heavy fighting in the congo after talks breakdown between n 23 rebels and the government >> anger over america's spy program. getting much more than think bargain for, pensioners who

wanted a holiday and returned as drug users. >> hello, the united nations says diplomacy failed to protect civil syrians. >> the ongoing war is preventing people from reaching the aid age agencies. >> syria's civil war is creating a nation of refugees. >> this was the after math of what activists say was a government bombardment of a suburb on friday. trying to escape this destruction now 5 million sirrian5 syrians arerefugees in. some are sheltering in schools.

the u.n. says increasing virus violence and bureaucracy is saying aid is coming in as a strictrickle. i have expressed my deep disappointment to the council that the changes on the ground have not changed much fundamentally. we are doing everything we can to look at ways in operationalzation of the statement would help us but i need the political support of the security council members but also other members of the united nations to really make a difference. >> the security council resolution on syria's chemical wepons need compliance. they have ignored the

humanitarian appeal because it's non-binding. >> both side are accused of daily attacks on schools, hospitals an medical personnel. no one is takinge seriously ther allegations under international humanitarian law. >> we are going to talk more about this now with rima kamal. she is the spokesperson for the national committee of the red cross in dasmascus. thank you for being with us. we saw the report on the extent of the problem for millions of syrians inside of the country. how acute is the problem from your end? i just wanted to ask you what have you seen from your end in dasmascus about how bad the rove refugee problem has become in syria? >> yes, the military operations

and active fighting in syria is taking place in areas po populad by a large number of civilians. people are having to flee their homes on a weekly basis the number now is up to 5 million. zplthe number of people fleeingd the humanitarian need. >> what is the most desperate need of people there? they are obviously in a terrible situation right now. a lot of things they are lacking. what are the most basic things that they are lacking that are the most urgent need of help now. you have a lark numbe large numf people that go to government controlled areas that is considered a little bit more safe. but then you have hous hundredsf thousands of people that are stiltrapped in besieged areas an these areas even food does not

come in. food and water and the basics and medical supplies are not getting in. we are receiving a large number of the reports that people are suffering mau malnutrition becae food is not getting into the area. >> what you are calling on from the international community for this situation to be reversed then? as we heard in our report there, it's down to both sides in the fighting. they are making the situation even worse what can the international community do to break that? >> the national community can help us exert some pressure on the party to the conflict. which is the maturing authority and to be able to reach people in need. we are in syria and we have the capacity to respond and we have the will to cross front lines. but the actions of the country

and for the law to do so very little can be gone. that has to be exerted to help us get to people's need. >> we have talked up to now about the refugee problem inside of the country. there are millions of sirrians s who have fled the country entirely. and that is putting a strain on their neighbors in gordon and lebanon and turkey and so on. how bad is the problem there. >> the problem is also that the neighboring countries are drug struggling they are continuing to take refugees in their countries. they need to keep up and it's the nature of thighs countries e countries to help to absorb the number of refugees. not to belittle the problemmingf refugees in neighboring

countries. but people insite o inside of se risking their lives day-to-day. and the coyote number one how to get food and medical supplies to people in the besieged areas in syria. >> thank you for talking to us rim a k a. rima kamal. >> clashes took place on friday night outside of sarvavan. five other guard have been injured. iran lies on a major drug route between afghanistan and europe. ethic groups also operate in the area. >> well heavy fighting has broke out between n 23 rebels and the democratic republic of congo for the first time in two months. it comes days after the peace

talks broke down in the uganda capital. let's get more from peter. what can you tell us about the fighting there. is there. >> the fighting began early morning local time. it's giv difficult to know who started. both side accuse the other for firing the first shot. the fighting is in and a are ina where we have seen a lot offing ioffighting in the past. it's forced several thousand people to flee. 2 to 3000 may have fled over the border into iran. things have stabilized a bit. but it's a very difficult and tense situation. the authorities are concerned about the fact that fighting has

guantanamo. gun and what seemed to be promising peace talks collapsed. >> this follows the breaks do you know of thdownof talks betws and the government. what led to the break down of those talks? >> it depend on who you talk to. the talks have been going on for some period for weeks and weeks. and we were getting signs they were close to a an agreement. just a couple of weeks ago. but things stalled and it seems that the m 23 we m 23 rebels hae accused the government for san sauk tab is a bsashsabotaging them.

the analysts have argued that neither side appears to be genuinely interested i in a set element they have strong reasons for continuing the conflict. he wants to be responsible for causing the breakdown or the collapse in talks. what we see is this advancement in talks and then what appears to be either a real or inning feareerrengineered breakdown. it seems to be a consistentroux routine and something i no that is frustrating the diplomats. >> well two german intelligence officals are heading to washington to demand answers following a spying scandal. the u.s. tapped the german president's personal phone. the revelations that the u.s.

may have been listening in on phone calls of as many of 35 word leaders is the latest in a strings of spy scandals involving washington. the us government has intensified efforts to collect data from their own citizens. >> every day here in the sub bes outside of washington information gathered by 17 different u.s. agencies collected and retained and analyzed. >> this is the national counter terrorism center. where even americans not taughtr suite. scrutiny. for me it was obviously very person. working for the arab american institute our community is in

particular is constantly the community that is tie targeted y the post 9/11. >> they are vac usua vacuuming n combing through it. >> the informs i information ist being collected. it's por being stored. sometimes for decade. according to a record. the fbi is able to keep it the longest. 20 to 30 years. that information will only gotten rid of if it's going to be no use to the fbi or the other 16 agencies in the american intelligence committee. that includes the nsa and the u.s. counter terrorism center. they can search information of a person's phone use for five years.

every month the nsa super secret ex-key score tracks 44 billion communications on the internet. so much information is being collected that a massive data collection is is being made. still despite the concerns in early october the foreign intelligence surveillance court approved the government's application to continue their dragnet surve surveillance of telephone and internet communication. >> it's changed the way that americans go about their daily lives. >> you don't feel free to say what you think. and the most mundane phone conversation what your child is doing or you are wondering if

someone is listening to you. >> it appears that they are. in case what is said now becomes useful later. >> still to come on al jazeera, ind. india's food army we report where they are taking a disciplined approach to rule selself-sufficiency. >> uk economy is improving but we'll tell you why things are not looking up for 5 million britions. top documentary directors this sunday, a sherrif who implements the law... >> we investigated, arrested and detained 33,000 illegal

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top stories on al jazeera. 5 million people are displaced. >> we need to do more to make sure that aid makes it to those that need it. >> had of i hav heavy fighting n out in the democratic of congo. >> eighteen iranian border guard guards have been killed in clashes between pakistan. the clashes took place on friday night. and five other guards have been injured. >> the u.n. air convoy is asking for transparency wer with with e

use of drones. the governments carrying out drone strikes must reveal the results of their own investigations. >> we absolutely have to prison the transparency question which is why the one concrete recommendation i have made in this interm report is that the states should accept a duty under international law to provide in public the findings of ththeir own investigations wherever there is a down to groo believe that civilians have been killed or injuried in any such strike. we know that this are internal audits taking place. we know that the states compile their own vision figures. and anywhere there is casualties expected it's retension of that information that makes the process of getting to the bottom of the allegations so difficult.

so what we are planning to do. and in the process of doing is taking a sample of 33 individual drone strikes where we know that civilians have been reported of being killed or injured. and trying to get under the skin of those as well as providing the state's responsible. that is the u.s. and the uk and israel an opportunity to respond. and so we can get some clarity as to the methods that are used, the targeting inat th intel intd so far. pack sapakistan is denying theyd drone strikes within their border. they say it makes it easier for hard line groups to recruit new members. they target innocent men, women

an children. and the population is radical lieseradicalized and this provia fertile ground for the terrorists to recruit new titers. >> your federal government has called an end to the drone strikes and we see cooperation with the u.s. government on thighs strikes. these strikes. >> we have giv given know suppot with the use of armed dryness. drones. if they have an niko have an ans we have nothing. we condone the use of arm drones. your president met with president obama and be expressed his concern. did he get any assurances that things will changes and what leverage do you have.

>> we have leverage. the united states and pakistan have shared goals in the regan. gone. region. >> we have political transitions in pac pakistan and drone striks are an irritant and the public opinion know that they are unpopular in pakistan. >> the world food program says it's running out of food for displaced people i in myanmar. it's left 14 140,000 people displaced. >> there are a billion people in india and having enough today is an issue.

er therthey have been trying toh out food again. >> these cadets are getting ready to plow the fallowfields of the south indian state. armed with pa beingty cal practy join their comrade to help revive the local industry. this is the new front line in their push to become more self self-sufficient. >> we need expansion and we need training and it will be like army training. >> new recruits spend 20 days learning about everything from fertilizer and seed and planting and machinery. since the first session in 2003,

3, 5 hooka 5 hookah deaths hav e training. >> the state has seen a decline in the number of people willing to work in the field. but the food security army is trying to will you will lure peo the land to ensure that all indians have enough food. this is one of the first officers. she devoted herself to the land. she has more than 40 providers and runs a business worth $100,000. my income has quadrupled since i started doing this. my life has changed a lot. now i own one acre of land and i also have saves.

savings. >> in 1970 the state produced 1.5 million tonight tons of ric. today it's producings a third of that. for farmers a sor shortage of lr has been a problem. >> compared to before, the farm farmers have started to use their services and and gone back to the line. >> this initiative has captured the attention of the nation the and the inne indian government s to provide food for all of it's sicitizens it could help turn it into policies. >> six people have been killed and more than 100 injured in pang lbangladesh. the opposition has called for a nationwide three-day strikes from sunday.

you can't take a government to oversee elections next january. >> there has been violence in brazil during protest over rising living cost and government corruption. the demonstrators set fire to buses a and damaged property in south palo. >> the u auto u u u.k. has 5 mn households struggling with poverty. >> construction is up. >> manufacturing is up. spendinspending is up. after three consecutive quarters ogrowth british is britain is sg community confidence.

the investment in the construction of new homes has led to a rise in housing prices. here is london they have gone up by 10% in the last month alone great if you are selling. not so great if you are trying to get on the property ladder. >> the chance lorenzchancellor p growth. britain is poorer because of the crash. but britain is turning it aren't. there is an economic recovery and people are feeling it as they ge get jobs. >> but there is a grande prairin the cost of the growth. food bills are up by norman 12% by 2007 and the average household is paying $667 more for energy compared to a few

years ago when the fuel prices are going up and the companies are making so much profit it's not getting back to the people i think it's a problem. >> the energy poverty bill says among even countries the is second for a number of people struggling to pay their fuel bills. >> anyone who works with people that are struggling to pay bills they knee people are living in old homes homes and people get very, very ill because of it. over thousand people died last year from pure portfolio earthty. -- poverty. >> many don't see the gdp numbers translating into a better way of life. communists are about to make a come back in the czech

republic. they have not revealed any influences of the velvet revolution since 1989. >> the wed doug widow will be ba belgrade funeral mos moss lie y. >> two pensioners who wo won wht they thought was a flee holiday returned home with more than what they bargained they had 3 and a half kilos of methamphetamine. the investigation has revealed a complex and highly organized

bogus canadian tour company. it was that company that offered this woman a trip of the lifetime of winning an you a expenses trip, arriving at customs the couple grew supicious and turned their luggage in. the drugs were found in the lining. >> i could have inde ended up il for 25 years a 38-year-old canadian man who was reportedly waiting to pick up the couple has been charged. your luggage has been replaced by new suitcases. >> the authorities in australia have their handful of drug smuggle irs.ers. they had found 220-kilos of methamphetamine. it's worth about $200 million.

police are warning people in perth that if they have been scammed to come forward. >> tomorrow on our websites ever aljazeera.com.