jane ferguson, al jazeera gaza. >> there's much more ahead on the al jazeera news hour. as the world plarks one year since our colleagues have been jailed in egypt. plus bad for business, the chinese border town feeling the pain of russia's sliding ruble. and nfl playoffs, who is in and who is out with raul. stay with us, we're back after the break. >> protestors are gathering... >> there's an air of tension right now... >> the crowd chanting for democracy... >> this is another significant development... >> we have an exclusive story tonight, and we go live... >> al jazeera america presents >> somebody's telling lies... >> it looks nothing like him... >> pan am flight 103 explodes december 21st, 1988 was the right man convicted? >> so many people, at such a high level, had the stake in al-megrahi's guilt >> the most definitive look at this shocking crime >> the major difficulty for the prosecution that there was no evidence >> al jazeera america presents lockerbie part three: what really happened? >> welcome back. you're watching the al jazeera newshour live from doha. a

talk to al jazeera, only on al jazeera america >> it's often tough to get congress to agree on very much but it's recently passed the able act can broad bipartisan support, helping people with disabilities safe for themselves. the able bill has been passed by the senate when it could change the lives of millions of americans. "america tonight's" sheila macvicar speaks to one advocate who has been leading the charge. >> from an early age, sarah wolf has been defying expectations. sarah has down stroam. >> syndrome. >> what would you want people to know about you? >> i'm a good person. >> sarah has college credits, works at a law firm, is on several borders of directors, and is a gifted public speaker. >> we treat sarah like everyone else. >> her father decided not to let her condition define her. >> if you don't get involved in that in the very ging it's not going to work for anybody. my wife made that commitment. you know, she really did, she worked hard, very hard. but she got it done. >> her mother's pin mother 's persistence paid off. at the age of 18 she became an advocate. >> she an

talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america you're watching, al jazeera america presents: killing the messenger. >> in pursuing what was not merely my job, but my passion, i exceeded sheer reason on many occasions. so it often happening that in trying to capture the best image or digging up a scoop, i cross the line into danger. in 2006, i received reliable information that several journalists were named on an organized crime hit list because of their reporting on the juarez drug wars. my source told me, i was on that list. >> i- i was doing some investigation related with these abuses, human right abuses for militaries, but at the same time as these incident happened, the massacre at the rehab center. so i got information that when this is said, that this one big truck with soldiers block the road to help the hit men to be at the rehab center and kill these people. with these two investigations going side-by-side, i start to notice that i have been followed. one day my wife, she go back home, and outside of his minivan, she noticed that another minivan who was following her park just

andrew simmons al jazeera. >> al jazeera's abdul al shamy was released in june. he said he's hopeful that our colleagues will be released. >> i think the most possible would be going through the judicial system because the head of the regime in egypt with fattah al sisi would not like to look like that he's interviewing, that's what he says all the time, that this is all in the judicial system. he cannot interfere. i think to list them even as a way to walk out let the trial go on. i think that the egyptian regime wants to stabilize the country more. they want to hold things more in their own hands. they may possibly release the journalists to get more international support for the regime itself, and they would use that as a way to let say convince the outside world that there is a freedom in the country, and journalists can walk free. >> other world news, a second day of searches has failed and they believe the malaysian plane to be at the bottom of the sea. >> another day of anxious waiting for relatives on the aircraft. in the morning they got a private briefi

>> this is al jazeera america. live from new york city i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. the missing airasia plane now thought to be at the bottom of the sea. as desperate family members make a plea for answers. america's longest war foicials endsofficiallyends. but a taliban resurgence. >>> making a one year anniversary for our al jazeera colleagues the next step in the fight for their release. $bz and we begin with the search for airasia plane. indonesia has asked the united states to help with efforts to find the aircraft. which the search and rescue agency says is at the bottom of the sea. family members of the 162 members on board are waiting for news about their loved ones but some say the agency isn't giving them any clear information. it was head from surabaya to singapore whether it disappeared. alal jazeera's scott heidler has more from surabaya. >> reporter: another day of anxious waiting for the missing people on board the is airasia airasia plane. andreas's sister was on the plane. th

journalists in the al jazeera newsroom and around the world stand in solidarity with our jailed al jazeera being colleagues. >>> this hour eight people die on a blazing ferry off the coast of italy. and greece heads for a snap election that could put the far left into power. from london, to sydney, to san franciscan journalists around the world have stopped work and called on egypt's government to set our colleagues free. it was a year ago today that peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed were arrested and imprisoned. andrew simmons has their story. >> reporter: al jazeera's doha news center marking an anniversary the staff here and in the rest of the world find hard to absorb. it is now one year since a phone call to the news desk reporting the arrest three of the network's journalists in cairo. then 12 months behind bars. for just doing their job. right across the world there were newsroom vigils and protests outside egyptian embassies. a trial in cairo had failed ocome one any evidence to incriminate the staff or associate them with what egypt described as terrorists. all the cha

hello from al jazeera's headquarters in doha, i'm jane dutton. solidarity with al jazeera staff jailed if egypt for one year. greece's parliament fails for oa third time to elect a president forcing new elections in athens. (t) rescue operations continue, 24 hours after the ferry's catching fire off the coast of italy, many are still trapped. >>> the plane flight qz8501, was on its way to singapore from the indonesiaian city of surabaya. scott heidler has the latest from surabaya. >> another anxious day of waiting. in the morningful they got a private briefing from search and rescue officials in the surabaya airport where the plane took off heading to singapore. just after first flight, more aircraft and more ships were sent to a nearly 200 kilometer stretch of the java sea looking for any sight of the airport. australia has joined malaysia and singh more for searching. >> it is easier tan underwater location but our evaluation of the coordinates we have received suggests its underwater. our presumption is the aircraft is under the sea. it can be

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more to come on al jazeera >>> shouldering the burden. how the youngest victims of syria's civil war are helping their families get by. >> sharing secrets on kim jong un. south korea, japan, and the u.s. pool their resources. >>> let's take a look at the top stories an al jazeera. the man in charge of search for the airasia flight says the craft is probably at the bottom of the sea. search area has been widened and the plane disappeared after takeoff on sunday. >>> three al jazeera joucialists peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed -- journalists peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have been in prison for a whole years, they were falsely accused of aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood, and damaging egypt's reputation abroad. >>> officials on the ferry is under control say officials. the rescue operation is continuing for the 183 people still on board >>> a new intelligence sharing pact between south korea, the u.s. and japan comes into effect on monday. it will allow seoul and tokyo to share military secrets

stephanie dekker reports >>> the detaining of three al jazeera staff in cairo on december 29th of last year was assumed to be short-termed. as time passed it became clear that the egyptian authorities under the government of general abdul fatah al-sisi seemed to have other intentions. peter greste is a veteran correspondent, based in kenya at the time of his arrest. by his own administration knew little about egypt. he was shocked at the idea that he was linked in some way to what the government in cairo described as terrorists. the same could be said about the rest of the team, award winning journalist and producer baher mohamed. the # freeaj-staff went viral and journalists came out with support. the trial failed to come up with anything against the three me that vaguely could be said to implicate them. a video from a different channel was shown as evidence. adjournment after adjournment followed. and to the fury of the world, the men were convicted and gaoled. for the men's families it was the lowest point of a desperate year. peter greste spent over four months in and out of cairo

al jazeera. >> plenty more still ahead on the news hour. including colombia makes progress. but will it hit the target set by the u.n. to end extreme poverty by 2015? plus how businesses bordering boko haram's territory are struggling to survive. and in sport we'll have the details from day two of the third test between australia and india as the the captain breaks more records in melbourne. >> pakistan's government has lifted a moratorium on the death penalty of those convicted of what it calls terror-related charges. but some say there are those who are innocent. >> they're at the mercy of the court. their brother has been in prison for many years. now he could be hanged in at any moment. >> we've been knocking at every door to bring justice for our brother. >> behind she one of the many courts in pakistan that has issued death sentences for thousands of suspects across the country over the last few years. now with the lifting of the moratorium, those suspects are now facing execution. >> their

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al jazeera america. are >> this is al jazeera america.about i'm michael eaves. it's tonight's story. the mayor of berkeley missouri is calling for calm as a black teenager shot by a white police officer. >>> u.s. condemns i.s.i.l.'s actions and is calling for a jordanian pilot's release. >>> palestinian was killed by israeli gun fire. each blames the other for breaking a truce. >>> a cdc mistake in atlanta may have caused the ebola virus to escape. scientists who enter the room were potentially exposed. >> sony introduced "the interview" today via the web. >>> 8,000 pill grums8,000 pilgrims attended mass given by the pope for christmas. i'm michael eaves stay tuned broken dreams, the boeing sphaifn is787 isnext. have a very merry christmas. he [ ♪ music ♪ ] dreamliner. >> an all-new airplane in a once in a decade, if not once in a generation achievement of human ingenuity. >> for airlines, it's cheap to fly. for passengers it offers unparalleled comfort. >> wow. >> for boeing it promised windfall profits. >> the dreamliner is the plane of the future. >> al jazee

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al jazeera america. >>> millions of vietnamese have been affected by wartime poisening. the fact that so many need long-term care is a major challenge to the country. it is often said to act as a break in it's long-term economic development. vava, the vietnam association of victims of agent orange was established after the war they represent health services and fund raises for their long-term treatment which costs tennessee of millions of dollars every year. the money comes mainly from the vietnam government. r, ngosnd chair at this. little if any of this care has been forthcoming from the u.s. government or from the dozens of manufacturers of toxic herb sides used during the war. for american official the plight of agent oranges victims is by those who for the in vietnam. this is the friendship village outside of hanoi. it's run by former combatants from six countries including america 40 vietnamese war veterans are recovering in the village. >> many american soldiers have died from agent orange in amer

on al jazeera america ♪ kenya's death squad, police talk exclusively to al jazeera about killing suspectsithout trial. ♪ i'm julie in doha and also coming up, on al jazeera, syria asks the u.n. to sanction israel for allegedly carrying out air strikes near damascus. a million philippines forced from homes awaiting for the storm to pass, it's now heading to manila. and some u.s. protests against police killings turn violent, arrests made in oakland, california. ♪ we begin with an al jazeera exclusive, for the first time kenya counter terrorism police admitted they do kill suspects with no trial and no due process and they target so called muslim radicals. one police hit man admitted he killed 50 suspects, one of the officers says western countries including britain know about the death squads and simon reports. >> reporter: this is the body of a man, one of 21 suspected radical muslims allegedly gunned down by kenya's police since 2012. and he predicted his death when i met him last year. >> i'm the one who is being terrorized. my life is the one which is in danger. >> reporter: al jazeera

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. >> al jazeera's investigative unit takes you inside the shadowy world of fbi informants and counterterrorismrations. you'll meet the criminals and conmen spying on orders for the fbi. >> i was for them al qaeda. >> i am representing the sheik osama bashar al-assad. >> we'll bring owners osama bin laden. >> concocted by the fbi part of a post-9/11 mandate to thwart attacks before they even begin. >> it literally boils down to if you cannot find terrorists within the muslim community, make terrorists, create the terrorists. >> the fbi is not perfect in running the operations but they're pretty damn close. >> we'll show how some informants are accused of violating civil liberties and why some americans refuse to join the fbi's intelligence ranks. >> i didn't want to be an informant for fbi for the same reasons that i think the muslim community should stand up to them. if i felt that there were actual terrorists running around in toledo, i might feel different about it. >> for the first time, a man accused of terrorist charges and back in the community. >> there was never no bombs never no maps

on al jazeera america. another image of our al jazeera colleagues jailed in egypt for one year.e is from our al jazeera news room. i'm david shuster, up next an al jazeera special report journalism is not a crime. and we leave you with the empire state building decked out in its holiday colors. thanks for watching, everybody. ♪ >> when lives hang in the balance. journalists are there. but right now journalism is under attack. tonight we're taking an in depth look at the assaults on press freedoms worldwide. our special report: journalism is not a crime. >> good evening everyone, i'm john siegenthaler in new york. this has been a year of unrest around the world. from the middle east to west africa to ferguson missouri.

al jazeera. >> stay with us here on al jazeera. a full bulletin of news coming up for you from london. we just want to leave you with some pictures here of bethlehem as christians from around the world gather to mark christmas eve. >> fighters capture a jordanian pilot after the warplane is brought down in syria. we spoke with yazidi families who whose loved one have been captured by isil. >> you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up. the police shooting of another black teenager sparked unrest in st. louis, missouri. missouri. a new round of talks

al jazeera america morning news every morning 7 eastern only on al jazeera america >> welcome back to "inside story" on al jazeera america. i'm ra ray suarez. the islamic state sprang from the full mutt from the syria civil war. shias, alawites, yazidis now convinced they have no future in a region where isil's self-appointed caliph is now in charge. how do the concessionnal lines match up with the territory lines in this struggle? >> so far isil has succeeded in making alliances with disgruntled sunni populations who felt oppressed by the baath government or shiite government in iraq. and convinced them that they could liberate them. that has not turned out very well for the people who made that deal, and i would be surprised if this is a long-term proposition. but in those rare cases where isil has managed to conquer some territory, which were inhabited by minorities, they've been, as your guest said, almost genocidal. they insist on forced conversion, or this is why they're kidnapping the girls, they impregnate them with the kids and bring them up to be fanatics. >> you were tellin

. >> tech know, where technology meets humanity only on al jazeera america >> this is al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey in new york with a look at today's top stories. mourning the loss of two new york city police officers as we learn more about the motive of the kill. sinjar mountain, where i.s.i.s. has created its worst atrocities. >> north korean response for sony pictures hacking. and political crisis around the world. there's a growing memorial for two new york city police officers killed in the line of duty, candles and flowers line the sidewalk where the officers lives were taken. officers rafael ramos and wenjian liu were killed as they sat in their car. families of michael brown and erik garner have roundly condemned the process. all this brings little comfort to police officers who have withstood criticism. >> we're used to flowers and crowds. >> they have families and children. it's wrong all around and this has got to stop. >> cell phone video shows the chaos in a brooklyn strain station 24 hours earlier as ismaaiyl brinsley killed himself. >> they were quite frankly ass

. >> this is al jazeera. and this is the al jazeera news hour. i'm david foster. good to have you along for the program. these are some of the stories we're looking into detail in the course of the next 60 minutes. the million and a half syrian refugees tell the u.n, we've run out of money to buy you food. >>> the orphans of the boko haram conflict in. we have a special report as the attacks continue mountain north of the country. iraq's prime minister sacks dozens more army officers, after revealing rampant financial corruption in the ranks. >> i'm nick clark in peru, reporting how the country's tropical, climate change conference gets underway in lima. >> the food is running out for syria's refugees. the u.n. world food program says it just canned afford to feed 1.7 million of them anymore. the agency says it needs $64 million for those who fled syria and the camps in neighboring countries. kim vanel reports. >> this muddy field is home to more than a thousand people that have escaped war and left everything behind. but the fight for survival isn't over. >> oh g

you are watching al jazeera. also coming up in the next 30 minutes - syria reportedly calls for u.n. sanctions against israel for carrying out air strikes near damascus >>> the u.s. sends six detainees from guantanamo bay to uruguay. and typhoon hagupit weakens to a storm but causes problems for the philippines still as the winds and rains blow towards manila. >>> starting with an al jazeera exclusive - kenya's police squads admitted for the first time to carrying out extrajudicial killings, speaking to the investigative unit of al jazeera, the officers discussed the involvement in the kenyan assassination programme, targetting suspected muslim radicals. >> reporter: this is the body of maclebury, one of 21 suspected radical muslims allegedly shot down by police since 2012. he predicted death when i met him last year. >> i'm the one terrorized. my life is the one in danger >>> al jazeera's investigative unit spoke to the police hit men involved in the extrajudicial killings. we verified that they were members of

emma hayward, al jazeera.ia is voting for its next president, incountry bevel ivil some it's largely ceremony but influential. >> they fear they will come across at any time. >> only 20 students remain here now from a register of more than 300. in the wider community, there is fear. >> we are really frightened of boka haram. people are scared because we have our children at school. someone might come to kill them. we really don't agree with them but now, we are very worried. >> the water is protecting this community from boka haram, it is also helping the armed group to hide from the local army. the small island thick bush and reeds all around provide perfect camouflage camouflage. some believe boka haram is hiding hundreds of school girls it kidnapped from nigeria here the population was once more than 50,000, which is why the government has promised to deploy soldiers to protect its schools. >> that promise explains why some educational facilities are still open. the problem is most of the schools here are c

jennifer glasse, al jazeera. >> a leader of al shabaab has sur enderred to police.handed himself in to police in the ghetto region. the u.s. state department had offered $3 million for information leading to his arrest. al shabaab said he left the group two years ago and was only ever a mid-level commander. >> ukraine's president, petro poroshenko has shaken hands of soldiers who have been released by eastern separatists. they were thought to be separatist prisoners. a report. >> in a military air field near kiev, the ukrainian president welcomes home these prisoners of war. they were exchanged with hundreds of pro-russian fighters. this is a propagandaa coup for petro poroshenko, a leader who is struggling to go unite a divided country. >> i am telling you that i, as a president and an ordinary citizen, have a heart full of happiness that you willget the new year as i promised, together with your families and military brothers, that you will do what we have been waiting for, for so long. we are thankful again that we have you. >> reporter: there is relief but, also

♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ from al jazeera's headquarters in doha this is the news hour, coming in the next 60 minutes, killed in a failed rescue attempt, an american and a south african confirmed dead in yemen. typhoon makes landfall in the philippines, 600,000 people have left their homes for safer ground. from switch board operator to first lady, sim zimbobwai to power. >> i'm having a success story of a homemaker has a real dilemma for the workforce. ♪ we begin in yemen this hour where an american photo journalist and a south african teacher killed by al-qaeda fighters and shot after a rape and u.s. special forces began to free the hostages and from washington patty reports. >> reporter: it was the second time u.s. forces tried to rescue american luke somers and died along south african expected to be released in the coming days and u.s. officials were shocked by the captors and during the raid in the southeast of yemen. >> one of my daughter tells me they tried to kill him and tried to escape with him but the operation was very strong and they were surrounded so they killed

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peter sharp, al jazeera. that and more, straight ahead. >> you will meet a family who spent a year putting to the test deciding to live like it was 1986. rotary phones, paper maps and all. what they learned from forfeiting smart phones and wi-fi for more nostalgic living. the growing of house holmes choosing to go off of the grid. is big data watching you? how some are hiding their personal information from the

talk to al jazeera, only on al jazeera america >> now available, the new al jazeea america mobile news app. get our exclusive in depth, reporting when you want it. a global perspective wherever you are. the major headlines in context. mashable says... you'll never miss the latest news >> they will continue looking for survivors... >> the potential for energy production is huge... >> no noise, no clutter, just real reporting. the new al jazeera america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now >> growing up in a poor neighborhood in baltimore means the odds are stacked against you. >> and so we have a school to prison pipeline operating in baltimore and in other cities across the nation where young people believe with some good reason that their destiny lies behind bars and they, too, will become members of the under-caste. >> females is getting pregnant and they're having children. now it's children raising children. without no high school education, how are they going to take care of that child? you see what i'm saying? >> my mother was a child wh

"al jazeera america." am richelle carey. here is a look at your top stories: huge crowds. thousands of people are rallying across the country for a day of protests. activists are calling justice for all. demonstrators have gathered in washington, d.c., new york, chicago, san francisco, detroit, seatt seattle, boston and other cities as well fighting for an i understand to what they say is a systemic problem of racial profiling by police. the senate is debating the spending bill but it has reached a deal to keep the government open. this afternoon, lawmakers approved a resolution to provide funding through wednesday. just wednesday. in the meantime, they will continue to hammer out details of the longer term bill. police in india have arrested a man for running a twitter account in support of isil, identified as medi disbas, twitter handle shamy witness. police say it had 17,000 followers until it was shut down on thursday. >> more on our top story right now. the rallies across the nation today are inspired

only on al jazeera america this is al jazeera. this is al jazeera. >> welcome to the al jazeera news hour, i'm favia abraham coming up in just a few minutes. bodies from the missing airasia plane have been located in the java sea. >>> alexi navalny callings for the russian government to fall after a verdict in a politically charged trial. >>> battle for kirkuk. oil rich iraqi city. plus. >> i'm lidy dutt. i'll be taking a look at the city facing architectural history. >> we begin this newshour on the latest development on qz8501, airasia, qz8501. debris and bodies have been recovered in the java sea off indonesia. so far dozens of bodies have been seen and be on that their way back to surabaya for identification. qz8501 went down in the java sea on sunday. was carrying 162 passengers and crew on board. few hours ago there were scenes of despair as the family came to grips with the fate of their loved ones. let's now go to scott heidler who i believe can join us from surabaya. so scott we know that the operation to try to recover t

>> no...no.. >> al jazeera investigates egypt's lost power on al jazeera america >> a reminder now. isil fighters have captured more territory in anbar province. police in india have released this picture of the man suspected of running an influential twitter account that promoted isil. he was arrest, the account had almost 18,000 followers and provided news on isil in english. >>> seven army personnel have been killed in a suicide attack on the bus in an afghan capitol of kabul. it's the latest of taliban attacks on saturday. the group also killed 12 workers clearing mines. well, talks at the u.n. climate senate in peru have gone into extra time. delegates from 190 countries are struggling to resolve their differences on how to cut greenhouse gas emission. our editor joins us live from the climate summit in lima. now nick, are the delegate any closer to getting a consensus over the text? >> s. >> well, that remains very much in doubt. the talks are definitely under way. it was a very late night. the presidency eventually calling it a day, suspending talks last night or early this m

al jazeera maintained its.ampaign. >> we work in so many different places and we should be taken as a professional media institution, not as a part of any political or ideological or any other establishment. >> egypt's president al sisi insisted it was an issue for the courts. their appeals process is due to start this week. what's been going on behind the scenes is less clear. where president al sisi has suggested he would have preferred to have had the journalists deported. perhaps a sign that he was aware of the damage that this case was doing to egypt's reputation. as 2014 comes to an end, al jazeera's team remains in jail, having committed no crimes. andrew simmons, al jazeera. >> tonight we're going to observe that one year since our colleagues were detained with an aljazeera america special journalism is not a crime. >> sony play stations and x boxes being knocked on line is apparently over. >> a group saying why they did it. >> sony's rough month continued over christmas as the hackers made new play sta

we begin with al jazeera exclusive. kenya's police squad have admitted for the first time to carrying out extra killings. targeting suspected radicals. >> this is the body of one of 21 suspected radical muslims allegedly gunned down by kenya's police since 2012. he predicted his death when i met him last year. >> i am the one who is being terrorized. my life is the one that is in danger. >> al jazeera has spoke investigative reporter has spoken with the spokesmam. >> since i have employed i've killed over 50 suspects. >> britain and america have credibilitied millions of dollars to kenya's police. and officers claim they know about the killings because they provide some of the intelligence in police reports like these obtained by al jazeera. >> do you think that the british know that you guys are elimina eliminating terrorist targets. >> they do. once they have the information, you. >> reporter: the head of the international bar said that western governments are complicit in the killings, and could face charges. >> if t

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al jazeera. live from our headquarters in doha. iraq take more ground from isil, but say they can only do so much alone. also to come: >> the cia would love it if you two could take him out. >> north korea said it wasn't behind a cyberattack that drove sony to scrap it's satirical movie about kim jong-un. >> we're just days away christmas, and there is one industry that is set to do incredibly well. can you guess what it is? find out shortly. >> we start in pakistan where the government has stepped up its military campaign against the taliban. intelligence sources are saying the mastermind of the attack on the school may have been killed in an airstrike. he took responsibility for the attacks in a video released online. he said that more attacks would target military families. it's thought he may be one of 21 suspected taliban fighters who were killed in airstrikes in the area of tirah. just four days since the taliban killed 148 people, most of them were children in a school attack in peshawar.

>> no...no.. >> al jazeera investigates egypt's lost power on al jazeera america ♪ kenya's death squadclusively to al jazeera about killing suspects without trial. ♪ i'm julie in doha and also coming up, on al jazeera, syria asks the u.n. to sanction israel for allegedly carrying out air strikes near damascus. a million philippines forced from homes awaiting for the storm to pass, it's now heading to manila. and some u.s. protests against police killings turn violent, arrests made i

i'm in doha with the top stories on al jazeera. palestine is recognized as a state by the international criminal court. biggest ever appeal in syria's refugees are top priority. >> since i was employed, i've killed over 50. >> kenya's secret hit squads undercover police admit to calling so-called radical muslims without trial, an al jazeera exclusive. >> and the simple technique saving the line lives of premate babies in india. we begin with breaking news from the past hour, that palestine status has been upgraded at the criminal court. it effectively opposit opens thr war crimes to be investigated in the territory. this comes on the same day that israel launched its own investigations into eight more alleged crimes by its forces in gaza this summer. we can speak to imtiaz tyab, but james bays is joining us from new york to tell us more about this decision, james. >> what is going on in new york is a meeting of the all the signatories, what is made up as the assembly of states parties is all the countries that signed this treaty wh

al jazeera news hour. matthew mcallister speaking to us from london. >> thank you. >> still to come on the al jazeera news hour we'll have more on the death of a palestinian minister at a protest in the occupied west bank. >> and anger in ireland after the introduction of a water tax. and coming up in sports, find out if one of the all-time greats can inspire to a much needed win. real reporting that brings you the world. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> a deal went against they're own government >> egypt mismanaged it's gas industry >> taking the country to the brink of economic ruin >> this is because of a corrupt deal to an assigned to basically support two dodgy businessmen an israeli one, and an egyptian one... >> al jazeera exposes those who made a fortune betraying an entire nation >> you don't feel you owe an explanation to the egyptian people? >> no...no.. >> al jazeera investigates egypt's lost

>> ires finance minister tells al jazeera isil will be defeated. >> this is al jazeera live from our headquarters in dough he has. also ahead, government under fire, trade unions on strike over labor reforms. >> an oil spill in the world's largest mango forest. >> the clock is ticking as delegates try to cobble together a deal, but many obstacles still stand in their way. >> we begin in iraq where there's been a suicide talk on a military base in anbar province, killing 14 people. the bomber blew up a house the army was using as a base. there's been intense fighting for several days between isil and government forces. >> six people have been kid in an attack at a shia mosque, three shells struck the building in the mixed she he. >> a understanshia and sunni town. soldiers have been deployed to protect sites of worship as worshipers gather. >> iraq's finance minister told al jazeera that the fight against isil is draining ires economy. he says mosul holds the key to defeating isil. >> when isil swept into northern iraq, it didn't just capture territory, it seized assets, property, gol

al jazeera america. >> al jazeera america morning news >> good morning and welcome! to al jazeera america >> real stories... real reporting... real news... a deeper look... >> a much better forecast for today >> with an international edge >> why is this so important and how close is this deal? >> from our award winning news teams across america and beyond >> we begin with breaking news coming out of the west bank... >> news that matters... al jazeera america morning news every morning 7 eastern only on al jazeera america >> hussein salem and maiman between the two of them, had these links and networks that extended through the intelligence services and the business community which enabled them to ensure buy-in from the key elites from the people who needed to sign off on these deals to happen. both governments in israel and egypt wanted to keep the true identity and role of east mediterranean gas hidden from view. >> it was unclear to us who we were making the deal with; what are the real numbers; what what's the profit; what are the costs of this deal. >> it was so

al jazeera. ♪ >> a warm welcome from me, david foster. you are watching al jazeera news. good to have you along. these are stories we will look at in detail in the next 60 minutes. a million and a half syrian refugees. >> said it can't afford to feed 1.7 million of them anymore. the agency says it needs $64 million for those who fled syria and are camped out in neighboring countries. kim van ill reports. >> reporter: this muddy film is home to more than a thousand people. they have escaped war and left everything behind. but the fight for survival isn't over. >> god, we are freezing to death. i don't have any blankets. a neighbor gave me a piece of foam for my baby to sleep on. another one, on which three children sleep. here in lebanon's camp near the syrian border, there is no running water. he electricity or sewage. meals are usually provided once a day, but that could end soon, too, with the u.n. announcing it can no longer afford to feed syrian refugees. the u.n. has been providing food vouc

shia brittanzi, al jazeera america. >> coming up. >> now available, the new al jazeea america mobile news app. get our exclusive in depth, reporting when you want it. a global perspective wherever you are. the major headlines in context. mashable says... you'll never miss the latest news >> they will continue looking for survivors... >> the potential for energy production is huge... >> no noise, no clutter, just real reporting. the new al jazeera america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now >> good to have you with us. i'm elizabeth dorano in doha. these are the top stories. jordan says it will do whatever it can to make i.s.i.l. release one of its fighter pilots. u.s. rejects, saying it crashed. >>> in the state of missouri, another black teen aimer was shot. michael brown was killed by a police officer in august. >>> pakistan prime minister nawaz sharif, says terrorism cases will now be tried by military courts. >> explaining how the courts will work. >> well, as far as how the military courts are concerned, these are only for two years. a

an al jazeera exclusive. plus kurdish forces fighting isil on the iraq-syrian border have to change their tactics with winter approaching. and bracing for the storm. typhoon weakens in the philippines, but still forces millions in manila to take cover. >> we begin with breaking news from lebanon. that's where there has been an explosion on the board with syria. let's get more details from jane ferguson, who is joining us on the line from beirut to tell what's you're hearing about this blast, jane? >> reporter: it would appear that a bomb inside the car, and it was an assassination attempt on a resident. not clear yet who that resident is other than a resident, not a military figure at this point. of course, just to give you background on the other side of the border, it there has been violence from syria ever since al nusra and isil came inside. ever since it's been very divided, and there has been a presence from the lebanese army as well as rebel groups inside syria. there are over 60,000 refugees. the resi

has maintained its media campaign. >> al jazeera we wore in soful different places and we should be taken as a professional yeet institution not as part of any political or ideologic or any other establishment. >> is egypt's president abdel fattah al-sisi insisted it was a decision for the courts. their appeal process is due to start this week. what's going on hinder the behind the scenes is less clear. beings al i.s. se has being reported to say he would have preferred to have the journalists deported. as 2014 comes to an end al jazeera's team remains in jail having commit noticed crimes. andrew simmons. al jazeera. >> and earlier i spoke to the united nations david kay. he works to protect the rights to freedom of opinion and expression around the world and i asked him for his reaction to the continued attention of our colleagues in egypt. >> it's frankly very depressing to be sitting here you know, a few years after the so-called arab spring and to be talking about such a crack down on not only on dissent and muslim brotherhood and political opposition but the crack down on freedo

al jazeera, nairobi. >> you can watch that entire exclusive report. al jazeera investigates inside kenya's death squads online and on air from monday, december 8. >> india's capitol has banned the taxi service uber. uber has given it's reaction to the allegations. in a statement their ceo said what happened over the weekend in new delhi is horrific. we'll do everything to bring this perpetrator to justice and help the victim and her family through recovery. we'll work with the government to establish current background checks currently absent in their licensing programs. the case has created angry protests. new delhi. >> the latest case of a rape by a cab driver in new delhi highlights issues that india has been struggling with issues of rape, women's rights, safety. we should clarify that uber is a global transportation system that operates in india by a web or mobile application system essentially facilitating transportation between drivers and their cars and passengers who require their services. what is really key in this case is we're seeing it g

they are accused of aiding the muslim brotherhood and reporting false news charges they and al jazeeray. the brotherhood was designated a terrorist organization by the interim egyptian government shortly before the journalists were arrested. the prosecution's case was called into question when the evidence they produced was: in june greste and baher mohamed -- mohammed fahmy were sentenced to seven years in prison, and baher mohamed was sentenced to an additional three years for having a spent bull it will casing in his procession. human rights and press freedom advocates say the move is mart of a wider crackdown on free speech. and part of a major effort by the egyptian authorities to silence decent. this year egypt has been named among the worst for its crack down on professionals. joining us from doha is a correspondent who was held without charge in an egyptian prison for ten months. he was released in june of 2014. also with us a non-resident fellow for the brookings institution center for middle east policy and an associate fellow at the royal united states institute in london. t

on al jazeera america. >> now a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. the pakistani government has stepped up its military campaign against the taliban. al jazeera understands that the suspected mastermind of the peshawar school attack could be one of those skilled in airstrikes. >>> iraqi and kurdish peshmerga forces are making progress against the islamic state in iraq and the levant. they advantaged to open a second corridor at sinjar mountain. and cuba's president raul castro said that his toronto faces a long and difficult struggle before the u.s. lifts the economic embargo. that's despite the agreement this week to restory diplomatic ties between the two countries. four afghan prisoners from guantanamo are now back in afghanistan after being released by the united states. the foremen have been on the release list for some time and will not be sent to prison but instead be reunited with their families. they say it's a sign of new confidence in their new president ashraf gandy. >> the worst attack in two months in afghanistan. children were killed w