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cards use being crimea as they suspends train trains and busese peninsula. plus. how africa's fashion industry is booming, thanks to young professionals hungry for modern designs. ♪ ♪ hello, it was one of the worst natural disasters in human history. 10 years on mourners have paused to remember the hundreds of thousands of lives lost in the indian ocean tsunami. in india, where more than 16,000 people were killed, a individual remembered the hundreds taken from its community. when in thailand, survivors, families and dignitaries gathered around a police boat that washed two-kilometers in land and stands as a memorial to the 5,000 lives lost there. we have correspondents in thailand and show lan car. but first step in i understand yeaindonesia ican't.

>> reporter: survivors gather in prayer. the indonesian province hardest hit by the tsunami. nearly 107,000 victims of remembered. she lost two children and, her mother. >> translator: our thoughts about our families stay with us forever. i was head of the school then. and over 300 students, only 70 survived. >> reporter: in show lan ca the them your telshow lan slowlan as in a train. she was together with her brother and uncle that died. >> the water was up to my neck when i got out of the carriage through a window. i was swept way by a huge wave but an old man grabbed me and we float odd a window frame. >> reporter: in thailand, memorials for foreign tourists who paralyzed in the disaster.

in the village 1,000 northern people were remembered. mostly migrant workers from myanmar. people across the region united by those horrifying moments a decade ago. to many it feels like it just happened yesterday. although they have moved on, the pain remains. in 10 years the i understand neaindonesianprovince was been d but they fear for another strike. although the government believes lessons have been learned. >> translator: a disaster can be overcome by changing the culture. i think after the tsunami many have learned that there will be less victims next time. they know that they have to runaway or go to higher ground. what we sill need t still need s earthquake prone housing. >> reporter: while still in pain and grief. they thanked the world for its generosity, more than $7 billion was donated. money used to turn the war and disaster stricken province in to a better flies start a new life.

step, al jazerra. let's take close are look now at how the tragedy unfolded. it began off i understand year n type with a earth 9.3 magnitude wave struck beneathed sea. i want near as what hardest hid followed by slo sri lanka and thailand. i want i can't, myanmar, malaysia and the maldives suffered also. and so did somalia across the indian ear. bangladesh, yemen, kenya and south africa had minor damage and some loss of life. australia, iman and madagascar had minor damage but no lives lost. at least 228,000 people were killed among the victims thousands of foreign tourists, response was colossal. around $14 billion was raised internationally, that included an unprecedented $6.25 billion in individual donation to his a u.n. fund.

tsunami killed tens of thousands of people in is slow sri lanka. >> reporter: the seas here in southern show lan ca the scene of a ca a catastrophe when the tsunami hit 10 years ago, a service take place behind me to remember the nearly 5,000 people who were killed when the title wave hit. a southbound train it was packed, basically it stopped just down the road when the first wave hid. with the lag time it hitting the east side, the message did not get conveyed to this part country the train left just to get engulfed in waters. even the have a i thinkers scrambled in the train despite advice not to do so. the train a mass i can structure of steel would. [ inaudible ] it was not the case. the massive wall of water just

whack million dollar to that train and from what we hear it just keeled over like a match box. rendering it a watering grave for the hundreds of people that were on board. now, today this monument you see behind me is basically a monument to remember and 500 people's bodies who were not claimed buried in a mass grave behind me. and people have used this monument to come and pay their respects to offer prayers and remember that fateful day when people went under. in my land paying tribute to people that died there many beam opeople on vacation. >> reporter: it's been called the world's first global disaster. the tsunami of 2004 came in here in thailand, devastating this entire region. and among the fatalities, were 50 national al a50 national adve

part because this is area is a tourist destination. in this beach resort alone something like 540 swedes were killed. the swedish government just held a memorial. for them it's as much at national tragedy as it is for thailand. now, looking back on the last 10 years, if you and tourists, who come back to pay their respects, and local residents who are making their living off the tourism industry, they will all say that the memory is as sharp and painful as if it happened yesterday. but they will also say that business is better, living up to the slogan that the humanitarian community were using at the time of the tsunami. they said they wanted to build back better. and this place, which was a kind of sleepy fishing village back

then, is now fully formed commercial proposition. it's very busy. there are many tourists who are coming here. so in that sense, things are better than they were before the tsunami. but there is also a lot of very painful individual stories. it was an events thatter revokebly changed lives right around the world. the region commemorateth tsunami is currently suffering heavy flooding which has displaced 100,000 people. the tie government has declared eight of eights he southern cities to be disaster zones affecting more than one hound 80,000 households. in malaysia's neighboring northern states 100,000 people have been moved to safety after some of the worst monsoon rains in 40 year old. pressure social media has forced the prime minister to return from his hawaiian holiday to

deal with the crisis. the high levels of flood water and continuing bad weather have hammehampered rescue efforts. the attack on cctv happened after the prayers it the mosque. the man fled after wounding the officers. the site is considered hole foy both juice and muslims, a series of attacks in the area during recent months. israel has given preliminary approval to the building of 243 new homes on west bank land that's an exit to jerusalem. it's also advanced plans for another 270 homes in the same area. this on the day israel's supreme court ordered the demolition of a jewish settlement build in the west bank nearly 20 years ago. some homes were destroyed by israeli police in 2006.

sparking violence at the site. the court says the last must be evacuated within two years because it was built on without the israeli government's's approval. a legal expert says the demolition order is a step in the right direction. >> within the israeli context it's very important. although if we look at that time from a pa palestinian point of w it doesn't bring about a big change or major change, also from ants international point of view, specialsly from the point of view international law this ruling is too little and too late. we are talking about one outpost out of many outposts in the west bank and a lot of settlements that were built illegally under international law. yet in the israeli discourse, this is still very important. it shows some active approach on the side of the israeli supreme

court especially under the current leadership of the chief justice of the is reel i supreme court who was believed to be very conservative and who was appointed by the current it rally government that thought that he would be supportive of its actions in the west bank and nobody thought in this chief justice and that his leadership. the supreme court of israel itself even would rule outpost as illegal. the your honor says it's carried out 31 air strikes against the islamic state of the los angeles wrapped of iraq and syria on friday. including in the northern iraqi town of sinjar. sinjar was captured by isil in august, trapping thousands of members of the i can't geed i religion my or at this. kurdish forces captured towns and villages around it. syrian government air strikes are said to have killed several people in the refugees camp south of damascus. there has been fighting in the area since thursday since forces loyal to president bashar al-assad and opposition

fighters. activists say the air strikes hit mostly residential neighbors. the camp has been under siege for more than two years. meanwhile, residents of the once busy neighborhood of damascus have abandoned the area. it's been hit by near daily shelling to three yearsing earlier this year u.n. inspectors confirmed rockets that landed there in august 2013 conserved the nerve agent sarin. since then most have fled and the town has been relose reduceo rebel. more than 9 million people have fled their home, turkey, iraq, jordan and lebanon. now the hleb need government which hosts more than 1.1 mill syrians have decided to do titers checks on those entering the country. zeina reports on the struggle for syrians entering lebanon. >> reporter: they wait for hours and sometimes their relatives don't arrive. it's harder now for syrians to

enter lebanon, this is the main border checkpoint between the two countries, just a few weeks ago 15,000 people used to cross back and forth every day. the number has dropped significantly. the government in lebanon has impressed stricter conditions because it can no longer cope. it says only those who have a humanitarian reason or those escaping fighting can enter. but there doesn't seem to be a clear policy. >> in practice, at the time what we were hearing was or did trier i policies by general security. the security agents in charge of the borders and ironically letting those in looking like they were coming in to the weekend that were not desperate or humanitarian cases. >> reporter: it's hard to confirm this when we are denied access to the immaterial games office. syrian that his do cross are scared to speak openly. but privately tell you about the difficulties in what some call discriminatory treatment. this family wanted to go to syria for a visit, but if they did, the lebanese authorities told them that they would never be able to come back.

so on they didn't go. officials say a person who goes back and forth won't be considered a displaced person. a local official justified these measures particularly after some syrians were involved in attacks and bombings in lebanon. >> translator: lebanon is under a lot of pressure, we can't absorb more people. it has been four years, now, for example, men in their 2 are now allowed in because of the security problems. >> reporter: the refugees don't just pose an internal threat, there are those that come find work and work for less, leaving many lebanese without jobs. not all of the more than 1 million syrian refugees entered lebanon from here. in the first years of the conflict, many people were using illegal smuggling routes because they wanted to avoid syrian army checkpoints. that has now changed. the hleb need and syrian armies have managed to close most of those illegal routes. so this crossing is a a lifeline for syrians who for decades were able to come and go

freely. notices become a defense line to protect itself from who is on the other side. synzeina khodr. a turkish teen i thin teenan leased after allegedly insulting erdogan. he feels held for a day. he's accused of state that go students don't regard erdogan as president while speaking at a small rail. he referred to a corruption scandal which has implicated mechanics of the erdogan family. he still faces up to four years in prison if charged and convicted. there is now 363 days, almost a year, since three al jazerra journal assists were detained in egypt. bahar mo happened he should mohamed fahmy and peter greste were jailed over false allegations that his they helped the outlawed muslim brotherhoods they are appealing their sentences. mohamed and peterson tense today seven year, bahar an extra three because he had a spent bullet in his possession which he picked

up at a protest. still do to him. doctors in ireland given permission to switch off the life support machine keeping a clinically dead woman alive because she's prep pregnant. and the double hacking attacks targeting microsoft and sony's online gaming services. prosecution that there was no evidence >> al jazeera america presents lockerbie part two: case closed

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wavewaves pummeling the coast cs of 14 countries. i raise's court has ordered the destruction of a set: settlt saying it was built without government approval. air strikes in syria have killed several people in a refugees camp south of damascus. italian ma navy says it's rescued about 103,300 migrants late on christmas day. the local media reports that a nigerian woman gave birth on board one of the vessels. a day early at least a thousand other migrant were rescued by the italian navy. a major exchange of war prisoners involving ukrainian troops and pro russian rebels has report bid begun, following ideal struck at talks in belarus, the exchange would be the largest by far in the

8-month war. it involves more than 200 pro-russian gunmen and 150 ukrainian troops, they were working on a broader deal that would encompass a ceasefire. it comes as ukraine's state rail companies suspends trains to crimea. they say cargo trains will be suspended as of friday. passenger routes would wind down. they say routes would be cut off. it's not clear how long the suspension will last. or what the specific security concerns are. and thes visa and mastercary they can no locker be used in crimea. they have stopped companies from investigating in companies or firms registered there. ray brawl has broken out in georgia's pa parliament. it started during at argument

about the competition of georgian delegations overseas, some m.p.s everybody tore microphones from their desk to his use as weapons. in ireland doctors have been given permission to switch off a life support machine keeping a clinically dead pregnant woman alive. the 26-year-old woman suffered a head injury earlier this month. under irish law her 18 week old fetus has the same constitutional rights as the mother. but in a landmark ruling, the high court said keeping her alive would deprive her of dignity in death and subject her family to unmanageable distress. from durham law school and skwro*eupbts joins us from ireland, thanks very much indeed for being with us, does this case set any kind of precedent? >> it's difficult to tell precisely what kind of precedent it sets. the decision was based very much on the medical circumstances in the case. with the court finding that there was a consensus by the seven medical experts who gave

evidence early he earlier this week that it was a certainty that the fetus would not be able to be born alive. and therefore that the fetal right to life would not be violated by turning off the the somatic care. if we go beyond the particular circumstances of this case, there are interesting things in the judgment that have implications beyond this particular set of circumstances. so, for example, the court found that this woman in fact was dead as she had suffered a brain stem death on the third of december and had been on life support since then, so while she had a right to choose dignity in death she did not have a right to life. and the right to life of the unborn child which is the term used by the irish constitution was preeminent over her right to dignity. although that right had to also be taken in to account.

so one could foresee perhaps future case where his a pregnancy might be further along in gestation or closer to the point at which the unborn child could be born alive. and the court stressed this is not about whether the child would be born with any, the phrase they used was impairments. >> it's not about quality of live. it's simply about whether the fetus could be born alive. so they could foresee cases further on in pregnancy where a fetus might be born alive there was a chance of it and where a woman who what dead might be sent artificially alive effectively to support the life of the fetus. >> i suppose for people that don't know the set up in ireland. the root of the decision to keep her alive in the first case seemed to be based on the fear of the doctors being prosecuted if they made the wrong decision. that a favor assessment? >> yeah, that's quite right. the medical professionals in this case testified that they simply weren't sure whether they

were legally permitted to turn off the life support care or n not. if doing so they didn't know if they would be committing a criminal offense this is because abortion is extremely highly regulateed in ireland. it's not an an abortion case, of course it's not. but it's highly regulated it. can only be permitted that a process has been undertaken showing that the life of a pregnant woman was at risk and it could only be averted by abortion. even though it was not about abortion there would have been a serious caution on the part of doctors about turning off life support. >> thank you very much indeed for talking to us. >> thank you. africa's fashion industry is experiencing a boom. the continue next is home to some of the world's fastest growing economies and has a rapidly growing population of young professionals spending more on cloth, from tan is knee,

a erica wood reports. >> reporter: a savvy young professional who has a growing following amongst east africa's fashion conscious. >> jumpsuit. and very simple dresses. >> reporter: her operation is small, but she has big hopes hoo one day sale in large retail stores. her clients are young professionals hungry for modern fashion but with a local flavor. >> with a dressy keep it simple as sort of a modern simple dress but with an african prints. >> reporter: from the rap to the runway, slowly but surely, after can fashion is growing from the inside out. the found are of this swahili fashion week says there has been a boom in the industry in the past five years, that's because designers can now more easily

grow a following on the internet. and because of the increasing number of fashion shows to showcase their garments. >> any country's talents has to be appreciated. at the end of the day, fashion is a business. and we have to grow the industry. >> reporter: africa's economy is expanding at an average of 4% each year. and it has the world's biggest youth population. according to the world bank, there are 200 million people between the ages of 15 and 25. in subsaharan south africa. and that's set to double in the next thir 30 years. that means a big available workforce for a domestic text tile industry and hopefully for these fashion designers a big middle class that can buy their clothes. saying it's time the world stopped seeing africa through stereo types and instead as a legitimate place of business and design. >> we are just not famine or

ebola or something. we are modern, you know, we have huge resources, we have the richness of the culture, we have the richness of our clothing. >> reporter: he says it will be a long road to get her on power with other bigger fashion hubs like new york or pair is by designers are already on their way making a name for themselves one stitch at a time. erica wood, al jazerra. claiming responsibilities for two of the web's biggest gaming services, user of xbox life and play station network experienced problems on christmas day. xbox is now up but play station off line for a second day in another blow not japanese he entertainment giants. kim vinnell has more. >> reporter: for many of gamers this christmas was an anxious affair. having readied themselves for some serious holiday screen time. many found that while trying to

connect to play online, they hit a wall. sony's play station and microsoft's xbox live networks both apparently the target of a cyber attack. a group of hackers calling themselves lizard squad say they are the ones to blame. a quick scroll of their twitter page shows them reveling in the attention. this is by no means the first major hack of the gaming network, but it remains a serious concern for a multi billion dollars industry. many high end systems like the newer play stations cost more to manufacture than they are sold for. the expectation that profits will be made with the sale of games. so caming companies have a lot to lose when security is breached and gamers are put off. >> hackers are very -- they have a lot of techniques. they are going to use or can use. and you don't know where the attack is always coming from. so that's part of the problem.

so it's very difficult to defend against. >> reporter: the attack comes at a sensitive time. with movie goers across the u.s. lining up for the release of the interview. the comedy about a plot to kill north korea's leader kim jong un. sony initially said it was going to delay the film's release after an unprecedented hacking attack. the u.s. blamed north korea. they in turn denied responsibility. china, north korea's only major ally, is now urging pyongyang to take the film's release lightly. >> translator: we hope that the relevant side can main tame calm and exercise restraint and appropriately deal with the issue. >> reporter: security experts say there are now more cyber attacks and the attitudes of cyber criminals are changing. they say hackers are becoming boulder. spurred on by a sense of immunity. hidden behind computers across the globe. governments, courses and

increasingly consumers are becoming their victims, kim vinnell. al jazerra. plenty more for you any time on our website, the address foe that is aljazerra.com. and you can watch us by clicking on the watch live icon.