that is a fraction of bangladesh's capacity. that's not going to hamper too much, but the snap in the grid with with india line caused this, so this will be a concern and will be issues to discuss with india. we have to see how soon it is restored and what was the real cause behind it, because people are still kind of in the dark about what really exactly caused this snap and why is it taking so long, since the power stations are still able to run. >> ok. thank you very much. >> to pakistan now, one of the world's biggest producers of pine nuts. a long military campaign in the north of the country has made things difficult for growers and traders. we have more from the area. >> this is pakistan's northern region. near the border, it is the time of the we're when locals bring pine nuts to this market. everyone here is busy. this man is filling sacks full of pine nuts. they are intricately sorted by hand in what can take several hours each day. nearby, some use basic machines to save time and labor. pakistan has one of the largest

because a technical failure resulted in the entire power grid of bangladesh shutting down. everyone is running out of fuel. the entire country of 150 million people have been affect by this blackout and while many neighborhoods, especially the drill centers or home to upper middle class households have been throbbing with the loud hum of generators. they are start to go run out of fuel. this gas station doesn't have any diesel left because all these people have been coming to them to keep the lights on. the fear in the back of everyone's head is that what happened if the national grid problem is not resolved in the next few hours, and the generator's die. >> now these five people have been killed in fighting between shia houthi members in yemen. houthi attacked the political officers and detained at least three party members. >> there are reports of egypt's military using helicopters to bam barred and clear abandoned areas in the northern sinai to make way for a battle zone along the sinai border with gaza. the campaign was brought forward after 33 soldiers were killed in a

. >> millions left without power in bangladesh. >> in brazil, sao paulo experimenting with battery powered buses that could change transportation here. >> kurdish peshmerga forces from iraq have now joined the battle against isil in the syrian town of kobane. they're helping the hundreds of syrian kurdish and other opposition fighters who are already there. the iraq kurdish peshmerga forces crossed the border on friday. we have more from the turkey-syria border. >> we are a few kilometers away from kobane where the sound of sporadic fighting and shelling has persisted throughout saturday. behind me is one entrance through the town from turkey where the iraq kurdish peshmerga forces crossed over late friday and early hours of saturday bringing with them much needed reinforcements for the syrian kurdish fighters who have been combating isil. the peshmerga forces when entered stationed themselves mainly in the western part of the city. they brought with them semi pickup trucks that were essentially carrying heavy weaponry like anti aircraft guns and rocket launchers, bazookas and the like. th

>> karma lives in the japia hills area of india which borders bangladesh.t is a region blessed with breathtaking beauty and bountiful natural resources. the state department of national geology estimates there are 600 million tons of col reserves coal reserves. this discovery was a eureka moamen moment for the tribal entities. not everyone is rolling in riches. rights activists say thousands of children like karma are being exploitin these lucrative mines. they manually dig for coal because land owners don't want to invest in expensive machinery. they work without safety equipment, drinking water, or medical insurance. >> the need for children to work here is because the way the mining is taking place here is traditional, these rat holes only fit the size of a child. >> no one knows exactly how many children work here. but many suffer from mall nutrition, chronic cough and skin diseases. i've crawled about ten meters into this rat hole and the conditions are just horrific. as you can see there's literally no space. this is less than a meter that the childre

. >> >>> a court in bangladesh sentences a second islamic party leader to death. hello, i'm at al jazeera's headquarters in doha. also ahead - the battle for northern iraq. we are on the front line between you ared kish peshawar -- kurdish peshawar troops and i.s.i.l. >>> yemen government and houthi rebels form a deal >>> burkina faso's new leader - the african union and the u.s. condemn the military takeover. >> a bangladesh court sentenced another leader to death. he has been found guilty of fighters during the war in pakistan. ali was a senior member, and the leader was given a death sentence for similar crimes. we are joined by dhaka. who is mir quasem ali, and how significant is he. >> mir kaz 'em ali is a senior-most leader of jemaah islamic party. he was a leader and has been accused of forming a unit that collaborated with the army. he's been accused of killing freedom fighters during the war, and is the chief financier, owning a lot of businesses, is the director of an islamic bank, owns a tv channel that has been shut down. that context is instrumental.

he is a muslim refugee who came to bangladesh more than 20 years ago.has found life difficult here. >> translator: every time we leave the camps we get harassed. people rob us or beat us. >> reporter: he hopes to go to malaysia like many others. >> translator: i have heard some people are doing well in malaysia, and some people aren't doing well. but it has got to be better than here. >> reporter: since the early 1990s, many refugees have been housed in these camps. they live in cramped squaller conditions. they are desperate, and vulnerable. mohammed spent a year being held captive in the forrest of southern thailand. he has struck a deal with some men who said they would take him through thailand to malaysia. >> translator: once they got me there, they refused to let me go, unless i gave them much much more money than we agreed. they held me as a prisoner, until i was finally able to arrange the money. >> reporter: until now the government has refused to help the refugees, but that may be changing. there is finally some hope now for the refugees livin

also ahead a convicted war criminal facing the death penalty in bangladesh loses an appeal against histence. >>> several taliban groups claim responsibility for a suicide bombing near a border crossing between pakistan and india. and we have a special report on the struggle to get an education in war-torn countries. >>> burkina faso's military has vowed to install a new unity government days after seizing power. the u.n. is threatening to impose sanctions as the army tightens its control of the land locked country. on sunday soldiers fired shots in to the air in the capital to disperse protesters demanding a return to civilian rule, dominick kane has the latest i'm crowd march on his state tv. they have come to hear an opposition member explain why she was be burkina faso's next leader. but she won't get inside the building. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: this gunfire is directed over the heads of the protesters. fired by a goop of soldiers. in the confusion, state tv is taken off air for several hours. the military action continues as armed jeeps patrol the streets. but burkina faso's new m

this is from bangladesh. and one of the top environmentalists of bangladesh, which is the country that's on the front lines of kind of receiving all of the impact of global warming-- floods, you know... >> sure. >> hinojosa: and he says, "well, you know, what's going to have to happen is that the united states... i have a calculation, a mathmatical calculation, that the amount of land we lose because of global warming, the united states and china and india that are producing the carbon emissions that are causing this, you're going to have to take this number of bangladeshis, because they are environmental refugees." and then people are suddenly like, "wait a second. no, no, no, no, no." then it almost feels like, "wow, so we're going to have to actually see people who are environmental refugees?" then it begins to feel a little bit more real. or... >> absolutely right. so there's entire nations... and bangladesh is really on the forefront, you're right. but places like the maldives, which will just completely

ahead - a convicted war criminal facing the death penalty in bangladesh loses an appeal against his sentence >>> two groups linked to the taliban claim responsibility for the suicide bombing near the border of pakistan and india >>> and the mistry of the drones. france tries to track down who is responsible for flying them over its nuclear plant. >>> burkina faso's multi vowed to install a new government. the army tightens its controls. soldiers fired shots into the air in the capital with protesters demanding a return to civilian rule. >> reporter: a crowd marches on state tv, coming to hear an opposition member explain why she should be burkina faso's next leader. she will not get in the building. this gunfire is directed over the head of protesters, forward by a group of soldiers. in the confusion state tv is taken off air for several hours. the military action continues as armed soldiers patrol the streets. they are at pains to suggest that their aims are peaceful. >> translation: we ask to be given space towards putting our country on track. in the interests of all parties. all of the c

also ahead - calls for a 24 hour strike in bangladesh after a second islamic party leader is sentenced to death >>> a hero's welcome to burkina faso's new leader. the takeover condemned >>> voting in eastern ukraine - the west says it's illegitimate >>> in yemen 18 soldiers have been killed during overnight fighting between the army and al qaeda-linked fighters. it happened in the city of al-hudiara. it happened as a deal was being produced. omar al saleh is in the capital. what can you tell us about the fighting between al-qaeda and yemen security forces in al hudaydah? >> yes, well, i'm having trouble hearing you, but let me start with an update with regards to the death toll. it has changed slightly. we confirm at least 20 yemeni soldiers were killed in the clashes that took place on saturday in the western province, it's a mountainous area, and the fighters launched attacks on a number of position, including security and check points. 20 soldiers killed, three kidnapped, and the number of vehicles were set on fire. also the fighters withdrew to a nearby mountains >>> now, omar, in

. >>> the blackout in bangladesh is now over. bangladesh imports its electricity from india.his is bangladesh's worst power failure since a 2007 cyclone damaged the grid. >>> a court in egypt has sentenced eight men to three-year prison terms for appearing in a video allegedly showing a same-sex wedding aboard a riverboat on the nile. the men who hid their faces during the trial were convicted of inciting debauchery. it shows a man slipping a ring on another man's finger and sharing a kiss. one called it a satanic ceremony with images that anger god. although egyptian law does not explicitly ban it, homosexuality is taboo. >>> isis fighters are trying to wipe away iraq's history by destroying its antiquities. ben wedeman shows you what's at risk as the terror group takes over more of the country. >> reporter: few are the lands that can boast a history as deep and rich as iraq. and nowhere is that more apparent than in baghdad's iraqi museum. the director takes us on a tour. this is from 3,000 b.c., he says, pointing to an sumerian mosaic. the people mastered the first mathema

workers in bangladesh learn half of that. the government wants to improve conditions. a better business environment will stimulate growth and create millions of jobs. the prime minister has announced the make in india campaign, to help local businesses and young people like this 22-year-old. while the name of the campaign has itself become a talking point, what it promises to do could set him up for life. >> translator: i'm learning how to weld and this skill guarantees me a job. once i finish this course, i want to be able to support my family. >> reporter: make in india is the government's pitch to the world, states like this have welcomed foreign firms to set up manufacturing facilities in special economic zones have been successful, but it may be sometime yet before this global call to action translates into an industrial boom in india. >> 25% share of manufacturing by 2022, we do believe that that is achievable. >> reporter: this family is busy taking orders for next summer, and they are hoping in years to come, the international client list expands. >>> 13 people

the same worker in bangladesh earns less than a quarter of this.s like this one struggle with everything from inadequate facilities to complex regulations. the government wants to improve conditions in 25 sectors. it says a better business environment will stimulate growth and create millions of jobs. the prime minister has announced the make in india campaign to help local businesses and young people like this 22 year old. while the name of the campaign has itself become a talking point, what it promises to do could set him up for life. >> translator: i'm learning how to weld, and this skill guarantees me a job. once i finish this course, i want to be able to support my family with a reliable wage. >> reporter: make in india is the government's pitch to the world. states like this, which have for years welcomed foreign firms to set up manufacturing facilities in special economic zones have been successful, but it may be sometime yet before this global call to action translates into an industrial boom in india. >> vision which has been documented w

. >>> the supreme court in bangladesh upholds the death sentence given a politician, we'll explain why many. >>> and the melbourne cup, why racing is facing one of its deadliest times. >>> so it is the final day of campaigning before tuesday's crucial mid term elections in the u.s. now young voters played a decisive role in president obama's first election victory in 2008. but in mid term polls many younger people typically don't bother to vote. al jazeera's andy gallagher reports from new orleans on efforts to get them to the polling stations. >> at the new israel baptist church, pastor preaches about the power of the ballot box. >> now we're trying to encourage the rest of the people to get out and vote it's very what, serious. >> he's focused on inspiring young people to get involved in politics but also acutely aware that it can be an uphill battle. >> i think voting is the most important thing there is because of our forefathers having such a hard time to vote at all and now we have an opportunity to vote and some people don't want to vote. >> rock the vote aimed add changing that

in india garment factory workers earn an average of $200 a month, the same worker in bangladesh earns a quarter of this. higher wages are not the manufacturing factor's only challenge and business like this struggle from inadequate facilities to complex regulations. the government wants to improve conditions in 25 sectors and says a better business environment will stimulate growth and create millions of jobs. prime minister modi announced the made in india campaign to help local businesses and young people like 22 year olds here and the name of the camp page has itself become a talking point but what it could do is set him up for life. >> translator: i'm learning how to weld and this skill guarantees me a job, once i finish this course i want to be able to support my family with a reliable wage. >> reporter: make in india is the government's pitch to the world, states have for years welcomed firms to set up manufacturing facilities in commission zones and it may be sometime yet before the global call to action translates into an industrial boom in india. >> documented which talks abo

. >> there has been no censorship in bangladesh.ll of these books you are calling controversial, they are available right here, and on the grounds of bangala acadd me, an official institution. we haven't gone into the old way that we did, ban, ban, ban. >> it allows home grown talent to interact with a more global audience. >> here, we got to meet authors from other countries. we got to talk to them and exchange ideas. this brings a new perspective and our country needs it. >> the event is an opportunity for people to get their first exposure to the giants of world literature. >> includes a native sun. a debut novel has been well received. he was born in a village in northeast bangladesh. he rec he wouldn't have achieved what he has if he would have remained there? >> i wonder about it all the time. i carry novina all the time. i am extremely lucky. my parents moved to britain, and i had opportunities. i am very conscious of how random luck has -- how it shapes every human life, and, in particular, mine. >> having grown up in povert

in response bangladesh fired about 50,000 children. leftist human rights group investigated and found many went into prostitution. this doesn't help them. >> so laws are important, but on their own, you're right, they're not going to solve the problem. >> but we shouldn't -- the main decrease of the -- people escaping poverty that decreases child labor that's what globalization and economic freedom is about. >> let's look at the u.s. there aren't hundreds of thousands of children working in us factories at age 12. there are hundreds of thousands of children working in the fields. the reason why is because it's legal. when it's allowed under the law, parents are much more likely to put their kids in hazards conditions. >> this economic growth that comes through our economic freedoms that's what's -- >> economic development is going to lead to a reduction in child labor. you look at any poor country, not all the children are working. poverty and child labor are not synonymous. there are ways to support children in poor countries without

his family emigrated from bangladesh to queens. his father is a manhattan deli worker to support his family. >> they used to talk about high school. i had family members, some got in, some didn't. it's something i was born into. >> reporter: motivated by hopes of running a technology start up, the 14-year-old travels almost 3 hours every day just to get to school and back. >> reporter: is this a rich kids' school. >> i feel it's not. most of the kids i go to school with are like me, they are in financial situations like me. families try families try hard and find ways to get prep and study. it's more south asian, pakistani, indian, a school to help the minorities get up. >> asian americans account for 60% of students at specialised high schools. many assume the students come from an affluent middle class, according to the poverty measure, asian americans have the highest rate in new york city. 29%, compared to latinos at 29%. and blacks at 22%. families bought into a core below of american dreams. work hard enough and anyone can be

a technical failure resulted in the entire national grid of bangladesh, shutting down. the problem now is that everyone is running out of fuel. the entire country of 150 million people have been affected by this blackout, and while many of the neighborhoods, especially the ones that are industrial centers or home to upper middle class and upper class households have been throbbing with the loud hum of generators. they are starting to run out of fuel. this gas station doesn't ever fuel left. all the people have been coming to them to keep the lights on. the fear in the back of everyone's head is that with what happens if the nap grid problem is not rediscovered in the next hours and the generators die. >> a long military campaign along the afghan border in pakistan has made things difficult for growers and traders of pine nuts. >> this is pakistan's northern region near the border with north waziristan. it's the time of the year when farmers bring pine nuts to this market. everyone here's busy. this man is filling sacks full of pine nuts. they are sorted by hand in what

the full story with jo >>> in bangladesh, the jamaat-e-islami party is calling for a 24 hour country wide strike after a second senior party member was sentenced to death. mir quasem ali has been found guilty of 10 charges, including the torture of fighters during the liberation war with pakistan. ali is a senior member of the party. the leader was given a death sentence for similar crimes. we have more from dhaka. >> reporter: one of the senior jamaat-e-islami leaders sentenced to death by the bangladesh war crime tribunal. he was accused of forming a palay military unit that -- paramilitary unit that collaborated in the war of independence with pakistan. all were convicted and accused of war crimes during the 1971 war. mir quasem ali is one of the chief financiers of jamaat-e-islami. he owns several businesses and was director of a paper and tv station. it's a blow to jamaat-e-islami as a party. thousands of people wanted justice over four decades, and feel like justice has been done. family members and ex freedom fighters were there. they were jubilant about this verdict. but we h

life in bangladesh, he says, is very hard. where poverty and flooding are common place. >> the railway workers it is an all too familiar site. we often meet groups with moll children, it is so sad to see that, when they see us in these uniforms they run, they think we are the police. when night falls another two are spotted along this line, an entire family has been hiding in the bushes. >> the safety -- and other al quaida -- they have no time to waste. and so they continue their journey. they manage to get some vegetables ahonk the way, who said they were killed in a suicide attack. this is how most of the migrants were killed but the young afghans continue on wards on foot. every day she tries to help. >> i sympathize with the problems. they have already struggling. >> in the this night they welcome dozens into their home. the two columbian soldiers that were featured have been released. but the high ranking general and two other officials are still being held captive by the rebel group. the long running peace talks after t

because a failure has resulted in the grid of bangladesh shutting down. the problem now is that everyone is running out of fuel. the entire country of 150 million people have been affected by this blackout, and while many of the neighborhoods especially the ones that are industrial centers or home to upper middle class households are also starting to run out of fuel. this gas station does not have diesel left because all these people have been coming to them to keep the lights on. the fear in the back of every's head is what happens if the natural grid problem is not resolved in the next few hours and the generators die? >> coming up on al jazeera america, an update on an u.s. marine freed from prison in mexico. >>> some female sailors dive in world's formerly known only by their female counterparts. >>> and good news for a doctor in new york fighting ebola. you. >> the city's historic annual hall starting tomorrow morning. he served as the city's mayor for more than two decades. he was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year shortly after leaving office.

prices for a solar system, the advance of telecommunication of cell phones, i just came back from bangladesh some commercial approaches that are taken and i think will be extremely important because there is a rural population with relatively small loads to extend the grid by the utilities that don't have the money to do it or don't have that same type of commitment because they are struggling to meet the urban requirements. >> with her then i was referring to the neighborhoods. >> but the issues related to the decentralized approaches are relevant to the urban areas as well. but also the question about the entrepreneurial opportunities to work with u.s. companies better at the leading edge of technologies that has developed then and no grave approach in bangladesh and that is the type of innovation icy going on that we can begin to try to focus and take a closer look at africa and the market opportunities. >> it is part of the initiative? >> that is why we are excited beyond the grave because we're in the early stages but companies have expressed involvement and if we have the right strateg

mozambique exports cotton to china, to bangladesh for production.moment there is no textile industry. of course there are projects to open, but you cannot compete with these prices. it's impossible. >> the country is still suffering from the aftermath of civil war. two decades after the war ended, maputo is still tarnished from the fighting. mozambique continues to struggle economically. but necessity is the mother of invention, and the result can be very stylish indeed. this blue dress from the market will be re-worked. >> so, when you look at this address, for example, it really looks very conservative, like old mama dress. very long, long sleeves. what we want to do is freshen it up. we take out the sleeves both , sides of course. >> they refer to the practice as "upcycling." they're reinventing the dress to give it a whole new look. they used to simply upcycle clothes for themselves. like many others, they couldn't afford to buy new clothes either. wearing old clothes is one thing. but creating designer pieces out of them is another matter altog

he moved to london from bangladesh 15 years ago.e was there to help count ballot papers and says he saw evidence of voting irregularities. >> about 40 people come in the back and said that it is valid. >> footage from that night showed tumultuous scenes in the polling stations, but was there really vote rigging? a candidate for the red flag anticorruption party closely observed what went on on election night. >> well, it was catastrophic. i have never seen any sort of event -- i've been an international election observer, including south africa. that election had its problem, but nothing on the scale i saw. people were allowed in who were not authorized. people were allowed to intimidate the counters. >> is there any evidence? he rejects the claims. >> there has been no intimidation. there has been no fraud. election is a celebration. >> but electoral fraud is only one of the accusations he faces. the labour party dropped him as their candidate a few years ago after claims that he had links with fundamentalist islamic groups, allega

. >> millions left without power in bangladesh. >> in brazil, sao paulo

we're working with a california company that has developed a nano grid approach in bangladesh. and that's the kind of innovation that i see going on with the u.s. companies that we can begin to try to focus on to take a closer look at africa and the market opportunities. >> so you're telling me that it's a part of the initiative? >> well, i think that's why i say we're excited about beyond the grid because in a sense we're in the early stages here but a lot of companies have come up and expressed interest in involvement, and i think if we get the right strategies we can indeed help accelerate the commercialization of these kinds of options for africa. >> maybe you can another point give me the name of that company in california. so a couple other areas. another area of concern that gets raised a lot is to what extent is power africa looking at renewables. you know, as you know, that's always a controversial issue, whether power africa is just going to focus on fossil fuels. so to what extent? from anybody. then i have one final question after that. >> ranking member bass, thank

today on a friday, and according to your testimony, been no government 40 years and you were in bangladesh. was that good 40 years? my question is, when i was over there in nigeria, they were mentioning some policies -- i'm wondering, you had standards. are there any standards in which prevents interaction by the state department which is predicated on the government's social policies or just strictly benign interpretation of their capabilities? in other words, when i was in nigeria, they were trying to free the girls that were kidnapped, and the u.s. military said, we need to get permission from our government to give them and facilitate information, and it was denied because of the interpretation of the president's leadership and any jeer ya. do you have a similar restriction on governments such as uganda and nigeria, saying we don't get involved because of their social pollty sis or -- policies or is that a separate issue? >> i think as we look at our overall engagement in the countries can we will work very closely with the ambassador and the embassies in assessing the political situat

. >> a conservative party in bangladesh is calling for a strike on wednesday a day earlier than originally planned. the assistant secretary general of the islamic political party. he was sentenced for genocide during the independence war of 1971. >>> in kiev, confirmed th the leader of donetsk people's republic. >> basically for him it was a measure of cementing the power he already had in the territor territories under straightist control here in eastern ukraine. about one-third of the 3 million registered voters went to the polling stations on sunday, and most of them said that this was basically a mandate they were giving zakharchenko so he could end the conflict. >> i want peace. >> he did convince a lot of people to go to the polling stations on sunday telling them that it was a necessary step towards legitimacy. he also promises after that he would kick start the economy. certainly this is one of the main priorities for these people who are standing i in the queue just to get food for one day. the economy is at a standstill, and they're hoping that the he will hold up his words soone

. >> >>> a court in bangladesh sentences a second islamic party leader to death.i'm at al jazeera's headquarters in doha. also ahead - the battle for northern iraq. we are on the front line between you ared kish peshawar -- kurdish peshawar troops and i.s.i.l. >>> yemen government and houthi rebels form a deal >>> burkina faso's new leader -

polls show the race is tide, so on election day, places like osawatomie may send a message >>> in bangladesh the jamaat-e-islami is calling for a 24 hour country-wide strike. that is after a second senior party member was sentenced to death. mir quasem ali has been found guilty of 10 charges, including the torture of fighters during the so-called liberation war in pakistan in 1971. ali is a senior member of the party. last week the parties leader was given a death sentence for similar crimes. 200 egyptian journalists rejected is policy by newspaper editors to ban crit sting of forces. it follows a request by abdul fatah al-sisi. al jazeera demand theers of journalists who have been detained in egypt for 309 days. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were convicted for seven years. al jazeera reject the charges against them >>> human rights and press freedom organizations have been meeting in doha to discuss press safety and made another call for the release of al jazeera staff in egypt. >> unfortunately this is not the first case in other areas not just egypt. we have to discu

i just came back from dead bangladesh. some of the walls and the approaches that are being taken i think are going to be extremely important for africa because you have a population that without access to have small, relatively small loads and the economics of extending the grade by utilities that don't have the money to do it or don't necessarily have the same kind of commitment to extend the systems because they are struggling to meet urban requirements. >> in urban i was referring to the neighborhoods. >> but i think that it's related to the decentralized approaches. >> it was about the entrepreneurial companies who are at the leading edge of these technologies where we are working with the california companies that have developed the approach and bangladesh and that is what i see going on in the u.s. that we can begin to focus on to take a closer look at africa in the market opportunities. >> so you are telling me that it is a part of the initiative. >> we are excited beyond the grave because we are in the early stages

they consider them to be illegal migrants from bangladesh. if you go to bangladesh, they would be considered illegal immigrants from myanmar. other individual situations. for instance, 27 countries in the world do not allow women to convert the nationality of their children. here we have a win/win situation. if laws are changed for women to be able to convert their nationality to their children, you are preventing statelessness, but you are also moving in the direction of general equality. >>> something of a sad ending to one of the world's most prestigious horse races. not one, but two horses dying after taking part in the melbourne cup. the race itself was worn by a german horse, protectionist, who stormed through in the last furlong to take the prize by quite some distance. but missing from the leading pack was the pre-race favorite. the horse started well, but then fell back to finish last and later died in his stall. another runner was put down after injuring himself when he was spooked by a flag being waved in the crowd. >>> shia muslim

but by responding for a week-long general strike there is tension once again in bangladesh. >> i highestourt in namibia found that the government there forcebly sterilized hiv-positive women. it coerced hiv-positive mothers to sign sterilization forms. human rights groups say that they did not understand what they were signing. we go to the group representing the women forcebly sterilized. >> this is namibia's highest court and found three women had been subjected to coerced sterilization. this is the first time that a court on the continent of africa found hiv-positive women were sterilized without consent. this will impact women not only namibia, but we're getting reports from other women in other african countries saying the same thing. saying we're hiv positive and we were sterilized without our consent. there have been documented cases of women being sterilized without consent. there are documented cases in south africa, kenya, and reports from swaziland that women are being sterilized without their consent. this is by no means a localized problem. the supreme court said that these

these fish farmers for bangladesh also earn a living while making an important contribution to basicrition. 60% of the country's protein comes from farms like these. the fish are a crucial supply of protein in a country where 9 million children under five suffer from malnutrition. the international conference aims to affirm a global commitment to supply everyone with enough healthy food. >> this confirms -- conference marks a new stage in our quest to banish global hunger and malnutrition. i know from my own country's experience the crippling effect that hunger and malnutrition can have. >> but the international community's goal remains far off. ngo's warned that rich industrialized countries could do much more to fight hunger in poorer parts of the world. >> another major problem plaguing people in poor parts of the world is a lack of sanitation. today is world toilet day. initiatives are trying to push sanitation on the global -- political and social agenda. it might not look appetizing at first, but in delhi a huge toilet-shaped cake was the center of attention. >> hundreds of peo

ahead - a convicted war criminal facing the death penalty in bangladesh loses an appeal against his sentence >>> two groups linked to the taliban claim responsibility for the suicide bombing near the border of pakistan

a conservative political party in bangladesh is calling for a country wide strike to begin on wednesdayday earlier than planned and they lost appeal against death sentence and he is the assistant attorney general of the party and last year found guilty of genocide and torturing civilians during the 1971 war of independence with pakistan. the party's leader and another senior member sentenced to death in resent days for similar crimes. and the military is promising to install a new unity government days after seizing power. the u.n. is threatening to impose sanctions as the army tightens its control and on sunday soldiers fired shots into the air in the capitol to dispews protesters returning demand to civilian rule and dock nick cain reports. >> reporter: a crowd marches on state t.v. and come to hear opposition member explain why she should be the next leader but she won't get inside the building. [gunfire] this gunfire is directed over the heads of the protesters, fired by a group of soldiers. in the confusion state t.v. is taken off air for several hours. the military action continue

. >> reporter: he comes from bangladesh where the first nuclear plant is scheduled to begin operating in a few years. he says the trip made him realize his country must prepare now for a possible crisis. >> we have overpopulation. it's a kind of situation within this area, it will be millions, millions of people affected, not like thousands like here. that is why actually our people, an awareness program must be something very, very bigger. >> we hope that those accidents won't happen, but in case they happen, at least our volunteers and our workers will go first on the front line, are protected so that they can better protect the communities which will be affected. >> reporter: federation officials say they'll use what they heard and saw in fukushima to draw up guidelines on preparing for nuclear disasters. they plan to finalize them in a year. yuki hiraka, nhk world, fukushima. >>> it's time for a look at the world weather. heavy rainfall is expected in portions of europe wednesday. our meteorologist, jonathan oh, is here to explain. jonathan. >> yes, we are keeping our eye out for

. >> left in the dark, millions in bangladesh are forced to live without power after indian supply fails. >> in sao paulo, a city that's

. >> we have brothers from bangladesh, from iraq, from cambodia, australia, uk." >> reporter: professorants to shed more light on tactics being used to recruit those young people, not only in this country but overseas. she's co-writing a book titled "small arms: children and terrorism." to figure out, are there ways that we can interrupt the process to prevent children from being involved? >> reporter: and active change foundation, a british organization, is denouncing the violent actions of isis as it works to keep more young men and women from becoming radicalized. the man behind this group? hanif qadir, who described earlier how he was sucked in by radicals in afghanistan. >> i was lucky to come back. i was lucky to survive, really. >> reporter: for "religion and ethics newsweekly," i'm dan lothian in boston. >>> december 12th, next month, is, for roman catholics, the feast day of our lady of guadalupe, the saint who has not only inspired millions of mexicans, over the years, but whose shrine in mexico city according to correspondent fred de sam lazaro is, for catholics, the most pop

how do you put a cost on the relocation of millions of people in bangladesh that live at or below sea? it doesn't make sense to just completely overturn your entire economy, because this is just one of the problems, just one of the threats we face. eizenstat: the ice caps which are going to melt aren't going to somehow reformulate. the sea levels which rise aren't going to suddenly recede. so that the damages which are likely to occur are already on a trajectory. what we need to do is interrupt that trajectory before it becomes too late. so, sitting back and doing nothing is not a prescription for reducing costs. it's a prescription for having catastrophic economic as well as social and environmental impacts. schoumacher: as the debate continues, scientists are searching for more accurate ways to forecast climate change and pinpoint its causes. this in turn will allow economists to refine their assessment. in november of 2001, the european union, along with japan and canada, ratified the kyoto accords, but the united states pulled back. still, it is expected that the differences event

working with a california company that has developed a nano grid approach in bank la wish and -- bangladesh and that is the kind of infocation i see see we can try to focus on to take a closer look at africa and the market opportunities there. >> you're telling me that it is a part of the initiative? >> well, i think that is why i say we're excited about beyond the grid because in a sense we're in a early stages here but a lot of companies have come up and dress expressed interest and involvement and i think if we get the right strategies we can indeed help accelerate the commercialization of these kinds of options for the, for africa. >> and maybe you can on another point give me the name of that company in california. >> sure. >> so a couple of other areas, another area of concern that gets raised a lot to what extent is power africa looking at renewables? as you know, that is always a controversial issue, whether power africa is just going to focus on fossil fuels. so to what extent, from anybody? then i have one final question after that. >> ranking member bass, thank you for those ques

the timetable was thrown into more uncertainty >>> bangladesh has been hit by an electricity blackout. transmission lines bringing power from india. it has failed. bangladesh began deporting electricity 2013, millions living in parts of the country connected to the national grid were left in darkness. >> a u.n. nurse won a court battle after being quarantined for treating ebola patients. a judge said she must daily monitor, but poses no threat to the publishing. hickox defied the state's voluntary quarantine on thursday by taking a bike ride. police in south africa arrested a suspect in the murder of the country ideas football captain. this man was shot dead in johannesburg on sunday. police say it was a robbery gone wrong. a 25-year-old suspect has appeared in coward >>> australia and new zealand are marking 100 years since their troops left to fight in world war i. thousands the people gathered in the western city of albany where the first anzac group departed. the leaders of australia and new zealand were left to pay their respects. it's the final weekend of campaigning. it could s

apology and scientific and cultural organization, a human rights field missions included afghanistan, bangladesh, lebanon, pakistan, south korea, southern thailand and to nietzsche. in 2009-2010 she was one of a group of international experts and the auspices of the judge for ministry to develop a new set of policy recommendations on counterterrorism and international law. the travel to algeria in february of 2011 to serve as observer of protests for women's articles for the guardian. october of 2011 she volunteered as that consistently election with jenna concerns. most recently writing about north and west africa appeared in the san francisco chronicle and new york times and open democracy. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> i would like to read a selection from your book. >> let me say thanks to everybody for coming out, thanks to the texas book festival for having me here. my apologies for starting a couple minutes late but that happens when you try to bring your luggage into the capitol building. i want to tell a story and i am glad i got a laugh because i want to tell a story that

also ahead a convicted war criminal facing the death penalty in bangladesh loses an appeal against histence. >>> several taliban groups claim responsibility for a suicide bombing near a border crossing between pakistan and india. and we have a special report on the struggle to get an educa

monday - bangladesh supreme court delivers an appeal verdict in the case of a man sentenced to death for crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 war for independence. wednesday - forbes publishes the most powerful people list. last year it included president obama, leaders of russia, saudi arabia and the pope. saturday, motion picture arts and science holds awards, focussing on humanitarian work and life-time achievements. winners are chosen without a vote. >> still ahead - troubling numbers out of west africa, and the ebola outbreak next >>> the french government is looking for answers as drones are spotted flying across nuke lawyer plants across the country -- nuclear plants across the country. >> saturday on tech know. a brutal killing. a thorough investigation. >> we're pushing the envelope. >> but this is no ordinary c.s.i. >> what went on right before that animal died? >> hunting the hunter. >> we're gonna take down the bad guys. >> solving the crime. >> we can save species. >> tech know's team of experts show you how the miracles of science. >> this is my selfie, wha