possibly the biggest theft of u.s. government data ever. china says it's not to blame. ♪ ♪ hello and welcome to al jazerra live from doha i am jane dutton. also on the program a deadly respiratory illness spreads in south korea. and inning selected doctors have contact with 1500 people. ghana's worst disaster in more than a decade, 150 die in a gas station explosion. and a decade after the destruction by the taliban the

area is making somewhat of a cultural comeback. it's been revealed that 4 million current and former u.s. federal employees were hit by a cyber attack last month. the u.s. suspects china but the chinese embassy in washington says such accusations are irresponsible. patty culhane reports from washington. >> reporter: this will likely be the largest theft of u.s. government data in the history of the united states. so here is what we know, the office of personnel management or o.p.m. as it's called was hacked. they discovered it in april of this year. basically o.p.m. is the like the human resources department for the entire federal government. they also do the security background checked for people who want to get security clearances. 4 million people, they say former and current federal employees had their information compromised. to give you the sense of the scope of the breach there are

over 4 million federal employees right now. they will be contacting them these people. covering them some sort of credit monitoring service for a year and a half. the big question remains exactly what information was stolen. was it social security numbers your federal i.d. or salary information. right now o.p.m. isn't saying. and it is the third major breach by foreign hackers on u.s. government data in just over a year. last october the white house and the state department found their systems compromised by an alleged russian cyber a being at that. the hackers reportedly accessed press barack obama's unclassified e-mails. and in march last year alleged chinese hacker partially accessed data from computer networks of the u.s. office of personnel management before they were detected and block but no data was apparently stolen there. martin is a signist at the rand corporation and offer of the

book cyber deterrent and war. he says the hacked information could be used for recruiting surprise. >> profiles of u.s. government employees often reveal information about them that suggests that they may be good recruits for espionage purposes. for instance, if they are in financial troubles. if they have health issues, if for some reason they need money if for some reason in their background that they might want to hide. these are all potential indicators for people to suggest who is worth recruiting. popular maggie instant noodles off the shelves in india after dangerously high levels of led were allegedly found in some samples. some states had bans its sale. the government has ordered an investigation. the global head of the company is in india and is expected to address the press. four asylum seekers, three

from iran and one from myanmar are starting their new lives. and were relocated under australia's controversial multi-million dollar deal with cambodia. but cambodia may not have enough resources to handle the potential influx of migrants. >> reporter: they arrived with little ceremony. hidden inside a van. the governments of cambodia and australia were equally sensitive with no official comment. but australians involved in aid work here were more vocal. >> the ethics of compassion, the ethics of hospitality even the ethics of justice from a very rich country with lots of space leave a lot to be desired. >> reporter: under the agreement, refugees refused entry in to australia and currently languishing on the remote pacific island, are given the option of being moved to cambodia. they are promised start-up money, a home, a job and access

to schools and hospitals. the only problem is, it's cambodia. one of asia's most immaterial pavol issued nations and with a poor record on human rights and dealing with asylum seekers from neighboring countries. >> instead of assisting the way that cambodia can handle the problem they turn a blind eye to the human rights situation to ensure that they can clear their own problem and put more burden on cam bode kwr5*678 cambodia. >> reporter: the burden is easted by the cash $40 million over the next few years money the australians are putting up. since being signed last september these are only the first four volunteers. making them look like very expensive imports. the international refugees organization i.o.m. has helped in the transfer after receiving guarantees about what the newcomers will receive here. but if the deal is so good, why so few takers?

>> they make it up in their own minds whether they decide to come here. we don't know how many more will be convinces and wants to come here. the important thing is no one is being coerced they are coming here voluntarily. they wanted to be in australia but they are better off than they were at home and better off where they were in australia. >> reporter: how much better off. they'll have lots of time to ponder on the long balmy evenings ahead of them in a place they never thought would be home. rob mcbride. cambodia. south korea's health minister has confirmed the death of a fourth person in a death of mers. the number of infected people has risen to fourth one. it has emerged an infected doctor came in to contact with more than 1500 people. harry fawcett has more from seoul. >> reporter: in a time when the government is publically taking mesh tours try to stop the threat of mers. the news overnight that merged

about this one doctor will concern people nationwide. on the 27th of may he encountered a patient treating a patient with mers. two days later he developed what the health ministry says are mild symptoms, he was the told not to come to work but not to corn teen himself. the owners of this big apartment complex in south seoul in which he is one about redeveloping this place 1,565 attendees at that meeting. the seoul city government says that they weren't properly enveloped of this by the health minute city. the mayor came out in an overnight press conference to publicize this fact. and saying that they would be contacting each of those people and issuing them with instructions to quarantine themselves. the health ministry says they have a different judgment over the kind of exposure that these people would have been libel to.

the exposure wasn't prolonged enough or close contact enough for mers to be a real transmission threat at the meeting. however there is a difference of opinion between the seoul government, national government and something that won't a situation concerns growing more ridely about the spread of this disease. with no hope of finding anymore survivors disaster teams in china are righting the cruise ship that capsized in the yangtze river on monday. most of the 400 passengers aboard were elderly core assists, more than 90 bodies have been recovered. but hundreds more are still missing. adrian brown is in there about a report. slowly more and more of the eastern star is starting to appear as this salvage operation continues. began a thursday night. the rescue operation bass been help booed a vast i want movement in the weather conditions here. remember, we have had torrential rain in this part of china for the past few days.

what is happening is this, two 500-ton cranes are either side of the capsized vessel. a series of steel cables are being used to support the vessel and this gives the jibs on the crane something to attach to. a vast net is also in the operational area to catch any debris or body that his fall in to the water. this operation though, of course is confirmation that the authorities now accept that there can be no survivors. relatives and families of the missing have been arriving in the city here, there are now some 1200 them and last night in the city there was a candle-lit individual ill by this community which has been so traumatized by the events of the past few days. they feel great sorrow that something so tragic should have happened so close to their city. outgoing fifa president sepp blatter says he's working hard on reforms in a first tweet after his decision to step down.

australia and south africa have started investigations in to corruption allegations but it's the u.s. that's taken the unlikely lead in cleaning up the game. andy gallagher explains the impact on the recent events in a sport that's struggled to take off in the country. >> reporter: now blatter is not going down quietly. it's not often that air time on u.s. radio shows is taken up with talk of football. here they call it soccer, but it's perhaps a sign of the sport's growing important that so much attention is being paid to the u.s.-led investigation in to fifa. >> sepp blatter isn't the only person at fault here. the phone lines at this radio station have been lighting up. but host andy slater says the scandal won't stop fans from watching the sport that steadily is growing in popularity. >> people expected it. they kind of knew that it was going on. and there is that side and then you have the actual sport side which some people are in to. and i think they do separate the two. and they really care about the sport, those that are in to it. and the corruption is just kind

of on the other side by itself. >> reporter: in many big u.s. cities these days, sights like this are not uncommon. over the past few decades youth football lead have witnessed huge growth. and during the last world cup more north americans than ever tuned in to watch a sport that many perceive are struggling to gain a hold here. the world view of football in the united states is that it's something that could never rival the sheer popularity of things like baseball or american football. but the demographics here are changing quickly. by 2050 it's expected a third of the population will be hispanic and many here believe all this attention could actually help the sport grow. >> sepp blatter sort of resigning and maybe new blood stepping in to the leadership positions may allow some of my nonsoccer friends or friends not fans of soccer are more knowledgeable about soccer in general. >> maybe the change will help the soccer world and help how the sport grows in the united states. >> reporter: football is far

from challenging mainstream u.s. sports but few doubt that could soon change a generation that was introduced in the game by so called soccer moms are growing up fast. and football is no longer met with indifference, the current scantal may be a distraction for now but it's unlikely to stop football's steady progress in the u.s., andy gallagher, al jazerra, miami florida. coming up independent program. oil ministers from opec garth never vienna as prices are on a downward slide. plus is yemen know where al qaeda's chief bomb maker was hiding. allegations suggest they did.

♪ ♪ hello again a reminder of headlines on al jazerra. it's been revealed that 4 million current and former u.s. federal employees were hit by a cyber attack last month. the u.s. suspects china but the chinese embassy in washington says such accusations are irresponsible. south korea's health ministry has confirmed death of a fourth person in an outbreak of middle east respiratory syndrome or mers. the number of infected people has risen to 41 and pits emerged an affected south korean doctor came in to contact with more than 1500 people. ghana's president has called for three days of mourning, at least 150 people were killed in flooding as well as an explosion at a petrol station many of the victims were taking shelter from heavy rain at the station.

12 members of oil block opec are meeting in the austrian capital vienna. they are expected to decide whether to change the levels of production. an over supply has reduced the supply of oil cutting ref revenues for the opec menus. the block accounts for a third of the world's oil surprise. the imagining director of the energy group a consultancy based in the united united arab emirates joins us live from abu dhabi. thank you for joining us. welcome. how will this play out? what will the outcome be? >> thank you very much for having me. i think for the meeting itself, i don't think expect the meeting to produce any outcome as such i think the meeting is more about making the right statements. a love the discussions have already taken place or will take place. i think there are several issues to consider. the meeting indicates that oil is becoming less political. the oil industry seems to be going on a diet.

asia is a more significant player both as a principle buyer and a technical service provider. and i think some harmony existed in opec, but certain differences happen. and on the economic front also there are several impacts. >> okay, what are those impacts? i mean, for the consumer low oil prize was beneficial. but other than that who is coming out on top here? >> the high income opec companies have the cushion of savings and the low income opec companies are obviously have to build mounting deficits. so there is also this. there is going to be also lay offs in the services side of the oil industry. and among the private oil companies themselves. and that's going to have repercussions on unemployment. and i think another key affect is the role of technology is going to benefit. because the cost reducing

technologies are going to be much more in demands and much more effective tool. both for the government side and for the private sector side to be more efficient. >> do you think the price is going to keep sliding though? what is the decision as far as that is concerned? and if it does, surely that will have long-term impacts on the world economy dire ones. >> absolutely. i mean, if you remember the days of the late 1990s it slid down to $10 a barrel that shows you how uncertain any forecast on the price is. i don't believe any forecast that i hear recently. however, high prices have always been dependant on geopolitical shocks and the issue on iraq, if you look at iraq, for example and the financial jill at this of isis that is how the price could shoot up if there are attacks in iraq. but all other indicators and for example very little resistence to things like the return of

iran. opec is ready to on accommodate that and that will have a downward effect on price. the way to balance low prices is for economies to be more create and i have have a more diversified economies. if they don't have a more diversified economy low prices will impact global demands. similarly excessive high prices will be bad for the economy as well. i think the key message is that economies have to go on a date and be more efficient generally to survive this. >> thank you very much for your thoughts before the meeting. allegations made to al jazerra suggest at least seven yemeni government officials knew where al qaeda's chief bomb maker has hiding. despite that he's still a wanted man. a former al qaeda operative who became a government informative told al jazerra's investigative unit that he exposed the experts' whereabouts. >> reporter: one of the world's

most wanted men. thought to be al qaeda's top bomb maker. he reportedly built the devices devices in some of the group's most daring attacks. omar farouk's underwear bomb on delta airlines flight 253 christmas day 2009. and explosives hid nene printer on a cargo plane a year later. this al qaeda informant says he has told the yemen government where the bomb make was hiding. >> reporter: he says he informed on al qaeda from 2006 until 2009. he had been a member of the group since the late 1990s. he claims he first met the bomb maker in 2008 in yemen.

>> reporter: he says the bomb maker was training many of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula's fighters he informed numerous officials in the security services including president saleh's nephew, deputy director of the national security bureau. >> reporter: the colonel could not be reached for comment. he says he was fooled and so was the united states and many

western governments. today eastbound him has still not been caught. and the threat of a bomb of his madehe made on a plane is still a threat. >> if you can you want watch the full documentary al qaeda informant from 12 gmt on friday. also online at aljazerra.com/al qaedainformant. you'll also find extends interviews and articles and more. ghana's president has called for three days of morning at least 150 people were killed in flooding as well as an explosion in a petrol station in the capital. many of the victims of the explosion had been taking shelter from heavy rain. >> reporter: a combination of flood and fire in capital has led to the deaths of many. an explosion and fire at a petrol station late on wednesday

night killed scores of people. more and more bodies were discovered during the clean-up operation. he survived the inferno. >> the fire came with such fury before you could think of escapes it was upon you. >> reporter: the people in these vehicles thought they had found a safe place to seek shelter from the heavy rain. eyewitnesses say there was a loud explosion and within a matter of minutes this entire place was ungeld ungulfed in flames. it's not clear with the fire started but the flames were fueled from the petrol station ghana's president saw the damage for himself. >> a lot of people have lost their lives i am at a loss of words to express maui feel. many of them fled the flood and many through the fire incidents i want to commend the security

services for their diligent throughout yesterday night. many of them have not had any sleep. >> reporter: she is salvaging what she can. her house is next to the burned out petrol station. >> i thank god for my life. as for these material things, we can always work to replace them. >> reporter: heavy rain causes major flooding in the capital early year. many gutters are choked with rubbish, here cars were swept away by floods. >> this is the miles an hour pagemajor, major did as ter we are seeing to this magnitude level. and i think. [ inaudible ] put our heads together to find a solution to this disaster. >> reporter: and people now homeless such as helena, want to see government action to improve the way this annual problem is dealt with. al jazerra,.

in kenya, five suspects have been charged for one of the deadliest attacks in the country's history have pleaded not guilty. they allege they were tortured for 10 days, including being electrocuted and beaten. four somalis and a tanzanian national were charged with 152 count of committee acts of terrorism. al-shabab had claimed responsibility for the attacked on the garissa university college in northern kenya in april. 148 people were killed. a senior u.s. diplomat has warned of a possible collapse of the state of burundi if its president runs for a third term. u.s. assistant second of state tom was speaking during a visit to the democratic republic of congo. there have been protests against the president in burundi's capital for weeks the u.s.' envoy says the president should respect the people's calling for change. turkey goes to the polls on sunday to elect a new

government. the ruling justice and development part i insists the economy has been their main success, but for many, the current economic slow down is causing concern. now a report from istanbul. >> reporter: the produce is fresh and abundant at this market. each with its price tag. the cost of living is on everybody's mind in the run up to polling day. >> translator: we can't make end meet i have two children on a pension of around 500 u.s. dollars a month. >> we are happy with our income at least prices are not increasing every day. >> reporter: the ruling justice and development party came to power in 2002. since then turkey has enjoyed strong growth, development and renewed prosperity for many. major infrastructure projects became the act party's hallmark, building more roads fast trained and airports including this one build on a man-made island. big construction projects projects and

multiplying the economy. turkey's gross domestic product reached $822 billion in 2013. annual income per person has tripled since 2002 to almost $11,000. but new indicators are raising concerns. it is the first time in many years that annual growth rates have fallen and unemployment figures have risen compared to previous election years. and the main opposition parties are trying to seize the opportunity. statistics from the turkish government and international bodies say last year's growth rate was just over 3% while inflation was around 9%. unemployment levels rose to 11% and the national currency lost more than 13% of its value against the dollar. turkey relies too much on construction low borrowing rates and debt say some. >> in 2010 and 2011, we had very

high growth rates but it was with money that flew in to turkish economy cheap credits and we have 9% in average growth rate for two year old but it brought a huge deficit of 10% which was definitely not sustainable. >> reporter: government leaders say the slowing of the economy won't last and are promising sustained growth. they are also vowing to cut personal debt and boost annual income to $25,000 in coming years. more than 55 million people are eligible to vote on sunday. and when they'll be free to decide and make their own calculations. al jazerra istanbul. the ancient city in afghanistan has been declared the first cultural capital for south asian nations it's considered a tourist attracts with the famous remains of buddhist statues nicole johnson

explains the significance of of this award for afghanistan. >> reporter: as you may know europe has a cultural capital every year, now south asia has decided to have one as well it's a real coup for afghanistan and this valley that they have decided this should be the first one, but in many ways, though, this is a symbolic, largely symbolic naming of the cultural capital because major security concerns. now, in weekend we have a huge delegation of hundreds of officials from across afghanistan here for the inauguration, we were also expecting some south asian hypo visuals and minister to his come here to celebrate it as well. buff we have just heard from local officials that they won't be coming because of the security concerns and that's the real issue and challenge for afghanistan, and for bamiyan the issue is you how can they secure the country to receive foreign

tourist to his bring in investment and development to create a tourism industry. just remember, you can always look up those stories find out what our correspondence have been saying by logging on to our website updated 20 fours hour a day the address aljazerra.com. i'm "ali velshi on target", crude awakening, a close call exposing a danger in neighbourhoods across america. relics on the rail. safety concerns over train cars older than many passengers. the deadly derailing of amtrak regional 188 in philadelphia killed eight, and could have been worse. it's why that disaster is fuelling fears of a greater