in bangladesh everyone wants a shot at making it in the ga rment industry. i'm headed to a small factory that does finishing of garments. they're supposed to be finishing garments for walmart. i'm posing as a buyer to get in there. for those who can't open large factories, there's always business in sub-contracting, even if it means putting the finishing touches on garments before they're shipped out. >> do you make anything that ends up in walmart? >> yes >> you've made products that go to walmart? >> were you an authorized walmart subcontractor? >> so is this very common? that a lot of factories subcontract for big labels like walmart without authorization? >> sabina? you're 14? so you started working when you were 13 years old? >> so what's the average age of your workers? >> but we just spoke to a girl who said she's 14. >> walmart told us they don't tolerate child labor in their supply chain - and they're investigating whether this finishing center did any work on walmart products. once we found one finishing house, it wasn't hard to find others. >> wha

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aljazeera, bangladesh. >> in london, activists rallied outside the flagship store of gap, one of several stores yet to sign up for safety for textile workers. >> it's been a year since 1,138 people died when a building full of garment workers in bangladesh collapsed allegedly because of shoddy construction and poor management. this demonstration among others on what's called an international day of action is intended in part to be a memorial for the victims of that disaster, but it is also a call by campaigners for retailers to do more to improve the standards in the factories in bangladesh in which the clothes they sell are made. do you feel that retailers in this country and elsewhere ever lived up to the promises that they made a year ago? >> i'm absolutely not. we are here at gap because gap have refused to sign the bangladesh accord, which is a worker led agreement on fire safety, brands like gap are refusing to have anything to do with it. compensations are for lower than they should be. it's a very serious situation for the survivors and their families and brands need to act. >> i

it's bangladesh's first genetically modified crop much scientists are distributing the plants made from genes developed by a biotechnology company to a select group of farmers. this man is a farmer, he hopes that the crop will make his life easier. it is resistant to the fruit and chute bore, an insect that destroys crops. there are a number of pests that harm them, but that is the most problematic. >> we have to spray pesticides at this twice a week to grow regular egg plants. sign tests tell us we won't need to any more. >> not everyone is as optimistic. >> there's many varieties of egg plants in bangladesh. protesters say introducing foreign element into the soil will alter the ecological system and harm local crops. >> supporters of the crop see the protesters as misguided. >> translation: why are they putting effort into this when they should protest against the use of the pesticides. almost everything we grow and eat in bangladesh is sprayed with poison. >> critics find out it was developed in india, but new dealy has not approved the crop. >> they'll solve the problem of one inse

retailers like h&m and calvin klein obligates them to upgrade their factories in bangladesh.have refused to make those binding commitments. >> tell people about zady and what you trying to accomplish. >> we are wanting an alternative from that lifestyle. we were excited when the companies entered the u.s. and started buying. we ended up having closets full of stuff with nothing to wear. as you get into these stories and these heart-wrenching stories of what is repeating throughout bangladesh and china and other nations, we got tired of that. we want quality we want the workers treated fairly. we created an alternative. we want to know how products are made so we can feel good about every purchase. >> whose responsibility does this ultimately become? as scott was saying, is it the brand, gap, walmart, the factory owners, officials in a place like bangladesh? >> it is all of us. every time we purchase something, we make a vote for something that we believe in. will we vote for something that has people treated fairly for their hard work? >> scott nova, what about the financial

executive director at the workers rights consortium that recently returned from bangladesh., what is the situation in bangladesh repairing the damage and making sure this kind of catastrophe doesn't happen again? >> while the collapse itself was an accident, the conditions were no accident. for years, retailers demand and prices so low from their contract factories that the only way they could meet the prices was to ignore worker safety. that is why hundreds of -- what we need is for brands and retailers to invest in programs. retailers like h&m and calvin klein obligates them to upgrade their factories in bangladesh. they have refused to make those binding commitments. about zady and what you trying to accomplish. wrecks we are wanting an alternative from that lifestyle. we were excited when the companies entered the u.s. and started buying. we ended up having closets full of stuff with nothing to wear. as you get into these stories heart-wrenching stories of what is repeating throughout bangladesh and china and other nations, we got tired of that. theant quality" we want w

there are over 100 varieties of egg plants in bangladesh. they say introducing the foreign element in the soil will forever harm the local crops. >> supporters of the crops see the protesters are misguided acting out of general opposition to genetically modified food. >> they should be protesting the use of pesticides. everything we eat is sprayed with poison every week. this is a much bigger problem. >> but critics say that it was developed in india but new delhi has not approved the crop. >> it will be solving the problem of one insect but there are still many others. they will still need pesticide. this is a false notion that they will solve all the problems. >> monsantos hope that this will prove to indian authorities that it is safe to use. for some it all comes down to one thing, whether the genetically modified crop is good for business. al jazeera, bangladesh. >> that's it for the news hour, but do stay with us. we've got a full bulletin of news straight ahead. real reporting that brings you the world. >> this is a pretty dangerous t

bangladesh -- yes, bill, they had a terrible election in december, for those who do not follow bangladesh politics on a regular basis. about two decades ago the bangladeshis pirated what was a brilliant way of managing bytile election environments connecting a constitutional amendment that required the outgoing government to step down for the 90 days bc the elections, to be replaced by a government of technocrats who were legally precluded from seeking office in the next election. and this would be the groups that oversaw the election. unfortunately for both of the political leaders who have alternated in the intervening time, under this arrangement the outgoing government never came back. and both of these women had been looking for 20 years for a way of breaking that curse and hanging onto the chair that they rather liked sitting on. the current prime minister had a huge majority, and pushed through with no difficulty at all a constitutional amendment the interim government arrangement, bolstered by a supreme court ruling which permitted them to use the interim government arrangement on

i would have seen people in bangladesh which is a penny for a welcome idea the alliance is that bastion of that to be sent out by some primary by american companies can and will not want to copy call it any credence is about compensation. now eighties maybe too many to town walks back to the oohs and the prints in the end of the ten initiatives will happen and what we say ease that we have seen some breakthroughs that i have to really make out stats and we had to be in any retreat at the back how we define a breakthrough in the industry lacks way way behind other sectors and those of us hit the right thing about tt phosphorus and three numbered he is happy. hiking up the problems in the supply chain to displ tonight which willlws contain the term absenteesoco run cse infortunately was catastrophe weighty task pane. so we probably need to iron out the set of eighteen months was trying to understand. went to thee a massive difference the record came out at the beginning of this week and he'll be the best east and business school setting. i'll actually get cool it's to be quite technical f

it accounts for ready made clothing from bangladesh to north america. after the collapse, me committed millions of dollars to improving factory standards but accused of repackaging the old system of self regulation that ensures no liability for members if standards don't improve. the alliance insist there will be penalties. >> i will throw any country out that does not live up to their agreement. >> they won't go to jail. >> i don't know why they would go to jail. is there anybody going to jail now? i think you have to understand something. these are bangladesh owned factories. >> that is a key issue, it's the clothing companies business model that makes factories race to the bottom in wages and conditions. those who support the legally binding accord hope involving workers them receivers in the oversight of factory safety means the old ways will change. >> they tell factories that they are supposed to abide by labor standards and codes of conduct while at the same time pressuring their suppliers to cut costs and to keep prices as low as possible. the w

there seems to be safety improvements in bangladesh's factories. are you happy with how that is progressing? >> the legally binding accord on fire and building safety in bangladesh signed by industry, together with 166 brands has been a breakthrough. it is creating a new standard. it's covering more than 2 million workers and 2,000 factories. the fact that the brands have made a legal commitment to inspections and finding funding together with the factory owners to repair the dangerous factories, that is, indeed, a breakthrough. >> at the same time there's anger over the amount of compensation paid to survivors and families of the dead. critics say western retailer are not contributing enough. do you agree? >> absolutely. we manage, together with our partners, to set up the rana plaza trust fund for paying compensation. it is administered by the international labour organization ilo, and based on international transparent norms. shockingly, by today half of the 30 brands that we are sourcing from have paid into the fund. of the 40 million usd targe

not only a fraction of the mold of one thousand factories in bangladesh have been inspected. we gave him permission to visit based mobile factory. managing director of one of the above has already met new standard said on his costume and kellen jones cna. a lot of people complain saying why me a fortune by someone outside the best and is based on european. imposing into bondage factories. even the court comes with a hundred schemes. even when he's achieved. i think that's achievement. molded foam indian textile workers in bangladesh and i'll pay the minimum wage of around fifty euros a month. smells my practice as that's barely enough to make ends meet. she began working in the industry as a child. now was a member of the country's leading trade union teased him on the mall responsibility from the global garment industry i found this one. this was the team. to her. teach them to see me. that laid me low when i heard that. people still come here to help victims. commenting on to compensation. she thinks the room in soprano closet the main memorial. he says working conditions c

about 100 miles off the coast of bangladesh in the bay of bangal.quest. >> we should point out the leaders of the search are dismissing it as saying the location specified is not within the search arc derived from this data. the jicc, the joint international team is satisfied that the missing aircraft is in the southerly portion of the search arc. so we find out this information, we know where the pings were. what do you glean from all of this information? all right, they say they have found something. they say by their resonance, methods, it is something that resembles an airplane, it is consistent with the shape, the consistency and metallurgical qualities of the plane. they're saying they've not found 370, they merely say they've found something that needs to be looked at. >> right. >> however, on the other hand, we have an entire body of flimsy tenuous and perhaps suspect evidence from nmrast. all we have is the nmrsat data, the 6 1/2 pings -- it's not pings, satellite handshakes, that show the plane flew. those saddle light handshakes are all t

these bangladesh ships are heading out there at this moment.all we know, close by. they appear to be looking on the surface which is from what expert says a moot point. if there is a plane there, they're not going to see any evidence on the surface. should there be an investment in checking this out for real or is it cursory we looked, fine. >> there is no question that we belong investigating this. first of all, the science of spectral imagery is solid. what we've been talking about, what our experts have been talking about is the technology of this company. we don't know the technology because they're not going to disclose it. but i would remind everyone that inmarsat used proprietary technology. >> which they have never disclosed. >> which they have never disclosed. and we banked all our hopes on that. and the ping data also is being used outside the box. and we know how we've turned up at this point. we've searched our best place there is no airplane. so the bottom line here is you bring a ship out from the southern shore of bangladesh, it'

bangladesh needs to keep pace with the mod he were world. we are far behind. our women don't participate in wrestling in the olympics. that makes us very sad. if we participated, more girls would want to become wrestlers. >> the growing popularity of cricket is thought to have a spillover effect by getting girls more interested in sports. if that does happen, she believes there is a bright future for bangladesh's wrestlers. >> golf the first major of the season tees off in a week's time in augusta. it will be without its biggest draw. tiger woods is currently recovering from surgery and will miss the tournament for the first time in his career, the former number one rory mcelroy said it is a big blow to the sport. >> it draws more to the game, when he plays, when he's in contention, when he's winning. we all have tiger to thank for where the game is. he has brought the t.v. coverage up, the prize money up than it was before he was on the scene. it's great to have tiger woods in golf and even though he hopefully will be out for this a short while, it creates a

clients isur biggest bangladesh. bangladesh, if you look at what's happening in the oceans and how much land they are going to lose, this will be the number one poverty-stricken nation. if you look at the coastal cities, one of the predictions is that if we get to where we think we will get in terms of temperature rise and see rise, bangkok could be underwater by 2030. we feel that tackling climate change is critical to tackling extreme poverty. >> is the world bank the best mechanism? s hoping they would say, hey, here's the plan, go do it. >> you think the world bank can execute on that mission? climate smarte agriculture and provide better financing for global energy. we definitely can help people in inner cities. >> even though they don't get a lot of investment because it's not profitable? the profitability is one aspect of it. the real problem is you need long-term financing. it's very difficult to find it anywhere in the developing world. the real issue and the reason so developing countries leaders are worrie

we are on set in bangladesh. >> rescue teams in south korea are searching for nearly 300 people who are missing after a passenger ferry sank off the coast. 477 were on board the vessel, travelling to an island. two people have been killed. dozens of rescue ships and helicopters are searching the area. caroline malone has the latest. >> it's a massive rescue operation to try to save hundreds from the sea of south korea's south coast. 470 passengers were on the ferry. around 60 vessels are involved in the emergency mission. >> translation: 18 helicopters were used for the rescue, with a firefighting team, coast guard, navy and police. 34 vessels from the coast guard and 25 from the navy were used. >> survivors felt a jolt from the ship around breakfast time. the ferry began to tilt and sink. many on board were students, on a trip from high school to the capital seoul. >> parents are travelling to the area by bus. they'll have an anxious wait to find out if their child is among those rescued or not. >> translation: i felt like my heart stopped. i can't describe the feeling in words. i was

these are bangladesh-owned factories. >> that's a key issue. it's the clothing industry that makes the wages and conditions. those supporting the legally binding accord for workers themselves with factory safety means that the old ways will change. >> they tell factories that they're supposed to abide by labor standards and codes of conduct, while at the same time pressuring the suppliers to cut costs and keep costs as low as possible. and the way that factories do that is by cutting wages and labor costs. >> the design studio to the border, there's agreement that workers should not die while manufacturing our clothes, but the debate continues on whether it should be left up to foreign multinationals themselves to put a bangladeshi's life in front of the costs. >> it the >> the government is cracking down on e-cigarettes. the smokeless devices are popular. and until now --- have slid under the regulatory radar. the fda now wants hundreds of manufacturers to register. so scientists can determine if they're a health hazard. new rules would make t

one year ago this week an 8- story building in bangladesh collapsed. more than a thousand people were crushed to death - mostly garment workers who made cheap clothes for us and european companies. in the weeks that followed there was a lot of talk and promises from clothing companies that they would hold garment factories to higher safety standards. has that happened? judy gearheart is with the international labor rights forum that works for the humane treatment of workers around the world. it's been one year, are workers in garment factories safer? >>i don't think we can say that they are safer yet. i think there's a lot more work to be done. we're very encouraged though because the accord for fire and building safety in bangladesh now has 150 global brands that have signed on and made a binding commitment to work with unions internationally and nationally to improve the industry. inspections going forward in a way that involves workers and there's a very robust change. >>what are some of the brands that are signed on to that? >>it includes american

the court between drought and flooding in bangladesh. under the effect of climate change sal is not just any pipeline for three courses this multi billion dollar project isn't so great at an important step to more energy independence for it could take it that far out to be on the beach the keystone pipeline nobody can make counted as the main also has top times in our content with the oil refineries in the southern united states. and for the new x out it's not a soul cuts that would allow the delivery of more oil on a direct routes towards the gulf of mexico. it's a lot to us president back obama if he signs off on this project. canada's oilsands exploration will be boosted if not speak all companies but have to stop loving all over again in canada the political battle is on whether or not at stake the twenty fourteen the white house in washington demonstrators are fighting plans to build the keystone xl pipeline which would transport oil from canada to the us the city will have a devastating effect on people and the environment. family

and we return to bangladesh, nearly a year after the factory collapse that killed more than a thousand people. to see what has and hasn't been done to make these workplaces safer. >> for their part factory owners, complain that their international customers have talked about improving conditions but haven't been willing to pay for it >> woodruff: those are just some of the stories we're covering on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: another school was engulfed by sudden violence today, when a teenager stabbed and slashed 19 students and a security guard in pennsylvania. it happened just minutes before classes began at franklin regional high, in murrysv

some are refugees from neighboring bangladesh. you wouldn't see a difference. >> there's no work back home. that's why we have all come here. >> reporter: they act, speak and behave like any other indian. some have forged documents to say they are indian. yet on sunday bjp leader nairnd narendra mod said. >> you better be ready to leave. >> these are the sharpest comments he made about illegal immigration. it worries some seeing modi playing divisive politics. >> there are bengalese here. many refugees from bangladesh have been here for years. if modi gets back we'll get back at him. >> we're all indians, where can we go? they are driving out and alien ating muslims. >> supporting migration to the state of hindus from bangladesh. it is the same state that nearly two years ago saw muslims driven from their homes in communal violence that left over 70 dead and hundreds seeking shelter in refugee camps. there are two weeks left and several voting days to go. mr. modi's can comments will resonate in large urban cities and in the state

very hot on to bangladesh. the heat will continue to building and it will be quite some time before we see those temperatures easing as the rain arrives. >> a taste of what we have coming up on the news hour. farmers in colombia are threatening more strikes accusing the government of breaking its promises. and zimbabwe in charge of the main opposition, many wondering. we'll have the details on that. >> he shouldn't own the team any more. he should stand up and say i don't want to own the team any more. >> we'll hear what some of the basketball's most influential voices think this team should do next. >> lear with the news hour. 683 people have been convicted to death in one trial. among them, the leader of the muslim brother hood upheld the death penalty. and hundreds of other death deah sentences handed down in march. the united states has imposed sanctions on seven russian government officials the white house said the seven russians now subject to asset freezes and travel bans. >>> the u.s. president barack o

government still calls for a more inclusive politics in bangladesh. so far, the tea leaves are not looking particularly good other than coming from punjab sri lanka, none of them look particularly good. and the jamaat islami has been leading the procession and the big as the young party is currently on a long march. they are trying to carry this out without basically getting themselves all the rest day. my guess is you'll see sputtering of iowa -- is traditional confrontational politics for the next couple of years, following which they may well get beyond sputtering and that will be the point at which we can see whether shea cucina is indeed going to go in the direction of something closer to a one-party state as her father had. i don't think the issue will be forced right away, but after a couple of years there's been a lifecycle of election during which the political environment in the government's ability to make decisions have started out not terribly high as drunk in a gentle curve initially a year for a part of a five-year. >> thank you. a seco

when the deadliest accident in the garment industry history took place in bangladesh. that country seems so far away, and yet, made in bangladesh is very likely in your closet or drawers because it is one of the top three producers of apparel sold in this country. but there are a high cost associated with those cheap clothes. even now they say you can smell the death, at what was the rana plaza. the eight story factory building where clothes to some of the biggest brands were produced collapsed just hours after an engineer examined large cracks fearing the building wasn't stable, and should be evacuated. but more than 3500 workers most of them women, have been ordered back to their jobs that morning. i heard the factory was falling apart. none of the workers wanted to go inside, but the staff forced us to go into work. they said if we don't go in, they wouldn't pay our wages. they said we have is to fit a quote of 24 how pieces that day. >> tells me she was afraid to go to work that day. but even more afraid of losing her job. >> they forced us into the factory, after

unsafe buildings hike this have been the cause of some of the worst industrial disasters in bangladesh. last april the building collapse kaled a thousand garment workers. we inspected 100 factories. we have had a few cases were there had to have been significant weight reduction. this is the only one that has involved part of the workforce not being able to work because all production had to cease on a certain number of flaws. >> the inspection agreement required openers to pay workers while rep faces took place. they have no idea in that will happen to her. what happened to the family in the troubled garment industry is not going to e about easy. >> nine people, including an election candidate have been killed in northern afghanistan. they were abducted in the remote prove joints by suspected taliban gunman three days ago. the local governor said some bodies had been recovered, including two people. it's the last day of campaigning before afghanistan's presidential election. a front runner is abdullah abdullah. bernard smith joined him on the campaign trail in western afl g afghanista

. >>> a year after bangladesh's worst factory accident, we ask are working conditions any safer? [ ♪ music ] >>> barack obama has backed japan in its territorial dispute with china. the u.s. president said the senkakus have been historically governed by japan. the diaoyu island, as it's called in china, has strained relations. president obama's remarks are likely to anger china. >> we stand together calling for disputes in the region, including maritime issues, to be resolved peacefully, through dialogue. we share commitment to fundamental principles such as freedom of navigation and respect to international law. the treaty commitment to japan's community is absolute, and article five covers all territories under japan's administration, including the si senkakku islands island. >> the u.s. and japan share sovereignty based on legal principles. we are global countries promoting stability and peace. both are contributing to the peace and prosperity of asia-pacific region. >> live to our correspondent mike viqueira in tokyo, travelling with the president. >> mike, what the japanese

. >> the second part of your question is about bangladesh. their influences and bangladesh of course among pakistan until 71 the inferences they are. i think that there's also a countervailing force and bangladesh in the political discourse in which those calling for bangladesh has been far more powerful than those calling for secular pakistan. in fact, it is translated as ledeen, which means anti-religion, which is not true. and so, in pakistan to just say that, you know, i want a secular pakistan as attracting an attack, a physical attack, that is not the case and bangladesh. they will be a will to solve it a little faster and quicker because it does not overlap with ethnic issues, which it does in case of pakistan and karachi, a lot of the shia have been to be the hot cheese and pashtun. those intertwined tribal ethnic issues and so why is a political issue there and i think they also have a countervailing force in pakistan. a countervailing force is relatively weak. the mac i spent a lot of time and bangladesh doing research on jamaat-e-i

migrants who have left bangladesh wanting to come to india and nationality. it's always a bone of contention. who can deal with it is interesting. possibly they are a firmer hand. certainly the pakistani - whether they want to have outside influences such as russia, a long-standing america who they have been warming up to a past decade, coming in on the event. it's a debate that is happening within the political circles of indian politics. i don't think the indian public at large worry too much about international relations at the moment. they think that the issues that matter for them are inflation, unemployment, health care, utilities, and international relations and relationships where the neighbours come well down the wishlist. >> thank you. it was mentioned the issues that would appeal to the average voter. we have been speaking to voters in one of india's modern towns. >> people here are checking their names against a registered list of voters. they have been coming to the polling station since the polls opened at seven this morning. it is very differen

. >> biotechnology company in bangladesh created the first genetically modified crop. the plant is resist and to certain pests but environmental activists are worried about the safety. we have more. this could change the lives of farmers in bangladesh. it's the first genetically modified crop. scientists are distroilenting the plants made from genes developed by a biotech company to a select group of farmers. this is a farmer he hopes the grope will make his life easier. he's resistant to the fruit and shoot. there are a number of pests that harm egg plants, but the fruit is the most problematic for south asian farmers. >> translation: we have to spray pesticides. it's time-consuming and extensive. scientists tell us we won't need to. not everyone will be as optimistic. >> protesters say that introducing the foreign elements into the soil will alter the ecological system and harm the lobing the crops. >> reporters of the crop see the protesters are misguided acting out of a genetic opposition. >> translation: why are they putting the effort into this when they should b

. >> now to bangladesh, where garment factories have been forced to close after a team of inspectorsided the building was unsafe. the inspections began after the factory collapsed, killing more than 1,000 workers. workers relying on an income are now facing a difficult future. >> this woman and her husband began to work at the same factory over 12 years ago. they lived in a tin shack and worked hard to build a decent life for them and their severely disabled daughter. last week the factory was declared unsafe. both of them lost their jobs. >> translation: my daughter is never well. she always needs medication and treatment. it's very expensive. even if we don't eat, she needs to eat. now we don't have work, i don't know how we'll take care of her. >> this is a building where the couple worked. safety inspectors found flaws and ordered that several floors be evacuated. the company that they worked for shut down, leaving thousands without work. other companies suspended operations. the manager says it's a big blow for everyone involved. >> translation: it's a problem for the opener. fo

on how bangladesh is observing the anniversary. many of these men are rich garment factory owners. their part of an industry that is the backbone. but they are here today to pray for people that earn little more than 1 dollar as day. the workers inside the garment factory. when the building collapsed one year ago, and kills 1,129 garment workers. it was the late nest a series of disasters that struck the industry, and it appears the one that finally shocked owners into action. >> we take the responsibility until 18 years. this is our commitment and we need to take our commitment as well. >> to mark the anniversary of the disaster, the owners marched to the pacific hotel, 200 meters away. owners and international retail brands are under pressure to talk to family of victims and survivor ms. of whom no longer have an income. this event was also helped to publicize a fund that will hand out $640 to each victim of the collapse. two international labor organization is coordinating the efforts. >> this is just the first round of payments and more will be as claims are assessed. but it ha

. >> we have a woman in bangladesh, she was a product of -- she was involved in abusive relationship with her husband. she escaped from her situation and a friend of hers and herself decided to start a bakery. she went online and took an accounting course, a marketing course, how to run a small business course, and this woman in bangladesh is now running a successful bakery enterprise and from coursera. >> she, it gave her a life. >> rose: and we conclude this evening with a conversation about confidence, claire ship man and katty kay wrote a new book called "the confidence code", the science and art of self-assurance. >> we started writing this book because we would interview women all across america, women in incredible positions of important and came across this self-doubt, people you think would be brimming with confidence would talk to us how they were just lucky to be in the right place in the right time to get their job, were they really deserving of their promotion and it got us thinking there is something about confidence that we wanted to investigation and the book is reall

right now two bangladesh navy ships are in the bay of bengal.ng for possibly remains of missing flight mh-370. an australia marine company say they believe it is the remains of boeing 777 that was spotted right around the time that the flight vanished. >> as the search continues for mh-370, a team of scientists from an australian mining exploration company believe they may have found its location more than 5,000 kilometers away. it is believed that there is the remains of an aircraft found 190 kilometers off the coast of bangladesh. >> it is a scientific proven fact that we guarantee that at that location there are chemical elements that are part of a plane. >> their search began four days after the plane's disappearance testing for elements found in a boeing 777. and while many are skeptical of the technology, the team stands by the science and their findings. the final report was sent two weeks ago to malaysian airlines and all countries involved in the search but they got no response. no no one is saying this is, in fact, the remains of mh-37

. >>> bangladesh today sent two navy ships to the bay of bengal to look for any signs of flight 370.rivate australian company claims it has found to be, they say, plane wreckage in that location, wreck ang that could be from the missing jetliner. officials with the company went public after they say investigators ignored them for several weeks. our correspondent give us inside look at the company and its claims. >> reporter: as the search continues for mh-370, a team of scientists from an australian mining exploration company believe they may have found its location more than 5,000 kill meters away. georens nance is convinced through its high-tech spectral images, it has located plane wreckage in the bay of bangladesh. >> that location there are chemical elements that are part of a plane. >> reporter: their search began four days after the plane's disappearance, testing for elements such as aluminum, titanium and copper found in a boeing 777. while many are skeptical of the technology, the team stands by the science and their findings. their final report was sent two weeks ago to mal

two navy ships from bangladesh are en route to investigate.in charge of australia's search efforts rejects the company's claim. he's confident the best experts in the world have led his team to the right place. >> on the basis of their analysis, is that the aircraft appears to have entered the water in the indian ocean. >> reporter: within hours, the malaysian government is expected to release to the world a preliminary report on the investigation into flight 370's disappearance. the routine report is expected to include factual details, like a time line. but will not make any conclusions about the cause of the plane's disappearance. meantime, flight 370 families are learning even more in a second day of in-depth briefings, malaysian authorities went through detailed questions line by line. many questions on the plane's emergency locator transmitters which never signaled a crash. they demanded to know when they were last inspected. >> the check was done on the 23rd of february of 2014. is it possible to break the elt at high impact? the elt ca

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frontier funds, that's basically means investing in places like africa, bangladesh, et cetera. they're getting investment dollars in the way they had never have before. what is your role? is it to compete with an? is it to coexist with them? do you even have a raw? >> you know, we were just at the g20 meeting. i didn't attend but our chief financial officer attended. for the last three or 4g 20 meetings that topic, every single time was we need more funding for infrastructure in developing countries. the world is awash in liquidity, that's true but it's not going to fund those projects. >> so is your role to go with the private sector will not go? >> what we're trying to do is to go with -- [audio difficulty] >> the official developer assistance, four days is about 125 billion a year. africa alone has up hundred billion a year in extra fracture need. if you look at the berks county, africa of in south africa but if you throw south africa in and look at the brig countries, they have about a trillion dollars a year in infrastructure needs. the foreign assistance is a tiny piece o

bangladesh, if you look at what's happening with even a small rise in the oceans and look how much land they are going to lose, this is going to be the number one poverty issue for them. if you look at the coastal cities, one of the predictions is that if we get to where we think we are going to get in terms of the temperature rise and sea rise, bang cog could be under water by 2030. we feelle it's critical to tackling extreme poverty. >> is the world bank that mechanism? >> when i came onboard i was hoping say here, we have a plan. we want you to do this part of it. that would have been great. ok, great. i'm glad you have a plan. >> you think the world bank can execute on that mission? > we can scale climate smart agriculture, we can provide better financing, we can help people build cleaner cities. >> solar and wind don't get a lot of investment because it's not possible -- >> the profitablity is one aspect of it, but the real problem and our understanding you need long-term financing. it's very difficult to find long-term financing anywhere in the developing world. andle it the real

it basically means investing in places like africa, bangladesh, etc. they're getting investment dollars in a way they have never before. do you co-invest with them? do you even have a role? >> we were just at the g-20 meeting. i didn't attend but our chief financial officer attended. for the last three or four g-20 meetings, the topic is we need more funding for infrastructure in developing countries. so the world is awash in liquidity, that's true, but it's really not going to fund those projects na are critical for economic depofmente. >> so is your role go where the private sector will not go? >> we'll try to go where the private sector fears to go and then lessen their fears going there. if you get a sense of the scale, every year the official development assistance, foreign aid is about $125 billion a year. so africa alone has about $100 billion a year in infrastructure needs. if you look at the bricks country, this is africa other than south africa if you throw in south africa and the bricks countries themselves have about $1 trillion a year in i

12 months ago today, the ran that factory plaza collapsed killing 1,100 workers in ba banglade bangladeshnjured the $22 billion clothing export business and retailers. has anything changed for the rana workers? >> this was a disaster of staggering proportions. more than 1,100 dead, thousands wounded and demands that this should never be allowed to happen again. rebecca barely survived and lost her legs. >> translator: i am borrowing money from different places to survive. my husband is taking care of me and has no time to go to work. who will look at me and do the household work if he goes to work? even one year after disaster, i'm still waiting on full compensation. >> compensation is coming but slowly. companies have pledged a third of 25 million pounds needed for a donor trust fund. the disaster has led to international agreement signed by retailers setting safety standards for 4,000 bangladesh factories. only a quarter have been inspected, some closed down. >> these reports are transparent. the full scale of the standard is known. with this agreement, we've changed the rules of the su

bangladesh is feeling the effect.esidents of a small island say their home disappearing. >> this man never thought it would happen for him. he watched as the river swallowed up the homes of fellow residents. he thought he and his family would be safe. >> translation: even a year ago you couldn't see it from here, it was miles away. the government was building barriers to stop erosion. the waters broke through. >> this was a room where the family would eat. now they are forced to eat in the open. he was born in this house and spent his life here, but now he has to find a new place to stay. many have gone through this process eight, nine, 10 times. >> this used to be a garden. 10 years ago it used to take two days to walk from here to the riverbank. stretching out there was a dozen villages. they are all gone today. >> according to experts, climate change is to game more the disappearing act. the island faces twin threats - rising sea levels and a river that crashes on its shores harder than ever, thanks to the erratic

controversial in bangladesh. they say it will cost money and hurt reputations. >> the effort is to not close a factory unless there is imminent danger. to work with the own for make sure that there is a remediation plan and they know what their obligations are. >> reporter: not all owners object the drive. >> these inspections are the first step to make sure that going to work no longer means risking their lives. al jazeera, anglely. >> time for a short break. when we come back. >> they killed one of our children! i'm a mother! imagine a mother finding herself in this situation. it's revolting. >> the police are blamed for the death of a tv performer in reio de janeiro. >> to agreement on the president in the first round of voting. >>> and we'll have more on the latest. stay with us. the only way to find out, is to see it yourselves. >> taking viewers beyond the debate. >> don't miss al jazeera america's critically acclaimed series borderland on al jazeera america also available on demand well it's official... xf

. >>> a somber anniversary today in bangladesh.s a year ago that a garment factory collapsed, killing more than 1100 people. the tragedy brought to light the terrible conditions thousands of workers endure as they make clothes for western retailers. many of those companies responded with new safety initiatives. still bangladesh has one of the lowest minimum wages in the entire world. new rules for the internet could mean life in the fast lane for companies like netflix. you are watching "real money," keep it right here. >>> the federal communications commission is trying to rewrite the rules of the road for the internet, and the big issue that has ignited a raging debate is whether content companies should be able to pay for the privilege of having their stuff like videos reach you faster than somebody else's content. so for this discussion, think of digital content as cars traveling on a highway that -- the highway represents the broadband pipes. here is what the future could look like if the ruled proposed today are approved. con

the heavy showers in bangladesh could lead to flooding.here look at those temperatures into the mid-40s, laura. >>> thank you very much. still to come, we'll look at the dangers of life as a journalist in pakistan. and in sport real madrid move closer to a tense european title. andy will be here with that story. ♪ vé ♪ >> here are our top stories from doha. iraqis are voting in the parlry elections first the u.s. troops withdraw in 2011. at least 30 people, most of them children are reported killed after an air strike hit a school in aleppo. and ukraine's acting president said police and security forces are struggling to restore order in eastern parts of their country. he addressed parliament in kiev just hours after more government buildings were taken over by pro-russia groups in the east. let's get more now on those elections in iraq. kamal has been keeping a close eye on what has been happening on social media. >> yes. we want to look at what interest might actually be in the united states in these elections. i saw this just a moment a