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60 years of hostilities diplomatic manoeuvring at the u. N. Calling on israel to leave occupied palestinian land. Lift off indias biggest rocket. Could this herald the start of a new era of space exploration. A russian president says external factors are responsible for the recent decline of the ruble. Vladimir putin criticized the fall in the price of oil for destabilizing his currency. Lets show you the scope in moscow where he holds the annual end of year press conference. This comes at a dis...

The new cold war between russia and the west over ukraine is costing russians dearly. Moscow expects russias economy to spiral in recession. That will hit russian households with a 2. 8 drop in collective disposal income. Western sanctions are taking a big bite out of russian economy, but a bigger culprit is falling oil prices. They have plummeted 38 since early summer. Thats a problem because russia counts on oil and gas revenues to fund half its budget. Meanwhile, the war between the governmen...

The border. Find out how these machines are setting new records for final records. Welcome to the program. We begin in tunisia, where polls have closed on an historic president ial vote. For voters its the final step in full close, an democracy. Here they can. Essebsi, a man who represents the former regime. His opponent is seen as the candidate for the revolution. Marzouki is a wellknown menu right. Jamal, good to see you. When are we going to find out who has won because one of them has declar...

Legal Recreational Marijuana use. Good afternoon, president obama coming out strong after the fbi today conclusively linked the hacking of sony to north korea. The president said that sony made a mistake canceling the release of the movie the interview in light of the hacking. He vowed to retaliate. North koreas straight ru state run Agency Denied the attack. The Defense Department said that theyre discussing the actions and president obama promised action. President obama promised there would b...

In iraq where the fighting is intensifying. We begin tonight with news out of the guantanmo bay detention center. 14 train is have been leased from the controversial facility. They have been returned to afghanistan. They were held there for more than a decade over their alleged ties to the taliban or a al qae, however their lawyers argued the claims could be not substantiated. They are expected to be reunited with their families in the future. The u. S. Has acknowledged holding 779 people at the...

Tonight in the week ahead, how oil prices have economic and political impacts around the world. We begin with live pictures from brooklyn new york, where theres a growing memorial for two Police Officers killed in the line of duty yesterday. The aunts of one of the murdered officers faced the camera expressing gratitude to the public for their outreach. I would like to thank all those that shared sympathy and support for our beloved Family Member rafael ramos. Who will always be loved and missed...

Minorities scattered across the middle east. In mean cases members of communities thousands of years old. Christians in lebanon, syria and egypt, jews, samaritans and the yazidis an off shoot from the ancient religion. As isil tightens its grip it brings a particular level of abuse against those who proclaim against all odds of their airport faith. This is the scene in early august. Thousands of yazidi trapped on mount sinjar, surrounded by isil fighters. The seen, which raised fears of genocide...

Minorities scattered across the middle east. In mean cases members of communities thousands of years old. Christians in lebanon, syria and egypt, jews samaritans and the yazidis an off shoot from the ancient religion. As isil tightens its grip it brings a particular level of abuse against those who proclaim against all odds of their airport faith. This is the scene in early august. Thousands of yazidi trapped on mount sinjar, surrounded by isil fighters. The seen, which raised fears of genocide ...

Fastest growing industries in africa. Syrian government has agreed to participate in negotiates to restart peace talks in moscow. Russias Foreign Ministry said it hopes to host talks between bashar alassads government in late january, but its unclear who will officially be taking part. Vice president of the building syria state party, which opposes the regime in damascus. Speaking by phone with the syrian co capitol, he said that only a peaceful solution will calm the conflict. You have bombardm...

Thats how it feels with all of this old equipment. Find out how these machines are helping to set new record for vinyl records. We begin in tunisia, the home of arab spring, where people are casting their ballots in historic president ial votes. Sundays runoff is the final step in the transition to democracy. Peep are choosing between two capped date, beji caid essebsi, is the candidate for the secular party. Hes 88 and seen as an establishment figure from the former regime. Critics say he was t...