disaster specialist fire department major sec illinois this is what he had to say. go for the investigation and throw their investigation. close. to the reason for the five so we have. tim there's also the like this are not uncommon in bangor this particularly in this old city which is very densely populated and probably just that with living for other shops and all combining play in two thousand and ten at least one hundred twenty five people died in a similar white house explosion which contain a lot of chemicals i spoke to a lot of the locals why they're not doing anything about this and the government to move these warehouses from the living quarter areas this is one of the personal what do you have to say basically our government is doing well there they have just . to do what you do want to do but it's it's about us it's about people messed

people all the mess people it's not ok those that i'm the land owner so if i'm not . here. and our government made a lot of promise that since two thousand and ten in clearing up these areas obviously that is not happening it needs a lot of public awareness and enforcement otherwise clearly dangers like this still exist within the old city quaters says you just mentioned buildings in bangladesh are often used both for residential and commercial purposes and the country has a poor fire safety record or some of the worst fires they've had at least twenty seven people died more than one hundred injured after a fire engulfed a high street retailers factory just outside dhaka and two thousand and ten two years later one hundred twelve workers were killed when another clothing factory caught fire and two thousand and thirteen a building collapse on the outskirts of dhaka killed more than a thousand people and two thousand and fifteen thirteen people died in a fire at

a plastics factory and then a year later twenty four people died and dozens more were injured when a blast ripped through a packaging factory. yes back forces in syria say they expect to rescue all remaining civilians from the eastern village of a goose in the coming hours it's where the battle for control of isis last remaining territory is taking place syrian democratic forces say the armed group this fighting to the death on wednesday more than two thousand men women and children were evacuated from book a while one hundred fifty eisel fighters detained in syria have been handed over to iraqi security forces and over happened in unbar province in the fight or surrender to the kurdish syrian democratic forces. iraqi military is on high alert for attempt to flee across the border are concerns that members try to regroup in areas once controlled by eisel in the north and in the west end up. for has more from mosul. iraq he forces far more to my sole targets

across the syrian border the village above guus the last i still controlled territory in syria isn't far from here the mainly kurdish u.s. backed syrian democratic forces or s.d.f. estimate there are around three hundred on self-righteous still inside the iraqi military and pro iran groups are determined to stop them escaping across into iraq . they've set up cameras around ten kilometers inside syrian territory to monitor eisel fighters as the offensive goes on while the iraqi military operation against eisel across the border in syria continue we on this side are fortifying our positions we have installed thermal surveillance cameras across the border inside syria territory there is joint cooperation with us the pro iran armed groups and the tribal sheikhs we are getting aerial support from the

u.s. led coalition u.s. intelligence says i still evolved from the last remnants of al qaida in iraq and by two thousand and fifteen it controlled around ninety thousand kilometers of territory across syria and iraq an international coalition of more than seventy countries has been involved in the fight to reclaim that territory. this is all the remains of the mosque where more than four years ago. he declared himself all of what he described as the caliphate now is fighting continues on the syrian side of the border against the last pockets of eisel fight is there a fear. sleeper cells among iraqis living close by. these are iraqi military checkpoints around the town of heat in western anbar province. weisel was defeated here in two thousand and fifteen but sleeper cells have kidnapped and murdered a number of people in recent weeks. saeed omar and his wife son sit with their

grandchildren at the home they both suffered under the brutality of isis rule and are terrified by the thought the group could ever one day return. to more s.d.f. in syria have pushed toward the iraq border the more difficult it is become for iraqis to work in the countryside nearby there i saw in the desert around here it's terrible that i kidnap innocent people the government and the army need to thoroughly search this area because i so are still hiding here the people here have suffered so much and there i celebrity. the head of iraq's intelligence says eisel for each is a regrouping and recruiting mainly in the rural areas of north and west in iraq they want controlled u.s. military intelligence believes the territorial battle against eisel across syria and iraq has been won. but the fight small groups of fighters and sympathizers across this vast region will go on. mosul u.s.

born woman who traveled to syria to join eisel in two thousand and fourteen has been barred from returning to america or with ana says she made a mistake and wants to return with her eighteen month old son that secular state might pompei owes as the twenty four year old has a legal basis to claim citizenship it does not explain why with on is not considered a u.s. citizen a lawyer says she was born in new jersey and held a valid passport. she's absolutely an american national she's absolutely an american citizen she was born in the united states in new jersey and she did not do anything to renounce her citizenship and all she's asking right now is for due process the president of the united states does not have the authority to strip citizenship from those born on u.s. soil and she's willing to pay whatever debts she has to society she's not asking for a free pass we were you know on behalf of her family we were the ones who contacted the f.b.i. when we first learned that when i went to syria this is something that we absolutely

condemn in the strong this of terms and the families always wanted her to come back and to face the legal system that we all believe in and now she's willing to do that and the government i think is missing out on a tremendous opportunity to once again intelligence from her and to really be able to utilize her as a strong voice against monstrous groups like isis that are brainwashed many individuals and manipulated them to do horrible things that i think somebody like remounting isis speaking out against them at great risk to her personal life as a sign a victory for the u.s. army commanders in afghanistan say they're confident a spring offensive will help in taking back large areas its territory from the taliban twenty one districts have fallen to the armed group in recent months i think this resulted in the army's highest ever loss as well as strength as fallen to its lowest level in years tony bartley reports in kabul. this remote afghan army outpost is one of thousands nationwide often isolated and in inhospitable areas

they are the first line of defense against taliban and i saw fighters as well as the most wonderful flags the grays of fallen soldiers since the u.s. pulled out its ground forces three years ago the afghan army has borne the brunt of the fighting with the taliban and the casualties inflicting ever greater casualties to the forces are now the number of casualties or dozens every so people have lost . the meaning of body counting we have become indifferent officially the government says forty five thousand members of the security services have been killed since two thousand and fifteen and officially afghan analysts say that number could easily be doubled the overall army strength has dropped to its lowest level in years as the military confronts his biggest ever crisis but army chiefs maintain that morale remains good. we have a volunteer army it's their own choice to serve there is no doubt that we suffer

lots. of disabled but our morale is high because the goal is freedom and to serve the people of afghanistan and. in the past few months the military has lost control of more than twenty areas to taliban fighters who seem able to strike anywhere. in total we have lost twenty one districts in all over afghanistan it is because of the change in tactics on the ground so we are planning a spring offensive where it will take two to three months to retake all these districts from the taliban but real reimposed the rule of law. eight thousand recruits every year pass out of this training center in the capital kabul most of them are trained by afghan instructors taught by western military experts who despite the high casualty rate young men are still volunteering to fight it's partly out of a sense of tact to see but it's also because of the dire economic situation here they face the stark choice either stay at home and enjoy your poverty or face the

taliban and risk death or injury and that from the e.s.m. it's my duty to fight for my country when our freedom and i'm not afraid of the taliban for the magazine other stuff if i hadn't gone to the army i had nothing else planned professional soldiers say ideally training should last a minimum of a year in afghanistan it's three months that. we would like more time but we make the most of what time we do have. and when they leave here there are able to fight the taliban. but the question is how able are they to fight effectively army pay is low the conditions poor and since the american ground forces left backup is limited recruits are taught to shoot but equally importantly they are taught emergency battlefront first aid increasingly important because of the shortage of medivac helicopters. was a bomb disposal experts for seven years until an explosion blew off both his legs

he's one of a growing number of disabled war veterans discharged from the military and one is the most. i have no regret i am proud that i have contributed to the fans of michael three and my second fires was in pursuit of peace my people and my country but there is little help for heroes in afghanistan the father of four receives a meager disability pension of two hundred seventy dollars a year but he hasn't received any money for eight months and he can't afford further medical treatment the afghan military has come a long way in the last eighteen years but is it far enough and if and when the u.s. forces finally withdraw completely will the afghans be able to stand alone tony berkeley al jazeera kabul still ahead on al-jazeera hash tag not too young to run by how social media is getting nigerian youth to bring about change.

hello welcome to another look at the international forecast is fine and dry across much of japan for the time being is in places of cloud and rain not too far away but as you can see at the moment last the clear skies with the systems out into the open waters little cloud just sliding out of the east china sea that will edges way towards the fos south of key issue as we go through friday into saturday but away from the east coast for sas the name proscar is comeback kid twelve celsius there for tokyo eleven degrees in a sock out across the korean peninsula generally settled here ten resettled say for the time being into a good parts of china we have got some showers just around shanghai non-self as the top temperature hey what we got nicely in hong kong to around twenty seven degrees those temperatures fall back as we go into saturday and the rain rolls in once

again we'll see some weather weather just pushing into the east coast should be settled you can see temperatures in shanghai do pick up to around thirteen celsius in the sunshine but the sunshine to across a good part of the philippines indochina is set that thailand looking good be getting up to thirty seven now in bangkok fish show is just around malaysia there will be heaviest just around southern parts of borneo we wanted to live the showers into northern in the knees. to alter. the so beauty of the automobile manufacturing. with the decades old is being torn up. by scientists. and the western style money and socialism working. destined for a cause which the russian regional

a witness documentary on al-jazeera. took up the top stories for you right now on al-jazeera at least seventy people have been killed in a large fire at the read through several buildings in the bangladeshi capital dhaka the fire broke out in a residential complex which also house a chemical warehouse as back forces in syria say they expect to rescue all remaining civilians from the eastern village of abuse in the coming hours it's where the battle for control of last remaining territory is happening on hundred fifty fires were handed to iraqi security forces on thursday army commanders in

afghanistan say they're confident a spring offensive all help in taking back large areas of territory from the taliban in while the taliban negotiation team says it will hold its next round of talks on monday with the u.s. and pakistan. that of the roman catholic church says the religious body needs to heal the wounds left by decades of sexual abuse by priests francis has been speaking at a meeting of bishops to address the scandal and call for concrete and effective measures any of those abused by priests around the world are also attending the event at vatican city. basing the plague of sexual abuse by the church's men against minors i thought to consult you because all together we should hear the holy spirit and listen to the cry of the young who will justice the way to pass on ecclesiastic responsibility which forces us to discuss this together is a burden on our meeting about how to face this evil which afflicts the church and the whole of humanity the holy people of god are watching us and wait not just for

simple and expect a conviction but concrete and effective measures or challenge francis live from vatican city tell us more about what the pope is saying that type of message the type of tone he's trying to set for this four day about. what i think it's clear from what we have heard just that from the public that he knows this is a deep crisis for the catholic church and this four day meeting has been told by him in an effort to tackle this crisis as he says to restore the churches credibility because it has been seriously dented. the last years decades these drip feeding scandals of sexual abuse cases that have come to light so this is his attempt to tackle that what he wants is to impress on all of the clergy the senior clergy that have come from all across the world to the vatican that the

suffering that is being interviewed by the survive is is deep and that it is they shared responsibility to do something about it it's of course the big question is can they. this event is not going to produce the documents at the end of it what it is going to do is feed into further meetings that are going to take place after it's finished with an organizing committee that is essentially going to draw first aid an action plan that can then be put into practical measures and that is what i think the survivors of the abuse are going to be looking towards to see whether vats does actually make a difference but let's talk about the survivors the abuse victims some of them are supposed to have a meeting with the pope he apparently didn't show up why how are they feeling about whether or not their voices will will will really be heard.

well the certainly the ones that we've been speaking to they've come here to rome to the vatican and you're right that they were expecting to have a meeting with pope francis yesterday they went into that meeting. disappeared for two hours came back out spoke to the press outside i was there and we had them say he wasn't see he wasn't in that meeting and in the tens there were bishops sense instead they thought this was disrespectful they still don't think that the pope is listening to them properly and they also would like to of being given a chance to actually go in to the meeting that's taking place over the next four days to speak to these senior clergy that come from all around the world to be able to question them but they haven't been asked to do that so the testimony that is being heard in the meeting is video testimony a century cherry picks by the catholic church itself so i think the fear is amongst

many survivors that this event is not really anything more than it's a walking show up and as i just said what they want is concrete action they want to send he is erode tolerance policy within the catholic church if you abuse a child your outs if you cover up for the abuse of a child you're out as well and they won't be happy until they have something that resembles that ok or a fallon's life rest of magic and city thank you a group of friends lawmakers have proposed a bill that would make anti zionism a criminal offense and the same way that anti-semitism is illegal in france critics argue that opposition to the israeli government is not comparable to anti-semitism speaking at an event organized by the jewish community as a manual mark on said legislation to fight hate speech on the internet will be introduced in may it comes a day after thousands of people rallied across france to denounce hostility towards jews they may change or has more from paris. the french president emmanuel macron

was saying that anti semitism has now reached its worst levels since the second world war figures published for last year show the number of anti-semitic attacks and risen by seventy four percent now france has the biggest jewish community in europe of course and he was speaking to community leaders at an annual dinner he promised a new legislation to ban hate speech on the internet he also asked his interior minister to take action to ban extreme right wing groups who are promoting and fueling violence and discrimination but perhaps the most significant thing is that he said that he would now consider taking action to make and zionism part of anti semitism legislation we don't know exactly what form or shape that will take or when it will take place but of course the zionist movement was the political

movement that established israel israel as the homeland for jews in palestine now this is a very controversial measure it's been proposed by some of the m.p.'s in his own party before but he turned his back on it so this is a significant development to include anti zionism in the legislation against anti semitism a sixteen year old swedish environmentalist has met the e.u. commission president to talk about climate change at the head of a global movement of all strikes and protest against an action on global warming and has set out a politicians have criticised the students for skipping class. many people are trying to make the schools strikes a question of whether we are promoting truancy whether we should go back to school or not. they make up all sorts of conspiracies and call us puppets who cannot think for themselves. and they are desperately trying to stick to remove the focus from

the climate crisis and change the subject. they don't want to talk about it because they know they cannot win this fight donald trump says the u.s. could tax european car imports if it fails to broker a fair trade deal with the e.u. trying gave the warning after a meeting with austrian chancellor sebastian curse at the white house commerce department has been investigating whether imported cars and parts are threat to u.s. national security important duty on european cars could go up to twenty five percent per capita on independence protesters have blocked a motorway and northwestern spain a burning tires on the road connecting the city of parcel lonna as part of a general strike against the ongoing trial of cattle on separatists a dozen former local government leaders are facing up to twenty five years in prison for their role in a failed two thousand and seventeen and dependence bed at the battle for the young vote and nigeria two men in their seventy's are contesting

a presidential election on saturday and which kept the registered voters are below the age of thirty five when he supports. the jitters young new voters say they're all the change their country needs we want to see more young nigerians in politics but admit that it's not easy in a country where running for office is expensive. but they know what they want from those they would be voting for the want of. representing the people and that is trustworthy that the one that won her in the by not in the education think tribal conflict and and that's why in this condition. being able to vote for the first time in their lives is proving popular this time around a little and very excited i was very amused when i just do i really suffer. younger jurors make up the biggest voter bloc this election. and the stores in key

battleground states that politicians are concentrating on in the final days of campaigning with almost five and a half million registered voters most of whom are under the age of thirty five years on a stage is second only to lagos in the number of nigerians eligible to cast their ballots wherever winston's two states would probably be in a better position to take the presidency that's why the leading candidates are focusing their energies and resources here. since the last elections in twenty fifteen a bill has been introduced lowered the age restriction on candidates wanting to run for public office from thirty to twenty five. sally satel barak is taking up the opportunity but admits it's tough fighting established parties and candidates those the end voters court the old order it's very difficult for a young person like me to contest what is very important for the ship because i know how about i believe god does the right time for me to join in disbelief what

people order. comprehension for to put people like sonny some of the politics say the number of young people standing in this election is disappointing when it comes to their initial quests we have dropped into a bad person religion a huge and i said you had to cut the cut and force the butler shell expenses a contestant so. we have. a cause there is no bill number no it's exactly what we ask that the majority of young nigerians are social media enthusiastic and many are well aware how the politicians target them with messages on various platforms so you can be here in their. home free nice and spread it must mean he's home from us. is he. really true lang's us. how big that influence this may become clearer after saturday's vote. on the decrease i'll just come to nigeria tech giant

google says it made an error after failing to inform users have a hidden microphone and cite its own security device and samaras only found out about the nest cards built in microphone when google announced it was updating a product with the voice command assistance company says it was never intended to be secret and should have listed it as a feature also said the microphones must be activated and order to work. our web site right there al jazeera dot com keep you up to date on all of the day's news including the fire that killed seventy people keep it or. the headlines right now on al-jazeera at least seventy people have been killed in a large fire the break through several buildings in the bangladeshi capital dhaka the fire broke out in a residential complex which also house

a chemical warehouse. or from dhaka what happened yesterday we have some quotes from the witnesses in the neighborhood there said that there was an explosion in a pickup truck most possibly the cylinder with a lot of the cars and trucks in a run on natural gas exploded and spread the fire into a nearby restaurant which also had a natural gas cylinder and that explosion caused this. which a lot of chemicals for. that spread fire all across transfer comes the transfer of civilians as u.s. for back forces in syria say they expect to rescue all remaining civilians from the eastern village in the coming hours as for the battle for control of bicycles last remaining territory is taking place syrian democratic forces say the armed group is fighting to. a u.s. foreign woman who traveled to syria to join i saw in two thousand and fourteen has

been barred from returning to america with ana says she made a mistake and wants to return with her eighteen month old son but secretary of state says the twenty four year old has no legal basis to claim citizenship or lawyer says she was born in new jersey and held a valid passport army commanders in afghanistan say they're confident the spring offensive will help in taking back large areas of territory from the taliban they mala taliban to go and team says it will hold its next round of talks on monday it's sending a delegation to pakistan to meet with washington's peace envoy and pakistani leaders ahead of the roman catholic church says the religious body needs to heal to heal the wounds left by decades of sexual abuse by priests francis has been speaking at a meeting of the ships to address the scandal and call for concrete and effective measures any of those abused by priests around the world are also attending this event in vatican city they're demanding transparency zero tolerance for abuse and

accountability for religious superiors who cover up rapists as are the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera and sad story is that next. the race to be u.s. president in twenty twenty is under way bernie sanders is running again looking to replace the man he describes as the most dangerous president in modern american history but his son and the other democratic candidates the alternative to donald trump this is inside story.

hello and welcome to the program. three years ago bernie sanders started what he called revolution had run for u.s. president on a platform of progressive ideas such as free health care for all the independent senator he eventually lost the democratic nomination to hillary clinton but at seventy seven years old sanders believes his still has what it takes to win the white house has launched his campaign to be the democratic candidate in twenty twenty saying here's the right man to face donald trump. bernie sanders i'm running for president and i'm asking you today to be part of an unprecedented grassroots campaign of one million active volunteers in every state in our country our campaign is not only about the feeding donald trump the most dangerous

president in modern american history it is not only about winning the democratic nomination and the general election our campaign is about transforming our country and creating a government based on the principles of economic social racial and environmental justice. the twenty twenty democratic primary looks to be crowded at least twelve candidates have confirmed their run dozens more have still to decide the list could be one of the most diverse in more than history though ready a record number of women vast differences between candidates and ethnic minorities most of those confirmed so far are position to the left of the political spectrum campaigning on issues like universal health care for college education and higher taxes for the wealthy they include come along elizabeth warren and cory booker for vice president joe biden tops the list of potential candidates as

a moderate. let's introduce the panel in washington d.c. jeffrey stacy a former state department official in the obama administration in birmingham u.k. them quinceañera latter are in american politics of the university of birmingham also in washington arena a republican strategist and consultant welcome to all this or stacy bernie sanders is someone known for shaking the foundation of the democratic party in two thousand and sixteen the question now will he be able to replicate what that which he achieved in two thousand and sixteen because ultimately it was the want to win twenty states. he was indeed he's a remarkable american but unfortunately for mr sanders he's unlikely to meet his mark again this time around he's facing a far different country

a far different field of democratic candidates he's not able to stand out as much as he did last time now granted he's raised in an incredible amount of money right off the get go but unfortunately for him there is a tendency in american politics to not give someone another shot at the top and less you become a vice president but that wasn't the case with bernie he's got a really tough road to hoe. this is someone who says that he will rely on a grassroots movement with one million volunteers in each state is this something easy to achieve. well i think when the sun does did something pretty remarkable back in twenty sixteen he went from being a no hoper most people for to giving any extremely close run to what many people saw at the time and hillary clinton as not only the inevitable nominee but the inevitable president and he moved the agenda within the democratic party

a long way towards the kind of policies that he supported on universal health care on free college on raising the minimum wage the party has moved a long way towards him and many of the people who are very excited to work for him last time to try and bring those visions about still they're ready to work with him but he's dealing with a much much more competitive field this time around many of the candidates who vented newly to this contest stealing his lunch in some ways by pursuing the same progressive policies and he's going to fight a lot harder to keep the same turf he had last time when what was the reaction of the republican party establishment following the announcement but bernie sanders to step in. well the republicans who support president trump are ready from year to year they are delighted by the bernie sanders candidacy again because it essentially means democrats will have more in fighting as they did just a few years back it's no surprise that bernie is anti establishment on the left

however in a way like your other guest said he has moved the party further to the left and that makes republicans who support the president even more assured that president trump can handily with reelection for those of us who have been anti-spam from the beginning of his candidacy the beginning of the president kennedy rather this is the.