. >> i'm erica wood on south africa's cape coast where oil spills and overfishing put the continent's only species of penguins at risk of extinction. a real look at the american dream hard earned only on al jazeera america >> welcome back. let's look at the top stories now. an egyptian court has sentenced former president mohamed morsi to death. he was charged with a jail break that toppleed hosni mubarak. >>> a ground attack in syria the senior leader killed a beau sayeff. >>> turkey shot down a plane that entered turkish air space. syrian tv said that a surveillance drone came down inside. >>> there have been advances in syria's battles near the mountains. as syrian and government forces have been armed against the country's armed opposition fighters. >> they have been expelled from all the fighting grounds. they were recaptured from the armed groups inside syria and lebanon. their expire tense was fully destroyed. >> the taliban began its fighting season in northern afghanistan last month. and now it's gunmen are in villages just outside of the provincial capital. while the governm

. >> reporter: i am erica wood on south africa's western cape coast where over fishing and oil spillse put the continue then's only species of penguin at risk of extinction. >> we're here to fully get into the nuances of everything that's going on not just in this country but around the world. getting the news from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> ali velshi on target weeknights 10:30p et ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back. a quick reminders of the top stories here on al jazerra. thousands of rohingya refugees escaping the violence in me armor are adrift in the sea. on what the u.n. calls floating coffins. myanmar's government refuses to take responsibilities for the growing humanitarian crisis. thigh land, ma layer ca and indonesia have all been turning the boats way. u.s. special force have his launched a raid inside syria and killed a senior isil commander. washington says he was chief fundraiser and operations commander for the armed group. >>> united states says it's deeply concerned by the death sentenced hand do you understand to egypt's first democratically

erica wood went to see what is being done to save them. >> this is a penguin hospital. >> we have rescued 972 penguin chicks. >> others are permanent residents. like skipper. he'll never return to the wild. he's too tame. >> the education team are training him to be an ambassador-bird. which we think he'll be amazing at. >> reporter: after 10,000 children come through here every year to learn about penguins, other lessons are carried out over the internet. >> wait for the lab result to come bark and they will learn whether it's a boy or girl. >> educating the public is important because number of african penguins are very, very low. overfishing is one of the biggest factors behind their decline. >> it does mean that the adults have to travel further afield and expend more energy to find enough fish for themselves and their chicks. >> 19, 000 of the birds were affected most of them are saved but oil spills remain a constant 3rd. dire island off the west cape coast is known as an african penguin colony. tourists are likely to see more seeltsseals and core more cormorants. >> with the africa

much erica wood has more. >>> began in the early morning in the suburb of kumanovo, 30 kilometers north of the capital. it is an area that saw ethnic fighting in 2001. gun fire could be heard throughout morning and at least one explosion. the mainly albanian neighborhood was sealed off and residents evacuated. >> you can see it's be terrible, terrible. >> the government said attackers entered from an unnamed neighboring country. unclear how many casualties there were on the side of the armed group they were fighting. >> translator: this morning macedonian forces began the action of finding and eliminating the armed group which according to our intelligence, is aiming to attack government institutions. >> reporter: government is facing opposition allegations of wiretapping. >> the most significant thing now is to help the population and to guarantee their security. this dark scenario will not succeed. >> in the past weem there week there have been street protests demanding the president's president step down. they won greater rights after a peace deal but frustrations often flare because

erica wood has gone to the south african cape to see what is being done to save it. >> reporter: this is a penguin hospital, a place where distressed injured or orphan birds rehabilitate. >> we have 972 penguin chips. >> some are nursed back to health. others are permanent residents. like skipper, he'll never return to the wild, he's too tame. >> the education team is training him. he'll be an ambassador bird. i think he'll be amazing at. >> reporter: children come through to learn about the penguins. other lessons are carried out over the internet. >> we are waiting for lab as a result and we'll know if it's a boy or a girl. >> reporter: education is important. numbers of the penguins are low, there's fewer than 18,000 pairs in the wild. overfishing is a factor behind their decline. >> the adults have to travel further afield and expend more marijuana for themselves and the chicks. >> when the pressures sank off the coast. 19,000 were affected. most were saved. oil stels were a constant threat. the island off the west cape coast is well-known as a penguin colony. tourists are likely

here is erica wood. >> reporter: walking through the rebel of salwan, struck by saudi-led air strikes on saturday. those living here say the attack on their homes leaves them with little sympathy for he either side of the fight. >> translator: we're able to live together whether houthi or from any group. we are not waiting for any outside country to come in and legitimize any power. what we saw and the congregation of whataggression.what we saw cancels whatever goodwill we have for hadi. >> an area regularly used for celebrations and military parades. and the port city of aden houthi fighters and forces loyal to the previous president, ali abdullah saleh were blamed for the bombardment of residential areas like dar ass ad. and in the southern city of ta'izz hospital took direct hits on saturday. medical officials say they are already struggling to get the medical supplies they need to treat the wounded and sick, but making it more difficult to keep generators running during power cuts. but speaking in have i la sri lanka that could be difficult because of the numbers of number of grou

is urging all sides to stick to proposed ceasefire to allow desperately needed aid in and erica woodore. >> reporter: much needed supplies being distributed to this place at a camp in central yemen. they abandoned their homes and left behind everything they own to seek safety from the fighting. >> translator: we in the leaders committee started distributing relief aid to displaced family and managed to get it to all the families we will complete the campaign and distribute even more aid. >> reporter: in the handouts are oil and bags of wheat tea and sugar. >> translator: before we arrived here we were engaged in fierce battles with houthi fighters and took our families and took shelter in the tents here and families are afraid of houthis and we left everything behind but now is suffering from water short and lack of basic necessities. >> reporter: further south in the port city of aiden people beg for help as they line up for the daily ration of drinking water. >> translator: people of faith and world we are living under siege surrounded by these houthis, no water, no electricity and

erica wood has more. ♪ >> reporter: much-needed surprise being distributed to displaced families at a central yemen. they have abandoned their homes and left behind everything they owned to seek safety from the fighting. >> translator: we and the leaders committee started distributing aid to displaced families. when we manage to get to all the families we will complete our campaign and distribute even more aid. >> reporter: the hand outs are oil, bagsal wheat tea and sugar. >> translator: before we arrived here we were engaged in fees battles with houthi fighters. we had to take our families and take shelter in these tents here. the families a are a phrase of the houthis we left everything behind but now we are shoverring from the water shortage and lack of basic necessities. >> reporter: further south in the port city of aden people beg for help as they line up for their daily ration of drinking water. >>> oh, people of good faith. owe people of the world, we are living under siege surrounded by these houthis no water no electricity the sewage is overflowing our children's bellies ar

. >>> i'm erica wood on south africa's south africa coast where oil spills has the penguin at risk ofinction. ♪ egyptian court sentenced former president mohamed morsi to a jail break in 2011 that toppled mohamed morsi and he with several members of the muslim brotherhood escaped. the case now goes to the grand mufdi, the highest religious authority for confirmation and if he disagrees he can hand it back to the trial judge. former president facing several other charges and include conspiring to spy and commit acts of terrorism. in egypt's see that peninsula with hez hezbollah and accused of fraud in connection with his government economic and social programs and insulting judiciary of accusing a judge of overseeing election fraud and he denies all allegations. joining me in the studio is a fellow at the graduate school of journalism in new york and also former managing editor of the newspaper and what do you make of the death sentence that has been passed against mohamed morsi, is it likely to be carried out at the end of the day? >> i don't believe it's going to be carried out but t

erica woods, al jazeera. >>> hundreds of rescued migrants arriving at the sicily port nearly 7,000 migrants pulled out of the mediterranean sea over the past few days and number risking their lives to reach the shores arises despite dangers and a british ship is helping with the crisis in coordination with the italian navy. hundreds of migraines also been pulled from the sea by tunisia fishermen and the country coast guard and unlike neighboring libya they prevent people from leaving the shores from europe and from the south we report. >> reporter: they tried to reach europe by boat now they are back where they started, in africa. these people are among almost 500 rescued by tunisia since march. the u.n. is helping those from syria, aratria and somalia and sheltered in the town here are west africans. and registered as economic migrants. that makes it difficult for them to claim asylum. >> our country is no good. ghanna and i'm from ghanna. and we need help. >> reporter: tunisia is no longer escape route for migrants because borders are securer and coast guard vessels patrol the waters. but

erica wood has more on that. >> reporter: taking with them what they can, hundreds leave their homes they no longer believe it's safe to say. the province huh is seen more than 300 hacked to death in the past seven months. people here are blaming rebels from the allied democratic forces. or a.d.f. from neighboring uganda. >> people in this region have suffer greatly that's why civilians are running away, fearing militias killing people with machetes and axes are still strike again these killings are very bar bake, that's why people are so afraid. we ask the government to deal with the a.g. ofdf owe people can go back it their farms. >> reporter: this latest attack happened as people were returning from attending their crops as night pass setting in. troops and u.n. forces were also left with casualties. >> during this attack we have lost two soldiers which were killed in action. and also we had 13 injured by bullet. >> reporter: the democratic republic of congo is home to the would's biggest u.n. peacekeeping force made up of almost 25,000 personnel. millions died in a war between 19

erica wood has more. ♪ >> reporter: much-needed surprise being distributed to displaced families a thein central yemen. they have abandoned their homes and left behind everything they own to seek safety from the fighting. >> translator: we in the leaders committee started distributing aids to the families. when we get to all the families we will complete our campaign and distribute even more aid. >> reporter: the hand outs are oil and bags of wheat tea and sugar. >> before we approved here we were engaged in fierce battle with houthi fighters, they had we had to take our families and seek shelter in the tents. our families are afraid of hoot huge you is but now we are suffering from a lack of water and basic necessities. >> reporter: further south in port city of aden, people beg for help as they line up for their daily ration of drinking water. >> translator: owe people of good faith. of the world, we are living under siege surrounded by these houthis no water no he electricity the sewage is overflowing, our children's bellies are swole edge we have no medicine, we have nothing. >> tr

peacekeeping base, erica wood has more on this.with them what they can hundreds leave their homes because they no longer believe it's safe to say. the north privilege of practice ins of the east correct contract i can problem are remember are recognize i go of congress so has seen 300 people hacked to death and raped by fighters in the past seven months. people here are blaming rebellings from the allied democratic forces or a.d.f. from neighboring uganda. >> translator: people from this region have suffered greatly. that is why the civilians are running away. fearing that the militias killing people with machetes and, "w" saysaxes will strike again, the killings are barbaric and people are afraid. we ask the government to deal with the a.d.f. so people can go back to their farms. >> reporter: this latest attack happened as people were returning from tending their crops as night was setting in. congolese troops and u.n. forces were also left with casualties. >> during this attack we have lost two soldiers, which were killed in acti

. >>> i'm erica woods on south africa's western cape coast and fishing and oil spills put the continentcies of penguin at the risk of extinction. ♪ an egyptian court sentenced former president mohamed morsi to death, the verdict relates from a mass jail break in 2011 during the revolution that topped mubark and he and others escaped and more than 100 others have also been sentenced to death and tried. the case will now go to the grand egypt's highest authority and if he agrees with sentence he can hand the case back to trial judge. the former president facing several other charges include conspiring to spy and commit acts of terrorism in egypt see that peninsula with hamas and hezbollah anicka tar that supported the government and morsi accused of fraud with economic and social programs and insulted for accusing a judge of overseeing election fraud. morsi denies all those allegations and let's talk more about the death sentence now and we have a fellow in residence of the graduate school of journalism in new york a former managing editor and joins me in the studio and death sentence wha

. >> i am erica wood on the western cape coast where over fishing and oil spills have put the only speciesf penguins at risk of extinction. >> in sport, one of of english's coaches says an emotional farewell. >> the best. >> liverpool's steven giraurd makes his final appearance on the field. >>> hello. we begin in egypt where a court has sentenced depose president mohamed morsi to death along with more than 100 members of the banned mutts lim brotherhood group. he was found guilty of taking part in a mass jail break during the 2011 uprising which forced his predecessor from power. the leader badia and alkaradawa in qatar. it will be up to reegypt's grand mufti. mufti. the case could be returned to the courts. osama binja reports. >> reporter: egypt's first elected president, mohamed morsi has been found guilty of breaking out of jail and sentenced to death. >> mohamed morsi. >> the muslim brotherhood banned by egypt calls the decision dmrik political. enter the national community should stop it. morsi was imprisoned with other muslim brotherhood leaders a few days after egyptians began a m

. >> i'm erica wood on sairveg's south africa's western cape coast. the country's only penguin at risk of extinction. >> i've been asked to keep my voice down cause we are so close to the isil position >> who is in charge, and are they going to be held to accout? >> but know we're following the research team into the fire >> they're learning how to practice democracy... >> ...just seen tear gas being thrown... >> ...glad sombody care about us man... >> several human workers were kidnapped... >> this is what's left of the hospital >> is a crime that's under reported... >> what do you think... >> we're making history right now... >> al jazeera america a >>> hundreds of activists travelled out to the waters of the finaling it sound protesting >> you're watching al jazeera, here is is a reminder of the headlines. officials are meeting in riyadh to try to resolve the situation in yemen but the houthis are not

in this country black boys and black ..international law to distinguish and protect civilians, erica wood has more. >> reporter: in just 50 days israel's war killed more than 2,000 in the occupied gaza strip. the aim to cripple hamas, most of the victims were civilians, more than 500 children. on the israeli side 66 soldiers and five civilians die. air sea and ground damaged strur, that would likely take -- strur, that would likely take decades to rebuild. this group on the ground was capturing the testimony of those caught in war. it paints a picture for israel's actions and a disregard for civilian lives. >> we shot at cars ambulances doing things i was raised not to do. not to kill the innocent shoot at an ambulance. it's like the wild west. it was approved by the commanders. i thought there was something morally wrong. i was told kill anything in your proximity. another described how decisions were made. >> translation: i remember many times the commander could died what target we su hit. >> shoot when needed. mostly machine-gun fire, and shells as well. >> the groups that gathered te

erica woods, al jazeera. >>> israeli army responded to the report in a statement provided to al jazeerag the israeli defense force is committed to properly investigating all credible claims raised via media, ngo and official complaints concerning idea of conduct during operation protective edge in a serious manner as possible. still to come on this news hour. >>> i'm in tunisia with a story of migrants recently rescued off the coast of libya and many of them want to go back and try again and do not want to stay here. >>> we will tell you why students in the brazil state are having to study at home. and the fall out from the fight of the century continues, and could he be in trouble for what he concealed from boxing authorities and joe will have all the details in sports. ♪ burundi's constitutional court has cleared president to run for a controversial third term but four of the courts judges have left the country, 11 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in protests since the president's party announced he would run again, a peace deal ended a 13 year civil war in 2006 state

but most of the all the destruction caused by humans, erica wood, al jazerra the western cape, south africa. >>> a quick reminders that you can keep up to up-to-date with all of the news on our website there it is on your screen, the address al jazerra.com. that's aljazerra.com. "america tonight", the real price of prosperity. >> so what kind of damage did that do, permanent damage to the area >>> in north dakota, christopher putzel found a native community tapping its underground riches future. >> this is our home today. i don't want people to come in and destroy it >>> also tonight. >> never before has the air force put a new fighter bomber at a commercial airport. they do that purply because new aircraft crash more. >> the plane she is talking about is the f35 fighter. but many residents of this town see it as a real danger. [ chanting ] >> thanks for joining us, i'm joie chen. it's been celebrated for its supposed superstealth capability, it hasn't hidden the f35 fighter jet from a growing course of critics, who charge the single most expensive programme is at best little more th

. >>> i'm erica wood on south africa's southwestern cape coast where fishing and oil spills put the speciespenguin in risk of extinction. ♪ but we begin this news hour with breaking news out of syria, u.s. special forces have killed a senior i.s.i.l. leader inside syria. that is according to the u.s. president and white house. let's take you live now to lebanon's becca valley overlooking syria and al jazeera is there and what more do we know omar? >> reporter: we know that the americans sent two helicopters and attacked an oil field that is east and then there were some u.s. special forces involved. we know that they have killed a senior leader known as thought to be the man responsible for running the oil business for i.s.i.l. especially in the zone. he is also the main financial operation head. now, activists in the area suggest that at least six people from i.s.i.l. were killed including two from arab nationalitys and iraqi and saudi and we don't know the names of them. i.s.i.l. has also confirmed that it lost six of its fighters in the operation. we believe it may have taken place overn

erica wood has more. >> much-needed supplies distributed to displaced families at a champ in central yemen. they abandoned their homes and left everything behind. we started to distribute aid to displaced families. when we managed to get to all the families we will complete and distribute more aid >>> the handouts are oil and bags of wheat, tea and sugar. >> translation: before we asked we were engaged in fierce battles, we this had to take the families. the families are afraid of houthis. now we are suffering from a water shorting. >> further south in the port city people begged for help and lined up for a daily ration of drinking water. >> oh people of good faith, people of the world, we live under siege. no water no electricity, the sewerage is overing. bellies are overswan. we have nothing. we hope that our brothers in charge rush to aid the citizens in relief. >> the constant bombardment of sanaa left many homeless that man and his family live in a suvra -- sewer drain. >> it's under ground. it's safer to stay here than on the ground. >> yemen was one of the world's most impover

erica wood has more. >> reporter: the police action began in the early morning. about 40km north of the capital. it's an area that saw fighting during an ethnic albane yn insurgency. gunfire could be heard, and one explosion. the mainly albanian neighbourhood was sealed off. it's terrible terrible. the government said the attackers entered from an unnamed agency. some police involved were killed and several more were wounded. it's unclear how many casualties there were on the side of the armed troops. >> translation: this morning macedonian forces found and alarmed an armed intelligence group, which, according to the armed elements is instituting attacks on government constitutions. >> reporter: the government is facing opposition allegations, wire tapping and abuse of office. >> translation: the most important thing now is to help the population and provide and guarantee security. this scenario will not succeed >>> in the past week they demand the resignation of the prime minister. the fear is that political leaders on either side will use the event to heighten

erica wood has more on the protest from seattle.ning in protest against the polar pioneer, the first of a shell that royal dutch is planning to send to the arctic. the company has 13% of the world's undiscovered oil, and more of it is gas. shell has been pushing to drill up the coast of alaska for years. a week ago u.s. president obama gave his authorisation. there are smaller permits yet to be approved. it's expected they'll go through. president obama put a hold on oil exploration after deep water horizon spilt millions of barrels of oil into the gulf of mexico. the moratorium didn't last long. activists say approving drilling goes against slowing down exploration and the use of fossil fuels to reduce global warming. drilling has not been possible but because ice is melting since and rigs have a clearer path. shell hopes to have rigs in place by july. it's a risky operation. bad weather meant previous attempts in 2012 was poewes pointed. activists say an oil spill would be disastrous for a declining arctic. those promoting the oil

erica wood. >> joining in protest against the polar pioneer, the first of royal dutch shell's two rigslanning to send to the arctic the company says the region has about 13% of the world's undiscovered oil and much more of its gas. shell has been push to go drill off of the northern coast of alaska for years. a week ago, u.s. president barack obama gave his authorization. there is still some smaller permits yet to be approved. it's expected those will go through. obama put a hold on all new oil exploration after the deep water horizon spilled in 2010. the moratorium didn't last long. activists say approving arctic drilling goes against his policy of slowing down the exploration and use of fossil fuels to reduce global warming. drilling in the arctic has never before been possible but because the ice has been melting at a record rate ships and rigs have a clearer path. >> the arctic is a very special place. it acts like an air conditioner for the world. it keeps the climate in check. it's the home to 4 million people. and so many endemic speisesses any kind of disaster up there would be

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erica woods, al jazeera. >>> joining us now is a researcher with breaking the silence, the ngo whichled testimonies is live from jerusalem and thank you for being on al jazeera and troubling testimony we heard and tell us how you came about collecting the claims and how frank were the soldiers you interviewed? >> thank you very much. actually after the summer the war in gaza soldiers and officers started approaching to us actually starting to tell us stories and we were actually a bit shocked i have to say from the stories they told us. the main thing i think we can tell that we heard is the amount of fire and the rules of engagement and the soldiers and officers were told by the hiring officers how to enter gaza and just to maybe understand when we are talking about huge amount of fire one of the key i would say they use artillery shells and talking about thousands fired at populated areas and neighborhoods and the thing with this kind of weapon is that you cannot aim it accurately towards a target you want and you fire a bunch of shell and fire in a radius of 100 meters and from th

no one to look after them and they are leaving and taking a boat to a small town in tanzania and erica wood story. >> reporter: mothers and children boarding boats to get as far as way from the fighting in burundi as they can and among the 50,000 who traveled to tanzania in the last month. many are children who have lost their parents like 16-year-old maria, after they landed in tanzania she and her two siblings were taken to the stadium for shelter. >> translator: the security situation in our country is getting worse everyday we have no parents and nobody to protect us and people werekied and beaten up and that is the reason we decided to leave. >> reporter: 1200 unaccompanied children have been registered in this camp alone. >> this is largely a crisis facing children. 83% of the population on the move that had been registered in tanzania is children. >> reporter: cholera is a major problem in the refugee camps, more than 30 people have already died in the past two weeks and aid groups rasing to provide sanitation medical supplies and psychological care. >> unicef is deploying on the gro

erica woods, al jazeera, western cape, south africa. >>> and you can keep up to date with all the day's news and sport on our website. al jazeera.com. >> this week on "talk to al jazeera" nasa administrator charles bolden. >> getting to space is very difficult. getting to mars is very, very, very difficult. >> he's been aboard the space shuttle four times. his missions included helping deploy the hubble space telescope and flying the first joint us/russia mission. >> i think we've always gotten along with everyone "off the planet" better than we have "on it" for one simple reason, we're mission focused. >> now he runs an agency that has transitioned away from space shuttle missions to one focused on exploration. >> everything we do in this agency is with the express purpose of making life better for people here on earth. >> he answers, in part, to senator ted cruz, chair of the senate subcommittee on space science and competitiveness. cruz is also a climate change skeptic. >> i don't worry about trying to change someone's mind, i try to present data that is very accurate. >> bolden serv

. >> i'm erica wood on south africa's cape coast.verfishing has put the continent's only sees seas of penguin at risk of extinction. >> in sport the fastest hat trick in english premier league history. we'll tell you more about it in 20 minutes in sport. >> now the action is authorities helping them. feeding them, giving them medical assistance, and great relief when they managed to call their families and tell them they're alive. they were very lucky that they met. the indonesia navy said that until now they will send away every boat. they will give humanitarian assistance at sea but not accept them here. it's hard to imagine the ordeal these people have gone through living three months on the boat bringing their small children on this horrific journey where they are fating fighting, hunger thirst, now they're facing a very uncertain future here in indonesia. >> the u.s. has urged thailand to consider sheltering rohingya migrants but they warn it will take jobs away from thais. >> there may be as many as 8,000 people on boats but on

erica wood has more. >> reporter: taking with them what they can, hundreds leave their homes, because they no longer believe it is safe to stay. the north province of the democratic republic of congo saw more than 300 hacked to death in raids by fighters in the past seven months. people are blaming rebels from the allied democratic forces from neighbouring uganda. >> translation: people from the region suffered greatly, that is why civilians are running away. fearing that people were being killed with axes. they start again. this is why people are afraid. they ask the government to deal with the adf so people can go back to their farms. the latest attack hoped as people were return from attending their crops. congolese troops and unforces were left as casualties during the attack we lost two soldiers, and also we had 13 injured by bullets. the democratic republic of congo is home to the world's biggest u.n. peacekeeping force, made up of 25,000 personnel. millions died in a war between 1998. dozens of groups operate there. they have different aims but compete for control of the minera

erica wood went to the south-western cape to see what is done to save them. >> reporter: this is a penguinistressed injured or orphaned birds come to rehabilitate. some at this facility are being nursed to health others are permanent residence like skipper. he'll never return to the wild, he's too tame. >> the education team are training him to be an ambassador bird. we think he'll be amazing. >> up to 10,000 children come through every year to learn about penguins other lessons are carried out over the internet. >> is it a boy or girl? >> we don't know we are waiting for lab results to come back. >> reporter: educating young generations are important because numbers of african penguins are low. there's fewer than 18,000 pairs in the wild. overfishing is a big factor. it means that the adults have to travel further afield and spend more energy in fishing for themselves and their checks. when a tanker sank off the coast. 19,000 were affected. most were saved, but oil spills are a threat. the island off the west cape coast is well-known. tourists these days are liking to see thousands. >> it

erica wood, al jazeera. >> a policeman in kenya has been killed by suspected al-shabaab fighters. four others were injured in the attack. the police were amount bushed. the somali based group says the fighters killed 25 kenyan police officers in the attack. he says ensuring that the entire country is secure is a huge challenge. there was a fire and ambushed. >> but they are one of and -- >> the village is always attempt on a daily basis. as much as it is got a war that we are dealing with with one or two who are raised somewhere. you cannot have police officers of the country. the air force to the group security in the area. it will expand the search and rescue operation in the mediterranean. last month's decision to triple funding faced with a surge of migrants making the journey, in greece hundreds of people arrived. greece is one of the countries currently shoulders the biggest number of migrants. the plan to redistribute migrants more evenly will be unveiled on wednesday. some are now being helped to return home, 145 have arrived back in the capitol with the help of the intern

dozens of sols have given testimony about the tactics used in the campaign, erica wood has more details. >> in just 50dy days more than 25 people were killed. it's aim was to cripple ha mall but most were civilians and more than 500. leaving damage that will likely take decades to rebuild. the group breaking the silence, has collected the testimony of 60 troops that fought in the war what they said paint as darks picture and it's apparent disregard for civilian lives. we shot at cars, ambulances doing things i was raised not to do, not to kill the innocent, not to shoot at an ambulance. it is like the wild west out there, and it was all approved by the commanders, there was something rotten in this army, our first rule is not to kill without reason, and here i was formally told kill anything in your proximity. another soldier describes how decisions were made about what they should target. i remember many times the commander could decide based on his opinion alone he would almost give us full autonomy, and say i trust you shoot when needed. what group that gathers the testimony wanted t

erica woods, al jazeera. >>> plenty more news still ahead in the news hour including meet the rohingyasanaged to escape persecution and make a life for themselves in new zealand plus china's president will find and punish those responsible for a fire in a home for the elderly that killed at least 38 people. and in sport taking a tumble the loss of their best player with the hopes of the golden state warriors on ice, details coming up. ♪ malaysia police continuing the grim task of exhuming the bodies of dozens of suspected trafficking victims from shallow graves in the jungle. on monday investigateorinvestigators removed body parts from the state here 139 graves were discovered in an area that borders thailand and malaysia called for international help to help solve this migrant crisis lawrence has been to one of those jungle camps and joins us live now and florence what did you see there? >> reporter: right so we went to the jungle camp and it's close to the thai border 500 meters from the thai border on the hill and also a really steep difficult climb and it's 400 meters above sea leve