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forister-walker in kazakhstan. will it be democracy or theatre? >> hello. it's almost 11:00 p.m. in nepal. efforts are continuing to free those trapped by a major earthquake which struck near kathmandu on saturday night. throughout the day, people were pulled alive from elapsed buildings. more than 2,400 are thought to have died. >> number could rise as rescuers move in to more remote areas. the fear and panic continues for many. earth shocks rattled not only nepal but surrounding countries. the largest was a 6.7 magtude. a fullly resourced hospital deals with the injured. foreign governments have been dispatching aid and medical supplies. rescuers trying to reach survivors on mount everst face a huge avalanche.

more details. >> reporter: it's sunset. rescuers are working in the dark again t parts of kathmandu are without electricity. en with just torches and bare hands, the first night brought some success. 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 solas during tragedy are in ruins. there have been at least 12 aftershocks. it's causing panic. and there is hardly any news from remote villages nationwide. >> the main difficulties with the district some of the information we are receiving

some have been nearly flattened, 80% damaged, 50% damaged and 30% damage. we are finding it difficult to get the detailed information from those areas. >> reporter: more information is come from mount everest, the famous attraction. these are she werea guides who made it through an avalanche triggered by the earthquake. 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. >> reporter: 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.

nickel ol' mole al jazeera. aj's andrew simmons is in kathmandu. >> no one knows the true figure of deaths yet. we are looking at a figure well beyond 2,400, according to the government now. all of the time that is being updated. so it is a mood really of gloom eally of gloom

despondency. by know means enough. only runway 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 desperate because a 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 are seeing patients now in the open. and, of course with the weather closing in this isn't a good situation. also trying to communicate with people, it's desperate hard

because there is a fear here, a massive fear. you better take on board this quake not only took out a big swathe of this country but shook the highest mountain on earth with those death ins base camp on everest and everyone is in shock. no one really knows what's going to happen next. >> aid is slowly arriving 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 are also sending emergency staff to kathmandu. >> the former indian ambassador to nepal explained the difficultics rescuing getting aid to survivors. >> kathmandu is in a valley surrounded by hills. most of the city is about from a

few major streets, most of the city are small lanes, almost like rabbet warrens. most of the buildings are not at all earthquake-proof. they have not been built according to normalmodern day norms of buildings. the difficultsy not about relief material reaching nepal. the difficulty is that they will reach nepal but from the airport or from other points of collection. to get it out to the people particularly the women, the elderly, the children food 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 killed may be alive under the rubble and the debris of the earthquake so that is the very difficult situation you are facing while a number of other countries have offered aid and are providing funds as well as materials. the relief effort tackling this

crisis has to be a valient effort. the effort really started on the indian side right from the prime minister and the cabinet level immediately after the earthquake hit nepal and within hours, the indian air force was on its way to evacuate indians, to deliver refugee supplies. >> the international committee of the red cross set up a website to help try to reunite people with friends or relatives in nepal. the address for that site is on your screens now. go there to search for or register a missing person and you can see a list of the missing and those who have been found. ♪ two people have been killed in burundi after police opened fire on demonstrators protesting

against the president seeing a third term in office in defiance after two-term limit. supporters say he is eligible for another term because he was originally chosen by mps rather than the public. malcolm webb has the latest from the capital. >> at sunrise this morning small crowds and protestors gathered in several suburbs. 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 and larger numbers. they were starting to roadblock and the police managed to keep the upper hand using tear gas and 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. we spoke to the president's spokeman a short while ago. he said the protesters who are

responsible for this violence and not the president. 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. it's not you see. activists and protesters won't accept that. they don't believe an election including pierre number nkurunzizat. >> polls closed in sunday's election. current president baez is wildly expected to extend his 26th year rule. a report now 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 thrilled to be with his granted daughter and daughter and was voting for the first time

election officials gave her a prize of kitchenware. >> who did you vote for? >> the president remains broadly popular. this country is the economic success story of central asia but with little political freedom and hardship may lie ahead. oil revenues have tumbled. most towns do not look quite as shiny. many are aging industrial cities in decline. the so-called leader of the nation says this early vote was to give him a mandate to make necessary but tough economic choices to kazakhstan cash in some areas cutbacks in others. medina who now 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 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 he has laid out a foundation. >> reporter: that foundation may need fortifying after this election, like ebb suring an event annual smooth transition of power and delivery to kazakhstan's real not managed, democracy. robin foristier walker. >> still ahead, the fight for an oil-rich area of yemen. we radio veal the rising level of violence on the street. and taking things to the next level, why the video games industry is now looking to the middle east.

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again, aereminder the top stories here on al jazeera. people are still being pulled from damaged buildings in nepal's devastating earthquake. 2,400 are thought to have died. it's likely to rise as rescue workers moved in to remote areas. rescuers are trying to reach survivors on mount everest where it is a busy climbing season. at least seventeen climbers were killed in an avalanche triggered by the quake. >> there has been a defendant series of earthquakes causing fear and panic. it was sixty kilometers to the east of the capital kathmandu and was felt as far away as india and bangladesh. nepalees are mourning the victims of saturday's disaster.

many are waiting word from their friends and relatives. hundreds of thousands were working in the gulf. nicole johnston met some of them. >> reporter: these men have been trying to dahl their relatives since the earthquake struck. some managed to get through briefly but for the last few hours, the phone calls have been down and they are worried. >> it's so sad. this is our platform. we are praying for god, by the grace of god our friends. >> people from nepal moved to the gulf to work. for many the goal is to earn enough money to build a house in nepal and help their families. now, they can't even do that. >> our house has collapsed. all my family are sleeping in the field on the ground. i want to be with my family but i can't go there.

if we try to send money, they can't receive it. >> we meet ramesh who found out some of his relatives have died. >> my brother, son, and wife were killed. everywhere, we are facing the same problem. landslides are covering the villages. my contract is for two years. i have been working for one year. i can't go back to my home. >> the sponsorship law employers can prevent my grant workers from leaving the country. >> there are more than 400,000 people from nepal who live in qatar. many work in the construction industry. most of them are on two-year contracts that only allow them to go home at the end of it. they tell us that en though they are separate to go to nepal now they don't believe it will be possible. >> the group representing nepalese workers have been urging companies to help people

who want to go home. >> if the workers lost their house or someone in their family died, they should be begin permission to go home. the country should let them go. i understand they should mediate to make this happen. >> some of the men say they are so stressed about the quake, they can't work and right now home has never felt so far away. nicole johnston al jazeera, qatar. >> al jazeera has obtained he canclusive video of fighting around these southern yemeni city of taiz. popular resistance forces have been battling houthi militia there. it has been taking place near the headquarters of the government. >> cent % of the country is said to be no longer under the control of houthi rebels. speaking at a news conference in london t they said there would be no dialogue unless they withdrew all of their fighters. on the ground fierce battles are continuing in several

cities. abdullah al shami has the latest. >> reporter: this is marib in the center of yemen, an oil-rich prove incident which the houthis took over last year. both sides want control of marib. we are at the entrance to the city. the houthi presence they send them away. fighting has been raging here for days. control of this strategic province would help the houthis access the main stronghold in sada close to the sawedee border. outside the stronghold in aden fierce battles continue as houthi loyalists and houthi loyalists loyal to the deposed president. rebel forces are trying to create a district.

an area near the port for the first time. moon chile, five airstrikes hit military sides and an area near the presidential palace in the yemeni capitol at dawn on sunday. 30 houthi fighters were killed when their truck was attacked. a month after the uprising the battle is them one. >> the u.n. chief is urging european countries not to resort to military action to prevent further migrant ship wrecks off their coasts. he made those comments as european vessels prepared to sail for libya where many depart. the coastgard has been monitoring waters and zena hodar is aboard. >> reporter: it's usually around sunset the coastguard sails off in search of migrants at sea, patrolling the coastline

coastline. >> the same way the european union assists italy, it should assist us. there should be cooperation as we don't have agreements for the needs to de -- means to deal with this. >> their fleet consists of a tug boat they took over and modified for their own purposes and there are two navy vessels for shore patrols only. one has a broken engine and no spare parts. the mizrata coastguard controls six 00 miles. 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. and the patrol continues into the night. the area the smugglers boats leave from usually sails off at night. no one spots them. >> the tug boat is slow. some boats are too far away to reach before they cross into international waters.

>> we cover less than 50% of the village. it took us 24 hours. now, we didn't find any migrants at sea even though there was information that some had sailed off from libya into the area we were shown. that's not only because of the lack of modern equipment but, also because it seems the smugglers are continuously changing their tactics. since mid april the coastguard has rescued about 250 people in this area. they are found in overcrowded dingies that often go undetected by rad arizona. 25 years old ibrahim was one. >> the one steering the boat was somali like me. he was scared. that's why he ran away. he told us he knew what he was doing but it seems not. >> the coastguard have noticed an emergeing pattern? >> in the past action they were big boats now they put them in rafts and quickly train two or

three passengers on how to use the engine and show them the direction to follow 0 on a compe as and off they go. >> this summer will seem many people trying to take the desperate journey. most will sail into high seize undetected by the coastguards. >> in the mediterraneanian sea. >> a series of car bombs in and around the iraqi capital baghdad have killed at least 18 people. the deadliest attack took place in a square that is a commercial area in the sentcity center. the neighbors were also targeted. syrian government air have killed dozens of people across idlib. attacks targeted at a time town over taken by opposition fighters on saturday. rebels entered the town for the first time since the four-year-old war began. also in idlib, the assad

government bombed the town of ark arkush. a moderate leftist candidate has won northern cyprus's presidential election according to the election commission there. he took over 60% of the vote. he beat the incumbent make a conservative who came to power five years ago. the u.n. says talks between greek sip

. >> they failed to provide urgent medical care he needed. >> seismologist say chile's volcano is unlikely to erupt again but it is sending out ash forcing people from their homes, cancelling flights and disrupting traffic. al jazeera's latin american editor reports. >> reporter: a magnificent close-up view of a volcano in eruption. chile's geological service invited al jazeera to overfly the calbuco volcano, continuing to spew millions of tongs 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 surfer -- the sulfur. >> it's so black. >> the a column that is causes havoc as it heads toward argentina and uruguay. down below, the rivers are boiling from the hot rock and ash, the same ash that has covered the town of encinata beyond recognition. it's here that we find the uriba family overseeing the damages. 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. >> reporter: while the ash is not contaminated it can provoke respiratory problems and skin rashes. chile is a country prone to natural disasters. in the last month alone, there

have been freakish floods and deadly mudslides in the desert forest fires from an unprecedented drought and volcano eruptions from not one but two volcanos. many people are joking that the only thing that's missing now are the locusts. yet the people here are determined to stay t. >> 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, ensenata chile. the international video game market could soon be worth more than $100,000,000,000. the u.s. and japan still have the most gamers, but more now from the middle east. kristin saloomey reports. >> reporter: principle fatah al

sad grew up playing video games. >> evil and oppressive dictateo of the day. >> many depicted as middle eastern. so, he started nam for 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 protagnists. i grew up with strong women in my life and the rhetoric of women and narrative about saudi women is they are women that i don't recognize. they are not -- saudi women are not weak. they are not passive. >> but most are veiled as they will be in his next release "saudi girls' revolution" 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. the gaming is big business. game makers are beginning to realize the biggest potential for growth is in the developing

world. game revenues from the middle east total more than 1 and a half billion dollars and are expected to nearly double by 2017. the cultural sensitivity is key. >> the western consumer or western player this game feels revolutionary, something new, interesting, something they have never seen before. >> dutch egyptian ronami ismael is hoping up rup present areas with an initiative called gamedev. >> the industry stepped up. a lot comes from the mobile market because a lot of parts in africa and the middle east have sort of skipped the computer age straight into the smartphone age and those markets are potentially enormous. >> efforts have attracted the attention of festival attendees. >> you can tell they are from the west. 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. kristen saloomey al jazeera, new york. >> much more on our website. the address to click on to is aljazeera.com. hello, i'm dominique gisin, and you're at joleon lescott. here are some of the -- cameron lizotte, and here are (richard gizbert, and here are some of the stories we are at. media and politicians point the finger at one another.