al jazeera, northern iraq. >> north korea has accused an u.s. war veteran of crimes. he has now apologized for hostile acts during the korean war. >> this video claims to show 85 years merrill newman reading an allegealleged apology. >> there is misleading information and pro propaganda. >> reporter: the video and statement cannot be independen independently verified. it aired on the north korea news agency and accused newman of he espionage and subversive activities and involved in the killing of military personnel and civilians. newman served in the korean war. the veteran and grandfather was visiting north korea as a tourist when authorities detained him in october 26th. his family has not heard from him since. newman's son said his father wanted to return to the country where he fought for three years. he says all of the other tourists in his dad's group were allowed to fly home. >> they checked out of the hotel, gone to the airport, boarded the plane, and we understand they were five minutes from taking off when a korean official came on board, asked to see his p

al jazeera northern iraq. >> and the situation is just as dire in refugee camps in lebanon. we have reports from camps there. >> reporter: we're at a tented settlement in lebanon. they dot the landscape along the border with syria. people here live in miserable conditions, they may be safe. they no longer have to face the violence in syria, but they're all warning of the danger to come, and that is the cold. in this region temperatures drop to below zero. you can see people have barely anything. the grouped is all mud and these plastic sheetings do not provide any shelter when rain starts. just look around just a few weeks ago there was rain and the whole area was flooded. so people here are worried. they're calling on the international community to help them. but the international community can only do so much. and the lebanese government can only do so much. they have to deal with their own economic problems. this is how people live sometimes four to five families just in one tent. people are talking about their children suffering from respiratory problems, pneumonia, and

when i was in kurdish, northern iraq, in 2007, the relations between turkey and northern iraq were abysmal. turkey was shelling the place and they were seeking for military invasion. back in 2009 we did a story on al jazeera on how it was impossible for members of the turkish government to even use the word kurdistan in public discourse. now we have an official state visit with all the appropriate honors. the turkish prime ministerrer de waprime minister, andthere is in joint business reprisal between the two countries. >> that may be, but we know barzani is the leader of iraqi kurds. how much influence would he ha have? >> the peace process has been hiccupping along, it's been stalled for months now and many kurds in turkey are not happy. they want to see more movement, and more solid changes in turkish law from the government. they're worried that this visit is for publicity purposes. it's here to play to a turkish audience, and also a susceptible kurdish audience to make it looking like that the prime minister is doing for kurds than he really is. on the other hand, they say there is no

first a report from a northern iraq camp. >> it's early morning.he women in this refugee camp prepare food. they have been cooking outdoors since the summer. that will have to end. winter has some, and with it plunging temperatures and rain. this woman wonders what she'll do when it's too cold to cook outside. >> i make an effort to cook every friday. with the rain we won't be able to do this. this small treat will be taken away from us. >> preparations to get the camp ready for winter are well under way. drainage systems are being put in place to make sure the camp doesn't floods. this man from the unrefugee agency says things are on track, but there's a long way to go. >> there'll be challenges, like any other program. but we are going to support the international community for the winter. >> there's a huge difference between a camp being ready for winter and the reality of having to actually live there. dispute harsh winter conditions, children find a way to smile and have fun. >> these children take advantage of the relatively mild weather befo

this has tried to leave the country and then they commonly from the border into refugee camp in northern iraq but the situation that is not good either. there have been lots of reports in the last week or so of lots of new cases of polio in syria did what can you say about that. whether it can indeed be the end complete set of health infrastructure of series breaking dawn we know that more than hostile phone hospital site either damaged or destroyed so people don't have access and clearly on coverage of health care including vaccination is lacking. and so fall we were able as nominees easy to vaccinate eighty thousand children against measles and polio but sadly that is not enough. are you getting the impression though that there's a dvd on the opposition or the assad regime. al qaeda other terrorists or their forces they are trying to prevent these vaccinations from taking place. more intent on you can say amen to the country's normal practice people have to stop on the road hawks nest on those bonuses of movement inside syria is extremely difficult and took inventory stepped off the street

hile it was not subject to a 2007 or reality until 008, with the northern iraq crisis. and it didn't succeed. it was followed by the first runs in britain in 140 years. not know for sure the systems that are set up are, in fact, capable of dealing with the tests they may face. we certainly can do is systems.est those nd set up a variety of exercises in which they're examined under circumstances they can think up outside experts can be asked to think up. can be asked to think up. and to ask how would we deal with this crisis? with that e deal crisis? what powers do we have? that we need. what powers do we not have that we need? we will have to tress test the regulatory systems as well as the financial systems. so that is one concern that in area and in others, the measures we have undertaken, we effective they are until they're actually stress tested by -- by experience. and there is, of course, another which is as has been mfa sized today, crises have many different sources. the enerals prepare for last war. conomists prepare for the last crisis. lost war is the very si

from lebanon to northern iraq our special coverage of the syrian refugee crisis continues with a report from imran khan. it's early morning. the women in the camp prepare food. they have been cooking outdoors since the summer. that will end soon because winter is come, and with it plunging temperatures and heavy rain. um yasir wonders what she'll do when it's too cold to cook outside n >> translation: i make an effort every friday to cook a small treat. with the rain we will not be able to do this much long rer. this small treat will we taken away from us. >> preparations to get the camp ready are under way. drainage systems are being put in place to make sure the camp doesn't flood. yousef mahmoud from the u.n. refugee agencies says things are on track, but there's a long way to go. >> there'll be challenges, but we'll support the international community with the unhcr are ready to support them for the winter. >> there's a huge difference between a camp being ready for winter and the reality of living there. despite the hard winter conditions around the corner, children find a way to s

and first let's go to northern iraq. >> reporter: it's early morning and the women in this refugee camppare food. they've been cooking outdoors since the summer. but that will have to end soon bassinet has come and with it plugging temperatures and heavy rain. >> i make a special effort to cook every friday, a small treat to forget where we are. but with the rains we won't be able to do this much longer. even this small treat will be taken away from us. >> reporter: preparations to get this camp ready for winter are well under way. draining systems are put in place to make sure that the carp doesn'thatcamp doesn't flood. even though things are on track, there is still a long way to go. >> of course there will be challenges like any other program, but we're going support the international community with their agencies that will support us getting the refugin refugeesy for winter. >> reporter: despite the hard winter conditions just around the corner, however, children find a way to smile and have fun 37 these children are taking advantage of the relatively mild weather before the severe

we're in jordan, and first let's go to northern iraq. just tell us about the camp where you are, and how worried are people from the on set of people there? >> reporter: well, this is the first winter that many of these people will have faced. they only moved into this camp a few months ago. and let me show you around now. now i have to say as it got dark the temperature plunged considerably. this camp was busy during the day. look at it now, scarcely an anda soul in sight. and we're not even into the peak temperatures yet. apart from the freezing temperatures will be flooding. this is surrounded by three different holes. you'r--three different hills. there is a dip here and the camps have flooded. they're building these drainage systems but things are taking a while. people here, this is their first winter that they faced. i spent friday to find out what their fears were. >> reporter: it's early morning and women in the refugee camp prepare food. they have been cooking outdoors for the summer but that will end soon because winter is com

become more of an issue if the curds set up a zone in northeast syria and in combination with northern iraq which brings me to a question from our former president of the world affairs council and his question has to do with iran's role in the syrian mess. so if you can address that for a second. >> the syrian iranian relationship was always bizarre because if iran is really all about islam and shism to support the assad family is the an tith sis of everything that the islamic rep republic stands for, this was a mine tarne secular non-religious political order but it gave iran an entremendous into the world which it was valued and very important. it puts the idea that the iranians are wild eyes sel lots is under mind by its relationship with syria. it's my view that by not responding quickly to the deployment of chemical weapons by the assad regime and delaying and taking it to congress and making a deal with russia, basically assad should send the united states a thank you note for buying it another six months or year or two or whatever it is. my view of iran and you would know better than

in northern iraq 50,000 are living in tents with no heat. imran khan visited a camp. >> it's early morning. the women here prepared food. they've been cooking outdoors since the summer. that will have to end. winter has come and with had plunging temperatures and heavy rain. they wonder what they'll do when it's too cold to cook outside. >> i make a special effort to cook every friday. a small treat. with the rain we will not be able to do this. this small treat will be taken away from us. preparations are under way. drainage systems are being put in place to make sure the camp doesn't flood. this man from the u.n. refugee agencies says things are on track, but there's a long way to go. >> there'll be challenges, but we will support the international community. we are ready to support. >> there's a huge difference between a camp being ready for winter and the reality of living there. despite the hard winter conditions around the corner, however, children find a way to style and have fun. these children take advantage of the mild weather befo

what we do know is that she and her classmates were at school in a predominantly shia area in northern iraq a suicide truck bomber exploded outside. the violence never really ended in iraq. much of the recent increase in attacks is blamed on the al qaeda-led group, the islamic state of iraq. the u.s. military used to boast of the success of having broken the terrorist organization's back. but now, nearly two years after the americans fully with drew, al qaeda has undeniably resurrected itself. the country's security forces were never really capable of stabilizing the nation. especially without u.s. support and technology. and let's not forget that this is a nation where violence and politics go hand in hand. the actions of the shia-led government have made it easy for al qaeda and other sunni extremists to capitalize on the growing discontent, spread their influence and increase their attacks. there have also been retaliatory attacks by the shia against the sunnis and in recent months, the death toll has reached levels not seen in years. the u.n. envoy to iraq called it an accelerated surge

we go to a camp in northern ir iraq. >> it's early morning and women in this refugee camp prepare food. they have been cooking outdoors in the summer but that will end soon because with winter comes plunging temperatures and heavy rain. >> i make a special effort to cook every friday a small treat to help get to about we are. but with the rains we won't be able to do this so much longer even the small treat will be taken away from us. >> reporter: preparations to get this camp ready for winter are well under way. drainage systems are being put in place to make sure that the camp doesn't flood. but the u.n. refugee agency said even though things are on track thethere is still a long way to. >> we will support the community for the winter. >> but there is a huge different between a camp being ready for winter and the reality of having to actually live there. disspiedespite the conditions rt around the corner, children find a way to smile and have fun. >> reporter: it almost doesn't matter how well prepared this camp is for winter. the one thing that these children and every resident of t

because if they set up an autonomous zone in northeast syria and of course in combination with northern iraq which brings me to a question from our former president of the world affairs council in his question has to do with iran's roll. >> it's always bizarre because if iran is all about islam and the shia to support the outside family is the antithesis of everything that the islamic republic stands for which is an aggressively minority, secular, nonreligious political order that gave to the era of the world but a value by the value s very brilliant. but if it's that the iranians as completely undermined by its relationship with. and then taking into congress making a deal with russia and basically they should send the united states government a thank you note for biting at another six months or a year or two years or whatever it is. my deal with iran and you would know better than i do, i always felt about the role in this area and the influence in lebanon and a serious or somewhat exaggerated i think that they were striving to be influential that of the lebanese and thus urea and are not

become more of an issue if the kurds set up a zone in northeast syria and in combination with northern iraq which brings me to a question from our former president of the world affairs council, and his question has to do with iran's role in the syrian mess. so if you can address that for a second. >> the syrian-iranian relationship was always bizarre because if iran is really all about islam and shism to support the assad family is the an tith sis of everything that he i slamic republic stands for, this was a secular non-religious political order but it gave iran an entremendous into the world which it was valued and very important. it puts the idea that the anians are wild eyed zealots is undermined by its relationship with syria. it's my view that by not responding quickly to the deployment of chemical weapons by the assad regime and delaying, delaying, delaying, taking it to congress and making a deal with russia, basically assad should send the united states a thank you note for buying it another six months or year or two or whatever it is. my view of iran and you would know better than

iraq. more rain is expected in the northern provinces of oman in the coming hours. this much rain that is not been seen in the region for 30 years. let's get more on that and go to everton. >> i think we'll see the worst of the weather making its way east over the next couple of days. brighter skies coming in behind us. baghdad saw 89mm of rain in 24 hours. here is the latest band of cloud and rain. making its way further east. 98mm of rain in 48 hours. it is gradually making its way further eastwards. it stays wet towards the kaz pian sea. we'll see it pushing to the eastern side. sunshine already in place for baghdad. we have a little wet weather making its way towards central parts of turkey and, indeed, into syria. it will fizzle out. brighter skies across here, and by saturday generally fine and dry. we have been affected by the heavy rain. i am sure you noticed it with the thunder storms rum blipping away. 18mm of rain in 24 hours. many of the roads around qatar have been flooded as a result of that. the wetter weather will make its way across the uae pushing

. >>> in iraq, a series of the bombings and the shootings in baghdad have left five people dead. police there say that the bomb exploded near the outdoor market in the northerntrict. killing two people, wounding seven others. a second bomb left one person and a tv camera man. >>> a denver woman got a big scare last night when not one, but two cars came crashing into her apartment. and it might have been the scare of her life, but mary jane says that it is actually the third time her apartment has been damaged by cars, crashing through her walls. and they saw the commotion around 3:00 this morning. >> and i was in bed asleep. i just heard a loud crash. and it woke me and i came into my living room. all my furniture got shoved into the other room. the noise was so loud. i was very afraid. >> she is afraid to live in her apartment now and hopes that she could move to another unit, upstairs. coming up tonight on wusa9, new efforts to help those serving the country miss their d biless >>> and will the fridged weather stick around for the holiday travel this week? erica has the full and our networks are getting crowded. but if congress, the fcc, and the administra

iraq. i was stationed at fort hood, texas. and, yeah. first deployment baghdad and second was kirkuk, the northern province. >> and after two years since retiringrom the army, she is still finding it difficult to get work. >> well, without exaggerating i think i have filled out about 35 job applications. sent them out and haven't got any calls for any interviews. i have gone to the veterans affairs office and they told me that right now the hiring freeze, you know, there is not much they could do. so they told me flat out, you know, it's just really hard. >> how long have you been looking? >> since a year now. unfortunately joanna isn't alone. after serving in the military for 13 years, jerry joined national guard because he was finding it hard to get by. he says it's just tough out there right now. >> my experience was it was just kind of hard to make it in montgomery county without -- you know, it's just expensive to live there and with the national guard it subsidizing a little bit of my income so that i can make it from month to month. so you got out in 2000. i radio tired. you got into national guard. how hard is the job market out there r

iraq. they are fighting each other in some places in northern syria, and also in the northeastern city of raka. just to make the battlefield more complicated, there are tactical alliances between the free syrian army and the misra against the islamic state. and he gets more complicated because your kurdish militias fighting alongside arab secular glitches. it becomes quite hodgepodge. in the last month, we have started to see some efforts by non--al qaeda groups to reunite and re-centralize. i don't know where it is going, but it was there two months ago. in fact, in my next trip out to the region, that is a question i will be looking at in some detail. >> it is his desire on behalf of a lot of evil on this committee to have -- it is the desire on behalf of a lot of people on this committee to weigh in to help the non-a stream if -- non- extremist elements when the opposition. how does the extremist wing of the opposition either help or hinder our efforts or other's efforts to win the battle within the opposition for who sits at the negotiating table ultimately? >> in my last trip out to the r

iraq. they are fighting each other in some places in northern syria and also in the northeastern city. in some places, just to make the battlefield even more complic e complicated, there are tactical alliances between elements of the free syrian army and the nusra front against the islamic state. in some places, then, senator, it becomes even more complicated because you have kurdish militias fightsing along other secular militias and it becomes a hodgepodge. i would point out one thing if i may, senator. just in the last month we've started to see some efforts by non-al qaeda groups to begin to try to reunite, recentralize. i don't know where that's going to go, exactly, but it wasn't there two months ago. i find it as a phenomena interesting. in fact, my next trip out to the eej, that's a question i'll be looking at in some detail. >> there's a desire on behalf of a lot of people on this committee to have america weigh in with greater force to try to allow the nonextremist elements to essentially win the fight within the opposition. how does the fracturing of the extremist wing of th

. >> stars and stripes represent not just the casualties lost in the wars in iraq and afghanistan they also northernof the fallen. >> your sacrifice is honored and giving of your family, your flesh and blood has given their lives to this country and we honor that. >> filled with hope when i look at field of flags because i see a generation of idealistic young americans and i see that they've gone to defend us, in a sense they are fighting for you whether they think of it that way or not. but muslim extremism is a great evil in our time. >> service members say the new wounded way display is drawing attention not just to the physical wounds but the invisible wounds. >> i know a lot of service members are afraid to open up about ptsd. certain service members are -- they are afraid to burden their loved ones. >> we're part of this society. we appreciate and love the ideals and institutions of america. and we're letting our veterans know that by our tribute on the lawn. >> so moved by this tribute last year that it came back and met with them again. this is the second year that the church has done it. yo

iraq. they are fighting each other in some places in northern syria and also in the northeastern city. some places, just to make the battlefield even more complic e complicated, there are tactical alliances between elements of the free syrian army and the nusra front against the islamic state. in some places, then, senator, it becomes even more complicated because you have kurdish militias fightsing along other secular militias and it becomes a hodgepodge. i would point out one thing if i may, senator. just in the last month we've started to see some efforts by non-al qaeda groups to begin to try to reunite, recentralize. i don't know where that's going to go, exactly, but it wasn't there two months ago. i find it as a phenomena interesting. in fact, my next trip out to the eej, that's a question i'll be looking at in some detail. >> there's a desire on behalf of a lot of people on this committee to have america weigh in with greater force to try to allow the nonextremist elements to essentially win the fight within the opposition. how does the fracturing of the extremist wing of the o

iraq this month alone. in egypt, 11 off-duty soldiers were killed in a suicide car bomb attack in northern sinai. 37 others were wounded. the attacker rammed his vehicle into a convoy of buses as they traveled between rafah and el- arish. the blast scattered mangled wreckage across the desert. it was one of the deadliest attacks since president mohammed morsi was ousted in july. the u.s. and afghanistan have reached an agreement governing american troops and contractors who stay past 2014, when the official nato combat mission ends. it sets out troop numbers and conditions under which they'll operate. secretary of state john kerry confirmed today that a deal was reached, but he gave no details. he also denied reports that the u.s. will apologize for civilian deaths. >> let me be clear. president karzai didn't ask for an apology, there was no discussion of an apology. there will be... there is no... i mean, it's just not even on the table. we have agreed to language to be submitted to a loya jirga and they have to pass it. >> ifill: the loya jirga, or gathering of afghan elders, opens tomorrow in kabul. jos

led the un peacekeeping troops in iraq somalia are me and said we've had violence recently both into doll and in the surrounding region in in other elsewhere northern mali also into about two. we had to identify week of clashes and we had ethan explosions sometimes you don't know who to attribute it all to up but it does underscore the fact it's a very tense region it's very much indeed it was one of my stash but that's that. another well views of politicians across the political spectrum and focused on the policing the consent of the future of peace talks with the time about icons of twenty four hours off to tell about it in front of the anita park in the mess that has been killed in a us drone strike. just five months the idea that i was number two in the country was also killed in separate turn attack. the focus on the government had paid attention to negotiate a peace deal with the medicine group in the country's interior minister says the us has not jeopardize those efforts over action from washington we can speak not of course publish attic is that the present ill people in washington which unlike with the news off the death of packing the me