>> thank you for speaking to us. >> you got >> you got >> this is the news hour live from london. coming up. the moment the earthquake struck. millions of severes are waiting for help. and the u.n. official who had report of french peace

keepers exploiting children. >> mayweather and pacquiao have been avoiding each other in vegas, they are now about to come face to face. >> a very warm welcome in the program. police in nepal said 5,000 people are now confirmed dead and 10,200 injured in saturday's earthquake. there is some practicing. aid is beginning to arrive. some of the injured are in these rural regions but people in the outskirts of kathmandu say they have yet to receive any food or

supplies. there have been successful as people protested against the very slow pace of eight delivery. we visit one tent city there that is now home to hundreds of people. >> open and exposed it's the safest place. while chances for aftershocks remain no one is taking changes. >> this is now their life. >> i had built this myself and borrowed money to do it. we're surviving. no one has come to help us. no fresh water no heat this makes me angry. >> his wife is more direct.

>> no one from the government is coming to see how we're coping with this condition. we're all helpless. >> preparing the daily meal is a delicate halve. there is little money coming in, and they can't go to work. >> saturday's quake damaged the utility infrastructure, it's only on tuesday when part that have reconnected. those who have survived are queuing for cueing for tent sheeting.

>> it is already late. people are getting sick. >> there is disquiet that more needs to be done and done soon before it's spilled over into anger. >> we'rewe are doing our best, but in some places it is not done on time. that's why people are in some kind of angriness. >> while temporary areas like this remain the government will be under huge pressure from the government to make sure they distribute fairly what the international community has delivered al jazeera, kathmandu. >> this dramatic new footage emerges. a man in a car swerved to

narrowly avoid being hit by a collapsed building. these cctv pictures show the kay i don'tchaotic picture. we have this update from kathmandu. >> this is nepal's main bus station in kathmandu and thousands of people are now trying to leave the city. since saturday's quake people are too scared to leave. now today we're see something many people leaving i have one gentleman here who will be traveling 900 kilometers back to his home village. >> i've been trying to get a ticket to leave since the earthquake. but there haven't 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 hey to go home.

>> this is 900 kilometers away, 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. >> let's talk more about the situation. me. >> i think remembering where nepal has come from. a civil war ending not even ten years ago. difficult politics, difficult geography to get aid moving, i think the priority is to understand where the most pressing needs are both in kathmandu and outside in remote areas and unlock the logistics bottlenecks. there are a lot of challenges ahead, and i think the nepally

government has really got to start unlocking those logistics bottleneck. >> do you think its lack of information? outside of kathmandu and beyond there are so many unknowns. >> i think that's right. we're learning more to get an idea of where the aid effort should be prioritize the roads are still blocked outside of the kathmandu valley. they're starting to open up. but with the rains that are coming there are could be more fresh landslides blocking those roads. the remote hillside communities. to get help they would have to walk down a day or two days which is their normal day to come down by their provisions. so big challenges getting it there and for people from these remote areas getting to those as

hundreds. >> is there a point person or point people who make decisions on what the next thing that happens? >> there is a lot of experience. there is the people know each other. the agencies know each other. theoretically they work together in a coordinated way. it's messy. on a scale like this trying to get all the people, particularly new people who have arrived in the right skills, but not necessarily in the country. trying to get that organized in an urgent time scale. the international community is getting better at it. lots of experience from the typhoon in the philippines and other earthquakes. but it's going to be really challenging for the next few days. and the nepali government will do it's best but they will be overwhelmed.

>> when you see these pictures, having lived in nepal. i noticed in a lot of pictures you have neighbor helping neighbor. >> it's an resilient country. it's incredibly upsetting sees these--the level of devastation and the situation that already very poor people have been plunged in to. the sad thing is we knew it was going to come. it would be at a scale where what we're seeing is not surprising in terms of the getting the aid moving. >> thank you for joining us. thank you. >> saudi arabia's king has appointed new heirs as part of the government's shake up.

his nephew making him next in line to rule. he has served as prime minister and interior prime minister. in another big shift ambassador to the u.s. has been made foreign minister. he replaces prince saud al faisal who has been steering the kingdom for almost 40 years. >> the new crown prince and his deputy the two grandsons of the founder of saudi arabia are now in the line of succession. it's the most significant shuffle. prince replaces his uncle.

he's also minister of interior and chairman for the council for political and security affairs. a body that makes decisions or threats facing the kingdom. the new crown prince has built strong ties with the u.s. when he was in charge of 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 as minister of defense and chief of the royal court. they are closely monitored by the world. the country of the world's biggest oil producer. >> there has been questions about the succession. about the issue of the first generation becoming very old all of them in the 70s and the 80s. now we have a second generation

mostly fairly long in their 50s,. >> the saudi government has recently launched airstrikes against shia houthi rebels. >> this is the man to seek national support. saudi ambassador to the united states of america has been appointed minister of foreign affairs, which was led for four decades by prince faisal. >> things are happening too fast for our taste, and we believe that a stronger government should take action time away

strongly and send messages so that saudi arabia is going to deal with everything. >> saudi arabia is an important player in the middle east. >> saudi political sway spreads across the art world. into 2001 they were behind an arab league initiative offering peace in israel in exchange from the pull out in the areas controlled in 1967. >> a senior uniteed official has been suspended on a report of peace keep necessary the central africa republic. it is says to document exploitation as young as nine years old by peace keepers last year.

the children said they were sexually abused in turn for food and money. it was leaked by an official in gee me have a who feels the u.n. failed to take afghanistan to stop the abuse. we have more from the united nations in new york. >> it's claimed that the abuses were carried out by french troops. there is one member who feels they have been suspended and that's because they didn't follow proper procedures. >> there is a requirement to redact information that could potentially place victims witnesses and investigators at risk. and what the office of the high commission of human rights is

going to be investigating is how this information was handled by their side so that their own systems of these protections which is a very important issue are respected. >> the french military say than investigation is underway to find the soldiers who are responsible for carrying out the abuse. but this whole incident is potentially embarrassing for the united nations because until now the only person who has been punished for anything is that u.n. human rights official who raised the alarm. >> we're joined by beatrice edwards, director of the government accountability project in washington, d.c. she leads the organization's efforts for whistle bowers in politics media and in the courts. welcome to the program. tell me your view on how the u.n. and france has been handling this.

>> he didn't leak it to french authorities. it isn't a leak when someone reports a crime to law enforcement, which is essentially what the officials did, and he did that because the united nations the office of the high commission unicef had all failed to act in a timely way, and someone had to step in to stop the abuse, which is what he did. >> and what do you make, beatrice, of the u.n. version of events. they say that this individual simply flouted their proper process by sharing this with french military authorities and this puts the investigation at risk and it puts victim's names out there. is there any truth to that as you see it? >> none at all. the human rights official did

not go to the press. he didn't announce this publicly. he made sure that the report got into the hands of law enforcement. now investigators were then sent expeditiously to bangi and as we understand it the abuse stopped. so in a sense it doesn't make any sense to report something to law enforcement without the names of victims and identifying features of the alleged abusers. how could the investigators investigate if they didn't know who the victims were. >> beatrice, listening to what you're saying it sounds all very sensible. what is behind the sacking then, from the u.n. perspective? >> i think that's simply the united nations centers an

unicef knew about it. the department of peacekeeping operations knew about it, and they knew about it for six to eight weeks. they didn't do anything now that they're claiming that the senior official who did go to law enforcement about it leaked these facts and that he is in violation for their availability to report a crime of this heinous nature. then the beau kraut for the protocols ought to reexamine their protocols. >> joining me live from washington, d.c. thank you for joining us with your thoughts. thank you. >> still to come on the program

cries of fraud from togo, as the president is re-elected. >> i'm in europe's largest holding center for refugees. many have crossed the mediterranean seas to get here and some of them are exploited for crime. >> for sports lee will be here. and he'll tell us if they have closed that gap. >> in yemen the launch of airstrikes targeting houthi positions in the southern ports of aden. it has prevented aid flights from landing. >> a passenger plane incinerated, craters on the runway. this is what is left of the airport in yemen's capital of

sanaa after an airstrikes. jets were forced to bomb the prime minister airport to intercept an iranian plane. the iranians have been accused of bringing in weapons. b the iranian say they're bringing in aid. >> it's affecting our ability to bring in aid and fly out stranded foreigners. they've cut off the only civilian runway left. >> in the southern port city of aden a cloud hung over the mountains. sources still al jazeera that it was the result of an airstrike hitting houthi targets. witnesses say people ran from their homes after houthi tanks came into a neighborhood of the city and rebels went door to door destroying buildings. people complained about the lack of basic necessities such as

water, wheat, electricity and gas. but they also vowed to continue their resistence against the houthis. >> we cannot allow the houthis to affect the people of the shout. we ask god that the people be united. >> young men in aden have formed what is called the popular resistence movement to push the houthi rebels out of the city. the battles have moved into residential areas. activitied metal in the burned out remains of this shop. activists say that homes were randomly hit by shells. this baby is an example of the growing humanitarian crisis cited by aid groups. the government is demanding thathouthis obey the u.n. security council demand for immediate cease-fire.

and until then the conditions on the ground in this poor country continue to deteriorate. al jazeera. >> the sixat least six people have been killed in a syrian airstrikes in idleb. several houses were demolished in that airstrike. the town was recently captured by an alliance of rebel fighters under the banner of the army of conquest. iraqi army is continuing it's battle to recapture anbar province. fighting there has forced thousands of people to flee to the capital of baghdad. but in reports many don't feel safe there either. >> from the outside it looks like a makeshift prison camp rather than a refugee for those fleeing anbar province. the authorities in baghdad have set up several camps like these

to house who are officially known as idps or internally displaced person. effectively the refugees are within their own country and some of them here are scared. they've heard reports of anbar residents who are predominantly sunni being killed in baghdad. eight in the last few days alone. it's unclear if the they were criminal acts or hate crime. >> after leavingry mad di two weeks ago we found our way to a shia neighborhood. we found a house, but we were harassed by young men who kept coming in to search the house. hour neighborhoods told us to believe for safety. now we live in this camp with nothing and we are scared. >> they say security is paramount. >> we spoke to the authorities after hearing about such

incidents and we raise the security by building a fence. young men who fled and now live here also help with security. >> iraq for a long time has had tensions between tuny and shia communities. since isil's take over many say it's got worse particularly in anbar province where isil has become a formidable force. some say that their fighters may pretend to be refugees and come into baghdad. >> this camp is well run and ordinarily. on the majority skirts of baghdad many have been turned away for not having the right identification, and that's led to a lot of resentment. rumors of sectarian killings from both sides are common across social media which are adding to the tension. so far there have been no large-scale attacks but many remember the sectarian violence from 2006 to 2008, and wonder if iraq might return to those days. al jazeera baghdad.

>> italy is struggling to cope with the number of migrants arriving on its shores just this year. 25,000 have crossed the mediterranean sea. those seeking asylum are housed in reception centers around the country. we visited one in sicily finding frustrateed residents and evidence of exploitation. >> it's market day these are the people who reached italy safely after risking their lives on the mediterranean sea. home is now this isolateed former base, for the united states airman. they're free to move. free to roam. there is nothing to do. the police are here to keep the peace. last year riots broke out because residents are frustrated. they're only supposed to be held here for 35 days but the average stay is 15 months. inside we were not allowed to

speak to people. and outside many were not willing to face the camera. >> complaints range from the food they find hard to digest to the inability to understand the staff who only speak italian. with no papers they can't earn money. but criminal organizations exploit men for work paying them just $15 a day. we catch sight of some piling into a car. >> maybe they're going together to work for him. i don't know. >> what kind of work. >> just only farm work, like that. >> the centers director tells me he can't control what happens outside the gates but inside all their needs are met. >> people living in the center receive many services, social

assistance psychological and legal support. italian language courses three meals a day clothes and shoes if they need. >> officially they can house 2,000 people but there are 3500 people here. the italian government gives them $37 a day per person to the private company running the center but those management contracts are currently under investigation. >> we hope that the investigation will end as soon as possible. if there has been an wrongdoing it's right that someone should be held accountable. >> assigna sign to the center is riddled with bullet holes, a sign that it's under the mafia control. >> i can't talk about that because the investigation is

ongoing. >> back in the center some are hopeful for their future. they're saying that they can move on from here, then they'll feel free. >> plenty more still to come. how engineers plan to make the chernobyl nuclear plant safe for many years to come. and in sport he has not beaten federer in 14 events. could number 15 be lucky.

>> well back. reminder of the stop stories here in al jazeera. dozen of people have been protesting in anger over the government's response to saturday's devastating earthquake. more than 5,000 people are now confirmed dead and 1,200 are injured. saudi arabia's king has announced a new heir to the thrown. he named his nephew mohammed bin

nayev as the new crown prince. a french official leaked reports of a france investigation of exploitation of the children. nigerian army rescued 300 women and girls. >> we have spoken directly to nigeria's military spokesperson who said that the identities of the 293 women and girls who were rescued he explained it an incredibly remote and difficult area in which to get the information from. you can only access sambisa many parts of it, from the air. and this process of screening and profiling these individuals to figure out who they are and where they came from is still going on.

now the issue of whether any of them are from the chibok school remains open. what the military are saying is that they're not rule out that possibility because these individuals have been kept in sambisa for a long period of time. potentially some of them could be from the school. in general this rescue is a huge morale boost for the nigerian forces and for many people they're hoping from the fact that these individuals have been rescued could possibly lead to other individuals who have been kidnapped, been repatriated to their homes, and many are hoping that this really is a signal that the last boko haram stronghold area is now being taken by the nigeria military. >> the founder of bring back our girls are delighted that they

have rescued these girls and women. >> the question for us when were these people taken? when were the people abducted. were they ever informed or does the military have an idea of these mastiff scale of nigerian women have been taken hostage. >> togo's president has been elected for a third term. the opposition claims there have been fraud. the main opposition leaders have called for supporters to protest as we now explain. >> outside of the headquarters of the political change, they gather to hear what they have to say.

the opposition is calling for object. >> this is our duty, a holy duty a constitutional duty to mobile ourselves in great numbers to put an end to this crime of national travesty. >> the opposition was taken by surprise when they announceed preliminary results declaring the incumbent as the winner. this election is controversial because the president wants a third term. but his father ruled for 38 years and between the two of them they have ruled for 50 years. the president of ghana and ivory coast president came

unexpectedly to the capital on wednesday to speak to both parties. it shows how seriously they're taking events here. the ruling party says as far as they're concerned the president is the rightful winner. >> there has been a win around loser. there are some bad losers and this is what we're facing now. there is no compromise about that. if they recognize that they consistently lose and we are the winners, then this is the beginning of consensus and from this basis we can continue the discussion about you issues in this country. >> both parties have interested and observers say it's difficult to predict. >> there has been more violence in burundi's capital in the president's bid for a third term. officers have been sent in to crackdown on the demonstrations.

the court is looking into whether the bid is unconstitutional. the government said it's willing to sell 51% stake and the move would be a concession to reach an agreement with international landers and unlocking the bailout funds. to the crisis in rue crane. the ukrainian foreign minister is in new york. he told al jazeera that the secure to securing eastern cities is giving greater political parties to elect local leaders.

we provided clear goals in the war about economic responsibility. or even with the possibility. how you are going to use this opportunities. >> staying in ukraine this week's marks 29 years since the world's worst natural disaster at the they were noble plans. they say they have secured funding to ensure the project can be completed. it aims to stop another major release of radioactive material by building a huge dome. reports. >> it's been almost three decades since the world's worst nuclear disaster and experts say

that chernobyl poses a danger to health and environment. a new proketive shelter has been under construction since 1997 to prevent any future release of radiation but completion depends on additional funding and officials in london on wednesday said that a $30 million shortfall would be met. >> the key merges is that message is that there is no doubt that the shelter will be finished by 2017. >> now in its final stretch the project has a total price talking of more than $3 billion including money donate bid 43 countries so far. >> this is determined to help us to provide solidarity to ukraine and contribute to this fund. but it will take some time.

it's most important that the result that it is necessary that we have the money necessary to continue to work and we have another year of fundraise to complete had these projects. >> critics say that it's not good enough and long-term risk lies in the radioactive storage with no plans to remove it. >> there is waste lying around, and you have to take care of that. but the plan is to leave it and let it loose in radioactivity until a moment in the future when you can hand it will. >> assuming contrition is complete: the arch steal

structure will be slid into rails in 2013. it's expected to lay in waste for another hundred years. >> let's get more from timothy the director of the chernobyl and fukushima research initiative. a very warm welcome to the program, timothy. how urgent did it to get this new structure built and put in place? >> well, i think it's very important. the first step in the remediation and potential long term solution to the problem without this roof over the enclosure there won't be any future progress. it's very important. structure that is there already? >> well, the concern is that, you know, the current structure is almost 30 years old and it was built in haste. it's rather unstable, and it's potentially a seismically give

area. there is a potential for it to collapse, and if it collapses there is the potential to release vast amounts of radioactive fuel that is still sitting in the bottom of this reactor. some have suggested that the disaster from that could exceed or equal the initial disaster. so something has to be done as quickly as possible. >> in terms of the decommissions of the old reactor. what needs to be done to secure that? >> the first step again is to build a roof and get the water out of the building so they can determine where the old spent fuel is located inside the reactor. and then start to make plans to remove it and to store it safely. of course, this is just one of the many problems facing the area. the actual reactor site is clearly very high priority, but

the surrounding areas are also quite contaminated, and also in need of environmental remediation of some sort. the recent fires that have broken out in the area really point to the need for further environmental assessment of the long term impacts of the area. >> what about those broader environmental concerns. i think it was mentioned that greenpeace is just focusing on the structure is not enough. >> well, clearly 100 years isn't very long, in the grand scheme of things, but it is a start and certainly if they do develop a plan that will allow them to safely remove the old fuel and store it properly, then that would be great progress. the greater problem is the fact that there are tens of thousands of square kilometers that are significantly contaminated in in the immediate facility, and this contamination is there and can be incorporated into the food

chain in the local government and incorporated into the food of the people who live in the surrounding area and has large impacts on the wildlife of the area as well. when there are forest fires coming through, as there is right now, there is the chance to rerelease and redisperse the radio pivot in the environment as we see this in ukraine and belarus. >> joining me live from phoenix. thank you for joining us on the program. >> thank you. >> now russia's gas giant gazprom blame the weakened rubed for its troubled relationship. gazprom, russia pushed up gas prices after ukraine's former president viktor yanukovych was deposed. in response the ukrainian government, which replaced him refused to pay the debt that it owed. we have more now from moscow.

>> considering the gazprom's revenues increased by 6.4% in 2014, it's the problem is not that gazprom can't sell enough gas. the problem is the devaluing ruble. gazprom owes a lot of debt, and because of the debt, servicing it has become more expensive for the company. on top that have the spats ongoing with ukraine over the ukrainian gas contracts that really explains why gazprom's problems. it does face significant issue and the issue is this, it's main customer it's biggest customer, europe is trying to wig the out

from within its grasp. a week ago it opened an antitrust case against gazprom which could stretch for years but in the long term it will likely result with gazprom having to change it's operating procedures in europe, and europe will be able to negotiate much more flexible contracts credit gazprom. if that happens it will weaken gazprom's dominance in the european market, and that will make gazprom a less valuable tool for the kremlin to use politically. >> protests turn violent after members of the student union tried to stop people were entering the campus. it follows after the change of rules of university employment. now five months since guantanamo bay inmates arrived

in uruguay for a new life. they could not return to their native countries for safety reasons, and they were welcomed by uruguay as a humanitarian gesture. four of the six are now camped outside of the u.s. embassy in a highly visible public protest. we went to find out what has gone wrong. >> this was not the way it was supposed to be. these men arrived in uruguay five months ago to recover from the nightmare they've lived in the u.s. base of guantanamo. never charged with any crime. to begin new lives in an unknown land but overcoming the my nightmare and adopting to their new lives has been fruit with difficulties j. >> nothing has changed in our situation. none of these promises have come true. >> four of the six men have been camped outside of the u.s. embassy for several days.

>> they should give us at least some of the years they took from us. they took 13 years from our lives. they should at least compensate us for something. they can't bring us to this country and forget about us. >> the embassy said its aware of the men's demands. these tents donated by sympathizers have become a symbol of the desperation that these men feel. detrade, isolated, they said they'll stay for however long it takes because they say they have no options. they said the uruguayan government has let them down, not providing the housing they promised and they're waiting for their families to join them. >> we want to live in dignity and feel like human beings. >> five of the six men have refused to sign terms offered by

the uruguayan government leading to these that housing will be cut. but they say talks are under way to resolve all their issues. >> it's a way of calling attention to express concerns about some aspects of their daily lives but it in no way constitutes a break down in their relationship with the uruguayan government. >> the men say they want to work but they're still recovering from their guantanamo bay ordeal. >> adopting to freedom in this new country. the culture, the habits everything is new. >> it could be some time before the nightmare of guantanamo is truly behind them. al jazeera. >> flight commanders have given up on a russian spacecraft that is spinning out of control. images show that it is expected

to burn, um, harmlessly on re-entry. the space ship ship was carrying supplies and cargo to the international space station. >> loop to loop. is this motorcycle madness or brilliant bravery?

>> now here's lee with all the days' sports news. lee? >> julie, thank you very much.

boxers floyd mayweather and manny pacquiao have avoided each other for years. now they come together in las vegas for their fight on saturday. the richest fight in boxing history. pacquiao and mayweather spoke earlier in the week, but pacquiao and his people want nod part of that. they did their pre-fight talking at a separate hotel where many of the estimated 70,000 filipinos living in southern nevada could attend. this was their first chance to say their peace in front of each other. >> i used to live in the street, starving hungry, now i can't imagine that the lord raised me in this position, and blessed me with blessings that i cannot imagine, that the boy below didn't have food or was sleeping in the streets he raised me to

this level of life. >> it's time to fight now. you came out here to see excitement. you came out here to see a great event p i think that's what both competitors bring to the table excitement. the biggest fight in boxing history, and i'm a part of it, that's the great thing, you know i'm truly blessed to be where i'm at. i feel good. i feel strong. and i see you guys saturday. thank you. >> looking forward to it. now for the first time in major league baseball history, a game has been played without fans able to watch. baltimore played the chicago white sox behind closed doors at camden yards in response to the riots taking place in the city. the orioles first game of the series had to be postponed because of the violence. now fans have to look on from the outside. and they enjoyed the game as much as they could. they won the contest beating the

white sox 8-2. meanwhile, retired nfl player ray lewis has urged the riots to spot. he took to his youtube page to send this message. >> baltimore get off the streets! kids go home! stay home! you don't have no right to do what you do 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. we know what's going on. we know the problems. we know there was wrong done. we know that we're not getting the right justice. we know all these answers. but riding it out on our streets is wrong dead wrong. >> real madrid and atletico madrid will receive reports for breaking the rules of signing young players. barcelona serving a transfer

ban. they win 3-0 with goals atletico 1-0 win by the win. >> despite being 14 points behind roma is still 15 points behind uv after a 3-0 win. chelsea are poised to win the lead. the 18 world cup in russia could be housed in at volatile region

of chechnya. a suicide-bomber killed five police officers in the chechen capital. two months later a gun battle left 20 dead. the region was the cite of two wars in the 90s. nieminen against federer. federer took the first hatch 6-2, federer secured a crucial break in serve in the 11th game of the second set to move towards his latest win over jarkko nieminen. a few minutes alert federer would be able to seal that match. pakistan's cricketers had a

good day. having lost all of the matches on their one day door. bangladesh were bowled out before lunch. pakistan 227-1 at the close of day two. only 105 behind with nine wickets standing. finally, an australian daredevil has claimed a piece of history. the triple backflip on a motorcross bike. he would land safely, congratulations from his friends and fans, his motorcycle traveling 94 kilometers an hour. >> that's it from me, julie mcdonald for this news hour. bye bye.

>> the moment the earthquake struck and four days on millions of survivors are still waiting for help. hello, i'm jewelry julie mcdonald. this is al jazeera. coming up, the government saudi arabia government is reshuffled. >> i'm in italy's largest holding center for refugees. many of these people crossed the mediterranean seas to get here and now some are being exploited by