. >> reporter: i am lucia newman where hundreds of thousands of activists have come to show their supportprison christina kirchner as she delivers her last state of the union address. >>> isil has freed 21 syrian chris tans but the armed group is still hold be captive more than 200 from the minority community in syria. they were abducted in syria's northeast. some of those freed were welcomed at a church. let's go to zeina holder. whatkhodr.what are learning? >> reporter: undoubtedly it's a relief for the community that was really worried about the fate of the more than 200 syrian christians who were captured last week by isil. but what we understand from activist is his that the 21 syrians were released after facing a court a court -- an islamic court an isil islamic court. they were forced to pay a tax leveed on nonmuslims. this is what activists are saying. it's very difficult for us really to independently confirm what is happening there. but they are also worried about the dozens of others that remain in captivity. they have been taken to a strong hold that isil has. they don't know

as you can see lucia newman has the story. >> in the world's most clique region enraged protesterrors in anymoreprotesters. >> the pope has said be wary of evil and never commit sin remaining silence in face of it. >> jose protested at the cathedral and continued to ask the pope to remove baros. >> each testimony we have given as were concerned in time. what shocks me is that's still necessary to convince some people of the truth. >> reporter: scores of chilen priests. >> nok everything we know the only explanation were that the facts were presented to the holy father in a different light. otherwise this is incomprehensible. >> reporter: many priests and catholics want a full investigation and say,. >> because of anger over the hierarchy's rferral to willing to wage the battle from within the church. nevertheless the case is testing the pope's commitment to stamp out sexual abuses in chile and beyond. in a church that has already suffered so much dr.. discredit. lucia newman, al jazeera. >> two of the men who lifted off will spent a year in orbit. >>> scientists are also looking for u

lucia newman al jazeera santiago. >> south koreans are taking part in a defense drill that coincideswith military drills, but many people are not showing interest. >> when the sirens blare everyone knows the drill. that seems to be the problem. they know it so well relatively few people respond. turning the subway into a shelter. in the nearby district people start to listen to the civil defense marshals and then leave the shelter for the shops. >> they're not stopping. they keep coming. >> two years ago when north-south tensions had reach fever pitch the atmosphere was different. even some south koreans who have come to live with the ongoing threat of war seemed concerned. today the mood is merging on the apathetic. on the heavily fortified border between north and south korea all is quiet ahead of today's drill. this tourism village is well within north korea's artillery range, but people here had to be reminded that a drill is taking place. >> when they hear the siren people think it must an drill. but i never give much thought of to it. >> it doesn't matter if the siren is going.

lucia newman, al jazeera, santiago. >> we'll have much more on the issue of water in the coming days here on al jazeera. on saturday we'll take you to lesthoto despite plentiful supplies people have to travel huge distances to access water. >>> since being founded in san francisco in 2009, uber taxis have gone global, picking up people in cities across the the planet. it now outnumbers new york's yellow cabs. from new york gabriel alazond reports. >> reporter: new yorkers are simply calling for an uber car often black sedans, that can be summoned via smart phone app some say it's more efficient than taxis. it's become so popular that they now outnumber yellow cabs in new york city, and uber drivers are part of the reason why. he gave up being a limo driver to work himself as an uber driver to meet the increased demand. >> everybody is talking about uber cars center new york. passengers, they say to me they love uber. you know, uber changed the city. >> but don't write the obituary for the yellow taxi yet. lines can be long to flag a cab a and on average there are 400,000 taxi rides p

. >> i'm lucia newman in santiago chile, where a teenage are suffering from an incurable disease has caught world attention by demanding the right to a lethal injection. >> and paying the price for his team's poor form. >> tomorrow on "the stream". >> the annual south by southwest festival has been a breeding ground for some of the biggest tech innovations in the world. we'll take you there, giving you a glimpse into the future. >> "the stream". tomorrow, 1:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> thursday. >> to the apaches, it's an ancestral place. >> sacred lands threatened. >> were the apache consulted on this? >> no. >> a controversial deal. >> we would love to have a mine in the community. at the end of the day, it is an issue of fairness. >> america tonight gets an exclusive interview with a foreign mining company accused of taking native american land. >> people have been very critical of your company, saying that it'll leave a permanent scar on the landscape. will it? >> an america tonight special report: "mining sacred lands". thursday, 10:00 eastern. only on al jazeera a

lucia newman al jazeera santiago. >> coming up at 11:00 p.m new rules to protect groundwater from the effects of fracking. officials say the regulations will prevent the drilling method from spoiling lands. some say the rules go too far others say the government needs to do much more. we'll have both sides of the debate at 11:00 eastern 8:00 pacific on al jazeera america. >>> the headline on the british newspaper guardian reads can in a frustrated world the owe men's for global stability are bleak. it suggests various challenges of the day are responsible for international tension and it calls on world leaders to tone down emotion and turn to reason. >> a headline in the swedish newspaper, says eu conspired is needed more than ever. member nation despite disagreements share a vital spirit of understanding that will be critical as the union faces a series of economic and foreign policy challenges. >> with the u.s. and israeli relations should be show strain should release jonathan pollard. unless jonathan pollard is home, eligible for parole in november. >> it's been a long and very co

lucia newman last the story. >> reporter: as the deaths of some of the protests, one just 14 years old u.s. president barack obama ordered sanctions against several government officials on monday. no travel to the u.s., their assets seized. >> there are certainly restrictions against individuals. we also put out last week some information about what will be required to travel ovenezuela, given vee is visas. >> reporter: maduro has accused the u.s., with the price of oil falling and the economy collapsing, more venezuelans is questioning maduro's rule as president. the u.s. senator who wrote the law authorizing the sanctions praised obama. "in response to venezuela's culture of impunity thee targeted actions are a long overdue step towards accountability of the victims of maduro's campaign of state sponsored violence. violence." >>> personal ties with the u.s., rosalyn jordan, al jazeera . >>> any nuclear deal wouldn't last after president obama left office israel's minister calls the document a piece of propaganda. patty culhane reports. >> inviting a leader to speak to the joint house

lucia newman, al jazeera,ing. >> we'll have more coming in the following days. we'll take you to lesthos where people have to travel great distances to access water. >>> since being found in francisco in 2009, uber taxis have gone global picking up people in cities across the planet. and this week it emerged that uber cars now outnumber new york's famous yellow cabs. the company frequently clash with governments and the taxi industry as you might expect. >> the new york city taxi cab an icon of the city whose popularity might be fading. more often new yorkers are calling for an uber car often black sedans that can be summoned by a smart phone app many say it's more efficient. uber drivers are part of the reason. he gave up being a limo driver to work himself as an uber driver to meet the increased demand. >> everybody is talking about uber in new york. passengers, they say to me they love uber. uber changed the city. >> but don't write the obituary for the yellow taxi yet. lines can be long to flag a cab and there are over 400,000 taxi rides a day in new york ci

lucia newman, al jazeera. argentina. >>> the rift it's causing from capitol hill to the white house. is. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. here are the top stories we're following at this hour. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is visiting the u.s. this week. he plans to talk to congress this tuesday about his concerns over iran's nuclear programs and tomorrow he will attend apeck the annual gathering of a proisraeli group. >>> reportedly shows opposition leader boris nemtsov's final movements. he was shot to death friday night. tens of thousands marched through moscow in his support. >>> didn't train her to deal with an ebola patient nina pham's privacy was violated and she was used as a pr pawn. >>> benjamin netanyahu is due to address a joint session of congress on tuesday. this past week secretary of state john kerry criticized what he called netanyahu's you judgment on iran's nuclear talks. mike viqueria has more from washington. >> with benjamin netanyahu's speech to congress days away, more

lucia newman, al jazeera. >>> la tuta, heading the knights templar, his arrest has revived hopes that life will return to normal. >> reporter: not just for producers but also the knights templar cartel, offered businesses the simple choice, pay up or face death. but no more. >> the extortion was simple, you had to pay up or else face the cartel. that force the gone. >> federal forces flooded the state. >> translator: today we find in michoacan which is reactivating its economy. a place for investment once again. >> reporter: tell that to jeweler ricardo his brother was stabbed to death on the sidewalk three days ago. >> translator: honestly, the interior ministry is lying because the crime hasn't gone down. every day we have assaults, robberies, the police just ride around, that's all they do. >> reporter: federal forces and citizen vigilante groups have seriously numbered the cartel, people we talk to say they no longer are extorted but criminals freely roam the streets. 300 have been killed between december and january of this year. offering a way out for people who still earn their

let's talk about it with latin american editor live in buenos aires, lucia newman. >> what is she likely to say given this is her last address and won't affect her re-election this time. >> hello. this is president cristina fernandez de kirchner's last chance to address the nation as president, a speech that is this important. she knows that her legacy is at stake. remember the president was elected with a higher percentage of votes than any time yet her popularity plummeted amid soaring inflation, rising crime, corruption and a style that was confrontational. she is likely to lose the opportunity to underscore her government achievement in human rights and social spending and expected to sound victorious following thursday's decision on a judge to dismiss charges against her. she had been accused by a prosecutor of conspiring to cover up the 1994 bombing of a jewish center here in buenos aires. trying to cover up iran's alleged involvement in that bombing. she is very much relieved that the charges were dismissed and right now we are standing in front of the congress where, as you can s

lucia newman al jazeera, santiago. >> reporter: france's highest paid futballer apologizes for sayingoesn't deserve another player. ♪ ♪ south koreans taking part in a nationwide civil defense drill and coincides with exercises and rob mcbride say not many people are showing much interest. >> reporter: when the sirens blair everyone knows the drill and that seems to be the problem. they know it so well relatively few people respond. around seoul city hall civil defense teams go through emergency responses, turning the subway into a shelter. in the nearby district people start to listen to the civil defense marshals then leave the shelter for the shops. but they are not stopping and they keep coming. two years ago when north/south tensions reached fever pitch the atmosphere was different, even south koreans who have come to live with the ongoing threat of war seems concerned and today the mood is verging on apathatic. on the inter-dorrborder of north and south korea it has been quiet and this village is well within the artillery range but people had to be reminded a drill was taking pla

lucia newman explains. >> reporter: earthquakes volcano runningses, forest fires and now this.natural disaster prone country is battling unmanageable floods in the world's dry earth desert in the northern city in the desert region, core remember shall lane has turned the streets in to rivers. the river which 24 hours ago carried almost no water overran its banks. hospitals are partially under water. further north evacuations of thirst thousand people have been ordered. the president has gone to the areas to oversee efforts while areas are struggling to hold back the water here in souther you weresouthernchile the worst drought in 50 years is devastating the region. prompting authorities to declare an agricultural state of emergency. food for thought for those who don't believe in climate change. back in the desert the freak floods have prompted major copper mines redukes operation to his a minimum as a precaution given the weather authorities fear the worst is not over. the rain that these dry regions used to pray for now turning in to a curse. lucia newman, al jazerra chile. >

nobody quite knows when it will erupt again here is our latin american editor lucia newman, who is pretty close. >> we're told one of the most dangerous things is not the lava, the red-hot lava that we saw spewing out of here ten days ago. but rather if such, if it were to happen again the glacier and know at the top of the volcano could melt very rapidly unleashing tons of water and it would bring with it rocks and bolders in its path. this is extremely dangerous for the 85,000 people living around this volcano. the last major eruption was 44 years ago. people seem incredulous saying that it's been so long. nothing is going to happen. it's not so dangerous. something that seismologists something that is not true. but in fact, all around here people are building homes. as i speak they seem to believe that anything will happen to them. >> utah has become the only u.s. state to authorize firing squads to carry out the death penalty. it was a law signed after concerns following the effectiveness of all the concerns about the effectiveness of lethal injections. now firing squad can only be us

our latin american editor lucia newman has more. >> here in the buenos aires city airport flights havebeen canceled until this 24-hour general strike ends. unlike the last general strike in november, this one has the support and was, in fact, organized by the country's powerful transportation unions. that means that argentina is effectively paralyzed. no planes, no trains, no buses. unions also block the highway access to the capital. they are demanding that the government increase the non-taxable salary limit. but that is not all. >> this is against an economic reality in which workers' buying power is reduced every day because of high inflation. half of the workers make less than half of what they need to maintain a household says this union leader. >> this is the fourth national strike in as many years and clearly the same is put the social agenda back on center stage. although the death of prosecutor alberto nisman has dominated headlines, they have been fighting corruption, crime and double digit inflation. argentina's trade unions are among the world's most powerful, as they've s

as lucia newman reports from buenos aires, all was going well in her speech until she was heckled. >> reporter: as she prepared to address congress for the last time, not a visible hint of the stress that cristina fernandez de kirchner and her government have been under, since the mysterious death of a prosecutor who accused her of covering up iran's alleged involvement in the bombing of a jewish community center. hours into her speech cristina fernandez de kirchner lost her composure when the opposition held up signs alluding to the bombing much. >> translation: i have always talked about it and asked for justice. i have accused the intelligence service of trying to cover it up. i don't need anyone to come here and talk to me about it. >> reporter: in response to last month's massive march honouring the dead prosecutor hundreds of thousands of government activists surrounded congress to show support for their president, accused of undue interference in the justice system. activists from pro-government trade unions political parties, grassroots political organizations were bought by b

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lucia newman met them in santiago santiago. >> reporter: one in ten people cannot access a single glassr at home. millions live too far away from rivers and lakes, or have seen their water sources contaminated or simply disappear during prolonged drought. but what if they could access clean water any time anywhere out of thin air? that's the promise of fresh water. a machine that does just that. by extracting moisture from the air. >> reporter: what this machine does is form a small cloud inside that generates water. the air passes through here if you touch it it's cold. the water is produced through condensation. i'll show you. put your hand here. >> reporter: it's a raining on my hand. >> reporter: this is the brain child of this chilean engineer. they put together the prototype in this innovation center called social lab, where each startup aims to fulfill a social immediate. >> translator: we want everyone to have a well in their home and not depend on water currents or if it rains. water is for everyone. >> translator: if there's no electricity you plug the machine into a solar pan

lucia newman is in chile investigating a machine that creates clean drinking water. >> reporter: waterl for life yet one in ten people cannot access a single glass at home. millions live too far away from rivers and lakes. or have seen their water sources contaminated or simply disappear during prolonged drought. but what if they could access clean water, any time anywhere out of thin air? that's the promise of fresh water. a machine that does just that. by exacting moisture from the air just like a cloud. >> translator: what this machine does is form a small cloud inside that generates water. the air passes through here and we cool it. if you touch it. it's cold. the water is produced through condensation i'll show you. put your hand here. >> reporter: fresh water is the brain child of this chiliian naval engineer an industrial designer and a forestry engineer put together the prototype in this center called social lab, where each startup aims to fulfill a social need. >> translator: we want everyone to have a well in their home and not depend on water currents or if it rains. people

. >> that's lucia newman doing a great job there in among the crowds. thank you. >> during a rally in caracas president maduro said anyone planning to oh visit the country will need visas. >> the reform party is widely expect to retain party and form another pronate toe coalition. around quarter of estonia's population is russian speaking. political analysts warned moscow could use the ukraine example and foment in stability in the country. volunteers have delivered much-needed humanitarian aid to a town in eastern ukraine, not far from the front line. 90% of the residents fled the fighting. those who remain are too old or too poor to leave. >> one of afghanistan's most notorious convicted kidnappers has been executed. this is the first time the death sentence has been carried out since ashraf ghani became president. the president's focus will be western afghanistan from where nicole johnston sent this report. >> it's a quiet trip around the block. he is with his boys, and an armed body guard. this is how well-off families get around these days. three y

lucia newman latin american reporter reports. >> reporter: results confirmed what everyone in argentina suspected, that prosecutor alberta nisman did not die by his own hand. >> i want to let you know na alberta nisman did not have an accident. he did not exit suicide. he was killed and his death was an asags nation that deserves answers and on the part of the institutions of the republic. >> alberta nisman was found dead in his apartment from a gunshot wound to his head. suicide was not ruled out. alberta nisman died the night before he was to deliver a report to congress alleging kirsch and her foreign minister had conspired to cover up the involvement in the 1994 bombing of a jewish culture center. alberta nisman's former wife said the results indicated that the prosecutor did not die significantly and may have suffered. his death casts doubts on the president who denied involvement. and suggests alberta nisman was murdered by rogue members of argentine's intelligence that wanted to implicate her. conspiracy theories abounded. while there seems to be little doubt, there is still no h

lucia newman reports from the foot of the volcano. >> it looks picture-perfect but then looks can beeceiving. the volcano in southern chile is one of the world's most unstable and right now dangerously so. earlier this month it began supplying lava and rocks at 3:00 in the morning. this family lived on the foothills and were awakened by the roar. >> i could see fire outside everywhere. i thought it was my yard in flames. when i looked out, it was coming out of the volcano. >> 85,000 people live in and around the city and volcano. >> i live from the volcano. these walls are made of volcanic rocks, so i'm not afraid. >> the risk is real. >> the biggest danger is an earth slide. the lava can melt the glacier and snow releasing huge amounts of water. think of it as a kind of tsunami that moves downhill, dragging with it bolders rocks trees everything in its path, at 100 kilometers an hour. >> at this elementary school, the so-called red zone, both teachers and children are living on the edge. an orange level alert is still in effect and they know they have little time to reach safety sho

lucia newman, al jazeera chile. >> there's a lot at stake in tomorrow's elections up next, a closer look at the leading candidates. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm randall pinkston. >> and i'm imran garza. a look at nigeria's crucial presidential elections. and how boosting the economy.of of a tiny island chain. >>> coalition has been bombing houthi rebels for three days but it doesn't appear to be slowing down the group. rebels appear to be advancing in southern and eastern yemen. >>> senate minority leader harry reid has announced his retirement. the democrat has said he would not run for reelection in 2016. >>> complete vindication for amanda knox and her ex boyfriend. italy's supreme court overturned their convictions. knox and rafaellele solechito. >> nigeria's election tomorrow. >> one of the closest races since the country returned to civilian rule in 1999. the winner controls africa's largest economy with a $590 billion gdp. and largest oil production at 2.5 million barrels a day. security is a major issue pushing the vote from february to march. >> in part of nigeria

they're testing the pope's perceived commitment to stamp out sex abuse in chile and beyond lucia newman chile. >> let's go back to david in london. he's got more news from europe. >> you list, thank you very much. the german courts jailed three people for allowing and supporting a group affiliated isil the islamic state in iraq and the levant. they would say that for four and a half years for spending several weeks at a training camp in syria in 2013. the other two defendants were arrested the same year trying to take supplies into syria. a senior russian official say 1500 men and women were russia's north can can you kay cuss were fighting isil. >> there are those who are making the most for the taste of the fish far from the shores of the faroe island. >> when russia banned certain imports from the european union in response to sanctions over ukraine, the salmon farming faroe islands stepped into the breach. this tiny nation in the north atlanta found itself on the near monopoly of salmon sales to russia. unlike those in europe, and with no apologies. >> we're not part of the e.u. we'

lucia newman, al jazeera santiago. >> facebook has notified users that it has updated standards on post and content. anyfacebook will remove content that considered bully criminal activity or self-injury, and users have been warned about graphic violence. nudity must only be used for forational humorous, satirical purposes. let's go to technology writer kate bevins. how much of difference is this to make? >> absolutely none whatsoever. facebook has clarified them because they have been concerned protecting users and making it clear what the boundaries are. >> it's still going to be effectively up to people who use it to report the abuses, right? >> you can't possibly place that on users. you rely on users reporting. >> i mean, do you think this is just a publicity exercise. we're clarifying this and making making it all better. >> i think there is a fair bit of that. it's a useful thing to do because it does draw focus again. this is how we want you because facebook is a private space. actually, i don't want you smoking in my house. it's my house house rules. >> you said it could be dif

lucia newman reports. >> here at the buenos aires airport, many domestic and international flights havebeen can he willed. unlike the general strike that was called in another this one has the support and, in fact, was organized by the country's all powerful transportation unions. that means that argentina is effectively paralyzed. no planes, no trains, no buses. unions also block the highway access to the capitol. they are demanding that the government increase the non-taxable salary limit but that is not all. >> this is against an economic reality in which workers buying power is reduced every day because of our high inplacing. more than of a of the workers make less than half of what they need to maintain a household says this union leader. this is the fourth national strike in as many years and the aim is to put the social agenda back on center stage. even though the suspicious death of prosecutor alberto nisman has distracted many, they deal with corruption crime double digit inflations. argentina's trade unions are among the world's most powerful as they've shown in the past, capa

lucia newman al jazeera, santiago. >>> facebook unveils new guidelines for what it considered unacceptableior, and apparently the mystery of the himalayan yetty is not much of a mystery at all. scientists have a new theory. festival has been a breeding ground for some of the biggest tech innovations in the world. we'll take you there, giving you a glimpse into the future. >> "the stream". tomorrow, 1:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> facebook today issued new rules for its nearly 1.5 billion users. the social media website's new guidelines deal with hate speech and other unacceptable behavior. jonathan betz is here with more. >> facebook has long prided it's a with being open and encouraging conversations, but that has also sparked controversy, so now there are changes to what its users can post. it's where the world shares but facebook admits some are sharing too much. the text giant announced sweeping new rules to clearly outline what is allowed and what is not. facebook has long banned groups like isil. they write: further back in time -- >> reporter: this comes after months o

lucia newman. >>> ukrainian police have arrested two government officials on corruption charges.of the emergency services ministry, and his deputy were lead away in handcuffs during a televised meeting. >> translator: the government gave firm and clear orders for a real fight with corruption in this country, and a country which is at war, in a country which spends billions on the army and defense, where people are helping our armed forces and our state to survive in this horrible war with russia. >>> time for the sport, andy is here. thank you, darren. olympic organizers in brazil insist they will be ready for the olympics. while progress has been made at many venues, some troubled waters still lie ahead. >> reporter: this is the bay is rio de janeiro idyllic from above, but the surface tells a different story. in 500 days it will be hosting olympic sailing events. >> translator: we expect and trust that we will have the bay and itself waters ready to host athletes from the entire world, and these waters will be equal for everybody. >> reporter: at this market shopping center in

lucia newman is close to the volcano in villarrica. >> we're told that one of the most dangerous thingsot the lava that we saw spewing out of here ten days ago but rather if such should happen again the danger that the glacier and the snow at the very top of the volcano could melt very, very rapidly, unleashing tons of water that would bring with it rocks, boulders, everything in its path. this is at 100 kilometers per hour and this is extremely dangerous for the 85,000 people living around this volcano. the last major eruption was 44 years ago so people seemed to be incrediblous. saying that it's not going to happen. in fact, all around here people are building homes at this very moment as i speak. they just don't seem to believe that anything will happen to them. >> every year 9 million peopl to call consumption despite there being a vaccine for it. it is second only to hiv/aids as the greatest killer in the world. every year 1.5 million people die because they have tb. and it's something that could be cure: although there are a growing number of drug-resistant cases in 2013. 480,000

lucia newman al jazeera, santiago. >> we'll have much more on the issue of water in the coming days on on thursday we'll show you where for many getting water can involve a long trek. we'll take a look at that on thursday. and also ahead. >> real madrid. >> reporter: real madrid are handed a tough draw in the champions league. all of the details coming up after the break. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back. the producers of the new bond movie, have denied that they gave mexico's government a license to kill part of their script. emails are said to show changes were made in return for tax incentives worth millions. adam raney has the story. >> reporter: mexico city the scene where james bond will hunt down an inspector. according to reports on the hacked emails there was a price for producers to get millions of dollars in tax cuts they so desperately needed to control costs. make mexico look good with beautiful shots, cast a mexican bond girl and make sure the villain and his target are not mexican. the producer denied such changes were made at the behest of mexican officials, but said they relied on

lucia newman, al jazeera. >> environment lists in brazil say that a river has been pa lieutenanted so badly that it is a violation of human rights. the river flows into a bay which will be the venue for olympic events in 2016. activists say that the bay is filled with sewage, and they blame the government for concentrating on clearing up only tourist beaches. the city has been hit by gang violence that has left hundreds dead. reports from there. >> >> former par military groups have lon terrorizes this city, fighting to control territory in the population. so a year ago the government announced special measures doubling the number of police, and investigators. they also sent in the army. a year later these areas are still gripped by fear or collusion. many fled leaving their homes up for sale, those worker remain stay silent. some people say there are mass graves but we haven't seen anything. >> no, no, we don't know anything about that. >> nobody in this neighborhood feels safe enough to talk to us truthfully on camera, and that's because despite the government measures gang control