water -- it requires this new warning. >> the u.n. has asked for an investigation into an alleged chemical attack near the syrian capitol. >> hello, and welcome to al jazeera live from doho. ahead in the next 30 minutes just how bad is it? japan's nuclear watchdog of the fukushima nuclear plants. and china here's from bo xilai wife, and united kingdom taking

on wine seriously, we'll hear later on the progress. >> the u.n. secretary general is demanding an urgent investigation into an alleged chemical attack in syria. ban ki-moon said he wants full cooperation from the syrian government o to investigate an alleged chemical attack. >> reporter: new calls for military intervention. in france the foreign minister said the international community must respond with force. >> france's position is there must be a reaction. what does that mean, a reaction? not sending troops on the ground, but a reaction. not only international condemnation but reaction that could take the shape of the use of force. >> reporter: but in the u.s.

views are less decisive. military action is something that top u.s. officials oppose. joints chief of staff argue that the usa should not get involve. it's a view not seen by the most senior policy voices in the u.s. congress. senator john mccain said, if we continue to sit by passively while assad continues to use chemical weapons against his own people we only provide encouragement to other brutal governments. but there is little indication of u.s. action for now. president obama was talking about education, not syria. conveying only through his deputy press secretary that the u.s. is appalled by the reports of widespread killings. >> reporter: it's been a year since president obama said any use of chemical weapons in syria

would constitute a red line being crossed. but since there have been fresh reports of chemical weapons being used in syria there has been no comments from the white house, instead only suggestions that the syrian government cooperate and give the united nations chemical inspection team access to the sites where it's believed chemical attacks occurred. al jazeera, washington. >> we have the professor of middle east studies in washington, d.c. he said the u.s. mouth take action to prevent similar attacks in the future. >> it is an absolute shame that the international community continues to debate this after chemical weapons have been used against an unarmed civilian population. the french position is right. the international community should go on board. it is now high time for somebody to take out this assad regime

that is murdering it's own people. with regards to whether it's the regem or not who did this, you should not be asking me. i'm not an expert in chemical weapons, but there are inspectors there. if th the assad regime not hyped this then hey should not have problems with inspectors going to these sites. yesterday's action by the syrian regime was the 14th crossing of the red line. and so if the united states wants to live up to its word, it is going to have to do something. >> to other thousand now, japanese nuclear officials haven't a tank thought to be leaking radioactive water.

we're inside some 20 kilometers away from the fukushima plant. what is happening tat fukushima today? >> reporter: well, the inspectors as you mentioned made a visit there that there are areas of high radiation in front of at least two of the other water storage tanks similar to the one that was found to be leakingish and there are more than a thousand of those used to store water essential water used to cooling the overheated three reactors which have melted down, three of the six at the plant. there have been indications--proof, no--indications that the tanks are leaking. what it doesn't tell the inspectors how long this has been going on for, how much water has leaked from the tanks. the monitoring of the plant is not everything that it could be,

and the company in charge of the clean up and the japanese government overseeing it all has to do something about standards there. let me di agrees for a moment to explain where i am and why i'm standing here. this town somewhere between 17 to 20 kilometers from the plant itself is one of the exclusion zones, perhaps you could say the mildest. that being said you can see the mask i' i'm i'm awar i'm wearin. i should be wearing it. you're only allowed to be here between 9:00 and 4:00, and in fact, we're five hours past curfew. behind me you can see what kind of task faces the japanese in this region. it's indescribably massive. those black bags behind me are where the local authorities are scraping back top soil,

vegetation, leaves, any kind of organic and absorbent debris on the field, grasslands, river banks, people's gardens, side of the roads, they're gathering it up and bagging it all in these big plastic bags. and there are dump sites all over the area. they can't obviously dig a hole and bury it because of compromised ground water, and of course they haven't got anywhere else to put it. they're bagging it in the area where there is contamination and centralizing the contamination in one place because that's all they can do. no one else in japan wants to take this stuff. this is just one example of the kind of cleanup operation that is going on here. it really is extraordinarily massive. it's two and a half years since this accident. >> it's no doubt a mammoth task,

but the revelations that have emerged this week for the government. >> reporter: the time something appalling. both the big and small bigs big picture here's. getting nuclear power working again was one of the manifesto commitments of the prime minister abe who was elected last year. but public opinion is not in favor of recommissioning the 48 of the 50 japanese nuclear power plants pending review of their safety state. not only that but he's about to embark on a middle eastern tour about japanese technology, this is not great timing for the japanese economy and export and technology. >> thank you.

now former egyptian president hosni mubarak has spent his first night out of prison being treated at a military hospital in cairo. a decision that's led to threats of more protests. mike hanna reports from cairo. >> reporter: a helicopter arises from the prison after hours of legal procedures has any mubarak is released, but his immediate destination is a short flight down the road. his release at this stage is very much a technical term. he will remain under house arrest in terms of the state of emergency decry issue decree ise former prime minister. a ban of leaving the country has been imposed. >> we've lost everything, now police state will return,

justice will return and every negative thing will come back. >> we have a judiciary. >> reporter: mubarak is expected to be back behind bars in the courtroom on sunday when his trial on charge of complicit in the civilian deaths of the 2011 revolution resumes. on the same day leaders of the muslim brotherhood that opposed mubarak for decades will also appear. they stand accused of inciting violence during the demonstrations that follow the takedown of the morsi government. but the protesters that preceded the military action has called for courts to strongly pursue the prosecution of mubarak and morsi and ironically accuses the morsi government of not being

aggressive enough in taking action against the mubarak government, and because of this morsi should take responsibility for the man he released. >> israel says its bombed sergeanted lebanon in response to rocket fire on thursday. one of the rockets harass shot done by israel's dome defense system. now israeli police have launched an investigation into allegations that palestinian children were tortured. the children are accusing the police of violence while being held in jail. we spoke to one of the alleged victims. >> reporter: a 13-year-old palestinian boy is released after a month in prison. his offense is throwing stones. but he said he only signed a confession. >> whenever i said no he beat

me, grabbed my shirt and hit me. he asked me the same question again. i said no. he beat me again. he hit me with a stick on my head and body. he threw me against a chair. >> he was questioned here i in e israeli occupied west bank. local boys are regularly brought here after catches where violence is common after funerals. mohammed has been locked up three times in the past 5 months. >> reporter: do you throw stones? >> no. >> reporter: never? >> no. >> reporter: he's not the only boy to complain of beatings in detention. there are personal testimonies now being examined by israel's police department. >> complaints have been brought forward, and that's why they're being investigated. we'll see what the results are. >> reporter: mohammed's family doesn't expect anything from this investigation. his father says how can you get

justice if your judge is also your persecutor. the one human rights group said the number of cases of alleged violence begins minors here at the police station points to systemic abuse that must be stopped. >> it can go from ill treatment to torture, slapping, punching, kicking, more severe violence, different threats, sexual threats, threats on the life of the interrogatee and these are things that should not happen during interrogation. >> reporter: boys grow up fast. childhood in the west bank is short lived. al jazeera, israeli occupied west bank. >> syrians flee for iraq. plus racing hopes that

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president hosni mubarak is in the hospital after being released from prison. there are large protests planned after friday prayers. and chemical weapons used in syria could be seen as crimes against civilians innage alleged gas attack. the number of children who are fled the war has now reached a million. ten thousand children have crossed into northern iraq. the region has become the largest growing refugee camp in the world. we're in northern iraq where many syrians have found refuge. tell us about the conditions there. >> well, taking a wander around this camp this morning and the conditions here are pretty grim. this camp was only set up wednesday, and you can see

they're living under canvas, and there is not much else. i've visited the toilets, i won't visit on that, but they haven't been cleaned in a week so there could be disease. just to give you numbers, there is 199,000 refugees in this northern iraq area alone. in this camp there is 15,000 as of this morning. about 25% of those are children. and i met some of them. let's take a look at one of their stories right now. only described as one in a million is compliment. for here its anything but. this is their life. isibrahim is 10 years old. he likes teasing his sisters. he has just arrived in the carp and for him it's one big

adventure. for one so long he has seen a lot. >> we were scared and ran away. we were being bombed, they just destroyed us. now i'm here. i just wanting to bac back to school, go back to my friends. >> reporter: in iraq 10,000 children have arrived here. and registering them is top priority. >> now we're identifying all the children of school age and also the children with special needs. so this information will be related to unicef, and unicef after will work on them regularly. >> reporter: this camp has a long way to go before it can deal with the needs of children, but the agencies involved are confident it will happen. >> reporter: this camp and many others like it require schools, rehabilitation centers. just imagine if this was your reality, or if this was your earlier memory. this all requires help and

resources, resources that simply aren't here yet. >> reporter: right now the children help out the best they can and play in the dust of the camp. >> what is being done for the children of these camps? >> reporter: well, unicef are registering as many people as possible. once they have the number of the actual children they will be able to figure out exactly what they need, how many schools they need to build, how many rehabilitation centers, playgrounds things of that nature to make these people's lives that much easier. this camp is going to be permanent, what does that mean? it means that they will be here for a year to come. the schools will need to be built, and all of that is a slow process. you u.nu.n. is confident that wl happen. but so far there are just children milling around in the camp, covered in a very yellow hue which makes them look more batter and more exhausted than

they really are. >> thank you for joining us from northern iraq. now the corruption case against bo xilai has testimony of his wife. it's day two of the charges of bribery, corruption, and abuse of power. he's also accused of trying to cover up his wife's involvement in the murder of a british businessman. we're outside of the court, harry, what is the latest from court today? >> reporter: well, it's the first day was about bo xilai's extraordinarily vehement defense against these charge. the second day has been all about neil heywood who was killed 2011. we're learning more about what could have got him killed. gu kailai, bo xilai's wife, was sentenced last year. in testimony she said that her

son felt threatened by neil heywood, bo xilai was aware of the fact that neil heywood's name was on a blacklist. we heard from a police chief and a french architect about a villa in france that gu kailai had illegally, and through corruption had obtained. both the police chief said she was unhappy with neil heywood's management of this villa, and he had been demanding 1.4 british pounds in payment. she says that bo xilai was aware of all this, bo xilai is denying that. >> how has bo been today in court, harry? how has he reacted to his wife's testimony after his fighting performance yet? >> reporter: well, he's every

bit as vehement and aggressive in his defense as he was yesterday. and he's take nothing prisoners least of all his wife. he says that she's mad, she's under huge mental pressure. perhaps the suspended death sentence is pressuring her into saying these things. he can prove she's mad because she told him that killing neil heywood she felt like a famous chinese assassin who tried to kill the first emperor of china. he said that proves her testimony could not be relied upon. he said that he had seen pictures of this villa, but had known nothing more, and certainly knew of no deal of this villa between gu kailai.

>> extraordinary, indeed. harry joining us from china. now members of the south korean red cross have been holding talks with their counterparts in the north about reuniting long lost families. they met on the border village hoping to bring together relatives who have been separated since the korean war. we have reports from seoul. >> reporter: retired businessman has been doing this for years. fielding requests from people looking for relatives in north korea and helping them meet. he had a brief reunion with his brother in china 20 years ago, a visit arranged through a chinese broker. >> the south korean have to ask me to help me arrange other trips. i had to run my business, but i started this in 1998. i have helped more than 100

people find their relatives. >> reporter: the meetings can be risky for north koreans who have to slip illegally into china. such meetings have become more expensive since north korea has tightened border controls. the only other way for families to meet is through the official channel. the south korean red cross keeps a database. as of july there were more 70,0070,000 eligible names but y 70 are chosen each time by ballot. the last official reunion was in 2010. they're always heart wrenching affairs with everyone getting on in years there is the knowledge that this meeting could be last. and it depends on interkorean relations. >> reporter: friday's talks are where officials will iron out details about where the meeting will take place and how the meetintheywould like to meet.

but for those separated by war, it's hardly a time for celebration. >> separated families do not know where their mothers and fathers tombs are located, or whether they are alive or dead. we just shed tears looking willing at the sky in the north. >> reporter: he works on tirelessly driven to help others like himself. even though he believes his organization will become irrelevant in the coming years because by then those old enough to remember their relatives in the north will have passed away. >> the indonesian government has announced new policies to boost its economy. earlier thi this week--cocaine

valued $300 million was found on a boat in the south pacific. it was recovered by australian and u.s. agents. in all 750-kilos was found. australia has been investigating drug trafficking routes from south america through the pacific. the second biggest stock market in the u.s. had to stop trading on thursday because of a computer glitch. the nasdaq was suspended for three hours. the exchange holds some of the biggest technology stocks including apple, microsoft and google. the glitch was fixed before it upset other parts of the market. now russian cosmonauts have stepped out for a spacewalk. they tried to swap old laser experiment for a new telescope mount, an operation that lasted about six hours. they ran into equipment trouble

and had to give up. now it's known as the drink of choice for those looking to celebrate or just spend lots of money, but champagne is facing new competition from an unlikely source. >> reporter: the u.k. is known for many things like buckingham palace, the beatles, westminst westminster, wimbledon. but wine, really? >> yes, really. we make a fantastic sparkling wine. >> reporter: swapping the corporate life for the wine life, this is his vineyard. >> english sparkling wine has been winning top awards internationally over the last few years. the reason is the quality of the product is fantastic. >> reporter: look around you can see the level of investment here. lots of new equipment, lots of opportunities to convince the connoisseurs that british is best. simon's first batch goes on sale to the bubbl public in a few da.

what everybody here is aware of is just how unpredictable the british weather is. look at last summer. it rained. it was cool, it was miserable, and the yield was pretty horrendous. 2013 clearly got off to an enter better start but the u.k. wine industry is still tiny care comd to others. neighboring france has 110,000 vineyards and 7,000 wineries. more history, more experience, and for the u.k. that means there is still a lot to learn. >> we've been going for 60 years. they've been growing grapes in some parts of the world for thousands of years. so we don't have the experience, we don't have the perfect answer to have good commercial yields 1234 the rest of the wine making world is unlikely to be too

concerned about a relatively tiny competitor. right now they'll celebrate small successes and big ambition. >> that story and the rest of today's news is on our website. www.america.aljazeera.com.