Christians have been abducted in recent days by is militants in the northeast of syria. The face of indonesian anger in australia over the planned execution of two convicted drug smugglers. The shameful Global Response to mass atrocity. Amnesty International Say ss they put National Interests ahead of human rights. Well talk to the head of amnesty. Welcome to the program. Aide workers have expressed outrage at the slow pace of rebuilding gaza six months on between the seven week conflict between the militant groups. They say at this rate it will be three more decades before it is rebuilt. 2,220 palestinians were killed as a result of the hostilities in july and august. 1, 1,486 civilians, many children. 67 Israeli Soldiers were killed during the conflict and five israel soldiers lost their lives. Our reporter is in gaza and there for us now in the neighborhood. Reporter it lies not far from gazas border with israel and 61 days after war ss of war it bore the brunt of artillery stricks and underground tunnels dug by hamas and also looking for hamas targets. This was a hamas stronghold in the gaza strip. This was the result. The devastation is still here for all to see. United nations said nearly 20,000 homes and schools and other buildings were completely destroyed during this war. The International Community last year pledged some 5. 4 billion to help rebuild the homes, to help get gazans back on their feet. Only hundreds of millions have arrived. Only a small amount of reConstruction Materials have been allowed to enter through israel. The border with israel and with egypt remains largely shut. Whats the mood like here in gaza . Weve been trying to find out. War life in the heart of gaza. It left a wasteland. Smoke still rises. Today, its only a digger carrying some of the rubble. Gazans put up signs to describe what stood her, which family lost it what number to call to deliver help. But almost none has arrived. This familys home was destroyed in israeli artillery fire just before the ceasefire six months ago, their first son was born. Last month, he froze to death in what is now another battle just to survive. His grandmother points an accusing finger at all arab countries, saying they havent helped gazans. The boys mother says nobody did. Translator all countries take care of their children and people. All countries except here. Here the people in charge just sit in their chairs. They care only for their own children. They forget about us. Reporter now, they just want to rebuild their home so their two girls will survive. Everyone talks about rebuilding gaza but nobody is doing it. As always here there is more than one reason. Israel restrictions palestinian infighting, the failure of donors to keep their promises. Why would there be much rebuilding when everyone fears therell be another war . 10,000 gazans still live in u. N. Schools. That number may rise when families money runs out. You think conflict is inevitable whether another conflict or internal between gaza and israel unless the situation changes there will be no other action for the people to take other than a resumption of violence. Reporter hamas fighters are ready. They dont hide it. I see marches like this on almost every visit in recent months. Now, gaza is trying to be like this and there are no exports or imports. Reporter there are credible reports hamas has been test firing missiles in preparation for the next war. This is true. Thats right. I think hamas is doing a lot to protect our people here. We dont want to be so okayquiet with a new war, new aggression against us. Reporter in the ruins of gaza young men train in the sport of overcoming obstacles. Resilient gazans are good at that. After six years of wars even the strongest are starting to break. Theres one drill hard at work. Israel says it is allowing some Construction Materials through. The United Nations say some countries have been generous with their aid but its simply not enough. Not enough to build on the rubble of the war and certainly not enough to rebuild peoples lives. That was our chief International Correspondent live in gaza city. Leaders of the Syrian Christian Community say they now believe 150 people have been abducted by Islamic State militants in the north of the country and say many more are trapped fighting between kurdish and is mill aitantmilitants. Good to see you. The ones abducted mainly women and children you think . A mixture of women and children older people and fighters. Many more still trapped in the fighting. They cant escape. Yes. There is a lot of fighting going on in this area south and east of hasica. And many people trapped unable to get out. 4,000 people managed to flee the area. Many syrian christians taken so far or is this the first Major Incident of its kind . This is a situation developing after the end of the siege of kobani and defeat of isis there. We had a situation where the kurdish force, backed by other christian militias and armed militias there trying to push isis out of the area. Isis themselves have started attacking inging inging hasica a kurdish area that sits on the border of turkey and syria and iraq. If isis manages to get this it will be a huge win for them because it means all the border between syria and iraq will be under their control. Its a very well defended place up till now and presence of the Syrian Government army there. In terms of those taken captive, what can be done for backup . Theres talk of some sort of prisoner swap. Is that likely . The relatives we have been speaking to are very tightlipped about this. Theyre not telling us if there is any attempt to negotiate or agree on a prisoner swap. I assume this is going on in the background but we havent heard it confirmed. Thank you. Bbc arabic. Lets look at other news this hour. The government of hong kong says it will help make 37 million available for businesses interrupted by protests. Money is on the way to restaurants, Hotels Travel agencies and transport operators. A Venezuelan Police officer has been arrested after a 14yearold boy was shot during a western protest. The president has condemned the killing. Killing the Administration Says its the latest sign of political found dead with a gunshot to his head after an apparent suicide. Police say it appeared to be an attack on the family of the gunmans former lover. And de criminalizing small Po Telecommunications of marijuana and there will be an agency for distribution of the drug for medical purposes in jamaica. Hello there. Interest rates in the u. S. Probably not going up what in the next few months . Not the next few months. We heard from the big boss as well as the worlds biggest central bank. Everybody, when she speaks everybody listens. The u. S. Central banker janet yellen made it clear u. S. Interest Interest Rates in america wont go up until the middle of the year. That clarity helped the markets rise to record levels in new york. This is the lady were talking about. The fed chief was giving her semiannual testimony on Monetary Policy saying it was on course but not yet secure. Her remarks were designed to give the central bank flexibility when it gets close to raising Interest Rates in case of risk including those for abroad. It wasnt just lawmakers listening. Wall Street Investors liked what they heard and those stocks closed at fresh highs. It is budget day, big day in south africa and its finance minister has a very difficult task ahead of balancing the countrys books. 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Australias foreign minister has said she is very disappointed a court in indonesia has dismissed an appeal to death sentences handed down to two drug smugglers. They were arrested a decade ago and convicted of being the leader of whats called the barley nine and have been rejected for clemency. And preparations for their executions are now about 90 complete. She said she hoped the process would still be halted. We are very disappointed the appeal is lost at this point. I understand the lawyers are considering a further legal avenue and they have about 14 days in which to do so. In the meantime, we continue to appeal to the president s sense of generosity and his sense of forgiveness and hope he will consider these clemency pleas and there will be a stay of execution. The situation is putting increase increasing strains between indonesia and australia, with australia indicating there will be devastating consequences if the executions go ahead. Reporting now from jakarta. Reporter the looming execution of the drug smuggling convicts is increasingly making headlines in indonesia. Indonesians are particularly outraged at Prime Minister abbotts suggestion indonesia should reciprocate for the 1 billion tsunami relief package by sparing the lives of their citizens. In the past few days crowds of gathered to collect points for australia in a show of protests. Many said they were offended that the australian leader brought up Disaster Relief trying to stop the execution of australian citizens who committed a crime in indonesia. Even the vicepresident said she would return the money if it wasnt intended for humanitarianen assistance. To make matters worse for the two facing the firing squad, their pardon was thrown out and they have two weeks to appeal and that process would not delay the execution. Indonesia officials insist theyre simply enforcing the law and they need to be tough on drugs because Officials Say drug use and drug addiction is a critical problem for the country. Reporting from jakarta for us. Amnesty International Urges the five members of the National Security council to give up their power of veto for mass atrocities. 2014 was a catastrophic year for many people caught up in violence and the Global Response has been shameful. Im joined by the secretary general of amnesty international. Welcome to you. Thank you for coming in. How would this have been a difference. What do you have in mind about removing the power of veto. Are you thinking of syria . I think the u. N. Security council, your viewers should be reminded was to keep peace in the world. Unfortunately they have failed miserably time and again. Syria is a miserable example. Three years ago when it first started they called the Security Council to refer the case to the International Criminal court. This was not allowed by russia and china who fought it. What happened in gaza in conflict 3,000 People Killed mostly families and children and not a single Security Council agreement was passed. The two powerful members of the Security Council have abused the privilege of the veto. Instead of protecting civilian theyre protect their own interests. Isnt it naive to expect countries, powerful countries not to act in their own interest. Thats what they do. Thats not why the Security Council was set up and not what theyre supposed to be doing. We know thats what theyve done and were saying it has to end when it comes to thousands and millions of loss. Ban any moon called for this and others have called for it. And i asked john kerry at the security conference and he said they are considering the possibility of this and the u. N. In response to our report also said they would never use the veto when it comes to mass atrocity situations. Is it possible to remove politics from those situations. We have been hearing six months on from what happened in gaza the conflict that you mentioned. Is it possible to take politics out of such an equation. When it comes to a veto its a race to the bottom. Nobody is winning. Neither russians or western powers. They will say theyre acting in their own national selfinterest in protecting those interests. Take a situation like ukraine right now. Theres no disagreement civilians are suffering. Were saying when Neither Party is benefitting in the case of syria for example, thats the time. Were not asking for all situations, in mass atrocity situations, pulling back not about pulling peacekeeping force in. They have a range of measures they can use. They can enforce humanity and assistance and targeting situation and can refer the situation to the International Criminal court. We think there aess ground for support maybe not from the governments benefitting for this but the people of the World Amnesty International movement 7 million members, we will push hard. Who would decide when that power of veto would be suspended . How would you take politics out of that decision . We are putting politics into it not saying there is no politics. Put the politics of civilian and people not politics of selfinterest and thats what the council was created for and what they should do. Youre asking them to suspend the power of veto and no way they will do that with so many competing interests on the school in Security Council. Whats happening now even people think theyre benefitting or not all we have is a standoff and those suffering are civilians. This is a question of the first mover, who will give it up first. Were saying do it collectively voluntarily, renounce the veto and only in situations of mass atrocities. I think it is a proposal which will gain traction. Let me ask you once more about what happened in gaza. We are covering it extensively on bbc world news. Do you think that would have stopped the conflict if that power of veto ceased to exist . Why did we not have a single resolution passed in the 51 day period Everybody Knows they would veto it. A serious violation of International Law would potentially qualify as a crime against humanity. In a situation like this if the world powers dont act, i think they should not have those seats on the Security Council if theyre only there to protect themselves. Thank you for coming in. Secretary general of amnesty international. Moving on world fifa cup governor body announced it will not pay clubs unhappy about plans to play the qatar cup in november and december. Saying no apology was necessary which was done to avoid blistering temperatures and causing problems for several european leagues and posed problems for Migrant Workers to build the stadiums and they have taken effort to comply with the national standards. There will be no compensation. Seven years to reorganize football around the world for this world cup. We are talking about the reduction of competition in terms of number of competition days, we are talking 28 days and not 32 days. So reduced by four days. The size of the competition in 2022 and has an impact on the organization an also part of the concession we all are making in order to change and to find the right timing to play this world cup in 2022. Jerome valcke there. Decidelinging to allow a review at a World PremiereFootball League after 22 fans died in clashes with Security Force earlier t