week on "techknow." >> follow our expert contributors on twitter, facebook, google plus and more. u >> no words will help you to understand what this place is like >> horror stories of what it's like to live behind bars in north korea. a preview of what is expected in a shocking report detailing human rights abuses. a deadly bomb blahs ripping through the tour bus on the egypt israeli border. it wasn't israelis or egyptians. and for an elderly couple, how

their vacation ended in a deadly nightmare. >> the pollution is serious and bad for our health. >> 800 million mobile phones, 500 million tvs, a heap of toxic junk. why booming business in chip ha may be an environmental disaster for the rest of the world. >> good morning and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm thomas drayton. good to have you with us. we begin with breaking news out of switzerland, a man accused of the hijacking ethiopia plane is now in custody. it was heading to ethiopia to rome when it was diverted to geneva. the plane had a military escort and the hijacker asked for asylum seekers. the passengers and crew are

safe. the airline is making arrangements to fly passengers to their intended destination. >> the u.n. says it has evidence that the north korean regime is committing unspeakable crimes. the human rights council released a report detailing crimes. they want three generations of the kim family dealt with for the coims. >> it's a place -- crimes >> it's a place that would make your hair stand on end. >> this woman spent nine years in a brutal prison camp. >> from sun rice to sunset you work. there are no set working hours. you get up at 3:30am and work until dark.

>> she scoped the county, giving evidence to the united nations and seoul for their year-long investigation. it is evidence of torture, widespread abductions and murder. they also speak of external nation camps. >> translation: i have escord a father and son to camp 16. relatives went to camp 11 which is exterminating three generations of a family. i have witnessed two killing methods. one is getting a prisoner to dig their own grave. the second is the prisoner comes into an office and is told to take a seat. there's two people holding on to what looks to me like a rubber rope. >> north korea has a guilt by association law, meaning whole

families can be locked up, often with no knowledge of their crime. >> translation: i may be the culprit, but the other six members of my family were forced to go to the prison camp without knowing the charge. >> more than eight spoke during the hearings. many spoke of starvation of fellow prisoners. >> people were so hungry they'd eat anything - from dog food, cattle feed and beans on the ground. i heard peopleate bean and maize kern ale stuck in animal cunning. >> more than 2,000 are locked in state concentration camps. north korea denies crimes against humanity are taking place. >> the full u.n. report will come out 8am eastern. the u.n. is recommending an injury by a court or tribunal. >> an attack on egypt's border

with israel, a bus exploded in the sinai peninsula. it went off while tourists were dropped off at the hilton hotel. the explosive device was planted under the driver's seat in the bus. a close-circuit tv camera caught the explosion. we have this report from jerusalem. >> today's attack appears to be a turning point for the armed groups acting in the sinai, leaving many fearing there could be more attacks on tourists visiting egypt. the bus was gutted. you can see how dig the plume of smoke was. nearly every single person on the bus was injured by the blast. i spoke to the head of the tour company in cairo that facilitated this tour. he said he believes that the bomb was placed inside the bus, under neath the driver's seat and believes it was planted in

st. katherine's monastery, a popular tourist destination in central sinai. the bus was there all of last night and made no stops between the monastery and the israeli border. after the attack israel closed its side of the border and egypt did the same. there has been no official claim of responsibility. armed groups have been waging a campaign of violence. the targets are egyptian military, police and tourist services. we haven't seen tourists targeted, which is why officials if egypt fear it is a strategy. it feared the groups were attacking softer targets. >> a class cage in court led to a trial of the ousted egyptian

president. mohamed morsi's lawyers claimed they couldn't hear him inside the box the the defense team walked out and the trial was delayed again. >> meanwhile al jazeera's staff members have been detained in egypt for 50 days. mohamed fadel fahmy, mohammed badr, and peter greste have been in prison. al jazeera denies charges that they were reporting in favour of the muslim brotherhood. the united nations joins the list of people calling for their release. >> three documents have been ordered to leave venezuela. they are accused of inciting students, to join the anti-government group. they announced the expulsion of three u.s. consular officials. they were said to be infiltrating the universities,

doing cop sulate work involving visas. nicolas maduro said he will not tall rate threats to sovereignty. >> despite a warrant for the opposition leader's arrest, he will lead a demonstration on tuesday. lopez hasn't been seen for days. he's wanted by the government. three were killed during a demonstration last wednesday. lopez says he has done nothing wrong and the government can arrest him at tuesday's rally. >> during the last few days they have said that they want to arrest me. i will be there, showing my face. i have nothing to fear, i have committed no crime. i've been a vnsan committed to the -- venezuelan, committed to the country, the constitution and the future. if there's a decision to gaol me, i'll accept it. >> rachel levin has more from

caracas. >> on sunday anti-government demonstrators took to the street for the fifth day in a row. security forces stayed back and in respect no incidents of violence, but rather they came together to show support and to show their strength in numbers. now, this came at the same time when another opposition leader, former presidential candidate made a first appearance from his own studios and he called on peace and said that the demonstrators needed to show restraint, and he called for another national march to show venezuelans dissatisfaction with the state of play today in the country. namely their anger at rising crime, and rising inflation. meanwhile, the president has kept up his pressure on the opposition movement. in the morning security forces raided the house of lopez. there is a warrant for his

arrest and the president brings him, for the violence that occurred earlier this week, at student demonstration, that mr lopez helped to organise. so while tensions continue to be high here in venezuela, on sunday, so far, it's been rather peace: >> once again rachel levin reporting from caracas. >> a weekend ski trip end trajjicly in colorado, in leyedville, the bodies were found on sunday. a group of skiers triggered the slide. two others were hurt but managed to make it to safety. six people died from avalanches in colorado so far this year. >> people on came codd and massachusetts -- cape cod and massachusetts are digging out from a massive storm. 10-15 inches of snow fell. 20,000 lost power.

5,000 are waiting for the electricity to come on. snow is expected to hit the area on tuesday. meteorologist rebecca stevenson has the latest forecast. >> a series of storms will continue to move in from west fof east across the -- to east across the west. it's a storm that is bringing in a lot of rainfall to the valley. by the time we get through the day monday, we'll add up to three feet coming in from the weekend. as we look to the east there's another storm headed in here. we have been seeing snow work its way from the mid-atlantic, from the midwest to the mid-atlantic and it will be around the great lakes and tuesday morning on the east coast. for the snow weary in the cities here in the north-east, we are going to get a hint of snow. it won't be a big huge event but may slow things down on tuesday morning.

we'll see the higher accumulation sweep across pennsylvania and new york. in the meantime monday we'll have so much rain and snow for the west. a storm lining up to come in again. we'll watch it closely. the number one thing to watch out for is ice. we'll have a layer of ice south of snow, south of the great lakes, stretching to delaware, maryland and parts of virgin may be impacted here. the other part of the story, it's all about snow. we have it on the west and the east and the av lamping con -- avalanche concern is huge. slab layers of snow are different in temperatures and density. snow levels go up, making it wetter, compact. when it goes down with golder air you get powdery conditions. several layers like that, you have an unstable snow pack and

we have concerns. wind gusts hitting 60 miles per hour as we go through the course of the coastline last night. forecast will continue to be active across the state and we expect temperatures to remain below normal. >> parts of the country can use a break. one minute they had a relaxing meal, the next they were living a traveller's worst nit mare. how a crews ended in tragedy for a u.k. couple. >> months of violent clashes in ukraine. >> finally they are finding middle ground. >> trapped in the bottom of annaging goldmine. why they were rescued - then arrested.

>> welcome back. the wife of a passenger killed on a cruise ship says the british ship was badly

maintained. the "marko polo" was hit by a strong storm whilst travelling through the english channel. it was on the way back to england from portugal when a window smashed in the dining room, killing an elderly man and injuring others. >> i was sitting next to him, the window came in, and the sea with it. i was very - we were all very, very wet. a woman was taken to hospital, my husband was going to go in the helicopter, but he died before they got him on it. >> the company said the ship underwent inspections. >> the u.s. is bracing for more rain. it has been hit by the worst flooding in decades. towns have been underwater for weeks. the prime minister unveiled a 17 million aid package. a frus in ukraine's -- truce in

ukraine's political stand off. anti-government protesters ended a 2-month occupation in city hall on sunday. coming after the government said it would drop charges and release gaoled protesters. starting from tomorrow, law enforcement and judicial institutions will carry out dropping cases against civilians. >> the amnexty include the -- amnesty includes the police withdrawing from the scare, a sign both sides want to reduce tensions >> the occupation of city hall finally came to an end. after weeks of negotiations between the government and protesters. it is two steps. both sides made a step to each other. both made a compromise. the act visits vowed they'd be back if the government did not

take to its part of the deal. we want a peaceful resolution, not violence. if we are forced into it, we are ready to fight back the occupants. >> it's been two months since the demonstrators swept into the hall. the deal to leave was agreed after the government agreed to stop charges against activists. it is a gesture to diffuse the political crisis that took over the country and left president viktor yanukovych weakened. >> translation: starting from tomorrow law enforcement and judicial procedures will carry out procedures to drop cases against violent confrontation. >> while the amnesty struck a conciliatory tone, some were uncertain how it would play out. >> translation: it's hard to consider it a victory or defeat. for those wrongly arrested, innocent perhaps, the process was worth it. >> the protests erupted,

following a decision to abandon a trade back and seek a bailout from russia. the pull-out indicates a new phase. it may not signal the end of demonstrations just yet. >> support for president viktor yanukovych is popular in the east and south of the country, it triggered a broader movement for human rights and corruption. how the next blaze plays out will be a crucial test. >> on tuesday, president viktor yanukovych is expected to protect a candidate for prime minister. opposition leaders say his choice will show if he's truly ready to make more concessions. >> mama is criticising uganda over a stance on homosexuality. it could imprison gay people for life. it could strain relations between the two countries. president obama said:

>> despite international opposition, religious leaders and some ugandans on social media have urged the president to sign the bill. uganda refuses more aid from the u.s. than any other nation, more than $400 million a year. >> rescue workers in south africa saved a team of miners rapid in an abandoned goldmine. after arrested they were taken into custody, accused of working in the mine illegally. the arrests revealed major security and safety issues in some of the gold mines. >> these workers are on a dangerous condition. at this stage rescue operations

have ceased on the site. the site has been handed over through to the mine security. 11 miners have been removed from the site. they have been checked by the medical operations. what we do worry about is dehydration. however, they have been cleared, vital signs are stable and they've been moved through to police custody. >> more people could have been trapped in the line. illegal miners may be scared to come out. operations at the mine ended several years ago. the mine is 30km south-east of johannesburg. >> unemployment levels are so high some of the miners risked their lives to make ends meet. when they come up, what they make is not enough to feed their families. the illegal miners entered the mine to mine precious metal left

behind. this is the only way some of them can make a living. >> translation: we do not know if there are more. when we call, there's no more answers. then we suppose that those were the 11 people we had there. >> mining is one of africa's biggest industries. there were several abandoned muns. workers brave unsafe conditions. some are involved in organised crime and battles between different groups wanting to extract the metal. still, illegal mining, for some, seems to be the only way to put food on the table. >> an update on the breaking news out of switzerland, we are about to show awe live picture at the airport in geneva, this is ethiopia flight 702, a man accused of hijacking the plane has been arrested. reports say the plane was escorted to the ground by military jets and the hijacker

was asking for asylum. live pictures coming out of geneva switzerland. it ended safy. the plane was heading to the capital when it was give erted to geneva. the airline is making arrangements to fly passengers to intended destinations. >> there is a towering heap of toxic junk piling up in china. why your old electronics are becoming big business for some, and a health hazard for others. >> it's most likely the swan song for skier bode miller. the record has been set in socchi, and it's coming up, or he just set. that's next in sport. stay with us.

>> it has been a slippery slope for the u.s. men's alpine team at the sochi games. something had to give.

the two guys willing their way to the podium were an unlikely pair. bode miller, on the last legs of his career took home the bronze for the men's super-g. the 36-year-old the oldest alpine skier to win an olympic medal, giving him a record for u.s. skiers. only one other in the world has more. beating him for silver was 28-year-old teenager wide , who had more wiedrach who had more surgeries. >> today was a struggle that felt like a true struggle. i'm skiing well enough. i could have got a medal easier in a way. if i skied the way that i have been skiing without mistakes, or if my ability matched up with the circumstances better. that's the way it was, it was a

fight, a struggle. that is a special achievement. >> we are up to where the u.s. men beat russia. what could they possibly do for an encore. how about keep the foot on the gas against slough ania. it was phil kessel's turn to be the hero. they became the first american in more than a decade to score a hat-trick and ryan miller made 17 saves. so many games, so little time. but these stars are used to it. >> you definitely feel it. it's like the n.h.l. schedule. you have three games. we know how to take the game off. >> they'll face the winner of the chubb lick in the finals. >> thank you. the amount of the electronic waste in the world is exploding.

most is ending up in china. it's big business and a health hazard. >> shipped in from around the world to one of the main ports for solid waste, some of the millions of tops of scrap metal that china processes every year. among the valuable crap. e-waste from -- scrap. >> e-waste from laptops to mobile phones. in nearby villages, in this part of eastern china, evidence everywhere of the hazards caused by recycling toxic components. a government crackdown on unregulated processing forced recyclists to take refuge in concealed yards. a participation resource, but a pollution nightmare. it is a nuisance for those people unlucky enough to lie next to the port.

>> translation: the situation is worse now compared to when we moved in a few years ago. the pollution is more serious, it's bad for our health. >> more than two-thirds of the scrap devices find their way to china, increasing the amount is home grown, a trend that continues with rising ainfluence. >> at a plant outside beijing, some of the tv and computer upon tors on their way -- monitors on their way to a new existence. able to handle 2.5 million devices, the plant is operating at two-thirds capacity. it will not be long before china's appetite for newer devices means the plant will operate at full strength. >> the amount of e-waste is increasing as chinese people see living standard rise. people are buying a wider raping of tropics, dumping existing

devices. >> with less than 100 plants, it's a sector set to expand. >> a new growth business. >> that'll do it. thanks for watching. >> i am richard. you are at the listening post. there are changes coming in the media landscape online and signs that the mainstream media are changing their tune on the government. a crusading magazine in india. a sexual salt thalingsz may prove fatal.