hundreds more migrants like these are crammed on a boat and being escorted by myanmar's navy into bangladeshaters. ♪ hello, welcome to al jazeera live from doha i'm rochelle carry and also ahead a chinese cruise ship with 458 people sinks in the jiang river. the prime minister about to meet his international allies in paris plus the new cancer treatment scientists are saying it's a once in a generation discovery. ♪ myanmar's navy is escorting a boat crammed with 727 migrants to neighboring bangladesh. the migrants were found inside a converted fishing boat drifting in the sea four days ago and we will go to yangtze and this is disturbing and where do things stand now? >> saying the myanmar navy is going to escort this boat back to bangladesh waters after giving the people food water and medicine and saying that because they have been told these people say they want to return to bangladesh and we also have news agencies saying these people will be returned to wherever they departed from but we spoke to the presidential spokesman just over an hour ago and the myanmar navy will be taking this b

it was initially reported that they would be taken back escorted back to bangladesh waters but when we to the myanmar presidential spokesman he told us that they would be taken to yet undisclosed location for their own safety and security before they were transported back to bangladesh and did not say if the undisclosed location would be at sea or allowed on land and now we are hearing that, in fact, the verification exercise has not been completed and that these people will not be taken to bangladesh yet so clearly there is very little clarity, a lot of confusion surrounding this issue and also a complete lack of transparency initially the government had said that they would be taken back to bangladesh implying that a verification exercise had already been completed when, in fact, the boat has been in myanmar territory for four days and unlikely that a verification exercise would have been completed during that time and now they are saying they are still conducting this exercise but no one has been able to access or has been able to gain access to these people apart from the governmen

laura: progress made in bangladesh. hollywood legend, and a master for the human children's fund, audrey hepburn. her 2 sons have provided rare photographs of their mother for an exhibition in london. >> this is right at the beginning. this one is when my mother was 9 years. just before the war. it goes with this one which is just after. the war was a very defining moment for my mother's life and career. >> what were her memories of the war? >> that it was a big injustice toward the people and even the land. at the same time, it created a bond of priorities. surviving the warrior was the greatest gift, and the rest was magic. the timeframe for winter got the oscar? winning the oscar was in many ways, my mother's career was for her job. she never lost her mind with the glamour. the location in congo was my mother's first time in africa. the parallels between that and the later unicef. they thought, one day we are going to use audrey hepburn. she will make a nice speech, but she really got into shining away from the camer

. ♪ ♪ >>> myanmar's navy is escorting a boat crammed with 272 migrants to neighboring bang los bangladeshey remember found inside a converted fishing boat drifting four days ago crossing over to floor en looi who is joining us to tell us more about the situation and the migrants, florence. >> reporter: right. we are receiving actually conflicting reports now. the reuters news agency is saying the navy escorting the boat bang to bangladesh waters after giving the people on board food water and medicine. now, but a few minutes ago i just spoke to the presidential spokesman also the minister of information here and he says they will be brought to a yet undisclosed location, he's not saying whether it's going to be at sea aura lands but said they will be brought to what he called a safe location before they are sent back to bangladesh. now, the common thread is that, however, that. [ inaudible ] they are saying these people are saying that they want to return from bang losbangladesh, they are from bangladesh. the one thing though, is that this entire -- this entire incident has been handle wi

most are from bangladesh but we don't know the identities of 720 people found on friday.n we spoke to the government spokesman an tuesday. he said they'd be moved to an undisclosed location before they are repatriated back to bangladesh suggesting that a verification exercise of the identities had been completed, but he later corrected the statement to say the verification exercise will be conducted and is ongoing. this whole attitude - the whole - the way the incident has been handled reflects the government's attitude towards this refugee and migrant crisis, and is in line with the government's eagerness to portray the boat people as being economic migrants from bangladesh. the government refuses to acknowledge that many of the people getting on boats are, in fact the rohingya, and an ethnic minority in myanmar is subject to discrimination and persecution, who had to be segregated few lights and be stateless and friendless. the myanmar government refuses to acknowledge that their policies contributed to the crisis, and said the problem is one of human trafficking and ma

and we had confirmation that the boat will be brought to mondor in the north, close to bangladesh. they'll be given food, medicines, water, wherever they need. beyond that we don't know more. we know that mongdor is where the government is keeping another group of people about 200 found 10 days ago. the government said the 200 are from bangladesh but we don't know the identity of the 727 people found on friday. as far as we know no international aid agencies have had access to them. reporters trying to get near the boat were blocked by navy boats. they had to turn back and delete what was on memory regards. we stoke the government speaks men, he said the boat will be brought to a safe location and the people would be held there until they are later repatriated back to bangladesh which seems to suggest a verification exercise has been completed. he later corrected the statement saying they'd conduct the verification exercise before they are sent to wherever they came from. there's a lack of transparency surrounding how the matter was handled, and suggests an eagerness by the governm

. >>> still to come on al jazeera violence and claims of racism in bangladesh, 20 years after a peacement and japan's internet addicts hooked on line for 15 hours a day. ♪ as fearlessly as possible >> into an award winning career... from hell? >> it's thrilling when it's working.... >> every tuesday night. >> i lived that character. >> go one on one with america's movers and shakers. >> we will be able to see change. >> grippin >> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the sound bites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. >> ray suarez hosts "inside story". only on al jazeera america. welcome back and let's recap the headlines on al jazeera, kurdish fighters driven out i.s.i.l. north of the stronghold and 93 base is important because it links it to other outposts in the east and west. death toll in pakistan is now surging towards 450 from a scorching heat wave. most of the casualties have been in the southern port city of karachi where temperatures reached 45 degrees celsius and the hospital are swa

spokesman that this boat will be moved to northern rakhine state very close to the border with bangladesh's also where the government is keeping another group of boat people found in myanmar waters. on the 22nd of may about 10 days ago. the government says most of them are from bangladesh in the smaller group but we don't know the identities of the 727 people on friday. when we spoke to the government spokesman a tuesday he says they will be moved before they are repatriated back to bangladesh, suggest that go a verification exercise of their identities have been completed but he later corrected the statement to say that the fair take exercise will be conducted and is still ongoing. now, this whole attitude that -- the way the entire incidents has been handled being however reflects the government's attitude towards this refugees migrant crisis. and also is in line with the government's eagerness to portray boat people as being mostly economic migrants from bangladesh. the government refuses to acknowledge many of these people getting on boats to leave are the row hundred gas an ethnic mi

. >>> still to come here on al jazerra, violence, and claims of racism in bangladesh 20 years after agreement. >>> plus japan's internet addicts hooked online for 15 hours a day. ♪ ♪ myself on stage as fearlessly as possible >> into an award winning career... from hell? >> it's thrilling when it's working.... >> every tuesday night. >> i lived that character. >> go one on one with america's movers and shakers. >> we will be able to see change. >> gri ♪ ♪ >>> hello again the top stories here on al jazerra. euro zone leaders say they are moving closer to reaching a debt deal with greece. they are discussing a proposal submitted by agent ends the cash-strapped government needs to reparticipate repay $1.8 billion by the end of the month. >>> th did this toll in pakistan is 450 from the heat. most have been in the southern port city of karachi where temperatures have reached 45 degrees celsius. they are being swamped by people with heat stroke and did he hide railings. >>> the u.s. state of south carolina is being urged to stop flying the con federal flag as it's seen by many as be emblem

bangladesh. >> a factory owner in bangladesh and 42 others face charges of murder. stefanie dekker has a report. >> reporter: those who earned here earned -- who worked here earned close to nothing. 1137 people died when this factory collapsed. it was bangladesh's worst industrial disaster ever. and it opened the world's eyes to the appalling standards of the garment industry here. garment industry here. the lead investigator says it was a mass killing and all charged have a collective responsibility for the track did i. tragedy. if convicted they could be charged with death. it will offer little consolation to those who lost their loved ones on a disaster that was completely avoidable. stefanie dekker, al jazeera. >>> iraqi fighters were killed, in a town east of ramadi. military sources tell al jazeera more than 40 others were injured in that attack and at least 42 members of iraq security forces were killed in a suicide bombing. the attack was carried out with an explosives laiden humvee, the u.s. had pledged to send 1,000 antitank mixes. >> we saw a huge set bac

it was bangladesh's worst industrial disaster ever.y open the eyes of the world to the appalling safety standards. the owner of the actor was arrested soon after and he'll be charged with 41 others. if convicted they could be sentenced to death. whatever the verdict it will offer little consolation to those who lost their loved once in a disaster completely avoidable. stephanie decker, al jazeera. >> israel said that that a spokesperson using a smuggleed mobile phones. the trial of to al jazeera journalists in egypt has been adjourned until thursday. prosecutors failed to produce any new evidence against mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed. we sat down with peter greste in australia to talk about the place. >> it's been four months since peter greste was released from an egyptian jail and deported but his ordeal is not over. technically he's still on trial. >> we're thought that once released i would be take off the case, and that would be the end of it, but at the first hearing of course, the judge named me as an defendant who was there at

plus i'm in south bangladesh where the effects of climate change are causing the country's islands toappear. ♪ we begin in iraq where the government says it has killed 35 i.s.i.l. fighters in beji following a suicide attack leaving 42 members of security forces dead north of the city of fallujah and in anbar, 33 iraq fighters were killed east of ramadi, the largest city in the province and 40 others injured in the attack and that comes as iraq's prime minister says his military lost over 2000 armored vehicles to i.s.i.l. and the group over ran mosul last year. and we are live in baghdad and what more do we know about the latest fighting on the ground right now? >> well one of the latest attacks took place at 3:00 a.m. local in the region in anbar province and this was an attack against a police station where iraqi federal police forces were based. an i.s.i.l. humvee allegedly i.s.i.l. humvee drove to the gates of the base and exploded deadly cargo and because there was an armed cache there the death toll was quite high and 42 iraqi police forces lost their lives this the attack and ke

. >>> few places in the world is child marriage a bigger problem than in bangladesh. the government promised changes many fear they are going in the wrong direction. >> as bangladesh's economy has grown, poverty has dropped. still the united nations says about a third of bangladeshis are poor forcing girls leg this to marry young. she is 14. two years later, she has a daughter. >> translation: what could my parents do, they couldn't feed me, they gave me away. two-thirds of bangladeshi girls marry by 15 and two-thirds by 18. >> in bangladesh the situation is exacerbated by natural disasters, such as river erosion, cyclones flooding. what happens is livelihoods are washed away by the rains and the rivers. in bangladesh there's a perfect storm where natural disasters and poverty fuel the cycle of child marriage. rising river waters rushed away the family home. >> translation: so we moved to another property and built a home there. a few years later the river took that house away. >> translation: my parents would have never let me get married. they had to. we became poor

criminal negligence trials involving powerful businessmen can take years in bangladesh.ven in cases where there are large numbers of debts. fordeaths. for instance a trial looking into the deaths of 300 children who were given state medicine in 1991 was only settled 20 years later. delay was inevitable. >> translator: we are talking about a crime of immense proportion. we've had to interview thousands of witnesses this takes time so for us it's not abnormal delay. >> this doesn't go down well with survivors. >> doesn't look like the government wants to punish these people at all. i want justice. i want those responsible to be handing. i want them to understand what my suffering is. >> while the police investigation has been completed, people feel the trial could take many decades. it is a tough situation they believe their government owes it to them to do better. mayer satar, al jazeera bangladesh. >> temperatures in karachi are in the mid 30s after soaring to 45° sells 45° cells 45° celsius. >>> thousands of people have protested in a shanghai suburb over fears that the

. >>> bangladesh factory collapsing more than two years ago. >>> technically bankrupt, malaysia airlines. we're starting the program in iraq, government forces there have suffered major losses as they try to drive i.s.i.l the islamic state of iraq and the levant out of anbar province. in the latest series of attacks an i.s.i.l. boarm bomber first of all killed 45 people there. this was a base supposed to be a secure position for the army. so that it could use it for offensive it launched in anbar last week. 42 policemen died, a suicide attack here north of fallujah. and on sunday, 33 iraqi government fighters died in an ambush east of the provincial capital, ramadi. few days in iraqi security forces appear to be struggling. here is imran khan on the tank attack in tikrit. >> one of the most brazen, that i.s.i.l. has waged. shia militia troops as well as iraqi security forces. i.s.i.l. has alleged to have driven a tank laiden with explosives all the way to the gate of the base. we are expecting the casualty figures to rise. we have seen throughout the days i.s.i.l. using humvees as car bo

now, the myanmar government said most of the people on board the boat of 200 are from bangladesh. we don't know the identities of the people the 727 people found last friday. and as far as we know no international aid agencies have been given access to the people. we don't know the continue that they are in. we know reporters try to get to them. they were turned away by the navy. the government will provide the people with food and water and whatever me sin they need before they conduct verification exercises. when we spoke to the government spokesman a day ago, he said that they'd be brought to a safe location before repatriated to bangladesh suggesting that a verification exercise has been completed. we know that that is not the case. the government described these people as beng alley, a term used to describe and disparage the rohingya. an ethnic minority not recognised. they believe that it employs that they are recent migrants. the rohingya are stateless and friendless in this country, subject to restriction, and they can't travel freely. they are stateless, don't have rights

. >> bangladesh charges a factory owner with murder with the country's worst industrial disaster. >> smoking is banned in beijing. china introduces tough new law to say stamp out the habit. >> the french open, defending champion crashes out. pakistan complete their third home series in six years but with security still an issue will any other sides besides zimbabwe be touring there anytime soon? >> 42 members of iraq's security forces have been killed in a suicide attack in anbar province. the bombers was driving an armored humvee vehicle. elsewhere, 33 iraqi government fighters were killed in anbar. forty others were injured in that attack. iraq's air force hit back against isil in anbar. it's been targeting isil quite some time. president adou rabbo mansour hadi said his military lost over 2,000 vehicles to isil when isil overran mass as you will last year. it was similar to that used in the latest attack. we have the latest from baghdad. >> one of the latest attacks took place at 3:00 a.m. local in anbar province. this was an attack against a police station where iraqi federal pol

in 2008 some were granted bangladesh citizenship but little changed for them and struggling to obtainuments like identification cards and we have this report. >> reporter: at the top of mohamed's bucket list is a trip to india. and while thousands of muslims make the pilgramage there he cannot. his application for a passport has been rejected three times and because he is a member of the ethnic minority group he is worried he will not be getting one any time soon. >> translator: when we apply they tell us because we are not bengoli and live here in the camp we cannot get a passport. >> reporter: it came to what was then east pakistan from central and eastern india after partition in 1947. but since bangladesh became independent from pakistan the groups have been viewed with suspicion and labeled as anti-independence. it's about more than passports. discrimination in most aspects of life. they are denied government jobs and are barely represented in the police force and the army. about 300,000 baharis live in 116 crowded refugee camps and this one geneva camp in taka is the largest wit

the government said this smaller group, most are from bangladesh. we don't know the identities of the 727 people found on friday. when we spoke to the government spokesman on tuesday, he said they'll be moved to an unadditional closed location before they are sent back or rate receipted back to bangladesh. their identities had already been completed. he later corrected the statement to say that an exercise will be conducted and is still on going. this whole attitude, the way the entire incident has been handled, however reflects the government add attitude toward the refugee and migrant crisis and portraying the boat people as being mostly economic migrants from bangladesh. the government refuses to acknowledge that very many of these people getting on boats to leave are in fact rohingya, an ethnic minority in myanmar subject to discrimination and persecution, who have to live forcibly segregate and are considered stateless and friendless in myanmar. the government refuses to acknowledge that it is their policies contributing to this crisis and in f

al jazeera, hill tracks bangladesh. >>> so popular in ghanna the world health organization believes 70% use it before going to see their professional doctor but medical practitioners say it needs better regulation and we report. >> reporter: he started learning about the healing power of herbs from her grandfather when she was a child and now she is in her 90s and she is passing the knowledge on to her own daughters and they run one of the few herbal farms in the country and try to preserve and protect with healing properties that are dying out. >> we know what we are doing and we try helping people and we are doing well. people like to come to us instead of hospital and they don't like to go to see a doctor doctor. >> reporter: the government is trying to work with traditional healers. many doctors recognize they contribute to a healthcare system that is under pressure. but they say regulation is a problem. >> people just get up, go into there and start, you know curing people. and the thing that even the drugs they use is something that i have concern with. >> reporter: medicine has g

in line with the government's eagerness to portrait theming being mostly economic migrant from bangladeshe government refuses to acknowledge very few of these people getting on the boats to leave are rohingya, an he ethnic minority subject to discrimination and persecution who have to live forcibly segregated have very few rights and are considered stateless and friendless in myanmar. the myanmar government refuses to acknowledge it's their policies contributing to the crisis and are saying this is just human trafficking and many of the people are economic migrants from bangladesh. >>> the iraqi mime minister has asked for more support in the fight against isil. he met allies from the anti-isil coalition in paris. a report now from the french capital. >> reporter: in iraq, the bullets and bombs continue. it looks nowhere near over. the hot desert landscape a hot web of militaries and militias all trying to stop the advance of isil. in paris a start junk at that position, in this ornate setting, diplomats desperate to find the solution for iraq in its battle against isil. or as the group i

interesting covering india, bangladesh and myanmar.re it was two days ago was behind the pakistan boarder, halfway through including karachi, that's where we got to. where the consequences of that suddenly leaped forward. we have 124% of the average so far. we are well ahead of where we should be. interesting. consequences of that is it fell heavily. mumbai was flooded as well. a meter of rain in approximately two weeks, and there was some people hindu pilgrims stranded because they weren't expecting the rain so early, this in the north-west of india, this is what happened last week in the last 48 hours, it changed. look at the brightness of the white cloud east of the bay of bengal. what happened to the west. in the last 24 hours, no rain in carola, fair amount in myanmar, one or two in nepal. that's the case for the next week or so at least. thank you very much indeed for that >>> the tiny national palau is fighting back against growing numbers much fishermen. it impounded a fleet of boats. as nick clark reports, palau wants to send

. >> violence and claims of racism in bangladesh 20 years after a peace agreement there. >> i'm among encampments of migrants leaving far behind them countries like iraq, syria afghanistan and yemen. along a well worn path, the hungarian border and the european union. >> in football, jordan leads for the middle east. ♪ ♪ ♪ get excited for the 1989 world tour with exclusive behind the scenes footage all of taylor swift's music videos interviews, and more. xfinity is the destination for all things taylor swift. >> kurdish fighters ceased a syrian town from isil around 50 kilometers north of raqqa the last major residential area north of isil's biggest stronghold. >> a heatwave in pakistan has killed more than 600 people in karachi. the temperature has tipped 45 degrees celsius. >> euro zone leaders moving closer toward a debt deal with greece, discuss ago budget proposal submitted by athens. the greek government has to pay $1.8 billion by the end of this month. if a deal is reached this week and it's been pretty nail biting as to whether they are going to do it or not, is that it, is th

i fled to bangladesh and then india. i fled to myanmar and then ended up in thailand. >> we aren't showing mohamed's face his work permit is for construction not selling roti. but he is better off. >> the ones that just arrive over the last couple years do not have any documents. >> reporter: that's because myanmar's government does not recognize the rohingya. they view them as illegal immigrants from bangladesh. known as being a multicultural community thanks oits location underto its locationon trade routes. this congregation has been going. >> we can't really identify that they are rohingya. they have told us that they are not rohingya but burmese muslims. >>> as there are many buddhists living in shanghai. he can't go back but encourages the rohingya still in moirm myanmar to stay on. >> they should stay and fight not with guns but with law and prove we are entitled to be here according to history. >>> as myanmar's government has shown no signs of changing its stance on the roing, scott rohingya. scott heidler, al ja

now, we don't know if these people are really from bangladesh. myanmar government has only used the term bengoli to describe them and a term used to describe thero hinge georgia people, ethnic minority that the myanmar government does not recognize and myanmar wants to return these people to wherever they came from is in essence not acknowledging that it is part of the refugee and migrant crisis in southeast asia. other countries have said it's myanmar treatment ofro rohingya causing tens of thousands to leave the country and discriminated against and persecuted and not granted citizenship and stateless and no future for themselves but myanmar government clearly refused to acknowledge it's part of the problem. there also has been a complete lack of transparency in how this particular incident is being handled. i said earlier no reporters were allowed access and not sure how myanmar is conducting this verification exercise. as i understand it normally an official from the reported country of origin will be invited to conduct verification exercise

criminal negligence trials involving powerful businessmen could take years in bangladesh. even when there are large number of deaths. for instance, the trial of those responsible for 300 children given tainted medicine, was only settlelast year, 23 years after the situation. >> we have are talking about an investigation of thousands of witnesses. this is not an unusual delay. >> it doesn't look like the government wants to punish these people at all. i want them to understand what my suffering is. >> reporter: while the police investigation last been completed, survivors feel that a trial could take many decades. it is a tough prospect for survivors such as mamida who believers their government should do better. be. >>> the toll of the rising heat wave in pakistan has risen. to highs of 45 degrees celsius. still be treated across is province. >>> the tiny pacific island nation of palao. nick clark says sending a smart message to potential poachers. >> reporter: the veed ma'am ease boats were spotted in palao last month. the vessels were toed towed out into open waters. >>>

criminal negligence trials involving powerful businessmen can take years in bangladesh.instance, trial looking into the deaths of 300 children who were given fake medicines 23 years ago has only started. >> we are talking about historic crime of immense proportion. we have had to interview thousands of witnesses. this takes time. so from our point of view this is not an abnormal delay. >> reporter: that doesn't go down well for frustrated survivors. >> it doesn't look like the government wants to punish these people at all. i want those responsible to be handing. i want them to understand what my suffering is. >> while the police investigation has been completed survivors now fear a trial could take many decades. it is a tough prospect for survivors, who believes their government owes it to them to do better. player s satisfactionthar, al jazeera. >> bodies of lions were found in the ghia forest in the western state of gugerat. >>> now uganda's wildlife tourism industry is best known for its las. guerillas. gorillas. >> reporter: conservationists estimate there are only

in bangladesh in particular, it was particularly nasty. the higher temperatures are in neighboring countries. nepal and india both tie at 41. nothing more than that. hot enough, i know. humidity as long as it stays down ok opinion it has also been hot here. we were up to about 46 today. tomorrow probably 47, but it will be cooler as the wind swings round the humidity goes up for thursday. >> still to come here. we'll tell you why this new hydroelectric plant in guinea could end protests like these. >> plus. >> in st. augustin, north america's oldest city, rising sea levels are threatening its very existence. >> still to come in sport we're counting down the nba finals, two of the biggest names in the league set to tip off against each other. robin will have the details. >> retaking ramadi from isil. >> china's transport ministers say rescuers will continue to try to find survivors in a cop sides river cruiser. five were confirmed dead. more than 400 passengers, many elderly are still missing in the yangtze river. >> reuters reported a bomb

that al jazeera bangladesh. >> let's get to the sport now. >> the international olympic committee has been listening to presentations from the candidates for the winter games. each were given 90 minutes to win them over. kazakhstan is the largest country. they are confident of their chances. >> it's easy. we have money. we have money and would like to spend it for sport. we'd like to bring it to the world society. if you have money, you have money. if you don't have money, there is nothing. >> the chinese capital hoping to become the first city to host both a winter and summer olympic games, thoughen that of the alpine events will take place 200 kilometers from beijing. >> we have a very comprehensive plan, the combination of perfect temperatures sufficient water supply and snow making equipment. the whole area, planning that is a priority is to make it more sustainable. >> voters rejected a plan to bid for the games. they pull would out after the norwegian government wouldn't provide the necessary guarantees. stockholm and sweden cited political support for their withdrawal. the poli

no one knows when mt sinabung will go back to sleep >>> now, in bangladesh an ethnic minority known as the bahaies have been living in refugee camps since the country became independent since 1971. in 2008 some from granted bangladeshi citizenship. many are struggling to obtain basic documents like i.d. cards. >> reporter: at the top of the bucket list is a trip to india. while thousands of bangladeshi muslims make the pilgrimage he can't. his application for a passport has been rejected three times, and because he's a member of the beharie ethnic minority group, he's worried he will not get one soon. >> reporter: when we apply, they tell us because we life in the camp, we can't get a passport. the beharries came to east pakistan from central and eastern india, after a partition in 1947. since bangladesh became independent from back-stan, the group have been viewed with suspicion, and labelled as anti-independence. >> it's about more than passports. beharies face discrimination in most aspects of life. they are denied government jobs and are represent in the police force and the army.

. >> police in bangladesh charge people with murder in a factory collapse that killed 1100 people. peter: we start in the united states were the battle over the patriot act has entered the next stage. matt: the key part that they are discussing is an agreement in a rare sunday session. it meets the broad surveillance powers like the collection of americans phone records have run out. peter: senators are considering a compromise bill. the freedom act that has the backing of the president and the house of representatives. he will go to washington in just a moment. here are the latest developments that are going down. reporter: rand paul was the man in the headlines. he single-handedly blocked legislation on the mass collection of americans phone records. the presidential hopeful opposed the extension of key provisions of the usa patriot act. it means telephone surveillance programs are on hold for u.s. citizens. >> are we going to blindly give up our freedom? are we going to go along and say, take it? i'm not going to take it anymore. i don't think the american people are going to ta

viewing them as illegal immigrants from bangladesh. chang high is a multicultural community, thanks to its location along the trade routes. the rohingya that came, fleeing violence and persecution hide the identity. the mosque was founded over 100 years ago, the congregation has been growing. >> we can't identify if it is rohingya. they told us they are not rohingya, but burmese muslims. >> for safety, mohammed does not tell people his background. there are many buddhists living in chang high. the violence in his former home has drawn along ethnic and religious lines. he can't go back. >> they should stay and fight. not with guns, but with law, and prove that we belong to that country, according to that history. >> as mohammed watches the fight from afar, it will be a difficult one. as mean mar's governments shows no sign of changing its stance on the rohingya. >>> hundreds of tamils in sri lanka have been given back their ancestral land. the government used the area as a high security zone during the civil war. as reported people make

. >>> bangladesh police charged the owner of the rana plaza complex with murder after it collapsed andd more than 1100 people in 2013 and 41 other people have also filed charges against them. the collapse of the garment factory led to the worst disaster and if convicted of murder defendants can face the death penalty. now the trial of two al jazeera journalists in egypt has been adjourned until thursday prosecutors failed to produce any new evidence against fahmy and bahar mohamed and andrew thomas sat down with al jazeera correspondent peter greste in australia to talk about the case. >> reporter: it's been four months since peter greste was releashed from egyptian jail and deported but it's not over because technically he is still on trial >> we all thought once i was released i would be taken off the case and that would be the end of it but at the first hearing of course the judge named me as a defendant. it was really the last hearing when the judge formally said i had to appear or risk being declared formally in abstantia and others you automatically get abstantia and i was declar

it was bangladesh's worst industrial disaster ever. it opened the eyes of the world to the appalling safety standards of the clothing industry here. the owner of the factory sahal rana was arrested and we now of you know he will be charged with murder along with 41 others. mass killing all charged have a collective responsibility for the tragedy. if convicted they could be sentenced to death. wheafer the verdict itwhatever the verdict, it will offer little consolation. a disaster that was completely avoidable. stefanie dekker, al jazeera. >>> how well prepared are governments in the worst-affected areas? liddy dutt has this report from the southern state of telengana. >> sick for three days, dehydrated and weak, she's just been brought to this government run clinic. chatama is just one of many who have been brought here with symptoms. >> i work with my husband is in fields and it was hot there we don't always have proper drinking water. that's why i'm sick. >> reporter: doctors say the tbes they can do is advice their patients on how t

it was bangladesh's worst industrial accident ever. it opened the eyes of the world to the appalling safety standards of the clothing industry here. the owner of the factory was arrested soon after and now we know he'll be charged with murder along with 41 others. the lead investigator in this case said it was a mass killing and all charge have had a collective responsibility for the tragedy. if convicted they could be sentenced to death. whatever the verdict it will offer little consolation to those who loved their loved ones in a disaster that was completely avoidable. stephanie dekker, al jazeera. >> a second life for recycleed plastics. why throw area bottle in the bin is not the end of the story. we show you what really happens once it leaves your hands. tonight, and we go live... >> more americans are recycling. the rate has more than tripled since 1980 but what happens when plastic water bottles hits the recycleing bin. >> for decades plastic consumers is a miracle material. but today with items like straws, fad containers, and

. >> police in bangladesh have charged the owner of the complex , which killed more than 1100 peoplewo years ago. also murder charges against 40 others, accused of paying no attention to any of the warnings, nor to the workers entering the building that morning. >> cries and screams as bodies are pulled out of the rubble and desperate families trying to find their loved ones. four days after the collapse of the rana plaza those were the images coming out of the bangladeshi capital. more than two years after the tragedy, dozens have been charged with murder, a capital offense. if the first that in the quest for justice. the 1136 workers had families. >> the 1100 69 injured also had families. -- the 1169 injured also families. we have finally prepared and submitted the charges accusing these people against whom we have very strong evidence. >> among the 41 people charged is the owner of the building. he was arrested days after the tragedy as he was trying to lee across the border to india. according to the investigation workers were forced to enter the building despite complaints about

seven bangladesh, bbc news. laura: the plight of the ro hingya. it seems like we get a new presidential contender in the u.s. every day. now we bring you one in somalia. fadumo dayib. it was her work with the united nations that sparked a desire to help her home country. here is her story. fadumo dayib i am a 2016 candidate for the somalian elections. i am running to make a change. i wanted to make a difference in the lives of the somalian people. it is unsettling to see young people crossing the seas to find a better life. to me, as a mother, it breaks my heart. a large portion of the population is under 35, get they do not have a livelihood or the ability to visualize a better future for themselves. the current situation in somalia is one that we cannot afford to continue to maintain. the have to change it. -- we have to change it. i was born in kenya. as a child, i remember when we were told to leave because we were not holding the proper travel documents. we were told to go home. home to me was somalia, that is how we landed there. the were br

. >>> a factory owner in bangladesh and 41 others face murder charges. the 2013 collapse of a garment factory killed 1100 people the accident called sparked a global outcry. >>> and secretary of state john kerry is headed back to the hospital. 45 men's of iraq's security forces have been killed in a suits bombing. the attack was carried out with an explosive in a humvee left at a base in fallujah. along with coalition airstrikes the u.s. said its exited to helping iraqi forces defeat the group. >> well, we saw a huge set back last year with the fall of mosul where we saw the iraqi army lose a considerable amount of its in-strength. the iraqi army may be half the size it was before the june offensive last year in mosul. there is no doubt that the iraqi army was not as strong as it once was and the iraqis need all the help they can get on the battlefield in isil. i think in the long term it is still in the interest of all of us to make sure that the iraqi security forces fall under an unified commanding control arc texture and that reports to the minutesst

he was the secretary-general of one of bangladesh's largest opposition parties. >> to syria. kurdish forces cut off a main supply line of the islamic state of iraq and levant. they say they have retaken most of the town. it's i.s.i.l.'s only direct link to raqqa. thousands fled the violence. they headed to the border town from where bernard submitted now reports. >>> for 14 months i.s.i.l. controlled the syrian town on the border with turkey. not any more. these are fighters from the syrian kurdish y.p.g. their flag flies over this border crossing. the 3-weak assault forced thousands of people to cross to turkey. u.s.-led coalition air strikes helped the y.p.g. push through. the price these people have paid homes turned to rubble. >> we lost our home 10 days ago. fierce fighting forced us to leave to save our children. before that life was okay. >> we were terrorized by i.s.i.l. we left because of heavy bombardment from all sides. i'll never go back. in there you died 100 times a day. the y.p.g. had it in its sites as a connection between the turkish border and i.s.i.l.'s cap

. >> survivors of bangladesh's worst industrial accident face another frustrating wait for justice two years after the tragedy. nearly 1200 garment workers were killed when an eight story building collapsed. the building's owner and government officials face murder charges, but their trial was adjourned until next month because they failed to show up for court. >> still not getting better, she was working inside the building when it collapsed. her arms were crushed. two years later, she still has to make regular hospital visits. >> the rest of the world might be ready to forget what happened, but you can't forget if you're still suffering. i'm in pain every day. it's not so easy for me to forget. >> the disaster has been slipping from public consciousness here. few turn up these days at the memorial site. lack of public pressure means not as much attention is paid anymore to those responsible for the disaster and their lack of punishment. >> the garment owners knew better yet the managers forced workers to enter the building the day it collapsed. they should be punished. so should offi

it was bangladesh's worst industrial disaster ever.opened the eyes of the world to the appalling safety standards of the clothing industry here. the owner of the plaza factory was arrested soon after and now we know he will be charged with murder along with 41 others. the lead investigator says it was a mass killing, and all charge have had a collective responsibility for the charges. if convicted they could be sentenced to death. whatever the verdict it will offer little console lags for those who lost their loved ones. >>> more than 2,000 people have died in the deadliest heat wave to hit india in more than 40 years. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: this person has been sick for three days. dehydrated and weak she has been brought to this government-run medical center. she is one of hundreds of patients who have come here over the past two weeks with similar symptoms. >> translator: i work with my husband in fields near our village. it was very hot there, and we don't always have proper drinking water. that's why i'm sick. >>

migrants from bangladesh were rescued at sea last month and put on trucks and handed over to bangladeshuards and a bridge linking the countries and thousands of rohingya are there and many have been abandon on the boat and european navies rescued boats in the mediterranean see and taken to detention centers in italy where they face an uncertain future and mohamed met some of them on the italian island lampadusa. >> on the soil and arrived in the dark and not knowing exactly where they were tired and hungry and left war behind them. this is the center they were brought to the night when they got off the ship and we came back a few days later to check in and see how they are settling in and see if they are still here or some have already moved on on. many of the women who were rescued just a few days ago have already been relocated to sicily to another center. and he hoped to join them soon. it's over she says thanking god god. . >> translator: in the sea i was really tired, the water was coming in and the boat was rock ing ing. i kept my eyes closed the whole time. i had a headache and i

. >> reporter: i am in south bangladesh where the affects of climate change are causing the country'sslands to disappear. ♪ ♪ >>> hello, u.s. laws that allow security services to spire spao*eu on american citizens have expired. the senate failed to pass legislation extending powers to monitor millions of telephone calls and e-mails. it's likely to be a temporary lapse, though and it won't spot america spying on the rest of the world but there has been an angry response from the white house, from washington. >> i object. >> reporter: senator rand ball is running for the republican presidential nomination and said it was unlikely he would back down on his pledge to allow 6215 of the patriot act to expire on sunday. >> it's the tip of the iceberg what we are talking about here, and realize that they were dishonest about the program until we caught them. they kept saying over and over again we are not doing this. we are not collecting your records. and they were. >> reporter: but went purchasing he preventing the usa freedom act from passing in the senate. it has already passed in the hou

we don't know if these people are really from bangladesh. the myanmar government has only used the term bangoli to describe them, also the word used to describe rohingya population. >> the u.s. led coalition fighting isil launched dozens of airstrikes overnight. coalition war planes destroyed isil loyaltyouts and vehicles and in iraq, airstrikes hit isil positions in ramadi and fallujah. the attacks come as iraqi and u.s. officials continue to blame each other for isil gaining ground. iraq's prime minister today said the j head coalition must do more to stop isil's advance. he made those comments at a meeting in paris. muhammed, this meeting is meant for diplomats to fine tune strategy against isil. is this blame game overshadowing those efforts? >> it certainly is, randall. in the lead up to this meeting especially in the last couple of weeks after the fall of the strategic city of ramadi in iraq, we really see in a growing sense a frustration amongst coalition members that are fighting isil in iraq. first, you had u.s. secretary of defense

at the south asia monsoon and we will come back to that and up to nepal and more particularly to bangladeshre we had very heavy rain and eastern states of india and the shots come from where we had a lot of flooding across pretty valuable farmland and a quite nasty situation and it's that time of year and monsoon has sizable rainfall totals here too and mumbai will be wet and bangladesh and more heavy rain to come adrian. >>> still to come here on the news hour the sky is the limit of this year's paris air show and why airlines are keeping their purse strings tight. and brazil played their first international tournament since the humiliating defeat and how they got on at corporate or copper america here in 20 minutes. ♪ here with the news hour with adrian and top stories sudan information minister told al jazeera that south africa reassured him the sudan president won't be sent to the international criminal court and el bashir is there for a summit and wanted by icc for alleged war crimes. opposition leaders in australia demanding a government inquiry into whether navy commanders bribed peo

myanmar has sent back 150 migrants from bangladesh rescued at sea last month and put on to trucks andd over to bangladesh guards to a bridge linking the two countries and thousands of migrants have been rescued from the sea in the past month and people smugglers abandon them on the boats. european navys rescued 6,000 migrants from the mediterranean sea over the weekend and take end to detention centers in italy where they face uncertain future and melt met some of them on the italian island lampadusa. >> reporter: arrived in the dark not knowing exactly where they were tired and hungry and left war behind them. this is the center they were brought to on the night they got off the ship and we came back a few days later to check on them and see how they were settling in and see if they were here or some already moved on. many of the women who were rescued just a few days ago have already been relocated to sicily to another center. and hoped to join them soon. it's over she says thanking god. in the sea i was really tired. the water was coming in and the boat was rocking. i kept my eyes

the draw is second round in the quarterfinals, 6-4 6-1, india has beaten bangladesh in third and finalricket national but it was too late to save the series. it's too much for bangladesh this time as they're all out for 240 in 47 over but they do win the series, 2-1. finally fathers are much more hands on these days. this father is a multi tasker bottle feeding his baby when he took an amazing one-handed catch out of the hands of the dodgers playoff. it was a catch that a professional player would be proud of. it does make you wins a bit. he says he was protecting his son. >> does the player look irritated by the fact-- >> as long as the baby is okay. that's the thing. >> glad that dad has his mind on the important thing while he's feeding the baby. a serious baseball fan. so we're used to seeing pictures of the northern lights bordering on the arctic circle, but on tuesday night over minnesota, a solar flair that was emitted earlier this week. it would bring a repeat performance a few hours from now. i'll be back in a moment. stay with us. >> these families have suffered enough. they

(n) bangladesh dozens were charged with murder over the rana plaza garment factory which collapsed in april of 2014. the factory's owner and 43 others are responsible raising questions about bangladesh's garment industry. >>> malaysia's airlines took a major step to charter new territory for the company. hoping to restore the confidence of the flying public after a disastrous 2014. divya gopalan reports. >> a new name, that's what's emerged from malaysia airlines restructuring. christophe mueller the new ceo describes the restructuring with reason. the changes followed two tragedies involving malaysia airlines in the past 14 months but analysts say the carrier had been racking up losses for years. >> this restructuring is driven by business imperatives and the need for it was identified long before last year. so i wouldn't put too much direct connection. it's the intensely competitive situation that airlines fly in. >> to promote the country's foreign policy it had excess staff due to powerful unions, analysts say all this made its operational costs at least 20% more than its rivals.