it here. desperate rescue efforts in kathmandu as the number of those known to have died mounts. there is a continuestant danger of aftershocks. this one sent people running from their homes. >> hello. i am felicity barr. this is al jazeera live from ron london. two protesters shot down in burundi as police break up demonstrations of a hopes for a third term for the president. on the trail of the smugglers, we join libya's coast

guard patrol for the look out of migrant boats >> nepal has been shaken by dozens of aftershocks following an earthquake on saturday. people are still being pulled from damaged buildings. more than 2400 are now thought to have died. >> number is likely to rise. rescue workers manage to moved in to more remote areas. the fear and panic continues for many. the aftershocks have rattled not only nepal but surrounding countries. last year was a 6.7 magnitude. the hospitals deal with the injured. france and germany have dispatched medical personnel and equipment. india and japan are sending aid. rescuers trying to reach survivors on mount he haveeverest face a huge challenge.

17 climbers were killed in an avalanche triggered byquake. more details. >> reporter: it's sunset and rescuers are working in the dark again. parts of kathmandur are without electricity. with just torches and bare hands, the first night brought some success [applause.] >> nepal is hoping the second night will be the same. for every life saved, many more have been lost. here they are burning bodies in a mass cremation. this is a deeply religious country. some of the temples where people would normally seek solace during tragedy are in ruins. there have been at least 12 aftershocks. it's causing panic. there is hardly any news from remote villages nationwide. >> the main difficulty with the

district are there is some information some of the districts have been nearly plat end, 80% damaged, 50% damaged and 30% damaged and we are finding it difficult to get the detailed information from those areas. >> some more information is coming from mount everest, the famous attraction. these are a guides who made it through an avalanche. some of their colleagues aren't coming back. >> actually it was everywhere. we don't know how many casualties there are. about 55 people were involved. >> because of everest and its rich history, nepal is a renowned tourist destination. many foreign nationals, the exact number is still unknown, would have been in the busiest spots on saturday afternoon when the quake struck. the grief felt here will reverb

rate globally. nicole mole al jazeera. >> al jazeera's and drew simmons is in kathmandu. he sent us this update. >> no one knows the true figure of deaths yet. we are looking at a figure well beyond beyond

2,400. >> a few hours ago, masses of aid coming in but by no means enough. only you one runway. chaos at the airport. they are trying to sort of triage the size of the planes to get the most equipment and rescue workers in. meanwhile, the position here is so desperate because the search has been going on with people with their bare hands. no diggers or major mechanics, mechanicals around to take part in that search. just this desperate situation. in the hospital a really big crisis in terms of the supplies of drugs and, also the space to treat people. you will see patients now in the open with the weather closing in this isn't a good situation.

also, try to communicate with people. it's desperate hard because there is a fear here, a massive fear here you've got to take on that this quake took out a big swath but shook the highest mouth an on earth with those deaths in base camp on everest, and everyone is in shock. no one really knows what's going to happen next. >> aid is slowly arriving in nepal from across the world. pakistan is sending doctors, hospital equipment, food and tents. israel has pledged search and rescue teams and medical supplies. the united states is giving an initial $1 million in humanitarian assistance. india and china also are sending emergency staff to kathmandu. >> the former indian ambassador to nepal explains the difficulty rescuers are facing in getting aid to the survivors. >> kathmandu is in a bowl a valley surrounded by hills.

now most of the city is about from a few major streets. most of the city are small lanes, almost like rabbit warrens. most of the buildings are not at all earthquake proof. they are, you know, not even built according to modern day norms of buildings. the difficulty is therefore, not about relief material reaching nepal. the difficulty is that they will reach nepal but from the airport or other points of collection to get it out to the people that are vulnerable particularly the women, the elderly, the children food way, water, tents and milk and so on. that's going to be one major problem after, of course the first priority, which is to save lives. many who are still maybe alive under the rubble and the debris of the earthquake. so that is the very difficult situation you are facing. a number of other countries have offered aid and are providing funds as well as material the

relief effort tackling this crisis has to be a valiant effort. the effort really started on the indian side. from the prime minister level after the earthquake hit nepal. within hours, the indian air force was on its way to evacuate indians to deliver relief supplies. >> foreigners have been queueing at the arrest port trying to catch a flight out. passenger flights have been delayed or cancelled. locals and foreign tourists have spent a cold and wet night sleeping there. some with little food or water. >> there was a piece of paper saying a flight it been cancelled from 9:00 o'clock this morning. that's the only information we have had. >> earthquake happened so we stay here for a whole night. it's cold. no food no water. no camp. we want to go home. >> the commit of the red cross

helped reunite people friends or relatives in nepal. the address for that site is on your screen right now. you can go there to search or register for a missing person and also see a list of the missing and those who have been found. in burundi two people have been killed after police opened fire. hundreds have been protesting against president numberdecision to seek a third term in. supporters say he is eligible as he was chosen by mps rather than the public. malcolm web has the latest from the capital. >> reporter: at sunrise this morning, small crowds of protesters gathered in several suburbs. police were deployed.

protesters started cheering and chanting. police fired tear gas for a couple of hours. as the protesters dispersed, each time they came back in larger numbers. they were starting to build road blocks. the police managed to keep the upper hand. there have been reports they are firing at people. the red cross say at least two people have been shot and several people have been injured with gunshot wounds as well. i spoke to the president spokesperson a while ago. he said the protesters are responsible for this violence and he said it should be peacefully resolved in a presidential election and if people aren't happy with the result it can be challenged through the courts. that's something protesters won't accept. they don't believe an election including it will be free. that's against the constitution

a.m. limits. >> counting is underway in kazakhstan after polls closed in sunday's election. the current president is expected to extend his 26th year rule. a report from the capitol. >> elections in kazakhstan are an opportunity for a day out with the family to perform civic duty despite an entirely predictable outcome. this government employee was simply thrilled to be with his granddaughter and daughter and is voting for the first time election officials gave her a prize of kitchen wear. who did you vote for? >> the president remains broadly popular. his country is the economic success story with central asia with little political freedom and hardship may lie ahead. oil revenues have tumbled. most towns are not this shiney. many are aging industrial cities

in decline. the so-called leader of the nation said this early vote was to give him a mandate to make necessary but tough economic choices in kazakhstan cash in some areas cutbacks in others. medina who works at the university he has founded is grateful for programs educating young khazaks like her abroad. she shows appreciation at the ballot box but knows that the only leader she has ever known won't be in power forever. >> people are worried about the future. it's natural for people to worry about the future and to think about it. but i think everything will go peacefully because because he laid out a foundation. >> that foundation may need fortify after this election liken suring an eventually smooth transition of power and delivering to kazakhstan real not managed democracy. robin foristier-walker.

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kathmandu and felt as far away as india and bangladesh. >> saudi-led airstrikes have targeted an area near the presidential capital. fighting is continuing between houthi rebels and forces loyal to the exiled president hadi. the latest. >> reporter: this is an area in the center of yemen. it's an oil-rich prove incident east of the capital, sanaa which the houthis took over last year. both sides want control of it.

here are the entrance to the city. the houthi prince or any of their allies. this city. >> fighting has been raging here for days. control of the province would help the houthis be a main strong homed in sadr in the north close to the saudi border. outside, governments from the stronghold in aden conflicts continue. rebel forces are trying to create a district. there is an area near the border for the first time. airstrikes hit military sides in an area near the presidential palace in the yemeni capital at dawn on sunday. 30 houthi fighters were killed when their truck was attacked. a month after the collision started their strike on yemen

extends the battle an endless one. abdula shami, al jazeera. a series of car bombs in and around baghdad have killed at least 18 people. the deadliest in a busy commercial area in the city center. the neighborhoods of amil baya were targeted. certainian government airstrikes have killed dozens of people across idlib. the attacks started at a time strategic town of alzgur. after days of battling it out, rebels entered the time for the first time since the four-year-old war began. also in idlib, they bombed the town of darkush. south of idlib, an armed rebel group is in control of four villages in the countryside. the u.n. chief ban ki moon is

urging not to react to resort to military action. he made the comments as navy vessels prepare to sail where many migrants depart. the libyan coastguard has been monitoring waters. al jazeera's hodr hamyd is aboard one of their ships. >> it's usually around sunset that they sail off in search of migrants at sea patrolling the libyan coastline. >> the same way the european union assisted italy, it should assist us. there should be cooperation as we don't care for the means to deal with this. >> their fleet consists of a tug boat they took over and modified for their own purposes. there are two navy vessels for shore patrols only. one has a broken engine and no spare parts. they patrol 600 kilometers of coastline. a good number of trafficking

boats have sailed from here. their duty is to inspect every boat they spot. this one turns out to be a registered fishing boat. the patrol continues into the night. >> the area the smugglers boats leave from have no security. they usually sail off at night. no one spots them. >> the tug boat is slow. some boats are too far away to reach before they cross international waters. >> we cover less than 20% of the coastguard's area of the village. it took us 24 hours. we didn't find any migrants at sea even though 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, also because it seemed that the muglers are continuously changing their tactics. >> since mid april the coastguard has rescued about 250 people in this area. they were found in overcrowded

dingies that often go undetected by radar. 55 years old, e bra heal was one? >> the one captaining the both was a somali like me. he was scared. he told us he knew what he was doing but it seems not. >> the coastguard says there is an emerging pattern lately. >> in the past there were big boats that carried hundreds of people. now they put them in rafts, usually quickly train two or three passengers on how to use the engine and show them the direction to follow on the come pass and off they go. >> this summer will see many many more people trying to take the desperate journey. most will sail into high seas undetected by the libyan coastguards. al jazeera on patrol in the mediterranean sea. >> a ceremony held in northern germany to mark the liberation of a form ter nazi concentration camp. germany's president joined thousands of others on the site at the former concentration

camp. more than 70,000 people were murdered at the camp before it was liberated by british allied forces cent years ago. the president implored those to honor the memory of the victims. >> seventy years, almost a whole lifespan. that's how long it's been since pictures and stories from here shook the world. these images will continue to make the world think, unsettle us and our children and prompt us to ask why? they make us sad and angry. >> turkish cypriots are voting in the presidential poll in northern cyprus. the u.n. says talks between greek cypriots and turks should review after these e legs. zeina hodr is in northern cypress. >> reporter: this is not recognized by the international community but turkish sipcypriots

are attaching importance. there are two main candidates. what he stands for is the status quo and his main rival, what he stands for is change. this is what you feel when you talk to people here yes, both men say that they are both committed to a solution to the cypress problem. both of them see a solution in a very different way. the incumbent ideally would like to to see a two-state solution, the turkey internationally recognized while the other candidate, what he would like to see is a reunified island because he thinks this is the way forward. so voters really have two choices, and it is an important time. the united nations envoy saying that negotiations which have been suspended since november are set to resume soon. so, the man who will win this

election will be mandated to sit with the greek cypriots in another attempt to solve the cypress problem but with diplomats believing the possibility of a break through is real. >> indonesia has confirmed it will execute eight foreign drug convicts within the next few days. the government gave

are execution >> thousands of people have been forced from their homes, cancelling flights and disrupting traffic. al jazeera's latin america editor has taken a close-up look at the volcano to see how it's affecting the people who live nearby. >> reporter: a magnificent close-up view of a volcano in eruption. chile's geological service invited al jazeera to over fly the volcano continuing to spew millions of tons of volcanic material. this is the closest they have come to the crater since the volcano first erupted late wednesday. what you see isn't smoke but semi pull verized rock and gas. you can smell the surlfur. >> the wind from the west. okay? that's why the cloud is so wet.

>> a column that is causing havoc as it heads straight towards neighboring argentinea and uruguay down below, the rivers are boiling from the hot rock and ash the same ash that has covered town of encinata beyond recognition. it's here that we found the or i have a family overseeing the damage. the town of 4,000 was evacuated. like many they are living in a shelter but have come to see what's left of their home. >> we are afraid looters will come to steal the little we have left. >> while the ash is not contaminated it can provoke res 3ri9 tory problems and skin rashes. >> chile is prone to natural catastrophes like few others. in the last month, there have been freakish floods and deadly mudslides in the desert, forest

fires from a drought and volcano e rupingsz from not one but two volcanos. many people are joking in fact only thing that's missing are the locationusts. the people here are determined to stay. ? >> i was born here i will stay here until i die with or without the volcano. >> a volcano that still shows no sign of relenting nor of allowing thousands of families to return home. lucia newman al jazeera, encinata chile. >> the international for video games is booming soon to be worth more than $100,000,000,000 the u.s. and japan have the most gailers. the fastest growing market is the middle east. kristin saloomey has more for the games for change festival in new york. >> prince fahad alsad played games but he didn't always

identify with those on screen. many depicted as middle eastern. so, he started nam or new arab media to make games that people especially girls in his home country of saudi arabia could better relate to. i think it comes down to wanting to create new protagnists. i guup with spraer strong women in my life. so, you know the rhetoric of women and narrative about saudi women is they are women that i don't recognize. they are not -- awed e women are not weak passive. >> most of them are veiled as they will be in his next release, saudi girls revolution which is being previewed at the games for change festival. >> the games for change festival here in new york is all about harnessing the power of video games for social good. gaming is also big business. game makers are beginning to realize the biggest potential for growth is in the developing world. >> reporter: game revenues total more than 1 and a half$1 and a half

billion dollars and are expected to neil double by 2017. the cult tufr al sensitivity is key. >> to the western consumer or western player this game feels revolutionary. it's something new, something interesting, something you have never seen before. >> dutch egyptian rami ishmael is hoping to promote gamers from the middle east and other under representative with an initiative called gamedev.org. >> the gaming industry stepped up. a lot comes from the mobile market because a lot of parts in africa and the middle east sort of skipped the computer age into the smartphone age. those markets are enormous. >> these efforts have attracted the attention of festival attendees. >> you can tell they are not from the west and what we are used to. it's really exciting. these games are so culturally rooted and they are fun to play. >> and ultimately these games must be entertaining and easy to

identify with to succeed in the middle east. kristin saloomey al jazeera, new york. >> you will find plenty more news and sport over on our website. the address to click on to is aljazeera.com. aljazeera.com. update of news and sport for you 24 hours a day.