how that process would go. >> now see what her husband is doing to keep his promise to change "right to die" laws nationwide. america tonight only on al jazeera america. under arrest. police have finally caught a man suspected of fatality shooting nine people at at a church in the u.s. state of south carolina. hello and welcome. you are watching al jazerra. i am richelle carey. live from our headquarters in doughdoha. also coming up on the program. knowledge deal, thousands protest in athens as bailout talks end without an agreement fueling fierce that greece may have to exit the euro. doubts about a new peace accord in mali. we meet some rebel fighters in

the north who say even if the deal is reached the war will go on. in nepal schools are back in session after deadly earthquake, but many classrooms remain empty empty. ♪ ♪ a 21-year-old white man accused of killing nine people at an historic black church has been caught and now back in south carolina for face charges. dylan roof was arrested in the neighboring state of north carolina. police are calling in a hate crime. with president obama saying america must face town its violent gun culture. andy gallagher has the latest from charleston. >> reporter: these are the first pictures of did i have an roof since he was arrested on thursday morning in north carolina. he's suspected of killing nine people who were attending a prayer group at a church in

charleston, south carolina. >> i am pleased to no al jazerra noun that we have made an arrest in this case, we have arrested dylan roof from lexington, south carolina. >> reporter: police say the 21-year-old spent an hour at a nighttime prayer meeting at the historic church in the center of charleston then stood up and started shooting this. say the police, was a hate crime. >> we woke up today and the heart of soul of south carolina was broken. >> reporter: as police worked armed the scene of the massacre a nationwide alert was sent out. the alleged shooter was pulled over in a traffic stop some shelby in, north carolina, a three hour drive from charleston his uncle recognized the picture that police issued from the church cctv and alerted the authorities. >> that awful person, that

terrible human being who would go in to a place of worship and people were praying and kill them is now until custody where he will always remain. >> reporter: for the 14th time since he became president barack obama had to talk about a mass shooting in america. >> at some point we as a country will have to reckon with the fact that this type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. and it is in our power to do something about it. >> reporter: in a facebook picture roof is wearing a jacket which wears the flag of apartheid south africa. it's alleged roof told one woman in the church she would live so she could tell the story of what happened. community leaders in charleston insist this is the time for unity. >> we've got to pray, but we gotta get up off our knees and we gotta work and legislate and

protest because enough is enough. >> reporter: this is a church that was founded by african american who his thought phot to be free of slavery and today its leaders remain did defiant in the face of tragedy. dylan roof will be introduced by police and the key questions are whether he acted alone and why he allegedly did what he did. andy gallagher, al jazerra charleston, south carolina. >> church and community lead nurse charleston have been holding prayer vigils to the nine victims. hundreds of people packed streets around the church placing canned also candles cards and flowers to honor those killed. vigils have been held in cities cities across the u.s. the european union has called an emergency meeting next week as the deadlock between greece has been deadlocked. here are the numbers. greece has less than two weeks to come to an agreement with its creditors or risk did he fought

on the ground $1.8 billion of loan repayment. it owes more than $378 billion to the international monetary fund the european central bank and the european union for the bailouts it received in 2010 and also 2012. according to some estimates the debt burden equals more than $34,000 for each greek citizens. john reports from athens. >> reporter: thursday's meeting ended with no agreement. but the greeks left behind a proposal they believe could be the basis for a deal. >> theywe realize that there is a problem of trust within the euro group. in order to overcoming it in today's meeting but put on the table a radical proposal a proposal that's never been discussed before. it was not asked of us by the institution. an innovative proposal that came from us. and it is this, in the context of our agreement that we should

have our fiscal council the independent fiscal council something he i didn't equivalent to brit's office for your honor he had. monitor. >> reporter: the council would trigger all spending cuts making future deficits impossible and illegal. creditors have rejected a series of growing poe proposals over four monthsing a months saying they rely on legal slight of hand. but there is still a glimmer of hope, they say. >> today in our meeting we sent a strong signal to the greek authorities that it is really up to them to submit new proposals additional proposals in the coming days to fully engage with the institutions within the framework of the statement of february 20th. >> reporter: in athens greeks who fear the left wing government is running too close to deadline gathered before parliament chancing greece, europe democracy. these people believe that they are protecting political clients

in a bloated and expensive state. they don't believe greece can blackmail its creditors by threatening suicide. they want greece to remain on a reform path within europe and the our zone. meaning smaller government and more reasonable taxes for the small business sector. >> translator: honesthonestly i don't know what we can accept or can't but we need to avoid leaching euro zone at all costs. >> reporter: there are fears that this brinks man ship may be greece to its knees. much as cyprus was forced to capitulate to austerity two years ago. just how far apart they are was demonstrated earlier in the day when parliament truth commit out greek debt declared that greece neither can nor should pay it. a position at odds even with the government. the debt it says is the result of a austerity not the caught cause. these people believe it's slowly

poisoning the economy. huger fighters in yemen have been accused of targeting residential areas in the city of taiz. they are backed by truce loyal to the former president saleh. they bombed areas near an ancient citadel. a mosque was hit and hotel and homes in the nearby mountain range. meanwhile, scuffles broke out at a news conference held by houthi officials in geneva after a shoe was thrown at the head of the houthi delegation. the incidents under scores the deep divisions between the warring factions as they try to reach a humanitarian truce in yemen. >> reporter: from the mountains of sadder to sawed to geneva. a senior member of the houthis or the part sans of god as they

call themselves. his fighters and troops loyal to former president saleh have a growing influence in yemen. he is on a charm offensive saying he's here to talk about peace and turn the chapter of war. >> translator: we are committed to dialogue and a political agreement between all the factions. we want partnership. we don't want to exclude any party. >> reporter: the government in exile remains skeptical. saying the houthis are buying time. >> translator: the talks haven't started yesterday butte beaus the houthi militias and is' men have no vision. >> we hope they broker talks by the u.n. and recognize the legitimacy of the government. >> reporter: an elite army unit blamed for shelling civilian areas controlled by former president shala. they have been firing rockets at neighborhoods to repel a push by

prices men loyal to press hadi. they say the army should stay intact to protect yemen. >> the military establishment which is constantly being pounded by the saudi-led coalition, is the only guarantee against a political vacuum in yemen. the army is the backbone of any transition to democracy. if there is no army and police, the next government will be undermined by militias and al qaeda. >> reporter: the houthi press conference turned in to a scuffle when is sus assists from the south accuse the houthis of killing people in southern yemen. as fighting continues across yemen, talks are stalled in geneva. the united nations hasn't been able to narrow differences between the rival factions. in the absence of progress here in geneva yemen's only hope is

an agreement between the region's key players and the international community when a humanitarian truce and have all the parties in yemen accept it and stop the suffering of people. al jazerra geneva. denmark's center right opposition party has won thursday's parliamentary elections. the block led by the former prime minister won enough seats to defeat the coalition government. the prime minister says she will step down as leader of her party. still ahead, in a rare move, israel allows some palestinian to his enter east jerusalem without a permit. we'll be live in the old city. plus remembering the battle of waterloo and how it changed the course of european history.

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welcome back. the top stories now on al jazerra. a 21-year-old white man accuses i've mass shooting at a historic black church in the u.s. is now in police custody. dylan roof was arrested the day after nine people were killed in the attack in charleston, south carolina. european union has called an emergency meeting next week after the latest attempt to solve greece's debt crisis failed. talks between euro zone finance ministers ended without a deal on thursday. scuffles have broken out at a news conference in geneva held by houthi officials from

generallyofficials from yemen. >> a shoe was thrown at the head of the houthi representative. 10s of thousands of palestinians are expected to start pouring in to east jerusalem for the first friday of ramadan. israel has decided to allow men aged over 40 and women of all ages to enter without permits. at the damascus gate, one of the main entrances to the old city of jerusalem. nisreen thank you for joining us. it seems like there are going to be more numbers of palestinians playing, why is that? >> reporter: correct. that's because israel for the first time in around a decade has significantly reduced movement restrictions on palestinians from the west bank and gaza in what israel is describing as a goodwill gesture towards palestinians during the month of ramadan and following a security assessment by the israeli army. so as you mentioned 10s of thousands of palestinians from

the west bank will be able to pray at the mosque. earn can come and pray exempt for men under the age of the 40. they can apply for pre-approved permits, women will not face any age restriction and this is going to significantly increase the number of people from the west bank who are able to come throughout checkpoints when in the past the age restrictions were placed at 50, 55. and 60. and there is also been an easing ofof restrictions on the movement of restless den of the gaza. hundreds of them are expected to be allowed to get permits to pray al al you at the mosque on friday. we heard from one who said he hadn't been to jerusalem or allowed to play since 1990. that's 25 years. as well a number of people from gaza will be allowed to fly out of the pal palestinian territories through tell receive and allowed during the month of ramadan to

visit some family members in the west bank. that said these restrictions can bebe aborted at any time. an israeli spokesperson says if hamas or anyone trikes tries to take advantage of the easing of these restriction to his carry out attacks in israel, then israel's response will be harsh. >> all right let nisreen, thank you. ban ki-moon has refuse today answer questions about why israel was left out of a list of violators in a report on children and conflict zones. more than 500 children died during israel's military operations in gaza last year. our diplomatic editor james bays reports from the u.n. headquarters. >> reporter: the u.n. secretary general publically presenting his report on children in the world's conflict zones to the security council. it's a deeply controversial document. as it leaves israel off its list of worst violators despite detailing how the israeli operation in gaza last summer caused the death of more than

540 children. later, ban ki-moon addressed reporters. >> ladies and gentlemen, i hope you understand my situation that i have another urgent meeting where i have to participate now. so i will turn the floor to -- over my special representative. >> reporter: but secretary general we keep being told it's your report. so it's you we should ask the questions to. [speaking at the same time] >> reporter: so claiming that he was too busy, the u.n. secretary general left his special representative to answer questions even though she had recommended israel be on the list of worst violators, and it was his decision to take israel off the list. did the secretary general bow to political pressure and remove israel from that an ex? >> i will not answer this question. i am -- i stand by the report. i stand by what is in it. and i think that we -- we said already in the report you have the response of the secretary

general so i will stick to the report. >> reporter: in the security council meeting the palestinian ambassador said that he was ainge wished by the decision not to put israel on the list. >> if you meet the criteria, then you have to be there. not for political consideration to remove you from there. >> reporter: israel has given its response to, israel's ambassador to the united nations has complained about miss conduct in the office the special representative which she accuses of bias. james bays al jazerra. a fire at a hotel in north india has killed at least nine people. 13 others suffered burns as they tried to rush out of that four-story building. most the guests in the thole were asleep when the fire started early in the morning on friday. authorities say it was caused by a short short circuit. there have been frosts in

the capita. dominican republic. it's part of the law a government says is targeting illegal migration from neighboring haiti. however, human rights groupings say it's a phobia towards haitians. the two countries share one island in the caribbean, adam raney reports from santo domingo. >> reporter: dough minute began government officials have told us that they have not begun deportation operations in the first 24 hours since the deadline past despite the fact that hundreds of thousands of people perhaps of haitian decent are now at risk of being deported on cross the island to the haitian side. now, the government says about 300,000 people filed their paperwork trying to prove their status by the deadline on wednesday. but that only about 10,000 of those applications had all the necessary documents, we spoke to a man who fouled in to that category earlier on thursday we spoke to a man who said that he was there up until the deadline, filed his paperwork but was told

it lacked some of the proper documentation now he's afraid that he could be sent back to a country he knows very little about. not even speaking creole. now, the government is ending mixed messages, you have government officials saying they are going to be patrolling areas where people of haitian decent are known to live and work and that those people could be sent over the board tore haiti. we are not seeing these deportations and that could be because they are wary of having all this internationallal media attention and scrutiny show massive deportations at this time. it might be done quieter or the risk just hanging for days or weeks. we saw a protest earlier here in the capital outside the haitian embassy. at that protest many people of haitian did he scents saying they are dominican and this should not be a throughout happen that they are sent back to a country they know very little about. in mali rebels have been

fight to go autonomy in the country a respects north. they recently agreed on a peace deal with the government. they are traditionally nomads who have been fighting for more autonomy and less discrimination. the most recent uprising was three years ago when the rebels overran large areas in the north. they are fighting for control over an area in northern mali. mohamed vall reports about an argued rebellion on the ground that continues despite calls for peace. >> reporter: the campfire in the wilderness and lamb meat for roasting, quiet moments like this are rare and brief in the life of the rex. rebels. their leaders have agreed an olympian agreement that will lead to peace. >> translator: whoever talks of ending the conflict only talks nonsense, it's a big lie this

war cannot be ended with the stroke of a pen as long as we are denied territorial separation there will be no end the war. >> reporter: if the rebels are in control of the major town as well as large areas of northern mali. recently they made knew territorial gains pushing the army further south. the majority of them strongly rejected the new peace treat and i issued this statement. let our political agreement sign whatever agreements they want to sign, give whatever concessions they want to give but for us here on the ground these fighters tell me, this is not the end of the war. and not the end of the struggle. the rebels rebels announced an independent state in northern mali in 2012. but under the present agreement they only get a top of decentralized local administration. perhaps the biggest sticking point of any deal is the disarming of fighters. which is strongly we ejected here. >> translator: as long as there is no separation, there will be

no disarmament mali didn't give us the weapons we paid for them with our own blood. >> translator: we happened over our weapons in 1993 and 1994, but the result was that they destroyed the weapons and two years later they began to kill our people, we are not going to return to that situation. >> reporter: those statements and the complexity of the situation on the ground, provoke the cynicism regarding the prospects of real and final peace in northern mali. with sporadic fighting still taking place including confrontations around the town, some even go as far as to predict a new and major war across the north. mohamed vall, al jazerra northern mali. in in paul it's been a month since schools reopened after that deadly earthquake. many of the buildings are still considered unsafe for students. a report from the district where many children are too scared to go back to school. >> reporter: he is pedestrian

identified when the earthquake hook his hometown he was playing with his friends. his father, younger brother and a neighbor were all watching tv. and their house fell down killing all three of them. now he doesn't want to stray too far from his mother. not everybody to go to school. he is scared of more earthquakes earthquakes. >> translator: everybody if the shelter he panics and asks me to run with the slight of aftershock. with his father gone it's been difficult for him. he keeps saying he misses his younger brother. he looks at his picture and starts crying. >> reporter: the earthquake in april killed at least 555 school children in this district alone. more than 90% of the schools were destroyed. ube he have says 1 million children mamies class all across nepal. his school has been declared too dangerous to enter and temporary

classrooms have been set up. it's weekday but furniture students are here in class. the government says that schools have resumed but this one was forced to close down after rains detroit the tarp roofs of the temporary classrooms. the government ordered schools nationwide to reopen on may 31st, but many are still closed. the buildings aren't ready. neither are teachers. >> translator: the day the school reopened students shared their earthquake experiences. we realized that fear has deeply root ed in their psyche, they are very scared. it's not just the children, even adults are deeply traumatized. >> reporter: the government plans to replace classrooms with 15,000 temporary learning centers before the monsoon rains make the task impossible. >> translator: we need as much manpower as possible and need to start working with our development partner ares, many stunts don't have textbooks

that's our next challenge of the collection of data post earthquake is another priority. >> reporter: but the loss of their families friends and hopes weigh heavily on the minds of these children. and classrooms may not be enough. in belgium a sound and light show kicked off celebrations of the 200th anniversary of the battle of waterloo. hundreds of actors took part in the open air performance entitled inferno. the battle of the waterloo confirmed the rise of the british empire and ended french dominance across the continent. history enthusiasms are staging a special battle reconstruction to mark the battle. >> reporter: in the fields outside brussels the british army is preparing to fight french. they don't look like battle-hardened soldiers but the duke of wellington is confident of victory over the emperor

napoleon. >> i have never been defeated by a french army and i have no intention of starting today. >> reporter: you have never come face-to-face with the em per are himself, have you? >> i understand that the self proclaimed emperor yeah, is not the man that he used to be. and i understand that he's not in good health whereas you can see i am in robust good health, sir. >> reporter: a midst all of this pomp ceremony and fun it's easy to forget what i terrible slaughter took place on these fields 200 years ago. at the end of the battle of waterloo some 50,000 men lay dead. the wounded were in agony without access to any form of medical treatment. and the duke of wellington said that he was tired of war he never wanted to see another battle. on the opposite side of the battlefield a familiar figure is coming out to inspect his guard. napoleon famously was a short man. but he cast a long shadow over europe. i have been summoned to meet him

a great honor. so what does napoleon make of europe in 2015. >> translator: definitely would want to be in charge. but if he could see europe today, he wouldn't be too impressed. he would prefer it to be a great empire but under french control. >> reporter: this lady is playing marie a polish countess who was one of napoleons lovers, she pays her respects to the dead. >> remember all people who died here. it's not important which side it was, french, english or maybe russian, or prussian, just remember the people that died here. >> reporter: waterloo was the battle that end the french domination of europe. and brought peace for decades. but for the people who have come here from across the world waterloo is also an opportunity to live in the past for a few days and to wear some fabulous uniforms. barnaby phillips, al jazerra waterloo.

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