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well across the north sea the editor of britain's guardian newspaper was grilled at the terra hearing this week for publishing stories exposing the scale of global surveillance which the u.k. is no small part of the government accuses the paper of encouraging terrorism by revealing how they're being spied on but journalistically mady believes it's all part of a public flogging campaign. it's theater because it's actually for internal consumption it's really for the united kingdom and david cameron is trying to demonstrate that he's the strong man that he's tough on terrorism that he's not going to let journalists you know tell him what to do and therefore he's coming out with these statements which of the rest of the world thinks pretty crazy because everyone is saying from president obama downwards that we should have this debate about what are the limits of surveillance and what kind of oversight should we have and it's really only david cameron the u.k. government that's saying we shouldn't do that. some of today's brody's headlines now inspectors from the united nations nuclear ag

well across the north sea the editor of britain's guardian newspaper was grilled at a terry hearing this week for publishing stories exposing the scale of global surveillance which the u.k. is no small part of the government accuses the paper of encouraging terrorism by revealing how they are being spied on but journalistically moody believes it's all part of a public flogging campaign it's theater because it's actually for internal consumption it's really for the united kingdom and david cameron is trying to demonstrate that he's the strong man that he's tough on terrorism that he's not going to let journalists you know tell him what to do and therefore he's coming out with these statements which for the rest of the world thinks pretty crazy because everyone is saying from president obama downwards that we should have this debate about what are the limits of surveillance and what kind of oversight should we have and it's really only david cameron and the government that's saying we shouldn't do that eleven separate attacks across the iraqi capital have killed at least thirty nine people

across the north sea the editor of britain's guardian newspaper was grilled and we can attend a hearing for publishing stories exposing the scale of global surveillance which the patients will topple the government accuses the type of encouraging terrorism though by revealing how with it being spied on by the justice committee believes his old part of the floating count. he says because as the seafront own consumption is really full the united kingdom and baby cameron is trying to demonstrate that he's the strong man is tough on terrorism and economic agenda said. tell him all to do in the full. he's coming out with the stabilization force the world thinks pretty crazy because everyone is dying from prison on the talents that we should have this debate about what all the limits of supply and small pioneer of the site to be had. an israeli david cameron and the uk job on the same deletion of data whatever images is back to this the nsa says the sites will the kids think if we're going to downplay the dragnet about this and big snow said the us intelligence into the places he has two beds

very good sales, western europe, china, britain, north america.s down ap you can take a victory lap for your position on the global economy. charles: thanks a lot. it's pretty powerful when you look at the market overall. stuart: you would buy nike at 77. charles: nike is one of my four never-sell stocks, nike, boeing, ibm, global, behemoth, if you have a 401(k)-- >> and 40% sales for a company like nike. charles: they have one competitor, nike and adidias splitting up the world. stuart: that's why you like boeing, one competitor. charles: one world competitor. one. ibm has no real competitor, no real competitor, admit they're late on cloud, but they'll catch up. i love the companies with a giant global footprint and low competitors. stuart: and let's look at a company, its name is blackberry. lost 4.4 billion dollars in the latest statement period. nicole, why don't you tell me why blackberry stock is up. nicole: lose 4 billion, the stock moves higher. this is why, because of a deal, a development deal that they have witt foxcon, they make some o

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north. speaking of cool we have a significant storm developing in the u.k., across britain. we'll show you what it feels like with the wind chill advisory for the north central parts of theiates, and a flood warning. i want to touch base on the storm. it will bring parts of britain 50 to 60 miles per hour. we are aght the storm to dump rain fall. we'll track it throughout the evening and give you details when you get them on that storm. otherwise the storm growing for the united states is dousing the east. virginia getting a lot of rain. it is totalling up. we had birmingham with an inch of rain. no wonder you have kentucky and tennessee with several rivers at flood stage. we'll watch any other rivers stretching up into the virginias. we'll have more details. with the global active weather going on. >> and still ahead, more on the target security breach fall out. we talk to the security risk that people are faced with and why the u.s. is not up on the latest technology. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. here are the top stories this half hour. united nations evacuated 45

inaugural event i find a stall is showing no signs of weakening in north and your effort that was at least four people dead or missing britain's environment agency board of the risk of a stone was such a tent area has been deployed to protect london winds of up to two hundred and twenty a comic to salah pummeled the east coast of scotland. a dissenting this laurie and killing the driver as highway when his head for the consonant handbags and the agency said this was down to the fullest and schools with high east. the storm is also causing transport chaos with hundreds of flights canceled and rail networks shot down. as it reaches small islands off the taste of gemini the residents fear being cut off supply rates as water levels are rising higher than expected. and den aka seventy two year old woman died when the truck she was traveling in. i've attended high winds the bridge connecting with sweden has pink eye least as hurricane force gusts back to the taste the two is he. as the one who. dj's. each. it as with it. will. the us. it says. cr the house. the day most of the home front. what can. poll. at that. though the bus. i'm

syrianeurid army helicopter struck barrels fildh exclusive to the north and six the open flames and smoke rise in the air as britain's assess the damage and rubble left in its wake. thirty six people were killed in the attack including fourtn children according to the syrian observatory of human rights site of the syrian government has not commented on the attack the bter opponent often rode out to planes with mitchell. i have a devastating effect. it was aeconomic hub has been a battleground. since rebels stormed a spin this entry cos of the city in the summit last month. much of it is now destroyed them. the shot was at school says helping fight the rebels for two in the coffee is either a hundred thousand people have died and millions displaced from their homes inside schools is made up of shiites including theinority sect otherwise continued to battle ripples which mainly consists ofunni muslims. un school to find a political solution to the conflict have slid from being unsuccessful. it recently sent its first of several batches of humanitarian aid by plane from iraq the supplies of two to four feet to the more

the ability to work on nuclear plants and having china work with great britain on building a high speed rail from london to the north to north of england so very very positive step to albury positive and and and very reflective what china is trying to do going forward um the chinese have of the money to invest in pursuit of a high speed rail most countries don't and so on. it's part and parcel of a broader initiative by the chinese to ramp up in investment overseas especially in europe in united states um it to adhere them to the in those countries without a doubt of show that not one political consequences of this for a future government that should be to be taught about up because we know when the japanese invested a lot of united states back in the nineteen eighties. twenty years later the politics church japan to change dramatically i think that's that's one thing is great britain ahead of the car right. why do think that britain has been a bit of a unique position in the sense that they've always been great supporters of free trade and investment going back to the seventeen hundreds on a diet they may be acknow

it's an hour north of london and during world war ii, behind those windows, behind those doors some of britain'sbiggest brains were cracking german codes, but fighting people suitable for the job was a task in itself. candidates were given a copy of the daily telegraph newspaper. the goal was to complete the cross word puzzle under 12 minutes. >> people were quite good recognizing that five of these letters formed part of the word and the rest of the letters in the group formed the rest of the word. >> reporter: mark would have been snatched up. he can get through not one, not two, you could get threw three cross word puzzles in a half hour. >> if you look at the devices used with key words that may come into the clue you can play with the word in the clue to figure it out. >> reporter: and speaking of figuring things out here's the answer to the earlier tough one. guessing if is one thing. pronouncing it, quite another. again, not that it matters after all its just for money and it has been for a hundred years. phil lavelle, al jazeera with a massive headache. >> great story. and thank you for

lost contact with the don't know what exactly is happening out there with britain and the us of course stop the rebels in syria's north because of the rise of extremism there is not a move in the right direction you think well i think what we need to do is to get all parties to sit down and have negotiated settlement in syria this carnage and bloodshed can't be sponsored by anybody unfortunately there were people who were sponsoring this. the rebel side and therefore the government was doing it as well and so what we need to do is to step back from it get the people to sit around a table and come to some sort of an agreement to stop this horrific atrocities that are going on and on all sides and will washington this proposed meeting between washington maybe and the radical islamic front happen will that be a step forward to a negotiated settlement if they start talking or would it be a bad move. i think that would be difficult move you know if there was one radical organization you could deal with a lot might be a possibility but there isn't and we know this from past experience that is not possible to have sort of di

in north-west france more than 200,000 homes have no electricity. ferries from france to britain have been cancelled. this is an example of the impact of winds of more than 100km per hour. tens of thousands of people in the region have been left without power. stormy weather is heading to northern island and scotland. >> whether forecasters are preticketing a big storm soon. >> the next storm is on the way friday. set to bring wet and windy weather with more than an inch of rain in place and further damaging winds. >> people are preparing themselves for more bad weather. and a very wet christmas. >> let's find out where the holiday whether is heading. >> thanks, well, i'm afraid the words happy christmas and weather don't fit comfortably into the same area. eastern areas are not too bad. i'll focus on the u.k. there's bad conditions in france. we had record-breaking rain fall in the south. strong winds in the north and an area in the north down to 990 mill bars. it's in the northern portion of the north sea. must be horrendous. further south on shetland, 105 kph. it's a bit of a

unique relationship with the crossword, this is an hour north of london and during world war ii behind those windows and doors, some of britain'sns were working on the ultimate puzzle. cracking german codes. but finding people suitable for the job was a task in itself. candidates were given a copy of the daily telegraph newspaper and it's notoriously difficult crossword. the goal was to complete it in under 12 minutes. >> crossword puzzle people were quite goods as filling in the gaps. recognizing that five of these letters form part of a word and two of the letters in the next five letter group form the rest of the word. >> mark would probably have been snapped up, times crossword champion six years on the run he can get through not one, not two, but three crosswords in half an hour. so a tip from the pro, it's all about technique. >> you can look at a crossword clue, if you are familiar with the devices that are used with the key words that may come in to the clue, you can play with the word in the clue and figure it out. >> and speaking of figuring things out, here is the answer to the earlier tough one. guessing it is one t

organizations from the united states and britain, who are working in southern sudan, and have been there for 20 years, and there's a symbiotic relationship between sudan, north and south and the united states. there has been a long relationship. that's part of it. >> appreciate your time. thank you so much. special envoy to sudan under president george w. bush. the two remaining members. controversial band pussy riot have been released from a prison in russia, they were gaoled after staging anti-putin protests in a moscow church. putin issued partons. the due so does not plan to stop their activism. we have that report. >> maria alyokhona walked free. >> i was going to reject the amnesty, but the prison received an order. i was brought here. now i would like to meet human rights activists. >> the final member of the manned. na did, ezhda was released a few hours later calling for nothing less than a boycott of the winter olympics. >> european countries could revisit their opinion about the winter olympics. i call for the boycott. honesty and not to sell yourself for oil and gas that russia can provide. >> both were serving a 2-year sentence for taking part i

in which our historic commitment to north .7% of our gdp in aids can ensure that britain placed her full part. but, of course, the most important monument to mandela must be the lessons he has taught us. that there's dignity and worth in every human being, not an ounce of camilla is worth more than a ton of might, but lasting long-term change needs patience, even the patience of a lifetime but that change can come with determination and sacrifice. so mr. speaker, it is with sadness we meet here today to remember nelson mandela. but it is with gladness that we can say this, it was a long walk to freedom but the walk is over. freedom was one year and for that nelson mandela has the deepest respect of the cells and his enduring place in history. >> here, here. >> ed miliband. >> mr. speaker, today we remember the life of nelson mandela. now, this house traditionally gathers to be treated to those who have led our country. it is unusual for us to meet to honor the leader of another. why was it so essential that we should commemorate the life of president mandela in this way? a simple reason

north london. it serves as something of a community center, and they don't expect an influx of more bulgarians in 2014. the first job in britainn a fish factory. now she is a psychologist, offended by the suggestion that bulgarians come to britain just to live off of social welfare. >> i can really define bulgarians as hardworking and very honorable people in general. they're -- we're not so used to gaining much from a social system. so i wouldn't say they come here to get benefits. >> reporter: london has undergone dramatic social change in recent years. and opinion polls show that most british people feel there has been too much immigration. so the debate needs to be seen in this context. and yet, it's quite apparent that british government officials have no real idea how many bulgarians and romanians intend to move here after january 1st. >> reporter: 13,000 per year, although ministers say they are not sure, but migration watch, a campaign group which worries about the impact of migration, says some 50,000 could come every year for the next five years. >> we have had a christmas where 1 million youngsters are out of work.

north london. it serves as something of a community center. and they don't expect an influence of more bulgarians in 2014. this woman's first job in britainn a fish factory. now she was a psychologist. offended by the notion that bulgarians come here just for the social system. >> we're not so used to -- of gaining so much from social system. so i wouldn't say they come here just for benefits. >> reporter: london has underbeen dramatic social change in recent years, and opinion polls show most british people feel there has been too much immigration, so the debate and bulgarians and romanians needs to be seen in this context. and yet it is quite apparent, that british government officials have no real idea how many intend to move here after january 1st. the british government department published an estimate of 13,000 per year, although ministers say they are not sure. but a group that worries and the impact of migration says some 50,000 could come every year for the next five years. >> we have a christmas where 1 million youngsters are out of work. and that's a disgrace. we already have the pressure on hospitals and school places, and eno

north sea a few miles from the british coast. two have been arrested for starting the fire. we have more. >> the shots were taken by britain's royal air force on saturday night. it shows the moments helicopters were airlifted. four passengers and two crew members were evacuated. 23 either were treated for smoke-related inhalation. >> there's a lot of smoke in the area. passengers show people listening to safety announcement and waiting by live boats. once they were on dry land many paid tribute to the crew. >> everyone was quiet and patient and easy. it's very good. stewards take good care of us with the food and drinks and everything, so no problem at all. >> we stayed calm. there was a lot of smoke we could smell. but for the rest - the english people were a bit annoying, fighting and really rude. >> when they announced they were going on to holland, it was okay. 10 minutes later they said it was going back to newcastle. a couple of guys were arrested. >> police arrested two men, including a 26-year-old passenger suspected of starting the fire in his cabin, it's not clear if it was an accident. some tried to get on flight

it was unlikely because britain had france had spent most of their history enemies of each other. they fought in canada, india, north america. they very nearly come to fighting in 1898 over africa. but because of germany, which france was afraid of, and was a big and powerful labor that defeated france in 1879, and because germany was threatening british naval capacity, the british and the french grew closer. they formed the friendly understanding. they settled there colonial disputes. and they began to work together for things like military planning. host: what was the triple alliance? guest: the triple alliance was the alliance of germany, austria hungry, and italy. it was the other big grouping. the entente came to include russia. then you had the triple alliance on the other side. increasingly before 1914, you had europe divided up into two armed camps. host: where was the united states during the early 1900 period, and what was his relationship with all of these different groups you are talking about here? guest: the united states is in the process of becoming a world power. united states is a great economic po

north pole. norad tradition since 1955. wednesday of course is christmas. thursday is st. steven's day known as boxing day in britainveals which celebrities would or would not want living next door. miranda lambert and blake shelton were last year's most desirable neighbors. the folks on "here comes honey boo-boo" was released. according to that pew survey we mentioned awhile back, 54% of us plan to attend chris has church service. bill flanagan asks those church goers, do unto others as they would have others do unto them. >> christmas two times a year where you have to get to church early to get a seat. at the midnight mass in my hometown you better be in your pew by 11:00 or sent to the overflow eucharist in the basement to welcome the messiah in a metal folding chair while the faithful upstairs enjoy a full choir and pipe organ. now i know the holy family spent the first christmas in a manger, they would have loved -- but i'm always impressed how folks who miss church all year adopt the devotional intensity of the third crusade when it comes to getting a prime spot at christmas. the spirit of the season goes rig

britain, russia, china, and germany. the fact that the p5 plus 1 have hung together, it might have created an opening. in the case of north korea, we have had similar unity and economic pressure. china and the united states have stepped up increasing the pressure on north korea. north korea has not made a decision. partly, perhaps because it begins from such a lower economic race. open, in fact, to the international community then is iran. it is important to come to the negotiating table in earnest. we are no more interested in talking for talking's sake with north korea than we would be with iran. it has got to be -- given the past history of north korea -- a serious engagement if we are to do this again. north korea knows exactly what it needs to do to demonstrate that it is serious. we remain open to the resumption of negotiations. we are open and have bilateral channels for communication with north korea, but north korea has to make the fundamental choice that it is serious about denuclearization. the five countries in the six -- and the six parties, the members of the security council have been very clear about what

north sea a few miles from the british coast. six in the hospital. two arrested for starting the fire. we have more. >> these shots were taken by britain's royal air force, showing the moment helicopters airlifted people off a ferry after a fire on board. four passengers and two crew members were evacuated and taken to be treated for snow inhalation. 23 others were treated on board the m.s. king see ways, not far off the north-east coast. >> we have a lot of smoke in the areas. passengers are shown listening to safety announcements and waiting by life boats. they didn't have to use them. once they were on dry land passengers paid tribute to the crew. >> everyone was quite and patient and easy, so it's good and stewards take good care of us with food and drinks. no problem at all. >> we stay calm. there was a lot of smoke we could smell. the english people - they were annoying. fighting and they were rude. >> when they announced they were going to holland, it was okay. they said they were going back to newcastle, a couple of guys were arrested. >> two men were arrested, including a 26-year-old passenger suspected of starting the fire in h

britain and northern europe are facing what could be their most powerful storm in years. at least three people died today, as hurricane-force winds swept out of the north. we have a report from liam dutton of independent television news. >> reporter: december. a time of year when you would expect the british weather to deliver it's worst and today it did. scotland bore the brunt of today's damaging winds with gusts of around 90 miles an hour hitting much of the country. transport was severely affected with all train services suspended for a time this morning before slowly returning to normal this afternoon. the pilot of this plane had to abort landing at birmingham airport buffeted by strong crosswinds. 100,000 homes in scotland were left without electricity with another several thousand homes in northern ireland and northern england affected as the strong winds move southwards. in north wales as well as gales, emergency services were prepared for coastal flooding as large waves combined with high tides were expected to crash over sea walls. parts of newcastle city center are flooded this evening after the river thine burst its banks. tonight the risk

north korea for more than a month. merrill newman arrived in san francisco said he was, quote, delighted but declined to talk about his time there. >>> susan boyle who rose to fame on "britain'sbeen diagnosed with asperger's syndrome. >> interesting revelation there. >>> a lot more to get to in this half hour. we have -- you sit home and you wonder if you'll be able to afford everything on your holiday shopping list. that's what i'm wondering even though my kid is only this big. mario is here with alternatives to this season's hottest tech gifts, right? >> oh, yeah. he has them. he just doesn't have a mic on. >> i'm so far removed from tv right now. i can't hear you! >>> since it is your first weekend back, we have advice for all new parents out there who are finding it hard to ease into your old work routine. you're getting there. >> slowly. i tripped a little yesterday. i'm back into full swing. >> you weren't on this set. we were still outside, and this set was being built when you left. >> right. new camera -- that room is so orange. is that on purpose? there's a lot of orange. >> it's called the orange room. >> is that what it is? i have been watching a lot of tv. i'm ex