u.n. general secretary ban ki-moon condemned the use of force. i call on all involved to seize violence and for ukrainian authorities to refrain from excessive use of force. i am appalled by the use of firearms by both the police and protesters. i urge all parties to immediately resume agencywide dialogue. this is the only way to prevent further bloodshed and arrive at a solution after the deepening political, security, and economic crisis. the presidential palace in mogadishu, somalia has come under attack. exploded outside of the gates and militants tried to shoot their way into the compound. it is not clear how many people have died. the somalian president did survive the attack. jazeera journalists on trial in egypt pleaded not guilty thursday to having went to the muslim brotherhood. the military government has accused them of joining or aiding and abetting a terrorist organization. their trial was adjourned until march 5. heather allen, the head up al jazeera news gathering, criticize prosecutors. >> we believe we will be acquitted. they we

u.n. general assembly. but neither of those parties have the power to refer to the international criminal court. only the security council will do that and that's where north korea's long term ally china has a psychiatr veto. perhaps the weight of the u.n. brings the a little bit closer. james bays, al jazeera in geneva. >>> developing story in south korea, nine college students have died after a roof collapsed. south korea's new agency say students were at a welcome home ceremony for freshman students when a roof caved in. dozens are reportedly attacked. >>> secretary of state john kerry accused bashar al-assad of stalling peace talks. at a news conference, he said assad's team has refused to talk about a transitional government that would replace the regime. >> it is very clear that bashar al-assad is continuing to try to win this in the battle field rather than to come to the negotiating table. >> kerry continues his trip through asia. he'll fly next to the united arab 'e emirates. >>> ayatollah khomeini

u.n. general assembly but neither of those bodies has the power to refer things to the international criminal court. only the security council can do that, and that's where north korea's long-term ally china has a veto. an international court case seems a distant prospect but this report backed with the weight of the u.n. perhaps brings it a little closer. james bays, al jazeera, the united nations in geneva. >> now to a developing story in south korea, a building collapsed, three college students have died during an universal orientation. it happened in the southern city 200 south of seoul. the news agency reports more than 500 students were at a welcoming party for freshmen when the building's roof collapsed. dozens are reportedly trapped. >>> secretary of state john kerry accused syrian president bashar al-assad of stalling peace talks. in a press conference in indonesia kerry calls on russia to push syria to negotiate with opposition leaders. he said assad's team has refused to talk about a transition government that would replace the regime. >> bashar al-assad is not engaged in the discu

u.n. general assembly, but neither of those bodies have the power to refer things to the international criminal court. only the security council can do that, and that's where north korea's long-term ally china has a veto. an international court case seems a distant prospect but this report backed with the weight of the u.n. perhaps brings it a little closer. james bays, al jazeera, at the united nations in geneva. >> the death toll from a roof collapse in south korea has risen to eighth. it happened in the southern city 230 miles southeast of seoul. more than 500 students were at a welcoming party for freshmen when the building's roof cased in. 20 students from injured and dozens are reportedly trapped. >>> secretary of state john kerry accused syrian president bashar al-assad of stalling peace talks. in a press conference in indonesia kerry called on russia to push syria to negotiate with opposition leaders. >> bashar al-assad has not engaged in the discussions along the promised and required standard that both russia spoke up for and the regime spoke up for, that they would come to geneva and

u.n. general assembly approve the right to privacy. we want people around the world to sign an international petition that calls on all governments of the world to -- to protect the privacy rights, the human privacy -- the fundamental human right to privacy. >> seems like it's unlikely you will get the result with soap pa and pippa, immediately, legislation was stopped. >> this is one step of many. we are not expecting this to stop a bill about to pass, like informs the case with soap pa and pippa. what we do want is a strong, clear call to all governments of the world, especially in the united states, because that's where we see the most egregious violations so far, to call on elected representatives to act on the will of the people. everyer whelmingly the polls show they oppose mass government surveillance. >> what about big international companies like companies like google and yahoo!, are they involved or hope they will get involved? >> just last month, they released a set of five principles about how they want to see the nsa surve

u.n. general assembly of a draft resolution which would threaten the syrian government with sanctions unless i provide safe homes so russia slammed the drafters one sided moscow believes rebel fighters are in fact. the ones firing on relief missions and many of the militants are linked directly to al qaeda and now neighboring countries are bearing the brunt of the spillover is our tears were if a national reporting now from behind rebel lines in lebanon. was the syrian conflict rages on neighboring lebanon faces a dramatic increase in sectarian violence in january alone for kabul has killed dozens in beirut and the town of had a mill next to the syrian border the targets were a shia areas controlled by hizbullah lebanon's most influential force which also supports syrian president bashar assad we traveled to the northern city of tripoli a sunni stronghold vehemently opposing hezbollah visible in the message calling those who. supported by. his bella's military involvement in syria is believed to have given damascus the the hand in the battle of god and has deeply angered assad's enemies do y

u.n. general showed a hint of frustration. >> this resolution should not have been necessary. humanitarian assistance is not something to be negotiated. ifs something to be allowed by vurt u of international law. >> there were divisions between russia and others. they were unhappy with the threat of u.n. sanctions against anyone obstructing the delivery of aid. that paragraph was taken out of the time resolution. >> the russian federation supported the draft resolution since when agreeing on the document many russian considerations were borne in mind. the document took op a balanced nature. >> the resolution demands cross-border access to syria, lifting of procedures and an end to attacks. the decision how and when will the aid be delivered. >> assad as it was to achieve the resolution, passing today's resolution was easy. impleme implementation is the hard part. the world must stand together so there's no delays, couple lippings, with cruel and shameless attacks on civilians. >> there's no doubt the unity is a diplomatic break through, but the impact can't be measured unless

u.n. general assembly but neither of those bodies have the power to refer it to the criminal court, only the connell has thasecurity cout to do that. and the u.s. has china to defer. >>> lavish spending and leaders living in luxury. john terret has the report. >>> thank you, tony. give you an idea of what life is like in north korea. there is some stuff here that is reasonably fresh. spending the people's money literally in buying the country, king jong-un, the her mit leader of north korea, as james was saying in his report took over a couple of years ago, and in violation of the nuclear capability and also for test firing those rockets that are capable of caring nukes maybe one day. using cash from secret or parallel funds that may otherwise help the starving and there are many people starving in north korea, have included quite eye poppingly, high class cognac, high class whiskey, and equipment for 1,000 seat movie theaters including projectors like this. there have even been reports to import mercedes benz vehicles from germany. high end musical equipment and dozens of pianos, according

u.n. general ban ki-moon is asking bashar al-assad's government to allow aid into the country. it is meeting stumbling blocks. we have more details. >> the bombs, the gun fire. these are the familiar weapons of syria's civil war. many areas have also been under siege for well over a year. nothing is getting in. no one is making it out. that means food or the lack of it has become a powerful new weapon. people are starving. those that do have something to sell, say it will not last long. >> prices doubled and merchants blame the border closures. prices of goods are rising. people are starving to death. >> a security council resolution opened the door for efforts to get aid into syria. there's a hold-up and the u.n. chief is blaming the syrian government. >> i call on the syrian government to authorise more humanitarian staff and partners to work in syria. it is not credible to site bureaucratic procedures as reasons for delay when it is the government itself that controls those procedures. >> syria's u.n. ambassador admissibility the registration, comparing the situation to a mo

u.n. general assembly, but neither of those entities have the power, and that's where long-term ally china has a veto. >> reporter: this report backed with the weight of the u.n. perhaps brings it a little closer. james bays, al jazeera, at the al jazeera america in geneva. >> the u.n. report on north korea talks about corruption that has not been discussed. lavish spending and top leaders living in luxury. we have more on this report. >> you know, some say this is the most important report on north korea in years and this is the best chance of changing things because of the words that have been published today, and it will go on to the united nations at a higher level later in the month. now united nations says north korea is spending the people's money on buying and importing luxury goods for the country's top brass, and the u.n. is blaming kim jong-un, th the hert leader. for nuclear bombs and firing rockets that are capable of carrying them. they are accused of starving people in north korea, and high quality cognac and a 1,000 seat movie theater, and there have been attempts by the u.

u.n. general assembly every year with 180 heads of state here. the good thing is you are in a part of a country that is the very best at doing this, new york, new jersey, they are used to this. they are used to this kind of security. never 100% guarantee. but this is a pretty safe situation. commissioner kelly left a very good operation. commissioner bratton i'm sure has even approved it i'm pretty comfortable there is going to be a safe event. i'm going to goened a i feel very comfortable about it. >> if you are going to go and you feel safe, maybe it's a good sign to everybody else. thank you, notice, i didn't ask you who you are cheering for. anyway, nice to see you. >> thank you very much. now to the big game that the mayor and i were just talking about and the whole world is talking about. "on the record" has your all access pass, super bowl 48. the denver bronchos play the seattle seahawks. if you didn't know that you live under a cave. now of course you are looking live at super bowl boulevard. it is "new york times" square. joining us fro

u.n. general assembly. but neither of those bodies have the power to refer those to the international criminal court. only the security council can do that and that's where north korea's long term ally china has a veto. a criminal case seems a distant prospect but the weight of the u.n. perhaps brings it a little closer. james bays, al jazeera at the time united nations in geneva of. >> here to talk about that report and what it means is jim whrach. walsh, welcome. >> good to see you john. >> what do you think about this report? >> i have two contradictory ideas about this. this is a big deal, right? crimes against humanity. stories flow over us every day. a trial in florida. winter weather, whatever. this is crimes against humanity. right? this is a big deal. we should pause and sort of try to absorb the gravity of what that means. but, or and, so what do you do about it? and i think a lot of us would rush to want to do stuff to try to change that situation. and it wouldn't work. and it might make things w

u.n. general assembly. but neither of those bodies have the power to refer those to the international criminal court. only the security council can do that and that's where the u.s.'s long term ally china has a veto. >>> weight of the u.n. brings it a little closer. james bays al jazeera at the united nations in geneva. >> well amnesty international heard from more than 80 north korean defectors who say they are the victims of abuse. they spoke of starvation and murder during their time as prisoners. >> it is a place that would make your hair stand on end. cannot help you understand what this place is like. >> people got so hungry they would eat anything from dog food and cattle feed and beans left on the ground. i have heard some people ate beans and maize kernels stuck inning animal dung. >> across the demilitarized zone, a politician has been jailed for 12 years for plotting an armed rebellion in support of the north. telling supporters to account south korea's infrastructure in the event of a full scale

u.n. secretary general recently called on germany to broaden its role in international conflict resolution. and he is likely to welcome the indications of a shift in german foreign policy. ukrainian opposition leaders are meeting with top western officials at the conference today. the alleged torture of opposition activist has sent shock waves through the international diplomatic community. he is now reportedly being held under house arrest on suspicion of organizing mass unrest. fears are also growing that the army is preparing to crush the anti-government demonstrations on independence square in kiev. our chief political correspondent at the munich conference, i spoke to her a short while ago and asked what direction discussions they are taking on ukraine. >> the public statements being made by american and european leaders emphasize that it is absolutely urgent that a peaceful solution be found for ukraine and they said the country should not be forced to take sides to choose between europe or russia and that the prime minister should realize that there is no time he should not use dela

u.n.'s general assembly, where china has no veto, should now take action so this report gets a world forum. brian? >> andrea, as we said, it's hard to hear about. but the u.n. says they need the world to know. andrea mitchell from our d.c. newsroom tonight. andrea, thanks. >>> now to a drama that played out earlier today. it was all going as planned on board an ethiopian airlines jet that is until the co-pilot locked the pilot out of the cockpit of the aircraft and hijacked the plane with over 200 people on board, including 11 american passengers. what followed was a tense few hours in the sky as the hijacker flew the aircraft to switzerland. we get more tonight from nbc's ayman mohyeldin. >> please don't smoke. >> reporter: inside this ethiopian flight 702, passengers in their seats, hands on their heads as swiss police prepare to board the plane in geneva. on the tarmac outside, police surround the plane, escorting more than 200 passengers and crew off one by one. the ordeal began hours earlier an overnight flight from the ethiopian capital, addis ababa en route to rome. but the plane ne

u.n. general assembly, president obama said this, and i'd like to quote him at length -- quote -- "the principle of sovereignty is at the center of our international order, but sovereignty cannot be a shield for tyrants to commit one murder or an excuse for the international community to turn a blind eye. while we need to be modest in our belief that we can remedy every evil, while we need to be mindful that the world is full of unintended consequences, should we really accept the notion that the world is powerless in the face of a rwanda, a srebrenica? if that's the world people want to live in, they should say so and reckon with the cold logic of mass graves." that was our president. that was the president of the united states. and i agree with every word of what he said. but how are we to reconcile these stirring words with the reality of these images from syria? how are we to explain how the leader of the free world who says that it is a moral obligation of the united states to do what we can to prevent the worst atrocities in our world is not doing more to stop the atrocities that are occur

u.n. second general was there. showed a hint of frustration of the diplomatic wrangler. >> this resolution should not have been necessary. humanitarian assistance is not something to be negotiated. it is something to be allowed by virtue of international law. >> reporter: for weeks there were deep divisions between russia and western countrie cous over previous versions of the restless luke, months on you claimed one sided regulations and it was also unhappy with the threat the u.n. sanction is against anyone obstructing the aid. that paragraph was taken out of the final resolution. >> thresolution. >> translator: the russian federation supported the resolution since many russian considerations in borne in mind as a result the document took on a balanced nature. >> reporter: the resolution demands cross border access to syria, the lifting of sieges. the question now is how and will the aid be delivered. >> as hard as it was to get this resolution, passing it was the easy part. the hard and desperate hade desy neces

u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon and other world leaders are stepping up pressure on the ukrainian government, and the opposition to bring an end to the violence. >> i'm appalled by the use of firearms by both the police and protesters. i urge all parties to immediately resume a genuine dialogue. >> u.s. vice president joe biden spoke to president yanukovych by telephone on thursday. biden urged him to call off his security forces immediately. biden told yanukovych the u.s. is prepared to impose sanctions on ukrainian officials. the european union already decided on thursday to freeze assets held in eu countries by ukrainian officials deemed responsible for cracking down on demonstrators. >>> officials in the u.n. security council are putting the final touches on a draft resolution that would boost humanitarian aid access in syria. 3 million people in the country lack sufficient aid while the fighting between government and opposition forces continues. last week western and arab nations submitted a draft resolution to the security council. a copy obtained by nhk calls for both sides to immedi

u.n. secretary general ban ki moon he's here for the opening ceremony on friday evening of course it's the climax of a journey that started in moscow back in october sixty five thousand kilometers the torch has traveled it's been to the bottom of lake baikal it's gone to the top of mt it's even been to the north pole and even to space and it's also been in the mountains which is just a short train ride from here and where my colleague andrew farmer is well yesterday . came up paid to the manties and to the ski resort of rose a. very only in peak hero the bobsled. was one of the torchbearers now we're in the foothills of the caucasus and despite that we still only a very short tele cabin ride away where most of the sporting events are going to take place so everything is very compact and that's also the case down at the black sea in the coastal class today and that's something that had been impressed with. everything the small united of nature and everything it's close. close to do. we can go by war look and there is not a big security. we feel free and we're fairly confident the russian te

u.n. secretary general. earlier ban told olympic officials games cannot allow any form of gender discrimination. he was referring to a russian law that restricts gay rights. there was a surprise in washington today that may mean the end of immigration reform. surprising, because last week, both parties were optimistic that the one thing that would pass this year would be enhancements to border security and a plan for 11 million illegal residents to work toward legal status. republican house speaker john boehner was among those most encouraged until today. here's nancy cordes. for reform fails, it will be the president's fault. >> listen, there's widespread doubt about whether this administration can be trusted to enforce our laws, and it's going to be difficult to move any immigration legislation until that changes. >> reporter: it was a surprising about-face for the republican leadership. just last week, house budget care, paul ryan, told scott pelley that immigration reform was one of the party's top prior

u.n. secretary general ban ki moon who was here for tonight's opening ceremony and organizers say that for the olympic torch relay it is almost a case of mission accomplished it's of course the long years and the biggest torch relay in time and history so it's been a huge logistical effort to to make this happen in the russia in winter time but it's been a fantastic journey and i mean every dream we are going to school we had before we started has really come through so it's it's been an amazing journey really showing the first verse of everybody over the next few hours the olympic torch is going to snake its way through such a before arriving here in the fish stadium for the opening ceremony and atmosphere is building because the such the twenty fourteen winter olympics are now just hours away. and of course have got a team of correspondents working in all the venues across the olympic city of sochi no doubt about that and paul scott what you just heard from him is that right here in that costo cluster where the olympic park is and where the opening ceremony will take place this evening a

u.n. secretary general ban ki moon he's here for the opening ceremony on friday evening of course it's the climax of a journey that started in moscow. sixty five thousand kilometers the torch has traveled it's been to the bottom of lake baikal it's gone to the top of mt it's even been to the north pole and even to space it's also been to the mountain cluster in the. train ride away over my right shoulder which is where my colleague now reports from. well yesterday the limpid came up here to the mountains into the ski resort of rosa who toured the foothills of the caucasus and despite that we're still only a very short tele cabin ride away where most of the sporting events are going to take place so everything is very compact and that's also the case down at the black sea in the coastal cluster there and that's something that athletes have been impressed with everything is small you know ordered a village and everything it's close. close to do. we can go by war and there is not a big security so we feel free and we're fairly confident the russian tennis star maria sharapova is also in town

u.n. secretary general ban ki moon he's going to be in attendance at the savings or. playing ceremony of course is the climax of the journey which has seen it travel sixty five thousand kilometers across the world's largest country it's been to the bottom of the world's deepest lake it's been to the top of europe's highest peak has been to the north pole to space as well it really has been an incredible journey for the olympic torch in august organizers say it's almost mission accomplished it's of course the. biggest in time in history so it's been a huge logistical effort to make this happen in russia in winter time but it's been a fantastic journey and i mean every dream we had before we started has really come through the olympic torch is going to wind its way through such a towards the fish stadium for tonight's opening ceremony as it does that the excitement in and around this region is really tough because the twenty fourth saying such a winter olympics just hours away well we've got a team of correspondents working across all the vang's all the a live. report b

u.n. secretary general ban ki moon who was here for tonight's opening ceremony and organizers say that for the olympic torch relay it is almost a case of mission accomplished. it's of course the loneliest and biggest culturally in time and history so it's been a huge logistical effort to make this happen in russia in winter time but it's been a fantastic journey and i mean every dream we are going to school we had before we started and it's really come through so it's it's been an amazing journey really showing the first the first of everybody. well this is it then over the next few hours the olympic torch is going to snake its way through such a before arriving here in the fish stadium for the opening ceremony there's a cautious optimism in the atmosphere is building because the sochi twenty fourteen winter olympics are now just hours away. and we will of course we'll check back in with every single hour paula to see what has happened in there that set for an hour it seems paul sculthorpe or saying from the olympic host city now we've got it seem of course on this work and all the venues

u.n. general assembly should be honored. that's the right of return for palestinian refugees. the only reason palestinian refugees aren't allowed to return is because they're of the wrong ethnic group. that's 80% of the residents of the gaza strip. they're living under siege, plunged into darkness because they've been deemed a demographic threat. i don't understand how that's acceptable. [applause] >> thanks, max, for a great talk. palestinian, israeli citizen are what you call 48, so from someone who lived on the inside and you argue this in your book, we've been noticing younger generations have been getting more and more racist against arabs, more and more pro-settlement, and, therefore, politicians have been promoting policies that are more and more racist towards arabs, more and more pro-settlement, or perhaps it's the other way around. but it's a cycle of racism against arabs and settlements, and the situation is just getting worse and worse. what fuels that, and how can we stop that? >> i think this also goes to the kind of situation, what you described and, you know, i

u.n. secretary general ban ki moon who was here for tonight's opening ceremony and organizers say that for the olympic torch relay it is almost a case of mission accomplished it's of course the longest and biggest torch relay in time in history so it's been a huge logistical effort to make this happen in russia in winter time but it's been a fantastic journey and i mean every dream we had before we started has really come through so it's it's been an amazing journey really showing the first of russia everybody over the next few hours the olympic torch is going to snake its way through such a before arriving here in the fish stadium for the opening ceremony and atmosphere is building because the such the twenty fourteen winter olympics are now just hours away. and our finest correspondents and cameras are in place to give you the news from very every venue in sochi from the very heart of sanchez and give you a taste of the olympic spirit back and polls can't we just heard from him has said a camp has set up camp in the olympic park in the coastal cluster of sancerre it's here where the open

u.n. secretary general ban ki moon who is here for tonight's opening ceremony and organizers say that for the olympic torch relay it is almost a case of mission accomplished it's of course the longest and biggest in time in history so it's been a huge logistical effort to make this happen in russia in winter time but it's been a fantastic journey and i mean every dream. we had before we started and it's really come three so it's it's been an amazing journey really showing the best of russia everybody over the next few hours the olympic torch is going to snake its way through such a before arriving here in the fish stadium for the opening ceremony and atmosphere is building because the sochi twenty fourteen winter olympics are now just hours away. all they're about nine hours nine minutes and a few seconds still left to go we've got a team of correspondents across the olympic host city now monitoring all of the events for us paul we just saw his report he's actually in the coastal cluster that's where the olympic park is and where the opening ceremony will also take place this evening ther

u.n. secretary-general when he, series consequences it may have if the international community cannot speak with one voice or cannot reach an agreement on how to address the security challenges. that's exactly what you've hit on, you briefly mentioned iran, mr. ambassador, of the importance of getting iran involved here, since they've been pushed aside. you've mention ed the russians but what about the iranians? >> our focus was the nuclear weapons issue and not let the other issues intrude. i think we and the iranians are able to handle more than one request topic at a time and consider them possibly cooperative manner, in the syrian relationship, the hezbollah relationships, they responded in the runup to iraq and the runup into the invasion of afghanistan. but the mood in washington is dead set against it. >> i'm wondering if frankly we have missed the movement for any kind of intervention in syria? >> you can always place yourself at any specific point in conflict and ask yourself that question. >> do you think the moment has passed? >> i don't think the moment has passed, nicholas burn

u.n. special representative of the secretary- general for children and armed conflict. and we thank you for speaking with us. leila zerrougui, you describe in this report unspeakable violence against these children. what were some of the main findings? >> we were gathering information and documenting abuses committed against children since the beginning of this war and we, as you know today, are talking about 10,000 at least of children who have been killed, thousands have been injured, more than a million are either displaced or fled in neighboring countries. 70% of the children are not anymore going to school and it's the third year. their schools have been looted, have been destroyed, used militarily. they don't have access toe the basic health care. they don't have access to even food. they saw their family killed. they are forced to take part in the this conflict and to be recruited and used in military and other support function and from the other side they are arrested, detained because of their perceived association with armed groups. so this is what we are sayi

u.n.. and secretary-general ban ki-moon told the general assembly that the world body will do everything it could to implement in full and new security council resolution. it was adopted on saturday to boost access to some of the worst hit areas. here's more. this families live in shelter in southern lebanon. these all fled syria. she is a pregnant mother of two. her baby is just over one. suffers malnutrition. got feverish and started vomiting and the doctor told us his case is serious and he urgently needs to be taken to hospital. we told the doctor we cannot afford taking him to the hospital. he told us we must do it immediately. among many.is one 10,000 syrian children under five suffer from malnutrition in lebanon alone. the lives of 2000 of them is at risk. this is mainly because many are not vaccinated, don't have easy access to drinking water and bathrooms, and also they don't get enough food. , the situation is alarming. >> five years ago, syria was the countrylargest refugee -- now set to reap laced afghans is the largest refugee population. it breaks my heart to see this country

u.n. general assembly, president obama said this, and i'd like to quote him at length -- quote -- "the principle of sovereignty is at the center of our international order, but sovereignty cannot be a shield for tyrants to commit one murder or an excuse for the international community to turn a blind eye. while we need to be modest in our belief that we can remedy every evil, while we need to be mindful that the world is full of unintended consequences, should we really accept the notion that the world is powerless in the face of a rwanda, a srebrenica? if that's the world people want to live in, they should say so and reckon with the cold logic of mass graves." that was our president. that was the president of the united states. and i agree with every word of what he said. but how are we to reconcile these stirring words with the reality of these images from syria? how are we to explain how the leader of the free world who says that it is a moral obligation of the united states to do what we can to prevent the worst atrocities in our world is not doing more to stop the atrocities that are occur

u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon hailed its passage. shocking to me is that both sides are besieging civilians as a tactic of war. 200,000 people are under siege in government controlled areas and for 45,000 in opposition controlled areas. more broadly, this resolution highlights the urgent need to end the conflict. >> on sunday in syria, abu khalid al-suri, a rebel commander with close ties to al qaeda was killed in an attack. russian court has sentenced seven people to prison terms ranging from two and a half years to four years for protesting vladimir putin in the bolotnaya square in 2012. the defendants were found guilty friday and sentenced the day after the closing ceremony of the winter olympics in sochi, russia. pussy riot members nadya tolokonnikova and maria alyokhina were detained for protesting outside the court along with more than 100 others. the video streaming site netflix has agreed to pay comcast for faster and more direct access to its subscribers. the deal contained days after, crest agreed to buy time warner, mergin

the attack was initially blamed on pro-syrian lebanese generals. hasa u.n.-backed tribunal now named five suspects, all .lleged members of hezbollah what effect the assassination has had on lebanon is the subject of today's look very -- look. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. first of all, i think it is important to remind our viewers kariri. who was rafi >> he was a prominent politician, a sunni leader who built a business empire in saudi arabia. but then came to lebanon after the end of the lebanese civil war to rebuild the country. managed to do just that. ,e helped them build bridges roads, the airport, to everything that you could think of. after a short while of his premiership, as prime minister of the lebanese government, he managed to gain confidence in the country. he was able to manage to build stronger ties between lebanese sectarian groups. therefore, in many ways, he was the country from scratch, making it more viable for economic investments and for the future of the people of lebanon. this definitely wasn't somethi

generations is being ripped apart. communities with no history of violent conflict are on a course that if left unchecked, could lead to decades of debilitating conflict. >> now, a full u.n. peacekeeping mission could be september. >> on tuesday, the secretary-general expected to ask for approval to send troops to the central african republic. if council members followed, it could be months before soldiers are on the ground. >> the united nations says it fears the syrian army is planning a major ground assault on the rebel-held town of yabud. the u.n. has received reports of a military build up. as many as 50,000 are thought to be there. the threat of fighting caused more than 2,500 to leave. 600 families crossed the border through the town in neighbouring lebanon. the governor of the besieged city of homs said a ceasefire must be extended to give all the chance to flee. thursday was the last day the u.n. was able to get people out. 1400 evacuees left, but many more remain. >> meanwhile, in switzerland, there has been no breakthrough during talks aimed at finding a political solution to the crisis. james bays has the details. >> there were hopes the arrival of a u.s. and

u.n. wants three generations of the rule kim family punished for the crimes. james bays has more on the allegations north korea faces. >> a north korean defector weeps as she recalls the oppression her family faced before she escaped. public hearings were held on three continents. many asked for their identities to be withheld. there have been investigations, but never one as comprehensive as this. getting a clear picture of what goes on in the secretive state where people cope with extreme deprivation and starvation is very difficult. the international inquire rye finds there's massive repression, courture, systemic rape and abduction of foreigners. many of these counter crimes against humanity, all a part of a planned system of political control. north korea's leader kim yogg un recently executed his uncle. he took over for his father two years ago. the chairman has written a letter to him. he said his commission will recommend the u.n. refer the situation in the democratic people's republic of korea to the official criminal court to render all those, includ

u.n. secretary general said at least 12,000 are needed to secure the country.anya page i sends this report. >> he hold praise on his troops, saying they had done a great job bringing security to some parts of the city but acknowledged over the rest of the country there was still chaos and a space of lawlessness. he's here to talk to the interim president. he wants to deliver a message to her that she needs to keep the doors, the lines of communication open and to be in cluesive in a dialogue that she's conducting. he also wants to see an end to impunity and no temptation to split the country. the question is how she is supposed to bring about law and order when she doesn't have all the tools necessary and at her disposal. she doesn't have a functioning army, police force or judicial system. many people employed in those sectors haven't been paid for months. the french president also here to talk to religious leaders who are trying to bring about an end to the cycle of revenge, killings and attacks. amid all these talks, tens of thousands of muslims and christia