torturing a thirteen year old kid from the south-side? >> people realize that torture is torture. >> lisa fletcher brings you an in depth report chicago torture only on al jazeera america a south african court decides to comply with an arrest warrant for crimes against humanity. hello, this is al jazeera, live from doha i'm adrian and also on the program u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon calls for immediate humanitarian ceasefire in yemen as talks get underway in geneva. australia accuses indonesia of failing to control the borders over allegations that australia paid people smugglers to turn back migrants and nepal opens

sites in kathmandu in a bid to attract tourists following april's devastating earthquake. ♪ south africa's high court is considering whether sudan's president should be handed over to international criminal court and we are in johane seshgsburg and accused of crimes against humanity and what is due to happen then in court today? >> well adrian, in just over half an hour the high court in south africa is expected to begin hearing arguments of government of why he should not be arrested. they say they made this issue public a while before the african union summit and their agreement that the african union

and diplomates have immunity not to be arrested and this decision went unopposed and was accepted by the cabinet. on the other hand you have civil society organizations saying south african commitment to international criminal court should trump that decision and should be arrested forward crimes. >> on the line is sudan's minister who is in cartoon and thanks for being with us. regardless of what south africa's high court decides today you are saying that bashir should leave south africa for cartoon. hello, can you hear me? it's al jazeera here. >> i'm hearing you yes. actually, the president attended the summit and today and after

that he will be in cartoon. there is no problem as a result from here no coordination with south african authorities. south africa has declared ten days before that, they will not deal with this and this is actually they decided not to be with itc and allegations for the african central. >> minister do you have assurances from south africa authorities regardless of the high court decision that president bashir will be free to leave? >> of course. president zuma declared this.

president bashir is our guest in south africa. and he can stay whatever time he likes and can leave any time he wants and this is actually and he said he is under the protection of the south africa authority. and so i think this is all this because we used to talk about the country but all the african leaders decided not to deal with this and this is an important thing so whether there is some countries or declared to ask about bashir or reports. >> but the judiciary in south africa is independent of the

political leadership there. i mean if the court decides to arrest president bashir then he should be arrested. >> you know the judiciary has not got the policemen or something to do this. or have this power. authorities said ten days ago they are not going to deal with this so this is just you know maybe dealing with the past. but the president is there and nobody is directing him. >> are you saying sir, that the rule of law is of no value? >> not the rule of law. the country and regarding the agreement decided not to deal with this and drawing from it so

obligation from where? in africa, no. >> as i said it doesn't matter what the country's leaders agreed to if the independent judiciary decides that president bashir should be arrested and hands to the icc. >> no it doesn't happen. but in south africa, no. >> why do you say that sir? >> i'm saying this because, you know now our president has an indication he is coming back to our country after one or two hours. >> all right good to talk to you, sir and thanks for the information minister in cartoon. the war in yemen and talks to end the conflict have began in geneva and called for immediate humanitarian pause. >> today yemen hangs in the

balance and why parties and have the responsibility to end the fighting and begin the real process of peace and reconciliation. >> reporter: to geneva and we say peace talks are underway but according to ban ki-moon one party the houthis are not even there yet. >> they are not but we have been told from sources that the houthis did not get clearance to fly over egypt and expected to fly in one hour from now and spending the afternoon in geneva to start talks with the u.n. envoy and critical moment indeed because the secretary-general ban ki-moon says that in a few days it's the month of ramadan and in that month he would like to see two-week's truce

implemented and trying to workout details of the truth and see what the reaction of the houthis because of the province on the border with saudi arabia and flaring up in thai and also in aiden. now, the houthis say that once they get guarantees it will be given bigger political representation they are willing to negotiate a political settlement but the problem is for the time being is a government entrenched saying we are the authority in yes, ma'am yemen and they have no legitimacy and have to pull out of the areas it control before talking about how to move forward. >> not a lot of optimism of prospects for them, is there? >> mixed reactions here adrian and u.n. saying at least to be able to bring together the yemen on how to move together this will be the first meeting since

the air strikes led by saudi arabia more than two months as they many to get them to talk together on how to move forward that would be a significant step but this is a political process and they expect this process to go for months and months because they have to go through details like first of all houthis pull out from the area that controls last september, in september, sorry then they will talk about the arrangements of that pull out. they will send monitors on the ground to make sure the houthis are putting us in those areas and from that they will start political talks from transition of one to two years to see how to start transition for real democracy in yemen. >> live there in geneva. three tunisia officers killed in a battle with gunmen at a check point and one gunman was killed, another captured during the fighting they are cracking down on armed groups after they

killed foreign true risks and people on attack on the museum in the capitol in march. libya's government says that a former al-qaeda commander mokhtar belmokhtar has been killed by a u.s. air strike in libya. he was responsible for ordering attack on a gas plant in algeria two years ago in which 800 people were taken hostage and around 40 were killed and most even foreign workers. opposition leaders in australia demanding a government inquiry into whether navy commanders bribed people smugglers to take migrants back to indonesia and a boat similar to this one with 65 migrants obboard were stopped last month and captain and crew members said they were paid $5,000 each to return to indonesia and tony abbot is refusing to confirm or deny the statements and andrew thomas in sidney. >> reporter: there are three

central questions the payments occurred and australian officials pay people smugglers to take asylum seekers back to indonesia and if they did was that legal and what is all this doing to the relationship between indonesia and australia, to take it in turn and tony abbot was asked repeatedly on monday and refused to engage the question and refused to confirm or deny saying this was a matter of operational security and it wasn't in australia national interest to see what happened so on that basis we are none the wiser and growing voices in indonesia saying the payment of $30,000 u.s. dollars is to take place and if it did is it legal and they say probably not and they have strict antipeople smuggling laws and to pay people smugglers can incur a long prison sentence or a big fine and it would take the government, the attorney general and now the prosecution, is that

going to happen of australian government officials seems very unlikely and what is it doing to the relationship between australia and indonesia and the government made representations to the government and ambassador called to explain what was going on and he promised to find out and they are offended by this and offended by the fact they are not getting answers as well. australia federal police too have been asked by the green party to investigate and say they are considering whether to investigate as well and this is frankly a pretty opaque mess at the moment but in the coming days may get more answers. coming on al jazeera dance and drama take center stage as part of cultural revival in northern sri lanka. >> reporter: in nepal where hopes of achieving this has a

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♪ hello again, the top stories on al jazeera,sudan information minister told al jazeera he has assurances from the south african government his president won't be handed to the international criminal court and south africa high court is deciding whether omar should be handed to icc and ban from leaving the country until a decision is made. u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon called for immediate humanitarian pause for fighting in yemen and talks underway in

geneva and 2 1/2 thousand people have been called since saudi-led air strikes began in yemen three months ago and opposition leaders are demanding an inquiry if they bribed migrants to take them back to in indonesia and tony abbot is not confirming or denying. so far killed 16 people and around 2 1/2 thousand schools have reopened and 440 remain shut. with exams coming up soon students have been wearing masks and told how to prevent the spread of disease and doctors say the spread has now peaked as we report from seoul. >> reporter: the out break of mers didn't peak or increase in numbers over the weekend so officials here in south korea are breathe agree sigh of relief and suspected those numbers may

have increased because of in incubation for mers to show itself and monday was 16 dead and 145 injured, 5 more cases have been reported within the medical facility, four of the patients one of them a doctor with four people being discharged and 17 still described as being in an unstable position. perhaps the authorities now realizing that the outbreak has been confined to medical facilities and some outlying areas that have been isolated off and they can treat these individuals in a safe and secure environment. it also means the public at large will be breathing an sigh of relief that it's not an epidemic they should be concerned about and the president has been to the hospital to reassure staff and show them support. and it's an important time for students across the country,

schools reopened, large majority of them reopened on monday, meaning that they can now continue with the academic year which is important because the schools have to remain open over certain number of days for students to pass their exams and schools head teachers announcing they are taking precaution scenarios into account to make sure students can fulfill their academic requirements for the year. north korean soldier walked across the world's heavy military border and the teenager approached the remote south korea guard post in the province and it's pretty rare for north koreans to cross that zone and the last attempt was in 2012 and more than a thousand defect shuns from north to south korea take place every year mostly via china. nepal is hoping to welcome back tourist after the devastating earthquake in april and heritage sites to reopen soon including

the historic squares on nobel courts which were badly damaged. the u.n. cultural organization unesco is questioning reopening due to safety concerns. the whole country is trying to rebuild after the quake and in nepal they are helping to deliver care to new mothers and their babies and we report. >> reporter: a broken woman, she had single handedly taking care of more than 100 women and children healths but can no longer talk about her work. when the earthquake hit nepal in april she lost what was dearest to her, her two grandchildren and two-year-old and the newborn. >> translator: i was so happy to be working with child health. i used to go on house calls and

this is what god did to me. >> reporter: a community health volunteer, one of 52000 women that ensure that pregnant women newborns and children under five are healthy. now she feels lost. community health volunteers are said to be the backbone of nepal's health services and now many of them are struggling with their own losses leaving the entire health system broken. nine community health volunteers in this village of 600 houses she did not make it. her husband tells me she was buried with her two children as she was running to save them. 16 people in this village died. >> translator: i feel like i've lost half my body he tells me. >> reporter: the health post here have walls that rattle and cracks on the walls scare patients and health workers.

the government says it might take at least four years to rebuild but that is if decisions are made fast and moral stays high but with so many health workers facing their own battles and with the monsoon season expecting to cause land slides and bring disease people in villages like this expect more suffering, al jazeera. let's get more on one of our top stories talks to end the conflict in yemen which are due to get underway today in geneva. houthi rebels in yemen exiled government are still refusing to talk directly even though they are entering those discussions in geneva joining us on the line from sanaa is houthi spokesman and thanks for being with us and will the houthis heed the u.n. secretary-general call today for immediate humanitarian ceasefire in yemen?

>> maybe he has difficulty hearing. >> to begin with i regret to say the security council has not handed down any resolution to put an end to the aggression. we had hoped this council had handed down such a solution on our part and we demand the aggression come to an end and we are prepared to observe a ceasefire, however, we are facing al-qaeda in yemen and the two ideology is based on violence we demand an end to aggression and if there sis a head of the malitias we are prepared to have a ceasefire.

we demand a ceasefire on all fronts. >> so you say there is no u.n. security council resolution there is one, back in april specifically against the houthis demanding they withdraw from territory they have taken. >> with respect to that resolution that you mentioned, it is unjust resolution. this was natural for the first time the security council is handing down a solution to the party paying higher. this is considered a paid resolution and the yemen people can can not accept this unjust bias resolution which is in violation of all ethics and moralitys and it's simple acquiring yemen people to give into al-qaeda and

i.s.i.l. on the ground and this cannot be put in implementation any way, shape or form. >> what do the houthis want to come out of the talks? other houthis with pessimism you expressed and commits to the talks and given that your delegation is yet to arrive in geneva? >> as i said we demand the aggression coming to an end. the other parties are willing to continue in fighting. this is not something new to us. this is our ideology and this is our approach. the first item we are going to discuss is ending the aggression on yemen. subjective talks require the houthis to withdraw. if those talks are -- if there is agree at the talks will the

houthis actually do that? >> translator: as a matter of fact the outcomes of the national and this is what we are demanding to have implemented and to have implemented and it's also the peace and harmony agreement required malitia from all provisions and have authority under ground and this is a new burden and we are not happy with this version of taking security matters in our hands and who is going to fill in this vacuum, this state institution, police and army are not able even to protect themselves and when they speak about laying down arms giving up arms to whom should we give arms? with any other parties and

should hand over their arms to the state authority yet the state authority is absent. the army depot and the depot of weapons are the target of the aggression. first of all the army and security forces should be rehabilitated and the state authority be reinstated, what the problem is we are in a state of anarchy, vacuum there is no president, there is no government there is elective agreement in geneva. we will come to many of the problems will come to an end simply for reason that the repercussions taking place within yemen or overseas is the continued absence of authority, meaning the president and the government. >> okay, sir, many thanks indeed for being with us and mohamed spokesman for the houthi rebel movement in yemen. a cultural revival underway in

northern sri lanka and three decades of war almost destroyed it and now art is making a come back as we report. >> reporter: dance, drama, theatre, once familiar pastimes in sri lanka's northern peninsula but the realities of the civil war in these parts took over from the make believe. today artists are once again finding the time and space to express themselves. >> translator: previously we concentrated on the war but now we have broadened out and we do think we remember the war now we are at a stage where we can move away and once gene employer other subjects. >> reporter: cultural exchanges and visiting performers like this group visiting the university are building bridges between the communities. they also bring uncomfortable or sensitive topics into focus.

>> what we are expected to do you will perform on stage, what we are supposed to show what we are supposed to find. >> reporter: six years after the end of the war the changes are hard to ignore. justin has always been known as a center of learning and culture but 30 years of war and people had other priorities. as the former war zone and its people slowly rebuild their lives, they are seeing revival of the arts and strongly influenced by the violence and conflicts of the past obvious in the first art gallery. >> translator: the war is over and there is peace. there are many people searching for their loved ones and they show pictures or id cards in an attempt to find them. it's this i'm trying to convey. >> reporter: center for performing arts began working in

sri lanka and making a living is still an up hill struggle for arrisks. >> translator: if you take this exhibition there are very few people to buy paintings and it's the same for selling tickets for production, most of that is to work with us and do so on a voluntary basis. >> reporter: while artists are still shaking off years of restraint he also says the artist environment appears to be improving, al jazeera, northern sri lanka. disappointment as a record breaking bid across the pacific ocean ended in failure. she left japan a week ago heading to san francisco and the u.s. sailor had to be rescued due to bad weather and a stirring failure. the 30-year-old hopes to become the first female to row the

pacific on her own but support team said things were not going right and right now she is heading back to dry land. much more real news from al jazeera along with analysis opinion and video, take a look at al jazeera.com. fracking the word itself is synonymous with fierce fights.