the government-run child protection bureau in punjab looks after 1,000 children. they've been removed from the streets or rescued for homes, where they've been abused. >> no one is looking after them. the government took a big step 10 years ago. the children - we took them from the street, and they came here. they have school. they have facilities. they have psychological facilities, medical facilities. we are trying to give them social normal life. >> reporter: this is the only province in pakistan with this type of refuge, with the scale of the problem so great, staff realise that for every child they help, many more are on streets and on their own. >>> a park in senegal started out as a hunting reserve in the colonial era in 1926. since then attitudes to hunting have trained and the illegal trade in widelife is worth billions, leading to large-scale poaching. in the final part of a series on preserving global heritage, we join rangers trying to protect threatened species. >> this park is under half the size of belgium. this morning rangers receive a tip use. on

. >>> in pakistan the home minister of punjab province has been killed. simon mcgregor-wood reports. >> reporter: athe attack took place as khanzada hosted a local political meeting. police said it was probably caused by isuicide bomber. local volunteers worked with special rescue teams and brought in heavy machinery to help in the difficult task of removing debris including huge concrete slabs once part of the building's roof. >> translator: the explosion was very loud. after a while i knew the blast had targeted the home minister. when i got here. i saw his men working here rescuing bodies and injured. then the police arrived. >> reporter: dozens of injured were treated in the nearby hospitals where doctors struggled to cope with the shear numbers >> translator: the whole concrete roof collapsed on people and some flew in the air. i was sitting at a distance and the roof fell on me. i was not alone and many were underneath it. my son came. i don't know how he pulled me out from under the rubble. >> reporter: khanzada was a retired military man and polit

there was a minter who was leading the campaign against armed groups inside punjab province and this down had started after the army school attack in december. for that he had become a major target of the groupings, there were threats against his life. one of his biggest achievements had been taking out the leader and his two sons of a banned group. and in the end it was supporters of that group who carried out this attack. there are three days of national mourning in punish jack provincd the attack has been condemned by poll ipoliticians, leaders and military. the big question is who will replace him take on the job of fighting armed groupings inside punjab. >>> fighting has broken out in the israeli city of ashkelon. the violence began during a demonstration in support of a palestinian man on minutinger strikhunger strikein an i had r0 people were arrested. >>> the west bank hundreds of children rally ed in solidarity with the man. he's believed to be in critical condition after 60 days without food to protest against detention without charge. he was arrested last november accused

the actual focus of operations so far had not been the punjab, really. i think this incident will, i think, convince a lot of people including hopefully the pakistan armed forces that it is also now essential to concentrate especially in southern pun doeses jab where a lot of organizations which had been declared illegal are still carrying out. there was a ban on them after they took them from the head offices and more or less business was from -- >> with a group such as this, it would have been doing what prior to being outlawed? >> well, they were mainly -- they were an offchute of the pakistani created in 1996 mainly as an anti-shia group. that was what they started off as. then they sort of diversified into various other things. they were responsible for the killing of four u.s. oil workers in karachi. some say that there were responsible for the asauce nation of bhutto and responsible for the attack on the sri lankan cricket team. so it then became a general sort of anti-shia thing, trying to get sharia law into pakistan against any foreigners, part

the interior ministry of punjab was among those killed. it led a campaign to wipe out armed groups in the area. nicole johnson reports from the scene of the attack. >> this man blew himself up in a home on a quiet sunday afternoon. he used to be in the military. last year he was interior minister for punjab province, his job to secure the province, and dismantle groups linked to the taliban and al qaeda. it made him enemies. >> he was able to retain the occurrence of terror attacks in punjab. they were under threat, the south was under threat. so he was able to rest hundreds and hundreds in the last year or so. >> the killing of the minister is significant. it's a direct attack on pakistan against armed group in punjab province. he was leading the campaign, there were direct threats on his wife. to be hit in his home village suggests a failure of security. >> it has become a base for armed groups, causing violence. one of the most powerful, lashkar. six weeks ago its leader and two sons were killed. the armed group says the attack that kil

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, a year ago indian prime minister narenda modi made a promise all schools would have separate toilets for boys and girls, education says the one single thing will be a huge step forward keeping the girls in class. >> reporter: they are learning the basic lessons, now the students can take care of basic needs at school, thanks t

there were three days of national mourning in punjab province. the big question now is who will replace him. who will take on this job of fighting militant groups, armed groups which are based in punjab. >> >> east african nations set a deadline of monday to reach a peace deal or south sudan could face international sanctions. a former chief of staff for the secretary general of south sudan's ruling party and currently a representative for the campaign joins us live now from addis ababa. thank you for joining us on al jazeera. first off, do you think it's likely that these two sides are going to agree? they were working very late into the night last night. >> yes, they are still working. they are in the process of negotiation. we are hoping for the sake of the country and for the sake of the people of south sudan that we compromise, come to an agreement and trying to do what we can to build a country we have torn apart by ourselves. they are in the halls right now in discussions. we hope by the deadline tonight, the deadline for peace and deadlin

. >>> a suicide attack in pakistan kills the home minister of punjab province and 10 other people. >>> the pressure is on as south sued an ease rival fact factions talk about ending the war. >>> first in syria, government air strikes targeting a rebel helgd town have kill -- held town have killed 100 people according to al jazeera sources. they say more than 200 others were wounded in the attack on a crowded market in doumas north of damascus. we get the latest from beirut. the second attack in a week but most of the casualties, because it was a market, were civilians. >> and the opposition is calling it a massacre. dozens killed, dozens wounded. it targeted a market place, a rebel strong hold not far from the syrian capital, the city center of damascus. there was an air strike and people gathered at the site of the impact to help evacuate people and more raids hit. that is why there is such a high death toll. this area regularly comes under attack by syrian war planes. some are linking this to the recent developments on the ground. yesterday a number of opposition groups promised to,

. >>> more news out of pakistan where the minister of punjab province was killed along with ten others as a result a suicide attack. simon mcgregor-wood reports. >> the attack took place as they hosted a local political meeting in his home. the force of the blast caused the building to collapse, burying the minister and trapping many of those waiting to meet him. local volunteers worked with special rescue teams and brought in heavy machine to help in the difficult task of removing debris including huge concrete slabs once part of the building's roof. >> translator: the explosion was very loud. after a while, i knew the blast had targeted the home minister. when i got here, i saw his men working here. they were rescuing bodies and injured. then the priests arrived. >> reporter: he was a retired military man and political ally of the prime minister. he was leading a crackdown against militant groups responsible for sectarian attacks. his tough approach earned him enemi enemies. his name was on the hit list of one local group al qaeda affiliated and responsible for attacks against local

families of the victims in punjab province say the police ignored their complaints.johnston reports. >> reporter: less than an hour's drive, the village, it's a quite place. but for years many people here have kept a terrible secret. children under the age of 14 were allegedly sexually abused by a gang of men. filmed and then blackmailed. the mohamed family is missing their young son. for years he had been stealing from them, including the entire contents of their small shop. it left them broke, so they told him to leave. now they have discovered what really happened. >> translator: now that we know after the video was released we are very upset that my son was sexually abused. i want justice, i want my son to come home and the culprits hangs. >> reporter: parents say the abuse and extortion started nine years ago. some are accusing the police are brushing off their complaints which the police deny. >> the local police officer was not cooperating with them, they must go to the higher one. if they are not there, then they go to the other one. one parent was under fear

the government-run child protection bureau in punjab prove incident looks after 1,000 children. they have been removed from the streets or rescued from homes where they have been abused. >> the children on the streets, no one is looking after them. the government has took a big step about 10 years ago. the children, they took them from streets and they came here. they have school and psychological therapy. we are trying to give them a social, normal life. >> this is the only prove incident in pakistan with this type of refuge. with the scale of the problems so great, most staff realize that for every child they help, many more are on the streets and on their own. nicole johnston, al jazeera, lahor. >> well, let's get more on this from asmar, the former president of the supreme court bar association of pakistan and human rights advocate. thank you for joining us here onnays. first off, just how important is this subject for pakistan? there seems to be a lot of shock and outrage. at the same time, we are hearing a lot of the victims are not really getting the support that they nee

he was leading a crackdown against militant groups, responsible for sectarian attacks in punjab. his tough approach earnt him enemies, and his name on the hit lost of a local group. al qaeda affiliated and responsible. its leader and two sons killed in a police operation. the punjab government could end the attack and announce a 3-day mourning period. >>> there has been another round of fighting between indian and pakistani troops in kashmir. for seven days in a row, fire and mortar explosions could be heard. both claiming kashmir. and blaming each other for the latest round of violence. >> in the chinese port city, gas masks in tianjin are in high demand, four days after the explosions leaving 1200 dead. authorities don't know what caused the blast. as andrew brown tells us, the concern about chemical contamination is rising. >> reporter: some compared the disaster to a nuclear explosion. close up, that's what it looks like. the toxic pool from survivors is still shrouding the zone. the government confirmed sodium cyanide was stood here. there was an added urgency to the search

. >>> to pakistan down where the home minister of punjab province has been killed with a a number ofis office. simon mcgregor wood reports. >> reporter: the attack took place as he hosted a local political meeting. police said it was probably caused by a suicide bomber. the force of the blast caused the building to collapse burying the minister and trapping many of those waiting to meet him. local volunteers worked with special rescue teams who brought in heavy machinery to help in the difficult task of removing debris. including huge concrete slaps once part of the building's room. >> translator: the explosion was very loud. after a while, i knew the blast had targeted the home minister. when i got here i saw his men working here, they remember rescuing bodies and injured. and then the police arrived. >> reporter: dozens of injured were treated in the nearby hospitals, where doctors doctors struggled to cope with the sheer numbers and the death toll rose steadily through the day. >> translator: the whole concrete roof collapsed on the people. some flew in the air. i was sitting at a

more than 400 videos of children abused have been discovered in the state of punjab. nicole johnson explains from islamabad. >> pakistani police say that some 280 children were sexually abused and 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 the as 40 cents each. the parents say that these videos could have ended up abroad in the u.s., u.k. and europe. reports starting to come out saying children had been drugged and the families forced to pay money and jewelry to these gangs, essentially black mailed 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 disgust among the public in a country where children rights are very poor and many have little faith in the judicial system they say is rife with tra

reporter: over the last months reports have come out at least 284 children in the small village in punjab state were sexually abused. people in the community say 400 videos of the attacks were made and sold across pakistan and overseas. you wouldn't normally see such a large gathering of people from the village in the middle of the take but all of the neighbors are coming out, they're talking about the case and they're all demanding one thing. they say they want justice and for anybody who was behind this abuse to be either stoned to death or to be handing. >> he started a protest march with victims' families. it was stopped by police firing tear gas. he has been charged under pakistan's 18th terrorism law. he says some of the child abusers are well-known. >> translator: they are influential people. they work for courts and are drug inspectors. because of the threats everyone was afraid of them. they harass people every day. >> some people in the village say police were paid bribes not to investigate. the police deny it. >> translator: when we heard about the allegations i sent out an off

children and selling videos of the alleged crimes and centers on a small village in the district of punjabe have more. >> reporter: he says he was raped by three men four years ago. we are using a different name to protect his identity. at the time he was 11 years old. afterwards he said he had to pay the men not to reveal what they had done to him. >> translator: they made a video out of it and started blackmailing me and they told me to bring them more kids. my family is poor, i had nothing to pay them. so i left school and worked in the fields. i gave them everything i made. >> reporter: over the last month reports have come out that at least 284 children in this small village in punjab state was sexually abused and people in the community say 400 videos of the attacks were made and sold across pakistan and overseas. you wouldn't normally see such a large gathering of people from the village in the middle of the day but all of the neighbors are coming out and talking about the case and all demanding one thing and say they want justice and for whoever was behind this abuse to either be s

keeping in mind that this comes against the backdrop of an attack in punjab in the last month as well as allegations by india that there are fighters continually coming across from pakistan and india-administered kashmir. that is where india stands. the disputed kashmir should they play a part in the talks? if there are talks, certainly the disputed region has to be a part of it. we are still waiting for more analysis and commentary, we'll hear more on just what the indian government thinks is the way forward on these talks given they've stalled and perhaps the momentum has been repealed following the discussions between the prime minister narendra modi in july. >> apologizapologies for the len perfect sound quality. >>> 600,000 have been affected by the heavy rains, houses and crops have been submerged and locals are having to wade through high water levels to get about. some villagers have been rescued but hundreds of others have been stranded as boats are in short supply. >>> britain and iran are about to reopen embassies in each other's countries. in a little over an hour. the com

the investigation centered in the punjab state from where nicole johnston reports. >> reporter: ashlam says he was raped by three men four years ago. we're using a different name to protect his identity. at the time he was 11 years old. afterwards he said he had to pay the men not to reveal what they had done to him. >> they started blackmailing me and told me to bring them more kids. my family is poor and i had nothing to pay them. i left school and worked in the fields. i gave them everything i made. >> reporter: reports have come out that at least 284 children in this small village were sexually abused. people in the community said 400 videos of the attacks were made and sold across pakistan and overseas. you wouldn't normally see such a large gathering of people from the village in the middle of the day but all the neighbors are coming out talking about the case and all demanding one thing. they say they want justice and for whoever was behind the abuse to either be stoned to death or handing. >> nabeen agrees. a week ago he started a protest march with victims' families. it was st

nicole johnson is in punjab province with more. >> reporter: this man says he was raped by three men four years ago. we are using a different name to protect his identity. at the time he was 11 years old. afterwards he had to pay the man not to reveal what they had done to them. >> they made a video out of it, and started blackmailing me and told me to bring them more kids. my family is poor. i had nothing to pay them. i left school and worked in the field, giving them everything ahead. >> a report came out that 284 children in in state were sexually abused. people in the community say 400 videos were made and sold across pakistan, and overseas. >> you wouldn't normally see a large gathering of people from the village in the middle of the day. all the neighbours are coming out, talking about the case and are demanding one thing, they say they want justice and for whoever was behind the abuse, to be stopped to death or hanged. >> a week ago he started a protest march with victim's families, stopped by police firing tear gas. he has been charged under pakistan's anti-terrorism law, say

. >>> police in pakistan april punjab region say nearly 300 children were sexually abused and assaulted by a gang of 25 men for a number of years. so far seven men have been arrested avid yoas of their crimes emerged. the families of the victims are calling for a full judicial inquiry. nicole johnston has more on the story. >> pakistani police are saying that some 280 children were sexually abused and assaulted buy gang of 25 men over a number of years. so far seven have been arrested. reports of 400 videos were made and thousands ended up on the local markets selling for as low as 40 cents each. they could have ended up abroad in the u.s., u.k. and europe. reports are coming out from the parents and the victims saying children had been drugged and the families forced to pay money and jewelry to these gangs, essentially they were blackmailed by the gangs. the families of the victims are calling for a full judicial inquiry. they say that they don't trust the police to properly investigate this. they are also calling for military courts to hear any cases of the accused. this is created a

. >> reporter: the state of punjab asked the high court for a judicial up choir i in to the case, thesaying a police investigate was enough. so the state is forming a separate committee to investigate. this case is putting the spotlight on the issue of child sexual abuse in pakistan. activists are staggered by the numbers. possibly hundreds of children abused for years. and they say it's rife across the country. activists hope public outrage will force the government to finally get serious about stopping it. nicole johnston, al jazerra, nepal. >>> a far right jewish settler organization has given-y vision notices to four palestinian homes in occupied east gentleman russ leam. the residents set the tents to protest any attempt to force them out. imtiaz tyab has mere from jerusalem. >> reporter: well, very stressful time for this family who have been fighting for years to stay in home that his they have been renting since 1948. since the creation of israel. now, their homes are in the area of occupied east jerusalem. this is an area that has been the focus of israeli settler groups for

. >> reporter: the state of punjab asked the high court for a judicial inquiry in to the case. court refused. saying a police investigation was enough. so the state is forming a separate committee to investigate. this case is putting the spotlight on the issue of child sexual abuse in pakistan, activists are staggered by the number, possibly hundreds of children abuse today years and any say it's rife across the country. activists hope public outrage will force the government to finally get serious about stopping it. nicole johnston, al jazerra. >>> russia is officially in recession and the figures are bars than predicted. in march analysts had said the economy passed through the worst of its troubles but they were wrong as rory challands reports. >> reporter: the economic front in russia's confrontation with the west is throwing up some increasingly bizarre spectacles. dutch flowers going enough flames detroit we are told because of pest contamination. >> translator: these are freshly cut flowers from the next lander infested with western trips. >> reporter: russia is inspecti

it's centered on a small district of punjab state.johnston is there for us. >> reporter: about 10,000 people living here in this village. it's quiet, it's a poor agricultural area. and speaking to people this morning, they say that they are shocked and outraged at the alleged child sexual abuse that's been going on right here. some 284 children are alleged to have been abused. videos taken of that abuse and sold on to the local market in pakistan for about 40 cents, many of the victims' families believe the videos ended up overseas in places lie like the u.s., europe and u.k. the public reaction has been very strong. the victims' families have some in cases clashed with local police. allegations as well that the police in some cases have taken bribes, not to properly investigate this indication over the last couple of months. there is nothing going to be a full judicial inquiry in to the case here going a step beyond the police investigation which has also been cared out statement. >>> isil fighters have killed 37 rebels from rival ar

. >> reporter: the state of punjab asked the high court for a judicial inquiry into the case. they refused saying it was enough. the state is forming a separate committee to investigate. >> it is putting the the spotlight on child sexual abuse in pakistan, activists are staggered by the numbers. possibly hundreds of children abused for years, it's right across the country. activists hope that public outrage will force the government to get serious about stopping it. on wednesday, thousands are expected to protest on a land redistribution scheme. it was provided land for four households. once improved, each would be given 121 square meters of land. over 10% of applicants have been given deeds with newer receiving the plots. we have this report from the district with the least of amount. >> reporter: they never imagined being given a peace of land would cost so much despair. with no income and a husband to take care of, they were prime candidates. for 12 years, we tried hard to get the land. we did. it's not in this area, we can't move. we have money to build a house there. land

the case is centered on a small village in punjab. michael johnson has more. >> there's about 10,000 people living here in the village. it's quiet, it's a poor agricultural area, and speaking to -- peaking to -- >> was attacked by a mob in her car. police intervened before she was injured. there were 56 voting centers, that's about 5% of all the balloting places around the country that were trashed, overrun by people,le blots strewn about and spoiled, the national lexicon as you will hasn't decided factory what to do about those 5% of position places that were destroyed, so all of these incidents have affected what had been seen as an important test of haitian democracy, and political stability. >> voters streamed into polling places across haiti to take part in parliamentary elections. there were problems. there didn't appear to be serious or widespread violence. at this voting station, many people complained that their names weren't included on lists of eligible voters. that led to shouting and angry confrontations between disappoin

her close relatives so that just as in the west are close relatives like to match make, so in the punjaber relatives like to match make. charlie: some make the argument that family knows you better than you know yourself, and you should entrust some of that to them. >> perhaps wendy's sister could ascribe to the same argument. [indiscernible] [laughter] charlie: let's take a look at this scene. this is darwin giving wendy a driving lesson. eyes at the middle of the lane. your peripheral vision sees all the rest. >> osama! i thought we killed you! >> shut up. does that happen to you often? pushery day, people try to your buttons. you don't engage with them, especially when you drive. >don't lean on the horn. i don't understand why men have to do that, wagner balls in your face -- wag their balls in your face. >> is time to discuss road rage. >> -- it's time to discuss road rage. >> when some guy in the accident scene -- why he doesn't react. i said, for me the most admirable thing is the grace with, he take it and he doesn't let this thing affect him. for me that is a big lesson. >> he is

. >> more than 300 children in the punjab region were sexually abused by a gang of men for several years. seven men were arrested avid yoas oafterafter videos of theis emerged. >> reporter: some 280 children were sexually abused and 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 a local market sold for as little as 40 cents each. the parents are also saying these videos could have ended up in the u.s., u.k. and europe. saying children have been drugged and families forced to pay money and jewelry to these gangs. essentially they were blackmailed by the gangs. the families of the victims are calling for a full judicial inquiry. they say that they don't trust the police to properly investigate this. they're also calling for military courts to hear any cases of the accused. this is 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

hundreds of children are believed to have been abused in the state of punjab.icole johnson is live from islamabad for you ares. -- for us, tell us more about the case. >> so far we 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

. >> the state of punjab asks the high court for a judicial inquiry into the case. the court refused, saying a police investigation was enough, so the state is forming separate committee to investigate. >> this is putting the spot light on the issue of child abuse in pakistan. experts are staggered by the numbers, possibly hundreds of children abused for years. they say it's rife across the country. it's hoped that public outrage will force the government to finally get serious about stopping it. nicole johnston, al jazeera, lahore. >> iran's foreign minister arrived in damascus to meet syria's foreign minister, president and other leaders. the visit comes at rebel fighters she would central damascus. at least five people have been killed. government forces are on the outskirts of the city, at least 40 people there have been killed. >> joining us via skype is the senior associate at the middle east center at carnegie endowment think tank in beirut. thanks for being with us. he has gone straight into a meeting with president bashar al assad. what plans for this confl

it happened in the office of the home minister of the punjab. the official hosting a political meeting at the time. a banned arm group affiliated with al qaeda, claiming responsibility any for the attack. >> another round of fighting. for seven days in a row. gunfire has been heard. both nations claiming kashmir as their own, blaming each other for the latest round of violence. >> the defense department is looking at a site to replace guantanamo bay, two sites in contention is kansas and carolina. >> moving prisoners would expand legal rights, something neither congress nor the flavia pennetta wan -- pentagon wants to do. >> there are reports there's a rift between the department of defense and the white house on shutting the facility and moving the prisoners out. we are trying to figure out whether the announcement is a pr exercise to show the administration is taking the pledge to shut guantanamo bay down, before the office is left, o whether it is a sign that the administration is taking it seriously. on one hand they want to release close cl

case in the kasur district from punjab state from where nicole johnston reports. >> ashlam said she was7d bethree men fours years ago. we are using a different name to protect his identity. at the time, he was 11 years old. afterwards, he said he had to pay the men not to reveal what they had done to him. they made a video out of it and started blackmailing me. they told me to bring them more kids. my family is poor. i have nothing to pay them. so, i left school and worked in the fields. i gave them everything i made. >> over the last, reports of at least 284 children in this small village in nunjab state were sexually abused. people sigh 400 videos of the attacks were made and sold across pakistan and overseas. >> you wouldn't normally see such a large gathering of people from the village in the middle of the day. but all of the neighbors are coming out. they are talking about the case, and they are all demanding one thing. they say they want justice and for whoever was behind this abuse to either be stoned to death or to be hanged. >> mavin agreed. he started protest march with victim

in pakistan, it does remain unsettled here and problems continue. 112 millimeters in punjab. the wet weather will continue. that area of low pressure, our old tropical cyclone is still dragging that rain in across a good part of myanmar. just notice how the rain started to clear over bangladesh. that area of low pressure would slide its way down over the next few days. i'm afraid we will still see showers into myanmar the next few days. >> in hong kong, two daughters have donated parts of their livers to create a new one to save their father's life. it's a medical first using a new surgical technique. >> thankful to be alive the patient is surrounded by the daughters who saved his life. on their own, their livers were too small but together by each donating a half, they were able to give their father a new one. >> i was in despair because my liver was too small. my sister agreed to return home from oversea he is. she was our only hope. >> double donations like this are rare. what surgeons did that was unique was joining the two halves of the liver before giving. >> to the pat

her close relatives so that just as in the west our close relatives like to match make so in the punjab some relatives like to match make. >> rose: sometimes your family knows you better than yourself and you should trust some of that to hem. >> perhaps wendy's sister could subscribe to the same argument. >> rose: let's look at the scene here. this is darwin giving wendy a driving lesson. here it is. >> i'm in the middle of the lake. >> whoa whoa whoa. i thought we killed you. >> does that happen to you often? >> every day, people try to push a button. you don't engage with them especially when you drive. don't lean on the horn. >> i don't understand why men have to do that, they have their balls in your face. >> i think it's time to discuss road rage. >> don't you think when, you know, when that happened when some guy in the accident scene, i mean he took the turban why e doesn't react. to me the most admirable thing that the grace that he just take it and i doesn't let this thing affect him. and that's for me is a big lesson. >> he's a warrior, he's such a beautiful internal. >> wendy

shuja khanzada was the home minister for the province of punjab.a taliban-linked militant group has claimed responsibility, calling the attack retaliation for military efforts against the group. the syrian observatory for human rights says a syrian government airstrike northeast of damascus has killed 96 people, making it among the deadliest attacks in t$e four-year-long civil war. the strike hit a market in the rebel held area of douma. hundreds were reportedly wounded. italian and norwegian authorities have discovered the bodies of 49 migrants who appear to have asphyxiated to death in the hold of an overcrowded fishing boat as they tried to cross the mediterranean to europe. more than 300 people on deck were rescued, but those in the hold died amid exhaust fumes and heat. the war in syria has helped fuel the worst refugee crisis since world war ii. this year trying to reach europe by boat. in iraq, a parliamentary panel has called for former iraqi prime minister nouri al-maliki and dozens of other officials to face trial for the fall of the city

. >> reporter: punjab asked the high court for a judicial inquiry in to the case.aying a police investigation was enough. so the state is forming a separate committee to investigate. this case is putting the spotlight on the issue of child sexual abuse in pakistan. activist says are staggered by the numbers. possibly hundreds of children abused for years. they say it's rife across the country rim activists say they hope the outrage will force the government to finally get serious about stopping it. nicole johnston, al jazerra. >>> a billion dollars drugs haul that has been seizes by the u.s. coast guard. >>> in sport we have lee, we wonder if this night be contend fore goal. season even though, well, the season is hardly started. >>> u.s. coast guard celebrate the biggest haul of cocaine and haren in a single minute worth a billion dollars. mary ann reports. >> reporter: at first glance the palates look like the many millions of others shipped legitimately in to the u.s. every year. take a closer look and this cargo is pure, uncut and illegal. 32-tons of cocaine an

. >> reporting from punjab in pakistan. >> the washington post reporter in iran may get a verdict been a week. the final hearing took place today. he was detained more than a year ago and accused by iran of espionage. >> this is the tehran revolutionary court where washington post newspaper reporter jason reziam will appear in again, for more than a year, he has been held in solitary confinement. he and his journalist wife were arrested in july, 2014, along with two photo journalists. all were released except i am for rezaiam. >> every day that you continue to hold him in prison is a dark day for his family, and for iran. >> he was born in california, and holds dual iranian and united states citizenship. he moved to iran in 2008, and joined the washington post also its tehran correspondent in 2012. his family says he's faced numerous health problems from a lack of medical care in prison. his employers have called his imprisonment an abomination. the conditions of his imprisonment has been a disgraceful violation of human rights. >> the newspaper appealed to a human rights panel for hel

in particular, in punjab, there's a very strong interesting madrasas religious school there and these are the guys that came out of that isi training. sent across to fight, captured and will probably be traded back to pakistan for some afghans that might be in jail there. or interrogated by the americans. in december, you may remember tora bora. this is december 17th. bin laden had successfully escaped over a 10,000 foot pass and then behind in his retreat, he was covered by 12 to 15 arabs left behind to cover his retreat and withdrawal. this is also the time that tommy franks denied the marines access. we had battalion and a half waiting off i believe in the indian ocean, waiting to parachute in to chase bin laden, but tommy franks god bless him said no. we'll let the locals handle it. and if i start to sound a little cynical, it was -- it is because i am. this is during ramadan. do you think the locals who fast all day long when it's 32 degrees and they don't eat all day long are going to go chase a fellow up a mountain to 12,000 feet? it was impossible. so they eventually put about

to have a sikh ex-professor from the punjab and a literary critic from new york meet in a confined space -- an automobile -- they are stuck next to each other. i think it is an extraordinary piece of invention, so highly specific. >> she's at a point it shall where her husband has left her for another woman. he becomes her fwu guru to help her through this time. >> i suppose maybe what she learns through her loss which in her life is colossal and catastrophic is when she hears about my loss -- my brother killed, my family tortured, i was exiled from my homeland -- i think patricia has a onderful stillness. you can see when she's acting when those little crystals of truth start to form in her mind behind her eyes. when we are walking on the beach by the sea and she hears my history she realizes, oh, my problems are actually rather small compared to yours. which i think is a very loving element of the film. >> as you pointed out, so much of this is the intersection of life. your life is honest in many directions. also music. you have a crossroads where there is an interaction with john len