. >> another bomb detonated. people brought me here. >> the assistant minister of the interior said in a phone call to state tv that the first two explosions were triggered by mobile devices, and that security forces had already stopped a number of other bombs from going off. >> you know, we discovered several outside of the school of engineering in the last few days and we defused them. this is the habit of the terrorist group and we urge

everyone, especially those in charge of universities to take decisive measures against those students. >> state tv said the bombs went off while student protesters were fighting security forces. the protests go on university campuses with opportunities opposed leadership. no one has claimed responsibility but in the past the interim government has pointed the finger of blame at the banned muslim brotherhood.

al jazeera. >> well, earlier my colleague spoke with the bureau chief asking who would be capable of carrying out such an attack. >> all parties in egypt claimed others, the government and the islamic parties, both of them araccuse each of the explosion. there is terror and panic in different areas of th there. they are believing that it was blasted by mobile. now there are many in the

institutional universities one university, and the cairo university just nearby to the cairo university, now they evacuated and they are surrounded by armor tanks and police tanksers. many strategic organizations especially around the stations and. >> you think this is a pre-kurter of more to come ahead of the elections? >> of course, this is related to many factors, actually.

related to protesters demonstrations at universities. up to now the reactions most of them in egypt, and again it's morsthe promorsi council condeme explosion such as the government before maybe a few minutes prime minister condemned the explosi explosion. >> al jazeera continues to demand the immediate release of three of its journalists who have been in prison in egypt now for 95 days. the trials of the three has been adjourned until april 10th. they're accused of providing a platform to the outlawed muslim

brotherhood. a fourth journalist al jazeera arabic's journalist has been detained since august. he has been on hunger strike for three months. al jazeera rejects all the charges. n.a.t.o. and russia have accused each other of endangering the world security. we'll get the latest from lauren taylor. >> yes, russia's foreign ministry saying n.a.t.o. was using language reminiscent of the cold war. n.a.t.o. saying it posed the greatest threat for generations. >> n.a.t.o. foreign ministers gathered for a second day of talks.

>> i wouldn't hesitate, and that would lead to further isolation and international isolation off russia. >> according to u.s. intelligence, 30 to 40,000 troops could take control of eastern ukraine in as little as three to five days. they decided to increase their military presence. more aircraft patrol the skies, but navy vessels in the sea. the question now is how the kremlin will response. >> elsewhere in bruce h brusselp

preliminadiplomats in it shoulde used as a weapon. it's in the interest of all of us to have supplies critical to our economies, critical to our security, critical to process feherty of our people. >> the defense starts with deterrents. al jazeera, brussels. >> peter sharp in moscow has the latest on russian reaction. >> reporter: the spokesman said that the decision by n.a.t.o. ministers today to suspend russia from participation and agreements and exercises reminded him very much of the verbal joustings of the cold war, and he said that there would be no winners here in

terms of suspending russia's involvement in security, the fight against terrorism in europe and help in combating man made disasters. foreign minister lavrov who spoke once again to secretary of state john kerry on wednesday also said that the n.a.t.o. response from brussels today did not help him in his attempts to establish some sort of dialogue and diplomacy in his negotiations with ukraine. >> ukraine's military has been carrying out a display of firepower with military exercises including live power from tanks, helicopters and jets. the show of force was shown to be at full readiness. 45,000 troops remain at the

board of ukraine

>> general motors recalled cars for failure of key parts that have caused 13 deaths in the last decade. >> mary barra appeared before a senate committee. she was before the house yesterday and basically said she didn't know about what led up to the ultimate recall of more than 2.5 million vehicles suspected of possibly being equipped with this faulty ignition switch. today she was confronted with new evidence of testimony in a

court deposition just a year ago in the case of a woman when was killed i in a chevrolet cobalt. the trial lawyer asked the switch engineer involved in that process about key evidence. this is the exchange with senator claire mccaskill. >> someone at general motors had switched out the unsafe ignition switches in several car models and covered it up by using the same part number for the same switch. when there cooper confronted general motors, mr. ray digeorgeio, their lead switch engineer with the evidence of the part switch, he lied. he said he didn't know anything about it. >> now, barra said she simply contact--she assumed that the g.m. legal team had been

informed about that disclosure, but mccaskill showed a piece of paper that showed digeorg digeorgey'digeorgedigeorgeio's h the switch of the part. who knew it, when did they know t and where did that evidence go to what level of g.m. and if this was all part of the old g.m. the g.m. that proceeded it's bankruptcy, or the new g.m. which is what barra has been calling it, a company that she said is now dedicated to consumer culture. a lot of congressmen were asking, well, what kind of culture did the old g.m. conduct? and i think that is the gist of the kind of testimony and scrutiny that g.m. will be undergoing right now, not to mention the various legal

lawsuits against them. >> many thanks. >> chile's government has lifted a tsunami warning. six people from called in the 8.2 magazine any taught earthquake which struck off the coast close to the border with. peru. nearly a million people were evacuated. our latin america editor has now more from the santiago air base from where aid is being distributed. >> reporter: the chilean president and her cabinet members are exploring the north part of the country. after spending freezing temperatures overnight, people who were forced to evacuate are now coming back. some whose nerves are shattered over the aftershocks. most power and water supplies are being restored solely to

these areas. the people who have witnessed other earthquakes were surprised at the low death toll and the measures that did not take place four years ago when chile was witness to one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded. people really expected it to be much worse, especially given the anticipation that there would be a mammoth tsunami. this turned out to be unfounded. chileans saying this is a miracle. >> mosques are been broadcasting the call for calm after the killing of a cleric who was shot dead by unknown gunmen, and he's not the first. in august of last year, in august of 2012, i'm sorry, radical preacher was shot dead. in october last year his successor met the same fate. there have been no arrests in

either case in both those killings, and they triggered riots. the cleric even predicted his own death saying he was living on borrowed time. >> reporter: he said he knew he was going to be killed. to the u.s. and u.n. he was a menace clinked to the al-shabaab. he openly supported the group. 67 people died in the maul attack. millions of somalis live in can i can't. many caught in attacks between fighters in their home country and the kenyan government and it's forces. on monday three blasts in a neighborhood three blasts killed six people. when kenya sent troops into

somalia in 2011 the backlash at home began. high profile attacks on civilians are often followed by mass arrests. a cycle that continues to play out in the kenyan capitol. the killing of vocal muslim clerics who support al-shabab is becoming a pattern. no one has claimed responsibility yet, but most in kenya will recognize the attack as the latest move in an escalating conflict that refuses to recognize borders. jane ferguson, al jazeera. >> in syria we're getting reports fighting between opposition and government forces. the opposition is holding the position which it took in recent fighting. regime forces are reported to have intensified shelling of the observatory. pakistani government has rejected a request for musharraf

to leave the country. the former military ruler was indicted of high treason for his role in 2007. he had sought permission to leave the country to visit his mother who is in hospital. if found guilty, musharraf could face the death penalty. turkey's supreme court called the ban of twitter website unconstitutional. the court ruled. >> this decision is likely to set up another standoff when prime minister erdogan, his government, and the court and legal systems here in turkey. while this decision by the constitutional court is legally binding, which would mean that the theoretically speaking,

should turn on the site. now, the courts rule that after a member of the opposition chp as well as academics claim that the blocking of the website was infringement on personal freedoms, the court ruled that it should saved. many felt that twitter was infringing on personal freedom after a case of a turkish member who requested to remove the twitter account.

the opposition claim this is a position of the government cracking down on freedom of expression. >> officials investigating similar drones found last month from north korea. >> this is what was found on monday on south korea's lie island. a camera-equipped drone on a day the two sides traded artillery fire on each other's water. >> the relevant departments of south korea government are concerned that north korea is responsible for it. >> north korea's been advertising its prowess in unman jones. military analysts in south korea call them antiques base on 20th century u.s. designs. this week's discovery on the western island came days after a similar craft complete with on board camera came down on the

southern side of the land border. it contained images of the military installations and the president's were you house. we're standing a few kilometers away from the blue house. we are not allowed to point a camera in its general direction let alone fly a drone over it as the north koreans apparently d did. >> it was a small attack, and we were asking what if north korea is using the bomb instead of camera inside the aircraft? there is a lot of--there is a lot of discussion among the military that we need to strong measure against this kind of attack. >> south korea is preparing to spend $800 million on four unmanned space aircraft. north korea's air fleet by

contrast is old and given propensity of crashing is unreliable, but also proving to be a headache for its southern neighbor. >> autistic children are very likely to wander awa away from supervision. the plan to have the government pay for tracking devices for children. >> the 14-year-old autistic child was captured on close caption circuit from his school showing him walking away. the remains of his body was found in a river several kilometers from his school. >> everyone in the community is worried about a child who wouldn't know how to get back to his family and wouldn't know how to tell anybody who they are and what they're looking for. >> around 50% of children with

autism wander off. 90% of subsequent deaths are from drowning. now a new york senator is proposing legislation in a federal program that would pay for gps devices. >> making voluntary tracking devices available would help put parents at eas ease and save precious in lives. >> ken has soul custod sole cuss son alex. >> all of a sudden alex comes walking in the building with eight police officers and this little older woman who lives down the street in a townhouse. apparently alex had been walking towards second avenue. she found him, knew him from the neighborhood, but she didn't know where he lived. >> afterwards ken attached tags to alex' shoe with the name and number to call. he supports the idea of a tracking device, but it could be

difficult because many autistic kids don't like anything touching their skin or clothes. >> a lot of kids don't like tags on their thirds. >> reporter: gps monitor is just one approach for monitoring children with autism. happy endings can come down to sheer luck and the kindness of strangers. >> we're approaching midway point in this news hour. we'll get the weather update up next. still to come all showers from the french president's former partner as she returns to front line politics. and we'll have the latest have the psg in chelsea champion quarterfinal game.

>> scared as hell... >> as american troops prepare to leave afghanistan get a first hand look at what life is really like under the taliban. >> we're going to be taken to a place, where they're going to make plans for an attack. >> the only thing i know is, that they say they're not going to withdraw. >> then, immediately after, an america tonight special edition for more inside

and analysis. >> why did you decide to go... >> it's extremly important for the western audience to know why these people keep on fighting... ...it's so seldom you get that access to the other side. >> faultlines: on the front lines with the taliban then an america tonight: special edition, only on al jazeera america >> hello again. we have our top stories. three explosions at cairo university in egypt has killed

one person and injured five others. no one yet has claimed responsibility for the attacks. n.a.t.o. and russia have accused each other of endangering the world security. russia's foreign ministry hoax man said that n.a.t.o. is using language reminiscent of the cold car, and n.a.t.o.'s secretary said that russian's actions in crimea has threatened security. >> six police officers have died in the afghan capitol. suicide-bomber was wear a police uniform when he flew himself up. the taliban has threatened to disrupt saturday's presidential election. the elections will mark the first democratic transfer of power in afghanistan's history bringing an end to president karzai's 13 years in office. one of the front runners to

succeed him is foreign minister abdullah abdullah. we joined him on his campaign trail in western afghanistan. >> it was chaotic, crowded and almost out of control, but that seems to be just how abdullah abdullah likes it. tens of thousands of people turned out to see abdullah rally support in his second attempt to win the presidency. >> now the size of this crowd is not necessarily of abdalluh, but shows the enthusiasm in afghanistan. abdalluh has crisscrossed on his mission to right a wrong that he and many afghans felt was committed in 2009 when he lost the election to hamid karzai.

>> the citizen also monitor the voting much better. they're much more aware of their rights, it's much better. >> abdullah abdullah needs to get 50% of the vote. he has chosen two running mates who he once fought against during the civil war. the parties they belonged to ended up destroying kabul. without an outright winner it goes to the run off of top two candidates. here abdullah has a warning for the organizers. >> if there is a run off we are prepared. in a run off, it may become difficult. it will create a very uncertain situation, and i hope that's not

the case. >> reporter: ethnicity matters in afghanistan. and abdullah has drawn across ethnicities. bernard smith, afghanistan. >> an afghan analyst joins us live from washington. will these elections on saturday be free and fair? >> well, not completely but to a certain extent there will be fraud. there will be fraud. there is no doubt about that. >> to what extent, though. five months ago we found fake voter cards on sale in information for as little as $5

a piece. election officials said that they could not tell the fakes from the real thing. there were millions of them. will this poll suffer from vote rigging to the extent of 2009's election suffered vote rigging? >> i have no doubt that it will because there are three front runners. they've got lots of money, and i'm sure they'll try to buy votes, print papers and to ensure which ever way possible they come to become one of the two in the end. >> we heard the reports i in the electoral process. what about violence. will voters be put off from

casting their ballot. >> in the countryside especially in the south and east there would be many polls tha--poll stations that will be closed, and no one will go there. and even in the places where people can go the turn out will be low. this is the place where the majority of the population lives. >> will abdullah abdullah get the 51% votes required or will it go to run off? >> well, according to a statistic that was issued only yesterday one frontrunners got 41%, and the other 43%.

he is a very strong candidate. >> thanks for being with us. >> thank you. >> palestinian politicians say mahmood abbas had no choice but to sign the treaty pushing for international recognition. the palestinian move has cast doubt on the current round of peace stalks. >> reporter: palestinians are confused about what signing international conventions actually means. it's not clear what he signed, whatever it is, we keep going back and forth. >> he went to the u.n. before and nothing changed. we support him in this challenge regardless. >> reporter: palestinian president mahmood abbas signed 15 international treaties on tuesday night. he did it because israel is not honoring its commitments to the peace process. the treaties he signed including

the four geneva conventions which deal with the protection of civilians under war and occupation and also the vienna convention that deal with diplomatic and consolate in other countries. then there are the rights of a child and economic and social rights and also corruption. they sound serious, and they are, but the real ow owe onus we on the palestinians. >> this will require a lot of resources and commitment on the part of palestine. we urge not to be afraid from using that as a political tool and to look at its legal obligation under international law. >> politicians say that abbas had no other choice. thithe palestinians need to be respected and treated equally. the president made clear the

only way to find peace is through dialogue. that's something that we expect to see more of. >> i expect there will be more talks over the next few weeks concerning the conditions for resuming the talks on the main issues. >> among them jerusalem border palestinian state and the right to return for refugees. if it's proving hard to find common ground just to keep talking, the key issues, the ones that matter, seem near impossible. >> we have th >> thank you for being with us, sir. you have signed up for 15 conventions.

will that include the international criminal court? >> at this date, no, it does not. a copy of the 13 documents, the 13 conventions signed by president abbas. i delivered it to the office of secretary general. the copies were given to robert serri, and to give it to chief who is in brussels. i was instructed to deliver a copy to the chief of the office of the cg and sg, and i spoke e secretary general about that. we suspect these 13 document also come into effect and will be a party, step party to these

conventions, and treaties within 30 days. one in geneva and one in the hague were also delivered. and the case of the convention it will come into effect immediately because our land is under occupation, and there is a special stipulation that indicates in such cases then the geneva convention will take affect immediately. >> does your position today suffer peace talks with the israelis, or are you still hopeful that you can meet secretary of state john kerry's april 29th fed line? >> well, first of all, our leadership and our president, our negotiating team, they were

negotiating in good faith. we were respecting our obligations. there was a sub understanding in this process that in exchange for the palestinian prayers, we would not do things like what we did today. the israeli side were supposed to release th during the last fw days and they have reneged on their obligation, and as such we were free and acted legally to join our conventions, and that is our right, and we acted legally. does this mean that we don't want to continue talking and negotiating on the auspices of the united states, on the contrary. we're willing and ready to continue to talk until the end of april, and we will assess and

see what is on the table by that time, and our leadership will make appropriate decision. >> you're exercising the right of statehood through these actions. >> well, we see that the right of statehood is a right that only the palestinians can exercise. we do not need permission. we are not inventing anything. declaring independence and enjoining constitutions, this is that exercise alone. it does not mean that we're willing and ready to negotiate issues with israel. on the contrary we're willing and ready to negotiate in good faith. but exercising self determination including statehood we don't need permission from anyone, nor will we consult with anyone to do so.

israel did it unilaterally. united states of america in 1776 did it unilaterally. but in both cases they did not exclude the possibility of talking with arabs and israel when they reached agreement in 1949. and in the united states they keep approaching the u.k. and kept negotiating with them and unilaterally declared independence. we're like them. >> ambassador to the u.n. thank you very much, indeed. >> you are very welcome. >> let's go back to lauren with more news. >> the french president's former long-term partner is to join the government. françois hollande former vice

president who has separated from hollande will be in charge of economy and industry. the editor of the french newspaper, it's potentially to tell his former partner now in cabinet. what is the idea bringing them back. >> it has nothing to do with personal relation. they were brought in the government to balance. she is a charismatic figure. she's well liked, she's trusted throughout the socialist party, and she has excellent green credentials. and the government leaning heavily on one or two majority

leads in parliament they need someone like her. she's hard working, and she was the presidential candidate i in 2007, and got 47% of the votes. anything that can bring back the socialists together. anything that can bring back voters is good valle value for e president. >> how interesting for the president to bring in a left-wing figure. in elections the vote was for more of the right-wing candidate. is that a surprise? >> it's not a surprise in the sense that hollande needed left wing credentials, and she has excellent left-wing credentials.

he has established some quite good connection in part of the business community because he's fighting hard, he's talking a lot about redeveloping the french economy. he might be a very useful figure. but the flip side of the coin he can be unpredictable, and inside the treasury he may have a different position than the treasurer himself. >> can we expect any radical new policies to come out of the short term? >> what the president wants is to show a fighting spirit that is more united, that comes out to the battlefield and who can talk better with the people. that's what they want to show. >> thank you very much, indeed,

for your sharing your thoughts. >> thank you. >> combination of trillionth pollution and dust from the sahara desert creating smog. people with heart and lung conditions have been told to avoid strenuous exercising outside. and pollution could reach the top rung of its scale in the next few days. a house bill that would decriminalize illegal immigration. it came just hours after the navy rescued 730 migrants off thitaly's south coast. they were attempting to reach europe from north africa. a group of men building what appears to be a tank as part of

the allege campaign to make try's region an independent state. it came days after they started formal proceedings towards independence. two paintings worth millions of dollars have been recovered. they were stolen from a house in london over 40 years ago and then bought at an auction for $30. >> after four decades hanging on a kitchen wall these masterpieces are back on show. they were snatched from a london home in 1970 and abandoned on a train traveling from paris. >> after having been found with no idea of their value, they were put on auction. the owner hung these paintings in the kitchen. >> that's where they stayed until the man's son wanted to know more about them and ended up contacting police. his dad had been sitting on a gold mine because this is a piece by gauguin.

and this is his contemporary. >> the value of the gauguin painting experts can give a better answer but it starts at approximately $13 million and could reach more than $40 million. >> such a find for italian police that cultural minister was showing them off. italy has taken a lead role in the fight against art smuggling. there is even a special police unit set up to investigate stolen art and solve the mysteries of missing treasuries like these. >> that's all the news from europe. let's go to robin now for sport. >> thanks a lot. barcelona has been banned from buying or selling any players for 14 months. now the announcement was made by fifa. it covers the two transfer windows. this is this august and januar january 2015. it's felt that the club will

appeal. we go to ben hayward, spanish football writer who joins us from barcelona. no word on whether they will appeal this ban, what are you hearing? >> no word yet on whether they're going to appeal this ban, but they are planning an appeal as we speak. they have three days to get back in contact with fifa. there has been a board meeting and they're planning a statement to fill in their fans with what is going on at this stage of the investigation and this sharp news. >> how much of an impact would that have on their plans for next ten, do you think? >> well, it would have a big impact, clearly. authority moved to bring in a replacement for victor valdez.

he's definitely leaving. he said that a long time ago. he is off to join monaco in all probability. pinto is playing at the moment filling in for him, but if barcelona is not allowed to bring in a player, that would be a blow to them. they were hoping to bring in a new defender, and that's a position they have been hoping to fill for several seasons now and haven't done so. so again, if it stands as you say it's going to leave them very short. >> you have to think that this all started with the transfer. how much of an impact would you think, the negative impact this has had on barcelona as a brang image. >> definitely has had an impact. they knew about this investigation. it's been ongoing now for about a year. they certainly didn't expect this news to come out now, and it's a hammer blow to them for

the club's imagine. as you say, there is an investigation. the charges agains which led to resignation, all the controversy surrounding that. the mess he has been trouble this year, this is not what barcelona needs gearing up to the business end of the season. they've got the final la liga fixtures, and the champions league as well. this is an unwanted distraction. and it certainly harms what was a puritanical image, wasn't it, barcelona almost had this almost perfect image. everything going on this year, if this is not doing them any good at all. >> ben hayward live for us from barcelona. thank you for that insight. the quarterfinals continue and it's the battle of the big

money clubs. chelsea with the stop scorer with ten goals, faces his former team. you might remember the repeat of last season semifinal. it's 1-0 to real. the two early goals with the early champions league have suffered their first loss of the competition. with the only goal of the game they are level on several points but they lead the group on goal difference. japanese side spares their first win of the tournament.

players in both uefa and asian leagues will be impress the culture ofs national teams. another less well-known tournament is ordered to be taking place. former homeless children are taking the pitch, we have reports now from rio de janeiro. >> the football is underway in rio as teams compete in the street child world cup. it's organized bay british charity. these children are growing up in poverty and have spent time living on the streets. now they've been reunited with parents and they are attending school. earlier the boys and girls visited rio agency modern stadium where that other world

cup final will be held. ali, 14, is from pakistan. >> now i'm playing as an ambassador who children who are just ike me. >> he was eager for the first match against india. a striker for the south african girls team. >> i was nervous but now i'm okay. >> she is pretty sure her team will do well. >> i would like to stick it to them. >> the competition is intense, but so are the friendships. for the kids this tournament is an adventure but beyond the fun and games there is a serious purpose here to draw attention to an often neglected global problem. >> these children will go back

and they'll continue to work on the issue raising awareness, raising unders o understanding t these children go through. lobbying governments to do more for street children. >> reporter: after the opening round of matches, they did their victory dance and buddies were all smile. >> rob reynolds, al jazeera rio de janeiro. >> after the win of the houston rockets and set a new franchise record for their 14th win at home. joe johnson, one of the six players to reach double figures for the nets and lead the team with 22 points. >> many thanks, indeed. all the day's top stories straight ahead. that will do it for this news hour. thanks for watching. we'll see you again. bbye for now.

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