the death toll in nepal is growing, and aid is still not reaching those who need it. ♪ >> we have the very latest from kathmandu in just a fewing minutes. this is al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. burundi on the brink, a u.s. diplomat flies in to try to stop a civil war. and great views, one of

america's most expensive modern art collections, gets gets haul. thousands of people in nepal are still in desperate need of aid. there have been moments of hope a 15-year-old boy pulled from the rubble in kathmandu, but for most it's a struggle for the basic necessities of life food water, and shelter. so first of all, i understand that there's another rescue underway right now? >> yes, we're getting very sketchy reports, but we believe one district has managed to find a woman alive underneath tons of rubble that seem to litter the kathmandu valley. it's certainly hopeful that there will be more.

we'll try to get you more information as we get it but we know she has been taken for medical treatment. and those who have been injured, not just in kathmandu, but in the outlying areas, where there was the earthquake epicenter, it is a huge area remote and difficult to get to roads have been broken and landslides. the only way to get to them are by helicopter. the medical facilities are far greater than they are in kathmandu that in the rule areas, and aid groups from austria, japan, israel and the united states. i met the man in charge at one of those medical camps and this is what he had to say.

>> we have had severe brain injuries. we have had chest traumas. we have had abdominal traumas, but most of the patients are from the [ inaudible ] the bones are affected the limbs are affected and we had to do some limb savior surgeries, and then also take care of the open wounds that are there because of the fractures because of falling debris. >> reporter: of course that medical help can easily stop by road or helicopter when the weather draws in and we have had torrential rain for several nights and last night we had two pretty strong tremors as well. and where there is an operation going on behind me the search operation does stop when night falls. it's a very difficult task for

the search and rescue people. they will start again when daybreaks, but that death toll increasing to more than 5.5 thousand is a worrying trend. the prime minister suggesting it could reach as high as 10,000. >> thank you very much indeed. outside of the nepalese capitol, people are also desperate for help. andrew simmons traveled to one area. >> reporter: this is a vast area, and i'm in a village at the start of a huge swathe of damage. no one realized how extensive the damage was here. we drove for something like 30 kilometers through village after village. in one small settlement there wasn't one home left standing.

now the original estimates of dead were put officially at around 1600 but many unofficial estimates put it around 5,000, even 6,000. i have not seen anything like it in a rural area. buildings that were really constructed from boulders and mud are just absolutely devastated and if i just show you over year now, in this village, there is a search operation going on by the chinese. they are convinced that they have around 5 to 6 bodies beneath this rubble. they feel pretty pessimistic they be fine anybody alive. but the issue here is the late nature of aid getting through. only a couple of aid vehicles aver a few tents. right now people are absolutely crying out for assistance. this is a remote area. takes a land time to get here. landslides on the way, the

weather has been very very wet, unseasonably so it is a concoction of utter disaster following the original disaster. the government now seems to be getting into gear. they are saying the communications crisis was the problem, power being down roads blocked. we got here reasonably oak oak -- okay but there were landslides along the way. whoever was in control of the operation is no longer in control of the operation, we're hearing unofficially and now we're in a situation whereby people need to arrive quickly. a senior diplomat has warned burundi of crisis. malcolm webb has more from the

capitol. >> reporter: there's no still no sign that either the president, the opponent or the protesters will back down. protesters continued in various suburbs of the city. this car was burned and destroyed by protesters people here say it belonged to a member of the ruling party's youth wing. they said he had a gun, and that's why they burned it. the government has denied that they are here. two primary opposition politicians have said they won't be taking part. they said they won't be taking part in june's elections if the president is still running, because they say that means the election will be meaningless. staying with africa the nigerian army says it has rescued more women and girls in the north of the country from boko haram. the exact number hasn't been is specified this comes after the

military claimed it freed another 293 girls from the forest. >> they were hostages who were in the forest against their own will, and [ inaudible ] profiling [ inaudible ] intelligence [ inaudible ]. we're finding it useful. at the moment they have been moved out of the forest and what -- you know trying to get relief from the trauma of living in the forest for that long. and additionally there is heat in the forest still a vast portion to be covered, and much [ inaudible ] in the forest. foreign ministers from around the gulf are arriving in saudi arabia's capitol riyadh. they are gathering to attend the gulf corporation summit. the war in yemen is expected to be the focus of talks. battles across yemen are

intensifying. houthi rebels are proving to be a difficult force to defeat. yemen's government is in exile, and they believe backing from iran is giving the houthis the edge. >> reporter: in a war airports become vital to military strategy. yemen's houthis have control over the airport in the capitol, sana'a but it has been the target of saudi-lead coalition air strikes. the coalition says it was trying to intercept an iranian plane carrying weapons to houthis. at the airport in aden pro-government fighters say they are gaining control. but beyond the airport, people say it's the houthis who seem to be gaining ground. the rebels are shelling their neighborhoods, and pushing people from their homes. the houthis have also stormed a hospital forcing medical staff to flee and leaving people in

need of care behind. >> translator: they continue to shell places where they know women and children gather. most people have fled and only a few are left in aden. the houthis shelled our homes and robbed the people. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: but houthi activists say it's the saudi-lead coalition that is committing human rights violations. aden is a port city in the south. it's location is important, because it's near the gulf of aden and offers easy access to the red sea. it became a base of operation for president hadi after he was forced to leave the capitol earlier this year. the houthis still control large parts of yemen, and they are well armed. the government says iran and hezbollah are partnering with the rebels. the houthis deny that. >> translator: let me tell you that the yemeni minister of defense has been kidnapped in an

operation lead by an iranian. >> reporter: according to the u.n. more than 1,000 people have died since the war began in late march, about 12 million people desperately need food and water. numbers that will only grow as the fighting continues. natasha ghoneim, al jazeera. earlier i spoke to a member of the political wing of the houthi movement and their spokesman, and i started by asking him whether iran and hezbollah were helping the houthis gain ground in ta'izz and aden. >> translator: this is not true. saudi saudi saudi saudi -- saudi arabia has tried to impose so these occasions are not true at all. >> but they said that the iranians were involved in the

kidnapping of the defense minister. >> translator: this is not true again. the defense minister is not kidnapped. he is our president now, and he moved from sana'a to aden and he joined hadi and started pushing the camps there, and carriaging some offices to move against the popular committees and to join hadi. he was taken as a prisoner in a war with [ inaudible ] who is a field commander, and with [ inaudible ] hadi the brother of the former president in yemen. >> so you have taken him as a prisoner. i just want to ask you, sir, about the situation on the ground currently. because there are reports that you are losing ground in aden in ta'izz the yemeni army says they are making gains there.

are you on the back foot in ta'izz and aden? >> translator: again, this is not true. the popular committees and the army are progressing in aden in marab, in ta'izz and this is on going. >> if you are progressing in ta'izz and aden is it perhaps because you are getting helped from the iranians? >> translator: no no because yemen is under siege, as you know and there is also the aerial bombardment and shelling. despite that, the army and the popular committees achieved progress this -- >> how are they achieving this progress? how if they are not getting any help from outside? >> translator: of course the aggression forces depend on america and the u.s. -- >> you are not responding to my question. you say that you are making

progress in ta'izz and aden and i want to know how that is possible if you are not getting helps from outside. i'm asking you about the houthi forces right now. >> translator: as i told you, we face the coalition forces and we face the supporters of hadi al-qaeda, and the isil not because we are so strong but because [ inaudible ] is helping us. >> let's move on. more than a thousand people have died since this war began. the rights group, amnesty international has revealed that members of your group torturing protesters in order to dissuade dissent. another group says houthi forces have used lethal force in place like ta'izz just a few weeks ago. is this order to torture and kill protesters coming from the leadership? >> translator: this is not true.

demonstrators took to the street in ta'izz and in other cities. again, al jazeera has heard these demonstrations. anyone in saudi arabia anyone in qatar who is against the war will be arrested. >> all right. there's much more ahead on the program. why working 12 hours a day, seven days a week is not enough to pull some south africans out of poverty. and we visit a neighborhood in baltimore where the entrepreneur spirit is creating more than just jobs.

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welcome back. you are watching al jazeera, live from doha. a reminder of our top stories. the u.n. has launched an appeal for aid in nepal after the earthquake. people in rural areas are in desperate need for help. a senior u.s. diplomat has warned that burundi's president against oppressing political opposition. he announced he would run for a third term despite the two-term limit. and battles on the ground in yemen are escalating with rival forces fighting for control over aden. it's expected to been the focus of a gulf corporation summit? riyadh. a court in pakistan has sentenced ten men to life in prison for their role in the

2012 shooting of malala joessy. >> reporter: an anti terrorist squad has sentenced at least ten people involved in the attack on malala to 25 years in prison. the case was handed over to the an terrorist court by the military. they were able to arrest the people back in september which gave them vital information and lead to the arrest of all ten members. however, four members are said to be still at large, possibly hiding across the boarder in afghanistan where the taliban leader is also based. now it must be remembered that the taliban pakistan had taken responsibility for this particular attack. syrian government forces have hit parts of idlib and

aleppo with barrel bombs. >> reporter: these women and children appear to have been held by rerl groups in syria, since august 2013. there are about 90 of them. rebels say they want a prisoner swap. they filmed the prisoners appealing to the president. >> translator: please go quickly to negotiation. >> reporter: rebel fighters have made progress through idlib province this week. the go retaliated with barrel bombs. there is a new alliance of rebel groups including al-qaeda's nusra front, gaining ground. >> al-nusra estimates the number

at 15,000, they had been working very professionally on three axis and using double tactics, one of them guerrilla war fair and the other like a tactical army. they had tanks and artillery. >> reporter: the government has recently intensified its attacks on rebel-controlled areas of aleppo province. once a financial capitol, has now been reduced to rubble. even just outside of the capitol, damascus people are vulnerable to attacks from the government. assad's forces still have the advantage of air power even in areas where they have lost on the ground. south africa's president says he will address what he describes as the route causes of a recent wave of attacks on

migrant workers. charles stratford reports. >> reporter: this man has five brothers, his parents, and three children to support. he is the only one in his family with a job. he works 12 hours a day, 7 days a week as a security guard in a rich neighborhood. he lives in the township of alexandra, one of the poorest areas of the city. >> translator: life is very rough. there are more than 40 of us sharing one toilet and a tub. the $300 a month is not enough to support me and my family. >> reporter: that works out to be more than $1.25 a day, which puts him above the extreme poverty line. but with all f his dependents and the rising cost of living we cannot even afford to feed himself. and every day he has to walk three hours to and from work.

around half of this country'ser ban population live in townships or informal settlements like this one. it's places like this that are home to around 60% of the country's unemployed. some of the worst violence happens in neighborhoods like this. the government says it will tackle what it describes is the route causes of the problem. but analysts say the government has sailed so far. >> the number of people living in poverty is now about 53% of the total population. the number of people who are unemployed is higher than it was in 1994 the end of apartheid. the level of protests is incurring. the trend is upwards, whether we're talking about strikes or community protests. the basic problems are not being addressed by the government which is becoming increasingly unpopular, out of touch with

ordinary people. >> reporter: he describes how he feels when he walks through the neighborhood in which he works. >> translator: i know the people i work for are very rich. it's painful to maintain my place in alexander, but i have no choice. it's a better life than a life of crime. >> reporter: for him and millions like him, a meaningful change in post apartheid south africa is yet to come. in the united states more than 100 people have been arrested at a rally in new york city. the group was protesting against the treatment of a black man who suffered fatal spinal injury in police custody. freddy grey died earlier this month in baltimore. a nightly curfew has been imposed in baltimore. the unrest in baltimore has brought some of the underlying issues affecting america's black community into the spotlight.

one of those is that very few black people own their own businesses. >> reporter: this man is teaching young people how to print designs on t-shirts. in a rough neighborhood of baltimore, he runs a program that is not only about making clothing but also about keeping kids off of the streets. he hopes some day they will become business owners themselves. he himself tries to set an example. he owns a sore bay store in the commune tie. >> we want them to provide for themselves first, and then their community. >> reporter: six out of every ten people who live in baltimore are black. in areas where african americans were increasing their business ownership, there were positive results beyond the business

bottom line. the growth of african american-owned businesses was strongly linked to a reduction in youth violence. >> it's crates jobs and opportunities. >> reporter: omar directs the entrepreneurial development center. >> reporter: what are the key challenges that african americans face? >> having access to resources so that the access to capital is big. whether it's a loan money from family friends, and some people say fools, or a venture capitalist but access to that capital. >> we need investment in the community's capacity to do those things on our own behalf instead of having many of the government and non-profit agencies trying to manage to disaster.

because that's what they are doing. and all of the data that has been produced on the outcomes have not been transformative. >> reporter: and that's why they continue to learn in hoping of one day owning the stores they might want to shop in. vietnam is marking 40 years since the end of the war and reunification of the country. more than 6,000 soldiers and veterans paraded. the fall of saigon in 1975 marked the final end of america's decade's long involvement in the country. the whitney museum of modern art has a new home. michelle obama will dedicate the new building which opens to the public on friday. kristen saloomey got a preview. >> reporter: love it or hate it

the art world is buzzing about the new building. the $422 million glass and steel structure will allow the museum to display more of its extensive collection of modern art from the united states. >> we wanted people to slow down and not just go through the checklist. we wanted them to slow down and look at things. because every culture is far more complex than the media and museums present them. so we wanted to prosent a more layered view. >> reporter: a skultture and hair res founded the place in 1931. but then as now, what defines american art is hard to say. >> i think there's a spirit of openness, and a spirit of understanding the contradictions. this is a very complex country, and i think that if there's one

thing many of the artists really zero in on is that. >> reporter: like the united states the works are a melting pot of styles and influences, from the political to the abstract the sir reenly beautiful to the bizarre. whitney also boasts three outdoor galleries for exhibits like this one. the colorful chairs are positioned to take advantage of the views. there is the hudson river to the west and new york city to the east and right next door a popular park known as the high line which itself attracts millions of visitors a year. the museum expects to triple its attendance in the new location. >> it has been a long time since an american museum -- they got it right. and i think this museum gets it right. there's space for the art, space for the people space to stop

looking at the art and look outside at this amazing city. >> reporter: so while america may be hard to see, the whitney's collection has never been more accessible. kristen saloomey al jazeera, new york. more news on our website, aljazeera.com. turning the corner. as protests spread to cities nationwide. rescued from the rubble a teenager is found alive in nepal. and a hacker sentenced. ten men will spend decades in jail for the 2010 attack on malala malala yousafzai.