kristin saloomey, al jazeera. >>> india president narendra modi is the first indian prime minister to visit canada in over three decades. three tons of urm uranium over the next five years for its nuclear reactors. >> more than 10,000 refugees have been rescued sis friday but the number of people dying on route is estimated to be ten times higher than that. paulson brennan reports from catania. >> the reception center on the island of lampedusa it's to be another long difficult side on italy's mediterranean. more than 10,000 have been plucked from the water since last friday alone. but the risks are high. some 140 are believed to have drown before being rescued. >> we spoke to them a group of people who mentioned they departed from lynn yaz on the same group. 540 people approximately only 145 were rescued. the remainder died apparently in the mediterranean. >> reporter: boats are not just being abandoned. they are too valuable used. >> last week, they witnessed warning shots pattern taking the migrant back to libya. splug lers are running out of boats and determined to do anything inc

kristin saloomey has more for the games for change festival in new york. >> prince fahad alsad played games but he didn't always identify with those on screen. many depicted as middle eastern. so, he started nam or new arab media to make games that people especially girls in his home country of saudi arabia could better relate to. i think it comes down to wanting to create new protagnists. i guup with spraer strong women in my life. so, you know the rhetoric of women and narrative about saudi women is they are women that i don't recognize. they are not -- awed e women are not weak passive. >> most of them are veiled as they will be in his next release, saudi girls revolution which is being previewed at the games for change festival. >> the games for change festival here in new york is all about harnessing the power of video games for social good. gaming is also big business. game makers are beginning to realize the biggest potential for growth is in the developing world. >> reporter: game revenues total more than 1 and a half$1 and a half billion dollars and are expected to neil doubl

kristin saloomey new york. >> a washington, d.c. corp head the largest social event on the washington calendar and an occasion for the city's big wigs to make fun of each other and themselves. president obama used his annual speech to make fun of his political opponents with a game that house speaker john boehner. >> i look so old, john boehner has invited netanyahu to speak at my funeral [applause.] >> all right. here another full bullet of news is straight ahead. thanks for your time. keep it here. >>> desperate rescue efforts in kathmandu as the number of those known to have died mounts. >>> there is a continuestant danger of aftershocks. this one sent people running from their homes. >> hello. i am felicity barr. this is al jazeera live from ron london. two protesters shot down in burundi as police break up demonstrations of a hopes for a third term for the president. >>> on the trail of the smugglers, we

kristin saloomey has more. >> prisprince fahad al saad grew up with video games.he started nam or new arab media. so they could relate to. >> i group up with very strong women in my life, saudi women they're women i don't recognize. saudi women are not weak, they're not passive. >> reporter: but most of them are veiled. as they will be in his new release. the games for change festival is all about harnessing the power of games for good. the biggest potential for growth is in the developing world. game revenues from the middle east now total more than $1.5 billion and are expected to nearly double by 2017. the cultural sensitivity is key. >> to the western consumer or western player, this game feels revolutionary. it's something new something interesting, something we've never seen before. >> dutch egyptian ramiist e-mail has aan initiative gamedev.world. >> stepped up, a lot of that comes from the mobile market because a lot of parts in africa and the middle east have skipped the computer age straight into the smartphone age. those markets are potentially enormous

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kristin saloomey reports. >> reporter: principle fatah al sad grew up playing video games. >> evil andppressive dictateo of the day. >> many depicted as middle eastern. so, he started nam for new arab media to make games that people especially girls in his home country of saudi arabia could better relate to. >> i think it comes down to wanting to create new protagnists protagnists. i grew up with strong women in my life and the rhetoric of women and narrative about saudi women is they are women that i don't recognize. they are not -- saudi women are not weak. they are not passive. >> but most are veiled as they will be in his next release "saudi girls' revolution" being previewed at the games for change festival. >> the games for change festival here in new york is all about harnessing the power of video games for social good. the gaming is big business. game makers are beginning to realize the biggest potential for growth is in the developing world. game revenues from the middle east total more than 1 and a half billion dollars and are expected to nearly double by 2017. the cultural s

kristin saloomey, al jazeera. >>> rejecting appeals from australian drug traffickers. jakarta's high court rejected their appeal. widodo. organizing a plot to smug heroin from indonesia to australia among several drug smugglers facing execution by firing squad. >>> india has launched an air pollution index to track air quality levels in 10 major cities. 13 of the world's most polluted cities are in india. estimate 620,000 people die prematurely every year because of dirty air. prime minister narendra modi says the pollution is a result of the country's changing lifestyle. >>> in india's administers kashmir, the tulip season is close. dlutdliddy dutt has this report. >> this is the best time of the year, the tulips he's been tending are in bloom. these bright hues have transformed a sprawling plane at the foothills of the mountains into a scene straight out of a bollywood film. >> these tulips are even more precious to us than our children. we do everything we can to protect them. i'm very proud of them. >> reporter: monday marks the start of the month long tulip festiv

as kristin saloomey reports, you won't be seeing driverless cars on the road just yet. >> the idea ofg car isn't new. >> what's all this? it's like darth vader's bathroom. >> the technology that seems so futuristic in the 1980s television program "knightrider" is closer than ever before. this awedee completed the first road to road trip. a driver with the ability to override the system was always at the wheel. 99% of the driving was done by computer. >> the human element in the driving equation is the weakest link? right? 90% of accidents are caused by human era. >> delphi the auto supplier may be celebrating. many car enthusiasts at the new york international auto show are not ready to give over control. >> you don't like the idea? >> no. >> why? >> i trust just myself with my life. >> the en enjoyment of a car is really driving it. >> only five states have laws on the books dealing with driverless cars. skeptics say insurance and liability issues also have to be worked out. >> they still have many many things that they cannot do. they can't drive in heavy rain and snow. they have tr