reporting for nhk world, islamabad. >>> lots of smiles there. people in tokyo, well, they may not be smiling as much. seeing gray skies and rain this morning. this is after residents in western japan were hit with heavy rain and damaging wind. meteorologist robert speta joins us with the details. >> yes, actually, this showers we are seeing out here on our wednesday is somewhat associated with what's left of goni out towards the west. what you can see here on the satellite imagery is really our storm over the past four days you remember it was down here towards the south as a very strong typhoon, almost near a violent intensity. it brought record breaking winds. moved across western japan. now it is getting more spread out because of interaction with the jet stream. one thing we are seeing is a lot of moisture getting pulled in from the southeast across eastern portions of japan including tokyo. we're looking at rain showers. it's indirectly associated with what is left of goni, no longer a typhoon an extra-tropical low. winds down in ishigaki.

. >>> i'm nicole johnsston in islamabad, coming up we'll be taking a ride on the city's metro bus systemnd out whether it is help the capitol solve financial problems. >>> and tiger woods is back on target just a week after missing the cut at the u.s. pga championship. ♪ >>> greece's main opposition party is trying to form a new government. it follows the resignation of the prime minister on thursday after he called for new elections. they say they will exhaust every possibility in order to prevent what they see as an unnecessary poll. 25 members from the ruling party announced they are forming a new party. john psaropoulos has more. >> reporter: the notion of a second election in a year, appeals to the supporters of the prime minister. >> translator: maybe tsipras will be able to do better. he tried very hard. >> reporter: most greeks, however, want more stability. >> translator: it's a bad idea. we are voting every six months. that suggests something deeply wrong with the political system, and it's specially affects those of us who are unemployed. we believed in tsipras. he did not sti

. >>> i'm nicole johnston in islamabad and we will take a ride on this metro bus system and find outer it's helping the capitol with its problems. >>> and in sport the sprinter who is dividing opinion ahead of the world athletic championships in beijing. ♪ great time for a shiny floor wax, no? not if you just put the finishing touches on your latest masterpiece. timing's important. comcast business knows that. that's why you can schedule an installation at a time that works for you. even late at night, or on the weekend, if that's what you need. because you have enough to worry about. i did not see that coming. don't deal with disruptions. get better internet installed on your schedule. comcast business. built for business. hello again you are watching al jazeera and our top stories south korea's president has ordered the military to take action first and report it later and follows an escalation of tensions after an exchange of artillery fire on the peninsula on thursday and north korea says it ordered the troops to be ready forward. the party has split, 25 members of parliament say

. >> i'm in islamabad. we'll take a ride on the city's bus system to find whether it's helping the transit problems. >> i'm going to be cheering on my teammates. >> the sprinter ditchedding opinions ahead of the world athletic championships in beijing. find out more in sport. >> israel's army says it's killed four members of the armed group islamic jihad in an air strike in syria, a car reportedly targeted but said that five civilians were killed. it was the second straight day of israeli strikes inside syria. it carried out a series of attacks on thursday, after rockets from syria landed in northern israel. israel says they were fired by islamic jihad. the syrian army said one of its soldiers were killed in one of these israel strikes. >> in syria, 15 people have been killed in government areas over eastern aleppo. the planes targeted the town in the aleppo countryside. it's under isil control and is a regular target, but activists say the syrian government is deliberately targeting civilian neighborhoods.

nicole johnston, al jazeera, islamabad. >> more strikes against rebels in capital sanaa. there are more reports that houthis have ben hit but the strikes are hitting yemeni civilians. an estimated 4,000 people have been killed since march. >>> the u.s. president braw bark obama is calling on the american jewish americans. imert halketimerl halkett haski. >> this deal blocks every way every pathway that iran might take in order to obtain a nuclear weapon. >> reporter: the online appeal comes just weeks after israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu addressed the u.s. jewish community as well, in opposition to the nuclear agreement. he argued the deal would make the middle east less safe. >> this is a very dangerous deal and it threatens all of us. there will be more attacks and more people will die. >> reporter: support for and dependence the agreement between iran and the six world powers designed to limit iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief has deeply divided the jewish community, 46% support, 31% oppose, the american israel public affairs committee

he has made improving sour relations with islamabad a priority for his administration. given the influence pakistan holds with the telegram, the afghan leader hopes it will push them towards peace talks, even with previous denials from pakistani authorities. despite the sputtering ongoing peace process aimed at ending 14 years of conflict in afghanistan, repeated taliban attacks in recent days have left ghani under increasing domestic pressure. many analysts believe new militant activity stems from a leadership struggle within the group following couple -- kabul's recent announcement that mullah omar died two years ago. laura: 10 people have died in a stampede at a temple in india. dozens were injured during a handy festival.-- hindi festival. tens of thousands were taking part in this month-long demonstration. state of emergency has been missouri,n ferguson, amid rising tensions on the anniversary of the death of michael brown. the black teenager who was shot dead by a white police officer. a man who was wounded in a gunbattle with police in ferguson on sunday night ha

. >> in pakistan, the local government is demolishing slums on the outskirts of islamabad. hundreds of houses have been bull dosed. land price have skyrocketed in the capitol and there isn't enough cheap housing to go around. >> 20-acres of mud brick homes turned to rubble. it will take another week to level the area. people settled here for work and escape fighting in other parts of pakistan. they built houses on land they didn't own. now they're being turfed out. >> we lost everything, even our buffaloes. i came here 14 years ago. i can't return to my tribal area because there is fighting between the military and taliban. >> over the last knew years land prices in islamabad trimmed tripled. there is a strong demand for housing and real estate. this was government land sold off years ago. the slum is being demolished so it can be developed. >> the developers and commercial land grabbers, real estate and speculators have an in with the administrators and the poor don't. that's why when we talk about enforcing the law it comes down heavy on the side of the poor. >> it's a pa

it was surprisingly comfortable for islamabad pakistan that i -- it was enough to enjoy it. i was sound asleep. i was actually exhausted. i had been up until 3:00 in the morning. i had slept fitfully from maybe three or four hours and then the phone rang. i admit that i may have betrayed a slight hint of irritation when i picked up the receiver and said hello? and i immediately regretted it as there was a pause at the other end of the line and a very familiar voice said, did i wake you up some? zero good god, it's the director so i sat up at attention and the only thing you can do in those circumstances, i lied. i said no mr. director was just getting up. he said look, we are going to be meeting tomorrow at camp david. members of the war cabinet and we are going to be discussing the campaign in afghanistan. he said the pentagon is telling us that there are very few legitimate military targets in all of afghanistan. we can probably hit them in the air and a matter of days. we know where all the terrorist training camps are. but the terrorists have all fled he literally asked

those broadcasts were heard in islamabad where a mob stormed the american embassy, killed a marine guard100 americans in the embassy. >> the mob was screaming "kill the american dogs" in islamabad. this is the third major event in the muslim world in the last 24 hours. >> in tehran this morning, millions of people are shouting "death to the shah, death to carter." that is followed by the cry "god is great." >> these groups are very hard to dissuade. these people believe that god is on their side. that is a very powerful form of delusion. >> by the end of the year, it was clear that the united states was so ill prepared and failed to recognize the extraordinary change that had happened in the '70s. >> new year's eve, end of the decade but not yet of the deadlock. >> in 1979, we take a deep breath and realize we're on the precipice of an entirely new era of terrorism. >> the crisis goes well beyond the u.s. embassy walls in tehran. >> rather than catching our breath, we should have been thinking, how can this get worse? >> it sounds like the most futile observation possible, but i'm going

camille hider joins us from islamabad. update us on the latest, please. >> reporter: to brief you, initially, there was a lot of confusion when that attack took place about 50 kilometers from islamabad in which the minister was killed. initially, it is reported up to two suicide bombers may have been involved, but the authorities are now confirming that it was one suicide bomber with a very powerful device. now, the home minister was near his native town. he had a political team at his political office sid not far from his home. there were other local villagers, particularly from the local police who were caught by that blast, a blast so powerful that the roof came down. there were desperate attempts by rescue to try to remove the rubble, and it took several hours for them to find the body of the home minister. so the interior minister, of course, claimed until the body was found, there should be no confirmation about the fact that he had been killed. but his body has now been recovered, and it has been shifted, likely to

we have more now from islamabad. >> the latest is this incident that started last night at 3:00 a.m., roundabout. they say the casualties started coming in. the information we have from both sides is that from the pakistani side, so this is the working boundary, not the line of control between india and pakistan. on one side is pakistan and on the other side is the disputed region administered by india. there has been firing going on since yesterday and the latest death toll, which the pakistani military sent out a press release, saying that eight soldiers were killed and 16 people injured on the pakistani side. on the indian side, we know there are three civilians that have been killed and at least 15 people who have been injured. this tension has been going on for a lot of days and in the last two years we have seen an escalation happening. this is one of the larger escalations we saw in the month. we also saw incidents happen were soldiers were killed from these crossfire incidents. anchor: last month the u.s. president barack obama was criticized for not introducing stricter gun c

. >> work has finished for the day in islamabad. civil servants are heading home, thousands of them. when they retire, they are all entitled to a state pension. so is the military. three quarters of all government pensions are paid to former servicemen and women. in total, it costs pakistan over $2 billion a year. the national bank of pakistan revealed it's been paying out pensions to 600,000 people it believes either don't exist or have already passed away. >> the committee that is there a scam or all those ghosts pensioners exist, are people collecting pensions of people who have died? >> if there is a scam, it could mean one fifth of all state pensions worth $400 million are being paid out to the wrong people. >> it's not the first time there's been a scandal like this. a few years ago, hundreds of thousands of dollars were wasted on a scheme to give tax payments to the poor. 125,000 names were fake. >> there's also been scandals in education. last year, al jazeera reported on classrooms that were empty and teachers who were paid

we are joined live from islamabad. how did you feel? what did you think when you heard this news? >> i wondered if justice had been served. because our legal system is based on the old british rod system which says even if there is a shadow of reasonable doubt, the execution must not be carried out. in this case there is not just a shadow, there is a huge question mark. let me give you an example. last year in 2014 the government's national database registration authority had a national identity card which gave his birth as being ten years previously. he was 24 last year when the identity cards was, so he was shorn as being 14 at the time the murder was committed, which means he was 24 now. if that computerized national identity card was issued by a government agency and if it was a fake and a fraud identity card showing a fake date of birth, then my question to the government of pakistan is why has the official who issued him a fake cnic card not been arrested and charged with fraud. >> there is proof that he was tortured. >> indeed. there is proof on his body that he was torture

nhk world, islamabad. >>> president aquino of the philippines on friday endorsed his interior secretary as his preferred candidate to succeed him in next year's presidential election. >> translator: let's go with the one who will continue on a straight path. and i believe this person is none other than manuel. >> he will tackle poverty and corruption. the 58-year-old is a grandson of the philippines' first post-war president who founded aquino's liberal party. >> translator: with this endorsement, you are also endorsing the dreams and the power of each of the 100 million filipinos, to my boss, the filipino people, and will never deviate from the straight path. >> the vice president has also expressed interest in running in the election scheduled for may. roxas is currently lagging in the polls behind ben dai and another likely candidate senator grace po. >>> staying in the philippines, urbanization is causing major changes to developing countries in asia and the philippines is no exception. young people want to move to the cities and have little interest in rural jobs like farming. the

. >> work is finished for the day in islamabad and servants are heading home, thousands of them.ey retire they are all entitled to a state pension, so is the military. three quarters of all government pensions are paid to former servicemen and women and in total it cost pakistan over $2 billion a year. now the national bank of pakistan has revealed it is has been paying out pension to 600,000 people it believes either don't exist or already passed away. >> the committee said is there a scam or a these ghost type exist and people are collecting pensions or people who have died. >> if there is a scam, it could mean one fifth of all state pensions worth around $400 million are being paid out to the wrong people. it's not the first time there has been a scandal like this in pakistan, a few years ago hundreds of thousands of dollars were wasted on a scheme to give cash payments to the poor. it turns out that 125,000 names were fake. scandals also in education. last year al jazeera reported on classrooms that were empty and teachers who were paid salaries for staying at home. officials

we have more from islamabad. >> reporter: despite opposition within the country as well as requests for amnesty international, pakistan went ahead with the execution. he was found guilty of the murder of a seven-year-old boy in 2004. his defense team argued he was a juvenile at the time. however, his petitions were reject in 2007 by the supreme court saying that that was a matter which would have been decided at the trial court level. pakistan had imposed a moratorium on the death penalty and no executions were carried off. however, the public school attack in december 2014 the government decided to bring back the death penalty. since then his mercy petition has been rejected by the president of pakistan in 2012 and on four counts he was going to be hanged. however, a change of of heart. he was a juvenile back in 2004. therefore, that rule did not apply. now, pakistan has decided to carry out the executions after the deadly attack on army public school in 2014 after which the moratorium on the death penalty was lifted. so he was hanged in the central jail. >>> for the first time in its

nicole johnson is live from islamabad >> so far we are waiting for reports and confirmation about thease. police are saying some 280 children were involved. this was coordinated by a gang of 25 men. the children were forced to perform sexual acts, that they were video taped, some 400 video tapes were made and sold on a local market. thousands of copies went out, and there's reports that they could have ended up as far as europe. some of the victims and their families started to speak about what they allege happened, and they were forced to pay money, jewellery, bribes. so we are waiting for more information. this is creating a huge controversy in pakistan, a country where the protection of human rights is week. it's not here where we hear stories of this scale making it up to the government. >>> saturday marks a year since a white police officer shot and killed michael brown, an unarmed black teenager. his death sparking protests. this report from ferguson. kristen saloomey reports. >> reporter: it was a year ago since michael brown was shot by a white police officer. >> we have not h

nicole johnston islamabad. >> reporter: government forces in sudan accused of war crimes in the provinceviewed by amnesty international say hundreds of civilians have been killed in deliberate attacks on the army on schools and hospitals. the human rights groups says unexploded emissions prove that prohibited weapons such as cluster bombs have been used. south is the focus of fighting since 2011 as south sudan was pushing for independence. south and the blue nile states link themselves to south sudan even though they are north of the border in sudan itself. in the run up to south sudan independence a rebel group called splm north was fierce both states were being isolated from the south. a quarter of a million people have now fled into neighboring south sudan and ethiopia to escape the fighting and amnesty says it's almost impossible to get humanitarian aid to people. >> this aerial bombardment had been carried out using fighter jets and they have been dropping cluster bombs and other in ddis criminate weapons and schools and hospitals should not be targeted but sudan is not only targeti

plus -- >>> i'm in islamabad, coming up, we'll be taking ride on the city's first metro bus system.ind out whether it is helping the problem. ♪ ♪ >>> hello again, you are with al jazeera. i'm martine dennis, and these are our top stories. police in macedonia have fired stun grenades to try to disperse refugees trying to cross the border. >>> south korea is urging north korea to stop its provocations. the leaders of both countries met their military chiefs within the last 24 hours. tension has increased, following an exchange of fire on thursday. 25 members from greece's ruling party have announced they are forming a new party. the split comes hours after alexis tsipras de -- resigned as prime minister. >>> let's return to our top story, the case of thousands and thousands of refugees who are trying to leave greece, trying to get into macedonia, most times in order to push further north and get to wealthier european countries, and as we have been hearing, police in macedonia have fired stun grenades to try to disperse these people. we can speak to the spokesman for macedonia's minist

kamal hyder is in islamabad. >> as far as the reaction from the activists, civil rights activist is concerned. this is a major setback. however, it must be understood that after a deadly massacre and attack on the army and peshawar parliament moved a session came out with the 21st amendment, allowing the formation of the military. it was a civil rights activist that changed the ruling and, therefore, an order was issued by the supreme court which stopped the executions of six convicted criminals tried by the military court ratified by the military chiefs. so the whole process was put on hold deliberations were under way in the court, and decided that the 21st amendment was legal and was the doctrine of necessity, that pakistan had to do something in order to crush the wave of terrorism. so the court - those objections were upheld the government decision for the formation of the military court, meaning the military courts can do their work. >> more than 1,000 people gathered at the u.n. relief and work station headquarters in imam protesting against a closure of schools. teachers workers and r

. >> kamal hyder has more from islamabad. >> the home minister of the punjab was killed in his native village. it is about 45 minutes drive from here. he was holding a meeting of locals at the political office not far from his residents at the time of the attack. it is said that up to two suicide bombers entered into baghdad and detonated the deadly explosives, which brought down the roof of that building. he was buried under the rubble, along with many others. rescue efforts were under way. trying to help the people trapped under the rubble. it is important to know that he was spear heading a string of provisions against deadly organizations in pakistan, including one last month where a meeter of lashkar-e-taiba was killed in an encounter with police. he was in the custody and it is said that he was coming down hard on the lashkar group, allied to al qaeda, taking responsibility for the attack saying it was revenge for a killing. they confirmed that the home minister, indeed, is dead, but there's app question mark as to how the bombers were able to get inside the building with such e

for high-ranking pakistani military men but also just an hour's drive from the bustling capital of islamabadn gem, four baths, eight bedrooms, space for all your wives, plenty of room for a pool there right on the left. >> jon: sam, are you trying to flip his house? >> a little steam cleaning, patch some of those bullet holes, use a little brain-out on the carpet. >> jon: thank you, sam. america's allys in the war on terer also tell brating this tonight. john oliver, what is the scene in london? >> jon, let me tell you. absolute jubilation here, jon and understandably so. this weekend those two showed the world what love really is. the balconyy, the crowd, the kiss, the second kiss. my heart hasn't stopped beating 1,000 miles an hour since friday. >> jon: john, are you really still talking about the royal wedding? >> of course i am, jon. what else is there to talk about for goodness's sakes. >> jon: john, you know osama bin laden was captured and killed. >> yeah, yeah, you're right. much in the same way the prince william captured the heart of kate middleton and then kills the the dreams of

nicole johnson explains from islamabad. >> pakistani police are saying 280 children were sexually abusednd assaulted by a gang of 25 men over a number of years. so far, seven men have been arrested. there are reports that some 400 videos were made and thousands of these ended up on the local market sold for as little as $0.40 did each. the parents are saying that these videos could have ended up abroad, in the u.s., u.k., and europe. reports are starting to come out from the parents and the victims saying that children had been drugged and the families forced to pay money and jewelry to these gangs. hessentially, they were blackmailed by the games. the families are calling for an inquiry. they don't trust the police to investigate this. they are calling for military courts to hear any cases of the accused. this has created a great controversy in pakistan, a great deal of outrage and disgust amongst the public in a country where the protection of children's rights is very poor and many people have little faith in the judicial system which they say is arrive with corruption. s say". >> the

. >> let's go to our correspondent from islamabad. this minister, how important would you say he was in trying to tackle extremism in that part of pakistan? >> reporter: he had an extremely important job after the government decided to come out with a national action plan under which it was to go after all these bad organizations, particularly in the provp ins of the punjab, for which he was responsible. he was a marked man here. he had already spoken that he had received threats, and therefore, there's tremendous criticism as to the lapse of security because this was a very high-profile man. he was the spearhead against those militant outfits, and therefore, eshld have been provided more security. >> in terms of the response, what could we expect from pakistan's authorities here? >> reporter: well, the pakistani government is saying they will go after the perpetrators on a day when the military aircraft have been busy along the border. they have been bombing positions of fighters in region. 40 fighters were killed according to the mi

nicole johnson explains from islamabad. >> police say children were assaulted and abused by a gang of men. seven men have been arrested. there are reports that some 400 videos were made and thousands of these ended up in the local market, sold for as little as 40 cents each. the parents say these videos could have ended up abroad in the u.s., u.k. and europe. reports starting to come out from the parents and victims, saying children had been drugged and families forced to pay money and jewelry to these gangs, essentially black mailed by the gangs. by that the gangs. the families of the victims are call for a full judicial inquiry. they don't trust the police to properly investigate this. they are calling for military courts to hear any cases of the accused. this has created a great controversy in pakistan and outrage and disgust among the public in a country where children's rights are very poor and many have little faith in the judicial system they say is rife with corruption. >> voting in underway in haiti in the first elections in four years there. there are concerns over insecurit

says without decisions there can be no viable or sustainable discussions between both countries, islamabad was a more broader pallet. including the issue of disputed kashmir regions. the disputed kashmir region is not on the agenda in the talks. >> anti-abortion protesters staged rallies. at thousands ever sights across the u.s. banners condemning the practices. the rallies were planned following the release of a video from an anti-abortion group on friday, saying it shows members of planned parenthood negotiating prices for aborted foetal tissue. the protesters want funding cut to the group >>> digital art is nothing new. it's been around as long as the computer. as the art is more sophisticated, so, too, is the way it's show cased. >> reporter: hi, meet latervo. >> i'm a digital artist. >> this is the curator of panther modern. >> i create architecture for other artists. >> unlike other online galleries connected to a physical space, panther exists in the virtual world. the visual art world and exhibits was designed to be viewed online. in tradition algal ris, the emphasis is on -- tradi

adult at the time of the crime and earlier my colleague jane spoke with a human rights activist in islamabadnd said this execution raises some serious questions questions. >> our legal system is based on the old system which says even if there is a shadow of reasonable doubt the hanging must not, the execution must not be carried out and in this case there is not just a shadow there is a huge question mark. let me give you an example, just last year in 2014 the government national database registration party issued shafqat hussain computerized national identity card, he was 24 last year when the identity and showed as being 14 at the time the murder was committed which he was 24 now. if that computerized national card was issued by a government agency and if it was a fake and a fraud identity card showing a fake date of birth then my question to the government of pakistan is why has the official who issued him a fake cnic card not been arrested and charged with fraud? >> not only that there is proof he was tortured. >> indeed there is proof on his body there was proof on his body he was tort

. >> reporter: home minister was visiting his village about an hour's drive from islamabad and holding a meeting with the locallies and several policemen from the area also present when a lone suricide bomber entered into the building where he was holding the meeting and detonated his explosive. it was so powerful it brought the entire building down, leading to a rescue effort that took several hours. the government confirming that the minister has been killed in that attack. he wassality was at the front oe organization. his death will be a severe blow for the country at the time when the military was busy in the operations along the western border. >>> it's the world's newest country, south sudan is just four years old but has been embroiled in a civil war most of that time. international sanctions could apply. the south sudan president and the rebel leader are part of a deckateds-long conflict that led to the splitting of sudan and south sudan. under his leadership rebel factions captured a string of regional towns including key oil hubs. 10,000 people have been killed and more than

nicole johnson is live from islamabad for you ares. -- for us, tell us more about the case. >> so fare are waiting for reports and confirmation about the case. police are saying some 280 children were involved. this was coordinated by a gang of 25 men. the children were forced to perform acts, that they were video taped, some 400 video tapes were made and sold on a local market. thousands of copies went out, and there's reports that they could have ended up as far as europe. some of the victims and their families started to speak about what they allegation happened, and they were forced to pay money, jewellery, bribes. so we are waiting for more information. this is creating a huge controversy in pak san, a country where the protection of human rights is week. it's not here where we hear stories of this scale making it up to the government. polls opened in haiti. people voted in the first legislative election. also fears that a low voter turn out could harm legitimacy. in the haitian countryside life is hard. money is scarce. government services are non-existent. people fetched the dr

. >> over the last few years land prices in islamabad have tripled. there is strong demand for housing and commercial reality. this is government land. it was sold off years ago. the slum is being demolished so it can be developed. >> the developers and special land gabbers real state speculators have an in with the administrators, and the poor don't. that's why when we talk about enforcing the law, it comes down heavy on the side of the board pooer. >> it's part of an ongoing program. there are hundreds of people wondering where their homes once stood. even if the government moves them to new land they can't afford to rebuild. on the first day bulldozers moved in it turned violent. residents threw stones at police. they responded with tear gas and water canon. since then things have calmed down. government leaders say critica criminals live in the slums and the land needs to be turned over to its real owners and these people should go back to where they came from. >> this is not good for our ci city. >> she had little power to resist, nicole johnston

. >> in islamabad, two people were killed after kabul suffered its worst day of violence this year. three bombs went off in 24 hours, killing 54 and injuring hundreds more. the afghanistan taliban maimed responsibility. >> dozens gathered to donate blood for people injured in the attacks. people say they don't feel safe in kabul. >> i feel danger even now. when i see a crowd, i think maybe a suicide talk, a car bomb will happen, on a motor bike, anything is possible. >> to yemen, the alliance of fighters battling houthis say they've recaptured more territory in the south. they cured the port of aden. the popular resistance forces, which are backed by the saudi-led coalition and the government in exile say they hope to enter zinzabar in the coming days. the iclc accused both sides of breaking the laws of war, adding to the suffering of the yemeni people. >> still to come, his death at the hands of a white police officer sparked weeks of protest, now a year on, the u.s. city of ferguson remembers the teenager, michael brown. >> haitians prepare to vote in long-delayed elections. >> in

ghani called on islamabad to take action. the incidence in the past humans in general and particularly, the incidence of recent days, prove that suicide bomber training centers and bomb making factories which are continually used to kill our innocent people are still active in that country, pakistan. we want the pakistani government to take practical action against those circles who are committing rebellious acts against afghanistan. we want them to stop. amy: in news from yemen, pro-houthi demonstrators gathered in the capital city sanaa tuesday to protest the u.s.-backed saudi-led coalition air strikes. hundreds of men marched through streets at an all-male rally, while women gathered for an all-female rally outside the united nations building. one of the houthi leaders spoke out at the protest. >> today we came out in rejection of colonialism, and rejection of the siege. we will continue preparation and implementation of strategic options soon. amy: and harvard professor lawrence lessig has announced he is considering a ru

that he was holding a meeting at his political office, at his native village, 45 minutes drive from islamabad in the district of aturk. the time of the meeting there was a large gathering. we were told that it was taking place. there were a number much police men inside the building as well. >> dear, i think we have lost kamal hyder in mid flow there. he was talking about the suicide attack which has killed the home minister in punjab. kamal, are you back with us now? >> i can hear you. >> you were saying there was a meeting going on at the minister sfds office. -- minister's office. what happened then? >> well at the time of the meeting, at least two suicide bombers are said to have entered inside the building. and that is what is worrying everyone, because there was a man head office the home minister, and heading a string of operations against a deadly organization, so the attack taking place inside the political office, the roof of the office... >> okay. we are obviously having problems with that link. confirming the attack that killed the punjab home minister was a suicide attack >>> now

nicole johnston al jazeera, islamabad. >>> the u.n.o yemen says his plan tend to the four-month long war is starting to be accepted by warring factions. on the ground anti-houthi fighters are advancing. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: yemen's largest military base is now under the control of pro-government forces. the base was ceased from houthi rebels and force loyal to former president saleh. forces who call themselves resistance fighters used air support, tanks and armored vehicles provided by the saudi-lead alliance. >> it's a turning point. the southern resistance was able to -- to manage themselves enough to in a semi-military fashion to gain this victory. >> reporter: anti-houthi fighters say this victory brinings them closer to the contested city of ta'izz. advances in the south seemed to be voided the government in exile as the houthis are pushed on the defensive >> translator: we cannot initiate a political process that will include houthi and saleh saleh mri shas after they have committed all of these crimes. >> repo

nicole johnston, al jazeera, islamabad. >> myanmar's government is appealing for international help for 200,000 people hit by some of the worst flooding in decades. large areas around the water, the government isn't able to reach everyone in need. it is now feared water flowing down river will inundate even more populated areas. >> this may look like a river, but it's actually one area of myanmar hit by floods. a stream overflowed into this village. villagers are dealing with the consequences without government support. >> this situation is not good for us. every day, we need to pay for a boat just to get out of our house and buy groceries. >> a nearby monastery opened its doors. amongst are trying to support this group of mainly women and children with the help of private donors and civil society organizations. >> i am very sad for the people, because the government does nothing for them. government neglects flooded communities. it's not good. it's been the same for 11 years. unless we get more donations, we will run out of supplies in 10 days. >> government aircraft are dropping suppl

nicole johnston, al jazeera, islamabad. >> tropical storm erica blamed for at least 20 deaths on theand of dominica is beginning to weaken. heavy rains caused flooding, triggered mudslides and destroyed roads the storm has set the island back 20 years. it might be getting weaker. i think we should talk about it more. rob? >> yes, it's like a tropical storm from space. it's an oblong massive cloud. the forecast has been difficult. the satellite picture shows this is about 24 hours ago as it went over dominica. now, south of hispanolia. it is the from the winds and the amount of rain which it fell. 840 millimeters in nine hours. can you imagine that? a meter of rain falling in such a short time. you can see why so much damage was done to the lesser antilles. i am not sure what has happened in hispanola. t it was gusting 113 kilometers per hour. it was never a windy storm. just categorized as a 2r07 cal storm and come okay to cuba now. look at the shape. so with winds not being the problem, where does the rain go? if this thing survives cuba, and it may well do, it gives cuba a good was

thank you for joining us from islamabad >>> two members of india's bored of security force have been killed, and several others injured in an ambush. a gunman fired on a convoy of soldiers near kashmir, near the disputed border. one gunman was killed two others cap steward. >>> rescue team search for survivors trapped in the wreckage of two planes 27 have been confirmed dead. 300 were rescued. they were travelling in opposite direction gs derailing within minutes of each other. they were crossing a bridge hit by flash floods and some carriages fell into the sworn river. we have this update delhi. >> reporter: railway officials say they are convinced flash flooding caused the floods. this is the monsoon season heavy rains pounded that area. >> i drain passed the area earlier, and that was enough to destabilize the rain. critics say that is all that hammed. half a doze in dozens of railway incidents happen every year. people are killed. the critics say nothing happens except in investigations promises and conversations with the family. there are thousands of kilometres of new tracks. u

. >> that is nicole johnson reporting from islamabad. when we come back, when the hunters become the hunted. the killing of a prized lion sparking international outrage. now the world may be ready to take action. a new push for conservation. it's the week ahead. >> 70 years since the atomic bomb was dropped on hiroshima. >>> it's sunday night, time for a look at "the week ahead". tomorrow is world lion day and wednesday world elephant day, both in the news following the death of cecil the lion in zimbabwe. and there's a step up on buying and selling illegal ivory. first, courtney kealy puts us face to face with why the discussion about wildlife conservation is badly needed >>> the african savannah home to breath-taking creatures, beautiful and deadly. while there are preserves and sanctuaries to stave off the loss of land and nature. there's big game hunting. it draws hundreds of millions in revenue and thousands of americans every year. after walter palmer, a 55-year-old american dentist mistakenly killed zimbabwe's prize lion named cec

people have gathered in islamabad to commemorate the life of the late leader. many paid their respects in the mosque. he died more than two years ago in karachi. >>> well, there have been demonstrations on the english side of the channel tunnel. migrants trying to cross from france into the u.k. campaigners want to highlight how dangerous it is for people to attempt the crossing. two far right groups have demonstrations chanting anti-immigration slogans. traffic has been. disrupted in recent weeks. >> they got through. migrants cling to the top of a lorrie as it drives away in the tunnel on the english side of the tunnel. it's causing the roads to clog off in southeastern england. bad news for the british economy and for anyone hoping to cross to france in the holiday season. so the british prime minister is under pressure. >> we're going to take action right across the board starting with helping the french on their side of the border, we're going to put in more sentencing, more resources, more sniffer dog teams and more assistance in any way we can in terms o

islamabad is seeking a broader pallet. including on the disputed kashmir region. india says that is not on the agenda of the talks >>> about 250 protesters are blocking access to a port in southern iraq, rallying outside the port since friday. demanding jobs and political reform. the perform haider al-abadi announced reforms that said some people are standing in the way of progress. there's a split among shia politicians and parties over plans to shake up government and fight corruption. zeina khodr has more. >> reporter: it's a protest movement that has brought society together and brought into the open the power struggle between the iraqi shia politicians. iraqis from different sects and walks of life at first demonstrated better services. now they want change. >> people don't just want water and electricity, we want political reform, and government institutions. >> prime minister haider al-abadi promised to do that. the protests a show of support for a pledge to fight corruption, reforming the sectarian political system will not be easy. the prime minister said

nicole johnston, al jazeera, islamabad. >>> in bangladesh, the overuse of pesticides isn't just a problemhe environment, it's also dangerous to the farmers. many admit to not using protective gear when spraying the chemicals. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: once a week, this man goes into his field to spray his crops. he uses no protective equipment. no masks, no gloves, no shoes. he steps on the poison barefoot, but doesn't think it's a bad idea. >> translator: of course i don't wear shoes on my feet. that would ruin my crops when i step on them. that wouldn't work at all. >> reporter: he doesn't think there's any dangers associated with the way he uses pesticides. most farmers get their information from pesticide traders who rarely use protection themselves. >> translator: if you follow the rules, then you won't have any side effects. you need to aside spraying the pesticide into the wind. >> reporter: the world bank says more than half of pesticide traders in bangladesh report frequent health symptoms associated with acute pesticide contact. >> reporter: many farmers end up dev