rapid development and criminology and i want to if. you can vote. on al-jazeera. 7 people are sentenced to death for carrying out a deadly siege on a bangladeshi cafe in 2016. hello welcome to al-jazeera live from doha and it's also coming up anger against u.n. peacekeepers in the democratic republic of congo groans protests spread across the east. more than 20 are killed hundreds are injured by powerful earthquake in albania the buried people under their homes. 75 years on how japan

is still seeking the remains of soldiers killed in battle on a remote pacific island. the 1st in breaking news a course in bangladesh is sentenced 7 people to death for one of the worst attacks in the country's history 23 people died in the siege on the holy cafe in the capital dhaka and 2016 nearly all of the victims are foreigners and 8 person has been acquitted time the child joins us live now from the bangladeshi capital the incident happened in 16 and justice has been dispensed in 2019 a fairly swift judicial process. well 1st let me tell you about their credit like 7 people were given that sentance . and one was

a credit in this particular case but he's serving 10 years for another particular case the courtroom was packed we couldn't go in i was by the door as you can see all the media and other curious and opposite it is been almost nearly 2 years now it took a long time for the proceeding a little over $100.00 people gave a deposition and witnesses and since then it is dozens of people were killed and counters with security force says some of them were accused into related to this case members of militant groups who supposedly were connected to the people of the gunmen who attacked the holy artists and now while they say kids were taken away from the by the jail then they were yelling out that justice was not given to carry on the jihad things like that some arabic chant which i couldn't understand but i could figure out they were saying that justice wasn't done. lots of people have

been accused that nearly thousands of people are behind on their militancy and different kind of affiliation with islamic jihad here now the government has been denying that most of these people are not affiliated with the diocese rather but their local militants some of them have a feeling. but they're completely on the fact that these were influenced by from outside while those particular 5 people who were killed in the cafe and then they uploaded their picture which was an die a side site intelligence claim that dias claimed that those 5 were directly affiliated with during that attack it was one of the war start tucker terror attack in bangladesh is history. indeed and the significance then over this attack. influence the pace at which the wheels of justice turned in this particular matter

. absolutely set up a special tribe call in to terrorists they also set up a special unit for international and to terrorism several police units were trained in special operation to tackle this militancy it has been subdued to an extent also there's been some criticism against the law enforcement agencies things of some innocent victims of other drug crime and other issues where also killed during and counter plus usually the maybe i don't have access to these accused once they're detained or killed we don't know exactly who these people are other than what the police hand outs out during this investigation today is probably the 1st time we hired but we still don't know the details of what were the accusation how were they involved where they actually affiliated with any particular international terrorist or militant organization whether those who were involved in the terror attack who

were killed during the storming by commandos where they have any affiliation with this accused we don't still don't know fully because ok so but the body has been given it was rather quick in bangladesh 2 years and you have a verdict now right there thanks for that time to challenge me there reporting live on that breaking news the sentences have been handed. in that case involving a siege on a cafe in 26. the president has in the democratic republic of congo spreading 6 people have died within the past 2 days in the city of beni protests as say the un peacekeepers are not keeping them safe from armed groups including the democratic forces dozens of people have been killed in attacks attributed to the i.d.f. this month in the where the protests have spread outside of the to this is. the reason the capital from where our reporter catherine joins us now so the situation

sounds incredibly tense and that tension is spreading outside of betty and to the region as a whole. absolutely and my fear in this is the main road in goldmine it goes all the way to benny benny the about a 100 kilometers away from me but then even here people are very angry they have been for testing they've been on this floor of stones to block it police have been forced to use here and to fire live bullets in the air we're also being told that the protective i regrouped in at another area they want to get to you when u.n. mission logistics yesterday they tried to do it all by police but then that thing they're going very determined to do it everybody here seems to be very angry that a lot of people look around at me right now and basically the only thing you report out with vision correction we do not want. that un peacekeeping mission we want

them gone and there's also concern about what's going to happen in baghdad today because it's going to be a buyer of one of the projects that one of the people who are the part of the protest very popular young man was killed on saturday by a police officer. was killed on the same day by an angry mob so people are saying that they're going to march around the. body. before the burial to pay tribute so a lot 1 of concern about what's going to happen because there's a lot of anger. right now they also have also been talking montse as close as it is that to the forces the same that why raid that this process and then you say continue to illustrate that by means you says because you're not just talking about a.d.f. maybe there's also another militant group called my my god and that is more entrenched in the communities and that there is concern that they could take over this process

and if that happens because time very dangerous indeed i'm catherine battling to many is the fact that there is this deep seated insecurity in this region why is there so much anger directed specifically at the u.n. role of the congolese forces but it's the police and the military. was and i was directed to both the u.n. and the military but yes as you mentioned and i want to was the u.n. because the u.n. has been here for so many yes around since yes and the reason they came into is to protect. civilians from that i found a lot of people have been talking to us saying look we have some attacks in benghazi and other areas that have happened a very close to military bases but it has taken very long for u.n. peacekeepers to have to respond and even if they do state that there is no

engagement with people still getting attached even to these huge presence of the u.n. there's also been a lot of offensive government offensive against a b.s. but then immediately after that offensive is over they vs the militias come back and attack villages i remember my scene a few years ago i covered one military offensive here in beni against a.t.f. and i asked us a few weeks the government came out and very strongly said look it's done a.v.s. is defeated a few. from a.t.f. came in and attacked the religion killed many people using. operandi and people very angry indeed why the un un think that they are. give up their lives while it and it not be protected at all right for now thank you for the very latest then from catherine so our correspondent reporting on the troubles in the east in democratic republic of congo. we're going to the capital now of d

r c and kinshasa where torrential rain has happened overnight it's triggered landslides whilst many people were sleeping at least 45 people were killed. biggest city has more than doubled its population over the last 2 decades and experts say poor infrastructure and overcrowding makes it especially vulnerable to flooding. now to yemen with the saudi u.s. led coalition has announced the airport in the rebel held capital sanaa will be reopened in a statement the coalition says it's to allow patients in need of medical care to be flown out flights will be carried out in cooperation with the world health organization the airport had been closed to for most of flights since 2016 we can speak to her will say in. this and a political commentator joining us from the yemeni capital sana'a this is

a positive step is it not then the saudi led coalition saying the patients in need will be allowed to leave the capital in search of medical help. i think this is a step from saudi arabia is clearly showing that saudi were the one who was broken . from leave in some sort to get. medical help the most of the of those patients mainly that is hold of the saudi war in yemen that's why you want to just to mention that the agreement was signed between sanaa and world health organization about 10 months ago to allow patients. to own a u.n. flight to get medical help help broad but it was as already who refused to give to give a green light for those flights that's why i don't think that we can consider this as like a step toward peace because to block a patient from. from go in our broad to get medical help i think is

a crime against international law that's why i want to just mention yes all right but they have agreed now which obviously must be an improvement in the situation tell me what else do you know about these reports of there having been a release of his the prisoners by the saudi led coalition can you confirm that. the head of the. prisoner's committee here in some of the god of the mossad he was as well a member of some delegation to stockholm has announced go to me said we we confirm that nothing has been done yet and we will clarify. everything i just want to mention that saudi has declared many times before that they have as they say released the fighters but at the end what they do there are hundreds of thousands of yemeni working illegally in saudi arabia and so it is deposited many

of these people like on a weekly basis that's why every now and then so we would release. people who are like working illegally in saudi arabia and they they tell the media al they consider them. a fighter that's why i do think that the saudi has actually taken this step. like a till now and i want to mention that 2 months ago so he had to release 350 prisoners. including 3 saudi prisoners and they were handed to the red cross sutil we see that it cross has received those prisoners that the saudi claim that they have released and those names must be in the list that was handed to that it calls for all hoti result in the hands of the saudi backed forces writers saying thank you for that to interest life from the yemeni capital sanaa and lots more to come here it is here including the maybe the president has voted in this general election about their economic woes and there's

a corruption scandal which could question his position. in the south of france italy and greece of how to day. all for more than a day off of the heavy rain that rain went through the genie and towards turkey and a bowl garia whether it's the potential for flash floods are seen the reports are doesn't mean it's the end of it there is a big circulation that here which is a sort of winter storm blowing strong winds and heavy rains through southern britain northern france and still the potential for further heavy rain exists from the old nicely southwest of france and study for the southern alps this is now a quiet spell of weather south of manila except the temperatures which of course have now come down to a more reasonable level for the time of the year and if i take you into thursday

the rains transgressed from italy into the adriatic it started to bring it a bit to the italian alps again it's been a lot so far and the wind is eases temp is maybe in the low teens anywhere from spain up to northern france but more reasonable i suppose that course some of that cloud does spin off we've 1st of all got showers for cross from libya maybe just touching north beach and going towards of the van and that's for wednesday and then possibly we'll see something develop further west on thursday the full cost more specifically still sunny for about $90.00 but it will cloudy into nice in here and in the warmer than 22.

all right reza take a look at the top stories here of al-jazeera according bangladesh and sentenced 7 people to death for one of the worst attacks in the country's history 22 people died in the siege on the holy ass's a cafe in the capital dhaka are in 26 the. protests against un peacekeepers in the democratic republic of congo has spread to the cities of goma. demonstrations began

this week in the city of beni all of these are in the eastern region 6 people have died within the past 2 days. the saudi u.a.e. led coalition has announced the airport in the rebel held capital sanaa will be reopened is to allow patients in need of medical care to receive treatment abroad the airport has been closed to commercial flights since 26 c. . in north western kenya thousands of people are seeking refuge in makeshift camps after widespread flooding and landslides at least 58 people have died within the past 3 days and up to 120000 people have been affected but relief teams have been slow to reach the area of west pocket and some roads and bridges have been cut off by the heavy rain from their mohammed day reports. the primary school in korea has been tom into a makeshift come for victims of floods and landslides these people have never had

much and now they've lost everything their homes crops livestock and positions it's the loss of loved ones that's most profound the 3 of devotee of capellas sons were killed when a torrent of mud and rocks serp their home away in the middle of the night and a student i don't know what to do my house is gone my children are dead i'm left with just my wife and children who were injured in hospital the government is promising to help but no assistant can bring back my children at least 7000 convince have sought refuge here the school can barely accommodate all of them many told us that they spend the night in the cold there's a shortage of almost everything here light there joe in a touchy chocola the people identity need food clean water in tents they have no homes left with the impassable roads are making that anybody of a difficult. the government has mobilized workers to rebuild bridges and sections

of the road washed away by the floods it's a painstaking process slowed for the by the continuing torrential rains from the heels of near creole floodwaters continue to gush back at the company to coworkers at treating the sick and the most common ailment that we've seen is a power a spirit or retracted picture which is basically associated with their call the place is a bit cold and also doing a lot of psychotherapy for their patients we have a number of psychological counsellors here and they're doing a lot of clinical psychology here with 4 more weeks of rainfall cause the government is trying hard to ensure the disaster of the top and here is not repeat that anywhere else in the country government officials are now appealing to people living in flood and landslide prone areas to move to safer ground a sick shelter in schools and government buildings the torrential rain currently pounding kenya is uncommon for this time of the experts blamed extreme weather on

the ocean of is a flick of been far warmer than usual causing more rain to fall here mounted on the wall just zita. in northwestern kenya. polls opened in the movie are in what's expected to be the toughest challenge yet for the ruling party president hardy kind of was one of the 1st to cast his ballot his party won the last election with 87 percent of the vote but this latest since only 15 he's been at the head the head of state there's been a recession and there's also been a corruption scandal and as well as the media's worst ever drought let's go live now to neighboring south africa and johannesburg where our correspondent her metacity is covering events. and her and so so swapo i mean is synonymous isn't is the liberation party of namibia is synonymous with the country is there any real

challenge to it supremacies. well polls have it open for more than 2 hours now and so far we've been told no problems have been reported is widely expected swapo is going to win this election the question of course is by how much they no longer as popular as they used to be the poor are frustrated this is a very rich country lots of mineral well and good luck because a lot of money from tourism more than or nearly a 1000000 tourists visit the country every year where the poor say this money isn't trickling down to them there's higher unemployment especially youth unemployment the gap between the rich and the poor is widening and people blame government mismanagement for this they say that the civil service is totally bloated they keys the president of appointing too many government officials say all the money is going there and then of course the issue of corruption the latest scandal is in the fishing industry where some officials have been accused of taking bribes and in

exchange they've given these lucrative contracts or fishing quotas to international fishing companies and so far 2 government ministers have resigned so opposition party is going to try and capitalize on all this anger and discontent and corruption to try and unseat the ruling party of course it's not going to be easy as far has been empowered since 1990 when it gained independence from south africa and then of course they got 2 thirds majority in parliament one reason why may not be easy to unseat them is because like some other liberation movements in southern africa the black majority still see them as the only viable option in terms of representing that interest so that could be a major challenge the opposition parties but they're going to try to see if they use the issue of corruption and inequality to try to make some gains in this election and what about the person of the president himself how he going of course ever since independence has played a leading role in the maybe his public affairs i mean is there any real challenge

to his leadership of. well the opposition seems to be divided i mean they're not really organized on the ground according to analysts for example the p. d.m. has this legacy of a potted they've been accused that during the apartheid years in south africa minority rule they've been accused of helping south africa destabilize namibia and some may be as i am very happy about that as the opposition parties are divided along ethnic lines and of course you see in many other parts of africa you have one dominant ruling party and many smaller opposition parties and these operations parties aren't united when it comes to elections they don't rally behind one force they go to the elections as separate parties and therefore they split the vote so that's why analysts are saying that that's why the president will probably get a 2nd term because the opposition parties are not one strong united force party herriman trust in johannesburg thank you very much. now i miss international is

accusing egypt of misusing counterterrorism lowell's to suspend fair trial rights and detain peaceful critics a new report examined the cases of 138 people many of whom were detained for participating in protests or making political statements online it found that egypt's state prosecution kept suspects in pretrial detention for an average of $345.00 days before releasing them without trial. rescue workers in albania are continuing the search for survivors 5th trapped him buildings brought down by a powerful earthquake on tuesday at least 21 people have died more than 600 have been injured tone seraphina's reports from the port city of do it as in western albania. rescue teams pull a dead man out of the rubble of this hotel. they brought out his dead brother on lookers see mesmerized by the prospect of life or death emerging from this tube it's the same story across the street another collapsed hotel in this resort town

at least one man believed trapped between concrete floors so tightly packed it's hard to believe anyone could have survived here as crews peel away the destruction the death toll is likely to rise but it might have been much higher the earthquake that struck at 4 am on tuesday was heralded by earlier warning tremors i remember was 10 to 4 and start shaking that bed to start to get it harder and harder harder why did it open the door in my room and i took the balcony down and i knocked on the window with my dad and my mom because they were sleeping the 1st. week all the neighbors there were terrified all panicking kids and everything coming out 7 multi-story buildings collapsed nationwide and hundreds of homes are rendered uninhabitable creating a displaced and terrified population prefer in the open to any concrete shelter here at the door to. football stadium hundreds of families are sleeping in army

issued tents overnight with little protection against the chill weather but a blanket many of their houses are damaged or destroyed or they are simply afraid to go back indoors. this woman's husband dashed out of the house with their 2 children before the house began to crumble around her they rescued her by demolishing the door because it wouldn't open now they're waiting for a tent and this man saw the walls of the building it took him 10 years to build with his own hands to open he jumped out with his wife and son but has nowhere to live now on the beach a group of young men have little fire and plan to spend the night here their houses have all collapsed hopes a dwindling for survivors as the gruesome work of digging continues and people here a caught between fear of the indoors and the problems of rebuilding their lives. al-jazeera to this. that they were made for. scene of

a brutal wild war 2 battle involving u.s. and japanese soldiers 75 years on and the grim task of identifying and repat remains continues and it has more from. some of the sleepy peace appellate is almost too much to bear and when you know the story you understand why the 75 years ago this small corner of the pacific was a small corner of. the 1st division at home the reputation of drawing operations which entailed easy landing. this tradition of good luck was dissipated it was at 8 30 in the morning on september the 15th 1944 when wave after wave of american troops began to pour on to the beaches they met heavy japanese resistance there were gun emplacements at either end of the beach and many us soldiers died but the battle had barely begun. 11000 japanese were facing

18000 u.s. marines and the fighting was intense the island their field was quickly taken by the marines the japanese i didn't found which they had this natural ridge that around 3 quarters life of the whole island and of its highest point which is where we're at right now is about 100 meters above sea level and within this ridge the japanese forces had honey called it with hundreds of caves with and for defensive purposes. the battle to flush the japanese soldiers out raged for weeks hundreds of tons of munitions were used millions of rounds of ammunition. thousands of men died. still today wreckage of war life strewn around the island types rusting where they were blasted to a standstill in the dense forest what's left of a japanese plane a poignant reminder to a dreadful time. the network of tunnels with thousands of japanese soldiers took

refuge a still that even the drinks bottles that sustain them survive old mess tins and the remains of what looks like part of a gas mask and i scouted their caves like this just honeycombed throughout the ridge where the japanese took refuge and amazingly the americans just gave up trying to flush them out and eventually they barricaded the japanese in in their thousands and here they died in the end around $1600.00 u.s. soldiers died but the toll for the japanese was catastrophic out of $11100.00 survived. still today remains a founding reply treated to japan it is very important for the government to return . to. the deceased almost 5 times a year so it's about his dedication common to allow to make sybase.

last year about 45 suits means. one pound. 3 to ship. the morial to both sides stand sentinel on the shores of palin you know looking out across the wide expanse of the pacific ocean in memory of the men of 2 countries who died in battle thousands of kilometers from. the clock al-jazeera helen. tough is a take a look at the top stories here it out of his era according bangladesh and sentenced 7 people to death for one of the worst attacks in the country's history 22 people died in the siege of the holding cafe in the capital dakar and 26 seymour from. 7 people were given that sentence and one was

a credit in this particular case but he's serving 10 years for another particular case the courtroom was packed we couldn't go and i was by the door as you can see all the media and other periods and absorbed are here it is been almost nearly 2 years now it took a long time for the proceeding a little over 100 people gave a deposition and witnesses and since then at least dozens of paper were killed in encounters with security for says. protests against un peacekeepers in eastern democratic republic of congo have spread to other cities. demonstrations began this week in the city of beni 6 people died as a the past 2 days. floodings also been affecting d.l.c. in the capital kinshasa there was to wrench rain on tuesday and that led to landslides on many people were asleep at least 45 people were killed and experts

say poor infrastructure and overcrowding makes the city vulnerable to flooding. the saudi u.a.e. led coalition has announced it will permit the airport in the rebel held capital sanaa to be reopened it's to allow patients in need of medical care to receive treatment abroad the airports being close to commercial flights since 2016 the polls have opened in the maybe not expected to be the toughest challenge yet for the ruling party president how they going go was one of the 1st to cast his ballot his party won the last election with 87 percent of the vote but his term has been plagued by a recession a corruption scandal and one of the maybe his worst ever droughts are trapped today those are the latest headlines coming up next here about his era it's inside story . from ancient embryos to communist leaders. age old philosophies and the rule of order remain central to

the world's oldest living civilization. in a 2 part series the big picture charts the rise of a 21st century superpower and examines the challenges it now faces from the outside and from within the china complex coming soon on al-jazeera. u.n. buildings are set on fire and u.n. peacekeepers told to go home protesters in democratic republic of congo as they did not storing the a child and not protecting civilians from the risk rebel attacks so what's gone wrong all u.n. troops really failing the congolese base is inside story. however and welcome to.