america >> part of our month long look at working in america. "hard earned". >> a suicide attack near kabul's international airport kills two and injuries many others. injures many others. you watching al jazeera live from doha. coming up. thousands remain stranded at sea in what the u.n. calls floating coffins. egypt sentences mohamed

morsi to death. plus. >> first palestinians to become saints in modern times. >> we begin in afghanistan. that's where at least two people have been killed in a suicide attack in the capital kabul. crossing over to jennifer glasse. who tells us more about this attack jennifer. >> well, the taliban has issued a statement in the past about few minutes claiming responsibility for this attack. it was a convoy of vehicles, leadingleading to the international airport. afghan civilians including

women and children. while foreignersers foreigners are often the target, it is afghan civilians who bear the brunt. it is a very busy road, that time of the morning do you not only have people going to work, but women and children going to stores. they apparently have born the brunt of these attacks. >> why is it that these attacks have been stepped up recently? >> they issued a statement last week, that they would continue their attacks. they want to show foreigners that they are not safe anywhere. so we have seen a real real uptick

in these attacks in kabul and elsewhere recently. >> how does the peace talks reflect these attacks? >> we still don't have a defense minister or an attorney general or a chief of the army. i think that makes things a little bit difficult. the taliban may sense this and the afghan forces fighting entirely on their own this year, that making a lot more pressure on the afghan security forces and the taliban fighting in 10 provinces across the country. >> jennifer glasse, reporting from kabul jennifer thank you.

malaysia's foreign minister, plans to meet on monday, concerning the refugee problem most of them being ethnic rohingya. thailand indonesia and malaysia all have turned them back. rob mcbride has more from kuala lumpur. >> keeping a tight control on this situation even the information about migrant vessels arriving in the waters and then leaving again being escorted by the navy. not accepting any vessels if they are sea worthy and can continue their journey. only those vessels in danger of sinking or actually capsizing are allowed to come here and the

migrants of these vessels taken ashore. of the hundreds that have been taken ashore, these past weeks are kept secluded and being processed back to myanmar. there is an empathy this this muslim majority country with the plight of the rohingya back in myanmar in the way they are being persecuted and facing extreme poverty. there has been a leniency with the migrants but that has now changed. the government making it very clear that this problem has to be sourced out and laying the blame very much firmly at the doors of the myanmar government. >> and in europe, the french prime minister has called for a system of border controls dealing with a number of migrants trying to treech

continentreach thecontinent by sea. >> translator: in april crippled in the nation. we are proposing to create a european system of border controls. >> u.s. special forces say they've killed an i.s.i.l. commander in a raid inside syria. anu sayef was killed, playing an important role in raising money for i.s.i.l. and smuggling oil and gas out of syria and iraq. syrian jets have launched an offenseive outside duma, on the outskirts of damascus. and in the district of idlib, air strikes reportedly killed 30 people there many of

the victims believed to be children. the u.s. government says it's deeply concerned by an egyptian court's sentence of mohamed morsi with death. saying it's inconsistent with the rule of law. rob matheson reports. >> found guilty of breaking out of jail and it says executing morsi would be murder and the international community should stop it. the response around the world is mixed but some countries say action should be taken. >> translator: european union western countries haven't you banned the death penalty? since you have banned the death

penalty, don't you have sanctions carrying out the death penalty? why do you stand still? why don't you impose sanctions on egypt? >> morsi is in prison after a few days that eventually overthrows hosni mubarak in 2011. then morsi becomes the first elected president. then he begins practices expanding his own powers. then demonstration against morsi. fighting erupts and marks the start of months of protest responses grow for morsi to step down. july he is overthrown by the chief of the military

ab bell fatah al-sisi who is currently president, court verdict on saturday has been handed down a week after former ruler hosni mubarak has been sentenced and freed. one president sentenced to death, another who was imposed upon them, is now a free man. rob matheson, al jazeera. three shot dead just hours after morsi was sentenced to

death. there have been a series of a tacks on judges in the sy sinai since morsi was jailed. >> a coup attempt while president nkurunziza of burundi was out of state his bid for a third term, protests have been going on for weeks. suicide bomber attacked a market a woman blew herself up in dematoru, the capital of yobibi state. at least 27 were wounded. there are growing calls for prime minister nicholas

roufeski, and demanding end of corruption and brutality. at a time when ethnic tensions along the kosovo border have increased. robin forrester warren reports. >> police custody therapist is counseling his family. >> translator: on tv, they are calling my husband a terrorist. he's just a barber. who is going to walk my son to school now? >> security forcers battled what the government allegation were albanian separatists. in this ethnic albanian neighborhood. today there's only shock at the damage and resentment at least

four local men have been detained. everyone we have spoken to tells a similar story. they heard the shooting. they sought shelter wherever they could in their basements and when they came outside this is the scene that greeted them. psychologically, this neighborhood has been absolutely draw that tied by what happened. the opposition is leaking hacked phone recordings revealing abuses of power at the heart of government prompting resignations. they even claim that the violence in komanovo was staged somehow by a prime minister clinging to power. >> translator: mast doanmacedonians

turks, do not be fooled by your prime minister. they will decide who is in power. there is still bewilderment at the worst violence that settlea conflict in 2001. this time communities insist they are united and that the only divisions are between the politicians. robin forresterer walker, al jazeera. >> coming up. why these are called traitors plus. >> the continent's only species

of penguin at risk of extinction.

>> tuesday. >> i thought we were doing something good. >> bodies donated for science... >> how much regulation exists? >> very little. >> a shocking look inside the world of body brokers. >> got a call from the fbi saying we have your husband's remains. >> an america tonight exclusive investigation. tuesday, 10:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> hello again the headlines on al jazeera. at least two people have been killed in a suicide attack in afghanistan's capital. a convoy was targeted near kabul's international airport. taliban says it planned the bombing. the u.s. government says it's deeply concerned by an egyptian court's decision to sentence mohamed morsi to death. and thousands of refugees are believed to be stranded in the andeman sea most ethnic

rohingya. indonesia, malaysia and thailand have all turned back boats. more than 130 rescued in indonesia are due to be returned to myanmar on sunday. some 130 men trapped on a life of labor on fishing boats. >> even the simplest thing gives this man pleasure. he's away from his loved ones who he thought he'd inner see again. >> translator: when i was in indonesia, i was always thinking: when will i be able to go home to see my family? >> reporter: he returned to myanmar several days ago together with 124 others and got this reception. they are some of the hundreds of men who were held captive and

forced to work in appalling conditions on fishing boats only rescued by indonesian officials in april. it is not unusual for workers here to go to thailand, then he went to indonesia because he was told he would make more money but he never saw a single cent. instead there were long hours and frequent beating. >> translator: physically i'm okay but everyone myself included were not right mentally. i can't concentrate. i try not to think too much. >> reporter: but at least he's home. for his mother his return feels like a prayer has been answered. >> i'm so happy. i'm crying when i saw him. i thought he had died. but now he is here.

>> reporter: he says he's not sure what his future holds. he's only sure he's never working abroad again. florence louie, al jazeera myanmar. demanding the president steps down. it's been one week the vice president stepped down after one of her aides was linked to a multimillion dollar corruption scandal. david louie reports. >> guatemalans demand an end to corruption. they won't rest until guatemala's president steps down. >> what we all want is for the president to go, and he face prosecution from stealing from the people.

we want him to lose his immunity. >> reporter: guatemala is at the end of its biggest cries you, since the end of the civil war. in response to a multimillion dollar corruption scandal that led to the arrest of dozens of officials. one week ago president otto perez molina announced that his vice president was stepping back. she could face an investigation. >> translator: in her resignation letter she says she is willing to cooperate. >> in the wake of the news congress scrambled to select a new vice president but the move might have come too late to restore credibility to the presidency. >> translator: the government suffered strong blows recently. right now they are in damage

control mode instead of planning for the fiscal future as they were a few months ago. considering the revelation about corruption at highest levels i think the damage done to the party is irreversible. >> with presidential elections just four months away, protesters are pushing hard for reforms. the voice of the people has become increasingly hard to ignore. david mercer, al jazeera guatemala city. residents have owner demonstrateagainst the mining which they say will contaminate their crops. mariana sanchez reports. >> reporter: protesting in the small town. they say the president is a

traitor. four years ago he told them here he would never support the copper mine project. >> translator: he promised he would respect our decision and now he stabbed us in the back. he betrayed us. >> on friday the president said he will let the tia maria project go ahead because the country could be exposed to lawsuits. but he said the company must explain their vision to these farmers. >> translator: i demand the company charge the tia maria mining project not only to achieve social peace but also for development. these are the fundamental developments for the implementation of any project. >> reporter: the mining company says there will be a 60 day pause and that trillion comply with the highest of standards but the farmers here

do not believe them. >> translator: we don't want them anymore. they have to go because they have a history of not protecting the environment. the company has been fined before. >> reporter: over seven weeks of protests have left many people dead and wounded. people are demonstrating in support of these protesters, but also for their own demands. mining unions will have called for an indefinitely strike starting tuesday. mayors and farmer leaders are now discussing what to do next. >> translator: we're determined to go now until the end. if we stop demonstrating we'd have to start all over again and people have died. so we hope the government and the company understand that we will not accept the project here. >> reporter: critics say umala has shown a lack of vision. there are nearly 150 around the country now.

four years ago the 4.5 billion gold mine conga project was suspended because farmers said the mine would ruin the water. the farmers in the tonga valley believe that will happen here too. mariana sanchez, al jazeera peru. imtiaz tyab reports. >> sisters of the most holy rosary convent during the ottoman area. founded convents across india

would become the first palestinian saint in modern times. the ceremony follows the statements by the vatican saying it would recognize the palestinian estate. prayers in honor of gattaz and boadi. she says their legacies are inspiring. >> they are incredible the faithful what they did. the decision to pope francis to bestow sainthood to the two palestinian nuns, gives hope after years of war and attempt to refocus attention on their plight. ster hortense shows me where her remains are kept.

naclan who is also palestinian will attend the canonization ceremony. >> socially, economically intellectually religiously. they need someone to lift them up. >> reporter: pope francis is widely seen as sympathetic to the palestinian cause. he offered prayers at israel's separation wall and at his easter address this year, he called for both sides to roferl resolve their differences. palestinian president mahmoud

abbas will visit the vatican in the coming week. city's port to show their anger at royalty dutch shell. the oil giant has an oil rig docked in that harbor. a second one is due to arrive in a few days. oil spills and overfishing are threatening to kill off a type of penguin. erica wood went to see what is being done to save them. >> this is a penguin hospital. >> we have rescued 972 penguin chicks. >> others are permanent residents. like skipper.

he'll never return to the wild. he's too tame. >> the education team are training him to be an ambassador-bird. which we think he'll be amazing at. >> reporter: after 10,000 children come through here every year to learn about penguins, other lessons are carried out over the internet. >> wait for the lab result to come bark and they will learn whether it's a boy or girl. >> educating the public is important because number of african penguins are very, very low. overfishing is one of the biggest factors behind their decline. >> it does mean that the adults have to travel further afield and expend more energy to find enough fish for themselves and their chicks. >> 19, 000 of the birds were affected most of them are saved

but oil spills remain a constant 3rd. dire island off the west cape coast is known as an african penguin colony. tourists are likely to see more seeltsseals and core more cormorants. >> with the african penguin every bird counts . >> the staff say we need to pay more attention to what declining numbers of bird life are telling us. >> they are the canaries of the sea and we should have taken note a long time ago that there is something seriously wrong. >> like many of the world's

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