the man charged with killing nine people at a south carolina church is due in court, facing calls for the death penalty. ♪ hello there, i'm felicity barr and this is al jazeera life from london. also coming up. greek banks thrown a temporary lifeline after more than a billion dollars is withdrawn in just one day. yemen peace talks end in geneva but the u.n. envoy says a

ceasefire is still possible. and israel eases restrictions allowing tens of thousands of palestinians to pray at one of its holiest sites. ♪ hello, the gunman arrested after the church shootings in the united states has now confessed according to south carolina police. dylann roof has been charged with the murder of nine black members of a congregation in the city of charleston. the 21 year old is due to face a bail hearing in the next hour. investigators say he has told them he wanted the shootings to spark a race war in the u.s. the governor of south carolina is calling for him to get the death penalty. >> this is an absolute hate crime, and i have been talking with investigators as we're going through the interview, and they said they looked pure evil in the eye yesterday. these are fine families that are

struggling. this is a state that is hurt by the fact that nine people nextly were willed. this is the worst case that i have seen and the country has seen in a long time. >> prayer vigils have been held in the u.s. for the victims and their loved ones. these scenes at an interfaith vigil in philadelphia have been repeated at churches across the country, with more events planned as the religious community comes together. we'll go live now to andy gallagher in charleston for us. we're learning more about the suspect and his motivations for the shooting. >> yeah one of the most interesting things we have heard so far is he told investigators that he almost didn't carry out this alleged shooting. he entered the building and sat

for a full hour with the prayer group before the attack happened. he said the group was so nice to him that he almost didn't open fire. he told friends he wanted to start a race war, that he thought black people were taking over the country, and this speaks to many issues many of which president obama addressed yesterday, saying once again we are looking into the dark heart of america, and not addressing gun-control issues and even here in the state of south carolina where the confederate flag flies all over the place, it took hours before authorities agreed to put the flag to half mass that flag of course to many represents injustice and enslavement. so there are many issues here. but the people don't want to concentrate on the actions of this one young white male they simply want to heal as a

community. playing flowers together as a city coming together to show that this one person who carried out this alleged attack can't ruin the heart of this city and that really is the emotion being poured out here in charleston at the moment a determined effort to come together as a community and show the country and world that this one act can't rip this community apart. >> the suspect is due to appear shortly, but he's not actually going to be in court. >> reporter: he's going to appear via video link. and that's not uncommon. one of the questions that hasn't been answered here is why he specifically chose this church. he doesn't live here in charleston. he took a 2-hour drive to get her on wednesday night, and then of course, sat with the prayer group. we don't know why he picked out that specific church. but we have seen pictures of him

wearing the apartheid flag carrying the confederate flag and joking with friends that he wanted to start a race war. this is a very historically important church set up by slaves fighting for their own liberty. it was even burnt down at one point. but the pastor said nothing will defeat them and this building will stand long after dylann roof is gone. >> andy gallagher, live from charleston, thank you. ♪ the european central bank is pumping more money into greek banks as fears of a debt default triggered a surge of withdrawals. athens is trying to make a $1.8 billion repayment by the end of this month. >> reporter: the run of greek banks has accelerated to a stampede in cent days.

more than a billion dollars was withdrawn on thursday and friday. the tote out flow since last weekend more than $3.3 billion. the possibility that athens may be forced to impose capitol controls can't be ruled out. >> capital control is quite possible. it's very possible that this thing we hope to avoid will happen. of course if it happens the next step is chaos and catastrophe. >> reporter: it will be tough for a period of time that's for sure. we are entering into a new era that is unchartered territory for me. it is completely unknown. >> reporter: the athens government must make a $1.8 billion loan repayment to its creditors by the end of the month or become the first euro zone member to become broke and potentially be forced out of the european currency.

but they don't want the tax hikes and pension cuts because they say that will make its debt problems worse. the greek prime minister has been in russia. the meeting has seen greece and russia sign a gas pipeline deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars a year for athens. >> translator: we would like to use our position as a springboard in order to benefit from it. we'll make every effort to achieve good results. russia is one of the most important partners for us. >> reporter: closer ties between athens and moscow will be closely watched by greece's european partners, and the greek crisis is top of the agenda at the ongoing meeting of european finance ministers. >> we hope for the best but we must be prepared toer the worst, and in the united kingdom, we have taken the measures to increase our economic security to deal with risks like this from abroad and clearly now we

must go on and complete that plan. >> reporter: but the finance ministers are expected to take scant progress and all eyes on the emergency summit of e.u. members. and john psaropoulos is in athens, and sent us this update. >> reporter: greeks have continued to withdrawal their money there banks at an accelerated rate throughout this week. approximately a billion dollars worth was removed on friday consistent with the rate of withdrawal on thursday bringing the total for the week to $4.4 billion. in that is a vote of no confidence. and many people feel that greece can only lose out by becoming more confrontational with european powers. i think the argument on the european institutional side that europe is ultimately going to suffer less from a greek

departure from the euro zone is beginning to win over many greeks, and therefore the suicide argument seems to be losing ground. in that at least would appear to be the conclusion from the behavior of greek depositors. the greek stock market also has been performing poorly falling by more than 10% throughout the week. therefore as we stand poised on the eve of what is billed as the ultimate summit for the resolution of this standoff the outlook for the stability of the greek economy and the strength on the basis of which the greeks will go forward and negotiate appears to be rather shaky. u.n. brokered talks in geneva aimed attending -- at ending the war in yemen have collapsed without the two sides even entering into the same

room. the u.n. envoy says a ceasefire is still possible and the door is open for further dialogue. >> we believe that if there is a further consultation we can reach the possibility of a ceasefire and withdrawal. there is in principal no disagreement on this basic element. we feel it requires further consultation and we can achieve it pretty soon. i remain optimistic on this one. while those talks were happening there was no let upin the fighting in yemen. the houthi strong hold of sa'dah was the main target of the most recent aerial attack. the united nations has appealed for $1.6 billion to help the people of yemen. and there are fears of an

outbreak of dangy fever. hashem ahelbarra has been following the talks in geneva. >> reporter: the houthis remain determined that the air strikes lead by the saudis have to stop before talks can move forward. the government says the houthis have to pull out of the cities they control and stop shelling civilians. each party is not willing to make concessions, and this is the biggest problem. the united nations has not been able to reconcile those differences. there's a growing sentiment among the international community that there needs to be a ceasefire any time soon. millions of yemenis pinned high hopes against the potential of a ceasefire here in geneva. in that is not happening. this is really bad news for yemenese. so i think the international community now is going to jump in, and the -- the -- the russians, the americans, the europeans, the iranians and the

saudis, are now the ones who can pull the strings and try to find a -- an immediate truce to be implemented during the month of ramadan. still to come on the program, thailand swings into action-to-prevent an outbreak of the mers illness. plus -- >> i'm in nepal where many children traumatized by the earthquake are still refusing to go back to school. ♪ >> they teach you how to eliminate people? >> ya. >> we've done it and that is why we are there. >> my life is in danger. >> anyone who talks about the islamic religion is killed. >> don't miss the exclusive al jazeera investigation.

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here on al jazeera. the man charged with the charleston church shootings in the u.s. is due to face a bail hearing in the next hour. south carolina police say 21-year-old dylann roof has confessed to the murder of nine black church members. the european central bank has agreed to increase its emergency support for greece's banking sector as fears lead to billions being withdrawn from banks. and the u.n. yemen's envoy says he hope a ceasefire can still be reached. despite talking finishing with both sides never sitting down in the same room. at least 80,000 muslim worshippers have streamed through jerusalem to pray at one of the holiest sites. israel eased restrictioned for what it says was a sign of goodwill for the start of

ramadan. >> reporter: this man from gaza hasn't been to jerusalem in 25 years. this year israel issued him a travel permit. he left his house to get to the crossing at dawn so he could reach jerusalem in time for friday prayers at the mosque. prayering there is a privilege. the only reason he was able to get a permit is because israel is issuing them to gazans who are older than 60 years old. >> translator: i'm so happy that i'm finally going back after long period. israeli easing restrictions is good. but we need more easing for all gazans not just the elderly. palestinians from the occupied west bank will also will allowed to pray on friday without a permit except for men under 40 who still have to apply to get one.

women face no age restrictions. tens of thousands of palestinians have already applied for permits. >> translator: the least of our rights as palestinians is to be able to move without a permit. i have spent the last four days issues permits, and it has been humiliating. we're entitled to the right to movement every day without being blocked by anyone. >> reporter: israel says it's a goodwill gesture towards palestinians during ramadan. the easing of the restrictions comes at a time of heightened tensions with palestinians and the absence of peace talks. most palestinians don't believe their right to worship should be restricted in the first place. the freedom of movement of palestinians is a right guaranteed by international laul, but a right continuously limited by israel which is why many palestinians are skeptical. >> for them to onning

cabbingally allow more people in or allow less people at other times, the whole system is unacceptable, and must be abolished by international law. >> reporter: while these measures temporarily ease restrictions for some palestinians israel's continuing occupation remains a permanent issue which isn't being resolved. one person has been killed during clashes between egyptian police and muslim brotherhood protesters. the 22-year-old died in a northern city. protests have been going on in several parts of the country. tunisia says it will close its console late in libya, following the kidnapping of ten staff. seven were freed on friday a day after their three colleagues were released. they were released of a tunisian court granted the extradition of

a member of the libyan dawn militia which is allied with think illy install tripoli government. police in london are investigating whether a body found on top of a building is that of a stow away on a plane. another stow away was found after a plane landed coming in from you hand necessariberg. many planes open their landing gear doors over the area as they prepare to land. syria's prime minister says that hungaries plan to build a wall along the boarder will not and cannot happen. serbia's representative says there are better and more humane

ways. >> translator: i will plead and ask in the name of syria that the wall is not built, and we try to find other political solutions. if we behave in the same way, we could build walls towards macedonia and bulgaria and then i don't know what the european union and everyone else would do. the bosses of some of south africa's biggest companies have spent the night sleeping on the streets. but as reported from joes hand necessariberg, not everyone is impressed. >> reporter: the chief executive of south africa's largest telecommunications provider along with other business leaders are spending the night out in the control. >> for me it's the symbolism of it. obviously one night and a few hundred thousand bucks won't change the world for people. but i think the symbolism is the right symbolism.

i also think these guys who are here hopefully they can put more than money and time. >> reporter: despite the senment though company is preparing to make 4,000 workers redundant. this is one of the men worried about losing his job. >> if you don't have enough to buy a coupon the electricity is off. and the interest rate is poor. and if you check also the water and sanitation, all over is stinking. >> reporter: workers say fop management sleeping out for a night means nothing. >> reporter: this is the first time the event is taking place in this africa with more than 240 ceo's taking part. they have each donated at least $10,000 to charity. the leader of the communications development union doesn't agree with the sleepout and says more needs to be done to improve

social welfare. >> i think it's [ inaudible ] to the poor. they sleep somewhere just demonstrating. i have seen this a couple of years back one minister went to [ inaudible ] and demonstrated that he would sleep there. poor people are facing those challenges on a daily basis. 58 people are in quarantine in thailand after the country recorded its first case of middle east respiratory syndrome on thursday. health officials are monitoring relatives who were traveling with the man. but they have returned negative test results. scott heidler sent this update. >> reporter: officials are confident they have been able to isolate the first case of mers in thailand. they identified the 57 year old

as a potential patient the first day he arrived and he has been taken to the hospital along with three members of his family traveling with him. also 50 others he came in contact with are being monitored closely. this is a very congested city of 10 million people, but officials are confident with the mechanisms they have in place, in fact 67 entry points in this thailand have been monitoring for anyone with mers potential. they have told the people not to panic, and so far they are listening. eight weeks after nepal's earthquake many schools are still unsafe to use. this schools had to reclose because of damage caused by the quake. our correspondent reports from nepal. >> reporter: this boy is petrified. when the earthquake shook his

hometown, he was playing with his friends. his father younger brother, and a neighbor were all watching tv when their house fell down killing all three of them. now he doesn't want to stray too far from his mother not even to go to school. he is scared of more earthquakes. >> translator: even in the shelter, he panics and asks me to run with the slightest after shock. with his father gone it has 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. unicef says one million children may miss class all across nepal. this school has been declared too dangerous to enter, and temporary classrooms have been

set up. it's weekday, but none of the students are here in class. the government says that schools have resumed, but this one was forced to close down after rains destroyed the tarp roofs of these temporary classrooms. the government ordered schools nationwide to reopen on may 31st, but many are still closed. the buildings aren't ready, knight rer teachers. >> translator: the day the school reopened students shared their earthquake experiences. we realized that fear has deeply rooted in the psyche. they are really 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 season makes the task impossible. >> translator: we need as much manpower as possible and need to start working with our development parter ins. many students do not have

textbooks. that's our next challenge. >> reporter: but the loss of their family friends, and homes weighs heavy on the minds of these small children and new classrooms may not be enough. more than a ton of confiscated ivory has been crushed in time square in new york city as part of a clamp down on the illegal trade. el facts are being pushed towards extinction because of the value of their tusk. rob reynolds reports. >> reporter: in parts of africa,el facts are being wiped out, hunted down and killed for their ivory tusks, despite an international ban on ivory trading, the slaughter is accelerating. >> we have good statistics that show between 2010 and 2012 alone, probably as much as a

hundred thousand elephants were killed for their ivory, if those rates continue we're looking at regional extinction within the decade. >> reporter: the demand comes from abroad. china and the united states are the two biggest markets for smuggled elephant ivory. this is the china town section of san francisco. using a hidden camera we found many ivory objects for sale in chinatown's shops. >> this one you are talking about $950. >> >> reporter: while the u.s. bans importation and sale of new ivory tusks or carved objects, there is a new loophole in the law. antique ivory is legal. but it's merely impossible to tell what is antique and what is not. sellers often treat ivory with chemicals to make it look old. but you don't have to visit chinatown in order to find ivory for sale. there's plenty of it readily

available on the internet. in march, the international fund for animal welfare conducted a small survey of 28 cities and towns on the popular online trading site craigslist. they found more than 500 ivory or suspected ivory items for sale. >> they were being advertised for nearly $1.5 million. >> and that's just a fraction of what is out there. >> there are many platforms out there. there's ebay craigslist but then there are also other smaller sites. >> reporter: now california lawmakers are pushing a new law that would ban all sales of ivory, no matter how old beginning next year in america's most populous state. animal rights activists say the california law is an important step setting an example for other states and other countries, and just possibly

helping to stop the elephant's march to oblivion. 200 years since the defeat of napoleon bonaparte a reenactment is taking place. >> reporter: here we see the emperor in the french camp and people are shouting long live the emperor. of course he thinks he is going to win the battle of waterloo we know he won't. and here are napoleon's men preparing to fight. it is interesting how the french government itself has stayed away. some people have joked that it is simply because the french are bad losers but i think the reasons are a bit more complicated than that. attitudes towards napoleon are rather complex.

he is seen as an extraordinary general, and someone who created a french domination all over europe, and he is respected for that, but he is also seen as a dictator, so france doesn't know how to commemorate its most famous son. check out our website, aljazeera.com. the gunmen in the u.s. has now confessed according to south carolina police. -- 30-minutes time. ♪ i'm telling you divine intervention. god had me where i needed to be. >> the woman who shotted the church shooting suspect is today being hail adhere row. alarming new details about the rise of