>> tourists attack in tunisia. the gunmen killed at a museum. welcome to al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. in the next half hour the united states rebuke prime minister benjamin netanyahu of his rhetoric accusing him of undermining ideals. europe central bank's new headquarters are targeted. would you like to buy a

tiger? we'll take you where you can pay to shoot and stuff the indangerred species. >> do youtotunisia'stunisia 19 people and 17 foreigners were murdered by gunmen in tunisia. jacky rowland reports on the brazen attack on one of tunisia tunisia's favorite tourist spots. >> security forces call out for reinforcements. they surround the bardo museum. there were hundreds of visitors inside when gunmen open fired.

some of them managed to get out running for their lives. authorities say the gunmen hunted people down. >> we were visiting the museum. and suddenly we heard big noises. bit by bit we realized there were gunshots. we found a couple with children. we didn't know what to do. we hid in the top floor and we heard that the gunshots had stopped. we went down and there was a guide in the mosaic room. we stayed there without moving until the police came. they told us to run get out quickly, and they took us to the military baraks. >> tunisia's parliament, next to the museum, was in session at the time of the attack. the police quickly moved in, killing two gunmen. there are reports that up to three others who helped the

assailants were on the run. >> we want to send our condolences to the family of the victims. the tunisian people must understand that we're at war with this barbarickism. >> later in the day shock gave way to defiance. hundreds gathered in the capitol voicing their anger. tunisia had been seen as a success story of the arab spring while other parts of the region have been racked by violence this, small country has been making a peaceful transition towards democracy. how the government and people of tunisia react to the violent acts on wednesday will be crucial. >> and japan's prime minister has confirmed that three of those killed in tunisia were

japanese citizens. the u.s. ambassador to japan has expressed her condolences. >> i just wanted to say how saddened i am to hear the learn the news of the loss of those tunisia and we sent our condolences to their families. we wish speedy recovery for those injured in the attack. a government helicopter dropped a barrel bomb in aleppo city. u.s. president barack obama is accuseing israel's prime minister of seeking to marginalize arab-israeli citizen

citizens. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said if he was re-elected he would not allow the creation of a palestinian state. >> glistening in the early spring sunshine, in the distance across the valley the palestinian town of bethlehem construction of the settlement began back in 1997 during benjamin netanyahu's first term as prime minister. desperate to shore up his right wing sport he stated explicitly the reason for the creation was to block palestinian access to southern jerusalem for the first time stating what it was argued for years, that the creation of settlements was strategic intended to block the establishment of a continuous palestinian state. and later the same day he recanted his 2009 commitment to a two-state solution.

>> i think whoever moves to establish a palestinian state or intends to withdraw from territory from radical islamic terrorist attacks. this is the genuine reality created in the past few years. >> basking in another election victory, the prime minister went to pray at the western wall, and was ready to temper the rhetoric of the campaign and labeling those as traitors. >> i appreciate the decision by israel citizens to let me and my friends, against all odds and in the face of powerful forces, and i will do everything i can to care for the security and welfare of all israelis. >> but in the wake of this election there can no longer be any illusions about israeli acceptance of the palestinian state. the reality is that the fact on the ground built by netanyahu and endorseed by millions of

israelis who voted for him. mike hanna in the west bank. >> patty culhane now looks at washington's response to netanyahu's comments. >> it has strained relationship with president barack obama and his administration. netanyahu's comments that arabs voting in mass, they told reporters that that looks to have marginalize arab-israelis. and that benjamin netanyahu no longer believed in a two-state solution. >> based on the prime minister's comments the united states will be evaluating our approach with regard of how best to achieve a two-state solution. obviously i'm not going to pre-judge at this point what that means. >> many people see that as a threat to the prime minister, hinting that the u.s. could go

to the security council of the united nations or not block international action at the criminal court. they did not go into details of what they could do, but they're leaving open the possibility that they could change course as well. >> hundreds of people have been detained in germany after an anti-capitalist rally turned violent. we have reports from frankfurt. >> reporter: violent scenes in the center of frankfurt. police step in to prevent protesters taking over the streets. the movement had called on thousands of people to descend on europe' financial capital aiming to make their point about what they see as a negative impact of austerity policies. >> above all i think the ecb is

a big symbol of monetary policy in europe and capitalism here. and it's very important that lots of people from lots of different countries come together and fight against these politics. >> in some areas of frankfurt clearly that fight took on a physical form. these picture released by the police demonstrate the sort of anger some protesters feel against the authorities and the role of the central bank in it's newly inaugurated building. inside the building the president of the ecb did acknowledge the protesters' point of view, but said that e.u. fiscal policy was not the cause of individual

>> australia, new zealand and france has sent airplanes to vanuatu to help with recovery efforts. andrew thomas filed this report. >> reporter: the first military aircraft arrived on the island of tanna midmorning, force days after the storm. no shelter no food, no water for the people. >> if it's not what is needed on the ground, it's a waste of time. we came in with a reconnaissance party and

. >> this house was already in a tree. tourism is vanuatu's biggest draw. this volcano on tanna is it's top draw. one travel guide picked tanna as

a honeymoon retreat. >> over the course of wednesday more military aircraft have been arriving here. this was the fourth flight to arrive. it's french from new caledonia. the help is welcomed. ships are on their way too after shelter cleared water and food of priorities. both are oner running out. al jazeera vanu ua atu. >> if shinawatra is found guilty she could be jailed up to ten years. the tiger skins and rhino horns are openly traded in laos.

illegal business was uncovered by an investigation of an environmental group. nick clark has the story. >> welcome to the so-called golden triangle special economic zone. it has a casino, hotel it has shops and restaurant with live animals on the menu. this bear cub was apparently available to eat. uncovering investigators filmed what was said to be ryan mow horn for sales. rhinos are an endangered species. so, too, are likers. but you can select between skins. stuffed tigers also available for sale. outside captive tigers are kept in cramped cages. the tiger farm here has plans to breed between 500 and 1,000. >> now captive bread tigers are

legal if licensed. it's the export of their products that is illegal. either way the head keeper here said that licenses and permissions are often ignored. >> over here at the laos government does not manage the tigerrers regardless of how you breed and how you kill. they don't care. >> is it easy to secure permissions here? >> no need for permission. >> no need. if you want to kill, you just kill it. if you want to catch you catch. there is no need for permission. this investigator said that it was frozen tiger meet available to eat. here asystem bibled in a vat a pieced together skull and skeleton of a cat. tiger bone wine can sell for $300 a bottle. they tell the investigator it's very easy this business. it's a road to wealth. the resort is in laos, but it

runs on beijing time and the chinese currency is the main currency here. >> it falls under laos investigation. so both governments of laos and china has the responsibility to fulfill their commitments and end the illegal wildlife trade. >> they're calling on china and laos to investigate the connections between here and wildlife criminals operating in the region. >> last week president nicolás maduro accused washington of

tries to oust him but washington has denied the allegations. most children from low-income families their best chance to get out of poverty is a good education. now a new program in the u.s. state of rhode island is working to give those kids a head start. tom ackerman has the story. >> reporter: it's graduation day for these children aged between 1-3. they're the first to take part in a learning program that relies on their mothers and fathers to boost crucial elements in their future. it's the size and variety of children's spoken vocabulary. the more parents talk to their kids, the faster the children's vocabularyies grow, and the high higher their i.q. test scores. but on average the poorer the family, the sparser the child's word count. so the city of providence, rhode island, is trying to even the

odds. >> we're trying to look for impoverished language environments. those environments we can nurture with better feedback of what is going on. >> that feedback provided by these miniature voice recorders warn by each toddler. each week or two they capture a whole conversation between parents and child and through innovative commuter algorithms measures the quality of their talks. the goal, to maximize their words. >> it's nourishing the baby brain. that internal computer is developing and responding. >> the mother of two-year-old angelo said she has seen early results. >> i knew the program would help, which it did because now he's talking and saying words together. he's doing a lot better than his age, i think. >> scarscarlet talks to her guatemala immigrant parents in spanish. >> it motivates us to give more

time to all our kids so they're also learning. >> it will take years to determine the lasting long-term benefits of this program. meanwhile, more kids are joining it here in providence and other u.s. cities. in the struggle to escape poverty, this is just one tool. but it's success can prove that by counting words words really do count. tom ackerman, al jazeera, providence, rhode island. >> german airlines of lufthansa are under strike. many flights have been grounded, pilots are walking out for two days in long-running dispute regarding early retirement. it's the first time that it has was forced to cancel flights because of strike action. this cosmonaut propelled his country into the lead of the

space race with a single step. we have more on how one man's short walk marked the beginning of a long junior. >> he's 80 years old but his fans keep him union at heart. alexei leonov is a hero in space exploration because of a feat 50 years ago. he had spent 12 minutes outside of the capsule orbiting earth was a huge deal not just for russians but for people around the world. half a century later he remembers the political pressure as well as the technical challenges that he faced. >> what i remember is unusual silence. i heard my heart beating. i heard myself breathing which never happened before, and at that moment someone calls me and says alexei, how are you?

we the members of the politburo are gathered here, and we can see you tumbling there. we ask you to be cautious. we're waiting for you. come back. >> leonov's spacewalk almost ended in tragedy. his space suit inflated, and he could not get back into the spacecraft. at great risk he let out some of the oxygen, and it worked. in october 1957 the soviet union launched the first satellite sputnik into space. sputnik two took the first animal into orbit. in 1961 saw the first human space flight taking yuri gagarin a household name around the world. gagarin is a space pierre while the american astronauts who landed on the moon in 1969 are

part of western culture but they say that leonov is just as important. in 1975 he flew the apollo mission when he and tom stafford from nasa shook hands in orbit. then he went on to codirector of the cosmonaut training facility just outside of moscow. he's a tremendously important figure. >> alexei has opened a special memorial honoring a generation who paved the way for today's space explorers, and tomorrow's. al jazeera. >> now people around the world have been taking in views of the spectacular aurora borealis. the display also known as the northern lights has been especially strong due to a solar storm. it is caused by the eruptions of

the surface of the sunday. sky gazers have been posting images of the light show. and you can find more of those images on our special online gallery. you can find all that on www.aljazeera.com. me? >> put your hands up. >> what are you going to do? what are you going to do? >> get down on the ground. >> what would you do if you were a cop faced with a split-second life or death decision? tonight i'll take you inside the cost of injustice in america. from the hands on lethal force training that is unaffordable to many departments to the taxpayer funded reforms forced on broken police departments that can't fix themselves.