a medical charity demands a formal inquiry into the he shelling of a hospital in afghanistan. i'm fauziah ibrahim and you're watching al jazeera live from doha. 80 are injured an killed and 18e injured. releasing a high level prisoner.

and portugal's center right claims vicity despite four years of economic austerity. the medical charity doctors without borders is demanding an independent investigation after one of its hospitals were targetewastargeted in an air at. the fighting in and around the city is ongoing as paul tradergian reports. >> reporter: many have lived without food water or electricity for days. >> translator: planes are bombing us from above, tanks are shelling us from below, we don't know what to do. >> reporter: afghan troops drive past bodies left on the ground as they patrol the city,

with damaged and boarded up store fronts dot their way. biggest success since taliban was removed from power in 2001. those who are able to escape are worried about neighbors and relatives behind. >> there is no doctors no medicine and no treatment in kunduz. there's nobody to help and take away dead bodies. >> a hospital, operated by doctors without borders was hit on saturday. >> we still have no explanation why this attack happened. a very precise attack on our hospital very well-known very well marked. and clearly without any taliban fighter presence in that hospital. >> reporter: doctors without borders have denied an afghan interior ministry statement that taliban fighters were firing

from inside the hospital. several staff and patients were killed. some of the patients were said to have been burned to death in their beds, many more were injured. the pentagon has opened an investigation. >> the determination that as far as the united states is concerned and as far as our forces are concerned, that we be full, transparent about our investigation, and also, that we hold accountable. if there is someone to be accountable, anybody responsible for doing something they shouldn't have done. >> reporter: the u.n. high commissioner for human rights said an air strike on a hospital may amount to a war crime. the hospital had at least 200 parents. doctors without borders have now pulled out of kunduz. now, one doctor and three nurses are trying to help 500 patients.

paul triedergian, al jazeera. >> tell us what the situation is in kunduz right now? >> reporter: fauziah, the city is now under the control of taa afghan government forces. they are going to try to fight taliban not in the city but in the house he of the city. fighting taliban door to door that will involve civilian territory. that's why they prefer to fight them in the last areas of the city. now movement around the city is easy for them, some shops are open. they are collecting dead bodies,

they are telling us that horrific scene collecting so many dead bodies in the streets that were lying there for days now, and the people are optimistic. >> now, kais, let's talk about this air strike on the hospital in kunduz. what happened to the patients and staff who survived the attack on this hospital? >> reporter: fauziah, most of the patients were used to the neighbor hospital, we have a hospital here with couple of patients arrived in bagram province. the doctors they arrived from kabul they are denying to work out of the hospital because they say we don't trust, we don't feel safe, we are not sure if the same thing would not happen to the provincial hospital, the

medical department, they have set another medical line behind the afghan government. the only hospital there, all the patients were moved by the their families, because the people also then didn't trust the security of the hospital. only few doctors left that they are receiving patients. but most of the patients were taken from the hospital, from the scene, to the new medical center that they have established. >> kai, thanks for that update. just south of kunduz city. an israeli aish strike has targeted northern gaza in response to a rocket attack that hit southern israel earlier. one person has been killed. the 18-year-old died as the

israeli forces used live rounds. mike hanna has more from jerusalem. >> we have seen a series of glashesviolence, from hebron, pd israelis, and army, just north of ramallah. in jerusalem itself there have been clashes in and around the evening. no sign of easing, benjamin netanyahu convening a meeting with his security chiefs, mr. they do anything to dampen the situation is something that will become apparent over the next 24 hours. the situation within the old city and access to the old city and the the al-aqsa mosque

compound has been appearing in the past now, and certainly in the past week culminating in these extraordinary measures prevent being access to the old city by muslims and palestinians generally. but the spark point it would have been, was the killing of two settlers on the west bank, on thursday last week. that sparked off a number of israeli raid last week and also culminated occurrences. >> flrnlings this are footage, 2,000 year old relic has been blown up. i.s.i.l. fighters destroyed two ancient temples the after capturing it from is don't forces in may.

targeting training everyone of camps, launching raids from a base in latakia. their targets have been in the latakia province and homs problems. rebel routes have no links to i.s.i.l. president bashar al-assad has told eye of iranian dispute and together they will die feet i.s.i.l. >> it must be a success it will otherwise the entire parolee will be ruined. not just one or two states but the entire region. we're convinced it's e-it will be a success. therefore they will sefers tangible result rks crungs that have no direct role in the cries

its or in the region. >> four people have been cold after tierch muji gai hit. nearly 200,000 have parts of the region have been left without power and water supplies. north korea session it will release a detaindz south korean rks, is says he did so illegally. jew holds a green card for the harvey forhe seth who is leaves with us for the north rks is does his release snf a warning of relations between north and south cease? >> tog don't think it would be

hard, north korea certainly it is averse to putting out some sort of conciliatory measure. about tenbring entering by chiep in a way wise going it was a press conference snide north korea, in which people have had to read ud out prepared statements in the past. that's what he said, also, he hoped he had been treated generously, and now he is being released. we expect him to come across the dmz, the borderline at the peace lient it the red cross communication from the southern side a little bit earlier. south korea says it's a relief after he has been held for a

long time prefers no this. >> harry fawcett speaking to us from seoul. >> lost parliamentary majority. he's ready to talk to other parties on free abling and light in the wake of the global economic crisis. >> translator: we did not manage to achieve a major of the government, the which it was for irfully describe the beings. >> still to come on al jazeera. >> a car wash is in the milgd of fest the ambiguousest corruption scheme hell ever.

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>> you're watching al jazeera.a. the medical organization, doctors without borders is demanding a formal vision of the attack in kunduz. at least one palestinian has been killed in violent clashes in the occupied west bank. israeli forces are carrying out

raids after two strikes on israelis in the last two days. north korea says it will release and detain south korean steuntstudent who crossed the br earlier this year, said to have done so illegally. ongoing season since in burundi, since president nukds nupped. nkwasreelected.

>> an administration, official confirmed there were bodies on the ground. >> yesterday's situation wasn't normal. >> people living in the area say the police rounded up a group of young men and took them away on saturday. other people armed with guns and gren added tried to stop them. police came back later and shot people in the area. police have denied officers have been involved, that those were critical that the police were doing in the area cxg are six bodies in total. brings the number to eight people that have been killed. >> reporter: there have been a increase in violence since president nkurunziza, announced a one month amnesty to hand in weapons last week.

at least 100 people have died in election related violence in last months and that number is only going, care line malone, adges. yoirch is asking for 14% pay increase, country is one of the world's largest coal producers and exporters. >> jamilla miller has more from johannesburg. >> about a thousand mine workers are in is strike. now, the mine wokers wants an increase ef at middle east freaj% for its lowest paid workers, they want an increase of at least $80 per worker. the imliers ar employers are faa

rather slow economy, the price of coal as dropped and employers are having to pay larger labor cogs. how the power provider, the lefnlafrican community, going te to come up with contingency plans. once its reserves dry out it will have to go into the >> poles have closed in thearea. cirgcirg.

voters who had had failed to register in time, some 20% of the electorate were unable to cast their are vote. still, the country april president believes cirgd y cirgw a corrupt regime.

athe result of that was ang experiment in parliamentary democracy. that experiment may be working. there's work to be done, cirgts is ceergt kyrgystan could stilln example. >> bodies of 104 people were flown back to iran on saturday. iran's government says 465 iranian pilgrims died in the stampede two weeks ago. >> money laundering operation that uses a car wash as a present has lent its name to a car giant in brazil. from the giant petrobras, to

lavahato, could research the highest seats of power. virginia low lopez. >> some of brazil's most powerful people behind bars. executives of oil giant, being he petrobras, a car wash is at the center of the police investigation. a money laundering sceefnl sceet the federal investigators, largest corruption scandal in brazil yarch history. the astonishing amount of money, thousands have taken to the streets to protest against

corruption and the ruling party. >> operation car wash was partly possible precisely because it was led by a judge from a minor state with no visibility. but who along with the group of young prosecutors took on the job to go after the corruptors, the big businesses, the political leaders and not just those corrupted. >> reporter: for the federal police their task never thought to be a simple one last surprised even them. >> translator: in the first stage of our investigation we realized this involved high ranking figures. by the seventh stage, we were arresting the owners of brazil's largest construction conglomerates. now we are in the 18th stage and the investigation's reach is only getting wider. >> reporter: with the recent jailing of the treasurer of the workers party, many feel the accusations be could reach as high as president dilma rousseff. so far, she has not been accused

but police say more of her close aidaides will be soon. >> we are now investigating contracts with the ministry of planning ministry of health as well as the largest public bank. >> reporter: government critics say the operation has been uniquely successful in bringing the powerful to justice but they also say unless the legal system is completely renewed this the biggest scandal in brazil's history would be followed by one with no comparison. virginia lopez, are al jazeera. >> torrential rains triggered bad he weather on thursday, hundreds have died and hundreds of others are still missing in gooment. >> frencguatemala.

french president francois hollande has declared a state of emergency. rob matthews reports. >> cleanup still begins, but something are shocked with the memories of the deluge that swept their little town. >> the water was up too here. i couldn't walk because of the water pressure. it's horrible. i can't talk to this anymore. >> the city of nice was estimated to receive average of half the year's rainfall in two days. some were trapped and died in their cars. some managed to escape. >> a lot of water was coming down the two lane road. we were forced to get out of the car through the window because the water had been higher than

the car windows. >> french president francois hollande has visited, where rescuers are expected to find more bodies, when the water last begun to recede. rob mathison, al jazeera. there are still extraordinary marine wonders found, sometimes in the most strange places. our environmental editor nick clark reports. >> arabiaan gulf between iran ad qatar. high security zone closed to the public. right here, every summer, something extraordinary happens. the whale sharks arrive in huge

numbers. gentle giants, filter-feeding on the surface. it is a bewildering sight and they come right up to the boat, some nine meters long or more. nearly 400 have been identified here. you'd think for all the world there would be nothing here at all. the outside air temperature is plus 40. it's not that different in the sea itself. and yet every summer there is this enormous aggregation of this iconic species. the platforms are owned by mask oil and for five years they have been researching this planned arrival. >> the plan is to get our equipment ready and get this satellite tag ready. we really want to know where the females are going because we really don't know where they give birth and hopefully the

tags will let us know where they go. >> from below it's astonishing. the sharks come here, sucking in the invisible eggs of mackerel. >> we definitely think the secret to the place is the currents. you could say cyclone, cyclonic currents. maybe also the platforms. >> the platforms have turned into artificial reefs which would attract species that would not otherwise live here and concentrate the mackerel tuna spawning. >> you haven't got the influence of people being with them in the water at the same time. there is a lot of aggregation, a lot of problems, lot ever conflict, with ecotourism.

this is a quite hostile environment. >> back at the mask oil laboratories, they continue to monitor. >> they are still aggregating around the platforms and then we still have four females that are tagged. it's going to be really exciting to see what they do next. hopefully, they'll go on a long journey and reveal where they actually give birth to their young. >> it is an unlikely sight. in the heart of an oil and gas field. soon, the whale sharks will disappear for the winter to return next april. a natural wonder that only goes to demonstrate how important it is to look after the oceans of the world. nick clark, al jazeera, the arabian gulf, qatar. >> u.s. space agency nasa has uploaded nearly 8,000

photographs taken by apollo astronauts taken of the moon in the 1960s and 70s. high resolutions of the originals, every photo can be viewed online. more on our website at aljazeera.com. new york new york 8.4 million people call the city home. >> it's snowing hard in central park and 20 in midtown and snowfall one to two feet and saying we could have snow hour. >> the coldest winter in 81 years and coincides with a grim reality. more people in new york city are