let's go straight to harry fawcett. who is in the capital. harry it's a somber anniversary marking a terrible event. >> it is a poignant day and anger ridden and controversial day. here where we should have been witnessing the main commemorative event what we are seeing instead is the chairman of the families committee telling the building assembled members here that there will be no commemoration because the families will need to stop hindering in their words an independent special investigation into exactly how the ferry sank and two to commit to raising the ferry from the sea bed in part in large part to try and recover the bodies of the nine people who are still missing. president park en hei visited the close as he could get to the area where the ferry did go down and she did say she wanted the ferry razed at the soonest possible time but that was not enough for the families. >> what chance of the lingering anger and frustration have been satisfied if you like? >> well, certainly it hasn't happened yesterday. it's a year. time has not hea

. >> as china's economic mood music enters a minor key, i'm harry fawcett reporting from the biggest piano factory where they say there's room for growth on a major scale. >>> welcome to the programme. the u.s. says it's speeding up weapons supplies for the saudi led coalition, fighting houthi led rebels. an attack in aden is reports, and they want a truce for aid and medical teams. hashem ahelbarra has more. >> saudi-led air tricks in yemen claim casualties among civilians. some are treated in hospitals. united nations expressed concerns over the rising toll in civilians since the start of the captain two weeks ago. international aid agencies say they are unable to reach many. people affected by the fighting. this person lives in an area that has been hit. her son was injured in an attack targetting a gas tanker. >> translation: if the children were in the position of my child whether or not would the response be. look how awful the situation is where the children are burnt and we are homeless from the houses. may god punish those. >> saudi army officers deny accusations to target c

harry fawcett, thank you. >>> u.n.'s peace envoy has resigned and nearly 200 citizens have fled to the african nation of djibouti. even the country's former president is trying to get out of the country. hashem ahelbarra has the latest. >> coalition officials say the tanks were on their way to aden where fighting continues. these war planes were spotted on the runway of a military base near the capital sanaa. they were also hit. >> the houthis are now disorganized. their action he disorganized. they are trying to redeploy in aden and other areas but their convoys were soon targeted by coalition forces. >> there is no indication that the military operation may come to an end any time soon. for saudi arabia the use of force was the only way to prevent the houthis from controlling yemen. >> i would not describe the military operations in yemen as a proxy war i would consider it a war of necessity. >> backed by troops still loyal to ali abdullah saleh still hold ground in many provinces. many want the saudis and their allie

harry fawcett al jazeera. >> much more on that on our website www.aljazeera.com. >> secretary of state john kerry and secretary ash carter meet with their japanese counterparts to develop new guidelines for japan's military. >>> and in nepal aftershocks continue as the death toll continues to climb aid agencies say they cannot reach those in need quickly enough. >> after eight years 18 years the plan would give japan a bigger role in its military at a time of concern in china's growing power and north korea's nuclear power. these guidelines are being updated for the first time since 1997. what kinds of changes are we talking about here? >> what is significant it goes back to world war ii, fully 70 years this year since the end of that conflict, and the japanese public and government has had aversion to any hint of militarism and any hint that it would be used overseas in anyway, shape or form. there have been pitched debates whether they could send peace keep tours other countries. today they've started to do that. but we see japan increasingly concerned about tension notice region and

fabien cousteau reports. -- harry fawcett reports. >> reporter: another day at the keyboard. skill and enthusiasm for this 8-year-old shines through. >> 40 million are learning the piano, a graze in part to the lang-lang effect. >> i've been to one of his concerts. when i was young mum said "lang-lang is so good, plays so wall", and she said it over and over. >> reporter: one of the greatest stars, lang-lang arrived on the scene as the middle class-one-child families looked at ways to invest in those children's futures. the result where competition for places means children need to have private lessons just to get in. >> reporter: a few families get together and socialise. many have pianos, if you place, play parents think look, great. i have a kid who is well behaved, doesn't run around. >> reporter: on the island where the school is located, it has a long influence of european. piano ownership is predicted to grow by a third in 2020. >> reporter: all that demand requires supply. it is the biggest market and manufacturer thanks to operations like this one. a mixture of machi

here is harry fawcett. >> reporter: well despite the resounding silence on this this visit had seemedery much on. russia said so the south korean intelligence service said they found it highly likely that kim ki-jong would travel to moscow. and now it seems to be off. from north korea's perspective a snub to china, which has been under harsh criticism of north korea. and from russia's perspective, it would have been a signal to the united states that if you threaten us we can cozy up to north korea. perhaps there has been a recalculation about snubbing china in this way. also potentially there is some internal event in north korea that requires kim ki-jong's presence. also potentially something more prosaic prosaic. there would have been lots of other world leaders and media in the mix, so perhaps they thought it would have been too risky to make this first international visit in that fluid situation, certainly much less controlled than it would have been in authority korea. and one academic said that the kremlin would have been found it difficult to deal with north korea. it does see

harry fawcett explains. >> it's a daily stand off in okinawa's bay. they are trying to stop the construction of an u.s. marine airfield. on the other the japanese coast guard. the stakes have recently risen in a battle that has lasted 20 years. >> we now have a governor who is opposed to the land reclamation here. >> the coast guard's biggest headache are the kayakers. they paddle along the restricted zone markers looking for places to cross. this is obviously the sharpened of the campaign to stop the building, but these protesters have been getting increasingly amount of support from okinawans as a whole. increasingly it's become a battle between okinawa and the decision make necessary tokyo. at its heart is the u.s. air base. it's been deemed dangerously close to buildings an apartment strengthened by allele crash in 2004. the u.s. has agreed to relocate the facility. prime minister shinzo say that as u.s. commit to the rebalance in asia. they insist that the base should be rebuilt outside of japan. the governor's supporters are motivated by a mixtu

harry fawcett al jazeera, seoul. >> here is a breath of fresh air. >> thank you.l, they have been avoiding each other over the past few weeks. in fact, they've avoided each other for years floyd way weathermayweather and manny pacquiao. dancers were part of the show. mayweather oozing confidence in his arrival ceremony at the mgm grand that will host the fight saturday. and pacquiao snubbed that event and held his event in another hotel. he said he has never felt better before a fight. >> this what i feel right now my confidence is different than other fights that i had. i feel excited. this is it. i have to prove something. like that. my killer instinct my focus this is what i want. >> everybody that is in this arena is the money chain. it's not just all about making money, it's about giving back. and you know, we always try to make a difference. we don't just--we make--of course i make a lot of money but i also like to give back to the american cities, of course, first. >> well, our correspondent. >> if you're going to have an event billed as the fight of the ce

harry fawcett joins us. it is a day of grief and remembrance but some controversy over the accident. tell us about that and what we're going to see today. >> reporter: well, that's right. this is a very somber day for this country which was hit so hard by this terrible disaster. exactly one year ago. and as you said, we saw those images on wednesday of the parents going out on boats to where the sinking took place and the grief. the pain was still very raw a lot of confrontation not being better parents while their children were still alive. the high school where these kids came from, a number of high school students have just arrived outside the memorial tent they are holding a small event as can you see with those yellow banners and umbrellas. the controversial still continues. along with having to deal with their grief the parents had to fight authorities. they successfully secured a special law last year which allowed for a special investigation, an independent investigation as to exactly how this traged

and-- >> as china's economic mood music enters a minor key i'm harry fawcett reporting from the largest piano factorry where they say there is ram for growth on a major scale. >> the day after aid agencies warned of a catastrophic situation in southern yemen medical supplies have begun trickling in. the medical charity doctors without borders said that a ship carrying two and a half tons of aid has docked at the port of aden, and supplies have made it to a hospital there despite clashes in the city. houthi rebels are continuing. meanwhile, iran's state immediate says two iranian warships have been sent to the gulf of aden, but they're there as part of an anti-piracy operation. >> reporter: warplanes strike houthi positions in positions positions in the capital of sanaa. the saudi-led coalition has stepped up its military campaign to prevent outy fighters were capturing the port city of aden. last week battles showed no signs of stopping. forces loyal to president abd rabbuh mansur hadi are trying to repel a push by houthi fight tours control the city. but the houthies backed by army uni

harry fawcett reports on why that's happening. >> another morning at the keyboard for eight-year-old. she's been playing since she was six, two to three hours a day. her skill and enthusiasm shine through and she's far from alone. across china an estimated 40 million of children are learning the piano to lan long's effect. >> listen, lan long is so good, he place piano so well, she says that over and over. >> reporter: one of china's greatest musical stars looking for new ways to invest in those children's futures. result music schools where competition for places means children need to have private lessons just to get in. >> translator: a few families get together and socialize. many families have pianos now. if your kid plays the parent thinks great look, my kid doesn't just run around. i've got a kid that's well based. >> where china's music school is located, has a long history of piano playing. but the bug is spreading across china. of course all that demand requires supply. china isn't just the biggest piano market in the world it's the biggest piano manufacturer. a mixture of m

harry fawcett, al jazeera okinawa, japan. >> so mr. harris i'll go to you. the air base, a lot of people want it, a lot of people don't. who wins who loses and who talks about it first? >> at this point i think governor onaga has a lot in front of him. it does point to a bigger issue not just regarding the bases in japan, but prime minister abe what he has on his mind. to be involved in collective self defense as they write laws to reflect that interpretation so there's a lot of work to do on the part of the abe government to convince the japanese people that the security forces are necessary. to be greeted warmly for making these changes, at the end of the day, for these changes to be effective in the long term they have to be seen as worthwhile at home. in the country as a whole there is a lot of skeptic intix some of the changes the government is introducing. >> mr. takaushi, we touched on this a moment ago. how does the u.s. strengthen its position in the area, without bothering the sleeping giant china? >> first of all china is not a sleeping giant, it

harry fawcett reports. ♪ >> reporter: another morning at the keyboard for this girl.g since she was six. two to three hours a day. she is far from alone. across china an estimated 40 million children are learning the piano. >> translator: i have been one to lon lon's converts. my mom used to say to me listen lon lon is so good. he plays piano so well. she said that over and over again. ♪ >> reporter: one of the greatest classic music stars arrived on the scene just as the growing number of middle class 1-child families were looking in ways to invest in the children's futures. >> translator: a few families get together and socialize. many family have pianos now. if you keep playing, the parent thinks, great. look i have got a kid who is well behaved. >> reporter: the island where this music school is located has a long european influenced history of piano playing, but the bug is spreading across china. piano ownership is predicted to grow by a third by 2020. china is also the biggest piano manufacturer in the world. it's a mixture of machines and 2,000 sure-fingered st

let's go live to harry fawcett. our correspondent who is in seoul. it seems as those grief and anger is a powerful combination for the relatives of those on board the ferry. >> very much so. it's been a day characterised by the two emotions. right now we are in the center of seoul in the main plaza, just outside the city hall. as you can see there's a major event going on here. it's sold as a vigil, a candle lit vigil. there's more than a hint of protest in the air. what is expected to happen is there's a commemoration event on the square and then there'll be a march coming up past the city hall towards a thorough fare towards the presidential office. we are told there are 10,000 police on the streets and being held in reserve. as you say, the reason for the anger is to do with what the parents say has been obstruction to their efforts to get an independent investigation into how their parents died - the corruption and lax safety standards involved, the various problems with the government-led rescue effort after the ship began to sink. the president

harry fawcett takes a look back at the disaster. >> on april 16th last year south korea was confronted with these painful images. a passenger ferry full of school children sinking off the southern coast. the mobile phone footage that emerged over the succeeding days authority more. those children caught between laughter and fear obeying repeated instructions to stay put, trapping them beneath the water. they believe their children are still there. >> how can we go back to a normal life. we know where they are. how can we live without finding our kids and husbands? the government has to help us. >> the last few weeks this has been a daily commute for park and her husband getting as close as they can to the presidential of course, demanding that they return all victims to their families by raising the wreck. a year after the disaster which rocked this country many families still find themselves still fighting on. some to recover the remains of their loved ones. others to find answers. there have been critical criminal convictions for the captain, the crew members and the ferry operators.

harry fawcett spoke to the families waiting for closure. >> reporter: april 16th last year south korea was confronted with these images a passenger ferry singing. mobile phone images - children laughing and half in fear. told to say. >> this woman's daughter is still missing. >> how can we go back to a normal life. we know where they were how can we live without finding kids and husband. the government has to help us. >> reporter: for the last few weeks this is a daily commute to park geun-hye and her husband. getting as close as they can, demanding that park geun-hye return all victims to their families by raising the wreck. a year later many families are fighting on. some to recover the remains of their loved ones others to find answers. there has been criminal convictions for the captain, one of the first to abandonship, the ferry owners and others. the families struggled to get an investigation into lax safety enforcements and failures in the emergency response after it. >> translation: once our investigative team works properly we'll report to the public what happened during the i

harry fawcett reports. seoul has to endure periods of peak pollution. 23rd february was something else - the worst day for five years. fine air borne particles at 50 times the world health organisation's safe level. when it's that bad, the main source of the problem is clear. pollutant laced dust blown in. dust that passes into the bloodstream can trigger heart problems and strokes. since 2012 the average daily air quality has been steadily worse, double the standard level, and the metropolitan government accepts 70% of the problem is home grown. >> when you look at what is generated in seoul, it's floating dust disturbed by human activity or vehicle emissions. >> reporter: the city has a plan to convert buses from diseasel to gas restrict new cars to electric or hybrid. coal fired power stakeses is on the increase this went from four to six furnaces soon it will be eight. 13 new plants will be built in six years. what is happening is part of a decision to expand coal-fired energy production at a time when

. >>> i'm harry fawcett reporting from the world's biggest piano factory in china, where they say theres still plenty of room for growth on a major stale. ♪ >>> hello, a day after aid agencies warned of a catastrophic situation in southern yemen, supplies have started trickling in. iran's state media, says two iranian warships have been sent to the gulf of aden it says as part of an anti piracy operation. and 30 houthi rebels have been reported killed. suspected al-qaeda fighters stormed a border post killing two soldiers. and doctors without borders says a ship carrying 2.5 tons of supplies have docked in aden. hundreds of civilians have been killed since the start of the fighting but [ loss of audio. ] >> -- >> reporter: have now entered a third week. but the so coalition hasn't been able to defeat the houthis since they took control of the country in a coup earlier this year. on the ground the fighters who support the current president, hadi engage in street-to-street battles. the fiercest fighting is taking place in aden a strong hold forked ady's supporters and his final safe haven

harry fawcett explains. >> reporter: it's a daily stand off on okinawa. on one side the protesters trying to stop the construction of an u.s. marine airfield. on the other the japanese coast guard. the stakes have recently risen. >> we now have a governor who is opposed to the land reclamation here. he was voted in, and the people are supporting us. >> the coast guard's biggest headache are the kayakers. they paddle along the restricted zone markers looking for places to cross. this is the sharpened of the campaign to stop the building of this base. protesters are getting increasingly amount of support from okinawans as a whole. not it's consistently become a battle between okinawa and it's decision makers. the area has been deemed close to civilian buildings and an argument strengthened by an helicopter crash in 2004. they have agreed to relocate the facility. prime minister abe honoring the deal is crucial to the desire to be a stronger military partner to its u.s. ally. the government insists the new base must be built outside of okinawa, better still

are harry fawcett is in seoul where mourners gather the. here there is more than a tinge of protest in the air as well. that's been the case. families have been opposing what the government has been doing in the year since calling for a fully independent investigation to explain to questions they had about corruption and lax standards leading to the sinking, the problems with the government-led rescue effort that they say meant so many more than were necessary did lose their lives. be saw the were the visited the port and offering a concession saying that she was commit to raising the ship from the seabed to recover the nine still missing people. no matter what the cost would be, because the government talked about the cost. that wasn't enough for the families and cancelled the event in the home down as a result of that. they are standing firm. it's a day of grief and continued anger. and that's the story of the sinking. not just the tragic loss of life, but the deep divisions and harsh questions asked about the way that public life is run

as harry fawcett reports the families accuse the government of obstructing the investigation. >> reportera year since the sewol sank and the president came to the port to offer condolences to the parents and it seems to grant one of their key demands. >> translator: i now believe that it's time for us to seriously prepare for the ship's salvage. we will quickly take necessary measures >> operator: but the parents decided not to meet her, accusing her government of hindering an independent investigation into the causes of the disaster. in the student's hometown first the prime minister was denied access to the main memorial and when the time came for a ceremony, the families called it off. underlying the anger, deep grief that a year has done little to heal. >> translator: i get a reoccurring dream. i wish that someone could make a time machine, so i could go back to 10:00 am on april 16th. there i could go and tell them to get out quickly, and they would all be out in five or ten minutes. a year has passed but nothing has changed. >> reporter: the images burned into the collective memory

. >> harry fawcett reporting there. >>> and good news to report in nepal. two people are pulled out alive, one including a teenage boy. go to aljazeera.com. >>> police in baltimore turn over their findings to the prosecutor, as civil rights leaders meet with baltimore's mayor after a night of protests across the country. >>> a miracle amid disaster a teenager is rescued after being buried live for five days after the earthquake in nepal. >>> and ten men jailed for decades for shooting malala yousafzai. ♪ >>> this is al jazeera america, live from new york city. i'm randall pinkston. the investigation into the death of freddie gray in baltimore is now in the hands of prosecutors. police revealed that they have turned over their report on what happened to gray while he was in police custody, revealing the van carrying gray made a previously undisclosed stop. let's get right to john terrett in baltimore. police didn't put out a lot of information, but the details on the van certainly getting some attention. >> reporter: absolutely. this is key information. and

harry fawcett reports. [ ♪♪ ] >> reporter: another morning at the keyboard for this 8-year-old. has been playing since she was six, 2-3 hours a day. skill and enthusiasm ships through. she's far from alone. 40 million children are learning the piano, a craze attributed to the lang-lang effect. >> translation: i've been to one of lang-lang's concerts. when i was young mum said "lang-lang is so good, plays so well", and she said it over and over. >> reporter: one of the greatest stars, lang-lang arrived on the scene as the middle class-one-child families looked at ways to invest in those children's futures. the result where competition for places means children need to have private lessons just to get in these music schools. >> reporter: a few families get together and socialise. many have pianos. many have pianos.parents thing look, great. i have a kid who is well behaved, doesn't run around. >> reporter: on the island where the school is located, it has a long influence of european. piano ownership is predicted to grow by a third in 2020. >> reporter: all that demand requires su

harry fawcett reports. >> reporter: seoul often has to endure periods of peak pollution, but the 23rduary was something else. the worst day for five years. fine airborne particles at 50 times the world health organization recommended safe level. when it is that bad, pollutant-laced dust blown in from china and mongolia dust that passes directly into the bloodstream can trigger heart problems and strokes. since 2012 the air quality has been getting steadily worse. and seoul's metropolitan government septembers that as much as 70% of the problem is home grown. >> translator: it's mainly floating dust disturbed by human activity or vehicular emissions. >> reporter: the city has a plan to convert more buses from diesel to natural gas, to restrict certain areas of seoul to electric or hybrid cars only. but coal-fired power stations are on the increase. this one went from four to six furnaces, soon it will be eight. in all 13 new plants are to be built in the next six years. what is happening here is part of a deliberate decision by south korea's government to expand its coal-fired energy p

but in seoul there is a growing awareness that some of the problem is close to home as harry fawcettd. >> reporter: seoul often has to endure periods of peak pollution, but the 21st of february was the worst day in five years, 50 times the world health organization reck mentioned safe level. when it is that bad the main source of the problem is clear, dust blown in from china and mongolia, dust that passes directly into the bloodstream can trigger heart problems and strokes. since 2012, the average daily air quality has been getting steadily worse, double the world health organization's safe level. and seoul's metropolitan government accepts as much as 70% of the problem is home grown. >> translator: when you look at what is generated in seoul, it's mainly floating dust disturbed by human activity or vehicle emissions. >> reporter: the city has a plan to convert more buss from diesel to natural gas, to restrict certain areas of seoul to electric or hybrid cars only but there's a problem, coal fired power stations are on the increase. this one went from four to six furnaces, soon it w

the majority of those who died are from the same town as i said and just south capital seoul harry fawcettcorrespondent and tess ears at the main memorial service which had to be canceled because of the protests against the government. >> reporter: this here in the sound where the school children came from, was supposed to be the main commemorative events on this the first anniversary of the sinking of the sewol. instead we had heard from the family members who have been mounting a campaign against the government for many months now and they said they will abandon this, they cannot commemorate fully their loved ones at a time when they are still seeking the truth of how they died. there were two key commands, firstly the government stopped hindering, in their words the work of a special investigative committee which is charged with trying to reveal more about exactly how the sewol was allowed to sink. the kind of is of at this regulations, accusations of corruption that led to oversights in allowing the ship to sail in the first place and indeed, of course, in the failures of the emergency

harry fawcett explains. >> reporter: well, this emerging scandal has the potential to be an extremelyg one for the president. it all centers around one man who was the head of a major construction firm here in south korea. and was being investigated over his dealings with president park's predecessor. and an energy resources project that he was involved in. now, last week he gave gave a news conference in which he denied any wrongdoing in that and then the very next day thursday he took his own life. but not before he wrote a list of other senior politicians he said he made illegal payments to. and he gave a newspaper interview as well in which he made similar allegations. now, the key thing is that all of these eight men have close links to president park. two of them a former chiefs of staff, one them is her current chief of staff. one of them is the current prime minister. and as well as that, perhaps more intriguingly, is that he also said he made a payment to her campaign manager during the 2012 election campaign. he said that he paid him 180,000 u.s. dollars and that that money

al jazeera harry faugh fawcett reports.are behind the keyboard trend. >> another morning at the keyboard for 8-year-old yoshanie. she has been playing since she was six two to three hours a day. her skill and enthusiasm shine through. across china, an estimated 40 million children are learning the piano, a craze attributed to the lang lun report. >> i have been to one of her concerts when i was very young. my mom used to say to me listen. she is so good. she plays piano so well. she said that over and over again. >> one of china's greatest classical music starts langlang arrived as middle class, one child families were looking for new ways to invest in those children's futures. the result music schools where competition for places means children need to have had private lessons just to get in. >> a few families get together and socialize. many families have pianos now. the parent thinks great. look i have a kid who is well behaved behaved. >> the eyes land where the music school is has a long european influenced history, pi

close to the president as harry fawcett explains in this emerging candle has scandal has the potential to being a very damaging one. he was being investigated with his dealings with the previous prime minister and projects he had been involved in. last week he gave a news conference in which he denied any i don't think doing in that, and then the next day he took his own life but not before he left a list of who he had made payments to. now the key thing all of these eight men have close links to president. one of them is current chief of staff. one is the current prime minister. and perhaps more intriguingly he also said he made a payment to her campaign manager in the 2012 election campaign. he said that he paid $180,000 usa, and that was used for president park's presidential campaign. now we have this worrying scandal for her. she said that she will support the investigation that just must be served, and the men involved are saying they'll cooperate with investigators. >> ten teachers in the u.s. state of georgia will receive their sentences for conspiring to help students cheat on

harry fawcett has that story. >>> it's a standoff on okinawa's bay. on one side the protesters trying to stop the construction of a u.s. marine air feel. -- field. on the other of the japanese coast guard. the stakes have risen in a battle lasting 20 years. >> translation: we now have a governor opposed to this. he was voted in by a huge margin. people are supporting us. >> reporter: the biggest headache are kayakers they paddle looking for places to cross. this is the sharp end of a campaign to stop the building of the base. these protesters are getting support from okayin awe wans as a whole. the recent elections saw not a single conservative party win. it's a battle between okinawa and the decision makers in tokyo. at its heart is a u.s. base deemed close to civilian buildings, an argument strengthened by a helicopter crash in 2004. japan and the u.s. agreed to relocate the facility. for prime minister shinzo abe honouring the deal is crucial to his desire to be a stronger more active military partner to its ally. the governor insists the new base