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we begin in burki na faso. the africa union has told leaders to hand back power to the government or face sanctions. they've been talking about a transitional government. the army has tightened it's grips on friday when it's president was forced to resign. we're joined live, has there been any reaction or response even to this african union ultimatum, haru? >> there has been nothing official, but he has had a busy day meeting all sorts of people from applications, diplomats, and he has been basically telling them i do not plan to hold on to power. i will hand over power

eventually. he did not give a time frame, but he did suggest if he did step down he would like to hand over power to a speaker of parliament as the constitution says. some people are skeptical. they think he'll perhaps to stall to hang on to power as talks form in transitional government. others say maybe he's right. maybe he'll step down once he feels that someone he can work with will step up in place in parliament. many are waiting to see what the next move will be. >> what are the country's application politicians doing? what are they saying right now? >> well, oppositio opposition parties are having an update. they generally all think, or most of them seem to think that it will be a civilian to take over. the problem is some sections of the opposition are divided. they have their own people that they want in power.

we saw on sunday one woman go to the state tv and saying she was president. that made some other people in the opposition angry saying who are you to say you're president. who said that we don't have a cabinet in mind? there is bickering and jockeying for power in the opposition party. when they hear what they had to say, they had a meeting earlier. but we do know it won't be simple. there are divisions. maybe this government will take a while to form. that could mean that colonel zida will be in power for a few weeks, a few months, depending on what the people say, and depending on whether he decides to listen to the african union and step down from power. >> thank you, indeed, from ouagadougou. >> undocumented migrants have died off the coast of istanbul. six people from pulled alive from the water.

another 16 remain unaccounted for. al jazeera's bernard smith reports. >> reporter: it must have been a terrifying end to what would have been a long and perilous journey. packed on to this boat were 42 migrants and their smuggler when it sank in the black sea. >> reporter: we went sailing around 8:30. even before we cast a net a warning came from the radio from another fisherman. he had seen a corpse in the see. we had seen dead bodies. it was impossible not to see them. there were dead bodies everywhere. they had life vests on. when we picked them up they were stiff. it was clear that they were not drown. she had frozen to death. >> the boat put out a distress call around dawn on monday. it was just over five kilometers off the coast. it's not clear why the boat sank, but it was packed with people and the sea was rough. so far this year an estimated 1,200 migrants have died

crossing the black sea or the mediterranean to europe. that's according to the organization for migration. turkey is a common route for illegal migrants trying to make it to the european union. but the boats they use is often overcrowded and it's difficult to survive if you're capsized in these icy waters. bernard smith. instant bull. >> a navy vessel has been hit during fighting in bengahzi. the ship was docked at the bengahzi port, the army had moved heavy guns in the area to attack militia positions. there are reports that the ship is sinking. fighting for jol of the syrian town of kobane, islamic state in iraq and the levant has been trying to capture the town for six weeks now. on friday peshmerga forces from iraq joins the fight. we have more on the turkey syria

border. >> the sound of coalition aircraft flying above kobane continues as the battle seems to intensify for control of this town. for several hours on monday there appears to have been battles on the southwestern side of the town that kurdish coalition forces and the local syrian ypg, it seemed to open up to another frontier southwest of kobane, trying to essentially pile the pressure on isil fighters. mortars were fired, and shells fired by the peshmerga forces as ypg marched on on the ground. on the eastern side there were now sounds of explosions coming from there as well. it appears that the tempo in this battle continues. the battle has gone on now for over a month. it is a small town and questions are being asked as to why it is

take something long to capture such a small town. >> in northern eastern nigeria a suicide-bomber has blown himself up in a shia ceremony. people marked the holy day of ashour. religious leaders say the death toll is higher. so far no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. in iraq, meanwhile, shia muslims have been targeted with 45 people killed in a serious of attacks in the past two days. we have reports now that there are fears of further violence. >> already violence has struck the capitol. on sunday a parked minivan exploded on this street in baghdad. tents have been set up to greet shia muslims who will arrive on monday night. >> two men got out of the minivan and came to the tent here. they drank tea and ate biscuits before leaving. saying they were going to do

some shopping. the van exploded moments arch. >> reporter: commemorating the death of the prophet as grands grandson. it's significant for shia. the focus for the commemoration reached record levels with some 15 million visiting over the period according to local authorities. across baghdad preparations were under way for the thousands who will be on the streets. despite the danger from attack many are ready to brave whatever may come. >> those isil rats are trying to infest us. infest us with hatred just like al-qaeda did. i'm not scared to be here at all. >> reporter: his words are common here but nothing will stop people from showing their love for people.

>> the government says there is an unprecedented security operation, and they're hoping that ashoura will pass peacefully. >> but already the government's words seem hollow. the religious and spirit nature highlighted across baghdad. food and drinks is important and is given away for free. >> land trade between india and pakistan has been suspended after a deadly suicide attack. the bomb exploded near the check point of the pakistani side. mourners attended the people killed in the blast. 57 people died. 110 others were wounded.

>> we'll get a weather forecast next on al jazeera. then russia said that rebel leaders in eastern ukraine has a mandate to negotiate kiev after a disputed election. we'll tell you why. and a birthplace dispute brought to the supreme court.

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to hand power back over to civilian parliament. it's president was forced to resign, a boat was found capsized off the coast of turkey. 120 migrants havat least 21 people have died. 16 people are sil still missing . bombings in baghdad has killed 45 people in the past two days. the u.s. supreme courtt howt their birthplace as jerusalem schuster be listed. they said israel could be named as the burst place. we go to tom ackerman. to get to the supreme court someone must be suing the u.s. government. who is that in this case? >> the people who are suing are the family, the parents of the

boy who was born in west jerusalem, the part that israel has had control of since 1948, but when they applied for a passport at the u.s. embassy in tel aviv, they were told that they could not register him or have it printed as jerusalem, israel, rather just jerusalem. that is keeping with a decades old policy in the united states that it maintains a policy of neutrality about the status of jerusalem. the family says that it is not trying to make foreign policy here. it is not trying to challenge the president's ability or power to establish a policy about whether jerusalem status should ultimately be determined in the course of israeli-palestinian talks. simply to express their right to that kind of declaration. but the u.s. state department on the part of the government said

that it does have foreign policy implications given the fact that anything regarding jerusalem is always something that is rife with all kinds of repercussions throughout the middle east. >> so what would those implications be, tom? >> the government does not specify about that. and in fact, there's been very little actual back and forth about what this would mean ultimately because, again, this child was born in western jerusalem. it's not as though they were trying to claim that east jerusalem is actually under israeli sovereignty, but anything that changes the american position, and that is held true under every president since harry truman, who recognized israel, that

jerusalem status must be determined ultimately by some kind of decision, some kind of negotiation between the parties. the conflicting parties. >> so many thanks, tom ackerman, washington, d.c. it is the final day of campaigning. the outcome will shape american policy for the next two years. young voters play a decisive role in president obama's first election victory in 2008, but in midterm polls many of them don't typically bother to vote. andy gallagher with efforts to get young people to the polling stations singing. >> at the new israel baptist church, the pastor preaches about the power of the ballot box. >> we're trying to encourage the rest of the people to get out and vote. >> like many church leaders he's focused on inspiring young

people to get involved in politics, but he's acutely aware that it could be an uphill battle. >> i think voting is one of the most important thing there is because our forefathers had the desire and had no opportunity to vote. but now we have people who have an opportunity to vote but don't want to. ♪ turn out for what >> national campaigns like rock the vote turn out to change that. but videos may have limited effect. >> a 25-year-old musician who moved to new orleans more than a year ago. he has had plenty of chances to register to vote and while aware of the midterm elections, they have not piqued his interest. he does fought feel like there is anything at stake for him.

>> if nobody was going to be elected, and he said if i get elected i'll make street musicians' lives amazing. yes, it's time to vote for this guy because it directly next my life. but right now i don't see that. >> despite that louisiana has one of the highest rates of young voters in the u.s. academics say midterm elections simply don't hold the same appeal as presidential elections. >> if they are not seeing results from the two parties, and it's not a big election and it's not a presidential race on the ballot sometimes they feel like it's not worth their time to come out and vote. >> the so-called millennial generation has a powerful electoral voice in louisiana. young voters are increasingly shunning midterm voting. according to the u.s. census bureau, the number of voters who turned out was just over 50%. by 2012 that figure had dropped to 38%. the loss of tens of thousands of

young voices, who in election this is close, could mak make a drinks. >> russia says rebel leaders in ukraine has been given a mandate to negotiate with kiev. that's after elections on sunday which confirm alexander k zakharchen ko as leader of the donetsk people's republic. >> russia respects the voice of the people. he said that the leaders of luhansk and donetsk now have a mandate with which to negotiate with the authorities in kiev. so russia really sees these elections as an act of legitimatization. but it's quite a narrow one

because it's really only moscow and these two breakaway regions themselves who recognize these elections, the e.u. doesn't. the u.s. doesn't. and certainly the governments in kiev doesn't. so really they raise more questions than they answer because what happens next. does this turn in to a frozen conflict, the like of which we can see in different areas, or just a fighting start again because many people in the southeast of ukraine are seeing increased military activity there. and what happens to the minsk protocols, the e. usaid this is a violation of these protocols, and some say there are more sanctions on the way. >> the death sentence has been given to an islam party leader convicted of war crimes dating back to the country's war for

indians in 1971. two other senior members have been sentenced to death for similar crimes. >> visiting the memorial for victims of war crimes during the struggle for independence. during the war this man's entire family were killed. father, mother, and siblings were killed. >> i always said with the last two breaths before i day, first i will say a prayer to allah, and then the second breath i will see that they are punished for what they did. >> destroyers estimate 500,000 people were killed in nine months. by the pakistani military and it's collaborators. many of these collaborators have continued to live as free man as something that angers many. one of the prime minister's election promises was that she would finally bring war criminals to justice.

however the war crimes trials have been largely overshadowed by controversy. last year activists took to the streets in protests saying that their leaders were persecuted for being in the opposition ahead of the general election. 500 people were killed in the political violence that followed. this year has been quiet. no violence until now. some are concerned about the three verdicts that were announced over the past week. >> only the supreme court is supposed to know when the verdicts will be announced and what they will be. but we saw in the past week that several journalists are coming out well ahead of time and saying that the verdicts will be announced on these days, and they will be this or that. this raises questions. >> the government says such allegations are baseless. >> we are trying people who have actually committed war crimes,

who have been responsible for genocidal acts, rape, mass killing. so to term this extreme violation of human rights and genocide into a political case defies imagination. >> regardless of the controversy the death sentence sentences are being held as bringing closure to a country that needs it. but by responding for a week-long general strike there is tension once again in bangladesh. >> i highest court in namibia found that the government there forcebly sterilized hiv-positive women. it coerced hiv-positive mothers to sign sterilization forms. human rights groups say that they did not understand what they were signing.

we go to the group representing the women forcebly sterilized. >> this is namibia's highest court and found three women had been subjected to coerced sterilization. this is the first time that a court on the continent of africa found hiv-positive women were sterilized without consent. this will impact women not only namibia, but we're getting reports from other women in other african countries saying the same thing. saying we're hiv positive and we were sterilized without our consent. there have been documented cases of women being sterilized without consent. there are documented cases in south africa, kenya, and reports from swaziland that women are

being sterilized without their consent. this is by no means a localized problem. the supreme court said that these women need to be compensated and they sent it back to the high court to decide how much compensation these women should get. but it's not only these three women. what we think should happen now the government of namibia needs to step up and investigate all the other claims by hiv positive women who have been sterilized. they need to address these claims and provide redress to those women in the instance that they found that the women have been sterilized. the government needs to take active steps to make sure that the practice has ended but also to address what's happened to these women. >> investigators looking to end to the voting inter galactic crash, the space craft's break system broke early, and a device deployed before the aircraft had

reached the right speed. one of the test pilots was killed in the accident and another was badly injured. france has been battled by mysterious drones flying over nuclear power plants. no one knows where the drones come from or who is controlling them. tim friend investigates. >> it's illegal to fly a drone within five kilometers of a nuclear plant. but drones have been hovering over plants like this one east of paris. no one has claimed responsibility for the flights. often at night. a leading nuclear safety expert, whose advised the french government told al jazeera there was genuine cause for alarm. >> there is absolutely no doubt that one can easily paint a scenario that would be a pleat catastrophe. because these small engines are big enough to carry small

quantities of explosive materials. >> well, this is a piece of equipment that you could buy in a high-street shot for $700. but it's baffled the authorities here in france, and critics say that it's an example of state security not being able to keep pace with potential new threats. >> the flights have been going on for a month, drones have been spotted on more than 15 occasions at widespread locations. france has 58 reactors, the world's most nuclear dependent country. the government is playing down the risk saying the plants can with stand earthquakes and plane crashes. >> for the moment we do not know who is behind this, we don't take this matter lightly, though. but we're not over drama advertisindramatizing it either. today there is no risk to the

nuclear plants. >> green peace has denied involvement in the mysterious drone flights. it's timing suggest a coordinated effort involving more than one person. whoever it is, if caught, they face a $93,000 fine. >> now 13 years after the 911 attacks the world trade center in new york has reopened for business. the tower sits just north of the memorial erected to honor those who died in the attacks. >> reporter: open for business the tallest and most expensive office building in the western hemisphere welcoming it's first occupants, takin the anchor tenant of one world trade center. it stretches above the new york city skyline. the top three floors devoted to

an observe deck. also a gleaming reminder of the day that forever changed new york and the world. it comes after more than a decade of debate and legal battles over reconstruction of the site, and the 9/11 memorial that sits in the shadows. new yorkers we spoke to have mixed feelings. >> it will always be in the back of their minds, but you can't let that affect your life. you have to live your life and carry on. >> would you consider taking a job in the tower there? >> no. >> can you tell me why? >> i don't know, maybe fear. i can't work in any of those buildings. i don't mind working around it, but not in it. >> reporter: security will be tight as the workday begins in what is essentially a modern day fortress for at least the first

20 stories. concrete and rebar more than double the size of other buildings. >> al jazeera's unique brand of news and analysis is available at our website at www.aljazeera.com. >> the far north of europe - a place of extraordinary beauty - home to an astonishing array of