l. al jazeera. shoot to kill policy is failing to stop the unrest. five palestinians were killed by israelis for alleged knife attacks. >>> typhoon hitting northeast philippines. >>> german chancellor angela merkel is headed to turkey for talks. turkish government says an offer is too low. >>> voting's begun in egypt, in the first election since 2014. polling stations there, the parliamentary poll is the final step in a transition to democracy. the two-stage process, jamal el shael has more. >> although a variety of names and faces are running for parliament, political differences are virtually nonexistent. stark contrast to the last time egyptians leaked a deposit. the muslim brotherhood freedom and just party were the victors of that vote, but a few months later, the country's political leaders used a way to dissolve that vote. the army heldly sisi promised to hold elections months later, the public utility climate in egypt remains far from free or democratic. tens of thousands of activists are behind bars, dozens of journalists remain in jail and

columbia, with nearly twonlt,000 people killed and now in mexico with 2,000 l trying to cope with this growing threat. theresa vo, al jazeera, rosario. >> just a reminder, you can keep track of all the lateliest news at aljazeera.com. this is techknow, a show about innovations that can change lives. >> the science of fighting a wild fire. we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity and we're doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. tonight: technkow in search of the great american prarie. >> we're in the prarie state yet ironically, we have such little

al jazeera. >>> activists in brazil have placed coffins on rio's beach to highlight rising l crime in the city.an 4,000 has been killed this year, many gun related. rio is preparing to host next year's summer olympic games. >>> south korea is writing its own history textbook for secondary school children. critics say it is trying to portray the president's father, in a better light. harry fawcett reports from seoul. >> reporter: the monday afternoon history class in a seoul secondary school. today's lesson is on the growing economic influence of foreign powers in the 19th centuries. on the desk are one of eight authorized textbooks that schools can choose from. but the government has announced it will be bringing in its own single text to be called the correct history book. >> translator: it's an inevitable decision on the guard of the government to correct facts and put annen to bias. >> reporter: critics say it's the result of direct pressure of the president, determined to improve the reputation of her father and second what conservatives see as left-leaning teaching of north korea's history

l eying process. the national league for democracy question need there huh had been a purge of muss in the party a spokesman told al jazeerapresent climate we believe that to win it is a better strategy to leave out muslim candidates. phil reese, al jazeera, myanmar. >>> and you can see the investigative unit's full documentary genocide agenda online at aljazeera.com/genocideagenda. >>> a new report from the world health organization says last year more people died from tuberculosis than hi jim aids. they have warned that much more needs to be done to reverse the rising death toll. gerald tan has the details. >> reporter: every day nearly 4 1/2 thousand people die from tuberculosis, no region is immune to the bacterial infection also known as t.b. which mainly affects the lungs, significant progress has been made tackling t.b. mortality rates have nearly halved in the past 25 years. but that still is a long way from ending the epidemic. worldwide, 9.6 million people are estimated to have fallen ill with t.b. this in 2014, nearly a quarter of cases occurred in india alone, while china and indonesia reach registered 10% of i

l. be a challenge for the kurdish peshmerga forces. >> for now, they wait until they have sufficient territory on the outskirts to launch attack on the town sometime in the next few weeks. al jazeera, baghdad. >> still to come on the al jazeera news hour, in carrying stonn, corruption is at the top of election issues. >> divided opinions as israel builds new fences along its international borders. >> in sport, big sister venus enters the race to qualify for the year end tennis championship final. details later with farrah. >> the number of dead from a landslide in guatemala has risen to 33. heavy rain swept boulders and mud on houses. many of still missing. emergency crews face many difficulties. >> the houses were left buried approximately 10 meters or 15 under, which is making it difficult to carry out the search and rescue. >> well, we are here bringing help in the area, where we are looking for the children of a sister has attends kevin with us. we are hoping to god they are still alive. i'll it's truly unfortunate how many lives we lost, there are many homes buried, most likely where you are standing, there are homes. >> the guatemala foreign minister said the search for surv