>> techknow, where technology meets humanity! only on al jazeera america that, >> announcer: a bomb kills eight and wounds hundreds in kabul, just the latest in a string of deadly attacks across afghanistan. ♪ hello and welcome to al jazeera, live from our doha headquarters i'm sammy and also ahead myanmar president urges people to move to safety as swollen rivers rise and presidents face off in the first debate taking on everything from i.s.i.l. to immigration plus a new video of a 25-year-old cold

case in hopes it can solve one of tell world's biggest art thefts. ♪ a powerful bomb killed eight and wounded 400 others in afghanistan. the bomb went off near an army compound in the capitol. it's the fourth attack in afghanistan in two days. in a moment we will go live to jennifer glasse in kabul but first her report. >> reporter: the explosion was so big it could be heard all around the afghan capitol. windows shattered and buildings collapsed. >> translator: the ground was shaking when the explosion took place, i thought it was an earthquake. it was so horrible. >> reporter: while the target may have been a military compound the dead and injured were mainly civilians, hospitals were inundated. >> translator: all residents in the area were shocked.

we are concerned about the securitiky is getting worse day by day and there is no guaranty how long we will live. >> reporter: civilian casualties are record high with nearly 5,000 afghans killed or injured in the first six months of this year. for afghan security forces the losses are even higher with more than 11,000 dead and injured in the first half of 2015. there has been renewed violence around afghanistan at a delicate political time. peace talks with taliban were derailed last week after the taliban announced the leader and taliban commanders are divided over who should succeed him and whether peace talks can resume. in the meantime attacks like this remind them of the risk even here in the heavily fortified capitol. >> reporter: live to jennifer glasse in kabul and jennifer this is big even by afghan standards, how are people taking it in now as the dust settles?

>> that's right, sammy. i think it was a huge explosion. it could be heard for miles around and in the heat area. it happened in the early morning hours of the morning, at 1:00 in the morning and rattled windows miles away and it has afghans very concerned about security here in the capitol, how did a truck bomb laiden with so many explosives get in the capitol itself, how did it get detonated in a very heavily populated area and is so often the case here civilians are among the dead and injured. civilians, hundreds of them have flooded hospitals around the city. so obviously a lot of concerns here about the security situation. >> political times fractured within the taliban and peace talks with the government what is the political fallout insofar? >> well a week ago we were hoping there would be peace

talks with the taliban in pakistan. they fell apart when the taliban announced its leader was dead and there are divisions on the taliban commanders around afghanistan and in pakistan where some of that leadership is divisions over who should be the successor there and throws the peace process in disarray. the afghan government only wants to sit down with taliban who represent the entire movement and right now that movement is divided. it had been a rather quiet week after the announcement of his death but there are an uptick of attacks here and the country and claimed responsibility for downing a military helicopter yesterday that killed 17 members of the afghan security forces and they say it was a technical problem. there was another car bomb in eastern afghanistan that killed three police and three civilians and the afghan government very much under fire here by fighting on going on around the country and more than 11,000 soldiers

were killed and injured in the first half of 2015 so it's not only been a deadly year for civilians sammy but also afghan security forces. >> live from kabul. myanmar's president is urging people in low-lying areas to seek shelter as swollen rivers are still rising and heavy monsoon rain washed away villages and crops this the region which is home to more than 6 million people, more than 70 people have died. and this is one of the four states the government has declared a disaster zone. >> reporter: one of the worst effected townships in rakhine state and people tell us this place was completely submerged and the water was between 4-6 feet high and had to leave their homes and take shelter in an monistary and the roads are full of mud. the army made a point to help with relief efforts. heavy machinery has been brought

in but some of the areas and this road here which was only reopened recently after flood waters receded it a troop of soldiers used shovels or their bare hands to clear the road and it's not only mud that is left behind but this area is covered with debris. villages have a difficult job of removing debris piece by piece before they can start using their farmland again. across the country the government estimates more than 1 million acres of crop land have been inundated with flood waters and that is the staple of this country. there are concerns that food will be a problem in the near future. the weather bureau has forecast more rain in the coming days and while the flood waters have mostly receded there are flood warnings in other parts of the country particularly in the southwest and the delta region.

now, the concern is that flood waters from central and north myanmar will flow into major places that make their way south so the worry is that new areas of myanmar could become flooded. myanmar's opposition leader meanwhile is warning the government not to use the flooding to undermine upcoming general elections and she points to a controversial 2008 referendum which was over shadowed by cyclone nigas raising questions about resolve and visited flood victims early this week and look for international aid to rebuild. families of chinese passengers on board the missing flight mh 370 scuffled with police outside the malaysia embassy in beijing and demanding answers after a meeting with malaysia airlines was cancelled and adrian has more from beijing. >> reporter: day began with a protest outside an anonymous

building close to beijing international airport ap due to be given a briefing by a senior manager of the airlines and demanded the media be allowed in to watch proceedings. officials said no. so then the families decided to take their protests to the malaysia embassy in downtown beijing and that is where they remain. the police have allowed them to protest outside as they have done on many other occasions. the reason for that is these demonstrations are not directed against the government here in china. they are aimed squarely at malaysia airlines and also the malaysia government. what is fueling their anger at the moment is this: it is the mixed messages emerging from the inquiry. on thursday malaysia's prime minister said that the wing part found on reunion island was conclusive evidence that it came from mh 370 but french prosecutors within a day were saying, well, they weren't so

sure about that. their judgment was not so categorical. the language was much more reserved. and the families are saying that in their mind is proof once more of an attempt by the airline of a cover up. they have accused the airline of lying really from day one and simply do not believe a word they are being told by malaysia airlines and there is simply a break down this trust and because of that they are hostage to the theories swirling on the internet of what happened to mh 370. leading republicans vying for the u.s. presidential nomination are faced off in a fiery television debate early frontrunner donald trump reenforced tough talk as they argued over foreign policy immigration and nuclear deal with iran and tom ackerman reports from cleveland. >> reporter: the crowd of 5,000 republicans expected scarfs as the ten top polling contenders

took the stage and donald trump did not disappoint and one refusing the campaign if he looses the race. >> you cannot say you can make that pledge. >> when donald trump said he would not pledge to support the republican nominee you heard the crowd reaction. a lot of people will be asking do you get to play in our party if you don't agree to play by the rules. >> reporter: trump went on to repeat his charges that mexico deliberately sent its criminals across the border as unauthorized immigrants. >> border patrol and people i deal with and talk to say this is happening because our leaders are stupid. >> reporter: combative tone grew rebuke from florida governor jeb bush. >> we're not going to windowing what barack obama and hillary clinton do everyday, dividing the country. >> reporter: there were a few

flashes of raised tempers when chris christie clashed are rand paul over the senator's fight of secret government surveillance of american's records and ben carson challenged president obama's ban on water boarding interrogation of detainees. >> you know what we do in order to get the information that we need is our business and i wouldn't necessarily be broadcasting to everybody what we are going to do. >> reporter: between now and september at least one of the weakest performing candidates will have dropped off and we will have a much better sense of whether donald trump was just a flash in the pan or the man to beat for the nomination. tom ackerman, al jazeera, cleveland. still to come on the show the u.s. government defends its decision to recruit and train fighters in syria after the program suffers a major setback. and the brazilian president

approval ratings hits a new low. ♪

♪ welcome back you are watching al jazeera and let's recap the headlines, eight people have died in a suicide attack in afghan tan stand's capitol and 400 were wounded and the bomb was hid own in a truck and detonated near an army compound. families of chinese passengers aboard the missing flight mh 370 scuffled with police in beijing and families demanding to know

why a meeting with malaysia airlines had been cancelled. myanmar's president is urging people to leave the low-lying regions where the rivers are still rising and have already killed more than 70 people. taiwan is preparing for the strongest typhoon in three years to hit the island. typhoon soudelor is making land fall on saturday and schools are cancelled and people are batting down the hatches and one person is missing in choppy coastal waters and we have more from taipei. >> a city under red alert and the hours before the typhoon soudelor makes landfall and this is before it hits, they are saying that the prices for vegetables particularly green ones have risen considerably

and that they are not satisfied with the level of preparation. >> translator: everyone is now watching the government's work and should do their best this time. >> translator: people are rushing to buy food but prices have gone up. i don't want to buy too much. >> reporter: forecasters are saying this could be the strongest storm to make land fall in taiwan in three years. at least it is weaker than on tuesday when it was given super typhoon status nevertheless it's going to be packing winds as strong as 220 kilometers an hour according to the weather experts and the risk on the eastern coast where it is expected to make landfall is a landslide and flash floods and nobody knows if and where that will happen. i.s.i.l. says it is responsible for the first suicide bombing in a saudi arabia mosque used by security forces. it happened in the town in the province close to the border with yemen and 15 people were killed in one of the biggest

attacks against saudi personnel in years and i.s.i.l. is increasing leactive in saudi arabia which is part of the u.s. led coalition fighting the group. middle east experts says the attack raises serious concerns about saudi arabia's campaign against i.s.i.l. >> this is the most significant and deadliest attack against the kingdom inside its territory. the terrorist attack in over a decade so that is quite a significant concern. the second piece of this is they targeted elite forces and the fact they managed to get in the minister of the interior facility and hit train thinks for an elite special operations or swat police team means the gloves really have come out and saudis have a bit of a problem in terms of the level of sophistication. and the third issue is that this is attack came in the immediate wake of a pretty significant crack down against i.s.i.s. and

other affiliate extremists inside of the kingdom so we had a sweep where 430 people were picked up and this group slipped through the cracks so this has got to raise questions all up and down the chain of command in the security institutions in saudi arabia. pro-govining ground in the southern provinces after taking back the country's largest military base and fighters are calling it a significant blow to houthi rebels and those fighting for the former president saleh at base has given the popular resistance control of roads linking three key southern states. >> translator: we have cleared out and with the help of the coalition our fighters are now in control and we are still pushing back houthi fighters and saleh malitias. a french woman kidnapped in february has been free and isabelle prime will return to france on friday according to a statement by the french president's office and aid

worker and translator abducted in sanaa in february by gunman. u.n. security council is expected to adopt a draft resolution on friday to investigate chlorine gas attacks in syria. u.s. secretary of state john kerry says he reached an agreement on the resolution with his russian counterparts sergei fedorov. they met in malaysia on the sidelines of the summit. syrian activists say i.s.i.l. have kidnapped dozens from a church and the observe forry for human rights was taken after i.s.i.l. captured their town in homs from the government forces and activists say as many as 230 people may have been abducted. in the u.s. the pentagon defended its decision to recruit and train fighters in syria after the program suffered a major setback and kimberly explains. >> reporter: fighters trained by the united states now refusing to fight. this video released on social

media appears to show some fighters in captivity after an attack last week north of aleppo and this was by al-nusra and a six recruit has been killed and the white house is under scrutiny for the apparent failure for the operation. >> the white house and is the president disappointed with the mission so far? >> we have been forthright about the significant challenges that operation has faced but it has not significantly encumbered the other aspects of our strategy. >> reporter: known as division 30 accused the pentagon of misrepresenting its mission. the u.s. backed group said it signed up to battle i.s.i.l. and not al-nusra and the pentagon denies it distorted its battle plan. >> we acknowledge there are challenges but the idea that we

were totally flat footed by the idea we were sending people in a dynamic and rapidly changing war zone is not accurate. >> reporter: still the united states spent money and months training the fighters flying them with sophisticated night vision equipment and success the pentagon argues is not contingent on one battle. even if the first one is a failure. kimberly al jazeera, washington. a boat carrying more than 300 migrants arrived in the italian island of sicily and picked up from the mediterranean and a group of 350 migrants were brought on shore the same day as the rescue as their over crowded fishing boat capsized and 2000 died making the crossing this year. the u.n. says europe is facing a refugee emergency. workers from the u.n.'s refugee

agency have been monitoring the migrant crisis. they visited one island in greece and say the conditions there were unacceptable. >> the level of suffering that we have seen on the island was unbearable. people are in the european union. what we have seen is not anything acceptable in terms of standard of treatment. there is absolutely nothing waiting for them. the assistance is very limited and is mainly provided by a group of volunteers. a few ngo partners. >> reporter: a summer camp in norway reopened for the firefighters time since a gunman killed 69 people four years ago. >> picture, hi how are you? >> reporter: family and friends of the victims gathered on the island to remember the dead. a record number of participants are expected to attend the camp this summer. right wing nationalists carried

out the attack in 2011. argentina's former president failed to turn up to court for the start of his trial. and he and several other officials are accused of trying to obstruct the investigation in the 1994 bombing of a jewish center in buenos aires and they cited poor health for the reason for absence and no one convicted of the attack which killed 85 people. approval rating for brazil's president hit a new low of 8% and is facing growing anger over corruption as stagnant economy and a year to the start of the olympics in rio and hoping the feel-good factor from the games will rub off on her leadership and we have more. >> reporter: the president has spoken on national television after latest figures released showed her popularity rating slumped to an all-time low and

some say they support the government and growing numbers are satisfied with the way she is governing the country in the midst of an economic downturn and corruption scandal with new revelations almost everyday. >> translator: she is breaking promises and she promised things and is not doing it. >> translator: it's about all the fest and all the corruption that is what is causing this crisis. it's her fought. >> reporter: they react what is customary in rio and across the country going to their windows and bashing their pots and pans for the duration of her speech. [banging on pots and pans] responded by saying that her party had filled those pots and pans with food and will continue to fill them. she urged the brazilian people

to have faith in her government. she said that she was strong. she is the person that is right to lead this country forward. we will have to see now in the next few days whether brazilians have taken heed of her words and they will be revitalized by her urging the country to stand behind her and behind her government. prosecutors in mexico are questioning a man arrested over the murders of five people including photo journalist ruben and the suspect admitted being in the apartment where espinoza was killed and john hold man has more. >> fear and anger throughout mexico and especially journalist and espinoza fled the state and cruz from intimidation of what he considered a safe haven here in mexico city. instead last friday he was tortured and then shot along with four other women, one of them a social activist. on wednesday the mexico city

authorities announced they arrested a man in connection with the murders. >> translator: detectives found the fingerprints that matched our records. and for a male criminal we were looking for. we found him and brought him in. >> reporter: many journalists worry this could be pawned off as a robbery gone wrong or a case of simple homicide, without getting to the bottom of what really happened. many also hold the governor of the state of vera cruz ultimately directly or indirectly responsible. after all 14 journalists including rubin have been killed on his watch. >> translator: looking for scapegoats to deflect attention in the case and it's obvious to many people following this that the state carries out these murders and disappearances and we know it was him. >> reporter: this murder could have big ramifications for journalists in mexico to one of the most dangerous countries in

the world for reporters but many thought at least here mexico city was a safe haven in which they could escape the threats and persecution they experience in many other parts of the country. now that sense of security has really been shaken and many journalists here are going to be asking themselves if anywhere is safe for them. it was one of the world's largest ever art tests, 25 years ago two men stole master pieces worth a half a million from the boston museum and police are releasing information to hopefully solve the mystery and we report from new york. >> reporter: it is dark and flickers and it's poor quality and hard to make out much of anything but f.b.i. agents in america are hoping this just released decades old surveillance video could bring in new leads on the largest art theft ever in history, two men posing as police officers walked into the steward gardner museum

in boston and walked out with 13 pieces including two large important oil paintings, one being the only sea scape rembrandt ever painted and took the concert, one of 36 in existence and one from a flag and several sketches by degoa. >> worth $500 million or more and that is a fair estimate, however, i like to point out the pieces that were stolen from the gardner were the true definition of pricelessness because they can never be sold they can never be replaced. >> reporter: since the theft the museum has left the walls where the art was located empty, a long reminder that the museum will never be complete again until the pieces find their way back to their rightful home. in the past 25 years the f.b.i. says they investigated thousands of leads all over the world and all led to a dead end.

investigators say they are less concerned about who are finding the perpetrators of the crime and more concerned with finding the art and even if the people who have it now do not realize it was stolen. >> we understand that someone who comes forward with information about the whereabouts of this artwork or with any of the pieces themselves is not necessarily involved in the theft and is not necessarily engaged in illegal activity. >> reporter: as for the newly released video it shows the shadow of an unidentified man the night before the theft existing a car that matches the general description of one parked outside the museum during the theft and he enters the museum after midnight, who is the man, what was he doing, what does he know, could he be the person that unlocks the history of the stolen art? lots of question the f.b.i. and art lovers around the world want answers to hoping the mystery doesn't go unanswered for another 25 years. gabrielle with al jazeera, new

york. well there you go you can see our culture page on the website and that is where you can go al jazeera.com to keep up to date with all the stories we have been telling you about on this show. back in a few seconds with another update. . >> it's been a year since the shooting of michael brown, an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer. brown's death brought outrage that had been simmering for years to the surface, thrusting the city of ferguson, missouri on to the world stage. a year later, that community is bracing for another weekend of protests. while the family of michael brown try to ensure that he did not die in vain. ferguson - one year later. it's "inside story".