the clergy in south africa or in africa and in south sudan, you don't receive anything. it's all volunteer. what are you doing here inn iowa and what brings you to -- what has brought you to our state? i know by the time we air, this you'll be back home, but what did you come to iowa for? >> bishop peni: first and foremost, i want to thank you for welcoming me here. >> ron: our privilege, thank you. >> bishop peni: as you vel know, i articulate very well. i am from south sudan, which is the newest mission in the world, which is a mission that has gone many o o us have been grown in war, but three year ago, we got independence. when we got our independence, we didn't even know that only in two years, we were going to go into another war, so that became very difficult for us. but in myy life, i've been born there, i've grown there. i have the privilege, many people not have, to visit other countries, to study abroad, but being south sudanese, i have gone back always. i've never chosen to be a refugee. i want to be in my own country, i want to transform my own country, and

over 90% of south sudan's farmland is said to be fertile. >> but most of the food consumed in south sudan is imported at high cost, leaving the population at the mercy of exchange rate fluctuations. around 35% of the population are severely food insecure and many rely on food aid. even here, in the state of central equatoria, one of the most fertile patches of land in south sudan, farmers lack sufficient machinery and labour. it means they cannot produce enough food for the local population and growing influx of people fleeing conflict areas. >> the major problem is that we have no access to tractors. we have enough land, and we could hire a tractor, we could easily expand. >> the yei agricultural training center, a norwegian-funded local ngo, is trying to increase agricultural productivity by teaching farmers new techniques. for the centre's principal, coffee farming is an unnecessary distraction. >> the priority of the private sector is to fulfill the needs of the local market. that means that the next step is to go for cash crops to be imported to the outside countries or international

this prompted a debate about whether south sudan has a national identity.it is hoped that people will feel better connected through one another through the cultural practices they have in common, which clues these handy crafts. a lot of south sudan ease people grew up outside their their communities. many of them were refugees from war in neighbouring countries. these traditional skills have been lost. what this project is aiming to do is to bring together the older generation with the younger one in the hope that they can pass on these skills and that crafts like these can be revived >>> plenty more news for you online. breaking new video, breaking new and everything else on al jazeera.com >> on august 3rd 2014 us and afghan special operations forces deployed to charkh district about sixty miles south of kabul to clear taliban from the area. there's nothing unusual about this. us special operations forces often accompany afghan soldiers on these sorts of missions.

in camps and meet some thousands displaced by the conflict in south sudan and an international crew fromtain, russia and the u.s. prepare to launch off to the international space station. ♪ the ceasefire in yemen has only been in effect for two hours but already there are reports of violations and houthi rebels have apparently carried out attacks in the north of the province and also in thai, the week-long truce has been arranged to coincide with peace talks between the warring sides in switzerland and we are there with the yemeni political analyst and spoke to us via skype and says the seven-day truce is not enough to deliver the desperately needed aid. >> it's meaningless in addition to the fact the ceasefire is only a temporary hold and does not fix anything on the ground, there is a lot of people suffering from not having food, electricity and drugs, that is the main point of concern on the ground and don't really care much about the ceasefire and it's a temporary hold and no real resolution to the war and need basic necessities like water and food and drugs which even during the cea

15th, 2013, ethnic violence exploited in juba, spread throughout the country, and reporting on south sudanmisleading i believe over the past two years. creating an spla in opposition. sudan people's liberation army, rebels. there's never been a uniformed opposition. and we see this now as fighting spreads from south sudan from jonglai unity states and upper nile states to other states, western equ equatorial africa. why the peace has been so difficult to secure riek machar is not regarded as the real leader. >> we call this segment off the radar. i'm curious why you think the crisis there has been overlooked for so long so much bloodshed? >> in fact i would say south sudan has gotten more attention than darfur or the nuba mountains. in the case of darfur the answer is simple. the people are black, muslim, poor and they sit over no natural resources. if you ask for a formal eve forr turning a nation into a black box you have little trouble with that. >> thank you for your insight tonight. >>> the u.s. is taking steps to protect african lions now placing them on the endangered species list.

this prompted a debate whether or not south sudan has a national identity. t is hoped people will feel better connected through one another through cultural practices they have in common, which includes these handy crafts. >> a lot of south sudanese people grew up outside their communities, many refugees in neighboring countries. these traditional skills have been lost. this project aims to bring together the older generation with the younger one in the pope they can pass on these skills and that crafts like these can be revived. al jazeera, south sudan. >> kurdish forces in iraq raided an isil base. the kurdish media is questions police in kirkuk who say u.s. commanders were involved in the operation in northern iraq, though the u.s. denied it. several isil fighters have reportedly been killed and others captured. it comes two months after a joint operation freed 70 isil captives. >> hundreds gathered to hear pope francis celebrate mass. the pope underlined the importance of family and made a plea for mercy. it made his message of forgiveness. let us not los

it is about young girls sold to older men and it is happening in plain sight >>> south sudan is stilleeing regular skirmishes despite a peace deal signed in august. civil war broke out after it separated from sudan in 2011. people have been leaving for decades. there are some who are returning home and one former refugee is using an arts project to create community. >> reporter: inside this house she shows off some south sudanese crafts >> this is july rewith beads-- jewellery with beads. this is traditionally a necklace with a bone decorated with fire. that's the patterns there. >> reporter: as 20 years as a refugee abroughted, she came-- abroughted she came back to-- abroad, she came back. >> i had an interest of living back here. i knew a lot is required of all of us. being able to contribute in one way or the other was definitely something that influenced my studies, influenced what i was to do. >> reporter: part of that contribution is an effort to preserve the culture of south sudan. this is run by the patch organization, a trader demonstrates some traditional crafts. >> inside

more they're occupied in games and not war, the better the future looks >>> skirmishs continue in south sudandespite a peace deal signed in august. tens of thousands of people and displaced 20 million from the war. -- two million. >> reporter: inside a house some south sudanese craft is shown off >> this is from an area. this is traditionally a neck late with a bone decorator would fire, the patterns there >> reporter: after 20 years as a refugee abroad she came back to help rebuild the country of her birth >> translation: i always had an interest in living back here. i knew there was a lot that is required. being able to contribute in one way or the other was definitely something that influenced my studies, influenceed what i wanted to do. >> reporter: part of that contribution is an effort to preserve the culture of south sudan. at this craft market run by the patch organization, a trader demonstrates trashily craft. -- traditional craft. >> translation: you do it like this. you use it for the smoking >> reporter: at this women's cooperative, people from all parts to make beaded jeryl re. t

another thing was people retreated to their regions because they have three main regions in south sudan. and then thethird, which is very sad, is, you know, m my denominations, christian denominations belong to different regions, and therefore belong to different tribes. and because of this, the conflict, everyone, even church they could not speak with one voice. this made it even very difficult. and for us, you know, for me and as a chair for justice, peace and conciliation commission within the episcopal church, unity of church leaders, unitit of our leaders, unity of our people is key for success. >> ron: so when you get back home, what will you be d dng right away? we have about one minute here to go, so tell us your next plans to try to help your people back home and bring about an end to the violence and end to the poverty in your nati, in your region. >> bishop peni: when i go home now, what we got to do is we want to roll out a program which we have come up with in theext three yeararto go to the churches, call the community the county level, so that we can train them on peace-b

china was very early to get involved in south sudan. t one point a controlled 40% of sudan's national petroleum organization. and that candidates present in the east of africa is largely military. china has been larger economic. you point out to me earlier tonight that china actually has troops deployed which i didn't know. spin well -- >> by china's 59 or 1200 -- >> i think 1200. >> blue helmet corps get under under the u.n. in sudan, which i've never heard of chinese troops being deployed that way. maybe you could walk people through because it's something that receives almost no attention in this country. what's going on in east africa and sudan specifically between the u.s., china and other world powers? >> clearly what's happened since nine 9/11 is that america has been on one level focused elsewhere. they have been invading iraq and afghanistan to bring freedom everywhere they go. so china was able to speak you must not have gotten the memo. we pitted the wars spent you are right. and they were really good. more, please. i think wh

this prompted a debate whether or not south sudan has a national identity. ittle hope people will feel better connected through one another through cultural practices they have in common, which includes these handy crafts. >> a lot of south sudanese people grew up outside their communities, many refugees in neighboring countries. these traditional skills have been lost. this project aims to bring together the older generation with the younger one in the pope they can pass on these skills and that crafts like these can be revived. al jazeera, south sudan. >>> lots more for you on our website, aljazeera.com, including the latest as it happens out of ramadi. london is next, we are back at the usually times tomorrow. see you then. >>> an al jazeera investigation finds a link between banned substance businessed a big names in america's favorite sports. >>> the iraqi military claims to ever retaken a key compound from isil. >>> tornadoes ripped through the u.s.a. through the accident. >>> south sudan is using traditional craft work to bring communities together aft

reporter: the situation in south sudan is dire. a seemingly endless civil war and the threat of famine. the world's youngest country faces a difficult future. sarah: while some people starve, it is hard to watch others wasting so much. you have some interesting numbers. >> surveys found germans throw away 18 million tons of perfectly good food. not just between christmas and new year when most of us tend to buy more than we need, but throughout the year. and every year. that is a huge waste and a lot of money down the drain. what do you do with the products past the use by date? a new app aims to help consumers make the right choices. reporter: the discerning customer of today demands a wide range of products, and all of them as fresh as possible. but there is a downside. perfectly edible food winds up in the bin simply because of the best before date. a frustration for this supermarket manager. >> it is an indication of when a product is at its best. but still, food is thrown away. on the other side, wholesalers and retailers are

we meet arts and crafting bringing people together in south sudan. south sudan. >> our american story is written everyday. it's not always pretty, but it's real... and we show you like no-one else can. this is our american story. this is america tonight. >>> top stories now on al jazeera. iraqi kurdish forces have raided an i.s.i.l. base. u.s. commandos were involved in this investigation, but the u.s. has denied this. more than 160,000 people have been forced to leave their homes by some of the worst flooding in south america in decades. a state of emergency has been declared in paraguay. the relatives of 43 missing mexican students have been protesting in the streets of the capital. they're trying to keep the pressure on the government to tell them what happened to their loved ones. police in the u.s. city of chicago say they accidentally shot and killed a 55-year-old black woman. she was among two people killed on saturday after police responded to a domestic disturbance call. there were protests in that city over the past few days where anti poli

going into camps we meet some of the thousands displaced by the conflict in south sudan. >>> i'll bee with the day's sport including they continue their unlikely run on top of the english league and jose faces more questions about his own future. ♪ hello again we begin in yemen where a ceasefire is an hour old and the week long truce is coinciding with peace talks between the warring sides in switzerland and halts eight months of the saudi-led military alliance and houthi rebels and coalition fighting the rebels since the yemen government was forced into exile in march and we have a yemen political analyst and is live via skype from sanaa and the ceasefire is in place, are you aware of it? what are you hearing? >> yes, i'm aware of it and unfortunately it's not holding and there are clashes and grand fighting as well so basically this is why it has not helped. >> and we have been here before haven't we and it didn't work that time either. what do you think should be done differently this time? >> unfortunately even last time we warned that as long as there is no buy in from the force

. >> reporter: it has been two years since this conflict began in south sudan.eople like rebecca to flee and seek refuge. in different war-torn areas of south sudan, thousands of is ill civilians are in camps like these. >> the challenges that we are facing number one, is this camp was design today hold say mauler population than what it has right now. we are having to deal with a lot of most patients than our facilities were envisioned to support. that is a strain over surprise, in terms of staffing, in terms of space that we use for con are constructing our facilities. >> reporter: many families live in small space with his limited access to clean water and not enough food. a peace agreement signed in august of this year most are you remains in paper as fighting continues in many parts of the county. the aid organizations they all agree on one thing, people here need peace and stability to be able to go home and resume their lives. lives that have been put on hold for two years and may be on hold a while longer if the peace agreement signed more than three mon

two years after separating from sudan, south sudan has dekrengd -- descended into conflict.onflict has forced more than a million from their homes and left nearly 4 million without food. >>> with heavy hearts and little hope, this 20-year-old leaves the small clinic in a camp set up here to shelter those displaced by the conflict. she had brought her 6-month-old daughter who was born with severe defects for a doctor's appointment. >> translator: i gave birth to my child in june. it was very tough labor, but this is what god gave me. the doctor said it is only in juba that she can be treated. >> reporter: it has been two years since this conflict began in south sue sdan. forcing people like her to flee and seek refuge. thousands of civilians are living in camps like these, where it falls to aid organizations to keep them supplied with food and adequate services. >> the challenges that they are facing, number 1, is this camp was designed to hold a smaller population than what it has right now. so that we're having to deal with a lot more patients than our facilities were desig

sudan is feeling free. but there's a dark cloud hanging over all of this. in january, the south is due to hold a referendum on independence. it was guaranteed under the peace deal, but the question is, will khartoum honor the agreement? would it really let the south, with all its oil fields, go? or are the people here just months from another war? >> you know, look, there's angelo. >> okay, okay. >> that's angelo. >> the possibility of more fighting worries valentino deng's supporters. the school is just a short drive from the northern border, near what could be the front line. >> khartoum has never allowed anything like this to happen and none of their behavior would predict that they would allow this to happen peacefully. so there's a lot of fear, and a lot of people say, "how can you build a secondary school when there might be war a year from now?" but again, valentino has to always err on the side of hope and--and moving forward. um, so that's the greatest challenge, is that, will this school be used as a barracks a year from now? >> so are you optimistic or--or pessimistic

bases, in different war torn areas of south sudan, thousands of civilians are living in camps like these where it falls with aid organizations to give them food and adequate services. >> the challenges that this group was facing is number 1 this camp was designed to hold a smaller population than what it has now. so that we're having to do with a lot more patienc patients thar facilities were envisioned to support. that puts constraint in terms of supplies, in terms of staffing, in terms of space we use for constructing our facilities. >> reporter: many families live in small spaces with limited access to clean water and not enough food to feed all until the next food distribution. peace agreement signed in august of this year mostly remains on paper. the aid organizations may vary in the role they play and the services they deliver but they all agree on one things,ing people here need peace and stability to be able to go home and resume their lives. lives put on hold for two years and maybe a while longer if the peace agreement signed more than 3 months ago is not put to practice. hiba

boys from the age of 14 or 15 form the majority of child soldiers in south sudan. they are treated the same as adult fighters. a peace agreement signed in august could eventually lead to their release. a spokesman for the president of south sudan said the on going fight has gone held back plans to release child soldiers. >> to hold somebody to account is a pros. it's not an event that can take place overnight. you need to mobilize all the requirements for taking legal procedures against those who have perpetrated, you know, crimes against children. so it is a pros. you cannot do it overnight. last year as an example, before the start of the crisis, the united nations with a minister of defense came together to implementing, going to the fields to identify where the children were recruited in order for those children to be released toll their parents and then bring to account those who have perpetrated that crime. unfortunately, the crisis which has overwhelm would the country from doing its procedures, normal process. >>> colombia's government reached an agreement

crowding into camps we need some of the thousands displaced by the conflict in south sudan. as the force awakens, we look at how the star wars franchise have revolutionised movie merchandising. the u.s. president is stepping up the rhetoric against i.s.i.l. in a new effort to reassure the american public. obama warned i.s.i.l. leaders that they will be hunted down. ash carter is heading to the medal east to consult with a saudi led coalition on combatting i.s.i.l. an alliance was formed to fight i.s.i.l. and other so-called terrorist groups. more on that later. first, from washington dc on his warning on the armed group. >> reporter: u.s. president obama focusing on his secretary. he said he was sending him to the middle east in an attempt to get countries to contribute more to the fight against i.s.i.l. the president is under increasing pressure to do more in a new poll. 60% of the americans want more u.s. troops sent to fight and 54% disprove of how the president is handling the threat of terrorism. that's the worst he has ever done. >> we are going to prevail. >> reporter

the river is kept clean, families here will have to do what they can to protect their health >>> south sudan still saying regular skirmishes despite the peace deal signed in august. -- seeing regular. people have been leaving for decades due to violence and lack of opportunity. there are some, though, who are returning home. one former refugee is using an arts project to create community. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: inside the house she shows off some south sud sudanese crafts. >> this is traditionally a necklace with kind of like a bone decorated with fire. that kind of patterns there. >> reporter: after 20 years as a refugee abroad, she came back to help rebuild the country of her birth. >> being south sudanese i had an interest of living back here. i knew there was a lot of us required to help, and being able to contribute in one way or the other was definitely something that influenced my studies, influenced what i wanted to do >> reporter: part of that contribution is an effort to preserve the culture of south sudan. at this craft market run by the patch organization, a trad

. >> i know you personally have spent months working in south sudan, according to eun 7.we'r , we're talking about more than 16 million babies born into conflict, south sudan, central african republic, these are the countries they are most coming from. if you get a picture, after that video ends, what would happen to that family next? >> they wouldn't get to a hospital, they wouldn't get to a doctor. they wouldn't get to a midwife or even a health worker of any sort. the chance he are that they would give birth, that woman would give birth to that baby right there. and interestingly, given some of the things that i do know, at least she has a partner there to help her. in many countries, many places, that woman wouldn't even had a partner. >> the woman are alone -- >> alone, men either away fighting or they fled somewhere else or she is left alone. she may even have another child there with her. and it is quite common to see that. it is quite common to experience it. >> as we look at the video playing out once again, i'm kind of curious given the current political climate ear in the

what activists have done is printed a media center in south sudan. where they have been using sources on the grounds in venezuela. to gather information. feed it to the media. and they are sharing and broadcasting here in south sudan, and anyone else watching around the county. >> thank you for that report. and following up on the top story, president obama's oval office address. the president is expected to speak to the american people about the evolving threat of terrorism in america. watch that space at 8:00 eastern, 5:00 pacific here on al jazeera >>> vice president joe biden is in ukraine, up next. his plan to meet with the president and address the parliament about russia's annexation of crimea. justice system is at stake, plain and simple. >> "faultlines". >> what do we want? >> al jazeera america's hard-hitting... >> today they will be arrested. >> ground-breaking... >> they're firing canisters of gas at us. >> emmy award-winning, investigative series. >> we have to get out of here. >>> the newly appointed governor of yemen's port city of ade

juba, south sudan. >> all of thespot. here is farrah. >> thank you so much. we start with cricket. day of the first test vutors were out for 3003 and the morning session. four wickets each at south africa where 137 for 4 in reply. three of those wickets, unbeaten on 67. australia have dominated day 2 of the second test against the west indians and are on target to once again beat tourists for australian players scored in their first innings 551 for three reply, the west sxwushingz, 1-nil down in the three-match ease after losing in hobart 5 innings and 212 runs. pakistan shah has failed a drug test. he tested positive for a banned substance after the second one-day international in ab abu dhabi. that he has been banned depepen the outcome of the disciplinary process. prince hussein is calling for the publication of michael garcia's report into alleged bribery and corruption into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 world cups. the jordanian made a comment on sunday. he believes reforms are needed in order for fifa to emerge from the worst crisis in history. for mow for me, it

what i was to do. >> reporter: part of that contribution is an effort to preserve the culture of south sudan. at this craft market run by the patch organization, a trader demonstrates some traditional craft. >> inside you light it and you use it like this. you use it for the smoking. >> reporter: at this women's cooperative, people from all tribes come together to make beaded july re. two years-- jewellery. two years ago a war started with the president accused his deputy about starting a coup. it is hope that people will feel better connected to one another through the cultural practices they have in common, which clues these handy crafts. >> a lot of south suit knees people grew outside their communities. many of them were refugees in wars from neighbouring country. as a result these traditional skills are being lost. this brings together the older generation with the younger ones >>> time for the sports news. >> reporter: thank you very much. under pressure, the manager says that he may quit manchester united. he made the comments following his defeat on saturday. it was united's four suc

a curse or a blessing -- south sudan's global coffee industry booms while the country starves.ew hope -- miners in bolivia turn to lithium to keep the industry alive. and nature without borders -- benin and togo join forces to

. >> south sudan and alabama. all right. >> thanks. >> non-profits have billed today as giving tuesday a charitable follow up to black friday and cyber monday. looks like mark zuckerberg and his wife are taking the spirit of giving to heart. they announced they'd donate 99% of chairs to charity, they are worth $45 billion, making the pledge in the form of an open letter to their daughter, saying it will happen over the course of their life times. >> for the latest news, go to aljazeera.com. ray suarez is up next with "inside story". have a good night. >> delegations from governments and organizations across the world are in paris to hash out an agreement that deals with global climate change. from the giant economies to the big of the emitters down to the smallest who face the effects of a warping planet, there's a growing consensus of two different things. if the world can postpone action, they will have to do hard and expensive things to fix the problem.

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think,itting in 2003, i in -- and -- south sudan, i can't think of the town -- and i went to visit these farmers, well, this group, and was sitting with the elders. it is kind of funny because something came out of this much later, but i asked them what their biggest problem was. i didn't expect this. they said the lra. i didn't know what that was. they come in, they burn our crops, then they steal some of our kids. ok. well, 10 years later, my good friend shannon, who is here, got us involved in counter lra activity, which was a really great experience that -- experience which someday i will tell you about that, but i went away thinking about that, not so much about the lra, but about the burning our crops down. so a great friend of mine, an ,mazing guy, ed from texas a&m i was talking to him about that. they went and they studied some different areas and different conflict zones. and you can kind of laugh at this, but they came up with conflict crops. and so if you grow peanuts or sweet potatoes, you can't burn them down, and i guarantee you they are not taking time to pull them out of

whether it's the eastern congo or south sudan, u.n. peacekeepers de facto are having to perform the work of states because the states themselves are so weak. and so, again, there's no pannicia and for all complaints we have about u.n. peacekeepingi would challenge all of us to imagine what any one of those countries would be like without this, you know, somewhat stabilizing presence, but it is not going to be a cure-all for as long as you have state institutions that don't function or leaders that are corrupt or militia on the loose who are interested in carrying out horrors against their civilians so -- >> i've seen exactly those challenges in countries i referenced among others, so i continue as an appropriator to advocate for funding peacekeeping and for dealing with some of these challenges so, it's very encouraging to me to see your engagement and hard work on reform because for this to be cost effective and yet reflect our values, we need to make real progress in the areas around accountability and protection of civilians that yo

in south sudan the united nations peacekeeping operations continues to shelter more than 185,000 civilians, a major advance in our human protection efforts. but that is not a permanent solution, and many more remain internally displaced and under threat of violence. i urge the parties to establish a transitional institutions before the end of january. ladies and gentlemen, these are daunting situations. i take heart from the political process and smooth transfers of power of the past year, including in sri lanka and nigeria. the transition in the central of republic is also moving ahead with a constitutional referendum last week, and presidential and legislative elections at the end of this month. i am encouraged by progress in the negotiations on cyprus. the solution to decades of division is within reach. in the americas, colombians are edging closer to the ends of the continent longest-running conflict. in myanmar, the government and army are cooperating for a stable transition. continued support is need to begin on inclusive dialogue. that brings marginalized groups into the process. t

>> that does not have south sudan on it. >> jimmy: it's missing a country? >> yeah. >> jimmy: you'd think everyone would know that. >> but no one does. >> jimmy: but no one does. how many elements are there on the periodic table? >> 118. >> jimmy: and you know -- >> all of them. >> jimmy: you know all of them. >> barium, lampidium, curium. promethium, samarium -- >> jimmy: we get it. you're embarrassing me now. [ applause ] >> jimmy: so not only does arden know about the elements and presidents, he knows a lot about "star wars" and tonight we'll find out who knows more about "star wars," the kid or the cast from the movie. let me tell you right now, the answer is the kid. around for so long, we kind of take the voice of chewbacca for granted, but the way chewbacca communicates is something someone, presumably george lucas, came up with. which makes you wonder how do you come up with something like that? what do you even tell the guy who does the voice? try to sound like you're kind of in pain? but it turns out the voice of chewbacca is everywhere. in fact, w

skits and songs to inspire their classmates, to build a well to give clean water to the kids in the south sudanthey read a novel highlighting the desperate need for water in the war torn country. >>> fifth graders in mrs. jones class at seiler elementary school in bucks county collected and boxed up canned goods, the food will be sent to a local food bank for families that need it and they collected clothes and home items to help their community. >> good kids. >>> still ahead did you know that most of the tinsel in the world is made here in philadelphia. one of the facts that alicia discovered when she uncovered the tinsel trail. plus, when the 7-year-old new jersey girl called 911 recently, it wasn't your typical emergency and this one involves an elf. why she was worried about getting in trouble with santa, we'll explain. but first we want to share a message from a service member away from home this holiday season. >> i'm from bethlehem pennsylvania out here with the force in romania, i want to wish my friends and family back home happy holidays, and a shout-out to my beautiful nieces. >>> a

un officials cited the wars in syria, afghanistan, iraq, yemen, and south sudan as one of the major reasons there are nearly 60 million people forcibly displaced worldwide. the largest single displaced community are syrians, with 4 million refugees forced outside syria's borders by the ongoing conflict. last week after a contentious 10-hour debate, the british parliament voted to authorize airstrikes inside syria. the bombing began within hours. well, only a few days later, we traveled an hour and a half north of paris to the calais refugee camp. it's the largest refugee camp in france. 6000 to 7000 people are camped out in makeshift tents. their goal is to reach britain. and each night, people set out along the highway to the channel tunnel where they attempt to cross into britain by jumping on top of or in the backs of trucks or lorries. a few days earlier, a sudanese man named joseph was killed when he was run over by a car on the highway. on saturday, while we were in the refugee camp residents , protested that the police hadn't stopped the driver. people held signs reading, "we are hum

liverpool beat south sudan 6-1 to win the semifinals of the league cup. they weren't a goal down. liverpool fought back with doubles, and a hat-trick. jordan added one more in the quarterfinal win. >> i think the manager showed me confidence today. he let me start, and i thing that him and the supporters, i think from the beginning, as we arrive in england, it's never easy, i work hard in training, today it pays off. i'm happy. >> here is how they'll line up. everton holds manchester city, and stoke at home to liverpool. the first legs taking place on the week commencing 4 january, with the second leg ties playing two weeks later. >> in n.b.a. the golden state warriors extended an unbeaten start to the season to 20-0. the reining m.v.p. players scored 40 points in three-quarters and won six of the games. 1986-1987. one of the warriors beat the hornets 116-99. >> he's been around for a long time. they know what we are doing. that's special. we are sitting on the bench. that number sounds a little different in 15, 16, 17 whatever. we will be proud of that. we remember how we got to

right now they have just deployed their first infantry battalion ever in south sudan. the reports are quite promising in terms of how active those troops are, but also protecting civilians in the displaced persons camps. we need to look and see how the u.n. seeks to use that commitment. rapid response -- if that were something that china could put on offer where you can lose less time between when the international community comes together and way mission is needed and troops show up -- we are two years after deployment and they are still not it full troop strength. that is a recurring pattern. we would welcome rapid response, but we have to make sure that any piece cooper -- peacekeeper that deploys can put themselves at risk for the sake of the mandate. >> senator gardner. >> thank you mr. chairman and thank you madam secretary for your service to this country. i would to follow up a little bit on what should german corker and senator purdue were asking. we know there was a second ballistic missile test from iran which was a clear violation of the resolution. after t

problem is that conflicts around the world such as those in syria, in afghanistan and somolia and south sudansing people to flee and never seen so much displacement and last year in 2014 there were more refugees and displaced people in the world than any time since the second world war and this year we are set to break that sad record so more needs to be done to prevent the suffering and misery for millions of people will continue. >> obviously that is not any time soon and expecting more people i believe. who is doing it right? i mean canada is going into refugee camps and are processing there before moving them to safety, is that a module that works for you? >> well, there are ways to find solutions, doable solution for the plight of refugees and one way is through resettlement through canada, canada is one of 20 countries in the world who take refugees through resettlement and this is important to rebel solution and also we have to look into the possibility of refugees returning home and this is one of the problems. so far this year we have seen only 84,000 people returning to refugees ret

another story was i was sitting in south sudan, a different trip, but back room it and i wrote this in my book. i have learned if you get a couple of beers and someone you get a lot more information and i don't drink, so it works great. i can make someone think i drink so, anyway, i'm talking to this commander-- anyway, when is a political party and one was military and he was a colonel who had lost his leg and i was talking to him and he started going off on the whole aid thing. what a joke it was in everything else and so then as he talked about it, i realized there is nothing black and white in this world. there is nothing black and white in conflict or poverty or anything else and he went on to tell us how they would have the groups that would orchestrate so that they would take a village and they would landmine it on the outside and then they would make sure the world food program, international community, whom it was all new people cannot walk out of the village. they can't get food. they can't get timber. they can water and just sit back and wait and pretty soon here come the ai