>> rival palestinian factions reach reconciliation, after seven year's stand off. ♪ hello, you are watching al jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha. for the next 30 minutes. we're on your side, participate barack obama's message to japan in his territorial dispute with china. ukraine says it is relaunches a push against anti-government separatists in the east of the

country. >> i'm in new york whereas part of the tribeca film festival, we'll be looking at new socially conscious games that aim to educate the world's children. ♪ israel says it has canceled a negotiation session with the palestinians after it was announced that rival palestinian groups said that they have reached a deal tend to years of political division. they have been controlling the west bank, and hamas the gaza strip. under the new deal a government will be organized, and they will also join the plo. hamas's deposed prime minister said that this is an historic moment for palestinians.

>> translator: i [ inaudible ] palestine and [ inaudible ] and put an end to [ inaudible ] and to arrive at an agreement. we salute all of them, all of the leaders [ inaudible ]. >> translator: the rift has come to an end and we are reunited. we extend all appreciate to our brother with the significant role he has demonstrated over the past two days. as he said the spirit that overwhelmed all of the members was very important. >> [ inaudible ] says he is confident the deal will happen. >> this is a very, very important deal. we managed to reach an agreement within 22 hours of our talks with hamas, and we are not talking about political things,

we're talking about practical matters and the formation of a new unified government will be initiated immediately from one hour ago, the president is now going to work on the formation of this unified government which will be the first since 2007. this is a big deal and a big change. what mr. netenyahu said about us having to choose between hamas and peace is one way of misleading the public, because we all know he is the one that is refusing peace and rejecting it, by insisting on building settlements illegally, and preventing palestinians from becoming a state. there is no leader that can represent all palestinians, and we are telling them there are leaders who can come together,

but he does not want peace. >> rosiland jordan is here to give the reaction from america. america is not going to like the fact that these two groups could soon be back in main stream palestinian politics. >> that's exactly right, david. senior administration official tells al jazeera that the u.s. is closely watching this reconciliation deal, and any palestinian government that the u.s. would engage with would have to renounce violence, and be committed to the on going effort to broker a peace deal between the palestinians and israelis. it's a very difficult situation because the u.s. typically does not engage with people or

organizations that it has put on its list of terrorists or list of states that sponsor terrorism. so this is a very, very complicated and worrisome development from the u.s. perspective. >> the u.s. must have seen that the peace process was going nowhere. and perhaps this may make the palestinian people more united? at least that is what they hope. >> well, that is certainly what the palestinians are hoping but from the u.s. perspective there is this question of whether or not all people who are engaged in the ongoing peace process would be committed to some fundamental lines, including non-violence. hamas has never said that it is going to renounce its positions on violence, on its refusal to recognize the state of israel, so without those fundamental concessions, it's really

difficult to see how the peace process could move forward. officially, the current process doesn't end until tuesday april 29th, but there had been these efforts between these israelis and the palestinians to try to see whether they could extend those talks. with israel deciding to cancel a meeting in light of this development, it is very questionable now whether this peace process really is going to last much longer. >> thank you, rosiland jordan there in washington, d.c. and while the state department has been saying what it has to say about that peace process, the u.s. president barack obama is in japan on the first leg of a week-long tour of asia. mr. obama has been having talks with japan's prime minister, and relations with china are expected to dominate that meeting. ahead of his arrival, he assured

japan the eyelands that are in dispute with china are covered by a peace treaty with the united states. he also visit south korea, malaysia, and the countries with my the u.s. wants to increase trade. >> reporter: it is said actions speak louder than words. secretary of state john kerry has to stand in for u.s. president barack obama who for the next time last year did not manage to make it to a major asian summit. so what would asian leaders think happened to the much advertised rebalancing of u.s. to asia. the top diplomat at the time explained the new direction saying . . . >> obama could not come last october because of the government shutdown, because of

fiscal difficulties, so this is a big problem for asia to find this policy of pivot and rebalance credible. we have to see more delivery, and we're not seeing that. >> reporter: governments in north and southeast asia want the u.s. to help provide military balance to china's assertiveness. critics say the pentagon hasn't gone far enough, and point out the u.s. has more limited resources. but washington doesn't want to antagonize china unnecessarily. economics lead the way for washington, which needs to justify the pivot to american voters, but there's not as much urgency for asia governments. they are confident about their emerging markets gravitational poll for the us.

campbell has now set up his own advisory and investment firm. around 740 million people in asia live on less than $1.25 a day. they are probably not going to notice obama's visit much, but their governments will be watching closely. well the thought now of michael [ inaudible ] who is a research associate with the mit studies. saying the visit should be straightforward, but choosing not visit china may create further tensions. >> the u.s. is returning to its basic roll in the global environment which is basically

to keep people from having altercations with each other rather than it's a be -- itself being involved in major conflicts. the fact that there is no stop in china is going to be analyzed by all sides. one would really want to have a unified asia, but that's not what we have right now, and certainly, china's currently debating within itself what it is going to be doing. mr. abay has yet to meet the chinese president or at least have a conversation with him. that kind of non-communication indicates that within china itself there is no consensus about where china is going, and the only way to handle the image problems that china has is to, in this case, ignore the fact that the world's third largest economy next door has a new

leader. >> moscow said that it will respond if ethnic russians in ukraine are attacked. the warning came as ukraine's interim government said it was relaunching an anti terror campaign. in slaviansk though the activists they are not going anywhere. >> reporter: pro-russian activists have reinforced the barricades, they heard the acting president has relaunched the so-called anti-terrorist operations, but they say they are not worried. >> translator: this is not the first ultimatum, secondly, we don't consider any of his words to mean action. he does don't anything. the whole government is illegitimate. >> reporter: they are going to focus on breaking up what the government in kiev describes as

gangs. but the people behind the sanged bags say they are ready to resist any attack. besides they know the last time kiev sent the army in, many soldiers were unwilling to confront soldiers. that has em-boldened the officials. it was the abduction and murder of a local politician that triggered the new operation. now kiev says it has proof that russia was involved in his disappearance and death. all of this comes a day after the u.s. vice president visited kiev and promised support for the interim government. as the standingoff with russia intensifies they will need all of the help they can get. >> translator: we hope the u.s. assistance will be more substantial. at least we have the support of the united states. >> reporter: the resolve of the ukraine and the united states to resist russian government here

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recapping the top level stories this hour. the rival palestinian groups have reached reconciliation deal. under the agreement an interim government will be formed and national elections are planned. the u.s. president started a week long tour of asia and has been having talks with the japanese prime minister. he is backing tokyo in its dispute with china over a group of disputed ilands. kiev says it is restarting its anti-terrorism campaign after the bodies of two politicians were found with signs of being tortured. the death of a brazilian tv

personality has caused outrage in brazil. >> reporter: this is what happened overnight in brazil's second largest city rio dejannero. scenes of violence and chaos. protesters set fire to trash on the streets and fought with police after a young man was killed. he was a well-known tv performer. his family says he was beaten to death by the police who mistook him for a drug dealer. the police deny that anyone died during the anti-drug trafficking operation. violence quickly spread from one part of rio to other areas. >> translator: i hid in a bar because it was the only way to protect myself from the gunfire.

>> reporter: in sal pall low, more than 30 buses were set on fire. >> translator: we have doused the flames. there were no casualties. as >> reporter: drug gangs have being fought by the police force. but they have been criticized by its heavy handedness. brazilian police are responsible for nearly 2,000 deaths ever year. >> translator: they killed one of my children! i'm a mother! imagine for a mother to find herself in this situation! it's revolting! >> reporter: people who live here are fearful of the gangs on the street and the men in uniform. a car bomb in egypt has left a senior police officer dead. the attack was in sixth of

october city in the province of giza. he was heading to work when the bomb went off underneath his car. he was critically injured and later died in hospital. the united states has lifted a ban on military support to egypt. it will deliver ten apache helicopters to the interim government. the u.s. aid was partly suspended after mohammed morsi was removed from power in july of last year. the trial of three al jazeera journalists in egypt has been adjourned for ten days. peter greste, mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed, are falsely accused of providing a platform to the outlawed muslim brotherhood. the fourth al jazeera journalist in detention has been held without trial since last august. he is said to have been on hunger strike for 93 days.

al jazeera rejects all of the charges, and continues to demand the immediate release of its staff. a growing number of french citizens have been traveling to syria to fight in the conflict there. and the french government says it is going to crack down on those who want to go fight. it is withdrawing passports and putting the names of potential fighters in a database members of parliament have failed to elect a new president in the first round of voting. the post has to go to a christian poll ligs under lebanon's power sharing system. the leading candidate fell short of the two-thirds majority that was needed. the former militia leader is

stanchly anti-hezbollah. the government in nepal has denied that local mountain guides have abandoned all expeditions to mount everest and they have gone on strike. dozens of sherpas are believed to have packed up and left kamp after an avalanche killed 16 of their colleagues last friday. sherpas are calling for more financial aid for the victim's families and new safety regulations. >> translator: the government announced giving about 415 usd in aid for the family. that is not enough. if they want to give that little money then we will double it up and throw it back at them. >> translator: the entire sherpa community has been hit.

but the government has provided little or no relief for the companies. even if the government sieves a small percentage as relief it would mean a big deal for these families, but the government has no intention of doing anything like that. garment workers and the families of those who died this bangladesh's worst industrial accent are holding rally on the site. more than a thousand people were killed when the plaza collapsed last year. most of the victims were working in the garment industry, the country's biggest export earner. thousands of people who live in pakistan's capitol are fighting to save their homes. they are being torn down on a crackdown of illegally constructed slums. >> reporter: this is the only home this man has ever known.

his parents first moved here shortly after islamabad was established as pakistan's capitol more than 40 years ago. now he, his brothers their wives and children live here, but if the government has its way they could all soon be homeless. a court orders the municipal authorities to clear illegal slums like the one they live in. >> translator: this is our home. everything we own is here. we don't have money to pay rent somewhere else. where are we supposed to go? >> reporter: the interior minister has lead the crackdown on the slums. he says not only are they illegal, but they are also a place used by armed groups who have carried out recent attacks killing dozens of people, but people believe the government's motives have more to do with money. violence in other parts of pakistan have made islamabad an

increasingly desirable place to live because of its relative safety, and it's for that reason many who live here believe the authorities are cracking down on them, because the land that illegally built homes are on, has grown in value as the city has expanded. according to the city's administration, there are around 2 dozen slum in the area, housing more than 80,000 people. many work as laborers or domestic help in the homes of the capitol's wealthy elite, but that hasn't deterred the government, bulldozers have already begun clearing some slums leaving those who lived there to find someplace else to live. this man says clearing the makeshift communities doesn't deal with the real problem which is the slortage of housing for low-income people. >> unfortunately there is no

real logic, except just flash in the pan, let's do this, and then deal with the consequences later. >> reporter: who live here have planned protests against the demolition of their communities, but it's clear the government isn't listening, and their homes will soon be gone. thousands of meme innian mar has been to the munal of the cofounder of the national league for democracy party, journalists and a close ally as well. stephanie reports. >> reporter: dressed in blue shirts to symbolize the prison uniform he wore for so many years in jail, they marched to the funeral hall to pay their last respects. he continued to wear a blue shirt long after his release from jail in 2008. in solidarity with political

prisoners still held. speaking to al jazeera in 2012, he said he was skeptical of the new government in myanmar. >> translator: there is little hope for change. their mind set and power are entrenched. i believe there is little chance for major reforms. >> reporter: he was a cofounder alo along -- for the party. he was jailed for his political activities. his death will be felt across myanmar still adjusting to its new political makeup. >> translator: to me his death is like the collapse of a colossal mountain in our country. the current government is still playing tricks with the public and has no desire to have the

constitution amended as our leader said. >> reporter: rights campaigners and politicians have paid trib -- tribute to the journalist. the opposition leader said he was the pride of the country. he was the longest political detainee, but the years in prison never silenced his criticism. tribeca, it was a run down part of new york, and then along came a film star by the name of robert de niro, turned it around and introduced a film festival which has been exploited worldwide, it is extremely successful. but where it all started, new york, it's in full swing at the moment, though it's not just

these days about movies and documentaries. video gaming is now part of the entertaining there. and the games come with a little bit of a moral and a big difference. >> reporter: games are as old as human history, but this year organizers are trying something difficult. >> it's very difficult. this game is very challenging, and there's a reason for that. >> reporter: this is the migrant trail, part of a new generation of socially conscious games that aim to immerse players in a world of moral decision making. >> out in the desert they will rount -- run out of water quickly. >> reporter: it's the immersive nature of the game that organizers say has a real effect. >> people were literally crying.

sometimes it was tears of joy because they solved the conflict, but sometimes it was out of frustration, and i think it's good that we're pushing the boundaries and looking at the emotions that you usually want to associate with games. ♪ the market for humanitarian games like papers please, is growing. and this year games for change will hand out awards. the game designer says despite the advances in game technology, they still work with the most basic tools. >> we also make a lot of pen and paper games, so i don't think it's about them becoming more immersive, it's about sfiending different ways to engage people. >> sometimes you find something that they left behind like an empty water bottle, sometimes

it's bodies. >> reporter: designers are writing a specially responsible aspect to an age-old concept. through technology this generation are getting to experience situations and make decisions they might not normally make, and that's what makes this new socially conscious gaming different. >> as the world's most elderly nation - japan is dancing with a demographic disaster. people are living longer and birthrates are falling fast. no other country has a greater percentage of old people. the government has responded