Decision to do so peacefully. Hello and welcome to al jazerra live from doha. I am veronica pedroza. The situation in the United States has been dominating the news. Well go live to ferguson and our other correspondents across the United States. But also on the program, no deal on Irans Nuclear program, but the talks to find a settlement are extended until june. And mapping the icy waters of the antarctic, how scientists and robots are charting the extent of global warming. So they are the scenes that the u. S. Hoped it would never see again, armed police, tear gas, burning buildings, protesters took to the streets following the decision not to charge a white policeman who shot dead an unarmed black teenager earlier this year. The death of 18yearold Michael Brown in the Missouri Town of ferguson struck a nerve across america. We can show you the scene in ferguson right now. These are live pictures from the town near st. Louis. You can see there is a car thats been set on fire. There ha
And. When they get smaller say thank you very much. And you see them. Thats all. Tough love. We meet the new zealand gang helping hungry kids. We begin in true near where polls have just opened in a landmark president ial runoff election. Its the first time they will directly vote for president since they overran a dictatorship three years ago. Reporter at 88 years old hes no stranger to politics. He certained under tunisias first postcolonial president. And in the regime of ousted president. And now he wants the countrys top job himself. In 1957, he was appointed at first minister, moving onto become defense minister and then as the countrys foreign minister between 1980 and un86. The follow year he was appointed head of the parliament. And it is this vast political experience that has been the focus of his election campaign. He and his supporters say hes the only candidate that has the skills needed to take the country forward. I am going to vote for him for a very simple reason, bus
Is frightening. Even a millisecond of equipment failure can be the difference between live and death. That makes it all the more disturbing because its been known about in larger circles for years and years and doctors and hospitals are still unaware. Did you know about did . Not until we started doing the show. Thats why i have been freaked out since we started working on it. The next time you visit your doctor, think about this, your xrays, drug dosages and even medical records could be controlled by an outsider. Its a scary thought. But according to a new study, its way easier than you might think. From the radiation level on your ct scan to defibrillators to ventilators and even refrigerators storing blood samples, hacking medical equipment is surprisingly simple. Due to security loopholes that investigators say most hospitals dont even know about. The extent of what a hospital hacker can do is incredibly disturbing. They could take control of critical equipment during emergencies.
They want diplomatic relations restored after more than half a century of mistrust and hostility. The white house plans include effort to campus the u. S. Dong lift a 54yearold embargo and easing travel tremendous instructiorestrictions andremova terrorism. Today the us of america is changing its a relationship with the people of cuba. And the most suggest changes in our policy and more than 50 years. We will end a an outdated approach for decades that is has failed to advance our interests and instead we will begin to normalize relations between our two countries. And begin a new chapter among the nations. Americas. The announcement coincided with a prisoner exchange. Three cubans were released from prison in miami after being arrested in 1998. They were convicted in conspiracy. Raul castro met them on their return to havana. The u. S. Says they were leased in exchange for an unnamed cuban who spent close to 20 years in prison for spying for the u. S. Al jazerras latin america editor
Over the next hour im going to take you on a journey that illustrates how russias confrontation with the west is spreading far beyond the ukraine. Flash points like donetsk and luhansk have set off a new cold war global tensions from nato to moscow. President obama and british Prime Minister David Cameron have warned about a frozen conflict. Steven harper has been even more blunt telling putin, quote, you need to get out of ukraine. But the message has been clear. Nato has been taking advantage by butting in on its new sphere of influence and russia will no longer take it. Putin has vowed to protect russian people and their interests abroad. But the wests situation with russia, has much to do with energy. As far north as the Arctic Circle, competing for precious Natural Resources and polar shipping lanes with new urgency. And yet whats happened in Eastern Ukraine may have fundamentally changed the game. Today a new cold war is brewing. Its 10 00 a. M. An atom morning autumn morning in