might well write the next chapter in the ongoing saga of man versus bug. john hendron al jazeera, winnipeg. >> there is more real news from al jazeera along with analysis, video, and comment of our website. www.aljazeera.com. ♪ ♪ >> a time for healing. charleston's emmanuel ame church pay respect for the nine people gunned down. attentions mount over the south china seas and hacking. and taliban fighters attack afghanistan's parliament during a government meeting.

the questions that raises about afghan security. >> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm stephanie sy. the doors are open again and emmanuel ame church in charleston, south carolina, as the community tries to heel days after a gunman killed nine people, including the pastor. thousands of people marched hand in hand sunday. they called for peace and solidarity. jonathan martin has more from charleston. >> this, no doubt, will be a tough week at mother emmanuel as they prepare for nine separate funerals. many in the community say they were surprised that they could pick themselves up and reopen so soon, but the minister told me that they had to reopen to show how strong their faith is.

>> determined not to let fear and anger outweigh their faith. >> i felt like i needed to some out today to strengthen made. >> members of the emmanuel ame church in charleston returned to worship for the first time since wednesday' mass shooting with heavy security on hand. >> it has been tough. it's been rough. some of us have been down right angry. but through it all god has sustained us. >> ame church elder led the service standing where the church's long-time pastor, reverend clementa pincney would reside. >> there they were in the house of the lord studying your word. praying with one another but the devil also entered. and the devil was trying to take charge. >> in this historically black

church sunday's crowd was as diverse as ever with south carolina's governor nicky haley attending along with people from across the region, many who told us that they felt compelled to be here. >> i had never attended a an african-american church. it was very inspiring. it spoke a lot about families. i found it touching that we could come together, that there is no division between us no matter who we are. >> virginia williams has attended mother emmanuel for years. today she said that grief almost kept her from returning. >> when i got up this morning i was a little shaky but i was determined that i was going to do this. >> this is a measure of how determined people are. this is not merely a worship service. this was a statement of character as in we're not going to give up. >> yes, there are answers that we're still waiting for. but the answers still by leaving

our hands in the hand of god. >> during the service there was no direct mention of dylann roof the 21-year-old subject now charged with nine counts of murder. but law enforcement was applauded in efforts to capture him. instead of focusing on what happened the message here was one of forgivennessen forgiveness and hope. and this will be a tough week for this church as they prepare for the funerals. on wednesday they will hold their regular bible study and prayer meeting and on thursday they'll have a funeral for sharonda singleton who was a track coach and member here at the church. on friday reverend pinckney will be laid to rest. >> firearms issues continues to divide lawmakers. >> president obama has spoken

out forcefully and emotionally on some of the sensitive issues that have been brought to the fore . after conceding that gun control was a lost call in congress given the fact that virtually every republican and some democrats are dead set against moving any kind of restrictions on gun ownership, president obama walked those comments back at the conference of mayors in san francisco on friday evening. he said he's not resigned to having any kind of gun control in congress. he said he has faith that congress will do the right thing. but at the same time he does concede that it will take a while. it will require public opinion to filter up to conference and start to exchange votes. i doesn't want it to be the new normal the lack of political will no congress to pass any meaningful gun legislation and this series with what the president said he's tired of

reacting to the series of horrific shootings across the. nation. after the mass shooting at sandy hook elementary school, many thought that changes would take place, but that collapsed. as far as the racial overtones are concerned the justice department investigating whether the shooting in charleston was a hate crime the president says this is racism is a blight on the toronto. every is going to have to work together to overcome it. >> mike viqueira in washington. the supreme court ruled over farmers and raisins and said that the government must compensate the farmer to set aside his or her crop to boost prices. the justices will next issue opinions on thursday. the u.s. will provide weapons and troops to nato

against russia. they made that commitment in germany. the tensions with russia are a key part of the agenda. carter said that he hopes russian president vladimir putin will cooperate with the west but allies are preparing for the alternatives. a chinese allegation is arriving for strategic and economic talks with the u.s. it comes at a time of increasing tensions of cyber security, trade and china's growing influence in asia. we have more. >> when u.s. dense secretary artificial carter met recently with chinese general they promised to work together on disaster relief, counter piracy and peacekeeping issues. they disagree on china's efforts to restrict air and sea travel in what is recognized and international territory in the south china seas. the americans expressed concern at china's land reclamation

project in the desperately islands. it's a project that they insist they have a right to do. >> as the biggest country in asia and the in the south china seas china has the obligation to provide security services. >> the obama administration is calling it a bad idea. >> nothing has changed about our views of these destabilizeing activitying there in the south china sea. i suspect that this will be an issue that comes up, in fact, i know it will come up next week. >> secretary of state john kerry will host these economic dialogues ear in washington on june 23rd and 24th. the u.s.' concerns about china's efforts to expand its military influence in the asia pacific are certain to dominate the talks. but china's political and economic ambitions are also on the agenda, and experts say that those two are certain to

generation tough conversations. among the big problems, cyber security. unnamed u.s. officials blame hackers for recent attacks on recent u.s. servers. complaints on restrictions on doing business in china and washington accuses beijing of manipulating the value of the yen that makes it hard for sell u.s. products in china. some say that u.s. must view china as an equal military and economic power if it wants an improved relationship. >> china is creating the facts with the institutions it's setting up, the role it's taking on in a way that means that these conversations have to be done effectively. and the tone of them increasingly reflects that. >> the challenge for the u.s. is to insure that beijing takes its concerns seriously while not putting on so much pressure that it loses access and influence of its own.

>> activists in syria say ten people were killed from barrel bombs. a drop on rebel held areas. syria's government has denied using barrel bombs in the civil war. new concerns this morning about the readiness about u.s. trained forces in afghanistan and an attack on the afghan parliament today left five people dead along with the seven gunmen. taliban fighters tried to storm the compound but were pushed back by security forces. jennifer glasse has more. >> the parliamentary session was just getting under way when this happened. [ screaming ] >> there is confusion. it's just an electrical problem said the speaker as mps fled from the claimer. but it was a taliban bomb going off outside of the gate leaving cars in flames. other fighters took up positions

in a building across the street firing on the entrance to the parliament. police and special forces quickly arrived to move the mps and senators from the building and fight the attackers while people looked on. taliban attacks aren't limited to the capital. in northern afghanistan the armed group now controls two districts, just outside of the provincial capital of kundu city and also 40 kilometers away. dozens of taliban fighters are involved, and the government has september in 7,000 soldiers and police. tens of thousands of civilians have been displaced in two months of fighting. that's when the taliban so-called spring offensive has started. it has launched assaults all over afghanistan and afghanistan security forces are struggling without nato support they had last year. it seemed to be a direct challenge to the afghan government, which was scheduled to introduce its nominee for

defense minister. jennifer glasse, kabul. >> british officials say that iran needs to show more flexibility in nuclear talks. foreign secretary philip hammond said that talks could run past the june 30th deadline. he's meeting with officials in luxembourg. >> they have found evidence of war crimes by israel and palestinians in last year's gaza war. the attacks on homes and families which led to large numbers of family members dying together when their homes were struck in the middle of the night or as they were gathering for the iftar meal. 551 children died last summer in gaza during the fighting. >> the reports said that israel must review it's military policies specifically the use of eaks plowsive weapons in densely populated areas and not target

civilians. it said that gaza and palestinian armed groups must end all rocket attacks in israel and asked both sides to fight a culture of violence. they want israel and to report to criminal court. >> haitians in the dominican republic say they will be taken from their homes and sent to a country they barely know. and changing attitudes in cuba. gay rights changing now thanks to a member in the castro family.

>> an al jazeera journalist is now out of custody. ahmed mansour was held all

weekend. egypt wanted mansour extradited after he was convicted and sentenced for charges he tortured a lawyer. he and al jazeera reject the charges. international officials are trying to down play play fears of mass deportation. many are worried they could be forced from their homes. >> a thriving small business. that's what john has built here on the dominican republic's northern coast. but as a haitian migrant with uncertain status he's at risk of losing his internet cafe. he has been waiting seven months to a response to citizenship application. if the government keeps delaying or rejects he says he has one choice. >> we're going to have to return to haiti on our own. if they deport me i'll lose everything, my job, my

commuters, my family could be split up. my mother could lose all they are things. >> back at the family house his mother said that she applied to stay too. the cost for additional paperwork and residency keeps adding up. >> i'm having a lot of problems with these papers because you have to spend so much money on them. i registered but i have to give up my house and go back to haiti because i don't have enough money to keep filing paperwork. >> while many families are waiting for official work, thousands of people across the country are having conversations trying to decide if it's better to pack up their belongings and leave the country or hold tight for a decision from the government. this man feels he can't leave even if he wanted to. he was born in haiti but his wife and daughter were born in the dominican republic. they have birth certificates to

prove it. the country does not recognize them as citizen. >> if they deport me i don't know what i would do with my wife and due. they would be separating us. >> his wife said she can't even pronounce her haitian cereal last name and she's afraid she'll be sent to a country she doesn't know. >> i hardly ever leave the house. i carry my documents everywhere. even though officials might say they're useless and pick me up and take me over to haiti. i don't let my daughter go out either. >> stay at home or prepare to leave it forever. it's hard to see either option as much of a choice. adam raney. >> for years gay men were considered criminals in cuba. that ended decades ago but lgbt still lacked fundamental rights. now there is fight for change and cubans are slowly start to

go respond. >> ash har quaraishi with more from havana. >> hundreds of cubans dance to a congo beat, wave their rainbow flag and claim . >> independently of the fact that not everybody is in agreement with the rights of the lgbt community this will not crete a split. it will generate a cultural enrichment an ideological enrichment. >> for decades homosexuality was criminalized. some were forced into work

camps. coming up tonight we'll talk to a filmmaker an artist about growing up gay on the communist island. what needs to change to encourage tolerance and acceptance. >> you can watch our full report at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >> using science to save elephants. now dna tests are helping law enforcement track down poachers. and message received. taylor swift causes apple to change its mind over a new service.

entertaining. talk to al jazeera. only on al jazeera america. >> the search has shifted again as police try to find two convicted murdersers who escaped from prison two weeks ago. the police have stop searching the pennsylvania border and now attention is focused on an area near the prison. dna from one of the escapeys has been found in a cabin nearby but the men have not been located. a prison sentence not only impacts the convicted it also

affects the prisoner's families who often don't have the financial means or who are too far away to visit their loved ones. the report "get on the bus" is trying to change things. >> the years go by every day the same as the one before. overcrowded with thousands of other inmates and yet alone. for the moody family this reunion is the first in 14 years where the family has all been together. ii haven't seen him for 14 years. i was nervous. >> they only have seen their father once since his imprisonment. >> his phone calls his letters that's a reminder that he's

always with me. he always will be. >> because i love them so much, i want them to succeed in life i don't want them to end up on a bad roll. i'm powerless to be here in. the parents may have committed the crimes but the punishment is on their children in the form of parental absence. study has shown that it helps if visitation is in a less restrictive environment. >> there is arts and craft board games or people can sit and catch up. basically everyone has four hours or so here. >> more than 2.7 million children in the u.s. have a parent in prison. the trauma often struck at the time of arrest. 67% of children witness their mother or father getting handcuffed. and it's african-american children who disproportionately

suffer. one in nine of them have an incarcerated parent. >> no one should have a parent in here. everybody wants their parents to be home. sometimes that parent has be there. it's hard. i want him home for birthdays and holidays. i want him to see me graduate. the thought of him not being able to be there it's hard. he is my bad. i love him a lot. i want him to see those things. >> for the moodies, they would like to see their father's sentence changed. a possibility. meanwhile both study hard and plan to attend college.

i plan to bringing him my graduation suspects. >> and a couple years later i plan to bring my college football contract. >> yeah. >> even with an early release many more father days will pass here before eric moody sr. gets his freedom. as life unfolds unchanged for him, his children will become adults. lost time the punishment for those in prison. melissa chan. san quinton. >> the lake fire which began wednesday has so far engulfed more than 17,000 acres in the san bernardino mountains. as of late last night the fire was only 19% contained. officials say that 500 structures are threatened. no damage is reported and no evacuation orders are currently in place. 96 elegance are being slaughtered every day for their

ivory tusks but scientists have found a way to catch poachers and sellers through dna. phil torres has more. >> over the last decade central africa has lost two-thirds of its elephant pollalation to illegal poaching. with daunting numbers like this, scientists have had to get creative in this fight. they've turned to an unusual resource to create a way to track down poaching rings to its source. >> singapore 2002, 6.5 tons of ivory seized. the largest in the country's history. where did ivoryiage from. authorities send samples to the lab for analysis. >> right now from anywhere in

africa we can assign a sue sure of ivory closer than 300 kilometers from where it came from. >> they get to work. the first step is to prepare the samples of seized ivory. >> we cut off a piece of ivory and then we stick that piece inside inside the plastic tube. we drop that in liquid nitrogen, which cools it, so extremely cold, within three minutes it comes out like baby powder. >> it's pulverized. >> it preserves the dna at the same time. that was one of the biggest breakthroughs from our lab. >> the ivory seized in singapore is extracted and treated in singapore this map has been

generate bid dna taken from another source. rich in elephant dna. >> i'm holding a tray of elephant. not exactly something you would associate as a tool for fighting inter national crime but these sample provide critical pieces of data for creating a genetic map for elephants across africa. >> conservation can be a dirty job, that's one of the tools being used to save the elephants that we'll use tonight. i'm phil torres for blackhawks apple has reversed its plan to not pay artists during the start of its new streaming service. it's partly in disapproval by taylor swift. she said we don't ask you for free iphones. please don't ask us to provide free music for no compensation. thanks for watching. i'm stephanie sy. the news continues next. live from doha.

>> but hello, welcome to another news hour. in doha, i'm adrian finnigan. coming up, a german prosecutor orders the also of journalist ahmed mansour. and a report finds israel and palestinian groups committed abuses that could amount to war crimes. no deal yet on greece's debt crisis as finance ministers try to avoid a