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farms who say they'll run out of food if this doesn't rain soon. in pakistan the leader the banned group has been killed. police say he died during an an attempted jail break in punjab province. 13 others were also killed including two of his sons. let's get more from kamal hider joining us on the phone from islambad. the details are still emerging what more can you tell us about this incident and the death. >> reporter: first of all there is one clarification however there are reports that there was a jail break however we are now now. -- >> okay, well, apologies for that, we'll try to get back to kamal hider hide hyder later in the

program if we can. bomb barting isil fighters in syria. nato says it backs turkey's fight against isil but has urged it not to abandon the peace process with the kurds. bernard smith has more from southeastern turkey. >> reporter: turkish f-16 fighter jets don't have too far to fly hit targets of their new enemy isil just over the board never syria. this was last week. and they don't have much further to go to target an olden my. positions of the kurdish separatist p.k.k. in northern iraq. many kurds are angry and frustrated that the turkish government seems to be equating the threat from isil with the threat from the p.k.k. here a mainly kurdish city in southeastern turkey representatives from more than 18 nongovernmental organizes have been meeting. they are working on out a joint response to what they mere say threat to the already fragile piece process between the p.k.k. and the government.

>> translator: we call on the people the kurds and the people of turkey, to show sol dare tim the only way of doing this is to stand up against these policies. >> reporter: only last month most of mess these people were celebrating the electoral suck certifies pro curb dirk h.d.p. within 80 seats in apartment for the first time. now turkey's president wants to lift the immunity of m.p.s suspecting of being linked with what he calls terror group. erdogan is questioning whether talks with the p.k.k. can carry on. >> translator: i don't think it's possible to continues a peace process with those that take aim at our national security and brotherhood in this country. he says having embarked on an offensive against terrorism turkey won't back off. neither the p.k.k. nor the government have official i said

the peace process is over but it's never looked more fragile. one newly elected p.m. says the reason the p.k.k. has launched a major offensive towards the government is they stale hope talks with cork. all right let's go back to that developing story out of pakistan, we are hearing that the police have killed the leader of the banned group. kamal hyder rejoins us on the phone from islambad. the details are still emerging but what more do we now know about the incidents and the death? >> reporter: well, first of all we are now sure and getting reports from reliable source that his this was not a jail break. apparently he had been arrested one week ago along with his sons he had already spent 14 years in jail had been released on jail in 2011, and was said to be also

the master mine of the attack on the team when he planned. now a apparently the accord to this counter terrorism department he was being taken to a location where he had given information about the presence of an arms cash a. arms cash a. after that when he was being brought back the party came under tack by supporters, possibly fighters who proceed him. they were escaping on motor bice but were intercepted by another unit of the counter terrorism department which was alerted and was said to have been killed in that particular incident. in that begun batter. importantly he was also allied to the al qaeda group because they were close with al qaeda and which is an ante shia group.

>> what more do we know this about this group that he led and their operations? tell us a bit more? >> reporter: yes, in fact, if you look at the history they came about in 1996 after it parted ways with another party. which was also very anti-shia organization within the country which was formed after the iranian revolution. now importantly they carried out deadly attacks against a community in the city of. [ inaudible ] some of their leadership then joined up with al qaeda forming another group called. [ inaudible ] which means international agenda was to get support from anti-shia groups within the gulf region and other countries as well. so a very dangerous organization that was banned by the general almost 10 years ago under u.s. pressure and because they were

involved in deadly sectarian attacks. >> kamal hyder there in islambad. kamal, thank you. the u.n. humanitarian chief says the crisis is a same. blot on the world's humanitarian conscience. >> reporter: the u.n.'s humanitarian chief briefing the security council on the scale of the suffering in syria. steven o'brien is new in his job, but what he had to report was depressingly familiar. a dire situation which is only getting worse. >> indiscriminate and dispro position at tax by attacks. in populated areas remain by far the primary cause of deaths and injuries to civilians.

>> reporter: the u.s. embassy is back in new york. he is the third man to take on the task of trying to bring peace to syria. he's about to presents his latest, third plan. there there have been important developments this rekreps weeks president assad's forces have been losing ground and in an address last weekend he admitted he didn't have enough troops and would have to concentrate on defending only certain areas of the country. the nuclear deal reached with iran in vienna earlier this month means there can now be a conversation between iran, assad's closest ally and the u.s., one of his biggest opponents. and the recent policy shift by turkey launching airstrikes inside syria with the aim of setting up a safe zone beside the turkish border. the county's deputy ambassador to the u.n. told me it follows intense negotiations with the u.s. about the fight against isil. >> we think with this new understanding we will be able to deepen our cooperation in our

combat. and we will strengthen it and it will come from a new dimension. >> reporter: security councilmembers say it's the right time for new peace efforts. >> i hope that there is a window of opportunity. i hope that all countries will come together, including those who have been on opposite sides of this conflict in recent years and finally seize the moment through a unified position of the international community to get syria in to the transition it so desperately needs. >> reporter: there have been important developments this recent months and weeks in syria. but after four and a half years of destruction and bloodshed no one can say they are particularly hopeful about a breakthrough that could lead to lasting peace. james bays, al jazerra, at the united nations. a group of leading scientist have his signed an open letter calling for a ban on autonomous wednesday. professal steven hawk and this

apple co counseledder steve woes knee action are concerned that governments are developing weapon that his think for themselves i'm report from ba >> reporter: this is the human intelligence developing artificial intense. now at a conference on the advance sews far and the huge potential to con think conscious computers. robots that humans can interact with. like in the movies. >> i think that's some time way i think it's entirely plausible that will happen. i think we will get plenty of indication that his it's going to happen before where he see conscious machines, it's not going to be something that happens i think overnight. >> reporter: we are already seen the benefits of artificial intelligence in every-day life. in air support security, medicine cars that can park them selves. but this is only the beginning. the technology is developing owe rapidly every now and then we

need knead to stop and ask important questions, where is the he can it knowledge going? what are its limits if any? who controls it and what are its potential dangers? among the potential dangers is the use of artificial intelligence in weapons of war which is why more than 1,000 of those engaged in the development of technology have signed this letter warning of the potential pitfalls. >> there are dangers and we don't want society to stumble in to situations in an an uninformed way. so what this letter is about is about autonomous killing machine says about equipping machines with the ability to decide whether to take human life. >> reporter: hollywood fears have put out fears of those potential danger the evil ones harnessing technology to take over the world. >> translator: many have an apocalyptic vision about this. they believe we should be carol since computers could become

better than us ask they see a danger in that. >> reporter: we have been warned. but these are the good guys. at the berth birth of a technological relines daniel, al jazerra,. lots more to come here on al jazerra. when a lead are tries to change the rules in the mid of the game just to stay in offers it risks instability. >> words from barack obama. as he wraps up his five-day trip to africa. plus. >> reporter: chaos in the streets, i am adam raney in el salvador where gangs have killed more than a half dozen bus drivers disrupting transport and spreading fear.

♪ well old back. the top stories here on al jazerra. in pakistan the leading of a banned group has been killed. police say he died in punjab province. 13 others were also killed including two of his son. turkish jets have targeted kurdish fighters in a mountainous area. also bombarding isil fight first syria, nato says it backs turkey's fight against isil but has urged it not to abandon the peace process with the kurds. the you were's humanitarian chief says a need to a solution for ther is queen conflict is more urgent than ever calling the crisis a shameful blot on the world's humanitarian con

14e7bs. the farmers in cambodia say they are facing an imminent crisis as weak monsoon rains ridiculous ho i can with their crops. we visited one of the worst affected provinces. >> reporter: the people of the village are worried. by now these farmers should have finished planting their rice, but the monsoon rains have been week and there is not enough water to consult fate their crops. like many here, she is concerned that she will not be able to harvest anything this year if the drought continues. >> translator: we have never experienced this. even last year the rains stop today a few days but then started again but this year we still don't have any rain. even the well we use for drinking is drying up. she and her mother have tried to plant rice seeds they needed to feed -- need it to feed their family of nine. but their land is parched and the crops are dieing.

community leaders say only 30% of farmland in this village is currently being cultivated because of the water shortage. like much of cambodia, this village has no irrigation system to water its fields. farmers have dug this hole to store water but as you can see it's quickly drying up. weather experts say this is the worst drought to hit some provinces in more than 30 years. >> it's bright red. >> reporter: they believe it's caused by el nino referring to warmer than a ridge temperatures in the pacific on or about then affect weather patterns, including here here. >> the last few years have been quite bad droughts. this one is particularly bad this. one when you look at how poor the vegetation is, and the satellite imagery, this is really bad drought. >> reporter: the government has been criticized for not doing enough to support farmers. they have deployed pumps to

funnel water from reservoirs to nearby vellumsal. but officials admit a long-term strategy is needed. >> first we need to build irrigation sit till and manage our water supply, we need canals and ponds when we need water especially during the dry season. >> reporter: but for them these programs may come too late. she says her supply of rice will run out in less than four months. and then they will have nothing to eat. al jazerra cambodia. let's talk to a climate risk analyst at the world food program. he joins us live from bangkok. just talk us through on you badly the drought has affected farmers and their crops crops in cambodia. >> thank you darren. we have been monitoring the

situation very closely together with the government as well as international research institutions. and what we have seen over the last few months and weeks is below average rainfall conditions as well as a delay in the on set of the rainy season which has resulted in farmers delaying the planting of the rice crop which is, of course, the key drop in the region. we also look at forecasts and the forecasts indicate potential improvement as well as more favorable rain conditions across cambodia as well as other countries in the region. however, we remain concerned about the potential impact that the dry spell might have small holder rural farmers who,, depends very much on rain for their agriculture. >> and there are other factors at play as well here n. pests are affecting production, too, aren't they in. >> of course.

of course. dry spells and droughts are evidently very complicated phenomenon that do not occur in isolation, they interact very much with the human factors as well as other environmental conditions. what we are looking at is farmer decisions that are quite critical in terming how severe the drought might be. we are looking at, for example when the farmers are planting, what kind of seeds they are planting, what kind of assets they have available to plant as well as what options they have if their traditional livelihood does not work. we also are concerned about the potential impact of pests as you mentioned. and just to give an example a couple of weeks ago he were doing an assessment. a livelihood assessment with the government and in parts of northern laos. we have seen a potential outbreak of locust that his

could significantly affect food security outcomes. >> we are running out of time, thank you very much indeed. from bangkok. now, barack obama has wrapped up his 5-day trip to africa with some blunt words on democracy and corruption. and he drew some large cheers for his efforts, mo amended adow is in the ethiopian capital. >> reporter: it was the first ever address by a u.s. president to the 54-member african union and barack obama did not disappoint. [cheering and applause] >> reporter: it was his criticism of african leaders who remain in office beyond their term limits that resonated most with the gathered dignitaries . >> when a leader tries to change the rules in the middle of a game just to stay in office, it risks instability. and strive. as we have seen in burundi. and this is often -- [cheering and applause]

>> and this is often just a first step down a perilous path. >> reporter: obama singled out burundi's president whose bid for reelection to a third term as an example of the dangers of trying to over stay in power. the u.s. president also asked them to make their countries more a trick tiff to for be investment by cleaning up corruption. >> nothing will unlock africa's economic phone sal more than ending --potential more than ending the corruption. you are not it's not just a problem of africa, it's a problem of those who do business with africa, it's not unique to africa. corruption exists all over the world, including in the united states. but here in africa, corruption drains billions of dollars from economies that can't afford to lose billions of dollars. >> reporter: the u.s. leader also commended african nations for taking leadership in counter terrorism efforts across the

country. most of his comments were well received. >> the key light of the speech was the point he raised about africa states depends on -- fate spends on africa. we cannot picture the rest of the world. >> the part of him leaving power peacefully. how the old should leave and the new should come. and let the new leaders lead. >> reporter: in his address that macked the end his five-day trip. president obama warned that africa's inning peopling population boom could bring both opportunities and disorders think of he asked african leaders to create more jobs and opportunities for young people or risk sacrificing future economic phone shall to instability. mohamed adow, al jazerra ethiopia. the man accuse of the killing a much-loved zimbabwean lion said i thought his actions were legal. cecil the lie awn was lured out of the park three weeks ago where he was first shot with a bow and then a rival.

his killer was a u.s. dentist that paid $50,000 to hunts the lion. dozens of schools are shut, parents and peoples are protesting over a shortage of teachers. they have been barricaded roads and throwing stones at police, they say it's the only way of getting the government's attention. tania paige has more. >> reporter: with no schools open, trouble bruise in northern port elizabeth. police are close by. they fire tear gas and rubber bull nets this to this crowd before people are on edge. [ chanting we want school ] >> reporter: some of these children go to school in classrooms containing more than 100100 pupils. they arethey are demanding more teachers. >> it's not right we sit in class and there are no teachers there. they take the teachers away and they don't want to pay the teachers. they pay them to stay away. all these children say they want to be in school. but after years of having their

educational needs ignored this practice test is the only way of getting anyone to pay attention. the protests have closed 33 schools, richard says it's incompetence and a lack of accountability from government leaders that is to blame. >> nobody, nobody came back to seriously have the political will to address this issue. and that is a very sad sad sad state of affairs for me as a parents. >> reporter: his complaints are regularly echoed around a country in which there are frequent protests on issue wide ranging as hyun employment to a lack of clean wort the governing african congress use today such criticism. >> i apologize to our communities for whatever, whether it's the. [ inaudible ] or the department. but for the failure to provide education on a single day. he says more teachers will be provided. but the kid here and everyone

else are used to broken promises. tania paige, al jazerra port elizabeth south africa. china says it's recovered more than $6 billion worth of money and assets lost to corrupt officials it's port of an ongoing anti-corruption drive by the president. he has promised to talk the problem at all level of government. one of the biggest targets was nailed in may for bribery and abuse of power. bus drivers in el salvador have walked off the job because of an escalation in gang violence. the strike has left thousands of computers strain today days but bus drivers say it's too dangerous to work, adam raney reports from the capital san sal at that va doerr. >> reporter: buses stopped people crammed in trucks. a morning commute disrupted out of fear. gangs there are for all to see. they ordered a killing of bus

drivers from prison cells bringing chaos to the streets. it seems there is little the government can do. >> translator: the hard working honest people build this country who are the victims of these attacks. >> translator: the gangs have shown that they ever the power because if they didn't they couldn't have paralyzed transport. >> reporter: the government says the 18th street gang ordered bus to his stop running or people would pay the price. more pressure from the gangs perhaps to force negotiations for a truce as the government cracks down on them. more than half a dozen bus drivers have already been murdered since sunday. some buses are still going out on their routes but only with heavy police protection because the drivers and the riders say they fear for their lives. this bus driver says he is afraid of being murdered but work is scarce here and he has to feed his family. the president dodged our

questions about who really controls security, the government off the gangs? and left it to his spokesman. >> translator: it's not part of our strategy. we are not going to negotiate. communicate or make any pact with these criminal groups. this is terrorism. sabotage against the public transport system. >> reporter: it's not just bus drivers being targeted, this year dozens of police officers and members of judges families have been killed. this opposition leader says the government is facing a crisis worse than the civil war and is in denial. >> the government has to be humble enough to recognize what everybody sees in the open. that what they have done has not worked. >> reporter: one gang leader exclusively told al jazerra the solution lies outside el salvador. >> translator: the international community has to play an important role. because in any social, political or military conflict, it's the international community that can

analyze things the best. because we are caught up in national politics and that blinds us to reality. >> reporter: stranded amidst the violence a population who knows very well the scale of the problem. adam raney, al jazerra san salvador. now, what's known as the world's toughest foot race has started in one of the hottest places on the planet. the bad water ultra marathon sees runners taking on a long distance in extreme weather. the start in california's death valley is 85 meters below sea level. it's the lowest elevation in north america. the field of about 100 athlete then sets out on a 217-kilometer journey that takes on three mountain ranges. doctors in philadelphia have successfully transplanted donor hands and forearm on his to an eight-year-old boy. scion harvey who is from

baltimore is the first child in the world to receive a double happened transplant the ground breaking operation that took place earlier this month lasted 10 hours it offers hope to other children living without limbs. quick reminders all the news on our website. there it is the address aljazerra.com.