reports of gunfire, desperate families scramble for aid in afghanistan. ♪ hello, you are watching al jazeera, also on the program seeking justice for victims of rape, a verdict is expected in the landmark trial of 39 soldiers in democratic republic of congo. we will get them out, nigeria prisons will free school girls as the government faces a growing tide of criticism and happy families and australia is

to make adoption easier. ♪ and there have been reports of shooting at the site of friday's landslide in afghanistan and 15 trucks arrived with supplies, up to 4,000 people are homeless and in desperate need of help. matt is from the international organization for migration, he was turned back from there this morning. >> reporter: we attempted to reach the distribution site which is just outside the village. we returned back at the entrance due to reports of fighting and shooting. we really don't have too many details of what is going on but we were advised for our safety to turn back. and the number of the aid trucks that were in the site yesterday have been moved down the road as

well. >> the situation is calm but there are concerns that aid may not reach the people who need it most. we have the report from the scene of the disaster. >> reporter: he is 15 years old but has already lost so much. his mother along with his two sisters, two brothers are buried somewhere in this mountain of mud. at the time of the landslide i was holding my mother's hand but somehow it slipped and i escaped or i would have been buried in the same place with him. >> reporter: he knows his family is gone but he says he needs to find their bodies for his own peace of mind. >> translator: i want to see their dead bodies and see their face so i can tomorrow to terms with it and we have been working here two days without food and water and i'm devastated and i have lost everything in my life and my wife and children are all buried under the mud. >> reporter: the house is still

standing on the hill side provide an idea of what the village looked like when it was whole. now it's turn in two. hundreds of people are camp ing out and they have been given tents and food, water and medicine but people here fear that another part of the mountain could collapse at any time. people told al jazeera the aid they are getting simply is not enough. the tents are helping protect survivors from the rain but many people are going hungry. there simply is not enough food and water to go around. right now we are working on a mission as you see. and they need immediately shelter and i brought my best ten for them. and they need food. but they don't have a place to cook right now. we are bringing food for them. >> reporter: people are also upset because government has

given up search for bodies. the government of the providence says the houses are simply under too much mud. >> translator: thats why we are digging here by ourselves and our government is not helping to recover our family and it will take more even if it takes 15 days and i will look for my family as long as i breathe and there is no other option but to uncover my family. >> the idea their homes will be a mass grave appears too much for these people to bear. their houses are gone. the mountain is still a threat. the future of their village is in doubt but for now they did. i'm with al jazeera. >> the biggest rape trial in the history of democratic republic of congo is about to reach its conclusion, 130 women say they were raped by government soldiers are waiting to find out if they will get justice. a special military court is considering its verdict and,

malcolm web is at the center of allegations. >> reporter: when she was 16 they abducked her and kept her prisoner for six months raping her repeatedly and when she escaped she was pregnant, in november 2012 a few months after giving birth things got even worst. >> translator: we heard government soldiers were coming and looting and coming where we were hiding and there were 14 of us and they raped all of us, after they finished one of them took my baby boy and i found him the next day but later he died. >> reporter: sche she is one of dozens of women who were raped in the democratic republic of congo. this follows the shore after being defeated by the m-23 rebels and when they reached here they allegedly went on a spree of looting and raping that lasted three days and under

pressure 39 of the suspects were charged before a military court in the first case of its kind in congo. the most resent hearings were in the capitol here. perpetrators rarely stand trial. and he worked with victims of sexual violence and says sentences are rarely upheld and means the attacks continue. >> translator: you act like you are arresting someone and later you find them out and about. the rape victim will feel unsafe because officials said he was arrested but you find him walking down the street. he is sentenced for some years and after a few weeks he is out. >> reporter: meanwhile the rapes are waiting for the judge's final verdict and see if his own precedented trial will actually bring any change. malcolm web, al jazeera in the democratic republic of congo. >> animal come web is live for

the trial and do people believe that justice is finally being done? >> reporter: we are waiting for the trial to start and for the attorneys to come and they are waiting to find out what their fate is. and this trial was brought under international pressure and the penalty would be contrary to international justice and prison sentences are likely but what the suspects say they need to be carried out and people may be sentenced to 10-20 years but with a month they are let out of prison. but this is sending the message they want and not on the verdict

but if their sentences are carried out as well. >> reporter: thank you for that. nigeria president appealed for international help to find 276 kidnapped girls. there has been a public out cry with families saying they have not done enough to rescue the school girls missing for three weeks now and now we report. >> reporter: they are at the church praying for the kidnapped girls to be found and there is pressure on the president and is investigating how the abductions took place and why the rescue efforts have so far failed. some church goers are planning overnight vigils until the girls are found. >> i have an on and they put us in the shoes of their parents.

>> reporter: in a question-and-answer session with journalists on state tv the president said this on the missing girls. >> we believe we know where the girls are and get them out and we need cooperation from the guardians and the parents of these girls. because up to this time they have not been able to come clearly to give the police the identity of the girls yet to return. >> reporter: public anger is being fueled by the conflicting figures from differ levels of government about how many girls have been affected. >> about finding 121 girls. while after sometimes we discover that it was a pure life and i believe they are still walking on that life. they are not doing anything up to now. they have been promising us those girls would be found but

this woman i'm talking, nothing has been done. >> reporter: the anger is as high as it is because schools have been attacked before. in february 59 students were killed at a school nearby and that is despite billions of dollars being spent fighting the group. meanwhile military insists there is a military operation to free the girl but no details because of security reasons and i asked when the committee is reported to report back and a presidential spokesperson would only say soon. i'm with al jazeera, in nigeria. >> suicide car bomb in iraq killed at least three people and targeted a restaurant on the main highway between baghdad and kid cook, the u.n. estimates that at least 600 civilians were killed across the country last month and brings the total number of civilians this year to

2000. we have reports of the arrest last august and pictures were taken on saturday while he was being transported to court and his detention was extended for a further 45 days. he has been on a hunger strike for 105 days and limited himself to water since march 16. the al jazeera journalist lost more than a third of his weight. this video taken before his arrest shows him in normal health and celebrates his 26th birthday today and held without charge and denied access to a lawyer or medical treatment. and three english journalist held in egypt and held for 128 days and they are accused of conspireing with the muslim brotherhood and it has been a terrorist organization by the government and al jazeera rejects all charges and demanding their immediate release. still to come on al jazeera we

will go live to ukraine where there are reports of more fighting on the outskirts of slovansk and promised pay outs but not soon enough for people killed on mt. everest. ♪

♪ top stories on al jazeera, there is reports of shooting at friday's landslide in afghanistan and people are homeless and in desperate need of help and 15 army trucks

arrived with supplies and democratic republic of congo a verdict is expected in the biggest rape trial in history, dozens of congo soldiers are accused of raping 130 women and girls. nigeria president good luck jonathan appealed for international help to find 276 kidnapped girls, there is growing public anger to rescue them and they were abducked three weeks ago. more than 60 prisoners have been freed in the southern city of odessa after police stormed in and offered no resistance as men with clubs went in and people were burned alive on a trade union building on friday and we report. >> reporter: cries of our heros they emerged from the police station, more than 60 pro-russian protesters arrested for taking part in extreme

violence in odessa on friday night. for hours as riot police looked on from behind their shields, the crowd shouted freedom, demanding the release of those inside. some forced their way into a vehicle entrance to the police station. once inside they seemed to be on the brink of complete control. and then from somewhere an apparent police decision to aquiese. and violence was on the verge of happening again and the police failing to prevent the violence on friday actively decided here to stand back and do nothing in order to prevent it from happening again. the crowd's anger was inspired by what many saw when they went

in the black trade union building. here dozens of protesters labeled pro-russians died in a blaze on friday, trapped in the building of a so called pro-ukraine crowds and circled them outside. >> i will seek for every drop of blood for our victims. >> reporter: ukraine interim prime minister was actually in odessa on sunday. and blamed russia for instigating the violence and vowed to root out corruption in the police force that he said did nothing to stop it. in this section of the population his words have little meaning. i'm with al jazeera odessa. >> 34 people have been killed and blame rebels from the border tribe for attacks and charged of

targeting immigrants from neighboring bangladesh and 19 people have died and 130 injuries in a train crash in western india and came off the tracks in reagan district 100 south of mumbai and cut through metal to reach people trapped inside and not sure what caused the accident but an investigation is underway. malaysia, china and australia will continue to search for the missing malaysia plane that disappeared nearly two months ago and plan to reassess from the two million kilometers of ocean covered and it was narrowed to ten square kilometers after black box signals were apparently detected but an under water search found nothing. a chinese boat is sunk off hong kong and 11 crew members missing and collided with another container vessel and it's the most serious incident in one of

the world's busiest ports since october of 2012. and china is hosting asia largest conference on mobile internet and there are 600 million internet users in china and 80% access the web by smartphones and agent brown is at the conference in beijing. >> reporter: this huge gathering is a reminder if you needed it that china is a land of striking contradictions and it boasts a staggering 600 million internet users and increasingly they are getting their information using smartphones. in fact, some 80% of chinese internet users use a smartphone to access the web. china is the biggest smartphone market in the world. now, that said of course china is also a country which has some of the tightest internet restrictions. we got a reminder of that last week when wabow which is china's version of twitter was ordered

to pay a fine of $800 u.s. for publishing material deemed obscene. despite this at this gathering, the celebration of the internet all the key players are here including facebook. that is interesting because facebook is currently ban in china but presence is testament to the fact one day they be allowed to operate here. the question and dilemma for foreign countries operating in china and who hope to operate in china and will they abide by rules by the chinese government for share of the profits operating here will offer. >> near chinese news they signed 16 cooperation agreements with ethiopia and he arrived in the african nation for the fourth leg of his tour and include loans and cooperation agreements for the construction of roads and industrial zones. the murder trial of south

african athlete oscar pistorious resumed and they are calling witnesses after a two-week break. pistorious denies deliberately killing his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp last year and says he shot through a toilet door after mistaking her for an intruder. australia changing family law to make it easier to adopt children from abraked but there have been scandals in the past and relaxing the process might not be a good idea as andrew thomas reports. >> reporter: when he was nine months old they adopted her from thailand where she was living in an orphanage but it's unusual and there were 129 adoptions by parents and they are years of bureaucracy and heartache. >> it goes on and on and on and on and it got to the point where

i think everybody was just getting warn out with the wait. >> reporter: australia's government announced agreements with other countries to simplify adoptions of children by use trail -- of australian couples. >> i have a new hope for parents without children and significant new hope for children without parents. >> reporter: to those with children adopted from abroad and helping others do the same the overhaul is welcome. >> less complications, less negativity, a streamlined approach and entering into agreements with a large number of sending countries. i think all of those things will make the whole process a better one. >> as we forgive them. >> reporter: others are concerned. for a long time in australia adoption was a dirty world and

resent governments apologized to a stolen generation of children taken from their parents and to a quarter of a million people who as babies were forcibly adopted because their birth parents were unheard and the hague convention oversees adoption but some are concerned not all countries that australia agree. >> and children who experienced trafficking and trafficiced into sfran and separated from their families but not genuine orphans. >> reporter: but they think the safeguard also be enough and there are thousands of couples desperate to adopt and thousands of children around the world in need of homes and the government is edging forward and all too aware of the risk and i'm in sidney. >> reporter: thailand has a ceremony to mark 64 years since

the corps -- coronation and reigned in a country for those who criticize the royal family can be in prison for up to 15 years and they support the acting prime minister are opposed to the law. it's been two weeks now since 16 guides died after an avalanche on mt. everest and many breadwinners for the families and now they rely on government compensation but we report from the capital kathmandu but that money is failing to come through. >> reporter: grief who lost his father. and he had been to the mt. everest nine times supporting him and spent 20 years helping people achieve their dreams. >> translator: he was a very honest and decent man. he used to help everyone. i miss him a lot.

>> reporter: now he prays in his home where the family is observing the traditional 49 days of mourning. these british rituals can cost 10s of thousands of dollars and so far the family has received no money from the government. and his 21-year-old daughter has to look after her brother, sister, and grandmother. >> translator: i'm the oldest one in my family so it's my responsibility to look after my family. if i get a sponsor i will continue my studies but if i don't i will work and let my brother and sister continue their studies. >> reporter: napol association president says every family of the dead has already been given up to $500 and eventually will get $10,000 and tourism admits there are some delays but all the first payout also be made within two weeks. >> it will take some time but it is decided and government will

give the money and other things. >> reporter: mountain guides are well paid compared to most people in napol and can earn between $4-$8,000 a year, many times the national average but it's dangerous work and many young people now live in kathmandu and have no interest in the mountains. those that do want to become guides are better educated, more savvy and want the same rights as international climbers. this is the capitol where many of the community live and they will be coming here to pray for those they lost on everest and maybe get what they want from the government and international climbing committee and also spare thoughts for those continuing the tracking season in a world's tallest mountain, al jazeera at kathmandu. >> nine acrobats after a trick

went wrong and revealed 8 female performers dangling like a human chandilier and went to the ground and a crowd of 4,000 at the circus initially thought it was part of the act. it's not known what caused that accident. in mexico children as young as eight risk their lives to be matadores as bull fighting continues in academies and they are trying to ban young people from taking part and we report. >> reporter: a proud moment for 8-year-old edison and his first fight with a young bull. bull fighting is in his blood. at home he shows me his tools

including his sword and cape and is scared he could get injured but dreams one day of traveling the world. >> translator: i want to be a famous bull fighter and for lots of people to come and see me fight. >> reporter: three times a week he takes lessons at the bull ring where crowds come to watch them fight. for most of the students bull fighting is a family tradition. in their genes they say since the days of the spanish and learn discipline and focus and their trainers say the earlier they start the better. >> translator: this take as lot of time and dedication to be able to become a professional bull fighter so the younger you start the more time you will have to prepare. >> reporter: there are over a dozen of these government-sponsored academies all throughout mexico and teachers here insist it's far from a dying tradition but their critics say exposing children to such violence is wrong. in this video the most famous of

the child bull fighters nicknamed ch i lito is repeatedly knocks to the ground by a bull in columbia and started aprep ---at five and use children to both crowds and there is no age limit and they are trying to ban what he says is tantamount to child abuse. >> translator: we are fed up with violence and ever more and more mexicans want to do away with these sort of violent acts, mexico, columbia and peru are the only countries left that promote bull fighting. >> reporter: watching from the stands edison's parents admit their son doesn't completely understand the dangers. >> translator: we don't know if he has a future as a bull fighter, for the moment it's a game for him and eventually we will see if he has what it takes. >> reporter: they say they will

support his passion until the moment comes when he decides if it's really worth risking his life, rachel with al jazeera in mexico. keep up to date by logging into our website at the address of al jazeera.com. >> the struggling middle class is sure to be one of the biggest issues in the mid term elections. i'm going to ask a republican. and exactly where we can't afford to have them, in our education system and canada's got something america used to have and we'd like it back, please, i'll explain, when we come back. i'm ali velshi and this is "real money."