voting is taking place at the un security council. take you back to life pictures where we understand the u.s., as expected, has vetoed the draft by the security member -- security council member jordan. that's have a listen in -- >> [speaking in a foreign language] >> i believe the security council must respond to the legitimate palestinian rights to live in freedom and dignity, fully independent, fully sovereign, a viable state with east jerusalem as its capital living in peace and security within secure borders with all other states in the region. according to the accepted references in this matter, including the various resolutions of this council, including resolutions and the initiatives. jordan has preceded in this process -- proceeded in this process, guided by the arab consensus. in support primarily of the political decision of the palestinian leadership represented by president mahmoud abbas, jordan will remain at the forefront of those who defend the palestinian cause and all the rights of the palestinian people in the secu

who is a member of the human security council -- the un security council. the rotating 10. do you know which countries are on the united nation security council at this point? rwanda is. their government was going to be uned for genocide on the security council. some of the most surreal moments in international diplomacy. george washington university's national security archives holds a bunch of these. here are some of the conversations being had. go down. ise -- the security council perplexed, also because the rwanda justice there, albeit usually slightly. a clear genocide is taking place. security council is saying clearly, a genocide is taking place. but saying to know? themselves. no matter how one considers the it used to bes, some 1.2 million tutsi before the war, and certainly 100,000 of them have been killed off. talk about the rwanda and ambassador. a compelling moment highlighted in yellow. is this not as though we wanted hitler to reach a cease-fire with the jews? can we have a compromise here? can we stop killing so many? the conversation with hitler in world war

security council. >> there was certainly a real disappointment. it was a disappointing outcome for palestinian leadership after the un security council rejected thisesolution to inend the occupation. palestinian officials in ramallah expressed their anger at the security council. it was expected the u.s. would veto the resolution. what we see right now, in the absence of peace talks a shift in strategy by the palestinians. they say they have tried for over 20 years to negotiate and have not achieved anything and now they have to move forward to join international institutions to pressure israel and the international community the . >> tania kramer, thanks very much. >> in yemen, at least 24 people have been killed and nearly 50 wounded in a suicide attack. >> the bomber blew himself up at a celebration in the city of ibb organized by the shia houthis who control most of yemen, including the capital of sanaa. to indonesia. authorities have been recovering bodies from the fight the crash into the sea on sunday morning. >> research teams have appeared what -- recovered what appears to be the wreck of the aircraft. they will be looking for the flight

in one of the strangest things is of course the un security council. who is a member of the un security council at this time that is really strange? you know the permanent five members, right? the rotating 10. do you know which countries are on the united nation security council at this point? >> rwanda? >> rwanda is. their government was going to be tried for genocide on the un security council. michael barnett details this so nicely here, a political scientist. some of the most surreal moments in international diplomacy. so much of this has been declassified. george washington university's national security archives holds a bunch of these. here are examples of some of the conversations being had. go down. note -- the security council is perplexed, also because the rwandan sits there, albeit usually silent. a clear genocide is taking place. april 25. we know the u.n. security council is saying clearly, a genocide is taking place. but saying to who? themselves. no matter how one considers the citizen numbers, it used to be some 1.2 million tutsi before

the un security council rejected the resolution for israel to withdraw from the west bank by 2017.at weather continues to hamper efforts to retrieve records from the air asia flight in the waters of borneo. it is the last day of the year. how are the markets faring? >> a bit of late trading in a shortened session. the london and paris stock markets are closing within the hour. the ftsy will finish the year down 0.5%. both indices are down today. 1.6% in london, 0.5% in paris. oil stocks are holding back any big gains. brent crude is nearly half the price it was six months ago. the oil companies are trying to stave -- save money and they will have to pass the cost on to workers. they have all ordered sharp cuts for some of their skilled contractors. let's take a quick look at some of the other news for bp. it admitted it is investigating traders to see if they were involved in a foreign-exchange manipulation scandal. they began the review last year. a bloomberg report said bank employees tipped off the company ahead of currency trades. more than 2 million people will be getting a pa

. >> the palestinian leadership has said it plans to submit a resolution to the un security council setting two-year deadline for israel to end its occupation. secretary of state john kerry is launching a series of meetings to help revive the stalled these process -- stalled peace process. >> they plan to push for a un security council vote this week on a draft resolution that sets the 2016 deadline for israel to pull out of the west bank. her treating you -- the jordanian-backed document is set to be submitted wednesday. there is a deadline for two years -- of two years for talks to resume. israel warned it would bring radical islamic elements to the heart of jerusalem. >> we are facing the possibility of a political offensive, on attempt to force -- an attempt to force a withdrawal within a timeframe of two years. let there be no doubt, this will be rejected. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry is scheduled to meet the israeli prime minister in rome on monday, where it is expected they will discuss the you ended -- the un bid. u.s. brokered peace talks broke down in april. since then, t

the fact they tried to take this to the un security council, try to get that resolution passed yesterday, a resolution which demanded that israel withdraw from areas that it occupied by 2017. many people are saying that there is frustration that the u.s. led peace talks didn't really yield anything. the idea is to move it to other institutions to try to see if there can be any progress made. this move has been condemned by the u.s. and israel. >> officials say 14 people have been killed when a wedding party was hit by a stray mortar shell. 45 people have been wounded included women and children. this was during fierce fighting between afghan soldiers and taliban militants. one of the brides relatives said that the rocket struck the house and nine of the children are missing. world health organization published its final ebola figures for 2014. the worldwide told stands at 7905. the british nurse who contracted ebola has agreed to be treated with an experimental antiviral drug. she is also receiving plasma from survivors of the disease. here is our health editor. >> this was the first rob

the un security council meeting here to decide whether or not to refer north korea to the international criminal court for human rights abuses. >> the 7000 353rd meeting of the security council is resumed. 353rd meeting of the security council is resumed. following refers to participate in this meeting -- the assistant secretary general and thetical affairs, assistant secretary-general for human rights. it is so decided. >> i'm going to give the floor now to mr. tate brooks, everyone. >> mr. president, members of the security council, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, the security council meets at a time when the situation in the democratic people's republic of korea is attracting increasing world attention and concern. the report of the secretary-general to the general assembly on the situation of human rights in the democratic people's republic of korea was issued earlier this month. adopted al assembly resolution on the human rights situation in the democratic people's republic of korea on 18 december and on 19, december, the federal bureau of investigation of the united states iss

. >> the palestinian decision comes a day after a stinging defeat at the un security council, where membersoted down a resolution calling to an inend to israeli occupation and the custodian -- establishment of a palestinian state by 2017. the united states said that dialogue would be a more effective solution than diplomatic confrontation. but palestinian leaders insisted they would continue their battle for recognition on the global stage, with abbas signing on to 20 international agreements. >> i spoke to our correspondent in jerusalem. i asked him about israeli reaction to the news of the palestinians joining the icc. >> the israeli prime minister was quick to issue a statement saying that the palestinians essentially have more to fear about joining the icc than israel. he said that the palestinians have formed a government with hamas, a terrorist organization according to his words. he also likened hamas to the islamic state. a very quick response, a reactive response from the israeli prime minister, and a warning, in fact to palestinian president mahmoud abbas, that if he in fact goes

objected. >> today's staged confrontation in the un security council will not bring the parties closer to achieving a two state solution. we voted against this resolution not because we're indifferent to the daily hardships or the security threats endured by palestinians and israelis, but because we know those hardships will not cease and those threats will not subside until the parties reach a conference of settlement achieved through negotiation. >> the obama administration has released five more prisoners from guantÁnamo bay. the prisoners include two men from tunisia and three from yemen who have been held for a dozen years without charge. they have all been sent to kazakhstan for resettlement. their release brings the total number of prisoners at guantanamo to 127. somali officials have confirmed a u.s. airstrike killed the intelligence chief of the militant group al-shabab. the pentagon had announced the strike but did not identify the , target. somali officials say the leader, abdishakur tahlil, was killed along with two other senior al-shabab members. an earlier u.s. strike in

would use its veto power in a un security council vote today .hat is on a resolution that would set a deadline two years from now for the end of the israeli occupation. >> neither side is budging. palestinians say john kerry warned the u.s. would veto its bid for statehood, but they are not backing down. the secretary of state tried to convince the palestinians not to rush ahead with a draft resolution, putting a two-year deadline for a full with really -- full israeli withdrawal. >> right now, we are trying to have a constructive conversation for everybody in order to find the best way to go forward, in order to create the climate, the atmosphere, a political state if you will, to be able to go back and resolve is politically. >> also holding talks in paris. france is trying to rally international support for its own resolution that it's a two-year deadline for peace talks, but not for israeli withdrawal. european diplomats are looking for the palestinians to drop their own. only one can go before the full security council. they warned against a

over three hours, the palestinian senior leadership announced their draft resolution to the un-security council would be sent on wednesday, a day after the chief negotiator meets with u.s. secretary of state john kerry. before this would go to a vote, there'll be numerous technicalities and diplomatic and bureaucratic upleave halls before it will be negotiated. once it's voted on, it will need nine votes to pass. after that the u.s. could use their powers to veto this. at the moment, however, this is seep in ramallah as the first step to bring a resolution that is discussed for some months on to the international stage. >> there has been austerity protests in belgium. the country is expected to come to a standstill on monday as thousands of trade unionists go on strike. we have more from belgium. >> reporter: this used to be an industrial heartland with coal mines and steelworks. most of the factories closed half a century ago, and the economy went into decline. nowadays, it is one of the poorest parts of belgium with high unemployment. this construction company on the outskirts of the town is

confrontation in the un security council will not bring parties closer to achieving a two state solution we voted against this resolution not because we are indifferent to the daily hardships are the security threats by palestinians and israelis, but because we know those hardships and those threats will not subside until the parties reach a comprehensive settlement, achieved through negotiation. this resolution sets the stage for more division, not for compromise. it could well served to provoke the very confrontation it purports to address. for decades we have worked to help achieve a comprehensive and to the palestinian conflict and we remain committed to achieving peace. two states for two peoples with a sovereign, viable, and independent palestine living side-by-side in peace and security with the jewish and democratic israel. the united states did not just acknowledge the tremendous frustration and disappointments on both sides over the years in pursuit of peace who share them, and we understand the immense challenges the parties need to overcome to make peace a reality. yet the sa

on monday, the un security council held a meeting to discuss the human rights record. rightsarted on the human situation on the agenda. representatives of china and russia voted against. to refer to the human rights situation on that human -- human national criminal court . reviewing whether to put north korea act on the list of state sponsors of terrorism. this is just under two hours. >> the professional agenda for the meeting is the situation in the democratic people's of korea. does any member of the council wish to speak on the subject? i will get the floor now to the representative of china. >> mr. president, china is against using large-scale violence as a reason to include the situation in the agenda of the security council. the primary responsibility is to maintain national peace and security. respect the function and division of labor. currently the international peace and security are faced challenges.s the security council should strictly applied by responsibilities and concentrate on addressing issues that address concerns of international peace and securi

secretary of state, one of the most highly regarded and respected man in america, goes before the un security council and congress and says there is hard evidence that saddam hussein has weapons of mass distraction, that was justification for the vote. we found out afterwards it was not true. i will never forget being in baghdad afterwards. one of your favorites, he was one of the people in the opposition, said where the weapons were. he said, in the desert. i said, that is helpful to read in the case of iraq, the tragedy is after years of mismanagement, lindsey graham and i and joe lieberman were the severest and harshest critics of the bush ministry should -- administration, called for the firing of donald rumsfeld. said we were going to fail. the surge succeeded. if you look at the number of attacks, the ability of al qaeda and others to respond, the country was under control. it was under control. if we had left the force behind to stabilize and keep the situation stable, we would have won that. i have been campaigning for president -- not president, for arson tutorial -- four senatorial candidat

it was responded to the un security council resolution by conducting a nuclear test. the case got a lot of attention in 2013 when it was revealed that the justice department has told the judge that he might be liable for conspiring to espionage the act. the government did not intend to prosecute under the espionage act, but instead he was using the allegation that he was a conspirator as a technical staff to get his records. when the law was clear that the government shouldn't have been able to do so the prosecutors realized that they couldn't use the various electronic privacy acts, so instead they set about creating a scenario in which he was an aide and a debtor under the espionage act. one of the things that's interesting about this particular case is that the fbi affidavit in the case makes it clear that the fbi has the ability to track and extensive amount of information about federal employees directly into the reporters that interact with them. the prosecution clearly had overwhelming evidence that kim had released the information that it wanted more i guess i

apparently the un security council is in a meeting right this minute discussing the north korean situation. peter barnes, here is a live picture right now of what is going on in the united nations. they're specifically speaking about north korea right now. this as a backdrop to what is happening over here in north korea, which is currently suffering, this broke three minutes ago, massive internet outages. as our rally holds here in the u.s. the dow up 117 points. peter barnes, what are you hearing in d.c.? >> well, this is no surprise. obviously, been sitting here. this has been breaking. but i do know from just talking to folks around town in the cyber community, we have enormous capabilities to disable the internet service to north korea. that's not that hard as one of the guests said. it's not that big of an internet infrastructure. so i wouldn't be surprised if -- if this is -- this is the proportional response that the administration has been talking about. liz: gary, some would say it's about time. >> i think we have a bigger issue here. that is, this is a wake-up call to all busines

the un security council looks at north korea's human rights record. >> the british parliament is in recess so prime minister's questions will not be shown tonight. instead, a look back at some of the major event that took place in december in the westminster review. topics include efforts to combat isis, and scotland's decision tuesday in the u.k. alicia mccarthy hosts the program, which concludes with a look ahead to the 2015 general elections. >> hello there, and welcome to “westminster in review.” the economic recovery may be underway, but who is best to handle the future? >> a long-term economic plan, on the course for prosperity. >> we have balanced the books in a fair way with a long-term plan to save the nhs. >> also on this program, how to tackle the rise of islamic extremism at home and abroad. a series of inquiries rise to establish how child abusers got away with their crimes. and after scotland says no to independence, what is next for voters there and in the u.k. ? >> it is not fair for scotland to vote. >> let's start with the economy. the chancellor sets out his latest facts

secretary of state, one of the most highly regarded and respected man in america, goes before the un security council and congress and says there is hard evidence that saddam hussein has weapons of mass distraction, that was justification for the vote. we found out afterwards it was ot true. i will never forget being in baghdad afterwards. one of your favorites, he was one of the people in the opposition, said where the eapons were. he said, in the desert. i said, that is helpful to read in the case of iraq, the tragedy is after years of mismanagement, lindsey graham and i and joe lieberman were the severest and harshest critics of the bush ministry should -- administration, called for the firing of donald rumsfeld. said we were going to fail. the surge succeeded. if you look at the number of attacks, the ability of al qaeda and others to respond, the country was under control. it was under control. if we had left the force behind to stabilize and keep the situation stable, we would have on that. i have been campaigning for president -- not president, for arson tutorial -- four senatorial candidates.

we are acting pursuant to the government to the un security council to protect them against isil.the connections are focused on isil. where isil is operating in these areas i can assure you that my colleagues are looking closely at what we can do against isil. on the situation, we are very focused on what we can do. that's why we have made about four trips to turkey over the last few months and the focus of the conversation is how we might be able to work together to begin to improve the situation there. we are obviously doing a number of things in the opposition in the areas that i cannot discuss here. but all i can do is assure you that we are very focused on the situation and looking at ways to allow them to hold the line. it is north, just south of the turkish border within the city in and the surrounding areas and it isn't so much. but what we are focused on in the kinetic action is action as their targets and they can be very hard to find, but we are looking at it very closely in the conversation with turkeys specifically focused on this question. we have these dialogs back

we are held by un security council resolution 1278 which has provided a new push for european and other governments to use technology like advanced , which dhsnformation has used to detect known and previously unknown terrorists, by giving us information on terrorist travel. fifth, enhancing the electronic ,ystem for travel authorization and the visa waiver program. dhs is increasing our ability to track those who enter and leave syria and they later tried to travel to the united states without a state department issued visa under the visa waiver program. on november 3, dhs began requiring additional data elements that will allow cbp to conduct better screening and security vetting of suspected travelers before they board aircraft for the united states. the additional data provides an additional layer of security for the vwp. six, dhs is working to help communities identify homegrown violent extremists. secretary johnson regularly speaks of the challenge posed by the independent act or or lone wolf. in many respects, this is the hardest terrorist were to detect , and one of concern to d

occupation is illegal as you know it you keep saying we are proud to be a custodian of the un security council resolution and those of the general assembly. there are many generalissimo the resolution mandates for the people who are under the occupation to resist occupation. >> the question, please. >> my question is do you agree that it is fine now to speak for the palestinian state and the du also agree that they have the right to resist occupation? >> as you said in the security council resolutions it is up to the member states have responded that he should rest with the member states to implement and a bind by this resolution particularly when the security council resolutions are binding. unfortunately because of the lack of political will of the concerned parties palestinian people have not been able to enjoy what they should enjoy. that's why the negotiation is important. but it seems to be still in a level of political will to sit down together and there is a lack of dialogue. therefore it is necessary to the parties concerned should take very careful and sincere positions to create and

occupation is illegal, as you know, and you keep saying and you're proud to be the custodian of the un security council resolutions and those of the general assembly. there are many security -- general assembly resolution mandates of people who are under occupation to resist occupation. their land has been confiscated -- my question is, do you agree, sir, that it's time now to speak out for a real contiguent and independent palestinian state and if everything fails in the security council, do you also agree that the palestinian people have the right to resist occupation? >> as you said, there are numerous general assembly resolutions and security council resolutions. it's up to the member states. responsibility should rest with the member states to implement and abide by these resolutions, particularly when the security council resolutions are binding ones. unfortunately, because of lack of political will of concerned parties, palestinian people have not been able to enjoy what they should enjoy, as a human being. that's why negotiation is important. but there seems to be, still, lack of political will

to first say and i've said this before in the un security council that it is almost irrelevant, distinguishing one group from another. about haram or jihadi nostra you can continue to name one group after another -- including al qaeda. they're all the same ideology and in this place -- in this taliban attack by the but it shows the same callousness and disregard for complete distortion and understanding of what islam u.n.d it pains me as the human rights chief and a muslim to have to receive this time and again -- not least because what spoken me and i've publicly about this both in arabic and english -- what pains me is the relative silence of the arab muslim street in reaction to these events. we see condemnations streaming in from different arab and islamic capitals but not as much as the way up popular demonstrations in popular russians of discussed in disapproval. think it requires a much deeper sort of analysis than what we often see coming through to us via the media outlets. -- in thelear to us that rights community tackling these groups humanitarian or through counterterrorism beliefs

understand that 20 years of obfuscation, 20 years of violating international norms, violating un security council resolutions, has a of havinge underground facilities -- if you want a peaceful nuclear facility in a country that has one of the largest oil reserves in the for supposedly domestic energy, you don't develop it underground. you don't develop it underground. you don't need a plutonium reactor, which is basically a pathway toward nuclear bomb. the sanctions got been there. the problem is that after a year of negotiation, but it seems to it seems to me is that the only reason progress can be claimed is because we, the united states and europe, have to move closer and closer to where the uranium position as an pursuit of the deal. we were told at the beginning of the negotiation that iraq would ultimately have to be dismantled. now we are talking about recalibrating it or what levels of plutonium it can create. we were told that the facilities had to be closed, now we are talking about recalibrating what they do their. we were told that there was no right to enrich and now it is a matter o

confrontation in the un security council will not bring parties closer to achieving a two state solution. we voted against this resolution not because we are indifferent to the daily hardships are the security threats by palestinians and israelis, but because we know those hardships and those threats will not subside until the parties reach a comprehensive settlement achieved through negotiation. this resolution sets the stage for more division, not for compromise. it could well served to provoke the very confrontation it purports to address. for decades we have worked to help achieve a comprehensive and to the palestinian conflict and we remain committed to achieving peace. two states for two peoples with a sovereign, viable, and independent palestine living side-by-side in peace and security with the jewish and democratic israel. the united states did not just acknowledge the tremendous frustration and disappointments on both sides over the years in pursuit of peace who share them, and we understand the immense challenges the parties need to overcome to make peace a reality. yet the sa

un. the national security council telling me quote, the administration stands by the fbi assessment.ning me now is stan berger senior vice president of norris. thank you for joining us. i wonder if you could explain, first to our viewers, how you came to this conclusion the assets you have here 60 million sensors. or 6 million, rather, in 50 countries. how did you come to this conclusion? >> right, norris is a company that focuses on threat and attack intelligence. exclusively. we have a worldwide network of sensors that track attacks live around the globe. and we have a staff of about a hundred and about 9 of those people are focused exclusively on intelligence analysis and counterintelligence analysis. >> we're looking in fact at the demonstration of that. that's quite a big network. remember we're matching this up against the resources that went behind the u.s. investigation here. that includes the u.s. intelligence community. the nsa. we know its resources, the department of homeland security. america's foreign intelligence partners. those are some pretty tremendous resources as

whether it's a budget reform initiative or any action at the security council or inside the general assembly, without u.s. leadership, the unomes a talk fest. it is a waste of money if we do not have u.s. leadership. and really what we've seen from the obama administration over the last number of years is a withdrawal from the united nations. the obama team gives us rhetoric that the un is indispensable and that we must go through them but if you look at the iran issue, the obama team has taken the iran issue out of the security council and moved it to geneva and we're just talking about the permanent members, we're not including the entire security council. there's a reason for that. it's because susan rice when she was u.s. ambassador and now samantha powers since she's been the u.s. ambassador to the un both have been a miserable failure when it comes to standing up for the u.s. and leading at the un so the obama united states is deciding we really can't win at the un so let's take it outside of new york but continue this rhetoric that the un is indispensable. i think that they need to be called out for that. >> well, i

whether it's a budget reform initiative or any action at the security council or inside the general assembly, without u.s. leadership, the unomes a talk fest. it is a waste of money if we do not have u.s. leadership. and really what we've seen from the obama administration over the last number of years is a withdrawal from the united nations. the obama team gives us rhetoric that the un is indispensable and that we must go through them but if you look at the iran issue, the obama team has taken the iran issue out of the security council and moved it to geneva and we're just talking about the permanent members, we're not including the entire security council. there's a reason for that. it's because susan rice when she was u.s. ambassador and now samantha powers since she's been the u.s. ambassador to the un both have been a miserable failure when it comes to standing up for the u.s. and leading at the un so the obama united states is deciding we really can't win at the un so let's take it outside of new york but continue this rhetoric that the un is indispensable. i think that they need to be called out for that. >> well, i

. >>> the united nations security council is now deciding whether to try kim jong-un in international court for crimes against his own people. things hitting up a bit today on north korea. we'll get to all of it. stay with us. >>> fox urgent now. more on today's united nations security council -- i apologize -- they're holding a meeting on what is being called grave human rights violations inside north korea and this is the first of its kind like this. 15-member council, including north korea's ally china as well as the united states, u.k., and russia and others. they're debating whether to try kim jong-un in international court for crimes against humanity. in february, a u.n. report described crimes including murder, enslavement, rape and torture. a human rights investigator said there were many parallels win the evidence he heard and the crimes nazis committed in world war ii. north korea refused to attend today's security council meeting. no shocker there earlier this year north korea leaders released their own report claiming popular masses enjoy genuine human rights. let's bring

un. kristin saloomey has the story. kristin. >> this is the first time the human rights situation of north korea has been on the agenda of security council. security council has talked about north korea before, but only on 9 on nuclear proliferat. looked at human rights in north korea and found systematic abuses that starts from the highest levels of government and affect the population there, we're talking about things like last starvation, forced abortions, rapes, persecution of people on religious and political grounds, arbitrary arrests, lack of due process, torture, lack of free media, the list goes on and on and on. and as you are saying this comes at a particularly tense moment for relations between north korea and the united states as a result of the hacking scafnld involvinhacking scandal ofsony h korea of hacking into this company's e-mail system. >> kristin what do we expect to come out of the meeting in fact? >> we don't expect a formal action on the part of the security council. we know china has objected to this meeting and on the grounds that human rights in north korea are not a threat to international peace and security

the security council is encouraging kim jong-un to the referred to the international court. u.s.fficials accused north korea of hacking sony picture in retaliation for the film "the interview." for more on the threats and recent sony hack,er, joined by a cyber security expert. thanks for joining us. i don't want to dwell much on this rhetoric out of pyongyang, because there's nothing abnormal about that, it's almost comical. how hard is the evidence that the f.b.i. has that north korea was definitively behind the hack attack against sony? >> there's pretty good certainty there. if you dig in deeper, what has been revealed so far is looking at some of the internet traffic, and some of the specific servers, it traces back definitely to north korea. >> the u.s. has carried out cyber attacks. we know that because of the leaks by edward snowden. what makes this attack beyond the pale? >> tougher to say. it's a little bit more focused, what they're trying to accomplish here. its up against the government and it's a specific u.s. corporation here, so it sends a very different message an

. >> north korea threatened uns specified strikes against the white house, pentagon and the mainland if america re talliates. the national security council says it has no information to share about north korea's outages. >> now to afghanistan, where the battles between the taliban and afghan forces are on the rise. in some errors police are struggling to maintain security. jennifer glasse reports from kabul. >> the people of this district say hundreds of taliban fighters infiltrated the area. the leaders say they had no choice but to fight for themselves. >> it is difficult terrain. it's a door to afghanistan. if a door is unlocked, anyone scan get in -- can get in. >> afghan security forces failed to drive the taliban out of the area. women and children are trapped in some villages, people are impatient with the government. >> if they are not going to help us, we will meet the taliban. and make a deal with them. and then the taliban will control this area. >> about 300 kilometres away police are building new check points along a highway linking kabul to kandahar. here, too, the taliban is causing trouble. >> translation: the security si

un, a claim north korea denies. u.s. ambassador to the united nations samantha power spoke at the u.n. security council, which considered north korea's human rights record for the first time ever on monday. >> north korea also threatened the united states with serious consequences if our country did not conduct a joint investigation with the dprk into an attack that they carried out. this is absurd. yet it is exactly the kind of behavior we have come to expect from a regime that threatened to take "merciless countermeasures" against the u.s. over a hollywood comedy. and has no qualms about holding tens of thousands of people in harrowing kulaks. we cannot give in to threats or intimidation of any kind. >> north korea, meanwhile, lost its connection to the internet. the internet failure, which marked the country's worst in years, began just hours after obama threatened a "proportional response" to the hack of sony pictures. it's unclear if there is any connection. both the white house and state department declined to say whether the united states was involved in the outage. nicaragua has announced the s