malcolm web, al jazeera bujumbira. >> u.s. helicopter missing in nepal, delivering humanitarian aid to a rural part of the country east of kathmandu. marine osprey have also begun the search for downed helicopter. >> looking for survives, at least 91 deaths are now being blamed on thursday's 7.3 aftershock. it instruction justs two weeks after a 7.8 earthquake killed over 8,000 people. >>> fire in philippines, fire started when a welding torch came into contact with flammable chemicals. heavy smoke blocked the entrance. firefighters took about 15 minutes to get to the scene. more than 200 people worked in the fight foot wear fact that's located you outside manila. >> officials say a positive train control could have helped prevent the accident. just because i'm away from my desk doesn't mean i'm not working. comcast business understands that. their wifi isn't just fast near the router. it's fast in the break room. fast in the conference room. fast in tom's office. fast in other tom's office. fast in the foyer [pronounced foy-y

malcolm web, al jazeera in canada. to release the detainee on bail. >> for a decade the youngest inmate at guantanamo bay after pleading guilty to war crimes before a u.s. military commission in 2010 omar was transferred to serve his sentence in canada. his lawyers wanted him free on bail, as they appeal that u.s. conviction. and they were successful. >> do i imagine he will be trying to understand is this really true. and he will not really believe it, until. -- a journey that began thousands of kilometers away, and the afghan border has ended here in a courthouse in edmonton. for now omar is a freeman. >> dennise spent ten years fighting for the legal rights in courts in canada, the u.s. and guantanamo bay itself. >> when i went to go talk mow for the first time, i saw a tragically unhappy injured young boy who looked like a little broken sparrow to me. chained to a floor. and i walked in there as i say, as a lawyer, and i came out as a very sad father. >> as well, a father figure to a controversial young man denounc

al jazeera's malcolm webb is in the capitol. >> reporter: just a short while ago we heard very heavyighting coming from over here from the area where the compound of the national radio and national tv are. understand that yesterday when the soldiers supporting the leader of the coup took key locations, they didn't force their way in they tried to negotiate their way in. but they failed to do that. so there has lately been heavy fighting there. there were forces loyal to the president who were heavily armed fighting back inside. the radio has now gone off air, and we don't know who won and who has got control of the radio now. controlling the radio is very important. burundi is one of the poorest countries in africa, and fm radio is the best way to reach the people. if you say you are in power and that's the only means of communication, then to a large extent you are. there's a great attempt to take to try control of that piece of infrastructure. >>> an attack was reported in benny in the northeast of the country. more than 300 people have been killed in the past three months. the att

al jazeera's malcolm webb has the latest. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: the sounds of gunfire in burundi'sitol. the streets are deserted during a lull in the fighting, some residents seized the opportunity to run for safety trying to escape the violence. similar a scenes play out in other parts of the city as rival groups of soldiers fight for control. weeks of protests have now turned into gun battles on the streets after a senior military officer announced the dismissal of the president from office. violence has drawn international concern. >> the secretary general ur kently calls on all parties to exercise calm and restraint. and maintain peace and stability in a country that has suffered grievously from previous violence. >> reporter: it is still not clear if the attempted coup has been successful or not. mallcom webb al jazeera, burundi. >>> east african leaders meeting in tanzania have condemned the coup in burundi. tanzaniaee's president called for an end to the violence. >> the summit condemns in the strongest terms the possible the coup in burundi, and the summit is of the view th

malcolm webb al jazeera, northern burundi. >>> u.s.tary of state john kerry has made an announced visit to somalia. he met a rage of leaders including the president. more from rosiland jordan in nairobi. >> reporter: it was the first visit ever by a u.s. secretary of state to somalia. john kerry's mission on tuesday was to communicate the obama administration's support for this fledgling democracy, just three years old as somalia gets pretty for parliamentary elections in 2016 the secretary of state wanted to show the administration's support and to encourage somalia to do more to try to improve its military capacity particularly as it is trying to get rid of al-shabab, even though they are working with members of countries that have pledged to use military force to try to degrade al-shabab, they also have to deal with the fact there is no long-term military tradition, so kerry wanted to underscore the u.s.'s willingness to help somalia develop its military capacity. and kerry wanted to deliver the message that rule of law and freedom

al jazeera's malcolm webb has more. >> rights activists say the number arrestby police is over fowrd. at that point they had arrested 250. another press conference yesterday, didn't give any numbers, and at these press conferences they don't allow any questions. the remains of a burned out car here but the protesters haven't actually been destroying much property just one car here, over there is a whole garage full of cars but the protesters only burned this one destined for scrap. there is some level of organization and even cooperation with the owners of the garage to make sure they make the roadblock out of property that doesn't have much value to anyone. >> malcolm webb in bujumbura. katherine burns specializes in african politics. she joins us by skype by tonight. 300,000 were killed are you seeing this as an ethnic issue or strictly a political one? >> thanks for having me on tonight. this is actually strictly a political issue now. while there are violent entrepreneurs involved in this protest and have been involved in burundian politics for a long time, there is no part of the

al jazeera's malcolm webb is there. what's the latest? >> the last couple of hours have heard very heavy fighting from a short distance, over there from where the national t.v. and radio compound is. there were several dozen soldiers inside, heavily armed loyal to the president and a number of soldiers, greater number outside supporting the coup leader, attacking and trying to get to the enemy. we've heard conflicting reports somebody from the coup side told us they're trying to get the transmitter repaired to make their first broadcast to the whole country. others say they control it. information is hard to come why at the moment. >> what is the significance, why would the fighting going on at the moment be around these media establishments? >> >> the radio stations and the t.v. stations that in particular the radio stations have the ability to broadcast nationwide are crucial at this stage. this is not a very developed country, it's one of the poorest in africa. the roads are not good, there's few of them, so radio stations are the key

malcolm webb, al jazeera bujumbura. >>> separatististsseparatists from mala wfersi, group said earlier this week said it wasn't consulted about the dates signing the deal. the deal had been brokered in al jeffrey yah over thealgeria over the last months. >>> mexico will pay up to $3 million to relatives of victims shot by government soldiers. >> trotlaya, sol swrerd shot dead 22 people in a shootout with gang members the army said and authorities praised their victory over organized crime. >> translator: the army acted bravely in trotlaya. the army defended itself lettingly. >> gradually it became evidence that the army wasn't telling the truth. something more than just a haphazard shootout took place here. subsequent investigations found that the army lined up and then executed 12 o15 people here, after they'd laid down their weapons and surrendered. now the government said it will pay compensation of over $3 million to be shared by the survivors and victims's families, it's the biggest pay jut by the armed forces since they were deployed to combat mexico's violent cartels. since then

malcolm web, al jazeera. >> fascinating in the light of that to see that the reuters news agency is saying that the president's return after an attempted return to his country, this is according to a phone message from the presidency. so perhaps his office has called reuters to say that he is back in the country we will see about that and the u.n. says it wants to see a return from the rule of law the security council briefed earlier in the day. >> the members of the security cancel. and those that seek to cease fire. they called on all parties not to resort to violence, and to prioritize peace and security. the members called for the swift return to the rule of law, and a holding of credibility elections in the spirit of the agreements. reiterated the full support to the efforts of the united nations, special envoy the african union and east african community. the members of the security council expressing their intent to respond to threatening peace and security. >> at least 38 people are said to have been killed more than 50 hurt in a number of attacked in iraq's an bar province. the ba

. >> malcolm web, al jazeera bore rah bore rah. >> prance says that it has open add case against 14 french soldiers accused of raping children. at a refugee camp in the central african republic, the alleged abuse was december 2013, and last june. the government has also said it will launch it's own investigation against the claims. now coming up on this program, the food scammers not as you have seen them before, it is venezuela's latest attempt to stop panic. >> tank trouble why one of the proudest products ran into a spot of difficulty on it's military most important days. >> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the sound bites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. >> ray suarez hosts "inside story". weeknights, 11:30 eastern. on al jazeera america. >> the top stories here on al jazeera. the saudi led coalition to allow for the deliveries of humanitarian aid. the spokesman also said there would be a painful response to any attacks by houthis inside saudi arabia. has been killed in an air strike, amir

malcolm webb, al jazeera bujumbura snrpra. >> as the protesters were unfolding, malcolm webb's reporting from earlier today. >> right now we've e-just heard some gun fire from other side of the square and a lot of the protesters are running this way hundreds of thousands have been celebrating here in the square for the last few minutes and we don't know if this is people clearing a crowd or somebody shooting in anger. we're getting down in the ground going to leave the camera right there running. we've heard quite a lot of gun four infire in the last couple of hours when the soldiers first came in the city. there was shooting, engaging a bit with some police, the police jeaj sogenerally have been loyal to pierre nkurunziza. others were not so they fought a bit with the soldiers who were advancing. now some gun fire in the square. we don't know if it's crowd control or some people are actually fighting. >> in context tonight we're taking a look at the political and ethnic unrest behind the situation in burundi. joins us from tampa florida tonight. kara good to have you with us. what is yo

malcolm webb, al jazeera bujumbura. >> to iraq now where government forces have suffered a major setack against islamic state of iraq and the levant. i.s.i.l. has seized a government compound in ramadi. zeina khodr has the latest. >> reporter: the symbol of the government is under control of islamic state of iraq and the levant. ramadi has long been a city that has been fought over. but i.s.i.l. fighters launched an all out assault early friday taking over the ramadi compound which houses most of the city's government buildings. they managed to penetrate using suicide bombers. government forces and their local sunni allies were not able to stop i.s.i.l. advance. many were killed. it is a strategic blow to the authorities who have been losing ground in other areas of the province. the assault on ramadi was part of a large scale attack on government forces on multiple fronts, in the province. late thursday i.s.i.l. used 22 suicide bombers to target the barracks of government forces in garma. it is clear the government considers anbar strategic. it controls most of anbar before this att

the people living here hope the political standoff can be resolved without more violence malcolm web, al jazeerafrench president has promised harsh punishment for soldiers found guilty of sexually abusing children in the is ennel african republic and took place at a center for displaced people between december 2013 and june of last year. >> translator: if soldiers behaved badly there will be sanctions that we put in the armed forces and proud of the army and i will be harsh on those who behave badly if that is the case in central african republic. >> reporter: they destroyed ten tons of ivory, the stockpile had been seized over the past three years and uae is a transit hub for the trade and most ends up in asia and used for traditional medicine among other things assist and director of the africa program for world conservation society and she believes destroying ivory sends an important message to smugglers. >> reporter: it's really an important move forward because you have to realize that there is a global ivory crisis and elephant crisis in the world and losing 96 elephants per day and in a m

malcolm web, al jazeera. >>> angela is researcher at the nordic africa institute and told us the atmosphererundi is that of fear. >> reporter: i think that a lot of people have great reason to be afraid. there are as malcolm web reported there are many fears of reprisal attacks. i know that a number of independent journalists have reported that they need to go into hiding. i think perhaps what is most worrying is that the government under this is now responsible for meeting out some form of judicial process that should be fair and non-arbitrary and i know that opposition leaders are also fearing they would be arrested or held accountable for the attempted coup. >> reporter: coming up here on al jazeera indonesia helps the migrants who made it ashore. and said it won't take in any more refugees. and how this pepper spray attack could lead to a lasting sting for support in argentina. stay with us. ♪ ♪ welcome back i'm julie and you are with al jazeera, top stories egyptian court sentenced former president mohamed morsi to death for a mass jail break in 2011 during the revolution that toppled

malcolm web al jazeera. >> the wreckage of a helicopter has been found in nepal.elicopter with eight people on board disappeared while delivering aid on tuesday when a second earthquake hit the country. >>> 110 people decide in this week's aftershocks three weeks after 8,000 people were killed in the first. we're in kathmandu. >> these green army tents are now home to some of nepal's government after april's major earthquake the government was scrambling to respond but was still able to operate out of some of their offices. but after the aftershocks many workers are afraid to go inside to their own buildings. >> we have to face a lot of pressure from the people. terrified people have to feel that the government still exists. >> the total extent of the damage or whether or not it's even safe is still unclear as damage assessment teams are busy throughout the capital assessing people's homes and other buildings. but with the monsoon rain fast approaching and the aftershocks looming many are still wondering where the government will operate in the near future. >> rep

malcolm web, al jazeera. >> france says it is officially opened a case against 14 french soldiers accusing of raping children at a refugee camp in the central african republic. the alleged abuse took place last june, at a center for displaced people. the government has also said that will announce it's own investigation against the claims. to niagara. say a generation of husbands, brothers and fathers are being wiped out in the country's north southeast. they say the armed group often are going to ledges and kill all the men before kidnapping women and girls. to meet some of those communities effected by six years of violence. sad and broke before boka haram met the town. the father of 14 had houses 20 farms and more than 100 head of cattle. now these two are all the he has. >> people still come to ask neighbors. i loose so much. at some point, even the will to go on. but i am still hanging in there. >> but the pain he feels most is a loss of two adult sons both killed by boko haram. after the death, 500 others fled to settle here. since boka haram ran out of town in march some are thinkin

malcolm webb, al jazeera. >> simon adams joins us, executive director simon adams. >> it's very interesting to see that there is some level of support in this attempted coup in the streets. but it appears at the moment that the army is not completely behind the move, the sections of the army still apeep a little bit unsure. what will be the role of the police will be unclear. it's still in its early days. it's very important for maximum restraint by the security forces and protesters in order to de-escalate the situation. it's a potential there pretty horrible to happen. >> certainly there are things to worry about. in the civil war 350,000 people died. it has narrowly missed genocide, and it's government has led to widespread mass atrocities. it's reasonable grounds to be deeply concerned at the moment, but now it really depends on the key actor in burundi in pulling back the country from its precipice. >> people in burundi are human beings. certainly their past has plenty of dark chapters in it. primarily it was comparable. things would have a chance to get dark and deadly, indeed. in ter

malcolm webb, al jazeera. >> to iraq now, eight policemen have been killed in isil attacks on police stations east of ramadi, taken by as i say i'll on sunday. shia militias are preparing a counter offensive. we have this report from baghdad. >> they are preparing for a war that could deepen the divide in iraq. shia fighters are some 30 kilometers east of isil's new stronghold ramadi. they plan to push deep to the sunni heartland to recapture territory from islamic state of iraq and the levant. >> we're announcing that the popular mobilization forces are getting ready to take back anbar. the people have asked for our help about a month ago but politicians were reluctant. >> the council did request such assistance when ramadi fell to isil on sunday, but the council is not representative of all sunni tribes. many of them don't want shia forces on their land and would have preferred arms so wage this battle alone. officials in baghdad insist that these fighters who are backed by iran are no longer militias and operate under the government. they are trying to calm sunni fears. even the u

malcolm web, al jazeera. >>> we have a researcher at the nordic africa institute and joins us from swedend to have you with us angela will we see a new round of violence and appraisal attacks in burundi as the alleged coup leaders are punished? >> people have great reason to fear and as malcolm reported there are fears of reprisal attacks. i know that a number of independent journalists have reported that they need to go into hiding and perhaps what is most worrying is that the government under this that is now responsible for meeting out some form of judicial process, that should be fair and non-arbitrary and i know that opposition leaders are also fearing that they will be arrested or held accountable for the attempted coup. >> what do you think he is going to do now? is he going to hold elections? >> i think he has got every reason to want to hold elections. i'm aware that external support, for example, belgium has suspended its funding for electoral process pending a more sort of democratic peaceful environment on the ground. the fact that belgium suspended funding now would be worryi

malcolm web, al jazeera. >>> the murder rate in south africa has slowed down everywhere apart from capeand that is mostly down to drug gangs, fighting over territory in the city's cape flats communities. and in an exclusive interview we talk to a gang leader who blames the government for turning the neighborhood into a ghetto. >> reporter: smoking crystal meth in a portable toilet. these are members of one of the gangs running the drug trade-in the cape flats area of cape town. he is a gang leader and believes taking and selling drugs is the only life possible here. >> the young boys are dream inging and the dream and don't have school fees and don't have money to go to college and there is no food at home. and take drugs for the scapegoat. >> reporter: there is a price to the drug-fueled world and he was hit in a stray bullet in a gun fight between the gangs and the children are growing up in a battleground. >> drug dealers and shootings and all the kids here they can get shot any time. they can get killed very quickly. >> killed for just witnessing it? >> yes killed by this weapon or

malcolm web, al jazeera. >>> the united amirites destroyed ten tons of ivory and it's a cue transit hubllegal trade and much end up in asia used for traditional medicine among other things and the illegal trade is worth $1 billion a year at least 35,000 elephants are killed for their tuesday tusks each year and it's 10 million to half a million today and rhinos are suffering and now there are 29,000 left in the world and down from a half a million at the beginning of the 20th century. and we have the assist and director of the africa program for the world conservation society and she believes the ivory sends an important message to smugglers. >> reporter: you have to realize there is a global ivory crisis and elephant crisis going on around the world and we are losing 96 elephants per day so in a matter of a decade we could lose elephants from the world. what happened today, the burning of the ivory is incredibly important for two reasons, first of all because it shows the world as a global statement that says that we are no longer as a government going to tolerate illegal ivory trade a

malcolm in burundi. >>> still ahead on al jazeera. >>> i'm in tunisia with a story of migrants who were rescued off the of libya and many of them want to go back and try again, they don't want to stay here. >>> and protesters take to the streets of the indonesia capitol to ask the president to save the beautiful game. ♪ with sheila macvicar >> compass will challenge the way you look at the world >> a different look at foreign affairs >> talking about big subjects >> first hand... >> telling human stories >> giving you a real look at the world today. desperate, hungry and risking it all... >> these people wanna get as far away as they can >> the migrant crisis sweeping europe, are governments turning their backs on those that need help the most? >> compass with sheila macvicar only on al jazeera america ♪ hello again, the top stories on al jazeera, human backed talks on negotiations to end the conflict in syria are underway in geneva u.n. envoy staffan de mistura will meet government and rebel representatives as well as regional players. saudi arabia is speaking with coalition members about a temporary

malcolm webb, al jazeera. >> rescue teams are hunting for survivors after a landslide devastated a colombiaraining there hampering rescue efforts. the situation is so dire, the president of colombia declared a national disaster. >> it surprised villagers sleeping. dozens of homes were swept away, leaving many residents with nowhere to escape. >> when i felt my house shaking we left. my family left and we were left in the middle of the landslide. it passed on this side and we were in the middle. it carried away a house that was on this side and we were in the middle and frightened. i said to my wife, let's hug and hope that it doesn't take our house and that we are safe. >> heavy rains affected the region in past days, causing the ravine to overflow. many houses were built on the bank of the river. military personnel and search and rescue teams arrived while residents searched the river in the hopes of finding survivors. >> people were just screaming everywhere and i ran to help, but the river was impossible to pass. all the bridges were covered. at sunrise i started to search the river, and

malcolm webb is in bujumbura. >>> this is al jazeera america, we are interrupting our colleagues in doha you live to the nation's capitol where president obama is being introduced to honor fallen police officers with a keynote speech at the 34th annual national police officers memorial day services. this event was proclaimed by president kennedy back in 1962. some 40,000 police officers from the u.s. and around the world are expected to be in attendance throughout the week. >> president barack obama. thank you so much sir. honor to have you here. [ applause ] >> thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you so much. thank you. please be seated. thank you chuck for that kind introduction for your years of proud service not only as a police officer but for all of the advocacy that you do on behalf of law enforcement and their families. i want to thank the entire fraternal order of police and its leadership jim and linda for everything that you do to support those who protect and serve. let me also say that as we gather here today, our prayers remain with the families of our marines, and two nepales

jazeera. >> about 2,000 people marched today with little interference from police. the president's filing for a third term in offers in burundi malcolm webb is in bujumbura where police are having trouble controlling the opposition. >> it would only take police three days to clear the protests. they still haven't done this. plastic bags tied on for visibility, rocks and rubbish piled on the floor and in the center of the road a burned out trailer, the protesters manning it can decide which vehicles are allowed to pass and which ones aren't. >> translator: the only people who are allowed to pass the roadblocks are soldiers journalists and the ambulances, people who are going to work are not allowed. it is our duty. we need to express our concerns to draw the attention of the international community so people know that the situation is not good here. we want to affect the economy to put pressure on the government. >> there are roadblocks every 20 meters or so throughout this whole neighborhood. this one here made of the usual rocks and burned tires and branches, ones like this are very common. here the protesters have managed to push a

jazeera. >> burundi's constitutional court cleared the president to run for another term. 11 people have been killed, more than 100 injured in protest since the president's party announced that he would run again. malcolm web reports from the capitol. >> activists who are organizing the protests reject the ruling of the constitutional court that clears the president to run for a third term. they say it's not valid because four of the judges have already fled the country citing intimidation. they rejected a call from the vice president who said all the protestors arrested so far would be released. the activists say they'll continue protesting until the penalty abandons his bid for a third term. hundreds more protestors are coming in from the rural areas to join in the protests here, so there's no sign of things calming down. >> armed groups in the central african republic agreed to release all child soldiers and young people working with their forces. between six and 10,000 children are expected to be freed. we are joined live via skype by muhammed fal the unicef representative from the central african republic. thanks for bin with us. how long has unicef been working on this deal? >> we have been worki