bentu was in the hands of forces loyal to riek machar. al matassa reports on the impact of the violence on unity state. >> people are still trying to get out of unity state in south sudan. but the doors to this cargo plane have been closed. for now only the wounded are being flown out. most are soldiers injured during weeks of fighting against forces loyal to the former vice president, riek machar. many women and children leave behind the community trying to recover from weeks of fighting. government officials say they have recaptured the town of bentu from the rebels. there is an overwhem overoverwhg sense of loss here. >> the images of the women and children, many of them are not buried. i was unable osleep at all. this was not the nation we wanted this is not the home i dream of before the independence at all. >> many people haven't returned. >> there are no civilians here. the place is deserted. when the fighting started and many ran to the u.n. base others went as far as the capital juba. production at the oil processing facility has

division commander when it started and join forces loyal to the president and they were in control of bentuuite some time and they moved in and pushed them out and think the rebels are hitting to the jungle where there is fighting going on and thousands are displaced and civilians and soldiers have been killed. civilians who ran away from fighting and say they are too afraid to come back into the town. >> reporter: that was reporting from bentu south sudan. they are due at the scene of thursday's chemical spill in west virginia, 300,000 residents are still without tap water and still no word on when it will be back. dozens of people have gone to emergency rooms reporting nausea and four so far have been hospitalized and testing continues for the chemical mc mm that leaked from a storage tank on thursday. >> we have developed a set of protocols and methods to assess this particular chemical, a nonregulated chemical that did not have an existing set of protocols. >> reporter: officials say contamination levels are falling and rains helped flush out the spill but it's still expected to be days

. >> translator: there are south of bentu. and they cross to italy.ve kids. >> reporter: bentu is usually busy and sudan in the north and south sudan is quiet and some unrecognizable. this is a market and has been destroyed, when the fighting started people ran to the u.n. base and the government is not in control of this, people are still too afraid to come back into the town. many shops and homes have been looted. even property belonging to aid agencies wasn't spared and many organizations relocated for safety reasons. there is still fighting in some parts of neighboring state but the army says it's in control of the capitol malicow. however a rumor the rebels could have a counter attack makes people nervous. >> translator: we wake up this morning and we had the rebels were coming. i will stay in the house with all my children. if we die there is nothing i can do. >> reporter: government officials are telling people not to listen to what they call propaganda. >> translator: run away and go to u.n. and they are your houses. and you have not heard any

we report from bentu in south sudan days after it was retaken by government forces. >>> i'm in londonith the latest from europe including, accusations of war crimes and torture and could the conduct of brittish troops in iraq result in prosecuti in prosecutions at the international court. >>> i will ask if this is the beginning of the end of italian op opra as austerity takes their toll. it will go ahead later this month, the message from top 11 who have been meeting in paris but it's still not clear whether the main opposition of the syrian national coalition will actually take part. that is at at the same time as opposition fighters coming under more pressure from the syrian military. jackie roland reports. >> it was the last-ditch attempt to persuade the opposition to talk to the assad regime and they argue there can be no military victory. after three years of fighting in syria they say the only way ahead is a negotiated solution. . >> translator: we have renewed full support for the syrian national council at a time when the syrian people are facing major difficulties. following

we report from bentu in south sudan days after it was

here is our report now from bentu. driving along the road, you can't stay for too long. they are a little bit nervous because the rebels might be on the outskirts. what we are seeing is a lot of destruction. since the fighting started i have been there. but you see obviously bodies of military personnel on the road. a lot of them are hiding out. many are too afraid to come back. the city is like a ghost town. parts have been charred. and walking around, there are lots and lots of soldiers. they seem to be in control but there are still militants so we can't stay in one place for too long. >> five al jazeera journalists are still being detained without charge in egypt. they are accused of spreading lies harmful to state security and of joining a terrorist group. al jazeera says the allegations are fabricated and is demanding their release. the other two journalists from are from our sister channels. they have been detained for the past five months. >> fighting between rival tribes in the lybian city of saba has left 15 people dead. the death of a militia chief on thursday

government officials say they have recaptured bentu and parts of eunof unity state. >> the images of the women and children killed some of them are even slaughtered and many of them are not buried. i was unable to sleep at all. this is not the nation we wanted. this is not the home i dream of before the independence at all. >> reporter: many people haven't returned. there are no civilians here. the place is deserted. when the fighting started, many ran to the u.n. base, others went as far as the capital juba. here is another blow to the state, production of the oil facility has stopped. before being sent to sudan along the appliance. the government blames the rebels for the destruction. >> they have destroyed the facility processing of taken and removed out all electronic machines, you know, in the operation rooms. and they remove all assets that belong to the staffs, and then also, the same damage reach up to thomas house and where the place under control of those people so they actually destroyed so many facilities. >> some locals believe the power struggle between president salva