>> alexa and of all me was briefly detained by russian police when he tried to join a protest. earlier on tuesday, he had been convicted for embezzlement in a trial european union sees as politically motivated. -- alexiei navalny. >> navalny tried to make it out on the streets to join his

followers on tuesday. it was ruled he was breaking the terms of his house arrest to attend the rally, posting a photograph from moscow's subway. it was reported that he was arrested on the way to the rally. supporters had already gathered outside the kremlin to protest his sentencing for embezzlement, which took place earlier that day. he was given a 3.5-year suspended sentence. his brother was given a three-year custodial sentence. >> all of this is being done in order to punish thieves even more. >> questions have been raised about the timing of this sentence. it was brought forward to coincide with the end of year holidays and subzero temperatures to avoid a public reaction.

>> not to create a martyr or figure of an opposition leader in jail. the desire is not to consolidate the opposition but to demoralize and intimidated. >> a lawyer who rose to prominence with his blog investigating corruption, navalny has long been a thorn in the side of vladimir putin. he galvanize the opposition and led mass anti-kremlin protest in 2011, became a strong second in moscow's mayoral election last year and has openly stated his ambition to run for president in 2018. >> there's no longer any hope of finding survivors in the missing air asia flight. a missing jordan -- a missing door belonging to the plane, he sickens, and several survivors were spotted off the coast of indonesia. authorities believe they downed the crash site -- found the

crash site. can the wreckage and bodies tell us more about the circumstances of the accident? that's a question we put earlier to end aviation expert. >> the first question would be to see how they died, if they died from compression or the shock of the sea. if they died from compression this would mean the aircraft could have exploded in flight, breaking up in flight, or maybe everybody was alive when they hit the sea, and that's another possibility for the crash it self, for the reason of the crash. >> and were hoping to find this out by examining the wreckage? >> the answer will be given by the so-called black ox's, which are red boxes, actually. this time, i think we will have quite soon the answer. >> what happens now? authorities believe they have on the crash site. they believe the shadow they can see corresponds to the wreckage

flying over the plane. what happens? >> actually, what is going to happen is to have all the different vessels coming to the site. that will take a few hours. by tomorrow morning our time, we should have new information regarding the exact location of the wreck. >> by all accounts, the air asia flight had asked to change course due to bad weather. extreme conditions have been wreaking havoc elsewhere in the region. heavy rains and flash floods have been battering malaysia killing dozens of people. in malaysia, 250,000 people have died as the country experiences its worst flooding in a decade. how may people were traveling

aboard the norman atlantic? rescuers pulled more than 400 people at the burning area yesterday in the middle of the adriatic sea, and it's deemed the death toll was limited to 10, but a passenger manifest now appears to have been grossly inaccurate, leading to tears that many more people may be found dead in the wreckage. -- leading to fears that many more people may be found dead in the wreckage. >> it was a rescue operation carried under the most challenging of conditions. a difficult environment ensures it continued well into the night, which was when the disaster claims its latest victims. two albanian seamen died during operations, adding to the rising number of confirmed for tallies -- fatalities. the new death toll could rise dramatically.

>> the list of passengers on board -- and we are still checking it -- showed 400 78 people. in addition, we have identified three illegal immigrants and our first estimate is that there were 499 passengers on board the vessel. >> the discrepancies between the ship's manifest and the number of people saved mean the ship's owner, operator, and captain could face possible manslaughter charges, and with at least 50 still unaccounted for, italian coast guard and navy helicopters continue to scour the waters around the stricken ship. >> united nations security council is set to vote on a palestinian draft resolution that calls for a settlement of the israeli-palestinian conflict within one year, and it calls for an end to israeli occupation

of palestinian territories before the end of 2017. the u.s. has already warned it would veto any such resolution. let's get more on this with our guest, the middle east analyst at the wilson center. first of all, let's be clear -- this resolution is not going to go through, correct? >> yeah. you would still need the concurrence of the five permanent members of the security council, and the brits have already said they will vote against it. the brits almost certainly will. there is no happy ending even in failure, it seems to me. we knew this from the get go because the u.s. has already indicated against it from the get go. what is the political value and

presenting it to the palestinians? >> i think it's a mix of restoration, palestinian conviction -- i think it's a mix of frustration. negotiations with the current israeli government are futile with the palestinian government, which leads them to the arena in which he can somehow mobilize supporters. the problem, of course, is that he is unlikely to get the kind of support that he needs certainly in the security council, and if he forces the americans into a veto, it will again create a situation, i think on balance, which might help matters in the forthcoming israeli elections perhaps in favor of the israeli prime minister. >> excuse me, you think this strengthens the israeli right

for the palestinians to present this before the united nations? >> and had israel's key ally, the united states, standing shoulder to shoulder with the current israeli government and vetoing it? absolutely. that brings me to the second point. i really do believe somehow that palestinians have reached the conclusion wrongly that introducing this resolution, weather it passes or not somehow serves to reinforce the fact that israel is isolated within the international community, and i think that is, frankly, bad analysis. bottom line, i think my mood -- mahmoud abbas isn't a bad position. he is committed to doing something, to producing something with respect to statehood, and i think, frankly, he has convinced himself he had no choice but to go forward. >> is also trying to get more international support, and over the last few weeks we have seen

parliaments of various european countries, friends is, choosing to recognize palestinian statehood. it does not mean those governments -- britain, france, sweden, spain -- those governments have not recognized palestinian statehood, but their parliaments have. again, this is all diplomatic symbolism. does any of it help palestinians in your view? >> i think it is a more out-booster, but in the end, you are left with a certain reality -- there is real israeli-palestinian conflict the one that takes place largely on the ground, which is determined between confrontation, negotiation, and violence, and you have what i call the other arab-israeli conflict which takes place outside of this area and is an effort to, you know, wage battle and political warfare in the international community. frankly, there's a huge disconnect between the two.

bottom line, as politically incorrect as it may be unless the palestinians can mobilize and marshall tito countries -- israel and the united states -- on behalf of their aspirations for statehood, frankly, it does not really matter how many other countries and the international system they can get to stand up for them, and that bottom line, i'm afraid right now is a tough one for them to mobilize. >> thank you very much for your input. >> you are welcome. >> as greece prepares for early elections, parliament was dissolved, a formal step to pave the way for an early vote set for january 25. the terms of the financial assistance package that have been shoring up the greek economy over the last few years are about to be renegotiated and with greece' place in the eurozone on the line, it seems there is some voter fatigue

among greeks who are tired of making decisions that could affect the rest among europe. >> the main suspect in the mumbai terror attacks has been arrested again in pakistan. seven suspects are being tried in the country in connection with the attacks which killed 166 people. an antiterrorist court had granted bail earlier this month, citing lack of evidence. that was an embarrassment to the pakistani government, which had vowed to crack down on extremism, but police rearrested him on another case. >> the ebola patient in britain has been transferred from glasgow to a specialist hospital in london. she contracted ebola while working as a nurse in one of the worst affected ebola countries, sierra leone. >> the mythical convoy heads into britain's specialist isolation unit as the country's first case of ebola diagnosed on home soil is transferred from

glasgow to north london. in glasgow the scottish first minister said the patient was doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances and sought to address public concerns that the highly contagious virus was not a threat. >> at the risk to any other person, including other passengers on the flight in question, a case that has been concerned as positive and use the wood negligible last night and it continues to be the word i would use. >> officials in london reiterated that the public risk of infection is low and that the u.k. government has everything in place to keep the british public safe. >> i'm satisfied having done that that the procedures, the protocols, the things that we've been practicing now for months and months have now kicked in. >> as the nurse's specialist

treatment continues, her work with save the children in sierra leone continued their efforts to help those infected with the disease that has killed close to eight thousand people to date. >> were going to go through some rather striking pictures -- an american photographer photograph families posing with the trash they have generated over the last seven days. a graphic reminder of how much waste developed countries generate every day. >> art can be a dirty job. just ask ron munro. he and his family agreed to pose with seven days of their own trash. a weeks worth of waste that serves a reminder -- serves as a reminder of the pollution we generate every day. >> when you get to really see your trash it makes you stop and go, "wow, maybe i should do something different."

just as the family's trash dirties the snow they are lying in the photographer chose natural environments for each of his subjects. here, a couple floats in water a reference to the more than 5 trillion bits of elastic floating in the world's oceans and rivers. collects the problem is abstract. it is very generalized. it is not on a human scale, so i am personalizing the problem by getting individuals and families to think more deeply about what they are doing by actually examining their own trash. >> he says some of the participants edited their trash hiding the actual amount of rubbish they produced, out of embarrassment, but the real shame lies in the numbers. each person in the united dates produces more than two kilos of waste a day, more than twice as much as in western europe. >> a reminder of the top stories this hour -- wreckage and bodies from the air asia flight have been recovered in the java sea.

indonesian authorities believe they have found that crash site. russian opposition figure alexei navalny, and the united nations secured income slicks back to devote within hours calling for an end to israeli occupation. >> it was a pretty dire stock market day for european indices with the main indices in london, paris, as well as frankfurt finishing in negative territory. it was political turmoil in greece that we really -- that really weighed on shares after a snap election was called in greece. fitch was warned that prolonged political uncertainties would hurt the nation's credit rating as the ratings agency said it was unclear that the election

would produce an outright winner. one of the questions now is weather the turmoil increase could have economic ripple effects elsewhere in the eurozone. we take a closer look at that. >> may 2012, greek party leaders scramble to form a government, warning the country risked exiting the eurozone. 2.5 years later, a crisis in the nations single currency is lurking once more amid great political turmoil. borrowing costs remain low even among weaker economies like spain and italy. >> the situation has improved in that sense but also there are fresh measures in place by the ecb to help stem the crisis.

>> the eurozone may avoid contagion as private investors have scaled down there great that holding aptitude bailouts most of it is in the hands of the eurozone government. another reason is the banking union, and that can isn't set up by the eurozone to share banking risks across the consonant -- the continent. the political crisis in greece highlights once again the political uncertainty of the area. >> what is happening in greece questions the durability of this lifelong union. >> and greece's eurozone is at stake. >> as i said before, concerns over greece wade and european shares this tuesday. let's take a closer look at the figures. as i said before, we have been

watching the asd in athens the main stock market index in greece. it extended losses from monday this tuesday. however, it was a shortened trading day as well in germany where the frankfurt dax credit for the last trading day of 2014. let's also talk you through the american markets this hour. but i looking at the dow jones the nasdaq, and the s&p 500 in negative territory this hour. we are also looking at a measure of consumer confidence, which came in stronger-than-expected during the month of december. that has not been enough to put those indices above the flat line.

oil prices have been fluctuating this section and they remain close to 5.5-year lows. bp and royal dutch shell took it on the chin during trading, with shares closing down between 2.8% and 2% after european trading. let's bring you up-to-date with a few other stories we are watching for you. rail giant is in the making in china. the country's top la train manufacturer's csr corporation is to merge. both firms were spun off in china, and each is now valued at around $13 billion. the merger is seen as an attempt china to better compete with rival train makers. russian bank vtb says it has

received 100 billion rubles in state aid. the money is meant to shore up the banking system in russia at a time when russian banks are grappling with western sanctions. russia's second-biggest bank is set to receive another 150 billion rubles at the start of 2015. passages to, from, and within france are facing cancellations this new year's holiday. the airline has canceled 138 flights on new year's eve and new year's day because of the strike. french cabin crew are set to walk out for the second time in a week in a standoff over conditions and pay. easyjet says french cabin crew members are among the best paid in the profession. another strike in the airline world this year. >> another strike, and that

wraps up the business news with marcus carlson. thank very much. stay tuned. we have led news coming up. >> hello, and welcome to web news. with our pick of the stories making headlines. coming up, tunisian web users call for the release of a blogger. and a death defying flight. a tunisian blogger was arrested by authorities at tunis airport on to serve six after being sentenced in absentia to three years in prison for defaming army officers. largely due to his involvement in the january 20 revolution. he has remained extremely active online ever since. online campaigning for his release is now well under way. supporters have taken to twitter, voicing outrage and

challenging the tunisian army for bring the charges against him. many say people should have the right to criticize the country's security forces regardless of their beliefs and that this case undermines freedom of speech. other web users are slamming the fact case was brought before a military court and not a civilian one. although not everyone shares his beliefs, they feel he was treated badly. the story follows another highly controversial arrest that has also set up lively commentary and social media. so makers placed in detention of december 19 and is awaiting trial for disrespecting a public official. the offense carries a sentence of up to a year in prison. web users from jordan and from across the arab world have been posting in solidarity with a

26-year-old pilot who was captured by the islamic state terror group after his warplane came down near syria's northern province which is almost entirely under control of the jihadist group. the lieutenant is now an online hero with this picture posted to instagram. other web users soon followed suit, claiming they hoped the pilot would be released at the earliest possible opportunity and condemning i.s. extremists for their act in the name of religion. it has been poorly received by the jihadist organization, who threatened the jordanian pilot. others suggest an extension of prisoners between jordan and the i.s. terror group. jordanian authorities say they would do everything in their power to save the fighter pilot. it's the first time in aircraft has gone down since the start of airstrikes between i.s. and the

u.s.-led coalition, and the circumstances are still unclear. the washington and allies were quick to deny the plane was shot down by militants. web users have been voicing opposition to the territorial reforms that would see alcase merge with other local regions. a lot of locals are unhappy with the plan. even though the national assembly has already passed the proposal. france's new regional boundaries bringing the number of departments under 13 is set to come in a force on january 1, 2016. who to sleep at 6 p.m. and got up at one a.m. to go to work.

he went to bed at 3:00 a morning and got up at 10:00 to start writing again. sigmund freud spent just six hours per night between 1:00 a.m. at 7:00 a.m. sleeping. this was put together by "new york" magazine

m pacifica this is democracy now. >> it is the policy of the united states to deny kidnappers the benefits of the criminal acts, and that includes ransom. >> in a year that saw the brutal televised killings of western captives but isis, could a change in u.s. hostage policy could have saved american lives. at least 15 others were