rescues from the a rubble, a 15-year-old boy is dug out alive. but outside the capitol whole communities remain cut off from help. we report from rural nepal where entire villages were t thattenned. >> you are watching al jazeera live from london. worse political violence for a decade.

confiscated ivory is destroyed in a clear message to those involved in the illegal trade. >> is about to come to an end. we begin in nepal where there have been rare moments of joy five days after the country suffered a devastating quake. finally overshadows all the bad. two incredibly rescues. she was pulled from the remains of a small hotel just hours after a teenager boy was saved. >> when he first got stuck in the rubble he couldn't see a thing. i didn't know if i was alive

or dead. >> he had no idea whether he would make it, but wasn't willing to give up. before being pulled out. the rescue was cause for celebration. cheered for him. now at an israeli camp, volunteers and medics are optimistic to recover. happy to be alive he describes how he got through his ordeal. and then i found butter which i eight. >> gave a much noded to a city in tattering and it's people among the ruins.

bracing as they have, this brought a much needed respite to a city and countries in mourning. the bad weather and blocked roads are continuing to hamper other efforts. the government under pressure has asked for more. 5,800. but with rescue crews not able to get into those hard to reach areas that number is likely to rye. the u.n. estimates 8 million people have been effected that is more than a quarter of nepal's entire population. or 20% of the product, dr. t maic new video has emerged showing the moment it struck east of katmandu. >> a tourist captures this

video showing the scene, that is about 13-kilometers outside the capitol. it is known as nepal's culture gem. many have been badly damages by the quake. al jazeera has managed to reach one of those regions in the east. a rural district just outside, 1600 people are confirmed to have died. the actual figure may be as high as 5,000. >> from the village. what we are seeing here is extraordinary, look these people five days after this earthquake struck, trying to go through their homes what is left of them. it is just a pile of rubble, look over there people still in shock.

only one child dies when the quake struck. still in shock really, people not sure what to do, where to go. this entire district has really been untouched by help for so many days. and some food, is a critical situation. without any shadow of doubt. but looking here, i can't take in how no more than one child dies. >> most were in the field that's a reason why it happened this way. look at the damage, and right through this area. here there wasn't one home left standing. >> the correspondent says bring us the latest on what is happening where you are. >> well it is another cold

night here. this is the coldest night i have felt since i arrived here. still sloping out in the open. and you know despite all the devastation, we have had good news. but you know throughout all this devastation you do find today as i went around the city some people trying to get things baaing to normal. just five days after the earthquake struck, it was canceled because many of the guests here themselves were sleeping outside in tents. and even though we don't know we canceled the waiting.

just to get things going we decided to take this. >> it's been anything but normal for those still sleeping outside. it is hard to do that when one can't even go home. >> but i can't, i am confused how will i manage the expenses. it is a credit to how resilient they are. >> of course the real risk now, is the risk of disease spreading isn't it. >> one of the problems we have is no way of measuring the hospitals are still overwhelmed from the earthquake. so there are countries since the last few days of cholera malaria, jaundice, thousands

of people have been leaving the city, because of that. and as i mentioned this is a very cold night tonight the coldest we have felt since the al jazeera team has arrived here. now be another cold night this is a fifth night coming up. >> it is a lot of worry about the spread of diseases. we won't find out for at least five more days. >> the u.n. is warning political chaos.s for the president continue in the caple to. in the latest clashes on the fifth day of unrest.

for a third term in defiance of the two term limit. as the biggest political crisis since the country civil war ended in 2005. a local radio station reported a short while ago. it may strain the relationship between the army and the police, the soldiers have been out on the streets since monday. they haven't been joining in with the police. most of the protestors and police were clashing. between the police and protestors sometiminging the police to use restraint and less force. they are not taking political signs. if it is confirmed that a u.s. did shoot a soldier and if there are more incidents like this, of course, that

increases the chances. as the army as a later stage taking control themselves. >> 293 people were free from the forest on wednesday. 260 girls. a town in northern nigeria the arm ad group were pushed back by forces. hundreds of human remains have been found. occupied this town for a month, and alleged to have kills many. 2,000 decomposing bodies were

removed from here, many more were found on the streets. they have been buried. they were taken two days ago and buries over there. >> survivors say the occupation was brutal. they cannot go out even to the market, we were more like prisoners. and the partners in chad. the coalition troops have been in charge for more than a month, but they remain a largely deserted town. we have face add lot of

resistence we lost some men but we managed to clear the whole zone from here. today's civilians are starting to feel safer and it started coming back to their homes. they should be. twoing to take control of the city but they haven't responded yet. as troops continue the operations in the northeast. in a boko haram hide out. women and children. in operation. >> an indication that the threat is ever present. >> al jazeera nigeria. >> of course in germany for a claim of damages over air

strikes in afghanistan in 2009. the u.k. general election. a look at the changing political landscape.

>> on al jazeera america ali velshi looks at the issues affecting us all... >> we're taking a hard look at the most important issues out there that get you the answers that you deserve. >> real money with ali velshi only on al jazeera america >> two people have been rescued from the rubble of buildings in nepal. five days after a quake killed at least 5,800 people.

he risks fueling further protests if he continues to stifle political opposition. antigovernment -- have been rallied for five days. the nigerian army has released pictures of 300 women and girls they say were rescued from a strong hole. >> yemen's president office the battleground send the led coalition launched against the houthis more than a week ago. raiden has become a vital battleground progovernment fighters say they are ganging territory at the airport. beyond that people say it is the houthis that is seem to be gaining ground.

they say the rebels are shelling their neighborhoods and pushing people from their homes. leaving people behind in need of care. >> they continue to shell places where they know women and children gather. most people have fled, and only a few are left in adan. the houthis shelled our homes and robbed the people. they denile a gases of targeting civilians and torture. >> our opponents have killed us -- they helped was the investigation and moved them to the hospital, but they refused and buries him. >> it's location is important. because it is near the gulf of adan and offers easy access to the red sea. it became a base of operations.

despite weeks of air strikes the houthis still clear large parts of yemen. the government says iran and hezbollah are partners with the rebels because something the houthis deny. let me tell you the minister of defense has been kidnapped in operation led by an iranian. more than 1,000 people have died since the war began in late marv. they desperately need food and water numbers that will only grow as the fighting continues. al jazeera. >> there will be harsh punishment for any french peace keepers found guilty of sexually abusing children. the abuse allegedly took place in the capitol between december 2013 and june last year.

according to the camp in the central african republic, french soldiers regularly picked out young girls and boys in the camp. those french people did it on purpose. and they abused little girls even raping them at some point. when they came to take the girls they took a little boy and they raped him. >> a pakistani court has sentenced ten men to life in prison for their part in the activist. malala was 15 when she was shot in the head when taking a bus to the school. officials say the ten men belongs to the taliban. >> they have reject add claim -- killed in air strikes in 2009. the attack by a u.s. eight on two stranded oil tankers was

ordered by german fors on the ground. taliban fighters write a among crowds. he has been in poor health, and had psychological problems. his two sons were killed. >> after 100 people were martyred we want the people that bombed us and the men whord oared the bomb put on trial. the law should be implemented on them, and they should be put in prison. >> the attack on the tankers was filmed. people can be seen milling around the vehicles. but among them two are supposedly taliban fighters.

the german grand commander ordered a u.s. air strike. the force of the blast kills dozens of people instantly. in the aftermath, the german public was shocked by the incident. questions were asked about whether they should be used for actions overseas. $5,000 each, without accepting liability. this was not enough. they took their fight for compensation to court in germany. the possibility of filing an appeal at the federal court against the higher regional courts decision. the victims lawyer has

explained that his clients will appeal this ruling. in hope of persuading the government to accept the liability they say it has. >> berlin. >> so it is just a week until the u.k. elect as government. on just who will end up rushing the country. who will take part is a huge change in the politic. with the traditional two party system. this looks likely to shatter the two party system that has existed since the end of the second world war. the charming achievements the construction of the national health service.

but in 1951 the party became the government first they held power all the way through until 1964. they belong to the labor party. and in 1970, the conservatives took over again, and most of that decade was shared between the two parties and at 1 point the conservatives only had a minority government. margaret thatcher came to power. she alters the course of the politics and the conservatives then held office all the way through until 1997, which saw the birth of new labor and tony blair becoming prime minister. labor then were in government all the way through until 2010. but that's when things started to get difficult. they have go into into a coalition with the liberal democrats.

there's been an explosion of new partying. the scottish nationalists and on the right the u.k. independent party. this is truly uncharted territory. >> the volcano is erupting again for a third time after twin eruptions last week. shooting into the sky some residents nearby are being asked to move out for a second time. last week they were the first in more than 30 years. vietnam has celebrated the 40th anniversary, with a colorful parade. more than 6,000 soldiers marched through the capitol of prou.s. south vietnam. marked the end of the u.s. involvement after a decade long war, 3 million vietnamese and 58,000 u.s. soldiers died.

>> more than 15 tons of ivory have been destroyed and democratic republic of congo is part of a campaign to stop the slaughter of elephantses. authorities in both countries say it send as clear message in the right against ivory traffickers. africa lost one fifth of it's elephant population h the space of two years. all for the appetite of the illegal ivory trade. >> where it is carved and a multimillion dollars global business not all the contraband gets through. fentons of ivory is disposed of by a rock crusher. what comes out the other end is only suitle for the landfill sight.

we do not tolerate illegal wild life trade and everything we confiscate we destroy, there is a small amount which we are using to do d.n.a. analyst to find out where this is coming from. but what we have collected over the years is being destroyed today. another destroys five tons of ivory this time, with an illegal wild life trade conference being held. >> i don't think anyone would claim that burning ivory is going to stop poaching tomorrow. this is one step of the actions that is needed. >> i think it send as very strong message to would be traffickers and in the region. it is taking measures to

address ivory. out of the hands of any traffickers. >> it promises to draw up the first strategy on wild life poaching it cannot come soon enough. 50 years ago there were 50,000 elephants. it is estimated at 1,500, it is a story repeated against the continent. nick clark, al jazeera. they have spent the last four years sending back information from the planet closest to the sun. to mercury gets worse, will finally come to an end as it crashes into the surface of the planet. our science editor reports it is transformed the knowledge. and the smallest planet. >> it is only slightly bigger than the moon. but until the space craft

arrived little was known about the planet, since then, messengers seven scientific instruments have been feeting back volumes of data. >> and it is now all assured that there is a liquid surrounding this mercury which is producing a magnetic field. the moon like surface in unprecedented detail. between minus 170 and plus 420 degrees celsius. and it happened ancient lava flows and discovered ice at the planets poles covered by a layer of dark mysterious matter. >> the material delivered to

mercury by the same objects that brought the water. probably from the outer solar system. of what on our planet were some of the building blocks or organic chemistry and life. >> now the fuel has run out and nasa says it is power less. it's impact meant more than 14,000 an hour, adds another small crater to it's already pitted surface. how the solar system must form how our planet came to be so it is placing us in time and space within the universes. and condition the confinement of the solar system. one of many the research team says lit release in the weeks and months ahead. the next mission by european and japanese teams is not expected to arrive there

until 2024. until then, scientists will be working through the huge volume of data from messenger. hoping toed a even more detail to our knowledge of the planet. much more on our website aljazeera.com. their constitutional rights. we will check out the online movement. >> correct me if i'm wrong did i stumble into mexico, or is this still the united states. >> plus, futurist predict that by 2020, we'll have our own digital twin. who may make our daily lives even easier, performing tasks and even consoling our loved ones after we are gone.