>> and afternoon to you, and welcome to aljazeera america. i'm morgan radford live in new york. a bomb blast on a tour bust killed at least they in the israeli border. and dozens trapped in an illegal south african gold mine as workers try desperately to get them out. plus, violence in venezuela, three dead as rebels crash with anti-government protesters.

>> this is the creation of thousands of jobs. >> in egypt, at least three people were killed and 13 more injured in an explosion on a tour bus. three tourists and their egyptian driver were all killed when the bus was attacked. the bus was carrying tourists from south korea, was traveling from a greek monastery in sinai. and aljazeera's own nick schiff ran is this, and what are you hearing so far? >> well, morgan, this is a turning. this was a bus carrying 33 south

korean tourists and their driver. and i spoke to kraft tours, the tour group that did the tour, and they believe that it was planted under the driver's seat last night. and a spokesman told me that he believes that it was planted there and not anywhere else because the bus didn't stop anywhere from when it left this morning and to the crossing in israel israel. when it occurred, the israeli side was closed and the egyptian side was closed s all of the people being treated at egyptian hospitals. there has not been an official flame of responsibility by any group, but morgan, as you know, we have seen a lot of groups operating in the sinai, especially in the last months after mohamed morsy was overthrown by the egyptian military. but all of the soldiers and the police, this is a real game

changer, carding to some soldiers, and as you said, the first that can that we have seen since morsy was overthrown, so a lot of the officials are worried not only about the impact on terrorism, but certainly the impact on these armed groups, and what they're doing going forward. and it's the beginning of more attacks on tourists in sinai. >> you mentioned the attacks on tourists, but the question is, nick, how is the egyptian military responding if this is in fact a game changer? >> i think that the egyptian military is waging a campaign against the armed groups, and you talk to the officials and the israeli officials and they have been relatively pleased at how the egyptian military has gone after the groups so

aggressively, but they are increasing in size, or at least in reach, and changing their tactics, and of course we don't know how the egyptian military is going to respond to this attack. but the fear is that if this is the beginning of attacking tourists, obviously the military has to be really concerned about how they're going to deal with that. and of course there's an expectation that they will be more aggressive in the sinai. so there's a fear that there will be more violence in the sinai, more than we have already seen. >> nick, do with you any idea when the borders are expected to reopen? >> no, we don't, and this is common in this side of the border. and this is a tourist area. there were a lot of tours that have been cancelled in the last year, the u.s., the uk, other

countries, have guidance for their citizens to not go into this area, and we saw the european and eastern asian tour guys going up into israel. so the concern is that the border will stay closed until both sides feel they can be safe. but the tourism will certainly go down after this attack. >> all right, nick, thank you for being with us this afternoon. meanwhile, another part of the world, 11 miners have been rescued from a gold mine in south africa. these are live pictures, and the rescue personnel are working furiously to release at least 30 miners still trapped inside. it's located 18 miles from johannesburg, and we spoke to a spokesman and he said the miners are trapped in an illegal mine. it's an all-too-common assurance there in south africa.

>> it has been closed for several years, it's too dangerous, and trying to join us with the operation. maybe for some of the gold, or areas underneath johannesburg in this area. but the areas closed off, it's weeks before they resurface again. this is common in the area, and you also have rival groups, and

they are underneath the mines. >> still in africa, a trial for deposed egyptian president, mohamed morsy, in cairo. he and 35 others were charged with espionage, and charged with what prosecutors call terrorist attacks. but they withdrew, and that was in protest of the glass case that the defendants were being held in. and declaring that they wouldn't be able to hear the proceedings from inside. meanwhile, it's the 50th day for the aljazeera staff in egypt. they have been imprisoned since december 29th, they deny the charges that they are part of the muslim brotherhood, and officials are calling for their immediate release. they have agreed to a third round of talks, but no date has

been set with no resolution in sight. this leaves millions of syrian refugees in limbo, literally struggling for their lives. aljazeera's stefanie dekker saw what the conditions were like in one town on the syrian border. >> this is how some people are living here. it's i went with, and it gets incredibly cold at night. it's raining, and there are a lot of people that have come here with clothes that are not right for that, they are freezing and they don't have shoes, and one lady said, give me your shoes because look what i'm wearing and what my children are wearing. he'll are incredibly angry here. they are frustrated. if you ask them, what about geneva? they will say, what about it? people are treating us like animals, and sitting at a table when people are dying. there are a few agencies because they're expecting a large of influx, so there are tents being

built. and i want to show you how one family is living at the moment. they're still waiting for a tent over here, and it's very basic, and people are saying even with the rain, they get wet. and it doesn't dry because it's not hot enough. there's no sun, so certainly a lot of anger here, and they're being treated like animals, and nobody cares. >> that's stefanie dekker right there at the lebanese/syrian border. >> anti-government protests took a very violent turn this be week as the police used water cannons against proceeders. they are trying to stage a coup. and we have more. >> thousands with the unauthorized government protests, they took to the streets on saturday, expressing

their growing frustration, against what they perceive as a crackdown on the opposition. >> we're tired of the government ceasing and discarding us. >> the police formed a line, trying to stop the protesters from advancing. people start running for cover. >> the situation here continues. and the police fired teargas and dispersed the crowd. and the crowd said they will not go. we see in the distance, the people have rocks, and they're coming toward the police.

this is the fourth day in a row of violence in the capital. tens of thousands of supporters who vow to defend. >> the fascists want to destroy us, but we're the majority and we'll fight in the revolution. the hardline leader of the opposition who organizes the marches as they began on wednesday. >> you fascist coward, hand yourself in. >> as both sides continue, many return to the streets. >> government protesters in kiev, ukraine, are clearing out

with a deal with the government on friday. they hope it will end months of turmoil. >> the occupation finally came to an end. after weeks of negotiations from protesters. >> the activists vowed that they would be back if the government didn't stick to its part of the deal. >> we only want a peaceful resolution. paralyzing the country, and weakening.

but the amnesty, showing how the future of the protesters pay out. >> we can't consider this a victory or a defeat. but in the lives of those arrested, the protest senior worth it. >> the protests erupted last year, following president yanokovych's decision to abandon the europeine union, and while it indicates a new phase in the situation, it may not signal the end of the demonstrations just yet. while support for president yanokovych remains positive for those in the east and the south of the country, broader human rights and less corruption in the country. how the next phase plays out will be a crucial test of leadership. >> next on aljazeera america, the cleanup on java after a volcano spews hot rocks and ash high into the air. those stories and much more when we come back.

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>> good afternoon, and welcome back to aljazeera america. i'm morgan radford in new york city. britain is suffering the worst flooding in decades, where severe storms killed two people on saturday. jennifer is joining us from the southwest, and is the worst of the storm over? >> well, you know, you can see here in port levin on the edge of cornwall that the winds have picked up in the last couple of minutes and started to rain here. this coastline has really seen terrible weather. and you can see how rough the oceans are here, and that has been the case here, not just in the past weeks, but really for the past couple of months here in cornwall as this part in particular, britain's southern most port has been very much battered. for weeks, the sea has pounded

the decline of cornwall, washing away sand dunes and sinking boats. it's home to britain's most southern port. and here they have a healthy respect for the ocean. here, the behaves got so big, they destroyed a car, and the driver barely got out in time. it's the roughest weather anyone can remember. >> it has been a stressful couple of weeks, we have had bad weather since christmas. and last wednesday was a bit extreme. >> that's when the sea broke some of the two ton wooden beams that were supposed to protect the harbor. and insteader they washed into the port and sunk ten boats and damaged more. >> it has been empty since it was built. and i don't know what day it was, but it's a few hundred years old. >> this port was started 200 years ago, but didn't open until 1825.

it has been a difficult winter for the fishermen and along the coastline. some of them haven't been able to fish for two months because of the bad weather. it will take a few weeks before the harbor can reopen, and even then, there's no guarantee that the sea will cooperate. even today, the weather was better, and they're cleaning up, and this is a 300-year-old pub here. this is smuggler's country, and pirate country, we're going to talk to one of the locals here, tom harrison, and tom, have you ever seen weather like this? >> i've never seen weather like this. it has been hectic up and down the coast. but the whole of the united kingdom. >> and the sea has cut off the train service down here. >> it has cut the trains off. and you can't get out. it has been hectic.

>> so have you ever known cornwall to be cut off like this? >> i've never seen anything like it in my life. it's unreal. and tainment, the fishermen have really suffered. the community together, pulling enk together in the fact that we're all helping each other. >> really, here in cornwall, they're not just cleaning up, but are worried about what will come next with the sea. the winds are picking up and they expect 30, 40 mile-per-hour winds, and that means that the sea will get rougher, and the port will be closed for a couple of weeks, along the cornish coastline and britain still suffering the effects of the weather. >> jennifer, thank you for being with us this afternoon. and speaking of wild weather, still cleaning up after a volcano erupted, shooting ash 300 miles across the island. the army has banned residents

who live 600 miles from the mountain to return. >> now that the eruption has gone down, the island of jav a. the most popular island, and transportation for 2 million passengers. people are affected by the erupstairs on thursday night. they are facing a major cleanup operation with volcanic ash covering the city. >> we're here with the soldiers, and as you see, the troops are trying to clean it up. not only is volcanic ash bad for health, but it of courses your respiratory system, and it causes accidents. >> people are staying in evacuation centers in, and in

the next few days they hope that it will be clear enough for them to go back home. >> days after typhoon haiyan slammed into the fill teens, it damaged 1.1 million homes, affected 5.9 million children. we talked to haiyan's most vulnerable survivors. >> this has been a sense of comfort for the haiyan survivor, mikko. it's all that he has left of his mother. he lost both parents and his siblings in the typhoon. >> interpreter: i just pray that hopefully they're happy, he says, and that they're watching over me. >> nikko is grateful that he has found relatives to take him in. and many others haven't. they months after typhoon haiyan, and many children are living in evacuation centers like this one.

6 million children have been affected by the storm. and humanitarian groups have classified 100,000 of them as highly vulnerable. meaning they have no guardians left, or they have come in years where the capacity for recovery is the poorest. children not just exploited but now being abandoned by caregivers, needing to look for jobs elsewhere. >> these children might somehow become a liability to the community. >> reporter: a reality that ironically christina escaped thanks to high an. she and four of her siblings love in a government care facility after social workers found them after the storm. her parents had abandoned them four years before. i'm happier now, she says, because someone is taking care

of my siblings, and they're getting an education now. so far, only a small number of these vulnerable survivors have been helped and there's much still to be done. the rain no longer frightens milos, and he's hopeful goodabout the future. he feels his family is with him always now, and one day, he says he just might be happy again. >> some of this intense weather can have long-lasting effects, and for the national forecast right here in the usa, let's talk to our meteorologist. >> the snow is on its way back to the east coast. and we have another clipper system working its way out of canada. this is going to be the next system that pushes into the northeast. with freezing rain and a little

bit more snow. but with you rain showers in buffalo, new york, and in pen, but the area of low pressure is bringing a bunch of snow in portions of maine, pushing east with blizzard-like conditions. and meanwhile out west, we have unsettled weather on the coast. and also snow in the washington and oregon cascades, where it's going to be a treacherous day. and we're looking at two or three feet of snow, higher elevations and above 2 to 3,000 feet, we could see a foot of snow. be careful if you're out there on the roadways. back to you. >> in egypt, at least three people were killed in an attack on a tour bus in the sinai peninsula. an update when aljazeera america returns.

>> welcome back to aljazeera america. i'm morgan radford live from new york city.

in egypt, three killed and 14 injured in an attack on a tour bus in the sinai peninsula. two south korea tourists and their egyptian driver were all killed in the blast. and that's as their bus was attacked as it waited toker in an israeli border cross. in south africa, workers have been taken out. anti-government protesters are moving out of kiev in the ukraine, hoping to end months of unrest city. >> florida is experiencing a big boat boom, but it's not being driven by millionaires. reporting from miami. >> it's billed as the world's premier boat show.

and if you're in the market for the latest noting palaces, this is the place to be. 2,000 boat makers gather across the globe in miami every year to showcase the very best money can buy. >> here we are an $250 million boat. one of the largest yachts in show. this is a jacuzzi that can comfortably accommodate ten guests. >> but it's not the only one. millions of people in the u.s., and that makes it a big job creator. >> well, the recreation industry employed 335,000 people and there are 80 million people that go recreational boating every year. >> reporter: but despite that number, times have been tough. the recession sit the industry hard and manufacturing was down 80%, but now the economy is

making a slow and steady come back. and if that come back driven by every day boaters, they have managed to survive. the workforce is small, but highly skilled. they hope to hire more staff as business approves. >> without them, we would have no boats. there's a lot of skilled labor out this, and when the recession hit and the market fell out, there were a lot of people that couldn't take care of their families. >> a new sense of confidence, and for the 200 boat makers, it's welcome news. >> i can put food on my table any day, because i just go out. >> despite the glitz and glamor, it's not the wealthy

driving the growth. it's enthusiasts with more modest means. aljazeera, miami, florida. >> as always, thank you for watching aljazeera america. i'm morgan radford, and "the stream" is up next. you are in "the stream." we'll break down the trans trans-pacific tonight. ♪ our digital producer wajahat ali is here bringing in all of your live feedback. this trade agreement while like