this is bbc america. and now live from london "bbc world news". >> hello. "bbc world news." our top stories. expressing outrage over the slow pace of construction after the devastating conflicts with israel. >> reporter: six months after a cease-fire was reached with israel this still lies in ruin. why haven't the aid community helped with promises to rebuild and why do the borders with israel and egypt remain all but shut? this man believes 150

christians have been abducted in recent days by is militants in the northeast of syria. the face of indonesian anger in australia over the planned execution of two convicted drug smugglers. the shameful global response to mass atrocity. amnesty international say ss they put national interests ahead of human rights. we'll talk to the head of amnesty. welcome to the program. aide workers have expressed outrage at the slow pace of rebuilding gaza six months on between the seven week conflict between the militant groups. they say at this rate it will be three more decades before it is

rebuilt. 2,220 palestinians were killed as a result of the hostilities in july and august. 1, 1,486 civilians, many children. 67 israeli soldiers were killed during the conflict and five israel soldiers lost their lives. our reporter is in gaza and there for us now in the neighborhood. >> reporter: it lies not far from gaza's border with israel and 61 days after war ss of war it bore the brunt of artillery stricks and underground tunnels dug by hamas and also looking for hamas targets. this was a hamas stronghold in the gaza strip. this was the result. the devastation is still here for all to see.

united nations said nearly 20,000 homes and schools and other buildings were completely destroyed during this war. the international community last year pledged some $5.4 billion to help rebuild the homes, to help get gazans back on their feet. only hundreds of millions have arrived. only a small amount of reconstruction materials have been allowed to enter through israel. the border with israel and with egypt remains largely shut. what's the mood like here in gaza? we've been trying to find out. war life in the heart of gaza. it left a wasteland. smoke still rises. today, it's only a digger carrying some of the rubble. gazans put up signs to describe what stood her, which family lost it what number to call to deliver help.

but almost none has arrived. this family's home was destroyed in israeli artillery fire just before the cease-fire six months ago, their first son was born. last month, he froze to death in what is now another battle just to survive. his grandmother points an accusing finger at all arab countries, saying they haven't helped gazans. the boy's mother says nobody did. >> translator: all countries take care of their children and people. all countries except here. here the people in charge just sit in their chairs. they care only for their own children. they forget about us. >> reporter: now, they just want

to rebuild their home so their two girls will survive. everyone talks about rebuilding gaza but nobody is doing it. as always here there is more than one reason. israel restrictions palestinian infighting, the failure of donors to keep their promises. why would there be much rebuilding when everyone fears there'll be another war? 10,000 gazans still live in u.n. schools. that number may rise when families money runs out. >> you think conflict is inevitable whether another conflict or internal between gaza and israel unless the situation changes there will be no other action for the people to take other than a resumption of violence. >> reporter: hamas fighters are ready. they don't hide it. i see marches like this on almost every visit in recent

months. >> now, gaza is trying to be like this and there are no exports or imports. >> reporter: there are credible reports hamas has been test firing missiles in preparation for the next war. >> this is true. that's right. i think hamas is doing a lot to protect our people here. we don't want to be so okayquiet with a new war, new aggression against us. >> reporter: in the ruins of gaza young men train in the sport of overcoming obstacles. resilient gazans are good at that. after six years of wars even the strongest are starting to break. >> there's one drill hard at work. israel says it is allowing some

construction materials through. the united nations say some countries have been generous with their aid but it's simply not enough. not enough to build on the rubble of the war and certainly not enough to rebuild people's lives. that was our chief international correspondent live in gaza city. leaders of the syrian christian community say they now believe 150 people have been abducted by islamic state militants in the north of the country and say many more are trapped fighting between kurdish and is mill aitantmilitants. good to see you. the ones abducted mainly women and children you think? >> a mixture of women and children older people and fighters. >> many more still trapped in the fighting.

they can't escape. >> yes. there is a lot of fighting going on in this area south and east of hasica. and many people trapped unable to get out. 4,000 people managed to flee the area. >> many syrian christians taken so far or is this the first major incident of its kind? >> this is a situation developing after the end of the siege of kobani and defeat of isis there. we had a situation where the kurdish force, backed by other christian militias and armed militias there trying to push isis out of the area. isis themselves have started attacking inging inging hasica a kurdish area that sits on the border of

turkey and syria and iraq. if isis manages to get this it will be a huge win for them because it means all the border between syria and iraq will be under their control. it's a very well defended place up till now and presence of the syrian government army there. >> in terms of those taken captive, what can be done for backup? there's talk of some sort of prisoner swap. is that likely? >> the relatives we have been speaking to are very tight-lipped about this. they're not telling us if there is any attempt to negotiate or agree on a prisoner swap. i assume this is going on in the background but we haven't heard it confirmed. >> thank you. bbc arabic. let's look at other news this hour. the government of hong kong says it will help make $37 million

available for businesses interrupted by protests. money is on the way to restaurants, hotels travel agencies and transport operators. a venezuelan police officer has been arrested after a 14-year-old boy was shot during a western protest. the president has condemned the killing. killing! the administration says it's the latest sign of political -- found dead with a gunshot to his head after an apparent suicide. police say it appeared to be an attack on the family of the gunman's former lover. and de criminalizing small po telecommunications of marijuana and there will be an agency for distribution of the drug for medical purposes in jamaica. hello there. interest rates in the u.s. probably not going up what in

the next few months? >> not the next few months. we heard from the big boss as well as the world's biggest central bank. everybody, when she speaks everybody listens. the u.s. central banker janet yellen made it clear u.s. interest interest rates in america won't go up until the middle of the year. that clarity helped the markets rise to record levels in new york. this is the lady we're talking about. the fed chief was giving her semi-annual testimony on monetary policy saying it was on course but not yet secure. her remarks were designed to give the central bank flexibility when it gets close to raising interest rates in case of risk including those for abroad. it wasn't just lawmakers listening. wall street investors liked what they heard and those stocks closed at fresh highs. it is budget day, big day in south africa and its finance minister has a very difficult

task ahead of balancing the country's books. south africa's economy is struggling above 2% and we know public death in south africa is on the rise. joblessness, a chronic problem. unemployment is nearly 25%. recently south africa's credit rating was downgraded. we will have a special report coming up on "gmt." also later today, the european commission is releasing proposals for an energy union. the idea is that eu countries should be able to negotiate energy prices collectively, doing that in order to get a better deal. it is the centerpiece of a strategic plan to reduce european independentce on gas imports and relations with moscow continue to deteriorate. some member states such as hungary, they still want to deal

directly with moscow. we will still deal with that and obstacles in the way. you kancan tweet me back @bbcaaron. more business news later. still to come the island that keeps growing and the volcano putting down new roots in the pacific ocean.

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down to two drug smugglers. they were arrested a decade ago and convicted of being the leader of what's called "the barley nine" and have been rejected for clemency. and preparations for their executions are now about 90% complete. she said she hoped the process would still be halted. >> we are very disappointed the appeal is lost at this point. i understand the lawyers are considering a further legal avenue and they have about 14 days in which to do so. in the meantime, we continue to appeal to the president's sense of generosity and his sense of forgiveness and hope he will consider these clemency pleas and there will be a stay of execution. >> the situation is putting increase increasing strains between indonesia and australia, with

australia indicating there will be devastating consequences if the executions go ahead. reporting now from jakarta. >> reporter: the looming execution of the drug smuggling convicts is increasingly making headlines in indonesia. indonesians are particularly outraged at prime minister abbott's suggestion indonesia should reciprocate for the $1 billion tsunami relief package by sparing the lives of their citizens. in the past few days crowds of gathered to collect points for australia in a show of protests. many said they were offended that the australian leader brought up disaster relief trying to stop the execution of australian citizens who committed a crime in indonesia. even the vice-president said she would return the money if it wasn't intended for humanitarianen assistance. to make matters worse for the two facing the firing squad,

their pardon was thrown out and they have two weeks to appeal and that process would not delay the execution. indonesia officials insist they're simply enforcing the law and they need to be tough on drugs because officials say drug use and drug addiction is a critical problem for the country. >> reporting from jakarta for us. amnesty international urges the five members of the national security council to give up their power of veto for mass atrocities. 2014 was a catastrophic year for many people caught up in violence and the global response has been shameful. i'm joined by the secretary general of amnesty international. welcome to you. thank you for coming in. how would this have been a difference. what do you have in mind about removing the power of veto. are you thinking of syria? >> i think the u.n. security

council, your viewers should be reminded was to keep peace in the world. unfortunately they have failed miserably time and again. syria is a miserable example. three years ago when it first started they called the security council to refer the case to the international criminal court. this was not allowed by russia and china who fought it. what happened in gaza in conflict 3,000 people killed mostly families and children and not a single security council agreement was passed. the two powerful members of the security council have abused the privilege of the veto. instead of protecting civilian they're protect their own interests. >> isn't it naive to expect countries, powerful countries not to act in their own interest. that's what they do.

>> that's not why the security council was set up and not what they're supposed to be doing. we know that's what they've done and we're saying it has to end when it comes to thousands and millions of loss. ban any moon called for this and others have called for it. and i asked john kerry at the security conference and he said they are considering the possibility of this and the u.n. in response to our report also said they would never use the veto when it comes to mass atrocity situations. >> is it possible to remove politics from those situations. we have been hearing six months on from what happened in gaza the conflict that you mentioned. is it possible to take politics out of such an equation. >> when it comes to a veto it's a race to the bottom. nobody is winning. neither russians or western powers. >> they will say they're acting

in their own national self-interest in protecting those interests. >> take a situation like ukraine right now. there's no disagreement civilians are suffering. we're saying when neither party is benefitting in the case of syria for example, that's the time. we're not asking for all situations, in mass atrocity situations, pulling back not about pulling peacekeeping force in. they have a range of measures they can use. they can enforce humanity and assistance and targeting situation and can refer the situation to the international criminal court. we think there aes's ground for support maybe not from the governments benefitting for this but the people of the world amnesty international movement 7 million members, we will push hard. >> who would decide when that power of veto would be suspended? how would you take politics out of that decision? >> we are putting politics into it not saying there is no politics. put the politics of civilian and

people not politics of self-interest and that's what the council was created for and what they should do. >> you're asking them to suspend the power of veto and no way they will do that with so many competing interests on the school in security council. >> what's happening now even people think they're benefitting or not all we have is a standoff and those suffering are civilians. this is a question of the first mover, who will give it up first. we're saying do it collectively voluntarily, renounce the veto and only in situations of mass atrocities. i think it is a proposal which will gain traction. >> let me ask you once more about what happened in gaza. we are covering it extensively on "bbc world news." do you think that would have stopped the conflict if that power of veto ceased to exist? >> why did we not have a single resolution passed in the 51 day period everybody knows they

would veto it. a serious violation of international law would potentially qualify as a crime against humanity. in a situation like this if the world powers don't act, i think they should not have those seats on the security council if they're only there to protect themselves. >> thank you for coming in. secretary general of amnesty international. moving on world fifa cup governor body announced it will not pay clubs unhappy about plans to play the qatar cup in november and december. saying no apology was necessary which was done to avoid blistering temperatures and causing problems for several european leagues and posed problems for migrant workers to build the stadiums and they have taken effort to comply with the national standards. >> there will be no

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hello. i'm james menendez with "bbc world news," our top stories. agencies express outrage over the slow pace of reconstruction in gaza after conflict in israel. we'll have a special report. >> reporter: i'm lyse doucet in gaza. six months after clashing with israel why haven't they helped with promises to rebuild and why do borders remain all but shut. kidnapping of militants west

of syria is at 150. and protests over the planned execution of two convicted drug smugglers. >> that okay? does it? do i look good? >> the strange looking hat that allows your brain to fly planes. welcome to the program. aide workers have expressed outrage at the slow pace of rebuilding gaza six months on from the seven week conflict between israel and the palestinian militant group hamas. they say at this rate it will be two more decades before the territory is rebuilt. the u.n. says 2,220 palestinians were killed

as a result of the hostilities in july and august. the u.n. says almost 1,500 were civilians, many of them children. 67 israeli soldiers were killed during the fighting and five israeli civilians lost their lives. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet was there for the conflict and is there now. >> reporter: yes. this lies not far from gaza's border with israel and 61 days of war, it bore the brunt of artillery strikes and underground tunnels dug by hamas and also looking for hamas targets. this was a hamas stronghold in the gaza strip. this was the result. the devastation is still here for all to see. united nations said nearly 20,000 homes and schools and other buildings were completely

destroyed during this war. the international community last year pledged some $5.4 billion to help rebuild the homes, to help get gazans back on their feet. only hundreds of millions have arrived. only a small amount of reconstruction materials have been allowed to enter through israel. the border with israel and with egypt remains largely shut. what's the mood like here in gaza? we've been trying to find out. war life in the heart of gaza. it left a wasteland. smoke still rises. today, it's only a digger clearing some of the rubble. gazans put up signs to describe what stood her, which family lost it, what number to call to deliver help. but almost none has arrived.

this family's home was destroyed in israeli artillery fire, just before the cease-fire six months ago, their first son was born. last month, he froze to death in what is now another battle just to survive. his grandmother points an accusing finger at all arab countries, saying they haven't helped gazans. the boy's mother says nobody did. >> translator: all countries take care of their children and people. all countries except here. here, the people in charge just sit in their chairs. they care only for their own children. they forget about us. >> reporter: now, they just want to rebuild their home so their two girls will survive.

everyone talks about rebuilding gaza but nobody is doing it. as always here there is more than one reason. israel restrictions, palestinian infighting, the failure of donors to keep their promises. why would there be much rebuilding when everyone fears there'll be another war? 10,000 gazans still live in u.n. schools. that number may rise when families money runs out. >> you think conflict is inevitable whether it's internal conflict or conflict between gaza and israel unless the situation changes there will be no other action for the people to take other than a resumption of violence. >> reporter: hamas fighters are ready. they don't hide it. i see marches like this on almost every visit in recent months. >> memories for all this

catastrophe and now gaza is trying to be like this and there are no exports or imports. >> reporter: there are credible reports hamas is again digging tunnels and test firing missiles in preparation for the next war. >> this is true. that's right. i think hamas is doing a lot to protect our people here. we don't want to be surprised with a new war, new aggression against us. >> reporter: in the ruins of gaza, young men train in the sport of overcoming obstacles. resilient gazans are good at that. but after three wars in six years, even the strongest are starting to break. as you can see behind us here there's one pneumatic drill hard at work. israel says it is allowing some construction materials through. the united nations say some countries have been generous with their aid but it's simply

not enough. not enough to build on the rubble of the war and certainly not enough to rebuild people's lives. >> our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet in gaza city. leaders of the syrian christian community say they now believe 150 people have been abducted by islamic state militants in the northeast of the country. they say many more remain trapped fighting between kurdish and is militants continue. we have an update on those abductions. >> there are a mixture of women and children and older people and fighters. >> many more still trapped in the fighting. they can't escape. >> yes. there is a lot of fighting going on in this area south and east of hasica. sol villages have all the people trapped, unable to get out.

about 4,000 people managed to flee the area, towards haase ca. >> many syrian christians taken so far or is this the first major incident of its kind? >> this has been a situation developing after the end of the siege of kobani and defeat of isis there. we had a situation where the kurdish force, backed by other christian militias and armed militias there trying to push isis out of the area. isis themselves have started attacking hasica a very important area a kurdish area that sits on the border of turkey and syria and iraq. if isis manages to get this, it will be a huge win for them because it means all the border between syria and iraq will be under their control. it's a very well defended place

up till now and there is a presence of the syrian government army there. >> in terms of those taken captive, what can be done for backup? there's talk of some sort of prisoner swap. is that likely? >> well the relatives of the people we have been speaking to are very tight-lipped object lip-lipped about this. they're not telling us if there is any attempt to negotiate or agree on a prisoner swap. i assume this is going on in the background but we haven't heard it confirmed. >> thank you. bbc arabic. a court has order eded the arrest of an opposition leader callie da zia. she was in a major confrontation with the prophet muhammad sheikh hasina's government. more than 100 people have been

affected in clashes with the government. a first look at some remarkable new aviation technology. >> it's amazing what you can do if you put your mind to it. like fly a drone for example. i've come to an airstrip on the outskirts of lisbon and portugal. this is a man controlling the drone whirring away above our head using just his brain waves all thanks to the skullcap constantly monitoring his brain for activity. it's a slightly unsettling demo as the drone buzzes in the sky struggling valiantly against the wind. it's the first time it's been shown in public but if the researchers get their way, this is the start of something much much bigger. this is blue sky and researchers say this technology could eventually be used to power commercial flights around the world removing the need to have a pilot. that may seem a little

far-fetched. didn't we once say that about driverless cars? >> it's where it's going. technology is evolving and regulation evolving both things going at the same time. we're learning from the technology and technology learning from the possibilities. we know it will happen and the question is not if when. >> reporter: the question of getting on a plane without a pilot is probably a step too far, at least for several generations. and this allows those with a disability to control aircraft. >> does that work okay? do i look good? >> reporter: we came to see if the software was as simple as they claimed, back at the offices i asked to try out the simulation. once the aircraft is airborne i can concentrate my efforts to make this ball go up to fly left or down to fly right. >> normally people have some training.

my mind is going up and down. is that because i haven't disciplined my brain yet to control the ball? >> yes. right now, it's mostly random. what you would eventually be able to do, to control your intention which way to go. i cannot tell you how to do it. you would figure it out. >> what would happen if i fell asleep, had a seizure or let my mind wander a little bit. >> there are a lot of things on board to prevent bad things from happening. if you were using this in a real life scenario you would have a set of rules for operating the system and for people not to get tired, et cetera et cetera exactly like you have for every other type of system. >> reporter: a lot needs to be changed before this system is used in anything other than highly controlled test runs in the portuguese countryside. they say this is almost ready

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you're watching "bbc world news." hour headlines so far. >> express inging concern after the devastate g devastating conflict with gaza and israel. and kidnaps of 150. australia prime minister

expressed concern after a smuggling gang known as "the barley nine" trying to overturn their appeal for clemency. preparations for their execution are about 90% complete. miss bishop said she hoped the process would still be halted. >> we are very disappointed at this time. we appeal to the sense of generosity and hope they will consider these clemency pleas and stay of execution. >> the situation is creating a strain on the minister with them

minister saying there would be diplomatic consequences if the execution goes ahead. there are protests outside the embassy. >> reporter: the looming execution of the drug smuggling con convicts is making headlines in indonesia and indonesians are particularly outraged from the suggestion that indonesians should reciprocate from the $1 million relief package by sparing their lives. and protests have shown up in a show of protests and many saying they were offended the australian leader brought up disaster relief trying to stop the execution of australian citizens who committed a crime in indonesia. even the indonesian vice president said she was prepared to return the money if it wasn't intended to be for humanitarian assistance. to make matters worse for the two australians facing the firing squad, their challenge was thrown out and now they have

two weeks to appeal but officials here have said that process would not delay the executions. indonesians continue to insist they are simply enforcing the law and need to be tough on drugs because officials say drug use and drug addiction is a critical problem for the country. >> for us in jakarta. a new bbc poll suggests nearly half of muslims living in britain feel the country is becoming less tolerant and prejudice against islam is making it more difficult for them and following the charlie"charlie hebdo" attacks in britain and concern about the images of the prophet muhammad and concern about motives behind those shootings. >> reporter: from conflicts in the middle east to the recent "charlie hebdo" attacks in paris, negative stories involving muslims are often in

the headlines. how has that left members of the muslim community in the uk feeling? the a poll was commissioned to find out. 68% of muslims fear acts of violence against those who publish images of the prophet can never be justified but a quarter have some sympathy of the motives behind the recent shootings in paris. almost all those surveyed felt a loyalty to britain. and around half said they felt this country was becoming less tolerant of muslims. here in bradford people are still angry about what happened in paris. >> the vast majority of muslims are peace loving. doing their best to help neighbors neighbors. but that is completely being washed away by one or two individuals. >> murder is not the answer. never in a million years, murder is not the answer.

i'm completely against it. people shouldn't be murdering in the name of islam. >> reporter: muslimists say they're being unfairly scrutinized and branded as extremists and saying they shouldn't have to apologize for a tiny minority of extremists. some say they must work harder to overcome prejudice. "bbc news." earlier, i asked for a re reaction to the poll. >> what's interesting, you look at the results for example the numbers report that was released a couple weeks ago, it's very clear the vast majority of the muslim population feel attune with the british population here and feel british. >> they also believe prejudice against islam is growing and some say they don't feel safe in

this country. what can be done to counter that do you think? >> the first is acknowledging there is this problem. across the country there is an understanding when it comes to prejudice and islamophobia everyday and it seems to have become normalized. a friend of mine wearing a head scarf was abused and threatened on the train and nobody came to support her. head teachers are finding young children have islamic phobia within them and the head teacher came and talked to us about that and online verbal abuse of hate mail we're receiving, a muslim attacked a few weeks ago. this kind of thing is becoming more normal and we need acknowledgement this is a problem. >> acknowledged by who? the government? >> but the government and the population at large. this is a reality. there is bigotry on the streets. this is something we need to try and identify the problem and then deal with. >> is there also work to be done

in countering something that the policies highlight that the vast majority show no sympathy for those who want to fight against interests but 1 in 10 do for example? >> i think. >> it's a substantial number isn't it? >> it is a number that is important to bear in mind. the thing is we need to take any individual data point with respect to other data pointsen in that poll. over 90% of muslims believe you follow the law of the country and over 90% believe if someone is committing violence you report that person. muslim community is very much part of the community and want to deal with the law in the same way as everybody else. i think that gives the context behind that question. if you want to go into further

detail we need research what do these individuals really mean when they say these things. >> from the muslim council of britain. hong kong says it will make up the $37 million available for business operations disrupted from last year's pro democracy protests and additional fee ss waived for hotels transport agencies and hotel operators. a 14-year-old boy was shot dead during a protest. the president has condemned the killing in venezuela saying it was the latest sign of political oppression. a man has shot and killed three people at a south korean convenience store. the attacker was found dead with a gunshot to his head and apparent suicide. they said it appeared to be an attack on the family of the former lover. japan is probably the most earthquake prepared country in the world with systems that

automatically shut down gas pipelines when a tremor strikes and even computer programs that bring things to a halt within seconds of detecting a shock wave. when it comes to lower tech solutions, the government has that covered. as rupert found out outside a zoo near tokyo. >> reporter: it is a cold and sunny day in tokyo and the families are enjoying the animals at the zoo. then over the loud speaker an announcement. from the sleepy tone it might be hard to tell. this is a warning. there has, she says been an earthquake and an animal's escaped. the earthquake apparently damaged some of the cages and at least one wild animal has managed to escape and coming in this direction. we've been told we need to get out of here as soon as we can.

zoo staff are rushing to set up nets to try to prevent the animal from getting any further. then, from around the corner it appears. a man in a cat suit? the zoo staff try to block him but the snow leopard attacks. a man is down. and the leopard slinks off, looking slightly guilty. a few minutes later he's nearly made to it the zoo's front gate. they set up another barrier and this time there is no escape. a dart is fired. the snow leopard stumbles. he's down. still, better make sure.

for the watching media, it has all been great fun, but the man in the suit insists it is supposed to be very realistic. >> translator: i studied how the leopard moves, he says. the most important thing is not to look like the real animal but to move like the real animal. still, not everyone is convinced. was it scary, he asked this little boy? you're not scary at all, he answers. of course, it might be a little different if it had been a real earthquake and one of these real big cats was on the loose instead. "bbc news" at the zoo in tokyo. >> good imagination needed for that. let's recap our top story before we go. aid agencies have expressed outrage at the slow pace of

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