but it was oleg navalny, alexei's brother that was sent to jail.xei was given a suspended sentence, and that confirms his belief that his family members are being held hostage because of his political activities. on leaving the courthouse a few minutes ago, alexei navalny called on his supporters to come on to the streets of moscow this evening to register their opposition to this verdict. >> thanks to steve for that update. >>> the uk is dealing with the first case of ebola to be diagnosed in the country. the victim, whose identity has so far not been revealed, is a volunteer nurse who had been caring for people in west africa. her trip back to the uk began in freetown in sierra leone. she had a brief stop in casablanca in morocco changed planes and flew to london before taking an internal flight to glasgow. her journey finished on sunday evening just before midnight, and it was on monday she developed a fever and took herself to hospital. she's since been placed in isolation and has been transferred to a specialist unit at the royal free hospital

one man who did not make it to the rally was alexei navalny. g the way, he was detained by police and taken home. since february, navalny has been under house arrest. soon after, the riot police moved in to push the protesters away from the kremlin. but with russia entering recession and social and economic problems building it is likely there will be more protest here in the new year. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. >> stay with us. still to come -- central africa's only symphony orchestra celebrates 20 years of self-taught success. >> known for beaches carnivals football, and violence -- but there are so many more stories to tell. rio de janeiro is my city. >> one of europe's most dynamic cities. >> barcelona is a worldwide landmark. ♪ >> barcelona is my city. >> the capital. undergoing rapid change, and healing the wounds of war. >> it is becoming a modern luxurious, glamorous city again. >> favorite is my -- beirut is my city. ♪ >> welcome back. you're watching "abc world news." the headlines this hour -- airasia has confirmed the degree

russian opposition leader, alexey navalny , is arrested on the way to an opt -- an unauthorized protest in moscow. >> indonesian officials say debris embodies have been found from the missing air asia plane. we will talk live to an aviation expert about what might have happened. >> in our end of your series examining the big stories of 2014 from our own correspondence, we look at turkey -- how much is democracy under threat there? >> welcome to the program. the anti-kremlin politician, alexey navalny , has been detailed by police after he violated house arrest to join the protests in moscow. the demonstration was over a guilty verdict against him and his brother in a controversial fraud case. >> two dozen other people were also detained as hundreds gathered in central moscow where the opposition leader called on russians to take to the streets against vladimir putin. >> we will find out more live from the russian capital, but first we have this report. >> one outspoken creek at harsh words for the judge who called his brothers jailing an attempt by russian authorities to intimidate him.

alexei navalny and his brother oleg guilty of fraud. e only difference is the activists has a suspended sentence but his brother did not. navalny denounced the court's decision. he said of all possible types of sentences, today's is the most vile. he called on his protesters to -- the trial is the latest in a string of cases against the dissident. navalny denies the charges. they have suffered no damages. more than 16,000 people have signed up. the protest was planned for january 15, the initial schedule sentencing date. a move seen by many as an attempt to curtail the event. navalny became known for investigating widespread corruption. he galvanize the opposition, leading protests in 2011. he became a strong second last year and is openly stated his presidential ambitions for 2018. >> i am joined by a reporter. how much of a threat is navalny? >> he did come second in the election for moscow mayor. he was predicted to attract 10% to 12% but ended up with 27%. that must've been a big jolt for the kremlin. the suspended sentence takes him

despite the cold weather, people have turned out to protest against the sentencing of alexei navalny.ice are pushing back preventing them from getting to manezh square. navalny walked towards the square in violation of his house arrest he was seized driven away. [ scream ] [ speaking in foreign language ] >> reporter: he's been dubbed the man the kremlin is most afraid of the authorities clearly taking no risks here. [ seemcreams ] >> reporter: alexei ana value know is now back under house aest are, back at his home continuing his campaign against the kremlin from there. the problem, carol, he's going to have is that of course he's running up against the new year holidays now and that's the most important holiday in the russian calendar and so it's going to be very difficult for that anger we saw on the streets last night to keep its momentum carol. >> matthew chance reporting live from moscow this morning. >>> bad weather hampering search efforts off the coast of borneo. the first bits of debris from flight 8501 were discovered 24 hours ago. indonesian searchers saying this morning t

alexei navalny was given a suspended sentence. that confirms his belief that his family members are being held hostage because of his political activity. when leaving the courthouse a few weeks ago, he called on his supporters to come out on to the streets of moscow this evening, to register their opposition to this verdict. >> thanks to steve for that update. >>> now let's bring you some big news from the cricketing world. one of india's most successful test cricket captains has retired. not from the whole game, don't worry. just from test cricket. he played 90 test matches in his career and captain for an astonishing 60 them. aside from being an amazing bottom s batsman, he's more than that, isn't he? >> he's a mass figure here. but i suppose the biggest thing is when he won the 2020 tournament back in 2007. he led them to that elusive world cup in the one-day format in 2011 which of course. so this is big news that he has chosen to retire. but one suspect where is his real talents lie are in the limited format. that is where he

alexei navalny says he is innocent and local media say he will appeal. navalny and his brother oleg were charged with embezzlement. police say they took about $500,000 from two firms between 2008 and 2012. a court in moscow gave alexei a suspended sentence of 3 1/2 years. but he will not go to prison. oleg received a 3 1/2 year jail sentence, and they have each been fined about $8300. hundreds of supporters responded to navalny's call and rallied at a square near the kremlin. police arrested about 100 protesters. local media reports navalny tried to join the rally but he was detained and sent home. government officials in washington condemned the ruling. >> this appears to be another example of the russian government's growing crackdown on independent voices. >> rathke says the u.s. is also concerned about russia's increasing restrictions on independent media, civil society, and minority groups. >>> officials in jordan are seeing fewer people from outside their borders coming to visit. their tourism efforts are being hampered by the political situations

russian opposition figure alexei navalny, and the united nations secured income slicks back to devote within hours calling for an end to israeli occupation. >> it was a pretty dire stock market day for european indices with the main indices in london, paris, as well as frankfurt finishing in negative territory. it was political turmoil in greece that we really -- that really weighed on shares after a snap election was called in greece. fitch was warned that prolonged political uncertainties would hurt the nation's credit rating as the ratings agency said it was unclear that the election would produce an outright winner. one of the questions now is weather the turmoil increase could have economic ripple effects elsewhere in the eurozone. we take a closer look at that. >> may 2012, greek party leaders scramble to form a government, warning the country risked exiting the eurozone. 2.5 years later, a crisis in the nations single currency is lurking once more amid great political turmoil. borrowing costs remain low even among weaker economies like spain and italy. >> the situation has impr

. >>> alexei navalny has been sternly punished after trying to break house arrest. navalny was given a suspended sentence on tuesday. >>> a korean authority has apologized for her earlier behavior. harry fawcett has the story. >> she is been in custody in a room shared with four or five other people. will continue to live in a shared room. it represents a huge fall for someone of her extremely elevated status. the daughter of the head of a huge conglomerate which dominates a huge economy, a daughter of a senior staff of korean air all of this over a bag of nuts that were presented to her she says in a wrong way in the cabin of a korean jet in jfk airport. having the airplane turned around on the runway. the judge said that was a grave issue and a way they tried to cover up her involvement both of those things necessitated her to be put in custody. apologizing to the situation she has apologized for the text message but the situation has plenty more to run. >>> police say a case of domestic violence, shot dead in edmonton. police discovered the alleged killer outside

the man we're talking about is alexei navalny. >> that is serious commie level behavior. kind of shocking that would happen. everything vladmir putin has done in 2014 has been shocking. he invade ad european country and seized its land and swallowed it. adam: that happened in crimea. >> that happened this year. he is finding out intrading other countries and facing wrath becoming a pariah internationally is not great deal for your economy. the problem even if putin is in trouble, putin system thing among russian public and until it is not -- adam: veronica he believes drop in oil and economic sanctions will drive him from power. we learned one thing about aerial bombing in world war ii, it reinforce as population to support a despot. could that happen in russia. >> there could be very prorussian people that want to stay people in power. alexi has grassroots support. he has a lot of young people. has a major social media presence. for first time we're seeing someone who is potential real threat to putin. adam: the fact you're nobody until you ride a horse without your shir

thousands outraged over the conviction of alexei navalny. he was found guilty of fraud but given a suspended sentence of 3.5 years. some russians see the convictions as a vendetta against him as an opposition figure. >>> the world united in the name of sport at the most expensive olympics ever. alfonso van marsh takes a look at the biggest international events of the year. >> reporter: president obama authorized u.s. air strikes against iraq and syria targeting islamic state fighters. isis militants beheaded three americans and other hostages. terror hit australian when an iranian born cleric took hostages as a coffee shop. in afghanistan, u.s. and nato ended combat missions 13 years after the september 11th attacks. the taliban in pakistan attacked a military run school in peshawar, killing more than 140 people, mostly students. intensified when hamas militants murdered three jewish teenagers and israeli extremists burned a palestinian teen to death. hamas launched thousands of rockets at israel and israel invaded the gaza strip. more than

. >>> alexei navalny lashed out at the russian president after he was given a suspended sentence for>>> and gunfire was heard in the presidential palace in gambia. >>> a new report says there has been a dramatic rise in the number of police officers shot dead in the united states. according to the national law enforcement officers memorial fund 50 officers were killed in shootings in the u.s. compared to 22 in 2013. tom we're talking about a 56% jump in the number of police shootings in the u.s. this year. what is behind this rise? >> well just to put it in perspective that number is the same as it was in 2012 far less than it was in 2011 when 73 officers were killed. and in a very typical case just a couple of days ago, an arizona police officer was shot and killed in response to a domestic violence call. there are other cases where policemen -- in fact there's one case -- more than one case where policemen have killed other policemen. but 15 of the cases reported this year, were described as ambushes, where people were actively gunning for police officers. in fact in los angeles, j

alex a alexei navalny has just been found guilty. what do we know?reporter: there in's some dramatic scenes unfolding in that moscow courtroom with navalny, the activist screaming out, why did you put my brother in jail. his brother now facing a sentence of three years and six months in prison as well as a fine of 500,000 rubles or $8,000. navalny was given a lighter sentence. they suspended jail time of three years and six months as well as a fine of 4.8 million rubles. almost $90,000. now navalny supporters have called this case a travesty of justice. they say this is the kremlin signaling to those who dare criticize the government. the prosecution, though, had been asking for a ten-year jail sentence for navalny on charges that he embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars from a russian subsidiary of a french cosmetics firm. he'd already been serving under house arrest in connection with another case. but navalny has always maintained he's innocent of these charges. and in his last words to the courts he remained defy and the, robyn? >> he's a ma

alexei navalny got a suspended sentence of three and a half years, but his brother was sent to prison. later, navalny was seen being rounded up by police when he broke the terms of his ongoing house arrest and tried to attend the rally. the demonstration itself drew several thousand people, with chants of "freedom!" and "putin go away!" ringing through the air in red square. >> ( translated ): i came here first of all because i am against any repression, against politically motivated cases and prosecution for views. i think every person has the right to express his opinion. >> sreenivasan: after nearly two hours, police broke up the protests and detained about 100 opposition supporters. the united states denounced the convictions of navalny and his brother as another sign of a russian crackdown on independent voices. there's word today of a jordanian pilot who's being held by islamic state militants in syria. muath al kasaesbeh was flying a coalition air raid when his plane went down last week. now, the islamic state's english-language, online magazine has published a purported interv

alexei navalny, a prominent blogger and lawyer, was given a suspended three and a half year sentence but his younger brother was sentenced to prison. as many as 250 others were arrested. earlier today, 18 protesters including members of the feminist punk group pussy riot were detained after spending the night near moscow's red square. in washington, state department spokesperson jeff rathke condemned the sentencing of the navalny brothers. >> we are troubled by the guilty verdict handed down in the latest action. the decision is a disturbing development, in our view, and it appears to be designed to further punish and deter political activism. this appears to be another example of the russian government growing crackdown on independent voices. by rain forces have fired tear gas on protesters who gathered outside the home of a detained opposition leader. sheikh ali salman, head of the main shiite group opposed to bahrain's sunni monarchy, was arrested on sunday after leading a rally. the united nations and european union have criticized salman's arrest, with the un human rights chief

to russia 37 protests erupted in moscow following the conviction of russian opposition leader alexei navalny. europe and the u.s. condemned the verdict saying the decision is part of a disturbing trend. let's look in at what russian markets have done, not just recently, but over the year as a whole. the ruble highlighting its move today to the down side by about 35% but, of course, 77% of it has moved over the course of the year. most of that coming in the last, as well. >> interestingly, at the start, the ruble started to steadily decline. but as the ruble decline became more of a route, fears in general about russia's future led the micex and it's going to finish the year in the red by around about 7%. simon, is this something to be concerned about? >> it's not a big thing for president putin at the moment. the biggest concern for him is the economy, where the ruble has been moving and obviously the lower oil prices. this is something that is shaking markets up generally. but i don't think it's overly worrying in the short-term. >> it does seem astonishing that his approval ratings are sti

navalny arrived with prosecutors calling for a ten-year term. instead he and his brother were sentenced to three and a half years, be alexei receiving a suspendedentence. his supports claim the trial is another attempt by the kremlin to curb decent in russia. and it will certainly remove one of the most effective opposition campaigners from the political stage while deriving him of a long jail term that would just increase his popularity. alex navalny is for men the credible face of opposition. he has been one of the most vocal opponents of vladimir putin, famous for calling the ruling party a bunch of crooks and thieves. but then he was placed under house arrest. throughout his trial he has remained defiant. >> translator: this hunter which has laid their hands on everything in russia and is building resources based futile capitalism will sooner or later fall. >> navalny blames the political establishment for trying to silence him. in just a few years this young anti-corruption blogger has become one of the biggest challenges to president putin's grip on power. he is the man the kremlin fears the most the place of political opposition to presi