nology meets humanity... only on al jazeera america i.s.i.l. claims responsibility for a bombing at a mosque in saudi arabia that killed more than 20 peoples. people. hello you're watching al jazeera. also coming up. in djibouti. where thousands of yemeni e-ist have takenyemeniistyemenis havetaken refuge.

the u.s. has blocked a law that would have ended the nsa's bulk collection of tone calls. we begin with a threat from islamic state of iraq and the levant and its expanding influence across the middle east. fighters linked to the group have attacked a shia mosque in saudi arabia the deadliest attack in more than a decade in the country. according to activists the group controls almost half of the country after taking the ancient city of palmyra this week. the u.s. is facing a change in strategy in neighboring iraq where the group is also making advances. first jerald tan has the latest on the attack in eastern saudi

arabia. >> the attack was calculated to cause maximum damage, during friday prayers. showing the force of the blast mangled beams debris littering the prayer prayer halls. >> he hopes that the perpetrators will be swiftly brought to justice. >> reporter: a group linked to i.s.i.l. was claiming responsibility for the bombing in the eastern region of kartif. this is the home of saudi arabia's shia minority and i.s.i.l. has previously threatened this minority. >> it's they're trying to undermine the saudi arabian government, create doubt undermine the religious authority. this is one of the tenets of how

they want to project power. they have a global strategy and executing on it perfectly. they want to create sectarian divide in the country of their enemy, saudi arabia. >> reporter: saudi arabia is leading a nearly two month long campaign in neighboring yemen against shia houthi rebels. just last month the saudi arabian governmental arrested members believed involved in attacks. be i.s.i.l. still poses a threat to the kingdom. jerald tan, al jazeera. >> in iraq, i.s.i.l. fighters have mounted separate attacks in anbar as they try to gain more foothold in the be province.

haditha killing seven people there. ramadi, major defeat for the baghdad government. in a separate attack, the group has launched an ataj attack in fallujah. the u.s. says it has no lance to change its strategy in the -- plans to change the strategy of attacks on the country. the vice president are urging changes and they say air strikes are not enough. allen fisher reports from washington. >> ready to fight against i.s.i.l, the iraqi government is running out of options the country's vice president says the air strikes and more air strikes simply is not working. >> translator: the international coalition meets and then retreats, there is no

good news from the coalition and there is no strategy. so i asked the iraqi leaders to put a strategy together and present it to the coalition. the coalition meets without any results. the air strikes do not solve the problem. >> with the loss of significant territory, it has been a bad week for u.s. led coalition. for the moment publicly at least it's saying there is no alternative. first there was the route rout in ramadi. . >> the tactics in iraq are heavily dependent on partners doing something different than they have been. the iraqi soldiers need to fund and pay for their own police

which they weren't doing too well in ramadi, and there is only so much the u.s. can do when it has a coalition in partnership. >> u.s. insists eight months into the fight with i.s.i.l. this is not time to change. if there is very clear signs the strategy isn't working and people on the ground say it's not working then perhaps it's time for a revision. >> you also just don't abandon a strategy that you have a set back quite frankly we knew there would be intaks like setbacks like this. we knew we would be doing. >> reporter: despite setbacks elsewhere, in a strategy we are told is constantly under review that remains firmly ruled out. allen fisher al jazeera washington. >> 13 people have been wounded in a suicide attack at a shia

houthi mosque in yemen. i.s.i.l. claimed responsibility, same group says it was behind the attack in march which killed more than 140 people. that attack comes at a time when the country is already destabilized by war. the united nations says more than a thousand civilians have been killed after weeks of aerial bombardment. led by the saudi led coalition outside sanaa and also the stronghold of saada. dispute the announcement of u.n. backed peace talks set for thursday. thousands of yemenis have left their country and sought refuge in djibouti. >> under the burning sun in an all but deserted country.

crossing the sea in search for safety. vikra has two children. she's been camped out here for weeks in conditions she says are unbearable. >> the children are finding it impossible to stay here. some of us are diabetic, some are heart problems. we can't cope in the heat. there is no electricity or water. >> the u.n. seems to be struggling or the hope. inside the stoor storeroom there's not much. the u.n. has set up a vaccination program and is providing clean water but the refugees say it's not enough. >> the international community hasn't fulfilled its obligations

especially the gulf. they should come here and see how we are faring. the heat is unbearable and the children are getting sick. >> the conditions at this refugee camp are dire. the united nations says it's doing its best and unless the international community works fast, things could get worse. an international donor conference could come in the next few weeks. the time couldn't come enough. >> we hope that the international community will move forward and provide support. >> reporter: all of the refugees we spoke to tell us how they were terrified of the houthis and forces who were loyal to the president ali abdullah saleh. they are by no means out of

harms way. diseases could easily spread here and many of them have already fallen sick. the hope for those of them still playing seemingly unaware of their plight is that the world will hear for their calls for help. jamal al saleh. al jazeera djibouti. at least 43 people have been killed in a gun fight between suspected gang members and police in southwestern mexico, one of the dead is a police officer. gang involved is thought to be a powerful drug cartel. john hol holman has more from mexico

city. >> that sound is gun fire and these people were killed in what authorities said was a shootout in michoacan southwestern mexico. by the time the conflict was over, 43 were dead, one of them a police officer. police were attacked by gunmen and returned fire in a ranch. this all in a region controlled by a powerful new generation cartel. they shot down an army helicopter and killed police. states authorities said those killed in the shootout could be from the cartel. as federal forces move into the new generation cartel's territory, analysts say it's inevitable that this type of confrontation is going to take place but that's still not picture the mexican government

wants nationally or internationally of mexico as they try to shift the appearance of the government's situation. >> this is a continuation of a fight at least a decade ago. what we have seen is the gradual dismantling of large scale drug organizations and their replacement by spaller more local more are are gangs. definitely changed the nature of the threat and it should ultimately -- there will ultimately need to be the need to change the nature of the response. >> the police's response in this incident was overwhelming but it's not clear exactly what happened or why the death toll was so high. john holman, al jazeera mexico

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al jazeera. in doha. i.s.i.l. has claimed responsibility for an attack on shia in a mosque the deadliest attack on a saudi arabia in years. shia mosque in yemen the same group claimed responsibility for the attack in sanaa. gun fight between suspected gang members and police in the western mexican state of michoacan. the navy has rescued myanmar persecuted refugees.

meenmyanmar is considering a population control that could discriminate against minorities particularly rohingya. be florence louie reports. >> looking after her five children oldest 11, youngest two. in her community it is not unusual to have big family. >> translator: in the muslim faith, children are seen as a blessing. if the government says i cannot have as many children as i want, i cannot space that. >> reporter: birth spacing interval between pregnancy. it was put forth by a buddhist nationalist group known as the association for the protection of race and religion or mabata

in the myanmar language. chief editor of he several publications owned by mabata. >> controlling the population growth of the bengalis is to protect our country's security. we have a right to protect our country. it doesn't mean we're not observing human rights. >> reporter: he uses the term bengali, as illegal migrants from bangladesh. even though they have been in meen for generations. an estimated 140th human rights activists fear the law could have far reaching implications for rest of the country. >> it can also be -- happen to other minorities in the country

not only to their rohingya but it can be implemented to other minorities as well. >> reporter: there are 135 recognized ethnic groups in myanmar. some are fighting the government for more autonomy and greater acceptance of their cultural and religion beliefs. tahira is not sure how she will comply. florence louie, al jazeera myanmar. protests and violence in the last month since the president of burundi's decision to run for a third term in office. homeless children in burundi have been caught up in the violence.

haru mutasa visited the area. >> reporter: there is no tears, guns, police or soldiers here, just the food which is free. one less thing street children in burundi's capital bujumbura have to worry about. these protests happen against president pier nkurunziza in bujumbura. >> sometimes the police find us and beat us. >> reporter: many come here exhausted, traumatized from suffering tear gas on a daily basis. >> they face increased harassment from security forces so this is the situation that has to stop. and the protection of the rights of children in a situation of everybody is responsible. >> reporter: ists not just children living on the street

who are vulnerable. parents have been told to keep their children at home, don't let them come onto the streets. unpredict annal people may come on the streets and protest and that's where children will be caught up. >> translator: children have been used as human shields. >> reporter: government officials say up to 130 children have spent a few nights in police cells since the current crisis began last month. places like this offer temporary reprieve. about 100 children come every day. in here they can be just children even if it's only for a few hours. haru mutasa al jazeera bujumbura. >> in ethiopia campaigning has

ended ahead of sunday's national elections. 58 opposition parties are looking to challenge the ruling party. the first election since the death of long serving prime minister mela zanawi in 2012. in ireland there has been a referendum to legalize gay marriage. it may become the first country to allow gay marriage by vote. hillary clinton has agreed to release a set of her e-mails that occurred in 2012. she was secretary of state at the time. she's been criticized for her handling of the bengd benghazi attack. >> i'm glad that the e-mails are starting to, out.this is

something that i've asked to be done as you know for a long time and those releases are beginning. i want people to be able to see all of them. and it is the fact that we have released all of them that have any government relationship whatsoever, in fact, the state department had the vast majority of those anyway because they went to what are called .gov accounts. >> white house correspondent patty culhane reports on the debate over the patriot act. >> reporter: we now know the u.s. government collects pretty much every kind of electronic communication in the united states. the spy agencies say they can do that because the u.s. passed the patriot act after the 9/11 attack. but parts of that law are set to

expire including the provision they say allows them to keep basic information on every phone in the u.s., who you called, when, how long you talked. proponents of the legislation says it's needed. >> proponents of the be law has been very heavily vetted. they found nothing wrong with them they found them to be legal and important. >> reporter: actually a federal judge just declared the program illegal and the massive program hasn't worked, that's the same conclusion that an independent board reached. >> and they concluded that that program had never contributed substantially to any terrorism investigation. it had never identified a terrorist suspect or led to or stopped an act of terrorism. >> communications companies will

keep the records not the government. and if agents want to search the data they will have to have a warrant. some civil liberties groups say it doesn't go far enough. >> the conversation about mass surveillance for instance, has proved to be vulnerable with regard to internet security. those concerns are not reflected at in the u.s.a. freedom act. >> the world now knows the scope of u.s. surveillance. they'll now find out how much the u.s. congress is willing to do to change it. patty culhane, al jazeera washington. >> the oldest living person is celebrating her 116th birthday. born in the united states on may the 23rd, 1999. kept active her whole life.

geraldine has put her long life to treating others the way she would like to be treated. people are living longer than ever before. by the end of the century it's exnd that theexpected that the average american will live to be 100. david angus is a professor of medicine at the university of southern california. he says the trend towards living longer is increasing. >> it's absolutely amazing. she was born in 1899. and what she's seen is wild. and the amazing part i think uplifting part is she's still enjoying life. she has three parties this weekend. she's going out. it's one thing to live past 100.

it's another thing to live past 100 with quality of life. so right now to live to 110 it's one in 5 million chance. that number literally is going down as we speak. and as the generation that grew up with less smoking as the generation that grew up with really exercises and taking preventive medicine, hopefully we'll see it going longer. >> buddhists in south america hope the religious programs will bring about more where. >> these young sisters, part of a concerted effort to reach out and attract new followers.

trying to shift passivity. the head of south korea's biggest buddhist order says a new approach is needed. >> we didn't try to do anything with the cultural visits to our temples. now we are trying to adopt a more aggressive strategy. >> reporter: a poll earlier this year show the number of people describing themselves as buddists had fallen. at this time korean buddhism is seen as more materialistic and less time for the reflective studies of the buddha.

the cause wasn't helped three months ago when video emerged of buddhists gambling. now it's reaching out to a message to south koreans. rather than emphasizing a part, departure from buddhism teaching. >> the state of enlightened being, popular buddhism today is headed in the opposite direction. >> that's part of the appeal, for this person. find the right path in business through prayer. >> business men running small companies often face employee

problems. i often pray that nice people come to work for me and make the company grow. >> as it tries to become more business like more focused on its own recruitment. harry fawcett, al jazeera seoul. >> more on our website as always aljazeera.com. i'm ali velshi, on target, killed by police in america. who is keeping track. broken promises in baltimore, how a 100 million neighbourhood fix turned into a failure. more