this is al jazeera. >> hello and welcome to the news hour. i'm elizabeth in doha. >> to the terrorists. let me give you the verdict of the nairgs, your days are numbered. >> pakistan's president says it's time to pay the price. jordan tries to recapture

its pilot captured by i.s.i.l. >> i'm john hendren in the appalachiay mountains, i'll tell you why ginseng is big business here. >> alleged corruption. israeli police say among those arrested are several from the party of former minister abadol lieberman. lieberman hasn't commented on the investigation. it comes months ahead of israel's general election. to other news now and pakistan's prime minister nawaz sharif announces terrorists their days

are numbered. >> it's been nine days since pakistan's worst terrorism incident in history. >> special trial courts will be set up paid up of military officers. these courts will last for two years. >> reporter: the pakistani taliban claimed responsibility for the attack on the school in peshawar. men went from classroom to classroom, hunting their victims. >> translator: the terrorists struck the future of this country when they murdered those children. the six-year-old was like my grandchild. he was also like my child, bright student who went to

school that day without breakfast. his mother will never see him come back. >> two years ago, the government lifted a death penalty. also includes the formation of a special antiterrorism force and better regulation of religious schools. >> there is an anti-money laundering ordinance that has never been enacted into law. i think that should be done. similarly, on education, the madrasaas. >> pakistan has for years been accused of supporting armed groups, pakistani taliban.

since the december 16th attack on the school, that military presence has increased. other efforts are being made. charles stratton, al jazeera, pakistan. >> as far as the military courts, they are only for two years and this is how much of the political parties have agreed. restricted to hard criminals, trormsvery hawrt hard terrorist. i think the government has given them full assurance and so had

the army leadership. actually, it was the army leadership that was forced to have these courts in the past, because the civilian leadership has not been able to sentence these people. so i think they had to take some stloord measures. let's hope that -- extraordinary%. let's hope the country is able to sort of really attack the problem of insurgency in the country. but they will have to maintain sustained for a long time. >> against the al qaeda and the taliban, u.s. president barack obama has used his christmas

mission to comment. >> in just a few days, our responsibility will come to an end, we're able to gather with family and friends because our troops are willing to hug theirs good-bye and step forward to serve. >> u.s.-led forces entered afghanistan, the ufs military presence in afghanistan shrinks, quealal qaeda is reestablishing contacts in that country. jennifer glasse has the story. >> taliban fighters in the valley below keep the soldiers confined to the roads and their bases. they control the country side. >> there are al qaeda training centers about 20, 25 kilometers

away from us. that's too far for us to launch operations because we don't have access to any support. >> that mission is ending and only a small support force remains in the country but not here. the soldiers say al qaeda soldiers reestablish their camps because they know the afghan army can't reach them. >> translator: if we had artillery or tanks, guns, we could destroy them. >> reporter: admit queald is s here because of 13 years of war. >> i think we still have a mission to continue. >> but that mission will be left to afghan forces and it won't be easy. one reason is al qaeda fighters

have intermarried with local afghan, bringing them further authority. >> if they have grandchildren on al qaeda bases then of course they support them. >> as for now, control much of this rugged terrain as possible but they know they're in an uphill battle now that they are on their own. >> joining us live, very good to have you with us on al jazeera. so the nato commander says other armed groups remain, and what will that mission look like after most u.s. and nato forces leave in just a few days? >> actually, it is -- we are at the moment that we are paying the price of the two transitions that still ongoing and one of

them is the security that international forces are leaving afghanistan and giving a lot of vacuums and a lot of shored accommodation behind for the fledgling security forces. afghan security forces showed a very strong strength on the battle ground on the infantry forces, but unfortunately they have a lot of shortage one of them is the artillery, the other is the year force. so these all gaps will create a kind of space for al qaeda and taliban to maneuver and gain territory. >> the former u.s. commander in afghanistan actually did warn that the taliban would seek to destabilize once the u.s. battle force ended. can the administration achieve what karzai's couldn't,

especially these shortfalls that you spoke of, including the pull up of u.s. and nato troops? >> actually, the new administration so far is still struggling to fulfill our truth, the political transition. the new government does not have it's cabinet after three months of the new so-called national unity government. so i mean it's a joint fight against terrorism. it is not only as far as the ghofgovernment but the internatl forces in the coalition, if they all get together and find the shortcomings and analyze the realities on the ground of course they can. but so far we haven't seen a good indication that this new government even our international forces,

international allies to go do something different, what the previous government of president dykarzai did. >> thank you very much for your time. we have lots more to come this news hour. rising from the ruins we vote indonesia's ache province. and will lebron james good a warm welcome from the heat wx raul details. heat? raul details.

palestinian, hamas says the man was a member of monitoring unit in southern gaza. israeli officials say one of its soldiers was hit and now in serious condition. jordan continues to do all it can to retake its air force pilot shot down and captured by islamic state of iraq and the levant. >> his plane came down outside the syrian city of raqqa. a symbol of heroism and sacrifice. >> will take all steps needed in

order to secure his coming home to his family. >> this is the first coalition jet to crash in i.s.i.l. held territory. evidence shows i.s.i.l. did not shoot down the jordanian jet. their pilots and crews have performed exceptionally well over the course of this campaign. we strongly support the efforts, to ensure his safe recovery and will not tolerate i.s.i.l.'s attempts to exploit this unfortunate aircraft crash. there are former iraqi forces capable of shooting down this aircraft.

>> they need some skill to shoot down an airplane this that regard but as a source said that's held the i.s.i.l. responsible for the safety and the life of the pilot. >> reporter: this latest incident will have major imlekszs for the u.s. led air campaign. his father has made a district appeal to i.s.i.l. for his mercy. randolph noogel, al jazeera. israeli police say among arrested are several trt party of foreign minister avadil lieberman. funds have been allegedly transferred to those on the border. months before general election. akiva is joining us live, very

good to have you with us on al jazeera. are you able to tell us who exactly is in custody? >> right now, this morning, the police has added a new guest, senior official that works for israeli lieberman's party. there is a former minister, minister of tourism, an other people involved with fgos and officials of this -- with ngos and officials in this party . the deputy minister who is the most senior israeli official that is involved is not right

now in prison because she enjoys immunity. otherwise i think the police would have to host her as well. >> and given that members of israeli beta-tnu party are being arrested, the police's decision to make this investigation public? >> i believe that it will make it a bit more difficult for leading parties such as even the lecud and the labor party to have it lieberman to be a senior member in the new coalition, in the new government. turns out that lieberman is emerging in the elections if you see what he said just a few days ago, it was headlines in ours had a he criticized netanyahu's

policy and he called for a political initiative that israel should improve its relations with its neighbors as well as europeans and americans. he put himself in the middle so he will be available for any coalition and even being a possible king maker. he was mentioned as a candidate to become the next prime minister as the black host that without him both lecud from the right will not be able to form a coalition. what he is doing is posing himself as the underdog. because of the timing now, that this is not the time to come up with those major arrests with such a high media profile.

>> all right, that's akiva ellis, very good to have your thoughts on al jazeera, thank you. now, the iraqi army says it has captured a location held by islamic state of iraq and the levant, separate offensive has reported reply begun in the neighboring sala hadin province. kurdish fighter fighters appeare regaining ground in area that has been under i.s.i.l. control since august. in the areas held by i.s.i.l. the attacks targeted the towns of al kabasin and al abab.

one child appears to be among the dead. judge had. >> opposed to this video which they say shows the aftermath of the attack. ten people mostly children have reportedly been injured in these attacks. cilgd children and injured many others on tuesday. human rights watch has said nearly 100,000 people are trapped inside the al waiz neighborhood. zen ah khoddeanzeina khodr repo. >> the government wants the fighters inside to lay down

their arms but the opposition wants guarantees. >> translator: the government wants defectors to hand themselves in. i'm an army defector and there are others like me. what guarantee do we have that they won't harm us? >> after what it calls reconciliation deals, the rebels say they have to convenient dur because the districts were besieged by months. >> government attacks have intense certified there since ceasefire took place in september. many others who fled from conflict zones are living here and growing i increasingly desperate. judge even when we were able to bring in supplies the government

took advantage of our situation and the government wants these fighters to leave and want this situation to end. >> the shelling has had devastating consequences on the civilians there. we believe that the people and not the fighters of anwar are engaged in fighting. but it has to resolve ry restorg state sponsored situations in alwar. zeina khodr, alwar, bay route. the mayor of berkeley, missouri says the shooting

incident is different than other dets in missouri and nearby brooklyn. shiia brittanzi reports. >> proarts were quicprotesters o gather at the scene. >> the individual that had the firearm backed away, turned back around, officer engaged him in conversation again then the individual produced a pistol with his arm straight out, pointing at the officer from across the hood of the police car. at that point, the officer produced his service weapon and fired what we think at this point is three shots.

>> surveillance video produced by the police shows the body of the victim from a distance. the protest against what they say is excessive use of force by police officers. and a lack of accountability, young black men are killed at a rate 21 times as much as young white men by police. killing of two police officers in brooklyn over the pit the wy a gunman. >> it is necessary not to let that action become the face of this whole series of events because it's still young black men that are taking a beating and getting shot and in fact cops are relatively safe.

>> the swift reaction and holding a press conference following the latest shootings, however it's not clear whether the official account of what happened at this berkeley petrol station will be justified. >> "the interview," sony pictu pictures previously cancelled the release, r. >> president michel marteli, resignation earlier this about

month because of ongoing protests. >> the parents of the 43 missing students in mexico, david mercer reports. >> it's the kind of message no parents wants to give. -- no irnt p parent wants to gi. mothers and fathers of mexico's missing students reflecting on their first christmas without their children. in a country where family comes first, the holiday message is a grim reminder of how families continue to suffer. in september, 43 students were an deducted by police in southwestern mexico.

the police handed them over to a local drug gang. they haven't been seen since. months of protests followed. and while the government claims gang members incinerated the students their parents refuse to give up hope. throughout the country, mexicans continue to make vigils in memory of the students and to demand justice. on december 26th, hundreds of people will meet with the parents here, before marching down mexico city's main afternoon, forcing authorities yet again to hear their voices. it's this kind of stubborn insistence that makes this demonstration unique. could be a catalyst for change. >> i just think this has in a way provided us with a very tragic wrid o window of opportuo share this pain with the parents but to realize that this is

something the whole country is going through. >> just hours before christmas eve some of the parents arrive at the home of the mexican president, another act to show their solidarity and break the silence. >> we will not rest until they find them. today christmas doesn't exist because there's somebody important who's missing this each family. we capita can't say happy chriss because there's so much pain in all of us. >> parents of mexico's 43 missing students determined that their children will not being be forgotten. >> rob is on the weather. ten years on from the tsunami. >> satellite picture exactl exay

where these things have happened. this is western java, legacy flooding. it's at least waist-the deep but of course, we will be thinking of ten years ago in banda ache. 150 millimeters of rain in the last ten days. that's still going to be the focus, peninsula, malaysia, northwest sumatra. it is just off sumatra, cool cool cool la

lum purr. >> in one of the world's worst hit countries. and south america's grandest cities, many are afraid buenos aires is under threat. ♪

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>> good to have you with us. i'm elizabeth kronham in doha. israeli police say those arrested include several from the foreign minister avedol lieberman. prime minister nawaz sharif says terrorism cases will now be tried by military courts. and jordan says it will do all it can to free one of its fighter pilots taken by i.s.i.l. near the yr syrian stronghold of raqqa. it's been ten years since one of the world averages natural

disasters happened. step vassan finds the community still rebuilding. >> ten years and more than 130,000 houses were rebuilt. 1700 schools and 3700 kilometers of road. ache is back to life, ten years after disaster struck. more bustling and alive than before. but to many it still feels like yesterday, that moment, december 26th when the waves hit. >> the last thing my child screamed was mommy and i held her as tight as possible. i went down with her for more than one hour. the only sound i could hear on

the water was sounds of banging. >> i meet her again ten years later. not only did she lose her baby, most of her family, including her husband and parents, died. two days after the tsunami she showed me the body of her dead sister e.da. >> sitting here i can clearly see the face of my sister lying >> reporter: the tsunami was a g time ago, but it feels like it just happened. >> sofrisa was only nine years old when the stuf tsunami killer parents. she wrote a poem.

>> as a city of peace and welfare my lovely lov lovely ac. >> now 19-year-old sufrisa says her words will come true. she says she wants to look at the future. >> in these last ten years if i compare the situation before and now, there are many changes. now ache is very beautiful. we have lost many things we have recess are recollected. >> she studies english and wants to become a television producer. she lives there with her new husband and three-year-old daughter. an international aid organization paid for her study and now she works as a nurse. >> i always wonder why i'm still alive while my baby and sister

died next to me. this question keeps haunting me. i think there must be a reason for this. maybe i have become a chance to become a better person. >> reporter: new lives have started but the dark images of the past will stay with them forever. a stark reminder ais this boat pushed by the waves five kilometers inland. by preserving it as a museum, ache wants to show the world that even the worst disaster can be overcome. step vasson. al jazeera, ache. >> more from step from ache on friday. and minel fernandez in sri lanka. a worker at the centers for disease control in atlanta is being monitored for ebola. came in contact with a small

amount of the virus that had not been activated. the worker will be monitoring for 21 days. >> in sierra leone, the government has declared a five day lock down to step up the efforts to control the epidemic. the only exception, the workers will be allowed to attend christmas services. >> all around, there are reminders that the ebola virus remains a threat. in the north of the country, scenes like these are impossible. the government is declared a five day lock down. but even in free town somewhere where such restrictions aren't in place, christmas celebrations are muted. >> we are not enjoying this festival. we are just trying to work hard for our children so they will have something to eat for a day. we can't enjoy ourselves through a mere suffering like this. >> reporter: the government has also announced more travel

restrictions and ban on travel in the new year. in neighboring liberia more than 3,000 people have been killed by ebola and where the number of new infections this the country is going down. even so, the people have not much to celebrate. >> because of ebola, my family, my kids, i cannot go out. that was with me all day. >> unlike liberia the ebola virus in sierra leone is still spredding in somspreading in so. victoria gatenby, al jazeera. christmas celebrations have

been dampened by fear and loss. reporting from the capital abu abuja, bans in place to safeguard against more attacks. >> the family is preparing for christmas but there is sadness and apprehension here. four of their children died in a bomb attack on a catholic church on christmas day three years ago. >> especially spe if i see those my children's friends. and when it comes to my mother. affected because i have got too many questions. i ask my children, they went to church with me, this happened to

me. >> she survived because she missthe morning last the bomber targeted that day. she admits it's hard getting by without her four sisters. >> we come together, lived together, facechallenges together. and we together, we just wonder if i had a good time with them. >> the four children were among victims of the 2011 attack buried here in the compound of the san theresa catholic church. rebecca is also a victim. she misses her daughter. for the first time her family will be marking christmas without 17-year-old sarah more than the 219 kidnapped chibok

girls kidnapped by boko haram. >> it's very panful but it is very little we can do about our situation. my heart breaks, they all miss their sister. >> the family struggles through the pain and there is little joy around here this christmas. thousands of others are displaced by boko haram's web of violence. many of them in camps for displaced persons. and until the security situation in the country improved, they could be there for a long time. mohamed itris, al jazeera, energize. >> al jazeera continues to call for the release of its imprisoned journalists for 360

days. it's been 25 years since nic nickolai choai december 21st, 1. with glasnost sweeping the nation. one of the crowning moments of his downfall. ordered the demonstrations to be broken up by force if necessary but the old regime was finished. >> the whole country was wound, decap tate the communist pyramid. >> these were dangerous days for

all involved. >> between 20th and the 25th of december i was between two fighting squads. some groups knew i was against them but other groups didn't know i was with them. >> on christmas day a special military tribunal was queend a . 25 years on it's a museum. the rooms preserved exactly as they were. >> immediately after it, he and his wife were half carried half dragged out here, lined up against the wall. the paratroopers opened fire, the dictator and his wife dead. >> crucial in the history of romania, he was gone, second and third ranked communists stayed

in power and they led us to the situation we are in now. >> certainly didn't bring an economic boom. the man who followed, said romania was already far behind its neighbors. >> from the most developed countries of europe we made a lot of steps, a lot of progress, but still remain in the in comparison with other european countries. >> the average wage is actually half now in money terms of what it was back in 1989. although buying power is 25% higher. the country joined the european union in 2007 and romania's skilled and educated 30 to

40-year-olds. more than 60% turnout for voting in the recent presidential election and faith in a democracy earned through bloodshed remains strong. paul brennan, al jazeera, bucharest. >> now, a group of residents in argentina's capital buenos aires says it's at threat. lucia newman explains. >> it's often referred to as the paris of the americas, with its stunning 18th and 19th century european architecture, argentina's exam buenos aires is considered as a jewel. fellow activates from an ngo called no more demolitions take a petition to the city council

to try oto freercht the destruction of whato prevent whl heritage. >> the courts ordered the city to restore the original cobblestones. >> stopping work on a metro station, or a french plaza that would have facilitated access to a nearby shopping mall. >> now the city government is suing us for damages for the 24 million pac pesos it cost them o stop construction for seven months. >> these late 19th century lifts represent the dilemma when thbetween the old and the new.

the older ones cost a lot more to fix and they are slower. but there's no question that they have more charm and that they can get you to where you're going but it's a fine balancing act says the city's top architect. >> the preference of th preservd must be selective. it is not just valuable because it's old, it's valuable because of its quality. >> for example, the recently renovated 19th century art nouveau gallery, looks like the finist in venice. nonetheless, even the staunchest conservationist would agree. that past is not smothered in

the race to the future. lucia newman, al jazeera. a lot to come. wild ginseng is bringing one of the world's most depressed economies back to life. commemoration 100 years on. >> wild american ginseng is

popular because of its medicinal

properties. now it's reviving an economy in the u.s. john hendren reports. in appalachia. >> it's called appalachiacola gold. >> dodging copperhead snakes in what some call the most lucrative legal hern o herb on . >> sometimes they stay in the ground ten to 12 years before they come up. >> chinese value the herb as a l remedy, consumers pay more for wild north american variety. >> most of the dried market goes to china and chinese consumers

prefer that wild root because it has deep rings on there, grown slower, so they feel like in their philosophy it's gotten more energy more information from other earth. >> these ten pound boxes hold more than $5,000 worth of ginseng. this plant is too young to pick. you pick it at this age and it won't reseed. but something like this, a digger could get $40 for this but could be worth thousands by the time it reaches markets like korea. coal miners whose shafts have shut down and poachers on private and government land, some limit to prevent overharvesting. >> all of this was ginseng from the prior season.

>> natural resource officers confiscated more than 190 pounds of illegally dug ginseng, worth more than $180,000, grown in country of the few climates on earth that can sustain it. >> kentucky's got the right soil, it could be god's place, because the climate around here is poor but if you work at it and keep trying you come out. >> here in poor appalachia, many are happy to get by from gifts of the soil. john hendren, big creek, kentucky. >> raul. >> it's been 100 years since there was an apparent outbreak of peace. british troops lay down their arms to play a game of football in no man's land.

>> commemorated through this 100th anniversary year but it's the apparent outbreak of apeace and goodwill, during christmas day 1914, that stood out in the moment. a ceasefire in the trenches and a game of football between troops in no man's land. >> it's probably the only time in any history of the world that you had two conflicting armies lay down their arms and be friends. such a unique, extraordinary moment. ♪ >> reenactments have taken place around the world, including the battle grounds of germany belgium. united in football again. >> we have many days to commemorate this year, beginning of world war of world war i.

>> during a lull in fighting and certainly before the the serious fighting began, when a ball is available, sport took place. >> the power of the story of a christmas truce last been utilized by advertisers in the u.k. such as supermarket chain. well received by some of the british public. but others question the integrity of companies attaching themselves to such a poignant event, and describing this as one football match between opponents, some football having taken place but that was only a small part of an extraordinary truce. >> the main thing, christmas

day, swapping food, badges, buttons and also burying the dead from those attacks. that was a major part of it and then repairing the trench lines. these are people who say thanks othough who serve their country was captured when hundreds of thousands of people bought poppies for an unforgettable memorial at the tower of london. the christmas true story provides an opportunity to provide understanding and empathy for those who are gone but not forgotten. new generations do want to believe and celebrate this incredible day in 1914. which provided brief respite, hope and humanity for millions who suffered on the battlefields. lee wells, a wellings, al jazee, london. new managerial job, he

replaces a man sacked on tuesday, zola ended his playing career at his home town in 2005 and has since coached west ham and walford. lebron james returns to south beach for the first time since signing with the compleestleclevelandcavaliers. >> exciting game for our fans, from the standpoint of this being christmas, and this is the first time, the weirdness awkwardness that it could be. >> cricket australia batsman, hopes they won't try to swat again, two-nil lead in the four

match series. mitchell johnson came out in the second test but help the aussies win. 88 runs from just 93 balls. >> there are homes that they don't. but for us it is about getting in our contest and that's what it's like. go out and bat and at the moment it's working and we saw the other day mitchell johnson, a silly mistake to make and it backfired on him. >> meanwhile south africa are set to play their first on friday. injured quinnton lecompt. south africa have only fielded five black players in history. last test match in 2009. and international cricket will return to christchurch on friday for the first time since

2011 earthquake. two match series, earthquake killed almost 200 people and destroyed both the city's rugby and cricket venue. for more sports on our website check out aljazeera.com. more later. >> to hong kong where there's been a mad scramble for cash after an am mored van spilled 4.5 million u.s. dollars on the motor way. police say the driver was oblivious to the fact the van's back door was open. officials ask for help in tracing the cash. anybody who fails to respond may be committing a crime. that's it for me from doha.

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