the answer to that is the next total eclipse will be visible in the southeast asia pacific region around march next year. the next time in central european skies will be in 2081. >> coming after the break how a treasure trove of artifacts are being protected by technology. >> the moneypenny pay off in mexico did sony take incentives in the latest bond film? >> pakistan battles for the right to meet india in the cricket world cup finals. highlights coming up. stay with us. >> welcome back. a reminder of our top stories in this al jazeera news hour. suicide bombers have targeted two mosques in yemen, killing at least 50 people and injuring 100 others. two houthi leaders were killed. >> u.s. led peace talks libya's army chief warrants isil is strengthening. >> security is tight in tunisia where the government says two gunman behind wednesday's museum attack were trained at a camp in libya. people in the capitol tunis have been protesting the assault in which 21 were killed, mainly tourists. >> the islamic state of iraq and the levant shocked the world when fighters carried attacks on irrepl

to next time and the answer to that is that the next total eclipse will be visible in the southeast asia pacificn around march of next year. the next time we see one in central european skies will be in 2081. >> we will leave you there and shows you how quick occurrence this is before we started talking to jonah we saw the total eclipse, the solar eclipse in norway and one of two places you can see it and you can see it emerging with the lightness descends with the darkness and coming back. more to come on the al jazeera news hour priceless and precious how a treasure trove of iraqi artifacts and historic documents being protected by technology and ♪ we will report from turkey on plans to put peace talks with the kurds back on track. plus, i'm robin adams outside the stadium in doha a host venue for the 2020 world cup, one of the most contention issues in futbol as details are coming up. ♪ to switzerland where diplomates working through the final hurdles as they try to finalize a deal on iran nuclear program and u.s. secretary of state john kerry and counterpart held days of tough negotiations i

annenberg media ♪ ptioning sponsored by annenberg/cpb narrator: the geographic region of southeast asia and south pacific and economic disparity a mosaic of small countries scattered on peninsulas and islands. we begin in laos, southeast asia's only landlocked country. a long history of isolation has protected its natural resources and ingenous cultures. laos today is beginning to court the global economy through e sale of hydroelecic power. weskf laosan achieve sustainable development,generating ecoc growth whilmataing the tegrity of its indigenous tions d its natural environment. the mekong river traces an 1,100-mile path through or along the border of laos. the river has also been a barrier between laos and its neighbors. now there is a road, where before there was none. in 1994, the friendship bridge gave laos its first land link with the outside world through thailand to the west. the bridge may symbolize a connected future but laos in the here and now remains among the poorest countries in the world. ( rooster crows ) it is the least developed country in the lower mekong basin. life expectancy is l

southeast asia. martha: an emergency being declared on a group of islands in the south pacific after a massive cyclonet tough. at least six people were confirmed dead. there is so much we don't know. this is new video showing widespread destruction as people appeal for international happen. david piper live from bangkok, thailand. what can you tell us david? >> martha, aid agencies and rescue teams on the ground utter destruction across the vnauatu archipelago. cyclone pam was unexpect led off course and smashed into the island chain, leaving a wave of destruction right across the 60 odd islands there. trees everywhere have been uprooted. we estimate from what people are saying, 90% of the buildings there have been damaged. also some bridges are down. aid is finally getting through we understand. some australian and new zealand planes have arrived at the main island to distribute aid. there are 267,000 people on these islands. many of them in desperate straits at this time but the real concern at the moment is some of these outlying islands to the south which were in the eye of the storm. there is no

the answer to that is the next total eclipse will be visible in the southeast asia pacific region in march of next year. the next time we'll see one in central european skies will be in 2081. >> much more to come here. why a sick russian economy is affecting businesses in neighboring kazakhstan. >> the moneypenny payoff in mexico. did sony pictures take tax incentives in exchange for favored features in its latest bond film? and mysterious holidays. >> from movies to breaking news, finds out what's going on around the world from checking our website. the address is aljazeera.com. >>> last year was a hard year in the way americans think about, talk about, and live out the realities of race. in the midst of police killings, chicago gang wars, marches and demonstrations, you might not expect things got slightly better when it came to security and equal justice under law. at the same time, a growing economy and dropping -- the urban league finds in its annual