>> wrmg thithis is al jazeera. >> is hello and welcome from me, david foster. these are the stories we're covering in detail in the next 60 minutes. live in teheran. driving changes stall in saudi arabia as the government warns women against protesting in their cars. let down by the world, 5

million syrians now refugees in their own country. and respect bud buddha, are respecters don't want his vase on a toilet seat. -- face on a toilet seat. >> are the united nations is saying once again that diplomacy has failed to protect syrian civilians. 5 million are now displaced within their own country. and united nations is saying relief is withheld from those who need it. first a report from bernard smith. >> reporter: syria's civil war is creating a nation of refugees. this is the aftermath of what activists say was a government bombardment of a strong hold on

saturday. about 5 million syrians are refugees in their own country. many are are reliant on outside help. but the u.n. says increasing violence and bureaucracy have reduced aid deliveries to a trickle. urging increased humanitarian access hasn't made much difference. >> ive expressed my deep disappointment to the council that the situation on the ground has not changed fundamentally as a result of the statement. we are doing everything that we can to look at ways in which operationalization 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 weapons threatens consequences for noncompliance. but valerie amos, said it is nonbinding. both sides are accused of daily indiscriminate attacks on schools, and medical personnel. no one is taking seriously their obligation under international law. he told us the situation for people displaced within syria is actually getting worse. >> the problem inside syria is simply disastrous. winter ask approaching, while we're managing to get 250 trucks a week in all areas, that is not

enough. all agencies are in a real race against time. there are simply some estimated 5 million or so idps, internal refugees inside syria. there are many millions of people in increased need because of the conflict, the economic collapse of the country, schools have been destroyed, supermarkets, shop, people don't have the place to work even if they have the security to get out. so syria is experiencing a traumatic situation and as much as we've seen our aid cross some front lines, as much as we have seen some steps to provide better access to enclaves, there is still not enough access to the enclaves, not enough free movement of aid, so the parties on the ground are taking baby steps to allow aid to get from one area to the other. >> syrian border post with iraq, al qaeda fighters had held the

border post since march. the armed kurdish group ypg seized the area after three days of fighting. the news out of iran a murky story of executions and rebel attacks. the iranian government have reportedly handing 16 members of a susan separatist group. after they killed 14 iranian border guards. that attack took place on friday night outside a town on the southeastern part of the country on the border to pakistan. soraya joining us on the border with pakistan. >> david, conflicting reports of what has happened, iran has handing 16 people affiliated with this attack.

happened late friday night on the pakistani border. 14 border guards were killed in this attack. what they said happened, people came across from pakistan into iran and were involved in some kind of skirmish, in which these iranian border guards were killed. very likely they killed some of the attackers but they haven't been able to find anybody very likely that these bodies were taken back into pakistan when these fighters fled ban into that area. now -- back into that area. now, as you mentioned the government of iran has handing 16 people, arrested before these attacks so not directly responsible but allegedly affiliated with those who carried out the attack on friday night. >> is this about some kind of insurrection or jut about money?

this is a big smuggle route for only yum and other drugs coming out of afghanistan and pakistan. >> that is quite right. it is really a hotbed of smuggle but there are insurgent type groups, susan separatists who as they put it, want to defend the majority right of shia, balouch people live on that border with pakistan as well. so it's very likely that it was one of these perhaps groups who want separatist, want to separate from iran or supposedly want to defend the right of susans in iran. they haven't mentioned drug smuggle but the murky story will

probably be cleared up for us. there's been a gun fight between afn afghan troops. a number of others are said to be injured. an afghan soldier and a foreign soldier were argue inside a military base when they opened fire on one another. a detained chinese journalist has confessed on state television he says for accepting bribes and making up story. reporter ten young ubaldo jiminez, the 27-year-old, says he feels guilty and regrets his mistakes. >> translator: i definitely hope the entire journalist industry could learn a lesson from me. for myself if i were given one

more chance to be a journalist, i'd follow the ethics of being impartial and completely. democratic republic of con imoa, after peace talks broke down in the ugandan capital kampala. >> the fighting began yesterday, it's difficult to are be sure which party started it. 25 kilometers north of ghana, it really is along the old and fairly well established front lines. but the fighting has also forced several thousands to flee, wence that between two and a half the and 3,000 have fled over the

border to r rwanda. fighting had begun and fairly promising peace talks have collapsed. >> take a look at one side of what's happening inside syria. the impact across the mediterranean. there is a growing refugee crisis, everywhere we have reported particularly on that part of the world approximately and on friday hundreds have been rescued out of boats off the island of alexandra. nolampedusa, not the first time. >> this is what was happening overnight in the mediterranean. brought to the island of lampedusa. there are many syrians on

lampedusa, he spends his nights in a detention center and his days in a cafe waiting to be moved to the italian mainland. >> i came from syria. the war was very heavy and it became impossible to survive. i as a doctor was prevented from doing my job too. the regime wanted me to stay at home. they assassinated my mother, they killed her so i fled. >> as winter approaches, we generally see less prks refugees from the south, they also wanted to protest against their own government. they say it's the policies of president's harsh regime which forces so many of them to risk

their lives by fleeing to europe. and back on lampedusa, the day ended as it began with coast guard bringing the latest arrival, men from mali, in brussels, europe's leaders wish this problem would go away but europe for all its problems is still a place where migrants hope they will find peace and prosperity. our teams are in indonesia, australia, tunisia, there will be more from barnaby phillips, escape routes, a new special this sunday on al jazeera. the steer the country towards new elections and new

government, months of political dead rock. as nazreen will tell us. >> set aside their ideologic differences and get back to work. >> we have noing choice, in three to four weeks this will be behind us. this atmosphere of people being warned out, people being unhopeful will hopefully be changed. >> why is it taking so long though to come up with a solution? this is one of the most powerful men in tunisia, the leader of the leading party spent most of his life i in exile.

>> now the train that has taken us out of this crisis is on track . we will crown our revolution with a free and democratic election. >> trying to agree on a new constitution and appointing an electoral body which will set the time for polls. but most people here are not satisfied with just a plit solution. they want -- political solution. they want according to the government they were targeted by members of annal extremist group. this was the latest in a series of attacks around the country. all of this uncertainty has left shopkeepers like harla toufea waiting for customers. tourism is down. tourists don't want to spend

money. he is counting the cost of revolution. >> i proclaim the politicians for this. citizens can only follow, they are not involved. >> outside the office of the prime minister, a group of students protest against the current crisis. impossible just three years ago. whatever has gone wrong with the revolution this is an example of what has gone right. nazne mashiri, al jazeera, teutunis. >> we report on a perilous state which they're taking a disciplined approach to seven re sufficiency. we're telling you why things aren't looking up for five million britains. and in sport, the first el

classico in spain. the head of the u.n. counterterrorism agency is calling for more transparency this time on the use of drones, those unmanned aircraft. a new report says the drone strikes have killed far more than the u.s. is prepared to admit. unmanned aerial strikes must reveal the results of their own investigations. we absolutely have to press on the transparency question. which is why the one concrete recommendation that i've made in this interim report is that states should accept a duty under international law to provide, in public, the findings of their own investigations, whenever there is a ground to believe that civilians may have

been killed or injured in any such strike. we know that there are internal audits that take place. we know that the state's using this technology compiled their own figures and conduct investigations in any case where civilian casualties are suspected. it is the retention of that information which makes the process of getting to the bottom of these allegations so difficult. so what we are planning to do and what we are in the process of doing is taking a sample of 33 individual drone strikes where we know that civilians have been reported as having been killed or injured. and trying to get under the skin of those, as well as providing the states responsible, that is, united states and u.k. and israel, an opportunity to respond. so that we can get some clarity as to the methods that are used, the targeting intelligence and

so forth. >> well pakistan is saying absolutely it has no prior knowledge of specific drone attacks within its borders. kristin saloomi spoke the to the united nations ambassador, masoud salaam. >> the relatives, friends, they are radicalized. this provides a fertile ground to terrorists to recruit new terrorists and extremists. >> your government has called an end to the drone strikes in the past yet there is cooperation with the u.s. government. how can we take that call seriously now? >> we have given no consent, no approval no acquiescence for the use of drones, by we, we mean the government of pakistan.

if there is no covert insurance that signify nothing but the government of pakistan post office the use of armed drones. >> your president spoke to america's president, did he give insurance that things are going to change and what assurance does he have? >> these are political and economic transitions in pakistan and the united states and afghanistan have to collaborate to steer them towards success. and i think drone strikes are an irritant. and the united states by now, their leadership and public opinion they know that they are unpopular in pakistan. >> women in saudi arabia have been planning to drive their cars on saturday night, all a plan of improvement of their

rights. they are band from driving because the government won't give them driving licenses. campaign has set up this website, october the 26th, driving.org, in hope of getting more women on the road. this site has apparently been hacked, because, driving in this holy country, not the first time this has happened. going back to protests against women driving in saudi arabia. they lost their jobs which goes to show you that driving is the least of their problems in a court of law. a woman's testimony is worth half that of a than prospect fathers have custody of children. if a woman divorces she loses custody of her children.

can't study chemistry, even play sports in schools. let's talk about this from somebody in saudi arabia. halla, i'm not sure you were planning to take part in this protest. but i know you're behind the position of women in saudi arabia. do you think you are being listened to at all? >> i think we have been listened to and our voices are loud. i want to correct one thing, during the last year, are education for women is progressing and we have women outnumbering men in scholarship. the driving ban, the legal guardianship and the request for guardianship, these are the main issues, but on the preparation of women they are well educated and prepared.

>> i wanted to read you something from the saudi ministry, the ministry of the interior. on its website said, while saudi regulations bans anything open to sedition, follow the law decidedly against violators. halla, that seems to suggest if you do something they deem to be unpleasant or against societal rules, they will clamp down on you. is there any call for twoms drive indicate -- for women to drive has that happened? >> you mean the government step into the street? >> yes. >> subject is not to hand them the keys and to prevent them from driving, that has happened but of course this doesn't mean that we're not going to you know fight more and try more in a peaceful way to reach out and to challenge the ban because it's

really unethical and illegal. >> is this about driving or is it about the bigger issues the oppression of women in saudi arabia? >> yeah, definitely, definitely to the bigger issues. we see times where the don't leans towards granting the citizens more rights and support the driving campaign but again once the religious people has tried to intervene and to impose their views of women as fitna or as causes of intimidation, this whole stand changes to support the religious establishment. but we urge the government to put the interest of women citizens and their views, not only the interest of those religious scholars. >> when we invited you and a number of people to come on this program, some people said they were worried about doing so, even though originally they said they would, they withdrew

because of pressure from the saudi government. is there problems for you talking to us? >> i don't think so. i have been talking for years, i will have to say the government is way too tolerant with women speaking out, other talks on the media that will defame myself and others but i have not faced other bans on speaking. >> that is halla al dessari talking to from jedda. more on the al jazeera news hour with steph. >> thanks, it's been quite unsettled. you see the huge blanket of clouds that's making its way into the southeast, it is breaking up, handful of showers,

in the north giving us a handful of clouds. mind it it's not going ocalm down at all. on sunday, still blustery and wet. but sunday night to monday we see things become quite dangerous for us in europe. the isobars, weather feature works its way towards us. south of that where we've got isobars crushed close to us. the channel where we have the worst of the weather there so all the bitter coastline really needs to take care. because there will be winds at least up to 140 kilometers per hour, possibly as much as 160

and on either side of that we're going to see those strong winds, they gradually ease as you head your direction north ward. we could see winds gusting up to 100 kilometers per hour. very, very dangerous heading towards monday. on top of that we are going to see heavy rain but really the winds are going to cause us most damage. towards the southeast of europe, 21 in bucharest. >> thank you, terrible weather over the u.k. but better things when it comes to growth for the country. its economy has been on decline but now the greatest improvement in years. .8%, five millions of if families across britain is struggling against poverty. >> construction is up,

manufacturing up, spending is up. after three consecutive quarters of growth, it shows that britain is showing slow but consistent growth. shoppers seem more willing to part with their money. the retail sector shows a .6% growth they economy. here in london they've gone up by 10% in the last month alone. that's great if you are selling, not so great if you are trying to get on the property ladder. chancellor george osborn praised the gdp growth but says there needs to be more done. >> this government is turning it around and thanks to the hard work of the british people there is an economic recovery. people are feeling it as they get jobs and those jobs get better for people. but of course we've got to stick with this plan. >> but there's a gap between economic growth and the rising cost of living.

at 2.5% the u.k. has the highest inflation rate in the european union. food bills are up more than 12% since 2007 and the average household is playing $667 more for energy compared to six years ago. >> when the gas prices are going up and the fuel prices are going up and the companies are making so much profit that are not giving back to the people i think it's a problem. >> the antipoverty group, antipoverty revolution, says the u.k. is second only to estonia struggling to pay their fuel bills. >> know people are living in incredibly old homes and people are getting very, very ill because of an estimated 7200 people died last year from the effect of fuel poverty, the slight improvement in the are british economy is not going to have an impact for people who

have to choose between heating and eating this year. >> katherine stansill, al jazeera, london. stay with us. anger over american spying, civil rights campaign going to the capitol. and in the sport, all is nothing for the moto-gp champion as the title hits japan.

>> hello, once again i'm david foster, this is the al jazeera news hour, top stories, 16 rebels have been handing in iran in retaliation for attack on guards look the border with pakistan, outside the seefn town of salaban. plans by saud women's t women tt their right. and 5 million people are now displaced within syria according to the eupts. it says the government and the rebels must do more to make sure aid reaches those who need it. back to our top stories, the hangings in iran that followed the killing of guards on the border. this is an area of iran with

a lot of insurrection, a lot of separatist movement among the movement down there. smuggle operations that perhaps went wrong. >> no, i.t. appears that it -- it appears that it has been entirety skirmishes between border guard, police and the smugglers, that they have laid ambush last night, early hours of this morning. and it's very frequent, this kind of skirmishes between drug traffickers, from pakistan and from afghanistan, using iran as their route, as a transit route from that part, from afghanistan to europe. so we get frequent, this kind of skirmishes between iranian

security informs and the smugglers. >> so those who were handing, we understood to have already been in custody before the attack and that they were people demanding a separate state in that part of iran. would they not directly have been linked to those who carried out the attack on the border guards, then? >> it's very difficult to say, whether or not the people who were handing this morning were part of the group that had laid ambush last night. but it appears that the iranian authorities have made a point to try odemonstrate their resolve and the -- to demonstrate their resolve and will not back down to fighting drug traffickers. >> what sort of cooperation is there or lack thereof between pakistan and afghanistan and

trafficking between the two countries? >> the area between afghanistan and pakistan is concerned lack of law and order, particularly in pakistan in that region, is -- has created a lot of problem for iranian authorities. and the same situation is in afghanistan, so iran, iran really has been suffering as a result of lack of law and order both in that part of pakistan and afghanistan. >> we thank you very much indeed for your analysis, that's sazedback azan from pakistan university. having enough food is always an issue in syria. we sent midi dupp to karala and this is what she found.

>> these cadets are getting ready to plow the fallow fields of the south indian state of karala. armed with technical skills and know how, they will soon join their colleagues in trying to revive the agricultural industry. >> we need expansion, very good expafntion, through training, the training should be like retraining, highly disciplined highly committed with highly productive output. >> reporter: new recruits spend 20 days learning about fertilizer and planting machinery. more than 3500 cadets known otheir communities as service providers have been through this training. over the past 40 years the state of karala has seen a steady

decline in the number of people willing to work in the field. but the food security army is trying to lure people back to the land. its mission is to start a national movement to make sure all indians have enough food. this woman is one of the food security army's first officers. lavindrian runs a business worth $130,000. >> translator: my income has quadrupled since i started doing this. my life has changed a lot. now i own one acre of land and also have savings. >> reporter: in the 1970s the state of karala produced 1.5 million tons of rice. today it produces one-third of that. for farmers like narinan, labor

has been a persistent problem. >> compared to the fall, production has increased many fold. many farmers in my region have started using these services and gone back to the land. >> reporter: this grass roots initiative has captured the attention of the nation and as the indian government has looked to feed all of its population, libby zoul, karala. answers from the white house about a spying scandal. tapping the german chancellor's phone. now, they want the united states to agree to an intelligence code of conduct. listening in on phone calls of

as many as 35 world leaders, the report suggests the u.s. government intensified efforts to collect data from its own people. kim ber lir harcut reports. >> every day information gathered by 17 different u.s. intelligence agencies is collected, retained and analyzed. this is the national counterterrorism center where even americans not suspected of terrorism come under scrutiny. that's sm something jasmine and kenneth want stop. any politician who will listen to their plea. to stop domestic spying. >> working for arab american institute our community in particular is constantly the one, the community that's targeted by a lot of these

post9/11 counterterrorism initiatives and efforts. >> they are literally vacuuming everyone answer information and combing through that. that i think is really alarming and it really contradicts fundamental principles of our constitution. >> that information isn't only being elected, it's being stored, sometimes for decades. according to a new report, the fbi is able to keep intelligence the longest. >> 20 to 30 years basically on the theory that it might be useful in the future. that information will only be gotten rid of if it's going to be of no use to the fbi or any of the other 16 agencies that are in the american intelligence community. >> those agencies include the nsa and the u.s. counterterrorism center. they can search a person's phone use for five years even if they have never been suspected to of a crime.

super secret key score traction so much information now being collected by the nsa that a massive new data center is under construction. when it opens next year it will hold more than 300,000 square meters of americans' personal information. prierves advocates say that kind of -- privacy advocates say that kind of surveillance is are counters. continue its dragnet surveillance of domestic telephone and internet communications. and it's changed the way some americans now go about their daily lives. >> you don't feel as free to say what you think and even the most mundane phone conversation about what you're going to have for dinner tonight or with your spouses about what your child is doing or something, you are just wondering if someone is listening to you.

>> reporter: it appears they are. just in case something said now becomes useful later. kimberly alcutt, al jazeera, washington. country running out of food in myanmar, wants help from the international community. attacks forced 140,000 people from their homes. at least six people have been killed and more than 100 hurt in bangladesh, opposition has called for a nationwide three day strike starting on sunday wanting a new care taker government to oversee elections next january. argd's holding mid term congressional elections on sunday. the polls indicate that the ruling party is not going to do that great, it could possibly

lose ground. lucia newman traveled ocentral argentina and sent us this report. >> what you see here is dunes of soy. billions of dollars worth is exported from the port city of rosario. yet the nation's middle class is not happy. soaring crime, double digit inflation and harsh restrictions on foreign currency has put lucia in a foul mood. >> the government wants dollars to protect our savings from our depreciating currency. we want to not have fear from being robbed or assaulted. >> this is bad news for the ruling appeared ahead of

sunday's mid term elections. >> no one has ever won an election in argentina without the support of the middle class. their income is dropping but not their aspirations. >> and it's not just the middle class that's complaining. on the other side of the tracks, rosa navarro is imp expecting hr seventh child and is struggling to feed her family. >> my older ones are struggling to find a job. >> her husband is in prison for murder, crime is rampant in the slums of rosario, partial because of the abrupt end to the construction boom. in all fairness argentina was far worse off in 2001 after it was forced to declare the world's largest sovereign debt

default. but if people are again becoming disenchanted it's because today they're no longer convinced that their leadership can guarantee a brighter tomorrow. lucia newman al jazeera, rosario. >> we have the very latest from formula 1 qualifying. and. >> the american businessman who now owns a premier league football club and brought his franchise to the london capitol, too. [[voiceover]] every day, events

>> sport and kara they go together. >> david, thank you so much. world championship title has got another boost outside the indian grand prix. racing beside him for mercedes louis hamilton is third. fernando lanza, can wip his fourth straight world title by placing fifth or better on sunday. the moto-gt title can also be decided in japan. faster than spanish compatriot markuez if he outlorenzo by

eight points. arch rival barcelona, first clash for real coach lowe angeloti and record setting gareth vail. after pars lone ah this wil bars recovered from a thigh injury. >> this is the first time i've had the opportunity of coaching in such an important institution here in europe. carlo angeloti is used to these competitions, has much more experience than me in this since. -- sense.

keith milan will be in charge of, manager this week after the nearly promoted side lost 4-1 to fullham on monday. >> i feel that it's very harsh on the way, because he's done exceptionally well with paris to get them up to the premier league. it is very, very difficult to do that. and i find it very quick and very early to separate with all the way, for for me has exceptional talent to manage a football team. liverpool are two points behind arsenal. manchester united take on stoke after failing owin their last

two home games. american owner shaheed cohen, the jacksonville jaguar jaguars,. >> increasingly england is appealing to, the jacksonville jaguars have signed up to play one game a year against london, the latest against san francisco 49ers on monday. >> i think nfl needs to grow. their fans that like to see nfl games we would like to be a part of it. jacksonville jaguars, we need more fans. >> is there any prospect that you will move the jacksonville jaguars here to london permanently? >> i don't think you can rule

anything out or in at this point. this is a very exploratory experimental stage osee what the fans want and what the leagues can provide. >> and mr. khan has moved into american football, at a cost of around $250 million. the club he's bought is fullham, traditionally a small friendly but crucially they have a place among english football's 20 elite clubs. >> fullham, having arrived in america from pakistan, he manufactured car parts and built a fortune of over $3 billion. now he's behind the wheel of fullham. >> i think this is a special place. i looked at premier league as still -- if it would make sense for us to have a relationship, some kind of a relationship.

and when it was all said and done there was really only one club that kind of fit the bill. >> he says manager martin yole's job is safe despite a shaky season. the jacksonville jaguars have an even poorer record. what if it is more permanent? >> if y'all moving everybody out of here, i wouldn't want to be somebody who moved out here unless you moved my whole family out but i wouldn't doubt it if it did happen. >> the link between american franchises and english sport continues to grow. khan has not ruled out the prospect that one day wembley won't be a big day out, it will be home. lee jennings, al jazeera, london. in a few hours time that will be overshadowed by the rue

dauederuede derby. 3-nil defeat to chelsea in the champions league. serena williams will take on yancovic. the american is the oldest woman to top the rankings at 32. williams won both the french open and the u.s. open. and the other semi, petra kavitova had to come from a set down, but won the match, 6-7, 6-2, 6-3. the czech player is attempting to win this match for the third

time. roger fed ererer, the semi finals of the swiss indoors. federer beat dimitriov had been on a seven match winning streak. if federer fails to win the finals his place will be in doubt. south african bath duplessi, pled guilty to ball tampering. pakistan are currently trying to avoid an innings defeat. partnership of 197, passed a century but this ball fell for 88. pakistan are 270 for five trailing by 148 runs.

rafael ca brair ah bell ca x shots behind. tower did he franctour de franc7 kilometer circuit,. the new york islanders rally to victory against pittsburgh penguins. islanders staged a come back in the third period. josh bailey capped it off to give new york a 4-3 win. that's all your sports for now.

>> we will see new a a short time, thank you indeed. many portrayals of the buddha are insulting. rob mcbrody has tha mcbryde has. it is a giant billboard that is difficult to miss, don't disrespect buddhism. knowing buddha, an organization that campaigns against the exploitation of buddha, knowingly or unknowingly causes offense to millions of buddhists worldwide. >> people are aware into this campaign, we believe that we can make the world listen to us. it is time to speak out. >> and if the offenders don't

listen to petitions, their products are boycotted. with 95% of thailand's population being buddhist, it presents campaigners with more than enough cases of apparent miss use. for devout beautyists, misuse are highly offensive, even more so when that image is tattooed on the human body. the rush of travelers seeking to etch their bodies and the face of buddha is becoming increasi increasingly more popular. hindu gods as well as buddhist scriptures adorn his body, he says it's his own form of worship. >> it has to be placed in the appropriate location. if the tattoo is below the

waistline no matter what the religion we will refuse to do it. >> but acher ravidi, using body to having sex that is most obvious case. so you should never lou t plow e it in the country. >> to legislate against tattooing, sounds an alarm how to implement such a law. >> they have the tattoo, other areas arrest them, what you going to do with this? it's going to be very serious. >> almost completely buddhist but with a secular government, for many religious tolerance is an asset, one worthy of buddha himself. >> i'll be back with another

news hour, two hours from now. for me, david foster, good-bye.

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