this is al jazeera. hello. welcome to another newshour from al jazeeraats our headquarters in doha. coming up in the next 60 minutes, turkey launches more strikes onnis o /* isil. the pkk says a cease-fire with ankara is now meaningless. >> the idea. >> in swahili, barack obama tells africans that african is on the move and brim with opportunities. >> we report on the fight of

drug resistant acbiera and how the slow methods of research is making matters worse. >> how augmented reality is helping people face their darkest fears. >> again in turkey where the government is defending its decision to carry out isil target ins syria and kurdish targets in northern iraq. ankara has stepped up attacks. kurdish forces have kaefshd out three strikes on syrian and iraqi soil. first on thursday night, the strikes in iraq targeted kurdish camps belonging to the pkk, a group considered a terrorist group by ankarat inside turkey moj raids. they say 590 isil and pkk suspects have been taken into custody in two days. let's go live now to the turkish

city of kiris on the border of syria. mohammed jamjoom is there. what has the government had to say about the latest strikes, mohammed? >> adrian, this is a huge shift in military strategy for turkey. turkey has made it clear, they were reluctant to get involved with the conduct. they have gotten involved in a two-pronged conflict. what they have done now is they have lumped isil together with the pkk saying essentially that those two groups both are the same type of threat to the domestic security of here in turkey. prime minister abadaba tola held a press conference. he talked about how turkey will not allow public order to be disrupted. he talked about all of the threats that turkey has faced and the cells that have been busted up the tear cells since thely on june 7th.

take a license to more of what he had to say from that press conference earlier today. >> i have said that the massacre in saruge was an attack against turkey against democracy in turkey and public order. isil was behind it. they have been reacted to appropriately. there are some circles who wanted to create chaos in turkey and they were supported by the pkk and their actions were targeting fundamental rights. >> so mohammed while turkey's alleys are concentrating on the fight against isil it seems turksey just as interested in the pkk who made significant gains or kurdish parties made significant gains. where does this leave the peace process in turkey with the pkk? >> well it certainly appears as though it is in at that timers. this has been a defendant peace process with the pkk that has been very delicate. it has been fraught with so much

tension and many have wondered if it was going to collapse. right now, the pkk is saying that they believe that it has collapsed. they have condemned the turkish government for taking these what they are calling unilateral actions. they say this means that the truce that was in effect since 2013 is no more but the turkish government has not been so did he have definitive in remarks by the foreign mirror minister and the prime minister they seem to indicate that they believe that the piece process could go on. where it can go from here when there is sos much tension and peshly between the kurdish community and the turkish government, not to mention what's going on with the pkk, that's hard to know. but as of now here, with the people that we are speaking with, they seem to think that that piece process is very much over. adrian. >> the pkk saying the pizza process more or less meaningless. how is the pkk likely to react?

>> that's a very good question. turkey has been saying since yesterday that the reason that they have been rounding up pkk suspects -- and today, the reason that they are going after pkk target inside northern iraq is because the pkk instigated attacks on them. what they are talking about is on this past wednesday, there were two turkish policemen that were killed. this happened in the predominantly kurdish city in this region. the pkk, the armed pkk, rather claimed responsibility for those killings. they said that these were retaliatory attacks for the suicide bombings that happened in suruge. they accused those officers who were killed of having oklahoma collaborated with isil. >> has been lobbied by the pkk and other kurdish groups toward the government for some time. they say that the turkish government has turned a blind eye to isil crossing into turkey and into syria. they say they have become more

endangered because they haven't taken a firm like with isl andtie is not letting the kurds advance. oms those are observations the kurdish government hast they call them neff fares lies. the pkk seem to say at the moment they believe the peace process is over. >> makes the situation here much more volatile more dangerous. the turkish government they are saying maybe the peace process can go forward. as i said before with whom we were speaking with here today, they don't believe there is much hope for a piece process at this stage. >> thanks. live from the turkey/syria border. barack obama has described africa as a continent on the move in a speech to entrepreneurs in the kenyan capitol. obama who is father was kenyan is on a 4-day tour of east africa. it's the first time he has been to kenya since taking office in 2009. this is our first global

entrepreneurship conference in africa. i wanted to be here because africa is on the move. africa is one of the fastest growing regions in the world. people are being lifted out of poverty. the middle class is growing. 1 people like you are harnessing technology as president kenyata alluded to. >> andrew simmons in nairobi. andrew a lot of positive statements coming from the president who has been given something of a rock star welcome. >> reporter: most certainly has. absolutely eclectic. they are claiming obama as their local son. of course his father lived and died here apart from the time he lived in the states and obama was born and left with an

absentsee father. now, obama has from the outset appeared very relaxed, very confident. of course, et cetera on a termhigh in terms of foreign policy and wins on things like cuba the iranian talks, and healthcare. so, he has been extolling the virtues of entrepreneurship promising more money, more assistance in many other areas. it's not just talk. it'saction. this summit has brought more than a billion u.s. dollars to be given out to entrepreneurs in just over a year. and that is going to be directed in free areas warm special sent here in kenya. another in mali and another in zambia. other issues as well. positive things do come to an

en. now, there are lots of thorny issues being discussed at the state house not far from here. massive amounts of security going on, talks there with the huru kenyata and the dipeputy president, william ruto very controversial here simply because mr. ruto is still under an indictment for crimes against humanity before the icc in the hague. he had an ongoing trial there and in the case of the president, he also was charged with crimes against humanity. but those charges were dropped in the international criminal court. all of this following the 2007 election and violent surrounding it. with me to discuss some of the political issues we have washington macadingo, political analyst. now, i see you are wearing a badge. ask me why i love kenya. now, a lot of people are saying that kenya has massive

potential, lots of entrepreneurs. there is now investment going on infrastructure but corruption is a major issue, and it's going to be discussed if it hasn't been already in the state house between the u.s. president and the kenyan president. >> thank you for having me. it is true corruption is a major issue. i think for a long time for the last 15 plus years state officials have had tendencies to dip their hand in the cookie jar and take a lot of public resources away from essential services but i think the president has it clear his commitment to fight corruption. i believe he is doing fairly -- fairly well in terms of it rallying everyone in government and the citizens to come together and fit. it will take time. it is not something that will take one day. the government is a massive bycratic with a lot of people who's commitment the same as the

president's but they are putting it in place in that institution to try to build it. >> many kenyans are disappointed that obama hasn't been to visit the land of his father until now. there have been four african visits. this is the fourth and it's obvious what the reason was, and that was the issue of the international criminal courts and the diplomatic situation there. it would be unwise protocol to come here in that situation. do you think now that he has shaken hands with kenata in fact, they embraced each other at the airport last night but he has shaken hands with william ruto, which was much more controversial. how does it pan out from here? is there a new relationship, do you think? >> i think there is a new relationship. his coming here is a massive boost in terms of the legitimacy of the jubilee government. it's telling the jubilee government we recognize making significant efforts toward a

more democratic culture and he is saying the u.s. is ready to do business with kenya in as long as we continue with the progress that we have been making over the last couple of years, about the deputy president, we all do remember that when the president at the icc, he did shake policy and procedure president obama's hand at mandela's burial. i don't think it would be proper for him to come to the state government, a coalition government and not be able to talk to and interact with the deputy president. i think it was right thing to do. diplomatically, we solved a lot of mess. >> washington, thank you for your analysis there. women we will keep you up to date with the president's moves. the next thing we are expect something a news conference at the statehouse a joint one between the kenyan president and the u.s. president. >> we will bring you the press conference live here on al jazeera when it happens. many thanks andrew simmons live in nairobi.

still much more to come here on the newshour. three months after a huge earthquake shattered much of nepal, thousands of people still wait for food and clean water. we will look at why. tunisia's parliament passes anti-tear legislative. human rights activists call it draconian. sepp blatter is meeting friends and enemies in his first trip abroad since may's fifa arrests. details on that coming up a little later in sport. ♪ >> syria's president announced amnesty for military deserters who violated comepulsory conscription. state television says bashar al assad he is decree will lift sanctions against people inside and outside syria. it's over stretched by the 4-year long civil war. many young men have lift syria or found ways to avoid serving in the armed forces.

iraq's army says 7 soldiers and shia militia men have been killed in anbar province filing isil for control of ramadi and fallujah. reports say four were killed from airstrikes. >> reporter: the iraqi army is on the attack in anbar province. it's fighting alongside shia malitias known as the popular mobilization force to push isil out. -on-soldiers are on the outskirts of fallujah and have suffered significant casualties in the last few days. isil fighters are using sueciled attacks to push them back. many soldiers were killed in two car bombs that hit the northeast of the city. the defense min strip evacuated houses detonating 70 bombs. two years since isil hemerged from the regionong, the armed group controls most of anbar

province and iraq's second biggest city of mosul. a few days ago, 3,000 framed by a u.s. coalition in iraq jointed an operation to retake ramadi for the first time. the u.s. army says coalition air strikes in fallujah deliberately hit cars to detonate explosives they had inside and they will continuing to target isil forces to help the iraqi security forces operation and to protect civilians. caroline malone al jazeera. it's been three months since the first of two earthquakes hit nepal. thousands of people are still in desperate need of food clean water and shelter. the health system is struggling to help those in need. 446 public health facilities were completely destroyed by the earthquakes including 5 of nepal's 104 hospitals and 12 of its 208 primary healthcare centers. the government says it last could around $110 million to

rebuild the health system. one of the biggest difficulties is getting medical help to hard reached areas. a mountainous district north of the capitol kathmandu, al jazeera's fez jam i will. >> i considers himself lucky. injured his leg during april's earthquake and was treated in the capitol. he only returned to his village two weeks ago. but then his leg became infected. >> i was having problems with my leg. this mobile health team came and said to go to the health quarters for treatment. they said there were foreign doctors there. and ts closer than going all the way to kathmandu. >> but getting there wasn't easy. his family had to carry him for hours until they managed to get a vehicle to bring him the rest of the way. with the district hospital still damaged, these tents operated by the red cross provide basic and even surgical medical care for

people near and far. >> we had one woman, she worked for two -- walked for two days from sunrise to sun set. >> reporter: the team says they are seeing some earthquake related cases but the number of cases depends upon the weather. >> when it rains heavily, we experience here less people coming. on sunni days like this there is quite a huge peak in patients coming. a few days ago, we had a peak of almost 160 patients coming to us in one day. >> reporter: that's because beyond the district headquarters, properly medical care is hard to come by and harder to travel to. >> these wiping and uneven rotes are difficult to navigate for vehicles and people alike. now, mud sleights caused by the monsoon rains have added to the obstacles for people to get to district headquarters for treatment or for medical aid to get to them. >> roads here aren't we will maintained. the mud as to the travel time it

takes getting to and from hundreds of remote villages. hours later, we came to this picturesque village. the damage from april's quake still visible. this local medical post still stands. but a close look inside shows why it's not usable. forcing patients and only doctor here to use donated tents but medical care is still limited. >> it's not safe in the hospital. so we just using these tents. we refer more serious cases to the district headquarters. the upside to the earthquake is, we have been getting more medicine sent to us. the goal is to rebuild 60 of the 80 district health posts damaged by the earthquake, but many of the rural districts across the country are in a similar state. like here, healthcare is just one of many things that need rebuilding. fez jamil, al jazeera, nepal. let's speak to palo who

works for the children's charity, plan international as an emergency response manager. he joins us live from kafrththmandu. tell us about some of the problems your organization is facing in getting aid to the people who need it. >> with the rainy system coming most of the roads will be flooded. the rest of the land sides is the risk we are facing. if they are difficult to reach the most remote villages where the earthquake hit really hard. where plan international is working since the early stages of the operation. >> is this purely a problem of logistics? do you have enough supplies there in kathmandu? you just can't get it out to the people who need it? >> part and actually also lack

of supplies in the market. some of the material comes from india with national delays of import of that material. certainly it's one of the challenges we are serving right now. according to the latest estimation, still 40% has not beg reached by humanitarian aid. >> are the issues you are facing on the ground? what is it that kids in nepal are needing from you? >> the plan national conducted a consultedation with children. the first demand was shelter. one of the most important thins is no disrupting educational children as provide them temporary learning spaces where they can keep on going to school

and perhaps also finding some sort of normality in this dramattix situation. >> if that normality isn't found any more soon, what sort of impact is that going to have on the future lives of these kids? >> it's massive. so far em them lost their houses. a large part has been displaced. precarious and unhealthy environments. it's going to be a long-term impact on the psychology of children. that's why plan international is working intensely in promoting child spaces. building up temporary learning center. it is going to be a long-term impact on those children. >> father, good to talk to you. we we wish you and your colleagues the best. thaifshingd thanks indeed. the final plan of our series on drug resistant bacteria known as

super bugs that are blamed for as many as 250,000 death did worldwide each year. there are fears that that number could reach 10 million by 2015. 1 solution suggested is new forms of drugs, but there are no new anti-biotics on the market for almost 30 years. >> reporter: the united states has a bug problem. super bugs that have learned to shrug often the antibiotics playing the health system here. >> these organisms can get spread. these organisms can live on the skin and on the services of a desk or a bed or a stethoscope. >> the trouble is it takes days to identify specifics about the resistant bacteria. dr. lee riley has just received a multi-million dollar grant to develop a process that would identify the right drugs to fight bacteria in minutes.

if you can determine what it is you can give the right bug and you don't have to worry about creating resistance. >> here in the u.s. and around the world, companies are not making new antibiotics. it's too expensive and too hard. that's because they have pretty much tapped out the micro organisms that can be cultivated in a lab setting. the truth is there are enough organisms in this handful of dirt to pursue countless lines of new possible antibiotics, but it's only out here in nature that those moo row organisms will thrive. >> as a result researchers are limited to the tiny number of micro organisms that grow in a petri dish. >> that gap, human onghumongous. a large amount are not

accessible. this dot is how much of that we have calculated. epstein developed the i championship that can ace late cells in dirt to help them grow the way they do in nature. >> nature provides the growth and sell growth forms a colony and you can explore the ability. >> at a time whole crop of antibiotics, the hope is that they could slow deadly infections around the world, infections that our food and our hospitals seem to have helped create. jacob ward al jazeera, berkeley, california. some breaking news now on al jazeera. saudi arabia has declared a 5-day humanitarian cease-fire start from midday local time in yemen on sunned. the international red cross

calls the suffering in yemen unprecedented at the moment. so we will have more on that as and when we get it. saudi arabia declaring a 5-day humanitarian cease-fire in yemen from midday on sunday. the number of people killed by flash floods in pakistan has riz enemy to 42. rescuers found the bodies of 24 people in pakistan's province on saturday. half a million people have been affected by the floods which have been triggered by monsoon rains. we were talking this time yesterday about monsoon rains affecting the west of china. mott soon is raging at the moment. here to tell us more in meteorologist allison fox. how much longer does the monsoon have to run? >> a good month or so many six weeks where ranlz will be heavy and it will start to retreat. it is one of those things that comes and goes somewhat but we have to wait for the northeast, the monsoon to kick in.

right away across the bay and all the way back into pakistan. masses of clouds just rumbling away. you see how the latest clutch of storms have erupted over pakistan. plenty of cloud there in the northwestern parts of india and into bangladesh. a lot of heavy rainfall and you think it's cricket season doesn't take place through the monsoon season. you would think so. yesterday, we had massive amounts of rainfall. only about two days play in the entire test match between bangladesh and south africa. 25 wall millimeters of rain, that was yesterday. the day before that it comes up to nearly half a meter of rainfall. it really was something of a non-starter. lots of clouds still until place here. lots more heavy rain to come when that rain going on through. a good part of sunday. plenty of hours extending their way down the eastern gaps as well. lots of showers, too.

back up to that northwestern corner of india. the northern part seeing heavy rain. distinct 6lation here so this weather will continue. see how it spills into pakistan. more heavy rainfall as we go on through monday. and indeed across central and northern parts of pakistan, those heavy downfalls will continue. lots of showers through the western gaps eastern gaps. myanmar and into western china, adrian. many thanks indeed. approaching the halfway point on this news hour. still to come looking for accusations of government harassment in the philippines and how it might be connected to the man at the very top, plus: >> reporting from hong kong on why the territory's press freedom has deteriorated so drastically over the past few years. access denied. top footballers sent home from indonesia without leaving the airport.

♪ great to have you with us. here with the newshour from al jazeera. our top stories this hour. in the past few minutes, saudi arabia has announced a humanitarian cease-fire in yemen beginning at midday on sunday. for a second straight night, turkish fighter jets have carried out airstrikes targeting isil positions in syria. they have also hit areas in northern iraq targeting camps belonging to the kurdistan workers party or pkk.

barack obama laid a wreath in memory of those killed in the 1998 embassy bombing. 200 kenyans and 12 americans died in that attack. obama's on his first visit to kenya, his father's birthplace since becoming president and is expected to give a press briefing within the next 30 minutes or so, we will take that live. 77 iraqi soldiers and shia militia men have died in nair their fight forearm bannerbar province to retake the main cities from isil. turkey expanding airstrikes on isil in syria and kurdish forces mr. northern iraq. gerald tan looks at why the growing influence of the kurds is making turkey's government nervous. >> from the islamic state and -- since, turkey has increased with its border. syria's kurdish fighting force, the ypg has been gaining

territory from is.ilsil. >> worries the turkish government. >> the u.s.-led coalition ist. the ypg is a threat to all people. the arabs, turkmen. kurds are trying to create a state. >> kurds an ethnic group with a distinct cup tour and language. there are roughly 30 million living in a region straddling the borders of turkey iraq syria and from iran to armen i can't. turkey has had a difficult relationship with its kurdish population who want greater autonomy. in 1978, abdullah ojerlan founded the kurdistan worker's party that is known as the pkk to advance the struggle. it began to employ guerilla tactics he. 35 am,000 people were killed before a cease-fire was put in place two years ago. but it's been a strange truce.

the turkish government still considers the pkk and it's offshoot in syria the ypg terrorist organizations. >> there is a piece process going. kurdib deputies are asking for greater political rights. the resurgence to be lifted. if turkey wanted to become a model in the region it needed to practice democracy at home. >> generations of underlying distrust have reservice they had week after a suicide attack in the town of suruj killed dozens of kurds. the kurdish community says the government is not doing enough to protect them but turkey says isil and the pkk are the only ones to blame for the attack. in response, it's embarked on a two-pronged operation hitting isil targets in syria and pkk in northern iraq which is a significant switch in the stance

against isil. some say it could further strain turkey's relationship with the kurds. jerold tan. >> a former turk tissue col al list, he says the bombing was unexpected. >> we think this is absolutely a violation of cease-fire. >>nids syria more than 100,000 people have been displaced with the fighting and many have flood to the turkey syria border where they are struggle to go survive. >> reporter: omahamud and her family live in this tint on the ground.

they have no running water or sanitation. there are no hospitals or schools here we ended up as refugees. she says only god is their guardian. refuge is the sign of waste land. they make use of whatever they can find. >> our life is terrible. they go and try to work but there is no work. there is nothing. >> here among the tens of thousands of families displaced in northeastern syria, forced out of their homes in the fighting between isil the syrian government and kurdish fighters. the people protection units or ypg hold much of the syrian border with turkey. the syrian opposition accuses them of carving out areas for kurds and 40sing out sunni tribes and the power struggle is making more people homeless.

>> i couldn't take it anymore. i had to leave. i walked out and i kept walking until i reached the border. the u.n. envoy has led the syrian regime again but hopes of a solution from these meetings have dimmed in the last five years of the war. he hasn't been able to find common ground with a fractured opposition and an unrelenting government. the asaag government made it clear it's too early to talk about another united nations-backed peace process. >> nearly 8 million syrians have been displaced in their own country and with no education of peace offer stability, thousands of flimsy tents are looking more like permanent homes. osama benjabi. >> tunisia's parliament will impose the death penalty for people convicted of so-called terrorist crimes part of the security clamp down following

two deadly attacks this year that targeted tourists. humans rights say it undermines freedom of speech. >> tunisia's parliament faces a controversial bill that gives security forces sweeping powers in their fight against armed groups. the law imposes the death penalty on many so-called terrorism crimes. it also allows investigators to use phone tapping. but the governing coalition -- for the governing coalition, this is a big moment. >> it doesn't conflict with the constitution. we are committed to defending liberty. we want to make sure terrorism is not given a chance to reoperate. this is why we said let's stand united as tun easeians against terrorism. >> reporter: human rights activists say the bill is a shame for a country that four years ago with a mass protest

movement. members of parliament say tunisia needs a tough law to prevent attacks like the one that killed 38 tourists in the coastal city of souse. >> what happened a couple of weeks ago in sousse is only -- was another dread thing that happened to tunisia. and i think this gives the mind that we have to go as well. >> it is a low, also respecting the democracy standards of the new tunisia. so we are putting relief now. >> tunisia has been grappling with violence for years. thousands of tun easeians joined isil and al-qaeda in iraq and syria. hundreds have taken up arms against security forces. a military campaign against a group affiliated with al-qaeda

is still underway in this mountainous region. the tun easeian army and police remain largely outnumbered and outgunned compared to neighboring countries. this is quite a significant moment for the government with the new anti-terrorism bill it would be able to tackle the waves of violence in tunisia. it needs financial and military support from the international community to be able to defeat armed groups. tunis. the africanun kwlun has called into question the e legs in burundi. the election was largely boycotted by opposition parties. demonstrators believed in the decision to run was unconstitutional. the united states described burundi's election as deeply flawed. >> in the past five years, there has been a defendant small expansion of civil liberties in

asia pacific countries, the independentwash watchdog group freedom house says it's the only part of the world to show any improvement. it says the aids i can't pacific region has some 4 billion people but only 5% of them has access to a free press. they include people in taiwan japan, australia and new zealand, which also have unsensored internet access. china, afghanistan, thailand and vietnam are among the countries with tight restrictions. freedom house says that indonesia is making slow improvements but journalists there still face violence threats, and intimidation. al jazeera looks now at the issue of press freedom in hong kong. >> pelee simulates attacks on poland. absolutely. >> the youngest online newspaper, these journalists say they are trying to provide an alternative voice in news.

the project gained traction during last year's pro-democracy protest which brought tens of thousands of people to the streets. at a time broke records in its okay fundraising campaign reflecting immense public interest but already facing hurdles. >> actually we have been hindered somewhat in that we have not been allowed access to the government information systems. >> according to the hong kong journalist association, it's a problem that's becoming more problem. the government's reluctance to engage the media proved to be a risky time for journalist. >> not only journalist are blocked from that their office cannot get information. they were physically attacked. life-threatening attacks. >> clement so helped compile the journalist association's press freedom index. the results mirrored the findings of international

monitors. freedom of expression is protected by law but that the press freedom has been deterioration. international watchdog reporters without borders said hong kong ranked 7th out of 180 countries surveyed. when the index launched thin years ago, hong kong was among the world's top 20 countries for press freedom. hong kong's media is it in turmoil. this month along at least three longstanding chinese publications are shutting down due to okay competition and funding issues. kong hong's oldest television atv, will stop broadcasting next year and the territory's only pro-democracy outlet is closing some publiccations after losing advertising ref knew of those worried of anger in beijing. >> there are comic pressures. the. >> net is eating everybody's lunch. but nobody knows how to get the internet to make lunch sdmrfrnl

the editors of hong kong free press say they are finding their voice and the site will the have to resonate with the public and soon. it only has enough funding to operate until the end of next year. libya gopalan, al jazeera, hong kong. three spanish senators have been barred from visiting a jailed venezuelan leader. knee policy politan's wife was jailed. he was jailed in his role in violent anti-government protests that left more than 40 people dead. filipino president came to power five years ago promising transparency transparency, honest leadership -- and honest leadership. that he has received international praise for improving human rights. some government workers are not so impressed with him. from manual illa martina explains. >> reporter: taking the kay off work to defend their rights these demonstrators are

protesting against their employer the philippine government. they say government security agents have been threatening and harassing their union members. domias has worked for the housing authority for 36 years. he said he received a threatening letter from a state agent accusing him of being a leader of the communist insurgency. >> translator: it's the obligation of the state to defend and protect the rights and skills of its citizenship including the rights and skills of its workers. you can't take that line just because you can't accept legitimate rights. is it wrong to ask for minimum wage? >> minimum wage for these workers is currently at around $200 u.s. dollars a month. they are asking for it to be raised to $360. more than 20s of them say they have been stack stalked and harassed by add agencies. >> these have filed a petition with the asking for government officials as high as the president to the answer for and

put a stop to the alleged harassment of its union members. as far as these workers are concerned, the government's projected righteousness is a farce. >> reporter: with less than a year left of his term the president's approval ratings are lower than they were when he assumed office five years ago. he had promised tight corruption and eradicate poverty. investor confidence has increased. the economy is growing. many filipinos say they have yet to feel it. and they are concerned about abuses liken forced disappearances and assassinations allegedly committed by state security forces. >> some of them are concocting stories. we accept the fact that during the marciano years there were human rights vielations but through the years, records will show we have corrected all of

these. >> reporter: human rights classes have been part of the military's training for years now but not everyone has been convinced. despite working for the state, these filipinos say they still feel unheard and unprotected. al jazeera manila. in the lead-up to the final stage state of the nation on monday we will continue our looking at his successes, failures and unfinished business. tune in again on sunday here on al jazeera. stay with us on the newshour. comeing up we've got simulation that will make your skin crawl. it's all for a very worthy cause. and as you can see on your screen right now president obama in nairobi having just met with kenya's president, is just about to give a briefing. so let's listen in.

>> an excellent afternoon where we have had very frank and, indeed very fruitful discussions with president obama on a variety of issues on mutual interest both to kenya and the united states. this follows the sinaling of agreements covering areas of mutual interest such as security resciprocity for visa and the development cooperation amongst other things. our discussions affirm that kenya and the united states share deep values in many areas of critical interest. naturally, therefore, people and governments speak the same language on many issues. kenya is an open democratic society found underpinned by embrace of democracy.

we are deemening that deckmocracy while fighting global terrorists who seek to destroy our way of life. left undefeated they will redraw the international system and make room for violent extremim and tierney. we agree we can build a future in which our people of all face cultures live peacefully together with the rights of individuals and minorities protected and those in power hold to account -- held to account by strong and inclusive institutions. i also express to president obama that without building is theired prosperity our vision of a secure africa and indeed a stable world will remain a fragile dream. it's for this reason that kenya and, an increasingly dynamic country, is

continuously opening new trade and investment front ears across the world. i conveyed the hope that during his tenure in office the united states would look to develop a strong strategic partnership with africa built on shared interests. also express the hope that his visit would allow him and the people of the united states to gain an even deeper insight on africa's challenges and this would enable them to see these challenges as an express of great opportunities that are available here the united states is a country of entrepreneurs with a unique capacity to build businesses and i hope these froourn proounz and investors will rec recognize the i am men's opportunities kenya and africa present. i also express my appreciation of his leadership in she hadpherd

the renewal. beyond shared values we are brothers and sisters, fellow travelers in the struggle for a better world for all. we therefore need to upscale hour partnership culture, infrastructure and affordable energy. i express my own commitment to ensuring. on our part we will continue to take the steps that provide the poverty conditions for a vibrant ecosystem for investors and entrepreneurs. we agree to continue to engage one another so that we can strengthen what is already a robust relationship and, indeed i look forward to hosting president obama later this evening. and, indeed also seeing him at the sidelines of the united nations general asem bi in september. president obama once again on my own behalf on behalf of my government and the people of kenya, let me thank you for your

support as evidence the by the various agreements signed between our two governments and indeed your willingnetion to engage kenya in the true spirit of partnership. it's now my pleasure to introduce the president to break make some brief remarks as well. thank you. (applause.) abadi, president kenyatta let me just reiterate what i said at the summit earlier to you and the people of kenya. thank you for the extraordinary welcome that you have given me and for the same kind anywheres you have shown me since my first visit to denyia nearly 30 years ago. i am proud to return as the first u.s. president to ever visit kenya while still in. i need to give a special acknowledgement to everybody in alego and kisumo.

i am well aware that the enthusiasm we are seeing today from my visit is a reflection of something bigger. that's the desire among thekenyan people for a deeper partnership with america. that's why i am here. my work with president kenyatta today has been shared in our recognition that the interests of both our nations and the lives of both of our peoples can be advanced if our countries deepen and expand our cooperation and that's what we have agreed to today. first, i want to the salute the kenyan people for strengthening their democracy. millions voefd for the new constittour, one est most progressive in africa which strong protection of freedom of expression assembly and the press. and its emphasis on equality and

against discrimination. the elek two years ago was competitive and largely pieces. kenya has a determined active feisty press, as we see here today. and as i said elsewhere, a free press helps make a sensation stronger and more successful. and it makes us leaders more effective because it demands greater accountability. kenya has a vibrant civil society, which is essential for any democracy. i look forward to meeting tomorrow with representatives from civil society who stand up for the dignity and the rights of all kenyans. dignity begins, of course with the ability to provide a decent life 4 our families. today, president kenyatta agreed to expand partnerships between our peoples that can provide a broad-based prosperity. we will extend student visas up to 5 years for kenyans travelling to the united states and for americans travelling to

written kenya. this will make it easier for university students to complete their studies and for businesses to make long-term plans. our governments are also working to launch direct flights between kenya and the united states as soon as possible. as part of our young leaders, young african leaders initiative we will also continue to support promising kenyan youth as they work to become future leaders of business, civil society and government. now that we have renewed the african growth and opportunity act or agola for another 10 years, i discussed with president kenyatta how we can expand our economic cooperation. we are focused on infrastructure and energy two keys to economic growth. our power africa initiative is supporting kenya's goal of achieving its national energy needs, electricity for kenyans by 2030. this includes in0 vations to bring power to rural kenya did who are off the grid as i saw earlier today

at the agreeable entrepreneurship summit. i want to declare energy al leader in clean energy limiting target e migs as part of our fight against climate change. together, we are confronting insidious threats to kenya's prosperity. president kenyatta i want to commend you on your announced commitment to rooting out corruption. with a joint commitment we have agreed to today, we will offer advice and technical stens to strengthen institthuingsz fight corruption. we are making important commitments. we need to work together to fulfill them because if kenya can put in place the habits and institutions of good governance it can help unleach even greater growth and investment and processing parity for the kenyan

people. >> will be good for everybody. our current trees are also close partners in the fight against poachers and trafficers that threaten kenya's world famous world life. the united states has banned already the commercial import of elephant ivory. i can announce we are proposing a new rule that bans the sale of virtually all ivory across our state lines which will eliminate the market for illegal ivory in the united states. on security the united states and kenya are already strong partners. today, we reaffirm that we stand united in the face of terrorism. earlier, i had the opportunity to meet with survivors and families of ourthe bombing of our embassy in known 98. in the face, of such despicable embassy and on the westgait colleged the westgate mall

people have showed resilience. i want to page tribute to the sack fights of kenyan forces who serve in the african union-led mish -- mission against al shabaab and somalia. >> all right. let's leave president obama there speaking in nighrow roby and get some analysis now frommays's andrew simmons who is in the kenyan capitol. what do you make of what he has heard? >> kenyatta's sulking up of the bilaterally talks wasn't exactly very strong. he talked of a cordial relationship. he talked a good relationship but was short on detail in terms of deals. but we are just hearing now from president obama with what's being agreed and he's referred to weeding out corruption and working together with the kenyan government towards more transparency and accountability

and saying these were important commitments from the conditionian government. it's very diplomatic language being used here because the suspicion was there was going to be some firm talking from barack obama on this. then he referred to poachers trafficking, wildlife and went on to talk about being reunited in their fight against terror. talking about despicable violence shown by al shabaab on their attack on westgate mall two years ago and the recent attack ho rissa university. the news con friends is going on. >> and andrew we stand across that press briefing and the k and a session afterwards here on al jazeera paneled we will bring youning newsworthy that comes out of that particular press conference. that's just about it from the particular news hour here on al jazeera. stay with us though.

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