is ♪ the bangkok bomber and they release pictures minutes before the blast. ♪ i'm jane in doha and also coming up, in the program votes are being tallied in sri-lanka and results are expected to be out in hours. south sudan's leader signs a peace deal but his rival says he needs more time. and we report from the poorest corner of the poorest state in the u.s. where there are hungry

for healthy food. ♪ a small explosive device has been thrown from a bridge to a peer in bangkok a day after a huge bomb exploded in the city center. [explosion] at least 20 people are known to have died in monday's explosion which went off next to a popular shrine during rush hour and police released images of a man they suspect in connection with the bombing and the pictures were captured by closed circuit cameras in the area and we are live from bangkok and do we know anything more about the suspect, wayne? >> no, we don't. the prime minister of thailand did make a very brief statement several hours ago when he was

asked about that footage. he said that the person in the footage appears to be the man but the quality is poor and requires further investigation and what he said at the time. he has since been in a cabinet meeting the prime minister and made a statement after that to the nation where he spoke about the need for the nation to be united but he did not make any further mention in that statement about this footage that has emerged of this man who could be a suspect. >> and this explosive device that fortunately bounced into the water, what is that all about? >> well, that took place around three hours ago in a place about five or six kilometers where the initial explosion occurred on monday night, a much smaller one but still very dangerous. as you say it appears to have been fired or thrown from a

bridge down towards a pier on the river which is a very popular area for tourist who go up and down the river everyday visiting the various sites along it and what appears to have happened judging by security camera footage is that the grenade if it was that, the small explosive device missed that pier just as some people were walking across it. so perhaps in these days we have no comment from the authorities yet but perhaps yet another attempt by someone to target the thai tourist sector. votes counted in the parliamentary elections with results expected in the coming hours and the poll was largely seen as a come back bid for the former president. and let's go live in the capitol columbo, any idea if he is going to be able to make a come back at this stage? >> we are still waiting to find

out. at this stage we have seen quite a lot of votes counted. however, it's just about 150 that have been declared so far with a break down for each of the parties. the united national front holding just one seat more than the united people freedom alliance of the former alliance, just a 3% gap in the vote poll by each of those sides. so we are still waiting and we have about 46 more seats before we can find out who will be the main players and essentially control parliament and essentially there by the future direction for this country, jane? >> talk us through the impact that it will have if he is able to make a come back and if he is not able to make a come back. >> in terms of this it's a fight for political survival. this was very much a bid by him. essentially to come back to the

sri-lanka mainstream and take over the course of prime minister particularly with the constitutional changes brought in by the constitutional government this year and far more power as given to parliament and the government obviously headed by the prime minister. and given the fact he hasn't had the necessary sort of results that would guaranty him that role the question is what he will do, whether he will be satisfied with becoming essentially a plain m.p. before he threw his hat in the ring to contest this parliamentary election he was sort of recorded at a certain place and a certain facility as a formal head of state but now if he chooses to go into parliament he will have to just, you know, lose all those perks. in terms of if he does make it, it still will be a hard sort of journey because it will be fairly decisive in terms of the

different parties in terms of how they will be able to work together. in a statement, in sort of responding to questions he had said he would not join sort of coalition or a unity government, however, prime minister also issuing a statement a few hours ago had talked about the fact that there are not winners or losers and everyone must join sides to take the country forward so very much sort of key questions as to where this country goes from here. >> thank you for that. search crews in indonesia have found the black box and recovered all bodies from the plane that crashed on sunday carrying 54 people including five crew members when it went down ten minutes before landing and bodies have to be transported by helicopter because of the remoteness of the site and bad weather hampered recovery efforts and residents have gathered to remember the

114 people killed in last week's explosions, firefighters and police were among the mourners who had a moment of silence for the victims and at least 70 other people and firefighters are still missing six days after the disaster. the blast on wednesday originated at a warehouse used to store highly toxic sodium cyanide. pakistan has held funerals for 19 people killed in a suicide attack on sunday. the home minister province was among those killed. he was leading a crack down of groups of pakistan's largest providence and said it ordered the attack in response to last month's killing of their leading malik. amnesty international condemning all sides fighting in yemen and said they are showing a wanted disregard for the safety of civilians and the growing number of casualties has not stopped the fighting and anti-houthi fighters said they captured most

of the city and hit the port city and we have the latest and warning some viewers may find images in his report disturbing. >> reporter: a victory march sums up the feeling of the fighters in yemen's third largest city. these are pro-government troops backed by the saudi-led alliance who have taken over most of ties. since april they fought for the former president saleh and advanced from the north and east and trying to capture the east gate to sanaa but no one controls all of thai and heavy fighting continues in western part in control of pro-houthi forces and they are trying to take the republican palace held by the city's airport and streets are lined with bodies of houthi fighters and there are efforts to bring some rule of law in southern provinces with forces loyal to the president to

hadi have taken control. >> translator: there is no escape for anyone who dares to violate the law and we have the support to reach them no matter where they try to hide. >> reporter: military analysts believe prohadi fighters are trying to advance to sanaa after making gains in the south they are pushing back houthi fighters in the province and also pushing north from southern provinces. in the heavy fighting yemen's infrastructure has been badly damaged and human rights groups are criticizing saudi-led coalition strikes and houthi forces for in dendisch ishgimin and healthcare facilities are damaged or unable to function properly because of lack of electricity and fuel. the u.n. says 2.6 million

children are at risk of measles, over 1.3 million have been exposed to acute respiratory infections such as pneumonia and no relief soon as yemen's war continues to escalate. al jazeera. plenty more still ahead on al jazeera. [gunfire] from the rooftops of ramadi they try to take back the city from i.s.i.l. but it's a slow and tough battle. harry faucet talking about the police to export tactics to other country, when it comes to crowd control few can say they do it better but the question is when does crowd control lead to depression of consent. ♪

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only on al jazeera america. ♪ hello again, the top stories on al jazeera, police in thailand have released images of a suspect at the scene of monday's bombing in central bangkok minutes before the blast. at least 20 people are known to have died in the explosion which went off near a popular shrine. sri-lanka parliamentary elections and results to be announced in the coming hours and the poll is seen as a come-back bid for the former president. amnesty international condemning all sides fighting in yemen saying they have shown what they call a wanted disregard for civilians. iraqi government has entered the second phase of a campaign to

retake anbar province from i.s.i.l. fighters but as we report from baghdad analysts are skeptical of how well the battle is going. >> on the front lines security forces battle i.s.i.l. one shot at a time. [gunfire] despite the government's promises to recapture him quickly the battle has so far been slow. [gunfire] defense ministry insists things are going well and moved on to phase two of its strategy there, part of the larger anbar offensive some analysts are skeptical. >> translator: i believe i.s.i.l. in ramadi is still strong and joint iraqi forces are still weak. they have not been able to put an end to that organization in the 70 days since the start of the anbar offensive. >> reporter: defense ministry maintains security forces are fighting as effectively as possible. but scenes like this in which a

shoulder mounted rocket propelled grenade launcher is helping the government seem to underscore questions regarding how well trained these men are. still no matter how competent they are at warfare the intensity of this struggle would leave most fighters warn out. these days an ox government faces a convergence of crisis. one on the battlefield the other in the court of public opinion as tens of thousands of fed up iraqis continue demonstrating against corruption and demanding a return of basic services including electricity and air conditioning. iraq's prime minister abd rabbuh mansur hadi have been quick to pass measures many say that is not enough and they vow to keep coming in the streets no matter

how hot it gets and how long it takes. many say it's actions and not words that ultimately count. >> translator: it seems like the reform list and the decrease and the ratification of these proposals by the government is like paper and protesters are waiting for implementation of these reforms and if no action is taken the protests will devel develop. >> reporter: now prime minister abadi is not just promising to cut corruption he insists he will improve security and by court marshalling officers who abandon their posts in ramadi when i.s.i.l. stormed the city in april but it's not clear yet what effect that may have on these weary fighters and a weary public. al jazeera, baghdad. let's bring in kirk who is the middle east analyst and editor and chief inside iraqi politics and is live from aman and good to have you on the

show. there seems to be a lot of anger in iraq at the moment on so many different levels. let's talk about anbar first and the government is indicating it has been relatively successful and what is your view of it? >> i'm sorry, excuse me could you repeat the question? i just lost you. >> what is going on in anbar province, i mean the government seems to be saying that there is some success there, is there? >> okay, sure. yes, there are two thrusts to the offensive in anbar, one is to ramadi as the report mentioned and one is fallujah and they have taken two places and this is a malitia led and referred to as the popular mobilization unit or pmu and they have some informal sunni groups. the fa fallujah it's led by the

federal police and by the army and by some local sunni tribal forces there. and then there is some progress for example they recently retook anbar university but it's very peaceful. the thing to bear in mind is these two crisis are intersecting in a couple different ways. one is the malitias themselves are sort of collateral damage to the protest movement. the protest movement is not aimed at malitia and it's with services and so on but abadi is riding a wave right now and looking a lot stronger because he is putting forward all these initiatives and reforms and whatever their long-term impact for the time being, you know, abadi has the reigns so as a result when the political base of the malitias is being threatened like it is they are being threatened and political base is being threatened they are not focused on the war in anbar which is sunni and not

priority for them. the other thing to keep in mind the electricity minister has said that abadi transferred fuel from the war effort to tell tristy ministry because this is one of the key reasons it declined in 12 months and they were improving at this point up to 2014 but lack fuel for generators and earlier this year they didn't have enough money to buy because the iraqi state is broke and did not buy fuel ahead of time and as a result many of the generators that do exist don't work. >> let me ask you very briefly. >> transferred fuel. >> what impact is this fighting having on civilians other than fear and the fact that in many areas there is no electricity, is this going to go against him? >> well, the protests are overwhelmingly in shia areas. i mean let's be clear about this, the protesters are nonsectarian in terms of

rhetoric and not using shia rhetoric but they are in shia areas like in hadeen which is a mixed province the protests are mainly in the shia areas of southern hadeen and areas in anbar are basically war zones and under the control of the organization that calls itself the islamic state are outside the protest. and sunni arab there are no protests there and there are some in kook city which is held and government controlled and the two are world's apart and it's about their own electricity and lack of services and these other services outside government control and these are just worlds apart. >> thank you for that, kirk. the u.n. security council has given unanimous support for a plan to get peace talks started in syria and 15 members approved

a statement that paves a way for u.n. special envoy staffan de mistura to find a political solution. inside syria the military launched another round of air strikes in damascus follows a government offensive on duma on sunday that left 100 dead and this is one of the worst incidents since the war began more than four years ago. south sudan's leader signed a peace deal proposed by regional leaders but the president says the government needs more time to make a decision. some of the sticking points include a proposed transitional period of 2 1/2 years with the president and deputy to be appointed by the rebels and also wants to scrap a provision in the plan which calls for him to consult him on the decisions he wants to make and also has a problem with the deadline set for the united armed force within a year and a half. and we have a senior policy

advisor for the international charity oxfam and said south sudan people are desperate for peace. >> the international community has spoken with a clear voice and a single voice through the adoption of u.n. security council resolution a few months back but i think what is really important is the voice of the south sudan people, that is the voice that really has been missing from the discussions and i think what they are saying really unanimously this war is not bringing anything and making our lives more difficult and needs to come to an end. the people of south sudan are incredibly hopeful people and what they have seen as this conflict has dragged on is tremendous suffering and really a breaking down of that re-counc re-council -- resilliance and it's the rainy season and people are in the mud and displaced

from their home and having to hide from attacks that are happening in sort of bushy areas where it's difficult for oxfam to reach them and we are seeing 4.6 million people in south sudan, about 40% of the population are severely hungry and their fears are if the conflict continues that is going to get worse and more people are going to be hungry. people in the italian city have cancelled the annual fireworks show to honor 49 migrants who died at sea. instead of the usual display for the patron saint agatha they released balloons in the sky, one for each victim and migrant bodies taken to the port city on monday and will be buried in a cemetery there. a conservative politician in australia has broken ranks with the party to introduce legislation to legalize gay

marriage. and put forward the proposal in parliament but admits there is little chance it will succeed because the governing kurdish won't allow the mps to vote on the issue. south korea has launched the k police wave inspired by the globe spread of the culture of k pop and trying to export police techniques and equipment like it has entertainment but as harry faucet reports. >> reporter: protest is almost part of south korea's dna and scenes like this rally against the government's handling of last year's ferry disaster is a feature of life in downtown seoul and are the police tactics and response and barriers are used to keep protesters to designated areas. it's a far cry from how things worked 20 years ago and now the use of tear gas has been band

and replaced by defensive ones and the word is no casualties. >> translator: in the past there was direct physical confrontation between protesters and the police resulting in casualties. now thanks to the installation of things like walls this has been prevented. >> reporter: it's a transformation the police say that reflects huge advances elsewhere with crime and improving dna investigation all of it worthy of promotion overseas and what is called the police wave, part of the national brand. south korea police point out this is just one element of the k police wave of what they are exporting to other countries and nonetheless this kind of crowd control is probably the most controversial of the entire program. >> translator: protests end up becoming just for those inside the walls. citizens outside the police feel separated and think those people inside are different from them. the nature of protest is openness but the walls hinder

communication with society. >> reporter: the police university colombian officers are trained in cyber crime techniques and say the program which has seen exchanges with 69 other countries is about sharing all kinds of expertise and admit for some of their partners particularly middle eastern ones the greatest interest is in equipment and tactics for maintaining public order. >> translator: chemical emissions were used in the past in the middle east and i don't have precise knowledge but a concept of human rights is rising in the middle east and countries say the techniques are not appropriate and seeking for us more humane ones which can stop people from getting hurt. >> the police measures provokes praise for professionalism and nonviolence and criticism of the unbending way which it's managed and sometimes stifled. the k police wave is likely to have the reputation as it breaks on foreign shores.

harry faucet, al jazeera, seoul. 200 u.s. soldiers sent to help firefighters battling wildfires in seven western states and the fires burned more than 400,000 hectors of land in the state of idaho a woman died leaving her home and at least 50 houses have been destroyed. malnutrition are existing side by side in one of the richest countries in the world. the phenomenon of the food desert is an area without easy access to fresh fruit and vegetables is common in the united states and health experts say serious long-term consequences and andy gallagher reports from the mississippi delta. >> reporter: the home of blues music but these days the mississippi delta is known for extreme poverty. this is the poorest corner of the poorst state in the u.s., access to healthy, affordable food is a big problem.

>> lia, what would you like for dinner? >> reporter: she has never heard the phrase food desert before but she is living in one, the nearest super market is 15 kilometers away, time consuming and expensive trip that not everyone here can afford to make. >> my husband and family members and me and the neighbors house try to work together to try to get food and we have to carpool and bum a ride to get food. it's hard. >> hi. >> reporter: food deserts are not a new phenomenon and the young pay the price and a quarter of 17-year-olds are overweight or obese which they say is directly linked to good food and the nurse says poverty is a big factor. >> they cannot afford to eat healthy and nutritious food and if you have six kids at home and you come out to buy groceries

and you buy 30 pounds of grapes, you know, that is not going to last long and all your money is going to be gone. >> reporter: convenience stores like this are pretty much the only option for families in the mississippi delta and if i were shopping for my family well the options are limited and there are a few canned goods and the fruit selection, there are a couple of rotten apples which they say contribute to high rate of diabetes and obesity. the owner of this business wants to stock more healthy and affordable food but says the cost of getting produce of what they view as a remote area makes it too expensive and this is typical for the entire region. >> fruits and vegetables is part of the food chain and some of the main essentials, you need it and it's kind of hard when you can't supply it. we don't have the resources to do it with. >> reporter: the irony of all this is the dellty is one of north america's fertile places and continues to struggle to

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