>> we are scared. >>...have an organized right-wing movement trying to kill others. syrian crisis, russia calls for a security council meeting on syria as some but not all the rebel groups fighting against the government gather for talks. i.s.i.l.'s weapons, a disturbing report on how well armed i.s.i.l. is and the threat that poses. donald trump's rhetoric. >> this is exactly what i.s.i.s. wants the pentagon joins the back lash against donald trump's proposal to bar muslims from

entering the u.s. saying that it could jeopardyise the fight against i.s.i.l. settling claims, why raising the flag over the embassy was the easy part of the normalizing diplomatic relations between the u.s. and cuba good evening. this is al jazeera america. we begin our international news hour with new developments in the war against i.s.i.l. for the first time russia has used a submerged submarine to launch a cruise mifl at targets in syria. it was part of a barrage of air strikes today aimed at i.s.i.l.'s strong holds in the north-west. the u.s. confirmed that russia launched at least 10 cruise mifls into syria most of them from jets and navy ships. today the security council agreed to the kremlin's request for informal talks to discuss

turkey's military operations in syria and iraq. moscow still looking for answers about why turkish pilots shot down a russian jet that flew over turkish airspace. the u.s. will preside over that closed door meeting later this month. underway now in saudi arabia a meeting with leaders of syrian opposition groups. they are there to refine their strategy for peace talks with syrian president bashar al-assad. mistaking from the hearing a three group backed by the u.s. a report on why the group was not invited. >> reporter: that faction is called the democratic union party pyd and it has a military wing goes by the ypg, that's the wing of the democratic party. that group is fighting i.s.i.l. within syria. they've controlled a large territory north of syria.

they were not invited for two reasons. they're the backer for the coalition based here. designate that party is a terrorist group with links to the pkk which of course is fighting the syrian states for the last 30 years. the syrian opposition also designated that group or accused that group of carrying out atrocities and ethnic cleansing in areas they liberated from i.s.i.l. that's the background, i think, for not inviting them, but the fact that they are a force on the ground fighting i.s.i.l., they are backed by the united states. the americans gave them weapons and they are already ruling large parts of northern syria. they're quite significant. it is a big deal, i think, and could pose future prognoses for the syrian opposition and also the regional countries as well the talks in saudi arabia

will affect another meeting that is scheduled for later this month. u.s. secretary of state john kerry met with u.n. secretary ban ki-moon on the sidelines of a conference in paris to begin making plans for another round the discussions to end the war in syria. >> we talked about the process taking place now and depending on the outcome of both the saudi- led conference of the opposition in the next days, as well as a few other issues, it's our plan to try to attend and have a meeting in new york on 18 december the two leaders said it is important for a cease fire to take effect in syria as soon as possible. a new report from amnesty international has found i.s.i.l. has a dizziy array of weapons for more than two dozen countries around the world. most of the arms come from stock

piles seized from u.s. backed iraqi force and the syrian army. the range of scope of theirs arsenal clues-- includes a lot. very good to have you with us from amnesty. you look in this report at the history of the weapons in the region and you argue that i.s.i.l. has become so heavily armed to some extent because of what you refer to as a reckless transfer of weapons to the region, but there was a major war between iraq and iran in the 80s and then, of course, the war against the insurgency after toppling saddam. was there much choice in those weapons transfers?

were used in flagrant violations of human rights. going past that, following the 2003 invasion and occupation, there are more examples in which governments dumped weapons into the iraqi government and security forces without vetting, tracking or care as how to you the weapons were being stored or where they were ended up you blame american policy for not securing those weapons when they should have. many of the weapons i.s.i.l. have seized they have done so from stock piles military basis in syria and iraq. was that also a failure of american policy, to not focus on defending those bases in the base when i.s.i.l. was being dismissed as a jv team because it captured more bases in other countries >> the failures are the part of multiple governments. in the case of arms in syria, russia was a primary supplier

and they opposed opposed effort to put an embargo on the government. in the context of iraq the problems have persisted over years in which the u.s. government did not take adequate steps to vet the recipients of weapons, to hold heim rights violations accountable and-- human rights the catalogue of i.s.i.l.'s weapons that this report puts out there goes far beyond a.k. 47s. it details anti tank missiles, surface to air missiles. they could pose a threat to passenger planes in the region and elsewhere if those weapons are moved. >> yeah, absolutely. the weapons list is long. everything from u.s. m 16s to soviet era and russia era, a.k. weapons to the chinese man pads, amnesty international and researchers have documented the

presence of american abrahams tanks. it's a long lithe of weapons that have sometimes changed hands up to three times many countries across the globe believe that they have to arm anti i.s.i.l. forces in iraq and syria. is it your recommendation that those forces not be provided arms from outside entitys?

the report also argues that arms shouldn't be given to groups or countries with human rights who are human rights violators. there is an unnecessary evil if those groups or countries are fighting what many would argue are greater evils. >> it is a good question that you ask because this is embedded in the governments. so the crisis that we're seeing in the islamic state and the u.s. and russian and chinese weapons that it has was in part so many said it's messy, the government has to rush in. the world wind of violence, what we're reaping now is a consequence of precisely that attitude a number of years earlier. the attitude is today, then you can fully expect a high risk

that u.s. weapons that they're providing are simply going to cause another whirlwind of violence next week or a decade from now thank you. iraqi forces have recaptured a city on the outskirts of romadi. it has been under control of i.s.i.l. sense may. they have been closing in on the city for a while. being in control of this area south-west of the city will speed up the process. iraq is asking nato to increase pressure on turkey to withdraw troops from mosul. al jazeera's imran khan reports, it is making the iraqi government nervous >> reporter: there has been no official reaction over the

troops coming across the border. we have heard privately that there is a real fear that what is happening in iraq is the war is becoming a proxy war that the regional powers are use iing. there's a lot of fear, a lot of groups should be bombed because they violated the country. it's likely that the reason although prime minister knew about these iraqi troops and has known about these-- turkish troops, it is that he simply is trying to take control of what's happening to his own country. that's certainly the view i've heard from several people that i've spoken to during the day here in iraq, but what we're

also hearing is that we need - iraq needs to get itself together and to formulate a coalition that is really looking to each other. at the moment you have a lot of disparate groups trying to fight against i.s.i.l. they would like that coalition to be much more unified russian officials say they have recovered the black box from the million strew jet that was shot down last month. putin says the box should be opened and reviewed only in the presence of foreign experts. they recovered it after special forces liberated the rebel held area where the jet was shot down. a security threat has forced the consulate in istanbul to curtail its operations. they had to cancel routine

services including issuing visas. american citizens in the city are to maintain a high level of vigilance. yemen's warring factions have agreed to meet for a new round of peace talks. the u.s. sponsored meetings will begin a week from today december 15. the two sides have agreed for a cease fire for the duration of the talks. >> reporter: yemen's president confirms another cease fire will begin in a few days. the truce will coincide with u.n. sponsored talks to end the conflict that are meant to take place in switzerland. he says: asme n special envoy to

yemen is optimistic-- u.n. >> we have a number of good signs that we will have this cease fire, including in my decision with the president, but also my decision with the other two parties and everybody seems to be welcoming the idea to have a cease fire >> reporter: a saudi-led has been in place for nine months now. back in june the u.n. tried to mediate between the government and houthi forces and their allies, but negotiators walked out before the talks even began. the houthis refuse to withdraw from territory they had seized. it was said the bombing campaign would continue unless the rebels pulled out. a five-day cease fire ended within hours because of air strikes and houthi attacks. it was the latest in a series of broken agreements. the saudi led campaign was

expected to be short-lived but it still continues. the cost has been significant for the mainly arab coalition partners as oil prices continue to fall. the humanitarian cost is even higher. the u.n. says at least two thousand civilians have been killed since march and many forced from their homes still ahead on al jazeera, borrowing muslim from the united-- banning muslims from the united states. more hostages held by boko haram return home. the only way to get better is to challenge yourself,

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to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. the u.s. house of representatives have voted to tighten restrictions for some foreign travellers to the u.s. it allows passport holders from 38 countries to visit u.s. without a visa, but they will need one if they have been to certain countries in the last five years. republican presidential donald trump's call to ban muslims from entering the united states has attracted worldwide condemnation. u.n. officials feel that donald

trump and others are making the u.s. an untenable place for refugees. >> we condemn the rhetoric that is being used in the election campaign and it is putting an important resettlement program at risk, that is meant for the most vulnerable people, the victims of the wars that the world is unable to stop the u.n. hcr says it processes applicants without regard to their religion. because of that it says it needs to able to send refugees to countries that will accept them no matter what their faith is. donald trump's call for a ban on muslims entering the u.s. has been sharply criticised for those responsible to for carrying out the attack against i.s.i.l. >> reporter: they can never,

ever, ever come back. it's over. >> reporter: at the white house donald trump's anti muslim rhetoric was portrayed as tantamount to aiding and abetting the enemy, while at the pentagon a spakes man says it will be harder to recruit those to create battles. >> anything that creates tensions and the notion that the united states is at odds with the muslim faith and islam would be counterproductive to our efforts right now, and totally contrary to our values >> reporter: in iraq donald trump has called for a complete ban on muslims entering the united states. >> translation: i think such an idea and remarks are wrong as it increases hatred and it will cause a rift between muslims and christians. >> they have no respect for

human life. >> reporter: well before his latest remarks, president obama said last month the talk of imposing a religious test on refugees entering the u.s. was giving i.s.i.l. a tactical victory in the battle of ideas >> i cannot think of a more potent recruitment. some of the rhetoric that has been coming out of here during the course of this debate. >> reporter: muslim groups are outraged. >> he and others are playing into the hands of i.s.i.s. this is exactly what ice is wants-- i.s.i.s. wants from americans, term from each other. for that donald trump and other candidates who are targeting american muslims are doing great service to i.s.i.s. the ones that we all find as

enemy. >> reporter: homeland secretary says donald trump's vilification of muslims is all the more damaging because it comes not from a finger candidate but from a front runner >> when a leading candidate for office proposes something that is irresponsible, probably illegal and contrary to international law, un-american, and will actually hurt our efforts at homeland security, we have to speak out michael oran is the former israeli ambassador to the united states. he is a best selling author joining us. very good to have you with us. the times of israel published today from an upcoming interview where you say we jews who have been the victims of gross and

hostile generalisations throughout our history should be ute first out there to condemn it. that's why you wanted to come on the show today >> indeed, thank you for having me on. it's not just as jews, but israelis. 25% of our community here is muslim. it's very important that even if we have islamic extremists that want to kill us, we make the stinks between those terrorists and the millions of muslims in the world who are peace loving and not only detest terrorism but are the first victims of terrorism. i have a personal background as growing up as a jewish kid in a non-jewish community donald trump's have been condemned. jews know all too many well what can happen when a group is single outside, stereo typed, escape goated. you hear the cheers donald trump

got when he made those comments and some supporters seemed to agree with him, fearful in the wake of recent attacks. what would you say to him?

coming in droves to the ballot box. is that fair?

including the immigration of a great number of jews with the fear of which communism was spreading throughout the states. in war world 2 prisoners were rounded up. if there's a general sense of fear, minority groups can be targeted in that way in the israeli newspaper, it is calling donald trump i.s.i.l. leader's useful idiot. is this feeding into the i.s.i.l. narrative, which is what this article argues which wants to portray the west as fearing and loathing muslims. >> i walk a very delicate line here because i'm an elected member of israel''s part, and

seen as inter feeing in an improper way. the first thing i thought of when i heard these remarks by donald trump is this is just what i.s.i.s. wants. they want this because it does want to portray the west as sort of opposed to islam to all muslims everywhere and can actually grow stronger through this thank you for that. still ahead cleared for release, 107 prisoners still held at the center. cuba and the united states get down to the business of the billions of dollars they claim they owe each other.

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>> it was effectively cut in half and they were dependent on venezuela, the economy was growing, and it was going to decrease and end support, terminate the support from the venezuelan government. perhaps the cubans still feel vulnerable because of what is going to happen with the elections in venezuela. they tried to get some involvement with brazil and the economy is doing very badly now too. there are many alternatives, if

you look around the world these days > it is still demanding something that is not going to happen either, so if you were in the predicting business, how do you see it panning out?

for reasons why would a businessman pick cuba over other areas which might give him greater certainty of making a profit an being able to take account thank you for that. good to see you. thank you. >> same here. thank you sunday's sweeping victory for the part in venezuela has been confirmed. the official results and it is a two-thirds majority win. the socialist party has the worst defeat since being in party 16 years ago. the first priority it is said to be the deep financial problem and the release of political prisoner.

there >> reporter: there are no >> i would like to offer something better to my daughte:. this is just miles away from the brazilian congress. they say they might be ignoring their misery, but they're well aware of the impeachment woes.

the country is in the midst of a depression. so far the president hasn't been able to get a congress and revolt to support the economic measures. >> i think the most important thing is to approve or deny the impeachment. take this out of the agenda, then can concentrate as you say, they can concentrate on their own problems. >> reporter: law makers continue to form a committee to explore impeaching the president, another committee working out whether the speaker of the lower house. the work was derailed. meanwhile, they had to be kept home from school because they couldn't afford the bus fare. >> translation: i'm here because i have to be here.

>> reporter: the family says they have no choice, but to keep their faith because of their power to help people like themselves taliban forces have taken hostages after storming an airport compound today in southern afghanistan. they are still locked in a gun battle. residential blocks and t. there are eight taliban fighters. this is the second major attack in the past 24 hours. nigeria attacked boko haram. it comes as it intense to transfer boko haram-- intends to

transfer prisoners. >> reporter: these are some of the 900 hostages who have been involved in fighting in boko haram near the border of nigeria. >> translation: i come from the state. i was taken away and in prison. >> reporter: soon they will be on their way home. >> translation: we have to repatriate them to their countriess. it is to get necessary support, including food. >> reporter: thousands have already been deported. it is concerned about the fighters hiding among them. dozens of its citizens have been killed and attacks blamed on the

armed group. many of been taken by boko haram over the last five years, many of them have been forced to join the armed group. there has been a growing frustration over the last few months. for the girls and their families, this could take longer. this man is related to three of the missing girls and campaigns to rescue them. he says not to give up hope >> i have not seen anything difficult in releasing these girls. i am hopeful because it is not possible to have the girls taken in school, disappear into thin layer like sflis >> reporter: the troops are

under pressure to finish the violence by the end of the year. agencies are prepared for another wave of displacement the u.s. rock band that was performing when the deadly attacks took place today have made an appearance. the band surprised a concert crowd thanks to the help of u 2. >> introducing you to some people whose lives will forever be a part of this paris. they were rocked on the stage three weeks ago.

welcome the eagles code red for smog as residents are dealing with in china. tomorrow night i.s.i.l.'s plan to turn libya into an hub. a possible place it can retreat to.

the vatican ran in the start of the jubilee year today. pope francis opened an holy door to a crowd of 70,000 door to people gathered today. they had to go through metal detectors. the pope told people to set aside their fears. >> translation: today in the heart of rome, i ask everyone to get on the way to that door which represents christ about three thousand soldiers patrolled the ground during the ceremony.

other global view segment from around the world. comments have not hurt him at the polls, but that americans won't choose him to be presid t president. the sydney morning herald terror and begun control a potent political mix. the biggest weapon against fear is democracy. if fear is allowed to conquer, then terrorists are the winner. another one, proving the road to

hell with good intentions. people in china are being encourage to remain indoors after officials issued a red alert for smog. it is expected to continue until thursday. authorities closed schools and replaced restrictions on the city's traffic. >> reporter: flying into a city that feels under siege. the enemy is everywhere. parcels in the air are once again getting to dangerous levels. >> translation: to wear a mask or not is a personal choice.

i think there should be more control on the pollution. >> translation: i had to cancel my football class because of the smog. >> reporter: the measures are unprecedented. schools are advised to closed. cars are now restricted from roads on alternate days, depending on their number plates. the pollution is serious but not nearly as bad as this time last year when the government issued an orange alert. those often critical of the government. >> translation: this is the first time we saw a red alert. it is a sign of hope. >> reporter: the pollution is caused by many things.

the code red alert one country is becoming a fully energy independent nation. aruba is trying to reduce its dependence on fossil fuel and embrace the power of the wind and sun. a report from our correspondent. >> reporter: they call the aruba the happy island. it is an apt nickname, but it is getting a reputation for something that the visitors here are aware of. if all goes well, ... (technical difficulties)

>> translation: i make the people feel good because you're probably wasting less energy in coming on vacation, than staying at home. >> reporter: the step to independence hasn't been easy. the local oil refinery. the country began to consider alternatives. >> reporter: the sun is an obvious power, but by the end of 2016 most of the power to this island will be supplied by wind power. the government says the changes

cost 300 million dollars, but officials say it is the difference. >> how they come together in support of what they have done but also basically a message to an effort that is not only for aruba but also for world >> reporter: since the move to greener technology, prices have dropped. inflation has been. by 2020 it may be others turn to as an example of what green really means a dramatic rescue on the high seas of a hump back whale. it was found off the coast of an island. that's it for this international news hour. in our next hour we will take to

the community with the largest muslim population in the united states. to hear what donald trump has to say. i will back in two minutes.

this is al jazeera america. up roar from the left and right over donald trump's call for banning all muslims from entering in the u.s. the supreme court, a debate about who should be included in counting when creating