>> welcome back. also with the top stories. 10 years on the camera nations are on to remember the quarter of a million people who lost their lives during the 2000 force and army -- 2004 tsunami. and a new military junta. vladimir putin calls the buildup [indiscernible]

thanks for joining us. the commemorations are being held across southeast asia this friday to mark 10 years that passed since the deadly synonymy -- tsunami in central asia. commemorations have been held in europe and parts of africa for. >> a wall of water on the distant horizons. it was a spectacle to be captured on camera. they have no idea of the danger headed their way. the fast waves arrive and rise unrelentingly, engulfing everything in its path.

on december 26, 2004, an earthquake with the magnitude 9.0 on the richter scale shook the asian floor. it was several hundred commenters from some a. indonesia was hit with the full brunt of its force. this footage shows citizens fleeing when all of a sudden a mass of water and debris swamped the district. the wave is over 15 meters high. more than 160,000 people in this indonesian province are killed. an hour and a half later, the sooner we -- tsunami hits thailand. the tsunami spreads to india sri lanka, the mel dave's, and even -- maldives and sumatra.

it was the deadliest in recorded history. >> thousands of victims were killed in thailand where commemorations were held this friday with the release of hundreds of lanterns into the night sky. for roughly half were tourists but another were burmese migrant workers. for their families, mining out what happened to their loved ones has been no easy task. she had been released from the hospital and was walking home with her new or an baby when the wave hit her talking her infant out of her arms. it was the third child she lost that day. 10 years later the burmese woman is still haunted by her loss >> when i am working i can forget what happened. when i see other families with their children going to eat, i feel so sad.

if they were alive, we would be like that. i cannot forget it for one day. >> like many other migrants, she was working in southern thailand's fishing industry when the tsunami struck in 2004. it is thought that around 2000 burmese nationals died. a rough estimate as most were here illegally and could not be identified. >> there was a construction site and most were killed. >> 2 million burmese migrants still work in thailand, often in conditions of extreme poverty. the cemetary almost 400 bodies are unidentified except by a serial number on a block of concrete. the majority, it is believed,

are from myanmar. there are no dna samples to check. >> i could not believe it after 10 years. it felt bad, but in some ways it is a relief. i would like to find my mother and sister as well. >> it has been a decade since the indian ocean soon on me claimed over 220,000 lives. relatives and friends are trying to heal their ones. >> vladimir putin has signed a new military doctrine which describes nato's military buildup near its border as russia's top military threat. this new doctrine comes amidst continued tensions over the situation in ukraine. >> if you ask the security council it is a doctrine that remains censored. military force show be used as a

last resort. it promotes conventional nonnuclear forces as a deterrent. here is what is new. it takes into account what the security council, they are the ones who approve these doctrines , call new emerging threats. there is white a list area the ukraine situation. and then new emerging threats in the middle east but specifically northern africa syria, iraq, afghanistan. it talks about internally the thread of destabilization by groups within russia as well as unspecified terrorist groups from without and within. the main risk it notes and this has not changed from four years ago is nato and nato's expansion , close to russia's borders is seen as a top risk to russian security. it shot up -- a shot across the

bow. the big theme of nato coming up to russia's borders expanding. >> the ukrainian government and pro-russian separatists began an exchange of hundreds of prisoners of war. the deal will see 125 crimean servicemen exchanged for 225 rebels following a fresh round of peace talks. the former first lady of ivory coast when on trial for her part in the country's political crisis four years ago which claimed the lives of thousands of people. she is standing trial along with other -- 80 two others. her husband is being held at the hague. she faces a lengthy prison sentences, possibly life behind bars. >> hand-in-hand with her lawyer, the former first lady of ivory coast stands accused of

threatening state security. the trail has just begun but her lawyer has concerns. >> we want the right to a defense and a fair trial. right now, i think this trial has got off to an unjust start. >> charged with crimes against humanity, her husband and former president laurent bagbo stands trial. the justice minister insisted they were up to the task. >> the charges brought forward by the international court of justice are different from the ones that simone bagbo is facing. we believe we have the full capacity of trying anyone over acts committed at -- in our country. >> charges against her focus on

her role in the wave of violence sparked by the 2010 elections when her husband refused to exceed power to his rival. 3000 people in the months that followed. the trial is testament to a country still divided. the party was by no means dissolved. >> ever since mid-september the battle for control of the syrian town of kobane continues. syrian and kurdish fighters have been fighting to keep the town from falling into the hands of militants. and launching a surprise attack on some of the key oil terminals. this is on the outskirts of the city of benghazi were 22 soldiers were killed.

this is the scene of weeks of clashes between rival armed factions. >> the oil terminal is still under government control but one of its tanks is on fire. they tried to seize the site firing rockets from speedboats. ground soldiers backed by libyan air forces pushed the militants away. the attack is the latest attempt by the islamist group to take control of libya's strategic oil crescent while hitting the terminal, it's militants also clashed with forces were they killed several loyalist fighters. the battalion largely loyal to the retired general has been fighting alongside libyan forces to retake cities and territories seized by the islamists. they took the capital of

tripoli, expelling the official government. the group created its own government and parliament. since libyan lady -- the libyan leader was ousted the country is plunged into chaos and those who have helped bring him down our fighting for power and oil reserves. libya's oil production has dropped by more than half to 350,000 barrels per day. >> around 1250 migrants have been rescued in the mediterranean during the past four days alone. in the waters between north africa and sicily, most of those people have been taken out to the mainland. not everyone survived the dangerous journey. for bodies are recovered. more than 3000 migrants have died this year trying to make that dangers crossing from north africa. the 16-year-old boy who was

arrested has been released from custody. he was a jailed -- jailed for allegedly insulting the countries leader. in the context of a government corruption scandal in the construction of a palace the boy is reported to have called the president a thief. neither the boy nor his mother made any apologies. >> we are not terrorists. we defend our ideals and said we will not give up surrender -- or surrender. we are soldiers in that is why we were arrested. >> children to not belong in prison. they should be sitting in their chairs at school. i am not crying now. i am not ashamed. i am proud of my son. >> here in france the day after christmas may just another day but across the channel, this is

time to shop. boxing day sales are drying thousands of shoppers including tourists from across the globe. >> 8:59 a.m. the doors of this department store opened to the first customers of the day. when it comes to taxing day sales, the earlybird gets the worm. tourists frequently traveling to london from countries like china and saudi arabia. just to back a christmas bargain. we expect 150,000 people through our doors. a pretty foot nominal crowd and this is our busiest day of the year. >> there is nothing leisurely about shopping the sales on the 26th. similar scenes took place across london's hyde park.

blankets and breakfast were given out today for those waiting in line. a small return on investment to what herridge is expected to make. >> you run through the shoes and get as many as possible. >> little wonder that 3.5 billion euros will be spent in this years sale. >> and the film that has triggered a political row unlike any other. crowds of people across the u.s. have been flocking to cinemas to watch the satirical comedy "the interview." it depicts an assassination attempt against north korea's leader. it made $1.5 million its first

day. it we have to watch and judge for yourself. thanks for watching. stay tuned. >> welcome. women are reshaping our world. we're bringing you a collection of stories we have done this year. to he a stand against child marriage in south africa.

and the nectar of the gods or goddesses. we begin in south africa. it is still blighted by poverty and social division. in some rural parts of the country where many live on less than a euro a day, young women are being forced into marriage. it is a practice that outrages cultural activists and welfare authorities. >> deep within the eastern cape, young woman come together and chat and sing and dance. but what they are about to discuss is no trivial matter and they choose to come together to talk about it. she is the -- this is the forced marriage of for young woman. it is a cultural practice that

women's rights organizations would like to stop. they regularly organized educational workshops and tells the audience they must not due to their daughters what their mothers did to them. girls are kidnapped and taken to their future husbands. some are taken with the family's consent, some not but it is rare that a girl will forget her ordeal. >> to mastic violence is happening -- domestic violence is happening. this is a curse but because of the cultural domination, women are told to do it and we do not have a choice. >> each story is more moving than the last. this woman was kidnapped when she was 14. brought to a man 30 years older in a strange place. she was tied up and told he

could make a woman out of her. a 12-year-old child hides behind her. her name is akorna. she was kidnapped and taken to a home. she was traded for sheep and a cow. she was brave enough to escape to the city of east london and was discovered by south african social services who found her foster parents. and it country with a diverse beliefs system, south african authorities are aware of the consequences of the practice. as teenagers get pregnant and drop out of school and are infected with hiv. >> it is rape. nothing else. and the person who is raping, they think if they rape of

urgent if they are hiv positive, there is a belief that hiv will be taken away from him which isnot not true. we are urging people to report rape cases immediately. >> she is fortunate to have avoided contracting aids. she is back at school and trying to avoid what -- forget what happened to her. still traumatized, she tells us about her sister who was not as lucky as she was. >> in nelson mandela's country too many women are the victims of archaic ancestral rights. only a few feel strong enough to share their stories. this ngo is spearheading the fight. they have pressured authorities

to outlaw the practice and declare that it dilates the rights of children and south africa's progressive constitution but the founder of this ngo knows the war is not yet won. >> we are busy talking about a traditional [inaudible] which will give power to traditional leaders and when that happens, a quality will take a dive. it is a critical concern. we have to provide stronger evidence that this practice is happening. that it is harmful to young woman in order for the state to recognize it, acknowledge it, and respond appropriately. >> this woman's organization won its first court case last february. a man was sentenced to 22 years for kidnapping and raping a 14-year-old girl but he has the right to appeal and he is doing just that in the cape high court.

>> in the latter part of 2014 the world's attention turned to the syria border town of ko bane as a vicious fight took place. most of the kurdish population fled across the border to turkey. the mayor found herself on the front line of a massive humanitarian operation. >> the small border town is home to thousands of kobane residents who fled their war-torn city. >> the people here help us a lot. we are very grateful. they help us find shelter. we really felt welcomed. >> in the last two months 60,000 refugees have settled here. a 30-year-old woman was elected

mayor. a former chemistry teacher, she is faced with an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. >> the population has nearly doubled. we have been able to hire more staff and we have had to work twice as hard. we even started working weekends. >> the team separates -- sets up temporary camps. they tell of april and that if i organization. >> the group kidnapped 28 members of my family, 28 of my relatives. we took -- they took the women and children. we have not heard from them since. fixed her nation started pouring in from turkey and abroad. the date is stirred -- the aid is stored at this web house -- warehouse. >> most of the volunteers are women.

more often than not women are the ones who really get involved here and at the refugee camps. >> many of them volunteered after kurdish authorities started developing the model for gender equality. >> this is a revolution of women. women in turkey have understood this. when the islamic state attacked the city, what they wanted also was to do away with women's rights. >> back at the office, the tv is tuned into the local news channel with reports from inside kobane playing on a loop. >> it is the same land, we are a ll residents, we are the children of one people. we do not suffer here from terrorism but there trauma is

ours too. > every morning she comes in to work knowing thousands are counting on her to get them through their daily ordeal. >> now if you think french winemaking is a man's world, think again. more and more, we are seeing a female touch in the fermentation of france's most famous grapes. we travel to the vineyards of bordeaux to meet three sisters as they harvested this year's crop. >> great picking has begun. it is the first day of harvest of seven young blanche -- s auvignon blanc. >> they inherited this vineyard and runs it with her husband la urence. >> women are managing the estate

and the production in wine and the vineyard. >> her seven brothers and two sisters are established bordeaux winemakers. the family is worth 300 million euros. the oldest sister has a meeting at the winery, a promotion firm that chose them for the project simply because they are women. when she started studying winemaking she was on -- the only woman in her class. old superstitions hold that women menstruating fell the wine during fermentation. >> they were wine cellar owners who said they did not want women in their sellers. it was not long ago, 20 years ago. >> i experienced it when i started, that was 30 years ago. times have changed.

the brothers have been well known and now the sisters are getting known. they want wine made by women. >> when you

is democracy now! >> with respect to senator udall, i would be prepared to go to washington and help him physically do that. i have no problems with that. this is fundamental to a democracy. if the people are not informed as to what their government is doing, then you do not have an operational democracy.