andrew simmons has this report. >> reporter: the grief is intensifying. so many young lives lost doing a job for little pay. she had asked her husband to find work elsewhere. he was just a few months away from becoming an sergeant in the army. they were married seven months ago. they had big plans. >> this is a town consumed by grief, and now the underlying anger is beginning to show more and more. >> reporter: some of the anger is subdued. a feeling of social injustice that such high risk should be taken to earn a living. >> we're very worried. they don't have a safe secure job. we send them to work every day, but we don't know if they'll make it back. >> he grew up with me. my inside is on fire. we explain about safety standards, but they don't care. >> reporter: elsewhere in the town the anger is spontaneous but not physical. these are mostly miners, some now retired, many still working. they say safety standards have suffered since mine privatization in 2005. >> before the privatization it was very good. but now they don't value people's lives. they j

andrew simmons has more. >> all over this area, the grief is intensifying. so many young lives lost, doing a job that's poorly paid. having courage her 25-year-old husband to find work elsewhere. they married seven months ago, they have big plans for the future. all over this town, there are gathering like this, summer is a town consumed by grief. and now the underlying aingeser showing more and more. >> some of the anger is subdued. a feeling of social injustice that high risks should be taken to earn a living. >> we are very worried. they don't have a safe secure job. we send them to work every day, but we don't know if they will make it back. >> it was like my own son, he grew up with me. my inside is on fire, we complain about safety standards but they don't care. elsewhere the aingeser spontaneous but not physical. these are mostly miners some now retires many still working. they have safety standards have suffered. >> before the privatization it was very good, but now they don't value people's lives they just want to get coal out and the money in. >> i

andrew simmons. al jazeera.tern turkey. >>> villages in nigeria have reportedly killed dozens of boko haram nighters they claim were planning another attack. vigilantes stormed the group. meanwhile demonstrations are being held in nigeria's biggest city. demanding that security forces intensify their efforts. boko haram has earlier threatened to sell the girls into slavery. many protesters are accusing the government of being too slow to respond. it seems that these civilians are so frustrated with these rescue efforts that they are simply taking matters into their own hands. >> well, in fact, laura, these vigilante groups are not particularly something new. they have been operating for several years in the region now. that is because they are primarily also locals from the state just like the fighters. they know these boko haram fighters better than anyone else. and they are able to get information about impending attackings a lot better than authorities, if you will, and they are tolerated by authorities, and

andrew simmons reports. >> reporter: the king isn't here at 86 he was too ill to attend. now officially running the country and said he didn't have a time frame for elections but they would be held as soon as possible. >> we will maintain firm control and deal with those who violate the law as well as any protest that create a situation. >> reporter: it came after up of the most oppressive crackdowns with media republicannership and the ban on gatherings of more than five. >> i'm very concerned. in addition to the crackdown on media and satellite and video broadcast, in the last two days there has been a concerted target of free speech advocates. >> there is alarm over what could happen next. the so-called red shirt. movement establish in the 2006 coupe to rally support for shinawatra has largely been quiet. but some think that's ominous. the schools may have opened again, but there is nothing normal about the situation in thailand right now. andrew simmons, al jazeera. >> syrian rebels say they have captured 21 strategic military check points. the fighters in the distric

andrew simmons reports now from turkey. >> all over this area, the agree is intensifying. julio having encouraginged the 24-year-old husband to find work elsewhere. they married seven months ago, they have big plans for a future. all over this town, there are gathering like this, soma is a town consumed by grief. and now the underlying anger is showing more and more. >> some of the anger is subdued. should be taken to earn a living. we are very worried. they don't have a safe job, we send them to work every day, but we don't know if they will make it back. my inside is on fire. he complain about safety standards but they don't care. elsewhere the aingeser spontaneous but not physical. some now retires many still working. they say safety numbers have suffered since mine privatization in 2012. >> there was another official visit to the disaster scene. after such a disaster. >> the huge pain for the family, and this is paid for all of us. we need to unite and face this pain together. over the public address system. >> this town is depend on coal mining. but people here are se

andrew simmons, al jazeera, turkey. >> when it comes to mining turkey's record is not good. more than 1000 workers were killed, turkey's record was also the worst in europe in 2012. our first person report tonight looks at whether turkey's government could have prevented this. aaron stein i follows turkish politics very closely. >> we know that the main turkish milk policy party put forth a statement just two weeks ago, and the turkish parliament blocked that motion. when you add on top of this the mining company is known to have close links to the government. and on top of all that, one of the things that people who were opposed to the akp's rule say about the government is that they don't win elections legitimately. not that they cheat at the ballot box but they buy out votes in anatolia. one of the ways they claim to buy votes is by handing out free coal. so you can see there's a political undertone to this developing. when the prime minister gave his press conference today, he reacted so -- i don't want to say it's heartless but it came off as completely cold. to some of

andrew simmons, thank you. our correspondent is in istanbul. andrew is talking about the anger sweeping through the country not being placated by this picture that has gone viral purportedly of an advisor to the prime minister actually attacking one of those protestors. >> yes, a protestor being held down by a couple of turkish special forces and this advisor to the president photographed earlier in the day walking closely behind the prime minister as he visited the area taking advantage of this manned helplessness to get his point across. the governor can't be approving of what he did, creating an outrage on social media in turkey. the problem that the government has is far greater than what people might assume from actions of people in the prime ministers team. it is that this incident in the mine hasn't come out of the blue. this is not the first mining accident in turkey. in fact, quite the opposite. turkey has an appalling record not only on mine safety, but on workplace accidents as a whole, the highest in europe for workplaces in general.

we can hear now from andrew simmons who joins us live from there. andrew, the prime minister, then, is meeting a lot of people who are both anxious and angry >> reporter: most certainly. you join me on a wind-swept, dusty and now rain-sodden staging post really overlooking the mine shaft. the prime minister has moved from here now into the town, itself, to meet bereaved people to console people, to try and assess the situation. but the site you see over here, only a four or five-minute walk away is appalling. it's a lot of people waiting forlornly to see loved ones. all they are seeing is bodies being recovered most of the time. we have spoken to rescue workers who say it's grim now. it's more than 24 hours since this fire broke out followed by an explosion and all of the poisonous gas and people are saying the rescue workers in particular are saying that it's a hopeless task. they are also revealing they can't get into all of the areas two kill meters below the surface of the earth and four kilometers into the hillside. they can't get into all of th

andrew simmons, al jazeera. >> reporter: in the u.s. state of alaska more than 1,000 people have been told to leave their homes because of a wildfire. the funny river fire has already destroyed a large fire of the wildlife refuge and south of anchorage and they are water bombing aircraft there. from wildfires to floods and we have the weather in china. >> nothing but dry in southeast china and these are white bright clouds we have had over the past few days and edging their way to the southeast and with us more over a week and they have become very familiar. the water level is just rising and we are seeing quite a bit of flooding and it's not just one province we see this and this is where the worst flooding has been over the past few days and now the system is moving a little bit and definitely better news on the horizon and this is south and hong kong it's going to be very wet and could be more in the way of flooding but the worst of it is edging further to the east and taiwan and the southeast parts of china is where we have the wors

andrew simmons reporting from soma in western turkey. >>> at least ten people have been killed in twoarate explosions in kenya and nairobi. the first bus was a bus, and then sect star gets market area. >> reporter: millions of kenyans depend on buses like this to get around. lately they have become deadly. explosions are thrown at the bus or placed inside. often small ball bearings are used in the explosives, and whoever was sitting here is unlikely to have survived. >>> 11 people have been killed in syria in a car bomb. [ inaudible ] which al jazeera cannot dentally verify appears to show the aftermath of the car bomb. it went off in front of a mosque during friday prayers. >>> and in the northern city of aleppo, rebels fired a rocket that killed 13 people according to syria's state news agency. >>> and southwest of aleppo there has been a barrel bomb attack in the damascus countryside. barrel bombs have killed throws of civilians. >>> in libya at least two people have died in fighting in benghazi. the caretaker prime minister has called the violence illegal. >> reporter: the situati

andrew simmons, al jazeera, swat valley, pakistan. >> reporter: defense trial of former bosnia chiefarted and he is seen behind his lawyer faces 11 charges with genicide and crimes against humidity between 1992-1990 bosnia war and it was europe's worst massacre since the second world war. at least 44 people have died in the worst flooding on record. thousands of people have been forced from their homes in history and this is the story. >> reporter: in the air on on the ground they want to get to the old and the sick. this is 88-year-old and we meet after her after she was rescued by the serbian army and her house was under a meter and a half of water and alone for days without food and drinking water. this is a massive logical operation and trying to completely overwhelming serbia services and they say the damage will cost the country billions of dollars. volunteers have joined the operation here. this man is a personal trainer from bell grade and is rescuing those left behind. >> how many people left here? >> we don't know, about 30 people. >> reporter: it's not clear how many peopl

let's go to andrew simmons who joins us live. andrew, it's really not looking hopeful in the chance of survivors being found. >> certainly not at all. we're in the second night now, and the position to the pit had a short distance from here. one of a solemn atmosphere as rescue workers out of the mine, and in a pre-session to the crowd, and hoping that their loved one had survived. rather ironic you see the blue lights there, and those evidences had 24 hours ago have been there to try to save beam's lives, so many people were rescued. but no, they're there to take the bodies to the mortuary. this has been a tragic day. it's the agonizing aftermath of every minor's worst fear. an underground fire with poise thousanpoisonous fumes. so many miners died together in large numbers. most with no means of escape. >> the fire started in a mine owned by a private company. 77 million people are feeling this pain, and it's hard to go through this process. we're sorry to lose the miners. i give my condolences to the families and hope that the

first andrew simmons has this report. >> all over this area, the grief is intensifying. so many young lives lost doing a job that is poorly paid. have encouraged her 25-year-old husband to find work elsewhere, he was only a few weeks away from becoming a sergeant. they married seven months ago, all over there are gathering like this, some of the aingeser subdue add feeling of social injustice that such high risks should be taken to earn a living. we are very worried. we don't know if they will make it back. he is like my own son, he grew up with me, my inside is on fire, we complain about safety, but they don't care. >> elsewhere in the town, the anger is spontaneous but not physical. these are mostly miners, some now retired, many still working. >> they say safety has suffered since mind privatization in 2005. one individual lost the huge pain for their family, and this pain is held by all of us, we are facing a huge devastation, we need to unite and face in together in unity. in summer, the long list of victims and their grieving families are named over the municipalit

andrew simmons reports. >> reporter: thailand's monarchy has witnessed 12 coups in their history.king isn't here. at 86 he was too ill to at tend. this general is now officially running the country and said he didn't have a time frame for elections, but they would be held as soon as possible. >> translator: we will maintain firm control and deal with those who violate the law or use weapons as well as any protest or anything that would create a [ inaudible ] situation. >> reporter: with media sensorship and a ban on many people. >> i'm incredibly concerned. in the last two days there has been a very concerted targeting of free speech advocates. >> reporter: the leader of mass protests against the government was freed on bail, there is alarm now on what could happen next. the red shirt movement established in the wake of a 2006 coup has largely gone to ground, but some thing that's ominous. most analysts believe the coup is linked to the likely royal succession, while the king is revered by the country, the crown prince isn't perceived to be as popular. the schools have opened agai

andrew simmons is in soma and sent this update. >> reporter: the clashes eventually turned into a standoffs the water cannon behind me that was used and beyond that the crowds who are fewer in number now. they had gathered outside the municipal offices in the center of the town calling for stability on the part of the government and the mining company for this disaster. but for some reason that is not entirely clear, the police decided to use water cannons probably to stop them from marching through the center of the town. then tear gas was used and rubber bullets. and crowds started to gather, many people, ordinary people want to stand in solidarity of the protesters. one minor joining all of the crowd breaking down in front of everyone and crying, a very emotional scene saying for seven years he was under the ground doing his job, all f his friends were dead poisoned and now the police were trying to poison them on the streets with tear gas. this was a very ugly affair, but appears now to be ending in a reasonably peaceful fashion. >> two bombs in kenya's capitol have killed at least ten

. >> andrew simmons in western turkey. >> now 36 people are now confirmed dead following friday's violence in the bibban city of bengahzi. the attack has been described as a coup. they say they want to free the eastern city of what they're calling extremists. we report now from the capitol of tripoli. >> reporter: bengahzi is in turmoil. they have attacked the bases of two troops. the mission of the forces is to rid bengahzi of what they call extremists and terrorists. the attacks lasts for hours. while the fighter jet bombed a base for the february 17th date. the government in tripoli described the attack as a coup attempt. they said the attackers were acting without government approval. >> some aircraft flew in the city skies and the chief of staff of the libyan army has denied the issuance of order for these forces. therefore this movement is a violation of orders in the military and not issued by the legitimate authority. >> backlashes left a dozen killed and hundreds injured. they have set up check points at bengahzi. others were calling for calm. >> we have to unite and stop fighting

andrew simmons reports. >> reporter: it's natural spinoff, tourism was destroyed by the two-year rulethe taliban. by the time the army drove the taliban out in 2009, another traditional industry lay in ruins. the silk trade. there have been efforts to revive it, but talk of government subsidies haven't materialized. this is one of the few factories left. most of its workers have been laid off. those left are each having to operate 12 of the machines. the owner has been holding on to stock because he can't sell at a profit. >> translator: i'm only carrying on now for the sake of these poor laborers. if the situation goes on like this, i'll also have to close this factory. >> reporter: with labor costs low, business grew, but the cross border supply stopped. with high overheads and costly raw materials, this is what is in store now. what was a thriving industry providing 70,000 jobs handed down through generations, now reduced to scrap. this one of 500 factories closed down and about to be sold. with no jobs available, there are warnings that those falling into poverty can be attracted

al jazeera's andrew simmons reports. >> reporter: what was a rescue operation has now become a long running procession. carrying bodies to the surface. a flight of ambulances no longer waiting for the injured but driving away the dead. this, the somber aftermath of an underground fire, an explosion, point fumes. every miner's worst fear. now for their families a stunned comprehension at the loss. rescuers did their level best but most of the miners who died had no means of escape. hour after hour families waited in grief. hour after hour, hoping that they'll recognize their loved ones, hoping that they'll be alive but that's a fo a forlornd hope. it's as if people couldn't bring themselves to believe the scale of what had happened. the timing couldn't have been worse. the power failure following the explosion and that meant the lift of the surface didn't work. fire and rescue teams pumped oxygen into the pits. the thought most victims died from carbon monoxide poisoning. there mr. claims that safety standards here were not adequate but they were rejected by the mine's owners. demonstrations

andrew simmons, al jazeera swamp valley, pakistan. >>> more to come on the al jazeera news hour, thisof the most beautiful but dangerous active volcanos in the world and this is southern chile where a warning system could save hundreds of thousands of lives. >>> and another server has thrown in the final of the masters and more coming up. ♪ america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now ♪ chile is home to scores of active volcanos and there is no way to stop them from occurring they hope they can predict the eruptions. >> reporter: chile's long landscape has volcanos, thousands of them. like this one which in 2011 spewed ash clouds that circled the southern hemisphere at least five times and now to predict and prepare for eruptions the government has the state of the art network that monitors volcanos in real time like this one that has been on yellow alert since april. >> translator: we are monitoring 43 of the most active volcanos with cameras and sensors and other devices so chile can have first-rate information to put an early warning syste

andrew simmons, al jazeera, western turkey. >> coming up next, state of mentioner six the race to saveundreds of homes threatens by the raging wild fires out in southern california. why protestors in brazil think the world cup next month, is a big waste of money. >> rages wild fires burned thousands of acres in southern california. thousands of people forced to three, let's go brian rooney now. brian, that is the latest. >> we are standing over a rescreen, that purposes out about an hour nag ago. firefighters stopped it pretty much at the top of the hill. it gives an idea of the fire bursts up in one place after another, and it gives you an idea of how far it is for firefighters to chase these fires. >> fires have problemmed up faster than firefighters can knock them down. the swirling black smoke carrying burning embers straight up. firefighters have had to attack at least nine different fires over the past few days. thousands of residents and some businesses have been advised to evacuate. some areas are without power. fire has burned into the giant camp pendleton marine base. >> we w