>> beyond inhumane. thousands of refugees trapped in a war zone by i.s.i.l. fierce fighting. the battle rages on between the saudi arabia-led coalition and houthis in yemen. condemned to die. >> it's really hard for parents to accept their children's fate. if you know that your children haven't done anything bad then

no i don't feel bad i know in my hard she didn't do it. >> foreigners among them an american facing the death penalty at the hands of the indonesian government. president obama fires back against israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's latest comments on the iran nuclear deal. >> good evening i'm antonio mora. tonight, the u.n. is describing the humanitarian catastrophe at the yarmouk camp in syria as unbearable suffering. the security council is now demanding access to the camp to help thousands of refugees trapped by days of intense fighting after i.s.i.l. attacked. >> besieged but actions inside the camp for last two years have

been very threatening to their lives and their livelihoods. but the current escalation that we have seen has led to a situation into the hour being more desperate than ever for civilians inside yarmouk. >> the fighting erupted last wednesday when i.s.i.l. stormed the camp five miles from syria's capital damascus. other armed groups are also fighting and contributing to the chaos. stefanie dekker has the latest. >> the syrian national news agency aired these pictures. thoag shoag how theyshowing how they got to safety. >> in a matter of 30 minutes they could have knowledge killed all in this picture. all with the government they will cut our heads off. they have no mercy. >> reporter: for the first time video of i.s.i.l. has been

posted online showing the inside of the palestinian refugee camp. they have been fighting palestinians and others here for the past six days. this camp has been besieged for more than two years because of the syrian government, people starving no running water no electricity. now i.s.i.l.'s presence and syrian regime bombardment in what used to be a densely densely pt densely populated camp are amaking situations worse. >> translator: we cannot pay for nig we are not on anyone's side. we want the whole camp to be safe. >> reporter: the palestine liberation organization is sending a delegation to syria in order to aid in the crisis. the lack of medical supplies is making it impossible to treat the wounded.

i.s.i.l. storming the camp has come as a chock their mere presence terrifying everyone. stefanie dekker, al jazeera beirut. >> palestinians in gaza are protesting against i.s.i.l.'s takeover of the yarmouk camp. dozens of people gathered in front of u.n. headquarters in gaza city calling for immediate aid. a spokesman for the group says the u.n. has a duty to secure the safe exit of women and children from the area. the united nations relief and works agency says there are 12 camps housing palestinians in syria, only 18 18,000 remain in this camp. 95%, 480,000 are still there despite syria's civil war. the war forced 44,000 to jordan.

the last week the u.s. pledged more than $57 million to help palestinian refugees in syria. kurdish officials say gunmen abducted nearly 400 men near aleppo on monday. not clear who abducted them or why, but blamed a group associated with al qaeda's el nusra front. 1.7 million refugees gone to turkey 1.2 million to lebanon 640th to jordan and 146,000 to iraq. more to egypt. 1.6 million people are displaced inside syria. joining us now is al jazeera

sring digital writer alia malek. are yarmouk may be the worst example of this humanitarian chaos that's going on through syria and the rest of the region. >> basically what you see in yarmouk is an example of the problems that were allowed to fester. these are people who had to flee their homes in palestine -- who are not citizens of the syrian state. >> they are part of two conflicts as a matter of fact. >> yes those who are stateless such as the palestinians are even in a more vulnerable state. you also are seeing the problems of having dealt with the syrian crisis from the outset, no viability resolution and now with the i.s.i.l. invasion you are seeing the consequence of

allowing this kind of funding -- these are our arms or american arms that have in some way made their way to these fighters inside and americans who have allowed it. >> i'll address one thing you have been there not since the syrian civil war this was a community to some extent that was thriving. this is not a traditional camp in the sense people were not living in tents. >> it is relative, rurn the their home country. >> can anything be done because the owner syrian government don't want to provide any kind of humanitarian corridor, they are worried that anybody else could be able to get out and cause havoc. >> the u.n. has been able to use this quite feflt to bully the

international community into having to work with them or accepting their presence. >> what does the international community do, does peace need to be achieved inside syria for international community to do anything effective? >> i think that's probably what needs to happen. as i've said this is a regime that is very happy to play its own people as a card in solidifying its own power. yes, as long as we are continuing to see this kind of outflux of numbers -- >> it is not even the outflux. 1.7 million people how do you help these people if you have a war waging all around? >> to be much more creative than we have been in the past or currently. iran is the primary benefactor of the regime. where did these negotiations include, something that would also include a viable resolution to the syrian conflict.

>> what about the countries the nearby countries that have gotten this influctuate of 4 million refugees from syria has aid helped people who are living -- some of these camps are completely overwhelmed because the numbers are enormous compared to their population. >> look at lebanon has the second highest lebanon's population is not even 5 million but it has at least the number you gave, and a lot are not registered turkey has a population of 75 million. this number is a drop in the bucket. lebanon doesn't have the capacity to absorb these amount of folks but at the same time it's being short sighted in the policy it's following. that might encourage them to leave but the reality is they're going to stay. so you already have a sort of dehumanized population that's traumatized that's fled to

lebanon and at this point any sliver of their humanity has disappeared because lebanon is making it harder for the programs being run inside lebanon to find their funding. >> you wonder the international community being desensitized to their situation. >> so desensitized. >> thank you for coming. >> thank you for having me. >> red crescent personnel in syrian and yemen the aid workers were killed in syria while in the city of idlib and in yemen killed by sniper fire while evacuating the wounded in aden. most troubling issue is food. as air strikes continue people are panicking and there's now a rush to stockpile food. as demand grows for items such as wheat prices are soaring. >> the sack of wheat is almost

$40 so the poor people can't afford to eat anymore. >> translator: i've been here since last night. our kids and the elderly are at home. they're terrified of the bombing and the vibrations. we don't have wheat and flour. it's a tough situation. >> even before this latest crisis yemen relied heavily on food aid. 90% of the country's food is imported. meanwhile, yemeni militias backed by war planes from the saudi coalition have retain the air base outside aden. as hashem ahelbarra reports. >> the saudi coalition ramps up air strikes in aden. war planes strike bridges on the main roads that lead to the sea port city. the aim according the saudi arm officers is to prevent houthi fighters from sending reinforcement. radar systems command centers

and checkpoints have also been hit. >> translator: the houthis talk of buildings and people. they have managed to move to certain areas to take cover from the air strikes. while working in coordination with the tribesmen and popular committees. >> reporter: but violence in aden shows no signs of slowing. after days of heavy fighting and running battles many parts of the city have been destroyed. homes, shops and vehicles lie in ruins. civilians are being killed. houthi rebels along with fighters loyal to ali abdullah saleh the former president are infiltrating districts near city's port. these are fighters, loyal to president abd rabbu mansour hadi and they are putting up a fierce

fight, with weapons air dropped by the saudi coalition but they remain outgunned and largely outnumbered by their rivals. aden is a battle ground. with the citizens caught in the milt. hadi could be trying to restructure his military. he's sacked the army's chief of staff, deputy chief of staff and the commander of the special forces. they are accused of treason but his decision may have little impact, that's because the military is largely loyal to saleh, the deposed president and fighting alongside the houthi rebels in this war. hashem ahelbarra, al jazeera. saudi arabia has requested help from islam islamabad. pakistan will meet the saudi

arabian request within a week. the u.s. is making plannings to get americans out of yemen a plane is expected to ferry u.s. citizens this week from sanaa to just ajetblue. djibouti. hoping to bring his pregnant wife and two-year-old daughter back to the u.s. some arab americans have criticized america for its slow response to individuals in yemen. burial grounds of thousands slaughtered by i.s.i.l. as many as 1700 soldiers from camp spiker last june. videos were posted online.

one official described the scene today as heartbreaking. kenya says it has launched strikes into somalia after last week's university attacks. targeting two bases believed to be operated by al shabaab. the armed group that claimed responsibility for the attack that claimed the lives of 148 people. catherine soy reports. >> this is where the killings took place. bullet holes pepper the walls of the dormitory. signs of a fierce battle between the security forces and the attackers. three soldiers were killed here and behind this door around 100 people mostly students were shot dead in the court yawd. courtyard. this dormitory is where it happened and still a strong smell of blood. it's difficult to imagine how horrified those who died here were. bloodstains are everywhere. some who planned and carried out

the attack are said to be kenyans who joined al shabaab. we spoke to rebecca a few days ago, during the attack she hid in one of the cube cubicles. >> translator: the student said what they thought the attackers wanted to hear. some were killed anyway. >> awaits outside the university gate, hoping for any news about a missing student. a member of his church. >> translator: we can't even find him in any of the list of survivors. injured or dead. >> reporter: this is the new garrissa county commissioner in charge of security. last year he had to deal with a series of attacks has killed close to 100 people in the area

along the kenyan coast. >> i'm very confident, i don't think it is insurmountable, it is not. >> the only university in northeastern kenya has now been closed indefinitely. many of the students we talked to said they never want to come back. catherine soy, al jazeera kenya. pope francis called on the international community to defend christians like the ones who were targeted for their faith business the attackers. the pope called the victims modern day martyrs said the world must participate in protecting christians from persecution. a crack down on drug smuggling in indonesia has landed dozens of foreigners including one american on death row. the controversial policy that has governments around the world fighting for the lives of their citizens. and president obama goes on the offensive over the nuclear

deal with iran. taking aim at israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. benjamin netanyahu.

>> two australians facing the firing squad for drug trafficking got no reprieve today from an indonesian court. the judges in jakarta ruled they had no authority to question clemency decisions by australia's court. awaiting death by firing squad. one american man from florida is among them. australia, brazil and france requested clemency for their citizens but those requests have been ignored so far by indonesia's president. focus of our in-context segment it this. a woman facing firing squad. al jazeera's jamilla allendogan reports. >> this is not the type of

future they had wanted for their daughter. mary ellen was sentenced to death in 2010 for trying to smug more than two kilograms of heroin from indonesia. >> i raised my children to be god fearing people. i've taught them to live their life in simple ways. i told them i brought them up well and i worked only for them and to live where i want them to. >> mary jane is a single mother with two children. her family says all she ever wanted was a way out of poverty. her recruiter a close family friend paid for her trip to malaysia bought her clothes and promised there was a job waiting for her in indonesia. she says she was given the luggage and insists she had no idea she had just become a drug mule. the phil peen philippine government

has questioned the accuracy of mary jane's trial. it says she should have been provided with a professional translator and not just a student. for the second time the government has refused to lift her death sentence approximating. still her family says mary jane has been treated well in prison. they say that it was indonesia who paid for the first visit to visit her in 2013, and dmeerve indonesia has done more for her than her own government. >> since 2013, consular and legal instance to her. >> phone calls with her daughter are often difficult. worried that each conversation with her may be their last. >> translator: it's really hard for parents to accept their children's fate if you know that your children haven't done anything bad then no, i know in

my heart she didn't do it. >> reporter: her letter in february was an outpouring of love for her family. an apologize for not providing a better life for them and an acceptance of what's to come. jamilla allendogan, al jazeera northern philippines. 55 inmates on indonesia's death row convicted on drug related offenses. 35 are foreigners, including seven from nigeria the country with the most citizens awaiting execution in indonesia and one american. andreas, good to have you with us. any hope for these foreigners on death row? >> there is always hope. international campaign, ngo campaign can always sway the judiciary and also the government not to execute those

death row convicts. but again it is not easy. international pressure from the u.n, from brazil, from australia do help to pressure indonesia to rethink about their death executions policy. >> and this death execution policy is because the new indonesia policing joko widodo says it's a national emergency. 50 people reportedly die every day from drug abuse in indonesia. to put that in context the cdc here in the u.s. say more than 100 die in the united states every day. that is significantly more overdose deaths per person than in indonesia. have things though gotten much worse there? >> well, that is the status that is quoted by the president is still being debated. the methodology was not sound. that's why the number, which is lower than the u.s., is

considered to be quite problematic. that's why human rights activates and also some academicians are creating quite a hysteria by saying the number. that's why the media took the quote and blasted it on the tv screen and the newspapers, i don't think indonesia is in a drug crisis. there is a problem of drugs here and of course, it should be deal with but we should deal with that with proper legal reinforcement -- >> is the president doing this for any political reasons? >> it is quite popular actually to execute drug traffickers in indonesia. so maybe it is quite political. >> so the majority of indonesians do support the death penalty as it pertains to drug cases? >> according to some surveys

indonesians usually support executions for those involved in corruption and also in drug trafficking. so those two categories are the highest of all public surveyed in indonesia. >> this is a change for indonesia because indonesia has only been a democracy for 15, 16 years and the country over that period of time has put an average of less than two people to death every year. >> oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah it is a problem here. well indonesia is a new democracy. civil liberties human rights, legal reform is still not on the top of their priority. indonesia has mechanical democracy, indonesia has electoral democracy. but if you take a look into the problems corruptions briberies briberies, vote-buying are quite rampant in indonesia.

>> indonesia's a very important country, quarter billion people live there. andreas orsono with human rights watch, pleasure to have you with us. thank you. radiation from fukushima disaster reaches the shore what that could mean for people on the west coast. >> the majority of these children have been living in institutions like this most of their lives. now they find themselves in a tug of war between the two sides in this conflict. conflict.

>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm antonio mora. coming up in this half hour of international news, the u.s. and israel in a war of words over the iran nuclear deal. also the children left orphaned from the fighting in eastern ukraine.

radiation from the 2011 fukushima nuclear disaster has reached the shores of north america. for the first time, scientists have detected low levels of cesium off the vancouver island. low level does not pose any hazard to residents. president obama is campaigning for the framework nuclear deal reached with iran last week. he's sitting down for a series of interviews around white house is preparing for criticism. >> good evening antonio the president says he wants a role when it comes for nuclear deal, but not yes or no up or down rejection of the deal he has

struck. an all out blitz over the weekend, the president has had several interviews and appearances. the secretary of energy appeared in the white house briefing room today. a great deal of concern from the white house particularly when it comes from congress, that bill pending next week that will give congress the ability to approve or reject the bill. now by one count has 66 senators willing to go along with that, both republicans and democrats the magic number is 67, if they get that number or above opponents of that deal will have the right to override a certain presidential veto. that's at congress. some of closest allies are concerned, the persian gulf countries the gcc the camp david in spring. the most vocal critic of this agreement, prime minister benjamin netanyahu of israel, no

way they could go along unless iran recognizes israel's right to exist. he answered that directly. >> the notion that we would condition iran not getting nuclear weapons on iran recognizing israel is really akin to saying that we won't sign a deal unless the nature of the iranian regime completely transforms. and that is i think a fundamental misjudgment. >> and antonio on another controversial front sanctions iran wants them lifted as quickly as possible. the united states says there should be a phased easing much sanctions. it was revealed by the white white house that there is no interim deal yet. how quickly sanctions would be eased, that is something very controversial as congress returns next week.

antonio. >> mike viqueria in washington, thanks. doug waxman is a professor of studies at northeastern university. doug good to have you back on the show. at first glance, you would think it would be reasonable for netanyahu for iran to recognize israel to exist since iran has sworn to wipe israel from the map. do you agree with him or the president on this? >> i agree with the president but it's completely unrealistic to make that a condition of this nuclear agreement. essentially inserting that as a condition particularly at this stage would essentially or the me dough any possible agreement. that's a much bigger issue. i think israel is right to highlight the fact that iran rejects israel's existence and calls for israel's destruction but to seek to insert this into what is already a very difficult negotiation between iran and the

p-5 plus one is to undermine any possible agreement. >> netanyahu's stance seemed to win his party a lot of votes in the lathest election. do most retails israelis oppose the deal? >> more positive than you might have expected. certainly most israelis support netanyahu's very alarmist statements about what an iranian nuclear program what the threat it poses to israel, but there are many in israel, certainly within israel's security establishment who disagree on the way in which netanyahu is gone about this. in particular the kind of confrontational hard line approach he's taken in public. they say even if israel has very good reasons to be concerned about nuclear agreement you know undermining the relationship of

the white house being so confrontational with obama isn't actually helping israeli's cause. >> as you know it's not just netanyahu and israeli who are concerned about the deal, there are a series of u.s. allies in the middle east who are also concerned. this is a time when iran seems to be intervening more in the region in iraq, yemen and syria continuing supporter of hezbollah and lebanon even as a result more of a threat? >> well, that is absolutely one of the major concerns, not only that israel has but as you say saudi arabia and other regional countries in the region have. i think it's very important for administration to really speak to that not simply to present this deal as doing that, it's either this deal oar war but rather to say that while they're focusing on securing this deal with iran at the same time they're going to be very strong on opposing iranian expansion in other areas and also dealing

with all other aspects of iran's behavior its support for hezbollah, its support for hamas, nub of these things are part of the agreement. >> nazrulla is seems to be very happy about it, most of iran seem to celebrate the deal. i.t. must be hard for hearing that kind of reaction, should question the fact that in the way they should be on the same side as iranian hard liners who don't want the deal so it's a confusing situation for sure, diercht weirddifferent weird allies. >> it is the middle east. at the end of the day if an agreement is reached and iran abides by it it will keep the iranian nuclear program in check for a length of time. now without an agreement the iranian nuclear program will continue and iran may well be able to develop a nuclear

weapon. so although this agreement is certainly imperfect it will do more to contain iranian power at least on the short term than anything else on the table. >> doug wax manfrom northeastern university, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> turkey has been engaged in a war of words most recently accusing iran for trying to dominate the middle east. president erdogan bernard smith reports on the one common interest that is paving the way for a smooth state visit. >> hasan sui's modest factory in turkey sells stationery to iran. economically both countries need each other. so why is he here, because he

can't source the materials he needs in iran. >> if the customer has a special order we can produce it and deliver it here immediately. we can't do that in iran. the embargo makes production difficult. we can't get hold of raw materials like glue. but in turkey every door is open for business. >> reporter: but politically both countries are poles apart. in yemen iran helps the houthi rebels. logistical backup, iran has put to the one side some of its differences with riyadh, the coup that opposed egyptian president mohamed morsi. >> foreign policy practices in the region seems to be really assertive. they are supporting militia

organizations, they are supporting certain groups of militia organizations arming them but this support do not help to solve any of the problems but the problems become much more complicated. >> reporter: yemen is only the latest flash point in the region. it's on iraq and most significantly syria where turkey and iran are at odds. iran has consistently backed syria's president while turkey wands bashar al-assad gone. turkey also suspects iran of using the fight of i.s.i.l. in northern iraq to extend its influence there. but both countries are hoping to increase bilateral trade to $30 billion this year. so we may expect more cooperation when recep tayyip erdogan i be arrives in tehran.

turkish government blocked briefly after they ran photos of a hostage taker pointing a gun at prosecutor. he died during an operation last week. government officials criticized the government for posting the pictures, saying they were antigovernment propaganda. ukraine's more autonomy to the war torn eastern regions. petro poroshenko told the commission that he no longer objects to a vote. pro-russian separatists dismissed the gesture as meaningless. more than 6,000 have died in the conflict which has raged for more than a year. growing conflict on the youngest members of the ukrainian society. at least 140,000 children have had to flee their homes. as andrew simmons reports many kits are caught in a tug of war between the government and the rebels. >> reporter: in ukraine a

country in conflict there's even a fight over children who dot have a home. -- who don't have a home. they're aged from under five to teens and all under the care of the state. but they're from the self declared republic of donetsk now looking to russia for its future. yet they've been living since last july under spatageist. after they say separatist fighters told them they were going to be moved to russia for their own safety. >> translator: they told us, whether you want to go or not you have to go. we told them we wouldn't. we started to cry. they used obscene words they didn't care that we were children. when we said we are not going they said, just try staying. and we will shoot you and your teacher. >> reporter: whatever

happened these children became pawns in a political playoff the ukrainian government making the first move. >> translator: threatening children is not acceptable in any situation by any side. it shouldn't have happened but these kids were threatened. >> reporter: and the donetsk break away state trying to accuse ukraine of stealing their children. >> translator: they're obliged according to their official responsibilities to return the children here. there will be a time when someone will face justice. >> reporter: the majorities of these children have been living in institutions like this most of their lives. now they find themselves in a tug of war between these two. many are excused some feel cut off from it all. that's the sad thing many of these are classified as orphans.

all of them have family contacts back in donetsk and most feel even more detached than they would normally. >> at the moment i can't go home because of the rebels. we need border passes. are it's as if it's another country. my relatives can't visit me and it's bad very bad. it's been a year since i've seen them. i miss them. >> reporter: it's questionable as to whether the new ukraine or the separatist donetsk people's republic is really looking after the best interests of these children. they're having to cope with a traumatic experience of war along with the isolation of feeling often unwanted. andrew simmons, al jazeera spatagiest ukraine. >> an effort to join a new embassy in cuba has been delayed by diplomatic red tape. there are concerns about u.s.

diplomats freedom to travel and to talk to ordinary cuban citizens without restrictions. this friday president obama is expected to meet with raul castro at the summit of the americas in panama. 19 leaders are urge being and calling on the organization of american states the united nations and other groups to intervene. this comes ahead of the seventh summit of the americas which as i said begins friday in panama. venezuelan president nicholas maduro has been cracking down on dissidents as his country faces a deepening economic crisis. new del delhi what india is doing to change its environmental status. and shopkeepers protest against a tax like in afghanistan. >> even though they support the protest, some shop shopkeepers like these, have opened anyway, they

say they can't afford to lose the income in an economy already struggling to make a profit. profit.

>> greece says it is set to pay a big part of its debt back to the international monetary fund on time. at a meeting in washington d.c greece's finance minister pledged to hand over the $505 million payment to the imf on thursday. greece is still in ongoing negotiations with its european creditors about how to fully repay its multibillion dollar bailout. in today's off the radar segment, shop keepers in afghanistan have closinged their doors to protest tax hikes. jennifer glasse last the story from kabul. >> shops are closed across kabul. kabul's central market is like a ghost town. the reason is clear. the central kabul looks like this when it usually looks like this. shopkeepers said they had no choice when their tax bills

arrived. >> last year we paid $300 per shop. this year, the government wants more than $2,000. >> reporter: store owners said they can't afford that and took their complaint to the streets. the finance ministry says it's just following law and trying to create a tax culture. >> translator: we want to pay the same tax we paid last year. we can't pay more. even last year was hard to pay our taxes. since the beginning of this year business has been very hard. >> reporter: store owners say they plan to stay closed until their demand for lower tax is met. even though they support the protest, shopkeepers like these have opened 98. they say they can't afford to lose the income especially in an economy where they were already struggling to make a profit. >> a new challenge for the six month old government of ashraf ghani, who has promised to reduce the amount of aid that afghanistan has relied on for years.

to do that he needs obuild a tax base but looks like that might not be easy. jennifer glasse, al jazeera kabul. >> now to our month long series fragile planet. new delhi is the most polluted capital city on the planet, that's according to the world health organization. now indian deposit is trying to do something to change that. today the prime minister launched a national air quality index that will allow officials to monitor pollution levels online. they are starting with ten indian cities and plan to move it out to dozens more. the move comes not a moment too soon. the world health organization says every year, polluted air kills half a million people in india alone. they welcome it as a step in the rite direction but not enough. fez jamil continues the fragile

planet series. >> oldest and largest garbage dump in asia. it can't take anymore but garbage still arrives daily. one of several women hired by the government to do something about the garbage problem. >> translator: we're helping the service by separating the wet and dry garbage. we can sell part of the dry garbage to make income for ourselves. >> reporter: the city is using a high tech methods at one of its dump sites. one of three mainland fills together they take in the 11 million pounds of garbage the city receives every day. but breaking it down to make use of it. a private firm has been hired to build a bioreactor here. >> recirculate the liquid that comes off of that garbage back

into the garbage which enables its to degrade at a much faster rate some say 75% faster. the gas that comes off of that process we capture and we turn into electricity. >> reporter: but that solution is expected to take years and is only being done so far at one site. local officials say the city will need more dumping space in the meantime. >> we are looking add almost 60 to 65 hectares of land. developing a new dumping ground for our future needs. we have some problems. that is why we are looking for space outside mumbai area which is not surrounded by real estate development. >> reporter: some say reducing the amount of garbage is an essential step in solving the problem. one this neighborhood not far from the deonar dump is doing by composting organic waste for the past 14 years. >> we should not sit helplessly. it is our -- we should take our

own initiative and doing it. if they are not reducing it down then nothing will happen and the city will go to the dogs. >> even as new solutions are tried out this mountain of trash continues to grow. as the metropolis produces more garbage. fez jemil, al jazeera mumbai. >> the flowers are in full bloom but the weather could keep tourists away. why that could be a huge financial blow to the entire region. also a large season for the italian navy rescuing migrants. migrants.

>> "the stream". >> your digital community. >> you pick the hot topics and express your thoughts. "the stream", it's your chance to join the conversation. tuesday to friday, 3:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> the italian coast guard and navy have rescued 1500 migrants off libya's coast. they found several boats in the mediterranean saturday. the migrants were taken to the italian island of lampedusa in

sicily. 3500 of the migrants died. in our global view segment we look at how news outlets are reacting to various events. an editorial in lebanon's daily star calls yarmouk refugee camp uncontested murder. the australian broadcasting corporation has a story on something we brought you earlier, calls on the australian government to take a stand to save australian citizens. it she says human life should not come second to currying favor on the international stage. editorial says no prove the threat of execution deters crime and that the death penalty does

not make people safer. prime tourist season is about to start in indian administered kashmir but unseasonable rain is putting a damper on it. liddy dutt reports. >> reporter: the tulips he's been tending to for months are in bloom. these bright hues have transformed a sprawling plane at the foot of the mountains to a keeping straight out of a bollywood film. >> we do everything we can to protect them. i'm very proud of them. >> reporter: monday marks the start of month long tulip festival often described as asia's largest one of the state's most prompting tourist attractions comes after a long season of rain which has

dampened the tourist industry. more than 1 million tulips will bloom in this garden. but it's not the flowers they're worried about it's the number of tourists to see them. >> the mccastkells has been on the tourist list for over 30 years and this year, bad weather was not going to get in their way. >> there were a lot of empty seats on the plane are others doing the right thing and we're doing the wrong thing? i'm so glad we came. we're voog lovely having a lovely time. >> according to state figures tourism is one of the largest

employers. >> no food no money and we can't do any other businesses. >> the tourist industry is so critical to the state's economy that the chief minister oversees it. those working to improve it say exaggerated media reports are far from helpful. >> we get a lot of tourists from southeast asia and we are focusing in that area and also the middle east is a good market. so once there's news like this, negative news, it impacts the industry. >> reporter: that's why the region that markets itself as the switzerland of india is counting on tourists to look beyond the headlines because more tourists make a brighter outlook for its economy. liddy dutt, al jazeera indian administered kashmir. inflatable raft to reach the ship carrying the rig.

shell plans to use the rig to drill for oil in the arctic ocean. greenpeace post office drilling in the ocean saying the risk of spills is too grade and drilling makes the climate change worse p tomorrow night remember the conflict. that's it of this addition of al jazeera international news. i'll see you again in an hour with one of the most iconic song. american pie. we will leave you with a sample, mcclain performing the song in 1972. ♪ good old boys drinking whiskey and rye ♪ ♪ singing this will be the day that i die ♪ ♪ this will be the day that i

die ♪ ♪ did you write the book of love ♪ and do you have faith in god above ♪ ♪ if the bible ... bible ... >> louisiana's bayou, 70 miles southwest of new orleans. this is the heartland of the native american houma tribe. and it's one of the most valuable ecosystems in the entire united states. >> we go to the bayous to provide for our families. everything's there... >> raymond clark's ancesto