in less thank a week, we have been married, and we have been unmarried. at least on the legal level. >> so cher dish to love, so lock as you both shall love. >> more than two dozen couples have taken their wedding vows when the legislation came into effect. although that's been reversed, the decision also provides for the possibility of gay page in the future. >> there was some confusion before today. as to whether the national parliament has the power to make laws for same-sex marriage, and that's been clarified. the high court said yet, the national parliament can, so in fact it's just a matter now of waiting for the moment where the national parliament is controlled by a party that has the political will to -- and then i think we will see nit australia. >> globally, same-sex marriage is legal in only 15 countries and specific states in mexico and the united states. ten others slowly follow suit, but it was this year that gay rights saw a tremendous boost four countries brazil, france, uruguay, and new zealand, legalized same-sex marriage, along with se

have been injured. many of those from building surrounding -- buildings surrounding. it could be that the death toll will increase. now that it is a little calm here, it is easier to figure out what happened. he was actually headed toward a meeting with leaders of a major political block and other senior high-profile political leaders who were going to be at the meeting. a in a statement released short while ago, the former prime minister appointed him to the shiite hezbollah movement. what more can you tell us about that. principalne of the leaders of the group. political block is pro- western. it is headed by hezbollah. there have been ideological issues. it is hardly surprising to hear say hezbollah was behind the assassination of his father. there were several political leaders headed toward this meeting. it could also be it was an opportunistic attack and they were waiting for any high- profile figure who may have been taking this road headed for that meeting. it is difficult to get the real motiva

so far the progress has been cost says it will. several categories of chemical weapons have already been destroyed and chemical weapons production facilities have been rendered to unusable you know very short time all chemical weapons were identified to prepare it for transportation to syria now despite these successes that you just mentioned the dad line for the removal of category one agent that deadline is going to be missed i wonder whose responsibility do you think that is the russian federation as well as others of the other cost for sort of the process of the united states and the united nations have been very active in the past weeks. the necessary equipment for transportation and now most of the equipment made available and we expect to see you know authorities take action soon so i wouldn't blame anyone for that distillate so there were some objective reasons for the. those delays couple of weeks ago western powers flatly refused to provide the syrian government with the military equipment to protect that convoy from thei

has been trying to help the most needy people in the world and has been looking for ways to highlight the plight. >> 60 years ago it tried what was then a novel approach. it was in 1964 the danny kay, one of the world's famous actors and singers became the first goodwill ambassador for uni self, and his path was followed by many others. stars from hollywood. >> from audrey hepburn to angelina jolie. sijers and sports stars acting -- singers and sports stars acting as ambassadors and each an agent. >> my name is moore, roger moore, an agent for the united nations. >> the corridors have been packed with politicians and documents. many celebrities visited u.n. headquarters in new york. in this building you never know who you will bump into. the latest goodwill ambassador, the pop star katy perry. >> i have a lot of attention and spotlight. it would be easy and lazy for me to put that on something that is kind of, you know, material or funny or not really meaningful, but what i do want to do is take all this extra tension and put it on something that needs that illumination, that needs th

syrian forces have been attacking the city of aleppo for the 10th day. syrian forces have been dropping barrels flilbarrels filled withs and shrapnel about. >>> ing mohamed morsi, renationalization of a textile firm. >>> and still in egypt there have been riots after the killing of 14 people in a bombing. targeted shops and businesses linked to the muslim brotherhood linked to the attack. peter grestev reports from cairo. >> after the blast comes the anger. marched through the streets in solidarity with the security services targeted in the bombing. they set fire to vehicles bronging to members of the muslim brotherhood after someone moved the movement as's four-fingered salute. >> i accuse the brotherhood and anyone who is collaborating with them. they are terrorists. i want to kill them and anyone working with or without them, inside or outside. >> at the city's main hospital those caught in the explosion struggled to make sense of it. >> while i was doing my work i hit the wall, then hit the table. and back to the wall again. i tried to stand up. but

in less than a week we have been married and we've been unmarried. at least on a legal level. >> to cherish into love so long as you both shall live. >> more than two dozen couples took their vows when the legislation came into effect. although it's been reversed the decision provides for the possibility of gay marriage in the future. >> there was some confusion before today as to whether the national parliament had the power to make laws for same-sex marriage. it's been clarified. the high court said yes, the national parliament can. in fact, it's a matter now of waiting for the moment where the national parliament is controlled by a party that has the political will to implement same-sex manrriage, and then we'll see it in australia. same-sex marriage is seen in 15 countries. the netherlands led the pack, becoming the first nation to recognise gay marriage. 10 others followed suit. this year gay rights saw a boost. four countries, brazil, france and new zealand legalized same-sex marriage along with several states. that debate was growing louder. i

wouldn't have been silenced or would've been published in some other mechanism? >> well, that's what a one of the initial context to be understood. by the way, i don't think there's an editor on earth who, offered his platoon, would have sent it back and sing. most editors, we are leading editors in the world who talked with difficulty of handling secret material and they were all familiar with doing it. they all said they would've done what "the guardian" did. you look at it and you make judgments. people talk about mass dumps of data. we publish i think 26 documents so far out of the 58,000 plus that we have seen. we have made very selective judgments about what to print. what would've happened if we had sent it back? that's the whole point of my initial point, that glenn greenwald have this material in rio. laura poirtras had a copy in berlin. the "washington post" had a copy. the thought that this material wouldn't have been published is ridiculous. >> as you know there's a da-notice system in the uk which is intend to prevent people being put at risk, partic

i have been surprised, judy there hadn't been a more intense debate about privacy. but i can see it now, gaining some traction in this country. >> woodruff: what is his-- what are we left with at the end of this year because of the snowden disclosures? >> well, i think that he demonstrates how technology is defusing and decentrallizing power in america. some contractor, obscure contractor because of the way information technology works can expose the government and have tremendous disproportionate influence. also makes it harder for the government to keep secrets which are sometimes necessary for national security. i mean we're showing the upside of technology, the decentralizes power but it complicates the work of government. sometimes essential roles of government. and that's the flip side. >> all right this is our last friday show before the end of the year. so i get to ask a few questions, looking back. mark, here's one. what should the president have learned in 2013? >> the president should have learned, judy, that reality counts. that how, where the rub err--

he has been quite gracious about it.has admitted had he been invited he would not have missed it for the world, i think were his words, but he has been gracious saying o i wasn't invited, i'm feeling done hard by or anything like that. >> generally speaking will most south africans say they were able to give madiba a good send off and pay their final respects despite the glaring hiccups that we've seen? >> i think so. there have been enough public services around the country, indeed, around the world, there was one here in doha today for south africans wherever they live whether in south africa or outside, where they had a way to memorialize this man, this great man, the likes we're unlikely to see again. >> an attack in the capital nairobi. and grenade attack on a bus in the same area last year killed nine people and led to a street battle between people kenya and people of somali. >>> i'm extremely concerned with what is happening as a result of winter, the impact that it's haling on syrians, not just here but in neigh

egyptians who have been sewer has been rocked by a bombing of target targeted with police h.q. in the city fourteen people have been killed and more than one hundred injured the blast has devastated a large portion of the building the government has put the blame on the muslim brotherhood with spokes person calling it a terrorist organization reporting for us from cairo is tom de. around one am a series of at least two explosions went off inside and just next to the security directorate building in mansoor we know that at least two senior security officers are among the dead according to state t.v. and this is the deadliest the most audacious in a series of attacks a series of bombings which are plagued egypt since the july third ouster of mohamed morsy. and the group which has been behind most of these bombings which has claimed most of them it's called beat them up this the party zones of jerusalem. and while they haven't yet claimed responsibility for this attack they did issue a statement two days ago where they specifically warned employees of the security services that th

it has been one year since they have been in office.ok office on the 16th. >> he gets very low marks for the third aero. in terms of getting off the very strong par, he has done a good job. the most important part is he has reintroduced political stability to japan. made it very difficult for government to support the economy. i think this is a positive change. >> stick around. we're going to get those figures in just two minutes time. after that you'll give us some analysis on what that means. you been speaking to the economist at hsbc. she will give us more on what we can expect right after this short break. we will have that to you live. stay with us. ♪ >> welcome back. is it working? the forecast. it has risen 4.0 allows quarter. it is a surefire sign that manufacturers are very happy. this is the best. they have fiscal stimulus again. the yen is weaker. so far the breakdown is this. rising large companies 4.6%. this is large manufacturers. the large manufacturer again. the 17 forecast. the main one is a forecast of 15. the actions

have not been actual instances where it's been alleged that the nsa in some ways acted inappropriately the use of this data. but what is also clear is from the public debate, people are concerned about the prospect of possibility of use and that's what the judge in the district court suggested. and although his opinion obviously differs from rulings on the fisa court, we're taking those into account. the think we'll have to ask, can we accomplish the same goals that this program is intended to accomplish in ways that give the public more confidence that in fact the nsa is doing what it's supposed to be doing. i have confidence in the fact that the nsa is not snooping around. but i recognize as technologies change and people can start runningal ga rhythms and programs that map out all of the information that we're downloading on a daily basis into our telephones and computers that may have to refine this further and i'll work hard on doing that. weech g we've got to provide more confidence to the international community. in some ways what has been more challenging we have laws and check

large photographs have been posted here and there and the streets have been decorated with ornaments to boost the mood. the area is crowded with people celebrating the king's birthday, many sporting shirts in yellow and people queueing up for food and drinks for free. since last week political tensions have been high but protests were voluntarily halted so the country could mark the king's birthday with dignity. on thursday morning the king called for solidarity in an address aired across the country. >> reporter: the king is throngest ruling monarch in the rule although he has no official political power, he exerts great influence. in the 3569 political crises the king has paved the way for mediation by so many rival groups to appear together before him. that's why attention has been focused on whether his address on thursday would help end the recent turmoil. the king appealed for solidarity without showing support for either of the rival political groups. the most recent conflict was triggered when prime minister yingluck attempted to railroad an amnesty bill through parliament la

there has been little cheer. hundreds of thousands of homes have been left without power by an ice storm sweeping down from canada. a combination of blizzards and the coal has taken its toll on electricity and transport networks. many accidents as road users lose control of their vehicles. in cleveland inclement weather caused a 28-car pile up on a main arterial road. a main concern for the emergency services is getting the power grid online. >> a lot of people don't have heat. pipes will freeze. the sooner we get up there and help, the better. >> many in vermont spent much of christmas day in the cold and dark. firefighters went door to door to check on residents and let people know about shelters. >> across canada and the u.s. many resorted to using generators to stay warm. that increased the risks of carbon monoxide poisoning. for the moment there's little chance of a let-up. forecasters say these conditions will not ease for several days. >> and there's nor come on al jazeera, including - once considered a ge

thirty four people have been taken ill making to one of the most contaminated atolls. this is far from the postcard perfect image there's very little economic activity. coconut trees and the copra the dried kernel of the coconut shell which is one of the few ways to eke out a living here on the islands. once a month a boat makes a stop here to collect the culprit. there is no port into rare just a simple landing where basic provisions such as petrol and spare parts can be delivered. at the edge of the village in an old atomic bomb shelter where the population have to take refuge during each atmospheric test the vegetation disappears little by little while the rust slowly a raise is history. since january nine hundred ninety six when the last of the test was carried out has slowly been forgotten almost to the point of indifference and then the french commission on atomic energy published a report after which the works are numbers which had never been translated into the local promoter language entered into the local vernacular. the publication of the document couldn't h

i have been here for the 32 years, and that she has been here, fighting for 1950. and you know what? we have got 1950 for wrap and i don't know, i don't know how many of you know about wrap, but wrap ran an alternative high school where first you let the latino high school at that site and we were asked to leave because we were told that there was going to be housing that was going to be built. but somebody lied to us. lieers. they lied to us, and look at how many years it has been and look at how many times that this issue has come up to this board, about that site and housing. how many consultants have been paid to do studies on housing, for that site? it is a crime. google gets the exclusive right to go pick up employees while the muni bus is late and children get to school late. and did you read the article? google. the neighbor next door died, that house is being rented for $5,500 next door to me. i live on florida street. between 25th and 26th. guess who is renting the house? it ain't... and it ain't (inaudible) and it is google employees. two of them. they c

some individuals have been arrested. malawians have been asked to be patient with the judiciary. >> we say please, let's understand the system, and let's give it space. because if we miss it up from the government side of it, they are the same people who will turn against us and say you messed up because you're trying to protect other people. >> some people fear there could be shortages of basic commodities if money isn't pump into the economy soon. >> well, india is removing to budge on food subsidies as food talks continue in bally. hundreds of demonstrators have been protesting outside of the congress as they work out an agreement to reduce com commerc. >> food security must be respected. ththethe rules must be amended. >> it's known as the rust belt. once a thriving industrial region that is plighted with poverty and crime. as we found out in ohio. there is still hope for the rust belt revival. >> a crime-fighting priest on a mission. >> we're looking at six blighted house that have been used for gang hang outs, drug

security had been expecting an attack and there had been checkpoints everywhere and 24 hours ago one roads had been shut down in anticipation of an attack and when a suspicious vehicle was set to have been stationed there but three hours ago a bomb, there was a bomb blast in central beirut killing six people. there is people and they are conducting investigations and clean-up operations is underway. the whole of beirut is under lock down and high security and we will get you more on this as we get it and update you throughout the day. ♪ the stream is uniquely interactive television. in fact, we depend on you, your ideas, your concerns. >> all these folks are making a whole lot of money. >> you are one of the voices of this show. >> i think you've offended everyone with that kathy. >> hold on, there's some room to offend people, i'm here. >> we have a right to know what's in our food and monsanto do not have the right to hide it from us. >> so join the conversation and make it your own. >> watch the stream. >> and join the conversation online @ajamstream. here is more. >> beneath the

>> there have been other times they have been similar. one of the things that i would talk about is around president nixon. and is it okay for the government to be spying on the american people. this includes history of the nsa and so forth and he said with the edwards noted documents every day is christmas in because he is learning about what we are doing now. so he has looked to telecommunications and so forth just turn over information. so we do have a history of spying, but this has gotten worse because the idea if it builds on this theory that the supreme court hacks. you don't have anything with a third party. so you shouldn't have told your banker your financial information and therefore the government can demand the information in the supreme court decided that this was fine, but think about how much more private information you and your viewers are sharing with third parties and what does your internet service provider know about you. everything is on the cloud and that means that if you take this seriously, even though the permi

may have been caught now the a.c.l.u. has expressed disappointment and says it plans to appeal that decision two weeks ago federal judge in washington d.c. said the n.s.a.'s meditative program most likely violated the fourth amendment as part of that ruling a judge richard leon ordered the government to stop collecting data on two plaintiffs who brought the case against the u.s. government will have to wait and see if the supreme court does take up the issue of the n.s.a. is very controversial metadata program the u.s. president barack obama was asked to identify any specific instance in which analysis of the n.s.a.'s bulk metadata collection actually stopped an imminent attack the u.s. president could not identify one instance or at least he did not give one example to the journalists that were asking him u.s. officials have for many years asked americans to sacrifice some of their privacy in the name of security but so far no top u.s. official can mention any danger imminent danger that's been thwarted through the colle

also there's been a meeting with the. there was a meeting of the state security council and. with the head of the national into terrorism community and the result of that meeting was the heightened state of security. terrorism alerts throughout the entire country so the whole of russian federation is now on alert for possible terror attacks now of course there's been a lot of talk about the possible. about those who have lost their loved ones in these horrific attacks they will be awarded roughly what they will be awarded one million rubles that's about thirty thousand dollars those who have been injured in the terror attacks will also receive monetary compensation and of course there is the ministry of emergencies which has been working nonstop ever since the news of the first terror attack broke and this is what the minister of the emergencies has to say about their work. we are putting our forces on high alert in the entire region also as president putin ordered every family that suffered from these attacks will be compensated we're also establishing constant communication

and people have been neglecting you tell us we've been exposed. i'm glad this viral commission is here you guys can do your job. i refuted to work in the shipyard myself because you know they haven't cleaned it up and i know what we did in the shipyard and what we do in the water. you can have fish like we use to fish and now none of that exists no more if i fish urging to the contaminated. to modifying i worried about about the kids. i'm a cannery if they survive okay we've been exposed a lot of us are survivors. and we're still here. we have a message message to the told and you guys need to listen and our supervisors we're mad with them they're not stepping up we need representation out here it's role role sad everyone has recommendation we have none we're tired of that we're tired of that, you know. and espanol i love her dealer i need to listen to her, she has something to say (clapping.) thank you. we have two more speaker cards >> thank you. i'm dennis hughes i'm with the mothers committee of environmental justice. i stay at 20th century 44

many people have been to world fair., we have the globe since at the 1964 world's fair in new york city. and then the fountain which is part of the u.s. botanic garden on exhibit in philadelphia in 1876. people are so happily surprised when they see what can be done with plant parts, and it really reaches all ages even though people might say, oh, it's for the children, that's not true. i feel it is a gift to the nation. it gives people a place to come where we're not selling anything. we're not a shopping mall. we're really here for -- for the people to make them excited about the holiday season, but also inspired about the importance of plants in our lives. >>> and we leave you with the artwork at the museum. ♪

mario, how long have you been the executive director of the program >> it's been 8 years. >> really. >> yeah, it's been a great experience. >> how do you tie-in your experience with this particular are commission this is immigrants from latino america. most of the families that served like my parenting parents they understand the issues they want to make sure their children have a better life and get the best education so we see the issues and barriers. many of them live in the shadows we don't ask or tell. that's why this is so important it will make people want to attribute. we see how poverty weeks ago on people their trans gentle and move across san francisco immigrants go toward affordable housing that's why you have hirnt point that's more diverse and we continue to see the impact of the new comer youth. by the serve several scalds that have a large number of newcomers youth and see the channels their vulnerable to gang recruitment and to drop out we want to make sure the english language learners are not far behind. i think i bring alls experiences to the committee and those i

the korean capital has been in the protest mode for more than two weeks now it looks completely different than a month ago people are living here cooking food. and definitely life has changed when the protests kicked off talking about food underneath the square of the protest you can literally chew on the e.u. donuts with the european union flag are now available for sale. i think with their lunch. and the taste delicious local fridge magnet manufacturers were quick to pounce on the idea of the protest and now you can purchase a very peculiar more ability from sending young to prison to localizing international brands the one that central kiev is the place of many restaurants and bars in their lives have been affected in one way or another we decided to pay a visit to one of the oldest pubs in the city center to find out. so we lost the pubs manager how the protest affects the life of his restaurant. how have the your room i done as a protest affected your. the number of visitors has increased only slightly since these protests kicked off but now we've got a special offer menu which inclu

have been gunned down in the streets, and thousands more have been placed behind bars. meanwhile, the news network al jazeera is demanding the immediate release of four journalists who been arrested in cairo. correspondent peter greste, two werecers and government detained -- and a camera men were detained on accusations of spreading false news and holding meetings with the muslim brotherhood. egypt's military government has repeatedly targeted al jazeera, raiding offices, ordering an affiliate's closure, and deporting several staffers. the al jazeera rests comes amidst a new report detailing the dangers conditions for journalists in egypt and other troubled areas around the world. according to the committee to protect journalists, conditions in egypt deteriorated traumatically this year with six reporters killed, more than in any previous year. egypt trailed only iraq, were journalists -- 10 journalists were killed and in syria, at least 29 journalists were killed. overall, the middle east accounted for two thirds of at least 70 reporters deaths worldwide. for more we'

the situation has been we've been able to walk for prop eight established by the police by pro government supporters by anti government supporters. we've been able to cross freely for the moment the thought we'd play janice has something to do with it cost is quite unstable situation. i think the hype is on all sides the situation extends into the evening. which could be worn open but for the news and against ukraine's integration with the eu and international affairs analyst and ndp close the failed economic deal was off his antics but it's pretty bad arguments right here in the studio with me. when you attack reporting in kiev what did you make of the way the authorities terrible situation now though i've been covering ukraine and its politics of protest for almost a decade now since the so called orange revolution and about in my life have expected that i'll be reading pepper and tear gas and in the heart of cute and this is that this was the case no one expected such brutal violence from both sides from both the police and the protests this week as he sees all protested the confetti o

is there any indication the nta could have been studying the curve, that there could have been a problem with it. >> it's been curved since colonial times, so it seems like the curse has come back to haunt us. this was not in the exact same location. the location of the garbage derailment was south of here. in what we call a rock cut, which has rock walls on both sides. it's two tracks. the area, where today's nent occurred is an area of three tracks. the train was on the middle track. and just, i don't know. i don't know. it had nothing to do with the garbage derailment, that's for sure. >> any information on the engineer, on fatalities, on identifications, on this sort of thing? >> no identifications yet. we do have terrific cooperation from four area hospitals. the injured were taken to jacoby, st. barnabas, and columbia prest buteputearian. there's plenty of injuries and we're grateful we have such great medical care here in new york. >> we remember in july of last year, that video of that spanish train that was going too fast around a curve near a station in spain. that killed 80 pe

no one has been charged. there's a lot we don't know about who was responsible for these device, what the target was or what their aims might be in laying the charges? >> another development. what has the reaction been like to the announcement of the government declaring the muslim brotherhood. one of the oldest political movements to be a terrorist organization now. well, diplomatically at least, saudi arabia was quick in coming out and applying support for the move. saudi arabia said that they were sympathetic to egypt. that they stood in solidarity in egypt. in its fight against terrorism. broadly across egypt, as you might imagine, there has been a lot of discussion and comment. it's difficult to say quite where the lines are going be drawn, but broadly those in support of the muslim brotherhood are insisting that because they don't recognise legitimacy of the government, because they don't recognise the legitimacy of the government, they refuse to recognise the authority to declare the broadas a terroris

the un says it will protect the people who have reached its camps. >> it's been difficult but we've been re reinforcing. everybody who is under the protection of the united nation gets the best possible assistance we can muster. we have been literally digging and reinforcing the position for the last 36 hours. we'll not allow a repeat of what is already struck. >> some of the victims, these indian peacekeepers were killed last week and so were ethnic. they were seeking revenge after their were killed and now increasingly revenge attacks are carried out by civilians. bbc news. >> for more on the situation unfolding i spoke a brief time ago with the former u.s. assistant secretary of state for african affairs. thank you for joining us. it looks like the security counsel will boost the number of peacekeepers bringing it up to about 11,000. this is the country the size of spain tens of thousands are seeking protection. is that kind of force be enough? >> it certainly won't be enough. really i think that it's good to have more forces on the ground. i welcome that move by the un security couns

it's been hard. >>ed in words of one supporter, the fans all desperate for it but no one is excited. al jazeera. >> it is a happy christmas for liverpool supporters. the reds have been in top spot at this point of the season, the manager brenden rogers warns mrs. a long road ahead. >> we know where we want to be, they have been working april lancely. and the effort they are putting into their work, into learning which is important. and 30 continually getting rewards for that. we haven't done anything yet. we need to continue with that run now. they lead arsenal only on goal difference. while manchester and chelsea are also hot on their tails. there's a big round of games coming up on thursday. and stand out fixture sees liverpool away at man city. could be the site of a new world record on thursday. after 100,000 people are expected to attend the opening day of the boxing someday test imagine between australia and england. that would break the 52-year-old record for the highest attendance at a single

as well that's been on off on off more often on admit but he's also been seen as a man that supported a secular state but most recently has been supporting islamists abroad he changes his stance well i think he's always been regarded by many of his and his opponents as a bach really a secularist or his off sensibly accepted the secular constitution of turkey because you have to do that in all the election as he's been reinforced in our three successive election wins you see him shifts towards water streams all season to more indorse in a more islamic for instance restrictions on the sale of alcohol his own car rants about how we are strict about morality codes in universities months and we're also months of his own supporters. a local level so there is a people of the country one. i think most people in turkey or muslims but how they would want a strict sharia law assistant those i think is more open to question and of course there's also the generation gap and particularly the people stand in opposition to allow tend to be young secular students young secular professionals what is a

modernized and it's been a pain staking labor with one's hands this tunnel was dug out but it's been installed with modern comforts like white for instance now the resident that lives here has taken a lot of work to really try to make this into a home a comfortable for as you can see a hard floor so he can walk around a kitchen area in order to cook to entertain guests and most importantly he says these feeling reinforcements now this is critical because the city council says it's dangerous for the residents to live here whereas they say they've put in a lot of work a lot of labor in order to make sure these caves are safe for their residency for a moment specific. studies to build. a bridge in terms that for nothing you take some time to do it but it's about that the reason determination to do it. now this is what the dwelling looks like from the outside it's certainly not an easy kind of lifestyle there's no running water for instance that has to be carried in by hand from a fountain in a nearby church the residents who have built up these caves are very proud of their work but man

jail there would have been no mercy from the british major i'm quite rightly as well. as a criminal but he served his time and that's what a justice system is about but it's important to remember that while his company you cause was built on the back of the pain and suffering of the russian people he is not this innocent individual this innocent entity that we are hearing that this is not a man who should be glorified in the west the only reason he's being glorified in the west is because he's a critic and in opponents of president putin more news is coming your way in just a couple of minutes just stay with. mother. the problem is they come up very hard to make other plans against along here a plum log cabin that has sex with her make their lives let's play. lists and lists lists lists about. the. again this is also international well combined and with twenty four st just a week away now where sifting through the year's top stories. these little tidbit so here braving the elements in order to stand up to us oil giant chevron. this comes after a massive hunger strike t

blamed for the entire war even though they haven't actually been the ones who have been responsible for the crimes or almost all of the crimes in fact i would say almost all of the crimes have been committed by the rebels the syrian government the syrian army have been protecting the sovereignty of the country against an imperialist and in the end. there is absolute but of course they will be blamed for everything and this is going to systematically the whole approach in the west so there is no question about that they will be blamed if they all get it have been going to have to leave it there do they really feel very much more to use the armed gangs all right ok thanks very much and they will have to leave it there get a coma journalist and author who as i say as i said earlier has been covering the syrian crisis extensively thanks very much indeed for your thoughts. one hour for global headlines for you student supporters of deposed egyptian leader mohamed morsy clash with police outside cover a university threw stones at security forces tear gas seven arrests were made student pr

you know you've been telling the. company to. now this humorous video implores people to not lead the n.s.a. spy on them during this holiday season so had to argue dot com for the full story. also there never before released information about the boston bomber show the older a turnout of brother tom or lon confessing here heard voices in his ad before the attack. in the wake of the fukushima disaster germany has been shutting down nuclear. reactors the country plans to completely abandon nuclear power by twenty twenty two but almost a fifth of germany's allergy comes from atomic power plants so berlin aims to go green to keep the lights on well let's take a closer look at adfa the pros and cons of green and unlike fossil fuels these sources of managing are renewable and should be a bar mentally friendly but when turbines and solar panels are expensive to install and take a long time to pay off driving up household bills also some of the green energy sources are dependent on weather since you don't get within sun every day and the

in we've been in south korea we've been in japan for sixty years we've been in south korea for fifty years or so that be fine with me and make it one hundred so the question is why is john mccain's interventionist foreign policy which is subscribed to by many elected lawmakers still taken seriously well earlier i spoke with j.d. to chile managing editor at reason twenty four seven and i wanted to know is john mccain the foreign policy kiss of death you know i would say pretty much. if nothing else he goes into a country to open his mouth and he gives a local authority and regimes great cover to say they're local nationalists look something leaned on by the us you know this is what set up an area obvious we don't want to go into keynes direction even when he's right i accidents he doesn't they're always a bull in a china shop so he does an enormous damage at that around the world well mccain isn't the only one who sort of subscribes to this belief lindsey graham is with him on a lot of these issues and connecticut's democratic senator chris murphy when with mccain to ukraine this week

how long has he been inside? robert hayes was a member of the black panther party, black liberation party. he was convicted in 1974. go back to prisoners the 1970s, about 40 years ago. he is 65 years old, suffering from diabetes, which he has had for about 15 years. fromuating sugar levels 400, down to about 20, which is where he was about a few weeks ago, and it seemed like the jail authorities cannot get it right. we recently had a national to try tohat we do mobilize people across the nation to try to put pressure on the prison authorities so that he can get medical care. he has hepatitis and type 2 diabetes right now. he is supposed to go to the infirmary in january. this is only the result of many people calling in, putting pressure on the administration. their response to his diabetes is not to give him candy and cut down on sugar. there is no healthy diet to go along with that. they cannot get his insulin injections right. his fellow prisoners do look at him and see that he is getting , if not for them, wo

it was surprising because, you know, the deal has been done, or the lack of deal has been done. n.a.t.o. and america want it put on formal record their dissatisfaction, cit simmat the way events have developed in ukraine, and the criticism of the way the police attacked demonstrators. they want it on the record for pros terty as much as anything else. >> paul brennan in brussels. more on ukraine in a moment. protesters have been on the street for more than a week. a large part of the country says the president is doing the right thing. >>> plus, why french scientists think yasser arafat was not poisoned despite polonium in their bones. >>> the president of fifa d admits some stadiums may not make the january deadline. >>> to ukraine, where the prime minister warned protesters they'll be punished if they make the war. despite comments, thousands are gathering in kiev as mass protests enter a third week. they want president viktor yanukovych sign a trade deal with the e.u. he favours closer ties with russia. >> rory challands is in ukraine. what is the mood on the street from kiev

has anyone lost a job, been harassed by the fbi, been barred from doing something as a result of theocent american? the answer is no. none of those have come to light. all of the concern is about the possibility of misuse of this information by the national security agency and the intelligence community. my experience is that information is not misused and that having it available to efficiently check to see whether a foreigner who has been identified as a potential terrorist has called an american phone number is a useful check and has helped us thwart some attacks. >> senator widen says that it is clear now that the phone logging program that nsa uses, the big data mining program, did not in fact stop any terrorist attacks. the report makes that clear. your reaction? >> i think that's incorrect. i would cite the plans to set off a number of bombs in the new york city subways in 2009 on a pattern of the 2005 london attacks and i know that the information gathered by nsa under this program was a key factor in tipping us off as to what he was up to and he was stopped before i could do

has there been much reaction? >> pretty short on outrage, and that can be because they are fearing these every week. just do give you a sense of what i mean, the speaker of the house just had a press conference. he wasn't even asked about it, we will find out if anybody asks about it within the hour. usually the an mid vagues says when it comes to any sort of spying that is done overseas well that's just how government works. they aeverybody does it, but that the u.s. has better capabilities so they are better at it. >> thank you very much indeed for that update. now let's return to our top story. the french president is been talking let's speak to our correspondent who is in paris, and been monitoring what he is saying, jackie? >> yes, the president has confirmed what many were really waiting for, and that is the news that france is going to increase the number of french troops deployed in the capitol. he appeared at the end of a meeting of his defense council, that's really the war council, if you like, of key s

one student has been shot dead and a hundred demonstrators have been arrested. students set fire to a building during an examine at the university. >>> much of the violence has been focused on college campuses north of cairo. police fired tear gas at students. there has been a mass rally at the funeral of the five people killed on friday. human rights watch said government's new terrorism law has driven amidst the prow activities. more than 250 brotherhood supporters were arrested on friday alone. >>> we're joined now from cairo, peter, yet more violence between student protesters and police. please bring us up to speed of what is happening on the ground right now. >> reporter: well, speaking about you the protests around the universities in here, cairo, and there was another incident at university in alexandr alexa. there was an explosive device that the police defused. there was a bomb found on board of a bus that was defused. apparently the passengers found the device hidden under some of the seats. there was a grenade also thrown at a checkpoint northeastern

coming here to to be with their son now it what must have been a emotional reunion it's such a shock to me i still can't believe i'm going to see him now i feel like it's one of my regular visits. here in germany today because. it's really. my family is by going to go with it and we're very very happy with me but you know it's really been a whirlwind of a story from starting on thursday after a long press briefing from amir putin he. as he was leaving the auditorium said yes he confirmed that among those that would be receiving presidential pardons was mikhail khodorkovsky this set. in motion but we didn't know where he was going to go it then it all came out that he was flying here to berlin the former foreign minister of germany. has been instrumental in that decision to bring him the the people the codes in motion to allow him to come here to germany to put on the private jet which flew. him to germany also it seems helped with pushing through a visa we also saw comments from the german government praising the work that the the german government are done behind the scenes in order

as you mentioned we have been hearing a little bit more about what has been coming out.e fairly blunt language coming from the french ambassador who is also the spokesperson for the secretary general about what hand and where to now. what is really worrying about the civilians. the french ambassador simply said we don't know what happened to them. there were 36 who thought refuge there, they fear that at least 20 have been killed. so it certainly suggests they have some intelligence resources. but they simply don't know what has happened. certainly very concerning information there. they have talked about really this number of 2,000 youth surrounding the un base, completely out numbering the 90 or so staff inside the base and completely overrunning it. the base is now empty. the un has extracted everyone from it. it was only a temporary one at the start. the french ambassador has spoken very plainly about what happened there, but he is clear that he still believes the security council, and it is still a political situation but here is what he had to say earlier. >> it's