>> welcome to the al jazeera news hour. these are some of the stories we'll cover in the next 60 minutes. responding to the devastating earthquake as frustrations mound. saudi arabia's king names his successor in a major shake up. cries of fraud from togo's opposition parties. as the president of this west african nation is re-elected.

clearing the air, south korea, china and japan talk about how to beat their share of pollution problems. >> and we have sports news including the talk before the walk. mayweather and pacquiao have been avoiding each other in vegas. now they're about to come face to face. ♪ >> it is so hard to know how many people have lost their lives, but the number seems to be creeping up. police say now that 5,000 are confirmed to have died and 10,000 hurt by the earthquake. some of the injured here being flown from these rural regions. no matter how devastating that is people in the villages on the

outsquirrels say that they have yet to receive any food or supplies and they've been left to salvage what they can from the rubble. we went to one tent city that is now home to hundreds of people. >> open and exposed. it's the safest place for many thousand in the capital and the rest of nepal. while the threat of more aftershocks remain, nobody is taking any chances. this family has lived in this area for decades. 24 of them have been living here since saturday's quake. this is now their life. >> i had to build this myself. nobody has come to help us.

no fresh water. no heat. this makes me angry. >> his wife is more direct. >> no one from the government has come to see how we're coping in this pathetic condition. just across the road people have diarrhea. we're all helpless. >> like many of preparing the the daily meal is a difficult task. water is scarce. not all areas of the capital and it's outlying directs are re reconnected. it's only on tuesday when there have been partial reconnecting. >> each get a few meters of tent

material. >> the first thing is the tent. at least they should get the tenting. it is already late, and people are getting sick. >> while the public are grateful for anything that the authorities can provide there is growing disquiet that more needs to be done and done soon before it spills over into anger. >> we are required to give the required help. we are doing our best, but in some places we could not have done it on time. that's why the people are needing some kind of angriness. >> while areas like this remain the government will be under huge pressure by the government

that they distribute fairly what the international organizations have brought. >> we tried to do the rescue and provide relief but we have not been able to properly organize the relief effort. >> let's go to kathmandu. what have you seen and what have you been told. what has really stood out? >> what struck me is the resilience of people here. they're still scared. people are asking when is the

next earthquake. people are uncertain how long they're going to have to be outside in the open. but they stay there. and they're still helping out. people are trying to help people with as much as they can with what little they have. the locals have been helping search and rescue, cording off the streets to help ambulances trying to find people. that's one of the things that struck me the most being here. but now that the aftershocks have stopped many are trying to leave. i went to a bus station to find out why. >> this is nepal's main bus station here in kathmandu. thousands of people are now trying to leave the city. since saturday's quake people have been too scared to leave. now today though we're seeing so many people leaving we have one gentleman here who whose goal is

to travel 900 kilometers back to his home village. >> i've been trying to get a ticket to leave since the earthquake, but there have not been any buses available. i want to go now. we're all worried about getting sick and the city isn't safe. there is no one helping us here. it is safer for me to go home. >> his home is 900 kilometers away and it will take two or three days. but people are willing to risk the journey now even if there are aftershocks just to get away from the potential threat and danger here in kathmandu. >> today we have some people trying to get away. what about those trying to come in to bring in whatever help they can? >> well, they're stuck by the same problems that they faced at kathmandu airport. it's still a bottleneck there. more supplies have been reached but getting those supplies out of cat man did are still a logistical nightmare. many areas have been cut off because of landslides, but even

the surrounding village areas as we heard is that it's just not getting through. now the government has asked for more international help. they've asked for experts and neurologists orthopedic surgeons people experienced in trauma and the united nations has asked for $450 million in aid to nepal. but while they're asking for more getting it first to kathmandu and then getting it out of the city is still going to be a challenge for at least a few more days if not weeks. >> and intermittent bad weather is not going to be no easy task. thank you faiz jamil in nepal. >> saudi arabia's king has appointed his heirs as part of a major shake up. the new if ground prince is king salmon's nephew making him next in line to rule. he'll serve as prime minister and interior minister.

his son is now second in line to the throne as the new deputy crown prince. then the saudi ambassador to the u.s. foreign minister replacing saud al faisal. >> this is saudi arabia's new crown prince. principles mohammed bin naive. replaces his uncle in the new shuffle. the new crown prince has built strong ties with the u.s. when they were in charge with the fight against al-qaeda. but this is the man who is likely to play a crucial role in the future of the oil-rich

kingdom. the king's son has been appointed as new deputy crown prince. mohammed serves also as minister of defense and chief of the royal court. shake outs in saudi arabia are closely monitored by the worlds. the country is the world's biggest oil produceer. >> previously there were questions about the succession go the issue of the first generation becoming very old all of them in their 70s and 80s. now we have a second generation mostly fairly young and in their 50s. >> saudi's new leaders face mounting challenges like the growing instability in neighboring yemen. it accuses iran of using the houthi toss destablize the

region. this is the man to seek international support for saudi foreign policy. saudi ambassador to the united states of america has been appointed munster of foreign minister of foreign affairs. >> in the past we were patient. we were--today we lost our patience. we believe that a strong government should take action timely and strongly, and send the right messages so that saudi arabia is going to deal with every fate. >> saudi arabia is an important player in the middle east. it provides significant support for the syrian opposition sunni sunnies in iraq and lebanon. saudi political sway spreads across the arab world.

in 2011 they were behind an arab league initiative offering peace with israel in exchange for a pull out from the areas controlled in 1967. al jazeera. >> what this expected? >> no, the timing took everybody by surprise. there were expectations that the ground prince would not succeed to the throne, and he was put in as an interim figure. now suddenly at 4:00 in the morning he is relieved of his position and replaced by a prince of second generation of the dynasty. clearly now the succession to the second generation has been formalized. >> we have an heir who is 55 or thereabouts. we have a second in line who is

said to be 30. this age shift what does it mean? >> i think its important to create some stability again. we've had five crown princes in four years in saudi arabia as a generation of octogenarians. now this branch of the royal family the nephew and the son of the ruling king salmon have consolidated the power of the branch, and there will probably barring any mishaps will remain in power far into the 21st century. >> what will their rule, if you like. what would their rule look like? what would it look like compared to the past? >> we'll see the course that was set by king salmon in the beginning of the year who made replacements with lightening speed basically dismantling putting the people in place by

king abdullah. i think you're going to see a much more proactive saudi arabia. these two are hands-on princes and the new defense minister showed that by launching straight into an intervention in yemen. >> and more liberal in terms of its policies? >> i do not think that. but i think the youthful in saudi arabia will recognize-- >> there are so many people in saudi arabia, massive proportions in the population. okay we've got young people in charge but it won't change life very much? >> the loyalty is first rand foremost to the dynasty. >> they're particularly worried that perhaps the deal with the united states and other western powers is this going to change that relationship? >> i don't think that will change in the sense that the competition between iran and saudi arabia, which even

pre-dates the arain i can't be revolution who is going to continue and i think we'll see more confrontations between iran and saudi arabia. which becomes sarah palinyer now that there is a nuclear option on the table. >> thank you thank you very much indeed. >> 40 years after the vietnam war. what became of those who fled to the united states. and baltimore's impact. why lives are disrupting riots are disrupting among others things the u.s. sporting calendar. >> you in the crisis in ukraine fighting continues in the east of the country. we're joined by the ukrainian foreign minister.

welcome foreign minister. we'll talk about the reasons for you being at the united nations. but first of all four of give us the latest that you have, and where the supposed cease-fire stands. >> well, the situation on the ground is very difficult. we have the situation with no access for the monitoring. what we need is a clear way for the support of forces.

in order to be able to represent the interest of the people. >> the suggestion is that you've really been able to do nothing firstly it's about russia, who has been supporting donetsk and luhansk sent in weapons sent in heavy weaponry, and sent in

munitions and a whole quantity of them. of course, what we need is to give real power and that's exactly the idea on the war in donetsk and luhansk. it's about organization and responsibility and real powers for political and economic-- >> how do you give powers? how do you enforce those powers? >> what we need is free rand fair elections. we provided them with clear goals during the war involving

economic responsibility, about greater share of taxes. which will be left in donetsk and luhansk and even with the possibility of creating special economic zones there. how are you going to use these opportunities? >> thank you. >> thank you. >> nigeria will try to identity nearly 300 women and girls who they say were rescued alive from boko haram. they were found in the stronghold of sambisa forest, and they thought the group would include girls kidnapped last year from chibok. let's go to the capital of abuja. girls known as the

chibok girls. >> we won't know until we're through with the screening process, however there are indications that most of them are of different backgrounds. and we'll be able to see categoryically their status. the indication is that they're not of a political background. >> okay, so did you know if these are not the chibok school girls? that these women that you found had been taken bye-bye boko haram. the question is that they may have been with them of their own free will. >> well, they were taken into the force evidently against their free will, and they would take out the terrorist counts in the forest. they were acquitted from that place, and i've.

taking care of their families. >> what do you say about the way they were treated? >> about those who were freed? >> no, i beg your pardon. not so much about the way they were freed but how they were treated as they were held captives? >> oh, okay. that will be--there is indication that they were brought from different locations and brought to the forest as abductees. they've been held as hostages for quite awhile. one or two of them did mention having been brought to the forest in 2014 and several other stories coming from them in the process of profiling.

>> major general, thank you very much indeed. >> thank you. >> in west traffic togo's main opposition party is rejecting the presidential election result that pulse the president in his third term of power. >> the controversy surrounding this election is that the president it's going for the third term in office. this is something debated across africa. how long should leaders stay in power? people are asking is it really the right thing to do especially since his father ruled the father for 38 years. between the two of them. they have ruled togo for nearly 50 years. now late on wednesday the

electoral commission and announced the preliminary results, and they put them in the lead with 58%. and the main this announcement took the opposition by surprise because they thought they were still going through the results checking the individual results from all the regions because they've raised many concerns about the way the results have been coming in. they called this a take over and they said that people should not allow this situation to happen, that it's a crime against national sovereignty. >> a senior aid works has been suspended on suspicion of leaking reports in the central african republic. the accusations that children as young as nine that have been is

sects you'llly exploited by french peace keepers. our diplomatic editor james bays joining me now from the united nations. let's turn away from the fact that this man has been suspended and look at the allegations if we may. this is not the first time that the u.n. peace keepers have been accused of acting improperly. so how will this be investigated? >> well, i think that we need to clarify a few points on this, david. these were actually french troops that were in the central african republic. the central african republic situation has been very dangerous, very confused, and one of the confuseing factors are the different military forces that have been sent there, the africa union were there. now there is an u.n. peacekeeping mission and there was this separate french force which was not part of the u.n. but they were there to restore

order. they still are there some of them. and it's these french peace keepers who were accused of abusing children. the u.n. wanted to investigate this when it heard the allegations. the u.n. human rights office. the u.n. said that was an investigation under way but one of the officials did not conduct things the way it should have under the procedures how far in terms of the investigation has it proceeded? how far? >> well, we don't know. that has to be answered by the french authorities. they say they've been investigating but it's not clear if they've gotten involved with the exact status of the investigation. there is a press conference going on in paris with french

president françois hollande and secretary general ban ki-moon who happens to be in paris. i'm sure they'll ask go the incident that took place and also why an u.n. officials whose job was to raise concerns about human rights has been suspended for doing exactly that, raising concerns about human. >> right james bays there at the united nations for us. still to come on this news hour. >> we've soon that these promises have come true. >> detainees are camping outside of the american embassy and their adopted country. >> i'm inside europe. the largest holding center for refugees. many of these people have crossed the mediterranean sees to get here. and some of them have been exploited by organized crime. and in sport find out which players have propelled houston to the postseason.

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>> we're watching the al jazeera news hour. let'slet's go to the global headlines. dozens of people outside of parliament. angry over government's response to saturday's earthquake in which 5,000 people are confirmed to have died. double that number is said to be injured. saudi arabia's king has announced his heir. he has named his nephew as the crown prince. investigating allegations that french peace keepers have sexually exploited children as young as nine in central africa. well that health crisis in nepal getting worse in many ways by the day because of obvious reasons. let's bring in the humanitarian director of save the children. if you had to say what the biggest challenge facing you right now what would you say it is.

>> the logistics of mounting a aid situation. nepal, a country i've lived in myself. it's a country of deep valleys and huge mountains. it's a tale of two stories. the story of kathmandu and thin the earthquake itself in the rural areas. we're hearing a story of dreadful tragedy. whole villages wiped out. >> entire communities. >> entirely. 15 villages that they've visit ready gone. 60% of the health infrastructure schools everything has been lost. and in fact, it's a tragedy for mothers and the elderly and children because it happened in the middle of the day when fathers were away from work. the children are left home and fathers come back from a day in the fields and finding their

families gone. >> we're talking about broken bones and open wounds and gangrene cholera and these diseases. >> you need to get water there shelter there. you'll see a lot of children who will develop pneumonia if they're outside in bad weather for too many more nights. and then the surgical needs. we've sent surgical staff on the ground and they're providing immediate assistance. >> when you send them, do they go just as a person or do they go with all the equipment that they need. or do they get there and say they can't work? >> no, we send with the support staff, experts nutritionists experts, everything you need to mountains a response to the situation. in this case it's surgical team

pediatrician trysts, and-- >> the aid drugs-- >> tents x-rays machines that you need, but we can get them into kathmandu but then we need to get it out to the people. >> the last challenge is the vertical mountains. we need to lift our teams out to where the impact is most severe. >> would you say that the hard work has just gun? >> absolutely. the hard work has just begun. >> we wish the best for you. >> thank you. >> in yemen the saudi-led coalitions have been striking around aden. now these pictures apparently show smoke rising in positions which were hit in the district this is said to be the damage of

the sanaa airport. they're stopping unauthorizeed planes from landing when iran said that it's jet was carrying aid. and saudi arabia said that it was not approved and had orders to turn away. problems for the people in southern yemen running out of supplies. these are the conditions that the people are having to endure. hungry before this all started and hungrier now. the red sox is describing it as a catastrophe. you have many from the outside it looks like a makeshift prison camp rather than a place of refuge for those

fleeing violence. perhaps for good reasons. the authorities in baghdad have set up several camps like these to house what are officially known as idps or internally displaced persons. effectively they're refugees within their own country and some here are scared. they've heard reports of anbar residents being killed, eight in the last few days alone. it's unclear whether the murders were a criminal act or a hate crime and authorities say they're investigating. still that is of little relief here. >> after leaving ramadi two weeks ago we found our way to a shia neighborhood. we rented a house but we kept getting harassed by young men who came coming in to search the house. then our neighbors told us to leave here for our own safety. after a few days we did and now we're living in this camp with nothing, and we are scared. >> the doctor in charge of the camp says that security is

paramount. >> we spoke to the authorities after hearing about such incidents and we've raised the security by building a fence. young men who fled and now live here also help with security. [ gunfire ] >> iraq for a long time has had tensions between its sunni and shia communities. since ill has taken over huge swaths of iraqi territory some say it has gotten worse. some in authority here fear its fighters might pretend to be refugees and come into camp is really run and orderly but many of the residents have not been placed in camps like these. in the outskirts of baghdad many have been turned away for not having the right identification. that has led to a lot of resentment.

>> many wonder if >> italy struggling it appears to cope with a number of migrants arriving on its shores. just 25,000 alone have crossed the mediterranean, and those seeking asylums. they're put in reception centers around the country. we went to sicily finding frustrateed residents. >> it's market day europe's largest center for asylum seekers. these are the people who reached italy safely. they're free to move. free to roam, but does not know where to go and nothing much to do. the police are here to keep the peace. last year riots broke out because residents are frustrate: they're only supposed to be held here for 35 days but the

average stay is 15 months. for some it's even longer. >> complaints range from the food they have find hard to digest to the inability to the staff who only speak italian. with no papers they can't earn money. but there are reports that criminal organizations exploit men for work paying them just $15 a day. we catch sight of some piling into a car. >> the center's director tells me he can't control what happens

inside the gates. but inside all their needs are met. >> people living in the center receive many services, social services psychological and legal sport italian language courses, three meals a day clothes, shoes if they need. >> in slow. >> there are three thousand three hundred people at the moment. the italian government gives contracts to those but they are currently under investigation. >> if there is any wrongdoing they should be held accountable.

>> the investigation is ongoing. >> some are hopeful for their future but until they can move on from here they won't feel free. >> it is now almost five years since a group of guantanamo bay detainees arrived in uruguay. they could not go bac counties for reasons of safety and were welcomed by the uruguayans. >> this was not the way it was supposed to be. these men arrived five months ago to recover from the

nightmare of guantanamo. never charged with crimes. to begin lives in unknown land. but overcoming the nightmare and adapting to their new land has been fruit with difficulties. >> nothing has changed. nothing has changed in our situation. i think we've had enough. we've been promised things and none of these promises have come true. >> four of the six men have been camped out in front of the embassy for several days. >> they can't just bring us to this country and forget about it. >> the embassy said its aware of the men's demands. these tents were made by uruguayans sympathizers. these men feel betrayed, isolated and frustrated. they said they'll stay for as lounge long as it takes because

they simply have no other options. they say that the uruguayan authorities have let them down not providing the adequate house they can promised they're still waiting for their families to join them. >> we want to live as normal human beings in dignity and feel like human beings. >> five of the six men have refused to sign terms offered by the uruguayan governments lead to go threats that housing aid will be cut but they said talks are under way to resolve all of their issues. >> it's a way of calling attention to calling concerns to some aspects of their daily lives. but it no way constitutes a break down in their relationship with the uruguayan government. >> they say they want to work.

>> this country is new to us. we cannot continue with the language, it is new the religion, the acts, everything is new. >> it could be some time before the nightmare of guantanamo is truly behind them. >> well, the vietnam war ended 40 years ago. huge numbers of people climbed into boats and fled to the defeated south. one-half opinion vietnamese who escaped the country became the boat people. they had no choice but to take their chances in perilous journeys in open seas. there are no numbers but the estimate is that many drowned or killed by pirates or starved. we speak to some who made it. >> they lead a comfortable

american life. but their countries are vivid of helping him escape from a labor camp. another memory, the 17 days of drifting at sea on board an overcrowded boat before their rescue. almost half of the vietnamese of 4 martin luther king live 4 million live in the u.s. for now living the american dream is no cliché. >> it is still the promised land for everyone. even now we have much difficult than before, but still people--people still want to come to america. >> people like hung lee who made ten failed attempts to come to vietnam until he made it to louisville in 2002. he's part of a second wave of immigrants from a country whose government he detests.

>> we try to promote democracy and freedom for vietnamese people inside, but we do that outside here. not inside. >> both these members of the older generations have returned to visit family and friends. they've taken their american-bred children along in hopes of keeping their culture alive. >> they want to the instill american culture and try to make it easier for me to get along with all the other kids in school who don't look exactly like me. >> yet he treasures this 40-year-old picture of his mother in a helicopter that flew her out of vietnam. >> many have returned to the birthplace that their parents tried so hard to leave. >> i have the right to be back. >> i identify myself as vietnamese. i'm really proud of that. to come back and visit and see my country i'm glad i'm able to

do it. >> we wish, we hope that the government would be better, and people would have more freedom but it doesn't effect us on the same level. it doesn't effect me on the same level as it would effect my mom. >> they chronicled their family's experience in an orlando history project that collects the voices of both generations for the future vietnamese-americans but not for anyone in vietnam because the hanoi government has blocked their website from its citizens. >> we'll continue in this vain reporting from da nang where use continues to afflict the cringe country.

we'll have the rest of the day's sport in just a moment.

>> south korea and china are in japan holding their first-ever shared talks on improving air quality. the pollution from china seems to lowest but they are now thinking the problem could be closer to home as harry fawcett reports. >> so often they have to endure

peak periods of pollution. but the worse day for five years, fine airborne particles at 50 times the "world health organizations" recommend at safe level. when it's that bad the main source of the problem is clear pollute tonight dust blown in from china and mongolia. and the dust can trigger heart problems and strokes. since 2012 the average daily air quality has been getting steadily worse double the who's standard safe levels. >> it's mainly dust disturbed by human activity or vehicle emissions.

>> coal firepower stations are on the increase. this one southwest of seoul went from four to six furnaces. soon it will be eight. in all 13 new plants are to be built in the next six years. what's happening here they'll expand their coal fire production at a time when pollution is getting worse. >> they say that south korea should be reducing not expanding its reliance on coal. >> the entire world is moving towards that trend and korea is going the other way even while the number of premature death linked to pollution is rising. >> south korea is pledging to reduce its pollution by 2030 but using coal seems reverse that have goal.

>> we'rewe arethere is a conflict of interest. >> for all the efforts local and across board to tackle the problem, they may have to get used to living with dirty air for some time to come. harry fawcett al jazeera, seoul. >> here is a breath of fresh air. >> thank you. well, they have been avoiding each other over the past few weeks. in fact, they've avoided each other for years floyd way weathermayweather and manny pacquiao. dancers were part of the show. mayweather oozing confidence in his arrival ceremony at the mgm grand that will host the fight saturday. and pacquiao snubbed that event

and held his event in another hotel. he said he has never felt better before a fight. >> this what i feel right now my confidence is different than other fights that i had. i feel excited. this is it. i have to prove something. like that. my killer instinct my focus this is what i want. >> everybody that is in this arena is the money chain. it's not just all about making money, it's about giving back. and you know, we always try to

make a difference. we don't just--we make--of course i make a lot of money but i also like to give back to the american cities, of course, first. >> well, our correspondent. >> if you're going to have an event billed as the fight of the century then what better place to have it than las vegas. even in this city, this fight is six years in the making is creating a huge buzz and the figures are staggering. pacquiao and mayweather are said to be splitting prize money of $300 million. and for las vegas this could be a billion dollars dollar weekend. for those close to the sport of boxing this is said to be an all or nothing bought. both these fighters are close to retirement age. pay-per-view customers will have to pay $100. and for boxing the audience

figures are slowly dropping. mixed fighting is on the rise, and many are going in that direction. but here, everything from the valets to hotel and restaurant ownsers are talking about nothing else. all eyes will be on these two men considered pound for pound the best fighters of their generation and we'll see what happens on saturday. >> every game throughout the history of major league baseball has been open to its fans until now. because baltimore are playing the chicago white sox behind closed doors at camden yards because of riots taking place in the city. the first game has been postponed, and the baltimore ways is not the first time that baseball has had to be halted

due to major events. the mlb postponed all it's of events in 1968 on martin luther king's funeral. games were held because of an earthquake that struck the bay area. and after the september september 11th attacks in new york on the world trade center and pentagon. ray lewis has taken to youtube page to send this message. >> baltimore get off the streets. kids go home. stay home. you don't have--you don't have no right to do what you're doing to this city. too many hard working people built this city. we put this city together. we put this city on our back. we're with you.

he know what's going on. we know the problems. we know there was wrong done. we know that we're not getting the rights. we know all these answers. but we're riding it out in our streets is wrong. dead wrong. >> the spurs are one game away from taking the series from the l.a. clippers. they beat the dallas mavericks 103-94 to clench their series in five games. houston reaching the second round of the playoffs for the first time in six years. real madrid has denied spanish media reports saying they've received a ban from fifa on breaking the rules signing young prayers. they say the report is false and the club has not violateed any rules.

this is their game in hand and they've taken the lead. finally an australian daredevil has claimed a peace of history. the first person to land a triple backflip on a motor motorcross bike. he managed three full revolutions in midair. congratulations from his friends and fans. traveling at a speed of 97 kilometers per hour. well done him. it seems so much quicker when the camera was on board. >> rather him than me. >> thank you very much. we've got julie mcdonald in just a moment. david foster and the news team. see us next you next time.

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>> the moment the earthquake struck four days on and millions of survivors are still waiting for help. i'm julie mcdonald. this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up, the saudi succession takes shape as the new crown prince is named in a resufficiently. top officials leaking a report using french peace keepers abusing children in the central african republic. >> i'm inside europe in the largest