forces and the greater training to defend the front line is showing the risk. >> lawyers for four security guards are fighting the verdict. a u.s. jury found one of the men guilty of murder and manslaughter and while working for blackwater involved in a 2007 shooting in baghdad. >> trying to agree on the allocating a port photoowes. in the south, more protests are held and seeking atonmy for the region. >> the southern movement is

organizing a protest on friday and continuing the process that was on going since october 14th and taking aadvantage of the weak government and this is the right time and right opportunity for south yemen to proceed after sweeping through the the capital and much of the country. it used to be thought that unity would remain and yemen is the right thing to do and the antinorth sentiment is on the rise and the towers are and independence is increasing and the southeners gave ultimatums and this all brings to reality or highlight the fact that this country is falling apart with controls of the capital and the

southerners are depending independence. >> russian reports are saying the ukraine are playing to retake three cities. the targets are going for the three cities. >> so the leaders in the eastern part of this country are saying they intend to retake the territory which they have lost to government forces and recapture the three towns. all of this in the lead up to sunday's election in the ukraine and the election is which the east is not allowing to take part in the territory in which they control but rolling ahead in the rest of the country. in a political atmosphere, many

accusations over the handling of the war and in the east feeling he's too soft and deteriorating economic situation and many disappointments i think particularly here in kiev among the people responsible for the overthrow and saw as a revolution and the pace of political social change has not been fast enough since. >> here's what coming up on the relatives the missing girls. many in india saying no to chinese products.

the security forces are surrounded and a policeman is killed and another is

standard peace keeping agreement long recognized by the member states and the plaintiffs argue it is about a solving the responsibility to compensate the victims. >> it is protecting you to do

the job you want to do and not allowing to cut away the legitimate claims. it is not under stood that the legitimate claims are barred or neglected. >> while the u.s. government attorney is arguing for the immunity several law experts in court to support the victims. the u.n. is not planning to appear. >> we can speaking to christin and talk about the significance of the court appearance. >> the court appearance this morning and the first hearing out of three lawsuits filed against the u.n. on behalf of the haiti and they are holding them responsible for bringing the disease to their country.

in this case we have the united states acting on behalf of the u.n. in court and u.s. attorney speaking on behalf of the u.n. and the obligation as the host country for the u.n. and arguing that the u.n. had broad immunity. and there are no exceptions to the immunity until they decide to waive it. from the attorneys in the courtroom this morning, the plaintiffs are alleging that the u.n. is not living up to the obligation to provide alternative means of answering their complaints. of making good on damages that were done by the united nations and because of that they made an argument that the u.n. is not living up to the obligations and

shouldn't enjoy immunity and the fact that the judge held the hearing and allowed the plaintiffs and representatives of groups that filed briefs on behalf of the victims allowed them to speak, that speaks to seriously the judge is taking this lawsuit. >> all right, we'll leave it there. get out of rain in new york. thank you for joining us from new york. >> the latest statistics is showing a jump in the cases of ebola in liberia. 444 new cases. more than 2700 people died from ebola in liberia. in sir ra le i don't know 1200

cases and 1500 cases in new kin knee and the total number of cases 4,000. all though the response to the outbreak has improved more needs to be done. >> i have been in liberia for two months and it is different now than when i arrived, more resources are coming in, and more organizations are coming online and we are still not where we need to be and it is a complicated response because these agencies have not done this before. we are learning as we go. it is a slow paced response and the response is building and we hope we are going to catch up.

it is slow at this stage. >> the parents of the kidnapped girls are asking the government to come good on the promise the rescue them. there's still no sign of them. >> the youngest girl abducted was 14. the oldest 20. trying to make sure that the 200 young women taken are not forgotten. three of his nieces were kidnapped and now hearing about more attacks, this time ant niece of his is missing. >> there's an abduction of women that went too far. literally going to prepare dinner. they are waiting and lots of

women. >> the government is saying that the missing school girls will be rescued soon and insisting that the ceasefire is still in place despite attacks are happening in parts of the northeast. >> the government is engaging in discussions and committed -- and so i don't [inaudible] >> family members an friends are told that the children would be released by monday of this week, latest tuesday, that didn't happen. they don't to consider the

possibility their daughters are not coming home. >> i don't want to think about that. for the parents that waited, waited over six months to be told that finally their kids are coming home and hearing it is not so. i don't want to think about that at all. >> people are anxious and fearing for the children. all the parents can do the wait and hope. >> the leader of a prominent pakistani religious party survived and travelling in an armored vehicle. three people were killed. this is the third attack in the past few hours. 8 members of the group were murdered. >> brazilians are headed to the

polls on sunday to choose their neglects president, the second largest state will be crucial to the fortunes of the rival candidates and the home state of the nominee and as reporting from a small town there social programs have ensured big support for the president. >> it is a small town rodeo, brazil style and this is all that matters. the last thing they want to discuss is politics, but they don't have because they have already spoken. >> i don't agree one hundred percent about what the government does but we are seeing positive changes. the worker's party is very good. >> in a town of ten thousand people the president received 86% of the vote in first ballot.

you don't have to look far to see why the people agree. they live in poorist outskirts of town and receiving $150 a month, part of the federal government social assistance program that reached 15 million families. soon they are leaving the run down home to move next door to this new home provided by the government at almost no cost. >> the new house is much more comfortable. it is better for the children and improving our lives. >> such programs have lifted millions from poverty and keeping the support universal for those receiving. government handouts are a waying of buying the votes and putting tens of millions of brazilians

becoming independent. it is a help from the government and improving their lives. in the town, seen in the local health clinic, having her pain checked out by a cuban doctor, hundreds of doctors in brazil to work in the poor and rural areas. back at the rodeo, most of the cowboys made a choice. they hope to put him into a second term. >> hindu's are celebrating the festival of lights and the indian government is encouraging the people to mark the occasion differently and saying no to china. >> this is the season for color and tradition.

it is decorating the home for the festival that marks good over evil and the start of a new year in the hindu calendar and hoping that the year to come is brighter for the indian businesses. >> the country is bubbling with excite and the new prime minister and the sentiments are happy and positive and the festival is happy at this time. >> the government is trying to capitalize on the good mood with a campaign to promote the lead in india, the markets are flooded by the cheaper prices from china. >> when we buy things we have to think about our country and how increase the income and not china's. >> i buy the indian products.

they are better than the chinese. >> they are discouraging the y buying from the chinese. >> the new government took a stab against the cheaper imports and saying that the sale of the foreign fire crackers is illegal and punishable by law. in the store, he proudly sells fire crackers made in india and claiming they are safer and helping the local economy. >> the chinese ruined the festival of lights business and we hoping that the indians don't lose the sales to the chinese products. >> the government certainly hopes there is a good fortune and the made in india campaign

is hoping for a winning hand. >> much more information on the festival of lights at aljazeera.com and find the other top stories we are covering stigmatizing of african-americans living here. >> plus the toll that ebola is taking on the