>> dive deep into these stories at aljazeera.com/techknow. follow us on twitter, facebook, google plus and more. >> this is al jazeera america. i'm thomas drayton in new york. let's get you caught up on the top stories this hour. [ chanting ] thousands of protesters march across the country calling for justice for all. japanese voters head to polls in parliamentary elections, and the prime minister hopes it brings momentum to ambitious economic and political retomorrows. form forms. -- reforms. >> we join iraq's army on the

front line as they try to stop i.s.i.l.'s advance. a debating deadlock at the climate change summit in peru. . >> if they don't see in and make a change, i don't know what we got to do relatives of black men killed by police join thousands of protesters making their way down pennsylvania av u calling attention to what they -- avenue calling attention to what they say is police brutality towards black men. [ chanting ] a similar scene in new york, crowds blocked traffic and shut the brooklyn bridge in what was dubbed the millions march. there were protests in boston, north carolina in california, demonstrators demanding better police training after grand

juries did not indict officers in the death of michael brown and eric garner. we begin in new york city. courtney kealy returned from being with the protest. a healthy crowd - do we have numbers yet. >> we were looking at tens of thousands of people. we don't have numbers yet. the march stretched more than a mile long at some points blocking the streets of manhattan for hours. we heard the chants all day long - hands up, don't shoot, and i can't breathe. we saw a large demonstration in new york in recent memory. >> the reason today we are out here is because we've been doing direct action. this is a moment where the people, children, people in wheelchair, not as quick on the feet, are able to participate. it's a different action. >> emotions were high, it was a peaceful crowd in new york city. there's few incidents to report. the group sponsoring the event put out the word that everyone was invited, elderly, disabled

and children. they had a list of demands - one, the firing of the officer who put a choke hold on eric garner. >> the peaceful protest ended here at 1 police plaza, under the brooklyn bridge. some protests broke off and started a protest across the brooklyn bridge. you saw today tens of thousands taking to the streets. it was a peaceful process that they'd taken a permit out to take on the process, to take on and to the streets of new york city. we saw mothers and fathers, college students, and a woman i spoke to was 84 years old. she felt she needed to come out and talk to the police, saying their lives matter. it started with black lives matter, and people chanted all lives matter. it's a reflection of other parts of the countries. the protest is demanding city wide and statewide judicial reform, asking for the prosecutors office to look into

police brutality acts, and some of them are asking for the resignation of police commissioner william bratton in new york city. >> that was what we saw. we went throughout the streets, 4 miles long. tens of thousands of people, and peaceful from what i saw. >> the protesters want to be heard. what are the plans beyond the process tonight. >> i heard someone say it's not just a moment. they have momentum, they want reform. this was not happening in one city, but in cities around the country. in new york they said they want judicial reform on a city and state level. and washington wanted federal reform. they want things like here in new york. they are calling for the resignation of william bratton, and want a prosecutor's office designated for cases of police brutality. there's a series of demands, and they are not just chants, they are judicial reforms.

>> you covered a number of protests and rallies, did this have a different don. >> it did. i covered a lot of protests, including the meet and tahrir square: when you can count block by block and it's filled with people of all ages. they trusted there would be people. it was really people taking to the streets. it was a different feeling when you - than places luke occupy wall street, when -- like when you go rogue with protests, like occupy wall street. this is one of the largest. you can see the need for change demonstrators say the nation's capitals drove in from across the east coast to join of the demonstrators there. libby casey has the story. >> reporter: the march brought

together the families of unarmed americans killed by police. it gave the families a chance to talk about what they see as justice. civil rights leaders say they have become symbols of an unfair system. thousands gathered to support them and change. [ chanting ] . >> from tamir rice in cleveland. >> my second was 12 years old, just a baby, a baby. my baby. >> reporter: to eric garner in new york city. unarmed african-americans killed by police, their deaths becoming national symbols. eric garner's cousin travelled by bus to new york to join thousands that didn't know his relative, but know his name. >> his loss has become a gain for the world. to help change the laws. marchers say justice shouldn't be selective. they want the white house to hear this. they want congress to listen and

see change happen. >> that's why whites and blacks are here together, show the world today this is not a black march or white march. this is an american march for the rights of american people. >> the rally organised by groups, like the n.a.a.c.p., with decades of experience gathering crowds in washington. but it's a new generation taking on the fight using social media. >> i'm here for the future, with the things that i'm hoping will make a difference will be in place by the time my wife and i have children. and we won't have to have that conversation: others driven to protest by frustration. >> i shouldn't be marching. i marched when i was a teenager. i march for the same things. and i shouldn't be doing this. >> it should not be necessary. >> but it is necessary say those

who got on buses at 3 o'clock in the morning to make their voices heard in the hopes of changing things for the next generation. >> two streams of activism hungry for change quickly. they want to see police officers treat everyone fairly and make sure congress passes laws to see it happen. >> libby casey in washington. in boston, protesters gathered in front of the state house echoing black lives matter and no justice, no peace. police presence was notable. the demonstration was peaceful. it was a similar show of support in north carolina, where hundreds of protesters turned out. demonstrators marched there for three miles chanting hands up, don't shoot on the west coast people are rallying for the same cause in san francisco, and oatland, calling it a day of anger, because black lives matter. back in missouri, the st louis county prosecutor released more documents related to the

ferguson shooting. today's includes a police interview with a friend with brown when he was killed. the first set of documents coming out after the grand jury's decision. at the time the prosecutor promised to unseal all evidence. he failed to include today's record with the first documents sent out on capitol hill, the senate is meeting and could vote on the $1.1 trillion spending package. they passed a short-term bill to fund the government. it passed hours before an earlier stop gap measure was due to expire. it will avoid a federal government shutdown in the short term. tomorrow on "the week ahead", we'll look at why the long-term bill did not pass, why many democrats are against it, in the fear that it will undo financial reform laws after the great recession. we invite you to join us it is sunday morning in japan, voters are heading to the

polls to take part in parliamentary elections. japanese prime minister shinzo abe's job is on the line. he is hoping for a landslide victory to push his political and economic agenda forward. harry fawcett has more from tokyo. >> reporter: closing out the campaign for a contest he's certain to win, japan's prime minister painting this as a high stakes choice. >> if we create a country where everyone is given a chance, japan will grow bigger. if we listen to the democratic party of japan, he said the country cannot go, japan will never grow. we are finished if we give up. two years into a four year parliament, shinzo abe says he needs a mandate for stimulus, monetary easing, structural reform, it makes up three arrows designed to end deflation and spur growth. >> it is basically history, prices are increasing, wages are not increasing as much.

clearly on the inflation side of policies government is successful, and households are thinking too successful. >> reporter: fast food is expensive. the price of a beef bowl, a lunchbreak staple, is being risen for the first time in 20 years. voters are inclined to give santa barba more time. -- shinzo abe more time. >> rather than seeing people change, i hope one person can stick around and do what he has to do. the prime minister called the election at a time when the opposition is in disarray. there's little to lose, plenty to gain. >> this election is framed by shinzo abe as a referendum on his economic policy.

the victory would allow him to move ahead on controversial issues. there has been almost no mention of nuclear power, for example, in the campaign. the government plans to restart the first of the reactors in the wake of the fukushima disaster next year, in the faus of major -- face of majority opposition in the public at large. it carried out a reinterpretation of the constitution which critics called a move away from pacifism. >> we could possibly attempt constitutional reforms. they'd be popular. mr shinzo abe needs to remember in 2007 his government relaxed because the public felt he was focussing too much on ideological cruise aids and not the economy. if he does it again, it could end the first government. experts are predicting the low turn out in a section few appear to wants. with a longer term in office,

and the bigger the prize, it makes perfect sense. tarnings in iraq -- turning attention in iraq. i.s.i.l. fighters captured a village 7 miles west of anbar's capital ramadi. jane arraf as had report on the fight to win it back. >> reporter: here in anbar fighting is close range and almost personal. special forces captain fires a mortar across the road on the eastern outskirts of ramadi. he's aiming at a nearby house, where the gunmen are holed up in the palm groves. they are part of a unit trained by american special forces, who are clearing the way for the iraqi army. this sniper is closer to the gunmen - fighting for his country and family. including his daughter. the name tattooed on his hand. >> there's less than 500m between us.

we have air support, and with the help of god, we have the upper hand. >> little by little we are advancing: this is a strat iming spot. on the intersection of the road, fallujah and the south of ramadi where twribs are coordinating the fight. it has been fierce. this i.s.i.l. gunman was killed when a bullet hit the rocket propelled grenade that he was about to launch. >> we substantiated i.s.i.l. and destroyed their hide outs. we are clearing the orchards and farms. they are struck. >> the village is deserted. the rural area is a battlefield. the men fighting with special forces are from tribes, important for the battle to anbar. here there is a fight within a

fight. i.s.i.l. against the sunni tribes that turned against them. when this special forces team finishes the deployment and goes back to the airbase in western anbar. >> their american military advisor is back on the base much the fighting is here. arn bag did aed -- around baghdad, i.s.i.l. has been driven back. it won't work in anbar, where the population is sunni, tribal and suspicious of the iraqi government. they are calling for arms and ammunition and help from american troops on the ground. that likely will not happen, but is an indication of how desperate the fight is in iraq's western province. three separate taliban attacks killed more than 20 people in afghanistan. two soldiers reportedly american were killed during an attack on their convoy late friday night.

it happened near bagram air base north of kabul. security has been stepped since most foreign troops are withdrawing. >> one afghan official is shot dead and military personnel were the target of suicide bombers in kabul. jennifer glasse is there and filed the report >> reporter: the taliban said it attacked the bus. they struck at the height of the evening rur hour. >> we wanted to burger when we turned around they attacked the bus. >> translation: when the explosion happened i noticed two soldiers getting out of the bus. one was injured. the other jumped out of the bus window until the fire brigade arrived.

the rest of the soldiers burnt inside. >> aftergans are concerned about the deteriorating situation as nato forces withdraw. some a small nato force will remain to support afghanistan's military it police. the taliban says because international troops remain, it plans to intensify its attacks as it works to d destabilize the new african government. next on al jazeera america, we take a deeper look at the climate struggle in peru. it's gone into overtime. a man in india has been arrested for what he posted on his twitter account in full support of i.s.i.l.

welcome back. tonight we take a deeper look at the climate change conference in lima peru. the summit ran longer than scheduled after the u.s. and china couldn't agree on a

compromise outlined for a deal. the draft text put too much burden on poor countries to limit greenhouse nations compared to the developed nations that burn the most fossil fuels, said china. >> reporter: a message to worlded leaders and delegates in lima - get something done. activists make the point outside the negotiating halls. on the inside the wrangling goes on and on. the conference president trying to work up a resolution before the day is out. >> we are almost there. we don't need just to make a time effort. we need to take political decision. we are almost there. there are no reason to sustain this process or postpone the decision. >> meters from the negotiations another point is made. >> for us it is either death or

justice we demand in lima that there should be climate justice. >> they say the delegates and politicians representing individual countries have lost touch with reality. >> lima has not helped us enough. what is happening in the real world, before taking to the streets calling for reel climate action, we seeing diverse , and the process hasn't dissolved that momentum in a way it can launch the world on a development path. >> there has been animated debate over how the pledgings will work, and the old row, how rich countries finance poor and developing nations to fight and adapt to climate change. we are past the scheduled close of business. there's plenty of work to do. this conference is supposed to be about laying down a clear and concise path to paris. it has not done that.

>> to talk about the outcome of the summit, let's welcome jake schmidt. he is joining us from lima, peru. and daniel, professor of nj at the university -- energy at the university of california at berkeley. great to have you with us. >> pleasure to be here. >> mr schmid. i know there's a bit of a delay, are you more encouraged or discouraged by the process of the talks in lima? > we came into the talks with a major announcement by europe to cut emissions and for countries to put money in. we hoped the momentum would carry forward in lima, and we'd come out with an outcome putting us in a solid path to get the agreement. >> there seems to be a giant

threat that we failed to act. why has the progress been so slow. there's a number of reasons. we began in the mid 90s. it's a global problem with a global treaty. the biggest economies need to step forward. while europe has done that, europe has not. we looked at china, they looked at us, we looked at india, there was a lot of people wasted. now that the u.s. and china laid down different but agreed upon targets, there's a new possibility. i'm not surprised there has not been progress. what the u.s. and china did was a few weeks old. it's opened up a new path what you see is negotiating a new

landscape, figuring out how to move forward. not enough has happened. >> some would argue about how far we have come, is there a scientific consensus on claen. >> -- on climate change. >> scientifically there is. the i.p.c.c. reported over and over again with increasing certainty that climate change is not only coming, it's with us now. when we see extreme storms, droughts, fires, hurricanes, we see examples of what is coming and what is here now. scientifically there's no debate. the process is figuring out who will take the first large steps and how to develop enough of a fund so poor countries can make steps forward without breaking the bank. >> mr smith, it comes down to a rich/poor divide. there's a lot of, if you will,

frustrations from developing countries, what are some of the major challenges facing the developing countries? >> i think what you are seeing is a number of countries on the front line of climate change. small island states, avco, they are feeling the brunt of the challenge. they are seeing their communities devastated by extreme weather. it brought it front and center, they have to deal with the challenge. they are feeling a bit frustrated at the pace of the challenge. at the same time we have seen the shift over the past year about a debate about when the big developed countries will put new emission targets on the table, and we began the conversation in lima, what we see, i expect, is next year we'll have all the mampingor

countries -- major countries come forward with a new round of targets, putting us on the right path, that there's a struggle between old world that dan mentioned, built up between developing countries, and the new world which will have a set of emission reduction operations from all countize, including -- countries, including developing countries - united states and europe let's talk about the old and new world. how should the countries share the burden, and who should pay, for cutting green house gases. >> it's a challenge to think about this as a burden. what we find in china, india, the united states or europe is that it's in everyone's interests to go forward with the issues. it reduces air pollution and treeate jobs.

it's a challenge to shift from something that is a pain that costs a lot to something that creates opportunities and protects lives and communities and creates jobs in these countries. what the challenge as we go into paris will be, how do we build the momentum. >> what country is on the table. how do we reflect the fact that it is in everyone's issue. at the same time countries put on the table knew misunderstanding mechanisms to rep the developing countries move to low-carbon countries. learning the lessons, and bypassing many of the mistakes of the developing countries, that they made, with a little bit of incentives and finance, helping them deal with the adaptation challenges they are facing on the ground from the impacts of extreme weather and more to come. >> i want to stay on your point. looking at the bigger picture, what are the major challenges

that we are facing? >> the first one is the climate change is costing economies around the world money today. and it's costing pore countries and regions more. the poor are more vulnerable to changes in climate, health, agriculture. the i.p.c.c. recognised that in 2007. it's not a new statement. many of the benefits of early action do not come in a check that the climate bank writes to you, it's in the way of greater resilience, less exposure to floods when we see extreme events in center america. they cost because north western is exposed -- infrastructure is exposed. if people recognise that acting on climate is a benefit, it

comes in other sectors. air quality is a benefit from switching to electric vehicles. the public health coffers should pay the climate coffers, whether it's north to south or within a country. they are not easy things to do. up until the u.s. and china made a step forward to agree to significant - although not enough - but significant targets in the coming decades, it was about a north-south debate. it's now about which countries and regions are able to step forward in terms of new policies, and financially finding ways to transfer funds. >> mr schmitt said not to look at this being a burden. how do we move forward. who is creating the biggest road block when it comes to an agreement? >> we all are. there's a few countries and states in the lead. looking at korea, california, germany, denmark, bangladesh, kenya - these are places in the north and south making major

steps and said the 80% emissions target by 2050 as a national or state or regional roadmap. the problem is that this is something which we have not figured out the language for. we don't have a price on carbon whether through cap and cap and trade. china has trials, california has one, new england states, the united states, europe has carbon markets. we are not seeing that take off around the world. we need a common language, it's one of the tools we need to allow the dialogue and negotiation that needs to happen in lima and in the coming months to get ready with major statements and commitments to be signed in paris. >> with that said, what does a solid solution, a solid plan

look like, looking ahead? as we get into paris, the key pench mark will we do we have commitments from major emitters that put us on the rite path. are they distant and putting in place the measures at home to deliver on those. eventually we don't need grand promises in the international negotiations to deliver strong targets. we need countries to change laws and policies to spur more renewable energy, efficiency, build out smarter transportation, things that countries can do, and we are starting to see them implement these on the ground. we need to make sure countries take the next step and deliver this has we go into paris. they have a huge opportunity to do it. we hope the world leaders look in the mirror and decide which side of history they want to be on. there's a chance to solve this.

we need the politicians, leaders, companies to come forward and say we'll do this, this is how. >> working toot. i'll get your final thoughts on what a solid plan looks like and are there positive signals ahead? >> i think there are. if you look at places like california and kenya, you see similar long-term targets and effort to transform the economy. kenya is hired powered dominated. because of climate change, they are worried the resource will not be there. kenya has a plan to be dominated by geothermal power, and is building the largest wind farm in africa. it has an aggressive solar grade market. they are policies developed in kenya, but needed external support. one of the things that didn't happen in lima, and i'm hoping will come out in the last bits of negotiation, are fund made table so there cap be 100 kenyas, you can see a lot of

transitions. so far we have seen too little money put in. the goal by 2020 is that global green fund has $100 billion. in the trial fund there's less than a tenth of that, and it's not an annual basis. we know how to get this done, but we need to see the public and private sector step up and be in the lead. >> we'll have to leave it there. thank you both for being with us. coming up on al jazeera america - arrested for his tweets. authorities in india accuse of man of supporting i.s.i.l. l the women of war, a day in

the life of a woman in afghanistan, and the amazing advances made since the u.s. invasion back in 2001. stay with us.

welcome back, the fbi is warning u.s. companies to watch out for cyber hackers from iran. federal investigators say a sophisticated roirn-based -- iran-based hacking company is targetting others. hackers are using mall ware launched from ip addresses in tehran police in india arrested a man for running a twitter account in support of i.s.i.l. he is knoiffed as mehdi biswas. his twitter handle was one of the most widely followed. we have more from new delhi. >> police in india say this is the man whose extreme posts attracted almost 18,000 twitter followers. they say mehdi biswas was

leading a double life, working as a marketing executive during the day, operating a twitter account by night. an investigation by britain's chanel 4 news uncovered his identity. >> i haven't harmed anyone, i haven't broken any laws of the country. i haven't raised a war against the public of india or allies. they may try to bring that charge. i haven't done that. i said stuff. people followed me, i followed them back and we talked. >> police arrested him on saturday morning but say he has no direct length with i.s.i.l. he is charged with a number of crimes, including inciting law.

>> he non-facilitates attacks in india. you can use the word. >> not a criminal organization here. analysts say the arrest is not evidence of a wider pro-i.s.i.l. movement in india. >> his impact may have very significant dangers. in the places where he got his largest following, which is basically in the u.k. and europe. now, in these places he may actually end up as a tool of recruitment. >> police say he acted alone, but his posts may have been used by i.s.i.l. recruits. he is an i.s.i.l. propagandist who collected and distributed information he counselled lion. ities twee

the co-author of an upcoming back "i.s.i.s., the state of terror", spoke to al jazeera and agreed that he was more of a fan and less a threat. >> i think the fan boy characterisation was accurate. he was an influential figure. when you look at the patterns of how he got information and what he distributed, it indicates that he was probably getting indication the same way someone like me would. you know who the sources are online and you know where to look. where it will be complicated was whether he was facilitating foreign fighters connection for travel to i.s.i.s., iraq and syria, where, you know, there were crimes committed in terms of terrorist groups, and if it was the united states, that would be kind of really the problem for someone like him. >> i.s.i.l.'s social media

team - whilst a source of information, maintains a low profile. fear of boko haram fighters sends more than 16,000 nigerians across the border. the numbers of refugees fleeing to niger are growing. camps are being set up. most are from a town attacked by boko haram three weeks ago. the call is out for more humanitarian aid to be distributed to the region. >> afghan women have long been denied the right to an education, a practice enforced by the taliban. some women are taking matters into their own hands to make a better life for their families. >> this woman's husband was killed by a suicide bomber. she has seven children to support. she was given a loan by a microfinancing problem for women so she could have an oven built. people bring her flour.

she makes the bread for which they paid $0.08 per piece. >> translation: if i buy my children shoes, i can't afford a hat. i'm grateful for the project. if i had not been taught the skill or leant the money, life would be harder. >> reporter: she leaves her children at this caish when she comes to her lessons. the women were taught to read and right before being taught a skill. and given $100 to start a business. they come to improve their skills and pay money back with the cash they earn. >> translation: before these women had no skills, some of the husbands refused to let them learn. we worked with the community to encourage them. they are more independent now, and don't need to ask for money. >> her story offers a glimmer of hope. there are many who are afraid that progress made could be lost. i'm here to meet a woman

determined not to let that happen. this is one of 69 women members of afghan's parliament. despite progress like a law to protect women from violence, the government must do more through funding and education. >> a huge amount of money goes to education, and power and girl's education. this is one of the biggest challenges which we face. 60% of the national budget guys to the security issue. women's empower. - it's not like a priority for other government. >> she has little choice but to be the soul breadwinner for the family. her daily struggle, using the skills she learnt represents a fragile beginning of independence for millions in afghanistan.

activists in india held a kissing campaign, speaking out against more at policing, and -- moral policing and want to challenge views on public displays of attention, including kissing. >> there's a group of people that think what is happening is not correct. we need to change that. we have come together and get together. >> the kissing protests began in november and has occurred since then. others say it is a threat to indian culture. >> still ahead - our world relies on plastics for a huge variety of products. many of it end up in the o. a problem it causes for sea life ahead. the clean-up begins in california, after a major storm. details ahead. plus... >> california - 150% of normal when it comes to rain fall from the last storms. two storms in two weeks. coming up, a new storm moving

in. more rainfall for california. i show you where, coming up.

the clean-up has begun in california, after a major storm soaked the state. the toughest job is in kamha illa, after a mudslide covered 13 homes. a hillside burnt by wildfire washed away. mud and debris flowed into the homes below. firefighters scrambling to help the elderly. most of the people living there lost everything they had. >> it was almost surreal. it was like it's not really happening. >> repairing the damage on this one block alone is likely to run into the tens of millions. the clean-up will stretch beyond the holidays into next year. rebecca stevenson joining us with a look at the forecast.

we are talking about another storm moving in. >> another storm. we don't want to hype this one up at all. however, it is coming down in a saturated area, where it will pick up land slide concerns, but will not bring in the flood concern we had in the last storm. the intensity of the last storm is not quite the same as the incoming that you can see here on the satellite, starting to develop. as it heads in it will not hit land until we get into later storm night. as it does that it will develop light rain on the north, central, oregon coast. and south, central oregon coast. north central california, by late tomorrow night, early sunday, most of the rain moves in. as we look at the rainfall, it will be highest in the foothills and the mountains. most areas for northern california, up to half an inch. there'll be localized amounts, we are not concerned about this storm, because it's moving fast.

like the last one is moving fast. it dumps too much rain in a short period of time. as the climate prediction center puts together the officer cast all the way through february, they expect there'll be areas that persist. there'll be a period of storms that we upset to condition. it helps, but we don't expect it to wipe out the drought. >> we like to here about big areas of snow packs, and we are getting the snow in the rockies from western montana, where we had the snow advisories. the snow picking up for the rockies, as it gets into monday, it will spread across central nebraska. fog is a problem around the great lakes, it's dry whether

and visibility is down low. some places you can't see. >> on the west coast - it will be a smaller system moving through. >> smaller and we have a good dry day ahead. >> that is encouraging news. thank you. >> turning to indonesia, rescue teams are scrambling to find more than 100 people missing. heavily rain in java triggered a land slide. 12 are dead. locals, police and soldiers are hoping to find survivors, lack of proper equipment is hampering the search. we have more. >> reporter: it all happened within five minutes, a huge chunk of a mountain came down and burst into a hamlet, burying all but two houses. most villages were taken by surprise. the landslides happened after two days of rain. >> people didn't see it coming. they felt landslides would not happen in the villas. i was lucky i didn't have to

run. >> hundreds of rescue workers and volunteers are trying to find survive juniors. a task hampered by bad weather. the use of equipment is considered to date. more than 300 have been moved to safer areas. land slides are common in indonesia, especially during the rainy season. the national disaster agency estimates half of indonesia's 250 million people live in areas prone to landslides. >> people in central java know they live in the danger zone. they are farmers and live in the hills. it's difficult to relocate all of them. what we do is prepare them. many are aware of the risks, it's hard to predict where a landslide will happen. >> the government is working on a better early warning system, a huge operation in a country hit by a natural disaster

coming up on al jazeera america - it's known as extreme sailing, and assist giving spectators a front-row seat to the action that takes place out at sea. this guy is breaking records in poland. wait until you hear how hold this man is -- how old that man is.

welcome back. ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of the battle of the bulge got under way in belgium. american soldiers had held out for day whilst vouched by german forces. the attack on december 15th, 1944, caught the allies by surprise. by the end of 1944 the germans were driven back the u.s. embassy in paris is asking a french auction house to pull native american its from sale. it include nine ceremonial house

that the navaho consider sacred. the vice president of the nation travelled to france in an effort to stop the sale. they are artefacts that do get sold internationally migrants face struggled whip they move to a new country. an organization in london is showing them how cooking can help them turn a profit. >> reporter: take a handful of onions, plenty of garlic gloves chopped by women escaping war or conflict. add a dose of camaraderie. sprinkle coriander, it's a recipe of success. the chickpea sisters come from countries racked by violence and met at a community center. they cooked together and are a growing business. >> it's been so successful we

have started a second one. the chickpea sisters of helping me and my colleague recruit for a new group of women and will hem us train them -- help us train them up. >> today they are catering lunch for 50. next year they are looking forward to publishing a cookbook, and maybe some day they are hungry for sale in a supermarket. these women had to leave family, home and friends. through chickpea sisters, they made a new community of women that love to cook and who understand each other. >> when she is not cooking with her sisters, this woman is cooking at home. today it's a donut-style snack. five of six children born in europe are home from school in hungary. >> three other children died in africa before she fled.

she found it helps her pain to be around other women that help understand what she is going through. >> we laugh, we make coffee. when you are in there, comm chaek peas -- in chickpeas group, you are happy. >> she has embraced her new life. it's peaceful, the schools are good. people are tolerant. now there's the added ipp ingredient of work. we are getting word that sony pictures reportedly shut down all filming in the wake of the hacking scandal. "the times" of london reports the breach left them unable to process payments. guardian of peace continues to release embarrassing documents stolen from socny a new lava flow in hawaii inching towards a remote village is burning trees and brush in its path. the original flow stalled a few

weeks ago. the new flow is not considered a threat, but it's only two miles away. >> the world extreme sailing series is ending this weekend in sydney australia. the 80-year-old sport has a similar form at to formula 1 motor racing, except it's on water. al jazeera's andrew thomas climbed aboard and sent us this report. >> reporter: sailing races take place out of sight, far from sure, beyond the horizon. not this, extreme sailing is known as stadium sailing. high performance boats on an exceptionally tight course, and rite nest to shore. quick, short, sharp races to keep it exciting for the public and keep the sailors - they have to be honed in on skills and decision making and rehabilitations. >> this is to sailing what 20 twenty20 is to cricket - an intense concentrated burst of

the sport. races can be won in as little as 15 minutes. dramas and capsizes are common. it's different to regattas, that is the point. it's sailing as a spectator point, where big names adding their credibility to the event. >> it's not the cleanest racing that you will do. i wouldn't want to do this racing for an olympic gold medal or an america's cup. it worked for this series and people enjoyed it. >> it's high performance sailing stripped bare. there are no hand caps, first across the line wins. each has a 5-person crew and carries a passenger. >> we have not reached the starting line. already i have a feel for the power of the boat. this is as much flying as it is sailing. into over four days there are about 30 races which, together, determine the overall winner of the sydney title. it matters because although the boats competed in nick sinclair,

china, ayman, russia, france, wales and turkey, as the last race of the series, sydney's points count double. all the podium positions are in play. it's not plain sailing for anyone he did it again. stanislaw proved he is the fastest 104-year-old runner in europe. that's right. today's race took place for older athletes in poland. he set a record in the 60 meter sprint, in 19.72 seconds. back in may he became the oldest person in europe to run a 100 metres race, smashing the record held by a younger 96-year-old man. going strong that's going to do it for this hour. thank you for joining us, i'm drat in new york -- thomas drayton in new york. i'll be back with another hour of news. you can get the latest news by

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