the united nations can do. she also photographed thing that she was a little angry about, and that was from when the u.s. government tried to imprison all the japanese-americans during the war. 120,000 people and somewhere between two thirds and two fifths were u.s. citizens and they were rounded up and they had never been accused of conviction or accused of disloyalty. so she photographed thaas the wd having her first health problems it would ultimately kill her. one that people today don't know about so much anymore because locally pouliot has been wiped out or you but there's a phenomenon called post polio syndrome. and apparently it remains in a more quiet way inside the body and can be reactivated and she went through that and she began to develop ulcers. she died of cancer because there were no treatments. >> host: was she political? >> in a certain way. she never belonged to any political organizations. she had a more spiritual feeling. but she adored franklin roosevelt because she not only felt this but

we have decided to go to the united nations security council this month. if that resolution does not pass, we will find all the international organizations and conventions to the international criminal court. we will join all of them and fight to protect our people. funeral of the latest israeli to die, a 25-year-old woman from the jewish settlement . the government now under intense pressure to stop the violence. government will have to andect israelis [indiscernible] >> israel is sending reinforcements to the west bank for what it calls new security assessments. the government has been meeting to discuss the situation. and wondering if the area is teetering on the edge of widespread violence. >> today, armistice day to honor the victims of war and those who fought in battle. in the united states, veterans day included the vice president laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. returnquite common to from active service and run for political office but that practice may be returning. >> once upon a time, the majority of congress was made up of m

the critics of this bill, this request, $6.2 billion, the money coming from the united nations, world health organization, they put the price tag at $1 billion. this is six times that. does that seem excessive to you? >> well, that's what this hearing was all about is trying to ascertain their plans. what they are asking for really is two or three different things. they want enough money to put the fire out in africa and then also help the africans with training and equipping and things like that so that it won't reignite. the other thing is to do a much better job of making us more prepared as a nation so in case we have another event like this, and that would carry over into some sort of a bacterial warfare thing or whatever. it's a much broader scope. but the europeans are involved, the eu, and then france is in guinea, britain is in sierra leone so it's a combined effort. >> it's a combined effort, senator, as you put it, but it's again, if you will, another parallel adventure, it me at least, with taxpayer money. >> well, you -- >> i'm sorry? >> i don't disagree. so often we are

the african union and united nations have also voiced opposition to the military's takeover. calls are growing for the interim leader to transfer power to the people and to hold elections within 90 days. >> the rapidity of the transition, the way in which everything will be set up in order to make possible to organize election will be extremely difficult because if it lasts too long, it could be, indeed, a real danger. >> reporter: a danger to democracy. gerald tan, al jazeera. there have been protests against the government in eastern democratic republic of congo. people are angry about a machete attack thought to have been carried out by the rebel group ads. the government says its dpeeftd the group but civilians have been killed in the last month. >> in kenya's president who has ordered a northern tribe to turn in those responsible for the killing of 22 mreringz. they were ambushed by local tribesmen in terkana county during a security operation on friday. the local leaders say the att k attackers mistook them for an invading tribe. they asked for two weeks to hands over t

. >> nation-to-nation exhibit and book is really a gift that we're returning to the united states. through knowledge of its citizenry about its enhistory. because that's what this tells. this isn't the indians' view. this isn't just as the treaties aren't the indians' treaties. the treaties are between the united states and native nations. and the treaties and this exhibit reflect that. reality. about the treaties. all of the nations had land. no one brought any land with them when they came across the atlantic ocean. no one brought any european land. there was no american land. there was only native land. and that land belonged to the native nations and to the peoples who were the citizens of the native nations. the european nations entered into treaties with the native nations who have been making treaties amongst each other for mellenia. this was a continuation of that for the native peoples, and it was a continuation of treaties that the europeans had, although in europe, mostly the treaties meant an end to the war. here, even though there were in most instances no wars, it mea

united nations envoy to serious strikes a rare note of hope telling the bbc there may be a new opportunity to freeze the fighting after four years of civil war. a doctor in new york released from the hospital after declared free from ebola. he has a message to keep the focus on west africa. tomorrow, a tiny craft will try to land on a comet hurtling through space at 34,000 miles an hour. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. it sounds almost implausible but after 200,000 deaths and four years of brutal civil war, the human mediator for syria is expressing hope that the violence can now be stopped. in an exclusive interview, he tells the bbc the syrian government may now be opened a freezing fighting with some rebel groups because of the common threat of islamic state. >> four years into a punishing war, the cost is clear. devastation, millions forced to flee. the old city shot on his first visit here. >> having a peace plan would be ambitious and revolutionary but we do have an action plan. an action plan from the ground. stop the fighting, reduce the

a push by the united nations is to get insurance into the world's purest places. the natural disaster last year caused $200 billion of taj. most losses unadjourned. >> 707 prsz of the world had no insurance. in the pacific it's 0.3%. i don't need to say how critically important it is to have insurance. climate change is making natural disaster for free consequent and severe -- frequent and severe. it pays to be prepared. >>> environmental groups are protesting against deforestation in northern argentina, saying that provincial government is colluding with landowners to manipulate the law >>> the damage on the ground is brutal. huge areas of forest ripped up by chains dragged between two bulldozers. the extent of the devastation is starker from the air. 100,000 hectares of forests ripped up, to make the way for bean, soya and sugar problems. with advance technology and resilient seeds, agriculture is moving into unproductive areas. it is a new frontier. the rate of deforestation is among the highest in latin america. >> this is what is known as monday, a thick fore

it's a unique opportunity for united nations divided along sectarian lines. >>> this is the coach of one of yemen's most prestigious under 16 football teams. he earns less than 200 a month, and the players have to buy their own kit. he is proud of yemen's national team. everyone is talking about their performance of the gulf cup football tournament. 13-year-old hatam is a rising star. his dream goes beyond representing yemen in international competitions. >> my dream is to be a professional player. i want to play for the national team and play with barcelonament >> reporter: here, yemenis are proud of their team, saying it's the best in generations. after worrying about months of political and sectarian conflict, they are pinning their hope on a victory against saudi arabia, that can bring the nation together. >> translation: sport is like politics. if they are defeated the whole nation will be defeated. if yemen wins, we'll be more united. >> reporter: this man works for a tv channel owned by the shia houthis. and he says he can't wait to see yemen's squad beat saudi arabia, and qua

enough now to go for two years according to a new report from the united nations. it shows the stockpiles include, quote, state-of-the-art american weapons that iraq's military abandoned during the terrorist brutal offensive over the summer. they're armed with our stuff. according to the report, those weapons were unused before isis stole them, but some, they indicate, may be too sophisticated for the group to use properly. the united nations assessment indicates the islamic state's arsenal include tanks, american humvee, aircraft ar till herpy, shoulder-fired rockets and, quote, extensive supplies of ammuniti ammunition, we presume also american. isis still controls large areas of iraq and syria and this report indicates the militants may have so many machine guns and other small arms, they can keep fighting even if u.s. and allied air strikes continue to target the group's bigger weapons. meantime kurdish officials say they're launching a new offensive targeting isis militants it in iraq. they also say a car bomb today killed seven people including two police off

nationality fed rated council, federal council. they are trying to reach a ceasefire agreement with the burma army and the government as a whole, so they are trying as much as they could to in order to make this happen, but while they are trying to engage in making peace agreement with the government, this attack by the myanmar army he from the government site is very -- which will not help any peace agreement with the chechen independence army or any otherette lick armies who have reached ceasefire agreement which will not help to have a trust on the ceasefire agreement. >> many feel percent cute in myanmar and forced to leave. this is the busiest time for smuggling and trafficking. >> they are meant to protect us in the event of an accident but what happens when they don't work? we'll hear from a victim whose life was changed after a malfunction. >> digging out from a deadly snowstorm that is sweeping through new york and it's not over yet. over yet. >> suddenly attacked >> bullet holes... ...just red with blood... >> 34 killed..

. >>> united nations special envoy is in, bashar al-assad has agreed the to look at a ceasefire proposal for aleppo. u.n. estimates 200,000 people have died there since 2011.ze a khodr h the story. >> the president bashar al-assad says hee he's ready to examine the plan. much needed aid supplies trapped by the fighting. it is yet another attempt to reduce the violence in syria. andrene turkmani says it could work. >> this is the only thing that give hope to t people. 30,000 civilians have been back after the deal. they're having much better life now than they had when they were idps, so nothing else from geneva, london and new york have delivered tangible results on the ground. >> rina turkmani has been suggesting a more open process before. >> in they are not properly monitored they often fail. >> that's why the people of waar, the only air in homs city controlled by the rebels. some 150,000 people live in this neighborhood which has been besieged by government forces for months. this initiative won't end the conflict but it could be the first step to ease the suffering, before a top le

it marks the united nations first international dale to end impunity. human rights impressed human rights organizations. they have made a call for the release of al jazeera's staff. >> it's unfortunate that the al jazeera journalists like other journalists paid the price for their work. the government had problems with other ideologies. problems outside of taking it out on the journalists. don't thet them in your country and your home. don't put them in prison and use kangaroo courts. unjustifiable reasons. the african union is gearing up to call humanitarian workers. more than 350 people have been training at the headquarters. they are expected to be sent to guinea and sierra leone. the e.u. has more than 150 other workers on the ground in three countries. >>> billionaire richard branson says had quest for space tour will continue, despite the crash of a virgin galactic rocket. a pilot is dead and another injured after part of the rocket explode the. >> reporter: spewed across the mojave desert, the wreckage of a billionaire's dream. investigators are

a push by the united nations is to get insurance into some of the world's poorest places. the world's natural disasters caused $200 billion in damage. most losses were insured. 70% of the world had no insurance. the insurance penetration is 0.3%. i don't need to say how important it is to have insurance. >> climate change is making natural disasters more frequent and severe. it pays to be prepared. >>> over in brazil, they are experiencing their worst jout in decades. richard is keeping an eye on that. is it linked to climate change? >> i don't know. that's the honest answer, i don't know. >> that is honest. >> i'm demrib and -- glib and dismissive. it takes a lot of research to find if an event is linked to climate change. many droughts are lynned. the california drought, and there are doubt whether that is linked to climate change. seer are shots of pro -- here are shots of protesters dism sao paulo -- protesters in sao paulo. people have short memories. allot of it is -- a lot of it is to do with the demands. they'll have to wait for the rains getting through to novembe

will now hear former ambassador to the united nations. >> thank you richard. standing before you today represent organizations that are in touch with the grassroots of america. to watch this election become naturalized to become mobilized and energized that turned out to give republicans a clear majority in the senate and an overwhelming majority in the house. to stop amnesty and other forms but let me be clear we watched over the course of this campaign soccer mom speed transformed and national security is a primary issue for this new republican majority. one of the things is the expectation of the defense budget with the current and future threats to our country with said she had is some with the non state actors and sovereign states. what we didn't hear from the voters is sending a new republican majority to ask achalasia minor the political party there the majority party in this country across the legislatures and governors in our midst. at the end of the day they did nason republicans the new republican majority to be competent managers of big government

. >>> so the unites nations is warning that the fighting in syria and iraq is attracting foreigners on an unprecedented scale. most of the recruiting is now done by the islamic state of iraq and the levants. the cia says there could be anywhere between 20,031 1/2 thousand fighters in iraq and syria. as many as half of them are foreigforeigners. they went to iraq and syria from over 80 countries in north america, middle east, asia, australia and europe. but over 400 fighters are said to have traveled from france. omar, better known as omar onsen is said to be the number one recruiter of french fighters, al jazerra has obtained an exclusive interview with him. zeina khodr reports. >> reporter: it was an early 2012 when foreigners start today join the fight against the syrian government. others came when the war took a sectarian turn. for others it was a religious duty. >> reporter: omar is according to french government authorities the number one recruiter of french fighters. this senegalese born french national has given interviews before. but this is the first time he revealed his face

later this week the united nations will highlight sanitation issues on world toilet day. joining us is a guest from the world bank sanitation programme. tell us the significance of world toilet day. >> thank you, i'm delighted to be here on behalf of the world bank. we are excited about the world toilet day recognised by the united nations as of last year. i know a number of partners that we work with at the u.n., are equally delighted. it's putting a highlight to a silent crisis, as we call it. people don't talk about about toilets. if you think about the fact that 2.4 billion people have bad sanitation, out of those a billion have nothing, something that we take for granted. we go to the toilet and grow up thinking when you have to go, you go. for a billion people worldwide it is not an easy things. they have to either wait until it's late at night - for women and girls - because it's embarrassing to go through the day and find a hiding place. they go in rivers and behind bushes. it has profound effects on their dignity and economically. it is costing the world a lot, t

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united nations secretary general says he is concerned over escalating violence in labia. the ongoing power struggle is having a devastating impact on the population. and egypt's president sisi says his government intends to support libya's army. dominic kane reports. >> reporter: this is the effect of the fighting in benghazi. the once busy streets are now battlegrounds. these are districts in the north of the city. for the past month the [ inaudible ] libya group has brought the general for control. >> translator: all fighting in benghazi now were the first to fight the terrorists. the army is doing its best and is controlling. the situation is good. we are take control. >> reporter: but the other side disputes this. in recent days its fighters have attacked base around the international airport. a target of strategic importance to both sides, and across libya, it's a similar story. this week, the forces have bombed tripoli's second airport. the airport is in the hands of forces that support the general national congress. a supreme court has left the government of the gn

. >>> the united nations second quarter -- secretary general says he is concerned about ongoings violence in libya. dominic kane reports. >> reporter: this is the effect of the fighting in benghazi. the once busy streets are now battlegrounds. these are districts in the north of the city. for the past month the libya group has fought the general for control. his spokesmen insists he has the upper hand. >> translator: all of the people fighting now in benghazi are residents and the nationalist youth of benghazi. they were the first to fight the terrorists. the army is doing its best, and is controlling. >> reporter: but libya disputes this. in recent days its fighters have attacked bases around the international airport, a target of strategic importance to both sides, and across libya, it's a similar story. this week, forces have bombed tripoli's second airport. the airport is in the hands of forces that support the general national congress. a supreme court ruling has left the government of the gnc has the only legitimate one in libya. >> translator: the national salvation government has

we are a national community service organization, we have chapters all over the united states. and we engage in community service for american society in general. we operate in the united states. we actually have never had any dealings with the united arab emirates. so we don't understand why we are on this list. well, frankly, i think it's unfair to the united arab emirates for us to make any guesses about what the objective is. or even when the report is accurate until we have verified it. my percentage relationship with the emirates is nothing less than four years of the most beautiful years of my life living in the i nighted arab emirates and i only have fond memories it have. and i don't think it's right for us to comments on something that we haven't verified or the reasons we don't know. >>> egypts armed forces say they have killed 10 terrorists in north sinai as a campaign against rebel fighters. ministry of defense has released picks of troops on patrol in the area. this week one of the groups operating there pledge the its allegiance to ice ill. hundreds of police and

let me conclude with some points about the united nations. despite the iraq war in 2003 and the bypassing of the security council at that time, the council has never returned to the paralysis that prevailed during the cold war. many matters are in fact agreed between the five -- the junta -- and a great number of u.n. actions continue to be taken. there are even what we might term some -- i would term -- many resets. corporation on some highly specific issues. let me mention first the chemical weapons disarmament in syria was a product of american and russian cooperation and of course it was bilateral cooperation but it got its legal form and force in decision by the security council and subsequent decisions in the organizations for chemical weapons. in the case of the controversy raiding uranium nuclear program hold talks in geneva and vienna this week and understanding that a draft resolution will be brought one day to the security council for legal action. in dprk, north korea, you'll see some of the p-5 working together and trying to find

in which were deplored by many of the united nations community. these elections have been condemned as being outside of the framework of the ukrainian constitution and law. following the elections, the rebels have engaged in inflammatory rhetoric declaring themselves as defacto independent from ukraine and threatening to expand the territory under their control. a formalization of the creation of local armies and security forces was also announced. in response the president has proposed that parliament revoked the law providing for three years of greater autonomy for the rebel controlled areas that had been offered as fulfillment of a key e te innocent of the protocol. also on 5 november, the prime minister announced that pensions and subsidies would be halted to areas under rebel control. mr. president, as of 3 november, hostilities in the east reign e reignited with the potential to further undermine the agreement. currently, the security situation almost rivals the period immediate proceeding the cease-fire agreement of 5 september. citing cred

. ♪ ♪ >>> the united nations is warning that the fighting in syria and iraq is attracting foreigners on an unprecedented scale. most of the recruiting is being done by the islamic state of iraq and the levant. it's estimated that of the 31 and a half thousand fighters in iraq and syria, at least half of them are foreign, omar better known as omar on him - omsen iso be the number one recruiter of french fighters. al jazerra has obtains an exclusive interview with him. zeina hodder reports. >> reporter: it was early in 2012 when foreigners joined the fight against the syrian government. some are mobilized by the suffering the syrians, for others it was a religious duty. >> reporter: omar is according to french government authorities the number one recruiter of french fighters. the senegalese born french national has given interviews before. but this is the first time he revealed his face. al jazerra obtain aid tape in which he explains how he convinced people that traveling to syria is migrating to the lands of islam. >> reporter: he used the internet to reach out to potential recruits

thanks so much. >>> now egypt's human rights record is being reviewed by the united nations. it will examine the way egypt treats political opposition, women's rights, and the media. protests have continued despite the introduction of a controversial protest law. a special permit is now required for gathering of more than ten meme. a local court recently sentenced 23 people to jail for three years after being accused of holding an illegal demonstration. human rights groups have criticized egypt for the way women are treated too. there are many claims of sexual hararesment that aren't even investigated. and several journalists have been targeted by the government including three journals from al jazeera who have been in jail for 312 days. they are convicted of supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood, a charge they deny and are appealing. so how did the deliberations go down there in the building behind you, barnaby? >> reporter: well, a lot of countries spoke, sami, that was interesting, so many they were limited to one minute each. this is part of what is called a universa

>> reporter: well, united nations officials are diplomats so they won't go around pointing fingers, but i can say it. the fact is that this started in africa. the rest of the world didn't really care very much about it. it started in the '70s in isolated villages. this latest disaster, this latest outbreak is the most serious ebola outbreak there's ever been. and the international community, frankly, didn't really care very much about it until it started appearing in the united states and europe with some isolated cases. >> don't forget, there's plenty more information on our website, including a special page on ebola. it's got all the latest figures, and also how different countries are dealing with the outbreak. just log on to bbc.com/ebola. >>> now, there are warnings that new malicious software is targeting chinese users of apple products. it's called wirelurker and it's infecting apple's desk top and mobile operating systems. it appears to have originated in china. earlier, our reporter in beijing told me why this new malware is alarming researchers. >> reporter: well, this is a pi

ambassador to the united nations. he went to north korea just last year to try to get kenneth bae released. five years ago, considered a potential envoy for the release of two americans. that role ultimately went to former president bill clinton. governor richardson joins me on the phone. thank you so much for being here, sir. and i want you to first please, if you could, take us into the mind of negotiators since you worked with north korean negotiators why do you think they decided to release these two americans right now? >> i believe there was two reasons. one, they were catching the north koreans a lot of heat at the united nations on human rights violations. they were going to be taken to the international criminal court. secondly, i believe they want to start a dialogue with the united states. the fact that there are very few conditions they have asked for with the release of kenneth bae and this other young man, mr. miller, basically asking for a presidential envoy. and releasing them without any apparent cond

as we noted in our last segment, even the united nations is now responding. while a u.n. panel tasked with investigating torture said it respects the grand jury decision, there was still plenty of finger-wagging at america. 111 days since michael brown's death made ferguson infamous around the globe, now the united nations is raising its voice as well. >> we have certain concerns about whether punishment of law enforcement -- when they have crossed the line -- >> reporter: tensions between u.s. law enforcement and minority groups made their way from the st. louis suburbs all the way to geneva today where the u.n.'s committee on torture made its own concerns clear. >> deep concern at the frequent police shootings of unarmed black individuals. >> reporter: earlier this month, michael brown's family had addressed the committee, urging it not to dismiss what they were seeing. >> we need justice, we need answers and we need action and we have to bring it to the union so that they can expose it to the rest of the world what's going on in small town ferguson. >> leave the area,

now let's get the latest from james bays at the united nations in new york. this emergency meeting is due to start in just under a half hour. what are we expecting to come out of it? >> well, this is a meeting that they've been talking about for about a week or so here at the security council, and they're contemplating whether to have a meeting because they've been breezingly concerned about troop movements near the ukrainian border. it seems that the troop movements over the ukrainian border. it is the u.s. who has finally called this meeting. i think you're going to hear very intrenched volitions repeated. you heard the russian position. you heard nato's allegations. i'm sure you'll hear similar things from the russian deputy ambassador. the ambassador is away today. and from western ambassadors. in many ways i think you're going to hear from others is going to be the most interesting thing. those others are the u.n. they're representative from the department of political affairs, and national organization that has monitors in the eastern ukraine. there i t

the united nations expressed concern about the air strikes against the airport. >> it's a step in the wrong direction. a near step against the political dialogue, and once against the united nations would like to call all libyans, and those who are using force not to do anything to undermine the political process. >> but with rival groups fighting in the streets, the u.n.'s perfect political process seems a long way off >>> in pakistan two health workers have been killed and two others injured on an attack in baluchize stan. workers are trying to vaccinate 2 million children. pakistan is one of three countries. thousands of pakistanis fled to afghanistan's province trying to escape the ongoing pakistani army. families are living in makeshift camps in areas with mines and iuds, as the winter sets in the conditions. they tolerate. they stack mud brings against the tent. they have little else to protect their family against the cold thanks to the afghanistan border. we are trying to protect ourselves. aid arrived. it's not our turn yet. we'll have to wait. there's one of tens of thousand

the ambassador to the united nations say the allegations are misplaced. >> sri lanka has done more in the last five years since the end of the conflict to address the very issues being raised now than any other country coming from similar circumstances. we also feel that this inquiry is unnecessarily intrusive, and is -- is a challenge to the sovereignty of my country, which is doing all it can to address many of these ideas. we are doing what is necessary, and it is only five years since the end of the conflict. we have done much more than any other country coming out of similar circumstances. we need time and space to get on with the reconciliation process that we have embarked upon. and the u.n. itself has acknowledged that. in the resolution adopted last year, it has requested us to continue with the internal processes, and let us get on with it. we need the time and the space to do it. we are a small developing country, and we can't do everything that others want us to do overnight. >>> evening -- engineers are planning a long-awaited upgrade in a hydroelectric power plant in afg

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

i was at the united nations testifying on behalf of the united states in a treaty defense. the united states has interesting treaties of course. the state department defends on the performance of treaties. these were usually multilateral at the un that in many countries, they are sig tories to. the u.s. was being evaluated by the human rights committee with the compliance on civil and political rights. the panel asked me to attend. the delegation asked me to attend. i feel that the questions, you can imagine what this was like. there is a big panel of experts that are questioning the united states and 10 to 12 official who is have to take the beating in some respects. they asked questions on homelessness and indian issues in addition, but there is a wide range of government officials there. one started pressing me on why doesn't the united states just apologize to the tribes and be done with it. that was the attitude. not the exact words. i said we will never be done with it as long as the united states occupies north america, we will always have obligations to the indian t

the united states spends more than any other nation to support peacekeeping operations idea united nations. and the american people ask are they getting value for their money. ambassador power will give a short talk and the new continuation of conversation and open things up to the audience. let me welcome her to the podium. [applause] >> hello, everybody. i have come here today to talk about u.n. peacekeeping. there is a lot going on in the world right now. elie wiesel shared with me the following thought -- the winds of madness are building, and i know -- are blowing, and that is how it feels great the urgent, critical issues on our plate should not diver us from an important fact, which is that the united states has a vital interest and a critical role to play in strengthening peacekeeping to meet demands that peacekeepers are currently struggling to meet around the world. i start from a basic premise -- conflicts in faraway places matter in various ways to the united states. these conflicts matter because we recognize that violence within any particular country can quickly caused natio

now the infrastructure has been so badly damaged that the united nations says there is a severe water shortage as well. nicole johnston, al jazerra. >>> the united states top general has visited iraq to find out from iraqi and u.s. forces if they have what they need to fight isil. martin dempsey met iraq's prime minister and defense minister. this is his first visit since the u.s. 70 more than a thousand personnel to help train local forces. early this week, though, dempsey told congress the obama administration was considering sending combat troop to his help retake mows ill from isil. >>> meanwhile, the iraqi air force itself says it struck several isil targets north of baghdad. planes hit a large ammunition store and the defense ministry says a large number of fighters were killed. >>> iraqi forces have come close to breaking the isil siege of the beiji oil refinery. on friday they drove fighters out of beiji town. iraq's army initially struggled against the armed group there, but hats been helped in recent weeks by u.s. led air strikes on isil positions. as imran kahn reports now,

a new united nation's report warns the militant group islamic state has enough of a weapons stockpile to continue its war for territory in iraq and syria for up to two years. much of the isis arsenal was stolen from the u.s. supplied iraqi army, which has been overrun by isis fighters throughout the year. report recommends sanctions to cut off the group's access to money and weapons, including the seizing of its oil tankers. briefing the security council, the u.s. high commissioner for u.n. hights -- the commissioner for human rights said fighting isis on a political level may be more effective than u.s.-led airstrikes. >> i am poor the council to overturn isil's ideology of violence and that for the sake of the rights of all in iraq. whether men or women, old or young. ultimately, support given to the ideological front may be more effective than airstrikes in bringing an end to the long-standing suffering of the people of iraq. >> also addressing the council, emergency relief coordinator valerie amos said over 2 million iraqis living under isis control are in need of urgent aid. >> t

details later in the newshour. >>> the united nations is warning of a return to full-scale fighting in eastern ukraine. the u.n. security council held its 26th emergency session in the ukraine. russian tanks rolled across the border in recent days. james bays reports from the u.n. hours in new york. >> the situation in eastern ukraine is closer and closer to open warfare. nato says pictures like these show russia is to blame. tanks and military hardware crossing the border, along with russian combat troops. >> we have seen the same thing that o.s.c.e. is reporting. we have seen columns of russian equipment, primarily russian tanks, russian artillery, russian air defense systems, and russian combat troops entering into ukraine. we do not have a good picture at this time of how many. we agree there are multiple columns that we have seen. >> reporter: the u.n. security council was called in an emergency session. officials from the u.n. and organization of security and cooperation in europe, which has a monitoring mission in ukraine, warned that a ceasefire in september was close to breaki

in a new report, the united nations' intergovernmental panel on climate change says continued emissions of greenhouse gases "will cause further warming and long-lasting changes in all components of the climate system, increasing the likelihood of severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts." unveiling the findings, panel chair rajendra pachauri said the window for action is closing. >> as it happens, the window of action is really closing rapidly, so we have a really short window of opportunity. if you look at the total budget to insure the temperature increase by the end of the century will not exceed two degrees celsius, we have already used up substantial share of this. what is remaining for us is only 275 gigatons of carbon. so this clearly shows we have a very limited window of opportunity, and i think the global community must look at these numbers and show the result by which we can forget about change. >> to keep global warming below the agreed-upon limit of two degrees celsius, the panel says the world must keep fossil-fuel emissions to around one trillion tons of carbon dioxide

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access to cash is feared to be drying up. >> hi ali on the first day, united nations giving a sense of the continued cost of this human conflict, even while the ceasefire continues. a thousand people have been killed during that two and a half month ceasefire and as that number mounts so does the economic cost. people's republic very worried about a threat from ukraine to their banking services. for these four-year-olds, kindergarten is a welcome slice of stability. at a time when life in eastern ukraine is anything but stable. staff has been paid for one month out of six. no one knows how long it will be sustained. a single mother has had no child benefit payments since july. like her colleagues she doesn't want to be identified concerned that criticism of the donetsk people's republic is likely to be punished. >> our government doesn't understand the situation and that little children need invite minutes and it's hard to help. if there's somewhere to make money where they pay salaries it would be easier but right now there is no such place. >> outside the administration building, des

cuba is going to send an agenda to the united nations. kennedy decides he would prefer to have a preliminary meeting at the united nations. he needs to know what the agenda is. all of these events start to file a, including 2 events in the last several hours. tonedy gives a big speech the press corps on cuba in which .e issues subtly the conditions if cuba did this and this, we can live with the cuban revolution. it was intended to send a message not just other things were going on. thisdanielle goes carrying message. for the with fidel first time. they have a second meeting on the 22nd. they continued to talk about this. and they meet, having animated conversation. fidel is positive about kennedy's message, talking about how kennedy be the most famous president in history because he would be the one that understood the socialist bloc and the capitalist bloc could live together and coexist on equal footing in a peaceful way, and not any way of aggression. this raises all sorts of questions of what if. to cuba in went back february of 1964

national nurses united say hospitals lack proper equipment and protocols weeks after a pair of nurses contracted ebola at a dallas hospital. those are some of the headlines, this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. and i am one gonzalez. welcome to our listeners and viewers around the country and around the world. the united states and china are two of the largest carbon polluters and have announced plans to limit greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade. president obama announced the accord at a news conference in beijing. >> today i can also announce the united states has set a new goal of reducing our net greenhouse gas emissions by 26% to 28% below 2005 levels by the year 2025. its is an ambitious goal but is an achievable goal. it will double the pace at which we are reducing carbon pollution in the united states. it puts us on a path to achieving the deep emissions reduction by advanced economies that the scientific community says is necessary to prevent the most catastrophic effects of climate change. chinese president xi jinping

. >> james bays reporting live from the united nations. ming up on the al jazeera news hour, a new cold war. reports of poland's efforts to wean itself off of russian energy. >> and women who survived horrific medical practices have rejected a government compensation schemes. ireland's human rights record is once again under the spotlight. >> and in sports the final chance for the life of ivory coast, details on the final round of qualifiers coming up late. >> to india now where police have arrested a contro controversial guru after a 12-day stand off and involving thousands of officers, five bodies have been found. we're joined live from new york deli. first, tell us how this arrest was finally able to happen after 12 days. >> reporter: well, there was back channel negotiations going on between the government, the administration, and supporters of the guru. but finally police had had enough. they actually went into the compound. they had some resistence from supporters, but were able to peacefully take the godman out by ambulance and into