soft commander in kunduz. during the flight of electronic system on board the aircraft malfunctioned, preventin prevene operation of an essential command and control capability and a limiting the ability of aircraft to transmit video, send and receive e-mail, or send and receive electronic messages. this is an example of a technical failure. in addition as the aircraft arrived in the vicinity of kunduz, the aircrew believe it was targeted by a missile force and aircraft to move away from its normal orbit to an orbit approximately eight miles from the mission area. this degraded accuracy of, this degraded accuracy of certain targeting systems which later contributed to the misidentification of the msf trauma center. i would like to refer you to the chart now in order to show you he locations as i describe the events. -- key locations. to give some scale distance from the top to the bottom of this graph is approximately 1000 meters. the u.s. soft command on the ground was located at the provincial police of pash

bombing of its hospital in kunduz, afghanistan. 3s.rstrike on october killed at least 30 people, including 13 medical staff. 10 patients and seven unrecognizable victims yet to be identified. in a new report, doctors without borders describes patients burning in their beds, medical staff who were decapitated and lost limbs, and staff members shot from the air while they fled the burning building. the report describes doctors and other medical staff being shot while running to reach a safety in a different part of the compound. doctors without borders says it provided the gps cord men's to u.s. and afghan officials weeks before, and that the strikes continued for half an hour after u.s. and afghan authorities were told the hospital was being bombed. the group's president described the attack. >> there have been several rounds of very targeted and very precise bombings of that hospital. the hospital went in flames. patients that could not move burned in their beds. the shrapnel bombs that they legs of doctors and nurses and even one of o

i just returned from kunduz this week.if i have to go back and ask my staff can you resume duty, i don't have full confidence that it won't happen again. >> you feel that you cannot rely on authorities to not carry this out. and you talk about a war crime having been committed here. how far is your organization prepared to go to press for that investigation? >> well, the reality is for us is to say if we don't understand further what really led to this beyond errors, and better assurances that it won't repeat itself, it is very difficult. right now i'm a physician, and when i think about it, let's say you have a doctor, and the doctor makes two mistakes on your child. and then you wondering should i ask for a second opinion. you're basically asking for a second opinion in this independent investigation that will make sure before we put all our trust in the u.s. and other authorities that we can resume activity in a safe environment in any war zone. >> now, i know that msf if it's own report as to what happened said that yo

i just returned from kunduz last week. if i have to go back and ask my staff, can you resume activities, i don't have the full confidence that history would not repeat itself. >> u.s. commanders said they would like to help to rebuild the hospital, but doctors without borders do not accept donations from governments, and they said they don't want to rebuild until they know they will not face again this type of attack. >> president abd rabbuh mansur hadi visits taiz, one of the main conflict grounds between pro government forces and houthi rebels. it comes after hadi returned to the port city of aden after it was reclaimed with the support of the saudi led coalition. the u.n. has expressed concern over the humanitarian situation for people living in taiz. >> well, the under secretary calls the situation unacceptable and called on all sides to the conflict to let the delivery of life-saving assistance in. earlier, i spoke with iona craig who was in taiz. she said the situation in the city is desperate. >> the city is under s

kunduz center was the only trauma center in northeast afghanistan. i visited the center in february of this year, and i was so impressed with the quality of care, and the fact that it was giving access to trauma care to more than a million afghan people in the region. it was the lifeline for trauma care. >> yemen's president abd rabbuh mansur hadi has visited troops at an air base near the divided city of taiz. yemen's third largest cities, one of the main conflict grounds between pro government forces and houthi rebels. it comes after they have returned to the city of aden. >> there have been criticism of houthi rebels blocking supply routes. he said: the under secretary calls the situation unsuccessful and to let the delivery of life-saving assistance in. joining me now is a journalist, iona craig, who has spent a lot of time in yemen, and in fact just returned from the city of taiz in recent days. thanks for joining us. does any of that ring true for you? what was your experience inside that city? >> yes, absolutely. the city is under siege right

afghanistan reveals thoughted parents were killed in kunduz last month. al jazeera's jennifer glasse has more from kabul. >> reporter: eyewitnesses say it was a terrifying attack. in the early morning hours of october 3rd, a u.s. plane rained bombs and bullets on a doctors without borders hospital in kunduz. patients burned to death in theirbeds, staff were decapitated. at least three children were among the 30 people killed in the attack. the commander of u.s. forces says a u.s. investigation shows it was a tragic but avoiledable mistake. >> the report determined that u.s. strike upon the msf trauma center in kunduz was the direct record of human error compounded by systems and procedural failures. the u.s. forces directly involved in this incidents did not know the target compound >> the trauma center. >> drs. without borders had given the nato forces ordinates of the hospital three days before the strike. cambeled said the mistake happened because the attacking aircraft was diverted from another missing, the plane veered off course and the crew visuall

so today when i look and i just returned from kunduz from last week, and if i have to go back to kunduz my staff can you resume activities, i don't have the full confidence that the history would not repeat itself. >> reporter: u.s. commanders said they would like to help rebuild the hospital. but doctors without borders does not accept donations from governments. and they say they don't want to rebuild until they know this kind of attack won't happen again. jennifer glasse, al jazeera, kabul. >>> oa court in china has rejected an appeal by a 71-year-old journalist imprisoned no leaking state secrets, however the court's reduced her sentence from seven years to five. adrian brown has more from beijing. >> reporter: well, no surprise that her appeal has been rejected. but very unusual that the same court has decided to cut her sentence from seven years for five. that is railroad ver very rare . she is 71 years old and has been a prominent campaigner for human rights and freedom of the media here in china. in april, she was found guilty of passing state secrets to a news organization in h

so today when i look, and i just returned from kunduz from last week, if i have to go back in kunduz ask my staff can you resume activities, i don't have the full confidence that the history would not repeat itself. >> reporter: u.s. commanders said they would like to help rebuild the hospital but doctors without borders does not accept donations from governments. and they say they don't want to rebuild until they know this kind of attack won't happen again. jennifer glasse, al jazeera, kabul. >>> tracking a live story for you this hour. pope francis is celebrating mass at the university of nigh robe right know. he's on his first visit to africa as head of the roman catholic church. thousands of people are attending the mass. one report saying that what they are picturing is more like a million people. he wants responsible economic development to work in tandem with his central message calling for reconciliation. he's also going to talk, we understand, about climate issues. they are expecting as i say a million people at various masses during his trip to the continent. security, of c

kunduz, what is the reality?here are rumors that international forces were involved in the fall intentionally. you were really involved, can you tell the three big achievements qu of the involvement? you be running for the presidential election. i know it is early, that we need to know now so we could have room for a better selection. what would be the difference between you and the president that you are running against? the third one, which is a little saying why youe don't want to create a sizable government. what are you doing diplomatically? mr. daudzai: thank you. i hope i remember. kunduz, never listen to conspiracy theories. there was no conspiracy involved. what actually happened was that it was a holiday. days thefor three afghan national security forces but all are forces in place, no one goes home. d they takeive ea holiday. many checkpoints are symbolic because many people go home. that is what the taliban thought or the strategist took advantage of, the absence. on the sixth day they started to atta

the airstrike in the northern city of kunduz killed at least 30 civilians. more now from david martin. >> reporter: it was one of the worst accidents of the afghan war, and it was caused by what general john campbell described as a perfect storm of mistakes committed by america's elite special operations forces. >> this was a tragic but avoidable accident caused primarily by human error. >> reporter: after nearly five days of nonstop fighting in the city of kunduz, american commandos were holed up in a police station with afghan troops. the afghans requested a strike on a nearby government building which had been taken over by taliban fighters. an acritic-130 gunship was called in by the american ground commander. the gunship was given the coordinates of the government building, but its targeting system zeroed in on an open field instead. the air crew visually identified the closest structure that resembled the government building they were supposed to strike. they did not know it, but that building was in fact the hospital run by doctors without borders. be

plane rained bomb did and bullets on a doctors without borders hospital in kunduz. patients burned to death in their beds. staff were decapitated. at least three children were among the 30 people killed in the attack. the commander of u.s. forces says a u.s. investigation shows it was a tragic but avoidable mistake. >> the report determined that u.s. strike upon the msf trauma center in kunduz city afghanistan was a direct result of human error compounded by systems and procedural failures. the u.s. forces directly involved in this incident did not know the targeted compound was the msf trauma center. >> doctors without borders had given the u.s. and nato forces exact coordnauts of the hospital four days before the strike. campbell said the mistake happened because the attacking aircraft was diverted, the electronics malfunctioned and identified the building without verifying it was a military target. they thought it was another building a few hundred yards away. making the distinction between protected and enemy targets and ensuring that an attack is proportional a

commander in afghanistan, said the destruction of the hospital in the northern city of kunduz was anoidable accident." that's the judgment contained in a more-than-3,000 page report compiled since the early october attack. at least 31 civilians died and another 28 were injured when a u.s. warplane struck the facility operated by "doctors without borders," more commonly know by its french acronym m.s.f. despite repeated calls from its staff to american officials both inside and outside afghanistan, the hospital was hammered by the american "ac-130" gunship for more than an hour. the attack followed days of heavy fighting in kunduz as afghan and american forces fought to retake the city from the taliban. today, campbell said the plane's crew had been given faulty location information of a suspected taliban base. afghanistan was the direct result of human error compounded by systems and procedural failures. the medical facility was misidentified as a target by u.s. personnel who believe they were striking a different building several hundred meters away where there were reports of comba

the airstrike in the northern city of kunduz killed at least 30 civilians. more now from david martin. >> reporter: it was one of the worst accidents of the afghan war, and it was caused by what general john campbell described as "a perfect storm of mistakes," committed by america's elite special operations forces. >> this was a tragic but avoidable accident caused primarily by human error. >> reporter: after nearly five days of nonstop fighting in the city of kunduz, american commandos were holed up in a police station with afghan troops. the afghans requested a strike on a nearby government building which had been taken over by taliban fighters. an ac-130 gunship was called in by the american ground commander. coordinates of the government building, but its targeting system zeroed in on an open field instead. the air crew visually identified the closest structure that resembled the government building they were supposed to strike. they did not know it, but that building was in fact the hospital run by doctors withtht borders. before opening fire, the gunsh

soft commander in kunduz.uring the flight, the electronic systems on board the aircraft malfunctioned. preventing the operation of an essential command and control capability, and eliminating their ability of the aircraft to transmit video, send and receive e-mail, or send an receive electronic messages. this is an example of technical failure. in addition, as the aircraft arrived in the vicinity of kunduz, the aircrew believed they were targeted by a missile, forcing the aircraft to move away from its normal orbit during orbit approximately eight miles away. this degraded the accuracy of certain targeting systems, which later contributed to the misidentification of the msf trauma center. i would like to review to the chart now in order to refer -- to show you key locations as i described the events. to give you some skill, the distance from the top to the bottom of this graph is approximately 1000 meters. the u.s. soft commander on the ground is located at the chief of police compound, the green dot in the up

the airstrike in the northern city of kunduz killed at least 30 civilians. more now from david martin. >> reporter: it was one of the worst accidents of the afghan war, and it was caused by what general john campbell described as "a perfect storm of mistakes," committed by america's elite special operations forces. >> this was a trag but avoidadae accident caused primarily by human error. >> reporter: after nearly five days of nonstop fighting in the city of kunduz, american commandos were holed up in a police station with afghan troops. the afghans requested a strike on a nearby government building which had been taken over by taliban fighters. an ac-130 gunship was called in by the american ground commander. the gunship was given the coordinates of the government building, but its targeting system zeroed in on an open field instead. the air crew visually identified the closest structure that resembled the government building they were supposed to strike. they did not know it, but that building was in fact the hospital run by doctors without borders. before

air strike from the doctors without borders air strikes last month in kunduz was a tragic mistake. several service members were suspended following the military investigation. >>> time for an early start on your money. europe markets higher this morning as many investors are expecting the european central bank to roll out more measures soon. and thanksgiving holiday has the stocks closed today. take stock of the s&p 500. it is in positive territory this year. that is good news for the economy. new numbers show consumers spent a bit in october. we could see growth in the final months of the year. all this could mean the fed may feel comfortable raising interest rates when they meet next month. all bets are on they will do that. we shall see. >>> thank you. new protests in the killing over the chicago teenager. the president weighing in on the released video next. quiet! mom has a headache! had a headache! but now, i... don't. excedrin® is fast. with 2 pain fighters, plus a booster, excedrin® ends headaches fast. in fact for some, relief starts in just 15 minutes. excedrin®. wow, tha

air strikes hit a hospital in kunduz, and today memorials were held around the world. doctors without borders renewed a call for an independent investigation into a deadly attack on its trauma center. courtn courtney kealy was at a memorial. >> join me for a moment of silence to honour the sacrifice. >> a moment of silence, remembrance in new york and other centers around the world, a month after the doctors without borders trauma center was hit by a u.s. air strike. >> we know a hospital well marked. well understood as treating all sides of the conflict was hit repeatedly over the course of honour. >> the death toll stands at 13 killed. several others have not been identified. >> these were my colleagues, my patients. they thought interpret coming to a safe place to get care. it feels personal. >> doctors without borders is calling for an independent investigation. they want to know whether this air strike by the u.s. on their facility constitutes war crimes under the geneva conscrengs. the strike on the hospital was a mistake. there were offers to compensate families

the taliban had taken the city of kunduz, and the afghan forces were fighting back, and the u.s. military bought in a fearsome weapon. and instead, that gunship rained down on a hospital that was supposed to have protective status in war. the main hospital was pulverized in the unrelenting attack, delivered by a u.s. gunship. a converted cargo plane that fires a howitzer cannon and guns circling the target, and delivering fire up to 1800 rounds per minute. the report by the group, doctors without borders, which goes by its acronym, msf, describes a hospital still very active at 2 a.m. october 3rd when the attack began without warning. >> the hospital went up in flames, and patients that couldn't move, burned if their beds. the shrapnel bombs that they used amputated legs of doctors and nurses and even one of our staff was decapitated. and on top of that, what we heard from the staff, from the plane, people who are fleeing the building were shot at. >> 14 calls and text messages trying to get the americans to call off the attack. in one period, msf kabul exchanged these texts with

the airstrike in the northern city of kunduz killed at least 30 civilians. more now from david martin. >> reporter: it was one of the worst accidents of the afghan war, and it was caused by what general john campbell described as "a perfect storm of mistakes," committed by america's elite special operations forces. >> this was a tragic but avoidable accident caused primarily by human error. >> reporter: after nearly five days of nonstop fighting in the city of kunduz, american commandos were holed up in a police station with afghan troops. the afghans requested a strike on a nearby government building which had been taken over by taliban fighters. an ac-130 gunship was called in by the american ground commander. the gunship was given the coordinates of the government building, but its targeting system zeroed in on an open field instead. the air crew visually identified the closest structure that resembled the government building they were supposed to strike. they did not know it, but that building was in fact the hospital run by doctors without borders. befo

you kunduz plaw indicate -- you can duplicate this. next week a chance of showers on tuesday. i do want to show you really what's in store in the overnight hours and into tomorrow morning areas of heavy fog and you will have to be careful if your kids have games early in the morning and you are out and about. temperatures low 40s to low 50s. comfortable weather for your saturday. and then for the afternoon you'll notice not much is changing. the spring-like warmth and you will have plenty of sun to do outdoor activities. big changes in store. we have a cold system that is going to cause the temperatures to really plunge. not only that you will see showers on tuesday. the best chance is on tuesday. can't rule it out as we head into early wednesday. trust me you'll feel it. when you look at the temperature trend from sunday morning in napa and that's this upcoming sunday with the mid40s, notice the numbers going downhill for thanksgiving and for black friday. we are looking at numbers for freezing or below freezing in some cases. perhaps a freeze warning issued for parts of the

plane rained bombs and bullets on the doctors without borders hospital in kunduz. patients burned to death in their heads and staff were decapitated and at least three children were among the 30 killed in the attack. the commander of u.s. forces says a u.s. investigation shows it was a tragic but avoidable mistake. >> the report determined that u.s. strike upon the the mfs trauma center in kunduz city, afghanistan was the direct result of human error compounded by systems and procedural failures. the u.s. forces directly involved in this incident did not know the target compound was the msf trauma center. >> reporter: doctors without borders gave the u.s. and nato forces exact coordinates of the hospital three days before the strike. campbell said the mistake happened because the attacking aircraft was diverted from another mission, the on-board electronics malfunctioned and the plane veered off course and they verified the building without verifying it was a military target. they thought it was another building a few hundred yards away. making the distinction betw

forces hit the doctors without borders hospital in kunduz last month. doctors without borders called is a war crime, and repeatedly called for an independent investigation. >> security is tight at airports across the country today as millions travel for the holiday. 47 million people will be traveling over the five day weekend. officials are on alert after the attacks in paris and mali and the downing of a russian jet over egypt. al jazeera's lisa stark is live this morning in washington. good morning. should travelers take any extra precautions when they travel this morning? >> stephanie, the intelligence officials in the u.s. insist there is no credible intelligence pointing to any kind of a paris style attack here in the united states. even so, though, the f.b.i. and homeland security did issue a bulletin to law enforcement nationwide asking them to be on the lookout. >> in the aftermath of the paris attacks, people are understandably on edge, and president obama addressed those fears head on during a news conference with the french president, saying

the head of u-s forces in afghanistan says the attack in the city of kunduz in october was the direct result of human error... general john campbell says miscommunication and technical issues all played a factor into the army bombing the m-s-f hospital... an attack which resulted in the death of thirty civilians. the medical facility was misidentified as a target by us personnel who believed they were striking a different building several hundred meters away where there were reports of combatants. campbell says... individuals involved have been suspended from their duties.. and will be disciplined. you've the heard stories in which a soldier surprises his loved ones with a grand return. but what about when the family turns the tables and surprises the soldier? that's exactly what one mother from arizona did. that was fox's mark martinez reporting. cody middleton will spend thanksgiving with his family- and then on sunday he'll head off to kentucky for more training with the 101st airborne division. this is one free bird... the national thanksgiving turkey, named abe, was pardoned by p

the taliban briefly seize control of the northern city of kunduz in september. reporter: police opened fire in protesters from afghanistan's minority after they stormed some government buildings. protesters rushed to hospital. thousands marched kilometers to the presidential palace, angry at the beheading of seven members of their community by islamist militants, one of the biggest demonstrations in kabul in years. twoseven dead included children. hase -- this minority regularly faced persecution. many were massacred by the taliban with al qaeda in the 1990's. a series of kidnappings and killings this year has reignited those fears. for many of those gathered wednesday, president ashraf ghani has failed these people. >> we asked the president to come here and tell us why these people were killed, why there is no security in the country. he has not made the -- he has not fulfill the promises he made during his campaign. reporter: the president, in a televised address, promised to bring the perpetrators to justice and also appealing for calm. >> we are committed t

air strike on the hospital in kunduz killed 30 civilian doctors and patients. today the top u.s. commander in afghanistan offered no excuses. >> this was a tragic but avoidable accident caused primarily by human error. >> reporter: an ac-130 gunship pounded the hospital run by doctors without borders with heavy artillery. 211 shells in 25 minutes. but it was the wrong target. the intended target was an afghan military headquarters seized by the taliban. but the hospital was more than 400 yards away. and nearly destroyed in the attack. it was a tragedy of errors. in violation of protocol a special operations commander called in the air-strikes without ever seeing the target. many of the electronics critical to combat operations were not working properly and the crew aboard the plane failed to correctly identify the target they were about to strike. >> the investigation found that some of the u.s. individuals involved did not follow the rules of engagement. >> reporter: officials here say that audio tapes from the plane show that the flight crew at first questioned whether the air

plane fired 211 shells a at doctors without borders hospital in kunduz, afghanistan, killing at leaste pentagon previewed the own internal review of its actions, including that a series of avoidable human errors combined with systems and procedural failures led to the catastrophic strike. >> the report also determined that the personnel who requested the strike and those who executed it from the air did not undertake the appropriate measures to verify that the facility was a legitimate military target. >> it was the fifth version of an official u.s. explanation for the air strike in less than two months. initially, the pentagon said the hospital may have been collateral damage. then the department of defense said the air strike was conducted against insurgents who were firing direct olympic u.s. forces. just a day later, the top u.s. general in afghanistan said it was actually afghan forces who were taking direct fire and who called in the u.s. strike. that same week, the story shifted again when general campbell told a senate committee that the decision to provide aerial fires was a

. >> this awful thing that has happened in kunduz with the hospital, the doctors without borders hospital being bombed. is that a war crime? >> look, i believe that will depend on the facts. the case is showing how wrong is the policy. it's not our, it's not that this is illegal. it's wrong. bombing people is wrong. you're not gaining them. this conflict with talibans or al qaeda or, or isis are not about, two countries fighting. it's about ideas. look what's happened after all those ca, people from the us. from london are going to join isis to fight because they leave their cause. so you, so, you, you cannot kill all of them. so you have to respect them. that why it's a difference. the law makes your enemy a criminal. because in the us, which is the biggest country in the world, international relation's about us interest. and they see the other foreigners enemies. president obama is saying inside the us we're just spying foreigners. i never for, people here say, oh, it's fine. fine. foreigners, no problem. come on, we're foreigners. i'm a foreigner. (laugh) so don't, don't spy me. so the

you kunduz plaw indicate -- you can duplicate this. next week a chance of showers on tuesday. i do want to show you really what's in store in the overnight hours and into tomorrow morning areas of heavy fog and you will have to be careful if your kids have games early in the morning and you are out and about. temperatures low 40s to low 50s. comfortable weather for your saturday. and then for the afternoon you'll notice not much is changing. the spring-like warmth and you will have plenty of sun to do outdoor activities. big changes in store. we have a cold system that is going to cause the temperatures to really plunge. not only that you will see showers on tuesday. the best chance is on tuesday. can't rule it out as we head into early wednesday. trust me you'll feel it. when you look at the temperature trend from sunday morning in napa and that's this upcoming sunday with the mid40s, notice the numbers going downhill for thanksgiving and for black friday. we are looking at numbers for freezing or below freezing in some cases. perhaps a freeze warning issued for parts of the

error was to blame for an air strike on a doctor's without borders hospital in the afghan city of kunduzafter four days of paralysises in schools have reopened in the belgium capitol, brussels. but hundreds of troops are still out and about in search of a number of see suspects linked to the paris attacks. >> reporter: brussels is ten -- tentatively lifting some of their restrictions. but people are still anxious. >> of course we have to be careful, because any moment something can happen, but, you know, you can get hit by a car also. i mean danger is everywhere. >> reporter: below and above ground there is still a heavy military and police presence. a thousand extra personnel have been called in to patrol brussels and other belgium cities. every few minutes a reminder that this is a country hunting for the remaining suspects in the paris attacks along with people who may be planning more. as well as the metro system schools and universities have reopened also, but the government has maintained the highest security level, level number 4, which basically means an attack is imminent. it sa

military investigation into a deadly air raid on a doctors without borders hospital in kunduz in october. thirty people were killed in the attack. the charity said the attack lasted an hour, despite their staff sending messages to officials in kabul and washington. >> britain's highest court dismissed a legal move by relatives who want and inquiry into a massacre of villagers. british troop shot dead 27 rubber plantation workers in malaysia after independence from britain. relatives have fought a long campaign for an official investigation. the supreme court in london has now endorsed previous court ruling which rejected the campaigners' case. >> dozens of dingy's carrying refugees and migrants have arrived on the greek island of lesbos. it's estimated 2,000 people arrived on tuesday. stormy weather is making the crossing from turkey own more dangerous. >> 3,000 cuban migrants wee main stranded in costa rica after nicaragua refused to let them into their territory. the migrants are trying to get to the united states. a recent summit failed to stop the deadlock as victoria reports. >> thi

investigation found that a, quote, avoidable human error caused that deadly air strike on a hospital in kunduz, afghanistan, killing 30 people, patients and members of doctors without borders. a perfect storm of mistakes. the real target? a building a short distance away. abc's chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz. >> reporter: the 3,000-page report found a cascade of errors, technical, mechanical, procedural and human. the ground controller and crew of the ac-130 that destroyed a hospital and 0 deliberated 30 innocent lives. >> this was a tragic, but avoidable accident, caused primarily by human error. >> reporter: the target was supposed to be a taliban-occupied compound. because the crew was too far away, the targeting gear was not working properly, so, they used visual descriptions of the compound, and targeted the closest large building to the which turned out to be the hospital. the normal backups, like real-time video fields streamed back to headquarters, were not working, either. but the ac-130 crew went ahead building for close to 30 minutes. >> those individuals most clo