed at the turkey-syrian border when necessary. a young girl is pulled from a taiwanese apartment block. milkily disclose earnings and tax bills in europe packaged blgeurope.and bangladesh coveru. >> and i'll be here with all the day's sport including the denver broncos are crowned super bowl champions. >> hello, we begin in syria where new refugee camps are being built to house the thousands of people who fled fighting around aleppo, where government and opposition forces are locked in a battle for control. turkey's prime minister says refugees will be allowed to cross, quote, when necessary. at talks in ankara, he and the syrian prime minister agreed, not just appalled but horrified at the suffering coughe caused s air strikes. boats sank when trying to cross from syria to greece. >> the german chancellor came here with a clear message for turkey, stem the refugee flow into europe but turkey isn't expected

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i am felicity barr. you are watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up: polls close in a presidential run-off seen as vital to the central african republic's hopes for peace. >> the pope celebrates mass in one of the most crime-ridden parts of mexico. the death of the longest serving supreme court judge triggers

. ♪ ♪ >>> hello, everyone, i am felicity barr and welcome to this news hour live from london. coming up in the next 60 minutes. international tension on syria's northern border. turkey tells germany it will continue to strike back at kurdish fighters who are backed by the u.s. >>> the death of the longest-serving supreme court judge triggers a fierce power battle involving the president and congress in the united states. >>> the pope celebrates mass in a crime-ridden part of mexico. and criticizes the country's rich elite. plus. >> reporter: i am phil lavelle in london where it is british film's big night. it's the bafta's 2016. >>> and i have all the day's sports, leicester city's unlikely push to win the english premier league has suffered a setback. they have been beaten 2-1 by title rivals arsenal. who are now just two points off the top. ♪ ♪ >>> hello. the turkish prime minister has told the german chancellor angela merkel his country will continue to strike back at kurdish fighters in northern syria. turkey wants the syrian-kurdish y.p.g. fighter to withdraw in areas