isis and al nusra are on his continent. they can go more northward easier than to the united states. i think that is the primary reason he is there, but he will attack these other groups because he needs to prop up assad. reason number two is because at some point, the syrian situation will turn towards negotiation, and having forces on the ground, being a bigger player there, will give putin a bigger say around that negotiating table. the third reason he is there, and i think you saw this clearly in your interview with him, is that russia in general, and prudent in particular, want to be big players on the global stage. particularly, they want to be big players in the middle east. it has been a long-standing desire of theirs. he has now achieved it. one way to think about the big player on stage is what happened yesterday. russian combat operations in the middle east. what happened yesterday is the first time we have had russian combat operations in the middle east since the end of world war ii. charlie: what you think whe

and al-nusra.but until you have that political settlement, nothing else is going to be able to happen, nothing else will work because everybody is working across purposes here. the one thing that absolutely has to be true for that political negotiation to work is for assad to be weak enough that he's willing to come to the table. if assad feels that he's strong, if assad feels that he's winning, if assad feels he can win this thing, then he has no incentive to go to the table. so the fundamental implication of what the russians are doing is they are propping him up and making it less likely that he's going to be willing to come to the table and have a serious negotiation. that's the main problem here. >> rose: and they're making sure they have a vote when they choose the new leadership. is it possible that iran, russia, saudi arabia and the united states and people in syria could come together on what ought to be the next government, which would have the support and confidence of the syrian people?

al nusra is further to the south. isis is further to the east. able eventually deal with isis and -- they will eventually deal with isis and al nusra, but they will face the moderates first. they have to explain the timing. that explains the strikes. charlie: did they know exactly what they were doing? did they have sufficient intelligence to know exactly who they were striking? mike: i think that they had enough intelligence probably given to them by the syrians. this is not their own intelligence. they had enough intelligence to tell them that they were shooting at opponents to assad, people fighting syrian military. i don't believe they had enough intelligence to tell them that they were fighting u.s.-backed rebels, right? i don't think they had that. i don't think that is what attracted russian fire. i think the fact the group was fighting assad attracted the fire and nothing else. charlie: the cia is well known for having profiles on foreign leaders. what is the u.s. assessment of vladimir putin for his intelligence, strategic sense, his nee

. >> in january 2015, aid workers vanessa marzullo & greta ramelli were released by jabhat al nusra, a group once linked to al qaeda. the italians government again denied that money had been paid for their release. >> but al jazeera has obtained evidence that suggests the italian government is again not telling the truth. these are exclusive pictures of the eleven million dollars given to al nusra - to secure the girls release. >> italy is just one of several european countries - including france and spain - that are believed to have paid money to kidnappers. it's a strategy of deal and denial that works in securing the release of their citizens but it's at odds with the policy of the united states, the uk and other prominent western nations. >> the united states government will not pay ransoms to terrorist groups holding an american hostage. >> in the case of terrorist kidnap, no ransom should be paid. britain continues with this policy, america continues with this policy but we need to redouble the efforts to make sure that other countries are good to their word. >> if your only goa

one of the groups was al nusra, the al nusra front, the syrian branch of al qaeda. using social media, one cleric boffeded a campaign stating that those could earn money for the following: officially saudi arabia says government officials and religious scholars have condemned terrorist acts, and the underlying mind-sets to support terrorism. but early on in the syrian conflict. experts agree that private saudi money was used to fund the islamic state or i.s.i.l. >> there is support for i.s.i.l. among saudi arabia, and it's likely it's been funded in the past and it's probable that the citizens try to send money to i.s.i.l. >> in 2014, i.s.i.l. forces made lightening past gains in syria and iraq. iraq borders saudi arabia in the north. bringing a brutal estate that reflects no boundaries home to the sued yeas, and saudi arabia is leading an air campaign against shia rebels, known as the houthis who seized power from the sunni dominated government backed by the saudis. the threat to saudi arabia from i.s.i.l. fighters in the north may bring back dark memories for saud

al-nusra. >> what does that mean? >> al-nusra. isn't that contrary to what you are testifying? >> if the focus is on isis, one thing that we know is they are more radical than al-nusr.a there has been competition andeen the al-nusra front isis. i'm not saying it's better, but i think what we are seeing is that as the regime weakens, eventually we are going to see a conflict between isis and al-nusra. >> i will have some of the questions later. >> thank you, mr. chairman. statements, to your i couldn't help but being a little bit confused with everything that was said here. let me make an observation. for the last few weeks, we've been hearing about how the syrian army has been weekend and how it looked like there were going to be defections and everything else. i really think that was a set up so the russians could come in and step in and syria. today, i understand the russians bombed the free -- i wrote it down here -- the free syrian .rmy that wasn't isil. what does all of that mean? i assume they were there to fight isil. i guess i will get all three of your opinions because

know when this monster comes out, it cannot be limited to certain countries; the terrorism of isis, al-nusrad other al-qaeda affiliated terrorist organizations is killing the next. >> and courtney keeley joins us with more. it's rare that we hear from the assad regime, and his remarks were quite striking. >> they were very, very strong. he talked about the land being baptized with the blood of the syrian people, but failed to talk about the carnage that has been going on because the of assad regime. he also said they invited russia in for the -- for their assistance and what russia is doing is assisting the regime, opening supply routes and connecting cities to alawite regimist strong holds and routing out the fighters. >> some are supported by the u.s. as well. >> reporter: they have offered covert training so some of the free syrian army fighters. some of that equipment has gone over to al-nusra, who pledges allegiance to al-qaeda, but in these corridors. >> you mention these towns and corridors, why are they so critical to the syrian regime? >> because they open up all of the routes betwe

we could say with certainty that 50-60 persons, south african citizens, have joined the isil or al-nusra in syria. there are some reports suggesting that more than a hundred have done so, and as many as 300 or more. >> the board says -- the

[inaudible conversations] the group that did was al-nusra. >> then that makes sense, yes. >> and al-nusra to you is a radical islamic group speak with of course it's a radical islamic group's. doesn't that go a little bit contrary to what you were testifying? >> if we're talking about, nor is it the focus is on isis, or say, i think one thing we know is that they are more radical and even then and al-nusra. there has been competition between the al-nusra front and isis. i'm not saying that it's better that al-nusra front has made these advances, but what he think is that what we are saying is that as the assad regime weakens, that eventually were going to see a conflict between al-nusra entices. in other words, they will not kiss and make up because they're both radicals, that there will just be a conflict between them. >> mr. series, if enough of them other questions later. >> thank you, mr. chairman. as i listened to the statements, i couldn't help but being a little bit confused. in everything that was said here. first let me make an observation. for the last few weeks we've been heari

i love what you produced, the al nusra video from vice media. this is why the islamic state can't exist one more day. the longer they look like the strong one, the longer they continue to breed these people. you have to start taking these people out in raqqa. >> what do you want, islamic extremism. >> wipe it out? >> let them know al qaeda and isis lost. >> there hasn't been an islamic state for 1500 years. >> the islamic extremism is at an all-time high because we've allowed it to take root. >> let's say you do the concerted effort and you've got isis, the islamic state on the run. you don't think they're going to morph into -- >> get them on the run. i don't want them celebrating their holidays in breeding schools and digging in and setting up infrastructure of a country because they're going to send these people to our shores. you put them on the run every single day. >> i agree with you 100%. we can complain about what's going on. but no one seems to want to provide a solution. >> brian does. >> i'm telling you, you got to take them out tomo

bombed the al nusra front to protect the first group of u.s.-trained fighters. with russia targetting u.s.-supported groups, the pentagon will not make the same pledge. >> if there are unique circumstances, when that was discussed previously, and i'm not going to get into a situation of talking about hypotheticals in terms of what might happen in the future. >> as for the future, russia is leaving open the door to expanding air strikes into neighbouring iran, but only if asked. >> we were not invited, asked, and we are polite people, as you know, we don't come if not invited. >> that on a day when iraq's leader expressed dissatisfaction with u.s. air support and seemed to be issuing an invitation. >> if we get the offer, we consider it. in actual fact, i'd welcome it. >>> hurricane joachim is expected to head north after tearing through the bahamas today, flooding and 130 miles per hour winds raked the islands in and as much as 20 inches of rain in some areas. cuba issued storm warnings. kevin corriveau is here with a look at what we can expect in the u.s. it lo

. >> the majority force is the islamic state, or the al nusra front, which is essentially an al qaeda group. bashar al-assad would lose, they would win. the challenges between russia and the west have been bashar al-assad must go. russia can't effect bashar al-assad going, russia is not in power to make him leave. with a direct military intervention, russia is in a better position to determine the fate of syria, and it changes things a bit. russia is not all personally attached. that's clear. russia believes that the syrian army and the syrian - whoever leaves it, is the way forward. that is the core of their position. but in the long term, yes, russia is now in a place where it could affect regime changes. it could agree to a transition away from bashar al-assad, and force them to do it. before, frankly, it couldn't. >> various syrian rebel groups are forming an alliance after six days of strikes. various groups labelled russian actions in syria as an act of occupation. they are calling on regional states to support a united front against russian and iranian forces fighting on behalf

the opposition said al nusra's allegiance to al qaeda is used by the syrian and russian governments to justify their attacks. >> translator: nusra is all over syria, not just homs. the group has good relations with other brigades and the people because it's fighting the regime. they're using nusra's presence as an excuse to kill civilians and fight the opposition. >> reporter: civilians have been killed in the recent strikes. the northern country side of homs is the only rebel-controlled territory in the province which is important to the government's control of western syria. while russian strikes tarlth isil positions, the majority hit the opposition rebels who were advancing. syrian military sources call that corner of syria an al qaeda-controlled territory, and russian officials made it clear that isil is not the only target in their aerial campaign. president putin himself said nusra is on the list. al nusra front is one of the most powerful opposition groups. the u.s. considers it a terrorist organization and has targeted groups affiliated with in syria. >> translator: honestly s

were trained and fielded ended up in fights with other groups fighting the assault regime, like al-nusra. got beaten up rather badly by al-nus al-nusra. surrendered some of their weapons, and that's why they are reduced to the four or five. >> yeah, it's a total embarrassment. >>> russia says it has killed at least 200 fighters in its latest strikes in syria. russia has remained one of bashar al-assad's supporters. patricia sabga takes a deeper look at that relationship. >> reporter: russian missiles launched from the caspian sea, bound for targets in syria. the newest dimension in moscow's first military operation outside of the former soviet union in three decades, a campaign that bolsters the regime and reinforce s moscow's only foothold in the middle east. it's the kremlin's latest move in a broader game of gee yo political chess. >> the russians don't actually care about area. they would like to keep assad, but if they thought there was a good enough deal over let's say crimea they would be happy to [ inaudible ]. at the moment it's about the relationship with the west and that rela

there may be saudis that sword al nusra, al nusra front, the al qaeda franchise in syria. the allegation is not that the saudi government is doing it, but saudi citizens are doing that. >> long time ago, saudi arabia declared nusra to be an a terror organisations and any support to them is a criminal prosecution inside saudi arabia. will i stand up and say there's not a single saudi that may have contributed to that funding? of course not. >> if anything happened, it would be a violation of the war, and it would be chased and full strength of the law would apply to those people. >> you can watch the full interview in ali velshi "on target." 10:00p.m. eastern >>> in eastern ukraine, russian backed rebels declared people planned to hold votes on october 18th. both have been put off until february. the officials, e.u. and the u.s. and russia are welcoming the news may give peace talks time to proceed >>> an-i.s.i.l. affiliate claims to be behind all attacks. searching for a political solution to the current unrest between israeli and palestinians in the west bank. >>> i.s.i.l.

in january 2015, these exclusive pictures show the $11 million handed over to representatives of al-nusrahe two women, the italian government declined to comment on our allegation saying their policy is not to pay ran somes, simon with al jazeera. >>> you can watch the full al jazeera investigates documentary the hostage business on monday 2000 hours gmt and on line at al jazeera/investigators. doctors in england are threatening to strike and unhappy with the national service contracts which say will make them work longer hours for less pay and emma reports from london. >> the new national health service starts, have you chosen your family doctor. >> ambitious plan to bring free healthcare to all and decades has been the pride of britain and now nearly 70 years on the national health service is in crisis. under pressure and struggling to pay its bills, thousands of junior doctors are threatening to walk out in an row over pay and conditions and tom is a young doctor who loves his job and always expected to work long hours but worries a new contract which the uk government wants to introdu

these exclusive pictures show the $11 million handed over to representatives of al-nusra for the two. the italian go declined to comment on our allegations saying their policy is not to pay ransoms. simon bozeman, al jazeera. >>> you can watch the first documentary on monday 2000 gmt and online. >>> now the u.n. security council is due to vote on a draft resolution authorizing european union nations to interce intercept smuggling vessels. james i understand that meeting is just getting underway. >> reporter: yes. looking at these live pictures you can see the president of the security council, the spanish ambassador, and we're expecting a vote very soon. you can see the libyan ambassador there. the reason this has proceeded to a vote is the libyan ambassador and the tobruk government gave its consent to the e.u. operation in the high seas off of its coast in a letter a couple of days ago. before they had been concerned about this operation, which the e.u. is calling operation sophia. the idea of intercepting those boats in the mediterranean where so many people have been dying to try

but other armed groups like the al-nusra front and the campaign could last three to four months and theand allies say bashar al-assad are bearing some of the attacks and imperative for russia to target i.s.i.l. and no other groups and the french president will meet with vladimir putin in paris in the coming hours and editor james base reports. >> reporter: world leaders have been in new york and all the key figures have said their priorities to get peace efforts going in syria and while they have been here what has changed? the answer is this, whether they were timed to coincide with this globalcal erring or not russian air strikes in syria are a game changer and the u.s. says they add gasoline to the fire already 4 1/2 years old and it's a positive step for those they label terrorists and invited in by president assad does it mean the groups supplied by the u.s. and i tried to get clarity from the russian foreign minister. >> in addition to i.s.i.l. which specific groups in syria do you believe to better risks? >> well, if it looks like a terrorist, if it acts like a terrorist and it w

these exclusive pictures show the $11 million handed over to representatives of al-nusra for the two women. the italian government declined to comment on our allegations, saying their policy is not to pay ransoms. >> al jazeera. >> more reaction now to the nobel peace prize awarded to tunisia's national dialogue quartet. the director of the tunis exchange joins us live. thank you, good to have you with us. this prize is held by many as a huge boost to tunisia's democratic process, but you believe that the nag dialogue quartet doesn't deserve this award. >> i wouldn't say it doesn't deserve the award. that's certainly not for me to say. i think viewers are going to be debating in coming days whether or not the stated purpose of the nobel committee, to award islamists and secularists successful cooperation, whether that's served by giving the nobel peace prize to 4n.g.o.'s that were intermedaries, rather than the actors who had to go to the streets to protest, make the hard compromises and work out bargains in the parliament. i'm wondering if it's actually the right place for this sort

is not just on the list and consider other groups in syria terrorists and one is al-qaeda linked al-nusrand says the u.s. government considers al-nurse ra as a terrorist organization but what activists in northern homs has been telling me they believe they are going to use al-nusra for targets for opponents and recapture the territory and they have a presence but not the main forms and we have former army defector whose operate there and the situation much more co complicated and arms confronting russian aggression and not russian peace initiative and seem to be at square one and heard from defense secretary warren that this is just going to escalate the conflict. >>> eight people have been killed in shootings in burundi's capital and on going problems since the president was elected for the third term in july and accused of killing citizens and carolyn reports. >> reporter: a woman cries out for her husband. he is one of a number of people whose bodies were found on sunday morning, people in the area say he was shot by police. she says she can't look after their children would him. there

among their partners al nusra front. the opposition said that the agee lens to al-qaeda is being used by syrian and russian government to justify their attacks. >> al nusra is all over syria, not just homs. the group has relations with other brigades and people because it's fighting the regi regime. they're using the nusra as an excuse to nobody in the region. >> while russian strikes have targeted some isil positions the majority has--russian officials have made it clear that isil is not the only target in their area of campaign. president vladimir putin himself said that nusra is on the list. >> al nusra front is one of the most powerful opposition groups. the u.s. considers it a terrorist organization and targeted groups affiliated with it in syria. >> honestly speaking i haven't heard about the plans to counter our work in syria on the part of the u.s. or anybody else. >> the u.s. may have protested against russia's airstrikes, but some in of the opposition are concerned that the two powers may have more in upon than

community but what we do know is that there are powerful groups on the ground like you mentioned, al-nusra and other brigades who don't want to work with the kurds because they believe the kurds have their own agenda to set up their own space and if they are not on board there could be further divisions in syria but the bottom line is their seems to be a new force emerging, one that the international community may be willing to work with. >> okay thank you very much for that, zaina live in beirut. european phone ministers are meeting in luxembourg and the foreign policy chief says russia's growing military role will be top of the agenda. >> it is for sure a game changer. it has some very worrying elements. we will discuss them in particular when it comes to the violation of the air space of turkey and i have always said and i believe this is going to be also the same today intervention against dash has to be clearly against dash and other terrorist groups defined by the u.n., we have a common ground i believe, the eu, u.s. and russia have common ground and security solutions already passed

-trained syrian rebels they sort of melted away after they were attacked by al-nusra.nd the pentagon made a big point of saying that some of the people who defected were not part of a u.s. military training program, while some of the people on the ground said they were, and that disconnect was partly because some of the people were not trained by the cia. the main thing i think the united states will point to today is the fact that these air strikes are not in areas controlled by isil. so even if there was an isil member targeted in these strikes, the question is these look like strikes to protect the regime of bashar al-assad. they don't look like isil -- anti-isil strikes, and as minister lavrov responded when he was asked, how do you define a terrorist? when you say you are attacking terrorists how do you define them, he said if they look and act like a terrorist, they are a terrorist. i think the united states would use that same argument saying if this looks like strikes against moderate opposition and not isil then that probably is not what it is. and the u.s. wo

. >> rose: and al-nusra. >> and the krrx orisan group and it goes on. >> rose: is it possible that they will be able to coordinate all of these groups so that there will be one central command of all terrorists coming under one umbrella? baghdadi or whoever? >> what's interesting, charlie, is you see a shift in the terrorism landscape since 9/11. and even in the last few years. isil arguably hassle vateed in terms of being at the vanguard of the global jihad. al qaeda and what we refer to as al qaeda core operating in the fatah in afghanistan and pakistan, was for a long time our chief focus. and isil now and the area that it occupies between iraq and syria, and increasingly it's efforts to extol adhereance to violence is our focus. >> rose: al qaeda on the arabian peninsula. >> uh-huh. >> rose: are they reporting to a bin lad everyone's successor, zawahiri. >> well, up until a short while ago, the leader of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, mr. al-wahisi who died over the summer was the deputy to zawahiri. he was and had been named by zawahiri as the number two in all of al qaeda. so

is on the list and are worried because al-nusra has a presence in the northern countryside of hols -y will use it to capture the country. >> and there is something by the u.s. secretary of defense and how is that being interpreted? >> u.s. secretary of defense saying by targeting the russian campaign is only affecting, hitting the moderates is wrong and escalate the war, it is escalating the situation, the conflict has become more complicated, now you are hearing rebels call the russians aggressors and they are promising to fight back and calling on their foreign backers to provide them with antiaircraft missiles so they can fight back and saying they will not accept any political initiative presented by russia because they don't feel that russia is an honest mediator, an honest broker in this conflict. they see russia as part of the problem but the problem is u.s. has is they don't have partners on the ground, they been using the kurds, the kurds have been their partners on the ground, they have a few moderate groups here and there but they have no effect on the ground and the u.s.

but recognizing -- >> rose: should he or we be fighting al-nusra? >> let me just tell you what i think. >> rose: okay. you have putin, he has expansionist ideals, and we need to oppose him, we need to oppose the reestablishment of the soviet influence not only in the middle east but everywhere, and when his general last week said, you know, you guys shouldn't fly here, we should tell him, forget about it, you don't get to dictate where we fly. >> rose: that was the conversation that took place between the american secretary of defense ash carter and the russian defense minister so they'd avoid a mistake that would mean one person endangering another's plane and not creating some conflict that was not necessary. >> here's my point. >> rose: okay. they don't tell us where we can ply when we're already there and we don't listen to that. that's the kind of bullying that has been going on and -- >> rose: telling us where we could fly? >> we have to stand up to them completely, not only in syria, but i think throughout the world and, you know, i think we

did bomb the al nusra front, but now with russia allegedly targeting u.s.-supported group, the pentagon won't make the same pledge. >> there were unique circumstances whether that was discussed previously, and i'm not going to get into a situation of talking about hypotheticals in terms of what might happen in the future. >> reporter: as for the future, russia is leaving open the door to expanding its air strikes into neighboring iran but only if asked. >> welt not invite it. we will not ask. we are polite people, as you know, and don't come if not invited. >> reporter: that on a day when iraq's leader expressed dissatisfaction with u.s. air support and steamed be to be issuing an invitation. >> fe wet get the offer we're consider it. >> reporter: jamie mcintyre, al jazeera, the pentagon. >> pentagon officials say the u.s. has paused its program to train and equip syrian rebels to fight isil. steve warren says for now no more u.s.-trained rebels are being sent into syria. the half a billion dollar program has been criticized amid reports that rebels have be

next the areas held by the opposition including the al nusra front plus kurdish fighters. isil controls large parts of territory in the northeast and central corridor. russia has launched dozens of air strikes and ten of the 12 air strikes hit opposition tar gets and only two -- targets and only two hit isil targets. >> mean while, bashar al assad is applauding moscow's actions saying his country is in a coalition with russia, iran, and iraq and together they'll defeat isil. >> it must be a success. otherwise, the entire region will be ruined. we're certain it will be a success. coalition countries have come together in terms of intelligence, security, and military forces. the coalition is confident that it will succeed and is appealing to other countries to join them. a very confident syrian president and its ally russia carrying out yet more air strikes. but what we understand from the russian defense ministry is that they hit a number of isil targets raising a question, the area they hit is not an isil strong hold. the opposition has really started to question the motiv

among their partners al-nusra front.osition says al-nusra's allegiance to al-qaeda is being used by the syrian and russian governments to justify attacks. >> reporter: it is fighting the regime. they are using nusra's presence as an excuse to kill civilians and fight the opposition. >> reporter: the northern countryside of homs is the only rebel-controlled area in the province. while russia strikes have targeted some isil positions, the majority have hit anti-government rebels who were advancing. syrian military sources are calling that corner of syria an al-qaeda-controlled territory, and russian officials have also made it clear that russia is not their only target. president putin himself said nusra is on the list. the u.s. considers nusra a terrorist organization. >> translator: honestly speaking i haven't heard about the plans to counter our work in syria on the part of u.s. or anybody else. >> reporter: the u.s. may have protested against the air strikes, but some are concerned that the two powers may have more in

, turkey has been saying cata -f zone along the turkish border in areas not controlled b isis or al nusra, an al qaeda offshoot. the turks are extremely troubled by russi a iranian involvement to support a side. we have a tremendous opportunity with the anti-extremist zoning and the turks and western europe to create a no-fly zonin nohe syria where the sunni families that are feg thr vecan stay. be safe in syria until seh at some pot e is i ed josh: you brought up the libyan situation. hillary clinton has been before congresshis week. a lot of people consider this a political witch hunt a t is notngewo ar jo: -- mr. pataki: i think there are two things. i understand he politics on both sides. democrats saying we' ve got to defend her and republicans saying let' s see if we can find a smoking gun. forget the pits. first, the libyan policy that hillary not just supported but convinced the obama administration to implemt a failure. libya is a failed state. we took out qadhafi but we left a void. that void has been filled by radical extremists, al qaeda, isis, other radical islamist groups. l

if they do take the fight to isis and al nusra, they could put a painful whipping on them but unfortunately a lot of civilians will die too. >> is there a role for al assad running this country? >> the virtue of the russian position is they want assad to stay. who's our dog in this fight? who do we want to run syria? we kind of, like, want to construct a dog later that we're going to back but the russian position of we want assad has the virtue of being very simple and the virtue of being the existing government. it's a lot easier to support a government that exists than to try to drew ate one from whole -- create one from whole cloth. the russian deployment in syria in some ways mirrors ours in iraq. they're making sure the capital doesn't fall, training and equipping, bombing. no indication of ground troops in the immediate future into the fight. so you can kind of see while the purposes are very different the tactics we're using in both dissimilar. >> but john if assad was the proximate cause of the syrian civil war how do you have a country run by him? where will his enemies go? >> well

these exclusive pictures show the $11 million handed over to representatives of al-nusra for the two he italian government declined to comment on our allegations, saying their policy is not to pay ransoms. simon bozeman, al jazeera. >>> you can watch the full al jazeera investigative documentary at 2200 gmt. >>> 50,000 junior doctors in england are threatening to go on strike. they are unhappy with new contracts which they fear will make them work longer with less pay. >> reporter: it was an ambitious plan to bring free healthcare to all. for decades it has been the pride of britain. and now nearly 70 years on the national health service is in crisis. under pressure and struggling to pay its bills. thousands of junior doctors are threatening to walk out in a row over pay and conditions. tom is a young doctor. he loves his job, and always expected to work long hours, but worries a new contract, which the u.k. government wants to introduce could push people too far. >> we all went into this, because we care enormously for our patients and we want to help people. and we all knew there we

. >> there may have been saudi's supporting al-nusra front. this is the al-qaeda franchise, if you will in syria. the allegation is not that the saudi government is doing this, but saudi citizens are doing that. >> long time ago, saudi declared al-nusra a terrorist organization, therefore any support to goes to al-nusra is subject to criminal prosecution inside saudi arabia. am i going to say there is not a single saudi who has contributed to that funding? of course not. but if any such thing has happened, it would be a violation of the law and it would be chased and the full strength of the law would be applied to those people. >> saudi arabia says it has given $700 million in humanitarian aid to syrians, and according to the u.n., about 500,000 syrians have been living in saudi arabia since the crisis. you can watch more of the reporting on "on target." >> south carolina is bracing for more flooding. officials warn more evacuations may be necessary. 400 roads and bridges are still closed because of the high waters. at least 15 deaths are now

attack from the air, either by a lebanese helicopter or missile that targeted one of the positions of al-nusrant that's related to al-qaeda. the iranian army is deployed over there. some people say it is a drone with missiles, this is the first time we hear about it, that a drone launched large missile against the al-qaeda affiliated group and caused the death of eight and injured about i think about 11 more. the drone, it's likely up until now, this is a development in the course of this war and the lebanese army and hezbollah do not have drones. it may be a russian drone or syrian drone. so far, it is the first time that it is used against the al-nusra group in countryside or even in syria. >> hopefully, we will have details and confirmation later on about exactly what caused the explosion, but just tell you also what the security is like in that border area, because it has seen attacks before, hasn't snit. >> yes the explosion outside the area of the lebanese army. in the area, the al-qaeda group deemployees and it from the air, but it's not yet known whether it is a drone or helicopter, bu