what of patrick cleburne's memory in ireland? after the general's death when he waited internment turn meant, -- internment, a woman called naomi hayes placed at home she -- eight: she wrote for him on his casket. oem she wrote for him on his casket. unfortunately, the reality is far from sending forth a wail, cleburne patrick cleburne -- patrick cleburne is relatively little-known in ireland. a plaque was placed on the house of his birth by visiting americans. in more recent years, a housing development nearby was named ws, and some were alsorelated featured in a military exhibition. , alongthis, cleburne with 200,000 irish born men and countless other irish-americans who fought in the american civil war remain largely forgotten in ireland. this is despite the fact that, along with world war i, the american civil war represents ireland's largest conflict in history when it comes to the number of men who served. indeed, if you take only the republic of ireland, it is the largest war we have ever fought in, the american civil war.

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protests in ireland over plans to charge for tapped water for the first time. >> thank you for joining us. palestinian president mahmoud abbas has accused israeli soldiers of murdering one of his ministers. ziad abu ein died after a confrontation with israeli soldiers during a protest of land confiscation. they have declared three days of mourning and they are calling for security cooperation with israel to be suspend in the west bank. we have reports from jerusalem. >> reporter: this was supposed to be a peaceful event, but it quickly turned violent after israeli soldiers confronted a group of palestinians trying to plant olive trees on land illegally occupied by israel. zaid abu ein, a palestinian minister, was at one point hit and choked by israeli soldiers. after the altercation, still clearly out of breath, he spoke to the media. >> we're not going. this is the army of the occupation, and they're stopping the palestinians from acting on their rights. we came to our palestinian land to plant olive trees. this is a terrorist occupying army that stops palestinians from enacting on th

and in ireland, illusion becomes reality.irst, to the difficult issue up migrants trying to cross the mediterranean to get to europe. this year alone, more than three thousand people have died trying to make that journey. more than 150,000 arrived by sea this year, double last year's figure. until now, the navy has rescued many migrants suddenly in trouble out at sea, but the mission has ended and has been replaced by a new eu operation called triton, which is smaller and only supposed to guard europe's border rather than rescue migrants. there are now fears that the deadliest year yet in the mediterranean is about to get much worse. >> in the autumn, the weather often makes it difficult to reach the ship, but today, the waves have called down quickly after the storm -- the waves have calmed down quickly after the storm. from on board the boat, we can get a closer look at operation triton. its primary mission is to secure europe's maritime borders, but what happens to migrants whose migrants founder further out at sea? tito i

northern ireland.eak to a canadian mining company that has the mineral rights to more than 80,000 hectares in the region. we will bring that interview after the break. ♪ >> welcome back. this is "on the move." time to talk about gold-mining. a canadian mining company began trading on london's market this week. this comes as northern ireland may become a source of gold. joining us for moore is patrick anderson. fascinated by this. we are going to start with a simple one, the gold price. we are at $2000, $1200 right now. why is now a good time to be looking at bringing a new mine online? >> what we have done around the world is identify high-margin gold. arehis case, these high-grade ounces. the margins are very good. -- $800 gold, this is a project we are looking to build. >> i'm not going to ask you about the direction of gold. i'm fascinated that northern ireland could be a cheap source of gold. stack it up against other areas of the world. >> you've got infrastructure in place so your capital expendi

doctors in ireland given permission to switch off the life support machine keeping a clinically dead alive because she's prep pregnant. and the double hacking attacks targeting microsoft and sony's online gaming services. prosecution that there was no evidence >> al jazeera america presents lockerbie part two: case closed primetime news. >> welcome to al jazeera america. >> stories that impact the world, affect the nation and touch your life. >> i'm back. i'm not going anywhere this time. >> only on al jazeera america. >>> hello again, a reminders of the top stories here in al jazerra. across asia men raise services held for the more than 228,000 victims of the would 2004 tsunami. a massive earthquake struck beneath the seed generating wavewaves pummeling the coast cs of 14 countries. >>> i raise's court has ordered the destruction of a set: settlt saying it was built without government approval. >>> air strikes in syria have killed several people in a refugees camp south of damascus. >>> italian ma navy says it's rescued about 103,300 migrants late on christmas day. the local media

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steves: the dramatic rock of cashel is one of ireland's most evocative sites. this was the seat of ancient irish kings for seven centuries. st. patrick baptized king aengus here in about 450 a.d. in around 1100, an irish king gave cashel to the church, and it grew to become the ecclesiastical capital of all ireland. 800 years ago, this monastic community was just a chapel and a round tower standing high on this bluff. it looked out then, as it does today, over the plain of tipperary, called the golden vale because its rich soil makes it ireland's best farmland. on this historic rock, you stroll among these ruins in the footsteps of st. patrick, and wandering through my favorite celtic cross graveyard, i feel the soul of ireland. >>> all smiles at the pump. but oil could be a mixed blessing for asian economies. >>> japan's prime minister asks voters to give their verdict on economics. first joyner then the world. this bridge maker says it's just getting warmed up. hello. you're watching asia news forecast. i'm yuko fukushima. they used to call it black gold. not

we'll be right back at the top steves: the dramatic rock of cashel is one of ireland's most evocativeites. this was the seat of ancient irish kings for seven centuries. st. patrick baptized king aengus here in about 450 a.d. in around 1100, an irish king gave cashel to the church, and it grew to become the ecclesiastical capital of all ireland. 800 years ago, this monastic community was just a chapel and a round tower standing high on this bluff. it looked out then, as it does today, over the plain of tipperary, called the golden vale because its rich soil makes it ireland's best farmland. on this historic rock, you stroll among these ruins in the footsteps of st. patrick, and wandering through my favorite celtic cross graveyard, i feel the soul of ireland. ♪ >>> today's asian voices comes from nagoya in central japan. we will look at globalization. >> earlier this month, unesco held a world conference here. the theme was education for sustainable development or esd. the aim of esd is to nurture people who can tackle global challenges, such as the environment and poverty.

clear about the very big differences there are between northern ireland and scotland to northern ireland having a land border with the republic and having had all the difficulties and troubles. and him shaking his head in that way shows how little scottish nationalists actually care about the rest of our united kingdom. [shouting] >> thank you, mr. speaker. 56 years ago, simon winfield digby, then honorable member for west dorchester made the firstly for improvement -- summit in the south. the fact is that this government care for management of the economy, the prime minister was warmly welcomed once again this week to announce 1.3 billion pounds investment in stonehenge. with the prime minister now reassure the people of the southwest that we will not have to wait another 56 years for it to be delivered to? >> i can certainly make that commitment. i was one of a number of people who made their way to stonehenge this week to see how important this will be. it would be a total of at least 1.8 miles. it's part of an overall plan to create that expressway all the way between the m3 an and i

patrick, and wandering through my favorite celtic cross graveyard, i feel the soul of ireland. >>> hellowelcome to nhk "newsline." i'm ross mihara in tokyo. >> chinese authorities have decided a former member of the top investigative body. party leaders had him investigated for corruption and stripped him on his membership. kung was the highest ranking member until november 2012. he exerted influence over the oil industry. he headed china's internal security apparatus. the first decision maker to face arrest. the state run news agency of

it's like the lay's of ireland. bacon just 'cause i saw it at the store and i picked it up. and twitter got really mad because it wasn't cheese and onion. >> seth: oh, right. >> right. in ireland. and i was like, hey. but i also got a bottle of jameson, which is really cool. >> seth: that's nice. [ cheers ] >> irish whiskey. >> seth: that comes with everything in ireland. >> right. >> seth: yeah. two things of chips, you get a bottle of whiskey. ten things of diapers, here's your free jameson. [ laughter ] >> yes. exactly. >> seth: you have been -- you've done a lot with voting. >> i tried, i tried. >> jimmy: you've tried to energize the latino vote. that's something you've done for multiple elections. this is an election where not a lot of latinos voted or certainly not as many as two years ago. the same for young people. most minorities. what do you think happened and what do you think for someone like you, how do you approach it in 2016? >> well, you know, yeah are we were going around, trying to get out the vote

ireland's constitution protects the right to life of the unborn child.oday the court ruled to continue the treatment would deprive the woman of dignity in death. it said there was no reasonable prospect for the baby surviving, and it was causing unimaginable pain for her family. >> chris butler reporting. more to come. we have the heavy snowfall that couldn't prevent a full program of action in the english premier league. we will bring you all the latest results. >> one were the most popular cities in the world where time is money. mumbai is my city. >> mumbai is becoming a concrete jungle, and we will need beautiful, quiet places to live. >> the gateway to west africa, it is my city. >> these aren't made anywhere else. it is very popular here. >> one of the last communist strongholds in the world, havana is my city. >> when i grow up, i want to play for the national team and go to the world baseball classic. >> you are watching "bbc world news." our main headlines this hour. memorial services are held across asia for victims of the indian ocean tsunami

ireland had become a primary recruiting ground for the british army in a period in which that army must expand dramatically because it's waging a global war against napoleon's empire so they relaxed previous , restrictions on protestants serving in the british army, and ireland becomes a place to recruit troops, and it turns out that they sent a lot of these tubes to canada and would continue to do so as they reenforced those troops during the course of the war. now, because the british have been very nervous that these irish soldiers in their regiments might desert and go over to the americans, it's important for them to make a point of punishing american soldiers who happen to be irish who are captured in american defeats, of which there are many in canada. when they would capture these irish american soldiers or sailors, they gave them a harsh choice. you must now enlist in british forces, become a british soldier or sailor, or you must stand trial as a traitor in which the penalty is death. now, if any of the people previously served in military forces and it could be proved, these

. >> i flew from ireland to be here. and been practicing since for the competition. all the best casters in the world come here. my fellow countryman came in first place and james is on the current team and he is the head man. >> it's unique. will not see anything like it where you go to compete in the world. competitions in ireland scotland norway, japan, russia each year the facilities here in the park are second to none. there is no complex in the world that can touch it. >> i'm here with bob, and he has kindly agreed to tell me everything i need to know about casting. i'm going to suit up and next, we're in the water. >> what any gentleman should do. golden gate angling has free lessons the second saturday of every month. we have equipment show up on the 9:30 on the second saturday of every month and we'll teach them to fly cast. >> ok. we are in the water. >> let me acquaint you with the fly rod. >> nice to meet you. >> this is the lower grip and the upper grip. this is a reel and a fly line. we are going to use the flex of this rod to fling away. exactly as you

. >> and anger in ireland after the introduction of a water tax. and coming up in sports, find out if one of the all-time greats can inspire to a much needed win. real reporting that brings you the world. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> a deal went against they're own government >> egypt mismanaged it's gas industry >> taking the country to the brink of economic ruin >> this is because of a corrupt deal to an assigned to basically support two dodgy businessmen an israeli one, and an egyptian one... >> al jazeera exposes those who made a fortune betraying an entire nation >> you don't feel you owe an explanation to the egyptian people? >> no...no.. >> al jazeera investigates egypt's lost power on al jazeera america >> top stories for the al jazeera news hour. a palestinian minister has died shortly after being hit by israeli soldiers during a protest in the occupied west bank. palestinians authority president mahmood abbas said that what happened

ireland has a land border with the republic and had all the difficulties and troubles.d him shaking his head in that way, he shows how little the scottish nationalists care about the rest of our united kingdom. >> mr. speaker, 56 years ago, simon wingfield digby, the then honorable member for west dorset, made the first plea for improvements to the a303 in this house. thanks to the government's careful management of the economy, the prime minister was once again warmly welcomed in wiltshire this week to announce £1.3 billion investment in the tunnel under stonehenge. will the prime minister reassure the people of the south-west that we will not have to wait another 56 years for it to be delivered? >> i can certainly make that commitment. i was one of a number of people who made their way to stonehenge this week to see how important this will be. the tunnel will be at least 1.8 miles and is part of an overall plan to create that expressway all the way between the m3 and m5 and down into cornwall, to ensure that we improve that vital road network. as for stonehenge, the t

they've joined protesters in ireland, who are also fighting government plans to charge for water. the irish government says that the charges are necessary to pay for the country's water infrastructure. lawrence lee reports. >> it's national human rights day, and there are revolts in the air. thousands on the street say that' that their rights are under attack for a government that wants them to pay hundreds a year for tap water. >> are you going to pay? >> no. >> no way. no way we won't pay. >> until now water in ireland has been paid for out of basic taxation, but the government says infrastructure needs a massive overhaul and the people have to stand the costs. that decision has become unbelievably politically toxic. >> the government has misspent our money. they told us that they would invest in services that we paid for. something that we already paid for. they pay every day in taxation. >> children out of school. people off work. huge crowds outside of parliaments. this has become a political crisis. the government here said that austerity was finished. it's commitment to the

. >> up until now ireland has funded water supplies through general taxation. but as part of austerity measures, the government has set up a company to charge for water use. the fees introduced in january thousands of citizens have taken to the streets to protest a move they say is unfair. opposition is now rife online with a number of artists joining the movement. a growing number of songs are appearing on youtube slamming the new water tax, which has been did he announced as illegal. many see the move as a step toward water privatization. a message by the group rolling tab review in this clip. >> irish water not for sale. no privatization. irish water, irish nation. >> legends area irish musician has ails penned a piece. a parody song called cool clearwater. the star of the 1970's takes a swipe at the new water charges with many lira cal gems. >> don't forget, though it rains line hell until the rivers swell, now they are trying to sell us the water. >> the protest movement has support from outside of ireland. british ack toward and comedian russell brand has

police in ireland looking for help identifying these people. people are really, really trying to help. >> similar situation. this time from mexico city. >> this is going viral for the audacity of it. she is through the security gate. there is a security guy right there. jumps over, grabs the bag which was full of money. she is out the door. she only had bruising to her arm. like i said, that was payroll. they figured out how to pay the staff. >> that security guard took way too much -- he needs to go back to security guard school. >> they got over $13,000. the images have just been released. >>> this is the story of derby. derby was born with deformed front legs. derby still likes to get around. there was help. enter printed 3-d prosthetics r derby. there you can see them on the computer designing what they want it to look like. this is derby with his prosthetics. now his forever home parents. >> i don't become impressed very quickly. when i saw him sprinting like that, it was amazing. >> look at that. >> he must love this. i know he's probably

the old wax cylinders and 78s that he made here in new york-- they traveled back to ireland, and theyed fiddle playing style. people tried to imitate coleman whether they were from sligo or whether they're from cork or donegal. it no longer was the case that you could tell where somebody was from by listening to them. that was the beginning, that this was starting to be homogenized. in a positive way, technology has helped this music in that there's an awful lot of recordings of very good music out there. so it's brought it to a wider listening public. (tesar) very, very early days, some phonograph recordings were cut right to wax. they'd stand in the room, and the cutting lathe would cut the original master right into wax, which, by the way, had to be very soft, so it had to be very hot. so a lot of the old-time musicians will tell stories about the early days of recording like almost stripping down in their underwear and going in this room and recording for three minutes. it's 130 degrees in this little room because it's got to be hot enough for the wax to be soft enough for the lat

a group of activists from detroit traveled to ireland. >> i came to support dublin in their fight, in their fight for water pap because water is a human right. i'm living proof that your water can be disconnected. when it is disconnected, how are you going to survive on a daily basis. >> from dublin to detroit, water is a human right. >> they've been coming up with innovative ways online. >> irish water is not for sale. >> reporter: so this video has gone viral. hundreds of thousands of viewe viewers. >> this is good. this will for a while. ines, appreciate it. that is all of our time for this news hour. i'm tony harris. if you would like information on any of the stories from this news hour, there it is, www.aljazeera.com. www.aljazeera.com. inside story with ray suarez is next. >> the argument about whether to release the so-called torture report is over. it's now moving to what we do with the information now that it's public. to prosecute or not. it's inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. the senate intelligence

two-thirds of young people want to leave northern ireland. what specific test is he giving to improve skills and treating young people to stay in northern ireland? >> of course the government works very closely. she'll be aware a help of the economic plan that was published 18 months ago in collaboration with the northern ireland executive which laid out a number of steps that we would take jointly to promote a shared an integrated future, including of course the creation of the further education college. further such measures will be considered. the important thing is to improve the number of apprenticeships in northern ireland. i think the national assurance contributions that have been announced in the autumn statement are very important part of that. >> order. options to the prime minister. >> question number one in mr. speaker. >> mr. speaker, i've been asked what on behalf of a right honorable friend the deputy primprimeminister. this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this hou

can we have a speaker from northern ireland? anybody from northern ireland that wishes to take part in this debate? too? there will be other opportunities i'm quite sure. what about a contributor from the southeast. have we got a contributor from the southeast? what about this young man here from the southeast? >> hello i am from -- and we have discussed how this could affect small businesses and essentially destroy them but this overlooks how much good large business does for people. because they have the ability to support themselves regardless of the necessary success in the area being in a chain they can do so much for the local people who they are employing and if the particular branch isn't as successful as other branches it won't necessarily shot. whereas a small business definitely will. if you can't itself it doesn't get supported whereas in a chain the funds can be moved around so that stays open so employment is more sustainable, which i think is a brilliant thing. i think we shouldn't overlook the benefit of a large

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not bad for a 24-year-old kid from ireland. co-founder at stripe he took a pause from harvard to concentrate on the company, an interesting bit of trivia. john's certificate leaving score, which is like the s.a.t. score was the highest in the country. i think i got that right. let's introduce him from financial times john schwartz from "usa today." let's start with the leaving certificate. it's like the s.a.t.? >> yes. >> highest in ireland in all of irish history? >> i'm not sure. >> if i were close, i would have checked. >> was it a perfect score? is that possible? >> yeah you can get perfect score. >> and did you get it? >> yes. >> that would be the highest ever. >> anyway it was so long ago. >> yes it was, what three years ago? >> we started stripe 4 1/2 years ago now and so you know we -- it was in 2009 and we've been in the bay area since 2010. >> okay. so let's start -- there are all kinds of things i want to talk about. i want to start with the basic friction point. i have been buying stuff online for many many years. w

without going through all the details, it involved international cooperation, a trip to ireland by me, because we had a pittsburgher, the president of the steelers was ambassador of ireland to implore him to make sure that the garda understood how important this was. we were able to identify individual, adam stuart buzz bi who has been charged and we are doing everything we can to extradict him to bring him to pittsburgh. he has since in an open interview confessed that he is the one who did this. i think that was a huge achievement and all of that was going on at the same time since i began as u.s. attorney in 2010 we were working towards efforts in the case and in what we know as u.s. versus wangong, the chies mean espionage case. why duds this matter? it's somewhat lost in this discussion. we need to take as first principles that cyber intrusions affect real people in real ways. our entire approach in pittsburgh is victim cent rick. so boss co's comment about how microsoft does its business resonates with me. but in each one of the cases that i tell you about -- and of course we ha

so from northern ireland to texas, that's quite a journey.n 2016 she'll assume the presidency of the southern historical association, a prestigious post recognizing her standing in the field. she is the author or editor of two dozen books many focusing on family, gender or women's issues in the 19th century. i suspect many people in this room have read her 2009 biography of mary todd lincoln. her talk today is entitled "teeming with rivals: women's parlor politics during the civil war." please help me welcome dr. clinton. >> thank you. it's so lovely to be here in gettysburg. and yes, indeed, the journey from northern ireland to texas what would draw me into these arctic temperatures? but i want to credit the -- certainly the quartet of very kind scholars in the field. i was first brought here by gabor boret, and then hanks to harold halzer and chief frank i've been back again and again. but thank you, jim, of course, for helping this needy student on her journey toward civil war history. a powerful woman at at the center of swirling politica

. >> the o'connor family in ireland, wanted to give their daughter special welcome home.armel has been living in australia for the last four years, and this will be her first christmas home. here she is, with the help watch this whole thing unfolds >> oh, my gosh! >> ♪ >> common in. >> common in. >> i'm if the going back. >> fun, right? yes, you heard her right. carmel surprised her family with the news that she is staying in ireland for good. >> kind of cool. >> very cool. >> my family emanates from galloway. haven't been to ireland. what's your favorite christmas movie? tweet us, use the #fox29goodday. what's yours, kerry? >> favorite christmas film of all time? >> oh, i'm big fan of the christmas carol. >> that's great. >> all right, we'll show you those favorites, yes. >> you know, i got to say, probably as i think about it further, national lampoon. >> that's great. chevy chase. >> yep, yep, yep. >> also ahead there is guy had a lot of nerve. he got his heart broken and made a bold plea on line. now he's got his holiday wish. we'll tell but that straight behold, the

and if it is ireland, then they will be storing the actual content in a data center in ireland.so the government wanted to get at that -- access to all the records of this particular user, and they obtained a warrant under the stored commute nations act and served on microsoft and microsoft turn over business records, but they alleged were business records of microsoft with respect to top subscriber information, that sort of, metadata stuff to that was being kept in the united states house that was microsoft's practice. but at the same time they refused to turn over the content of the user's actual e-mail account, which was housed in ireland. and so the government did not like that, and we have both a magistrate judge decision that upheld the government's position, saying that the stored communications act does not raise any issues of extraterritorial applications because the relevant event would be in the united states when the government actually got the data and microsoft understand has been arguing, and that holding by the was essentially affirmed by the district court and i

let's be absolutely clear about the big differences there are between northern ireland and scotland. northern ireland having a land border with the republic and, having had all the difficulties and troubles -- if shaking his head in that way shows how little scottish nationalists care about the rest of our -- ed kingdom >> order. mr. speaker. 56 years ago, simon wingfield plea fore the first improvements to the a-303 in this house. careful management of the economy. the prime minister was warmly won't -- welcomed to wiltshire this week. will he now reassure the people that we will not have to wait another 56 years for it to be delivered? >> i can certainly make that commitment. i was one of a number of people who made his way to stonehenge this week to see how important this will be. it will be a tunnel of at least 1.8 miles. it is part of an overall plan to create that expressway all the m-5between the m-3 and the and down to cornwall to make sure we improve this vital network. as for stonehenge, we will make sure this extraordinary monument also has the attention it deserves. 20-ye

they were planning to give ireland autonomy. that would have meant the ma juror -- the irish majority would have been roman catholic. that created a huge opposition from ulster, the mostly protestant section. they would have taken up arms. and started a civil war. these ulster men were supported by the english conservative party. and they agreed to help them. it looked as if there might be a civil war. the english even the arm, if they were called upon to restore order, many officers were inclined to try to find a way to either resign or not show up for work when they were called upon. this became a severe crisis. the war put that on ice for a while. irish nationalism continued, most notably reflected in the easter rising of 1916 and the blood shed that that caused. and what yates called that terrible beauty. finally, the separation of ireland from the rest of the united kingdom with the creation of the irish free state in the 1920s without ulster. these issues are still playing out. these are still major issues in the british i

they were planning to give ireland autonomy. that would have meant the ma juror -- the irish majority would have been roman catholic. that created a huge opposition from ulster, the mostly protestant section. they would have taken up arms. and started a civil war. these ulster men were supported by the english conservative party. and they agreed to help them. it looked as if there might be a civil war. the english even the arm, if they were called upon to restore order, many officers were inclined to try to find a way to either resign or not show up for work when they were called upon. this became a severe crisis. the war put that on ice for a while. irish nationalism continued, most notably reflected in the easter rising of 1916 and the blood shed that that caused. and what yates called that terrible beauty. finally, the separation of ireland from the rest of the united kingdom with the creation of the irish free state in the 1920s without ulster. these issues are still playing out. these are still major issues in the british i

at least they didn't go to ireland where it's only 12%. >> 12.5. >> but here's the thing, these are millionsf dollars and they have a responsibility to their shareholders to make as much money as possible but wouldn't you think that these corporations that are scramming would do something to get their lobbyists to go to capitol hill and -- i can't understand why they don't get the taxes down so that's where they stay. >> that's absolutely what they have been doing, asking for lower corporate tax rates. let's face it, other countries see the prestige and luring companies to their home place, they see the money and tax revenues. it works on multiple levels and it's time the u.s. got with it and became competitive. >> and we can steal their business. i'd like to stee some of these giant corporations come here. i mean, the argument is that we'll still have the same number of burger kings here in the united states, it's just that the corporate tax will be paid in canada. >> we'll get the tax revenue from the burger flippers but not the company itself and that's a tragedy. other people who love tr

people in ireland are furious. now they have folks from detroit in their fight. and then we have david shuster in for ali velshi in "real money." >> wait until you hear about the deal in congress that could mean cuts to your benefits. >>> and nort north korea calls this an act of war. teach for america is supposed to educate poor children. >> schools where kids need grade teaching the most. >> can unprepared teachers make a difference? >> why are we sending them teachers with 5 weeks of training? >> in the wake of embarrassing incidents, the nfl is calling for tough standards for anyone associated with the league who violates the new rules. >> reporter: after admitting his mistakes in handling the ray rice incident, commissioner roger goodell promised improvement to the league's policy. goodell revealed what he calls a revised and strengthened policy, which was approved by all 32 league owners. the league will implement a new process for its investigations by hiring a new disciplinary officer who will oversee all investigations and decide punishments. appeals wil

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among other measures he could signal the corporation tax, could we give all to northern ireland?ve would be politically significant and hand a chance to compete with low business in the republic of ireland. >> one-story we are tracking is the ruble's rocky ride. the biggest one-day fall against the dollar since 2009. little comfort for russia from the head of the international monetary fund. the drop in oil prices will would provide a net boost to the global economy well opposing risks to the energy producing nations including russia. on the latest side of economic tides with the eurozone beginning to fray. moscow has snapped an international major pipeline project. it has been dropped with russia opting to ship more fuel to turkey. the ruble is bouncing this at 1%? is bounced back preconditioning on the u.k. election. now let's head to japan where campaignaunched his for reelection. polls decemberhe 14 despite the fact that the japanese economy is in recession. abe says his economic policies are on the right path. improvingor market is , wages are also rising. this is our chance

that happened in 1978 in a landmark ireland versus u.k. case. however, the court ruled that the five techniques amounted to inhumane and degrading treatment, not torture. the bush administration justify -- justified the use of these torture techniques in iraq, afghanistan, and guantanamo bay by quoting the eu court ruling on the court of man. the british government lied to the european court of human rights on the effect of these techniques and that the 14 hood of man were indeed tortured. these torture techniques work -- were sanctioned at the highest level of government by the then british minister of defense, lord carrington. only last week, the irish government confirmed it referred the case of the hood of man back to the court of european rights to revise its judgment, britain is guilty of torture. the british government must apologize for the use of the techniques in ireland just like it recently apologized for their use in kenya and the american government must do likewise. thank you. >> can i remind colleagues that we have a topic on the

>> anger in ireland over the government's plan to introduce water tax. >>> and the last frenchman heldge lands at an air base in paris. >>> and find out what is ahead for this pair in the european's champions league. real reporting that brings you the world. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> a conflict that started 100 year ago, some say, never ended... revealing... untold stories of the valor... >> they opened fire on the english officers... >> sacrifice... >> i order you to die... >> and ultimate betrayal... drawing lines in the sand that would shape the middle east and frame the conflict today >> world war one: through arab eyes continues episode three: the new middle east on al jazeera america ♪ >>> hello, again, you are with the al jazeera news hour. here is a remininger of the top stories. a palestinian minister has died shortly after being hit by israeli soldiers. the president has declared three days of mourning. >>> afghanistan's president says the u.s. senate report exposing

and of course, you have ireland that can pick up so. slack here for the flights that are in bound to the u.k. because they can't make it or be delayed significantly. you go to dublin or brussels. by the way, euro control, which oversees the entire european network of air traffic controller that's based in brussels and they're monitoring this. and trying to figure out how to ensure those planes that are now backed up across europe where are they going to go or do they turn around and go back or park them somewhere at the nearby airport. >> tom costello, thank you. >> there are people talking -- i'm seeing people say on twitter they are on-air craft at the n runway heath row. it looks as if this has happened suddenly. and people have been left just exactly where they are. even if they boarded the aircraft. thank you very much for the update. we'll continue to update the audience as we learn more information. >>> to breaking weather news. right now there are fears of massive mudslides as a deadly storm moving across southern california. ho