he walked on to this busy street in warsaw and then just disappeared in the crowd. if you had just seen him walking out the door, nobody would even think he was an inmate just released from a prison. >>> coming up next on "lockup: world tour." >> translator: i have a daughter here because i have no one on the outside to take care of her. >> a women's prison with an unusual approach to rehabilitation. [ laughter ] smoke? nah, i'm good. [ male announcer ] celebrate every win with nicoderm cq, the unique patch with time release smartcontrol technology that helps prevent the urge to smoke all day long. help prevent your cravings with nicoderm cq. >>> once known for artisan glass workers, the czech republic city of svetla nad sazavou is now home to the largest women's prison. named for the town, it houses 600 women. only 8% of them are convicted of violent crimes. that puts 34-year-old eraina in an even smaller minority. >> translator: i was sentenced for two murders. >> she is in the 12th year of a 21-year sentence for her role in the killings. >> translator: i was just

a monument honoring the rebellion of the so called warsaw ghetto. most remember it has failed the bowl. we're in the heart of what was once worth on the jewish ghetto. it was here that the capitals were gathered and kept and eventually deported. it's now mostly a business district with offices and brand new condos but there are signs of the jewish revival here. a kosher restaurant. the jewish spirit and a brand new community center right behind me. michael should resist poland's chief rabbi. he says the children and grandchildren of those who stayed behind are slowly starting to re discover their identity. we cannot change the number of killed during the holocaust. we can change the number of was if we do nothing. to open the door to jewish culture and tradition then most likely none of them will return to the jewish people. written its jewish life in poland as it once was. i may never return. but at least he says there's now a lie ahead we're imperfect cctv in warsaw. and at the news for now thanks for a walk. in the i do. the light landed me an am

have been blessed to have that work produced in new york, going on to the edinburgh festival, the warsawheater festival. to me, those are great things when you can watch artists who think there is nowhere else that might be interested in you being a woman of color and telling your story and then getting excited about it. that is our biggest accomplishment. having artists have become better artists. what is. sheri coming back to brava, here you have this establish, amazing writer who has won a clue -- slew of awards. now she gets to director and work. even though she is this amazing, established writer, the truth is, she is being nurtured as a director and is being given some space to direct. >> the play is described as ceremony and -- where ceremony and theater me. in the indigenous tradition, when you turn 52, it is like the completion of an important era. the importance of the ceremony is to say, you are 52. whenever you have been caring for the first 52 years, it is time to let it go. really, here, they have given me carte blanche to do this. i think it is nice for me, in the sense of

it is run from the warsaw headquarters of the european border control agency. new system will save the lives of refugees and catch criminals. component, of course, is to provide a network to monitor organized crime and illegal immigration. often to save the lives of people in distress at sea. critics say the system is more about turning away migrants than helping them. it started operation on the southern and eastern borders. monday, the un's human rights chief has evidence that syrian government officials have committed crimes against humanity. she called on the international criminal court to open a probe into the civil war. she said responsibility for atrocities committed in the searing conflict extended to the top echelon of government, including president bashar al- assad. brewers started lobbying for a year unity lot. they are hope -- a beer unity law. in 1516, the bearberry and ruler decreed beer could only be made with water, malt, hops, and yeast and nothing else. there was relative calm on the streets of the thai capital after days of angry protests.

sunnier sides in warsaw out ahead of that storm system with a high of 6 on tuesday. lets see what's going on in eastern asia as well. looking at a wintry pattern out here. sea effect snowfall across much of the sea of japan pushing on shore along the sea of japan coastline there. some areas over hokkaido, pretty incredible amount of snow over the last several days. this is adding more of the white stuff. elsewhere staying dry, cor yarks china, high pressure dominating here. that's doing to move farther east. that will shut off sea effect snow machine on wednesday. high extending further south still sparking up rain showers here into the philippines over towards the malaysian peninsula as well. one thing will be happening. you see energy, rainfall on the eastern seaboard on the philippines, still bring a risk of flooding. thursday and friday that's doing to carry north, could be impacting much of japan later in the week. sunshine skies, partly cloudy skies in tokyo. high of 3 in beijing, shanghai getting to the double digits on wednesday. see what's going on in the am

and tomorrow, soviet leader gorbachev will brief warsaw pact leaders. >>> happy birthday to actress amandasbourne. here's what's coming up on "today" for you. go inside the teenage mind, as teens talk about everything from drugs and alcohol to sex and social media. keep it here for more weather, news and sports, i'm richard lui along with bill cairns, thanks for watching "early today." have a good one. >>> breaking news this morning. crews on the scene at a massive fire in boston.r >> he made a distressÑiçó call has not been heard from sense. the latest on a pilot and his  vanished in idaho. >>> a transgender student involved in a fight is speaking out on how it could have been avoided. >> it is tuesday, december 3rd, this is "todayÑi in the bay." >> thise1 is "today in the bay." >>> good

staying on the cold side for you there in warsaw. you have a high of 6. kiev, light rain showers, high of 3. vienna, partly cloudy skies. look at that, getting up into the double digits. now this is where i wanted to talk about where it's not winter at all, southern hemisphere, so winter in the north, nice and warm down here in the south. we have a little tropical activity towards the north, but i want to show you what's happening in the southeast, people out there celebrating the holidays. this is in sydney, and you can see they have the surf boards out and santa's out there getting people all in the festive mood. take a look at your temperatures if you're there. if you want to go on vacation where there isn't snow, sydney, 29 for your high. perth, 35. darwin, about average. but that's a look at your world weather. here's a look at your extended forecast. >>> thousands of roman catholics have gathered in the vatican for pope francis's first christmas eve mass as pontiff. ♪ the faithful celebrated the birth of jesus christ at st. peter's basilica on tuesd

cold atmosphere throughout the globe are no longer in existence i mean and the soviet union and the warsaw pact that when they go still there of course. for. being guided by the phobias of this long gun. it's not good. is short sighted. we. would like to live in peace with all our neighbors just leaves us the votes including bolts to countries we have been parts of the same state but we developed our east history there in different. industries we just still. helpful and useful to those republics of course the infrastructure is so well. with . all that relief when the end is the one year when the joint neato. from the us is up with our western partners this was back then. that was what the soviet union was integrating. told us you shouldn't. because they have their fears about the chances of we will. accept them as nato members and they will feel secure after that not only did not happen here so we develop economic. ties we have cultural context with all those countries we would like to expand them. when they have their meetings in the nato we hear a russian sentiment regularly just to give

and sunny skies there for you in warsaw, and also towards moscow here on friday. that's a look at your world weather. here's the extended forecast. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk world, thanks very much for joining us. until next time, good-bye. >>> 1969, the year humans first set foot on the moon. >> that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> people around the world were riveted by this history-making footage. 30 years later, work began on the international space station.

it's the first time an open court has heard allegations warsaw let the u.s. arrest and interrogate terror suspects as part of the c.i.a.'s program extraordinary rendition. the case involves a saudi national accused in the deadly al qaeda attack on the u.s.s. cole in 2000 and a palestinian man who has never been charged with a crime. the men claim they were tortured in a forest in northern poland in 2002 and subjected to mock executions and water boarding. the u.s. is now holding both terror suspects in guantanamo bay, cuba. lawyers say poland should be held responsible for their torture since it allowed a secret so-called black site to operate in its territory. polish leaders in office at the time denied the existence of secret c.i.a. jails. poland launched a criminal investigation in 2008. human rights groups accuse poland of a coverup. the court gave no timetable for its ruling. tina krause, cbs news. >> u.s. government says it now interrogates terror suspects at sea. all secret c.i.a. prisons were closed may of 2006. >>> funeral services for an ocean city,

warsaw at four. that's a look at your world weather.ere's the extended forecast. >>> volunteers in fukushima have set up an illumination tower to cheer up people living in temporary housing after the 2011 disaster. members of a citizens group built the tower in a parking lot of the housing complex using some 20,000 l.e.d. lights. more than 500 families live at the facility. >> translator: our spirits have been low since the earthquake. these lights brighten the mood around here. >> translator: we hope these lights become a symbol of the bonds between evacuees and their relatives. >> as of september, more than 200,000 people were still living away from home in fukushima and neighboring prefectures. >>> and that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk world, thanks for joining us. have a great day, wherever you are. >> pro you are -- pro-europe protesters in the ukraine block the trade deal with the e you -- eu. minister ofime thailand says she is not going to resign. she rejects protesters demands

at least the soviet union and the warsaw pact aragon like me too.ut it's not constructive to rely on the phobias of the bygone era it's a shortsighted policy our goal is to live with all our neighbors in peace we used to live as part of one stayed together with them clued in the baltic states and it was thanks to our joint efforts that these countries have a robust production the industries that drive the economic growth and infrastructure. as the soviet union was collapsing our western partners told us that latvia lithuania in these tonia had a lot of flaws be as a regarding the past and that once the become members of nato they would feel secure. it never happened that way it's true we are a developing economic and cultural ties with these countries and we want to see them strengthening but when they get together at the nato summit we hear them watching russian fabius here is an example we have a discussion platform called the russian nato council. where we debate many issues including the missile shield of course which is the main stumbling block

the european border control agency contacts which is headed in warsaw has introduced a new system called the eurostar which it says will make it easier to react quickly to such emergencies. the whole company of the eastside. as a main component of course is designed and knit one. it is typical in mama's organized crime and illegal immigration is in the end of fourth day of this. believe it cos its campuses olson to save the lives of people in distress at sea. each brand going on this map shows clearing incident has been reported. helicopters and drones and satellites collate the information fed into the system. your search down toward european border surveillance system. critics say it's more about turning away migrants and helping them. non governmental organization human rights watch says youngsters priorities are in the wrong place. it just got this context is connected to the big brother to the mediterranean area. it grows primarily to prevent immigrants from entering the eu. we sit context and change its road to rescuing migrants and preventing deaths this year. who or what importan

it's drawn from the warsaw headquarters of the european border control agency from tax the eu says the new system will help save the lives of refugees and catch criminals. the hopeful twentieth the east side of the main component of course it is to provide the network to monitor and organized crime and illegal immigration and migration of up to date all was that of course also to save the lives of people in distress at sea. he will self seed teams from the soybean seed of sealed them up and gone to bed. but critics say the system is more about turning away migrants than helping them it started operation on the eu southern and eastern borders. also on monday un human rights chief cannot be the day. she is growing evidence that lead in syrian government officials have committed crimes against humanity. she called on the international criminal court to open a probe into the country's civil war delay said responsibility for atrocities committed in the syrian conflict extended to the top echelons of government including president bush are outside germany's brewers started lobbying for the c

it was sunny skies in warsaw. moscow led to greater heights thing rather crisp and cold but a least the fall weather is remaining father of their ports the west as far as the americas actuallyred to we didn't see the last several days into the northeast you just got the one i sort of thousands of people are without power at this time and this is the reason why he had significant ice accumulations in that these trees at ways the trees down or member and one soul snap on the powerful winds. all that's when the people's power and it is also very dangerous roads makes for beautiful scenery of the things i can look at this and that silly beautiful up there with that political listen up due to the ice accumulation still has the bomb parts a great lake so we had a lake effect the weak disturbance moving through conceal a dusting on the ground as this moves over has a myriad see below but more than that. also to the pacific northwest across british columbia so wet and windy conditions for you out here. the stock locally a

the other side we have this high pressure system dominating much area bnging warmth to purl in a warsaw and even in front the sox made it much or an event at temperatures clean up a sign of protest. i know. i do. do sth. i've said this is a sin and nice i am counting the cash. expert. the streets i used to refuse to carry out such. why the fisherman oaks. these are the ancient mysteries. thousands of years of japanese traditional folk tales. nhk most online introduces the topic to talk so freely japanese folk tales in nine languages. just click on once upon a time in japan special you would. the tv we need to call or you can go. the holders the acoustics of this. to showcase it. warning respective industries. isn't it gorgeous. you were statistically each week. all in great need. it is

petersburg to warsaw, the activists were freed on bail in november and pardoned earlier this month. >>> pope francis has called on catholics to show solidarity with refugees around the world on his weekly angeles prayer. >>> up to date with the news in europe, let's take you back to dna. >> thank you very much, selena. bangladesh death of a 21-year-old student. opposition activists have rallied in the capital taka banning large political gatherings, protestors want the government to resign. more from daka expwhrp a very -- >> a very tense situation in taka city, people are afraid that there will be more confrontation and more sproinls, ruling party members were taking part with police and clashes with opposition member in the capitol city. that is something we saw in the district in the last two months but not something in the capitol within the last one month. with the opposition leader vowing with the continue to march for democracy, next day and the day after, nature of the controversy may take another dimension. with election looming just about a week away, along with the fact tha

becameearly 1950s, it the standard weapon for soviet and warsaw pact countries.d popular with paramilitary groups. flesh and a cop made little money from his gun. he was often defensive about criticism that his invention had caused countless deaths around the world. weapon to defend the father lance borders, he said, it is not my fault it is sometimes used where should not have been. >> mikhail kalashnikov died monday at the age of 94. to talk about the significance of his weapon and its maker, we're joined by william hartung. his latest book is, "prophets of war: lockheed martin and the making of the military- industrial complex." democracy now! welcome back to -- welcome back to democracy now! >> interesting character, did not have a high school education, grew up in salsa beria, rose up through the ranks because of his mechanical abilities. a design bureau competing amongst 15 others. stalin had a secret contest to build the next weapon for the soviet army. once the integrated it, they started building it in large quantities. then they turned up in vietnam, cu

was in warsaw, i had a chance to sit down with greenpeace executive director kumi naidoo, who was involvedplaster's action. they did not get arrested. maybe they did not get arrested because he is the executive director involved with trying to stop arctic drilling by gazprom. energyed about how companies should respond to global warming concerns. >> we would say to all company energy leaders from gazprom to shell and exxon and all the rest, a greenpeace, when we look at you, we see you as an energy company. we cannot blame you 20 years ago or even say 15 years ago for building energy based on oil, coal, and gas. you need to understand the scientific content is completely clear now and even if the science was not clear, the last decade has seen more than a 10% increase in extreme weather events, the very events the sign to say that is how climate change will be looking at. so now you do not have an excuse. the facts are before you. and you need to understand that every cent you invest in new projects is an investment in the death of our children and their children and future generations. >>

warsaw, indiana, tricia. good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. we canwanted to say that nelsonrn a lot from mandela's life. watching him struggle, watching him fight what he knew was right and being oppressed and being in prison and still holding onto what he knew was right, i think that is what we have to do in america. andave to take his example carry it through every country. for us, we need to do that with our government. we need to stand up for our principles, for what we know is right. we cannot let the strife in the things that we know in washington right now keep going on. i am an independent and i see good in both political parties. i see things i do not like them both political parties. i think we need to band together to not put the emphasis on will we canut she do to bring down the price of insurance, to bring down the price of pharmaceuticals and the affordableake it health care for everyone. that is where i think our focus needs to live. host: thank you. from the washington a couple of photographs of them -- of nelson mandela. he wa