there has been no u.s. drone strikes in the pakistani tribal areas. >> for hundreds of civilians that lost loved one, it doesn't mean much. >> my eldest one was 15. i stopped sending him to school. he works as a labourer. i wish his father was alive so he could educate himself like his father wanted. i'm a poor woman and can't find work. >> the victims do not agree with the intelligence report. some believe drone attacks may resume if talks fail. >> in is al jazeera. more ahead. when we come back, hazardous smog hides the skyline. it doesn't stop there. a stink about clean water in the yate. why is bottled water favourite, when tap water has been declared safe. [ ♪ music ] >> hello again. the top stories on al jazeera. the pentagon has been ordered to start preparations for a possible withdrawal of all u.s. troops in afghanistan by the end of the year. that's because afghan president hamid karzai refused to sign a security agreement covering thousands of u.s. support troops remaining after the pull out. at

who have been tried.is a big fish, but the really big [ technical difficulties ] >> to overcome this atrocity. >> rwanda has had an extremely dynamic and ongoing relationship to this atrocity. the genocide trials in rwanda were completed in 2012. they tried almost 2 million people. most of them for property crimes, but physical crimes that ended in death or rape, several hundred thousand, and many of those people are now living back in society, next to the neighbors of the people they attacked. so it's the largest reckoning with atrocity on earth that has ever taken place. and the full history of this has been established in a legal sense. so i think that what rwanda needs from this most of all is seeing that fewer and fewer places in the world are defending the perpetrators of this crime. >> very good to talk to you, thank you. >>> police in south africa have used rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse striking minors. the stoppage is costing the country around $36 million a day. what happened? >>

been a pretty site. overcrowded, filthy and run by gangs. what's the situation in brazil's first privately run jail? a report has been seeing enormous comparison a report does contain some disturbing images. >> a disturbing glimpse into the preps in the state of maranyow. at the video is proof of the violence prisoners are able to inflict upon each other. >> they are too gruesome on to put on air, prisoners shockingly multhsated. for all to see. the fallout has pet unprecedented pressure on brazil's government to quickly build new more modern and less crowded principleses like the one hear limited look inside what is brazil's first ptp, or private public partnership. a prison operated as a joint venture between the government and the private sector. compared to others in brazil, this is a 5-star accomodation the only principleser we are allowed to speak to runs the storeroom that distributes uniforms and hygiene. >> they have psychologists. they have a lot of things that help the prisoners reenter societ

bangkok have been left vacant more weeks now.hose are the areas that police targeted on friday morning, going into the areas, clearing the equipment that the protesters left behind and hearing from the prime minister on friday saying that she did not want to do any real force. the police turned up here to the suburb in very large numbers, and were met by a small group of anti-government protesters. police have left the areas. this seems ton a small step in what may be a long protest. >> back to the top story right now. the volcano in indonesia. we have steph back, live for us from jakarta. steph, where do things stand right now then? >> yes, it's a very populated area where the eruption took place, it's one of the main cities, a couple of main cities in java, around the volcano. 200,000 people are affected by the eruption, and 100,000 are evacuated. what is worse is grafill grain and ash rain reached the main cities in java, and behind that to other islands as well. the ash and gravel disrupted flights throughout the country and

speculating that simply you've been putting tumor.it's pressure on young shoulders and that's why she filed and of course while we're talking about this it does reassert russia as a powerhouse in figure skating but there have been other breakthrough sports at these games for russia to particularly short track speed skating where they got their first gold medal in that just a few days to go and going for more medals in that sport today russia a victory and bloody me going to go already well our producers and such have been able to catch up with the girls after the competition and judging by what they told us they're both as happy as can be. i did my best during the performance of all the elements of the program and it was incredible to finally see i had scored the most points however i still can say i can feel the force packed of emotions of my victory you know what would have approached the individual kilograms a bit more tired because of the team competition but of course i don't regret anything i want to go the limbic medal now and

bush but has been widely expanded joining barack obama's presidency yemen has been targeted but as you can see most drone strikes have hit the tribal areas of pakistan and a large number of civilians nearly four hundred on conservative estimates have also been killed there by the unmanned planes. now it seems that the german government is not getting away with its sloppy snooping controls coming out at a say force the country's main hauger group to file a criminal complaint against the government over its part in the spy scandal. plus in the war on drugs it seems that it's the authorities who are on the back food was more people who countries turn to hogs for illicit trade now israel is one of them . found in new york there is a high security cemetery with a shadow we pass still ahead we'll meet a woman who has even been denied the right to visit the grave of her child there. was a year of the horrors south of the b.b.c. news subtitles as we enter the chinese new year which of course is called the year of the horse alas i believe the b.b.c. forty and sub reveal a lot more about the tru

here you can see will decision looks like after days of deadly rioting at least eighty people have been lost says the unrest started on choose a day. official figures the opposition claims the number of casualties is much higher eyewitness reports and numerous videos show dozens of bodies lying openly in the streets covered only by same blankets the number of those injured is in the hundreds r.t. the next a hero chef ski has more now on the president's move to reconciliation and the reaction of the iran cicle opposition. well this is so far the biggest concession coming from the president he says that he will initiate early presidential ballots although the date for that ballot is not specified also he says that the country will return to the constitution of two thousand and four providing that more authority will be given to the parliament than the president and also he says that he will now initiate the procedure forming a coalition government which will obviously going to contain many those of the opposition many politicians from the opposition side definitely this is a big concessio

that's the kind of damage that could have been caused if his attempt had been successful. reid is search ago life sentence, having changed the course of how americans travel in airports across the country. >> the national security agency maybe forced to hold on to its massive collection of phone records. the wall street journal reporting the agency is facing lawsuits rewarding those records so legally would have to retain the data to return the evidence. no decision has been made yet as to what to do with those records. >> tears of joy on the korean peninsula today. family members waiting 60 years to see loved ones today got a chance to hold them. we were there for the emotional reunions. >> the last few shuffling steps before he ends a wait that's lasted most of his lifetime. he's off to meet his sister. she was 13 when he last saw her. now he says she'll be an old lady. >> i will thank her for having survived. i'm 87. the only reason i'm still alive is that i was waiting for this chance. >> a third of those heading north are in their 90s. the frailty of bodies evident, d

they have been taken over by demonstrators. his palace has been taken over. his position at the very least in this part of the country is extremely tenuous. >> all right for now, thank you, barnaby, for updating us on the very latest developments coming out of ukraine here on the al jazeera news hour. we have more to come. we'll keep you up-to-date with fast-moving events in ukraine, plus venezuela, which is bracing for more trouble after days of violent protests. and we meet the people risking it all to secure afghanistan. >>> and anothe norway's cross cy queen. details coming up with jane in sports. >> the pope urged the new appointees to shun the rivalries and factions that have been blamed for the scandals that dog the previous papacy. nine of his new cardinals come from south america, asia and africa and reflect a clear attempt to reflect. the new cardinals were the personal choice of pope francis with half coming from outside europe and none from the united states. many from developing nations. but francis has made it clear he wants to shift the balance

have been offering compromises. we're not seeing extremism from the other side i don't think it's stop because the same sort of demands are going to keep coming and the demonstrators are emboldened by open support receiving from the west i can't imagine. as i've said over or put in going to paris to support the straightest we're demonstrating against the government in the streets there and we all have a quick break lose so that's the problem we have and i don't think in the short term you can prevent a western country doing that but i think people need to realize what is happening and it's going to publish thank you very much indeed for joining us here in the studio political analyst live here in our international world well we've been talking we've been seeing the live pictures of those events unfolding there. has been monitoring what's been happening in the last few minutes or so bring us up to date arena tell us more about what's going on there in ukraine in the capital well the entire central square is obviously

that is true whether you have been out of work one month or six months, but those that have been unemployed the longest often have the toughest time getting back to work. it is a cruel catch-22. the longer you are unemployed, the more unemployable you may seem. this is an illusion, but one that unfortunately we know statistically is happening out there. according to one study, if you have been out of work eight months, you are likely to get called back for an interview only about half as often as if you were out of work one month, even with the identical resume. so we are here tonight to say that is not right. we know there are folks like erick all across the country who have enormous skills and talent and capacity, but they need a change. i invited him to -- a mother of two boys to my speech. she was employed since college, never collected on implement benefits, never dependent on the government. when she lost her job to budget cuts, she could not find another and turn to unemployment insurance to make sure she and her husband could eep the new home they just spend their life savings to bu

handed down by a federal grand jury. >> this morning after he had been informed charges had been filed against him, california senator ron calderon has agreed to surrender to federal officials monday morning. ron calderon allegedly solicited and accepted approximately $100,000 in cash bribes, as well as plane trips, gourmet dinners and trips to golf resorts. ron calderon we allege took the bribes for official acts such as supporting legislation to those that would be favorable to those that paid him bribes and opposing legislation that would be harmful to them. ron calderon took in relation to state law that gave tax credit to studios that produce independent films in california. >> authorities charged ron calderon with mail and wire fraud, money laundering and tax fraud. if convicted on all 24 counts he would face a maximum penalty of 400 years in prison. calderon's brother tom was charged with money laundering as well. >>> now to the wild winter weather, warmer weather spawning tornadoes in areas still covered with snow. nash vild, high winds peeled back the roof of this high school

there's a little background, applied survey research has been in business since 1980 and we've been doing point in time counts since 1999. and currently we've done probably close to 50 point time counts throughout mostly california, but in some other communities as well. we've had the opportunity to work in large urban cities such as atlanta, las vegas, los angeles. we've worked in santa clara, and we've also worked in rural communities as well, mendocino, sonoma, and other spots. in 2013 we provided technical assistance and direct assistance and point in time counts in other communities in california as well as san francisco. those include sonoma, monterey, santa cruz, san luis obispo, and santa clara counties. so, we've got a pretty good field for the methodological issues and doing the counts and we brought aboard in san francisco to help bring some best practice ideas in a technical assistance fashion. we think that it's important, as was mentioned by both trent and bevan, to be data driven and having good consistent and quality data is really important to be able to see the trends an

handed over to the mine securities. 11 miners have been removed, and they have been checked by the operations, this is what we do worry about, severe dehydration, and hear, they have been cleared. and they are stable. but they are been moved through to police custody. they have been made aware to be aware of and from there on, they will be monitored for the next 24 hours. from then on, they will be taken into custody, and later on be charged, according to the police. for now, initially, there are about 50 people trapped in the top section of the mine. when we did speak to them, they told us that there might be up to 200 in a deeper section, but however, we continue confirm that, and they have now started to cease the rescue operations further down, as they could not locate anyone else. and it's also very unsafe for rescue people to go down further into the mine. >> there has been an explosion on a tourist bus on the sinai peninsula. on the border with israel, four people have been killed. and more than a does not have been injured, mostly tourists from south korea. more from jerusalem. >> it

two soldiers have been killed.ecurity officials are searching for two attackers who escaped after the bombing. let us go live now to peshwar. >> in the last few minutes, we've heard that the suicide bomber did detonate himself, but there's also an explosive laden car outside the iranian consulate. they are trying to defuse it as we speak. we do not know why the consulate was the target, but there have been sectarian attacks that have taken place in the past. there were multiple groups outfits which had threatened various incidents lakes of the pakistani security forces as well as diplomatic enclaves. >> in terms of police activity, security activity there, how intense is it? >> in the last few days, we've seen the fatigue come under a lockdown. ever since pakistan security forces started going after fighters in the tribal areas, the capitol has seen intense number of security personnel, and heightened security at all entrances and exit. we are at the hotel from here, going to the blast location, which takes about f

that it's been a community-based effort. so, my hope is that dcyf, the school district, the mayor's office really join together with the grassroots community coalition that's been working on that. and for the prop h or the public enrichment public education enrichment fund or piece propses to tom ammiano for his vision on that one ten years ago and that also needs more transparencies as the community coalition around schools and children and families organizationses need to be centrally involved. so, i'm looking forward to that dialogue as well. >> thank you, supervisor yee. supervisor mar. before we go to supervisor cohen, we'll go to supervisor yee. >> thank you, madam -- thank you, madam clerk, for allowing me to speak again. i also would like to co-sponsor with supervisor avalos the hearing on the children's [speaker not understood] piece. like supervisor kim and supervisor mar, we all have been working on these issues for a very long, long time. and for myself, it's been decades of working around these issues. and i'm v

others have been very measured. as well. while the visit of the german for french polish ministers. got to see first hand the ground there in fact their meeting had had to be moved to a different location has been reported earlier because of the violence that had a rapid however there are also reactions coming from the russian side where sanctions are concerned russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said that this move because up until now the e.u. has not made such a move at this move today is a form of bullying he said that this he likened to sanctions to some form of blackmail and he also said that a trade and government has already delivered some of the concessions let's listen to what he had to say on this matter. just the crimean government has repeatedly shown its goodwill they offered compromises in deals when they agreed to free those detained during the riots if the protest is vacated the administrative buildings they captured the government filled. all the opposition eventually just to the process. condem

some countries have been excluded. that list includes sudan, afghanistan, iran, iraq, nigeria, somalia and pakistan and sri lanka. >> we have more from new delhi. >> the announcement by the ministry of tourism is a boost to the indian hospitality and tourism industry, with the possibility of the residents of 180 global nations being able to receive a visa when they arrive into india. it's a boost to the economy. that's the principle move by the government to do things. the growth rate was less than 5%, according to official figures for 2013. the facility was given to 11 countries, including the likes of finland and singapore. there are exceptions to this. neighbouring countries are exempt. if residents want to come to india, they'll have to apply in those respective countries. under-7 million tourists arrived in india according to official figures. they are the latest figures we have. most came from the united states, u.k., and bangladesh and the industry is worth under 18 billion u.s. what india was trying to do is ce

there has been a lot of bitterness about what has and hasn't been done.ere is the big issue, with climate change which is being blamed in large part for this crazy weather we are having is there enough money to protect the communities that have been under threat from flooding is the big debate and what needs to be decided in the next few years if this weather pattern continues which many people predict it will, which communities will be saved and which communities if you like will be sacrificed so other communities can be protected more effectively all the time with smaller and smaller pub budgets and there is a big debate and public arguing about who is to blame and what should be done next. >> reporter: thank you very much simon mc-greger wood reporting for us from close to the banks of the river in the uk. well, let's get more on the weather there with richard and who will tell us how much worst richard it's expected to get in the uk. >> amazing it it can get worse and more weather system still on the way in. and it is historical proportions and effect

and she's gone. ♪ it's been 18 long years ♪ in this old cold prison ♪ ♪ sometimes i think it's been so to the arms of a stranger ♪ ♪ the only home i know is surrounded by stone ♪ >> a sense of freedom, you know. it frees my mind. i'm not thinking about brushy mountain or prison, you know. ♪ i'm lonesome and blue ♪ ♪ that's all i can sing ♪ ♪ i'm lonesome and blue ♪ ♪ that's all i can sing ♪ >> snow-covered pines. it's been a while since i had written it. every year i change the amount of years that i've been in prison. >>> next on "lockup: raw -- hard time." they're considered the worst of the worst. >> the sunlight is fading away like butter on cornbread. >> but these inmates have found an icon to relate to. >> that's almost something like shakespeare himself would write. now back to "lockup." >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> in many of america's maximum security prisons, there are three letters that strike fear in the hearts of inmates. s-h-u. the shu. it stands for secured housing unit. and like a prison within a prison, these units house the worst

there have been cuts too to the french military.ll be implemented this year, to a regular army of around 230,000. but will is a question too whether there is a public will for long intervention in the car. just over 42% of people support the intervention. >> all right. emma thank you very much. >>> there have been accusations that the french haven't done enough to prevent the killings. >> there are even some people who are saying they would prefer the protection of the taliban. tanya page reports. >> reporter: it's tough for people to earn a living in bonn -- bonge. but business goes on under the watchful eye of officialings. these are families packed ready to leave and protect themselves. >> translator: many people here don't trust the french. trust is so fragile, even the local red cross is sent away, but some would accept the help of islamists. >> we will accept any help. because you are with me now. what do i have? i have only 50 meters. it's better to be in prison. >> reporter: he says even with the french here, people are bein

that night to roast which has been said bailey addicted to mean something like a year ago it's been a catastrophe i mean really really what i'm about to go up some mean some people i meet some people in the new ninety minute flights even keeps getting worse and worse of gold since then you came to power because there is no margin between the cuban regime. it's what they think that these cookies that they have the one telling of the business security forces often is what i'm telling about the secret forces offered to venus williams regime which has been changed exactly one years ago on the maitland on the impact of the cuban ones i mean i'm not into it any mental status and events in the sometimes i'm too curious when we meet by the cuban security regime do we mean like block committees with all your neighbors by online to make fun of it and even the nation of the military on one hand the secret services on the other typical coming to them and that's exactly what has been exported from cuba to minnesota in into a minivan is going on. i received a really close to the way to cuba. he's o

he's been held prisoner since 2009. the taliban released a statement today saying talks with the u.s. have been suspended. american authorities were reportedly proposing a prisoner swap. bergdahl for five taliban prisoners. the state department has refused to acknowledge, though, any negotiation that 34might have bn going on. >>> federal prosecutors plan to bring home one of the most dangerous drug lords to america to stand trial. joaquin guzman was arrested yesterday with the help of u.s. agencies and some of his open security guards that turned on him. are the nos say guzman's drug empire reaches as far away as europe and australia. >>> the national governors association is gathering in washington this weekend and it's the the second day of its annual winter meeting today. one of the main talking points there we understand are federal policies versus states' rights. and this evening the governors will attend a formal dinner at the white house and will return tomorrow to meet with the president. among the governors cur

has been relatively peaceful there's been no gunfire or anything of the current right now i just passed through the independence square the protesters there are peaceful basically and they're just in the waiting for something we know that during the night nine hour long negotiations between representatives of the e.u. russia and ukraine were held in key of the rounded up at seven o'clock in the morning and we're expecting according to the ruling party that some sort of peace treaty bisa greenland will be signed later during the day the question is certainly the biggest question now is whether this will be the peaceful agreement the real truth because we've been at this point before on wednesday night of the opposition and the government managed to agree some sort of a compromise some sort of a truce but we all know what followed literally twenty four hours ago. i was standing just about at the same position where i'm standing right now at a hotel ukraine and all hell was breaking loose gunfire grenades the genuine attack by the so-called right wing sector on the police which already. as

romero well residents of this small town of king city had been complaining that police had been taking their cars for years but this investigation involving the monterey county district attorney's office and the f.b.i. just started about six months ago now in the criminal complaint it's alleges that a sergeant there in king city between two thousand and ten and two thousand and thirteen had towed in impounded more than two hundred vehicles and as you mention injured in the introduction for every ten to fifteen that he would bring to the law he would get one in return now the part of the problem is that most of the cars that he was impounded were being sent to just one tow yard nearly ninety percent of all the impounded cars were going to this one tow yard problem is that this total yard also happens to belong to the brother of the police chief there in king city so things did seem a little strange their ultimate lee the district attorney did step in ultimately arresting six officers and a civilian obviously a small conflict of interest there with that telling company of a talk about wh

white started his record label five years ago and albums have been a key component. >> it's always beenvinyl. we never stopped. this isn't new for us. >> reporter: what is new while album sales are climbing, digital downloads are diving. for the first time since the dawn of itunes, digital sales fell, on demand screening and on demand radio all contribute to the decline. vinyl is so hot and the albums are moving so fast grimy's record stores have expanded. it's not just records that are flying off shelves. turn tables are hot commodities u too. >> it's fairly addicting. i find once i sell someone a turntable they're in here every week. >> reporter: giving record collectors the analog sound they enjoy with the convenience they love, showing that vinyl has power spinning through the generations to come. >> new information on kenneth bae. the american missionaries has been transferred from a hospital back to a labor camp. the development is deeply concerning because bae has been held for more than a year after being sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. he's been accused of trying to overth

weather has been the -- nearby river. the weather has been difficult everywhere. >> u.s. men's alpine ski team, 36-year-old bode miller became the oldest alpine skier to win a medal, second most of anyone in the world. andrew wybrecht. afterwards, miller who was overcome by emotions, he was thinking about his late younger brother, chilone, who died after a seizure. >> it was really hard, attached emotion to this, he wanted to come to these games. i thought, he would have a chance of making it and for him to pass away the way he did, it sort of connected with my journey coming back and today i felt like that was all very connected and raw and emotion for me. and i just in the finish it just all kind of came out. >> miller and wh whybrecht, held put that together. they beat host team russia in an overtime shootout thriller. this time it was phil kessel's team. the toronto maple leafs star, scoring a hat-trick in hockey tournament. 24 hours after that emotional win over russia. >> i think the most important thing we were focusing on today was that last night's win would have

it has been a long time coming. lawmakers have been unable to agree on a new bill since 2012.under the proposed bill, the 1% cut is said by liberals as too much and excessive a conservatit enough. >>> earlier i spoke with aaron fairbanks and andrew novokavich. i asked them why this whereas so important. >> how much it costs, who produces it, who gets access to it, it touches on everything so it's critical. >> united states is unique because we generate an incredible amount of food, enough to feed every american which cannot be said by other countries. >> that is where we have to draw a line. hunger is not a poverty issue, but a justice issue. we are producing the right amount of food if not surpluses of food. the fact that as a result of this bill people will have restricted access to that food through loss of their food stamps, i think that's getting penal up in arms. people feel like it's really outrageous, it's a justice issue not a poverty issue. >> why do you think this bill was passed now? i've heard farm bill fatigue. >> agricultural consumption has always been a bipart

had been 2-up.s women haven't lost a game at the olympics now since 1998, and have won four of the five goals since the sport made its olympic debut. >> i would just say that this one was the hardest one to get in in so many different ways, and it feels really good, very satisfying. and the way that we did it, to come from behind, two goals down was a special win. >> you put yourself in a position to come out on top and be number one, that's what retrain for all year, and a gold medal was the result we wanted. it doesn't feel good. it's devastating this morning. >>> canada have moved up to second in the medals competition. and ukraine have won their first gold medal in the women's bi-at lon replay. one ukrainian skier withdrew from the games following the clashes in ukraine. >> i think you know that it was really difficult to make this decision, because we working hard for four years, and now [ inaudible ] and to decide to do this, it was really hard for us. i hope for -- just pray for ukraine, and

that has been a story that has been out there for a while. so you ask americans who by the way not only do they hate irs, but they hate everything about washington. approval ratings of anything associated with washington is down in the basement. >> the president said not a smidgeon and then you have the 64% number. you can reconcile the two? >> there was an interesting development this week. we already know there were allegations the tea party groups were singled out while applying, but this week chairman of the ways and means committee made a new allegation that 100% of the 501-c 4s audited, not simply skrcrutinize scrutinized, that they were security leaning. you would think there would be at least one democratic group. >> and the president, is he above this whole thing? there is no indication he had any knowledge of it, but he is the leader of the party. >> so far there have people who have lost their jobs at the irs, there have been acting guy was asked not to -- he took the fifth and walked. took a retire the. >> and there has been an in

has been a huge growth of the middle class in mexico. that has been the payoff of nafta.up in san diego, california. a time when the u.s. and mexican relations were very antagonistic. the schools in mexico would teach hostile things about the united states. it has changed quite dramatically. the president is traveling to mexico city today. supporters of nafta and the with pacificdeal rim nations are saying this is a chance to revisit nafta and negotiate higher labor standards . what is your response to that? that would be a laudable goal, if we could achieve reform of nafta. nafta is broken. year periodo a 20 sf stagnant wages in worker pay. win, win, win for the corporate sector and lose, lose for workers throughout the hemisphere. nafta, i going to fix think that is our only choice. we are so integrated that we cannot go backwards. looking forward, we need to implementing policies that will share the benefits that gary talked about with workers throughout the hemisphere. host: how do you do that? social contract that would incorporate rising labor and environmental stan

the situation has been contained.e to the interior minister who said the president as well as senior government officials have said the president himself called somalia's representative to the u.n. secretary general and told him that he is in hand. let me just tell you, this is the second attempt on the president. in 2012, suicide bombers stormed into a compound of a hotel where he was hold ago press conference, his first as president. i was at that press conference and one of the gunman in a suicide vest managed to get into the compound before he was killed. >> joining us live by phone from kenya. thank you very much. >> emotions and anger in a california courtroom at two men are sent to prison. why their reactions brought some harsh words from the judge and from the family of a man they beat into a coma for being a baseball fan. >> there's nobody here to speak for them. that's why i'm thinking we have to come up with a respect physical way to handle this situation. >> old america, the project where workers have foun

if it had been if they had been looked into as well put from what we have the forty one page report it says that seventy six percent of people who were surveyed within the european new european union said that corruption was widespread twenty six percent of those said that they had been directly affected by corruption. and sixty seven percent of those were concerned about where political financing was coming from people putting in money to pay for campaigns of course we got a big election coming up here this year in the e.u. twenty three percent said only twenty three percent thought that the governments in the european union were effective in tackling corruption and seventy three percent said that. bribery for public services was the best way to go about achieving that so it all doesn't really make very good reading for the european union but. this is what's being put forward by the e.u. commission looking into the current state of the market if you will. that are all over with the latest. thank you very much washington's diplomacy has failed in syria while the key geneva two talks

there's another eu plan and this is one --t has been put to yannick has been put to the president. this is a plan that calls for constitutional change it under the elections. we are waiting for the response we might get on that plan. >> what has been the response of the russians towards all of this? saying thatans are the potential of eu sanctions are just goading of into taking more action. they're sending an envoy to talk to the opposition. once again, we wait for more news today. it will be breaking all morning. >> david, thank you. david tweed, european editor, live from berlin. sydney playing host to a gathering of central bankers and they are urging to use the meeting to developing strategies to help the economies. paul allen joins us now from sydney. that between the u.s. and emerging markets going to be resolved at this g 20 gathering? morning, mark. pardon me for my cynicism but i'm trying to remember when any g" gatherings have solved anything. that said, it has been a huge theme in the buildup to this g 20 conference. the effect of tapering and the need for emerging mark

this has been in motion for the last decade.t was exactly 2004 when the drone strikes began. >> the first big envision into that area, and ever since then, pakistan has not been able to really come up with an effective policy which would check the violence and contain the taliban. yes, it is an interesting point. let me ask you, if the government tries to negotiate from a position of strength. as you say on the one hand, it is keeping the offer of peace open, but on the other, it is ramping up the air strikes. >> what this is doing is creating such an air of disinstruction, bitterness, but i am not sure how they can proseat. peace at what cost. the taliban is demanding that they are on all of pal stan. they are imposing -- that immediately becomes a stumbling block for any kind of viable, or durable peace. >> let me get a final thought from you then. where does all of this now leave the prospects of peace with the taliban? particularly at a time when u.s. p toos we will be withdrawing from afghanistan, is that likely to shift th

amazing they had a great time people have been. so friendly and so helpful and they just totally changed their view on everything you know the ski jumping sport where women ski jumping particularly huge battle to be represented but you've managed to at least on this battle going on for twenty years and it's been a while yes so what does it mean to have so you particularly it's been you know people keep saying it's been very historic and for me being up on the job the other night it didn't feel historic and i think that that feeling will come later it just felt like something very cool that i was able to be a part of and i'm just really excited for where the sport goes in the future course as well as being an athlete one final sort of this big hockey much ice hockey much more between russia and the united states you do when you think about. usa of course you could and i actually i'm trying to get tickets to that cell or see every it's going to really get the crowds and the massive ok just a little to see you have a great time folks

artist very often has been gauging the move there. a nation turning team russia one isn't starting today local authorities are in charge of all political decisions on the ground in these regions we have to protect our land. the sources of ukraine's eastern and southern regions gathered in how to for an emergency session and decided that they no longer take orders from kiev while in the capital parliament declare that these people must be brought to justice as separatists we think that the central authority is a paralyzed and that their decisions cannot be considered constitutional well deck which is unheard of adopt a resolution split in the country a system of governance their region has recently shown signs of being far from unanimous what happened in kiev left a local population base divided and dissolution and many fear that radicals from the capital could bring violence in their wake but others condemned the president's agreement with the opposition colonnade surrender the traditional russian in the region had a major power base

there has been no tourists tagger ned in eight years, these armed groups have been targeting sole years police instead. there is a great concern for tourism and in general the militancy in the sinai after today's attack. >> all right. nick schifrin thanks watch for being with us this afternoon. >>> meanwhile, dozens are miners are now trapped in an illegal gold mine in south africa. that mine is located about 18 miles of johannesburg. emergency services say they are speaking to some of the miners stuck by falle fallen boulders,, good afternoon. and thank you for being with us, i understand this happened at an illegal gold mine. how common are these types of mines across south africa? >> reporter: well, morgan it's a growing problem it seems. once companies shutdown these particular mine shafts the illegal miners take it as an opportunity to breakthrough and use these a brandoned shafts to gain the leftover minerals and sharsale the materials on the bk market. the department of resources has pledged it stop it, but these trappings are becoming more common than you like. >> you say this i

the reason that this decisions that have been coming down from the administration have been so bad is series of bad decisions. my colleague just mentioned several of the bad decisions. i can name several others. the elimination of the performing arts and education center, even though the voters voted for it. the use of prop a funds in ways that are not supposed to be used were also voted on, 73% of san franciscans want it one way. it's not happening that way. and the more that it goes on, you just keep hearing of more bad decisions. today i just heard that the chancellor, he is thinking that he wants to make sure that the college has enough resources to -- sorry, excuse me, to pay for budget item as they come along so that the college will not have to go into the market and borrow money. this is happening at a time when the govern's budget is paying back all the deferrals that it has been making to the community colleges for all these years. so, this is just sort of the process that happens when people are in a bubble, they don't hear the input from other people and they make bad deci

europe has been democratic. we should want to see ukraine stable and to see change take place peacefully and we should has ao see the ukraine chance to prosper. all of that will help the united states of america. in a world where we can disregard what happens in the rest of the world. staten island, new york, catherine is on the independent line. caller: i just have one question for you. why it is not ok for russia -- cyprus, but it is ok for ? how come it is ok for yugoslavia -- [indiscernible] that.xplain to me thank you. >> thank you for your questions. i would not compare these situations. you know the united states has never supported the division of cyprus. you referred to cyprus. has been divided for more than 40 years now. we have not supported that. we support peace talks that would lead to the unification. states has clearly supported the independence of the country of macedonia and have diplomatic relations with that country and that is the proper thing for us to do. the situation in ukraine is quite

the majority have not been violent. >> actually, the washing have been violent. >> you saw the massive protest there on saturday and across the country. we had hundreds of thousands of people demonstrating completelies peaceful protests. in fact, one of the issues here is that the opposition on that day, on saturday, called for the protest to be peaceful did not protests. none of that got on television because the venzuelan? >> it's not true. i have been living there for the past years. >> during the protests on saturday, they were showing president maduro doing other things. there was no coverage while those protests were happening of those protests. >> that's what happened on saturday. when the man who lost a very close election to maduro spoke and called for peace, none of that made it on television? >> some of it made it on in news segments. as in most countries, they don't cover 24 hour protests or even hourly, hours and hours. >> a few hundred thousand people in the middle of the city? >> in venzuela, it's been common over the past few decades you see large amounts of people prot

using live ammunition well they have been and it's been used all over the place and now correspondents the press coming possibly under threat we're talking with more of this breaking news after a short break on r.t. international. it's the last. in london but no butter is being is this time even investor lives two hundred frickin years will never discover the vampire squid true nature investor may be able to understand the secrets of the houses but he or she will never understand the truth about goldman sachs tentacles of fraud and deception. international is your headquarters for the winter olympics and let's give the latest now at the start of another day of olympic action russian fans and saatchi was there in a bit of a need of a big boost for the nation's ice hockey team crashing out in the quarterfinals that was a major disappointment and that was followed by figure skating one to gold and major gold medal hope fifteen year old yulia lipnitskaya taking a tumble during her routine well the pressure on the young star has been absolutely enormous after a gold medal in the team event

the hijacker has been arrested. no one has been hurt in the situation is under control. passages have been seen leaving the plane is boarding a bus. it's not clear who sees the heck rough weather the room all my jackets cold weather and the moms were made the airline said on its website that flight e t seven or two from addis abba but the room that unfolds to go to geneva and that all passengers and crew was safe swiss reports say the plane was hijacked as it flew over saddam. the plane landed at six twenty in the morning to geneva. it had been due to london road with four fourteen. your party said the airport was temporarily closed. it's now said to have reopened with the punches taking off again with the uncertainty in ukraine as opposition protests isn't a two month occupation of key ict toll on the promise of an amnesty. in theory criminal charges will be dropped against them from today the case maybe it is the doc says it's a weighty evidence of the us ortiz will fall as rain on sunday opposition leaders kept u

shiite parts of lebanon in retaliation for has been sending its fighters into syria. and your government protests are heating up in the thai capital with at least two blasts and dozens of gunshots fired at least six people to be wounded as supporters of the country's prime minister clashed with their opponents the incident happened after demonstrators blockaded the building where ballot papers were being stored spiralling into sunday's general election which the opposition's valid to boycott and disrupt. according car is adjourned the trial of egypt's ousted president until tuesday after the proceedings resumed earlier in the day and morsi along with fourteen others from the muslim brotherhood are charged with inciting the killing of protesters back in twenty twelve the trial comes a day after supporters and opponents of reform islam as leader clashed in the number of cities across egypt with police firing tear gas to disperse them. at least four children killed and three others injured on indonesia's western island of sumatra after a volcano erupted again months in a

she's been here for two days.eally no public events that are accessible to people who don't have a lot of money. >> these are all events for high rollers. there was some criticism for that. but the first lady and the first family really have been very visible in some of the lower-income neighborhoods of washington, d.c., so it's not like they're hiding from the public. hard to blame them. last time the president was in town, you may recall there were very visible protests about immigration policies so they might have been wanting to avoid some of that as well. >> henry waxman, another senior congressman, retiring on the heels of george miller. >> huge loss, between the two of them, 80 years in congress. a big loss of clout for the california congressional delegation. >> for all our news corner, kqednews.o kqednews.org. >> thanks for joining us. >> have a good night. >>> on this edition for sunday, february 2nd, conciliatory talk from iran. what's behind all the financial market turmoil and what might be ahead. in

are nothing new to lease the country that's been the hardest by the economic crisis and has now been the session for sixteen days in the bucket that was that we want the government to reduce taxes and to cut prices for equipment petrol. we'll read too much to do to produce the goods. well the same time the ftp for electricity and water bills along with education and medical treatment the mp for and with single repeat too much costas has been loaned out to prove himself. ward twenty seven percent of greeks who are unemployed. in the cup that i am that you are politicians don't care who thinks that is new to the infrastructure we still are told it's a pretty low prices. well the european union gives a nice money it never reaches us farmers sometimes the second world war says he can they leave during the current economic situation. they returned to the eu although problems don't think delightful photos was nobody's even now it's i can chicken bacon with the boy mart for young people leave this country. why was supposed to become easier but that never happened he is not alone in feeling

i have been enjoying it. would like to ask how michelle obama interacted or felt about her in-laws. i know family tends to be important to them. i was wondering how much they met with each other. >> thank you so much. on twitter, they asked the same question. >> that is a really good question. and i cannot answer it at length. they did meet. she would not have met barack obama's father. >> we have a picture there. >> i do not know a great deal about the relationship. i do not think it was close. do you? >> i do not. i'm not sure about how much time they had to spend together. >> tomorrow night they will have a state dinner at the white house. we have asked in each program about being a steward of the white house. how has mrs. obama approached life in the white house? what has she done for the mention, and how has she done it differently? >> we talked about the garden a bit. that has been a signature. it seems to be the part that she is most excited about. we see her regularly going out for this kind of ceremo

we think that's been fair. the decision is appealable to this board within 15 days and i reminded the project sponsor with that. they can come back and argue the merits of that suspension to you directly. the permit encroachment that is before you, we were informed by mr. zaretzky that there would be a hearing on this matter and i contacted the department of public works and requested they not take action on the permit until other issues related to the height are corrected. i thought that would be somewhat of a tool to get accurate plans from the project spons or and move things forward and get ahead on the planning commission. the hearing officer was aware of this but they decided to approve the permit anyway. we respect that decision but we also request the board continue this to the call of the chair until we get code compliant plans. i understand the frustration from the neighbors. they have plans and they had been working on those plans but it's not the ultimate go to. they have another project in mind whi

they have been in prison for 54 days now. accused of aiding and abetting a terrorist organization, they are next court appearance has now been set for the fifth of march. it is calling for a global day of action, next thursday. relatives of those detaped were at the trial, they continue to call for their release. >> this trial is politicized by son and his coworker and they work provingly. >> well, he is had to prepare himself mentally for a long haul. obviously, we are all -- he will be released very soon, but you know, he understands that if he gets his hopes up, and you know has any kind of expectations about today, and that they don't go his way, then lit be extremely tough for him to get himself out of that hole emotionally. so he has been prepared and prepared for a outcome. journalists joined us now live. that do you make of today's events. you know the way these things work when freedom of speech is clamped down, what is the next step? >> i think the next step is the government will make a decision whether to continue