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
And british scientists find a spacecraft on mars which they lost 11 years ago. The International Criminal court has opened a preliminary inquiry into possibility war crimes committed in the palestinian territories. The move follows a request from the palestinian government. Prosecutors must now decide whether the evidence justified a full investigation. In that could lead to israelis being prosecuted over last years war in gaza or palestinians facing charges over rocket attacks. Palestinians have welcomed the move but israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netenyahu condemned the inquiry as absolutely scandalous. We joined by the direction at human rights watch. Tell me what is your reaction so far. Obviously this is not a decision to go ahead with an inquiry, its the preliminary investigation as whether or not to have an inquiry. The announcement today was expected and totally Standard Operating Procedure ak ak according to the policy that the prosecutor at court has put in place. The israel
Offices of the Charlie Hebdo magazine. And a stressful day in the philippines. Pope francis has called on political leaders to show more honesty and integrity in an effort to end widespread poverty and corruption. And a warm welcome to the program. In the past hour authorities in belgium have confirmed that islamist militants targeted in a major terrorist operation have been planning to kill policeman. 13 people were arrested and two others detained in france. Theres no apparent link to last weeks islamist attacks in paris. The identities of the two gunman killed during one of the raids in the eastern town of verde have yet to be confirmed. Guns and explosives have been recovered, along with Police Uniforms. This operation was meant to dismantle a terrorist cell but also the Logistic Network behind it. This identification for the time being has shown that these people had intention to kill several policemen in the street and at a police conference. The identification of the two suspect
Booking package deals in order to have their babies in the u. S. A very warm welcome to the program. Now, a korean nationalist has slashed the face of the u. S. Ambassador to south korea at a breakfast meeting in seoul. This is video of the immediate aftermath of the attack on mark lip lippert. He needed 80 stitches. Pyongyang said the attack was the punishment that the United States deserved. Police in south korea are now searching the home of the attacker. From seoul, steve evans. Reporter the attack was vicious and serious. Ambassador lippert was at a breakfast meeting when a 55yearold man slashed him twice, once in the face and once across the body. The attacker was arrested and pinned down. Hed shouted that he wanted a unified korea. He also voiced dwrir at the large u. S. Military presence in korea. American troops and south korean troops have just started a joint exercise involving 200,000 personnel. The American Embassy is a fortress, like all american embassies, but the event
Philadelphia and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a. And good morning and welcome to a special split edition of today on a wednesday morning. Im matt lauer in the Port Richmond area of philadelphia. And what a scene behind you. I think phillys mayor said it best. He seemed visibly shaken by what he saw walking the length of the train saying it was an absolute disaster. Like something hes never seen before. Its a good description. It happened just down the road behind me about 150 yards down there. If you look closely, fire engines, First Responders still on the scene. As we come on the air this morning, weve now been told six confirmed dead from this accident. Lets go up above and take a look from our chopper. This morning you can see the tangled mess of cars tracks power lines. One car nearly flipped over another ended up almost perpendicular to the other cars and to the tracks. Amtrak train 188 derailed in the area behind me about 9 28 last night. One passenger said there was a ver