ation at a palestinian refugee camp and syria has been described as being beyond inhumane. those are the words of one you and official as an islamic state militants may 3 deepest moves near through damascus. forensic teams in iraq are excavating the site of 12 suspected mass graves thought to hold the bodies of up to 1700 soldiers mass acute massacred by the islamic state. and kenyans take to the state to demand more national security. today marks the final day of mourning for the 148 people

killed by islamist militant group al-shabaab. also coming up for you this hour the u.s. and europe slammed china after five women activists are jailed, arrested for planning to hand out pamphlets, slimming sexual-harassment. and a special delivery for parcel service tnt as fedex makes a multibillion euro offer to buy them out. the details of that deal in business at 15 past the hour but first our top story. ♪ first, from 18,000 people are still living in the refugee camp just outside the syrian capital damascus, but now one u.n. official at father living conditions "beyond inhumane."

the mainly palestinian refugees are caught between fighting from islamist state militants trying to take it over, here is naomi lloyd. naomi: islamic state group government -- gunmen are now controlling their home in the refugee camp. refugees arrived with harrowing tales. >> we could not see them, but we heard that they were beheading all the young men. they call people from the mosques to leave the camp, but we did not trust them because we heard that they killed some of the people who left. we also heard that they took some young people away. naomi: hundreds of families like these have been evacuated in recent days after the islamic state group militants stormed the camp on military -- on wednesday. he quite was made worse when forces began bombing decamped to push the jihadists out.

the latest picture show the extent of the damage. thousands remain trapped here, and the u.n. has called for their safe evacuation and pledged to look into how they can help ensure this. >> the members call for the protection of civilians in the camp, for ensuring humanitarian access to the area, including by providing assistance and issue of safe passage and evacuation. naomi: the security council also condemned the jihadists' crimes and warned they will not go unpunished. they're debating how to better get the remaining refugees out. genie: and iran, islamic state fighters have been pushed out of the town of tikrit, but they have left a wake of devastation behind them. what could be as many as 12 mass graves filled with up to 1700 soldiers.

iraqi for and the teams are investigating those suspected rate sites now. the mass killings last unit shiite soldiers outside the sunni city has become a symbol of brutality of islamic state fighters and her hatred for iraq's shiite majority. reporter: liberation comes at a heavy price. after a month of ferocious street battles, insurgents were driven from the northern iraqi town, but they have left their mark -- 12 mass graves. they are thought to contain the remains of some 1700 iraqis massacred last summer by the militants. investigation by friendly teams are underway. for the survivors, the memories of very much alive, especially for ani who escaped the bloodbath by feigning death. >> they were meant to kill me

but i was not hit. the fifth bullet was fired killing the guy next to me. i was covered by the blood of my comrades come and i roll down into the valley. reporter: for now, the wait continues for the victims' loved ones, who have already wondered for months about the fate of their friends and relatives. genie: an new reports from yemen, say 550 people have been killed in less than three weeks of violence. some 75 children are among the dead. the fighting is led by the shiite who the rub rails houthi rebels from a saudi-led coalition. as the battles continue, thousands of foreigners are being evacuated from yemen. hundreds of indian citizens are already back home while about 3000 more are currently en route. kate moody explains. kate: hundreds of foreigners lineup at the unity port trying

to find a way home. a navy ship picked up indian citizens as well as dozens of pakistanis, and sri lankans trying to escape the intensifying conflict in yemen. india's government said some two dozen other countries have asked for help evacuate their own citizens who have out to do everything possible to ensure their safety. >> in yemen, the southern part is becoming slightly worse, and there is more fighting, and that is why our ships will not stock and we have to move people by smaller ports. our aim is to be able to leave. kate: the journey home continued on military planes. sleepless nights in yemen as the saudi-led bombing campaign continues. >> there is no water there is no electricity, the bombing is going on.

the mountains were being bombed, the people were being bombed. kate: marie and other evacuees were able to put it behind them, but growing and maturing issues have been at by international aid agencies. the red cross is set up -- is due to set up medical aid in coming days. genie: the turkish president is on a visit to iran today. airline -- he has supported the campaign something iran has always denied. it is accused of trying to "dominate the region. meanwhile, back in turkey that country blocked access to youtube and twitter for hours on monday. they were both banned over photos of a militants holding a gun to the head of a prosecutor who was then shot dead last week in a failed hostage rescue.

the social media sites were only allowed back on after they agreed to take down the photos. lucy provan has more. lucy: twitter and youtube blocked. for a few hours on monday, the turkish government shutdown social media. >> media groups have published these photos are almost doing propaganda of a terrorist organization. it is unacceptable. lucy: the offending photos showed a prosecutor gagged with a gun to his head. he was shot tuesday after having been taken hostage by a radical leftist group. the ban was only lifted with a media sites agreed to remove all copies of the photos of the prosecutor online. >> personally, i'm against all bans, freedoms or individual right, or someone's honor is

being harmed from any court, there should be intervention. lucy: this is not the first time the government has banned a sharing online. in the run-up to the local elections in march 2014, blocks were imposed of the recording circulated allegedly revealing corruption among senior officials. social media is a platform that gives access to reliable news. to put a ban on social media websites, when i do not want people to get the information. it is not want people to get the truth. figures by tobias would reveal that the -- figures provided by twitter reveal that they rely on the tweets, more from the social network than any other nation. genie: crowds are gathering in kenya now for a march in nairobi to mark the final day of national mourning for the 148 people killed by al-shabaab militants. most of the victims at that attack on the university were

students. the march is calling for kenya to invest more in national security. claire williams takes a look at the situation five days after the massacre. claire: bullets within walls and bloodsoaked belongings. a television crew was allowed to deadly is ousted babb attack ever on kenyan soil. the members of a lament said work must be done to prevent kenyan youths from radicalized and urged his constituents to come forward with information. >> the matter of security -- who among us are the financiers of ousted bob -- of al-shabaab? who among us do logistics for ousted bob -- for al-shabaab? claire: kenya has struggled against this with its order

against somalia. the region's population is made up largely of canyons of somali descent. for decades, they has accused success of national governments of legal and economic discrimination. they cite poor investment in roads, schools and hospitals are key examples. human rights watch said kenya's terror police has an "troubling record of carrying out killings and arbitrary arrests in the northeast since the 1960's, discrimination, which has helped extremist looking to radicalize others." the son of a top government official from the madera county near the somali border, an ethnic smalley was reported missing by his father after he crossed into somalia to join ousted babb -- to join al-shabaab. abdel fattah al-sisi genie:

genie: 21 foreigners and a policeman were killed by two gunmen leaves to the islamic state group. president essebsi's trip is meant to improve cooperation between the two countries. in the u.s. investor to the u.n. is urging the release of five women's rights advocates locked up in china. they were detained ahead of international women's day almost exactly a month ago. they had planned to mark the occasion by distributing anti-sexual-harassment material to the public in three chinese cities full stop the women are now facing up to three years in prison, accused of "picking quarrels." here is lucy prvaovan. lucy: do you hear the women thing? they are opposing domestic abuse in a marriage.

and highlighting the lack of women's restrooms. these women, known as the beijing five, have a theatrical activism rare in china, and it has landed them in prison, and a friend and fellow activist has been detained twice, once overnight, trying to visit them. >> those five kids were moderate. they were never radical or violent. lucy: their lawyers say they have been hidden at the detention facility. ye: words cannot describe the misery. under such misery, people can say easily whether they committed a crime or not. lucy: three weeks after the five were arrested, no charges have been filed. ye: if moderate people who were just promoting gender equality are cracked down on so harshly, i do not think there is any hope for the rule of law, a democracy, or a civil society.

lucy: more than 1100 chinese have taken the risky step of signing a petition demanding the release. thousands of supporters have posted pictures of themselves and masks depicting the women and gay rights have picked it up noting that two of the women are lesbians and one bisexual. yet the crackdown continues. on tuesday, a civic group campaigning for the women reported having their offices raided and equipment confiscating. according to the foundation, two years into xi jinping's presidency the jail of women's rights activists have nearly tripled. genie: you are watching "france 24." the situation at a palestinian refugee camp in syria has been described as being "e.on inhumane." those are words of one you an official as islamic state militants make -- as being "beyond inhumane." those are words of one you an

official as islamic state militants make their appearance. and 12 mass graves fought to hold the bodies of 1700 iraqi soldiers. and canyons take to the streets to demand more national security. today marks the final day of mourning for the 148 people killed by islamic militant group al-shabaab. time for business news now with stephen carroll. hi stephen. let's start with a special delivery in the postal business. stephen: fedex is going to pay $4.4 billion to take over the dutch parcel delivery service tnt express. the news has caused a stock wave -- a shockwave on the stock market. tnt up almost 30% in trading today. they own almost 50% of tnt. -- postnl also up, they own him

was 50% of tnt. ups was forced to drop its takeover when it was blocked by eu authorities in 2013. reporter: it is a shakeup in the parcel delivery sector, but will fedex's gamble pay off? the u.s. company is trying to buy dutch rival tnt express for 4.4 billion euros. >> we believe this acquisition will add significant value for fedex share owners, team members, and customers around the globe. this transaction allows us to broaden our portfolio of international transportation solutions to take advantage of market trends. reporter: two years ago ups' 5.2 billion euro bid was blocked on competition growth, but ups already had a strong european operation. tnt has struggled since the failed deal.

restructuring costs led to a 137 million euro loss for the final quarter of 2013. fedex said a tie up would create a strong third competitor in a region alongside giants dhl and ups. the two companies say their businesses are complement rate. only 1/3 of tnt's 6.7 billion euro revenue was generated outside of europe, while fedex says it expects record results for the upcoming quarter and year. as part of the deal, tnt would have to sell its airline operations, but fedex arty have a global fleet of more than 660 aircraft. stephen: that is one big story moving the market. let's look more generally at the midpoint in the trading day. pretty positive picture in europe. markets back after the easter holiday. oil and gas shares were the big gainers. companies are quoted, checking the price of oil today, a big pain from the brent crude index

on monday, this over news that is iranian oil is allowed back on the market, it would not be allowed until next year. or in crude up 5% yesterday, down slightly in trading today about .6%. genie: let's come back to france where a controversial economic reform lies being debated in the senate here as of today. stephen: that's right. it has been debated in the lower part of these senate. emmanuel macron caused a political storm when the prime minister use the government's constitutional override to force it through the national sibley the lower house of our lament. it opens up -- national assembly, the lower house of parliament. in the upper house, many senators promoting their minutes to make it even more -- there amendments to make it even more liberal. there is a cross party committee to avoid having to return it to the lower house.

other top business stories -- samsung is forecasting a 31% fall in profits for the period between january and march compared to last year. that is a smaller drop that has been expected. a sign that the company put the fortune could be taking a turn for the better. the electronics firm says demand for mobile chips and an improvement in its smartphone business is helping to stem falling profits. the french media group vivendi has made an offer for dailymotion. a video website was the subject of a bid from hong kong's tccw but the company ridge route withdrew its offer. in the canadian government has sold its stake in general motors for almost $2.7 billion u.s. it was heart of a bailout of the american carmaker. genie: stephen, just to read

love, starbucks is going further to help their employees get through college. stephen: that is right, the coffee chain is going to expand a program, where it had been paying for two years of tuition for an online degree, but now will cover all four years of a degree at arizona state university. there was some controversy about this scheme when it was set up. only 2000 of the company's 140,000 workers in the u.s. have signed up, but it is part of a wider shift in the u.s., walmart and mcdonald's are doing things for lower paid workers. starbucks building and what they have done before. genie: all right, stephen carroll, time now for the press review. ♪ florence villeminot oh is with us to look at today's paper. saudi arabia has asked pakistan for help fighting the houthi rebels. what kind of reaction hasn't been for pakistan? florence: a huge story from the

pakistan press. what is happening? the parliament is debating about what pakistan's role should be in yemen. so far, pakistan has backed the saudi-led airstrikes but has not offered any military assistance. the editorial in "the nation" is quite critical for not preventing the debate in parliament in a clear enough way. they did not talk about the number of soldiers that could be involved or exactly what their role would be. also, the article points out that it wonders how does the government justify a saudi-led coalition. so far the government has skated over the issue, only focusing on the intervention's effects on pakistan, not its legitimacy. the editorial said that the government's sincerity seems to be wanting here. genie: papers outside of pakistan are skeptical of any intervention from pakistan? florence: absolutely, the

british paper "the independent" starts out this way -- standing on the sideline, one wonders how things could possibly get worse in the middle east. here's the answer -- is saudi arabia succeeds in dragging pakistan into the conflict. it gives several reasons why this is a bad idea, one of these db sunni-shiite tensions are already bad enough. pakistan has a long border with iran. by intervening in this sectarian war, there will be a danger of broadening what "the independent" calls the middle east cataclysm further still and it calls for diplomatic pressure to be diverted on islamabad to prevent any kind of interaction from happening. genie: you mentioned iran, and many papers are continuing to focus on the iranian nuclear framework agreement that was finally decided last week. florence: that is right. let's start with the conservative paper "the wall street journal." it is not impressed by what he calls "obama's iran

framework*." i point out this framework has way too many asterisks, way too many loopholes, details to be negotiated later. the "wall street journal" says the agreement needs a thorough vetting and a generaluine debate. the "china daily" hails the milestone agreement. given the long-term distrust between tehran and washington, this cartoon i think to picks quite well what it means when it says that. you can see obama and ayatollah a painting different interpretations about what that actually means. i pulled up another cartoon for my panera paper based in london. they question the sincerity of both u.s. and iran. you can see uncle sam and the ayatollah posing for an official

photo, but unbeknownst to each other, they are both doing bunny years behind themselves. genie: you had a lighter story in "the guardian" about music in tehran. florence: it is a very great story, the symphony of joy at the tehran orchestra is reborn. the terror and simply orchestra has been around for eight decades. -- the tehran symphony orchestra has been around for eight decades. it has survived many wars but under the previous president experience a very dark period so dark that it disbanded because there was not enough funding, and that was three years ago. now it is back with a world-class conductor, much to the joy of music lovers. people are so excited that the "guardian" reports at the opening show, the orchestra received a standing ovation before their performance. genie: let's come back to france where a paper is focusing on

fracking and a report that the government allegedly covered it up. florence: they are talking about shale gas, the report that friends while mont -- that friends while linthat francois hollande buried. you might remember the former minister of industrial renewal and as minister, he was very much a big defender of fracking. he said he could boost the french economy, so in 2012 when he was minister, he commissioned a report on shale gas, which concluded that there is a way to exploit france's generous reserves in the shell gas without harming the environment. "le figaro" got their hands on this report, they are outraged the government decided to darius. in a piece in the "daily beast,"

where are the girls on the money? she is giving her support to women on $20's. she says it is time for women to grace the $20 bill. the 19th amendment granted women equal rights and