the voting is over. ba run day waits the result of its continues very shall presidential election. ♪ ♪ hello, i armor teen dennis, you are with al jazerra live from doha. also to come on the program. >> get out of the car! i will light up. >> wow. >> get out. >> wow. >> now. >> police video leased showing the arrest of an african american woman who slide dyed in jail three days later. a murder inquire is a you were way. we look at how the iran nuclear

deal could lead it a buildup of weapons a is who the middle east. plus. >> reporter: i am faiz jamil in mumbai where dispie the law workers are cleaning being sewers by hand without any safety equipment. ♪ ♪ vote counting has been completed in burundi. the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon has called for calm urging restraints from on all sides from refrain from violence that could stable out the entire region. explosion is and gunfire were heard in the capital. one civilian and a policeman were killed. president pierre's spokesman has can deposited the attacks as acts of terror and said they were aimed the intimidating the voters. the president is widely expected

to win a third consecutive term despite the widespread condemnation. main opposition parties boycotted the vote and accuse him of violating the contusion. we have more now from the burundian capital. >> reporter: after a night of gunfire and explosions in the capital, the debts are being counted on voting day. this man was an opposition member. no one here knows who killed him or why but it's frightening them. >> people here have fear. we don't sleep all night. we don't sleep. we are here. we are hear guns grenades, we don't know. we have fear. >> reporter: people say he was killed somewhere else and then dumped here it's angered a lot of people. there have been lots of protests in the last few months and people are really concerned there could be violence after the election. the neighborhood has been tense ever since the president announced he was running for a

third term the president voted in let hometown and says he is impressed by large majority turn out in the country described where he is popular. >> translator: today we have turned a positive page in the history of our country. this marks a big achievement. and affirms the consolidation of democracy in our country. this is a decisive opportunity. to allow all burundians without exception to elect the best canton someone they file well inning cowrnlg development in the country. >> reporter: in the capital things were different. lines of stations were shorter. some refuse today vote those that did said they want peace. >> it's me i right to vote. it's also good to vote so we can have a president who will govern this country. >> reporter: many opposition parties boycotted the election saying conditions aren't right if a free and pair poll. the international community included the african union say they won't recognize the election result.

it's widely expected the president will win. his opponents say they won't stop trying to remove him from power. many people have left the country, their afraid of the violence that is has already happened and the potential violence as well. 70,000 of them have gone in to neighboring rwanda as catherine soy reports from a jeffrey camp. >> reporter: she came from burundi's capital on sunday, she was a trader selling clothes now she has to rely on humanitarian aid. this woman is far from home. but still afraid. she asked us to hide her identity. >> there >> translator: there are two checkpoints one by the police. if you are carrying luggage they stop you from crossing the border if you are a man they accuse you of being a rebel and take you, we had to pay tribes tobribes to get through.

>> reporter: that group she's talking is the ruling party's youth wing whoabz members have been accused of killing and intimidation. many of these people are following very keenly what's 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 circumstance children, she told us being in the camp provides many challenges but it's safer than being at home. >> translator: i can only go back if i sea 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 for any given stereo. but we hope that those given scenarios will not take place

because any displacement is a taj disci for a person. >> reporter: back at the camp, these teenagers catch up on their studies, there are 1,400 children who have been separated are their families here all so far way from the only home they know. catholic soi, al jazerra refugee camp in eastern rwandan. the african union mission in somali has denied allegations by a nas shooting by their force on his tuesday. witnesses in the town of marka said that 24 people were killed when african union troops opened fire they said without provocation. they continued that the soldiers shot young men who were playing football and then broke in to nearby homes. now, at least 10 people have been killed and several others wound ed in a suicide attack in afghanistan. a bot i remember detonated explosives at a central market in al comar district. let's get more now if by going

for our correspond earth who is live in the african capital ca you would bench general jennifer glasse? what more do you know about this intents. >> reporter: we know the hospital in the provincial cap al about 35-kilometers from that attack is full of casualties, cousins of people injured. as you said at least 10 have been killed but other officials tell thousands that number could go higher. this a being torque the suicide bomber apparently on a motorcycle in the district. it has been an area where there has been a lot of taliban fighting. the taliban still control a number of villages and offensives have been going on as the afghan tries to clear the area. the vice president has been up there saying it's his home area and he says he will not leave until the taliban are cleared from the area.

the apparent target of this suicide attack was afghan security forces but we understand that the hospital is if you would of injured civilians. >> okay, jennifer glasse, thank you very much. now, 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 car! i will light you up. get out. >> wow. >> now. >> wow. >> police video 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 was later found hanged in her jail cell three days later. state lawmakers say she shouldn't have been arrested in the first place. >> it is important that you know and that america knows that we want to make certain that there is transparently transparency as it relates to what occurred in the death of mrs. bland it's important for you to know and america to know

also that all of us joined together in asking the federal bureau of investigation to be involved in this. we have joined together to ask the department of justice to be involved in this. it's important that america knows that we have given everything that's going on in america as it relates to relationships between law enforcement and african american minor at this community i should say, that we want to make certainly that quote unquote people do not perceive this anything we do as results to the investigate as a whitewash. the united states says a senior al qaeda member was killed in an air strike in zooer i can't two week ago. could youcould you wade ikuwait i born. he was a year figure. he had a $7 million bounty on his head and was one of the few lead that's knew in advance of the september 11th attacks. jamie macintyre has more. the pentagon said that he was

very important. they said he was a major facilitator and the leader of a group of veteran al qaeda operatives who were operating in syria. u.s. intelligences believe their main priority was drying to device attacks against western targets particularly the united states. they see it as a correct threat against the united states. this group is an off shoot of al qaeda, operating in syria. and they were -- they had two areas of focus, they were 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 detective bombs that could be smuggled on aircraft, the kind of things that would be able on get through the routine security that's provided at the airport. society pentagon is tout this is as a very significant victory in their ongoing battle against al qaeda, a it shows that while al qaeda might be diminished it

still has a core capability to flat attacks against the united states. pent got statement said simply this will degrade and disrupt the ongoing external operations of al qaeda. at least 32 people have been killed in say series of he can please as cross iraq. the deadliest was in a shia neighborhood in the capital 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 the civilians of yemen. now, this is the first such vice toll arrive in the port of aden since the war began four months ago. the u.n. says almost 13 million yep own hes don't have enough food. mohamed hadi is the middle east director of the u.n.'s world food program. >> it was difficult to 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's carrying on board food about 3,000-tons of food which is good enough to feet about 180,000 people for at least one month. but i would like to highlight here that also on 14th of july we imagine today get food for about 27,000 people from our hubs in other parts of the country. in to aden. we are accessing aden through sea and we are happy to see that. ash carter is in the middle east trying to they re assure regional allies about last week's regional deal of iran. one consequence of the deal could a weapons buildup in the region. >> 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 to be bringing with him brom cesc of billions of dollars of conventional weapons. the obama administration has broken records in its weapon sells to the middle east, its significantly weakened arms spreader controls, one state department official testified that it was a major preon him participation of all top u.s. foreign policy officials how to sale more weapon on his every continent. no matter how volatile the ring be the obama administration has already sold $64 billion worth of weaponry to gulf corporation council countries. could you wade section peck today by $3 billion worth of weaponry. the e.u. a wants $200 million of drone technology with $130 million worth of munitions also in the pipeline, lebanon wants $500 million worth of weaponry. the u.s. and israel were reported already to be in talks for what was described as a multi billion dollars weapons compensation package for the iranian deal. saudi arabia spent an unrivaled $80 billion on rep are you weaponry

last year currently waiting for and $2 billion in helicopters. a conventional arms race isn't an unfortunate consequence of a nuclear deal with a ran but with iran but a separate policy decision. above all is preventing a nuclear weapons race not a conventional one. >> the u.s. has long been a supplier many states the brent were british and russians have and there are by, he these are oil-rich countries not spends getting their money where they ought to which is on the health and welfare of the people of their countries. if you ask me for my opinion. >> reporter: but where once this arms buildup in the gulf was seen in terms of deterrence, things have changed. the weapons are now being used from yemen to bahrain. to libya. it even those are the forefront of arms control policy find it difficult to concede of the u.s. deescalating the region, especially as it's competitors continue to do business. >> it's not just the united

states that is selling arms. look at the u.n. register and see who is selling weapons. >> reporter: nobody is stopping 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 has yet to be seen whether that is possible. al jazerra washington. we have a lot more to come here at al jazerra. including the philippines the government steps up its fight against child pornography. and the west african fishermen who are harming their own waters to meet an asian demand.

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hello again let's take look at the top stories here on al jazerra america. vote counting has ended in burundi's presidential election. the electoral commission has not yet stated when the final results will be leased the critics say the poll has no credibility. the president is seeking a third term even though the opposition says is goes against the contusion. a suicide bombing in the afghan province has killed at least 10 people. a local m.p. says many others were wounded when a person on a motorcycle right bet nateed explosives at an old market. the death of a black woman after a routine traffic stop in the u.s. state of texas is now being investigated as murder.

a video recording shows 28-year-old28-year-old sandra bland being stopped by a white state trooper and threatened with a taser. she was found dead in her jail cell three days later. thousands of air haitians are demanding a boycott of products from dominican republics. activists say the policy could leave up to 200,000 people, many of them haitians in legal limb poe or even stateless. >> there are hundreds of kids and mothers people being brought back from the dough minute republic. it's racism it's a humanitarian crisis this is something that you doesn't are you does not do. does not do. these people were born there and they are dominicans and they have no right to doing what they are doing to them.

>> more than a dozen protesters in paraguay have nailed themselves to wooden crosses after losing their jobs. 10 of the protesters began their demonstration almost three weeks ago, they say they'll continues their practice tests until dozens are fired transport workers are recipients en stated stated. the venezuelan opposition leader says she will fight a ruling barring her from standing for election. machado is accused of miss appropriating food vouchers and barred from holding offers for a year. the elections are due in december. the polls show the opposition is leading as people tire of chronic shortages, crime and inflation. the philippines government says it's stepping up its fight against the exploitation of children online. the push comes after a warning from interpol and the fbi that it's become a global hub for cyber crime including child pornography. jamil uh-huhs the story.

>> this australian was arrested for the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl. he's also accused of running a cyber sex business in which children as young as two years olds were filmed and third videos sold to online buyers abroad. another 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 investigations have warned the philippine government that the country has become a hub for a billion dollars global sire sexcybersex industry. the head of the crimes section says the situation is worrying, a large community of child abusers who have found an online platform. >> it's an eye-opener for the government and law enforcers that are children here are very

vulnerable for this kind of crime. it gives them reason to double the effort to try to protect our children were the number of government raids and a rests like this one are invoicing. the rise of childhood past began i showing porn sides rows 3300 percent since 2011 according to government data. align child abuse is the leading cyber crime in the country and it's difficult to fight. many abuses happen in far flung villages often abusers target children from immaterial pourer issued communities. >> it has a very deep and dramatic immaterial pa account on child. the difference between a sexual abuse and other abuses is 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. the theater has helped many children recover through heart 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 wrung 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, 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 the situation is not entirely hopeless their future can be saved even if the rescue can sometimes seem it's only one child at i'll a time. a thousands of sewer cleaners are risking their lives everyone month in the indian city of mumbai because of a lack

of simple safety gear. faiz jamil reports now from mumbai. >> reporter: it's a disgusting job. but several times a month he has to do it. several meters down he removes a mixture of rubbish and human waste with his a just a t-shirt shorts and stamina. it's a reality for sewer cleaners across mumbai and parts of india. >> translator: we just lower our body. there is 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 evening a few seconds a nos quaiding, there are about 8,000 workers who regularly go down sewers like these. after several minutes the fuels did et cetera to him and he has to get out.

he needs time to gain his composure. he says because of a lack of education this is the only type of work he can do to support their families despite what it does to them. >> when we go down there are dangerous gases some make us unconscious, the feces affects our skin badly. >> reporter: despite laws and court orders to insure workers have masks gloves and breathing apparatus, this is common in several parts of the country particularly move mumbai. researchers being conducted hose that the constant exposure to gases and waste could be affecting sewer cleaners' long-term health. >> hypertension, diabetes, tuberculosis all these diseases are accumulative. in fact having a cumulative of lie life expect tans i we can say. >> reporter: these workers supervisor denies they are

forced to clean without safety gear on. seeing our camera the super visor stop them from working. telling them to wait for a cleaning machine. the workers shout at him saying they have never been offed a machine before. mumbai's mayor says she's surprise today hear what we saw and insists all city districts are supplied with safety equipment. >> i'll do surprise inspections if it's true then it's our shot coming and i will make sure that these people get the of at this equipment. they are our 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 resigned to continue doing the dirty work. faiz jamil, al jazerra mumbai. conserve indication assists in ghana say fishermen watching snooker their fins pose a threat to the country's rich marine diversity. they claim sharks are increasingly being killed for their fins to supply the asian

market. a report from the ghana coast. >> reporter: this fishing boat has just returned from three days at sea. the prize catch say shark. fish herfishermen say they sell the meat locally and cut off the fin to his sale to agents who export them. shark fin soup say chinese delicacy. >> translator: these shark phins have a thread like substance like spaghetti so when white 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: he says defend on this season, he can catch up to 50 sharks in one month. and that 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 fish american sometimes catch dolphin which they use as bait

for the shark. conservationists say that they are both supposed to be protected because they are migratory species. according to this leading ghanaian marine biologist the killings of sharks and dolphins is on the increase. but he says conservation is not a government priority. >> there is no. [ inaudible ] but because of the need for food, so it's overlooked. in fact, the dolphins are even being used as food now. directly. the meat is being smoked and consumed which is definitely not right. so the cost of food security is making it difficult to enforce these rules. >> reporter: ghana's fisheries commission denies that goal dole fins aring caught. as for sharks, the commission says the fishermen are complying with convention because they are making use of the whole shark rather than just cutting off the fins and discarding the body at

sea. and that it's just a small percentage of fishermen involved in these activities. >> it's not. [ inaudible ] we are talking about fishing fleet,. [ inaudible ] fishermen it's a food issue. if shark shark finning is the trade that is giving mon those countries that are buying should stop. >> reporter: fish stocks are declining and fishermen say they are doing what they can do 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. now to a remarkable find amongst a collection of middle eastern literature at the university of birmingham in england. now, it's thought to be the world's oldest koran. radio carbon tests have dated the par. made of sheep or to get skin

between 5688 and 6045a.d. that's the time when the prophet mohamed would have been alive. you can find out about all the stories of the day particularly what's going on in burundi today on the website al jazerra do aljazerra.com. lear , political activist and war veteran. >> who knows, god could be a woman, a president who would help us look in the mirror and see ourselves honestly. >> he is the man behind the iconic is it sit-coms of the 1970s "all in the family." >>