editor nick clark has more. >> reporter: powering through in the name of science a british ice breaker heads south. it's mission is to measure the thickness of sea ice in antarctica. crucial information in the context of climate change. the so-called sea bed robot is deployed. weighing in at 200 kilos, it is designed in the u.s. as it's submerged into the icy water, the robot as software fires up. the instruments look down at the sea more. this one has an upward-facing sonar. it's controlled remotely on the ship, enabling to perform detailed mapping underneath the ice. >> on the surface we see these blocks but it's hard to see what it looks like and what i underneath all this. we'll drill down and look at the bottom and it will give us a 2d map. >> it provides information about its structure and how it's changing. >> here we see the area of sea ice is shrinking drastically. we're trying to understand the process. >> this area of sea ice is reducing. >> so far only a small area has been mapped. about the size much 100 football pitches. the sizes say this is an important step in making r

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nick clark, aljazeera. >> four women have been found dead inside an indian spiritual leader's compound. it's unclear how they died. police say the bodies were handed over from inside the compound of the man. tuesday, officers were attacked when they tried to arrest the man, who is wanted over a murder case in 2006. thousands of his supporters used guns and sticks against security forces. >> eastern ukraine have fears of a new cold war. weapons are not just fighter jets or rocket launchers. it's things people depend on, oil to apples. we have this report from poland. >> these apple formers are on the front lines of an economic war raging between russia and the west. these apples became a casualty after moscow slammed the door on most agricultural imports from the european union, a tit for tat response for economic sanctions slapped on russia. russia is inflicting major pain in this farming community, an hour's drive south of warsaw. orchards for as far as the eye can see grow this, the famous polish apple. poles love these, but so do others. in 2013, poland exported 677,000 tons of appl

our environment editor, nick clark has been investigating. >> the results of undercover investigations covering more than a decade. the report reveals how tanzania's elephant population has crashed, and it makes for crewsome viewing. the numbers are down two thirds since 2006. 10,000 elephants were slaughtered in 2013 alone. that's equivalent to 30 elephants every single day. all to feed a resurgent ivory trade primarily to markets in china. an undercover investigator visits an illegal trader, selling ivory carvings. >>> and indeed the game reserve in tanzania has been worst hit. one of the largest and oldest protected areas in africa. there were 70,000 elephants there in 2006 and by 2013 that number had dwingd led to 13 noushgs. in any next clip we move on to a shipping agent who describes how he stakes illegal consignment en route to asia. >>> the eia poses buyers in china too and learned of the insatiable appetite for ivory there, even for every day items like chopsticks. >> it seems the ways of getting ivory to china are many and various. last year the chinese president made an off

hello there i'm nick clark. we're watching al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. >>> boat containing migrants capsizes off namibia averages coast. >>> new york's world trade center reopens for business 13 years after 9/11. >>> so we begin in burkina faso where the army has received an ultimatum. the african union telling the military to put an interim government in force or receive sanctions. >>> the president was forced out of office, haru how are people reacting to colonel zit zida sag he will turn over control. >> he is saying that the plan is not to hang on to power. he says he only stepped in because he felt he had to stabilize things and he also suggested a name. he says if he does step down he would like the speaker of parliament to take over and lead the transition government. the head of the transitional government, their concern that perhaps colonel could maybe try and stall or hang onto power so people are waiting to see what he will to. is he going ostep down or will he face sanctions from t

hello, i'm nick clark. you're watching al jazeera. coming up on the program, almost 1,000 people have been killed in ukraine since the ceasefire was introduced in september. the family of two palestinians who attacked jerusalem's synagogue have told that their homes will be demolished. and camping out in the french country side, syria rfg refugeet another stumbling block. >>> the u.s. secretary of state john kerry has arrived in vienna. iran and the six world powers have to reach a deal before monday's deadline. kerry says a resolution has not been discussed. the plane which has landed in vienna. john kerry is on board that. they're getting ready to open the door and let hill out and at which point he will disembark and join the negotiations. let's hear what he's had to say. >> we believe all of us, that if you have a peaceful nuclear program, it really isn't that hard technically to be able to prove that it is peaceful. our hope is that we'll be able to close the gaps, move forward, work with our technical experts, our teams, and see

our environment editor nick clark has been looking at the evidence gathered by the group. >> reporter: vanishing point pulls together the results of undercover investigations covering more than a decades. the report reveals how tan savilla's elephant population has crashed and makes gruesome viewing. the poacher's bullet killing one half of the country's elephants in the past five years, the numbers down 2/3 since 2006, 10,000 elephants slaughtered in 2013 alone. one year a alone. that's equivalent to 30 elephants every single day. all to feed the resurgent ivory trade primarily to markets in chaichina. the trail starts an undercover investigator poses as looking for ivory. >> reporter: and, indeed. the game verve in tanzania has been worst hit one of the largest and oldest protected areas in africa. there were 70,000 elephants there in 2006, but 2013 that number had dwindled to 13,000. the report even describes how park rangers are involved in the crimes. in the next clip we move onto a shipping agent, who describes how he hides illegal consignment on route for asia. >> reporter: the

i'm nick clark from our headquarters in doha. ahead - u.s. secretary of state john kerry heads to vienna as the clock ticks down on talks over iran's nuclear programme. >>> almost 1,000 people have been killed in ukraine since a ceasefire was introduced in september >>> the family of two palestinians who attacked a jerusalem synagogue are told by police their homes will be

nick clark, al jazeera. >> the football he once guided to its greatest triumph. >> now a leading antivirus software maker, has uncovered a type of software, regin, discovered the bug likely developed by a nation state . allows for persistent and long term surveillance. around 28% of its targets, whilst the other victims came from the energy airline and research sectors. >>> we can talk now to jeff bardin, chief intelligence officer and cyber security expert. thank you for talking to us jeff. >> my pleasure. >> in simple terms explain to us why this is so powerful. >> well it's an amazing tool. it takes into account kind of traditional trade craft and how it approaches in facin in infecr machine. it sends information back to whoever created it, sharing some information about your pc. it then sends some more information -- >> this is being used since 2008. why has it taken so long then to discover it? >> i think it's actually even earlier than that, potentially 2006. i think it's difficult to discover because they've been encrypting and hiding their pay loads, pay loads meaning exactly what

our environment editor nick clark reports. >> powering through in the name of science. a british antackic survey ice breaker heads south, its mission to measure the sea ice, crucial information for scientists in the context of climate change. the so-called seabed robot is deployed, weighing in at 200 kilos, and nearly 2 meters long, it's been designed by the woods hull graphic institute in the u.s. as it submerged into the icy water, the robot complex software fires up. they look down at the sea floor. this has an upward facing sonar. they are controlled remotely from on board the ship. maybe to perform detailed mapping. >> when we look at it on the surface we see the blocks. >> it's hard to look at and see how thick it isment what we have here is a robotic submarine going under the ice. it will look from the bottom and give us a 2d map. >> the imagery is crunched with satellite data to create 3d. the underside of the size provide a rich tab low of information about its structure and how it's changing. >> we find that the area of sea ice is shrinking, and, therefore, we

hello there i'm nick clark. we're watching al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. >>> boat containing migrants capsizes off namibia averages coast. >>> new york's world trade center reopens for business 13 years after 9/11.

nick clark has been investigating. >> reporter: undercover investigations covering more than a decade, it reveals how theel elephant population has crashed. the numbers down two thirds since 2006. 10,000 elephants were slaughtered in 2013 in one year alone. that's the equivalent of one a day. the trail starts here, an undercover investigator posing as a buyer visits an illegal trader selling ivory carvings. and indeed the game reserve in tanzania has been worst hit. one of the largest and oldest protected areas in africa. there were 70,000 in 2006 and by 2013 that number had dwindled to 13,000. the report even describes now park rangers are involved in the crimes. then we move on to a shipping agent who describes how he hides illegal consignment en route to asia. the eia poses buyers in china too. even for every day items like chopsticks. it seems the ways of getting ivory to china are many and various. the president made an official visit to trans nia, here traders talk how ivory sales boomed around that time. investigators were told by tanzania supplies as far back as 2006 that chin

nick clark in juba. >> reporter: it's hard to see how a place like this could be a lifeline, but it is. here at the city rubbish dump children pick over the waste of the capitol of a nation at war with itself. sometimes amongst the garbage it finds crabs that they can eat. sickness is never far away here. >> because of the internal problems. this mother has brought her son 200 kilometers knowing that speedy treatment can be a lifesaver. >> it's one little boy goes out, a niney patien another tiny patient comes in for assessment. children are screened every day and given high supplement nourishment. the babies on the whole recover quickly. the mother's relief is evident. most of the mothers and children here fled intense and bloody fighting from the north in january. many have lost their husbands and have been separated from their families. now they're all too scared to go back. here in juba it's easier to access and treat those in need, and good progress is being made. it's a different picture across the country. >> the malnutrition rate has doubled to 235,000 children who are severely

nick clark reports from juba. >> reporter: it's hard to see how a place like this could be a life line. but it is. here at the city rubbish dump children help to pick over the waste of a capital, a nation at war with itself. sometimes amongst the garbage they find scrabs they can eat. sickness is never far away here. mostly the families collect plastic bottles that they can sell. >> they are liking a lot of things. they don't have food, electricity, and then because of the internal country, unrest here, it makes most of them hide themselves here. >> those who made the garbage dump their home are better off than many others. juba's children's hospital, a long way from the worst of the fighting, but even here they continually treat the malnourished. this 6-month-old has a high fever. the mother brought her son 200km, knowing that speedy treatment can be a life saver. as one little boy goes out. another tiny patient comes in for his assessment. nearby a center in a camp for those displaced by the fighting. children are screened, given high supplement nourishment. the babies on the whole r

nick clark has been looking at the evidence. >> reporter: the results of upped cover investigation, a report revealing how tanzania's elephant population crashed the poachers' bullets killing half of the elephants in the past five years. numbers down, 10,000 slaughtered in one year alone. equivalent to 30 elephants every single day, all to feed a resurgent ivory trade to market primarily in china. the trail starts with an investigator posing as a buyer. ? ? : >>: >> reporter: the area in tanzania has been worst hit, a large and old areas. there were 70,000 elephants in 2006, and by 2013 it had dwindled to 13,000. a report describes how park rangers are involved in the crimes. in the next clip we move on to a shipping agent who describes how he hides illegal consignments en route to asia. >>: >>> the eia imposes buyers in china, and there's an insashable demand for ivory, even for every day its like chop stakes. -- chop sticks. >>: >> reporter: it seems the ways of getting ivory to china is various. xinjiang made a visit to tanzania, and there was talk of how it boomed at that time. >>

nick clark has this report from juba. >> reporter: it's hard to see how a place like this can be a live line, but it is. here at the city rubbish dump, children help to pick over the waste of a capital of a nation at war with itself. sometimes they find scraps they can eat. sickness is never far away here. mostly the families collect plastic bottles. >> these are the people lacking a lot of things. they don't have electricity. and because the other thing is because of the internal - because of this here, it makes the most of them to hide themselves here. those that made the garbage dump their owner better off than many others. juba's children's hospital. a long way from the worst of the fighting. but here they are treating the malnourished. this six month old infant has a high fever. he has the distinctive poor colouring of malnutrition. the mother has brought him, knowing that speedy treatment can be a life saver. as one little boy goes out. another tiny patient comes in for his assessment. nearby a camp tore those displaced by the fighting. children are screened and given high supplem

nick clark reports. >> reporter: powering through in the name of science. a british antarctic survey ice breaker heads south. its mission to measure the thickness of the sea ice in antarctica. crucial information for scientists in the context of climate change. the so-called seabed robot is deployed, weighing in at 200 kilos, 2 meters long, it's designed by the woods hull oceano graphic institute in the u.s. as it submerges into the icy water, the on-board software fires up. most instruments look down at the sea floor. this is upward facing. propellers and directors are controlled from the ship, enabling to to perform mapping. >> when we look at it fro the surface we see jumbled blocks. it's hard to see what it looks like underneath. it's hard to drill through. we have a robotic submarine king under the ice. it will look from the bottom and get us a 2d map. >> reporter: it is crunched with satellite data to create 3d photography, providing information about the structure. >> here in the sea the area of the ice is shrinking compared to other areas. we are tr

i'm nick clark from our headquarters in doha. ahead - u.s. secretary of state john kerry heads to vienna as the clock ticks down on talks over iran's nuclear programme. >>> almost 1,000 people have been killed in ukraine since a ceasefire was introduced in september >>> the family of two palestinians who attacked a jerusalem synagogue are told by police their homes will be demolished. >> and i'll have the latest sports, included formula 1 ferrari announces a shake up as fernando alonzo is replaced by sebastien vettel >>> secretary of state john kerry announced he's flying to vienna to help faltering talks on the nuclear program. iran has to reach a deal before monday. john kerry is hopeful. >> we believe, all of us, that if you have a peaceful nuclear programme, it really isn't that hard, technically. to be able to prove that it is peaceful. our hope is that we'll be able to close the gaps, move forward, work with technical experts and teams and see whether or not in the next days we cap move closer to -- can move closer to or achieve a sense

hello, i'm nick clark. you're watching al jazeera. coming up on the program, almost 1,000 people have been killed in ukraine since the ceasefire was introduced in september. the family of two palestinians who attacked jerusalem's synagogue have told that their homes will be demolished. and camping out in the f

here is nick clark with the full story. >> reporter: powering through. in the name of science. a british antarctic service ice breaker, to measure the thickness of ice. crucial information for scientists in the context of climate change. the seabed robot is deployed, weighing in at 200 kilos, and 2 meters long. it is designed by the oceano graphic institute in the u.s. as it submerged into the icy water, the robot's complex software fires up. the graphic survey instruments looked down at the sea floor. this has an upward facing sonar. the propelas are controlled from on the ship. it performed detailed mapping under the ice. when we look at it from the surface, we see the blocks. it's hard to see what it looks like underneath and how thick it is. that is because it's hard to drill through the ice and get the thickness. we have robotic submarine going under the ice. it will look from the bottom, as a 2d map. the imagery is crunched with data to create 3d topography of the underside of the ice, providing a tabloid of information about the structure and how it's changing. >> here w

. >>> i'm john clark. nick foles could miss the rest of the regular season. we'll hear from the new quarterback, mark sanchez, and why chip kelly believes in him so much. plus, the birds sign a new player. it's all next. ryan costello went into politics. in 2001, doctor manan trivedi joined the marines. trivedi served as a battlefield surgeon in iraq. costello served himself by voting to raise his own pay. and while trivedi cared for patients in pennsylvania, costello gave millions in government contracts to his campaign contributors -even as he cut funding for child abuse prevention. in congress, only trivedi will do what's right for you. i'm manan trivedi, and i approve this message. >>> now to skyforce 10 over breaking news in bucks county. this is where a car has driven into the springfield township building. this is on township road. right now investigators say they're trying to locate a person who may have been in the building. they're also still looking into what caused the crash. we don't have word right now on the driver's condition but count on nbc

. >> i'm john clark. nick foles possibly being out the rest of the regular season, the eagles are mark sanchez's team. he'll make his first start in two seasons coming up on monday night. nick foles was at practice watching mark's first training session as eagles starting quarterback. you could tell he was comfortable. he'd like to have a second chapterer to his career after the way his time with the jets ended. >> it's been a while since i started the game. that's hard, going, you know, four straight years ofç playin and then you know, being out for a year, not even being able to practice and two coming in and watching somebody else play. that tests you a little bit. >> the flyers will be without michael rafa. he's the fourth flyer to get seriously blocking a shot. chris vande velde, not brayden schenn will take his place on the top line. i'm john clark. we'll be right back. ♪ with the card accepted by 90% of doctors and specialists in the philadelphia region, you have the compassion and security of

john clark joins us with the details. >> it will be a while for nick foles. he has a broken collarbone. he will not need surgery but he's expected to miss six to eight weeks. remember last year, aaron rodgers missed two months with a similar injury. it's all about the healing. as you saw, foles got his left shoulder slammed into the turf yesterday in houston. he could return in mid-december or for the playoffs. the former jet mark sanchez is the starting quarterback for the foreseeable future. he's playing well late in the season, heading into the playoffs, hopefully it would be tough to disrupt that. chip kelly is very confident in mark sanchez. >> i feel great about mark. we felt great about him all along. one of the things we needed to do, i always said we needed two quarterbacks. i think he's done a great job in our system. thought he played great in the offseason. we feel confident and feel obviously bad for nick that he's out. i feel confident in mark if we have to go in that direction. >> remember last year, michael vick lost his starting job because o

. >>> hey, i'm john clark. the eagles lose their starting quarterback nick foles today. he could have a broken collarbone and could be out for a while. and domico ryan tore his achilles and he's possibly out for the season. but they still got the win. first quarter, he's not going to like this. nick foles deep for jeremy macland. 59-yard touchdown. the eagles are up 7-0. take a look here at foles hit by j.j. watts. the pass intended for riley cooper. intercepted by a.j. foyes. foles with eight picks over the last five games. we are tied at 7-7. foles is sacked and take a look at the left shoulder slammed down. that's where he apparently fractured his collarbone. goes back to the locker room and did not return. then mark sanchez comes in. his first action in two seasons, very first pass play -- sanchez going deep for macland. jeremy macland again, 52-yard gain. they close out the drive, look at this beautiful pass for jor thank matthews. the eagles are up 14-7 and chip is loving it. the eagles have a three-point lead at the half, third quarter, eagles get the running game

. >> i'm john clark. eagles quarterback mark sanchez will make his first start in two seasons coming up on monday night. here's nick foles today. he's out six to eight weeks watching mark's first practice as the starter. mark says his time away makes him appreciate this more. >> it's been a while since i started a game. and that's hard going, you know, four straight years with playing and then, you know, being out for a year, one, just not even being able to practice, then, two, coming in and watching somebody else play that, you know that tests you a little bit. >> sixers still looking for their first win. they're 0-4, the magic are 0-4 and the magic had lost 28 of 29 on the road but their only win was back here in philly back in february. the behind the back pass. k.j. mcdaniel, look at this. finishing the alley-oop. what a dunk. now two bad highlights. take a look at his left foot. sprained his ankle right there. it's a sprain and he did not return. final seconds. wins it for orlando. 91-89. magic win