has already raised more than $600 million dollars in aid for south sudan. but says another $1 billion is needed. dominic kane, al jazeera. >> expected to meet syria's foreign minister in a tip to bring new ideas to troops in aleppo. freeze the fighting to get badly needed aid into the city. pleapaleppo is in the middle between government forces and foreign militias. >> proximity in fighting of wrtionprospect. >> we won't allow anyone to infringe on our national sovereignty and we are not in need of foreign ground troop to fight i.s.i.l. the syrian army is carrying out its mission. >> areas around mosul iraq's second largest city, mosul has been under control of islamic state of iraq and the levant since june. the assault is given air support by the u.s. led coalition. the police chief of helmont in southeast afghanistan targeting when traveling in a car which the drone hit on monday. the suspect was a former military detain ease at guantanamo bay. >>> u.s. president barack obama has not decided whether to supply weapons to ukraine. >> despite the distance b

sudan can do itself to help its people in terms of the food crisis?>> i think to continue to encourage the community. i know the food world program is buying food from local farmers to support that and support them in their development is crucial in this area. i think that there is a number of different projects that are under way road improvement which will also help to improve certain things within the country. most importantly you know, we have to look to the most vulnerable the women the children and women the area where they can provide protection and also areas for these people to be able to get educated or be allowed to flourish in their own environment. >> forest whittaker, thank you for your time and talking with al jazeera. >> sure, thanks. >> now stars hit the red carpet on sunday for the biggest night in television. we have reports on the night's big winners. >> that's a first no rain or snow. definitely not the snowstorm here. and that is not a first. he hadedy redmayn session building quite a collection of trophies. >> one more now for h

he is at south sudan. >> we are at the humanitarian event for south sudan raising moneys for that purpose trying move ahead of it by getting these foods to certain places before the rainy season comes and it's a lot easier for people to be able to access the food in the coming months. i did witness some of the children were malnourished, yesterday i was in wy and which is another civilian camp idb camp and there was a clear problem with malnutrition amongst the children and we are trying to avert that right now. i've been in south sudan working with my ngo for about two years. we train youths to become peace willedders to become community builders it tfort training and computer training and others, they develop projects within their community, in which they are able to bring peace to their area and community to keep connectivity and communication going between the villages to avert any sort of conflicts in the future. >> at least 29 migrants have died of hypothermia while attempting to cross from north africa to italy by sea. they were packed aboard an inflatable raft that was on verge of

raised more than 600 million in aid for south sudan. it says another billion nor is needed >>> an illegal israeli settlement in the occupied west bank is trying to collect taxes from palestinian neighbours. the palestinians say they will not be paying. imtiaz tyab reports now in the occupied west bank. >> it's been a stressful few weeks for this man. in january the father of 13 received the letter under the door a tax bill for 22,000 dollars, and was sent to jabari. the charges are for a municipal tax, which is only paid by israeli residents living in areas run by the israeli government. >> joep what anona is. we have never heard of such a tax. i don't get any service from the settlement. everything here - the land the water - all the services are provided by the municipality. >> the land is surrounded by israeli settlements. 12 years ago a group of settlers constructed a synagogue on the property. they put the county to court, where the structure ruled that it should be removed. setting a precedent making it unlikely that they'll be re

south sudan information minister michael mcquay offered to shut down newspapers with interviews withnti-government rebels and duba fighting a war since the end of 2013 and warning came off the back of a broadcast by the u.n. run station that interviewed a senior opposition figure. and he said, quote, if you can go as far as interviewing the rebels to come and disseminate filthy ideas to people and poison their minds that is negative agitation. similar statements have been made at least twice before and minister cautioned media outlets not to ignore warnings. britain's telegraph newspaper resigned over the paper's coverage or lack of it over the tax evasion story and had been with the london base for years and explained his move on a blog post on open democracy website calling the noncoverage of hsbc a throughed on its readers and says that distinction between the advising and editorials had collapsed and advertising priorities can determine judgment. a spokesman calls attack for the accuracy and the inuendo and says the paper refutes allegations, guardian, one of the daily telegraphs

i think the world will be a much poorer place without them. >> for sudan for the sudan, it is a minutemidnight. no one can turn the clock back. but if science can perform miracles, his kind might just might have a future. >> brangham: some late news before we leave you tonight: the justice department is reportedly investigating the credit ratings firm moody's investors service. the probe centers on moody's decision to give triple-a ratings on the residential mortgage securities that later collapsed during the 2008 financial crisis. the wall street journal broke the story. join us on air and online tomorrow. i'm william brangham. have a good night. captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you.

actor forrest whittaker recently visited south sudan.oke with al jazeera about what he saw. >> i've been to a number of poc camps and there have been some issues there. a while back i was there and witnessed some of the children were malnourished and yesterday i was in wy which is another civilian camp i.dp camp and there was a clear problem of malnutrition with the children but it looks like we're trying to avert that. working with my ngo for about two and a half years and it's a peace building program from the training they get which is ict training computer training and others they develop projects inside of their community of which they are able to try obring peace to the area and then they create a network amongst themselves to try to keep connectivity and communication going between different villages to try the avert any kind of conflicts in the future. i know the wfp is buying food from local farmers and i think to support that and support them in their development is very crucial in this area. i think that there's a number of di

>> they're are a few places that they did not want me to come in one of them being sudan. when i got to the border it was a little bit a little bit of my own practice and diplomacy in negotiation in order to convince them to let me in the country and hear is where it gets funny. i had been on the internet with different forms, people in cairo americans trying to get a visa and some in southern europe as well and all of them had been turned down by the sudanese consulate or embassy. hear i am. turn around and go back to kenya. i can't go into chad. somehow after going three different visits they decided to grant me a visa but they're was a check "chasing" catch. the largest country in africa. they gave me seven days to get through it so a transit visa, essentially, and i had to time that very carefully. the same kind of thing in syria. you are supposed to have an opportunity to acquire your visa hear in washington dc before you go there because they don't grant visas to anybody who has -- who lives in a country that lacks diplomatic relations. so i got to the border they sa

especially the leaders of south sudan. >> pro-russian separatists in ukraine announced a plan against thousands of men. the joint army of two breakaway regions may grow to include as many as 100,000 troops. >> we will mobilize up to 100,000 people to the army. given the situation on france we will have to modernize people that will have to carry weapons. after today it is urgent. it will be a general mobilization. >> casino operators in china are excited about the year ahead in macau, the largest gambling hub. despite falling revenue and a crackdown by the government. >> reporter: it had the bells and whistles expected for a casino announcement. as one of the largest operators in mccaw unvialed plans to open two complexes. >> these two projects will be officially launched this year and at that time the galaxy expanding will offer $ -- 1.1 million square meters. doubt size at a price of $7 billion. it comes at a time when gambling revenue gel. >> we are sailing through head winds. if you look at the trends in the mark we are going through a consolidation, we are confident we can emerge

it also says israel is working to fuel insurrection inside sudan. israel has even targeted egypt the first arab country to give it recognition readying itself to sabotage the country's water supply. >> israel has created a type of plant that absorb large quantities of water to as to significantly reduce the volume of water that reaches egypt. >> israel sabotages its enemyies

i shared the story of sudan. this is amazing.m card and internet access are pretty much everywhere. but sudan is pretty tough to convert american money weren't atm card issued from an american bank or even an international bank that has relations. so i was challenged with how am i going to get currency? how i get money to make my way through the 70s going through their? i call jonathan and that is very thoughts -- anyways -- he had been through sudan on a view different editions. he had left in a safe hotel in khartoum the money he had forgotten when he checked out of the hotel. believe it or not this is what is so amazing. the sudanese still had his money. it had been two years. they said all this guy because after he left the hotel he was like when is john back in sudan? i went to the hotel and picked up the sudanese money he had locked interface. >> a little bit from allan karl. "forks: a quest for culture cuisine, and connection. three years. five continents. one motorcycle." is the book. this is booktv on c-span2. >> fred an

the first africa cup of nations took place in 1957 in sudan.that then, only two other nations were involved, ethiopia and egypt. now it's evolved into a huge base of support. >> if you take it out of the calendar year, they are going to make losses. >> reporter: this tournament arrives every two years and players many of them based overseas choose country over cluck in their quest to win the title and reaffirm the title to their team and to the continent. >> sometimes in europe people forget how important it is for us african cup of nations. for is us it is as important as our championships. >> reporter: as the curtain comes down on this edition of the cup of nations preparations for 2017 tournament aren't far off. qualifying sarts starts in june. for the next two years at least it will be champions ivory coast who are the champions of football. >> clatches between fans and police amid a top flight match. ahead of their home game with corinthians. used tear gas and many fans throwing bottle rockets. >>> cricket, beat sri lanka by five wickets.

. >>> still ahead, hollywood actor forest whitaker is in south sudan this weekend. we'll hear from him about what he hopes to accomplish there. >>> plus we'll tell you what a group of hikers found on a mountain in chile. more about them and it solves a mystery that dates back more than 50 years. huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know you that former pro football player ickey woods will celebrate almost anything? unh-uh. number 44... whoooo! forty-four, that's me! get some cold cuts... get some cold cuts... get some cold cuts! whooo! gimme some! geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. whoo! forty-four ladies, that's me! whoo...gonna get some cold cuts today! >>> new this morning, overseas north korea has fired five short-range missiles into the sea. that's what we're learning. it's their second weapons test this year. this latest launch comes as north and south korea are at odds over terms of a possible summit between their leaders. >>> more pilots

the united states hasn't had a diplomatic relations with sudan. one i got to the order, my own practice in diplomacy and negotiation in order to convince them to let me into the country. here is where it gets funny, i had been on the audience with different forums, chiron americans trying to come into sudan, all of them had been turned down by the sudanese embassy. hamite going to -- delight turnaround and go back to kenya? i can't go into chad, where will i go next? somehow after going to three different visits to the sudanese embassy they decided to grant me at visa but there was a catch. sudan from a geography point of view is the largest country in africa. they gave me 7 days to get through it, transit visas i had to time that very carefully. same thing in syria. as an american you are supposed to have an opportunity supposed to acquire your visa in washington d.c. and the syrian embassy before you go there. they don't grant visas to anybody who has lived in the country from a country with diplomatic relations which we did and so when i got to

. >>> continuing fight against south sudan is threatening another famine. the united nations say two and a half million people are on threat of starvation. more than half of south sudan population is in need of aid. >> a woman from hong kong is accused of domestic abuse against her employee,ing the case has below advocated protest for the more than 3,000 people in hong kong who serves as personal aids. from chicago john hendren reports. >> confidential and other records of millions of customers were stolen. there are fears that information could be used for identity theft. >> cybercriminals were able to access the nation's largest health insurer. >> several groups of plaintiffs are said to take legal action over the security breach. anthem has been accused of failing to protect the electronic treasuretrophy. anthem ceo joseph swedish says there's no indication that claims tests or diagnostic areas were hacked. previous tax have targeted sony pictures home depot and target. >> mind bending in extent and impact and potentially heartbreaking for consumers who

president bashir has no political solution to sudan's problems. as the people of darfur know only too well, displacement starvation, and death are the only strategies being pursued by the government in real time and real life. it is unconscionable, it is shameful that these horrors are taking place inside sudan in complete silence. the lack of response by the united states, by the europeans by the nations of the region only serves to provide bashir with the green light to continue the killing. over 10 years ago, congress called these very same actions acts of genocide and crimes against humanity. at the end of this month, i intend to reintroduce an updated version of my bipartisan bill, the sudan peace security and accountability act. and demonstrate to the suffering people of sudan, especially those in darfur, and the blue nile that we hear their cries and that this house intends to take action i he -- take action. i ask all my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to join me in this effort. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the spea

sudan's violence has claimed some 200,000 lives. at the time local officials denied soldiers had raped the women. >> translator: we have nothing to hide. we are open for a free an independent investigation. what happened there did not deserve an investigation because everyone knows they denied their accusations. if there is an international investigation we will go with it because we have nothing to hide. >> reporter: united nations investigations were louded into town that has made a meaningful investigation impossible. human rights watch was also barred from entering the town. >> so all the interviews were conduct he -- >> reporter: after interviewing 15 survivors one steen age witness and one by phone, the u.n. can now determine that the rapes happened. >> as you heard in our report, the sudanese army has denied the report a ploy to keep the u.n. human rights watch in their area forever. mr. loeb thank you for your time. human rights watch was not actually allowed into the town but you yourself interviewed more than a dozen women

and south sudan. you talk about darfur and people are confused, that was so many years ago what do you mean? this is an issue still a problem. >> let's take syria for example we know the failing is on the part of the administration, the assad regime, they are watching ton sphwhrant their brothers and sisters in other arab nations were doing so and some of it was a success and it didn't work out that way in syria. we know what went wrong in the beginning. but what's gone wrong with our international governance? people look to the west and to the united nations to say that's away you're here for. speaking frankly i know you're not looking to pick fights with the united nations or member governments -- >> i work for the united nations, it be wog a little difficult if i -- it would be a little difficult if i picked a fight with it. >> right. >> but the united nations is made up of 193 countries. countries which have very different perspectives. and in the case of syria we all know that they are at the hea

. >> 89 boys have been kidnapped from the town in south to you sudan. it's not clear who abducted the children, some as young as 13. there has been recent fighting between government and rebel forces there. 12,000 children across south sudan have been used as soldiers by armed groups just last yearenner. >>> indonesia leaders say that two convicted drug smugglers will be executed this month. they were the ring leaders of a group of australians arrested ten years ago trying to smuggle heroin into bally. they were supposed to be transferred to a prison for execution earlier this week but that was delayed for technical reasons. >>> north korea state television has released more pictures of kim jong-un during military drills. these images are released ahead of the u.s.-south korea military exercises which pyongyang says are a rehearsal for an invasion. >>> there has been more shelling between myanmar and china. fighting between myanmar's army and gunmen who want more there. >> several times today we've heard the distant thud of artillery, the fighting on th

the latest denial of major allegations against sudan. its leader is wanted for crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide. he's yet to face the international criminal courts. there are calls to toughen sanctions and to increase aid. but many aid groups are been kicked out or chosen to leave. but it's those left behind whose future remains uncertain, countless have lost their homes, some their innocence and many their hope. jessica king cnn. >> very difficult, sobering an important story to get out there. >> absolutely horrific. needs to be told. >>> the u.s. supreme court justices scalia and ruth ginsberg often finds themselves on different sides of a ruling. but they have not stopped them from forming a lasting friendship. that's next here on cnn. >>> looks like cupid will need a snow plow this valentine's day in boston massachusetts. another blizzard on the way. >> it's not good news for them. meteorologist derek van damn who will be leaving the cnn center here in atlanta to go to cnn new york to cover the cold weather up there.

. >> details have not been made public no announcements on how the two sides in south sudan will share power when an interim government is formed. sanctions are threatened if a lasting agreement isn't reached about. >> i'm confident that the two of us will respect what we have signed today. and the coming february will see that the comprehensive peace agreement will be signed. this is what the people of south sudan are expecting and the people of the region and the peopleful international community are expecting from the leaders. failure to do so will have a grave consequence to all of us. and specifically to the leaders of south sudan. >> still to come on this al jazeera newshour, a sex worker tells her about her ordeal, also ahead, why one and a half million students in bangladesh are missing their exams. and mid season transfer window for football closes in europe. >>> the head of a u.n. inquiry looking into alleged war crimes during the conflict of gaza of 2014 appointed last august by the heads of u.n. human rights council. our diplomatic writer james bays is following this. hi th

it reportedly happened in darfur a region in sudan. bloody conflict has killed hundreds leaving some in dire straits. but they say it constitutes a new low. they allege that soldiers entered their villages looking for one of their own. believing some villagers captured or killed them. soldiers came in to homes beat the men and took them away and in the absence of husbands brothers and friends the soldiers raped the women and girls. they raped my three daughters and me a victim says. two of her daughters are under 11 years old. some were holding the girl down while another was raping her. they did it one by one. they beat the young children and raped my older daughters. they put clothes in their mouths so you could not hear them screaming. these anonymous accounts are horrifying but many are not talking. human rights watch said it is due to a climate of fear they could face beatings or death. the u.n. peace keeping mission was allowed to investigate just once one and with that there can be no actions against the perpetrators. a point br

sudan. in order to report on it we had to actually see what happened. so we went to a group of rebels. we went to the border. we were in chad and we said, can you take us across the border? and they said well, the russian aircraft flying overhead, and it's possible the government we will bomb if they see people going over to the site. we said, well, we have to go there if we want to report on what happened. and the sudanese president was denying it saying, absolutely know soldiers were killed. so we decided to go in the back of trucks with the rebels. we rebels. we went they're, and they're were bodies everywhere as far as one can see. there were dozens dozens and dozens of bodies, and it was an incredible site. in that picture appeared on the front page of the new york times, and it was impossible to deny what happened. to me it was a perfect example of the power of photography and the power of documenting and being they're. in 2008 i got a call from dexter filkins who is a very well-known war correspondent, and he was a very good friend and we had wor

. >> horrific allegations against the sudan eastese army.stephanie sy has the story. >> corroborated by conversations with sudanese soldiers who later defected. the soldiers say they were ordered by their superiors to rape. at the end of october the soldiered stormed a village in darfur the government limited access to tabbat by investigators. >> essentially the government of sudan denies that any rape took place in this town at the time. they went to drastic measures to blockade the town. we spoke to half a do dozen men who were allegedly speaking out for what took place. >> days after the alleged attacks, they found the area tightly controlled and information sparse. we are going to speak to the person who compiled the report, spoke to a dozen rape victims and brings this to light. we are going to tell you about cases of rape used as a weapon of war. >> stephanie sy thank you. >>> one of the last safe havens of african wildlife is located deep in the congo. varunga national park. leaving many endangered animals caught in the middle, it is

many felt bitter about how they were treated by the fall in sudan. he said that this group does not represent him. but neither do the sunni. these men may represent many communities, but iraq's shia are not among them. there is still little reconciliation. they want authorities to speed up plans to create a national guard, made up of people from the area. >> the sons of the city know who are good and who are terrorists. we were all terrorists or at least suspects. >> commanders hearsay that the national guard is important where the mainly shia army may not be trusted. defeating isil in this strategic and i'llly highly symbolic city of mosul could be the start of another conflict in iraq. al jazeera. northern iraq. >> more on all the stories we've been covering at our website www.aljazeera.com. woman, a president who would help us look in the mirror and see ourselves honestly.

. >> now 89 boys have been kidnapped from the town in south sudan. it's not clear who abducted the children. some of them as young as 13. the government control a shown recent fighting between government and rebel forces there. we should point out that 12,000 children across south sudan were used as soldiers. when did this actually happen? what more information can you give us? >> yes, thank you. a number of children have been taken. >> and is the' assumption that they--i'm careful to assume things in this situation but are they captured to be used as child soldiers? something that has been going on for a time in the country. >> yes, it does seem that they have been taken for the purpose of fighting. they were paraded through the town as a training exercise. we have witnesses who that we spoke with say their classmates have been taken and they fear for their lives. >> what sort of levels of government presence and troop presence is there if that's the case? >> in this particular location,. >> they have been taken from their families. they were going

ethiopia, that all that was left was to cross the desert, that in a week's time we would find the end of sudan

it's estimated that 12,000 children across south sudan were used as soldiers against armed groups last year. >>> forces defending benghazi from the islamic state of iraq and the levant, battling i.s.i.l. and other tribal fighters since last september. the army field commander leading the troop says i.s.i.l. is using beheadings as oterror tactic won't deter them. >>> an egyptian court has killed former oil minister sami fahmi. first sentenced in 2012 but appeals court ordered a retrial a year later. he was part of former president hosne mubarak's government. >>> killed six people in bashar al-assad's home town of karbala. village north of aleppo earlier this week. a syrian observatory for human rights executed the family of five rebels in aleppo itself at least six people died when a government helicopter dropped a barrel bomb. after several attacks by government war planes 20 others were injured. thousands of syrian ratification are spending their fourth winter in 42 freezing conditions. over the past few weeks heavy snow storms have hit the mountains where at least 500 families are tr

. >>> 89 boys have been kidnapped by an armed group in south sudan. according to the u.n. some of them as young as 13. taken in malakau under governmenting control. much more ahead on the program. when we come back, myanmar's army steps up its campaign against rebel fighters, forcing of thousands of refugees into china. >> al jazeera's investigative unit has tonight's exclusive report. >> stories that have impact. that make a difference. that open your world. >> this is what we do. >> america tonight. tuesday through friday. 10:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> hello again.the top stories on al jazeera. turkey last moved hundreds of troops into syria to move a tums site. tomb site. fest a convoy of nearly 100 vehicles were involved. >>> abdel mansour hadi says he's still president of yemen. >>> the nigerian army has taken a key border town from boko haram. in january the worst massacre in the group's six year campaign of violence. >>> separatist official overseeing the ukrainian swap of prisoners, is as part of a ceasefire deal. the truce itself has been violated

. >>> in other news the president of south sudan, salva kiir signed an agreement to end more than a year of war. the deal hasn't been made public and they're still haggling. one negotiator said he expected hostilities to end on monday. >>> the combined force of nigerian soldiers and vigilantes have beaten off a second attack in just over a week by boko haram. the army says they inflicted major casualties on the militants. >>> large parts of the u.s. midwest has been hit by a major winter storm. more than a thousand flights were canceled at chicago's national airport after more than a foot of snow was dumped on the area. blizzard conditions remain. planes have been deiced is and the runways cleared with snowplows. public schools have been canceled in chicago and parts of detroit and boston due to the hazardous conditions. >>> right. alex just crept in. >> talking tech u.s. tech. >> are you? >> what about that snow? >> a little bit. >> do you do the weather? >> i might. >> he's across everything. he's such a smart boy. hello there. u.s. president barack obama's plan to close a tax loophole

. >> 89 boys have been kidnapped from south sudan according to the u.n.not clear who took them. some of them are as young as 13. malika is under government control, but wooernling there has been fighting between government and rebel foersz. it's stepped 12,000 children across sudan were used as soldiers last year. unicef spokeswoman is calling for the speedy return of the abducted children. >> children were paraded through as a training exercise we have witnesses who saw this who had classmates taken and are afraid for their lives. in this particular location the places throughout this area so we have yet to verify who are children. we know they were probably going to a tough training regime and the president called for their immediate release. >> more than 1,000 muslims formed a human chain outside the main synagogue in norway's capitol oslo offering symbolic protection after an attack on a synagogue last weir week. jewish leaders were present. the attack in landdenmark was the latest against jews in germany. in january, a kosher supermarket was targeted

south sudan has been embroiled in a series of civil wars, the most recent 13-month conflict has killedthan 10,000 people dead, reopened deep ethnic divides, causing more than one million to flee and driving the country of 11 million closer to famine. catherine simon arona is a law student in juba, the nation's capital and largest city. she's one of 20 students at the university there, from a cross section of tribes, who set out to document their reality. we talked to her on a recent trip to national geographic headquarters in washington, where she explained the 'back story' to this image of an orphan at the "confident children out of conflict" >> this child was so curious that he couldn't hold back how he wanted to touch the camera and take the picture himself, because i took their pictures and they wanted to see, and when they saw it they wanted to do it themselves. i went out of the room and i captured this moment, because i felt like it's very strong. >> reporter: the images are part of the recently-opened exhibit featuring 67 different camps from india to uganda, baltimore to los a

the the blockade was called by the opposition leader >>> south sudan is on the brink of a food crisis food and agricultural organization warning that food stocks could run out next month in some areas, where fighting has been disrupting farming. almost $100,000 fled to u.n. bases since fighting between rival forces began a year ago. >>> the nigeria city of maiduguri has come under attacks by boko haram fighters trying to get control of it. it's in the country's north-east. they are trying to secure it before holding elections. people say they can't rely on the army to keep them safe. akmed idris it in maiduguri, and met some of the local men defending the city. >> for three years, these members of the militia helped to stop boko haram from taking maiduguri. but at a huge cost. more than a dozen were killed. they were poorly arm. they say the government strategy needs to change. >> people attack and we are always afraid. if with the little we have if we attack them we could attack us. >> reporter: for now the city is safe. but boxed in by boko haram from all directions. >> lots of peop

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much don't want to annoy the president of the united states we very much wants to main the bipart sudan support for israel but we have a real dilemma real problem. >> let's take it at face value that there is some worry about iran. is there an undertone of insecurity about america's position? after all, if you believe the netanyahu line at the moment you'd have to brief that president obama is willing to make an agreement that could put israel in danger. do you think he is? >> the problem is, we're closer to iran than the united states. iran has threatened to destroy israel. it hasn't threatened to destroy the united states. so when you are near the threat you feel it more intensely than the united states. for the united states it's a major foreign policy issue. for us it could be a matter of national survival. so obviously our mind is more concentrated on it on the issue than we think the united states is. >> even with israel public opinion really worried about iran does where people in israel come down on the netanyahu showdown have to do with where they are politically in the first p

one the visitors foreign minister sudan. incredible genocide. why was he invited? would you invite someone from sudan to the national prayer breakfast. >> i don't know. i wonder if they cleared that with the state department first. >>n! why, bawnt because breashear can't come here the president with you the?6m foreign minister comes here back and forth. >> i was thinking of prime minister netanyahu. it's okay for this guy to show up at the prayer breakfast. look, the administration, i)a#"hp &c@ think, demonstrated today that it's thinking on how to deal with isis remains utterly confused and that the command and controlç x arrange manies in the region remain utterly confused. i think they will continue áyx)to do so. the issue is when the president is going to get serious. it doesn't matter what he calls isis. can he call them brutal day after day after day, is he not changing his policies. >> barms, thank you sir. >> thank you. >> and now to capitol hill. new break in today a hearing attorney general eric holder and the department of justice who green lighted the p

kidnapping hundreds of boys in south sudan. the u.n.cy reports the group believed to have ties with the military general of that country. south sudan's government saying the general has been summoned to the capital for an investigation of this mass kidnapping. >>> iran offering to protect iraq's artartifacts. this comes after isis released a video showing its militants destroying iraqi artifacts in the city of mosul. iran says it feels obligated to protect the artifacts because the two countries share a common history. >>> it was a plot that sounded like it was out of a george clooney movie. eight people convicted in the two major jewel heists in paris. they stole more than $110 million worth of fancy watches necklaces and valuables at harry winston in 2007 and 2008. sentences ranging from nine months to 15 years in prison. i guess in the end, arthel, crime may not pay. >> never does. never does. >>> there are some last minute maneuverings behind the scene on capitol hill averting a partial shutdown of homeland security. democrats appar

apply to this case and these principles are included in other dialogues with iraq, syria, mali, south sudan and our partners have been urged governments of those countries to come to an agreement with the opposition, but with ukraine they have taken a different line, conniving at kiev's attempts to even justify the use of cluster bombs. unfortunately, our western partners are turning a blind eye to everything done by kyiv authorities. let me give you a quote, "the issue of total ukraine would result 3-6 months through a tough and balanced policy." this is a quote by the commander of the regiment, and they argued for ethnic purges of ukraine for the expulsion of russian and juice. these statements did not generate a response in western capitals, and i do not believe that europe can afford to ignore the spread of nationalistic violence. the ukrainian crisis cannot be resolved by force. last year, the situation forced the authorities to sign the minsk agreement, despite the fact that there are growing appeals in the west to support the kiev policy of militarization and to pump ukraine a full o

and it said that israel is working to fuel insurrection inside sudan. israel has even targeted egypt the first country to give it recognition, readying itself to sabotage the country's water supply. >> israel has developed a plan to absorb large quantities of water as to significantly reduce the volume of water that reaches egypt. >> well, the south africa government has been quick to respond to the leaks by its intelligence agency. a statement from the ministry of state security says that the leaking of the reported documents detailing operational details of the state's security agency is condemned in the strongest possible terms and says that an investigation has been launched into the leak. you can read the original spy cables as well as related articles and analysis on our exclusive website www.aljazeera.com/spy cables. and tell us what you think with the hashtag spy cables. >> three men in the u.s. have been arrested, accused of planning to travel to syria to join isil. all three were taken into custody on terrorism charge. two in new york and one

. >> african leaders have called on the international criminal court to drop charges against sudan's president. al bash. >> r. >> 13 soldiers were killed and 20 wounded in eastern ukraine saturday. fighting has intensified there as the government and pro-russian rebels fail to agree on a new ceasefire. the two sides blame each other for the collapse of peace talks. >> it is one of the most acclaimed films of 2014 and in the running for an oscar later this month. the russian feature leviathon is just being released there. we traveled to the northwest of the country where the film was shot to see what the locals there think about it all. >> take the road east and head north across the snow swept tundra in two hours you'll find a once thriving fishing village on the sea. two summers ago a film was made here a film now making waves. it's the story of a mechanic father and husband who falls victim to a corrupt local mayor. it's would not wards at the golden globes and cannes and nominated for an oscar. local, praise has been less forthcoming. >> ordinary people can be destroyed by corrupt

parties in sudan called nationwide boycotts of upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections. the party said it would shun the vote to protest political and fresh freedom. leaders called on all sudanese to join the boycott to end the 25 year rule. >>> the united nations highest is set to rule on two accusations of jen side serbia-croatia. 20,000 were killed in the 4-year war for independence in the early '90s. croatia accused crochet of ethnic cleansing. >> what happened is former yugoslavia then a union of six republics dissolved. it was ruled that serbia as the successor can be held accountable for claims broughtly croatia. >> president obama's policy to open a relationship with cuba is causing a rift with congress. raul castro said he will no formalise ties until obama reconsiders the trade embargo. u.s. congress is not likely to support the move and is expected to hold a hearing later on stage. >> the u.k. house of commence is set to vote in a medical posterior, allowing a baby to be born. the procedure is to stop mothers passing on a faulty gene which can cause a range of

we have a dart for south sudan. and then the huge dart for ebola. >> thank you for that explanation and for that work. you point out in your testimony, mr. staal that we have improved water and sanitation for 1.3 million syrians in all 14 governance. and you are right that it is important for survival. how important is the oral therapy salts since diarrhea disease is one of the leading killers of children. >> thank you. i don't have the exact details. if you like i can track those down. >> yes. >> but it is a part of whatever we do in our health on our wash programs where we are working. there are still areas we can't reach. but it is important that our humanitarian assistance also address some of those resilience issues so that people are not as dependent on humanitarian assistance. if they have clean water they are less likely to get sick. if we have a program provide flour to bakeries across line so people can get bread that, helps the economy. so we try to do our humanitarian assistance in a way that builds resi

there have been recent fighting between government and rebel forces 1,321,000 children across south sudan have been used as soldiers by armed groups last year. >>> suspected boko haram fighters have killed 34 people in a series of attacks near the northern village. several were injured according to residents and local officials. as these sorts of attacks send people displaced by the violence further south. and the demand for housing in the city of maiduguri is serging. rent is rising as much as 200%. >> he has been looking for a few house for his growing family. a third child arrived only two days ago. and he thought that they deserved a better place to listenlive in. now he's he has given up moving out. >> i used to pay a fraction of my income as rent. but now it's three times the amount. i'll be lucky to stay here after the rent expires. >> he's not alone. homeowners are eagle for meet the rising demand for housing. maiduguri is struggling, it's difficult to find a place to live because rent has gone up. now owners are trying to cash in by building new buildings. of thousands displaced

german weapons have been found in conflict zones from libya to south sudan. >> that sparked a push to rein in the arms industry and keep dangerous weapons from falling into the wrong hands. >> he is in germany for treatment. at the age of just seven, he was forced to become a child soldier in sierra leone, to carry out killings he was given drugs. >> i feel good because i don't know what i'm doing. i don't know what i'm doing. i don't know what i'm doing. >> experts estimate 250,000 children in 20 countries have been forced to fight in military units, and not just in african countries, but increasingly asia and the arab world, too. like in syria, where reports say children are being armed. a ban on small arms is called on for countries outside the eu and nato. >> these countries can often be very problematic and you cannot control at all how these weapons will be used. they are either handed over legally or illegally and can end up in the hands of children. >> children like him. he says while he is physically now in germany, his soul is still back in sierra leone reliving the trauma.