ream". >> "the stream". today, at 1:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> tunisia's president sauce a war against terrorism at two people believed to be behind the deadly attack are named. >> welcome to al jazeera. coming up on the program soldiers from chad and niger retake a town in northeastern nigeria from boko haram. >> tiger skins rhino horns and bear claws a look at illegal wildlife trade. >> who's not looking forward to

friday's solar eclipse. >> two people are named behind the deadly attack in tunisia at a tourist site. the announcement follows the president's promise to wage a merciless war against terrorism. this is the scene in tunis right now. that's the entrance to the compound that's home to the national museum. a couple of armed guards are stationed outside. this is what happened on wednesday. >> too gunman entered the museum, killing at least 14. 12 of them tourists with that their motivations are still unclear. hours later, security forces stormed the bardo which is in the same compound as the government compound. people gathered to pay respects to the people killed in the attack. they held flag and banners

denouncing terrorism. >> politicians were in the middle of a debate on new anti terrorism laws. a draft was originally presented last year with a broad definition of violence including vandalism, reparations for victims and free health care and judicial assistance. the draft included the creation of a commission to design a prevention program including better education. >> libya's tripoli government said different groups have claimed responsibility for explosions near tripoli's only working airport over the past week. sunday isil said they were behind an explosion injuring five security personnel. the latest blast at the airport

meant the delegation from tripoli couldn't travel to morocco. >> four have been killed after heavy fighting in southern yemen. the battles forced the international airport in aden to be closed. forces loyal to president adou rabbo mansour hadi, he insist he remains the legitimate leader and trying to build a power base in aden joanne international coalition fighting boko haram has driven the armed group out of a town in northeast nigeria. niger's army said the area was retaken over the weekend. 228 boko haram fighters were reportedly killed during the operation. we have more. >> if these reports about major towns being recaptured by boko haram by the military are accurate, it could mean the beginning of the end of the boko haram insurgency.

over the last four weeks various towns have been recaptured this one the scene of a massacre where 200 people were killed and two other towns. two days ago the military spokesperson tweeted that another more are free, born know is soon to be freed by hour able military, hash tag never again referring to the states in the northeast worst affected by the boko haram crisis. there, misinformation and inaccuracy around the battle before. nobody is holding their breath or saying it's all over, but if the reports are to be believed, the end of boko haram according to the military is on the horizon. the impact on the election has to be positive. the presidential poll is due on

the 28 of march and security has been a major concern. the ability of people in the region to vote has been a major concern. if the security situation has improved with that the belief that's election will go off peacefully and safely. >> the united nations human rights office says islamic state of iraq and the levant fighters may have committed genocide. the human rights report said isil fighters committed war crimes and crimes against humidity by trying to wipe out minority yazidis. it is referred to the criminal court for prosecution. >> the clock is ticking and an agreement over the future on iran's nuclear program. a fourth day of talks is underway in switzerland. u secretary of state john kerry and his counterpart hope to reach an agreement by next week. our james bays is in law san with the latest. what do you hear about the latest issues and how they're

being overcome, if at all? >> they're being overcome if they're going to be overcome by intense diplomacy underway. it's been underway now for four days here in lausanne, meeting started this morning starting off with a tech until meeting the u.s. energy secretary dealing with his opposite number the head of iran's nuclear agency. now a bigger meeting taking place, that joined now by the iranian foreign minister and the u.s. secretary of state. these are high level figure, investing a great deal of personal time here in lausanne, because they believe by fleshing out in these meetings all of the details, they hope to be able to get that deal. they know that this nuclear interim deal has been extended now a number of times and most parties will tell you they think the window is closing and they really do need to try and get a deal on this time line. let me remind you the time line for the framework deem is the

end of the month and then the time line to get all the technical details technical annexes after that framework will be june. >> do you think they'll get a deal? >> it's an almost impossible question to answer at this stage, jane, because we're getting snippets from people coming in and out bits and piece, but unless you're around the table the iranians and u.s. have their foreign ministers here, but they're the p5 plus one, the five permanent members of the security council, as well as germany all represented. the big clue will be if you see all of the other foreign minister's flying in here to lausanne. that will mean they're very, very close and they need to do the very final part of the negotiation. no indication about that. lots of swirling rumors, but when you see that, you'll know things are moving to a point where they're very, very close. >> all right, james bays, thank you. >> israel's central election

committee released its latest vote count confirming a win for benjamin netanyahu. his right wing likud won 38 seats, the zionist 24. there's concern over netanyahu's lack of support for a palestinian state. >> in the early spring sunshine, the early settlement and across the valley, the palestinian town manufacture construction of this settlement began in 1997, during benjamin netanyahu net's first term at prime minister. >> desperate to shore up his right wing support netanyahu returned to this area in the last days of his campaign with this as a backdrop. he stated specifically that the reason for its creation was to block palestinian access to southern jerusalem. for the first time, stating publicly what palestinians had argued for years that the creation of settlements is strategic, in tended to block the establishment of a

continuous palestinian state. >> later the same day he recanted his 2009 commitment to a two-state solution. >> i think that whoever moves to establish a palestinian state or intends to withdraw from territory is simply yielding territory for radical islamic terrorist attacks against israel. this was the reality created here in the past few years. >> banging in another election victory, the prime minister went to pray at the western wall and starting to temper the fiery rhetoric of the campaign. >> i appreciate the decision by israeli 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. >> in the wake of this election, there can no longer be illusion

about israeli acceptance of the palestinian state. the reality is the fact on the ground both by netanyahu and now endorsed by the millions of israelis who voted for him. >> two al jazeera journalists free on bail have reappeared in cairo. the trial of mohamed fahmy and baher mohammed resumed with witnesses taking the stand. their colleague was deported to australia last month. >> they've been in this egyptian court countless times before. they're hoping this time, things will end differently and their names will finally be cleared. since mohamed fahmy and baher mohammed's retrial began in february the all too familiar frustrations resurfaced. the court proceedings have been postponed three times. during one hearing the judge said their colleague peter greste had to be present. after spending more than a year

behind bars, greste was deported to australia last month. as a citizen of canada, fahmy hopes to be deported there. they must check in with the police every day while fighting the criminal charges against them. they're accused of aiding the now banned muslim brotherhood. legal experts have called the case baseless. despite living under the cloud of criminal charges mohamed said he feels fortunate to have been reunited with his family. >> i'll wait and see. i'm happy i will not return back. i'm happy that i'm going back to my family. >> their hope is thursday's court appearance won't bring more delays, but move the retrial forward and bring them closer to exoneration. >> a court in myanmar sentenced two journalists for two months for defamation. they were charged in february

last year. the newspaper had published remarks made by an unnamed politician that military representatives in myanmar's parliament had a low level of education. journalists say they've been targeted as part of a campaign of intimidation. >> two australians convict of drug trafficking will not be executed this month in in indonesia. lawyers are asking the president to reconsider the clemency application. they were arrested in 2005 as part of the so-called barley nine group. they are due to be executed by firing squad. >> coming up on al jazeera last minute stay of execution in pakistan for a man sentenced to death as a teenager. >> a crackdown on corruption in brazil.

>> today on "the stream". >> the annual south by southwest festival has been a breeding ground for some of the biggest tech innovations in the world. we'll take you there, giving you a glimpse into the future. >> "the stream". today, 1:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> tunisia's president vowed to fight a war against terrorism in his country making the comments after a deadly attack on one of the capitol's most popular tourist sites. nighttime vigils were held for 14 killed on wednesday. >> an international coalition fighting boko haram has driven the armed group out of northeast nigeria town. the town was retaken from the group over the weekend. >> negotiations of iran's

uranium enrichment program of underway in switzerland diplomatics trying to meet a deal by a self imposed deadline this month. >> tunisia naming the two people behind the attack at a national museum. politicians were in the middle of a debate on no anti terrorism laws when the attack happened. a bill was presented in january last year that contained a broad definition of terrorism including non-violent acts, such as vandalism. other measures like reparations for victims including free health care and judicial assistance were also feedured in the bill. the draft included the creation of a commission to design a prevention program including better education. for morewith go to tunis. what do you make of these new

terrorism laws that are being discussed? better or worse? >> we had a previous law against terrorism in tunisia the law of 2003. it seemed this allow is obsolete, we needed to change. we have made this kind of decision early on after the revolution and since maybe 2012 2013, there has been discussion, legal discussion, sometimes social discussion to change this law to improve it, to make it apply to international standards of human rights and democracy away from the repressive law of 2003, a law that also has been inefficient in the past. we want to improve this law to consider the new challenges of the fight against terrorism in tunisia but also abroad. >> where do you think this will leave retributions. one concern leveled at security

forces is how they tackle with such force suspects, not only suspects but their families. >> let's say something about this attack is that it's the first time that this attack happens on civilians. most of the attacks that happened previously in tunisia happened in let's say against the security forces. this is the first time it happened against civilians, but more than civilians, this attack happened in a symbol of civilization, in a museum, a symbol of humanity. to my opinion, it was targeting with all the violence we saw was targeting humanity symbol, it was targeting a national heritage. to my opinion, the way to address it should not be only

tunisian it should be something broader, something international. >> what i mean by that is these new laws focusing on fighting terrorism in the country. there is concern that we're likely to see security forces being given the go ahead to seek some sort of retribution as we have seen in the past on suspects and their families. >> the go ahead should not be a green light to do or to, let's say to misuse violence from the security forces. we need to strike the right balance between user force but also to guarantee the rights of let's say the international standards. this challenge is not only tunisian. this challenge is the challenge of most countries facing terrorism attacks most countries facing violence. we saw this dilemma in europe.

we saw it in australia we saw it in the u.s. and even in canada after the last attacks. this is one of the very let's say most serious legal challenge for tunisia. we are applying now the new constitution, by the law by the international standard of human rights. >> thank you for talking to us. >> in pakistan, a last minute stay of execution is issued to a man sentenced to death when was 14. now thought to be 23, he was scheduled to hang on thursday for killing a 7-year-old. an inquiry will look into his age at conviction and whether he was pressured to confess. a constitutional lawyer in lahore said the conviction was a miscarriage of justice. >> every report on the trial record shows that at the time of the trial nobody cared to check

what the age he was. as a result, it was never noticed in trial and also wasn't noticed at the time of the appeal before the high court. finally, when the appeal reached to the supreme court in 2007, somebody raised the objection that this boy in fact was a minor at the time of his conviction and conviction was to death penalty. the supreme court rejected that ground, saying that under pakistani law if you don't state a particular objection at the trial stage you can't really in the objection stage. there are a number of workers in the legal fraternity and jail sector working to develop them and get the boy within the paradigm of those structures. however as i said earlier since at the time of the trial all the way through to supreme court nobody realized that this boy was in fact 14, so the conviction attained finality.

now the only thing left to do is for the constitution to provide the president with the power to commute the sentence. this process was first started in 2012 and rejected. yesterday, we heard good news that the president is going to consider it and put a stay on the death penalty for now. it's a 72 hour stay, but just gives everybody enough time to bring the evidence on the record. >> brazil's president announced a series of measures to crack down on corruption, trying to counter growing cause for her impeachment as her popularity level plummets. >> responding to a wave of anti-government protests, the brazilian president announce anti corruption measures on wednesday. if passed, it would bar those with criminal records running for office. and allow for the seizure of assets of those guilty of

corruption. >> we have to open our eyes wide and say the time for brazil to put an end to this process to these crimes or practices that continue to core rode our inside, the time is now. >> the announcement comes on the same day that new polls showed rousseff's popularity falling to a new low 62% ever responsibilitients said her government was bad or terrible. that's the worst rankings for a president since 1992 when the president was impeached for corruption. also on wednesday there were fresh protests against rousseff in several cities. >> she is manipulated by former brazilian president, so the workers party can continue in power. >> rousseff's popularity crashed amidst a widening corruption scandal. prosecutors have linked dozens of politicians and members of

rousseff's own workers party or p.t. to bribes and kickbacks worth hundred was millions of dollars. last sunday, dozens of protests were held across brazil in which more than a million people marched against rousseff and the p.t. many marches called for her impeachment. meanwhile, pro rousseff protests held last week attracted only a few thousand people. >> tiger skins and rhino horns be being openly traded traded in laos, the goods sold at a gambling resort popular with chinese tourists. >> welcome to the so-called golden triangle special economic zone. it has a casino, hotels and shops, and a restaurant with

wild animals on the menu. this bear cub was available to eat. rhinos are an endangered species. here you can choose from a selection of skins skins watched over by stuffed tigers, also available for sale. tigers are kept in cramped cages outside. the tiger farm here has plans to breed between 500 and 1,000. >> now captive bread tylers are legal if licensed. it is the export of their products that's illegal. either way the head keeper here said licenses are often

ignored. >> >> this, investigators said was frozen tiger meat, available to eat. here assembled in a vat are pieced together skulls and skeleton of a big cat almost certainly a tiger. here's a still photograph from a promotional brochure. tiger wine sells for $300 a bottle. a senior keeper tells the investigator its very easy this business, a road to wealth. the resort is in laos. >> this special economic zone has been set up by the government and falls under lao legislation. both governments have to fulfill commitments and end the wildlife trade. >> the governments of china and

laos are called upon to end the trade here and the question is will it lead to any meaningful action. >> in germany 6% of energy's generated by solar panels and two hour eclipse could put backup energy sources to the test. >> europe generates 100 times more electricity from the sun than it did during the last solar eclipse in 1999. germany has around a million solar panel installations, many small and feeding the power grid from individual homes. this specialist in green energy points out the black solar panels in a university believe. he studied the possible effects of this year's eclipse and said for once, cloudy weather is not the problem. >> worst case scenario, sunny

day over whole germany and then during the morning, we have where the solar cell starts to produce electricity then we have more or less conventional power stations, and then eclipse is over, the electricity goes up in the range of 18 gig something walts or 18 power stations. this has to be leveled out. >> there is a backup plan, wind energy for one and even calls for mines like this one in the eastern part of the country. >> the eclipse could have effects reaching across europe, with solar power production dropping by 35,000 meg walts in the space of two hours. that's the equivalent of 80 medium sized power production plants suddenly going off liner at the beginning of an otherwise ordinary working day. >> the total solar egyptian, where the moon passes between the earth and sun will only be

visible north of denmark in the arctic. the light will dim across europe. this will be the first time an eclipse has an effect on a power system. it will be a test for germany's u turn, when angela merkel ordered a switch from nuclear power and switch to renewable energy in 15 years. some say the eclipse will be closely watched wherever solar power installations are being built. >> we've seen in dubai that this is being built the u.s. in california, we see it everywhere coming, so we all around the world needle to have a close look on how do we manage the system with a lot of solar and this is maybe a stress test for that system. >> the energy network managers in europe say they're confident the system will handle the challenge of the eclipse and may

provide lessons on how to deal with cloudy weather and massive production drops in years ahead as solar energy wins more converts. al jazeera berlin. >> solar energy or not our website is up and running, you can get the latest news and views, the address aljazeera.com. night. you know that old riddle that begins when a tree falls in a forest? it's worth noting since single sex education at the college level has been slowly disappearing. the sweet briar college case is just the latest. it's not over yet. it's an up