>> violent protests in nepal as the country finally gets a new constitution. hello, we have world news from al jazeera. hundreds of refugees struggle to climb aboard trains leaving croatia for hungary and slovenia. >> the saudi coalition prepares to retake sanna, picking up attacks. >> sunday mass for catholics in cuba with pope francis beginning his four day visit.

nepal has a new constitution ratified by the president and meant to unite the country. there has been opposition. in one southern town, police fired into a crowd of demonstrators, killing one person. we have a report from kathmandu. >> the new constitution has just been announced and protests have already started. these people representing a splinter group of maoist former rebels say they reject the new constitution. >> there will be two constitutioning in this country, ours and theirs. we'll have the people's constitution and in the near future, insurrection will show which is stronger. >> the new constitution is being officially ratified on sunday.

some call it a black day, a day of mourning. >> there have been protests calling for a more inclusive constitution and different federal boundaries. many of them have turned violent. 44 people, have been killed. rights groups accuse the authorities of using excessive force especially in the country's southern plains, where many of the people died. >> around half of nepal's population lives in the plains. last week this town, locals paraded the bodies of the three they say were shot by the police and tense of thousands turned out. the local police say the protestors attacked them and they had to respond by force. >> they entered our house and killed four children. they have shot our people in the head. >> in many places, the state has imposed a curfew, but people from the plains say they are being treated like second class

citizens. some here say they are marginalized, saying they don't have enough representation. the government has announced the country should celebrate. >> as a person from the plains, this man says the government simply does not take them seriously. >> i was hoping that many of the leaders from the two parties would say ok, let's have one minute of silence for the people who died. 24 people died. this is not my constitution. >> the main parties who passed the constitution say that it can be amended. >> the only remaining debate is on the demarcation of federal provinces. our alliance says we will amend the constitution. >> in the plains, people are raising black flags, a traditional symbol of protest. as half the country prepares to

celebrate, the other half is in mourning. aljazeera america, kathmandu. >> we can speak live now. sounded like celebrations where you are, last time we spoke to you, fireworks and cheering. >> yeah, it's still been going on. there is a lot of jubilation. they can probably hear all the noises from the streets where people are chanting, so a lot is happening around this, it's just outside the assembly, the celebrations, inside people are as you see all the assembly members taking photographs. the mood of celebration is here in a big way, it is at the very start of what is happening across the country especially in the southern plains. >> is part of the celebration just the fact that this has finally happened, that even those who don't like it, the

uncertainty is gone now, it will be ratified? >> yeah, there is a certain degree of relief for many people. nepal has gone through a very uncertain period for a very long time and people hope that a constitution will lead a way to prosperity, economic development, and piece finally. that is the hope for a lot of people. >> live in kathmandu for us, thank you. >> we look at burkina faso now and fallout from the military coup this week. leaders are in the capital discussing how to reinstate an interim government to be led by the president. we have this report. >> this may be the end of the coup, but it's definitely not the end of the crisis, as hundreds of protestors are gathering around the hotel where

the negotiations are taking place. inside is the general, his men, the people who have organized the coup, the african union, the president of senegal and they are trying to chalk out the details of this agreement. we know for sure it's a return to an interim government and that elections are likely to take place. this is very important news for the people, many of them have only experienced one president in the last 27 years. they want the opportunity to vote and they remain defiant object saying they will go to the ballot box to get their voices heard. >> saudi-led airstrikes have pounded yemen in one of the heaviest bombardment since the campaign began, reportedly preparing for a major push to retake sanna from houthi rebels who have held it for a year. dozens of houthi fighters have been killed in taiz.

>> chaos on the streets of taiz. a man is heard shouting, desperately asking for help. his father has just been shot. there is intense fighting in taiz between houthi rebels and government troops in taiz. the injured are rushed to this hospital, which is overwhelmed with increasing numbers of casualties. activists and forces loyal to ali abdullah saleh are targeting civilians. the war has claimed the lives of thousands of yemenese. this house was targeted by a coalition air strike. neighbors say a family of 11 was killed in the attack. it's the second air strike targeting the old city of sanna, considered a world heritage site.

>> the owner of this house was a farmer. he had a garden outside this building. the bomb that hit his house created damage in an area of 500 meters. we think 50-80 buildings were damaged in the attack. >> forces loyal to president adou rabbo mansour hadi backed by troops from the coalition led by saudi arabia have launched an initiative to recapture the city, those on the eastern border of sanna. if recaptured, hadi loyalists are expected to try and seize the capital next. al jazeera. >> 13 refugees have died after the boat they were traveling in collided with a commercial vessel off the turkish coast. coast guard workers say the accident happened near the western port. eight people have been rescued in the operation to save more people is on going.

>> in croatia, hundreds scrambled to board trains hoping to travel to hungary and slovenia. for days, thousands of people have been stuck between the three countries. we are live now. what's happened after all those chaotic scenes earlier? at this moment, the main news is that trains started, but lucky for these people, they are just a few minutes from taking off, so they're going to be transported a the croatian, hungarian border. the buses are coming every 10-20 minutes and transporting beam to the border. more than three and a half thousand people have been transported to the hungary this morning. this morning, also, a train with a thousand people left and

headed to hungary. at this moment, not many people are coming in from serbia to croatia, only 500 people we saw this morning that crossed the border and they were transported as well across the border with hungary. >> since last wednesday, more than 25,000 people have entered in this country, and after that been transported to the hungarian border. at this moment, should be opened refugee camp in village of 15 kilometers from here, the capacity of 4,000 people. that refugee camp is provided by the croatian government and they provided tents and shelters and everything that they didn't in the past five days. >> does it feel anyone is in

charge and taking control of the situation? we know the countries themselves are arguing over who won't take the refugees. >> at this moment, everything is under the control, but in the last five days, we are seeing a lot of chaotic scenes here. it took five days for the government to take over the control of the situation. people were not in past few days provided anything. there was a lack of food, water, any other supplies the refugees needed. they were angry and nervous, because they didn't know where they were going to be transported, will that be hungary, slovenia and there was a big problem on the border when the hungarian government that decided to close the border. if one moment for the croatian

policemen, which were going with the refugees across the border, they were arrested by the hungarian government. they let them go back to croatia after one hour. the situation was pretty chaotic here, but now everything is under control and we can say that the first refugee wave has best, but in croatia, the ministry of defense said that they expect the next few days to fit 20,000 people from serbia to come to croatia again. >> thank you for that. >> the opinion polls show a closely fought election in greece. the leftwing series does a party seeks to return to power after losing its majority last month. tough competition from the new democracy party. we have this update. >> he called for snap elections barely nine months after his

series does a party swept to power in january. alexis tsipras was among the first to cast his ballot. >> i'm optimistic that tomorrow a new day dawns, a day we can win today. difficulties will be overcome with steady steps. i'm optimistic that we can move forward. we can open roads where there are none, when the people, the young generation are in the front line and everything is possible. >> the jubilation felt earlier in the year has been overshadowed by the harsh reality of greece's economic crisis. >> this vote is about getting a mandate to push through with new austerity measures and reform that has to be in place by the end of the year. judging by the ballot boxes, many greeks are staying away this time. >> there is an overwhelming lack of enthusiasm among greeks.

there's fatigue, too. this is the third vote this year alone. taking part in each of the previous elections, he supports a new party. opinion polls show it neck and neck. >> i think it's pointless for me to vote for these elections. the result doesn't matter anymore. i mean, the country has to do certain things to be in the european union, to be in the euro zone, so the result doesn't matter. >> still, others want to make their voice heard. he voted for the far right golden dawn party. >> they are done over me one thing, but i know that they are the only people, the only party that fights for my nationality, fights for greece. >> greece will have a new government on monday. with no clear front runner, many predict a coalition government,

one that will have to tackle issues the previous government shied away from. >> a controversial union, how politics is getting in the way of myanmar's mixed faith marriages. japan causes one of the biggest upsets in rugby word history as they beat two time champion south south africa.

>> in front of the pope is president raul castro, who promised to go to every single one of the pope's masses while he is here in cuba. he has been emphasizing over and over the theme of reconciliation, reconciliation, love and peace. reconciliation, he means very specifically between cuba and the united states.

reconciliation between countries at war and people within their countries that are at war. he spoke when he arrived of a third world war taking operation now. the pope played a crucial role in bringing the united states and cuba together again to renounce the resumption of diplomatic relations after 50 years, but also speaking about reconciliation in cuba among cubans. dissidents are rewarded as mercenaries and enemies of the revolution by the state. when he arrived here, he said he was addressing his message to all cubans, those who had to leave because of the political or economic reasons, also cubans in this country who are marginalized, as well as the cuban people at large. >> to myanmar, where buddhist women who want to marry a man from a different religion must enough get government permission. some worry this law will be used

to discriminate against minorities. >> they are from myanmar, but live across the border in thailand. he's muslim and she converted to islam from buddhism. nine years ago, they married and moved to the thai border town. where they say they face less discrimination. now with a new law in myanmar that regulates marriage between buddhist women and men of other religions, there will be less tolerance. >> this is the family business. why do we have to ask permission from the government? if in the future we have conflict in our family, do we have to report everything to them? >> under the law, interfaith couples have to notify the local government and post a public announcement of their intention to marry. they will be allowed to wed if there are no objections. >> the law is put forward by a

hard line nationalist buddhist group. critics fear the new law will be used to discriminate against minorities here. >> the other clear religions have laws to the protect their women. >> more than 140,000 people, mostly muslims are still displaced. a monk who is a former political prisoner leads a movement, saying the new law will only widen the rift between two communities, and the government has pandered to the nationalist group for its own gains. >> whether the government thinks they did the right or wrong thing, they just want to maintain their power to control the country. that's why they created this problem and they want to

continue to use their power. >> interfaith couples will find it more difficult to be together. al jazeera. >> in sports news, the biggest upset in the 28 history of the rugby world cup. the coach said the team let their country down in the shocking match. >> the celebration from coaches and fans showed what this meant to japan. this was a david and goliath encounter. the first spring box try, japan showed they weren't intimidated by the world's third ranked team and muscled up against the big south african forward. the captain pulled them back into the game, as they trailed 10-7 after 30 minutes.

japan still trade in the second half and every time they got close, the powerful spring box would pull away. strauss helping them to a 27-22 lead. just as the two time champions began to relax with victory in sight, japan was right back into it at 29 all. with timed ad on, all the japanese had to do was kick a penalty to secure a respectable goal, but they went for victory, crossing out wide to clinch japan said second ever victory in this tournament. >> we stuck at it, kept on picking up penalty goals, the odd try here and there and then the carriage at the end for the try, when we could have taken three and got a draw, which would have been a good result, but having the win is just a fantastic result. >> the win was the biggest result in japan's history, and could have a significant impact on the game back home as the

country prepares to host the next world cup in 2019. al jazeera. >> wonderful, wonderful match. plenty more sports news and the rest of the word headlines available for you on line whenever you want it, you know where it is, aljazeera.com. >> the wonder of the world's forests... is often found in the creatures that live in them. but the most rare and precious of animals are increasingly falling prey to poachers. the u-n now classifies the trafficking of exotic wildlife... as second only in scale to the illegal drug trade... so vast and lucrative is this black market underworld.... that authorities say its driving more species than ever into extinction.