sidewalk,. >> off the sidewalk. >> the al qaeda linked el nusra front says it's captured a lebron nees soldier anlebanese s more executions. >> ahead on the show, the country prepares for a powerful typhoon in philippines. china's former security chief arrested and expelled from the communist party on corruption charges. plus from california to new york, another knight of protests

over race relations in the u.s. the syria based al qaeda offshoot el nusra front says it's killed a lebanese soldier that's been held captive. the group has also threatened to kill another soldier within 24 hours if the government fails too release the detainees. both i.s.i.l. and el nusra currently hold 29 lebanese soldiers, captured in august. jane ferguson joins us from the lebanese capital. what's confirmed jane about what exactly happened overnight? >> well what we know sammy happened throughout the day on friday was as you had said there was an appeal as video came out

on friday morning of a senior nusra commander from the kelamoon area from the syrian border with lebanon, el shashani, he says he was demanding the release of his wife and two small children. on tuesday, the lebanese army here say they had taken into custody two women connected to al qaeda and the el nusra front. it was believed that one was the wife of abu bakr al-baghdadi, the i.s.i.l. commander, strong message from him that he demanded the release of his wife and children. then it was at 11:00 p.m. local time sammy that a photograph was posted on the el nusra twitter page purporting to show the shooting of that lebanese

soldier, in the valley where he was from, we know they cut off the phone from that town where those soldiers were kidnapped from. it is close to there that it is believed they're being held. it cut off the road to the residents in and around this area. >> is the negotiations going anywhere? >> in that video that is released on friday, the qatari s have been involved in trying to secure the soldiers remaining, their release from the el nusra front. he said that delegation was no longer welcome that that person had been coming to arsal to sit down with some of the nusra commanders to negotiate the release of these soldiers but he should not return. it's not clear yet whether -- how that is going to affect the

negotiations ongoing. it does seem like a setback for the qatari negotiations. whether the lebanese themselves will try to directlily engage, is not clear either. the families are putting pressure on the government to secure their release. they have camped outside buildings in the capital since september. >> jane thanks for that. there's been a drone strike in yemen now, after that u.s. drone strike. for more information, i'm joined via skype by hakim asmadi, editor in chief of the yemen post. from sanaa. was it part of another attempt to free the u.s. hostage held in yemen? >> complicated sammy, with

senior officials telling us different information. the majority of officials we talked to said that yes, this was an attempt to free the american journalist, luke somers when others are denying. the drone strike came after the clashes after the majority of the killing happened. so there was clash of forces between al qaeda fighters and government troops. there is no proof as of now of u.s. troops being involved in the forces but this seems to be an attempt by the u.s. government to force the yemen government to push forward to free luke somers before the deadline take place. and as you know the results will happen. >> what exactly are the demands of the captives, what does al qaeda in the arabian peninsula want? >> no demands in the lathest

video. nor in the previous videos. in the past you had the committees between the militants and the government. well in this case, the mediation committees are not there. so the government in all situations does not want to be involved in any ransom cases. from my experience in the past. so it seems that al qaeda is not mentioning demands but once the government or the deposit given in what they can for the release of luke somesr asking for what it wants. >> all right we'll leave it there, thanks so much. hakim asmadi. the relatives of the luke s,

he was kidnapped in september, where he was working as a photographer for the yemen times. luke's family has also reported a new video first obtained by al jazeera appealing for his release. >> luke is a kind friendly and intelligent person and he has never harmed a soul. even though there continue to be incredible injustices in the world, his kind personable means, give him a chance to see my brother again. >> my son luke, we are so proud of you for the way you have chosen to live your life. there are not enough humanitarians in the world like

you. we desperately want you to be released and be home with us again. it's been too long and we need you here. we love you more than words can express, luke. >> china is to investigate one of its most senior officials for corruption. now been expelled from the communist party. his downfall comes amid an unprecedented campaign to weed out corruption. aid adrian bn has more from beijing. >> chose midnight on friday. jo young kang, home of the vast domestic security apparatus he had files on anyone that wanted. now he's the most high ranking communist party official to be prosecuted in 30 years.

xi jinping clearly is a new letter, came in power in 2012. and jo yung kong was the most powerful of his opponents, sends a message to everyone else that xi jinping is powerful. >> the polit bureau, head, in theory he was untouchable but he was placed under house arrest and hasn't been seen of since. jo is accused of a widespread abuse of power, accepting bribes, leaking state secrets and if that wasn't bad enough committing adultery with a number of women. coming to power two years ago, almost immediately, he began an anticorruption campaign, that has so far ensnared thousands of party

officials including generals in the people's liberation army, i'll go after tigers and flies he said referring to low ranking and high ranking officials and they don't get much higher than jo. >> translator: xi jinping is awesome. for all my life i haven't seen chinese leaders who can be so tough. chinese people can expect a better life now. >> this is a milestone in the anticorruption campaign. jo is the highettes ranking official taken down in three decades, it is remarkable. >> reporter: others say the campaign is genuine. an admission that the party's now so corrupt its very survival is now at stake. adrian brown, al jazeera in

beijing. >> half a million people in the philippines are expected shelter ahead of the typhoon that is scheduled to make land over the weekend. winds up to 215 miles per hour are expected, people in places like tacloban are still recovering from the last typhoon. scott heidler, are they prepared for this one? all right, we're sorry. sounds like we lost scott there. we'll try to go back with him. probably the weather playing with the phone lines. richard gordon is chairman of the philippine red cross and he explained how emergency services are preparing for the storm.

>> we have 55 provinces right now that are affected by this humongous typhoon. we have 25,000 parcels being packed right now. obviously we can't just deliver anyplace else until we are settled. the typhoon is prepared to make landfall tomorrow. we are prepared with payloaders so we can get this in, everything is ready to get in and rescue, rubber boats, so i guess we can be -- this is so big, we need a lot of help but we're going to cope. people are already in schools, which have been transformed into evacuation centers. yes they're being looked after. the government has declared a

state of calamity in certain areas and the government and the red cross will also be cooperating to try deliver food parcels to all these people as well as psychosocial support, water and medical support. >> well, still to come on al jazeera, find out why the maldives is forced to bring in drinking water from abroad. plus. >> i'm in india where the government is helping to address an urgent shortage in affordable housing.

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>> let's recount the headlinesh. the syria based al qaeda offshoot el nusra, ignoring their request to release relatives of its leaders. at least ten people believed to be linked to al qaeda have been killed in a drone strike, happened in shabra province, may have been connected to trying to free an american hostage. half a million people in philippines are seeking shelter lady of a massive tierch typhoo, packing wind speeds of 215 miles an hour. third night of protests in cities across the united states. after grand juries decided not

to indict white police officers who killed unarmed black pen. thousands rallied in the streets of new york, and oat major cities in the u.s. killed in ferguson and new york city. putting the spotlight on alleged misconduct. while protesters claim the police misuse their authority, christiakristin saloomey report. >> they put their life on the line every day. >> they have to watch their back, i sympathize with them. >> reporter: it's a opinion largely drown out of late. after the decision not to charge

a white police officer with the death of a black man, there's no do you believe where the mayor of new york's sympathies lay. >> we're not dealing with years of racism or dates of racism we are dealing with centuries of racism that has brought us to this day. that is how profound the situation is. >> what police officers felt yesterday after that press conference is that they were thrown under the bus. that they were out there doing a difficult job in the middle of the night protecting the rights of those to protest, protecting our sons around around -- and daughters and the mayor was behind a microphone like this, throwing us under the bus. >> married to a black woman he has worried publicly about the possibility of his son being

mistreeded by police. >> as the commander in chief of this city he walks a fine line between reforming the department and relying on it to maintain order. he and police commissioner braton have promised to retrain officers, a more measured approach focusing on police supervisors would be more effective. >> the diversity training that is offered in the aftermath of a scandal primarily falls on deaf ears. officers know they are penaltied for this, so the training that is a direct outcome of a scandal usually don't work. >> reporter: the mayor will need the backing of the rank and file especially in the days to come as activists are planning daily demonstrations.

kristin saloomey, al jazeera, new york. nearly 100 ra rangoons, fled the country trying to find a better life. approximately a thousand, around 200,000 refugees in bangladesh and from there, towards india and nepal, almost 100,000 rahinga are said to live in refusing camps on the border. places like indonesia and australia. florence louie reports. >> tatong village bustles, sustains many families around here.

it is one of the few industries in which the rahinga, an ethnic minority the myanmar government does not recognize can still find jobs. around 40,000 were displaced after the war broke out in 2012. the rahinga are confined without freedom of movement. for sheik asmat the only way to provide for his countr family io leave the country. >> i don't want to stay here anymore. i can't feed my children. my children are always asking for food. i know the journey is risky but i leave it to a allah. >> he has bought an illegal passage out of myanmar, will

plan to travel from malaysia or thailand. this fishing boat which normally holds about ten fishermen and crew will have 50 or 60 packed on board. there's no high tech navigational equipment and if their journey takes longer than expected they could run out of food and water. despite the rifngz, mor risks, e are making these risks. they usually approach a boat owner and pay him $100 to take them. it's cheaper but riskier because the passages are less sea worthy. still it spawned an industry of sorts. this man says he's arranged for

his sister and a dozen others to leave. >> i contacted the boat owners, i'm not doing it for money, i just act as a go-between. >> the boats depart from quieter beaches, only at night. they usually bribe the myanmar navy. countless want to escape from the country that doesn't want them. florence louie, al jazeera, myanmar. emergency water supplies to the maldives. a fire at a plant has led to severe shortages of water, caroline malone explains. >> drinking water has been brought into the maldives from india to help make up for a shortfall on the capital island

of mali. >> there will be another five flights tomorrow, there will be ten flights of drinking water to be carried. we have also made arrangements of two ships to move to maldives. >> 150,000 people live in mali. there was a fire at the production plant used to serve the island on thursday. >> mali is very heavily populated and hence our lienls e on one plant for desalination. there is water available in the rest of the country. water is being released even now and from tomorrow onwards, additional water would be released to the public. >> maldives is an archipelago. some have lived with water

shortage before. bull the maldives says china and the united states have confirmed that they will insis assist in g water supplies going again. caroline malone, al jazeera. >> the icc's chief prosecutor withdrew charges against uhuru kenyatta. cuched of organize straighting post -- accused of orchestrating violence, witnesses were bribed and intimidated. within its 16 year history the icc has come under criticism for failing oprosecute most of those it's charged. sonia gallego looks at how it

operates. >> a budgets of hundreds of thousands of dollars a year and only two convictions. the international criminal court stands accused of inefficiency. international crimes of ye genocide, crimes against humanity, fallen short of those aims. >> it's a court of last resort and shouldn't be used for internal disturbances where there is already a judiciary in place. >> since its beginning the icc has cost over 21 billion. it's only convicted thomas lebanga, over the issues in democratic republic much congo. it's only investigated cases in africa among those who have been indicted by the icc, moammar

gadhafi. also charged with crimes against humanity but after his capture in libya the authorities there stated their intention to try him themselves. sudan's president is accused over the darfur genocide. little prospect of him traveling to the hague. the collapse of the kenyatta case, it has no power to make them do so. so far there's little april tide for tackling the criticisms leveled against the court much less call its future into question. son yah glaisonia gallago.

al jazeera. two weeks ago authorities arrived at this illegally constructed city slum and bulldozed more than 300 homes. like all her neighbors, her family moved here from another state and built a small brick house on this patch of forest. >> translator: i came here to earn money and make a life. we built this house to have a better life. that's why we came to delhi. >> people here admit they don't own this land but they say think cannot afford to live anywhere else. every year people move to cities, looking for jobs and a better life. problem is, there's no homes for them to live in. land has become increasingly scarce and expensive. pushing them into migrant cities

like this. india's government has promised housing for all within the next eight years. the to make homes more affordable they are encouraging foreign direct investment fdi for allowing companies to invest in smaller projects with less money. for indian builders it's a welcome move. >> we were crying for capital for the last decade and there were certain anomalies in the fdi rule that permitted the investor to come in, so this is a great beginning. >> but advocates for the urban poor says the initiative will do let to ease the housing crisis. >> the real estate companies would like to build a house for very, very poor. it has to be the responsibility of the state. and the state has to invest in it. fdi might be very good for the

upper milt class or middle class but not for the very, very poor population like them. >> so the residents of ranpur bahadi, building their own home so they're going to build here until the government can give >> the house of representatives has set up a roadblock to the president's immigration policies passing a law requiring him to cease and desist, and 17 states are suing him. symbolism or substance. it's inside story.