votes are being count million dollars burundi in an election that critics have dismissed as having no credibility. ♪ ♪ hello, i am martin dennis, you are with al jazerra live from doha. also to come on the program. the u.s. says a top al qaeda leader in syria has been killed if an air strike. >> get out of car. i will light you up. >> wow. >> now! >> wow. >> a police video sliced showing the arrest of an african american woman who died in her jail cell three days later. officials are investigating.

and cyber crack down the philippines steps up the fight against child pornography. ♪ ♪ but first vote counting a underway in ba burundi's controversial election that's been marred by violence, the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon has called for calm, urging all sites to refrain from say vie lens that could destabilize the country and the region. on tuesday just before voting started explosions and gunfire were heard in the capital. and at least one fern was killed. the president's spokesman has condemned the attacks as acts of terror that were aimed at intimidating voters. the president is widely expected to win a third consecutive term despite all the condemnation. the main opposition parties boycotted the vote and accuse him of violating the contusion

a report now from the capital. >> reporter: after a night of gunfire and explosions in burundi's capital the bed dead are being count odd voting. this man was an option sin member no one knows who held or why but it's frightening them. >> we don't sleep at night. we are here. we hear the guns. grenades, we don't know. we have fare. >> reporter: fear. >> reporter: people say he was killed somewhere else and dumped here. it's angered a lot of people in the neighborhood. there have been lots of practice he tests in the last few months and people are afraid there could be violence after the election. there has been violence since the president announced he was going a third term. he said he was impressed by the large majority turn out in the country side where he is

popular. >> translator: we had we have turned a positive page in the history of our country. that marks a big achievement. and the con doll saying of democracy in our country. this is a decisive opportunities to allow all burundi ans without exception to elect the best candidate someone they fill will encourage the country. >> reporter: those that voted want peace. >> translator: it's my right to vote. it's also good for vote so we can have a president who will govern this country. >> reporter: many opposition partiesparties boycotted the election. saying conditions aren't right for a free and fair pole of the african union won't recognize the election result. it's wide will he widely expected the president will win and the opposition said they went not

stop trying to remove him. >> you are in a vote had the counting center, how far has the exercise got underway? >> reporter: well, officials say counting across the country has finished and now verifying the result and every province will send their results here to the capital and they say they should be an announcement of who has won the election very soon. here outside one of the counting centers, it's interesting the results, remember some of the opposition party voir cotted let me show you this board. this is the ruling party and in this particular polling sent they are he got about 74 votes. now, interesting enough, members of the opposition intoi boycotted this. this is one of the main opposition parties, they have 107. so despite the opposition leaders telling people not to vote some people did show up to actually vote and at this one it shows the opposition is leading. but this is the urban areas. in the country side where the president is popular they expect the ruling party to get much

higher numbers than the opposition, it will be interesting to see how it plays out. what is clear is that opposition members some did not heed the call to avoid the elect he came and voted in the urban areas they seem to have voted for the main opposition party. >> that's very interesting, that would give a certain amount of credibility. much more credibility to the democratic exercise. but tell me, yesterday we saw a huge amount of tension people feeling rather intimidated in the capital how does it feel today? >> reporter: there is a tense calm. people are out in the streets. trying to go about their business but are very worry about what will happen after the results. the officials have confirmed that before the polls opened one civilian was killed bay government supporters. then a policeman was killed by opposition supporters, so people are tense. main fear is that when the results are announced people are expecting the president to win when the results are announced

will it be calm and peaceful or violence? i can tell you as soon as the sun goes townspeople start heading home you are not out in the streets at night in case there is violence. the people are cautious, concerned, it's very tense in the capital. >> okay, thank you very much indeed. our cropped end there live in ba in burundi. so many people are, of course, afraid of the impending violence as they would see it in burundi that many of them have actually left the country. 70,000 them have gone to neighboring rwanda. catherine soi reports now from the refugees camp in the eastern part of rwanda. >> reporter: she came from burundi's capital on sunday. she was a trader seller clothes now she has to rely on human humanitarian aid. this woman is far from home but still afraid. she asked to us hide her

identity. >> translator: there are two checkpoints, one by police, and one by. [ inaudible ] if you are carrying luggage they stop you from crossing the board. if you are a man they accuse you of being a rebel and take you. we had to pay bribe to his gets through. >> reporter: that group she is talking about is the ruling party youth wing whose members have been accused of killing and intimidation. many of these people are following very keenly what is going on in their country, they want to go back home. but they say that a polarizing election on its own does not guarantee their safety. should they return. she arrived in may with her six children, she told us that being in the camp provides many challenges but it's safer than being at home. >> translator: i can only go back if i see many people here doing so, for now it's

impossible. there is still a lot of uncertainty, people are still being killed. >> reporter: aid agencies are worried that they could see more fleeing people if the political situation is not resolved. >> of course we are prepared no any given scenario. but we hope no that those given scenarios will not take place because any displacement is a tragedy for a person. >> reporter: back at the camp these teenagers catch up on their studies, there are 1,400 children who have been separated from their family always here, all so far away from the only home they know. catholic soi, al jazerra refugees camp in eastern rwanda. the african union mission in somalia has denied allegations of the mass shooting by its force on his tuesday. witnesses in the town say 24 people were killed when african union troops opened fire they claim without any provocation. they say the soldiers shot young

men who were playing football then broke in to nearby homes. but the a.u. mission has released a statement and it categorically denounce what is they call a devious allegations. and they deny that their troops were involved in what they describe as an alleged killing of civilians in marka town. the united states says a senior al qaeda member was killed in an air strike in syria two weeks ago. a could you wade i born joey jihad i was a key figure in a group. the u.s. government which had a $7 million bounty on his head said he was one of the few leaders who knew in advance about the september 11th attacks. jamie macintyre has more. >> the pentagon said he was very

important and a major facilitator and a leader of a group of veteran al qauda operatives who were operating in syria, u.s. intelligence believes that their mine priority was trying to device attacks against western targets particularly in the united states, soy they see this as a direct threat against the united states. this carson group is an off shoot of al qaeda a operating in syria and they were -- they have two areas of focus looking at trying to recruit western operatives in order to carry out attacks, people who wouldn't draw as much suspicion particularly those with u.s. passports and also trying to develop some very difficult or impossible to detect bombs that could be smuggled on aircraft, the kind of things that would be able to get through the rue fine security that is provided at the airport. so the pentagon is touting this as a very significant victory in their ongoing battle against al qaeda. it shows that while al qaeda might be diminished it still has

a core capability to plot attacks against the united states. a pentagon statement said this will degrade and disrupt the ongoing external operations of al qaeda. at least 32 people have been killed in the series of explosions across iraq. the deadliest was in a shia neighborhood in baghdad. 14 people died when a car bomb blew up outside a busy clothing store. a u.n. aid ship has brought 3,000-tons of surprise to help civilians in the war torn yemen. it's the first such vessel to arrive in the southern port city of aden since the war began four months ago. the u.n. says close to 13 million yemenis don't have access to enough food. mohamed hadi is the middle east director for the u.n.'s world food program he gave up as uneight on the situation in aden. >> it was difficult get the vessel to aden.

it's been waiting outside aden for more than two weeks now. waiting for the right moment to come in. and now this morning we felt that the conditions are suitable for that vessel to berth. it is carrying on board food, about 3,000-tons of food which is enough to feed 180,000 people for at least one month. but i would like it highlight here that also on 14th of july we managed to get food for about 27,000 people from our hubs in other parts of the country in to aden. but as i said, we are happy to see that we are also accessing aden through the sea. the death of a black woman after a routine traffic stop in the u.s. state of texas is now being investigated as homicide. >> get out of the car! i will light you up. get out. >> wow. >> now! >> wow. >> a dash cam recorded 28-year-old sandra bland being

stopped by a white state trooper and threatened with a taser. she was pulled over for not using an indicator and found dead in her jail cell three days later. state authorities say she shouldn't have been arrest ed in the first place. well friends and family of sandra bland have held a memorial service in her honor. >> she was a convict. she wasn't a suspect, she was my babe? >> i yeah. yeah. >> and it would behoove y'all to think about what you all were doing at her age. >> all right. >> so some of the stuff that is in the news is true. some of the stuff that's in the news is not. but the real issue here is something occurred that is going to change the world. >> now the philippines government is stepping up its fight against the exploitation against children online. the push comes after a warning

from inter pole and the fbi that it's become a global hub for cyber crime including child pornography. gentleman. >> reporter: australian national peter was a effort rest ahead i few months ago by philippine authorities for the rape and murder i've 12-year-old girl think he's also a us cooled of running a cyber sex business in which children as young as two years old were filmed and their videos sold to online buyers abroad. >> get up. >> reporter: another for foreign national was arrested a few days ago. a former mayor from belgium. he is also accused of child pornography. interpol and the federal bureau of investigation have his warned the philippine government that the country has become a hub for a billion dollar global cyber sex industry. the head of the philippines cyber crime division says the situation is worrying. there is a large community of child abusers who have found an

online platform. >> it's an eye-opener for the government and loyal enforcers here that our children are very vulnerable in this kind of crime and gives more reason for the enforcers to double their effort in trying to protect our children 67 the number of government raids and arrests like this one are increasing. the rise of child pornography is alarming. porn sites showing children rows by over 300 percent since 2011 according to government data. online child abuse is on the number one crime in the country and it's a crime that's difficult for fight. many abuses happen no far flung abuses often they target children from impoverished communities communities . >> it has a very, very deep and dramatic immaterial pa account on a child. the difference between sexual abuse and other abuse is his that the child is usually groomed for a period before the abuse happens and the child is

convinced by the perpetrator that this is something we do together. >> reporter: the stairway foundation has been rescuing abused children for over 25 years. they have helped miles an hour he many children recover through art they have managed to break the silence of their abusive past. like ronaldo who finally found the courage to speak out about what he suffered as a young boy. now he helps other boys who are in a similar situation. >> translator: children must be protected of their rights. of their bodies. because in their eyes eyes everything is sacred. >> reporter: hundreds of filipino children are believed to be vulnerable to online abuse, but ronaldo and other children like him also say that the situation is not entirely hopeless, their future can still be saved. even if the rescue may sometimes seem like it's only one child at a time. al jazerra.

northern philippines. we have a lot more to come here at al jazerra, including we look at how the iran nuclear deal could help to accelerate conventional weapon sales a is who the middle east. plus. >> reporter: i am faiz janel in mumbai where despite the law workers are cleaning sewers by hand without any safety equipment.

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burundi's's controversial elect. critics say the pole poll has no redbility. the president seeking a third term even though the opposition says it goes against the constitution. the united states says a senior al qaeda member has been killed in a an air strike there syria he was a key figure in a syrian-based al qaeda off shoot. the u.s. says he knew in advance about the september 11th attacks. the death i've black woman after a routine traffic stop in the u.s. state of texas is now being investigated as homicide. a police video showing 28-year-old sandra bland being stopped by a white state trooper has emerged. she was threatened with a taser. she was found dead in her jail cell three days later. u.s. defense second ashton carter is in the middle east trying to reassure regional allies about last week's nuclear deal with iran.

but one consequence of that deal could be a weapons buildup in the region. now explained. >> reporter: the u.s. defense secretary isn't just offering moral support to allies in the region he's thought according to several news reports bill wraps of dollars of conventional weapons. the obama administration has broken records in its weapon sales in the middle east. it wayned arms export controls, one state department official testified that it was a major preoccupation of all top u.s. foreign officials how to sale more weapon on his every continent. no matter how volatile the region. owe bota administration has sold $64 billion worth the we have are you to gulf corpse council countries the uae wants $200 million of drone technology with $130 million worth of knew missions also in the pipeline,

lob no one wants $500 million worse of the weaponry. the u.s. and israel were in talks for what was described as multi billion dollars weapons compensation package for the iranian deal. saudi arabia spent an unrivaled $80 billion on weaponry last year currently waiting for some billion dollars in u.s. helicopters a middle east conventional arms race isn't an unfortunate consequence of the nuclear deal iran but a separate policy decisions. for arms prolific analyst darryl kimball the u.s. priority is above all preventing a u.s. nuclear weapons race not a conventional one. >> we have long been a spryer, the french has british russias have and there have been buyers, these are oil rich countries not spending their money on where they ought to which is on the health and welfare of the people of their country fist you ask me for my opinion. >> reporter: where once this arms buildup from the gulf was seen in terms of deterrents, things have i think chads the weapons are now being used from

yemen pa bahrain to libya. even those in the forefront of arms control policy find it difficult to concede of the u.s. did he escape lathe the region. especially continue to go do business. >> it's not just the united states selling arms, you can look at the u.n. register and see who is selling weapons. [ inaudible ] selling arms in these areas. >> we have to make sure that we are not selling the types of weapons that can fuel these conflicts. >> reporter: and it is yet to be seen whether that is possible. al jazerra washington. thousands of haitians are demanding a boycott of products from neighboring dominican republic. they have been marking in the capital port-au-prince protesting against the controversial immigration policy. activists say the policy could leave up to 200,000 people, most of them haitians, in legal limb poe or stateless.

>> there are hundreds of kids and mothers and people just being brought back from the dominican republic and this is racism. this is a human humanitarian crisis there is something that i country does not do. these people remember born there and are dominicans and they have no right do what they are doing do them 123-4678 thousands of sewer cleaners are risking their lives every month in the indian city of mumbai because of a back of simple safety gear. faiz jamil reports now from mumbai. >> reporter: it's a disgusting job. but several tiles a month, he has to do it. several meters down, he removes a mixture of rubbish and human wastes with just a t-shirt shorts and stamina. it's the reality of for sewer cleaners across move die buy and parts of india.

>> translator: we just use our body no safety gear. also there is poison gas but this is our job. >> reporter: despite the risks a worker will go back in to the sewers every eight to 10 days. it's difficult to describe just how terrible and overwhelming the smell is. just being this close for everybody a few seconds is nauseating. there are about 8,000 workers who regularly go down sewers like these. after several minutes the fumes get to him and he has to get out. he needs some time to regain his composure. at his home, he says a lack of education means cleaning sewers is the only job he and other workers can do to support their families. despite what it does to them. >> translator: when we go down there are dangerous gases something make us unconscious the feces affects our skin bad life. >> reporter: despite laws and court order to inning shower workers have masks, gloves and a

breathing apparatus, this is still common in several parts of the country. particularly mumbai. research being conducted shows that the constants exposure to gases and waste could be affecting sewer cleaners' long-term health. >> hypertension, diabetes, tuberculosis all of these devices are a coupe live accumulative. ago a low life peck tans i we can say. >> reporter: these workers supervisor denies their forced to clean without safety gear. on seeing our camera, the summarizer stopped them from working. telling them to wait for a cleaning machine. the workers shout at him saying they have never been offered a machine before. mumbai's mayor says she is surprise today hear what we saw and insist all city districts are supplied with safety equipment. >> translator: i'll do surprise

infectioninspections if it's true i'll make sure they get the city. they are the city's backbone. >> reporter: despite the risks workers say they don't believe their situation will change. and all the ones we spoke to seemed resign today continue doing the dirty work. faiz jamil, al jazerra mumbai. conservationists in ghana say firner men catching sharks for their fins pose a threat to the country's rich marine diversity. we now have a report. >> reporter: this fishing boat has just returned from three days at sea. surprise catch is a shark. fishermen in this western region of ghana saw they sell the meet locally and cut off the fin to his sell to agents who export them. shark fin soup say chinese delicacy. >> these shark phins have a thread like substance like spaghetti so when wheat people

cook and eat it they say it gives them strength and long life. other fish doesn't have that which is why shark is more expensive than the other types of fish. >> reporter: yao says he depending on the season he can catch up to 50 sharks in one month and he can get up to $50 a kilo for the fins. that's just a fraction of what they sell for internationally. in addition to these sharks, the fishermen sometimes catch dolphin, which they use as bait for the sharks. conservationists say they are both supposed to be protected because it they are a migratory species. according to this leading ghanaian marine biology the killing of sharks and dolphins on the increase. >> this is fresh shark fin. but he says conservation is not a government priority. [ inaudible ] but because of the need for food, so. [ inaudible ]. the fact the dolphins are even being used as food now

directly. the meat is being smoked and an assumed. which is definitely not right. so the costs of food security is making it difficult for enforce these rules. >> reporter: ghana's fisheries commission denies that dolphins are being caught. as for sharks, the commission says the fishermen are complying with the conventions because they are making use of the whole shark rather than just cutting off the fins and discarding the body at sea and it's just a small percentage of fishermen involved in these activities. >> we are talking about the. [ inaudible ] fishing fleet. they are michiganer man and it's a food issue. if shark finning, you know, is the trade, that is giving money we should just -- those countries that are buying should stop. >> reporter: fish stocks are declining. and fishermen say they are doing what they can to survive. conservationists fear that in the end, it's not just fish, but

also humans that will suffer the consequences. al jazerra in the western region of ghana. and, of course, you can find out more about the report and the rest of the day's news as ever on the al jazerra website aljazerra.com. i'm david shuster in for ali velshi. on target, invisible threat. proof your secrets are not safe on the internet. the media has it wrong about donald trump. nomination will serve again. the hacking of ashley mad son, a website that helped married people cheat on partners, prompted cheating and jokes. behind the irony of a website that helps people break the