@ajam insidestory. i'm ray suarez. this is the news hour. coming up in the next 60 minutes, vladimir putin defends russia's foreign policy in an address to the nation and plays down the country's economic woes. protests across the u.s. over the latest decision not to charge a police officer in the death of an unarmed black man. >> and countdown stalls in the

launch of a nasa spacecraft. plus, a dinosaur on display in london. we'll tell you why she's one of a kind. we begin in russia where russian president vladimir putin has said he will not allow the west to dismantle the country. in his annual state of the nation address, he defended his countries actions in ukraine. >>reporter: the president arriving at the grand palace, this was always going to be a difficult speech. the economy battered by sanctions and the fall of the price of oil. the country isolated by the international community over the war in ukraine.

but the president was in combative mood accusing the west of wanting to see russia broken up, dismantled he said. >> despite this report of separatism abroad including the informational, political, and financial one through intelligence services is absolutely obvious and there is no doubt they would have loved to see collapse and dismemberment for us with all the tragic consequences it would have for the peoples of russia. this has not happened. we did not allow it. >>reporter: he said the military supremecy of russia's armed forces must be guaranteed. national pride are a necessary condition for survival. he said the west was using ukraine as an excuse to cripple russia. >>reporter: speaking about the sanctions, this is not just a nervous reaction of the united

states and their allies to our stance of the events in ukraine. i'm certain that if all this didn't take place, they would just come up with another reason to contain russia's growing capabilities to influence it or use it for its own goals. >>reporter: putin said the central bank's decision to allow the currency -- down a path of self-isolation. >> russia will be open to the world to cooperation, attracting foreign investments, and the implementation of joint proje s projects. >>reporter: he also announced special measures to protect the small businesses that he bes will help lead russia out of

annexation. >>reporter: he defended their foreign policy saying its actions were necessary for the country's survival. let's take a look at chechnia. it is in the north caucuses and is in the federal public of russia. they have been fighting for independence for centuries now and more recently, there have been two major wars. the first in 1994 when a cease fire was signed after which russia pulled out most of its troops. the second war was then fought in the 1999. russia had more success then capturing them in a matter of weeks. rebels stepped up a campaign against russia with a series of attacks including the 2002 moscow theater siege and the 2004 attack on a school killing

300 people, most of them children. the year before that, moscow pushed forward a constitution. in 2009, moscow announced it was ending its military operations there due to the security situation improving. sporatic attacks have continued. president putin did mention the latest attack in chechnia in a speech to the nation. >> we remember well who and now the 1990s calling murders with their hands soaked in blood simply rebels. decisions were made at the highest levels. the same rebels have showed up

in chechnia. i am confident our lull law enforcement will p handle it ably. >> our political analyst gave us his thoughts on the timing of the attack. >> of course it's an unpleasant surprise for the day of mr. putin's state of the nation address but he reassured his listeners that the problem will be dealt with by the local authorities. if you look at the big picture, you will see that the neighboring muslim -- of russia are less secure than is chechnia. we have seen a lot of violence

in the last ten years. mostly in the republics bord bordering chechnia and not chechnia itself the justice department is launching an investigation into the killing of eric garner, the black man who died after being placed in a choke hold by a new york city police officer. a grand jury decided not to charge the officer involved last night triggering a wave prof protests across manhattan and new york city. about 1,000 people marched through the streets chanting and waving banners. this was is scene in washington d.c. with dozens of people marching through downtown streets. some held banners reading indict the system and black lives

matter. over on the west coast, hundreds of people rallied in the streets of oakland but protesters were stopped by lines of police officers there before they could actually reach police headquarters eric garner's 's encounter with police officers in july on staten island was caught on camera. >>reporter: these are eric garner's final minutes suspected of selling cigarettes on the street, a crime in new york, police officers wrestled him to the ground. the police report claims no choke hold was used and garner was never in distress. the video says that's not true. he repeats this cry several times and then he falls still. a coroner ruled the killing a homicide by chokehold and chest compression.

garner's family condemned the decision. >> somebody that get paid to do right did wrong and he's not held accountable for it but my husband's death will not be in vain. as long as i have a breath in my body i will fight the fight until the end. >>reporter: his killing happened just weeks before the police shooting in ferguson, missouri that killed michael brown, an unarmed black teenager. the grand jury declined to indict in that case as well. the demonstrations were scattered loud and disruptive. president barack obama spoke soon after the judgment was announced insisting this is not a black or white problem. but it is an american problem. >> i'm not interested in talk. i'm interested in action. i'm absolutely committed to making sure that we have a

country in which everybody believes in the core principle that we are equal under the law. >>reporter: there will be a federal investigation. >> prosecutors will conduct an pent, thorough, fair, and expeditious investigation. in addition to that, the department will conduct a complete review of the material gathered during the local investigation. >>reporter: president obama announced a task force to look into policing. the president has also called for more funding for police body cameras but the garner case illustrates even those who feel that they have a clear cut case of police brutality may not be enough to bring someone to trial air strikes against the islamic state of iraq are not

working. in a rare interview, he says we are running the ground battles against isil and have noticed no change especially with turkey providing direct support to these regions. he also said he was not focusing on his future as president. instead, the captain doesn't think about death or life, he thinks about saving his ship. if he thinks about thinking, everyone will die. let's get some analysis on his comments. thanks for making it into the studio with us. now, they're reaffirming what several leaders have said about the u.s. strikes in syria, that they're not doing any success at all. now, what do you think then is the main fault in this military strategy? >> the united states has decided a long time ago to let them off the hook.

basically since the failure of the so-called geneva one and two, assad has been able to strike. if he'd been able to crack down on them basically without any, you know, potential retribution if you will. the president of syria is saying that these air strikes are not helpful but perhaps they could be effective if maybe the united states could bomb his country more. >> it's also interesting too that he -- talking about turkey, he said -- he said we have no disked no change especially with turkey providing direct support to these regions. what does he mean by that?

>> look, the syrian president is either in total denial or is trying to send very specific messages. if he's in total denial by saying it's not about the presidency, it's about me being the captain of the ship, well, i tell you what, he's managing the titanic and speeding right to the iceburg. his country is sinking. 200,000 people plus have been killed. there's no ship to be a captain for anymore more or less. the second thing is he's -- he could be sending messages and the messages are that turkey is to blame because turkey supports the terrorists. i'm not to blame. turkey is to blame. second, the united states is to blame because its air strikes are not helpful. he's also trying to say my regime is stable and i'm happy to work with you, the french, the americans, but i am part and parcel of the future of syria and the region.

of course, the turks have been resistant to any actions in syria without getting rid of assad first. >> are you seeing perhaps a possible cooperation between the u.s. and syrian troops on the ground as we know it in order to defeat isil, you knee boots on the ground. >> that's what president assad said, that we are the boots on the ground. of course, he has been the boots on the ground for three years and has been even less effective than the united states. so the idea is that the more strategic division of labor, meaning the united states is trying to have a division of labor in iraq and potentially in syria pleasing iran by not beating on assad. so i think for the time being, there is no coordination or

there's uncoordinated coordination if you will with assad with the u.s. working in order to find the new terrorists in iraq in syria. that means for the time being de facto they are saving assad because they are beating up on -- on the other hand, it's not clear to me that they have made a clear decision to go to war against him or to leave him in power. >> we'll have to see what happens. after all, he's been in power for the last three years through the civil war. >> actually, they changed the constitution to make him president and the country is fall ago parting apart for him to remain president. >> all right. thank you very much still to come on the news hour, as leaders gather in london to discuss's afghanistan's future. we report from the streets of kabul where communities remain

crippled with no electricity and no hope. the u.s. government will congress for more than $3 billion to fund the campaign against isil. some of that money will go to iraqi kurdish fighters. they are battling the group in the syrian town of kobani.

you may find parts of this report disturbing. >>reporter: an isil fighter lies on the ground captured by kurdish fighters in a battle. they should take him prisoner. instead, what follows could be described as a war crime. a fighter shouts he's still alive. so the fighter on the left opens fire. then the others follow suit. in another video given to us by a fighter, they're seen dragging the body of an isil commander and fighters around after the battle. the brigadier general at this forward position says his fighters do adhere to the conventions regarding prisoners of war. >> we are always trying to operate under international law and protect the lives of soldiers at war. >>reporter: we challenged this saying they have been filmed killing captured isil fighters. >> that's also true. what often happens is that they ask us to come to them or they

approach us in civilian clothes and then detonate suicide bombs. >>reporter: these soldiers say they are not fighting a regular army. isil forces are ready to blow themselves up killing all those close by so they cannot take any chances. they're manning the only gateway that allows people in isil controlled areas to come here. the bridge in the distance is now the isis front line and this is how close the fighters are to this forward position. but this constant flow of people going back to their homes in villages held by isis makes the fighters here very jumpy. they do not if there are isil sympathizers among them. one man told us all was well where he lived but as soon as the camera was switched off, he said there was no life under isil. they are keeping the gateway open because they want to help the people in this conflict to

show they are a humanitarian force. but this image will be eradicated if they don't stop abuse general david rod rod says around 200 people are at camps in eastern libya and he says the u.s. would be monitoring the site but ruled out targeting them with air strikes. israel's fortune minister has declared the region of raqqua -- could be jailed for up to ten years. zimbabwe's long time leader appears to be tightening his grip on the country. he criticized his deputy of

undermining him. >>reporter: he really tore into the vice president saying he's convinced she tried to unseat him. he even went as far to say he knows he went to a witch doctor to get a potion to asass nate him. she has denied the allegation and people wonder what her next move will be. maybe she'll keep quiet and ask for forgiveness. or perhaps she could be angry and rallying supporters trying to strike a deal with the

opposition. people are obviously concerned about the future of the country, more importantly the economy, which way is the country going to go go if there's no clear successor named it's been touted as the first step in deep space exploration but nasa's new o'ryan spacecraft has to wait one more day. it was set to begin with a liftoff in florida but wind gusts and a sticky rocket bar forced the team to call off attempts to launch o'ryan. andy gallagher is live in florida. we know nasa can't control the weather. how concerned are they though over the technical issues? >>reporter: well, this is really

a standard thing. i've been here for days on days during the shuttle program which only had a very short and small operating window. this had one of two hours. this morning there was a boat out in the water that stopped the initial launch. then we had high winds. and finally we had that mechanical problem. these are all fairly standard things. this is a 24-day potential launch so they could launch at any time during that time period. there is a deep sense of excitement here. this is potentially the first step in true deep space exploration. when it does launch, it will be 6,000 kilometers above the earth 14 times higher than the international space station and it's basically a test mission for this small craft. there are 1,200 sensors on board. engineers on ground will be

monitoring the mission. this is a very long process. in about 15 years, we'll see four astronauts hopefully getting on board the orbiter and then potentially even the planet mars. so it's a long haul. it's not unexpected but a little bit frustrating nonetheless. >> it certainly must be. if you say there's a 24-day window, have they decided when the next launch will be? >>reporter: it's basically rinse and repeat. we'll be back here tomorrow morning at 7:00 o'clock eastern to about 8:45. the weather is not looking as good as it was today but again this is pretty standard. these things do happen. this could go on for days. but hopefully fingers crossed, it will launch on friday

morning. >> andy, thank you very much. >>reporter: it was the last report peter would file from egypt before his arrest on the 29th of december last year along with two other al jazeera journalists. almost one year in an egyptian jail for simply doing their jobs. for that job, peter has once again been recognized. ausa's major journalism awards have garnered him special

recognition. >> i have a message from him all the way from prison. so this is a message from peter. while i'm truly honored to accept this award, i do so on behalf of all of those who it really belongs to. to all who are part of the struggle not just for freedom in egypt but for wherever the press is not truly free. >>reporter: just because they don't live here -- peter's passion is africa. he is supposed to be based in kenya. he's now spent almost a year in a prison cell along with our two other colleagues. al jazeera denies all the charges and demands their immediate release. a khan khan citizen was in prison along side peter. he has written a letter which was smuggled out of prison by his family. the letter was then read out at a ga la dinner for khan khan

journalists for free expression. >> our struggle as journalists is truly global. it's a struggle for the right to report freely and safely. the right for freedom of expression is what true democracy means in a civilized world. i am now more furious than ever that i am caught up in a web of governments in the middle east who can't agree who the terrorists are and which group to arm next. if we were all to invite the rulers to a round table, they would hardly agree on anything except their sworn hatred against one enemy, the press. plenty more to come here on al jazeera including sierra leone's

president saying the country is still opening for visitors despite the ebola outbreak. we will have the details on that >> and it has the highest rate of breast cancer in the world. we'll be reporting from india on the government's plan to shine a spotlight on the issue.

>> a dirty deal. struck at the heart of government. >> egypt mismanaged its gas industry. >> taking the country to the brink of economic ruin. >> it's obvious that egypt was

being ripped off. it's basically saying to the israelis, "look if you want to screw us, here's a tool you can use to screw us". >> al jazeera exposes those who made a fortune betraying an entire nation. >> you don't feel that you owe an explanation to the egyptian people? >> no... no... >> al jazeera investigates. egypt's lost power. december 17th. 10:00 eastern. on aljazeera america. russia's president vladimir putin says he will not allow the west to dismantle his country. his annual state of the nation address came hours after gunmen stormed a billion in chechnia killing several people. a federal investigation will be launched into the death of eric garner, an african-american man who died after being placed

in a chokehold by a white new york city police officer. the grand jury decided not to charge the officer involved sparking huge protests across the u.s. and windy gusts and sticky fuel valves have kept nasa's new spacecraft grounded. the unmanned test flight has now been postponed until friday. let's return to our top story out of russia where president putin has made his annual state of the union speech. it seemed like it was a very nationalist speech. was it aimed at an international audience or his domestic audience? >>reporter: i think that this speech of president putin was addressed mainly to russian citizens. why? because he explained to them his

position most important international problems and the main part of his speech was devoted to economical and social problems of inside russia. >> he didn't really mention the economic slide, did he, caused by falling oil prices. in fact, he didn't even mention the oil prices at all. in fact, he actually says that the oil prices and the sanctions, instead he proposed a capital am necessity and a four-year tax freeze. was he preparing the nation for tougher times ahead? >>reporter: yes, of course. he explained in what situation our economy is today. not only as a result of the sanctions but as a result of the

economical policies

the sanctions are not the only reason why russia's economy is in the doldrums at the moment. it is because of putin's economic policy.

>> that's correct. and they will demand from him changing economic policy. to change people who will be implementing this policy because the same places that we've watched stayed as they were. and the second thing, after his speech, i think it shows the local market reacted not positively on his program that he laid down. >> i just want to go through what putin has actually faced in the past year or so. he's a leader that's seen this fight over crimea, this scandal over the olympics, the fall of the ruble, allegations of russia's involvement in the

downing of a malaysian airlines. don't you think this is going to affect his popularity? >>reporter: never. it's clearly considered that this malaysian airlines was hit down by ukranian aircraft. russia doesn't blame itself for this occasion. he explained that crimea is a separate place from russians. why? christianty. orthodox christianty came to russia through crimea. this is the main place for all christian orthodox in russian

federation. i think that this is for his behavior in his favor and not against him. anyhow, contradictions with the united states reflects on him only positive because russia considers america's policy is not against russians as a people and russia as a population but not against vladimir putin. >> thank you so much for joining us on the show. >> my pleasure. moving on. the afghan president and his chief executive are outlining their vision for afghanistan. they're speaking at a conference in london. focus is on nurturing civil

societies, curbing construction, and encouraging political reform. many people on the ground feel the need is much more basic. >>reporter: pledges of support from the governments of the international community means very little to these people. the men sit in the sun toe stay warm because there's no wood to burn in their make shift homes. their families have lived here about eight years. they fled the fighting in southern afghanistan, the at that ban heartland. they say they get virtually no support. >> seven months ago, we got a bag of flour and one can of cooking oil per family. people don't give us jobs because we wear this turban and they think we are at that ban. >>reporter: she's been sick for days complaining of pain in her kidneys. people here say the local clinic rarely opens, and when it does, it doesn't have enough medicine. >> they didn't even have --

where did they get this money from? >>reporter: there are thousands of people living here from southern afghanistan. there's no electricity, no water, no schools. and it's very obvious that pledges and donations from the international community have made very little if any difference to their lives. it would be wrong to say there have been no improvements in afghanistan over the last few years. in 2002, only 9% of afghans had access to healthcare within an hour's walk from their home. that number has now risen to 57%. more than $2 billion has been spent on building roads and u.s. aid has announced another $22.3 million towards maintenance. in 2002, girls education was nonexistent. now girls make up a third of all children in school. a lot of aid money has been

wasted. the u.s. government gave around $300 million to the construction of this power plant outside kabul. it was originally scheduled to be open in 2009 but it remains defunct because the government cannot afford to power it and even if they could ordinary afghans would not be able to afford the electricity bill. last year $7 billion was spent on up counternarcotics programs over the last decade. security across the country is deteriorating. there have been at least 11 attacks in kabul alone in the last two weeks. history has taught these people at least that the money pledged will make little difference to their lives. simon wood is live for us in london. now, simon, how much of a hard

task is the prime minister facing trying to persuade his donors to support his country given he doesn't even have a cabinet yet. >>reporter: exactly. i think what the international community, the donor community in particular are wanting to hear from him are specifics of what he's going to do to produce a stable government. what he's going to do to combat corruption and secure the security of afghanistan given that within a few weeks, nato is massively downsizing its military operation there and handing it over to the afghans. to discuss some of the concerns that civil society campaigners have, i'm joined by a campaigner for women's access to legal rights and to the law. to what extent are people like you concerned that the international community is going to walk away and forget about

afghanistan? >> thank you. coming before to london conference and being here listening to today's speeches by different governments, we thought that we would be -- we thought the international community is forgetting us and they will forget us and not continue support to afghanistan. but today's conference and the different governments has made us hopeful because they all were committed to continue their support to afghanistan in the next at least five years or ten years. they will continue their support. >>reporter: now, as i understand it, you had the opportunity this afternoon to address the conference. what did you tell the conference? is. >> we addressed some issues yesterday and today also in the

conference i was specifically talking to some of the main issues which was security, corruption, and service delivery, women's rights issues. and i had specific recommendations and also idps specific recommendations for the government that they have to ensure that access is available to everyone, not only in big cities, also outside the cities in the rural areas. >>reporter: okay. thank you very much. that's all we have time for on this occasion. i think probably that there are real engagement from civil society people in afghanistan in this conference and those we have spoken to are very

concerneded that the international community sticks with afghanistan, doesn't walk away, and continues to supply aid and money to to continue the good work that has been done over the last ten or 12 years. in the next hour or two, we should get some statements from the president of afghanistan, john kerry, david camron, to get a flavor of how urgently the international community is sticking by its commitments. >> okay. thank you very much, simon. more than 6,000 people have died from ebola in west africa and that number is still rising. sierra leone reported 537 new cases of the virus just in the last week. yet, the president insists it is still open to visitors. dominick caine reports. >>reporter: workers at an ebola treatment center get ready to treat their patients. this part of the liberian

capital is a high risk area for the disease. >> every patient was receiving the same nutritional treatment, the same diet. you have patients that have sore throats and very little appetites. so based on let's say the difference condition of the patient, each one would need a different diet. >>reporter: just over 40% of all the people diagnosed with ebola in liberia have died from it. the number of new cases here has been stable for several weeks but in neighboring sierra leone, the number is still rising. the w.h.o. says transmission of ebola remains intense in the capital. on wednesday, the president of the world bank gave an up beat assessment of the situation.

>> sierra must emerge stronger than they were before the ebola epidemic. there's much that we can do to respond. >>reporter: the government here has stressed that the country should not be defined by its ebola experience. >> sierra leone is still open for visitors. we are still safe here fighting ebola. we isolate ebola and not isolate the rest of the country. >>reporter: the effort to find a cure or treatment is being stepped up. teams across the globe are looking into antiviral drugs and others are looking at using the blood of survivors as a potential therapy. >> we have to check that the human body can tolerate them. the treatments must not be toxic. >>reporter: more than 17,000

people have contracted ebola in this outbreak and the rate of infection is still rising in places. dominick caine, al jazeera russia is accused of covering up failed doping tests. joe will have all the details shortly.

in india, breast cancer kills a staggering 70,000 women every year. now, that's more than anywhere else in the world. now the government is trying to

combat the problem by launching an awareness campaign. from new deli, we have this report. >>reporter: rita is getting ready for another session of chemotherapy. her life now revolves around cycles of radiation. she lost her sister to breast cancer decades ago but never thought it would happen to her. >> i was shocked. i was dead because since i have it in my family, that was, like, a real bomb shell dropping on me. >>reporter: she is not alone in her fight against breast cancer. almost 145,000 indians are diagnosed with it a year. breast cancer kills more women here than any other disease. most indian women know little to nothing about breast cancer.

this lack of awareness and late diagnosis are blamed for the death of 70,000 patients every year. this doctor says many of these deaths are preventible if the cancer is detected and treated early. >> earlier the detection, the better the chances of survival. but we don't have a mass screening program or even an awareness program in the country. >>reporter: the government is planning to increase medical centers across the country to help detect and treat cancers. but for now it's private ngos like the indian cancer societies that are working with communities. >> we give them awareness, examine them. if there is lump or something, we tell them to get investigated

and if investigated and they are positive, we help them to get it treated. >>reporter: researchers warn that the number of indians diagnosed with cancer is set to increase over the next two decades and they say the country needs to invest in early detection and treatment. a new law which comes into effect in 11 days time will make it a form of criminal activity. it comes after lou vincent was banned from cricket for life after admitting to match fixing. it's the number one threat to integrity, value, and growth of

sports. earlier i spoke to stewart pate, the director of international cooperation and anticorruption. i asked him if he believed new see land is leading the way against match fixing in sports. >> yes, they are leading the way. i have to say this is a significant step. for so long out there, as part of the research, a lot of the people are saying that the sport cannot do this alone. sport can't put criminals -- what the government has done is taken a dramatic step forward in bringing together legislation with prosecution and the fact that you can now lock somebody up and give the police the power to lock them up. the only way this was ever going to be done was if the government had actually put in legislation and by new see land doing this,

they are going put people in jail the antidoping agency is investigating allegations that russia has been supporting a doping program. russia currently has 67 athletes serving bans for doping offenses on to football now. the final of the copa sudamerica -- in the 34th minute. orlando berrios smashed the ball to put national in front. they will almost double their

lead in the first half but they were made to pay and play was equalize with 25 minutes to go. through a long range effort from leo, the second leg in earplug argentina is on the 10th of december. he was going too fast when he crashed at the japanese grand prix. he collided with a recovery crane at the race in october and remains in critical condition with a severe head injury. the fia's review panel found that he did not slow sufficiently at the rain-soaked track despite yellow warning flags tminnesota has beat the montreal canadiens. before the game they honored jean beliveau who died last

night. once the game started, jason zucker was enough to secure the points for montreal the fellowship 76ers have avoided tying for the worst start to the season after beating the timber wolves yesterday. at the other end of the spectrum, the san antonio spurs' winning run came to an end last night. for the first time in almost a century, london's natural history museum is unveiling a nearly complete dinosaur skeleton. the remains were found in the united states in 2003 and is

made up of 300 bones. jessica baldwin has the story. >>reporter: meet sophie. from the distinctive row of plates on her back, she's a stegasaurus. >> this is the only one preserved with such a level of completeness that it gives us a huge amount of information. >>reporter: scientists know she was a teenager just on the cusp of adulthood when she died. there's no sign of catastrophic injury so maybe she got sick or just ran out of food. it's almost impossible to tell if it's male or female unless the eggs are found inside the bones. even so, the donor who gave the money to buy the unique fossil wanted to name it after his daughter. sophie is the size of a small elephant but would have acted

more like a cow grazing all day on ferns just to feed her massive body. the fossil is an absolute bonanza for scientists. there's a long list of questions, how did the leg muscles work, how fast did they walk, and how strong were the plates, and what were they used for. >> the most common one is thermoregulation. another was that it was for defense. >> recreate it in microscopic detail. >>reporter: but it's not only scientists who will benefit from her presence. she's likely to inspire a whole new generation. >> what was your favorite thing in the museum? >> the dinosaur? >> what about you? >> dinosaur. >>reporter: jessica baldwin, al jazeera, london. >> stay with us.

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