the u.n. says the greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere reached record levels in 2014 and scientists warn about a new permanent reality how enthusiastic the turks are from joining eu and this is the day that brussels came out with a progress report of talks with turkey. >> supporting body that should be protecting athletes are looking after the doping and it's pretty hard to swallow. >> reporter: in sport we will hear from the athletes who believe they were cheated out of metals but russian dopers. ♪ hundreds of sudan troops arrived in yes, ma'am and and in aiden as part of a saudi-led coalition with houthi rebels and coalition strikes and fighting continue in the thai province and 17 fighters and four civilians were killed on monday and houthis say they killed 15 pro-government forces. the prime minister of somalia says ending the war in yemen is crucial from stopping el show bob getting support from i.s.i.l. and somalia needs more international support to fight terrorism and briefing the u.n

. >>> why the u.n. is warning of a crisis of statelessness for children born to syrians who have fled the war. >>> and a rare cyclone slams into war-torn yemen, triggering heavy flooding. ♪ >>> the israeli parliament has approved tough new measures to crack down on stone throws, raising the minimum prison to three years. lawmakers voted 51-17 in favor of the move weeks after the prime minister benjamin netenyahu declared war on anyone who throws stones at the security forces. parents of underage of fenningers also face new sanctions. they will be denied state benefits while their child serves jail time. >>> the israeli army has imposed a closed military zone in parts of hebron. the implications of the move are unclear. it comes after israeli forces raided a radio station and took it off the air. the station's director says the shutdown is a violent aggression against palestinian media. our correspondent has more from west jerusalem. >> reporter: israeli human rights groups have described the passage o

he kept diaries as a u.n. ambassador, as rnc chairman, event a little bit of a campaign diary in 1980, sporadically vice president. he was very good in odd-numbered years because in even-numbered years he was out campaigning. so he was on the road for congressionacongressional and se candidates. and then starting on november 4, 1986, he says i'm beginning a diary about the biggest challenge of my life, the biggest mission of my life, i'm going to run for president. it was the day they lost the senate. so it starts kind of dark, but he did his throughout the 88 campaign and then as president he missed a week or two maybe but not many. he would do it early in the morning, sometimes up in the treaty room. you use the same room. he would care in his briefcase. he would do it on marine one. you can hear the blades of a helicopter. he would do it on air force one. you can do the ancient. he would sometimes do it late at night when it just sounds a step away from the grave, just beaten down by the date the once so re

the u.n. says several attackers are also dead. suspected jihadists took an estimated 170 hostages in the radisson blu hotel. eu ministers have agreed on a new package of security measures in the wake of last week's paris terror attacks. france says it is keeping security at its own borders in place as long as the terrorist threat persists. and german chancellor angela merkel has once again rejected limits on the intake of refugees. that's all we have time for. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> this program is brought to you in part by c-i-e tours international; for over 80 years featuring all inclusive tours and go as you please value vacations throughout ireland and britain, cietours.com. ♪ ♪ >> patricia: hello and welcome. i'm patricia o'reilly and i'm delighted you could join us for another edition of "out of ireland," your weekly half hour of news and entertait

he spent two years as a u.n. investigator in eastern congo. >> rather than have guys with guns at the mine site, you have the guys with guns sitting in the trading town, taxing the trade or otherwise deriving money from the exploitation and, and the smuggling of minerals. or directly engaging in the smuggling by using government army trucks to drive minerals to the border which are smuggled across the border. so you have an adaptation that's taken place that dodd-frank has not addressed. >> do you think an approach like this would ever work in terms of coming up with a solution to the conflict in the congo? >> i think it's possible to have some type of system, but it needs to be designed in cooperation with local actors, with national actors, not engineered from outside, like dodd-frank has been. it was some activists in washington dc who had a very simplistic understanding of conflict and they presented that as anywhere there were minerals, there's conflict. therefore if we address the minerals issue, it will en

amy: from the u.n. climate summit in paris, france, this is democracy now! >> demonstration to focus on climate change and they sent gas bombs on us. but the government should be using fear to stop us from protesting what we believe in. amy: climate a protest, climate of fear, climate change. >> we cannot wait one year, two years, five years. this issue of climate change is a life-and-death issue. >> if we don't sort out climate change, our coastal communities are going to be underwater. at the table,ot you're at the menu. we want to be at the table. >> the agreement is one that will see the planet -- amy: it's the first day of the u.n. climate summit in paris. on sunday, nearly 10,000 people formed a human chain, thousands defied a protest ban and are -- were tear gassed by police, 200 people were arrested. inside the summit, over 100 heads of state are gathering for the first day of cop 21. we'll hear the voices from the streets, french farmer josÉ bovÉ, indigenous leader tom goldtooth and his son dallas of the 1491s, and we'll speak with author and jour

after the u.n. recognized through its resolution that terrorist organizations could carry out the armed attack which triggered article 51 which allowed the united states and other states to use force again them in another state that we aren't at war with, there are a few outliers, colleagues that teach international law which i disagree with but people recognize this debate -- you can actually attribute the activity of nonstate actors to a state and then hold them accountable. here's where the debate still lies and people are still engaging in this. two thresholds, though. the anything -- nicaragua gays, they came up with effective control. what kind of evidence do you have to bring forththat shows the state, using proxies, have effective control over the proxies, and that means that the state -- you have to know and show the state is directing specific operations. they might not not be doing that. we know in cyber they're not doing that. and in other autonomous weapons they not not be directing but

sunday's u.n. solidarity day with the palestinian people. facts on the ground are make that seem less likely. an appeal to stop a new section of the separation wall being built through crimisan valley. but as stefanie dekker reports, work is already underway. >> work started in the valley under armed protection. foundation being laid for more separation. palestinians submitted an appeal to the high court to try to stop the wall being built through bethlehem. it's been a long battle. >> this is the only remaining space it is owned and the serious problem that this land has papers. 58 christian families own this valley. plus the brothers who have 700 dinners for the vineyards where they produce wine. >> they have started building the wall. probably complicating large part what is seen as the last green area of bethlehem. two israeli settlement on that hill. palestinians say this move is about a land grab grabsch. israel says the separation wall is needed for security reasons. there is a monastery here and a nunnery and school for girls. t the

the u.n. special envoy is in the russian capital on wednesday to hold talks with sergey lavrov. >> the outcome of a bombing campaign laid bear. the video uploaded is set to show damage caused by russian or syrian military strikes in the city of raqqa, there's no way of independently verifying this. >> the russian government is working with syrian opposition groups to fight i.s.i.l. the free syrian army is not one of them. we are in a state of war with the russians, they are bombarding the positions of the free syrian army, and infrastructure and hospital. if they want to coordinate. they have to stop military provisions forever, and be ready to move forward to the final stage, under the sponsorship the united nations. >> the issue of bashar al-assad's future is the main sticking point in efforts to resolve the conflict. there was renewed optimism that talks in vienna last friday between world powers backing both sides. no representative from syria was there. iran was at the table for the first

. >>> hello, the u.n. secretary general has condemned an attack on a hotel in mali's capitol, bamako. ban ki-moon has described the siege as a horrific terrorist attack. 22 bodies have so far been recovered from the hotel. malian special forces are still trying to dislodge gunmen from the upper floors, according to reuters news agency. nadim baba has this report. >> reporter: soldiers help an employ of the radisson blu out of the building. gunmen had managed to get inside shouting god is great in arabic before taking around 170 people hostage. many were in shock. as the malian president cut short a trip to chad and flu home, the government tried to reassure people. >> translator: this morning at 7:00 am the radisson hotel was attacked. according to the information we have there were two or three armed men who walked into the hotel. we have deployed on-site to cordon the hotel. >>> following an assault involving french, u.n., and malian special forces, reports came in of dead bodies found inside the hotel.

>> you know the u.n. has been effective it is really only international body the iranians are part of. they have come to the u.n. general assembly. they participate there and it is important to them. they have a permanent mission in new york. we have on our website, freejason.net. we have the address and send them to the permanent meant representative, the ambassador from iran to the u.n. in new york. they can go online to change.org/freejason to sign the petition. half a million people around the world signed the petition asking for jason's release. these things make politicians here in the u.s., other ports of the world pay attention because they know it is important to people. gives them more emphasis to go back to the iranians to tell them they need to stop doing this kind of stuff. jenna: question wait for jason to be free and holiday and family we're thinking of your family, of course we'll do anything we can to help. great to have you on the program as always. while stay up with the story. we wish

peacekeepers with a u.n. peacekeeping mission in bamako. we also know that at least 80 of those who were held by that the attackers were freed, or released. what's not clear is whether they were released by the attackers or whether they were freed by the security forces. you were talking about the death toll, currently it stands at three. obviously very unclear, very unsure the circumstances in which these people may have lost their lives and obviously this is going to be a huge concern to people opening trying to diffuse the situation. already had diplomatic statements and interventions, the french foreign minister has been speaking, francois hollande, french president has been speaking and we are anticipating, not clear whether it will come, some comments from president obama, about what's going on. social media are awash with stories and information about what people say about what's going on, at least the diplomatic missions, the very diplomatic missions in bamako put out various statements warning this it is away active on going shoote

earlier we learned from the u.n. that at least two or maybe three gunmen were in what they believe were diplomatic cars or cars with diplomatic plates. they arrived at around 7:00 a.m. local and then stormed the hotel. three people confirmed dead. two malian citizens, one french citizen, and it's hard not to say how international this hotel is in this country. it is the place for flight crews, for business people, for diplomats, going through mali, a key western and international asset. so far we know there are french, chinese, indian citizens in that hotel and perhaps many others indeed. chris? >> all right, davids. there's a lot going on right now. this is new video we're showing you of the actual interior of the hotel. you see lots of mixed assets on the ground. we also have a journalist that is very close to the situation on the ground. so let's get to him right now. katerina hoje, a freelance journalist in mali what do you know? >> reporter: i am a couple of streets down from the hotel. all of the streets leadin

this act changes that. >> reporter: there had been a u.n. sponsored effort to reconcile the fractured nation. >> my bet from the outside here would be that what we're seeing today in bamako has much more to do with an attempt by outlier terrorist elements to destabilize mali along the lines of what i.s.i.l. has been carrying out in paris. >> reporter: for those overseas waking up to today's news revived some difficulty memories of the issues in 2012 >> they don't want to hear about music. for them music in those is islam. whatever they listen to music, they want to destroy the cassette. that means they want to destroy part of life in mali. [ ♪ ] >> reporter: mali has long been renoun for its music. these figures are known. it was precisely the culture that raised the ire of the al-qaeda group. >> sometimes they come to you early hours in the morning at begun point, kill you or whoever want to stands in their way. we need to put other people away. for a long time. >> reporter: as terror returned to bamako today, the people of mali worried o

. >> u.n. envoy to syria and the russian foreign minister discuss solving the crisis. >>> from bad to worse, the plight of the african refugees deported to rwanda and uganda. >>> hello, the romanian prime minister and his government have resigned following mass protests over a nightclub fire. at least 32 people died in the fire in the capital duke rest on friday. demonstrators accused the government of corruption while granting permits and conducting safety inspections. we have this report. >> less than 24 ours after mass protests on the streets, romania's prime minister resigned, saying his government will also step down. >> i'm doing this because in all the years i have been in politics, i resisted conflicts with political adversaries, but i have never fought against the people. this would be a big mistake and everybody will suffer as a result. >> on tuesday night, a large crowd estimated at more than 20,000 people rallied in the capitol bucharest. they shouted down with the government, down

accord to this u.n. science panel, it's amongst the coastal cities that will suffer the most as temperatures rise. manila is a high-risk tropical and subtropical region. it can expect more typhoons, storms, droughts and other extreme weather conditions. all of this will affect crops and therefore food prices as well as water and electricity surprise. let's talk now for mar duh gay ortigas in the philippines capital. it's a ming outlook for manila. what impact have we already been seeing there in the philippines from climate change. >> reporter: well, this is it, over the last 20 years the philippines have suffered the most sever weather events anywhere the in world. the strongest t storm to make te philippines devastated the central islands, affecting ore 10 million were affected by. that. more than 6,000 people killed and until now, it's been two years that region of the country is still struggling to come back. but more than that, the philippines already in the path of typhoons being it's actually seei

. >> reporter: the u.n. envoy and russian foreign minister discuss ways to end the syrian war. ♪ >>> there's been a building collapse in pakistan. it happened in the city of lahor. our correspondent kamal heidler on the phone to tell us why that building collapsed. >> reporter: according to the reports, it was a four-story building, work was being carried out on the fourth floor, despite some reports that the building was not in good condition, it was a [ inaudible ] factory, and it appears that the fourth floor lead to the collapse of the whole building. now the whole area i in pitch darkness, because power facilities were taken out with the collapse. [ inaudible ] we are told are on location. more heavy equipment is being taken to the area, we're also told that up to 100 people may still be trapped inside, dozens have been taken out. and taken to the local hospitals, where an emergency has been declared. but it's an ongoing rescue operation, and it's not clear how many people were actually inside the bui

she wants to know who killed him and why >>> u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon will visit north cree this week. ban will be the first u.n. secretary general to set foot in for 20 years. the united nation have declined to report. the two contenders hoping to win argentina's run, are head to head in a debate. it is between from the ruling front for victim party and another one who is running for the con seventive republican proposal coalition. reporting from the capital. >> reporter: it was a historic night. the first time that two presidential candidates faced off. these two people said that these elections are about two competing ambitions for the country's economy. he warned that his competition will take argentina back in time. >> translation: your proposals are a threat to society as a whole. you talk about lifting the restriction in the economy. it's a danger for every family, every worker whose jobs are at risk. who is going to pay for this? >> reporter: from let's change parties, it is time to put an end to 12 years of the mov

there was a u.n. conference taking place at this hotel, as our richard engel noted, very popular with westerners who are visiting mali. it is considered a first-class hotel, where you would have a more affluent or more business traveler staying there. >> yeah. and in speaking to people on the ground this morning, the situation was utter, utter chaos. people did not know what was going on. obviously, the gunfire sent people running for cover. when it comes to this hotel, this is the best option in mali. this is the nicest hotel in mali. and in fact, for u.s. government personnel, this is one of just a couple of hotels in the country where they're authorized to stay for security reasons. it has a lot of diplomats that stay there. we know that u.s. special forces, and we heard ron allen saying, u.s. special forces are in and out of mali a lot. this would be the destination to stay because it does have a mild to moderate amount of security. >> you were monitoring state tv. what is the stability or instabi

u.n. security council debated the syrian refugee crisis following friday's terrorist attacks in paris. we will hear from the u.n. representatives from france and syria and the u.s. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon. the 7559th meeting of the security council is called to order. i should like on behalf of the members of the security council to express our profound sadness and outrage at the horrendous terror attacks that took place in paris on the evening of the 13th of november. these attacks lead led to the loss of many precious lives in a huge number of casualties. to the families of the victims, both french and from 19 other countries at this point and to the people and the government of france, the security council expresses its heartfelt sympathy and condolences. these and other recent attacks including the terrorist attacks in beirut, lebanon, on the 12th of november, have affected countries and people from all over the world. the members of the security council offer their

there are no immediate reports of casualties. >>> the u.n. special an sa envor syria will meet with sergei lavrov in moscow. part of the effort to his end the syrian conflict. but president's assad's future role is still a main obstacle. gerald tan has the details. >> reporter: the outcome of an aerial bombing campaign laid to bear. this video up loaded onto social media is set to show damage caused either by russian or syrian military strikes. in the city of raqqa. there is no way of independently verifying this. the russian government says it's working with syrian opposition groups to fight isil but the free syrian army says it isn't within of them. >> translator: we are in a state of war with the russians. they are bombarding the positions of the freer is i can't army and all infrastructure and hospitals. if they want to coordinate with the free syrian army they have to stop all miles an hour tail i operations forever and be ready to move forward to the final stage. a transitional stage without assad under the sponsorship of the united nat

the u.n. security council. >>> turkish prime minister has warned russia not to attack turkmen in syria under the pretext of fighting isil. their ethnic turks have lived across syria, iraq and, iran for hundreds of years and were the first to take up arms against syrian government forces. stefanie dekker reports. >> reporter: she was forced to leave her home in the turk man mountains. she says she had to escape attacks by both syrian government forces and the russian air force. more than 300 turkmen families are said to have made the journey over the man in the last few weeks. they have arrived in an area close to southwestern turkey, but the border is closed so they are stuck here. >> translator: we hope we won't have to stay here for long. but at the moment, we need nothing more than for our children to feel safe and secure. >> reporter: the turkmen are ethnic turks who have been living in see ya, iraq and iran for centuries. supported by turkey, they took up arms against president bashar al-

jihadists often attack u.n. peacekeepers. >>> today's attack comes just over a week after gunman stormed a hotel in mali's capital, killing 19 people. some believe the attackers were linked to al qaeda. >>> still ahead, a view from above. we'll tell you about the new attraction where you can get a birds eye view of the city of philadelphia. >>> scattered showers across the area and i'll tell you how long the wet weather is going to be sticking around in my first alert seven-day forecast. >>> new at 6:00, the sister of a homeless man beaten by a upon at a philadelphia gas station is talking about her brother's death for the first time. the attack was caught on surveillance back in april. robert barnes remained in a vegetative state until he died on wednesday. the day before thanksgiving. police say the suspects who are now in custody used a hammer in the attack. barnes' sister wants the people to know that he was more than a homeless man living on the streets. >> he was a person. you know, he was my brother. he h

a u.n. official is quoted by a number of sources saying that some kind of a special forces security operation has begun. and some deaths could have happened as part of that. not clear whether those deaths happened as part of that or part of the initial hostage taking operation carried out by these terrorists in the hotel. french diplomatic sources said france is providing low gistal and intelligence support at the scene. we have not not had verification these special force, malian, special forces moved into the hotel and begun a operation to release hostages. it is pretty unclear what is happening beyond the fact that well over 100 hostages have been taken hostage by, between two and 12 gunmen, now depending on which malian police commander is speaking. other witnesses saying what they did, moved through the hotel. burst in, got past security. this has been described to us as one of the possibly best hotel in town in the capital of mali. therefore you would have thought it would have been us

the u.n. the u.n. spokesman telling us that the malian special forces were driving this operation. is it your feeling or suspicion, that they would be more predisposed rather than the french, say >> to negotiate, talk, or make the hostage takers feel that they might get a little bit of what they want to get people out of the building safe and sound. >> reporter: i think it needs to at least appear that the malians are front and center to diffuse the situation. if -- if indeed, which is what it appears the target is foreigners, clearly the attackers will not want to, one imagine, deal with forces from other nations, nationals, the united states, french forces. obviously, also thinking about perhaps the identity of the attackers, that also might play into all of this. obviously there has been ongoing political and security crises of various kinds in mali since the coup took place there three years ago. you also have the rebellion in the north, and it's not clear the identity of the attackers. ar

the u.n. says levels of greenhouse gases have hit a new record. >>> u.k. prime minister, david cameron calls for reforms of the e.u. or else britain may have to exit the world body. >>> and germany mourns the loss of a former chancellor. ♪ >>> russia has been forced to close a laboratory after allegations of wide-spread drug cheating among itself athletes. despite that the sports minister has vigorously denied the world anti-dopes agency's claims. he also insisted russia's doping agencies are totally independent. he says they collect 15,000 samples annually, resulting in the disqualification of roughly 2% of athletes tested. he has accused the agency of double standards claiming similar investigations are not commissioned in other countries. let's speak to lee wellings joining us from london. a strong sense of denial coming out of russia despite the laboratory closing down. >> yeah, they had to close. there was no point in it being opened, because it was designed to link up with all of the o

the u.n. security counsel p council is making plans to send u.n. peacekeepers to burundi as political violence continues to escalate. it has condemned the killings, torture and human rights violations and also threatened sanction. at least 240 people have been killed since april. that's when the president began his bid for a third term which he controversially won. catherine soi has more from bujumbura. >> reporter: i just spoke to the foreign minister, who says he is happy about the resolution passed by the council. he says he is happy that the u.n. recognise a dialogue kneeled between the parties, whether in the country or outside the country. if you remembered, the regional talk about had opinion initiated by the east africa just before the presidential election. of those talks, the president of uganda and had launched the talk. elections happened and we haven't seen any forward movement in those talks. so the minister is saying that there needs to be a national dialogue. talks need to be jump-started to pacify this country and unite the people.

more efforts are needed to find common ground on sticking points. >> the u.n. conference will open on november 30th. world leaders will try to agree on a new framework to curb global warming. >>> officials from japan and the u.s. have been able to agree on one issue ahead of the country. we are joined from the business desk. tell us about the proposal. >> coal powered thermal power plants emit a ton of carbon dioxide. as a way to curb emissionathize japanese and the americans came up with a proposal to limit financing for overseas plants. the agreement came after the two sides differed at a meeting of a working group of the organization for economic cooperation and development. the u.s. officials wanted other industrialized countries to stop financing coal plant projects overseas as a way to stop global warming. the japanese side maintained that tear technology has the highest power efficiency. still sources say the two governments agreed in principle not to allow government affiliated banks to finance coal plants so-called advanced ultrasupercritical plants ar

the u.n. weather agency said that greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere have reached a new high warning that the resulting climate change is already moving the world into unchartered territory. we have more now from paris. >> the goal of the climate summit in paris is to fix a limit on global warming. more more than 2 degrees celsius higher. currently the planet is heading to an increase of five degrees. and that would be catastrophic. >> 100 million people risk falling into extreme poverty if there are not immediate efforts to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. >> and the u.s. secretary of state has spoken about the danger of climate change leading to conflict. >> we all need to insure that we're taking steps to prevent competition, new competition from leading to conflict. the bottom line is that the impacts of climate change can exacerbate resource competition. threaten livelihoods and increase the risk of instability and conflict. especially in places already undergoing economic political

sudan allows syrians state healthcare and education and according to the u.n. the government estimating up to 45,000 syrians arrived since the start of the conflict, the u.s. is accepting 10,000. sudan has its own problems and tribal fighting continues in darfur but it's still better than their own country. >> translator: they give you a picture as a backward difficult case and when we arrived at the airport we saw it's a civilized place with university and education, good communications, malls, a beautiful civilization. >>> the u.n. says it registered around 1400 syrian as refugees in sudan since the start of 2014 but as the violence in syria intensifies the numbers may rise and that could put a strain on sudan's welcome, rob with al jazeera. >>> people in the pakistan islamabad voting in local elections and the first time they have gone to the polls since 1979 and that means they will have local representation rather than being governed by the interior ministry and kamal has more. >> reporter: for the first time in the history of islamabad the people are comi

there's a u.n. peacekeeping force that's in mali, and that has had engagements from time to time with terrorist organizations, with terrorist operatives, mostly individuals or groups associated with al qaeda, not isis, although the distinction's probably not that important at this point. and lastly, they said that there are indications that all americans have been accounted for, but they're still not sure if some americans are missing or among the fatalities -- hopefully not -- but that's the latest we have. still a very fluid situation that they're trying to get a handle on exactly what's happened and what's happening. chris? >> ron allen, thank you for that update. and again, the headline from ayman mohyeldin, that the hostage situation itself seems to be over, but the death count probably substantially higher than the three that has been reported. that's going to wrap up this hour of "msnbc live from paris." i'm chris jansing. tamron hall is up next with more on the situation in mali. i'll see yo

the gunmen have attacked a base for u.n. peacekeepers in northern mali. a u.n. spokesman saying up to five rockets landed inside the compound. in 2012 northern mali was occupied by an armed group seeking to rule the region. a french led military operation drove out the fighters but violence has continued. over a million people have gathered in uganda at a shrine where the pope gave mass. he arrived there on friday and addressed the country's president and mps. gay rights activists have urged him to use his visit to address the issue of homophobia. many ewe began dans-- ugandans want to have smaller families. >> reporter: many of the women here have recently given birth. then they were referred to this family planning clinic. if they follow previous generations, they will each have more than six children. this woman already has eight. she has come here because she doesn't want anywhere. >> translation: my husband does not have a job. i have no way of earning money. we struggle to afford the basic needs of our children. even a place to live. >> reporter: so she an

it recommends the u.n. security council consider referring the situation in the country to the international criminal court. japan and the european union co-tabled the resolution to the third committee of the u.n. general assembly which is composed of all u.n. member states. the resolution expresses very serious concern about torture, public executions and other inhumane punishments. it says that human rights violations in north korea may constitute crimes against humanity and calls for sanctions against those responsible. the committee adopted the resolution with 112 votes in favor. north korea and 18 other countries voted against it. >> the drafted resolution represents a product of political and military confrontation, as well as plots and conspiracy of the united states and other hostile forces against the dprk. >> japanese foreign minister fumio kishida praised the adoption of the resolution. >> translator: i earnestly hope it will lead to an early resolution of the abduction issue and an improvement o

>> we are ready, the u.n. is ready, in geneva to start immediately with this process, because as you know, we had already a security council, a residential decision to establish the working groups. they are touching the very subjects of the vienna communique. the government indicated that they are ready to participate and they have a substantial number of delegations. we need and we will ask the opposition all the oppositions to be rejected. so that we can stop working. when? as soon as possible. i think the regional players and the international community can help in reminding both sides, the government and the opposition to come quickly before starting the discussions without regulations on either side to address the points. which was agreed upon after fina. which had or should be in line with the geneva communique. basically we had the papers ready for them to stop talking. they need to do - they need to start talking. they are ready for it. >> i just would like to support what has just been said. and obvio

the u.n. secretary general's office denied that he'll visit north crow i can't next week. ban ki-moon's office made the announcement after it was reported that he would visit the communist nation. the u.n. chief is willing to travel to north korea and play a constructive role for peace and stability in the region. so far, only two u.n. chiefs have visited pyongyang. >> at least 32 have died in an explosion in nigeria. the blast happened in the city in a busy market area where traders were closing up for the day. at least 80 others were injured. we have more. >> the suicide bomber wanted to take with him as many lives at possible. he started sharing money or dishing out money to people, mostly women and children, who were gathered at that market area, and then when a huge crowd gathered, he detonated the device, kill those people, and injuring a lot of people. just a few kilometers from where another suicide bomber attacked a mosque last month, killing dozens of people in the state capital. the

a goal, the u.n. humanitarian coordinator said the pope can achieve. >> the difference that he can bring to this country is a new momentum, to bring community to each other. >> there is more violence than talking. security forces are everywhere for the first pope to visit a war zone. u.n. peace keepers in full combat gear and armored personnel carriers among the cheering. more than 6,000 people have died in the two-year combat. the president asked for forgiveness for what she said was her countries dissent into hell. >> reporter: pope francis' trip is marked by forgiveness and peace, two things the central african public has seen little of in the last several years. at a refugee camp, francis was more pastor than pope. tonight he blessed a youth prayer vigil. and heard confession. and tomorrow he will go to meet with the muslim community, a living example of mercy determined to push open the doors of peace. nbc news. >>> millions of americans were on the move today as the long holiday weekend drew to

the u.n. to do more to end the violence that's killed 90 people since september. the u.n. peace keepers haven't been able to stop christian and muslim militias from attacking each other. she said the u.n. and international criminal court should bring those responsibility for the violence to justice. about 400,000 people have fled the fighting since it broke out in 2013. >>> shell has been accused of making false claims about the extent of its cleanup operations in 9/11. a joint report by amnesty environmental and center for environment human rights and development said the oil giant failed to implement u.n. recommendations. it said several sites were still polluted. shell said sips the report was released on the on foods morning, it's difficult to respond to the details and claims made. we have more from the capital. >> the report addresses four different oil spills, which shell says they have cleaned up but falsely claim to have done so. they say the impact is devastating to the region, espec

the u.n.'s special envoy to syria will meet with russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov later in the moscow it's part of the latest diplomatic efforts to end the syrian conflict. as the war in syria continues those who fled to neighboring lebanon are facing another crisis, babies born there to syrian parents risk not being officially recognizes. zeina khodr has more on the agreeing problem of children who fine themselves without any nationality. >> reporter: these children are among a new generation of stateless people. two-year-old mohamed, one-year-old, her cousin, they were all born in lebanon. syrians who escape from the war but are now faced with another crisis. she says she sees no future for her children. they don't have proper identification papers because she first has to renew her own residency and she doesn't some the money to do that. >> translator: living in lebanon is very difficult. i can't go out with the children because they haven't been registered and we can't go back to syr

the u.n. security council is drawing up plans to send peacekeepers to burundi if the violence there spirals out of control and it adapted a draft resolution on thursday condemning killings, torture and human rights violations and 240 have been killed in burundi since april and that is where pierre nkurunziza and i began asking what he thinks of the u.n. measures. >> talks about continuously planning and we hope and pray to the extent of warranting with the peacekeepers here and also the threat of sanctions as it was the draft has been dropped. and we are not talking about additional measures which is not exactly the same but only know we are very satisfied about the resolution as has been adopted because we find it to be balanced and it's clear of some of our concerns which as you know have been -- that we even in the presence of dialog we need to have a dialog that is more that is broader and more inclusive and also for burundi both inside and outside the country. >> excuse me for jumping in

two u.n. peace keepers and civilian killed in rocket attack on a u.n. base in mali and another 20 were injured in the predawn attack and u.n. spokesman says mortar shells were used to strike the compound and another called the attackers terrorists and said they fired shots and then fled. this comes just eight days after a deadly siege at a western hotel in the capitol bomiko which 20 people were killed. earlier we spoke to oliver salgado spokesman of the peace keeping mission in mali and said the attack is an attempt to end a peace agreement they signed with separatist fighters in june. >> we are doing everything for this. it's difficult. it's a difficult mission. and mali and the peace process was months ago. we are in the implementation phase. we know some forces don't want peace to happen but our job is to make it happen and we will do everything so it can happen. >> reporter: in the u.s. the national security agency is shutting down its mass phone surveillance and replacing the program with more targeted methods. this will end its daily monitoring o