thing is going to last right up until sort of the end of the year and maybe even into 2016. >> rob reynolds from the haitian capital, port-au-prince. rob, thank you. >>> still more to come, including calling for change in the city of ferguson a year after a black teenager was killed by police. >>> and a message for japan's prime minister as nagasaki remembers the atomic bombing. bombing. >> now a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. after weeks of protests, the iraqi prime minister says he wants to abolish six top government posts as part of a plan to tackle corruption and improve services. >>> in syria at least 37 people have been killed in an attack targeting the syrian rebel headquarters close to aleppo. >>> in haiti, michel martelly cast his vote in the first elections in years. >>> a palestinian has been shot dead by israeli soldiers after being suspected of stabbing an israeli civilian. it happened at a petrol station. israeli army says there were a number of attackers and they're now searching the area. >>> security forces have arrested a number of israeli settlers after overni

rob reynolds reports. >> in the haitian countryside, life is hard. money is scarce.ernment services are nearly non-existent. people here in the village of tomazo fetch drinking water from the same stream their animals wade in. flores ramon has six children with a 7th on the way. the family scrapes by on the meager earnings of her husband a day laborer. >> government doesn't provide any services for us. >> the head of the government that the leaves her to fend for herself was holding a political rally nearby. making promises and asking tomazo residents for votes. >> decades of misrule, corruption, foreign intervention and natural disasters have left haiti a hollowed-out state with functions like the military, healthcare, and education largely run by outsiders. u.n. agencies and non-governmental organizations or ngos. >> many harris resent this. >> the international community takes it, those guys, they cannot help themselves. let's help them. the mistake is they always want to fix for us, to design for us, to do things for us. >> haiti's prime minister admits there is

rob reynolds reports. >> reporter: thousands of people gathered in the ancient cathedral to mourn and pray for 71 refugees who died an agonizing death in an airless truck abandoned aside an austrian highway and of the thousands who have died on land and sea trying to reach europe. the deaths of the 71 refugees have horrified the european public. over the weekend, austrian police belatedly began to check trucks coming into the country. australiaustria's interior minir ordered the measures. >> we have to fight that. >> getting tough snarled the highway from budapest to vienna with a traffic jam nearly 30 kilometers long. >> say it loud say it here, refugees are welcome here! >> reporter: as night fell, thousands of people marched in protest through streets of vienna demanding ares better treatment for refugees. people here are not only grieving for the refugees who have died. many of them are upset for the leaderships of the european union for failing to deal appropriately with the refugee crisis. organizing the march seeking to apply pressure on politicians. >> i.t. embarrassed to be a

rob reynolds, al jazeera, port-au-prince. >>> four years ago, u.n. officials set a target of this year to cut the world's hungry in half. subsaharan africa is the region with the highest prevalence of hunger. 100 million children in developing cungs ar countries ae underweight. stefanie dekker reports from western java. >> his tummy hurts but at almost three years old he should be bigger and he still can't talk or walk. four of his siblings have already died of malnutrition, a condition caused by lack of nutrition. >> translator: i often wait for my husband all day to bring money. he often comes home empty-handed. asking for food. but we cannot give it. >> reporter: what they can afford, steal rice full of ants we're told -- stail rice ful stf ants. >> malnourished children are stunted, spaller than other children. we need to teach them it needs to be addressed. >> one of the main causes of malnutrition is poverty, lack of education. it is something that affects millions of people and what that means here in indonesia is that children under five year

rob reynolds has more. >> small groups of cuban american protesters gathered on this street corner the symbolic heart of the little havana neighborhood. they held signs denouncing president obama as a traitor and saying he caved in to the castro brothers. there were scattered clarks as welclashes, aswell as protesterh each other. nobody was badly hurt or taken away in an ambulance. those scuffles while somewhat dramatic on camera were less dramatic when seen from the street. now the normalization of relation between cuba and the united states has split the cuban american community. the elderly people, most of whom demonstrated here today in small numbers, are veterans of the time when they left cuba during castro's revolution after the fall of the dictator, bautista. they have memories of that era but further generations have grown up over the last 50 years without those memories and in addition, cubans have migrated to the united states free reply in relatively significant numbers over the past several decades. so those cubans of the younger generation and the more recent arrivals are

as rob reynolds reports. >> the streets of port-au-prince were peaceful. people gather in the shade of a tree to watch political news shows on haitian television. opinions varied. motorbike taxi driver thought the election was a big success. >> translator: everything went smoothly. i voted, it was the best election ever. >> reporter: eve voted, but then his polling place was trashed. just like more than 50 others around the country. now he's not sure his vote will count after all. >> translator: it was a total catastrophe. one of the worst i have seen. >> reporter: this man who pedals soft drinks didn't bother. >> translator: i didn't go to vote. what's the point when you know we'll stay in the same situation. >> reporter: the vote was marred by violence and also by incompetence. many people did not vote because they had trouble finding their names on lists of eligible voters posted at the polling places. opposition political parties say the government and the supposedly independent council deliberately created confusion at the polls. >> there are some peo

rob reynolds, al jazeera, poarpts. poarps. port-au-prince. >> the electoral council that is running these elections, is the best choice for an electoral council that the president has come up in the last several years. there is some credibility of this council although there are a few issues. i think one of the largest issues that we will see tomorrow is the lack of advanced preparation for these elections. so voters don't necessarily have the information that they need, they don't necessarily know where they're going to be voting. the i.d. cards that they need, there's going to be about over 1800 people running in these elections for just parliament candidates. and so the ballots are going to be very confusing, haitian population is almost 50% illiterate, so flipping through these ballots are going to be truckie for them. so there's a lot of potential for fraud. and that's something we're really going to be looking out for. >> 29 top u.s. scientists including five nobel laureates are showing their support for the nuclear deal

is not working >>> i'm rob reynolds in haiti where national elections are being held. a vote that could be crucial to the unstable country's future [ ♪ ] and a city state success story, singapore celebrates 50 years of independence >>> hello, the iraqi prime minister says he wants to abolish six top government posts following weeks of protests. haider al-abadi's cabinet approved the move. it still has to get through parliament. the move could unsettle iraq's delicate sectarian balance. here is why. the six posts under threats are three vice presidents and three prime ministers, all of whom represent various political blocks. nouri al-maliki is one of the shia vice presidents, and has been a polarizing fig ur since the u.s. withdrawal in 2011, blamed for stoking sectarian tension. whilst he was prime minister. another former prime minister is alawi and also is a vice president, he is recorded as a moderate, and has been a strong critic of hard line shia politicians inyuding nouri al-maliki. we have more from baghdad. >> the political establishment in iraq shaken up afte

rob reynolds al jazeera. >> police have blocked migrants trying to access the at the time tunnel fromais in an attempt to cross the channel to get to the u.k. now, it comes after more than 200 migrants broke down several levels of security februarysing at the entrance of the undersea tunnel ol sunday. britain's prime minister says it is under pressure to deter the migrants. many whom have traveled from the middle east. al makeshift camp in calais, and he files this update. >> penal politicians continue to argue as to how to deal with the crisis the conditions in this camp are utterly atrocious and continue to deteriorate with more and more people coming here all the time. now, everybody we have spoken to is too afraid to go on camera. they do not want to be identified. when you ask them why this is so important for them to get to the u.k., they also think and they include the perception that immigration policy in the u.k. is easier than it is in europe easier for them to find a job. they say the wages are better. they say they want to be part of an english speaking culture. they also

won't know who actually won in this round for six to 10 days after the final votes were cast. >> rob reynolds live for nus port au prince. rob, thank you. >>> a palestinian has been shot dead by israeli soldiers after being suspected of stabbing an israeli civil yap. it happened at a petroltation. the victim was taken to hospital for treatment. the israeli army says there were several stackers and they are now searching the area. >>> security forces have arrested a unusual of israelives in the occupied west bank. it follows an attack in duma. an 18-month old baby and his father were killed and other family members seriously injured. it's been confirmed the arrests are connected to the attack in duma. still ahead, rebuilding their lives, tents are put up in germany to accommodate a growing number of asylum seekers. also, 70 years on, japan remembers the bombing of nagasaki. plus. >> i love you and i miss you. congratulations. you made it. >> a daughter's emotional tribute as her father is honored by the nfl. we will have more in sports. >> but first, pro-government norse yes, ma'amep have take

rob reynolds bring us up to speed where you are and what's been going on. >> reporter: we're here in a voting place in port-au-prince, and so far there have been 56 arrests for election related miss deeds, seven weapons have been seized by the police and 26 voting centers have been shut down for various problems, that's 26 out of 1508. so we are joined now to fet a betteget abetter idea of how the going, by elena, head of the european union observing the elections. thanks for being here. >> pleasure. >> what are you observing? >> a certain normality, people have been able to vote, go to the polls and express their vo vote. there are some incidents in the poll centers but not the general rule. the a result is a certain normality that we hope will be maintained all throughout the day. >> so far you're satisfied that things are going -- >> i think things are going like that until the end of the day. i hope so. >> reporter: of course there's still some time to go. democracy of course is a good thing in and of itself and people should have a right to vote and choose their leaders. but why

rob reynolds, al jazerra, los angeles. >>> in jordan an intense sands storm has hit a syrian refugeeeur video captured the moment it arrived. hundreds of people needed treatment for dehydration and breathing problems. force is t toss the some flights to be diverted. jordan is also suffering a heat way. high temperatures are expected to continue in to monday. >>> doctors in hong kong are calling it a medical firsts, two women donated parts of their liver to his make a whole one to save their father's life. donation wasn't enough from '1er so surgeons joined the two hoofs before giving it to the patience the prevalence of hepatitis-b in south cease asia means deliver failure say serious problem. >>> ray 50% rise in the number of tigers in western thailand. the country's national parks department says that in the last 10 years, the number of indo chinese tigers has grown from 4260 accord to this world wildlife fund only about 350 cats left. they are found on six continue nets across asia. good bit of environment the news there. you can get more news whatever it is, on our website, the a

rob reynolds, al jazerra, los angeles. >>> the greek stock market has crashed by over 20% after reopeningirst time in five weeks. shares in the four largest banks were down by around 30%. the stock market was closed as parts of capital controls imposed during the height of the debt crisis. >>> french police have blocked more migrants trying to access the euro tunnel to the u.k., migrants have long gathered in calais to try to get in to britain but authorities are struggling to cope with an increase in numbers. british prime minister david cameron has drafted plans to help france tackle the issue you but has warned there is no quick fix. >>> when london's cross rail starts running in 2018 it will carry more than 200 million people each year in one of the most advanced railway lines everbility. our technology editor has been down to talk a look. it's taken 10,000 workers more than six years but now london's newest underground train tunnels are almost ready for their rails. cut at a depth of 40 meters the new cross rail tunnels weave 21-kilometers beneath the heart of the city. >> biggest ch

. >>> barack obama wants to cut investment and faces problems in congress as rob reynolds explains. >rter: the american west is burning. 20 wildfires have scorched california consuming houses and forcing hundreds to flee for their lives. in alaska forest fires devored two million hectors and western canada are engulfed in huge fires as well. years of drought left western wood lands tin der dry and drained water reservoirs and conserve water wars in states. against this back drop u.s. president barack obama is unveiling a sweeping any policy to cut greenhouse gas emissions linked to global warming. >> share this message with your friends and family. >> reporter: spoke of the need to take action in a memo to the american people posted on facebook. >> climate change is not a problem for another generation not any more and on monday my administration will release the final version of america's clean power plant, the biggest and most important step to combat climate change. >> reporter: include requiring existing power plants to cut emissions by 32% from 2005 levels by the year 2030 forcin

but as rob reynolds reports from port-au-prince. >> a neighborhood is a good excuse to break out the drums and have a party. citizens of this caribbean nation will vote sunday for members of parliament and local officials. not all voters are quite as enthusiastic as these ones. each morning michele michelene sets up her pots. >> i voted in the last elections and all that happened was the price of rice went up and the price of beans. i don't see how elections can change anything. >> her views are typical where unemployment is at 40% and the averaging in is $840. most people live in poverty. >> i'm doing everything i can to leave this country. i can't stand this country. >> elections were supposed to happen four years ago but repeated wrangling led to cancellations. haiti's parliament was destroyed in the devastating earthquake of january 2010. this is the chamber of deputies. as you can see it's hardly a buzzing hive of political activity. the elections have been delayed so often and for so long that none of the lawmakers who normally sit here are still in office. so there hasn't been

rob reynolds reports from port-au-prince. >> reporter: ... ... ... as usual the day after the election. people gathered in a ... ... to watch haitian news show on television ... ... ... taxi driver pradel victor thought election was a big success. >> translator: everything went smoothly. i voted. it was the best ... ... ever. his polling place was trashed,en now he's not sure his vote will count after all. >> translator: it was a total ... ... one of the worst i ever seen. >> reporter: soft drinks ... ... didn't bother with the election. >> translator: ... vote when you know we'll stay in the same situation. >> reporter: the vote was marred by violence ... ... many people did not ... ... because they had trouble finding their names on list of eligible voters posted ... polling places. ... government and supposedly independent electoral council deliberately created confusion at the polls. >> they don't want elections, that's the fact. they don't want elections, they want the same way to have instability. >> officials have not revealed the number of vo

rob reynolds, thanks for that. as rob was mentioning germany the chancellor angela merkel has been speak going the crisis and she's criticized how other countries have treated refugees. >> translator: we have a humanitarian responsibility. we need to establish registration centers and talk to african nations, talk to countries that are in civil war and ensure there are there is a fair distribution of refugees across europe. not what is like currently happening across serbia macedonia and hungary. >> the united kingdom is one of the most desired destinations. the prime minister has visited calais where people are waiting to transfer from france to england. the european union has given france an extra $5.5 million to help a camp known as the jungle. jacky rowland last posted a report for us. >> this two european commissioners this didn't register on the travel plans for the ministers. people live on end in very squalid conditions. the french prime minister even though he didn't come here he acknowledged this is unsus

rob reynolds, al jazeera, los angeles. >> we can go straight now to washington d.c. and listen to the president as he flounces his plan. >> good afternoon everybody. gina i want to thank you not just for introduction but for the incredible work that you and your team have been doing. not just on this issue but on generally making sure that we've got clean air clean water a great future for our kids. i want to thank all the members of congress who are here now who have been fighting this issue, sometimes at great odds with others but are willing to take on what is going to be one of the key challenges of our lifetimes and future generations. i want to thank our surgeon general, who has been doing outstanding work and making the connection between this critical issue and the health of our families. you know over the past six and a half years we've taken on some of the toughest challenges of our time. from rebuilding our economy after a devastating recession to ending our wars in iraq, and afghanistan, and bring almost all of our troops home, to strengthening our securi

is not working >>> i'm rob reynolds in haiti where national elections are held. a vote that could be crucial to the unstable country's future >>> a memorial for the victims, 70 years after the u.s. dropped a nuclear bomb on nagasaki >>> right, be begin in iraq, where the prime minister says he wants to abolish six top government posts following weeks of protests. haider al-abadi's cabinet approved the move. it still has to get through parliament. the move could unsettle iraq's sectarian balance. here is why. the players under threat are the three vice presidents, the ones at the top and prime minister, all of home underwent various political blocks. one of the shia vice presidents has been a polarizing figure since the u.s. withdrawal in 2011, blamed for stoking sectarian tension. another prime minister, also a vice president, he is recorded as a moderate, and has been a strong critic of hard line politics, including noury al-maliki >>> it looks like the government started the first step in approval. what is next. >> down here it's not moving rapidly as people ex

. >> reporter: rob reynolds, al jazeera port-au-prince. >> jurors agree james holmes should receive life in prison, after killing 12 and injuring 70 in 2012. >>> part of missing flight mh370 found on reunion island. but now cock fighting last brought it into the spotlight. >> all the birds are wayed weighed first. reunion island is a present territory. the french government wants the fight stopped completely. >> we don't force the cock to fight. if he doesn't want to he doesn't fight. >> reporter: these men say flights to the death are rarely allowed. these birds are here it is an important part of life, a strong tradition. these men don't believe they should change anyone. less than a million people live here although reunion is much closer to africa than europe, while these men like the benefits of europe they don't want the rules. this owner says closure is inevitable. >> there are more people there now, it will be difficult to carry the there tradition. >> maloya was the music of slaves. it used to be banned. it's important islanders are able to practice their culture. >> we are peop

rob reynolds, al jazeera, los angeles. >> well, it's one year since 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck a corner of china's province. it killed more than 600 people and made thousands homeless. >> one year later home for this family is still a tent. like many of her neighbors in the village she gets food handouts and money from the chinese government, but life is still tough. >> there used to be more than hundred families living in houses here, but now they're all gone. we can't afford to build a house, and the government won't help us. we're afraid we wouldn't be able to fix it in any case. >> the fear of further tremors in this earthquake prone zone is a constant fact of life. we first met her in an earthquake that killed hundreds of people last year. she had lost her 79-year-old mother. the memories of that day are still vivid. >> i was outside and suddenly the trees were swaying and people were thrown around. we moved quickly up the hill. when i looked back all the houses were gone. i was in shock and couldn't move for ten minutes. >> only one road was open for relief teams and suppli

rob reynolds has more from portero prince. >> reporter: political campaigning haitian style, where a political rally is a good excuse to break out the drums and have a party. citizens of this nation will vote on sunday for members of parliament and local officials. and not all potential voters are quite as enthusiastic as these ones. each morning they set up pots and pans beside a busy street offering plates of rice topped with vegetable sauce for sale. elections are low on her list of priorities. >> translation: i voted in the last election. all that happened was the price of rice went up. and beans were more expensive. i don't really see how elections can change anything. >> her views are typical of many in the country where unemployment is at 40%, and the average income is $840 per year, and most people live in severe poverty. >> i'm doing everything to leave the country, i can't stand to >>> elections were supposed to happen four years ago. political wrangling led to repeated cancellations. these modest buildings are the temporary home of haiti's parliament. the original was dest

rob reynolds l.a. >>> mexico is dangerous for journalists and the latest is this person found murderedity and john reports. >> reporter: even in death photo journalist takes his camera with him just as he did while working in the state of vera-cruz where he was threatened and harassed then in mexico city where he fled to. >> translator: it's hard to do journalism or live in cera-cruz and anyone who criticizes this attack and i had to leave because of violence that all journalists experience there and while i have been here they killed the 13th journalist in the state. >> reporter: he became 14 when he was tortured and shot in a mexico city apartment along with four other people on friday. fellow journalists gathered in the main avenue to mourn and denounce his death. protesters are trying to show their anger really over what happened with their colleague and there is a real sense of fear. mexico city is men to be a safe haven for journalist in threat in parts of the country and has been shaken by what happened. they know what has happened to their colleague can happen to any of them. m

polls opened just over five hours ago, and our correspondent rob reynolds is in the capital, port au prince for us. tell us how the vote's going there. >> well, the voting is going on. you can see behind me that there are people here in the court yard of this school. you will see these big white tents that are donated by the united nations agencies here and in the upper floors, a lot of people running around, bustling around trying to find their names and proper place to pick up their ballots and that has been a problem. many told us that although this is their accustomed polling place, they live in the neighborhood, they've voted here before, but still, their names are not on the sheet to allow them to pick up a ballot, so people got upset. people were a little bit unhappy about that, and there was some shouting, so there have been a couple of incidents of violence, particularly two polling stations which were basically disrupted and trashed and all of the voting material destroyed earlier today here in port-au-prince. that's not a good sign, but we haven't had reports of white spre

rob reynolds, al jazeera acknowledge port-au-prince. >> on friday italian police said they arrested five crew members of a fishing vessel believed to be carrying over 600 migrants that capsized off the coast of libya. now officials saved 300 from drowning, are locked 200 migrants in the boat's hull. after most of the migrants in the deck rushed to one side to take olook at the boat that came to rescue them. crew members and smugglers from libya and algeria will face charges of people smuggling and multiple manslaughter. they are realistic about finding anyone alive at this point. more than 300 migrants are being distributed through reception centers in northwestern tilt, those who drown are still receiving psychological assistance. >> the french territory of reunion has been in the spotlight since a missing part of mh370 was founded on its coast. now for another reason. cock fighting, a local court wants it banned. >> cock fighting is a popular transition on reunion island which is a french territory. it's how these men spend their weekends. those banter and fighting. well, cock fighting

. >> rob reynolds reporting from vienna. as he mentioned earlier today, andrew simmons spoke with a spokesman about the latest restriction. >> it is about whether illegal border country which we're trying to fix. it's completely unacceptable that over 150,000 people come through green borders without any kind of discipline, order or law. we're trying to establish at the borders of hungary and serbia is which is law and order and put some kind of discipline in this huge influx of illegal migrants. >> discipline, order and law over refugee who is are escaping an absolutely appalling war in syria. is really that the right approach? >> it is in the best interest of those arriving through the green borders who might be refugees, or who might be economic migrants, we don't know because they don't have papers. they don't have any way of proving their identities. the established rules, it is only through rules that hungary but also the european union would be able to handle this. >> ban ki-moon, the international office of migration

. >> i'm rob reynolds in port-au-prince where a day after haiti held elections, some are calling the process into question. question. into becoming a sex pistol. >> every sunday night. >> i lived that character. >> go one on one with america's movers and shakers. >> we will be able to see change. >> gripping... inspiring... entertaining. "talk to al jazeera". tomorrow, 6:30 eastern. 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

rob reynolds, al jazeera, los angeles. >> well, if you want to keep up-to-date with all those stories we've been telling you about, head over to our website www.aljazeera.com. you can see our front page there with our story of the u.s. secretary of state heading to the region. >> thousands of people forced to evacuate as wildfires burn out of control in northern california. the threat today that they could spread even further. secretary of state john kerry tries to sell the iran nuclear deal to arab allies. and president obama lays out an ambitious plan to cut carbon emissions. the opponents plan to sue and many states threaten not to comply.

rob reynolds is there, and sent this report. >> in the haitian countryside life is hard, money scarce, and government services are nearly non-existent. people in the village take drinking water from the same stream that the animals are rained in. this man has six children, with a seventh on the way. the family scrapes by on the earnings of her husband, a day labourer. >> the government doesn't provide services. >> the head of the government that leaves her to fend for herself was holding a political rally nearby, making promises and asking for votes. decades of misrule, corruption, foreign intervention and national disasters left haiti a hollowed out state with function, like the military, health care and education run by outsiders, u.n. agencies, government organizations and n.g.o.s. haitians resent this. >> this is like those guiys, let's help them. they want to think for us, to design for us, to do things for us. >> haiti's prime minister admits there's a problem. >> we are conscious of sovereignty of our country, and a consequence of a crisis of instability. >> the university stud

rob reynolds, al jazeera, party you a prince. >> migrants in germany divide public opinions. >> we're here to fully get into the nuances of everything that's going on, not just in this country, but around the world. getting the news from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> ali velshi on target weeknights 10:30p et >> the top stories here on al jazeera, the iraqi cabinet approved a plan to polish six posts. one of the deputy prime ministers has already resigned. it still needs to be approved by parliament. >> almost a year after the u.s. backed coalition began targeting isil in syria, activists safe the strategy is not working and might even backfire. isil has lost territory, but still firmly controls raqqa. >> voting is underway in heat stay for the first legislative elections in four years. there are concerns over insecurity and violence and fears that a low voter turnout could harm the election's legitimacy. >> security forces arrested a number of israelis after overnight searches in the occupied west bank following an attack on two palestinian homes i

election in october and in that month as well the first votes will be cast for haiti's new president, rob reynoldsazeera, port au prince. >>> still ahead on al jazeera indonesia suffering from a chronic malnutrition problem that is not only stunting children's growth and also that of the economy. doctors in deadlock, no dealing between the government and doctors to reverse a full-scale strike. ♪ the table. >> what was that total bill from start to now? >> almost like 10 million dollars. >> enough people have decided that the gun lobby has too much power for too long. the nra is not invincible. ♪ ♪ ♪ 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. ♪ hello again, the top stories on al jazeera, a series of attacks targeted security forces across turkey, four police officers have been killed in the southeast. earlier in istanbul and a bomb outside of a police station injuring seven people. a car bomb exploded outside the airport in kabul, at least five people

rob reynolds, al jazeera, los angeles. >> well, if you want to keep up-to-date with all those stories we've been telling you about, head over to our website www.aljazeera.com. you can see our front page there with our story of the u.s. secretary of state heading to the region. >> thousands of people forced to evacuate as wildfires burn out of control in northern california. the threat today that they could spread even further. secretary of state john kerry tries to sell the iran nuclear deal to arab allies. and president obama lays out an ambitious plan to cut carbon emissions. the opponents plan to sue and many states threaten not to comply. >> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm stephanie sy. thousands of acres of bone-dry lands are on fire today. firefighters are working around the clock to contain a growing number of wildfires in the state. in just stays the fires have destroyed 100,000 acres more than 10,000 people have been forced to leave their homes. >> good morning steph, fires are burning all along the west coast but the hardest hit is northern california

president obama has a strategy to tackle climate change but faces opposition in congress as rob reynoldsts. >> reporter: the american west is burning, 20 wildfires scorched large parts of california consuming houses and forcing hundreds to flee for their lives. in alaska forest fires have hurt hecters and canada has fires as well. years of relentless drought left the wood lands tinder dry and drained reservoirs and led to conserve water wars in several states and against this background president obama is unveiling a new sweeping energy policy to cut greenhouse gas emissions linked to global warning. obama spoke about the need to take action in a memo to the american people posted on facebook. >> climate change is not a problem for another generation not my more and on monday we will release the version of the green power plant, the biggest, most important step we have taken to combat climate change. >> reporter: includes requiring existing power plants to cut emissions from 32 to 2005 levels by the year 2030 forcing electrical utilities to invest more heavily in renewable energy such as

rob reynolds has more now from portport-au-prince. >> reporter: at the talk radio station in port-au-princell politics all the time. in a country so poor the televisions are a luxury and where more than half of all adults can't read or write radio holds the key for politicians. >> radio is the best medium in haiti. and you have to use them with a lot of capability to have the success in politics. >> reporter: running for office is expensive. and some haitian candidates say there is a lot of dirty money floating around. >> a lot of people use bad money like drug money things like this because in this election we have this problem in haiti. >> reporter: and money talks. >> and money talks unfortunately. >> reporter: we caught up with would-be senator is to ask about shady campaign funding. >> translator: i have got people calling me every day offering me money, but i refuse. i want to be able to showed public exactly who is financing my campaign. >> reporter: several of the people at this campaign rally confirmed that their attendance was motivated by cold cash. spread around by the candidate

rob reynolds, al jazerra, port-au-prince. >>> prints i more coming up on al jazerra, including indonesiaering from a chronic malnutrition problem, not only affecting people but the economy. >>> his inning ca incarceration. >> advertishis day in court. but behinded closed doors. detained reporter appears on espionage charges in iran. ♪ ♪ >>> the top stories now on al jazerra. two armed attackers have opened fire on the u.s. consolate balancing in istanbul. and overnight a bomb exploded outside a police station on the other side of the city injuring seven people. a gun fight followed hours later, a police officer and two gunmen have been killed. >>> shots have been fired in the u.s. city of ferguson as demonstrators marked a year since an unarmed black teenager was killed by a white police officer. two people were injured. in the day of mostly peaceful remembrance for michael brown turned violent. >>> there have been fistfights, reports of fraud and plenty of frustration in haiti as people voted in its long delayed parliamentary elects some would-be voters say their names were missing from

. >> absolutely, rob reynolds reporting from port-au-prince, thanks, rob. >> plenty more still to come here on al jazeera. a weapon of war, claiming civilian lives. we'll show you the people risking life and limb to defuse land mines across yemen. >> pushing the nfl, the life of the letters for people who used to deliver the mail. >> in sport, l.a. galaxy's new mexican star scores in front of one of the team's greatest-ever players. jo will have all the details. >> a car bomb explosion outside the airport in afghanistan's capital kabul blast went off at the civilian entrance. five people have been killed, another 20 wounded. jennifer glasse is in kabul with more details. >> the taliban claimed responsibility for the suicide car bomb. it said the target was a foreign military envoy. nato said it was not one of their con voice. the attack happened at the civilian entrance to the airport, right where vehicles must stop to be checked, people must stop and get our their vehicles to be physically checked. among the debted and injured of afghan civilians, afghan police and security guards at

crossing over to austria now, joining rob reynolds. there they are introducing their own security checks at the border. >> that's right. in hungary, about an hour from where i'm standing often the police are checking cars and trucks, advance, trying to find if ther they are containing any refugees who have crossed the hunger yay border. they told reporters today that these checks resulted in finding 200 refugees who were free from these vehicles and five suspected human smugglers taken into custody. this operation on the border has also created very large traffic problems for cars lined up for main kilometers. it's not a permanent solution to this issue. you heard a story in reference to borders. what that means is that between two european union countries, like austria and hungary, there cannot be the stringent border checks and patrols and crossing as there would be say the united states and mexico. there is no possibility of that. e.u. laws do not permit that. this is one of the things that is going to remain a problem even with the

rob reynolds at more. >>> thousands of people gathered in vienna's ancient cathedral.urn and pray for the 71 refugees who died in an agonizing death in a truck abandoned on the highway. and for the thousands of others who died on land and sea trying to reach europe. the deaths of the 71 refugees have horrified the european public. over the weekend austrian police began checking trucks and vans. they say they found at least 200 refugees packed into vehicles. and detained five suspected smugglers. >> translator: we are seeing people traffickers who have becoming increasingly brutal and unscrupulous, and we have to fight back with tougher measures. >> reporter: but getting tough snarled the highway with a traffic jam nearly 30 kilometers long. >> say it long, say it clear, refugees aren't welcome here! >> reporter: thousands of people marched in protest demanding better treatment for refugees. people here are not only grieving for the refugees who have died. many are upset with the leaders of the european union for failing to deal with the crisis. leaders of austrian huma

. >> rob reynolds in miami.oday's ceremony in havana was one step albeit a significant one of healing a half a century of mistrust. dealing directly with cuba will be far more effective than the policies of the last 50 years in bringing about democratic and free market reforms on the island. a lot of work is still ahead and a lot of obstacles still in the way. cuban civil rights and dissidents were secluded and they say their voices need to be heard. >> translator: here it is very important to give everyone their place. when and where is necessary. and we are not being given place we require as civil society in cuba and the second ceremony that will take place at the u.s. chief of missions residence is a way to seclude us and let us in through back door. >> translator: we really believe that things are not being done the right way regarding the promotion of human rights which is crucial in promoting democracy during this political process. >> cuba may also be preparing for changes at the top of its government. i

rob reynolds has more from port-au-prince. >> reporter: at this talk radio station, it's all politics all the time. in a country so poor that television are a luxury, and where more than half of all adults can't read or write, radio holds the key for politicians. >> radio is the best medium in haiti. you use them with a lot of capability to talk about politics. >> reporter: running for office is expensive and some haitian candidates say there's a lot of dirty mun brie. -- money. >> a lot of people use bad money, like drug money, things like this. we have this problem in haiti. >> and money talks. >> money talks, unfortunately. >> we caught up with would-be senator to ask about campaign funding. >> i have people calling every day offering me money. i refuse. i want to show the public who is financing my campaign. >> several of the people at this campaign rally confirmed that their attendance was motivated by cold cash, spread around to the candidates. >> translation: some of the people here have their money. we are waiting. along with drones and horns is fear and violence. late last mo

. >> rob reynolds, thank you very much indeed. 800 or so migrants taken to a port in southern italy wereescued in several operations on thursday. first of the latest arrivals are from africa and syria. the mayor of paris said migrants occupied a disused school there can stay at least for now. the refugees took over the building after weeks of living on the streets. charles stratford went to meet them. >> yakub said he fled five months ago. he wants political asylum in france. >> i find myself in france. before i was in italy. i speak a little bit of french so that helps. he took and about 250 took over this unused building. they said they had no choice but to occupy the building because police kept forcibly removing them from makeshift camps. local people bring them food and a group of volunteers are helping them with their asylum access? >> >> if you have no pity for them, next time, you have no pity for handicapped people. next time, no pity for women, et cetera, et cetera. so i think the way we treat asylum seekers is a barometer on our level of democracy. >> the may ors office said h

we cross now to rob reynolds, who is in port-au-prince. any idea about how many haitians will actually vote? >> that is a very big question, and in past elections the turnout has been low. the last time there was a national election in this country, less than 30% of all eligible voters did actually turn out and cast blots. when i spoke to the prime minister of haiti a couple of days ago, he said that a very low turn out could endanger the legitimacy or bring into question the legend mas of the election results. as you mentioned the polls open early sunday morning. there are more than 5.8 million registered voters. they are expected to choose from between 1800 candidates who were running for 139 open seats in the national legislature. there will be a runoff election then in october and in that same month, presidential elections will be held and final presidential runoff elections probably in december. it's a logistically challenging and legally complex proposal in a country with a history of election day corruption and violence. >> at this

that was rob reynolds live from port a mullins. >> around 800 migrants who were rescued from boats in the mediterranean have now been brought ashore in italy. they were picked up on several -- in several operations on thursday. about 200 other migrants are feared drowned after another boat capsized on wednesday off the coast of libya. five north african men have been arrested in connection with that incident. ceremonies have been held in georgia to mark seven years since a five day war with russia. russia began an offensive to stop georgia from seizing two regions which wanted independent, the hostilities in august, 2008 ended with a ceasefire. >> some russian soldiers are deserting the army because of the conflict in ukraine. their stories contradict the kremlin's assertion that no russian soldiers have been sent there. we have more from southern russia. >> alexander is a young man who doesn't like the direction his life has taken. the enlisted soldier faces 10 years in prison for two charges of going absent without leave. he insists he'd been left with no choice. the beatings, the b

rob reynolds, al jazeera, party you a prince. >> japan's commitment to peace is at risk. a ceremony marked 70 years singles the u.s. dropped a nuclear bomb on the city. there are concerns over new security laws. the government is pushing bills through parliament that could see japanese troops employed in conflict for the first time since world war ii. >> there is a debate in parliament to change national security. the ideal of our peace constitution is start to go waiver. i asked government and parliament lills total worries and concerns of the people and debate this using wisdom in a careful and sincere manager. >> japan's relationship with nuclear energy has been a fraught one. it helped that power cities like nagasaki. the tsunami and earthquake turned opinions against it. >> the recovery mirrors japan's transformation. leaders embraced the technology that had defeated the country to help power its resurgence. japan suffered. we have a right to sit with that we have a right to promote the possibility of atomic energy. >> the united states would be more than jailing it

long delayed parliamentary elections and had delays and disorder and some reports of fraud and rob reynoldse from the capitol port au prince. >> reporter: it appears to be calm and people are going about their business as usual however reports have come in of violent incidents in the country, shots being fired and in many places and polling places in towns and villages and no reports of deaths or injuries. about 5% of all the voting stations were trashed by mobs. that remains to be seen what the voting commission or council will be able to do about that if anything. and it marred what had been seen as a test of haiti democracy. voters streamed into polling places across haiti to take part in parliamentary elections and there were problems but there didn't appear to be serious or widespread violence. at this voting station many people complained their names were not included on lists of eligible voters. that led to shouting and angry confrontations between disappointed citizens and election workers and many people wound up going home without casting their votes. >> i feel i'm not an hatian w