in response the u.n. gates of the space to civilians fleeing the violence, eventually taking in more than 100,000 displaced persons. on a trip to south sudan, i took in august, i visited a u.n. base where more than 17,000 people were taking shelter. rough as the conditions were for the people on the base, and they were rough, many of them were living in foot-high for deep filthy water, they told me they had access to food and clean drinking water and protection from deadly attacks, which was more than could be said for the south sudanese outside of the gates. two decades earlier, recall when civilian sought refuge under the flag, peacekeepers made a different choice. in april 1994, some 2000 rwandan tutsi sought records in a base. hutu were chanting "hutu power," drinking banana beer, and brandishing machetes. when orders came for the peacekeepers to evacuate, they followed orders. they had to fire over the heads of tutsi to get out. not long after to the peacekeepers walked out of the school, militia memb

the u.n. says the syrian president was considering a proposal to end fighting in parts of the country. >> meanwhile the u.n. says close to 14 million people have been displaced in syria and iraq. and the agency warns up to a million could miss out on winter aid. it said it needs additional money and more countries need to accept refugees. it can allow aid to delivered. >> a situation is more desperate than ever, however, the free syrian army is rejecting the ceasefire plan. we have more. >> reporter: this counteroffensive is about recapturing supply lines. syria's rebels need to win the battle to hold on to the neighbourhoods they control in aleppo. over recent weeks syrian troops close in on the main roads that think the city to turkey. >> they have the rebel held east of aleppo surrounded. >> the regime is advancing. aleppo could be under siege and about to fall. that would be catastrophic. the islamic state of iraq and levant is on the other side. aleppo has been an urban battle ground and t

if the u.n. ly wanted to do mething about the problem of isis, what they would have to do is drop the charade that's being played with turkey nearly all of the oil that had been going out -- and, by the way, the dollar value of the oil has dropped considerably not just because we are dropping bombs on mobile oil refineries but because the price of oil has dropped. >> gone down. >> all over the world. so their revenues have dropped. cutting oil revenues isn't the solution for isis. if you want to stop the small arms, and the jihadis from going in. you have got to deal with the elephant in the room. and that's turkey what he has been saying. i'm not sure they are listening to him. he even though the muslim brotherhood was elected therefore we can't mess with him. this administration needs to know that irdis the reason isis exists today. he did not see enough happening against shiite being established across from the mediterranean to the persian gulf. >> maybe i'm wrong, look back at george bush 41,

the u.n. ll meet later on friday to consider imposing sanctions because of the continuing unrest. >> reporter: this is the biggest show of support for ali abdullah saleh since the uprising forced him to leave office almost three years ago. these people came here to protest against u.s. proposed sanctions against their deposed president. if the sanctions come into effect saleh won't be able to travel abroad, and his assets will be frozen. >> translator: the u.s. sanctions are baseless. doesn'tn't the ambassador know that saleh is backed by millions of people? >> reporter: the cleric who lead the prayer said the u.s. is aligning with a sunni group tody destroy the country. >> translator: i am here to sew sal darety with our leader. and denounce western intervention. we made it clear we are opposed to the sanctions. >> reporter: these loyalists will wearing heading bands that say we are ready to die for saleh. these tribesmen are chanting that saleh must be reinstated , and that the current presid

over the next six years, the u.n. ierra leone mission was performing a lot like the contemporary missions i described earlier. it suffered some very serious failures and setbacks, including credible allegations of an outrageous pattern of sexual abuse by troops, and less than a year after the mission deployed, rebels kidnapped hundreds of ofcekeepers, killed four them, and renounced their cease-fire. ans as isierra leone did last week, and a recall a mission that had an impact in helping sera lyons rebuilt after a devastating compact. these capers helped disarm 75,000 fighters, including child soldiers. the blue helmets decommission more than 42,000 weapons. peoplelped 500,000 displaced. after helping the first democratic election in 2005, the u.n. peacekeeping mission was drawn down. one of the questions that kept running through my mind as i toured freetown lastly, what if peacekeepers had never come? what if the country had still been at war? how much faster with the virus have spread? how would doctors and nurses h

the u.n. security council playing a role or taking action. a million maybe more people are expecting to take part here around the brandenburg gate. the berlin wall runs in front of it, dividing a city, country, a continent and the world in a superpower stand off. the world didn't come down because of decisions at the top. because of tens of thousands of east germans taking to the streets. this former dissident was one of them, and he overseas the files by the police. the fall of the wall has a message to the world. >> what can you learn. i would say that resistance is worth it. speaking truth to power is worth it, and democracy is not a construct. it's something that needs to be worked on every day, something that young people should be reminded of. >> a 15km line of lights follows the path of the wall and the death strip where soldiers shot to kill. the climax comes as they are released into the sky of the new capital of a unified germany. >> still to come - why some syrian refugees are exclud

the u.n. rt adds two branches of ansar al-sharia in libya to its sanctions list, both groups took part in the terrorist assault that killed four americans including ambassador chris stevens. the only suspect in u.s. custody is being tried in a d.c. federal court. the fbi documents say that he was the leader of ansar al-sharia in benghazi, a group now identified by the u.n. as al-qaeda. yet the administration has consistently downplayed any al-qaeda involvement. >> there's no indication at this point that core al-qaeda was involved or planned these attacks, and these are not official affiliates of al-qaeda. >> reporter: meanwhile, leading republican senator lindsey graham says it's time to expand the house select committee investigation. >> what i would suggest to senator mcconnell is to call up speaker boehner and say, listen, we want to be part of this and have the senate in a bipartisan fashion have a select committee, dod, intelligence, you know, armed services, intel, foreign relations, the

the u.n. voy says a local truce is the way to go. activists are doubtful. also ahead an exclusive report from the front line as iraqi troops try to break the siege of the country's biggest oil refinery. also israeli troops shoot dead a palestinian man. >>> i'm robin adams with the sport and the african cup of nations is dominating headlines, morocco punished for refusing to continent's biggest football tournament. and we're still not sure where the event will be held. the full story coming up in about 45-minute's time. ♪ >>> we begin this news hour in syria and iraq on a day that the u.n. has announced that the two conflicts have now displaced 13.6 million people. the u.n. refugee agency says the world is becoming numb to the problem. it says it needs more money and that more countries need to open their borders. take a look at this photo of the refugee camp in jordan. back in 2012 you can hardly see the tents. fast forward to today, and the camp is now huge. you can see it here in white. it's

the u.n. representatives, any kind of other statement is related to them. it's not an easy thing in yemen. but with the support of the yemeni people, the support of our brothers, with the support of the arab nations, our friends, from all over the world, i think we tried to take on all those challenges. >> the whole point of the problem was to stablilize yemen. are the houthis going to pull out of sanaa? >> it doesn't seem to be the case given the position given by the houthis. they rejected the government, and therefore they understand that the fighters are present. in fact. while i was driving back from the presidential palace to the office, there was checkpoints manned by houthi fighters. and would you look at yemen. the significant gains made by houthis, they control sanaa, amaran, the power base in sadr, and are expanding in sunni areas in the south. it's hard to imagine the houthis going back to square one, and surroundering disarming and pulling out from the capital. i have been hearing

the u.n. suggest that the threat. and with all kinds of terrorist training we face an extended threat over time. >> the judge mukasy was here in the last segment and i asked him what we can do if we know there are american citizens that are coming back after fighting alongside isis. and i believe that the head of the fbi said we know who they are and if they are citizens when we come back, we'll track them. what do you think about that? >> there is no point in tracking them. >> they have committed treson. it is the only crime defined in the constitution and said consisted of taking up arms against the united states and giving aid and comfort to the enemy. and if we find out who they are and they are in the u.s., or in our grasp they should be arrested and incarcerated and indicted for treason. >> we hear they are from france, uk, and from russia, you know, northern ireland. and why would people from these countries hate the west so much that they would be willing to go to war in another part of the world because they

a top court said it will dissolve the u.n. backed particlement with two rival administrations. >> also coming up, three israel soldiers were deliberately run over in the west bank as tension spills from the contentious religious site. >> holding billions of dollars meant for break away regions in the east. >> inside the ivory trade, the chinese gangs accused of an international smuggling racket with the help of park rangers from tanzania. >> libya, the supreme court announced it will dissolve the u.n. backed elected parliament, ruling the vote in june was unconstitutional. it is one of two rival administrations that have been vying for legitimacy and power in recent months. a different unelected government controls tripoli and has the backing of a powerful militia group. we have more. >> libya has been under the control of two rival governments, each supported by armed groups engaged in daily fighting. now the supreme court ruled how to move forward, declaring the u.n. backed parliament elected in june is unconstitutional and s

james bays reports from the u.n. hours in new york. >> the situation in eastern ukraine is closer and closer to open warfare. nato says pictures like these show russia is to blame. tanks and military hardware crossing the border, along with russian combat troops. >> we have seen the same thing that o.s.c.e. is reporting. we have seen columns of russian equipment, primarily russian tanks, russian artillery, russian air defense systems, and russian combat troops entering into ukraine. we do not have a good picture at this time of how many. we agree there are multiple columns that we have seen. >> reporter: the u.n. security council was called in an emergency session. officials from the u.n. and organization of security and cooperation in europe, which has a monitoring mission in ukraine, warned that a ceasefire in september was close to breaking down. in the chamber, where issues of international peace and security was to be resolved, there was a war of words between russia's representatives and counterparts from ukrain

whether to accept the u.n. freeze or keep fighting. the extremists won't do any deals. to try came to serious to get president assad's backing who has ported previous u.n. plans. this time he said a freeze was worth studying. now the u.n. with its local partners is attempting this success across from lines to help syrians of all sides of a conflict where no side is ready to compromise. the task has long been called mission impossible. four years into this crisis, some are considering a new idea but only if it doesn't worsen their current position. consolidatent must and not weaken its grip on power. >> we spoke a short time ago to a senior fellow at the washington institute for middle east policy. proposalk the freeze that has been about the last few weeks is a good first step in terms of aleppo. the problem that the freeze itself is based on the cease-fire proposals -- >> which haven't broken in the past. we will have to see how this freeze is really any different. >> they were making it a point of calling it a freeze and not a cease-fire because he thought it could rea

the u.n. security council held its 26th emergency session on ukraine again without taking any action. nato says columns of russian tanks and soldiers have rolled across the border in recorrect days, james bays reports from the u.n. in new york. >> reporter: the situation in eastern ukraine is getting closer and closer to open warfare. nato says pictures like this show russia is to blame. tanks and military hardware crossing the border. along with russian bad troops. >> we have seen the same thing that osce is reporting. we have seen columns of russian equipment, primarily russian tanks, russian artillery, russian air defense systems, and russian combat troops entering in to ukraine. we do not have a good picture at this time of how many. we agree that there are multiple columns that we have seen. >> reporter: the u.n. security council was called in emergency session, officials from the u.n. and the organization of security and cooperation in europe which has a monitoring mission in eastern ukra

the head of the u.n. mission fighting ebola tells the bbc it doesn't have the resources necessary to defeat the disease. he says more help is urgently needed. >>> wirelurker could be targeting users of errs of app products in china. >>> one of australia's best-known rock stars, the ac/dc drummer is charged with plotting to have two men killed. >>> and a miraculous rescue at sea for this fisherman. he survived for two days before being spotted. >>> a warm welcome to the program. the head of the u.n. mission nighting ebola in west africa has told the bbc he doesn't yet have the resources necessary to defeat the deadly disease. he says more help is urgently needed. he praised contributions from britain, which opened a new ebola center in sierra leone on wednesday. he also said that the united states, china, and cuba had all sent significant numbers of soldiers or medics, but he says it's still not enough. talking to our international development correspondent mark doyle, who's been giving me this update. >> t

as far as the u.n. commission in jordan that hopes to come and look at the conflict that occurred in gaza over the summer. the foreign ministry here in israels believes that the u.n. is bias and unprofessional. the commissioner has a record of being years of outrageousness. in its terms of reference, it looks at occupying territories such as gaza rather than rockets from hamas that could have killed young children and israel. the terms of reference of bias where commissions and prosecutions under way for what happened in gaza. so this is all coming at a time of very heightened tensions here. there is no indication as far as we know at this time secretary kerry meeting prime minister benjamin netanyahu undoubtedly, that would be an important issue for him if we could. in terms of the housing, we know the prime minister has said there should be the right to build houses, build all over jerusalem. that's his position. that really helps to explain why the announcement yesterday, 200 more houses, that phase o

the u.n. rity council has the authority to refer north korea or its leader, kim jong-un, to the icc. the country has repeatedly denied any human rights abuses. >>> cnn's david mckenzie joins us live from beijing with the latest. david, how likely is it that this will ever get as far as the international criminal court given north korea's ally, china, will likely use its veto power in the u.n. security council to prevent it from being hauled before the icc? >> reporter: well, it's a very good point, i'd say the odd at this point are still a long shot that those pushing this, and there are several countries backing this resolution, that they'll actually make it to the security council with the provisions intact and that it gets passed because the key to this is accountability. they're trying to get accountability for what they say are gross human rights violations, possible war crimes that kim jong-un and his regime are conducting to keep themselves in power. you know, the report is pretty breath

says close to 1000 people -- to the ukraine now, where the u.n. says close to 1000 people have been killed since september and the number of displaced people has nearly doubled, soaring to 466,000. for more on the worsening humanitarian situation on the ground, let's bring in our ukraine correspondent, gulliver cragg. 1000 killed in two months, do those figures seem crop -- seem plausible to you? >> the human report itself says that is probably a conservative estimate in particular because it is hard to know how many russian soldiers and russian citizens have been killed, because russia continues to deny that it has soldiers at all in the territory of eastern ukraine, despite numerous reports in russia of hundreds of body bags going back to russia from ukraine both regular soldiers, probably, and russian citizens, who either volunteered or accepted a cash payment to join in. there probably is a conservative estimate. the figures show that the number of civilians being killed is higher than the number of military personnel. as for the displaced pers

why the u.n. y's plans for truce in aleppo may come too late for the embattled syrian city. >>> outrage in india after botched sterilizations killed 10 women at a government-run health camp. >>> and 215 arrested in poland after clashing between police and far right rioters on independence day. ♪ ♪ >>> hello, nigeria's president goodluck jonathan has confirmed he will seek another ter term in office when lexes are held in february. he announced it one day after 47 people were killed nay suicide bombing at a school. as he nears the end of his first term, the president faces mounting criticism. this includes his failure tackle the boko haram armed group which is responsible for thousands of deaths, mainly in nigeria's northeast. its violent campaign has led to medicals being declared in three states, fighters have taken over towns and villages and there are reports of the army fleeing rather than fighting back. boko haram has also abducted hundreds of people, including more than 200 school girls in ap

and the u.n. itself has acknowledged that. he resolution adopted last year, it has requested us to continue with the internal processes, and let us get on with it. we need the time and the space to do it. we are a small developing country, and we can't do everything that others want us to do overnight. >>> evening -- engineers are planning a long-awaited upgrade in a hydroelectric power plant in afghanistan. now afghans are taking control, as jennifer glasse reports. >> reporter: afghanistan's biggest hydro electric plant could soon be generating even more electricity. this man has kept the power plant running for the past 36 years. he knows every piece of equipment in this plant designed and built by american engineers in the 1970s. >> this is analog, anything. now analog is done, gone. now we will replace by digital. >> reporter: the equipment is so old there are no spare parts. he shows me where they have had to impro vice. the system requires constant monitoring. >> where is the problem, which line is charred, which point i

why would they need the u.n.'s help? i think we are getting very close to having the government to understand. i think just the purpose of my meetings these days. that it's not a matter of vktry or defeat or encirclement. it's a matter of trying to see where we can find some type of political formula.encirclement. it's a matter of trying to see where we can find some type of political formula. they are the ones as well as everybody feeling that daesh, isis are the real terrorist groups, and that's why should we not stop the conflict elsewhere in order to be able to concentrate on that. and secondly, what is a victory? if it is them losing the war for the future of this country. >> reporter: but what is the opposition saying to you? they say the air strikes against the so-called islamic state are actually helping president assad and they still refuse to negotiate with him. why would they listen to your plan? >> well, wait for me to talk to them. we have a plan. the government is interested in considering it very seriously

the u.n. council has the authority to refer north korea or its leader, kim jong-un, to the icc. >>> residents in buffalo, new york, dealing with just incredible amounts of snow now. some places have seen more than 60 inches or 152 centimeters this week. where on the way. the mayor says snowfall there is heavier than anything they've seen in 40 years. >>> now for a palestinian perspective on the jerusalem terror attack. the rising tensions between it and the prospects for deescalation. i spoke with the executive director of the jerusalem fund and its educational program, the palestine center. here's that interview. joining me from washington, d.c., we're witnessing yet another cycle of violence here in this region. we know that as far as the palestinians are concerned this is taking place in the larger contest of the israeli occupation. but what specifically do you think is behind this latest uptick in clashes? >> i think what we're seeing today particularly in jerusalem is really about exactly

today, the u.n. mmittee against torture responded to that testimony saying that it has to respect the decisions of authorities not to prosecute. is the family aware of the u.n.'s remarks? i wonder if they were disappointed at all by what they have heard out of geneva? >> they have not commented to me about that. and to be honest with you, jim, i haven't heard that statement. i'm not surprised by it. anything, like i told you before, short of holding this officer accountable for their child's death i'm sure would not be pleasant for them to hear. >> understood. and to be fair, i don't want to give the misimpression here because the u.n. also said that they believe this case should be investigated thoroughly so they did -- they referenced larger issues with how african-americans are treated by law enforcement, i want to make that clear. if i can before i let you go, does the family have anything planned to keep the momentum going around this movement? particularly with the holiday season on us. in the l

those others are the u.n. they're representative from the department of political affairs, and national organization that has monitors in the eastern ukraine. there i think we'll get a neutral opinion of what we believe is happening on the ground. that's the most important thing to look at. >> we'll touch base with you later on when we have heard from that emergency meeting of the security council. james bays at the u.n. thank you. >> there has been a further increase. palestinians security officials have accused israeli settlers of carrying out the arson attack which destroyed the first flew of the building. >> it serviced around a thousand families and now you can see that it's mostly just ash. let's take a look at what happened here in this mosque after what investigators are describing as an arson attack carried out by israeli settlers. you can see holy books have been burned. you can see windows blown out. it just under scores the tensions we've been seeing not only here in the occupied west bank buts will

the u.n. hopes that by stopping conflicts in certain areas it will deliver much needed aid supplies by those trapped by the fighting. it is another attempt to reduce the fighting in syria, and it is what people want. a civil society activist from homs who has mediated local cease fires in the past. >> this is the only thing that works. this is the only thing that gives hope to the people. 30,000 civilians are back after the deal. they're having much better life now than they had when there were idps. nothing else in gee me have a, london, new york, has delivered difference on the ground. >> reporter: she has been proposing a bottom-up approach for some time now. >> but facilitating this, and accepting money to peace keeps keepser, if they're not properly monitored, they often fail. >> that's why the people have asked her to personally intervene in mediation efforts to bring peace to their district. shdistrict. this is the only area controlled in homs. the neighborhood has been under siege for m

we have to bring it to the u.n. so they can e pose it to the rest of the world what's going on in small town ferguson. >> leave the area, disburse. >> reporter: the brown family argued in their son's death and in the protests that followed, ferguson officials violated the u.n.'s convention against tore tu and other cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment. today the u.n. responded with recommendations. >> we recommend that the incidents of police brutality and excessive use of force by law enforcement officers are investigated promptly, effectively and impartially. >> reporter: this is not the first time the committee has urged a democratic nation to review its police more carefully. in recent years the netherlands responded to u.n. concerns over police in aruba, setting up an internal investigation bureau there. other nations such as portugal and the chech republic amended their penal codes after u.n. scrutiny. here in the u.s. -- >> we welcome the sclut any of the world because what you see in america is a country th

. >>> the u.n. security council is calling for a thorough investigation into allegations of hundreds of women and girls have been raped by soldiers in darfur. they're accused of attacking women in two separate occasions in the past three weeks. the sudanese army denies the claims. >> reporter: to get to tabot is difficult. sometimes the only safe way in is with armed assistance. they escorted the media in to cover a scandal that says 200 women and girls have been subjected to massive rape, violated by sudanese soldiers. allegations that they deny. some women on the streets say nothing happened. >> we've heard about women young and old being raped in the villages. we heard that they were only willing to spread rumors and give a bad reputation. >> these claims of mass rapes are big lies. those soldiers have married our girls, not raped them. >> but we have this report. >> the soldier beat up my husband badly in front of our three girls. they dragged him out of the house bleeding. four others came in an

>> the report from the u.n. panel - it says it has specific and serious concerns about racial profiling, police brutality and police using excessive force, questioning whether the u.s. is addressing the issue by investigating and punishing officers who may be involved. here is more from the report. >> as reports of widespread abuse of force by the police, and this gives rise to concern, of course, and this gives some vulnerable group, including ethnic groups, blacks, have been particularly targeted by this force. >> and this report cites specific incidents in which the panel felt police brutality was an issue. they are addressing the issues. obviously with michael brown's parents festifying and with everything going wrong it underscores the need for systematic changes in the u.s. >> let's talk about the latest from governor jay nixon, announcing a special session with the assembly. what can we expect coming out of that? >> well, the governor wants to meet with lawmakers and the issue is to address funding. the na

david, wh enthis all gets to the u.n. rity council, it's not just there that chinese are protecting the north korean, it's also when it comes to refugees who try to flee the hel hole. >> that's right, china doesn't even consider north koreans who defect from the country passing through china as refugees. they call them economic migrants. and that says, the u.n. refugee agency, is absolutely wrong. that china has obligations under international law. so in that u.n. report that you describe, it doesn't only slam north korea and the oppressive regime, it says that china is complicit in possible crimes against humanity. in a roe mote border region of northeast china, we've set up a clandestine meeting with a north korean refugee escaping through china. transported by people smugglers known as snake heads. we can't show you his face for safety reasons. we'll calm him lee. i was coming over to hiding lee tells me. i was here one day and there the next. lee says he was a north korean soldier but won't say why he had to flee, leav

the u.n. curity council. we have the e.u.'s foreign minister here discussing the issue, and the white house has expressed concern. there is a lot of pressure for israeli to calm things down here, and the measures they have been using doesn't seem to be doing the trick, if you will, so one would imagine that's is why we're hearing these comments and appeals for calm by the israeli government. >>> the ukrainian military is aledging that a convoy of tanks and other heavy weapons has crossed into ukraine from russian. they say they have entered lou hassen k. >> reporter: moscow's policy has been to insist that what happens in ukraine has nothing to do with russia. but there are many people on the ground who are observing a significant build up in russia weaponry, russian hardware over the last few weeks. the rebels have also insisted they are about to launch a new offensive and try to take back the cities. you also have nato seeing significant increase of russian troop activity on the border with u

now, according to the deal and the u.n. top diplomat, yes after forming the technocrat government, the houthis should withdraw, and go back to sadr in the north. there are no indications that they will do so. there are reports from a number of sources within the political spectrum that the houthis plan otherwise, because we are hearing that they have installed a number of officials in security forces and other government institution, and they are the power on the ground. >> thank you omar. speaking to us from yemen's capital sanaa. >> kurdish forces begin a battle against the i.s.i.l. armed group in syria. they have fired rockets at targets in the northern border town of kobane. the armed group has been trying to capture the town for more than five weeks. around 150 iraqi kurdish soldiers known as peshawar crossed into syria from turkey. eight people have been killed in baghdad after a bomb attack targetting shia pilgrims. the explosion happened after pilgrims from leaving for kabula. 22 others were injured during the blast.

they did that to everyone. >> the u.n. tried to send in a tomorrow to investigatto investigate the allegations. they were not let in for a week. when they were finally let in, it was with a heavy army presence. >> there had been a heavy military presence you during the team's presence, and while they say the rape remained unverified, in they are view it was impossible to conclude that no sexual violence took place. >> the u.n. team has tried to get back in the city for the last few days and still was denied access. >> we have nothing to hide. we are open to an investigation. what happened there did not deserve an investigation. everyone knows that they denied their accusations. if there is an accusation we'll go with it because there is nothing to hide. >> for the moment it is hard to prove what really has taken place, but the u.n. seems determined to try to find out. >> now the head of the u.n. ebola mission has warned that the world is far from beating the deadly outbreak. telling the u.n. security council that an increas

the u.n. security council is meeting to discuss how to stop the flow of foreign fighters. these are live pictures from new york. bringing the diplomatic editor james bays. what are the french saying about the two citizens in the video, and how does it relate to what is being discussed at the u.n. security council? >> the u.n. security council meeting starting now. julie bishop just introducing the meeting - australia the current president of the security council, trying to build on the security council meeting back in september, which was chaired by the u.s. president, president obama. as they meet the work goes on with the intelligence agencies and capital. they are talking here in the security council about foreign fighters. the intelligence agencies are trying to identify the foreign fighters, the french telling us that they know the identities of two of the people in the most recent video from i.s.i.l. these are very, very brutal videos, but i think it's worth remarking that they are actual

the u.n. hreatening to impose sanctions as the army tightens its control of the land locked country. on sunday soldiers fired shots in to the air in the capital to disperse protesters demanding a return to civilian rule, dominick kane has the latest i'm crowd march on his state tv. they have come to hear an opposition member explain why she was be burkina faso's next leader. but she won't get inside the building. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: this gunfire is directed over the heads of the protesters. fired by a goop of soldiers. in the confusion, state tv is taken off air for several hours. the military action continues as armed jeeps patrol the streets. but burkina faso's new military leaders are at pains to insist their aims are peaceful and democratic. >> translator: we ask to be given some space to work towards put our country back on track in the interest all parties. power does not interest us. the transition body will be put there plays with all the components to be adopted by a broad consens

and the u.n. says the number of people malnourished has dropped. the u.n. secretary-general says more needs to be done. >> i know from my own country's experience, the crippling effect that hunger and malnutrition can have. a great deal of progress has been made since i issued zero hunger challenge, calling on government, society, faith, communities, the private sector, and research institutions. and eliminate the worst forms of malnutrition. >>> according to the u.n.'s food and agricultural organization, 161 million children have stunted growth because they do not have enough to eat. one in two child deaths are linked to malnutrition, and around the world more than 800 million people go hungry every day >>> south sudan, children are the hardest hit from the unrest. nick clark has this report from juba. >> reporter: it's hard to see how a place like this can be a live line, but it is. here at the city rubbish dump, children help to pick over the waste of a capital of a nation at war with itself. sometimes they find scraps they can eat. sickness is never far

you are talking about the u.n. i'm talking about lack of leadership. the thing is the u.n. isn't leading. this there is no -- i mean, who can command the world to respond to this? we are not doing that? >> we have always insisted that the u.n. do it our way or cut them off. look what's about to happen. the iaea is backing a plan which will essentially allow iran to get nuclear weapons. >> prime minister netanyahu will never let that happen at least he says he won't. >> if john kerry does a deal with iran on their nuclear program, that will finish any hope any of isis it will prove what al baghdadi has been saying all along. he is telling everybody, the united states is backing shiite that goes persian gulf. only one standing in the way of that is isis. ird point is going to be made. it will be terrible for the sunnies. terrible for us. >> colonel north nice to he sue. >> good to see you. i will send you pictures of my dog. >> he has a new puppy. >>> a job is going to send shiver up your spine. senator lindsey graham is here next. follow me on twitter right now brand new hand

the palestinian ambassador i know would also like a meeting of the u.n. security council to discuss the situation on the ground. right now. i think it's worth explaining felicity some of the context of this. as well as the violence we also have a diplomatic initiative from the palestinians. it was announced by prime minister abbas when he came. they say everything in the past all the negotiations haven't worked so now they want to start at the end of the problem and come up where an end daylight for occupation. now, that work is going on. i can tell y that the palestinians cam up with a draft for the security council resolution. there have been one or two meetings from that draft i can tell you from sourcesrom the u.n. i spoke to today, that there's a hush meeting taking place in the next couple of hours between the palestinians and the french, they believe the french could be sympathetic to them, about the language of a possible resolution. the country that doesn't want this to come to the security council right now is the u.s. it wants to talk to the pal

and i have as my source the u.n. report. the u.n.jyt Ñ and they're on one page, this is going behind the scenes according to4kbv the u.n. >> well, i think it tells you:÷ everything you need to know. iranliñúekç has lied eòç)$p!out il weapons program for 30 years and here on the verge ofv=n this deal is thehqau xa#5> is that something even the prime minister netanyahu can even live with? he said very clearly when he speaks with the general assembly at the u.n. is there will be no nuclear enrichment capability for iran when he's finished and seems like the u.s. now trying to negotiate something but we find out that the people with whom we're negotiating aren't even remotely doing any fair dealing. >> look, how sad is this negotiation, when the british and the europeans started on this route 12 years ago, the f

of not being fully in compliance with the u.n. convention on torture. specifically, the group was critical of the use of racial profiling and excessive use of force by u.s. police. but it did not specifically mention events in ferguson. joining me to talk about this is cnn's phil black, he's in london. earlier this week, the same committee urged president obama to be transparent on alleged cia torture. is the u.s. suffering a credibility crisis here on human rights? >> well, this united nations committee has certainly come up with a pretty long list of concerns. ways in which it believes the united states is not living up to the u.n. convention against torture. some of it is historical. you touched on cia allegations of torture there. it also talks about rendition and what it says were abusive interrogation techniques. that historic stuff, it wants the united states to be more transparent about what just went on during that time. it also had quite a bit to say about guantanamo bay, the fact that people are still being detained there indefinitely without

dominick kane, al jazeera. >> now the head of the u.n. ebola mission a has warned that the world is far from ending the outbreak. he also warned while there is progress, a new outbreak in mali shows that it is still spreading. u.n. general secretary ban ki-moon said that if efforts to fight the virus are not stepped ustepped up it could be contained by the middle of next year. >>> help from china, the first team of 165 chinese healthcare workers who will operate the facility are already there. >>> now the "world health organization" said that 40 people have died from the plague in ma madagascar since august. the "who" warns as the risk of rapid spread of the city in the capitol. so far there have been two recorded cases, and one death. >>> the bubonic plague is spread by fleas on rats. >>> the new interim president of the burkina faso has officially started his interim one-year term. they have handed responsibility over to kafando who will serve as the one-term leader. general zida will almost the new regional prime minister. >> the army i

so the u.n. wishes that it is doing it now, but it has to continue to strengthen the capacity of these refugee organizations and with those who are not in the leadership decision. >> thank you so much for joining us on al jazeera. thank you. >> security forces in israel fired tear gas at protesters in east jerusalem. palestinian youth threw stones at trucks and cars waiting to cross a roadblock. tensions were high after it two people attacked a synagogue. imtiaz tyab joins us from our bureau in west jerusalem. tell us, first, about the latest from east jerusalem, and whether the clashes there are continuing. >> the situation across occupied east jurisdiction is extremely tense, it has been tense for some time now. we have hit something of a peak, particularly following the attack by two palestinian men in the west of the city leaving five taken. the israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu ordered a large security presence in the occupied east jerusalem, which is saying something, considering the

in event hosted by the u.n. mmittee on the exercise of the inalienable rights of the palestinian people. if you would like a copy of today's show, you can go to democracynow.org. after chomsky spoke, i interviewed him in front of an audience of 800 at the u.n. we will play highlights of that conversation after this break. ♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. ,s we return to noam chomsky m.i.t. institute professor at -- and retired professor of linguistics, world-renowned political dissident and author. in october, professor chomsky spoke before 800 people in the hall of the united nations general assembly on the issue of israel and palestine. after his speech, i did a public interview with officer chomsky. we are here at the united nations general assembly. what do you think is the single most important action the u.n. can take to solve the crisis in the occupied territories between the palestinians and the israelis? >> well, we have to bear in mi

the u.n. has needed to prioritize certain families, concluded that 15% don't need the vouchers but there may be errors. >> we can see if it's an senate error we can reinstate them completely, some we can be clear from their living conditions the assets they can that they actually can survive on their own and they will stay excluded. >> but there are so many that stay sai they can't survive on their own and return to syria and conditions only get worse the longer they stay i in exile. >>> many people are getting concerned, james bays reports. >> keeping the peace in liberia but not much longer. u.n. mission for over a decade but now because of the threat from ebola they're pulling out and no other country's offering to take their place. liberia is the worth his country. 6500 cases of ebola, about half the current total of 13,000 cases across the worst-affected parts of west africa. for now other countries with troops in libel are staying put but they are concerned. >> we -- in liberia are stayi