crushing into somebody's chest. >> what is the number one cause of death for police officers? >> suicide. talking climate change. the president of france is in china, the world's largest carbon emitter. also coming up on the program a rare cyclone is bearing down on the yemeni islands. european union, it's not union. record numbers of refugees arrive in europe with volunteers helping in greece.

censorship in indonesia. writers want to break the silence about the country's dark past but the government has other ideas. the french president is beefing up efforts to find global support for a comprehensive climate deal ahead of a major summit in paris. he is on the second trip to china for the meeting that begins later this month is aiming for a deal to slow the rise in temperatures. >> translation: the climate is the biggest question facing us all. it will determine peace in the coming decades. it will equally decide the quality of life and even life. we would like the president and myself to make a declaration ahead of the upcoming paris summit. this will commit both our

countries to a deal, but will also be seen as the foundation of an agreement in paris rob mcbride joins us now. tell us what you have been hearing. has this visit been a success. >> reporter: well, that is the culmination of this two days of talks at this 21 point declaration which hallande will no doubt see as being a success. he can go back to france saying they have the support of china which is the world's biggest carbon producer behind it. so that will counted for a lot. there is not a huge amount of detail in this said declaration. we are seeing the kinds of things are being said before as climate change is the biggest challenge facing humanity, et cetera. we are seeing some specifics. for example, the costs of fixing climate change. one of the declarations says that a hundred billion u.s. dollars per year should be found by the with developed world for funds to help the developing

world fix carbon emissions. we're also seeing a bit mr detail about the-- more detail about the system by which countries will be held for the amount of carbon they price and the way that they cap the amount of carbon they're producing with checks every five years. that was a specific detail which people have been looking for and will look for at the paris talks, how countries verify and stick to the commitments that they make. we are seeing the figure of five years being put in there as an are eview process. some measures are being mentioned such as non-state actors input. these are companies, provinces and cities that feel that countries aren't to example doing enough for the climate and ways of getting them on board, having these individuals take part trow try to reach some of the goals which this declaration says that the paris agreement should be ambitious and legally binding indeed. in order for that to happen,

it's clear that china's cooperation is needed, isn't it? >> reporter: well, china is by far the biggest producer of carbon. it burns half the world's coal, but we are seeing something of a sea change here. we're seeing more effort being put by china into developing renewable greener sources of energy and for this past year we saw something of a milestone. china for the first time stopped increasing the amount of coal it burns year on year. so possibly weaning itself off cheap dirty coal it drive its economy. we're also, i think, seeing a different face of china as we go into the paris talks with this commitment to the environment. you will remember, of course, that one of the last major milestones when we come to climate, that was the 2009 kopenhagen talks. china was seen as the villain of the peace, responsible for not allowing those talks to bring in

a really effective agreement. so we are possibly seeing a different face of china ahead of the paris talks thanks very much indeed for that. tropical cyclone chapala has fallen in yemen battering the coast. three people were killed and dozens more injured. the world metrology cal organisation raid the kick lone as dangerous. it is expected to weaken. our own metrology cal rob mckell. >> a part from anything else, records go back about 120 and we've never seen a psych clone make land fall in this part of yemen at all. from that point of view no one is prepared for it. let' see what it did do. 24 hours ago as a very openly obvious fully eye storm, in fact category 3 at the time, same as

a category 3 hurricane, it hit off africa. when it came off the country. winds at that point were strong, category 3 and waves of two or three metres high. the storm has since then been training dry air. it is rapidly falling a part. as an intent it is hard to see any more. it's a massive cloud. it hasn't disappeared. it still exists. the current figures are, for example, winds were gusting about 135 km/h and 115 you can heavily that in the next two or three hours because there is no more energy to drive it. the movements will fall a part before it gets to the saudi border. it leaves that legacy. when it is out at sea it has a lot of high wind - high waves i should say. this is comparison to the rainfall amount. typically in a year, and this

again is hard to get records, north of where it went on shore gets 69 millimetres of rain. the potential fallout of this storm is up to 400 millimetres. that is a year's worth of rain. no-one is ready for it. it will, of course, be disruptive thank you for that update on chapa l.a. the mayor of the greek island of lesbos says there is no more room to bury the refugees. hundreds of people have died trying to cross from turkey. from the gateway to europe nor thousands of-- for thousands of refugees. >> reporter: with all the tragedy they've seen, still the aid workers keep looking. on lesbos the sea may be calmer, but nerves are on edge. when the refugees make it a shore, the sense of relief is eau clipsd only by growing outrage >> translation: i feel a shamed that i'm a european and from

holland. i feel a big shame in this. the european union - union? it's not a union. to me it's not a union at all. >> reporter: she is one of many here committed to helping. >> translation: i saw babies dying and elderly people almost dying. i cannot imagine that you live with yourself when you - when this is your responsibility. >> reporter: the refugees, while extremely grateful for the help, know life won't get much easier any time soon. but for many choosing to say in their homeland may have been an even riskier option. >> translation: the choices between dying and the seas or dying in iraq, i take the sea. he tells me that he his wife and four children have no other choice. in iraq it's the children who were sacrificed, he says.

minimum officers and officers and presidents don't die. it's the children and the families that die. here the kids are a priority, trying to make their fear recede even if just for a few minutes. >> reporter: over 200,000 refugees arrived in europe by sea in october alone. that's the same amount that arrived in all of 2014. aid workers here believe that huge increase in numbers is because refugees are trying to make this journey before the window of opportunity closes for good. >> reporter: winter will keep them from crossing and other fear europe will prevent them from entering. while camps are built, much more still needs to be done. >> we issued a call to the european union to both sides of the straight to get more ships out there and save more people because this is going to get out

of control. >> reporter: on the beach emotions continue to ebb and flow. there is generosity all around but hardly any of it is state-sponsored. its volunteers driving these efforts. as frustrated as they are, they look for any way possible to help amnestiy has accused those involved not doing enough to stop the drowning. the latest boat carrying more than 100 refugees arrived from turkey on monday. this rescue is more than 1400 people on saturday and sunday. now, the remains of more victims from saturday's plane crash in sinai have arrived back in russia. the bodies were brought to a morgue in the city of st

petersburg. metro jet says the airport chief says more analysis needs to be done on the reason for the crash. 224 people were killed. president obama has defend his decision of sending forces into syria. it's a mere extension of what they are doing he says. in his first comment he maintains troops won't be fighting in syria, but will be working advisers and trainers. >> we have run special ops already and really this is just an extension of what we are continuing to do. we are not putting u.s. troops on the front lines fighting fire fights without i.s.i.l. but i've been consistent throughout that we are not going to be fighting like we did in iraq with a battalions and occupations. that doesn't solve the problem

the u.n. in syria has called on the government and opposition to be involved in a political solution. president's future is one of the major sticking talks. >> we have been discussing the aspects of the vienna talks. i think it is very important that everyone, syrians, should be involved and associated. so that is my duty and i'm doing it. we need some facts on the ground, some cease fire, reduction of violence. that would make a difference. that will show that the vienna atmosphere is producing effect for them coming up here on the program we will be telling you why the quality of public sector education is getting worse in africa's most populous nation.

south korea is facing problems with changing school's textbooks. textbooks. clear clear clear clear

welcome back. the top stories on al jazeera. french president is in china speaking for support of global climate deal at the upcoming summit in paris. h cyclone chapala has fallen in yemen. yemen. three people were killed and

dozens more killed. it is expected to weaken as it advances north towards the capital. the mayor of the greek island of lesbos says there's no more room to bury the drowned. the coast guard has rescued a group of cuban migrants abandoned at sea. they were left behind when their boat broke down. >> reporter: for three hours their boat was a drift. a group of 15 men and five women were found without lifestyle jackets or any-- life jackets or any kind of safety equipment. the traffickers had left them after the engine on their vessel failed. >> translation: the coast guard found the boat a drift. when an inspection was carried out we found 20 people on board. the greater surprise was when we

were shown that the people who transported them, the migrant traffickers, abandoned them in the middle of the sea. >> the recent united states has may have had the way for business in cube a. international companies are entering the market. a company has signed a deal, the first of its kind between the two countries, but cuba still is under embargo and most people there feel left out. >> translation: i left cuba because of the economy. the economy is very weak and everyone needs to follow a dream to live in a different way. everyone can own a car in other countries. in cuba you cannot have anything. the salary is very low, the economy is very weak. so everyone needs to see if they can prosper and improve economically. >> reporter: thousands of cubans take to the see each year but the problem of exploitation in the hands of traffickers only seems to be festering.

colombia have rescued 500 people off its coast in this year more than triple of that in 2014 the future of a controversial oil pipeline from canada to the u.s. gulf coast is in doubt. the trance canada - trans canada company building the key stone pipeline has been asked to suspend its project. the $8 billion has had little support from the obam a administration in the past. astronauts have been celebrate the space station. questions over its long-term future. >> reporter: 400 kilometres above the earth, seven hour space walk was spent doing maints and repairs. it's a task for the six member crew to keep the international

space station in working order in the harsh environment of outer space. mission commander scott kelly recently completed seven straight months on the station, a record for a u.s. astronaut. >> obviously, as things age over time, we're going to have more maintenance requirements, but the good news is we plan for that, we have spares on board, spare parts on board and outside. we have plans for changing those things and keeping this space station flying a long time into the future. >> reporter: as a floating space laboratory, the iss has been the scene of thousand successful experiments in the unique conditions of micro graveity. just how long the iss will remain in orbit is a political and economic question. the iss is a joint project of the u.s., russia, japan and the european union. funding for the effort, whilst stable, is not growing.

political friction between the u.s. and russia over ukraine briefly caused russia to suggest u.s. as trow noughts would not be laud to fly on its rockets, currently the only way to get to the iss. those issues have smoothed over and russia says it will continue to participate for now, but some space scientists suggest money spent on the iss might be better dedicated to a voyage to mars. >> the future of the iss is pretty certain over the next decade, but beyond 2024 then it becomes very uncertain. at some point one would have to transition resources to really focus on going beyond orbit to orbiting mars with humans or whatever the next step is here. >> reporter: perhaps the biggest accomplishment the station has made it to provide a wealth of knowledge about how the human body holds up during long stints in space. knowledge that will be essential for a successful trip to mars or

beyond. rob reynolds the president of the central african republic is calling on the u.n. to do more to end a wave of violence. it has killed at least 90 people since september. peace keepers haven't been able to stop malitias from killing each other. those behind the violence should be brought to justice. paris and nigeria is saying a lack of funding is damaging the free education. with more than 10 million children out of school, experts are predicting a crisis in the year to come. >> reporter: like many girls our age, her dream is to be a doctor. she came to this private school to chase that dream because her parents can afford it. >> this school has a good facilities of which it can guide

me towards getting my own ambition. >> reporter: at a public school, her friend is also chasing a similar dream, but she has a tougher challenge because of her parents' financial standing. >> that's what they can afford to do for me and i'm happy for that because they do all their best to see that i'med indicated. >> reporter: her parents would rather see her in a private school. facilities in public schools are either overstretched or non-existent. this is called a model public school, but it's clear the facilities here aren't as good as they are in the private sector. poor funding and repeated strike action by teachers have damaged public schools in most parts of nigeria. in some areas classes are held out in the open under trees. in theory, basic education in nigeria is free, yet students still pay fees one way or other. some suggest that government should sponsor gifted students

so they can take their places in public schools which are populated less. >> it is difficult to equate the quality of education. in the public sector, you have 17 students in a classroom. in a private school they have more. the quality will not be the same. >> reporter: officials blame long-term neglect of education but it has not reached a point of despair. >> it is a systemic problem. we are just talking in terms of relativitys, obviously, but indeed there are few places that exceptional just as you have some exceptional public schools. >> reporter: the quality of education, even in exceptional public schools is dropping. which means students whose parents can afford to send their children to private schools will continue to have an edge over public school students

the imprisonment of former malaysian opposition leader was politically motivated and illegal. that's according to a u.n. body which has reviewed the case and called for his immediate release. he was quitted of sodomy in the second time just over 10 years. he started serving a five year prison term in february. indonesians are facing censorship again after nearly two decades of democracy. an international writers festival was forced to have discussions of mass killings of commonists. [ ♪ ] >> reporter: a song of grief and discrimination. as a victim of an anti come ewe isunist. the prisoner was banded from

speaking at one of the largest writer's festival in bali. a photo of her and other victims was cancelled. >> translation: they are still trying to silence us. with this ban it is clear that openness is still far a way. i hope one day that this will change. i hope that this country will stop being like that. >> sacrificing without knowing how to fight- >> reporter: the festival has permission to refer to notes, # not objecting from 25 countries has become one of the symbols of indonesia's new freedom. this is the first time the government intervened. >> it's censorship we've never had and that is the great fear and that's the great fear on the next level for the future of the festival. >> reporter: 50 years after the communist perch, an estimated

one million people killed and the events still defy the country. freedom speech is in indonesia. all eyes are on the president to defend the democratic right. former political prisoner was forced to cancel the launch of his book, breaking the silence, with testimonys from 1965. >> translation: i am angry. i supported him because i hoped as a nonmilitary president he would have more respect for human rights. my question is now can he uphold democracy in our constitution. >> reporter: the government said it has no intention to reveal the truth about what happened in 1965. >> why should this class, you know, if it is cast, we see the pain back again and so many people here. we don't want to see that. when you forget, you forget.

everybody understand this is maybe the history of indonesia. [ ♪ ] >> reporter: victims and var serovars from 50 years ago will hold a so-called peoples tribunal next week in increase pressure on the indonesian government. so far it has reacted by banning discussions and silencing victims once again south korea's government has pushed through a controversial plan to bring in textbooks in school. the current system is undermined by biassed left-leaning textbooks. the decision has been immediate with widespread opposition. harry faucet is at a preening. >> reporter: behold, a protest outside a government building here in soul. there are several of them going on at the moment. these are people who are opposed to the government's plans to bring in its own history textbook to correct the way in the government's words, the history is taught to young

people in this country and announced its intention three weeks ago there has been the requisite period for judging public opinion. the press conference/protest has got bigger, but the government says it's going ahead as planned. >> translation: these are precious children. we should make a correct history textbook that is based on objective facts and shows the values of the constitution. >> reporter: there are currently eight history textbooks approved by the government but privately produced. the government said 7 of those 8 offers a distorted view of history. the critics of the government's opposition who include opposition parties, they include university lecturers and teepers - teachers, they say the government is trying to distort the history, a glossed over version of of the past and links

to japanese colonial period. they include the father of the current president and so some of the critics that we have spoken to says the government needs to stands down on this issue. >> translation: current history textbooks, are written in compliance with the government's guidance and subject to the government's review. even now the government has plenty of power to influence the content. >> reporter: this has been talked about in the last few weeks. it shows no way of slowing down. there are legal teams talking about possible court challenges. also more than half of the educational sprints around the country-- superintendents are talking about preparing their own textbook no matter what government says. it will continue to go on more than 30 people from 12 countries are jumping off a mountain top in china wearing

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