make them escape >> harry fawcett >> is facing charges of breaking maritime law.e gave apologies but said he was wary of simply telling people to jump off of the boat into cold fast-flowing waters, unsure of their fate, unable to see any rescue craft at the time. as well as that, we have been seeing more and more bodies brought ashore. the operation to dive the wreck appears to be gathering. they appear to be getting greater access inside ship. for the first time, the number of people brought out from the ship gateway climbing rapidly. so people here at the sports hall waiting for so long to get confirmation of what's happened to their children. some are getting confirmation. but at least it's extremely grim. great grief gateway already here it's going to get worse in the next few days. ultra nationalists have denied playing any role. it happened at a makeshift checkpoint on the outskirts of slovyansk. russian's foreign ministry con democrated the incidents which happened after easing tension in eastern ukraine. jesse roland gateway there and files this report >>

harry fawcett reports from a boat in the jindo sea. >> you can see the size of the operation out here from a boat. there's frustration that more attempts, risks have not been taken to get into the upturned hull of the ship and sow if they can fine -- see if they can find any survivors. we are approaching the time when rescuers said it would be the optimum time in terms of conditions. this is the first of the two periods mooted. there has been a lot of activity around the prow in the last few minutes. three crane ships have been deployed. this is the first of them. one is on the scene already. there will be attempts later in the process to raise this vessel, move it where it's easier to access. for now the efforts are concentrated on trying to dive once more. >> that's harry fawcett reporting. >> in south sudan, the united nations says is a group of armed men pretending to be peaceful protesters attacked a u.n. compound. 20 were killed when the mob opened fire at the base, which was sheltering 5,000 civilians. it happened on thursday in bor, a city that changed hands between the govern

harry fawcett is in jindo, south korea. where too despite odds, they are still searching for survivors. >> emerging out of the gloom, dozens upon dozens of vessels and at the top of it all, the sewol breaking the surface. approaching the period where when rescuers say the tides would be right for trying another dive. upturned hull. the day wore on and the ferry became completely submerged divers went down on ten spras se occasions. they began securing a line, and were forced back by fast-moving currents. preparation for four floating contemporaneous to be used to move the wreck to calmer waters. south korean's minister, official attempt to get underwater access had failed. then a friendly chat from the man from the maritime industry and back saying that divers had been down and attached a guide rope. we tried to establish a reason why, yesterday, oxygen being pumped in, but it wasn't, some families feel lied to, others for all activity too little effort is being made to get into the ship, age are too to the captain and crew

harry fawcett jindo, south korea. >>> strikes took place in a mountainous area of the avian province. three senior members of the group were killed in the operation. u.s. drones were reportedly involved in the strike. >>> syria's parliament announced the country will hold presidential elections on june 3rd. dozens of people were killed in air strikes in the northern syria city of aleppo over the weekend. the syrian observatory of human rights said 29 were from the same neighborhood. more than 150,000 people have died in syria since the civil war began. >>> meanwhile the united nations is warning nearly 20,000 people in one syrian district could die. no food has been delivered there in nearly two weeks and aid supplies have run out. some people have reportedly resorted to eating leaves and animal need. the u.n. says it needs to deliver at least 700 sparm parcs aaday of food. has not given access to the district. access to hospitals and doctors are a huge problem. millions of children are forced to go without vital health care. osama bujadid has the story. >> all three have a disorder t

harry fawcett reports. >> reporter: president obama landed in the country still gripped by grief.is just nine days since the ferry capsized. more than 300 people are dead or missing, most of them children. the u.s. president suggests at the moment, silence. soon enough it was back to business, and as so often dealing with north korea was uppermost importance. but for the u.s. dealing with north korea means dealing with two allies in seoul and tokyo at loggerheads over history. obama came to seoul after meeting with japan's prime minister. south korea still calls on japan full toy to address the abuse of comfort women or forced prostituted by japanese soldiers during world war ii. >> there was a terrible egregious violation of human rights, and certainly the japanese people recognize that the past is something that has to be recognized honestly. >> reporter: truthliful facing up to history are words used by president park. the fact that president obama chose to use a similar phrase is something that will go down very well here in seoul. perhaps in return president park held out the

harry fawcett al jazeera. >>> the trial of al jazeera's three detained journal lists has continued.hey have been behind bars now for 115 days. the south al jazeera journalist has been held without trial since last august. al jazeera rejects all charges and continues to demand the journalist's release. >>> still to come, the u.s. may significantly drop the number of troops in afghanistan, and bringing back a classic beauty. florida tries to restore its orchid population. >> these protestors have decided that today they will be arrested >> these people have chased a president from power, they've torn down a state... >> what's clear is that people don't just need protection, they need assistance. >>> south korean's defense ministry is reporting increased activity near the north's nuclear site. the south warning it could mean north korea is about to call a nuclear test. north korea has had three nuclear tests since 2006. >>> the number of u.s. forces in afghanistan could decrease significantly. it could go from 33,000 troops down to 5,000. the smaller forces being considered following a

harry fawcett there. our correspondent who, as you can see is on his way to the scene of the accident in jeju island. >> to russia, the president, vladimir putin, cold the german chancellor that ukraine is on the verge of still war. ukrainian troops took control of an airfield. this is part of a wider offensive againarmed gun many occupying property across the region. the latest operation was in the city of krematorsk. kim vinnell has more. >> firing warning shots ukrainian troops send a clear message to protesters at a military airfield. in the background a woman south that two young people have been wounded, but soldiers and police force hold their ground. outside the airfield pro-russian mobs barricade the exit and say they will not let the military leave. casualties have been reported on both side. the ukrainian defence ministry denies its troops have been injumptd tensions taking its toll. protesters unaware of where allegiances lie. >> translation: our goal is to defend the city, to defend the city

we can go live to al jazeera's harry fawcett, on his way from seoul to the scene. we see you are in transit. from where you are, what is the latest. the numbers have been changing radically from hour to hour. >> they have, and we have been speaking to the coast guard, and they confirmed early numbers released from the government's disaster response headquarters which are that 459 people were on board the ship. 168 of those people have been rescued. that's two confirmed dead, some 293 people are still missing. that is obviously the key concern. there was a very big rescue operation under way as the ship was overturning. we saw the images of coast guard helicopters plucking people to safety from the side of the ship, which became the top of the ship as people scrambled on to the railings. the fact that there was a rescue operation in force, and was in a contained area. the fact that so many are missing so many hours after this happened obviously raises concerns that a good number of them will be trapped inside the structure of the upturnedship, underwater. >> distrau

have moved too slowly in terms of actually getting access to the vessel itself. >> all right, harry fawcettringing us all this information from the ferry disaster in south korea. harry thanks for spending some time with us again we appreciate it. >>> now to the mt. everest disaster. credit adrian says he will continue to pursue this extreme sport. here is this first person are report. >> my name is adrian ballinger. i have expended everest six times, i'm headed for the 7th time. 50 times over all my expeditions this section, it is really a section we are always concerned every season. if an avalanche happens there's not much you can do to get away from the blocks that are falling. i've seen people try to fall into cre crevasses. we heard the crashing of ice falling from the wall above us. the ice fall happens three to 4,000 feet above you. you have a few seconds before the ice reaches you. we all ran as fast as we could down little into the side and we were lucky enough to get out of the way from where all the blocks landed. the sherpa is a native group that lives around and below mt. evere

harry fawcett there.ur correspondent following president obama's trip to south korea. >>> now, the secretary of state accused russia of stoking instability in you craning, john kerry -- ukraine, john kerry warning moscow that it would be a grave and expensive mistake if it didn't change course. >> vladimir putin and russia face a choice - if russia choose a path of deescalation, the international community - all of us - will welcome it. if russia does not, the world will make sure the cost for russia will grow. president obama reiterated we are ready to act. >> both ukraine and russia sent more troops to the border between the two countries. al jazeera's hoda abdel-hamid has more on the military build up in the area. >> reporter: they were deployed a day after crimea voted to leave ukraine in midmarch. the ukrainian border guards set up base in an abandoned farm, the first to face russian troops crossing into ukraine. >> translation: i don't think anyone is going to come, but looking at the big picture, i

harry fawcett has the litst from sole. >> the majority of the passengers on board the vessel were students. 16-17-year-old students from a suburb south of the capital in seoul, on their way from the port of inion on the west coast, down to the holiday island of jeju. we understand there were perhaps 320, perhaps slightly more students and teachers on the school trip. as well as that, perhaps 100 or more passengers. in total we understood the initial figure was 471 penning passengers on board the vessel. whatever happened to it, how it listed on the said, it happened quickly. the distress call happened before 9 am. within little more than an hour, most of the vessel was under water. we understand from twitter messages that people were sending is that they were told to gather on the ship, and at one stage the pa system, structed them all to jump into the water. a very fast-moving large rescue operation got underway with some 13 naval vessels, a naval helicopter, as well as from the pictures we see, fishing vessels, and five fire and rescue helicopters. of those rescued so far, we know that s

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harry fawcett on jindo island. harry bring us up to date on the rescue efforts. >> they are of course continuing early this evening. the diving teams they have been trying to gain access once again to the submerged wreck from 6:00 local time this morning. but so far it's been too difficult. there's a fast current, low visibility, haven't been able to gain access. there has also been a revision of the numbers. south korean authorities saying 475 people were initially on board this ship. and that 6 have now been confirmed dead. four students, one crew member and one teacher. the sixth of those was just a few minutes ago publicly identified over the pa system here. where parents were gathering for news. one woman erupted in grief behind me. it's a very raw, emotional time for these parents involved. >> there has been a lot of confusion, especially with some crew members telling them to abandon ship, some telling them stay on board. what do you know about that? >> those were the accounts that we were getting on social m

harry fawcett, al jazeera, jindo, south carolin south kore. >> a defendant in a gang related trial was shot and critically wounded buy u.s. marshal yesterday, when he are swung at the marshal with a pen or a pencil. the justice department is taking another step to help federal prisoners servin serving senten. attorney general eric holder. >> as a society we pay much too high a price whenever our systems fails to deter and punish crime to keep us safe and ensure that those who have paid their debts have a chance to become productive citizens. our expanded clemency application process will aid in this effort. >> holder says the justice department expects to handle dozens of additional applications. >>> data shows democrats and republicans are raising at about the same clip. how they are spending, that's an entirely different story. daifort david shuster is here with that. >> tony, this is turning out to be one of the biggest gambles. party is trying to replicate the sophisticated tools and techniques of the 2012 obama campaign. the $60 million data effort in this case involves identifyin

harry fawcett, jindo, south korea. >> american won the boston marathon for the first time in 31 years. nearly 36,000 registered for race, many to honor those killed or injured. security was tight. nearly 4300 police officers and national are security watched over the runners. john terret reports from boston. >> an emotional year as an american wins the men's elite race. a symbolism lost on no one. came home in a little over 2 hours and 8 minutes. the first time an american has done it since 1983. >> and she's got it. >> and the woman's elite, kenyan rita jetu, became the woman to win it in the fastest, 2 hours and 18 minutes. among the fun runners, many felt the love of the crowd lining the route estimated to be a million strong. >> emotionalism had meaning like obviously no other. it is great to be here to participate in this. >> it just meant so much to be able to race for anyone who hasn't been here before and to experience the tragedy that happened this year. >> i just wanted to be here this year, all about running, running it for boston and for race. as people said, it brought th

. >> let's go to harry fawcett, on his way from seoul to the scene of the accident. harry in his car travelling there. a lot of people unaccounted for. numbers have been revised. what is the latest you are hearing about the numbers? >> well, we spoke to the coast guard within the last few minutes. they said a third body has been confirmed, three deaths from the disaster. we are not clear if it was a body in the water or the ship or someone brought to shore and died sips. we are not sure how it stacks up. certainly the coast guard confirming what the government was saying. they revised the figures, 459 were on board. 168 rescued. 290 unaccounted for. that is the concern. the rescue operation got into form, it's a busy shipping area, and you saw the pictures in caroline's report of people wimped to safety as the ship was going over on its side. so the fact they have not recovered the 290 plus missing people, even from what was a small simple area suggests that there'll be a good number of missing people inside the ship, under the water. that's what some survivors were s

harry fawcett reports. >> reporter: they just want to take their children home to give them a funeralstill they have to wait and watch. more than 100 now and counting. at sea this huge operation still classified as a rescue effort goes on. diving crews having to feel their way through the ship to get to the areas where most of the trapped passengers remain. this is thrown up questions about regulation and safety checks throughout the country. but as a company officially classified as excellent, the ferry owners weren't subject to external inspection, they merely needed to submit documents. but this excellent company seemed to have spent little on training its staff. >> translator: it spent just $500 on staff training. looking at that we can say they didn't spend any money on education including crew training. >> reporter: the familiar list of the survivors said the investigation could wait. they called on the media to report more accurately and less invasively. >> translator: please understand the anguished hearts of the parents who want to go into the water to search for the trapped

. >> harry fawcett is with me now, and let's talk about that, live from seoul. has the tragedy, do you think, exposed problems in the corporate culture in south korea? >> i don't think people who live here would be surprised at such problems. i think it has put a spotlight on them. there's a sense that it was failed by the businesses, government and regulators. including the crew. as i say, i think people recognise that there is something in the business culture in which lines are blurred, and corruption can take place. you can look in the nuclear industry, where safety is at a massive premium and a raft of electrical cables were found to have false safety tickets attached to them. they weren't what the nuclear operators were buying. and there was corruption and bribery involved. that's something that people here accept, that this kind of thing can go on, and to some extent it can be explained by the success. it has been accused of corner cutting in the past. president park geun-hye's father in charge of the country in the late '60s and '70s. his push for econom

harry fawcett. al jazeera, south korea. >> nearly 100,000 people to st. peter's square. pope had a special message for syria. >> we supplicate you particularly for syria, the beloved are syria so all those suffering the effects of conflict, that neither side will again use deadly force, especially against the defenseless civil population but instead boldly negotiate the peace long awaited and long overdue. >> pope francis also operate for ends of attacks in algeria that has credit targeted christians. president obama and his family went to the 19th street baptist church. one of several churches the obamas have attended. >>> boxer hurricane carter has died. as he was wrongfully convicted on murder charges twice. >> in 1966, boxing was still one of america's top sports and reuben carter was one of its top boxers. took up the sport while serving in the u.s. army and turned pro in 1961. his speed earning him the nickname hurricane. top contendedder for wowrld word middleweight title. he was charged with murdering three people in a bar. convicting by an all white jury on the

harry fawcett joins us now on the telephone. he's on jindo island.hat is the latest. >> i'm at the center of operations for the rescue, and where a lot of the relatives have gathered looking out to sea to establish any new news about their loved ones, and it's a traumatic experience for them. there has been a good deal of conflict with members of the maritime industry and other officials. we saw heated exchanges with relatives throwing punches and kicks, saying that every second was precious. they are accusing the rescue workers of not acting fast enough, while it's possible that some of the relatives might be inside the boat in airpockets. the problem for the rescue workers is conditions are difficult. it's windy, rainy, and more to the point there's a strong current under the water. one parent had been taken out on a boat to see for himself the scene, said there was a very fast moving eddy whirling around near the boat, so what they are trying to do is potentially try and lift the boat a little bit to improve access for the divers. we heard reports

harry fawcett reports from se l seoul. >> reporter: 11 days, anger and recrim nations. the prime minister decided to resign. >> translation: the right thing for me to do is take responsibility and resign as the person in charge. cabinet. on behalf of the government i apologise for the problems, from the prevention of the accident to the early handling of the disaster. >> a day after it went down, south korea's president put chung hong-won in charge of the rescue effort. it put him in the firing line. at one point when parents of missing children threw a water bottle and scuffled with him, and tried to stop his car leaving the island. rely ties were furious about delay -- relatives were furious about delays. and the lack of information they were getting from officials. rmpingts in this count there is more talk about safety violations. broader questions are being asked about regulations and practices in south korea as a whole. against that, pre-empting a trial, there was concern and response. >>> u.s. president barack obama visited a malaysian mon oument, the national moc

harry fawcett reports from seoul. >> reporter: it's hard to watch, harder to listen to.he last 15 minutes of a mobile phone recording made by one of the teenage victims of the ferry disaster. it's tilting more someone says. save me comes another voice. the loud speaker tells them to stay put in their cabins. but the tone is one of nervous humor not terror. children sit barefoot on their beds even though it still seems possible to move, one boy is shown standing in the corridor outside. later one boy says we have to get out. it's met with laughter, but soon life jackets are being passed around. some of the zips don't work. wear your life jackets comes the message. that means we must be sinking says a boy. and again they are told by the crew stay where you are. the video was recovered from the phone of a boy. his father first released it on sunday. now parents are saying they want the full video to be shown to expose just how badly their children were served by the adults who were supposed to protect them. it may well be used in the trial of the captain who has children we

harry fawcett joins us now. >> reporter: it's midnight here in the port in gendoe, and the coast guardre telling us this operation will continue through the night. there has been a slight pause, but they are planning to fire star burst shells into the area above the search site as they continue to look for anyone who may still be alive. day, throughout the day, it has been a day of confusion. initially we were told that the majority of those on board had been saved. parents of school children who were on board this ship, 325 school children on their way to the resort island told that all of their children were being rescued. then there was massive revision by the south korean officials and they revised down the number to 174 so at least 280 still uncontracted for. and given that this search was on a concentrated area, it started while that boat was still rolling of. the fear is that the majority of the people will be trapped inside. >> do we know what the passengers were told to do one the ferry started to sink? >> reporter: initially, the students who were on board were saying they we

. >> harry fawcett has more. >> this exercise is part of the exercises between the u.s. and south korean forces. north korea calls them rehearsals for invasion. this year is nothing like it was this time last year. north korea made similar protests again, and a few days ago during a combined exercise, billed as the largest in 20 years, they chose that date to hold drills, they fired 100 shells into south korean waters. as well as this exercise that we are at today. the united states are launching what they are calling the biggest ever combined air defense exercise, and that is something that the north koreans may want to react to in some way. one other issue of note. this is the day the south korean defence ministry makes public its findings on an investigation into a number of drones - low-flying, low-tech zones discovered in south korea in recent weeks, something that dominated media headlines and minds in the military and defense military. >> the united nations security council voted to send almost 12,000 peacekeepers to the central african republic. sting to come - d

. >> if harry fawcett, live in seoul. >> live pictures now - not something you see every day. this is the moon, and it's seen from los angeles, there in america. we are looking at a rare lunar eclipse. it began about an hour ago. around about now you should see the full eclipse. the ready glow. it's expected to last another couple of hours. stunning pictures there. you can see this if you are on the ground from places across america, and also australia and new zealand if you are lucky enough to see the moon from there. it happens 2-3 times a year. this is the last time, if you are in the united states, that you'll be able to see it. until 2019. an explosion in the egyptian capital injured two police officers, one student was shot dead near giro university. fighting broke out between supporters and police. 13 were arrested. two journalists were rendered. an egyptian court has classified a major group as a terrorist organization. alleged to be behind the violence. mubarak was ousted. >> al jazeera's demanding the immediate release of the journalist in egypt. peter greste, mohame

harry fawcett reports from seoul. >> reporter: on tuesday morning south korea's president was at thely opened memorial to the victims of the tragedy. she paid a personal tribute to the dead and later made this apology. >> translator: how should i apologize for the failure to prevent the accident and for the insufficient initial response and the pain and suffering of the victim's families, even for a moment. i apologize with a heavy heart to the nation's citizens that so many precious lives were lost due to this accident. >> reporter: the initial response has only by heightened as the captain stepped off of the ship more than 300 others were left to die told to stay put on board. there are questions over though cost guard's response as well as the delays on getting drivers inside the ship once it went under. >> reporter: the president recognized it wasn't just the initial response, but the conditions that allowed such a tragedy to happen in the first place. she promised a new national safety ministry as well as a government effort on safety to remodel this country from the ground up.

harry fawcett, al jazeera. >>> south sudanese rebels are ceased control of an important town in an oil-producingtate. it is known to be a target for groups opposed to the government. oil production was shut down in the area earlier this year because of fighting. people have been taking shelter at the un base. >>> troops in the south african republic have completed their pullout. chad announced a complete withdraw of its forces from car earlier this month. some accused the soldiers of siding with seleka fighters. >>> more than 100 schoolgirls who were kidnapped in nigeria on tuesday are still missing. the army is continuing the search for them. gunmen stormed the premise and opened fire on soldiers who were guarding the government college. here is the update from the capitol. >> reporter: more than 24 hours after the girls were abducted from the general secondary school, there is still no further information from the security services. that's the military and police as to their whereabouts. however, we do understand speaking to people on the ground that there is a heavy military and police presen

harry fawcett has the latest from jindo. >> it's exactly a week ago since the ferry was on its side, on its way underwater, just a few kilometres off the the coast of jindo, in the southern tip of south korea. we saw the images of passengers clinging to the side of the ship, plucked off by helicopter. young people jumped into the arms of rescuers on boats. when we got here on that day we saw a great number of parents gathered on the shore side, looking out to see, homing they'll be brought back alive. as regularized, it's become a routine, a dim one, when people go into a tent and watch as each body is brought ashore and people write up descriptions. that is how people are finding out whether their child has been brought ashore. there's a booth set up for people to register, to go out and see for themselves. we see people doing that. there's three occasions during the day when the sides are optimal for getting into the ship, when they won't be as strong as they have been. authorities are trying to put down a remote submersible with legs, which can stay down and have various detection

al jazeera's harry fawcett has the latest. >> reporter: terror for the passengers as the ferry luncheddurther on its side. survivors were plucked from the rolling ship and from the water. as they come ashort the government response sister said 368 people were saved and 107 missing. >> reporter: i held a hand rail to try to get to the helicopter. water came up to my neck. >> then for the parents who waved their children off on a school trip and they were at one stage being told that they were all being rescued. a terrible revision. officials miscalculated. 300 passages were missing. >> reporter: the announcement told us we should stay still but the ship was still sinking. there are a lot of students who didn't get out of the ship. >> reporter: as night fell fear was giving way to despair. >> do you think they are alive now? they're dead. they're all dead. we should recover them. the authorities just keep saying that search operations are under way. [ yelling ] >> reporter: we're gathered at this port, not just the emergency services but the relatives who are keeping an gisanguished vigil

. >> harry fawcett has more from the south korean capital, seoul. >> well, this was the first joint visit by u.s. and south korean leader to the combined forces command in seoul, pretty much the headquarters of the military alints between u.s. and -- alliance between u.s. and south korean forces and where the conflict will be directed from as far as the southern side is concerned. it's no coincidence because a key agreement that president obama reached with president park geun-hye was to reconsider the timing of the handover of what's known as operational control in the event of a conflict on the korean peninsula, which is due to transition to the south korean forces by the end of 2015. south korea wants to delay that, seen as an indication of the level of the security situation on the peninsula, as north korea pursues nuclear weapons. president obama spoke about that in his speech to u.s. forces here, saying that anybody can brandish a missile. what shows true strength is to open the political system to democracy. little question that the words are being taken heed of in pyongyang, at a

harry fawcett reports >> reporter: this previously unreleased audio of the exchanges between the jindal port authorities and some members of crew on board the bridge of the ship are extremely interesting, fraught exchanges between these two groups of people it seems the exchanges finish at line 37. they start at 0906 on the morning of the accident. the jindal port authorities appear to be telling them: we can't tell you when to evacuate your passengers. we don't know what the situation there on the scene it. as far as the accrual is concerned, they seem to be reluctant to evacuate the passengers because they are see nothing rescue ships. they are asking: how soon are they coming? and all of this does add to what the captain, himself, was say in a court just a couple of days ago when he was facing charges of breaking maritime law and negligence. he gave his apologies to the parents and to the nation as a whole. but he said that he was wary of simply telling people to jump off of the boat into cold, fast-flowing waters unsure of their fate, unable to see any rescue craft at the time. as w

harry fawcett reports. >> on a day that christians celebrate resurrection this was the water service on jindo. salvation army volunteers used the campaign where they'd been feeding relatives and rescue workers to pray for the dead. the dead are being brought ashore in greater numbers than on any of the previous four days. for the first time divers have been able to pull bodies out of the ship itself. >> the guiding routes for us to enter the ferry has been established. it's easier for us to search. we'll have 563 divers on the concentrated search operation. >> at the port descriptions are put up with marker pen on whiteboard. this is how families have bereavement confirmed. as the first bodies are recovered, there's a growing level of acceptsance that children are dead. among many there's anger. >> in the early morning, dozens of parents confronted police near the mainland, saying they wanted to take their complaints all the way to the president in seoul. "where do i find the body?", says this man whose wife is missing, "let us take her ut, somewhere warm." relatives prepare for a fo

al jazeera's harry fawcett has the latest. >> on a day when christians celebrate a resser access. this was the -- resurrection, this was the service. >> salvation army volunteers used the cann teen where they were praying for the dead, who are now being brought ashore in greater numbers than on any of the previous four days. for the first time divers have been able to pull the body from the ship itself. the pace is accelerating much. >> translation: the guiding routes to enter the fery is established. we'll have # 63 disifers on the concentrated search. >> each new body is put up with marker men been whiteboard. this is how families are having an agonising grievance confirmed. >> there's a growing level among the parents that children are dead. there's anger at the authorities. in the early mornings dozens of parents confronted police near the mainland, saying they wanted to take their comlants about the rescue -- complaints about the rescue mission to seoul. "where do i find the body" says this man whose wife is missing, "let us get her out of the water, somewhere warm." >> earli

harry fawcett reports from seoul. >> reporter: it is just nine days since the ferry capsized, more thaneople are dead or missing, most of them children. the u.s. president suggested a moment of violence -- silence. >> the united states and south korea standing shoulder to shoulder, both in the face of north korea's nuclear threats and in dealing with south korea. >> reporter: obama came from his meeting with japan's prime minister in a week that nearly 1500 mp's visited a shrine to honor the dead. such behavior infuriated south korea, still calling on japan to acknowledge the comfort women of world war ii. >> this was a terrible egregious violation of human rights and certainly the japanese people recognize that the past is something that has to be recognized honestly. >> reporter: truthfully facing up to history is a form of words used repeatedly by president park. the fact that president obama chose to use a similar phrase will go down very well here in seoul. in return, president park held out the prospect at least of improved ties with japan. >> reporter: i think what is most import

harry fawcett with more. >> reporter: the early stages filled in terror as the ferry lurched further on its side. survivors plucked from the rolling ship and from the water. as they came ashore the government response center said 368 people were saved and 107 still missing. >> i held the hand rail and moved to the right of the ferry to try to get to the helicopter. rubbish bins were floating around me. >> reporter: then for the parents who waved their children off on a school trip, at one stage they said they were all being rescued. then a terrible revision. fewer 80 children confirmed safe. nearly 300 passengers missing. >> the announcement told us we should stay still but the ship was already sinking. there were a lot of students who did not get out of the ship. >> reporter: as night fell for the parents on the dock side fear was giving way to despair. >> do you think they are alive now? they're all dead. already all dead. then we should at least recover them. the authorities just keep saying that search operations are under way. >> reporter: we're gathered at this port not just th

. >> thank you so much, harry fawcett in jindo. >> half of the result >> with that let's go to the afghanistan election. we'll keep you posted on those results as they come in. >> now ukraine's ultra nationalists have denied playing any role in the gunfight in the east of the country. three people were killed in a shooting. it a happened at a makeshift checkpoint manned by pro-russian militants. >> people jumped out of jeeps and starting shooting at us. they threw stun grenades. people started running in various directions when they shotteshouted down. then there was a second dead. he was crawling. he wouldn't get up. he was lying there waiting for a miracle. >> jackie roland has the latest for us o on the outskirts of the city. >> reporter: the circumstances of this incident remains very unclear. in the early hours of the morning they drove up to the checkpoint and there was an exchange of fire. the people at the checkpoint, they're pro-russian sympathizers, they said that three people have been killed and the attackers were able to flee in another two vehicles. it's not clear who thoughs the

harry fawcett, al jazeera, south korea. >>> the united states looking into reports of a possible newmical weapon's attack in syria. the white house is looking into whether a chemical most likely chlorine was used against rebels. the government has blamed an al-qaeda rebel group for those attacks. >>> presidential elections will be held in syria on june 3rd. the white house says the vote will have no credibility within syria or beyond. ban ki-moon says it will also set back peace negotiations. >> reporter: this is what is like in areas of syria. in government-controlled neighborhoods, a campaign to reelect bashar al-assad is underway. he has said he will if the people want them. and that is what the people want at least. but there are people who don't want assad has their leader. in fact the war was a consequence of an uprising against his rule. >> translator: who should i vote for? the man who killed many people? >> reporter: even if some of the millions of syrians who have either left their country, or are displaced want to cast their ballot, they won't be able to. raising questions

. >> here is harry fawcett with the latest from jindo in south korea. >> well, this previously unreleased audio of the exchanges between the jindo port authorities and some members of the crew on the bridge of the ship are interesting. they are very fraught exchanges between the two groups of people. it seems in the moment before the crew got off the ship the exchanges finish at 9:37, starting at 0906 on the morning of the accident. the port authorities sell them "we can't tell you when to evacuate we don't know the situation." the crew were reluctant to evacuate the passengers, because there's no rescue ships asking how soon are they coming, adding to what the captain said in court a couple of days ago, when he was facing maritime law and negligence, apologising to the parents and the nation but said he was wary of simply telling people to jump off the boat in cold fast of this flowing waters, unsure of their fate, unable to see rescue craft at the time. as well as that. we have seen more bodies brought ashore. the operation to dive the wreck appears to be gathering pace, they appear to

. >> harry fawcett. thank you.s the worst disaster on everest ever, after an avalanche swept down the world's highest mountain. those killed were guides or sherpas who helped climbers scale the peak. about 100 more people are said to be cut off above the impact area of the avalanche. it could take days for rescue teams to create a new route that would allow the stranded climbers to return to base camp. it was everest's first major avalanche of the season. the route was the first route that climbers used to scale the summit in 1953. let's go to science and technology editor jake ward. talk about the issue. >> the tremendous danger of being at that altitude, 22,000 feet is of course the lack of oxygen to the body. when the climbers come off the mountain they are probably going to be put into a chamber like this, the hyperbaric chamber. when you experience altitude sickness, hallucination, shortness of breath and much, much worse systems, you'll need to reinvigorate the body with oxygen. lack of oxygen is the primary

harry fawcett with more. report rrp they want to take their children home to give them a funeral. still they have to wait and watch as each newly discovered body is up on the whiteboard. descriptions, clothing and features. more than 100 and counting. at sea the huge operation is classified as a rescue effort, goes on. diving crews feeling their way through the ship, to get to the areas where most of the trapped passengers remains. >> it throws up questions about safety standards. the government on tuesday instructed all companies to carry out safety checks adding that inspectors could turp up unannounced. a company classified as excellent, they were not subject to inspection. they had to submit documents. the excellent company seems to spend little on training staff. >> translation: according to the annual report for last year it spent $500 on staff training. looking at that, we can say they didn't spend money on education, including crew member safety training. >> in ansan, the home town of the students, the families of the survivors said the investigation could wait, and called

harry fawcett where the rescue work is underway. >> reporter: the ferrthe ferry d on its side. as they came ashore the government's response center said 368 people have been saved, 107 still missing. >> i held the hand rail and moved to the right of the ferry to try to get to the helicopter. rubbish bins were floating around me. i had water up to my neck. >> reporter: at one stage they were all being told they were rescued, a terrible revision. officials miscalculated. fewer than 80 children were confirmed safe, 300 passengers declared missing. >> the announcement told us to stay still but the ship was sinking. there were a lot of students who did not get out of the ship. >> reporter: as night fell for the parents waiting on the dock side fear was giving way to despair. >> do you think they are alive now? they're all dead. already all dead. then we should at least recover them. the authorities keep sayin sayit search operations are under way. >> reporter: we're gathered at this port not just the emergency services but the relatives who are keeping an anguished vigil looking out

harry fawcett reports. >> reporter: heading out on a foggy day to the focal point of a rescue operationand at the center of it is all the tiny part of the ferry breaking the surface. we're approaching the period when rescue officials were saying the tides would be suitable for them to try another day. as the day wore on and the ferry became completely sub mernled divers went down on several occasions. they began pumping air in, but were forced back by obstacles and fast-moving currents. preparations also underway for the longer term with the arrival of four huge floating cranes to be used. on land south korea's prime minister arrived. but much of the information made public is still contradictory. a police officer said friday's first underwater attempt has failed. and then he was back to say drives had been down. we tried to establish on thursday why officials said that oxygen was being pumped in when it wasn't. some families feel lied to, others think too little effort is being made to get into the ship and are angry too at the captain and crew. >> translator: if the captain acted prop

harry fawcett reports from seoul. >> reporter: president obama landed in a country still gripped by griefit is just nine days since the ferry capsized. more than 300 people dead or missing, most of them children. the u.s. president suggested a moment of silence, before presenting his counterpart with a flag that was flying over the white house on that day. then it was back to business. >> the united states and south korea stand shoulder to shoulder both in the face of his provocations and in our refusal to accept a nuclear north korea. threats will get north korea nothing other than greater isolation. >> reporter: but for the u.s. dealing with north korea means dealing with two allies. obama came from his meeting with japan's prime minister in a week that nearly 150 mp's visited a shrine that honors war criminals. repeating a pilgrimage made last september. such behavior has infuriated south korea. >> what happened to the comfort women here in south korea, for example, have to recognize that this was a terrible, egregious, violation of human rights. and certainly the japanese people recog

harry fawcett has the latest. >> this previously unreleased audio of the exchanges and some members ofrew on board the bridge of the ship are extremely interesting. they are fraught exchanges between these two groups. it seems in the minute before the crew got off the ship, the exchanges start. they start at 0906 on the morning of the accident as far as the crew is concerned, they seem to be reluctant to evacuate the passengers because they are seeing the rescue ships how soon are they coming? this as to what the captain is saying in court faces charges t breaking mayor time law. apologies to the parents and nation as a hole. wary of simply telling people to jump off the boat into cold fast-flowing waters unsure of their fate. more and more bodies brought ashore the operation to dive the wreck appears to be gathering. notice the ship. for the first time, the number of people brought out from the ship is climbing very rapidly, people here at the sports haul waiting for so long to get confirmation of what's happened to their children it's he knew tremely grim, great grief. >> that ferry

thank you very much, harry fawcett. >>> still ahead the struggle for south sudan's oil fields.ll hear from the government after rebels have seized another town. >>> and prince charles and his wife katherine begin their tour, we'll look at attitudes toward the monarchy down under. ♪ >>> a report by a group of international lawyers and prosecutors have found evidence of what it says is systematic torture by the syrian government. they viewed graphic pictures in a closed session on tuesday. omar has more. and some of you might find the images in his report up setting. >> reporter: images like these show the systematic torture that has taken place in military detention centers across syria. it include eye gouging, beatings, and more. they issued the reports naming the syrian government for the systematic torture. >> translator: it's a rare thing in our business that we get this type of direct evidence. but it's direct, provable, sustainable, beyond a reasonable doubt evidence of war crimes being conducted by the assad regime. >> reporter: a photograph smuggled 55,000 images in janu

harry fawcett has more from seoul. >> reporter: on tuesday morning south korea's president was at theial of the victims, and later made this apology to their relatives and the nation as a whole. >> translator: how should i apologize for the failure to prevent the accident and the insufficient response. i apologize with a heavy heart that so many lives were lost due to this accident. >> reporter: the moment the captain stepped off of the ship was released on video. most of the children died told to say put on board. the question in response as well as the delays in getting drivers inside the ship once it went under. she recognized that it wasn't just the response, but the conditions that allowed the disaster to happen in the first place. and promised a new effort to remodel this country from the ground up. in the meantime the investigation continues to expand, the action of the crew, the regulators, and now though coast guard all under intense scrutiny. >>> to syria now, a team is being sent on a fact finding mission. they are going to investigate the alleged use of chlorine gas. chlor

it involves more than 100 aircraft and 1400 military personnel as al jazeera's harry fawcett reports. >> reporter: this is an exercise between u.s. and south carolinaen forces, exercises every year north korea calls for invasion. north korea has made similar protests again, and, indeed, just a few days ago during a combined amphibious exercise billed as the largest in 20 years, north korea chose that day to hold it's own drill off the sea of the west coast of the peninsula firing 100 shells into south korean water. south korea returned fire. and south korea and the united states launching the biggest ever air defense exercise. that may be something that the north koreans may want to react to in some way. this is also the day that the south korean defense ministry made it's interim findings on its investigation into a number of north korean drones, low flying, low-tech drones that have been discovered in south korea in recent weeks which has dominated headlines and mines in the military and defense ministry. >> crews are narrowing their search for the missing malaysia airline planes. a

harry fawcett, al jazeera, jindo, are south korea. >> sherpas who guide people to the world's tallestntain, roxana saberi reports. >> it was unthinkable to lose so many of my friends in the avalanche. >> age are and uncertainty are growing. some sherpas have quit. others are thinking about boycotting the climbing season set to start next month. 12 are with alpine ascents international. lost five of its roughly 40 sherpas in the avalanche. the company has said the sherpa captain has since decided to cancel the expedition. they've paid $65,000 each and they are waiting to see if the path will be cleared and if other sherpa guides will step in. the sherpas don't just set the ropes and lead the way. they also carry the gear and cook the food. >> there are a lot of others like lodges or lot of business, that flourish along the trail. >> a top guide can earn around $5,000 in three months. that's nearly ten times the country's average annual salary. that kind of money as this tragedy shows comes at a great risk and so the sherpas and their families want more compensation for the families. >>

harry fawcett has more from the south korean capitol. >> the national intelligence service has been underssure for many months. now we have this abject apology over another case. he came to south korean saying it was a north korean defector in 2004 and rose to become a civil servant. the national intelligence service said he was a north korean spy, but he was acquitted on a trial on those charges last year. the prosecution appealed, and presented documents that was supposed to come from the chinese immigration service. the national intelligence service faked those documents, and has now admitted doing so, and brings upon the service even greater pressure. >>> the former italian prime minister must serve a year of civil service in a retirement home. the billionaire has been embroiled in a string of court cases. >>> back to the kidnapping of the jordanian ambassador, let's go to andrew simmons. andrew is back with us now from the capitol of tripoli. give us the details of the kidnapping, andrew. >> reporter: he was in fact on his way in a routine day to work around rush hour time in the cen

. >> a search operation is underway off the island of jindo, from where harry fawcett reports. >> for a day when christians celebrate a resurrection, this was the eater sunday's -- easter sunday's service on the water's edge of jindo. salvation army volunteers used the cann teen where they'd been feeding rescue workers to pray for the dead. they are being brought ashore in greater numbers. for the first time, divers have been able to pull bodies out of the ship. the pace of the recovery effort is accelerating. >> the guiding roots for us to enter into the ferry has been established, so it's easier to search inside. we'll have 553 divers on this concentrated search operation. >> at the port, distributions of the body is put up with marker pen on whiteboard. in is how families are having agonising bereavement confirmed. >> as the first bodies are recovered from in the ship, there's a growing level of acceptance from parents that children are dead. among many, there is anger at the authorities. >> dozens of parents confronted police, saying they wanted to take their complaints about the