medical workers in nepal try to prevent the spread of disease in the aftermath of the earthquake. ♪ hello i'm darren jordan live from al jazeera's headquarter higher in doha. also ahead how one neighborhood in yemen tries to recover after a deadly air strike. and the u.s. companies take the high road towards silicon valley as technology in the industry shifts up a gear. ♪

we begin in nepal with the death toll from saturday's earthquake has reached 6,300 people. the government has announced it will give every family who has had a family member killed in the quake around a thousand dollars in compensation. search and rescue teaming are using their bare hands as well as machinery to clear debris. and now there's a threat of disease. our correspondent sent us this report. >> reporter: around this village, locals line up to get treated by a team of doctors. this is the first medical team in the village since the earthquake struck on saturday destroying most of the houses here. this woman and her daughters have been suffering from stomach

cramps. >> translator: the water and thick and smelly but we have to drink it. >> reporter: many patients have diarrhea and vomiting. this 2 year old has a skin infection. >> translator: he has bad diarrhea. our house is too dangerous to go back to. >> reporter: army doctors have come to help out the nepal army. >> one week or more this support will be continued in the long term to prevent the [ inaudible ] other chronic diseases likedy rhea skin diseases. long determine planning has to do [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: the collapse of the existing health system is what concerns medal officers working in the field. the army has been coordinating all of the international teams which have come to help.

>> translator: a lot of the villages the hospitals there they have been [ inaudible ] now the medical teams here will start moving out in a week or two. but our plan is that other medical teams which can stay for a longer duration probably two to six months we'll send those teams to those areas. >> reporter: back in the village those who are not physically sick are in shock. many say they are afraid to sleep. they hope to get medication from the doctors who will be here for one more day. but once the medical team leaves they will be left to fend for themselves once again. even in the best of times health system in nepal has been rather poor. for this village the only health post is half an hour further up and the only thing that they have is [ inaudible ]. not everyone has toilets and

people defecate in the streets, increasing the risk of epidemics. faiz jamil joins us live from the nepalese capitol. the government is talking about compensating families if they have had members killed. is that really going to help do you think? >> reporter: well, it's go to be a small comfort for families there. $1,000 per family member it will help them. but people need help to get on with their lives. people are still sleeping out in the open. they have some tents, but not everybody does. the ones who need them. today in the last hour or so the finance minister made an appointment for more donations of tents and blankets. he is saying there have been donations of money and other much-needed relief however,

tents and blankets, not enough has come through yet. we have some good numbers. 67 people were found alive in a remote area about 150 kilometers from kathmandu. a team of army and police were able to make it there today and found them all alive, but the chief of the army staff just a short while ago, announced he expects the death toll could climb above 10,000. >> and one of the big problems is the lack of sanitation and water and the fear of disease being spread. what is being done to prevent that? >> reporter: along with tents and blankets appeals are being made for medicine and water-purification tablets. we have been reporting that the

kathmandu airport is a bottleneck and it takes time for supplies to get out to the remote areas, which officials still don't have access to. but officials are now saying that they still need more relief supplies and are making an appeal to the international community to donate more. >> thank you. a second earthquake has struck new guinea. there were no immediate age reports of damaging. a 6.7 quake hit papua new guinea on thursday. in iraq at least 21 people have been killed in baghdad. the weight of explosions happened over thursday night. a car bomb in the western district killed five people and wounded 12. a car bomb outside of an ice cream shop killed four people.

several other areas were also targeted. ♪ fighters loyal to yemen's exiled president hadi say they have gained ground in the central province. houthi fighters took control of the oil-rich area last year. fighting is ongoing in ta'izz and in aden. prohadi fighters say they have gained ground around the airport. saudi arabia says three of its soldiers and dozens of houthi rebels were killed overnight on thursday in battles along the border. in the capitol, sana'a a saudi-lead coalition air strike has killed 21 people. victoria gatenby reports. >> reporter: this is a residential area in the capitol, sana'a. there used to be nine homes here. a saudi-lead coalition air strike reduced them to rubble

>> translator: we heard the explosion, my aunted and i were rescued. the whole family died and also other neighbors. women, children, and ellerly. >> reporter: the air strikes targeted houthis and fighters loyal to former president saleh, but this street was also hit. survivors are angry, frustrated and scared it might happen again. >> translator: we don't have weapons or houthis here. they destroyed our homes. this is our neighbor's home. seven girls were killed and this other home two elderly people were killed. what did we do wrong? this is my house and my uncle's house. we spent 18 years building it. why are they doing this? we are homeless now. >> reporter: this is a poor neighborhood in the middle of

the war zone. there is no heavy lifting equipment to help look for the dead or injured. people use their hands or whatever they can find but it is often hopeless. pro-government forces are backed to battle the houthis, but wrem mennese are increasingly suffering. saudi arabia and its partners said the air strikes will continue until the houthi's military capabilities are diminished. the u.n. is warning that fuel shortages are threatening to stop all relief operations in yemen within days. it follows revelations about a secret u.n. report which claims that iran has been arming houthi rebels since 2009. it concludes tearhran has been

shipping weapons since 2011. the u.s. navy will start escorting ships traveling through the mouth of the gulf the u.s. says else haves will it will ensure that the ships won't be encountered by iran. saudi arabia is reinstructering the world's largest oil company. it will now will run by a ten-member supreme economic council. but that separates the state oil giant for control by the oil ministry. a major reshuffle of the kingdom's government was announced a few days ago. the company is vital to the saudi economy with estimated reserves of 260 billion barrels.

it's by far saudi arabia's biggest employer and generates a billion dollars in revenue every single day. john is the middle east director he explained the significance of the restructuring. >> it's very historic again, part of a larger reform system reform momentum that has been highlighting the last four months of king salmon's reign, and it's pretty substantial because it's important to separate the oil ministry from aramco it's important in terms of oversight and these institutions functioning independently, even if both are state controlled and overseen. saudi aram cois a very extive institution, but it doesn't mean this is the only way of doing it. so i think now we're going to see a more efficient and proper

oversight, something that we haven't seen for many decades. so i don't think there is anything to -- to be concerned yet. i think that there is more coming and it's for the good of the country. still to come here on al jazeera, why israeli jews of ethiopian origin are marching against the police. i'm in northern tunisia, i'll explain why this tiny country has become one of the biggest olive oil producers in the world. but farmers here still aren't reaping the benefits. ♪

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♪ welcome back. quick reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. doctors in nepal are worried about disease in crowded camps. more than 20,000 homeless people are in camps in the capitol of kathmandu. the number of confirmed dead stands at 6,200. saudi-lead air strikes in yemen have killed more people. raids targeted the airport and a military base. saudi arabia has announced a major shakeup at the world's largest energy company. saudi aramco is being separated from the oil ministry and run by a ten-member supreme economic council. now european aviation giant airbus has announced it will file a criminal complaint

against germany's foreign intelligence service. reports suggests that the agency has been involved in industrial epee nauj at the request of the u.s. >> the suggestion that airbus is considering legal action over reports that it may have been ease dropped on follows an article in a german newspaper which suggested that security services had been monitoring and eavesdropping, their words, upon the conversations and other digital recordings of large institutions in europe. the question that the media have been posing is who authorized this eefs dropping if it did occur. and the interior minister has been the subject of some newspaper articles. the german newspaper printed an article with a picture of him as

pinocchio, and said he died with impunity. he denies this and said he followed the rules. angela merkel would certainly not wish to see a scandal of somebody a attached so closely to her. security forces used tear gas against protesters trying to get to the scare. these are the first protests since the government passed a security bill giving police more powers to crack down on demonstrators. workers are on the march in traditional may day rallies. in hong kong demonstrators demanded better working conditions. workers are demanding an increase many minimum wages and better living conditions. in the greek capitol, thousands

joined demonstrations. trade unions have called a 24 hour strike. and in cuba the venezuelan president joined his cuban counterpart in a may day rally. hundreds gathered to mark the day. meanwhile in south africa the trade junior members gathered in johannesberg. charles stratford spoke with some of them. >> reporter: i'm here in the stadium just outside of johannesberg, and representatives of trade unions from across the country are gathering to celebrate labor day. the trade unions in this country have played a pivotal role in the struggle against apartheid. they are the largest group of trade unions. they are making some very real demands on the government. it is suffering a split in its

group, but it wants wage increases for public sector workers. >> we believe the majority of workers are staying away from their communities, and therefore, the cost of living is too high in south africa. >> reporter: the government is saying that if it was to meet the demands for a public sector wage increase being made that it would cost them $1.6 billion next year and they say frankly they just haven't got that money at hand at this stage. the of course is under huge pressure. around 40% unemployed. over 50% of the country living in poverty. it's also important to recognize that [ inaudible ] itself is suffering at the moment and there's question whether the split could compromise workers' rights in the months ahead. at least 13 people have been injured in demonstrations in

jerusalem. they accuse the police of brutality and of discriminating against black people our correspondent reports. >> 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 of people were hurt when scuffles broke out against the police. >> the police is acting with force -- unproportional force against the ethiopian civilians. >> reporter: in an incident last week an israeli ethiopian was assaulted by officers. but it was this video that sparked outrage on social media, when israeli policemen were seen beating a soldier. it showed the policemen pushing him to the ground after he

didn't initially obey the order. the issue of african migrants in israel has stirred controversy this for years. in the video up loaded on social media, the soldier picks up a rock and threatening the policeman before police backup arrives. in 2010 there was classified table saying that 65% of israeli households of ethiopian origin relied on welfare to survive. many tenants in the southern city have signed agreements not to sell or rent properties to ethiopians. in 2013, the israeli government admitted to injecting ethiopian women with birth control treatment without their knowledge. out of nearly 18,000 asylum seeshgs, just 45 are granted refugee 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 subject to racism and it must be stopped. >> reporter: the israeli government provides aid to some refugee groups but they still struggle to integrate into society. to deal with the issue of nearly 50,000 african immigrants israeli has built a fence along the border. the jerusalem protests might be over for now but unless race relations are improved that anger is likely to continue to boil over. police in the u.s. city of baltimore have completed their investigation into the death of freddie gray. it could be weeks before the findings are made public but

protesters have been demanding the police reveal details now. the report is with the chief prosecutor who will decide whether to charge the six officers involved. more demonstrations have been held around the united states. hundreds marched in philadelphia in solidarity with protesters in baltimore. police confronted some protesters with blocking the entrance to a major highway. the obama administration has announced it will provide police departments with $20 billion to buy body cameras for police officers. in mali peace keepers say they have repelled two attacks in the last two weeks. a peace deal and ceasefire between the government and northern-based separatists groups were signed two months ago. burundi's president, pierre nkurunziza has warned of what he calls severe sanctions against

street protesters. and at least 400 people have been detained in burundi this week. the government has been trying to stop demonstrations against the president's plan to run for a third term. it's being described as the biggest political crisis since the civil war ended in 2005. pilots flying for portugal's main airline have started a ten-day strike potentially affecting more than a quarter million passengers. they are demanding privatization pay. the government says the stoppage could ruin the airline and lose millions of dollars in tourism revenue. now when it comes to the electric car market in the u.s. tesla motors is the dominate force, but one car maker is trying to change all of that. ford is moving part of its operation to silicon valley.

john hendren reports. >> reporter: the center of gravity is shifting westward from detroit towards silicon valley. ford opened a new technology center here. >> being here in silicon valley is very important for our future. it's important to get the right talent that we need coming into the company, and it supports our overall efforts of driving innovation for customers. >> reporter: here cars are driven with ultra light carbon parts the kind used in this car with a self adjusting spoiler to optimize wind resistance. they have traveled partway down the road to self driving vehicles. i'm operating the gas and brake, but this one is entirely steering itself. they are also researching making

cars more internet connected. and there they are paying catchup with tesla. tesla has developed a niche in the $100,000 range. the challenge is seeing if it can do the same for moderate-priced cars with a $25,000 model due in 2017. car makes will look ever more to silicon valley with tree lined homes of thousands of experts. >> autos are becoming mobile commuting and communications platforms. if you want to be on the bleeding edge of that stuff, you want to be where you can incorporate that -- that sort of technology into the auto as quickly as possible. >> reporter: that logic is likely to attract other u.s. auto makers building an island of detroit in silicon valley. tunisia has become the

second-largest producer of olive oil in the world. most of the produce is going to european markets, but as nazanin sadri reports, farmers say the boom hasn't translated into more profits. >> reporter: just a few years ago, this farmer could never have imagined doing so well. across tunisia, olive farms like his have prospered from lots of rain and tellthy trees. they produced 400% more olive this year than last. it was the second-biggest producer in the world. >> translator: it's extremely important. firstly for us producers. it shows our work is valued on the international market. >> reporter: around two thirds of tunisia's olive oil is exported to the european union. this year farmers could have sold even more if it wasn't for e.u. quotas.

and some tunisians say they are not profitting as much as they should from what they do sell. that's because many european countries buy tunisian oil cheaply in bulk and then mix it with their suppliers. >> translator: i believe we need to promote our own olive oil. to stop selling in bulk. we have to bottle our own oil. >> reporter: good quality olive oil can help them stay ahead of the competition. this tree nursery sold 5 million plants last year but there are challenges. tunisia doesn't have a big enough variety of species or advances irrigation technology. olive oil production is vital to tunisia's economy. the industry employs hundreds of thousands of people a year but it is unpredict l. there's always a threat that drought, bacteria or insects

could wipe out an entire olive plantation. that's what happened in italy last year when 800,000 trees were contaminated by bacteria usually found in south america. for now, tunisia has avoided these kinds of problems. in a country where people are struggling to find work and tourism has been battled by the lack of security the century's old industry offers a ray of hope. nazanin nazanin sadri tunisia. a chinese company has unveiled one of the most realistic humanoid robots yet. there it is. she is modeled on one of the researchers and is able to blink, smile, and even shake hands. developers believe the design

can be used to replace, sales assistants celebrities or even news readers. a reminder you can keep up to date with all of the stories on our website. that is aljazeera.com. stay with us. new reports into what may have caused freddie gray's death as the state's attorney is set to speak about the case any moment now. we'll be bringing you that event live. rescue workers in nepal find more missing residents, but the biggest threat now is the spread of disease after the earthquake. and may day rallies turn violent in turkey and south korea as workers demand better treatment. ♪