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♪ more than 6,250 people have died in nepal from the devastating earthquake that struck nearly a week ago. almost 14,000 people have been injured, many bodies are still being recovered from the rubble. search and rescue teams are using their bare hands as well as machinery to clear debris from crushed buildings and centuries old temples. now 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 watering not enough toilets. the u.n. says there is a growing number of diarrhea cases in quake hit areas health workers are trying to prevent an outbreak of disease. >> reporter: one of the main concerns that we are hearing about today not just from health officials but government official is his the fear of the spread of disease. and so the government has made it a priority to do whatever

they can to stop the spread of any potential diseases, that's why we are seeing here today at this site in the rubble a chinese aid truck earlier was spraying disinfectants also workers are throwing out disinfectant powder over the rubble. it is believed that could there could poe 10 potentially be dozens of body that they will find under the did he degree. the chinese was spraying the liquid to try to stop the smell. sadly, there is still very, object joycely the stretch of death in the area. it is a very sad scene. and all of the residents that we have spoken to here today said they believe they will see more bodies pulled out of the rubble in days today. >> rod ridiculous co isrodrigo is with the world

health organization, he explained what they need now. >> there are five functional hospital that his need urgent support. so this is in different cities. which need support. this is the result of what we need. we are needing support for the hospital to his get the medicines that we need n fact, we have anticipated that and we have a shipment that has just come today. which will be distributed to the hospitals. basic need is still needed. shelter, water food, and water and sanitation is actually a der ter end for disease. we are working for water and sanitation and preparing ourselves for possible diarrheal disease. that's inevitable without an earth quake but also something that we can prepare for to prevent a big epidemic of

diarrheal diseases. and there are thaws of people stranded in remote communities still waiting for help. andrew simmonds traveled to a village. >> reporter: the mountain roads would normally take you to one of the most scenic place on his everything. now the journey shows you misery. despair. and for some of those who survived, this is what remains of their lives. this small village hasn't one home left standing. people are in a forlorn state. no one is here to help them. officials say around 1600 people have died in this region. unofficial estimates put the figure at 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. deeper in to the region the

needs get everybody greater. some aid is getting through but it's a drip feed. aid workers arriving here say the region is being neglected. >> the need is quite huge. initially there was a lack of proper communication in the sense if you see the data for the first three days, the number of dead people were around 200 to 220. but suddenly on day three the number of dead from this area rows uprose up to 650. >> reporter: this is a town where there is no power anywhere no sanitation and very few tents. it is a town that's 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 raining 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 rain being aside from washing out already overcrowded shelters it causes land slides, more fear for the people with aftershocks making the landslides more frequent. they want to know when the suffering will end no one has an answer. andrew seemed you simmonds, al jazerra nepal. in yemen the southern city of aden has seen some of the fiercist fighting since the conflicts began. fighters loyal to to exiled president hadi are battling houthi rebel to his try to regain control of the port city. further south, three audi soldiers were held in an attack on a border post.

saudi arabia maintains its boardest is secure but sending reinforcements to the area as mohammedded vall reports. >> reporter: reaching ther with yemen takes a tough ride up hess mountains in southwestern saudi arabia. this hilltop is overlooking the houthi rebels' main strong hold of sadder in northern yemen. saudi soldiers took us to this fight where thurman touring the area 24 hours a day. it's a military zone and any movement on the other side gets a spirited response. sporadic fighting happens almost on a daily basis. the houthis were on able on occasion to kill sued i solders by sniper or mortar shells, saudi army says they have destroyed several vehicles trans porling weapons to the border. >> we deal with them from a distance and spot them before they can get close and before they can shoot. we rely on information that we

collect through various means including goggles and other types of surveillance. >> reporter: some of that information is provided by these tribes men. houthi rebels across the 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 who lived here all their life. they tell us that they are the best to fight in this area. and they are ready to help the government. >> the armedded forces armed force of our country are doing their job perfectly well. but as citizens we have a certain obligation, we don't know if we will be asked to help. but if asked we need to be ready. >> reporter: during a brief war between saudi arabia and the hoes in 2009, houthi fighters attacked saudi border villages and killed many soldiers. the residents were moved from dozens of those villages to safe every area, is saudi officials say they have taken every measure to prevent a repeat of

those events. the saudi coast guard has increased its patrols. >> translator: the type of things we are monitoring has changed previously it was mainly smugglers and inning fill thoughters now, we are looking for fighters with weapons and possibly ready to launch these attacks. >> reporter: sauce saudi arabia says it controls the without he air space and lands borders of yemen and yet the risk of the war spilling over in to saudi territory is still high. which, accord to this military here warrants top readiness and continuous vigilance. mohamed vall, al jazerra, on the saudi border with yemen. saudi arabia's supreme economic council has agreed to restructure the state oil company. it will include separating it from the oil ministry. this decision comes days after a major reshuffle of the kingdom's government. saudi a-ram co is the world's

largest company and the biggest employ ployer in saudi arabia generating $1 billion a day in ref knee. these picture are from syria in northwest idlib. a new alliance of rebel groups including the al qaeda-linked al-nusra front have gained ground in that province. at least 13 people injured during demonstrations in jerusalem. israeli jews of ethiopian or jenna excused of police of brutality and discriminating against black people in israel a video emerged of a policeman beating a black soldier. >> reporter: they came out in their hundreds. mostly israeli jews of ethiopian origin. angry at what they say was police brutality against a black israeli soldier. medics say more than a dozen people were hurt when scuffles broke out with the police.

>> we are demonstrate against the police brutality. the police is acting with. [ inaudible ] force against israeli civilians. >> reporter: in an incidents last week, an israeli of ethiopian decent was allegedly assaulted by immigration officers who thought he was an ill legal immigrant. but it was this video that sparked outrage on social media when israeli policemen were seen beating the soldier it shows a policeman pushing him to the ground after he didn't initially obey the policeman's order. another officer tries to help his colleague. the issue you of african migrants in israel has stirred controversy from many years activists say policies have resulted in a 50% decline of ethiopian jews in the past decade. the soldier then picks up a rock and threatens the policeman before police backup arrives in 2010 a published classified cable from tel aviv saying 65%

of israeli households of ethiopian origin relied on welfare to survive. the next year a tv program sparked protest that revealed that many have signed agreements not to sell or represent property to his ethiopians. in 2013 the is rally government admitted to injecting ethiopian women to birth control without their knowledge. out of nearly 18,000 asylum seekers from african countries just 45 were granted refugees status in israel. protesters in jerusalem are demanding an end to racism against black israelis. >> translator: in the year 2015 those who are weak in the land of israel have no reason to exist. we are subjected to raiseism, a covert racism and it must be stopped. >> reporter: the israeli government provides aid to some refugees groups did you still struggle to integrate in to society. to deal with the issue of nearly 50,000 immigrants of african

origin israel has built a against along the border of egypt and large detention centers for those seeking ref rougerefugewithout the required paperwork. unless race relations are improved the anger is likely to continue to boil only. al jazerra. 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. but it could be weeks before the findings are made public. protesters in baltimore have been demanding the police reveal the details now. the report has been handed over to the chief prosecutor who will decide whether to charge the six officers involved. more demonstrations in the u.s., police confronted some protesters for blocking the entrance to a major highway. coming on up on the program a

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>> al jazeera america, weekday mornings. catch up on what happened overnight with a full morning brief. get a first hand look with in-depth reports and investigations. start weekday mornings with al jazeera america. open your eyes to a world in motion. ♪ top tory, more than 6,250 people are now confirmed dead in nepal from the devastating earthquake that struck nearly a week ago now. almost 14,000 people have been

injured. and now there is the threat of disease with more than 20,000 people living in camps in the capital. bats continue in the city of aden. fighters loyal to the exiled president hadi are trying to regain control of the city from houthi rebels. saudi arabia says dozens of houthi fighters have been killed. 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 in their custody. they are demanding police reveal the details now. the u.k. election taking place on thursday has been dominated by the economy and immigration. registered british voters can cast their ballots no matter where they live in the world. lawrence lee reports from spain where about a million britains live. >> reporter: it's still quiet in the little town, but soon enough the bars and restaurants will be full of european sun seekers.

but getting on, half the population is british. in the bar we found some of them putting the world to rights and there is plenty wrong with the u.k. >> people from. [ inaudible ] people are barredderring out in camps. do they apply to move to australia? no. can they move anywhere in europe? yes. where do they want to go. >> britain. >> yes. >> and to be fair, probably so would i. wouldn't you? >> reporter: over the road dean shows us his contribution to spain. he founded a charity which other british people here can contribute to. the money goes to the spanish poor. this he says, helps define the difference between the right and the wrong sort of migrants. an immigrant is someone who takes and an ex-pat is someone who goes to somewhere else and gives a little bit back, is that what you mean?

>> that tends to be the perception of most of the people that i know locally yes. yeah, it is. >> reporter: number of these people would regard themselves as racist, rather their perceptions about immigration fall in to a bucket of frustrations and misplaced priorities. a sort of rage that comes from reading too many british newspapers. if there were ever an election onhere the conservative party with win with the support of numbers usually reserved for a central asian dictatorship. and the u.k. independence party would do quite well too. and that's ironic, because if they had their way and britain left the european union all these folk would probably have to go back home to the country they gave up as a lost cause. the costa is, of course, no stranger to outsiders the ancient romans, the fa near ans aarons and moores have all come unsized these shores now the russians are busy buying up the

coast. so for bar owners like oscar british immigrants are nothing to fear or resents. >> for me, right now it's fantastic. the jointer of my customers are from all over the place mostly english. brit zip ann is in a good place economically so they bring a lot to the area. >> reporter: you get the sense that even though many british immigrants here feel the country has gone to the dogs their new home could end up a rather lonely place this only looks a bit tarnished and tatty lacking the glamor and optimism it had a half century ago in fax much like the britain they have given up on. lawrence lee, al jazerra, on the costa del sol. in somali lands migrants are leaving with dreams of a new life in the west. lack of jobs have forced many to take a journal a cross the sahara desert. many have died while crossing to europe. but as we report, the government now taking steps to stop people from taking these perilous

journeys. >> reporter: this isthis is. [ inaudible ] the border. a smuggling boone town and a key enter point from migrant from somali land were a checkpoint in different parts of the town policemen check vehicles. >> we have arrested more than 380 trying to my great illegally just this year alone, we have some al jazerra rested some smugglers too, this is an international problem. it needs international effort to his combat it. >> reporter: despite strict controls by authorities many cross the border daily while on their journey to europe. many don't think of the rivers of crossing the desert or the sea. all they know is what they are leaving behind. a border town, another human trafficking hub. people smugglers a assemble migrants in safe houses before they hands them over their

counterparts. officials suspect smugglers they don't want to be filmed. some of -- soon one of them is relaxed now talk to us. >> i have been wrongly arrested. everybody knows who the snugglers, they have houses where the keep the traffic people. the police know wherer this, they should get them. >> reporter: it's a story that authorities are not buying at all. >> translator: these are the biggest smugglers armed we found them trafficking people. they are part of an international cartel. let them not deny. >> reporter: officials in somali land believe the problem is far broader than a border control issue. they believe joblessness is driving many youth to take the perilous journey through ethiopia and sudan before reaching libya with the hope of reaching italy by boats. >> unless opportunities are created for the youth and they are also given access to quality education, we will keep talking about this problem. it will never go away.

>> reporter: but here the task is not to provide either jobs or schooling, simply to stop people leaving. mohamed adow, al jazerra. the french president has promised harsh punishment for soldiers found guilty of sexually abusing children in the central african republic. the abuse allegedly took place at a center for displaced people near the airport between december 2013 and june of last year. >> translator: if some soldiers, i don't know more for the moment behaved badly there then there would be sanction on his par with the trust we put in all of our armed forces. i am proud of our army, so i will be harsh and those who behave badly if that's the case in central african republic. a senior u.s. diplomat is warning ba ba rune did. the president is trying to run for a third term in office. more than a dozen demonstrators

have been injured. it's being described as at biggest civil unrest since the civil war ended in 2005. the united arab emirates have destroyed over 10-tons of ivory the stockpiled have been ceased over the through three years, much of it end up in asia where it's used for traditional medicines among other things. 12 armed ethnic groups in myanmar are meet to go discuss a draft ceasefire deal they reached with the government in march. the ethnic groups often disagree with each other as well as with the government. but as lawrence looi reports for one day this year they put aside their differences. >> reporter: the people have been fighting the government for decades. more than 60 years of strive make this the longest running conflict in myanmar. more than 100,000 people have been displaced.

many living at refugees in tie lands. there is little economic investment here because of the instability. leaving the population poor and roads and facilities in shambles. a ceasefire agreement between the government and the rebels was signs in 2012. 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 in year, the villages were able to forget about the violence. >> everybody wants peace. but i don't really know if it's for real or not. i don't know when we'll have the chance to play football with the other ethnic groups again. >> reporter: the peace council together with hand checked for peace a nongovernmental organization arranged a friends by game between two warring sides. the star power was provided by former international footballers. who held 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 gorder guard forces are there. >> translator: for us, it is good. because we don't shoot each other like we did in the past. for the imagers the match was an enjoyable events. >> compared to end with his footballs are much better. >> reporter: turn out was lower than expected because of reports of fighting nearby. away from the pitch and the frontlines the difficult work of negotiating a peace deal goes on. the government and 16 armed ethnic groups recently agreed in principle to the text of the draft ceasefire agreement. but that number does not including all armed rebel groups and a final deal still has to be reached before political dialogue can take place meanwhile clashes still go in some parts of me myanmar florence

looi. al jazerra. thousands of workers are holding rallies to mark international workers day. demonstrate nurse hong kong have been demanding better labor conditions on the annual mayday protests. these are live pictures that we have here. actually apartment, pictures from a little bit earlier. also around 2,000 workers rallied in the cambodian capital demanding higher wages and better living conditions, workers are demanding an increase in minimum wages in no countries. u.s. congressman bernie sanders has announced he's running for the 2015 presidential election he's the second democrat in the election. challenging hillary clinton. he has a long record speaking out against income inequality and corporate money in politics. in it comes to the electric car market in the u.s., tesla motors is the dominant force

ford is trying to change that. they are moving part of its detroit operations to silicon valley. the capital of 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 part of silicon valley is very important for our future. it's important to get the right caltalents that we need coming in to the company and supports our overall efforts of driving innovation for our customers. >> reporter: here cars are designed by virtual reality with ultra light carbon parts the kind used on upcoming ford g it. super car with self adjusting height for unexpected speed bumps and a self adjusting spoiler to optimize wind resistance ford has traveled part way down the road to self driving vehicles, at least when it comes to the 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 looked 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 prized cars with a 30,000-dollar model due in 2017. oscars increasingly morph in to rolling computers analysts say car mangers look ever more to silicon valley. s where thousands of experts live. >> autos are becoming mobile commuting and communications plats forms if you want to be on the bleeding edge of that stuff, you want to be where you can incorporate that sort of technology in to the auto as quickly as possible. >> reporter: that lodge sick likely to attract other u.s. autoautomakers building an islands of detroit in northern california.

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