>> booep booep carnage in nigeria - two bombs explode near a crowded market killing more than 100 people. hello. welcome to al jazeera live from doha. also ahead - outrage as israeli forces shoot dead two palestinians. the u.n. and the u.s. demand an investigation. thailand under military rule - the army says it will hold talks with the government and the opposition. plus, a controversial ad

campaign in the u.s. that is comparing muslims with a nazi. the death toll from two bomb attacks in nigeria passed 100. the attack took place in the central city of jhost, the twin explosions ripping through a crowded market. no one has claimed responsibility, but analysts say it bears the hallmarks of the armed group boko haram. we have this report. >> reporter: the target was a busy marketplace near to a bus terminal and railway station. police say the bomb was packed in a mini van, designed to cause as many deaths as possible. >> by the time i went there i i look at dead bodies. >> reporter: a second blast in a truck packed with explosive left off less than 30 minutes later,

hitting some of the initial response teams. >> lesson learnt is that there's bound to be a secondary explosion. so one doesn't - every person lay on the floor. >> reporter: a fire broke out that gutted the bus station and burnt the dead. jovt has been a flash point that saw two years of relative peace. until now, part of a violent campaign waged across the country. there has been no claim of responsibility so far, but this attack is suspected to have been carried out by boko haram, an armed group based in the north. president goodluck jonathan's spokesman says the president assures nigerians that the government is committed to winning the war on terror, and this administration will not be cowed by atrocities. the most audacious attack was the kidnapping of more than 200

schoolgirls in northern borno state. it attracted the world's attention. the french president hosted a meeting in paris on saturday, where nigeria and its neighbours agreed a strategy. a force was set up to control the border areas. france and u.s. committed to more resources. for those shopping in the market, the plans may not be enough. hundreds of kilometres away hundreds lost their lives while operations were being coordinated. abuja has been rallying in protest to the kidnapping of more than 200 school girls by boko haram. the government is confident they'll be found, with international support. it's been more than a month since the girls have been tan.

the united nations and the united states called on israel to investigate the killing of palestinians. human rights say they didn't pose a threat. some images are disturbing. >> reporter: a day of widespreadanti-israeli protests. this is it the annual situation marking the formation of the state of israel. known as the catastrophe. a short distance away security footage emerged showing two palestinian teenagers shot and killed. witnesses say neither posed a threat to the israeli soldiers that fired on them. a senior u.n. official grace. >> the u.n. calls for an investigation and transparent investigation by the israeli authorities on the two deaths, and urges israel to adhere to basic principles on firearms by

law enforcement officials. >> a careful statement from the us state department asking for additional information. >> we are closely following the incident and the video and seeking additional information from the government of israel. we have been in touch. we look to the government of israel to conduct a prompt and transparent investigation to determine the facts surrounding this incident, including whether the force was proportional to the threat posed. >>. >> reporter: this is the video triggering the investigation. the two teenagers shot within metres. witnesses scramble to their aid. neither survive. responses from israeli and palestinian officials were polls party. >> this was a situation where there was a threat to life for the policeman and they operated accordingly. as for the edited film, i have seen many. i have not seen the slip, i'm familiar with the method. >> the fact that the united

states and the united nations among others asked for an investigation is a proof that there is a foul play, and that there is an assassination by these israely soldiers against the young me. >> where multiple ongoing investigations, there's little optimism of a resolution in the palestinian territories, this is a case where the incident was caught on camera. well, the head of thailand's army is to chair a meeting with political leaders, whose confrontation caused months of tur mail. soldiers surrounded the area with red shirts loyal to former prime minister yingluck shinawatra. the government she left want elections in august. opposition is demanding a new administration. our correspondent is joining us live from bangkok. veronica pedrosa, the meeting between the general and the

number of key players, not, i understand, what is left of the actual eric shinseki administration. what is that about? >> well, i think that the issues that are most pressing to get thailand out of this political crisis, which is, in fact, been burning slowly since 2006, the last military coup, simply needs to look at the fighting party, the battling party more closely. the priority is to talk to the leadership of the party, and the leadership of the so-called pcrp yellow shirts, anti-government protesters, who have been clogging the street in certain areas of bangkok over the recent months. the fact is that the administration of yingluck

shinawatra, over several months, the power has been diminishing. when she was ousted on wednesday by the constitutional court. there is the person who replaced her, who has, himself, admitted that he does not expect to stay in power for long. he has no ambitions to run to be prime minister himself. >> this meeting and trying to etch out a roadmap, what are the chances that it can please both sides of the political divide in thailand, and what is the mood like there. what are the people there hopeful of here? >> well, to answer your first question, there is no chance at all, really, that there is a cure-all solution that will please everybody, because they want such diametrically opposed outcomes to the situation. the issue will be to try and

make people work together in order that government, the economy runs. we have to - economic figures were out the other day. thailand is zero growth at the moment. it is, really, a massive decline for a country seen as a tiger economy of south-east asia. tourism has declined. there's an idea that people want practically, pragmatically to get the economic machine on the road. there are also those people who don't care. they simply want to fight this out and get power back where they want it, in their own hand. that is on both sides of the political divide. so it will be difficult to find the right kind of solution. i think everyone really would like to have elections at some point. but the issue for the opposition

is that they want to have reforms before elections, or at least that is what they say. you ask about the mood on the street. i'm speaking from a coffee shop that is close to central world, a busy shopping mall. the people here were telling us that their businesses declined by 70% since the demonstrations started. and they have no customers yesterday when martial law was declared. the mood was proonsive as long -- apprehensive as long as the political uncertainty conditions. thank you veds , joining -- veds , joining us from bangkok. >> three men were convicted of killing an investigative journalist, who was shot in the elevator of a moscow apartment building in 2006. her work was critical of

vladimir putin, and opposed to his policies in chechnya. russia and china are working on a big gas deal. vladimir putin is in shanghai for a strategic summit of asian state. they have signed several agreements of cooperation and hold talks on supply in china of 30 years of gas. >> adrian brown has more from beijing. >> reporter: vladimir putin needs a political and economic boost, signing a gas deal with china, providing china with 40 years of gas would give him that. he needs to diversify the gas market. economic sanctions slapped on russia over the crisis in ukraine, and the annexation of crimea are biting into the russian economy. china needs the deal to happen. it needs to lessen its dependence on coal and find energy to boost its economy.

the chinese are driving a hard bargain when it comes to price. they know that vladimir putin has difficulties and are using it to get the best deal on china's terms. the two countries signed 49 agreements, but not so far the one that matters the most. >> pakistani military jets bombed taliban tribal regions. 42 were killed in the fights in the north waziristan areas. the crisis in pakistan's television network is a threat to the media regulator. some members ordered the suspension of the geonet licence. a surprising move, the decision was disowned. our senior correspondent in islamabad has more. >> pakistan's electronic media authority has 12 members, five

private. the other seven are from the government. the government is, of course, resisting any move to ban geo tv after an announcement by the private members of the pakistan electronic mediator regulatory authority, that three china's inguding geonews and entertainment would be shut until a final decision is made on the 28th of this month, as to whether their licence should not be cancelled. the licence suspension news came in a press conference, but was shot down by the government members of the regulatory authority. therefore leading to chaos within the organization itself. there was considerable pressure across pakistan, not just from the ordinary public, but from the religious party who were angered by a recent morning show on go tv, deemed to be blass

famous, and they are farming if the regulatory authority is not able to stop geotransmission, the religious parties will lay heed to the office in islamabad. go in trouble, and an expectation that been the next few days or week it may be shut down. >> still ahead - ukraine's richest man breaks his silence on the country's crisis. we'll bring you the details.

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these are the top stories on al jazeera. at least 118 people have been killed in two bomb explosions in the nigeria city of jost. the twin blast hit a bus terminal and a crowded mark. there has been into claim of responsibility. the u.n. and the u.s. call for a full investigation into the killing of two palestinians by israeli security forces. the head of thailand's army to chair a meeting with rival leaders as the country remains under marshall law. yemeni - they are marking 24 years since the union of the north and south, amid calls for ses session. separatists in the south say they are marginalised. many have taken up arms against the army. we have this report from the

capital. >> reporter: this is yemen's most ambitious stril project. oil shipped from this port in aiden to over the world. the oil and gas fields are located in the south. oil and gas rev niece estimated at -- heavy noose estimated at billions have become a divisive issue. in aiden, the port city, these people say they are marginalised. now they want to breakaway from the north. >> the north invaded us, occupied our land and subdue gated our people. they want to destroy our identity. >> in the capital yemen's powerful tribesman, politician and political parties agreed to create a federation of six regions, each with its own legislation and local

government. the oil minister is from the south. he sees federation as the level god against calls for participation. >> the federal system will support the areas, starting from the small districts, where they can build themselves depending on the development. those areas have been neglected. it's time for us now to compensate those areas. >> the level seller is a businessman from the southern province. he now lives in the area where most of the wealth goes to the elite in the north. >> translation: oil revenues go to the elite in the north. investments are controlled by powerful people in the north, powerful tribesman, leaders, army officers based in sanaa. >> reporter: the situation is tense in adden. for these separatists, reyun itchication is not something to celebrate but a moment of shame and humiliation.

yemen's leaders say a federal state is the level way to address injustice and ipp equality. many in the south are -- inequality, many in the south are skeptical. five days out from presidential elections, politicians promise to make the state of egypt's economy the top priority. the political turmoil worsened unemployment, inflation and growth. both presidential candidates plan to deal with jobs and poverty. >> reporter: one in four egyptian lives on $2 a day. egypt's cash reserves are low, unemployment is high, growth is slow and foreign investment almost non-existent. the region's third-largest economy doesn't fare well when it comes to poverty.

$60 million live in slums. families of eight live in the small room. the political turmoil meant living conditions are worse. civilians are in charge. >> there is talk that the army owns 40% of the economy. this is not true, it does not exceed 2% of the economy. >> reporter: economists say there are other reasons holding back egypt. mismanagement and corruption in growing state-funded subsidies have been a problem, specially on basic goods. researchers say an unfair tax system is an issue. between 2008 and 2012, egypt's largest cooperations contribute 13% in taxes, less than half the amount paid by individuals. the disparity in income between the poor and rich - a graduate doctor earns $60 a month forcing

millions to travel abroad. the majority under the age of 30. faced with the challenges, egypt's interim government announced infrastructure projects - a rise in minimum wage and cancelled fees for state-owned schools. people have not seen economic progress. short igements and power out -- shortages and power outages are a part of daily life. solving the issues are at the heart of the campaign. >> i'll by 1,000 trucks, each with 200-300 young men working on them. we'll drive them to farms. >> the front runner is retired army chief abdul fatah al-sisi. he is hinting at cutting spending and reducing poverty. egyptians have heard it all before. from the hundreds of thousands struggling to survive every day, promise alone don't mean much.

al jazeera has written to several of the world's leading political figures asking them to help secure the release of its journalist abdullah al-shami. he has been held in a cairo prison without trial for more than nine months. the company has accused the authorities in cairo of endangering his life. abdullah al-shami has been on a hunger strike for four months and continues to refuse food. he confirms he's been put in solitary confinement where there has been attempts to force-feed him. the al jazeera letter has been sent to the u.s., french and british foreign ministers, as well as senior e.u. and u.n. figures. in it al jazeera lawyer cameron doherty wrote:

al jazeera is demanding the release of its other journalists who have been in prison in egypt for 144 days. the trial of peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed is set to resume on 22 may. they are accused of cop spiring with the muslim brotherhood -- conspiring with the muslim brotherhood. al jazeera rejects the charges. the richest man broke his silence saying he supports the government. he ordered workers to protest against separatists. >> reporter: a siren sounded, steel workers gathered outside the factory, responding to a video message by the billionaire industrialist, calling on them to rally against pro-russian separatists. >> translation: is looting in cities and taking hostages a fight for the region? no, it's

a fight against the people, genocide of donetsk, and i'll not allow them to destroy donetsk. >> reporter: about 1,000 took part in the rally. the factory director warned them breaking away from ukraine would be disastrous, and could be the end of their jobs. the workers listened and clapped. for many months the openers cards were close to his chest. now, he has made his decision clear. he's in favour of remaining within a united ukraine. >> at the same time another rally took place in the regional capital and fewer people turned out. the rallies may not reflect the influence of a man that enploys nor than a quarter of a million people. >> the fact that he has taken a

position will strengthen the central government, the new ukraine that is emerging, and will mean that probably the turn out at the presidential elections next sunday will be higher than people were earlier assuming. >> reporter: at the headquarters of the so-called people's republic of donetsk pro-russian activists were not impressed by the warning of imminent economic disaster. >> translation: i never thought he would betray us like this. he sold out. he used to be normal. >> translation: i think we can work ourselves by ourselves. the regions support the whole country. ukraine has serious economic troubles so it's not in his interests to exacerbate the crisis. a leader of the separatist

threatened to nationalize the factory. he may decide dialogue rather than confrontation is the way ahead. venezuela's president accused the raits of metedaling in his country's internal affairs. he made the comment at a meeting with government ministers. they respond to proposed u.s. laws that seek to punish venezuelan officials accused of human right violations. >> translation: i reject and hate the interference of these right-wing sectors of the united states and internal affairs of venezuela. ananti-islam group in the u.s. is using public transport to spread its message, asking the u.s. to stop support for muslim countries. >> reporter: 20 of washington's buses are carrying this sign through the streets, the message

that the muslim carron prescribes -- koran prescribes hatred of jews. the ad is sponsored by pamela gealear, a high-profile activist, who waged campaigns against the building of mosques, saying islam is a danger to america. >> there's a call for the genocide of the sword of muslims. it's a holy - it's in the koran. >> gealear says they demand ending u.s. aid to muslim countries was provoked by this one. a pro-palestine group posted it on the city's buses. muslim civil rights groups say gealear and her allies distort islam, but agitate for religious conflict. >> the hate atmosphere that they generate leads to vandalism of mosques and discrimination against american muslims and

harms the society. hate is core osive to any society. that is what pamela gealear is promoting. >> reporter: the anti-islamic ads have application upped the freedom of speech. washington's transportation authority tried to turn town previous ads, but as public property the buses were not subject to political censorship. the council on american islamic relations response to the ad - free copies for the koran for anyone to examine the message for themselves. now, the authorship of a great rock composition is disputed in a court of law. [ ♪ music ] rock band led zeppelin is accused of copying parts of its

1971 classic "stairway to heaven" from this [ ♪ music ]. >> that was a 1968 hit "torrs" plays by spirit. members of led zeppelin denied the accusation. both touring in the u.s. >> when people used to be arrested and charged with serious crimes against the united states and it's people, the next stop used to be a courtroom in the united states. after this latest terror trial in new york ended in conviction, we asked, why are we trying terror suspects anywhere else? it's the "inside story."