>> more anger in vietnam as thousands of chinese nationals are evacuated from the country. hello, welcome to al jazeera live from doha. also ahead - sri lanka marks five years since the end of the civil war, the public commemoration for tamil tigers rebels are banned. the race against time to rescue survivors from floods in the ball cans to kill 25 people.

film festival in cannes reveals life in the war torn country of africa china has evacuated 3,000 of its citizens from vietnam following a wave of anti-chinese riots in which two people have been killed. police broke up an anti-china rally on saturday. protesters gathered near the chinese embassy. the decision to drill for oil caused widespread anger in vietnam. our correspondent aidery jan brown -- adrian brown joins us live from beijing. how is the evacuation going? >> reporter: elizabeth, the first of the vessels that china is sending is due to arrive in the early hours of monday morning. each of the five ships carry

around about 2,000 people, so we are potentially looking at an evacuation of 10,000 chinese nationals. the last time we saw an evacuation of foreigners on this scale would have been just before the united states began its speedy withdrawal of its nappingsals before the -- nationals before the fall of saigon in 1995. 3,000 chinese have been evacuated. the fact that china is sending in warships underlines how soars the situation has become. >> great disturbances over the last few days. no doubt these will have an impact on vietnam's economy here. what is vietnam saying - not just because of the economic implication, but --

>> the economic impact will be huge because taiwan is a large investors, and the taiwanese factories were targeted most by the mobs, the mobs making no distinction between taiwanese and other factories. they targeted a factory displaying a sign with chinese characters. taiwan is a big investor in japan. with so many evacuated, so many businesses shutting down, this is going to have an impact on the vietnamese economy - certainly in the long term. how we move forward from here - well, the language from beijing has been restrained, and the reason we have counter demonstrations in budget is such simply - authorities don't want

gatherings as we approach the june 4th anniversary. adrian brown joins us from beijing. thank you. to other news - north korea offered a rare apology to people that lost relatives after an apartment building collapsed. the company's newsagency significant specify how many were killed, only that it happened last tuesday in pyongyang. the ministry says around 92 families were living in the 23 storey building. in south korea around 10,000 people held a candlelight vigil for the victims of the ferry disaster, and demanded those responsible be punished. 285 died when the ferry capsized, many of whom were high school students. celebrations it mark five years since the end of the

civil war exposed deep divisions. the government have held a victory parade. commemorations have been broken up. survivors of the war say they are suffering - their suffering is far from over. this report from the northern city of jaffna. >> the mark of the minion, worn by tamil women. this woman wore hers since her marriage to a leader of the tam ill tigers. she and the women i met in jaffna say they don't know where their husbands are, and the men were among a group of fighters that surrounded to the military on the last day of the war. >> they loaded everywhere, not just one by one, all the fighters taken after mediation by a priest. there were three bus loads of them. >> this is an elected member of the northern provincial council. >> translation: we don't want

compensation, houses or property. give us our rights. that's what we ask. >> reporter: military spokesman told al jazeera that such cases should be reported to the presidential commission on missing persons, which could make an informed decision on each case. questions about those that disappeared during and after the war are overshadowing the development drive in the north and east. the government spent billions on roads and facilities. the development attracted experts like this, who owned the biggest hotel in northern sri lanka. >> here almost every house has someone outside. if you look at the long-term future, there's always an inflow of money. they have a consumer strength. definitely once the peace comes, it will grow. >> despite positive developments there are views on how the country should mark the end of the war. the government banned ent to

remember the tamil tigers and civilians killed in the war. on friday it's an attempt to remember the dead. the last few months, we feel, again, they are treated again as a terrorist. >> the editor of the newspaper says there cannot be true peace without the government sharing power with the tamil community. >> reporter: rebuilding the line is a part of the programme. many tam ills say the issue about loved ones, many of them fighters is an obstacle between building links between the communities. these women are hoping the mark of the million is not worn in vein. libya's army imposed a no-fly zone over the eastern

city of benghazi. it followed forces. the ministry of health says up to 79 were killed. they accused the irregular forces of carrying out a coup. >> at least 25 people decide in the balkans region of europe. the record rain fall caused rivers to burst their banks. tens of thousands have been forced from their homes. peter sharp reports. >> reporter: three months of rain in less than three days. the worse floods since records began 120 years ago. more than 10,000 people waited for rescue as the waters of the mighty river surged across flood defenses, inundating three cities in its path. air force helicopters plucking

stranded residents from the rooftops, whinching aboard a precious cargo, and following the rains, the landslipped sweeping down from the hills, cutting through communities with no warning. scores died. a death toll that is expected to rise. local schools and sport centers were filled with thousands that lost their homes in a once in a century disaster. >> translation: we left the car behind, motorcycle, chainsaws and valuables. we grabbed the mobile phone and ran. >> reporter: some awaiting news of relatives. >>. >> translation: last time i spoke to my uncle was yesterday. i don't know where he is. i know it's cold and wet. i have no communication with him or the rest of my family. >> reporter: outside the serbian town, there's a sense of urgency

as emergency teams are deployed in last-minute work. preparing their defenses. prisoners from the local gaol volunteered to help whether experts predicted a flood wave, moving down river, whether it's expected to strike. >> wav can leaders pledged to work together. the meeting in paris on boko haram was held in france. french president francis hollande admitted there were surprisingly efficient fighting force. they failed to come up with a strategy, despite strong words from the president of cameroon, bordering nigeria. >> translation: the problem with boko haram is it's no longer a nigeria issue, it's a regional problem, if the not for the whole of africa. we are here to declare wore on

boko haram. >> boko haram fighters take advantage of the borders, we have more. >> reporter: the agreement by west african and central african leaders to join a joint front is a positive step in the fight against a militant group. taking advantage of the border along nigeria and chad, militant groups have been crisscrossing the border and taking advantage of the nature of the border. they have been sourcing their supplies from the neighbouring countries, cutting a path in northern cameroon. this joint front by niger, chad, cameroon and nigeria is going to be something that helps in the long time. in the short-term, if they act quickly it can help in finding the location where the more than

270 were ab ducted were held and may be helped in rescuing them. this has been helped by many. how about the warning that there is need to look into the issues that have brought about boko haram in the beginning, including poverty and employment, and unfairness in the distribution of the country's wealth. now, the veteran sudanese leader has been arrested. he was detained after blaming authorities for violence in darfur. there are fears his arrest will increase political tensions ahead of elections next jeer the husband of a pregnant sued niece woman sentenced to death for aposta sis with convicted for allegedly abandoning is lame and marrying a christian. a judge ruled she should be hanged. her husband is a u.s. citizen

but says he has refused no help from the embassy. >> translation: considering i'm an american citizen, i'm disappointed with america's position. i reported it to them. they did not take interest. they came late, and intervened but it was too late. >> still to come. why this man in the occupied west bank is going to court to get his land back turning office blocks into creative spaces. an art boom shiking up hong kong. -- shaking up hong kong.

it's good to have you with us. these are the top stories on al jazeera. china evacuated 3,000 people from vietnam, following days of riots, in which two people have been killed. china's decision to drill for oil in disputed waters caused widespread anger in vietnam. sri lanka is marking five years since the end of the civil war. the government has been holding a victory parade. commemorations have been broken up. sh israel's civil administration recently announced the confiscation of palestine land in the occupied west bank, raising concerns among palestinian landowners taking their case to court,

accusing jewish settlers of taking their land with fake documents. >> reporter: this outpost was home to 50 israeli families before it was evacuated. many participationed the -- partitioned the court saying they bout the land by this man adds father. a claim he denies. >> translation: they said the land was sold to a palestine middle man, that my father sold them the land. it is not true. they say they have my father's signature. >> reporter: he says his father couldn't sign it, he was illiterate and not in a condition to sign anything, because he was on his death bed. palestine records show a middleman does not exist. this is not the only case. this lease from 2003 was declared a forgery, because the palestinian man who allegedly sold the land to the settlers died 50 years prior.

israeli settlers insist they buy the land legally, and some palestinians take the money and deny it later. >> a big part of the issue are the problem is that palestine landowners feel threatened in a life-threatening situation, which if they are found out to be selling land to jewish people, they could be killed. >> in israeli a nongovernmental organization says it's not true. it accuses the settlers of using false settlement as a tactic, even if it means the truth is revealed later. >> the claims, even though they are not real, helped them to have another six months, another year for that person to be evacuated. >> which is what is happening

now. with five illegal structures sitting on his land. he says it's about more than property. it's about family. >> it's an indecent assault to the dead and the living because the dead can't defend themselves. he says that land and honour are the same, and he will not give up on either. rescue operations are over at a mine where hundred were killed. anger grose. 200 gathered near tabbing sim square. police fired water canon and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd. malawi president jose banda held her last campaign. a corruption scandal could hurt her chances of re-election.

>> reporter: she is one of two female presidents in africa. next week joyce banda will fight to keep her job when people in malawi go to the polls. mittions disappeared under her watch. it was stolen by government officials. she tells reporters that those found guilty will be dealt with. >> because the people that are benefitting from it they'll fight you back, snar you -- smear you, bring you back. i said i have to choose my people, malawians. if i lose the election, someone who comes will have to heed the call that enough is enough. >> some officials are on trial for the biggest corruption trial in history. some believe the scandal could affect chances of re-election. >> they could feel the affect at the districts level, the basic

services, you know, books and when people are suffering, and when people see so much of money in cash going out of the capital, it created a great frustration and anger in the public mind and would have an impact on the elections. >> political opponents say the campaign period has not been fair. opposition parties accused banda of using state money and say she has been buying photos. especially people in rural areas where the largest number of voters live. there are 12 presidential candidates, four are strong contenders. she'll go up against the opposition congress party, the united democratic front and the democratic progressive party. they are the brothers of those that died in office two years ago. those in south will vote. some opposition candidates have

support, and as part of the company. tuesday's election will be closely contested. an outbreak of cholera killed two people. there were fears that the disease will spread to camps around the city. malcolm webb reports. >> if left untreated, it can kill. in the right conditions, it will spread fast. they announced an outbreak of cholera. a number of suspected cases arrived in this hospital isolation unit has grown every day since. >> translation: when i became ill and the diarrhoea started i felt week. i felt my eyes were sunken, i was unable to walk and i was losing strength. >> in woman arrived. within hours she became sick and friends brought her to the

hospital. like most she'll make it. >> re hydration is crucial. the drip contains salt and water. this is what keeps people alive. the beds are arranged outside because in the midday heat it's too hot. at the end of the day they'll take the patients into the words. they are running out of space, and if the cholera outbreaks reaches the camps around the city of juba, they'll be overrun. >> reporter: the rainy season has begun, tens of thousands ran away from the violence. ever since they lived in crowded camps like this. these pitt latrenes collapsed. cholera spread like wildfire. the u.n. says people need to be moved or the camps will become a death trap. the rest of the city has serious sanitation problems. medics say the outbreak can only

be contained if prevented steps are taken. >> if sanitation is for, it's a freeding centers for flies. and they'll jump on food which is exposed. you take it in, you are gone. >> meanwhile some of the patients slowly regain their strength. others keep arriving. it's the country's main referral hospital. everyone hopes they don't get many more. al jazeera is demanding the immediate release of its journalists who have been in prison in egypt for 141 days. the trial of peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed was adjourned again on thursday. they were accused of conspiring with outlawed muslim brotherhood. al jazeera rejects the charges against them. they are due back in court until 22 may. abdullah al-shami, the fourth detained al jazeera journalist

will refuse food. he's been held without trial since august. he's been on hunger strike for four months. in a letter he confirmed where attempts have been made to force-feed them. syria came to cannes. premiering at the film festival is "silverwater", by a director exiled, shot by a journalist, one based in homs. we have their story. [ gun fire ] >> reporter: these images emerge from syria on a daily basis. ons news. on tv screens and now on the big screen at the cannes film festival. silverwater was directed from afar. the syrian make-up cut together

1,000 internet videos from exile. one day he was caught talking and she asked what would you film if you were here. >> movie reel: he told her, this is the result. i start to feel back into syria. this is a virtual window, very real. deep, beautiful. she became my homeland, but after i discover this, yes, for me. >> this is a movie that brings the viewer closer to the daly horrors about life in a war-torn country. it features scenes of rape and death. . >> reporter: you're going back to syria. >> yes. >> reporter: are you scared?

>> if i die there, it's not... . >> reporter: these are people that have lost everything, except their dignity. she carries with her a bag of soil wherever she goes, a piece of whom. >> reporter: it's important to have a piece of it with you at all times. >> yes. there is no language, there is no way to describe the - what i feel. >> reporter: her house no longer stands. her home will never leave her. now, hong kong is in the grip of contemporary art fever. the international show case art basel is pulling artists and collectors from around the world and has born of other creative events in the city.

it's not what hong kong's office blocks are used to. installation artists turns a whole floor into a bunker themed vodka bar. >> we cooked up this idea which was to set up a kind of state in the city. >> he is one of a growing number of up and coming local artists given a stage in the week of art. >> there have been artists in hong kong doing contemporary art since the '50s or '60s. people were not aware of it. >> they are starting to get aware now. once they have got to grips with the modern definitions of art. >> baffling to some, it's baffling to many. around hong kong there are signs that the attitudes may be changing. after years of delays, the government is moving ahead with a museum for modern art. despite inflated property prices, old buildings are being converted into creative spaces.

boutique galleries are flourishing. >> everything moves together. it has made this group decide to move back, setting up home in an unspoiled corner of hong kong, a place to be creative. this is a result. his biggest work - it has some puzzled. >> they see nothing. the photographer hates it. hates the work. because it's just nothing. >> that's because they are not looking close use. a work of so-called duration or performance, the white wall is, in fact, indented with the shapes of 50,000 tiny flags. painstakingly peeled off to leave their mark. in so doing a talent making his impression on the art scene. >> now there has been scenes of wild celebration after atletico madrid wins the spanish league

for the first time in 18 years. thousands of fans poured into neptune square to enjoy the win. it's the first time in a decade, other than in real madrid, barcelona won the spanish league title. much more news on the website... >> for more than a decade, the world has witnessed seemingly endless violence in afghanistan. many tell me the daily reports of the attacks, and the daily killings have ceased to hold much meaning. but for those living in this land, torn apart by war, there's no more important of a time than now. after years of trying to drive back the taliban, most of the nato and utr