Victims behind the countrys borders. More than 2. 2 million have fled, scattered among its neighbours. United nations says half are children. Many are not able to go to school. Some are working to support their families. A danger approaches a harsh winter. Zeina khodr reports from a camp near lebanon. We are at a tenth settlement near lebanon. They dot the landscape along the border with syria. People live in miserable conditions. They may be safe, not it facing the violence of syria, but they have the cold. People barely have anything. The ground is mutt, and these plastic sheetings do not provide shelter when the rain starts. Look around just a few weeks ago there was rain and the whole area was flooded. People are worried and are calling on the International Community to help them. The International Community can only do so much. They have to deal with their economic problems. This is how people live sometimes four to five families in one tent. People are talking about their childre
The speaker of the lower house formally announced the dissolution of the chamber. The Campaign Officially starts december 4th. Voters go to the polls 12 days later. Prime minister noda says he wants to restore public trust in politics. Translator i dissolved the lower house of the diet because i wanted to keep my promise. Im seeking a new mandate following the passage of the bills on Social Security and tax system reforms upon which i staked my political life. The major issue in the upcoming general election is how to steer this country in 2013 and beyond. Can we move forward or do we turn back the clock and return to the old politics before the change of government . Do we go forward or do we step back . Thats the issue the public will vote on. The Democratic Party carved out an historic victory three years ago ending more than 50 years of nearly unbroken rule by the liberal Democratic Party. But Prime Minister noda and his colleagues will have to fight to hold on to power. Recent pol
Translator we wont let them hold a referendum. Well protest at the president ial palace, tahrir square, everywhere. And we wont let it happen. The president s supporters have been holding a sitin around the palace, where troops and tanks have been deployed. Translator we are determined to protect the president we elected democratically. President morsi says he has not changed his plans for the referendum, but many fear the violence will spread. At least 327 people are confirmed dead after typhoon bopha struck the philippines earlier this week. 250,000 people are living in shelters. Many have yet to receive any assistance from the authorities. Nhk worlds Charmaine Deogracias reports. Reporter typhoon bopha passed the philippines islands on tuesday. Heavy rains caused floods and an mud slides in Compostela Valley in the eastern part of the island. The category 5 typhoon toppled trees, knocked down power lines, and bursted river banks that carried these boulders, burying homes and familie
Offer but it is willing to move that money around. A bart spokesperson updated us on this situation about a half hour ago. The main thing is that weve got framework established within the last, best, final offer. Were discussing the makeup of the last and best and final offer. Were back now. Well stay as long as it takes tonight to reach an agreement. After extending the strike deadline 24 hours to raft last night at midnight, unions delayed calling a strike again and continued negotiating. At this point its unclear if workers will stay on the job paflt midnight tonight meaning another day of uncertainty, which doesnt sit well with riders. Its stressful. The i work a lot. So very no idea what is going to happen. Im just here, hanging out on coaches for a couple day clz is unfortunate. And were going to stay on top of developments as you can see there is one technician waiting at the podium if and when someone comes out to speak. Weve been monitoring talks around the clock well have an
Way back to france. Also. Im in the ecuadorian amazon where the government has gisent the green light to drill for oil. The u. N. Says the long drawn out battle between Government Troops and rebels in the democratic republic of congo is drawing to a close. Congolese soldiers are launching an assault to retake the last town held by armed fighters known as the m23 rebels. A bit of background. The m23 are a group of tute si fighters who defected from the government. The conflicts forced 800,000 people to flee their homes. The push by the congolese troops has been largely successful because they are backed by a u. N. Prevention brigade sent to crush the rebels. The m23 fighters abandoned their military positions in the east and are confined to a small down close to the ugandan border called rumanagabo. They have been fighting hard for days. They are getting ready to fight again. They are congolese Government Troops and have taken a string of towns back from the m23 rebels. The fighters hol