up, attend parties and watch their favorite films. however you spend your day may the fourth be with you. i'm randall pinkston. al jazeera news continues live from london. from london. life hundreds more migrants rescued from the mediterranean. hello there i'm felicity barr, live from london. also coming up. >> i'm ann crew simmons reporting from a mountainous region of nepal. i'll explain why aid isn't getting through to victims of this earthquake. >> also ahead israel's prime minister promises to eliminate racism after a film of a beating

of a soldier. and slow return to recovery. >> as a massive rescue operation is happening in the are mediterranean migrants mostly from eritrea brought to shore on augusta on the southern island of sicily. 126 children also on board. further north on calabria, newborn babies and a number of pregnant women and children were among 700 migrants brought to shore. an eu-wide class action. correspondent stefanie dekker is

at the italian port. >> they approached the port in silence. silhouettes in the dark sky. the boat has just docked and it's quite a powerful moment as the migrants stand silently, as the boat has just come to shore. many of them of course with incredibly difficult stories to tell. they've risked a lot to get here. many won't know where they're going from here but certainly this one of the first time had they will have felt safe in a very long time. almost 900 people were on board after being rescued on saturday, they finally docked in sicily in the early hours of monday morning. >> they never stopped so we talk about factorial emergency we know there isn't really a sudden emergency but we know it's a chronic condition repeating again and again. >> reporter: it took hours for

the migrants to debark, the slow catalog means it was slow-going. we were not allowed to talk to any of them. italy's ministry of the interior will decide where they want to go next. not all want to stay. they will continue their journeys to new countries. now they have arrived to a influence day after a voyage where they risked their lives. it is a journey thousands will attempt. not all will make it here alive. stanford, al jazeera posalo sicily. >> almost 1800 people have died crossing the mediterranean. almost 40,000 have made that journey since january. officials expect the arrivals to top 200,000 in italy alone. it's estimated that smugglers make as much as $90,000 u.s. for

each boat load. on a rescue boat in the middle of the mediterranean between malta and libya looking for hundreds of migrants they rescued on sunday and explain the harrowing conditions they were found in. >> migrants primary from eritrea, crammed on a boat, normal take 20-plus fishermen and in this case had 369 people crammed in. both on top and underneath. so people were crammed in a very small compartment basically up against the engine in oil and in pet role and in fumespetrol an in fumes. not only were the conditions very poor, the vessel was

precariously overloaded. when we arrived we had to move swiftly to the people and bring them to our vessel, the phoenix. >> al jazeera has reached a remote village in northern nepal which has been affected by the earthquake. blocked by landslides, meaning vital aid resources can't get through to the residents. andrew simmons sent this report from the village. >> ruined villages on every mountain side. no one is here to help so they're getting on with it by themselves. but this isn't rebuilding, it's about clearing up as best they can. attempting to recycle the timber and rubble to build temporary shelter, more than a week after the quake there are no tents.

not even basic plastic sheeting. further down the mountain, a family man works away, struggles to hold back tears. >> translator: our lives have gone. how can we rebuild? what can i say? where will we get help? who will help? >> reporter: this is what's been stopping villages beyond home landslides caused by the quake and aftershocks. the road ahead has been blocked for more than a week. our vehicle is one of the first to get through. the road ahead is treacherous no aid convoys here. you can see how much aid is needed though, with one glance at the village of tade, out of 90 homes only four are left standing.

army patrols pass through but their assessment searching for people especially foreigners. small amounts of food have been left for them but helicopters pass by on other missions. so many villages like this one decimated. the people show a remarkable resilience but will it be enough to face the issues ahead? he and his wife, he thinks they won't be able to cope. >> however much we dig, there are only stones, we have little food how will we survive? >> the rain and cold of the monsoon season could only be a month away. andrew simmons, al jazeera nepal. >> a 101-year-old man in rural

nepal is the oldest survivor. >> at 101 years old he is the oldest survivor of the earthquake. he was at home when the ground began to shake and the walls of his house came down. >> translator: the walls collapsed, the ceiling did too. i was trapped inside, i received injuries to my foot and my arm. >> reporter: he was alive during the last major earthquake in 1934, says this one was much worse. >> everyone in my family are alive but several others from my village did not survive. >> al jazeera's mohamed janjum is for us in kathmandu. the reality is this is no longer

a rescue mission is it, it's a recovery and an aid operation. >> yes that's as a result. felicity it is quite sad these people it's the last thing that every wanted to hear. but the operation has officially gone from being a search and rescue operation to one of relief distribution. earlier there were headlines indicating that perhaps the government wanted aid workers foreign aid workers, in the country. the agent we spoke to said if there are foreign aid workers they would be welcome to stay but they would appreciate if they would help. it is so hard to reach the devastated parts of the country all the small villages in the mountain side that dot the country side that that's where

they really want to focus the priorities now to make sure the aid gets distributed it's hard to get it to places close to the epicenter, felicity. >> now the risk of disease. >> reporter: this is something we have heard from everybody the concern about the spread of diseases. you know unicef announced today in accordance with the world health organization and other officials here that they are going to start an immediate immunization campaign. even for something as simple as measles. now it's particularly important for them to get innoculated from childhood diseases, the hygienic challenges communities have now because of the earthquake. you have aid workers and

government trying to distribute everything from medication to water purification, hand sanitizers lots of things that will ensure that the community is able to battle against diseases predding. especiallyspreading. especially water borne diseases like cholera. they are very concerned that that could happen. if that does happen that could certainly make it closer to a humanitarian catastrophe. felicity. >> thanks, mohamed. israel's prime minister has met the ethiopian soldier that was attacked by police. benjamin netanyahu has been quick to reject racism, saying such action he would not be tolerated. >> a signature moment as the

israeli prime minister meets the israeli soldier beaten by police. he says we cannot accept this. afterwards, the soldier expressed his gratitude. aaa. >> translator: wegratitude. >> translator: we spoke it was his personal initiative to meet with me. it was a good meeting. demonstrations by ethiopian israelis, part of the sephardic movement. a significant number of these ethiopian israelis were actually born in this country and they insist that they have lived as marginalized citizens since birth. few taking part of in the

demonstrations declined to be interviewed. one former member of parliament outlined the reasons. >> we are saying enough is enough because we see more and more attacking by the police, not all the police but individual police like criminals. because of the difference of culture, we they are attacking some young especially. >> and drairt identifiedand a demonstrator only identified as david. as well as a large number of demonstrators, yet it is significant that despite what appeared to be exploifer violence there were no serious injuries.

>> due to the fact that israeli police using nonlethal weapons only water cannons to disperse the crowd. we take into consideration the range to make sure nobody gets hurt and stun grenades, causes to damage whatsoever. >> the center of tel aviv is being cleaned up but little will wash away the shock of violence between jew and jew mike hannah, al jazeera jerusalem. the prime minister lieberman has resigned. he said he could not sit in the parliament with ultraorthodox members. still to come in the program. clashes in burundi's government as officials try to shut down the protests.

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>> hello again. a reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. austria's chancellor has called for an eu wide crater israel's prime minister has met the black israeli soldier that was

attacked by police last week. the incident met violent protests last week. al jazeera has reached a remote village in nepal hit badly by the earthquake. remote villages are not getting any help. the syrian head of logistics has survived an attack. the al qaeda linked nusra front is claimed responsibility. victoria gait gatenby reports. injured in the suicide bomb attack the military's head of logistics. >> suicide attacker arriving on a bike according to eyewitnesses. it was followed by pressures which could indicate that there could be another group of rebels

that try take the general's life. >> reporter: the attack has been claimed by the nusra front which has changed tactics and is joining other groups in the fight against president bashar al-assad and his allies. waiting to secure damascus once the gem is toppled. under the army of conquest to attack idlib. activists say barrel bomb and other attacks have increased around 200 regime soldiers are said to be sheltering in this hospital after syrian rebels recaptured the city. [ explosions ] >> and this is a result of another government barrel bomb attack in aleppo.

this rubble was a school building which despite all the fighting in the city was still open. rescuers have been digging through debris but they believe many of the dead and injured are children. >> i urge king salman, to turn the decisive storm towards syria. we cannot take this anymore. >> the campaign in yemen led by saudi arabia, they are calling for similar military action against the syrian regime to diminish and overturn assad's regime. victoria gatenby, al jazeera. coalition spokesman has denied it's using cluster bombs human rights watch says there is credible evidence the weapons were used. one person has died in a taliban sue side bomb attack in

afghanistan. the explosion happened early on monday in the capital kabul. the bomb came from south and 15 others were injured. u.s. authorities say they're investigating links between gunmen shot dead in texas and groups such as i.s.i.l. they opened fire outside a conference in texas displaying images of muhammed. police say grenade was thrown at them, after president nkurunziza decision to seek another term of office.

>> more demonstrations in suburbs of the city that haven't seen demonstration he before and also three provinces outside the capital. no sign of things calming down any time soon. meantime in the rural areas u.n. say nearly 3500 people have fled, a lot of those people say they have been threatened for either opposing the third term or threatened because of their ethnicity. people are concerned that if the peaceful political resolution to this isn't found soon, then burundi will deteriorate into the 13-year-old civil war that ended in 2005. having escaped political violence at home in countries like bru brunl burundi.

charles stratford has the story. >> victim of attacks against foreigners two years later and his restaurant was destroyed. recently he was attacked again. >> in my country if it is at peace i have to go back to my country to die where they going to purry my wife. >> reporter: annisette's wife died in childbirth, giving birth to their sixth child. >> we have to go back into the community, there is peace now. we will go back in the community. they told us it will not happen anymore. so it happen again twice. >> reporter: we've come to the area where anisette and his

family used to live. they have fled the recent xenophobic attacks. a few foreigners say they are still living here in fear. we found this woman nearby, came back to south africa five years ago and can't afford the ticket back home. >> i can't forget that's why i'm sitting here to find a transport to go to ma ma wii. malawi. >> working with our local counselors our ward committee members, church leaders other faith based organizations and other nongovernment organizations to basically work with the communities to

reintegrate people. we as a country have taken a decision that we will treat in a very sensitive manner in a human rights culture all asigh plum speakers. >> for anisette and his family and others like them, it is time to look for life elsewhere. charles stratford, al jazeera durbin. stroke is a major partly of disability. hospital in london has drafted in a team of robots to help. our technology editor tarek bailey explains. baiz bazley explains.

editor trek bazleytearvegtarekbazley explains. >> you can naturally move it in a way your left hand work. >> at least 500 repetitions of a movement is needed and each to make lasting change. the robots allow them to achieve this in a more focused way. >> by being able to do a high number of repetitions we know from animal studies you need hundreds of repetitions in order to get those benefits. >> the hand and arm muscles of stroke sufferers frequently tighten because of lack ever use. the robotic system can help loosen and strengthen some of these muscles but unlikely to

are change conventional treatment. >> ists not the be all end all we could have a robot won't lengthen tight muscles it won't know which is specifically weak muscles that need strengthening. >> reporter: it's increasingly clear that early and effective rehabilitation produces the best recovery and a number of hogs he around the world are now look at using stroke rehab robots. the patients appear willing to get all the help they can. trek bazley, al jazeera. >> with the advint advent of so many television channels gabriel elizondo last the story. >> this day it's inside where

art museum directors from around the world are soaking up and exchanging ideas on how to meet new challenges in a fast-changing art world. much of the growth is coming from asia, africa and latin america. brought together art museum directors to exchange ideas and experiences on how to remain importantly in their home countries. >> for us, if not for nigeria the choices available to us to maintained or manage this whole race very soon. judge the >> the annual budget dwarves that of many other museums. >> we learn a great deal from our colleagues.

in some cases they are more innovative than we are. in other cases they are engaged with answers issues, only beginning to emerge here. >> a glorious beings celebration of culture. >> readily admits her museum is privileged when it comes from money but she relished learning from other countries. >> one of the clear aspects we have all shared is how radically indifferent our environments were but yet how common our challenges were. >> whether it be at the met or illselsewhere, they are not only trying to remain enrelevant in an increasing reply computer jais e-generated world are for years to come. facing their own hurled to preserve cultural heritage,

there is no easy answer. but the first step die e-dr. dialogue between% is happening at one of the great eggs institutions for art. gabriel elizondo. new york. >> there is much more on our website, the address to click onto: aljazeera.com. >> new details in the shooting outside a controversial art exhibition in texas. investigation what led two people to open fire. cartoons of the prophet muhammed. the republican field keeps growing with two more candidates announcing their bid to become president in 2016. and the need of aid why it's not getting to those most desperate in