public prosecutors have ordered an investigation into whether evacuation procedures were properly followed this is a little bit of the official say they warned the public after sensors picked up an increase in volcanic activity hours before the eruption everything i mean to. all of the communities received warnings and obviously we don't have the authority to order an evacuation we make recommendations and it's the residents who decide whether to evacuate or not. but residents who escaped the gases and volcanic mud said that only those close to the highway heard the warning do you know another. thing you know if we would have received a warning we would have left our house earlier and many people's lives would have been saved i don't know about the others but they didn't warn us we didn't know about the eruption until the lava was coming down. volcano erupted again on friday expelling large quantities of pirate classic material an ash nearby

homes were evacuated authorities hoping to avoid another disaster david mercer al-jazeera the squint law what amala i still ahead on al-jazeera a dispute between lebanon and the u.n. special g agency turns the last austria's government orders the closure of seven mosques. hello we've had flood warnings in forceful parts of the great plains of the u.s. we've seen some lively showers pushing their way through severe storms actually diving house of oklahoma this area of low pressure that we have here said it brought some very very wet weather into parts here that western weather will make its way further east was but it did certainly leaves some flooding major concerns

on the roads there some of these areas saw around eighty millimeters of rain in the space of twenty four hours and hence you can see the problem that is cause power outages as well for good measure percent a widespread chaos as a result of those heavy downpours which will as the way further eastwards getting into d.c. as we go on into saturday some heavy bursts of rain here central areas do brighten up thirty four celsius for denver thirty five in dallas warm enough to around the west coast for twenty seven degrees but up towards the northwest we've got cloud and rain as usual coming in across the pacific northwest and seattle wet day in store that cloud and rain will actually turn wintry as we go on into sunday see temperatures in calgary around thirteen degrees for sunday the wet weather still in place for those central areas more showers coming back into the upper midwest but the eastern seaboard should begin to clear.

in afghanistan billions of dollars of international aid have been donated to girls' education but where is the money gone when east meets girls desperate to learn and asks why use the system failing them on al-jazeera. where ever you. welcome back our top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump wants the g. seven to become the g eight again he suggested russia rejoin the group of peace

bastardised nations he says this he said this rather before arriving in canada for the annual summit where trade friction between the u.s. and its allies is expected to dominate talks for palestinians including a fifteen year old boy have been killed after israeli forces fired live rounds and tear gas at protesters near the gaza border israel says the action was taken after kites carrying explosives were flown near the fence six hundred people were injured . and more evacuations are being ordered me i got to modest volcanic eruption which has now killed at least one hundred nine people though can't material and contaminated water from mt dora still threatening homes five days after it first he wrapped it about two hundred people are missing. now the international criminal court has overturned the war crimes conviction of the former vice president of the democratic republic of congo. supporters of bemba celebrated in the capital

kinshasa after hearing the ruling majority of judges found bemba could not be responsible for the atrocities of his militia which he sent into neighboring central african republic in two thousand and two mariana haunts reports. from the moment well crimes allegations were liberal to gainst him junkie have been banned sisted he had done nothing wrong he maintained that stance even in two thousand and sixteen when the international criminal court unanimously found him guilty of two charges of war crimes and three of crimes against humanity he was sentenced to eighteen years in prison the longest ever handed down by the i.c.c. that court decision has now been overturned the appeals chamber by majority reverses the conviction of mr bin bin but showed little emotion as the presiding judge delivered the appeal ruling but the public gallery reacted enters and it

quits all because the errors found with respect to necessary and reasonable measures extinguished its responsibility in full the judge was forced to pause may i ask the registry to restore. the crowd in the courtroom bimbo was accused of failing to stop his private army known as the emelle sea from waging a campaign of rape and murder and pillage against civilians in neighboring central african republic over a five month period from october two thousand and two he was a rebel leader the in and had seen more than a thousand fighters to help put down the coup in the cia. the lower court judgment described a series of sick and sadistic rapes and murders and some cases where entire families were victimized but then but never actually issued an order to rape and

murder on appeal a majority of judges held that being the could not be held responsible for atrocities carried out by troops under his control and that trial judges failed to consider if it's he made to stop crimes once he became aware of them the decision overturns what had been hailed a landmark ruling been but was the first ever to be convicted for crimes committed by others under his command and it was the first time the i.c.c. focused on rape as a weapon of war speaking to al-jazeera in two thousand and seven before his arrest been assisted he had nothing to answer for you will know that the international criminal court knows that. i'm not of course involved in the of this ng's i rested in two thousand and eight a convicted war criminal in two thousand and sixteen he's now won his appeal but bamber hasn't been freed a separate panel of judges continues to consider his punishment for interfering

with witnesses during his trial maidana honed his era. the world health organization says ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo is tapper lising director general ted ross says he is cautiously optimistic after a decrease in the number of cases reported in the past week more than eighteen hundred health workers have received an experimental vaccine for the virus the agency says it's also donating more than fifteen million dollars to countries bordering the d r c to be used in the event of a further break a u.s. special forces soldier has been killed in somalia after an ambush by the group al-shabaab it happened at a joint us somali smily terry outpost in the town of jim ami four other u.s. troops were injured along with another soldier rawson jordan has more from washington d.c. . on friday a u.s. soldier was killed in the southwestern part of somalia during an operation where

u.s. forces were providing logistical and aerial surveillance support to somali and kenyan troops trying to clear the area of al shabaab fighters the military is saying that the combined forces came under attack at about two forty five pm local time in the town of ju mommy one of the u.s. soldiers was killed four others were injured as well as one other soldier but it's not clear whether that person was with the somali forces or with the kenyan defense forces at any rate this mission was being carried out as part of the federal government of somalia's ongoing efforts to retake control of the two thirds of its territory that are under al-shabaab and other affiliated groups control this is a long running support operation on the u.s. as part about five hundred u.s. special forces and other members of the special operations command have been

deployed to that country however that number could drop in the coming months that's if the white house and the pentagon agree to reassigned some of those special forces troops to other countries where they believe that there is more of a security threat not from groups such as al shabaab but from russia and from china . lebanon has ordered a freeze on the of renewal of residency permits for un refugee agency staff it's accuse the u.n.h.c.r. are spreading fear among syrian refugees about returning home. seven years in exile in lebanon mahmoud is now getting ready to go back home he's from the syrian town of mara in the region. can't go back because he's not considered a security risk by the syrian government it's a decision not every refugee can make. fed up and have been humiliated the united nations told us that there are no guarantees when we get back home but we

want to go back that advice has caused tension between the u.n. refugee agency and the lebanese foreign ministry which says the u.n. h.c.r. is discouraging refugee returns a claim the u.n. denies it says it is carrying out its global mandate which is to provide support to refugees and help them we establish their lives in line with international standards. is not deterring returns. are you know has expressed many times that it just backs the government of lebanon's decision that local integration is not an option lebanese authorities say a few thousand refugees displaced by the seven year long war have already signed up for what they called voluntary returns and that thousands of others are willing to go home lebanon which is hosting more than one million syrian refugees has long complained of the burden it carries official say it cost the country about eight

billion dollars a year many refugees now have economical and not political or security reasons for staying foreign ministry officials say much of syria is now safe. specifically. which is not the mandate the mandate or at least what they say is a. but what what is actually happy happening is much more than that the ministry has now decided to suspend residency application submitted by u.n.h.c.r. for its staff in lebanon the foreign minister is acting in a caretaker capacity but it does belong to the ruling alliance so his decisions could be a sign of future state policy. some officials are using the refugee political capital they play on fears about the impact of the prolonged presence of refugees in the country those officials belong to the pro syrian government camp they want refugee returns to be coordinated with the authorities in damascus as

a first step toward restoring relations with the assad government. refugees are caught in the middle and what could become a contentious political issue large scale returns gives legitimacy to the syrian government which wants the international community to provide badly needed funds for reconstruction the u.n. insists it does not encourage or discourage returns but it is not organizing them while discussions with damascus continue on safeguards that still need to be put in place senator. bayh boot. the austrian government is shutting down seven mosques and expelling spot of measures by the right wing chancellor sebastian course to target what he calls political islam in the country reports from neighboring germany. in the six months since becoming chancellor sebastian cortes has taken an even tougher line on immigration and what he says is the threat from

parallel societies forming in his country now he's turning his sights on what he calls political islam different in height that becomes this we can announce to you today a decision from the office of religious affairs lead to prohibit of the activities of seven mosques this means dissolving the greywolf mosque and secondly shutting down the arabic cultural community to operate a total of six miles. in addition to the closures these measures could also see dozens of in mom's face expulsion from austria several of whom ministers in vienna believe are funded by elements inside turkey a spokesman for the turkish government has condemned the move as racist and anti islam courts has long advocated a toughening of approach but forming a coalition with the far right anti islam freedom party last december seems to have been the catalyst for him to act in april his government announced plans to prevent

girls in nurseries and primary schools from wearing head scarves we have a new climate of political climate here in australia since the last election and with the new government that has been in power or little more than half a year you see. various measures taken against foreigners against immigrants against and sounds of all this is just one more. one more match for. and their policy. and that's what will interest far right movements across europe particularly in france the netherlands and here in berlin where the alternative for germany party made a parliamentary breakthrough in last year's election on a platform of opposition to islam dominic k. al-jazeera berlin. now there's an ancient practice in the middle east during the holy month of ramadan to make sure people eat ahead of

a day of fasting for centuries men have walked around the streets in the middle of the night chanting and banging drums but now police in jerusalem have been issuing hefty fines because jewish settlers who have moved into the area are complaining their sleep is being disturbed when a smith has a story. it's a wake up alarm that dates back centuries. just before dawn during ramadan across the middle east men known as most a hierarchy call people to pray and eat before the fasting begins. but here in the muslim quarter of jerusalem's old city for the first time police have been detaining and finding the most a hierarchy but disturbing the sleep of the jewish settlers living here. come so hopefully the police are always harassing us i've been detained four times accused of making noises that disturbs the settlers the settlers get annoyed by

everything we do even the decorations we make for ramadan annoys them. the old city is split into the muslim jewish christian and armenian porters but for the past fifty years jewish settlers have also been moving into the muslim quarter now appear where while subtler families live and the guys stop the music as they go past the house but that's not been enough to stop the circus complaining to the police. over that of. the settlers complained again tonight there are jewish homes here this woman says this is going to go on all month. jerusalem police told al-jazeera in a statement that they are constantly trying to maintain the delicate balance between allowing in ensuring the freedom of worship and religion and maintaining public order and quality of life for local residents the police see offenses of noise and disturbing the peace is one of the most serious offenses that cause harm to the public and the quality of life for our local residents the police presence

is provided for settlers who choose to live in the heart of the muslim quarter. with fines running into the hundreds of dollars muhammad's wish to continue this ramadan tradition has suddenly become very expensive phone i don't know. burna smith al-jazeera in occupied east jerusalem. and there's always plenty more news on our website at al-jazeera doc on the very latest on all of the top stories on their including some analysis and peaches al-jazeera dot com. and again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on al-jazeera u.s. present donald trump wants the g. seven to become the g. eight again trungpa suggested russia to rejoin the group of keen deseret eyes nations he said this before arriving in canada for the annual summit where trade

friction between the u.s. and its allies is expected to dominate talks justin has agreed to cook for terrorists in the world trade barriers between canada and the united states so i'm very happy right state after did a good show we are actually working on it and we are actually working on it but our relationship is very good we are actually working on cutting tariffs and making it all very fair for both countries and we've made a lot of progress today we'll see how it all works out but we've made a lot of friends this. four palestinians including a fifteen year old boy have been killed after israeli forces find live rounds and tear gas at protesters near the gaza border israel says the action was taken after kites carrying explosives were flown near the fence six hundred people were injured more evacuations are being ordered to manas volcanic eruption which has now killed at least one hundred nine people volcanic material and contaminated water from mount

a go i still threatening homes five days after it first erupted about two hundred people are missing the international criminal court has overturned the war crimes conviction of former vice president of the democratic republic of congo bemba supporters of members celebrated in the capital kinshasa after hearing the ruling a majority of judges found that he could not be held responsible for the atrocities of his militia which he sent in to neighboring central african republic in two thousand and two a many journalists has died two days after being released from detention by hoofy rebels anwar was abducted a year ago hey sami has sold the association of you many journalists he was tortured. brazil's most celebrated tennis player maria bueno has died of cancer at the age of seventy eight nicknamed the tennis ballerina for graceful sabo no one thousand grand slam tournaments in the fifty's and sixty's including three wimbledon and four u.s.

open titles those are the headlines on al-jazeera coming up next here it's one of one east to serious. it starts in poor communities with the promise of a prosperous marriage. but countless young indian women find themselves gene commodifying soul and sold again. to toil by day. only to be violated by night. slavery a twenty first century evil continues with bridal slaves on al-jazeera. in war torn afghanistan or simply going to school can be a privilege. especially if you're a girl. two out of three girls don't attend school

this by billions of dollars in aid are spent on education over the last two decades . i'm steve on this episode of what i want to use to be investigate why so many of afghanistan's girls are kept outside of the classroom. if the dawn of a new school day across afghanistan and girls from the dashed district or neighborhood in west kabul begin making their way to class. pursed a trickle. and soon a steady stream. by six am the outpouring from the gates. thirsty for knowledge to learn.

it's six am seems early for school and it is. that's because. this is the first of three ships here. it's the only way to accommodate the more than fourteen thousand students from the school. split almost evenly between schools and. over the next week we've been given a stream a rare access inside the cia the shahadah school to try to understand what life is like for a girl for him to school in afghanistan. and. the communists are hard. in there are contrary. to how. sixteen year old man. has been a student. since grade one over that time she and principal akila to have a cool we have seen the numbers of girls at your school more than ok melissa yes.

and though we have. a buildings here and they're. here to get us seven thousand just was just here on how long. the huge increase in the numbers of fuel studying it. is a welcome sign of progress compared to the days when the taliban were in power and girls were forbidden from going to school. but the schools enormous growth has a major consequence to many students and not enough classrooms so we have a few buildings here yeah which ones are for girls one is simple this. time of movement is saying that that building is from the beis building room for the from the five buildings from the by laws that we are seeing the buildings are all the but all the building all of the boys are the mice yes.

where are the girls that's cool. yes. we don't have. to we don't know how buildings our best guess for us all of them the buildings are going to buy if we don't have any building. how many classes i intreat times we are more than four feet from what it costs us for the coverage i was a day yes time with a. guess ok just go toward the end of march along with the. world around. him. there is only one high school in this neighborhood which is why the girls come prong far away from all posible provision is growing and day by day the goods come

knocking on our door to me and we cannot tell them no joy for the students we have to accept them but we don't have enough space and that's why we have problems . with. lack of infrastructure is only one of many reasons why so many afghan girls are out of school. in fact no one actually knows how many girls are in school not even the afghan government the ministry of education is not sure how many students are there is it eleven million or is it seven point two million is it eight million nobody knows exactly how many students are there. that's just one of several findings of a recent independent review on corruption within the ministry of education released

late last year the results made headlines across the country it found one. spread corruption throughout the education system a minister. who's of bashar is the former director and afghanistan's anti corruption watchdog and author of the report after spending billions and billions of dollars in the last sixteen years. we have not been able actually to have any kind of building for most of the schools our finding shows that. the treaty money was taken in cash to remote parts of afghanistan by the trustees and we had information that the money did not make the right people. had siad all shahada there aren't even enough classrooms for the boys. many classes are held in the hallways or in stairwells wherever a teacher came from space. the only place you won't find boys attending classes is

in a tent or out in the open with the girls in the past living area where together by some girls we didn't go first to a lack of that class is ok we had enough classes here but right now we have too much people we have too much a student here because of this there is no play is. recognizing the desperate need at the school japanese donors built to need buildings five years ago so girls would have their own classrooms. at the school shura the community leaders decided to give those buildings to the people. in this school is a blank stare as to girls because when for an answer coming we were under the sun we were under the radar and therefore in ours next one did the school's frazz but right now is this by says i don't know why you feel angry about. the angry yes

because in the past. where when they are coming so they will think about us as about about the gears ok but right now it's the my school i don't know why and it's right makes me really angry that's why i always the right of the girls are like. improving education especially for girls is a well known objective for international donors principal akila says the local community gave the buildings to the boys thinking. that donors would come back to build more classrooms for the girls. for how many. people think n.g.o.s come here to work only for girls so the community decided the buildings should be for the boys. i don't know if the school's management or others interview these issues are always decided by the males in the school management.

did the donors ever come back after they built the building. they came once to visit then went back to the raffle. the security situation continues to deteriorate in afghanistan as a result there we feel international donors are able to visit the projects they support so many rely on third party monitors to do that work which according to the anti corruption committee opens yet another avenue for corruption we've found that the school monitors and instead of doing proper monitoring off the quality of education. they have been working for themselves you know to go to some of the school to kind of harass the teachers in the school administration get money from them and then to their evaluation once they were happy we had an exam or. a school that we were working with him but on which has

a thousand kids on the register actually when we went in there there were twelve kids coming to school. in kaplan is a researcher who contributed to the anticorruption report as an education specialist he works with the norwegian and geo providing support for schools throughout afghanistan including this school for the deaf and kabul. sign language which. kaplan says he's fortunate to be able to visit the projects and geo supports it's often kind of difficult for donors to be able to do that because of security concerns but also sometimes it's not always the interest to go out and follow up on these things and to go out and visit so it doesn't happen very often i think even when you get a feeling for something in a way that you don't if you're sitting behind a desk you know you see people and you see them engaging in learning it and i mean for me that's the reason to be here but without that i would just lose the feeling for it i think altogether but he says lack of donor access and oversight is only

one of the issues affecting girls education in afghanistan while girls of lacking so much more than boys when it comes to education well i think you know at least in the past there have been just much more focus on just getting anyone in the school first and then it was easier to get boys into school and. you know and also just because of gender norms you know that the more attention has been focused on boys than girls generally see india is a country that's leaving all this like saying that they are not that they're not that there's all this thing that they're. as top the. levels of the afghan government and the international community deal with the findings of the anti corruption report the staff and the girls. face more immediate issues. the first shift of the school day from six am to ten am is almost over and while

four hours might seem a little light on school times it may be a blessing in disguise because any longer on the girls may happen is to play with. the new car bombs we have seven thousand go but both male and female students have to use the same time i'm soft voice to call them. we tell them during the summer least do it at home before coming to school. have you ever gone to the toilet in your school yes i was seven years old. or when to call and. it's a will but situation here. the biggest car would you. go to the bar. first. impulse was through with this.