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is heading west to silicon valley. ♪ ♪ nearly 6,200 people have died in nepal from the devastating earthquake that struck the country nearly a week ago. almost 14,000 people have been injured. many bodies are still being recovered from the rubble and now there is the threat of disease. in the capital kathmandu more than 20,000 people are living in 21 relocation camps. the conditions are poor with no clean water and not enough toilets. the united nations says there is a growing number of diarrhea cases in quake-hit areas. health workers are trying to prevent an outbreak of disease. >> one disease that we are always concerned about in a situation like this is measles and uncief will be looking at emergency measles vaccination campaign. measles can kill children, especially if they are in a bad

situation and they have vulnerable health. we are looking at that, that's a concern, diarrhea is a concern and we are making sure kids hands are clean so they don't get sick. >> there are still thousands in remote areas still looking for help. andrew summoned has a report. >> reporter: the mountains would normally take you to one of the most scenic place on his earth. now the journey shows misery, and despair fox some of those that survived, this is what remains of their lives. this small village hasn't one home left standing. people are in a forlorned state. no one is here to help them. officials say 1600 people have died. unofficial estimates put the figure beyond 5,000. two more deaths are recorded here after a search that's

lasted three days. the bodies of a woman and her baby lying together are recovered. deep never to the region the needs get even greater some. aid is getting through but it's a drip pace. aid workers arriving here say the region has been neglected. >> the need is quite huge were initially there was a lack of proper commune days, in a sense if you see the data for the first three days, the number of death people were around 200 to 220. suddenly on day three the number of dead from this area rows up to 650. >> reporter: this is the town where there is no power anywhere no sanitation, and very few tents. it is a town that is devastated. and the humanitarian needs are colossal. the few search and rescue workers who have reached this place say it's dangerous to be in the town itself. because the buildings that are intact are unsafe. this man lost his wife in the

quake. he's left trying to make do in a school. attempting to look after his baby son and little girl who has an eye injury that needs more attention. >> translator: the government has not provided relief in such an extreme situation. it's rain, it's wet the tremors continue and we are having to take shelter in the school. >> reporter: the weather is making things worse. normally this would be the dry season but there is heavy reina side from washing out already crowded shelters it causes land slides. more fear for the people with after shocks making the landslides more frequent. they want to know when the suffering will end. no one has an answer. andrew simmonds, al jazerra nepal. well joining me now from kathmandu is the head of emergency response at the world health organization. very good to have you with us on al jazerra. how do aid organizations work

around the restraints that we are seeing that we heard from in that story there and getting aid and getting healthcare to people in the remote areas? >> yes, thank you elizabeth. one, we were preparing for an events like this for over a decade now. health sector, government, n.g.o.s, private sector were all planning for a contingency plan for this earthquake. in fact it's something that we have reviewed and we are working around that response. so for us to get out to the districts it was a quick response. we had medical surprise right here in kathmandu released to the hospitals to be able to deliver healthcare to the affects, to the injured. coordination began within two hours with the health emergency operation center we set up with the ministry of health.

which was size i size mick seismic proof. that's the other thing our hospitals are still standing. it's a difficult situation but we are proud that they are still standing. that's one bit of this response. people were prepared. the community is very aware of what to do to stay in open spaces they do listen to public announcements of what is next. and to public advisories. the so this is the case of the response. in anticipation we have sent out our stop to 11 districts out there. i am giving you preliminary findings of what we have seen. there are five functional hospital that need urgent support. it's in different areas.

which need support. this is the result of the assessment and that this will drive the response. we are finding support for these five hospitals to be able to get the medicines that we need. in fact, we have anticipated that and we have a shipment that has just come today which will be distributed no these hospitals. and what are the -- >> now there are also -- >> what are the most immediate concerns right now both at these hospitals that you mentioned and for the people all over the country? what are the most immediate needs? what are the biggest concerns? >> sure. we are having quite an early rainy season and that affects our response. basically still needed shelter water, food, and water and sanitation is actually a determinate for disease happening we are working with partners to have water and sanitation. we are also preparing for possible diarrhea disease. that is something that's

inevitable whether without an earthquake but also something that we can prepare for to prevent a big epidemic of diarrhea diseases. we have lots of medicine in stock, diary al disease kits and emergency health kits that can answer the needs for this events. we may look at the measles immunization is one thing we are review. we have to assess what is the coverage in these areas before making such decisions but first and foremost it's basic medical care. in the districts from the findings of our assessment, three district hospitals are totally damaged and without any electricity or health facilities so this is something that we would like to support. through w.h.o. foreign medical teams the once you see and which you cover from all over the world have come to provide until support through tent hospitals

medical experts. although now the need is less for trauma care because that is expected and that's what we have seen also in our assessment that the trauma cases have dropped but the next wave will be issues of regular basic healths services, whether it's pregnancy, taking care of -- taking care of women who are pregnant. children. it is the rainy season, kids will be coughing, acute respiratory infections, these things are what we are watching for it's actually a bridge for us not to have a gap in health services. that's the main thing. >> rodrigo, head of the emergency response for the world health organization joining us from kathmandu there, thank you very much for your time. thank you. to other news now. police in the u.s. city of baltimore have completed their investigation in to the death of freddie gray. the black man who suffered a fatal spinal injury while in their custody it. could be weeks before details of the police investigation are made public.

for now the results of confidential. the report has been handed over to the chief prosecutor, who will decide whether to charge the six officers involved. more demonstrations against police brutality have been held around the u.s. over a thousand people marched in philadelphia in solidarity with protest nurse baltimore. police confronted some protesters for blocking traffic to a major highway. tom ackerman sent this update from baltimore. >> reporter: wednesday saw more protest rallies like this one here in baltimore although the rain has somewhat thinned the crowds. there will be another night of curfew the police say that they were satisfied with the level of compliance in the past two nights but they have rejected demands for ending the curfew, which was supposed to last at least a week. so that this weekend we will continue to see people kept off the streets. at the same time, police say that they have completed their investigation and turned over

their findings to the state prosecutor who has said that she will take her time to decide whether there is enough evidence there to proceed with any indictments of the six police officers who are currently suspended with pay pending the results of the investigations, both of the prosecutor and the police. u.s. deposit mats have warned ba burundi may be approaching the appointment of no decision after the president's decision to run for a third term in office. at least 15 demonstrators have been injured in the lattist clash with police. the unrest is being described as the biggest political crisis since 2006. they have been brutal and abusive. six people killed and more than 40 injured. malcolm webb reports from the capital. >> reporter: he says he was among a crowd of protesters were

police opened fire he was lucky a bullet just grazed his leg and he seems unshaken. >> translator: the police are trying to intimidate us, they want us to stay off the street and they do not want us to express your views. -- our crews. >> reporter: he's one of several people receiving treatment to gunshot wounds at this hospital. the protest essay the president should not run for a third term in june's election. his supporters say he's entitled to. police frequently fire tear gas some protesters block roads and throw stones back it police, there have been small groups of soldiers out on the streets since monday, people here trust the army and see it as neutral and not taking political sides. some of the protesters say when the soldiers are present the police don't use live rounds.

dozens have been arrested and detained. the they say the government is trying to suppress them. they held a press conference and read a statement but we couldn't ask them about the people that have been shot or detained because they didn't allow any questions. >> translator: the organizers said that those demonstrations would be peaceful but it's clear that they only organized violent protests in blocking roads throwing stones at the police, shooting and throwing grenades. >> reporter: then they showed us a gun some money and a man with a bloodied beaten face, they said he was an armed protest who's they caught. away from the protests in the city center, one grenade was thrown in to an empty bus. we don't know who by. police said we should film it. more wounded protesters rife at the hospital. but the injuries don't seem to have deterred the demonstrators. the people living here hope the political standoff can be

resolved without more violence. mall .com webb, al jazerra. still ahead on al jazerra a day out for myanmar's rebels as well as their fans and foes. some of the groups are hoping that peace can last for more than one day. and the nigerian army releases impressive women they say they have freed from boko haram. >> every sunday night. >> i lived that character. >> go one on one with america's movers and shakers. >> we will be able to see change. >> gripping. inspiring. entertaining. "talk to al jazeera". sunday, 6:30 eastern. only on al jazeera a

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health concerns in nepal. as thousands of people are sheltering in relocation camps and unhygienic conditions. more than 6,100 people have now been confirmed dead with many bodies still buried under rubble. police in the u.s. city of baltimore have completed their investigation in to the death of freddie gray. the black man who suffered a fatal spinal injury while in their custody. for now the result are confidential. demonstrations against police brutality have been held around the u.s. with over a thousand people marching in philadelphia. and the u.s. has warns warned of sanctions against those responsible for violence in burundi. anti-government demonstrators have been valleying against the president's decision to run for a third term. to yemen now where aden has seen some of the fiercest fighting since the saudi-led air strikes began. saudi arabia says dozens of

houthi fighters have been killed. further north, three saudi soldiers were killed in an attack on a border post. saudi arabia maintains its board every is secure and is sending reinforcements to the area as mohamed vall reports. >> reporter: reaching the border with yemen takes a tough ride up these mountains in southwestern saudi arabia. this hilltop is overlook the houthi rebels' main strong hold in yemen. saudi soldiers took us to the site from which we are monitoring the area for 24 hours a day. it's a military zone and any movement on the other side gets a spirited response. sporadic fighting happens on almost a daily basis,. >> the houthis were able on occasion to kill saudi soldiers by sniper fire and mortar shells. the saudi army says it has destroyed several houthi vehicles that were transporting fighters and weapons to the boarder. >> translator: we deal with them

from a distance, we make sure to spot them before they get close before they can shoot. we real re lie on information rely on information that we collect through variouses means including goggles and other is information. >> reporter: houthi rebels a is contract border shell areas like these from time to time. so these men come here to prevent such attacks. yemen is right behind these mountains. and these men who were born here and lived here all their life, they tell us they are the best to fight in this area. and they are ready to help the government. >> translator: the armed forces of our country are doing very well. by at citizens we have a certain obligation we don't know if we will be asked to helpful but if asked we need to be ready. >> reporter: during a brief war between saudi arabia and the hoes in 2009, used houthi fighters attacked and killed many soldiers. the residents were moved to

safer areas. sauce saudi arabia says it's taken every measure this time around to prevent a repeat of those event. off the red sea coast. the saudi coast guard has increased its patrols. >> translator: the type of danger that we are monitoring has changed. previously it was mainly smugglers and infiltrators. now we are looking for fighters in possession of soft weapons and possibly ready to launch attacks. >> reporter: saudi arabia says it controls the waters, air spice and the land borders of yemen. and yet the risk of the war spilling over in to saudi territory is still high. which, accord to the military here were on readiness and continuous vigilance. mohamed vall, al jazerra, on the saudi border with yemen. to syria now where rebel fighters have made gains in idlib province towards the government-held city this week. the government retaliated with barrel bombs on districts filled with civilians. these pictures are from

northwest idlib. a new alliance of rebel groupings, include al qaeda-linked al-nusra front have gained ground in the poff. i think now, 12 armed ethnic groups in myanmar are meet to go discuss a draft ceasefire deal which they preached with the government in march. the ethnic groups often disagree with each other as bell as the government but for one day this year they put their differences aside to pitch for peace a florence lui reports. >> reporter: the people have been fighting the government for decades. more than 60 years of strike make this the longest running conflict in myanmar. more than 100,000 people displaced many living in thailand. there is little economic investment here because of instability. leaving the population poor and roads and facilities in shambles. a ceasefire group between the government and rebels were signed in 22012.

but there is still sporadic fighting. and peace is made even more complicated because the ethnic group is split in to several armed and unarmed factions. but for one day this year, the people in the village were able to forget about the violence. >> translator: everybody wants peace but i don't really know if it's for real or not. i don't know when we'll have a chance to fly football with the ethnic groups again. >> reporter: the peace council together with hand checks for peace a nongovernmental organization arranged a friendly game between two warring sides. the star power was provided by former international footballers. who he would drills for the players. not only to pass along tips, but as a way of bringing the two sides together. the myanmar army pulled out at the last minute. but the government's border guard forces are there. >> translator: for us, it is good. because we don't shoot each other like we did in the past.

>> reporter: but the villagers for them too it was an enjoyable event. >> translator: compared to weapons, football is much better. >> reporter: but turn out was lower than expected. because of reports of fighting nearby. away from the pitch and the frontline, the difficult work of negotiating a peace deal go goes off. the government and 16 armed ethnic groups recently agreed in prince approximately to the text of the draft ceasefire agreement. but that number does not include all armed rebel groups and the final deal still has to be reached before political dialogue can take plays meanwhile clashes of still ongoing. france's president says there will be harsh punishment for soldiers found guilty of sexually abusing children in the after ran republican. it alleged lie it can place between december 2013 and june

of last year. >> translator: if some soldiers, i don't know more for the moment behaved badly there will be sanctions on par with the trust we put in all of our armed fors. i am proud of our army, so i will be harsh on those who behave badly. if that's the case in central africa republic. the nigerian army has released the first pictures of women and girls it says were rescued from a boko haram strong hold. there were 293 people freed from the forest on wednesday. the army also says it's now freed another group of captives more than 160 women and girls. here is a report. >> reporter: nigeria's military say these are some of the 293 women and children rescued. this were held in severe and inhumane conditions the military says, they are trying to work out the identities of the women and children, where they come from and how they were kidnapped. many are hoping that some of

those rescued are the chi box chibok school girls they were abducted last year. 219 are still missing. the military say they can't confirm whether some of the rescue are from chibok. >> hope is not lost. we will search everywhere possible. not just in that forest, everywhere that people are being assaulted is being searched with a hope to locating both our chibok girls and. [ inaudible ] that is in the captivity of terrorists. but people who have been campaigning for the rescue of the chibok school girls and other women and children held by boko haram are demanding the military announce the identities of those who have been freed. >> how many more people are still missing? we never had a record from the military that says that personal at this points in time so so number of people were abducted,

so so number of well, so so number of men or boys were abducted. >> reporter: on thursday the military ups nod the rescue of another 160 women and children. and are promising to release their identities too. they say ongoing operations against boko haram are going well. and they expects to free more people who may have been held captive by boko haram in the forest in the next few days. >> a lot of ground has been covered. you know, running out of their enclaves and their enclaves being over run is fitting in to the plans and this gives us encouragement that these plans are working out. >> reporter: it's not possible to independently verify what the military are saying about these rescues. because restrictions have been placed on humanitarian organizations and the media in accessing the areas where these rescues are taking place. but many people are hoping the military's claims are accurate.

now the united united arab emirates have destroyed over 10-tons of rivalry the stockpile had been seized over three years its a dee transit hub for the illegal trade, much of it end up in raich a where it's used for traditional medicine sayings. bernie sanders announces that he will be running in the 2016 presidential election. he's the second democrat in the race challenging former secretary of state held are you clinton, senator sanders has a long records of speaking out against income inning inning inning he wall tal and corporate money in politics. in people in the u.s. think of electric cars they think of tesla motors but one car making is trying to change that. ford is moving part of its operation to silicon valley the capital of the high-tech industry. john hendon reports. >> reporter: the center of gravity in the american auto industry is shifting westward from detroit towards silicon

valley. in january ford opened a new palo alto technology center a place where software and hardware meet. >> being here in silicon valley and being viewed as parts of silicon value is a important for our future. it's important to get the right talent that we need coming in to the company and it supports our overall effortses of driving innovation for our customers. here cars are designed by virtual reality with ultra light carbon ports. with self adjusting height for unexpected speed bumps and a self adjusting spoil tore optimize wind resistance. ford has traveled part way down the road to self-driving vehicles. at least when it comes to annoying task of parallel parking. i am operating the gas and brake, but this one is entirely steering itself. see. no hands. ford is also researching making cars more internet connected. and there they are playing catch up with palo alto-based tesla with a dashboard that looks like it was built by nasa.

tesla has developed a niche in the 100,000-dollar range. the challenge is seeing if it can do the same for moderate-priced cars. with a 35,000-dollar model due in tents 17. oscars norv to rolling analysts say car makers will look ever more to sill von valley. >> autos are becoming mobile commutingcommuting and communications platforms. if you want to be on the bleeding edge of that stuff you wouldn't to be where you can incorporate that sort of technology in to the auto as quickly as possible. >> reporter: that logic is likely to attract other u.s. automakers building an islands of detroit in northern california. john hendon, al jazerra palo alto california. now, a chinese company has unveiled one of the most realistic humanoid robots yet. yang yang impressed visitors at a conference in beijing she's modeled on one of the

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