t and surprise us. >> don't try this at home. >> "techknow", where technology meets humanity. monday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> the u.s. says it's deeply disappointed over the decision to delay nigeria's presidential poll and issues a call for atom. calm. from al al jazeera's headquarters in doha, i'm fauzia ibrahim. we're in eastern ukraine where separatists say even if a truce is declared, they will never retreat.

and believe it or not, this is baggedbaghdad. and they have something ocelebrate no more curfew. the u.s. has criticized nigeria's decision to postpone presidential and legislative elections scheduled for next week. secretary of state john kerry has issued a statement saying the u.s. was deeply disappointed with the move. political interference with the decision is unacceptable. it is critical that security occurrence is not a reason for impeding the process. the electoral commission says elections will be held six weeks after planned because of security occurrence. yvonne ndege has the story. >> security chiefs say they could not dparnt safety guaranty the

safety of voters especially in areas in areas of boko haram. >> free fair credible elections consequently the commission has decided to reschedule the 2015 general elections task. national elections i.e., presidential and national assembly are now to be held on march 28th, 2015. outside the electoral headquarters in abuja for days. many are eager for elections to take place. main candidate of goodluck

jonathan modelu bohari. -- mohamedu bohari. at the same time, dereplying a force of more than 8700 to fight boko haram in the northeast. it is a plan to bring security to the region, aa plan that might allow elections to go ahead, but national security has not defeated boko haram in five years, how will they do it in six weeks unless there is another motive behind the delay? >> achieved as a result of the pressure that has come from a party that is scared of defeat in the elections and so if the party has its way to achieve the goal post towards the end of the match then the party will have its way in manipulating the

result. >> under nigerian constitution elections have to take place by the end of april so they could be moved again. resignation and the country's security chief over the postponement of the election, but that's not likely to happen. een voyvonne ndege, al jazeera. give us reaction news of the postponement of the election. >> well, fauzia, there is a lot of disappointment across the country, and supporters of their congress mohamedu's party.

the party itself described the move by the independent national electoral commission as what it said was it wouldn't help us all, because six weeks is not enough to deal with the sense of are security that nigeria has been facing. there has been parts of distrust around lagos was because this because the people's democratic party, the party of goodluck jonathan. >> the schedule is the election is to take place in six weeks but is it enough time to get the security under control? >> this is a question that is on the minds of many nigerians.

the force put together to try ofight boko haram in areas around the control, this is a huge area in nigeria used to affect yawrs and areas and towns and it is now affecting entire reasons borno and abe is six weeks enough time to be able to finish boko haram and be able to have the military once again confident to guarantee the security of not only people who are voting for special staff and the independent electoral commission. this is what many people are discussing right now and many feel it's not enough time to be able to deal with the issues. >> mohamed thank you mohamed adow speaking with us.

the armed offensive against boko haram continues along the borders. troops have been fighting with the armed group in the southeastern part of nye niger. to yemen where houthi rebels remain defiant announcing themselves as the new country leaders. telling followers that this was in fact a revolution. al houthi said hadi's decision to step down had created a power vacuum. >> translator: some political forces and collaborators in and outside yemen fails to understand that the yemeni people are adamant they will achieve their just demands to achieve a dignified way of life.

>> let's go to yemen where we can speak to a yemeni bakes e-based journalist in the capital. we have seen a lot of opposition to the houthi takeover but have the houthis spaicted they would houthis indicated they are willing to work with other factions in the country? >> they are willing to work but the other factions are not willing to cooperate. the houthis are calling for dialogue but dialogue under their terms. the houthis want dialogue but under their terms. they do not want to rule directly but this gives a big chance for their mistakes to be seen and witnessed. in the months to come they need to be not cover of any failures in yemen. the houthis don't want to be in

the front of that. that is why they want allies but don't know how to get allies. no major party in yemen have accepted their constitutional declaration. even during their declaration two days ago they forced many officials to witness the declaration. it is very evident the houthis have the arms and the force but are others wilings to well to accept the houthis or will it take bloodshed for that to happen. >> tell us what life is like under the houthi rule right now. >> for ordinary people life is normal. yemenis do not count very much on the yemeni government. a government of crisis remains a deposit of crisis but what makes it tense right now is it's

starting to get a sectarian umbrella right now. this is worry this could lead into clashes. much of the violence at that took place was on sunnis, where only those who are sunni are targeted. right now the attacks ton houthis are fighting the sunni tribe. and another province by the sunnies as well so this would lead into more sectarian clashes, where will resolve and into a real civil war. >> and dividing the country even more hakim, thank you. the united arab emirates is sending a squadron of f-16 jets

to jordan. both parties are part of u.s. led coalition against i.s.i.l. after it captured jordanian pilot mu'ath al kasasbeh. about. otherwise known as the aap the vote is being seen as a test for narendra modi's popularity. germany's chans angelagermany's chancellor angela merkel, says the united states is considering sending defensive

weapons like antitank missiles to ukraine. and now pro-russian separatists are getting ready for more assault. charles stratford is in the donetsk region with this report. >> reporter: the ukrainian army used to be in control here. these fighters with the self proclaimed army of the donetsk peoples republic say even if a truce is declared they will never retreat. >> translator: we need to keep this position because there is a large contingent of enemy forces there were many ukrainian soldiers here but we defeated them. >> reporter: the fighters say they are ready to push forward a kilometer to where ukrainian soldiers are dug in. >> the separatists took control

ever this area days ago they are busy scalding their position he and removing bodies. they say they will take this dead ukrainian soldier away later in the day. the separatists and the ukrainian military exchange their dead and prisoners increaseingly regularly now. here children drew pictures in support of the ukrainian army. stacked outside among the destruction. >> translator: we didn't capture this land or seize it. we libertied liberated it. this is our land. >> reporter: it isn't exactly known how many civilians were killed in the fighting. as frequently in this war it is the old who are often most reluctant to leave.

>> translator: i prefer to stay here because i don't want to be a burden for anyone. i want to live and die here. >> reporter: there are very few buildings unscathed by the conflict in olgragorsk. stray dogs run the streets. occasionally families return to try and salvage their belongings. it is estimated the separatists have gained several square meters of land. no matter what an attempt of truce may offer, there is no sign they will withdraw. charles stratford, al jazeera eastern ukraine. factories like this one are being crippled by a long

blockade.

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saying the president stepping down caused a power vacuum. stepping up shelling of government troops getting ready for more assault. separatists in the eastern region of ukraine say they will not retreat. an elite conversation recorded involving egyptian president abdel fattah al-sisi. at one place saying, gust states have excessive amounts of money. >> ten, what did i say? >> ten in the army's account. >> when i win the election we will invest this money in the state. we will also need another ten from uae yah and another ten from kuwait. >> samir shat rarvetionhata says the

take will create. >> that alleged some conclusion between the ministry of defense and the interior ministry, some misconduct trying to direct local television stations to cover then general sisi's bid to be president favorably and so on. so that in civility is surprising. i think it will probably make some personal relations a little tense. now there's been some speculation already that with the new king of saudi arabia, the relations between egypt and saudi arabia may change a bit. that being said, what presidential sisi said about some of the gulf states, saudi arabia, united arab emirates and so on have an interest of egypt

not being democratic and the interest of the muslim brotherhood not being in power. it's really about these larger geostrategic interests and of course that hasn't changed. >> well the recording was obtained and broadcast by mika milin a promuslim brotherhood station in turkey. following popular protests forced it out it has now been labeled a terrorist organization. at least six people have been killed after a bus was attacked in bangladesh. called by the main opposition party last month. as mahal satr reports in daka.

>> rawhide starts to go bad after six months. there are no trucks ready to take it to port. >> translator: over the past month i haven't been able to ship one foot of rawhide. i have 150,000 square feet of rawhide sitting here that's worth about half a million dollars. >> across bangladesh, their businesses are being hurt by the blockades or general strikes. which wants to force sheik hasina to shut down. >> main encumbrance to give entrance, the traffic coming through is less than 50% of what it usually is and doorgd some ofaccording to some of the

employees here it's close to ten to 20% of the normal traffic. >> there have been several attacks where dozens have been killed or injured. accusing the bnp of targeting the public to create an atmosphere of fear. >> translator: when we used to go on general strikes we used to go to the bus owners, the workers, the small business owners we went to the general public and said we are protesting against injustice of the government. will you join us? we got them on our side. that's what should be done. what is done now? a bus is thrown into the crowd can you call this politics. >> but opposition activists say they are also victims of violence. this person lives in fear of

constantly being attacked. babu is free but is always in hiding. >> translator: after i was released maybe i got past the four walls of the prison but then all of bangladesh became my prison. >> reporter: the government of prime minister hasina has refused to sit down an negotiate. until there's a political agreement the strikes and violence could continue. mahar al satar, al jazeera daca. people celebrating into the night after a long term curfew was lifted from baghdad. jane ah raf reports. >> for the first time in 12 years baghdad residents don't

need to rush home. the curfew first put in place by the u.s. military and kept in force by the iraqi government is now history. a few months ago there was real fear that baghdad could fall to i.s.i.l. but that threat has dmshed and although therediminished.focusing on getting back on track. >> we believe there this is the right time to send the message to our people. iraq is still at war but the people of baghdad should live their life, life should go on. >> reporter: because of the curfew the mansour mall has closed early. but this one business intends to stay open after midnight. >> translator: the shops will

stay open later and we will benefit. >> reporter: most bombings happen in the daytime. it is not just the curfew, the prime minister has ordered the removal of roadblocks and limits as to the type of weapons security forces the can use. people are fed up spending hours in traffic because of roadblocks. >> translator: you can't have checkpoints in the middle of the street when there's no immediate threat. it leaves us stuck for almost two hours. >> some gathered near tahrir square where some were holding a party. >> translator: you can see that many are happy about the curfew being lifted.

bit now we good about our business during the night. >> reporter: no one thinks lifting the curfew means baghdad is safe, but for some it is certainly more fun. jane arraf, al jazeera baghdad. >> he baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy have spent 406 days in jail. peter greste is back home in australia, after spending 400 daze in prison. baher and mohamed are still in jail. al jazeera demands their re. release. a tanker has leaked more than

560,000 liters of oil. in the easy galapagos islands. people living around the fuego volcano guatemala city. botched treatment by an unregistered doctor. rob mcbride has more. >> in the village of racca people are scared. the deputy village chief was one of the first to test positive for hiv along with his wife and two of their children. >> translator: after it was confirmed we had hiv the rest

of the villages were very afraid. they got tested too. one after another more cases were confirmed. >> reporter: the local medical center now finds itself treating more than 200 sufferers with still more being diagnosed. >> we really got worried when more and more people began testing positive. we know the impact this will all have on the community. >> reporter: investigators quickly identified dirty needles from a doctor. it's held up as a model in disease prevention cutting its 2% infection rate by more than half in the past 15 years. well on its way of achieving its ultimate goal of stopping the spread of the advisor completely by 2020. it's prompted demand for the authorities to crack down or

poor medical standards especially in rural areas. >> as of now we do not have any evidence of such a thing in any other part of the country. and the government is considering conducting other studies. >> back in roka village he tells us the name of uncles aunts and cousins who have been diagnosed. 16 in total after an extended family of 50. >> translator: we know many other people in the village who won't get tested because they feel discrimination if they test positive. >> reporter: those who have the virus have been prescribed a steady stream of anti-retrovirals. >> to me i can accept it because i'm old but for my family, how can they face a life without a

cure? >> reporter: as cambodia deals with the wider implications of what's happened, its impact will be for a lifetime, how long that will be. be. >> a reminder you can always keep up to date on our website aljazeera.com. hi, i am lisa fletcher and you are in the stream. pinpointing pollution culprits plus, as america searches for new sources of energy, fracking operations are expanding. hear why some are urging the industry to rethink where they set up shop. >> if we unite together as one, one people, one voice, we can do it. >> and a group of teens take their case all the way to the supreme court to argue for laws that protect the air for future generations. the latest battles and