. >> we will tell about sri lanka's plan to tbe the first country with complete 4g internet coverage. >>> we start, though, with developing news out of beb anon. a bomb attack at the pal stan ref uming e camp in south lebanon. we have heard this has killed a member of the fatah movement. it is believed an explosive device was placed on his car. two others who were with him at the time have been injured. this is a bomb at a palestinian refugee camp in lebanon which killed a member of the fatah movement. these are the first pictures we are getting from the region in south lebanon. we will bring you more as soon as we can. two stories out of syria. russia says one of its attack helicopters went down in homs province killing the two pilots. the other news is the turkish army has targeted kilns. charles stratford, we will go to him in a moment. we will start with rory challands in moscow. i understand what you know is little enough but what you know about the helicopter that's crashed. what we have is what the russian defense ministry published in various news releases today. basically, th

our correspondent reports from mannar in north-west sri lanka. >> reporter: they were teenagers when they fled 26 years allowing. they were among 26,000 muslims driven out of the region by the tam il fighters. he has returned years ago but was not able to get this four hectare land which he says belonged to his nartdz. he found the man who was working the land. >> he is the one come and told me in place, this is your father place. then last month, three months ago he died. i went to his son's. he said this is not your place. this is our place. they say to me, if you come this place, i will kill you. >> reporter: i met the man whose family he says has taken over the land. he insists it was bought legally. >> translation: my father paid money and bought that land. for five or six years he bought those fields. when he couldn't continue and wanted to sell the land, my father bought it. >> reporter: the million treel holds signs of the tracts of land in the conflict area seven years after the end of the war. conflict claims between private individuals are common here. this woman has just

land disputes in sri lanka. the government tries to resolve property rights after the civil war. war. >>> welcome back. you're watching al jazeera. a recap. the syrian army and allies have launched a major offensive against rebels on the countryside of aleppo. a bangladeshi law student has been killed. the 28 year old was hacked by machetes and shot dead. dutch voters have rejected an e.u. ukraine trade pact in a refer democrat. the results are seen-- referendum. the results are seen as i victory. to the tensions between armenia and azerbaijan. despite an agreement on a ceasefire in the nagorno-karabakh, there are accusations fighting continues. armenian army says azerbaijan army violated the truce 119 times in the last 24 hours. it has seen the most fighting between the two sides in 20 years. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: the road in this last armenian controlled village in nagorno-karabakh is littered with the signs of war, military and civilian. this man who didn't want to be named said rockets and shells started raining down on saturday and on his home. when the fig

disputes over landownership are one of the biggest problems in post war sri lanka. changes to the laws could bring hope that the real owners will someday get their lands back. al jazeera, northwest sri lanka. >> nigerians asleep in their cars cue for petrol long into the night. >> celebrating this hole in one. >>> welcome back. you're watching al jazeera. a reminder of the top stories. the syrian army and allies launch add major offensive south of aleppo country side. it's the biggest government operation in the area since a partial ceasefire came into effect in late february. >>> hundreds of bangladesh students protest the can i go of a liberal blogger. the law student hood expressed secular views on line was hacked by machetes by four men and then shot. >>> one of libya's governments back tracked on stepping down. it had announced that it was giving way to the new unity government, but its leader said he'll prosecute any of his ministers who support the u.n. backed administration. >>> let's get more on one of our headlining stories, that attack on a liberal blogge

nhk world, sri lanka. >>> new recruits marked the first day on the job with organizations across japan. friday was the start of fiscal year 2016. toshiba welcomed about 900 new hires with the ceremony near tokyo. some will be working at subsidiaries within the group. toshiba is restructuring the staff after a major bookkeeping scandal surfaced last year. the president first apologized to the new hires for causing them concern and asked for their understanding. >> we have to have higher consciousness and run our company in good faith. we must regain confidence from society and our stakeholders. i hope our hearts will become as one and you do your best. >> one new employee said she is determined to turn them around. they slashed 13,800 jobs and will impose a hiring freeze in april 2017. a bank of japan survey shows sentiment has worsened. the quarterly survey covers more than 10,000 firms. the indeces represent the difference that say business is good and those who see it as bad. the sentiment was plus 6, down six points from the december survey. the results show manufacturers are increa

how high-tech balloons can ensure that sri lanka has 4g coverage >>> are grounds to impeach dilma rousseff. that's the key step in a process that could force her from office. the motion will go to the lower house of congress where a two-thirds majority will be needed to decide if there should be a trial of the proovm there would move her case to the senate where two votes will have to take place. she is accused of manipulating government accounts to hide a growing deficit ahead of an election in 2014. an accusation which she denies. problems just mounting for her. huge numbers of people have been out on the streets demanding her resignation as the country grapples with a deep recession. >> reporter: after hours of heated debate, the congressional commission's vote brings the embattled president one step closer to facing impeachment. the full lower house must vote on the admissibility of the impeachment charges as the government tries desperately to block the move >> what they're trying to do is persuade deputies to vote against impeachment or to be absent, to abstain. >> reporter: this ami

high altitude balloons is the key. >> reporter: showing off its balloons in sri lanka. a team from google displayed the technology for the project it calls balloon network. >> we're trying to write internet to two out of three people on the planet who don't have coverage. we're using high altitude balloons 60,000 feet above the ground that can send a signal down to the cell phone in your pocket >> reporter: it has more than 3 million mobile internet connections and 630,000 fixed line internet subscribers. that means about one fifth of its population is already connected. the google balloons will have a 40 kilometer radius range. 13 will be needed to cover the island. she lan ka was amongst the first countries in south asia to introduce mobile fines. the country has impressive internet bandwidth, but it would mean that the entire island, even remote places like this, will be covered. google says lower costs are the main advantage over current internet operations >> the balloons can be very inexpensive. the plastic in the balloons is the same plastic you get when you get

. >>> looks like sri-lanka may be the first place in the world with 4g internet coverage and we explain. >> reporter: showing off its balloons in sri-lanka and google at a recent youth festival displayed the technology for the project it calls balloon network. >> we are trying to bring internet to two out of three people on the planet who don't have internet coverage and the reason of the two balloons 60,000 feet above the ground that can send a signal to the cell phone you have in your pocket. >> reporter: they have internet connections and 6,000 line subscribers and means one-fifth of the population is already connected. the google balloons will have 40 kilometers radius range and 13 is needed to cover the island and the first countries in south asia to introduce mobile phones, 3 and 4g networks, the country has impressive band width but the balloon network would mean the entire island and promote places would be covered. google says lower costs are the main advantage over current internet operations. >> the balloons can be very inexpensive and the plastic in the balloons is the same

. >> sri lanka has complete 4g internet coverage.sing a note work of hive altitude balloons is the key. we have this report from colombo. >> a team from google at a recent youth festival showed balloon network. >> two out of three people on the planet who don't have coverage, we are through a gallon 60 feet botch the ground can send a signal down to the cell phone you have in your pocket. >> sri lanka has 630,000 fixed internet subscribers. about 15th of its population is already connected. the google balloons will have a 40-kilometer range. 14 will be needed to cover the island. sri lanka was among the first countries to intro reduce mobile phones, three and 4g. networks. the country already has impressive internet band witted, but the entire island, even retote places would be covered. >> google says lower castes are the main advantage over current internet operations. >> the balloons can be very inexpensive. the plastic in the bloops is the same plastic you get when you get a shopping bag at the store and a lot of electronics in t

for example, we have seen important democratic aids in such countries as tunisia, nigeria, sri lanka, and burma. the lineage there are challenges that still need to be overcome, but we are working closely with each of those countries and efforts to help meet those challenges. vietnam is another example. the country remains a single party state, but and away has pledged as a member of the transpacific partnership to allow for the formation of independent trade unions for the first time, a potential significant advance for freedom of association for workers. we have welcomed the release in the past month of a number of political prisoners and we hope for more. we believe that expanding freedom of expression and political participation will do much to strength in that country and our relationship. s spellan rights report out our concerns on every continent, but the most widespread and dramatic violations in 2015 for those in the middle east. where the confluence of terrorism and the syrian conflict caused enormous suffering. crisisdiscussed in this in this region repeatedly in recent wee

reportero: este hombre llegÓ de sri lanka en 2003 y se que vino en busca del sueÑo americano. >> despuÉsrocinaron mi visa. se refiere al controversial mÉtodo que se otorga a través de una loterÍa. >> cinco o seis meses para otorgar la visa. reportero: ese proceso iniciÓ hoy, el periodo de visas para 2007 comercio en medio de fuertes crÍticas por el limite anual. >> se puede renovar hasta que tengan ocho aÑos. >> un aumento de las visas podrÍa crear mÁs empleos y contribuir al producto interno bruto de la naciÓn. mientras tanto quienes se oponen afirman que el programa le sale bastante caro las empresas al tener que pagar salarios competitivos. >> no podemos depender de reclutar en otros paÍses cuando ese nivel de reclutamiento no lo hace london. reportero: la mayor parte de los beneficiados estÁn en las Áreas de ciencia, tecnologÍa y matemÁticas. >> que aumenta su compromiso a nivel local los jÓvenes profesionales en nuestra comunidad latina especialmente que es una que se ha dejado atrÁs. >> el departamento de seguridad nacional propuso hacer cambios , permitir que los trabajadores para

disputes over landownership are one of the biggest problems in sri lanka, but changes to the law willope that the real owners will some day get their lands back. >>> diabetes affects one in 12 of the world's adult population. and kills over 1.5 million each year. diabetes is caused when the pancreas doesn't produce enough insulin, or when the body can't use that insulin to regulate blood sugar levels, and this has a serious effect on the body. back in 1980, the w.h.o. estimated 108 million people, that is 4ing -- 4.7% of the population had diabetes. that has risen to 8.5% of the world population. here is our science editor. >> reporter: it's a long wait to see a doctor at this diabetes center on the outskirts of islamabad. it's the only one of its type in the country, and has seen the number of people with the illness rise every year, many with little knowledge about the condition. >> translator: we are so busy at home with the children. we don't have time for ourselves. we don't take care of ourselves. the doctor told me not to eat too much sugar or bread or rice. i'll do what he sai

leaders of chad as well as bangladesh, sri lanka and papua new guinea are on the list. the summit will focus on challenges facing the asia pacific region and the theme will be developments. a japanese high court has dismissed request to suspend operations at two nuclear reactors. residents in southwest japan made the application over safety concerns. a branch of the fukuoka high court handed down its decision on wednesday. a citizens group sought an injunction to halt the reactors of the sendai plant in kagoshima prefecture. a district court turned down their petition last year prompting them to file an appeal. the residents argue the plant operate orhas under estimated the maximum strength of a possibitionsible seismic jolt. the regulator said the reactor meets the requirements. the residents voiced their disappointments. >> it reflected what experts at nuclear deregulation authority said. it's just a rehashing of the lower courts decision. >> officials with plant operator kyushu president-elect trick power welcomed the decision. they maintain the company will take all

one of the biggest problems in post-war sri lanka, but changes to the laws will bring hope that the real owners will some day get their lands back >>> you can get more on that story and the others at aljazeera.com is. >> i'm "ali velshi on target" tonight, america's new cold war with russia. i take you to the frozen north where america's allies are lacked in a huge standoff over deposits of oil and gas. i'll give you a firsthand look at how arctic melting has fueled old tensions between enemies. all week long al jazeera america is showcasing a selection of your stories. they are some of the most important news events we've covered on this channel for you and one of them has been the new cold war between russia and the west. the tensions now extend from the battlefields of syria to the sea lanes of the arctic but the bad blood started in 2014 with the war in ukraine. two years on russia still backs separatist rebels fighting the ukraine government. tonight i'm taking you on the front line with russia, poland, roe romania, bulgaria, and competing for special natural resources with new urge

but ended up releasing $81 million to accounts in the philippines and sri lanka. some of that money was sent on to casinos in the philippines and converted to chips on the gaming tables there. authorities still don't have any idea who stole all that money. despite that blazen heist, the fed official told us that the fed has no control over cyber security at the global banks it does business with and that means there's potentially an enormous amount of money at risk, as many as 250 central banks and entities around the world have accounts at the new york ted. that totals about $3 trillion in assets. roughly $80 billion is wired into and out of those accounts every day, officials say, and that staggering pool of money represents a rich and tempting target for cyber thieves. but if those cyber thieves do strike, the new york fed says it does not have to tell anybody about it. the official said there's no law or regulation that requires the fed to reveal that heists have occurred. steve liesman and i asked if there have been other cyber thefts like the bank of banglad

once top, sri lanka borrow $1.5 billion from the imf. the finance minister about the programs. you are watching "trending business". equities in the asia-pacific under pressure today. ♪ announcer: from our studios in new york city, this is "charlie rose." charlie: we begin this evening with our continuing coverage of election 2016. republican presidential candidate ted cruz scored a strong victory in yesterday's wisconsin primary. the outcome dealt a significant blow to front runner's donald trump's passing the nomination. it could also pave the way to a contested republican convention. mr. cruz: three weeks ago, the republicans said wisconsin was a perfect state for donald trump. >> boo! mr. cruz: but the hard-working men and women of wisconsin stood and campaigned tirelessly to

they are investing in china and sri lanka. it's not about being against capitalism. if you free trade should also be fair trade. when you have china's minimum wage at 75 cents and ours at $75, that's not fair trade. charles: am not a business decision to build a car here and put it on a ship and send it over there. some of the things we think are shipping jobs are opportunities out of this country. if you are working outside in new york city at verizon making $120,000 a year with a high school diploma, i think you are overreaching. >> millennials fail to understand raising the minimum wage kills jobs. >> that's not true. not even remotely. >> can i finish? this is the other thing that happens. nobody wants to talk about what union bosses make and what unions have done to corporations in america and how much union boss may be at fault for our jobs being shipped overseas. if we are going to have the conversation, we should have the whole conversation. nobody les our jobs going away, so let's have the whole conversation. charles: there are echoes and intertwining messag

i didn't know we fell so far behind, yemen, sri lanka. >> did you count it, 15 wins in there. >> they all do it. do you remember fair share and fair shot. take a drink every time he says fair share. >> or israel. >> excuse me. excuse me. if you took a drink every time he said winning in that 45 seconds you would literally have alcohol poisoning and have to go to the emergency room. >> feels like it's a bad thing. >> by the way, right now not such a bad thing. if i have to hear one more of these speeches i would be happy to be in a coma the rest of my life. >> go in and press play. we're going to win. we're going to win, win, win. people love it. that's why he's getting -- he's -- >> he has 37% of the republican vote. >> exactly. >> 37%. winning so much he's 13 points under an actual majority. >> that's not winning. >>> starbucks drink came with what? extra jokes. a florida man is angry at starbucks after he was served with a sugary drink with extra sugar. it had 59 grams of sugar. he posted a pick of the cup with his own note and says two of my sisters are diabetic, so not funny. and

disputes over landownership is one of the big problems in post-war sri lanka. the change in the laws bring hope that homeowners will some day get their land back. >> sport is coming up the best of its worst moments, robin will have the details. >> diabetes effects one in 12 of the adult population and a new report from the "world health organization." warninwarning that a the number of people affected by the disease will only increase unless drastic action is taken. >> a long wait to see the doctor at this diabetes center in islamabad. it's the only up of its type in the country, and it's seeing a number of people with the illness rise every year. many of them with little knowledge about the condition. >> we're so busy at home with the children. we don't have time for ourselves. we don't take care of ourselves. the doctor tolls me to limit the amount of sugar and bread and rice. i'll what i can do to take care of myself. >> it causes 715 million deaths each year. it's connected to the increasing rates of obesity. >> as we're moving on it might move up to one in

for example, we have seen important democratic gains in such countries as tunisia and nigeria and sri lanka and burma. but we're working closely with each of those countries in efforts to help meet those challenges. vietnam is another example. the country remains a single party state but hanoi has pledged as a member of the trans pacific partnership to allow for the formation of independent trade unions for the first time. a potential significant advance for freedom of association for workers. we have welcomed the release in the past month of a number of political prisoners and we hope for more. we believe that expanding freedom of expression and political participation will do much to strengthen that country and our relationship. the human rights reports spell out our concerns on every continent but the most widespread and dramatic violations in 2015 were those in the middle east. where the con fluance of terrorism and syrian conflict caused enormous suffering. i have discussed this crisis in this region repeatedly in recent weeks. and i saw -- i'm just going to highlight a few points righ

and in new york, they blocked some of the transfers, but released $81 million to philippines and sri lankaof it was sent on to casinos in the philippines, and converted to chips there on the gaming table, and we don't have any idea who stole all of that money. despite the brazen heist, the fed official told us that the fed has no control of the cyber security over to the banks that it does business with, which means potentially an enormous amount of money at risk. there are nearly $3 trillion in assets and rough ly $80 billion is wired into and out of the accounts everyday the official sa said. that is staggering pool of money that represents a rich and tempting target for cyber thieves, but if they do strike, the new york fed said that it does not have to tell anybody about it. the official said that there is no law or regulation that requires the fed to reveal that the heists have occurred. steve and i asked him if there have been other cyber thefts like the bank of bangladesh heists, but he said not in the central bank context, but the official and the spokesperson declined to respond t

just in the last year, look at the historic elections that took place in burma, in nigeria, in sri lanka, even in venezuela with the people have not one but they were able to manifest their enormous desire for change through an election. so the lesson i take is that if we have patience and determination, if we stick with these efforts in these programs we are going to win more victories than the defeats of that we face. that's where the funding that you provide my bureau, trl, to our human rights and democracy fund comes in the it's not a lot of money, about $85 million. this would like to think of it as our venture capital fund for freedom. were using it to get news, knowledge and even entertainment into north korea. and effort we know is changing minds and awakening expectations in the most close society on earth. we're using it to support the legal defense of activists and dissidents in multiple countries where they are being persecuted were using it to support political prisoners so they can contribute to building democracy and to fight the religious hatred that threatens their democ

in sri lanka, they kill each other. anytime you have people who are insecuretressed and they look for a scapegoat and they find someone who is on the outgroup who has a different , language a different skin color, a different religious tradition and they identify that as the source of their problems. it has nothing to do with if this person is jewish or catholic or that person is a mexican-american. it is the human nature of having a solidarity with one's own group and then attributing evil to the outside group. that is being exacerbated in this country. that is the truth of the matter. it is not a particular characteristic of one group over another. it is the normal business. the level of despair is out there. i have sat on radio stations. i was on a black radio station in chicago and they asked, do you support a congressman, and i said, of course not and they looked at me like, what, you don't? i saw the gap in interpretation. that is what really concerns me and i think the answer is not to , excuse antisocial behavio

board the three ships bound for turkey, and these men are from pakistan, apparently, afghanistan, sri lankagrants, but some are syrian, and those are the ones that worry you. what are your main concerns with them returning to turkey? >> well, what we documented, of course, the week before last in one province in the eastern syria border provinces of turkey are a number of specific incidents. we spoke to individuals involved, being detained in cities, rounded up, herded back to syria in groups of between between 100 and 200. we documented a number of cases in great detail. it's an open secret that this is happening on a more frequent basis. we estimate with some confidence, that over the last few weeks as this deal has been looming, one, two, perhaps even a few more thousand syrians have been returned to the conflict that they're fleeing from, rendering turkey a fairly unsafe place to be returning more unregistered syrian refugees back to. >> what is likely to happen to these men at the moment? and it could be women and children the further down the line here. but what is likely to happen to

look at the historical elections that took place in burma, nigeria, sri lanka even in venezuela. the lesson i take from that is that if we have patience and determination and stick with these efforts and with these programs, we are going to win more victories than defeats. that is where the funding you provide my bureau, through our human rights and democracy fund comes in. it is about $85 million. we like to think of it as our venture capital fund for freedom. we are using it to get news, knowledge and get -- entertainment into north korea, an effort that is changing minds and awakening expectations in the most closed society on earth. we are using it to support the legal defense of political activists and dissidents in multiple countries. we are using it to support political prisoners in burma so they can contribute to building democracy and fight the religious hatreds that threatens democracy. we are using it to deploy cutting-edge technology that breaks through china's great firewall and protect activists in dozens of countries from cyberattacks and cyber intrusions. we are u

in sri lanka we'll be encourage regular conciliation and justice in keeping with the joint resolution its government co-sponsored with us at the u.n. human rights council. in china, given all the hardships that people working for better governance there now face, we think it is especially important to stand by the lawyers being imprisoned for doing their jobs, the religious minorities persecuted for their faith, the activists and journalists being abconducted, in some cases from other -- abducted in some cases from other countries, for speaking out. in march we mobilized the first joint statement from the u.n. on china's human rights record in over a decade. we'll continue to try to forge a common front with our friends and allies on these issues. there are a lot of other issues i could mention, i assume you'll ask me about some of them. before i finish, i'd like to raise one final issue that's central to everything we are trying to do to advance human rights around the world and that is the fight against corruption. secretary kerry said thrst nothing more demoralizing andties empower

from sri lanka and and falling the world quite recently and you know, the established cricket nations have been incredibly impressed by afghanistan. they were defeated by the afghanistan team a few days ago. so my question to you, do you see the potential for cricket to advance a nationbuilding process, like alisa garnering consensus on a, national identity? we've seen in the best sports being used as a true to bring people together. what's the rule of cricket, in your view, in bringing afghans together? >> you might laugh but it is a very fortunate statement. cricket is extremely important in afghanistan because it is news that nobody can turn into negative news. it is positive reviews and they are very proud of their teams. on cricket tonight, everybody stays up to watch on tv the cricket matches. they were very happy to see that afghanistan has progressed to the upper level and that that of the four matches they did, they did win one against the country that have been a champ in 2012. so people were very, very proud, yes. sports can play a very important role. and as you said it's

and the hope scholarship program, the lansing for at-risk youth and reconstruction of a school in sri lanka. they also support the efforts of rotary international and in its fight to eradicate polio. i congratulate them on 100 years of service. thank you lansing rotary for the commitment to the people and the lansing community. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized one minute. >> thank you very much. it fills me with great pride to congratulate students from my sfern valley district at north hollywood district. they won the science bowl competition. it tests students' knowledge in all areas of science quizzing them in a fast-paced question and answer format. these bowls help our students to become researchers and engineers. as a researcher myself there is growing demand for talent in science, technology and math. it is promising to see them coming out of the sfern schools with such

with use of the complex crisis fund in tunesia during the arab spring and sri lanka, we used it to respond quickly in kenya and other countries where we helped save lives. importantly, this bill builds greater transpaeurpbs -- transparence into the structure of atrocity prevention board. civil society will have a say and congress will have a greater oversight role to make sure we are getting this done right. mr. president, this is a good bill. it does good things and places the united states on a solid moral ground. but the moral argument alone is not enough. we must also remember that america's security and that of our allies is effective when civilians are slaughtered. our security is impacted when desperate refugees stream across borders. our security is affected when perpetrators of extraordinary violence wreak havoc on regional stability, destroying communities, families and livelihoods. we have seen groups like isis systematically targeting communities on the basis of ethnicity, religious belief and practices. we still, after 60 years, still do not have a comprehensive framework to p

just in the last year, look at the historic elections that took place in burma, in nigeria, in sri lanka and even in venezuela where the people haven't won but they were able to manifest their enormous desire for change through an election. so the lesson i take from that is that if we have patience and determination, if we stick with these efforts and with these programs, we are going to win more victories than the defeats that we face. an that is where the funding that you provide my bureau, drl, through our human rights and democracy fund comes in. it is not a lot of money. it is about $85 million this year. we like to think of it as our venture capital fund for freedom. we're using it to get news, knowledge and even entertainment into north korea. a effort that we know is changing minds and awakening expectations in the most closed society on earth. we're using it to support the legal activists and dissidents in multiple countries where they are being persecuted. and we're reforming political prisons so they could contribute to democracy there in burma and fight what threatens their d