. >>> syrian city duma. repeatedly been targeted by government forces and many civilians there have died. well now people are pleading for help from humanitarian organizations. natasha guinane reports. >> the syrian suburb of duma, a waste land of bombed out buildings, twisted wire and mountains of concrete. the remaining few that live here say their morale is slowing being wiped out. >> translator: we were very active in the beginning. even when the uniquely snipers werregime sniperswere striking . >> reporter: last month as people rushed to help those injured during an air strike on the local market there was a second sweep by the bombers. the rescuers themselves became victims. more than 100 died. the syrian air force confirmed it had conducted air strikes nearby. local officials say duma should be declared a disaster area. >> translator: the campaign of air strikes against us is huge. as a civil defense team we can't work alone so we are foorming joinforming ajoint operation rot includes all groups on th

village of duma in july, her husband died eight days after the attack. their older son aged 4 is still in hospital. >>> guatemala is going to have a run off election for president after the three leading candidates split sunday's vote. the television comedian jimmy morales is to round 2, but it's unclear who he's fighting. daniel schwindler is in gooment guatemala with more. >> tv comedian jimmy morales untainted by political scandals. he finished ahead but not with the 50% needed to avoid runoff. he'll fight second round on october the 25th against either manuel baldeson who lost the 2012 election or the former first lady sandra torres. the people have chosen. have they chosen wisely? >> we are going to be a lot wiser than our last elections to vote and hopefully we'll have better politicians in the next four years. >> reporter: the man they electeds as their last president, otto perez molina resigned last week and appears in court to see whether he will be tried for a massive corruption scandal. a scandal that has left the guatemalan electorate disillu

scott heidler has more from duma. >> this is her body being returned to her village. it's monday afternoon, her body has returned here. she's the third member of her family to have died from this arson attack believed to be carried out busy israeli settlers. her 18 month old son ali died that evening and then her husband died and five weeks later, she died. >> the family's oldest son ahmed is in hospital with severe burns. his family says despite this the family is staying in duma. >> the israelis will not terrify us. that's what they tried with this attack. we are staying here, we are not leaving. >> they are bodying her cemetery, the same cemetery where her son was buried and the same cemetery her husband was buried weeks ago. israeli police aren't releasing any details into the investigation who is behind this, that because there is a gag order. they are afraid there could still be more attacks in this small village. >>> iraq's defense minister has come under fire. chalid al baedi. informs retook the city from i.s.i.l. in april. >> khalid al abadi watt visiting tro

. >> there were three attempts in the russian duma to investigate the events in ryazan. in all cases they were voted down, with the ruling party under putin's control voting unanimously not to investigate and not to ask questions. >> narrator: mikhail trepashkin was asked to help with one of those duma investigations. a week before he was due to report his findings, he was stopped by the police. >> (translated): so they stopped me at a police checkpoint where there was a crowd of people. they checked my identification twice and checked the car and they didn't find anything, and when i was closing it, one of the officers threw in a bag, and i told him, "that's not mine. why are you putting that in my car?" he opened the bag and said, "here is the gun, here is the gun." and i was immediately arrested. >> narrator: trepashkin was sent to prison for two years. he came out and again spoke about his investigation of the apartment bombings, and was arrested and jailed for another two years. >> well, the apartment bombings saved the yeltsin system. they saved the corrupt divisio

scott heidler has more from duma. >> she returned to her home city of duma. she succumbed to these injuries early friday afternoon. her body has returned here. third member of the family that's died of the arson attack that's believed to be carried out by these israeli settlers. her son died that evening, then her husband died eight days after that astack and now five weeks later she has died and the village is going to say good-bye. the family's oldest son ahmed is in hospital with severe burns. >> the israelis will not terrify us. that's when they tried with this attack. we are staying here. we are not leaving. >> reporter: they're now buries her body, the same cemetery where her son was buried and the same cemetery where her husband was buried just a few weeks ago. palestinian officials call this arson attack a terrorist attack. prime minister benjamin netanyahu also called it a terrorist attack. they say there is a gag order. we spoke with some villagers here and they're afraid there could still be more attacks in this small villages. >>> iraq's defense s

. >> reporter: for officers like jeffery dumas, working at clinton correctional was practically a fight. >> typically every day we had somethin' to handle, whether it was just a fist fight, whether it was drugs bein' found, whether it was a stabbing, a slashing, gang violence. something like that typically always happened every day. >> reporter: in 2008, it was into this forbidding world that joyce mitchell, a seamstress, entered, to work in the prison tailor shop. and that's where we begin her story. we met her recent ly at clinton county jail where she was awaiting sentencing for her role in the prison break. she was shackled, handcuffed, and at times seemed nervous and emotional as she revealed how she was drawn into an brazen plot by two cunning and desperate murderers. >> reporter: first of all, there's obviously an irony here in that you were someone who worked in a prison. >> yes. >> reporter: and now you're being held behind bars. what's it been like, so far? >> it's -- it's nerve-wracking, because it's not someplace that i would have ever expected to be. >> reporter: let's go t

where they commit the burning of the palestinian family, a whole palestinian family in the town of duma in the west bank. claiming the lives of a child and his father and mother. what is left of the family is a four year old child, an orphan who teters between life and death in hospital as a result of his burns. while he killers -- while the killers remain free and have not yet been arrested. where is justice? where is justice? where is democracy and the democratic state that claims democracy? this is not the first crime. before that, they burned alive then killed a palestinian child in jerusalem, and the child in gaza, and before them, thousands have been killed in gaza and the west bank. we still remember the massacre of 1948 and all other crimes. all of these are crimes that have remained without -- that have remained with impunity, until when will israel remain above international law and accountability. due to time con saints i will not be able to discuss in detail how many violations are being committed against our people, how many oppressive laws have been issued by the israeli g

despite the ra tack the family is staying in duma. >> translator: these israelis will not terrify us. that's what they tried with this attack. we are staying here. we are not leaving. >> reporter: they're now burying her body. the same cemetery where her son was buried and her husband was buried just a few weeks ago. plnian officialpalestinian offis a terrorist attack. israeli police are not releasing any details into the investigation who's behind this that because there was a gag order. there could still be more attacks in this small village they are frayed. >>> chad's former president hissene habre had to be dragged back into senegal for his trial. the 72-year-old was ma manhandl. al jazeera nicholas hak has immediate some of his alleged victims. >> rachel says she was gang raped as she watched her father being tortured and killed by chadian security forces. she was 19 years old. howa says she was abducted and used as a sex slave for chadian soldiers. she was 13. along with fatalityima and others, sh they want to tell thr stories, murder, torture starvation and imprisonment. 25 yea

thousands attended her funeral in duma. israeli extremists firebombed the family home in july. the 18 month old son died in the attack. the father died a few days later. the couple's 4-year-old son is the only family member to survive. police have not arrested any suspects directly relied to the firebombing >>> a police officer was buried. he was shot and killed in illinois. a manhunt continues for the killers. the officer was pursuing three men. he called for back up. by the time others reached the scene he was fatally wounded and the three men gone. >> at a labour day event. president obama announced an initiative to give sick leave to federal employees. it offers workers seven paid sick days, it could benefit 3,000 americans. the president urges congress to pass a law. private sector workers. >> we are parents choosing between an income. no one wants a waiter to feel like they come to work when coughing. if they don't have sick leave. what do they do. they have to pay the rent. it's not good for anyone. president obama noted that the united states is the only wealthy country

his family lived outside of damascus in duma, a town held by rebels. and bombed almost daily by president assad's forces. acmed looks for what is left amid the rubble of his house. at the hospital last month, he said he found horror. his only surviving son, 2-year-old yousef, terribly burned and clinging to life. a kiss from dad. the pain is agonizing. he has to help, to help his muscles recover. now two weeks later he is improving. hope for a little boy who has been through hell. doctors say he will survive, but with no home. no mother, why do families risk everything to flee syria? because it is an even bigger risk to stay. keir simmons, nbc news, london. >>> we know a lot of you seeing these images are wondering how can i help. we have a list of resources available on our website, nbcnews.com. let's turn now to the other major story developing back home. >>> the state of emergency in northern california as a wildfire explodes to twice the size of san francisco already. uncommunity, middletown is wiped off the map.ocommunity, middletown is wiped off

fighters in duma launched new attacks in the last few days. ow but nobbs and fl site has a decisive edge. sdecisive edge. the rebels have dug tunnels and the army has been blowing them up. the war has gone underground. the syrian army dug into this it hundred meter tunnel, part of the rebel plan to protect the city center. if armed rebels broke through here, they could be in the heart of damascus in minutes. >> they put the sandbags there because on the other side there want iss, and what they for the blast to be channeled back to the people coming through. a syrian republican guard officer says that the west help them fight jihadists instead of funding some rebel groups. what should britain do?" >> britain should stop supporting the terrorists. they are giving the terrorists cover. >> and now you see we are become like afghanistan. jeremy: it is one thing for people very long way from your talk about the need for some kind of deal to end the war, but on the battlefield, that looks further away than ever. a dynamic of war has taken over in syr

well, the syrian city of duma has been seen as a bastian of opposition.t has been repeatedly targeted and dozens have been killed. now are pleading for help from humanitarian organizations. >> the syrian suburb of douma, a wasteland. the remaining few who live hearsay that their morale is slowly being wiped out. >> we were very active in the beginning. we had the energy to go as airstrikes hit us. >> last month there was a second sweep by the bombers. the rescuers themselves became victims. more than 100 died. the syrian air force confirmed that they had conducted airstrikes from nearby. >> we can't pork alone. so we're forming a joint opposition group. >> city officials also want international assistance they hope so create a humanitarian corridor, but that may be difficult. throughout the war syrian forces and rebels have consistently targeted civilians. for now douma remains a ghost town. >> well, more bodies have been recovered from a boat carrying indonesian refugees. the wooden vessel, which sank off malaysia was carrying mostly men with one toddler

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arson attack died from her injuries, thousands attended her funeral today in the west bank village of duma. suspected jewish settlers firebombed her family home killing her 18 month old son. the gather died a few days later. the only family member to survive is the couple's 4-year-old son. several suspects have been arrested >>> a war time-trial of a dictator chad. he was literally dragged into the courtroom, refusing to attend. he was known as av ke's pinochet for brutally repressing his opponents, and is accused of killing 40,000. niklas has more from senegal. >> reporter: this woman says he sass gang raped and watched her father tortured and killed by chadian security forces. she was 19. she was abducted and used as a sex slave for chadian soldiers. she was 13. along with other victims, they want to tell their stories. stories of murder, torture, starvation and imprisonment. 25 years on, they are walking together to the extraordinary african exchanges. a tribunal set up by the african union to try crime against humanity. former president in chad is expected it court. he is responsible f

of the body and accused of throwing liquid and molotov cocktails into two houses in the village in duma and husband died after the injuries eight days after attack and four-year-old son is still in hospital. turkey says its jets have bombed kurdish fighters a day after an attack on its troop. the armed kurdish group, the pkk says it killed 15 soldiers dalica on sunday and there will be a strong response to the attack. >> translator: according to our information the attack on vehicles with land mines and information from the chief of the office will decide and hope with a statement of the army a new strategy adopted in the fight against terror and we will fight terror with determination. >> reporter: still to come on this al jazeera news hour, cramped and chaotic we show you the living conditions for refugees who are stuck on the greek island. plus a long walk for justice, we meet the women who say chad's former dictator ordered them to be raped and their families tortured. in sport we will have the latest from the euro baskets where he has been running circles around his opponents. ♪ ♪

dumas has just been presented. i correct myself, that is senator edward kennedy now. thecardinal is approaching holy father behind senator kennedy. the deputy prime minister and the prime minister of ireland. you see the delegates, the senior officials within the organization, the cardinals with the papal party. the french foreign minister is presented, followed by the french ambassador. two years ago, general de gaulle was accompanied by the prime minister. he exchanged words with the prime minister. the ambassador. the prime minister of chile. secretary of state dean rusk. an ambassador of the united states. an ex-president of the general peru.ly, of >> and you are looking at a tweet from shirley henry, the deputy washington editor at npr. that is the set of at the south the white house for tomorrow. we have a life for u.s. part of our continuing coverage. that will be tomorrow at 8:45 a.m. east. fromll show you events about a half-hour ago in case you missed it, of the popes baseal at joint naval andrews in maryland where he was met by president obama. [crowd chant

his family lived outside damascus in duma, a town held by rebels.aily by president assad's forces. he looks for what's left amid the rubble of his house. at the hospital last month, he says he found horror. his only surviving son, two years old, terribly burned, clinging to life. a kiss from dad. but the pain is agonizing. doctors encourage the child to walk to help his muscles recover. now two weeks later, he's improving. hope for a little boy who has been through hell. doctors say he will survive but with no home, no mother. why do families risk everything to flee syria? because it's an even bigger risk to stay. nbc news, london. >> to raise awareness about the crisis, the band crowded house has re-released their song "help is coming" with all profits going to save the ichildren. the video is posted on msnbc.com. you can find ways to help on our website. behold, these are two wind turbines. can you spot the difference? the wind farm on the right was created using digital models and real world location-based specs that taught it how to follow the w

right now, poppy, but the problem is, the fighting in syria's actually getting worse, around damascus, duma, it's enormous, the casualties in august are hired in the war. that's going to mean more roaf ugees coming to europe. the passports are easy to make, easy to forge, easy to change names, the i.d. cards are very sophisticated but without a central government, there's no way to check on it, so i mean right now, it's not a danger of the united states taking 10,000 of these people, for europe, that's something else with the large numbers of people coming across the border, i don't know how you control that verifiable identity. >> before i let you go, i want to get both of your take on the situation, sort of the escalating tension between the united states and russia. >> the foreign minister of russia, and john kerry, having two calls this week, kimberly, to you, because of moscow's buildup of troops within syria, what does this do to change the game? >> well, the u.s. is trying to figure out what moscow's intentions are, are they sending in advisers to actually take part in this military

saying santa claus is a canadian citizen to russia planting the flag, then dubbed the speaker of the duma, explain who he was and what he did. smalll, he was on a very -- a verymmer double small russian submarine that went to the bottom of the arctic ocean right under the north pole , 14,000 feet down. he planted a titanium russian flag down there. it had no real meaning, just symbolic, but that is a metaphor of what is taking place. russia's reclaiming the north pole and canadians are claiming the north pole after the russians did it, they claimed the north pole and said santa claus is a canadian citizen, sort of mocking the russians in a way. but it is very serious. and also denmark is claiming it also via greenland. it is very serious, and most of the effort is focusing on under the arctic ocean where countries are trying to take little pieces of this ridge and analyze it and show it is actually part of their continental shelf. it is a very scientific effort, more so -- political on one side and in scientific on the other, and their china put the two together. and if you can show your

more than 100 civilians were killed in air strikes by the syrian regime in the damascus suburb of dumaears of war. what about pressure on the regime? the united nations envoy to syria says four nations are key. >> in order to conclude the conflict, urge russia, america to continue dialogue and conclude it and put more pressure on those who can make a difference. iran and saudi arabia. for god's sake, sit together, do something about otherwise will implode the whole region. >> reporter: what has the u.s. and russia been talking about? the u.s. has been warning russia not to escalate its involvement on the side of the assad regime. russia is denying preparations for a major military deployment. with a tangible solution so far away, so too is the day that civilians won't feel the need to flee this country to survive. hala gorani, cnn. >> the attacks waged by isis against heritage and history such as the destruction of the ancient palmyra. that's according to unesco chief. >> christiane amanpour travelled to the louvre museum in paris, home of some of the richest collections of islamic and