Coastal erosion is erasing valuable shore front land every year. Ten years ago the word sufficiented one of the worst natural disastered in recorded history. The morning after christmas a ma massive tsunami hit the area. Entire communities were destroyed. Now a decade on, commemorations have been held to pay tribute to the victims. Reporter survivors gather in prayer in the indonesian province hardest hit i will betsunami, nearly 170,000 victims are remembered. This woman lost two children and her mother. Translator our thoughts about our families stay with us forever. I was head of the school then, and of 300 students only 70 survived. Reporter in sri lanka the me moral starts in a train. This woman was on board together with her brother and uncle who died. Translator the water was up to my neck when i got out of the carriage through a window. I was swept away by a hung huge wave. Reporter in thailand they me morallize the victims, 1,500 people were remembered. For many it feels like
Critical condition, the attack on a young israeli girl that could push a fragile situation over the edge. The cyber war rages on, just when you thought it was safe to watch ginseng on line, hackers hit your living room. Welcome to alJazeera America. On Christmas Day, the president marked the end of americas longest war. It is still one week before the end of the year when the u. S. Officially ends its 13 year combat mission in afghanistan. Yesterday, president obama thanked Service Members for their sacrifices and said afghanistan is not going to be a source of terrorist attacks again. The u. S. Military effort to out of the the taliban began in 2001 following the september 11 attacks and even though the combat mission is about to end, some troops will remain into the new year. John henry smith joining us now. It has taken six years of his presidency, but president obama appears to be on the verge of fulfilling a campaign promise. The president and first lady brought Christmas Greeting
A town just outside of madrid the local neighbors have been giving the mainstream politicians a run for their money. A Senior Commander of the alqaedalinked rebel group alnusra front has been killed in syria. He died in a Government Air strike on thursday. He was a veteran alqaeda leader, who held the title of general military commander for nusra front. We have a report. This is an alqaeda Training Camp 16 years ago where some of alqaedas Top Commanders today were being trained. This man was among them, a Top Commander for alqaedas syrian branch, called the syrian front or alnusra. He was killed on thursday in an army attack. He reportedly fought with alqaeda in the late 1990s, then traveled to iraq before the fall of baghdad in 2003. He was arrested by the Iraqi Intelligence Services and handed over to syrian authorities who later released him. He returned to baghdad and became a commander of alqaeda in iraq. In 2005, he traveled to lebanon. His travel and jail times meant he met ever
Fabrics made in china are u how they are hitting the textile makers. Hello, we begin in yemen where the house of the perform mer president has been targeted we the Saudi Led Coalition three explosions were heard the former president is said to be hiding away from the capital the militia have been fighting, on the side of the houthis and they are accused of breaking International Law in another part of yemen, they say theres bombing, in in the city where civilians are trapped, and across yemen it has taken its toll, and the u. N. Says 646 civilians have been killed sense the airstrikes began. And more than 1,364 others have been injured and, more than 300,000 people have been forced to leave their homes. Video released by saudi video, shows airstrikes, against the hewittty, it includes saudi and nine other arab countries. Thethe u. N. Says, most civilians are trapped and unable to get out passed a fuel shortage and the bombing of Populated Areas is a violation of International Law, and
Trial charged with insulting the president. But first some developing news from the United Nations Security Council in new york. In the past few minutes it has approved a resolution condemning the use of chlorine as a chemical weapon in syria. James bayes at the u. N. For us now. What more can you tell us about this latest resolution on syria and what it means. Reporter its a rare moment when the Security Council managing to agree on a resolution. This resolution was passed. Only one country was opposed and that was venezuela. Were still in the meeting right now, some of the countries explaining their national positions. The french ambassador is speaking now, explaining the french positioning in his National Capacity as we speak. We have heard from a number of other ambassadors saying this resolution is important because there have been these chlorine attacks in syria, and this promises that there will be measures taken in future if there are chlorine attacks. The venezuelans interesti