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between the president forces and rebels as saudi-led strikes hit houthis positions. >> i'm so old i'll let john boehner spoke at my funeral and the u.s. comedian-in-chief cracks jokes for the u.s. peace corp. a magnitude 6.7 aftershock hits nepal's capital kathmandu. more than 2,000 have been killed after the earthquake that hit nepal and neighbouring countries. first, this report. >> reporter: it's sunset and rescuers are working in the dark. parts of kathmandu is working without electricity. with torches, there was some

success. nepal hopes the second night is the same. for every life saved many have been lost. here they are burning bodies in a mass cremation. this is a deeply religious country. some of the tempos where they would normally seek solace are in ruins. there has been 12 aftershocks. it's causing panic and there's hardly any new from remote villages nationwide. >> the main problem is the districts. there's some areas where the distribute headquarters have been flattened. 80% damage, 50% damage. we are finding it difficult to get details from those areas. >> reporter: more information is coming from mount everest, nepal's famous attraction. these are sherpa guides that made it though an avalanche

triggered by the earthquake. some of their colleagues are not coming back. >> translation: actually the tents flew everywhere, we don't know how many casualties there are. 55 people were involved. >> reporter: because of everest and its rich history, nepal is a renowned tourist destination. foreign nationals, the numbers unknown, would have been in the bessiest spots on -- busiest spots on saturday afternoon when the quakes shot. the grief felt here will reverberate slowly let's talk to andrew simmonds who arrived in the capital, kathmandu where more than 700 have been killed. i understand you are just arriving. how difficult and challenging is it to move about the city which the rescue workers need to do. tell me what you are seeing.

>> the city itself - a lot is intact. it's going through a trauma of extraordinary proportions. there's no infrastructure the power is out. there's a situation where rescue workers are trying to get. >> the airport and out into other parts of the country. i'm looking at figures released nationwide of 2,430 dead now with 799 bodies handed over to their families. there's a smell in the air, a scent of smoke from the burning, the funeral piles near the river. >> funerals happening all the time now. there's a chaotic situation. the main hospital and kathmandu, where supplies are running out. so many are injured and the aftershocks you mentioned are

frequent. there's panic, concern, a worry about how people will get by. at the airport, while aid planes came in search and rescue from all over the world landing. there were massive crowds queues of people trying to get out of the city particularly on indian flights trying to get back to new delhi. there's a real sense that things are not right and a worry. after an earthquake the terror really. people find it hard to describe. people thing of terrorism and acts of war, but an act of nature like this the force of an earthquake of this scale, the biggest that hit the country for 81 years is hard to comprehend. you are describing grief and

desperation and panic as well which is a dangerous mix. is there anyone that or any organization a government that seems to coral this to get control of this to make an organization out of this to let people know that help is coming? >> it's a massive challenge to the authorities here. they are going about it in a central way, but the priority is to get search and rescue teams throughout the countries. this is over a vast area of this continent, not just in nepal. it rocked the world's largest mountain as you know, with the avalanches that ensued. there's a vast area to cover. the government is having to go about it in a measured way. for example, a really difficult problem getting in the airport.

there's one run way, and the priority goes out across the message lines from air traffic control. are there messages on the plane. if it's a flight that doesn't have anyone to help the situation, it doesn't land it's diverted. that's the situation now. it's chaotic, trying to get people out. it's too early about worrying about getting information out to the people. they have to save lives. you are looking at a big underestimate on the total dead. you have to remember in the earthquake 81 years ago the death toll was 8,500, and it was a long time before the figure was arrived at. what we are seeing is a situation whereby many people are not able to work out where the next meal is coming from and people are in a situation where water supplies are suspect

in many areas, and the infrastructure is not up to it. so it's a colossal challenge for everyone here. because it's a heavily populated area 2.5 million people in a confined space, then that obviously doesn't help the situation, and leads to what we were talking about earlier, which is the panic and the real worries about what is going to happen next. >> people are worried about their loved ones. is there anywhere for people to go to find out information about the missing loved ones? >> well people are trying to watch tv, if they can find it. the power is out. people are hearing things by word of mouth. that is a problem. once word of mouth starts. once what they call the bush

telegraph starts people get to hear all sorts of rumours. the aftershock situation is described by some bright people as there's another earthquake about to happen and suddenly that goes around a whole area, and you get people on the streets not interested in going back to the houses. the damage to all of the - the extraordinary damage to the historical sights like the u.n.e.s.c.o. historical interest areas, that is because these buildings were made of brick without cement or mortar around them and ancient wood. that's why so many collapsed and why the country is hit in the cultural center devastated in

the sense. it has to be said that major buildings more or less stayed intact. you don't have a flattened situation or picture. you have an awful feeling that there's a terror in the air, that people are not sure what to do. i can't answer where do people go to get information, they don't no. no one is sure what will happen next. >> it is that that amplified the fear. andrew simmonds just getting to kathmandu. thank you so much mark myers is a professor of earth science and engineering. he joins us from germany. we appreciate your time professor. what are the factors at play that cause an earthquake of this magnitude. >> yes, good afternoon. as you know, the earth is

composed of tectonic plates. the indian subplate moved northwards to the eurasian plate and does so by an average of 45 september meters a year. it hasn't -- 45 centimetres a year of it hasn't moved. the next quake was expected it had to comb. one of those is what we expected. when subpoena scientists said we expected something like this. what are the latest advancements in predicting yaecks. >> we cannot predict by the minute. we don't use the word prediction here. prediction means we can say a magnitude, day and time. we can't do that. we can say over the next decade

we expect an quake. it accumulates obvious hundred of years. during the plate motion the indian towards the eurasian. there's no predict. given a likelihood and area expected. >> can you see a time in the future when we will be able to predict or be more specific about the forecasting? >> that's a difficult question. many are watching on this. we don't - as i said we don't call it prediction we call the research on earthquake predictability. we need to find out the processes and death that leads to the mutilation of an earthquake. and how can we measure the

processes and quantify them in the space and time. it's hard. there are scientists that may try to understand the problem. it may take 50 years, maybe we will never be able to do that. professor, the same awful 7.8 mag ni tute earthquake could have happened in california and the loss of life would have been less. what role does city planning and preparation play in things like this? >> yes, that's a good question. you know being prepared is the main factor. we cannot predict it, earthquakes, and prepare, but we can build buildings and mitigation once the disaster struck. as we heard from the previous interview and on-site reports, it's up to the government and

local authorities to devise a strategy to help people, and not make them up on the fly. at the same time we need to construct buildings adequately. new ones, of course and reinforcements on existing structures. that's something that has to happen. the government has to be enforced by the local authorities, and the international community needs help to provide expertise and financial support. >> that is a wonderful point. some of those are challenges for countries that are economically challenged. >> thank you so much professor. >> you're welcome and more tremors are felt in india's capital. we are joined live from new delhi by nidhi dutt.

what else can you tell us? >> yes, there was a high level meeting chaired by narendra modi. we have a few updates in terms of relief and rescue from india to nepal. we heard from the foreign secretary who has been making the points that 13 aircraft have been put into service to get aid there and bring the indian nationals back to india. 39 buses will be dispatched from nepal to bring indian nationals home. you can imagine there's many thousands nepalese in india and mean indians working in nepal. there'll be a flow in the coming days. two tonnes of medical supplies have made it to kathmandu. that is a total of six, counting four tonnes of basic aid and relief materials and three disaster response teams will be in pleas to help in kathmandu,

as well as engineering expertise which, as we are hearing, may very well be needed in the coming days. many of the buildings seem to be on the verge of col asking -- collapsing. let's take a look at how the weather is affecting safe and rescue. people are digging with their hands. how will this make it more difficult for them. >> in some places difficult. since the earthquake happened there's virtually no information. it's normal to have hourly reports. the latest i have is from regular thunder storms. scattered throughout nepal. it's not unusual. the amount of rain is unusual. 44mm is enough to give a flash flood, loosening what is already

loosened. it is in kathmandu. we have had no reports. we rely on the air. there's a resolution a center of low pressure. that's where the biggest storms develop. after that at the heights we are talking about, the tibetan area it's warm enough to generate storms. there's a concentrate where the heavy showers will be. there'll be a few showers, and to the east of kathmandu, they are around until monday. in this area that includes mt everest where there's scattered showers, there's a possibility of repeating the scenario. if you go monday into tuesday, western nepal developing showers, not many, the focus is

the eastern side. there's a trend to this. on the whole, the heaviest showers in this area, though the north-east of india is disappearing eastwards. by the time we get to wednesday, it should be reduced. if we wait that long it's a better time. >> thank you coming up in the newshour protests in burundi turns find over the president seeking a third therm. plus... >> i'm in kazakhstan for a presidential election. will it be democracy? in sport, the goal that could learn bayern munich the title, andy has that story. story. the u.n. is urging europe not to resort to military action to prevent further migrant

shipwrecks off the coast. european navy ships are prepare toing sail for waters off libya, from where most of the migrants enter europe. we have that report from hoda abdel-hamid. >> reporter: it's usually around sunset that the coach guard sail off in search of migrants at sea. one has a broken engine and no >> translation: the same way the european union assists italy, they should assist us. we don't have the means to deal with this. >> their fleet consists of a tug boat they took offer and modified for their own purposes.

there's two navy vessels for short patrols. one has a broken engine and no spare parts much the coast guard patrols the coastline. a good number of boats sails. this one turns out to be a registered fishing boat. the patrol continues into the night. >> the area that the smugglers boats leave from are open beaches. they sail off at night and no one spots them. the tug boat is slow. >> the tug boat is slow. some boats are too far away before they cross into international waters. >> we cover less than 20% of the coast guard responsibility, and it took 24 hours. we didn't find migrants at sea. there was information that some had sailed off from libya in the area we patrolled. that's not only because of the lack of modern equipment, but it seems the smugglers are continuously changing tactics. since mid april the coast guards rescued 250 people.

they were found in overcrowded dinghies that go undetected by radars. 25 years old, this person was one of them. >> the man steering the boat was like me a somali. he was scared and that's why he ran away. he told us he knew what he was doing. it seems not. >> the coast guards noticed an emerging pattern. >> in the past they were big boats that carried hundreds. now they put them in rafts, they train two or three passengers on how to use the engine, and show the direction to follow on a compass, and off they go. >> the summer sees many trying to take a desparate journey, most will sail into high sees undetected by coast guard syrian military jets carried out 20 air strikes on the town in the north-west.

after several days of fighting groups the arm your lost control of the -- army lost control of the strategic town. moving south, an armed rebel group claims it's in control of four villages in the countryside there has been more saudi-led air strikes in yemen with the latest surrounding a military site near the presidential palace in sanaa. fighting continues between houthi rebels and forces loyal to abd-rabbu mansour hadi. >> reporter: this is it an oil rich province which the houthis took over. both want control of the area. >> translation: we are on the entrance to the city. we will send them away.

>> reporter: fighting has been rage raging for days. control of the province would see that houthis are a strong hold, which is in the north. outside the strong hold. gun battles continue. between houthis, and forces loyal to abd-rabbu mansour hadi. rebel forces are trying to capture the districts. warships pounded an area near the port for the first time. five air strikes hit the military side, and the area near the presidential palace. in the south, 30 houthi fighters were killed when their truck was attacked. a month after the tricks in yemen, the battle seems endless hakim al-masmari, the editor-in-chief for the

"yemen post," based in sanaa. he says the nature is changing. >> the air strikes have different targets. the air strikes have different targets. as announced in the past they were military depots military infrastructure. and the houthi power base in the military now it's different. any houthi movement on the ground. any military movement on the ground. the hideout for the houthi targets. these are the targets and that's why the casualties has been high, according to a senior houthi commander. 480 houthis were killed by air strikes, because of the different targets. the targets are houthis and their fighters and movements, not the military infrastructure the united states has taken over leadership of the arctic council. the russia is a member state

the 8 bodies to police the wilderness as daniel lak reports, icy relations between the two could comly kate things. reporter: local culture on display in a parking lot for the ministers and officials from the arctic council. the united states is in charge and secretary of state john kerry laid down an ambition agenda area addressing climate change, economic development in the north. >> all of us come to the council with different experiences and perspectives. ultimately we share an arctic. we have to do everything we can to ensure that the interests and the future of the vital and sensitive region are protected. >> reporter: overshadowing the agenda and decision making by consensus, concerns about member

state russia's involvement in ukraine, and military exercises in the arctic, casting a shadow over the american leadership of the arctic council. >> how will the americans take the actions against the russian activity in the ukraine and isolate it from interfering with the arctic council. maybe they can figure out a way of doing it. i'm not sure how you do it. >> there were convicting claims to the seabed. denmark, greenland, canada and russia and u.s. looking behind a 200 mile nautical limb, some to the north -- limit, some to the north pole, with the vast wealth that lays within. as the northern sea ice melts they could be accessible. environmentalists warn that will increase warming that is twice as fast as elsewhere on the planet. the planet.> cooperating against climate change may take off, but some say it's too little, too late.

the distractions of geopolitics come at an inconvenient time for the pressing work that lies ahead. and time for a check of weather with rob. i understand something in the united states has your attention much. >> yes thankfully it's no longer snow. it is that time of year where you expect frequent tornados and they are tedious. if you are not there i imagine you think "more of it." this is what happened in fort worth in texas, a small variety, and we are not looking to see huge ones. you see this is arkansas. there are bottom clouds tall top clouds producing hail. it's the size of the baseball. it's not one hale storm. you have small tornado from the east. the trend has been to wipe out

of the states the contrasting gulf air and the cold coming down from the north. it's gone offshore. if you look to the west, clouds sits over the hills or the mountains. >> that has to be a good thing. it does little to aid a drought. it produces rain in the central valley. that is sunday's picture. we are talking about the next few hours. by this time the state is free of cloud. a quite foo days. >> taking you through to monday the cold air is dipping towards texas. here is the contrast. here is the next thing to look for. texas, arkansas once again, where the showers could be dramatic still ahead...

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welcome back. the top stories on al jazeera. a magnitude 6.7 aftershock hit nepal's capital kathmandu. after saturday's earthquake killed more than 2,000. hospitals were overwhelmed as

injured were pulled out of the rubble. our reporter on the ground said people are without power, water, and other essentials as international aid is flown in after shocks felt in northern india. 50 killed, 240 injure on saturday in that quait supreme leader coalition air strikes targeted houthi rebels and hairal lies. -- and their allies. many killed in the southern districts back to nepal. coordinating rescue and relief efforts - we are joined on the phone. we appreciate your time at a time like this. all of your people your team have they been accounted for? >> yes, yes. >> so have you been able to talk to them on the phone, have you

seen them. i understand that communication is quite a challenge right now. >> yes. we have been able to communicate. and it has been difficult. since yesterday, you know like because the aftershocks were coming in such gaps. people have been really really frightened and most of the staff and everyone in kathmandu has been staying outside of their homes. when i see this i spoke for myself. i was staying with my family outside of my home until yesterday. today, after the quake hit at 1 o'clock, in the afternoon, we had to evacuate that area and move to another location. we are in a bid area which is open and sharing the space with a lot of other community members

from this area. >> what are the biggest challenges tasks ahead of you and your team to help people? >> yes, the most important ones is communication. we had emergency response in the national emergency operations caused by the government and participated in the humanitarian coordination meeting, and other international n.g.o.s working in nepal. we managed to hold an emergency response team where i couldn't go i love a little further away from the office i... >> that sound you heard, is in fact, i believe we just lost our guest. she made it clear the most

pressing need to help people is communication. and we will keep you posted on the communication as it cams up soon because timing is of the east close to 100 climbers are stuck at camps one and two up the mountains. >> danish climber carsten petersen was on mount everest when the avalanche hit. he filmed the pictures as a rescue effort got under way. pictures from the southside base camp showed scattered tents and rock scattered around the slight. a climber who survived by running from the tent posted a desperate appeal writing:

those that have been up everest many times say the rescue effort will be difficult. >> to facilitate the medical care required and try to medivac people out of there will be difficult. especially considering that weather conditions which have been experienced at the moment very bad whether there, helicopters can't fly in and out of the base camp. the situation at the base camp is desperate. april is climbing season. the avalanche couldn't have hit at a busier time the red cross says two people have been killed in burundi after police opened fire on a small group of protesters. they are angry that the president is seeking a third term in office in defiance of a

2-term constitutional limit. malcolm webb joins us on the phone from the capital. what can you tell us. >> there has been hundreds thousands of people gathering in a few different suburbs of the city. there has been standoffs in police. in a suburb where we were earlier, protesters were chanting. protesters responded by throwing rocks. regrouping in side streets. the crowds were growing bigger and bigger. some started making roadblocks, pulling tyres and rubbish into the road setting fire to it. police would remove it. protesters come up behind them, setting up roadblocks again. it's going on now in some suburbs. >> did there appear to be

organizers. >> there's a coalition saying people should come to the streets to stop the bid for a third term by the president. it seems there's a wide response to that. people who protest themselves treat by treat. it's not organised at an official level. police are working out what they can do. a lot of people want to go to the city center and protest. police are doing what they can to keep the protesters in those suburbs. large numbers in the city could be more of a threat to security and the government if protesters could take over key buildings and such like. as reported by the red cross

two people have been killed in burundi, malcolm webb live. thank you vote counting is under way in togo where the president is seeking a controversial third term in office. he is hoping to win again. observers say the result will be close between him and the opposition candidate. he has ruled since 2005, taking over from his father who was in charge for 38 years. >> people in kazakhstan are voting in a presidential election. the president is expected to win, and extend a 26 year role. the poll was due, but critics of the longstanding leader say developments forced them to call for an early vote. we go to astana for this report. >> i'm in a central location in the heart of avt jpa, at a -- astana at a polling station where people have been coming in and out. many government employees,

feeling it's their civic duty to approach. and from employers, to name sure they cast their ballots. let's take a look. it's part of a party atmosphere. music, children, gifts being given - like irons and kitchen utensils because they are voting for the first time some of them. most consider this election a foregone conclusion. the person in power has been in power for quarter of a century. if the candidates. let's take a look, there's two opposing nursultan nazarbayer. if they were charismatic and have funding and were opposed to the policies or offered alternatives, which they don't. if there was a free media in kazakhstan and an open

plural environment where people could criticize the government. which there isn't. mr nazarbaye have would win. he's done a reasonable job in holding his country together and allowing the oil wealth to trickle down and reach a chunk of the population. a lot of people think he at least is the best man for the job. . >> people are voting in elections in cyprus. it turkish occupied cypress, it is not recognised by the international community. it's hoped the vote will pave the way for conflict resolutions with cypriots in the south. let's look at the divided island. it has been divided since 1974 after turkey invaded the north in response to an athens-backed military coup. the northern part of the island was held by turkish cypriots.

greek cypriots inhabit the south. in 1953 the south became a self-declared republic. unification talks have failed. it's hoped they'll resume after the election. hoda abdel-hamid is in the turkish side and sent us there report. >> reporter: the election is not recognised by the international community, but turkish cypriots attach significance. voters have two choices. there's two candidates. the incumbent. what he stands for is the status quo, and the main rival - what he stand for is change. and this is what you feel when you talk to people here. both men say that they are both committed to a solution to the cyprus problem.

both see a solution in an appropriate way. the government would like to see a 2-state solution. while the other candidate. what he would like to see is a reunified island, because he things this is the way forward. voters have two choices. it's an important time. negotiations which have been suspended are set to resume soon. the man that will win the election will be mandated to sit with the greek cypriots in an attempt to solve the problem, but with diplomats believing that the possibility of a breakthrough is real. thousands of demonstrators staged the biggest rally so far in the u.s. city of baltimore after the death of a black man in police custody. freddy gray suffered a broken spine. >> reporter: high tensions

between police and protesters in baltimore. people angry there are few answers about the death of freddie gray. several were arrested. it was ugly for a brief period at the end of the day and marred an overwhelmingly peaceful day of protests throughout the city. this was the largest street demonstration since gray's death, and unlike others made up of african-americans on the streets, a wider cross-section of people are joining in. >> i think what happened with freddie gray and all over the country is not a new problem, it's an old country, as old as the country. as long as that problem existed there's a movement against it. this is the latest part of it. >> they have a thing where they protect and serve. the only thing they are serving now is asterisk and death.

>> they want the officers involved to be charmed, and an end to commonplace brutality and racial profiling. police admit it was a mistake not to give medical help and not to secure without a seatbelt in the back of the van. six officers are on paid lead. we need justice, and police need to do prison time like other human being. justice needs to be served. >> reporter: there's no database of deaths involving miss in the west but federal bureau of investigation analysis suggests baltimore police killed more than 100 people. >> the police commissioner promised reforms and fired 50 officers for wrong doing. these protesters say freddie gray's death shows how many

problems exist and why they remain on the streets. >> freddie gray will be buried on monday and calls for justice in a city losing patients still ahead - all the sports including what is next for the world heavy weight boxing champion after his latest

experts say chile's calbuco

is not likely to erupt again, but it is still sending out ash disrupting travel. >> reporter: a closer few of a volcano in eruption. chile's geological service invited al jazeera to overfly the calbuco volcano, which is spewing tonnes of ash from the volcano. this is the closest they came to the crater since the volcano erupted late wednesday. what you see is not smoke, but semi-pulverized rock and gas. you can smell the sulphur. >> this is why they call them so black a column causing havoc as it heads straight towards argentina and uruguay. down below the rivers are boiling from the hot rock and ash. the same ash that covered the

town beyond recognise recognition. it's here that we find a family overseeing the damage. the town of 4,000 was evacuated. like many, they are living in a shelter, but they come to see what is left of their home. looters will steal the little we have left. >> reporter: while the ash is not contaminated, it can provoke respiratory problems and skin rash. chill je is prone to national catastrophes like few others. in the last few months there has been floods in the desert. fears from a drought, and volcano eruptions from not one, but two volcanos. many people are joking. the only thing missing is the locusts. the people here are determined to stay. >> i was born here, i'll stay

until i die, with or without the volcano. a volcano showing no sign of relenting. nor of allowing families to return home time for sport with annie. hello there -- andy. >> manchester united could be about to miss out on their chance to go second in the english premier league. the game at everton is into the second half, and everton winning 2-0. unit stay fourth. if they lose chelsea play arsenal. if chelsea wins this and the next. the title race is over. in 12 fixtures against their counterpart. jose mourinho has never within beaten. >> he is not my rival, he's

clever in the city where i work and live. he's clever with the same objectives that we have. >> it's not a confrontation, it's a confrontation of two clubs, two taxes. -- teams. i'm not a great believer history. it's down to the fact, but performance on the day disoidss the game and the result. let focus on that. >> bayern munich could win a title in the next few hearse. the european champion's league semifinalist winning on saturday. keeping it in the game early on. an only goal scored with 10 minutes remaining to seal.

-- to seal a 1-0 win vitaly klitschko retains his title with a point victory over jennings. it was vitaly klitschko's 18th championship defense the third highest totalling boxing history. briton's tyson fury is like i to be the next opponent. >> the next flight will happen in europe. the champions of the world will fight in different places. i know that he's double d mandatory. that is something they have to do to defend my title. >> taking a 3-0 lead in the n.b.a. series with the portland trail bladers, scoring double figures. hitting 25, finishing 115-109.

they can wrap up the series with a win on monday. >> markus coming down the stretch. i have a lot of respect for portland for the arena and the tradition. to come in here and get a win, it's a big win for our guys. >> england bowler jimmy anderson brought hit team to a victory in the second test. anderson taking three wickets. grabbing a couple of catches and a run out. have a look at this from alastair cook just about hanging on to a reaction catch. chasing down a victory, 143 to take a 1-0 series lead. anter son was the difference. >> we should cherish every moment he bowls for england. he's coming to the latter parts

of his career. and his skills the experience he has is invaluable. we have to look after him. >> the flames move in, coming from 3-goals down. it's been more than a decade since the flames made it past of the scoring twice, including an empty empty netter. calgary facing the anaheim ducks. the blackhawks taking a 4-3 victory. duggan the winner in the third sealing the win and eliminate ag nashville runners dominated a high-class field at the marathon. elliott finished ahead of former record holder wilson kipsang. paula radcliff a face in the crowd, running her last race.

ahead of here an ethiopian winning the women's event more on the website. barcelona's 5-point lead at the top of the spanish lead. check it out. aljazeera.com/sport. plenty more from me later. that's all the sport from me now the international market for video games sky rocketing to be worth $100 billion. the u.s. has the most gamers the fastest growing market is in the middle east. we have more from the games for change festival in new york. this prince grew up playing video games, as an arab he didn't identify with the villains on screen. >> evil and the dictator of day.

>> reporter: many depicted as middle eastern. he started to make games that many people, especially girls in saudi arabia could better relate to. >> i think it comes down to wanting to create new protagonists. i grow up with strong women. the rhetoric of women and saudi arabia women, they are women that i don't recognise. they are not weak, they are not passive. >> most of them are veiled as in the next release. saudi girls revolution, previewed at the games for change festival. here in new york it is about harnessing the power of games for social good. game makers believe the biggest area for growth is in the developing world. game renews total $1.5 billion and are expected to double by 2017. cultural sensitivity is key.

>> for the western player this feels revolutionary. it's something new, interesting, something we have never seen before. >> dutch egyptian is helping to promote game-makers from the middle east and other areas with an initiative called gamedev.world. >> in the last few years the gaming industry stepped up. a large part of that comes from the mobile market. a lot of parts in africa and the middle east skipped the computer age. straight to the smartphone age. those markets are potentially enormous. >> efforts attracted the efforts of festival attendees. >> you can tell it's not from the west or what we are used to. >> it's exciting. the games are culturally rooted and are fun to play. >> ultimately the games must be entertaining and easy to identify with to succeed in the middle east

the washington d.c. press corp held the white house correspondence dinner the largest event and an indication for big wigs to make fun of each other and himself. president obama made fun of his opponents. he took aim at republican house speaker john boehner. >> i look so hold john boehner has invited men yau to speak at my funeral. a few weeks ago dick cheney said he thinks i'm the worst president of his lift. which is interesting, because i think dick cheney is the worst president of my lifetime. he seemed to enjoy himself. he was a hit. stay with us, another full bulletin of news is straight ahead. thanks for your time. don't go anywhere. o anywhere.

panic in kathmandu, a powerful aftershock hits the nepalese capital a day after t earthquake that killed 2,000. >> rescuers are racing against time to save those trapped under the rubble. hello, i'm richelle carey, you are watching al jazeera live from doha. also on the programme... ..violence in burundi after the president decides to