cat turner, united nations, new york. >> there is no military solution to this conflict. the crisis is therefore not an ethnic, i want to reiterate, it is a political struggle. there may be elements that seek to exploit the current crisis to pursue their own agendas but this is fundamentally a power struggle. >> let's go back to our top story on the turkish minister's resignations. we are hearing that two ministers have resigned. joining us with the latest frommist stafrommist tamfromist. >> their sons were involved in a corruption probe, 27 high level people under investigation. and the economy ministers who resigned designed as a setup. i have resigned from my post of economy minister to have the truth come out and he said the foil -- he want to foil this ugly plot which he said impacted my child and my close working colleagues. and in fact it was an unexpected step because since the corruption erupted last week, prime minister was quite defiant. he was coming from pakistan last night and he was welcomed by cheerful crowds and he said, in the airport, i am standing with

with represents different countries like the real united nations and debates and discusses national issues and in that spirit you would be promoting analytical thinking and i care and awareness towards international issues to determine for certain college we went to brazil we were presented at time represented taiwan. to brazil the second year we went to germany and my third year we went to egypt. and as a whole delegation on average a school of about twenty people at that time were the only school glee club coming from taiwan. so we started from that and on time we left college of this organization so to spread the cost at wanderers. more new club sprouting up at the university's you and afterwards when the army and after the army. i went to get my master's degree in the us but there was always this half joke. i feel that after our regional team that the bid on this team and one of my team was in college after it into society. after we started working and were forty years old. the one that always establish a foundation or the association to help future generations. get more access to this

. >> thousands of people the united nations are trying to help. the number we've been working with is that there are 60,000 people in your camps. is that number correct, and what other assistance does the united nations need to meet the needs of these people? >> the number is 63,000 in different locations and bases of the u.n. mission in south sudan. it is not humanitarian mandate that peacekeeping missions like hours have. that is why this is an incredible challenge beyond anything anyone has seen within the bases of the u.n. we're facing this challenge with calling on partners who are relentlessly now working to provide services to the idps, but the camps are really, really a major challenge. people are living under very, very tough continues, and this is really not what we would like to see. we hope to be able to rapidly see a turn around in the situation so they canning feeling safe and protected and able to live in own areas in a safe way. at this point in time we have to help them to make sure that the conditions are as good as they can be i

south sudan. >> south sudan is grateful for the support of the international community and the united nations expend tended to the nation company. south sudan do not want to full back into the abbize of war for which they suffered for over half a century. >> united nations not always known for the way they acted with speed acted so here. with 5,000 u.s. soldiers and 1300 police on the ground the scernal knows it probably won't be enough. >> you would need ongoing support. protection capabilities will not happen overnight. even with additional capability, we will not be able to protect every civilian in south sudan. >> the extra forces from places like dar fewer, democratic republic of congo and lib earia. other nations have been asked for support. the u.n. insists reinforcements are temporary, and in no way a solution to the crisis in south sudan. words are of little comfort to tens of thousands caught up in the blood shed. >> while south sudan's governments said the troops recaptured the town of bor, the captain of jonglei state has been seized by rebels, loyal to the former vice president r

as a member to the united nations. he is at the center of a dispute between the united states and india. protesters gathered outside the indian council holding signs reading "justice" and "overworked", a show of concern for the housekeeper involved. the united nations says it will process the request according to standard procedures. >> a war of words erupted between north and south korea via a fax machine. north korea ordered a strike on the south after rallies held on the second anniversary of the death of kim jong-il, kim jong un's father. ef anies were burnt. >> the remains of a filipino mayor killed in an ambush you returned home to zamboanga. the mayor and two family members and a child were killed when a gunman opened fire at manila's main airport. five others were injured. police believe the mayor was the target of the attacks. media say she survived two previous attempts on his life. >> we'll begin the weekend very messy. you can see in texas and harrison okene, the combination of rain and icy conditions. as it

i now ask the secretary-general of the united nations, mr. banty moon to come and pay a tribute on behalf of the united nations. >> thank you. residents of south africa, to your loving family of nelson mandela, your majesties, your highnesses, distinguished heads of state of governments, dearest stations of south africa, ladies and gentlemen,nt i am deeply honored to participate in this state memorial service for nelson mandela. we join together in sorrow for the celebration of a mighty life. what a wondrous display of this rainbow nation. the nature rainbow emerges from rain and the sun. itbo is that blending of the symbol of a grief and gratitude that i feel today. i hope to see the rainbow soon through the rain of sadness and the sunou of celebration, a rainbow fills our heart. on behalf of the united nations i offer my deepest condolences to the mandela family, to winnie madikizela-mandela, and the mandelas larger family, the people of south africa, and in this [ inaudible ] ladies and gentlemen, this stadium holds tens of thousands of pe

that's the people that the united nations is trying to help. the number we're working with is that there are 60,000 people in your camps. is that number correct? and what emphasis does the united nations need to meet the needs of these people. >> the number is now approximately 63,000 in different locations in south sudan. it is not a humanitarian mandate that peacekeeping missions like ours have, that's why it is an incredible challenge. beyond anything that anyone has seen within basis of the u.n. the camps are really, really a major challenge. people are living under very, very tough continues. and this is really not what we would like to see. we hope to see a turn around in the situation so they can feel safe and able to live in their own areas in a safe way. but at this point in time what we have to do is to do what we can to help them to make sure that the conditions are as good as this can be in this difficult situation and work with our partners so both funds can come in to assist in the response. and those that are displaced people all

so this is and if you want to look at the united nations from the prism of the u.n. security council then we have here five powers russia china united states france and germany which. the five members which are actually the the ones that have the veto power with china that they want to have the veto power in order to really enforce some executive powers. but again from the for instance from the perspective or from other countries some other countries or you can say from the syrian perspective the international community is is not the u.n. security council the international david they believe that it is system. that they really inclusive it's actually exclusive they believe that the international community in other words in the more i think academic or professional awards it's more the general assembly or member game i think that's fair and i would agree with you on that ok because every september there's a vote in the general assembly for recognition of a palestinian state and i'll have to check the numbers but it's one hundred eighty something against two or three o

the un security council voted on tuesday to the poll amongst the number of united nations peacekeepers inside and out incumbent on you when you that the violence has pushed the two year ovation to the verge of all out civil war. the strength of the un mission will be boosted to twelve thousand five hundred troops as soon as possible the request by un secretary general by ki moon was authorized unanimously that a united nations mission and sets it down is struggling to keep people sheltering from the violence of the combine is safe. is evacuated injured civilians of mobile sets of stuff from four to the couple's of juba thousands of people and the unknown zipping killed during the past week the worsening violence is between groups loyal to the presence of troops loyal to the former vice president who was sacked in july after a power struggle. government troops have re taken control of the cup until it don't make steaks for a keypad which last week fell to rebels loyal to the former vice president. western power is an east african states are keen to prevent more chaos in this fragile reg

, saying that the united nations is in this for the long haul. the sudan is perhaps on the brink of a civil war, and just a few updates, she said that the u.n. is possibly sending 5500 troops, and they also says that they will need money. the humanitarian efforts will need perhaps $166 million over the next few months, but really, perhaps $1 billion to help the people of south sudan. and 50,000 civilians seeking refuge in the camps in the south sudan. again, a worsening situation in the south sudan, and they're in this for the long haul. we'll continue to report on the situation in the south sudan. >>> meantime, south country and japan are condemning a visit to a war shrine. he visited it, it honors japan's war dead. the prime minister saw it as a war gesture. convicted war criminals are enshrined at the site. and the called it an open provocation >> reporter:? >> utility crews are working around-the-clock to restore electricity after an ice storm in canada. a quarter of a million homes and businesses are without power. and some have been in the

update from the united nations. the security council regarding peacekeepers for south sudan, and the vote has gone through. it will temporarily increase the peacekeeping force in sudan to d 12.5troops, and this follows the call by ban ki-moon just 24 hours ago to bring in some 5.5 they areextra troops approving the plan to almost double the peacekeeping force in south sudan to 12 and a half thousand. additional troops are to be drawn from other african peacekeeping missions. this is the latest from the united nations there, ban ki- moon. or rather, the security council. let's look at more news now. israel launched a series of airstrikes in the gaza strip. israeli say it is retaliation. the raidshey say killed at least two people, including a young girl. nine people were wounded. it is the most violent incident along the border for months. our correspondent gave us more on why. seemed to come from nowhere, although over the past week, we have felt more attention here than in previous days. what we saw was the shootin

nelson mandela. >> aspirations of the united nations. he shows what is possible for our world, and we didn't within each one of us, if we believe, a three man work together for justice and humanity. he is more decisive, in dismantling the system of apartheid. he marched from detention without rancor. i was privileged to meet nelson mandela in february 2009. he insisted the credit belonged to others. i will never forget his selflessness, and deep sense of shared purpose. on behalf of the united nations, i extend my deepest condolences to his family, the people of south africa, and indeed our global family. let us continue each day to be inspired by nelson mandela's life long example, to keep walking or a better and just world. thank you. the u.n. secretary general offering his thoughts on the passing of the former south african president. morgan, you were just talking about your time in south africa, and this time when the anc is under pressure from all sides. >> for example, we had this national hiccup around julius who is the youth afc

ambassador to the united nations. have you enough troops the r the job. >> we are in this resolution, walking and chews gum at the same time. we are both strengthening the mandate and working through strengthening the preparedness. >> continue planning for a u.n. peace keeping operation and she said that was not being ruled out in the future. james bays reporting from the u.n. finished meeting with israeli and palestinian leaders today. kerry arrived in israel with a huge agenda pushing forward the middle east peace. joining us live now with more on kerry's visit. hello. >> hey, stephanie, it is a huge agenda and extraordinarily difficult. before he can talk about peace, he needs to reassure israel and iran, but the more he reassures them, the more he runs into trouble with the palestinians. >> today a chum my secretary of state left a message of support, the u.s. has israel's back. >> the bond between the united states and israel is unbreakable. and while occasionally we might have a difference of a tactical measure,

and ended up creating the united nations among other things. >> how did they assist each other in their careers? >> a., by getting jobs for each other. the ones who were in the media, like walter wrote editorials, criticizing each other. they fought with each other, they broke up, they got angry. they would come back around. it was a family relationship. you're not really sure you really like this person, but he's a relative so you've got to. >> what drew you to angle? how did you discover the group and decide to write about them as a group? >> i found them by mistake. i was working on a biography of alan, the cia director. and i wanted to know where he began. he began in dupont circle. his grandfather lived there. he and foster went to gw law school here. everybody thinks harvard now. no, no. so they were friends with franklin roosevelt, and roosevelt, of course, used them both. and of course, they went on to serve president eisenhower and kennedy and so on. one of the things a reader has to do is drop a belief about democrats in one -- [inaudible] and republicans being another. becaus

being iran. >> we didn't reach an agreement with iran, and of course, it's known that we, the united nationselcome the participation of iran, but our partners in the united states are not quite convinced that iran's participation is the right decision. >> he also said that iranian officials told him even if they are not present at the conference, they will still work along with the un. james bayes live right now in geneva. james is everything ready ahead of next month's planned peace conference? >> well i don't think things are quite where they wanted them to be. still there is that debate over whether iran will be there. the ambassador you heard just then would like the iranians there. he wants everyone who has an involvement in syria to be there. they hoped to have a list of the two delegations they were going to have negotiating with each other. thement ambassador is telling us the syrian government have come up with their delegation. they haven't yet, though, passed the names on to the united nations. on the opposition side it's much more complicated he said he had the date of the 27th o

. >> meanwhile the united nations says it's unlikely to meet the dead line to remove ken jobs by the end of the month, blaming the dangerous community situation. president bashar al-assad sent a message to pope francis saying he'll defend all against hardline islamists. the message said the conflict can't be solved with foreign intervention. >> the united nations warned of a disastrous humanitarian situation. five people have died of hunger in the camp. stefanie dekker has this report, and i warn you it contains disturbing images. >> besieged, bombarded and starved to death. this is what happens to the human body when it doesn't get enough food. these images have been filmed by an activist inside the refugee camp. al jazeera spoke to him. we used his voice and not his face. the humanitarian situation is disastrous. there's a threat of famine, people are getting sick. basics like rice and shuingar are hardly available. >> in the last few months the camp has been surrounded and cut off by troops. it's prompted the united nations relief sessionyy -- agency. >> there are reports of malnu

. >> however, even the united nations has been a target. on saturday it held a memorial service for two indian peacekeepers killed at a base at akobo. it had been attacked by 2,000 armed youth. >> the attack happened like a frontal attack on the base itself. the two peacekeepers were killed in action in protecting and trying to prevent the entry into the camp. >> the fighting began with a power struggle between rival factions and the army. it got worse when the president salva kiir accused his former deputy riek machar of attempting a coup. >> they are suspected also to be involved in the attempted military coup. african foreign ministers met to discuss the conflict. it has not solved anything yet. now the worry is that the violence is turning into a civil war between different tribes. >> the danger of it moving into a sectarian struggle is high. all leaders in the sudan have extreme responsibility to make sure it does not develop into tribal or sectarian conflict. if it does, nobody yet master on how to resolve such conflict. >> until they

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turnser at the united nations in new york. as we heard the u.n. secretary general almost doubled the number of peace keepersed on the ground. how much support is expected to get. >> well, from what we are hearing here, this should get unanimous support, when the security council votes in a couple of hours. we do expect to see 15 hands go up, we haven't yet had a chance to see the final text of the resolution, this is what was circulated last night, and we don't expect it to change too much. this is one of those resolutions that can go through security council that we don't expect to see division, of course, in the past, some resolutions that are put forward, sometimes we see countries like russia and china object because they are very supportive and not interfering. but this has made it clear that this is really just not a political statement or a vote at all, it is really just simply logistics to get those troops on the ground, the personnel and the air support to try to carry out their mandate, which is of course to protect the civilians. >> see

he's an envoy for the united nations and the anti he met representatives of the united states and russia. in preparation for peace talks scheduled for january twenty seconds. special meaning to send twenty one countries will take on those countries include saudi anything in this league as the court the city and marbles. he did not include the time. but he says a us team is announced contains the evening in should have a place at the table. as far as red cross and united nations. we hope that they read and participate. lucky that it increased team would like to work with them. sources added that tells us stepping up their attacks on each other he says he hopes the storming of the crypt of those times. and tomatoes was announced as the star of the day. when an opposition plan to present a list of disciplines. proposition eight is instructed to leave the descent. the us economy showing more signs of the country. revised figures for the feds want to show the pasta spirit in me to dance. department officials had estimated bill in the crib and defeat point six percent again. are being given a

the united nations ambassador adlai stevenson turned and saturdays humans are these animals? there were signs and kennedy was being warned not to come to dallas both by people on the ground in texas and members of the staff. >> let me add to this question. yes, everybody was shocked by that. if the dallas police department entered the newsroom, kennedy had been shot. the switchboard was flooded and they were all calling and sobbing on the issue then compressing -- [inaudible] [laughter] them a say too about the mink coat mob, bill and i had a wonderful time excavating the stories. i think they've been delegated to be in a footnote in political history. there's a lot of good evidence the 1960s election turn on this moment. the person who led the mob had a son that day. they said obj to the antisocial. when the mob actually backfired, it caused a huge outpouring of sympathy for clinton and lady bird. it's hard to be sympathetic. when you talk about the impact of the election, was richard nixon became president, as in the oval office recording method talking to one of his politi

self-appointed group of nations led by the united states and various of it's closed. eyes on satellites and it provides a rationale for their policies now if one were to really to look at what is genuinely in the international community one would find that actually the united states is. very much outside of that kind of consensus of the international community i mean one example springs to mind is for instance the the conflict between israel and the palestinians well there's a view of the international community which is a two state solution with ease your use of them as the capital of a palestinian state who has been the who both ardent opponents of a genuine two state solution well obviously the united states in other example is iran now there is the nonproliferation treaty to which most states in the world have signed on with the exception of you with us close u.s. ally israel but part of the you nonproliferation treaty is that states this nuclear. power states help other states the non-nuclear weapon states to develop their peaceful use of nuclear energy well that

. >> thousands of people spent the night sheltering in united nations buildings in juba, fleeing their homes and leaving possessions behind them. u.n. compounds are in lockdown and a curfew was imposed. i'm joined by our reporter in nairobi. what are you hearing about the fighting. >> we understand that there has been fresh sound of gunfire in the early hours of the morning, despite the situation being assured of being under control. tension and fighting could renew. the anti-government forces had taken control of a military barracks, and forces loyal to the government may have been trying to push them out and have control of the barracks. the fire was outside military bases. now, the capital juba is deserted. only military decoys have been spotted as thousands of civilians take shelter. >> just to give us context, what are we seeing. is it the spillover from president sal va kiir dismissing his cabinet and his ex-deputies coming back to haunt him? what is going onva kiir dismissing his cabinet and his ex-deputies coming back to haunt him? what is going on? >> a contentious aspect is h

you know, it's no secret that we in the united nations welcome the participation of iran.ur partners in the united states are still not convinced >> ambassador lakhdar brahimi was dismayed that violence in syria was intensifying. he revealed neither the syrian government nor the opposition had given him a list of their participants for the peace conference. he's aware that many of those nighting against the regime are opposed to the idea of negotiations. >> as it stands, it looks like the opposition delegation, whoever is in it, is not going to represent the vast majority of people fighting on the ground against the bashar al-assad regime. >> there is no way that people who come to geneva will be fully representative. we know that. this is a process. i hope that it will be as representative as possible. >> it's clear the unresolved issues were not sorted at this meeting. will iran be allowed to go to the talks, who will be in the two syrian delegations. there's a lot of work to do before january 22nd. >> still to come on al jazeera - the country where children can't pray,

the united nations received reports that people were killed in an attack on a united nations peacekeeping base. on sunday, government opponents allegedly staged a coup. at least 500 people have been killed so far. the fear now is that the fighting will spread and destabilize the entire region. >> government troops and rebels in south sudan have been accused of killing people because of their ethnicity. the president on state tv to deny the charge. >> it is not a tribal country. >> the president, who belongs to the majority people, says his former vice president, who belongs to the minority group, tried to overthrow him in a coup , but he says it was for political, not tribal reasons. the united nations is alarmed. >> this is a political crisis. there is a risk of this violence spreading to other states. we have already seen some signs of this. >> fears of an all-out civil war are growing. thousands of people have sought refuge at aces like this one. >> i imagine the numbers go down, and many of them go out to try to get something to eat. we allow them to go in and out, but we try to scree

and they're not going to sit down with the united nations and it decided there. one of the other is going to wined up in control over them. >> not anytime soon. >> when we come back, the president goes populist. zçzçtó >>> it's a threat to the american dream, our way of life and what we stand for around the globe. eye child born in the top 20% has about a two and three chance at or near the tap. a child born in the bottom 20% has a less than one to 20 shot making it to the top. the child may never be able to escape that poverty because she lacks a decent education or health care. for a community that views her future as their own that should bother all of us. >> i warns about the the dangers of the country of a growing inequality and a record income gap. the president argued that decade's long shift in the economy has undermind all groups poor and middle class that now face the same problems once attributed to inner city minority groups. one prescription is the height to the federal minimum wage now at 7.25 per hour. >> i'm going to keep pushing till we get a hig

the united nations voted to double the peacekeeping troops. more than 1300 troops were headed to the region. u.n. relief workers say there were evidence of killings. the clashes erupted between the president and vice president. we have a report on the spiralling violence forcing many victims to look for treatment in a military hospital. >> most injuries in the military hospital are from gunshot wounds. the people were hurt when fighting in juba was at its worst. treating patients is a change. the other thang is closing things. most of them, they are unaware and leave everything behind. >> the president soldiers recaptured the town of bor. there's resistance in some areas. fighting continues in unity. it's not known how many soldiers tore civilians died. >> most people are shot in juba. they are not just soldiers, they are women and children. >> there are reports that mass graves have been found in jooub ape. >> they found a mass grave. we'd be ready to investigate. i have not heard about it. we have heard about this. some criminal targeted som

james bayes, al jazeera, united nations. ♪ >>> i'm meteorologist dave warren, if you are dreaming of e christmas, there's an actual definition from the national weather service, one inch of snow on the ground december 25th. you could have a white christmas anywhere where it has that bluish color. it goes up to the great lakes. maybe some snow falling here in western pennsylvania. right now you see the radar, plus the clouds, not seeing much of the snow coming down. more cold air pushes in from the north. what is on the ground most likely will stay there. even as far south as memphis and close to houston. it is down to 34 in atlanta, so bitter cold arctic air is pushing these wind chill temperatures, the real feel, what it feels like on your skin down to about 10 below in minneapolis tonight. by tomorrow in chicago, temperature only up to 20, 29 on friday, saturday it is just above the freezing mark. the cold air, causing some lake-effect snow here as the cold air moves over the warmer waters of the great lakes seeing some snow coming down in western new york, western pennsylvania. som

the syrian opposition we don't have direct contacts with the syrian opposition it's the united nations which is doing this in effect it using different channels and we have us to affect the un as well as myself their cooperation and their support during this process of elimination of syrian chemical weapons i believe that it's in the interest of everyone including the opposition and we hope that they will. they will be corporate events supported well mr is and you are being very diplomatic in your responses but if you said earlier that the syrian government has offered its full cooperation we also know that a number of countries have contributed that equipment there is a trust fund set up to finance this whole process so the only outstanding issue is the issue of security now and the security of the only party that is in danger in that security seems to be the syrian opposition am i exaggerating. actually everyone because of that is this that the secured stray ssion in syria it's an important factor. which may disrupt the effect the whole process. but as i said earlier for the security

the kids it was outside the united nations. people who are different but believes that the rates they have come together and such is the such is the legacy that means just what is true. this will be what sets this is extra ordinary. this is true for years. extraordinary human being. extraordinary the team. if it were. two. my humanity. this is your humanity. or to force it to light your spiritual war this is what this meant to look into the tv the congregation. world leaders coming together. he's warned city break it off on my back is giving us the eastern region to carry on. believed to lie to me that has been taken steps to meet the fact that there are good even people who up publicly disagreed with nelson mandela announcement of a disagree with others to the fall of president george bush of the united states but it was all the difference is that the nelson mandela and george bush on iraq war. all british premier tony blair is the view that this is the top of thirteen dead. having a certain johnson are walking in. i believe m

senior official these united nations flights the out of this very violent region, the united nations flights that took place earlier today did include some americans so the sense of it now in the last few minutes is that some american civilians likely now are out of bor. the u.n. said it was relocating all its essential staff out of that area because the violence is so bad. the so we will see in the coming hours if there are still american civilians there, how many, how they might decide to get them out if they need to do it. it looks at the moment now, however, like the united nations is having some success in getting people out of there, but the real message here is the violence is so bad that the aid workers can't stay, and that leaves tens of thousands of south sudanese in very dire circumstances. >> and, elise, something obviously the u.s. would like to have stop is this raging civil war in a country the u.s. actually helped create or approved of the creation. what is going on? >> most of the americans were helping to build up the country. the african kcountries are takig the le

united nations calls a meeting to address the escalating violence in south sudan. and an extension of sorts for those signing up for obamacare. >> is the united nations security council has called a closed door session to step up its involvement in south sudan. has decided to send 150 more air are forces. >> i'm determined to ensure that we have the means to carry out its essential task of protecting civilians. i'm be spending most of today, i'll be spending most much today calling regional leaders and others to bolster are support for unmiss. >> are why henry matassa, is in are the area. >> peter said he was attacked by men carrying machetes, young people with no apparent loyalties, started attacking with blades that looked like machetes. >> of the two to three hours just godless. >> and more people are expected to get hurt. president salva kiir, says: >> the army's duties are to protect the areas of south sudan, bring them under the control of the government of south sudan. the army concentrations are on their way. >> reporter: there are fears things could get wo

james bays has more on the report from the united nations in new york. some of the images in this report may be disturbing. >> it is a detailed report, some 82 payments here of scientific evidence gathered by the team on the ground in syria, gathering forensic evidence, samples taken from the sites where it was claimed that chemical weapons were used. there were seven different instances of a possible use of chemical weapons that this team examined. they went through all the details, and they have confirmed that they believe that there is clear and convincing evidence in one case that chemical weapons were used. in another case there is credible information. in another case there was a problemible use, but they can't confirm it. there was evidence in two other cases that chemical weapons were used, but on a small scale. there are two remaining case, in it those two cases they cannot confirm that chemical weapons were used. they say the evidence doesn't tack up in those two cases. >> what is important in all this is that this team were given clear terms o

united nations got about 700 staffers out of south sudan. most were americans, all noncritical staff members were taken to neighbouring uganda to escape the violence in south sudan. rebel fighters have been trying to overthrow the government, citing ethnic discrimination. protesters going into a second month with 100,000 demonstrating in the capital. protesters encouraged to push through the holidays. the president backing out of a trade deal with the european union, in favour of stronger ties with russia. >> chase bank is trying to protect debit cards at target stores. they are limiting debit card withdrawals to $100, and customers will only be able to spend $300. outside the u.s. a debit card will not be able to withdraw any cash. >> pope francis used his last devotional prayer before christmas to make an appeal for homeless families, speaking of difficulties that homeless families face and called for everyone to do everything possible. he encouraged 1.2 billion catholics reflect on how to help others. >> homelessness is a topic for a look

united nations is meeting right now to discuss how to end the escalating crisis. you're watching the aljazeera news hour live from london. coming up, dozens killed in an attack on the defense ministry in yemen. >> a call for stability from tie land's king on his 86th burt day. >> claims the u.s. government gathers 5 billion records a day on mobile phone locations. >> the united nations secure council is due to vote this hour on how to deal with the escalating crisis in the central african republic. heavy fighting has broken out in the capital between muslim fighters and christians who support the ousted president. aljazeera has seen at least 25 bodies inside hospital. when rebels took over, they plunged into this situation. >> the forces say they are very much in control of the capital now and they are spaced just outside the main hospital here where the injured and dead are brought. the fighters have told us that more than a thousand militia, the vigilantes, mainly christian militia carried out the attacks this morning have been killed or run away. let's just tak

we are going to hear from the united nations two groups within the next hour and the amount of money needed and where it has got to go worldwide, and to help those in trouble and we will bring it to you on al jazeera. the military-backed government in egypt arrested people and a number of children a number of those detained and we will tell you the story of one particular student jailed because of a plastic ruler which he took to school. an arrest warrant is issued for his father and we have the story. >> in these uncertain times in egypt a small detail can say a lot about the bigger picture, a detail like the plastic rulers. last month 15-year-old took some to school with slogans calling the over throw a coup and the rebel city. >> translator: the school said he warned students not to bring such things and looked in his bag and found a timetable and other things with the symbol and the police came and took him to security headquarters. >> so now instead of attending class at the secondary school he is behind bars in an adult prison and jailed for 15 days and extended for another two

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the syrian opposition we don't have direct contacts with the syrian opposition it's the united nations which is doing this. affected using different channels and we have us the fact the u.n. as well as myself us their cooperation and their support during this process of elimination of syrian chemical weapons i believe that it's in the interest of everyone including the opposition and we hope that they will. they will be corporate events supported well mr them do you have being very diplomatic in your responses but if you said earlier that the syrian government has offered its full cooperation we also know that a number of countries have contributed that equipment there is a trust fund set up to finance this whole process so the only outstanding issue is the issue of security now and the security of the only party that is in danger in that security seems to be the syrian opposition am i exaggerating. i actually everyone the cook that is to start the security straight shouldn't be in syria it's an important factor. which may disrupt the effect the whole process. but as i said there are h

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