we have reports now from the capitol of indian administered kashmir. >> a mogul emperor said of kashmir if there is heaven on earth, this is it. many would gray. but for those in the tourism industry this season has been difficult. last year people flocked to these hills to enjoy the snow, but this year there is less snow and even fewer people. warmer weather has not helped, but hotel managers mostly blame september's heavy flooding for keeping tourists away even though the floodwaters never touched this area. >> especially this month, we had a lower percentage of booking this season. >> in a city that was hit hardest by the floods, much of the roads and tourist facilities have been repaired, but that has not helped. houseboat owners only have empty rooms to show. usually they're at least half to two-thirds occupied. with hardly any bookings, many are worried they won't survive until next season. >> a year-round destination this lake resort would be full of visitors, but violence in the region led to a sharp drop in foreign tourists which had been replaced by domestic tourism. now even

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kashmir, if there is heavy on earth, this is it. many would agree but for those in the tour imindustry, this season has been difficult. last year, people flocked to the hills to enjoy the snow, but this year, there's less snow and even fewer people. warmer weather hasn't helped, but hotel managers here mostly blame september's heavy flooding for keeping tourists away, even though the waters never turned this area. >> last year, this month, we had a booking of 50-60 persons now we have only 10 to 15% booking. >> tourism is one of the biggest economic sectors. in a city hit hardest by the floods most of the roads and tourists facilities have been repaired. but that hasn't helped. house boat owners have empty rooms. usually they are half to two thirds occupied. with hardly any bookings, many worry they won't survive until next season. >> a year and destination this lake resort would normally be full but years of violence in the region led to a sharp drop in tourists, which had been replaced by domestic tourism. now, even that has dried

is up and running has not been. >> kashmir is devastated because of floods. >> reporter: government say they are working on ways to increase tourism. >> reassurance plan and with the fears and business contacts and tour operators will operate from those states and go back to the rally. >> reporter: tourism operators hope the worst is to an end as kashmir is back in business visitors will return to the region and people will once again enjoy this paradise on earth fit for an emperor. >>> nigeria getting help from neighboring chad and cameroon to fight the group boko haram and we have more from the chad capitol capitol. >> reporter: chad forces stepping up offenses against boko haram targets in nigeria using helicopters and jet bombers and targeting villages under the control of boko haram. the last few days their target has been the town not far away from the border nigeria shares with cameroon. there have been targeting positions of the fighters from the ground and other towns inside cameroon and chad fores also cutting out strikes against positions of the boko haram fighters. there

we report from the capitol of indian-administered kashmir. >> a mogul emperor said of kashmir if there is heaven on earth, this is it. many would agree but for those in the tourism industry, this season has been difficult. last year, people flocked to these hills to enjoy the snow, but this year, there's less snow and even fewer people. warmer weather hasn't helped, but hotel managers here mostly blamed september's heavy flooding for keeping tourists away even though floodwaters never touched this area. >> last year, we had this month especially this punt, a booking of 50 to 60% now we have only 10% booking. >> tourism is one of the biggest economic sectors in the region. in a city hit hardest by the floods much of the roads and tourist facilities have been repaired but that hasn't helped. house boat owners only have empty rooms to show. usually they're at least half to two thirds occupied. many are worried they won't survive until next season. >> this lake resort would normally be full of visitors. years of violence in the region led to a sharp drop in foreign tourists which in recent

officials in the southeast region kashmir ordered area evacuated after a landslide blocked a river andried it could cause flooding and recovering to floods that led to billions of dollars in damage in september and as we report it is struggling to attract tourists back. >> reporter: a noingel empire said if this is heaven on earth this is it and many would agree but people in the tourism industry this season has been difficult, last year people flocked to these hills to enjoy the snow but this year there is less snow and even fewer people. warmer weather hasn't helped but hotel managers here mostly blame september heavy flooding for keeping tourist away even though flood waters never touched this area. >> especially this month we had a booking of 50-60 and now we have 10-15% booking. >> reporter: it's the same story throughout the region where tourism is a big sector and it was hit hard by the floods and many facilities have been repaired but doesn't help and have empty rooms to show and half to two thirds occupied and with hardly any bookings many worry they will not survive until nex

. >> an 18-year-old man was shot dead during a protest in kashmir. his said he was just playing cricket nearby, and now they're seeking justice. >> people in the village have come out to comfort the family. he was legend allegedly shot and killed by security forces. the mood is somber, but at times angry. >> people hearsay that he was playing cricket near where the protest happened. they insist that he was not one of the protesters throwing stones. his father was too emotional to speak to us, so his cousin spoke to us instead. >> there have been so many cases like this one. nothing has happened in those cases, and it looks like nothing will happen in this one either. >> the streets have been largely empty after the death this week, and there have been curfews and strikes across the region. some in response to the death. others to mark the anniversary of the execution of a kashmiri separatist. security forces were set outside of protests. >> local officials say that the investigation will look at why shots were fired. insisting that police and militar

. >>> there has been a rise in tension in indian controlled kashmir.jamil reports. >> reporter: people in the village have come out to comfort the family. he was allegedly shot and killed by security forces earlier this week when protesters began throwing stones at him. the mood here is somber but angry. people say he was playing cricket near where this protest happened. and they insist he was not one of the protesters throwing stones his father was too emotional to speak to us so his cousin spoke instead. >> translator: there has been so many cases like this one of people being killed. nothing has happened in those cases, and it looks like nothing will happen in this one either. >> reporter: the streets have been largely empty after his death this week and there have been curfews and strikes across the regions. security forces were posted outside of bots village to prevent further protests. authorities began an investigation into bots killing right away. >> in order to instill the confidence in the public that we are very fair in getting justice done.

. >>> there has been a rise in tension in indian administers kashmir after an 18 year old was shot deaduring a protest. his family says he was playing cricket nearby and they are now seeking justice. >> reporter: people in the village have come out to comfort the family of the man allegedly shot and killed by security forces earlier this week. the mood here is somber but at times angry. people here say bot was playing cricket near where the protests happened, and they insist he was not one of the protesters throwing stones. bots father was too emotional to speak to us so his cousin spoke instead. >> translator: there has been so many cases like this one, of the people being killed. nothing has happened in those cases, and it looks like nothing will happen in this one either. >> reporter: the streets have been largely empty this week and there have been curfews and strikes across the region some in response to bot's death, others to mark the anniversary of the execution of a separatists unlike previous cases authorities began an investigation into bot's killing right away. >> in order to

. >> let's start off in northern india, specifically around the kashmir region where we go seeing some the good news is that farmers, as you mentioned, are going to be looking at some respite from a drought we have been seeing as of late. the northeast monsoon still dominating farther toward the south. but what i do want to take our attention to is off here. we have some video coming off in area where it really is good news. this fresh snow in india's most northern region thursday have brought some relief for the farming community. especially apple growers specifically. farmers expressed satisfaction as it would provide some water to the crop here in the state. values in the region have been experiencing one of its driest winters in the last three decades. so if you may think of snow you may think that's not a good thing for quarmers but in some cases it definitely is because you get water starting to flow out there. and as far as the forecast we actually have one storm moving away and another one is coming in from the west and that could bring some more precipitation first across nort

cuban citizens have been subject to force kashmir forced prostitution of their cuba as well.ls that were mentioned by mr. clawson and in other places renting children are dead israeli of what this barbaric regime is all about. they make money by child sex tourism. and again is not an open society. i would love for investigators to be able to go there and of course, look to bring charges against those including higher ups in the government. tier three country. i would like to any of our witnesses if they would like to speak to the despicable record of cuba when it comes to the modern-day slave trade? [speaking spanish] >> translator: it is very important for you to know that the cuban government promotes child prostitution in cuba. [speaking spanish] >> translator: the cuban government knows that there are many youth who don't go to school who are on the streets looking for ways to make money to feed their family. [speaking spanish] >> translator: it is shameful to say but i must say -- [speaking spanish] >> translator: just last week there was a group of young women saying th