al jazeera, sri lanka. >> more coming up on al jazeera. including we're live in the thai capital of bangkok where a bomb blast has killed at least 12 people. it wasn't science at all. >> there's a lot of lives at stake, a lot of innocent people. >> how many are still locked up? >> the integrity of the criminal justice system is at stake, plain and simple. >> "faultlines". >> what do we want? >> al jazeera america's hard-hitting... >> today the will be arrested. >> ground-breaking... >> they're firing canisters of gas at us. >> emmy award-winning, investigative series. >> we have to get out of here. >> the top stories on al jazeera and now breaking news. a motorcycle bomb has gone off at a major intersection in the center of the bangkok capital. it occurred at a hindi shrine. we understand that there is also a second bomb. what do we know about this, veronica? >> we haven't had any further word. rescue workers were telling us that a second bomb has been discovered in the shrine itself, and the bomb disposal unit is disfusing it. we pushed f

this is your world news from al jazeera. coming up on the program, reflection on the refugees found dead in a refrigerated truck. egypt is expected to give its verdict on three al jazeera journalists. >> reporter: operations are under way to rid this country of killer land mines. >> now thousands of malaysian protesters are defying a ban and holding an antigovernment rally. they are demanding reform and more transparency in politics and they want the prime minister to step down. police say the gathering is illegal. we have been keeping an eye on the protest for us. what's the latest there? >> since the last time i spoke to you about an hour ago, we had a new group of protesters converging at the central point. there are five positions across where they gathered and making their way to this point. we had a new group just arrived. the numbers have surged just in the last hour. local media say around 80,000 people are now on the streets. we cannot confirm that independently yet. the demands of the protesters have been clear from the beginni

only on al jazeera america yemen's largest military base. hello this is al jazeera live from doha and also on the program pakistan hangs shafqat hussain despite he was a child at the time of his crime and forced to confess. the british government says it has a grip on the migrant crisis and we report on the $700 million corruption scandal shaking malaysia's government. ♪ pro-government troops recaptured the largest military base in the southern province has been used by the u.s. to launch drone strikes against al-qaeda targets in yemen and gerald tan reports. >> reporter: a major offensive and victory and pro-government forces recapture the biggest military base in yemen and advance with tanks and military vehicles providing air cover. backed by loyalists hadi faced resistance from houthi rebels with the former president saleh and resulted in multiple casualties on both sides. >> translator: the take over of the base will tightness and cut supply lies to the provinces and control of the base is a great victory for the resistance and a big def

on al jazeera channel that isn't allowed to work inside egypt. >> al jazeera's acting director has given this statement t reads: today's verdict is yet another deliberate attack on press freedom. it's a dark day for the egyptian judiciary. rather than defend liberties and a free and fair media, they have compromised their independence for political reasons. alongside demanding the release of our colleagues, al jazeera calls on everyone to continue the fight for freedom of speech for the right of people to be informed and for the right of journalists around the world to be able to do their job. we will not rest until bahar, peter and the six al jazeera staff sentenced in abstentia are freedom acquitted from the trumped-up charges against them. al jazeera journalist peter greste was released earlier this year. he was deported to australia. he was sentenced in abstentia and he joins us now from sydney. it's been some two hours now. how are you feeling following this announcement verdict? >> stilt upset, angry, worried about what my colleagues are going through. i know the prisons they are g

only on al jazeera america. ies on al jazeera, and breaking news is that the iraqi parliament has unanimously voted in favor of the prime minister's reforms to tackle corruption and cut spending. and they want to abolish six positions and establish an anticorruption committee. saudi backed forces loyal to yemen's exiled government have retaken a key southern province from houthi rebels and pushed them from the last town in the province that was still under houthi control. despite protests in japan engineers have restarted the first of 25 nuclear reactors under new safety rules and how stations were shut down four years ago following the earthquake and tsunami we caused the fukushima meltdown. accidental spill of toxic sludge is causing an emergency in the u.s. state of colorado, more than 11 million liters has been released into local streams from a disused gold mine. the director of the nonprofit organization which campaigns for pure water, clean air and healthy land says the long-term effects of the spill are u

only on al jazeera america. >> time now for a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. russia's prime minister sergey lavrov has reiterated its commitment to help middle east countries. and earlier in doha, the u.s. secretary of state john kerry promised more weapons special forces training for gulf states. a syrian fighter jet has crashed into a busy marketplace in idlib province leaving at least 27 people dead. let's go to yemen now where antihouthi forces have taken control of part of the al anad military base. the base is in the southern province of laeg, the largest in the country. resistance fighters are now fighting to take in nearby training campos. port city of aden which the houthis lost control of last month. >>> scorching weather in iraq has led the government to declare a four-day holiday but despite the heat protestors have taken to the streets angry at electricity cuts and the government itself. imran khan reports. >> the initial protests have become antigovernment. >> translator: if people have their say they can clairng change anything. we are fed up wi

egypt disoont require a law to prosecute three al jazeera journalists who remained on trial despite the hashtag free al jazeera journalists. nor other journalists whose cases were not as well publicised but every bit as puzzling. >> the 19 other journalists - no one talks about who they are, why they are there or what is happening to them. there's not a hashtag campaign for the photo journalist arrested for reporting on the sit ins in the square in 2013. there's not a hashtag for journalists who work for egyptian papers, and resign because they no longer wanted to continue the state narrative, egypt. and often are attacked for being spies or condue ants of other regimes. it's very, very difficult to be a journalist in egypt. you can be taken at any point at any time. nothing related to the false news. it's an affiliation with a terrorist group, putting them in a different category than being charged as a journalist >>> this is the coverage that the government likes to see. unquestioning. just trier to this month's unveiling of the suez canal, an $8.5 billion, the military put together a

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al jazeera. northern ethiopia. >> thanks for watching the news hour on al jazeera. e hand you over to lauren tailor in london in a moment. >> confusion and chaos in europe's approach to handling the crisis. >> i'm lauren taylor. this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up, one policeman is killed, dozens more injured as nationalist protest in ukraine turns violent. >>> televised confessions in china as the government crackdowcracks down on those accused of starting

that tomorrow on al jazeera. we have more on our website as well. www.aljazeera.com for headlines stories. and the blogs in the background, too, www.aljazeera.com. afghanistan's future grows increasingly uncertain, as years of foreign aid and intervention come to an end. in the jostling for money and power, competing forces are fighting for the wealth buried deep in the hindu kush mountains. that wealth is precious rubies, which fetch a handsome sum, especially when smuggled across the border. i'm steve chow. on this edition of 101 east, we look at the lives of afghan ruby miners who are risking it all chasing crystal dreams.

only on al jazeera america. >> top stories here on al jazeera. in yemen anti-houthi forces including supporters of the exiled president have launched a new offensive near aden. as part of a campaign to secure aden from houthi attacks. a suicide bomber rammed a truck packed with explosives into a police station in the east of turkey killing two soldiers. turkish officials are blaming the pkk for the attack. more than 200 migrants in the french port have been trying to cross into the u.k. by breaking down fences. they have responded by spraying them with chemicals. thousands have tried to get into the tunnel this week. now sunday is the anniversary of the mass murder of roma people by the nazis. the killing of half a million people is described as the unreported holocaust. but some are reluctant to acknowledge the massacre. >> reporter: the quiet little town in central hungary but you won't know a thing about the secret. the roads run paved, this is the roma part of town. during the war her father was taken from here. he did hard labor as a boy of

only on al jazeera america >> for all the coverage of police clashes with minority neighborhoods, ferguson, north charleston, staten island and the rest, you would think that this was unique to this country but it is not. brazil also faces serious allegation of s of excessive actions against black minorities. our guide to the streets of bahia state knows racism in both countries. >> my name is . living in a world is designed to believe that your life has no value. i never believed that. i was taught the truth. i knew my people built this country and once i learned that brazil was a product of the same slave trade i became obsessed with comparing systems. so once i got the chance to actually come here i took it. being outdoors is to be connected to african itself whether it's the food you eat, the music you play, those things come directly from your culture, from west africa. brazil is home to the second largest group of afte afro descendants. the celebration of african culture is everywhere here is really impor

thank you for joining us here on al jazeera. let's talk through the event itself and the significance of it remembering 70 years on. >> well, annually, they will have a commemoration ceremony about this being the 70th year. as the atomic bomb survivors are the average age is 80, i think that the event this year was a little bit more important, a little more poignant than it has been in recent years. august 6 reinforces japanese deep sense of passivist passivism. that's why the mayor and prime minister abe invited world leaders to visit hiroshima nagasaki to they can see what's at stake as they lobby for nuclear disarmament. >> we did hear mr. abe vowing to redouble japan's efforts to halt nuclear proliferation. as you say japan's commitment to passivism is about to change if this new security law is accepted. >> yes. prime minister abe has been cratering in public opinion polls because he's been trying to get through legislation that most japanese people oppose. so a lot of people feel that he is in a sense undermining the passiv

hello, you're watching al jazeera, in doha. also on the program. the u.n. joins the global condemnation as an egyptian court sentences three al jazeera journalists to jail. greece struggles to find the resources and policies to cope but get more refugees. and, sharing the spotlight. three big stars help reboot the philippine film industry. >>> tens of thousands of protesters have gathered in the malasian capital kuala lumpur for a second day demanding najeeb razak's resignation. unnamed foreign donors making a deposit to his bank account. 1 mdb set up in 2009 to try to turn kuala lumpur into a financial hub. >> reporter: tired and hungry, juneie and jimmy prepare for another day of protest. they have traveled almost seven hours to be here, sleeping on this concrete pavement overnight to show their support for a massive anticorruption rally in kuala lumpur. >> we want a state whereby everybody has equal opportunity everybody has equal shares and everybody treats everybody equally. that is what we want. >> concerned about a police crack down they've carried ma

let's go ahead on al jazeera. >> we can solve this thing, but we have to get going. >>> obama begins the next battle ofs had presidency, it's a big one, saving the planet. >> i'm in the nerve center in ririo de janeiro. we'll be watching security at next year's olympic games. ♪ ♪ ♪ get excited for the 1989 world tour with exclusive behind the scenes footage, all of taylor swift's music videos, interviews, and more. xfinity is the destination for all things taylor swift. >> here's a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. forces loyal to yemen's exiled president have taken the biggest military base from the houthi rebels. pakistan has executed a man on death row for murder despite appeals from international human rights groups. he was hanged for the killing of a child in 2004. he was 13 when he was arrested and tortured into confessing to the crime. the u.k. government has a grip on the migrant crisis. it's announced new measures including money for additional guards as well as new immigration checks in the u.k. >>> john kerry is in singapore promoting the trans-pacific partnership

only on al jazeera america. >>> welcome back. the top stories here on al jazeera. a state of merge dpi has been declared in the u.s. city of ferguson after protests ended in a gun battle. an 18-year-old man is in critical condition after being shot by police. >>> protests have been held over japan's return to nuclear energy. nuclear plants have been shut down after the melt down triggered by an earthquake and tsunami. >> a bomb has exploded in a town. 57 have been killed in two blasts >>> the u.s.-led coalition fight against i.s.i.l. is facing an internal struggle. each member of the coalition has its een geopolitical centers. turkey is con -- it is own geopolitical interests. it's a fact complicating the coalition's fight. >> reporter: the u.s. led war is in a second year, experts say there's more going on than the coalition's efforts to defeat i.s.i.l. >> the americans want to work with the y.p.g., people protection movements, you'reedish group in syria, and the turks are attacking the group. >> the turks long-standing goal of preventing the kurds from creating t

thank you for joining us here on al jazeera, we appreciate your time. focusing on isil, juan year since the start of the attacks a u.s. general put it earlier that the plan was to degrade and destroy isil, certainly hasn't been destroyed, arguably it has been degraded do you think that as our correspondent put it it is just a matter of time? >> it is only a matter of time we have a credible force on the ground to work with u.s. air strikes. the underrish element was an effective fighting force when it was coupled with air strikes it allowed them to hold on, but this rebel force that we are building, isn't working because you basically put a sunni military agent fighter in a boxing ring with five opponents and say you can only hit back against one, and that's isis. so you can't find iranian in hezbollah, you can't fight asaad forces. and the u.s. is very hesitant to authorize air strikes when these forces are calling them in. and now we can't find them. that's one of the biggest problems they could have been kidnapped or just melted away into the populati

. >>> hello there, top stories here on al jazeera. also on the programme - a truck bomb kills 50 people and injures 200 at a busy vegetable market in baghdad. i.s.i.l. claims responsibility >>> to myanmar's senior politicians removed as soldiers surround the headquarters. >>> the head of the u.n.'s mission in the central african republic is fired after his troops are accused of rape and murder >>> two huge blasts have rocked one of the world's busiest ports in the chinese city. 44 were killed. hundreds were injured, and 36 firemen are reported missing. the blast so powerful it registered on earthquake scale, sending shock waves throughout the city. adrian brown has more from the site. >> reporter: the heart of one of china's important economic hubs, torn apart by multiple blasts. fires burnt throughout the night. there were further explosions first afternoon. as a pool of toxic smoke billowed across the city. with local people concerned, not for the first time, about the air that they are now breathing. >> translation: we are very worr

weeknights, on al jazeera america. ♪ top stories here on al jazeera, the death toll from a syrian government a marketplace in duma northeast of damascus has risen to more than 100 and humanitarian chief steven o'brien on a three-day visit to syria says he is horrified. people's homes were damaged in wednesday explosion and demanding compensation from the government, at least 114 people were killed in the blast. and sri-lanka voted in parliamentary elections and could see the former president make a come back and running for prime minister and he was nine years of president and defeated in january this year. iraq's former prime minister malacki could be put on trial because of fighters last year and accused him and other officials of not doing enough to stop i.s.i.l. the number of people displaced by the conflict in iraq is more than three million and threatening to claim yet another casualty and children's education and we report from baghdad. in a climate that makes concentrating near impossible and handbooks don't distract from the heat these internally displaced iraqi students are doing t

only on al jazeera america. >> top stories on al jazeera. angry relatives of the victims of malaysia airlines mh 370 stormed the beijing office. they do not believe the air wing fragment belonged to the malaysian plane. that's despite the government confirms that the piece was from the missing boeing 777. civilians have been killed in fallujah. people are caught in the cross fire between isil fighters and iraqi army. isil swept through the city in january last year. iraqi forces are trying to recapture it. tens of thousands of people gather in japan to mark the 70th anniversary of the hiroshima atomic bombing. it killed 140,000 people. more than 200 people trying to cross the mediterranean in an overcrowded fishing boat are fears to have drowned. the vessel capsized off the libyan coast. about 400 people were rescued. >> reporter: plucked from the mediterranean, a family reaches safety. this one-year-old girl is taken on to a rescue boat where medical teams are standing by. she's alive but the trauma of the experience is etched on her face.

only on al jazeera america. >> hello again. these are the top stories on al jazeera. anti-houthi forces have retain yemen's biggest military base. dozens of fighters were killed. pakistan executed a man for murder despite appeals. for killing of a child in 2004. has fully say he was 13. the u.k. government has a grip on the migrant crisis against the channel in france. it's announced measures for a hundred additional guards at the tunnel site as well as immigration checks in the u.s. >>> u.s. secretary of state is promoting the trans-pacific partnership agreement. it hit snags in the notions last week. the trade deal is a central part of obama's efforts to increase u.s. influence in asia and counter the economic part of china. the u.s. says it will push the issue of disputed items during the summit in malaysia, the u.s. and china have been invited to the summit, the association of southeast asian nations. china is unhappy with territorial disputes being raised. it wants the summit to focus on cooperation. >>> the country's government is grappling with a $700 million c

only on al jazeera america. >> the top stories on al jazeera, austria has stopped a train of refugees from crossing over its border with hungary. it will check whether they have aa plied for asylum in hungary and will send them back to budapest if they have. >>> a you rainan national guards man has died after being shot in protests in kiev. the fighting erupted during a protest during a draft law giving special status in the east. chinese state immediate said that 200 people have been punished over the stock market crash and chemical explosion. >> many at reception centers are not economic migrants but refugees fleeing war looking for sanctuary in europe. >> my country has been destroyed. my wife is dead. the air strike struck our residents, my wife was tuck in the house when the whole building collapsed. we got out from syria through turkey hoping to make it to europe. they placed us in a boat in the middle of the sea. three times we almost drowned in deep sea. the whole family was about to die, but i kept praying to god, i kept saying dear god, we are your servants, god, spare us, p

. >>> plenty more coming up, on al jazeera news hour including reporting from buenos aires where the idential campaign is on and voters remain deeply divided and anxious wait and certain people are being welcomed into poland and enough to make you sick and rio could be feeling the effects of dirty water. ♪ turkish military says it has launched attacks on 17 targets of the kurdistan workers party or p.k.k. in the southeastern province and began targeting kurdish fighters in turkey and neighboring iraq last month. and turkey's fight with the kurds is complicating the coalition's fight against i.s.i.l. al jazeera state department correspondent roslynn jordan explains why. >> reporter: it's in the second year but it's growing more complex and experts say there is much more going on than the coalition efforts to defeat i.s.i.l. >> the americans want to work with the y.p.g. the people's protection unit, the kurdish group in syria and the turks are attacking that group because they don't want it to expand. >> reporter: the turks longstanding goal from creating their own country presents a ch

. >>> plenty more still ahead on al jazeera. [gunfire] >> on the rooftops, iraqys try to take back the city from iceel. >> i'm reporting on the south korean police to export their tactics when it comes to crowd control. the question when this crowd control becomes dissent. >> we will be able to see change. >> gripping... inspiring... entertaining. no topic off limits. >> 'cause i'm like, "dad, there are hookers in this house". >> exclusive conversations you won't find anywhere else. >> these are very vivid, human stories. >> if you have an agenda with people, you sometimes don't see the truth. >> "talk to al jazeera". only on al jazeera america. this is a great place to work. not because they have yoga meetings and a juice bar. because they're getting comcast business internet. comcast business offers convenient installation appointments that work around your schedule. and it takes- done. - about an hour. get reliable internet that's up to five times faster than dsl from the phone company. call 800-501-6000 to switch today. perks

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still to come on al jazeera. >> i'm rob reynolds, some observers are calling the process into question. >> and a look of what's pushing people into europe every month. >> hello again. a reminder at the top stories on al jazeera. protesters in japan are angry about a return to nuclear energy. the first of 25 reactors have restarted. nuclear plants were shut down after the fukushima disaster. more than a hundred people have been arrested after a fourth day of protests. they were marking a year since the unarmed black teenager, michael brown, was shot by a white policeman. a state of emergency has been declared in colorado after more than 11 millimetres of sludge was released into the colorado river. the war in yemen has overwhelmed aid groups. hospitals are unable to cope with the high number of patients. doctors without borders says that treatment says it has treated more than 10,000 wounded in yemen since march. >> i have been working for more than ten years now. it's something i have never seen before. the violence, the patients come in severe condition. always, the families, coming f

only on al jazeera america. >>> a reminder of the top stories ear on al jazeera. the u.n.ity council is to set up on inquiry into chemical weapons attacks in syria. >>> two bombings in less than two days. this the last few hours a suicide attack has hit police barracks in the afghan capitol of kabul. >>> and five people have been held by italian authorities over the deaths of migrants in the mediterranean sea. more than 200 people are thought to have drowned off of the coast of libya this week. >>> as temperatures sore across iraq, thousands gathered in baghdad's square on friday night. the unrest has been growing across iraq in the past week. security has been stepped up to control the crowds who are angry over a wide range of issues. our correspondent is in baghdad. how big are those protests? and what was the mood? >> reporter: well, lauren, we're told that these protests happened in at least seven iraqi cities, including baghdad. there were as many as tens of thousands of people that went out on the streets in these various cities. we were just a short while at the pro

still ahead on al jazeera, police say the drug trade has expanded. even mexican dealers are getting involved. and the worst drought in years forces north korea to make further cuts to food rations. >> our top stories on al jazeera. saudi forces say that they have retain a key southern province from the houthis. protesters in japan are angry about a return to nuclear energy, the first of 25 reactors has restarted under new safety rules. the plants were shut down after the fukushima meltdown which was triggered by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011. state of emergency has been declared in the u.s. state of colorado after more than 11 million liters of toxic sludge was released into local rivers. workers from the environmental protection agency accidently caused the spill. >>> the u.s. coalition fighting isil is facing an internal struggle. each member has its own geopolitical interest. turkey is concerned about kurdish held territory on its border with syria. >> reporter: the u.s. led war of isil is in its second year. experts say there is much more goin

only on al jazeera america >> after weekings of protest over a lack of basic services, iraq's prime minister calls for a major government shakeup. hello. coming up, they fled from isil syrian strong hold, the u.s. strategy to defeat the group is not working. >> reporter: i'm in haiti where national elections are being held. a vote that could be crucial to this country's future. >> and we meet a commune in senegal. >>> the iraq were prime minister wants to abolish the post of vice president and deputy prime minister. his proposal needs to be approved by the cabinet and parliament. but it could upset iraq's balance. >> reporter: the prime minister's decision to rid the government of the positions of vice president and deputy prime minister sent shock waves throughout the government establishment here. it's not a surprise considering how much pressure the prime minister has been under from these mounting protests that have been growing in cities throughout the country, many activists calling on the government to end corruption here. the people in iraq, all that we have spoken with, they are apo

al jazeera. >>> plenty more still ahead on al jazeera.ire] from the rooftops of ramadi they try to take back the city from i.s.i.l. but it's a slow and tough battle. >>> harry faucet talking about the police to export tactics to other country, when it comes to crowd control few can say they do it better but the question is when does crowd control lead to depression of consent. ♪ >> "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". only on al jazeera america. ♪ hello again, the top stories on al jazeera, police in thailand have released images of a suspect at the scene of monday's bombing in central bangkok minutes before the blast. at least 20 people are known to have died in the explosion which went off near a popular shrine. sri-lanka parliamentary elections and results to be announced in the coming hours and the poll is seen as a come-back bid for the former president. amn

here on al jazeera, they have delivered everybody. a retired u.s. workers with a special address of their own. in sport, an attack on a top germap ball team, the rest of sport in just a moment. >> this radio carbon dating method can tell us if trade of ivory is legal. >> it could save a species... >> i feel like we're making an impact >> techknow's team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> i'm standing in a tropcal wind storm... >> ...can effect and surprise us... >> wow, these are amazing... >> techknow, where technology meets humanity! only on al jazeera america >>> florida, there we go to see a town built specifically for the posties. it was conceived in the 1960s and proved so popular there is now a waiting list to retire there: our delivery boy. >> reporter: florida is often referred to as god's waiting room. retirement communities are awind ant in the sun shine state. this one is a little different. this town was created, designed and paid for by the postal workers' union. almost everyone here spent years delivering the mail.

. >> still to come on al jazeera. u.s. president celebrates the revival of new orleans. 10 years after hurricane katrina. >> i'm daniel schweimler in chile, which sells much of its copper to china, they are waiting here to see how events there will affect the money markets on this side of the pacific ocean. pacific ocean. >> "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". only on al jazeera america. >>> hello again. thanks for being with us. here is a reminder of our top stories. police in china arrested 12 people over massive explosions in the city. 11 government officials are being prosecuted for negligence. 139 people died when a warehouse full of hazardous chemicals exploded >>> foreign ministers from the e.u. and balkan states are meeting in vienna, with the refugee crisis topping the agenda, and discuss the huge numbers of asylum seekers coming into eu

stories. >> if you have an agenda with people, you sometimes don't see the truth. >> "talk to al jazeera". only onl jazeera america. >> hunted to the brink of extinction... >> we need an urgent method that stops the killing. >> now fighting back with a revolutionary new science. >> this radio carbon dating method can tell us if trade of ivory is legal. >> it could save a species... >> i feel like we're making an impact >> techknow's team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> i'm standing in a tropcal wind storm... >> ...can effect and surprise us... >> wow, these are amazing... >> techknow, where technology meets humanity! only on al jazeera america >>> new numbers out a short time ago show applications for new mortgages has risen over the past week, but even with mortgage rates near record lows, u.s. homeownership rates are just above 60%. that leaves many wondering whether owning a home has become an american pipe dream. >> reporter: michael and his wife are living the american dream. they have three children and own a small film company in brooklyn, new york. despite their succe

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al jazeera america joining us on the news hour and welcome to al jazeera america andtories thailand is looking for a suspect shown on security footage minutes before a bomb went off in central bangkok, 20 people are known to have died in monday's explosion at a popular religious shrine. turkish prime minister failed to form a new government meaning new elections are likely and said he exhausted all options to form a coalition after elections in june. amnesty international condemning all sides fighting in yemen saying they have shown a wanted disregard for civilians and in a report the human rights group said war crimes have been committed. the european union has pledged financial assistance to greece as the country struggles to cope with a massive influx of migrants and hundreds from countries including syria and afghanistan have been making the short sea journey from turkey to kos and we are live there and john is our correspondent joining us from there, what are the conditions like for people arriving there on kos? >> reporter: well, we did have johna live but we wi

an garda, i'm the host of "third rail" - and you can find it on al jazeera america. ♪ one of the anc'sigh profile critics is in court to answer corruption charges. ♪ this is al jazeera live from doha hello, also ahead u.s. secretary of state john kerry is in qatar to reassure golf states about the iran deal. hundreds gather in jerusalem and tel aviv because of a girl stabbed to death at a gay pride parade plus we can't condemn kids and grandkids to a planet that is beyond fixing and barack obama makes sufficient new changes on climate change. ♪ he is one of south africa's controversial politicians once described as a future president and he was expelled from the anc in 2012 and already has a conviction for hate speech and this morning he arrived in court to face charges of racketeering fraud, corruption and money laundering charges he says are politically motivated and these are pictures just outside the courthouse where hundreds of supporters have gathered. they are being kept well back from the courthouse by tight security right now south african police not allowing supporters to get

built for business. ♪ hello and reminder of the top stories on al jazeera and attacks across turkey ande been killed in the southeast of the country earlier in istanbul attackers opened fire on a u.s. consulate building and a bomb also explode outside of a police station injuring seven people. a car bomb has exploded outside the airport in afghanistan's capitol kabul, at least five have been killed and 20 wounded and taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. and a man is in a critical condition in the u.s. city of ferguson after an exchange of gunfire with police as they mark a year since the teenager michael brown's death and he was unarmed when he was shot dead by a white police officer. and ahead of the international red cross said the humanitarian situation in yemen is catastrophic and peter has been touring the capitol sanaa where he met with houthi leaders and nearly 4 thundershower killed and 1.3 million displaced since the saudi-led air campaign began in march and yemen in the fighting have been taken to jordan for treatment and we are joined life from amman and it sounds q

still more to come on al jazeera. including saudi arabia puts boots on the ground in yemen, but promises the incursion is only temporary. and accusations that the u.s. is creating a sunni force that is dividing iraq. >> time now for a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. the bodies of 50 people attempting to cross the mediterranean have been found in the hull of a boat off the libyan coast. >>> south sudan's president has reluctantly signed a peace deal to end the 20-month civil war after the u.n. threatened sanctions. >>> and an american tv journalist and cameraman has been shot dead during a live broadcast in the u.s. state of virginia. >>> ground troops have crossed into yemen for the first time. they attacked houthi positions. >> these are the first saudi soldiers to move into yemen. they have taken over mountainous areas and overlooking the southern region. but the commanders say that it is just for a short period of time. in the meantime, artillery has been pounding houthi positions not stop for days. shia

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s war workers only on al jazeera america >> the u.s. and russia acure gulf nations about the iran nuclear deal are safe for the region. you are watching al jazeera. coming up in the next half hour, pro government forces in yemen retake the country's largest military base from houthi rebels. >>n juan peurto rico. >> is it a symbol of racism, we'll tell you why this carving is at the center of a new debate in the united states. >>> u.s. and russia have offered attending a summit. the nuclear deal with iran would create -- >> the mission for the u.s. secretary of state. john kerry convinced long standing allyies that iran's nuclear deal will bring peace and prosperity. >> translator: we underline the agreement. we understand line the importance of nuclear technology and energy for peaceful purposes. >> reporter: in a guide allay their fears the u.s. offered to sell advanced weapons and upgrade the region's defense capabilityies. >> today we discussed the steps we will take and how we intend to build an even stronger, more enduring and more

only on al jazeera america. rockstar >>> this is al jazeera america, i'm richelle carey in new york. here are the top stories - a set back in the fight against i.s.i.l. a u.s. ally comes understand heavy fire -- under heavy fire in syria >>> debt trouble - porto rico can't make a payment >>> a piece of a plane arrive said in france. investigators will determine if it's part of malaysia airlines flight 370 >>> zimbabwe - a major change to the country's hunting laws after the death of cecil the lion >>> we begin in syria where the u.s. effort to create a reliable military against i.s.i.l. suffered a setback. al qaeda's syrian win carried out an attack on syrian opposition forces trained by americans. it is the latest attempt by the al nusra front to undermine syrian rebel groups receiving support from the west. zeina khodr is in southern turkey with the latest. >> reporter: across the border in syria opposition groups have taken up release against each other. there has been more infighting threatening the training

only on al jazeera america. ♪ hello again, the top stories on al jazeera, russia foreign minister says syria must be soft eed -- solv and has been meeting with the counterparts in moscow and both are strong of the president of bashar al-assad and inside syria the airforces launched more attacks in duma and damascus and comes a day after more than 100 people died from air strikes in a market in the same district. voting in parliamentary elections and could see the former president make a come back and he is running for prime minister and was in power for nine years as president until his defeat in january this year. the villages in jordan demanding protection from the war in syria which is spilling over the border and many homes hit by stray shells and rockets and we report from the village closest to the border. >> reporter: this is a village in syria across the border from the jordan village and the residents say fighting between syrian troops and opposition fighters are forcing them to live in a state of war. two weeks ago a stray mortar shell hit the home and it flew through the hou

we appreciate your time on al jazeera. thank you for speaking to us from bray route >>> libya's prime minister says he intends to step down. it comes a day after the u.n. peace talks got under way with warring factions in gen are. rob matheson with the details. >> reporter: this is the moment abdullah says he'll resign. during an interview with a private libyan station he's asked what he'd do if people over the country come out to demand the resignation. he applies that people do not need to protest. if he is an obstacle to the progress of libya, he resigns. it's likely to have an impact in geneva. where libya's two rival parliaments are face to face. the u.n. wants both sides to merge into a single government the the deadline is two weeks away, there has been positive signs. for a peaceful solution to the crisis in libya, we are heading to geneva, in order to achieve a political solution reflected in the situation. >> the continuation of the situation will only lead to more disasters. libyans, neighbouring countries and t

afghans on edge about security in the capital. police tell al jazeera the reason these attacks are going on is that al qaeda wants to show pakistan that they can attack in the capital. >>> still to come. bloody conflict drags on. an invisible enemy. we have a special report on the effects of malnutrition on the lives of indonesia's children. children. >> "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". only on al jazeera america. >> a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. turkish security forces have been targeted in a number of attacks across the country. attack on u.s. consulates building. syrian rebels say they've made advances against the assad government. car bomb exploded outside the airport of afghanistan's capital, kabul. at least five were killed. pro government forces in yemen have retain sections of seefned sa nap the head of the international committee says the situation i

do stay with us here on al jazeera. ylor in london will bring you more on that story, and of course the rest of the day's news. ♪ >> the lives of american teenagers. >>> u.n. peace keeping chief in central african republic is forced to quit after troops are accused of rape and murder. ♪ >>> hello, i'm lauren taylor this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up, this important city has been held by houthi rebels for months, now rival pro-government fighters are closing in. >>> an important friend visits syria's president in damascus, and rebel jets pound

still to come on al jazeera. we examine the underworld, pakistanis seeking a new life in europe. and yemen's government makes plans for a new future despite the war dividing the country. country. >> the top stories now on al jazeera. thousands of malasians are protesting in the capital, kuala lumpur, calling for the prime minister to step down. calling for election reform and more transparency in politics. >>> the verdict is expected shortly for three al jazeera journalists facing retrial in an egyptian court. they are accused of helping the now banned muslim brotherhood. charges they and al jazeera deny. >>> people in the hungarian capital budapest have been remembering refugees found dead on thursday. an austrian parole, finding a truck on a highway near booud pest. >>> along with middle east and african refugees, smugglers are making millions of dollars from their search for a better life. nicole johnston has more from the capital isla islamabad. >> a people smuggler a job that earns around $35,000 in a good year. shafiq is not his real name. >> people are crazy about going to

thank you for joining us here on al jazeera. this attack on aden, there has been hopes that some of the government representatives would be able to return soon. this is not good news, is it? >> it certainly isn't. the attack happened around 11:15 today at the temporary building for the governor's office. the - it sets a town for security in aden. everybody is scrambling to clean-up their act in the city, and establish a police force. but they haven't been successful so far. they are recruiting, and it's a long time to stability. >> how do you recruit on the ground when there are three very different groups competing for power, and are ultimately adding to the instability, how do you even start that process? >> well, they have announced the recruitment is open for anyone from aden to apply for the police force. it hasn't been successful so far. especially the past week, we have seen political infighting, if you would, over appointments to different government facets in aden. especially the terminal. which was how an appointment wa

not the other way around. >> the to be stories here on al jazeera, series of attacks targeted security forces across turkey. fire was opened on a helicopter in the southeast. in istanbul, attackers opened fire on the u.s. consulate building, plus a bomb outside a police building injured seven people. >> votes are being counted in haiti after its long delayed parliamentary elections. the poll was marred by delays and disorder and some reports of fraud. >> malnutrition is a global problem. the latest report from the world food program says 795 million people do not have enough food for an active, healthy life. that's about one in nine people on earth. sub sahara africa has the highest prevalence of hunger, one in four undernourished. >> malnutrition stunted the growth of a quarter of the world's children. >> the fifth highest child malnutrition rates in the world. >> his tummy hurts. at three years old, he should be bigger and he still can't talk or walk. four siblings have already died of malnutrition, caused by a lack of food and newt recent, his father shows us how he sometimes eats t

al jazeera. i'm here in doha, and also on the programme - the u.n. joins the global condemnation as an egyptian court sentences three al jazeera journalists to gaol >>> greece struggles to find the resources and policies to cope with more refugees >>> and sharing the spotlight. stars lend their fame to rebuilt the filipino film industry >>> tens of thousands of protesters gathered in the malaysian capital kuala lumpur for a second day seeking the prime minister's resignation, accusing him of corruption and mismanaging the economy. public anger has been growing over a $700 million payment made to his bank account from unnamed foreign donors. protesters accuse him of taking money from the state fund 1 m db to try to turn kuala lumpur into a financial hub. we spoke about demonstrators in kuala lumpur. >> reporter: tired and hungry, this couple prepare for another day of protests. they travelled almost seven hours to be here. sleeping on the concrete pavement overnight to show support for a massive anticorruption rally in kuala lumpur. >> we want a state,