south sudan's government has been battling forces loyal to riek machar. he told al jazeera that the troops were not behind the attack. the exclusive report contains disturbing images. >> reporter: the things that could be seen along the road from the airport to the mosque were horrific. there were so many dead bodies, construction equipment was used to move them. outside the gate there was another pile of bodies - dragged there or killed together. the stench of death was overwhelming. even for the rebel guards standing guard. the rebels say many were butchered in the mosque, where muslims, mainly from darfur and sudan sought message. after filming these pictures we were told the real number of people killed in the mosque was over 200, out of 800 hiding there. bentiu, like other towns in south sudan changed hands several times since fighting between government soldiers and rebel groups in december. in bentiu people from darfur are believed to have been targeted for a specific reason. rebels are agreed to have been fighting alongside the south sudanese army

we'll -- south sudan. we'll show you the oil town reduced to rubble. >> the croatian family whose easter tradition is drawing in hundreds of tourists. in sport, wawrinka and roger federer go head to head at an all-swiss final at the monte carlio masters. >> good to have you with us for the newshour from al jazeera. new tapes revealed the confusion and indecision of the rescue operation of the south korean ferry disaster. 58 are confirmed dead. 244 are missing. the vessel capsized near jindo island. >> pro-russian rebels declared a curfew in slovyansk, following a gun battle at a makeshift checkpoint. the interior ministry says three were killed in the shooting. the u.n. warns that residents in a district of damascus ran out of food. aid has not been delivered for 10 days. some people are resorting to eating leaves and animal feed. >> rebels in south sudan say they are gaining ground in a fight for government troops after capturing an oil town. officials returned to a city deserted by the rebels. >> they fo

the famine is underway in south sudan. the rain seasons is here and the u.n, who has chapter 7 mandate in protecting civilians is really not exercising that right. they need to fully understand that -- >> as far as you're concerned, the release of these four detainees is key to finding peace? >> it is, as fundamental key in finding the solution for the current crisis. because i have stated before, in al jazeera and other news media that these four and the 11 are a crucial part of peace and solution. also, the government also need to understand that the current crisis cannot be dealt with in war. and so is the rebels, they need to understand that fighting and continuation of fighting will not achieve any fundamental vision that they have. >> as far as events in bentu are concerned. how many responsibility does riek machar lolled? >> it is a war. i can't say whether riek machar has responsibility or has not. fighting can never achieve any goals that we have. whether it's from the government or the rebels. we need a democrati

slaughtered in south sudan. united nations says hundreds of civilians were killed based on their ethnicity. plus sherpas who guide hikers on mount everest have a list of demands. and high-altitude survival, how a teenage boy says he live through a five hour flight in the wheel well of an airplane. >>> dozens of al-qaeda fighters have been killed in yemen. the strikes reportedly were backed up be u.s. drones. three al-qaeda leaders are said to be among the 55 people attacked on sunday. vice president joe biden is in ukraine tonight to discuss aid from the u.s. a new package will likely include technical and economic inhelp but not more money. >>> south korea's president is condemning the crew of the ferry that sank last week, comparing their actions to murder. six crew members and the captain are now under arrest, accused of abandoning the passengers. 87 bodies have been recovered so far. many families remain at the search waiting news about their loved ones. and authorities are still trying to determine why the

right now we have the sudan people's liberation army which is essentially the army of sudan that serves under salva kiir and then we have the spla in opposition and those are both individuals and armed parts of the former peoples liberation army of south sudan who have split off and are working under the command of riek machar. it is an umbrella group that contains a number of factions that of south sudan that have grouped together. >> has this political standoff has spilling out in horrible ways in these big cities of south sudan, have we gotten to a place now where the political standoff in the country has turned into an out and out tribal ethnic war in south sudan? are we there yet? >> there is definitely the use of these tensions that are causing what are war crimes and crimes against humanity essentially. the violence is widespread and systematic. i don't want to characterize it that way, the economic aspects are really the root causes of these conflicts which are primarily needing to be addressed but we need wide spread reconciliation and peace building and mediation at the local

>>> massacre in south sudan, the bodies littering the streets of bentiu, we have an exclusive report. ♪ >>> good to have you with us, you are watch aljazz with me. i'm david foster. also -- >> the united states standing with you. >> vice president joe biden reinforcement the u.s. east support for ukraine. >>> and the united states says it will investigation allegations that syria used a chemical against civilians. >>> and farming from the roof top, how agriculture is finding a space in crowded cities. ♪ >>> the united nations says it is standing by itself statement that rebels were behind the massacre of hundredsover people in south sudan. it says they went house to house hunting victims. even now piles of bodies litter the streets of the oil town of bentiu. south sudan's government has been battling forces loyal to the former vice president, and he has told al jazeera, that his troops were not behind the attack. ann ka visited the town and sent us this exclusive report in juba. you may find some of the pictures disturbing. >> reporter: even from the air we could see that there were d

she was recently in south sudan. and khalid medani, an associate professor of political science with a focus on africa at mcgill university. he is originally from sudan. we welcome you both. nancy lindborg what is the latest on the situation there? >> well, as you've just seen, this is an absolutely horrifying attack. and it is part of what we are seeing as an escalating series of killings that began last november. and it's becoming a cycle of reprisals. it is targeting what we just saw, women and children which is-- that's a war crime. the united states is supporting the u.n. commission of inquirery and we're actively looking to identify individuals who might be charged under the recent sanctions. >> woodruff: what is at stake here? are the aid agencies like usaid where you are-- are they able to keep people safe? >> there is a giant mobilization of humanitarian assistant under way in south sudan, both to try to reach those people who have rushed to the u.n. compounds for safety. there is also a huge number of peopl

and south sudan says u.n. keepers provoked the attack by firing in the air and we are in the capitol cuba. >> this is bor in the state and a town that changed hands between government and rebels several times since december. it's been in south sudan army control since late january, a few months later and the situation is still volatile. >> we are ready for what happened yesterday and in bor was that a group of 350 men, women and even some children decided to walk towards our peace keeping base. we were led to believe they were going to hand over a petition regarding the work of the u.n. in bor, upon arrival at the base part of the group broke off and went to the area of the base which is where we are protecting civilians and opened fire. now we immediately returned fire and have used lethal force to repel the attack. >> reporter: the u.n. condemned violence and said what happened in bor constitutes a war crime and also reminded the government of south sudan it does have a responsibility to protect bases in the

shocking stories of murder tonight from south sudan.o, kinder gentler politics, candidates rely on humor to get their points across. they're the best of friends, actors patrick stewart and ian mckellin are put to the test to find out how much they know about each other. richelle carey is here. richelle. >>> thr36 wounded in chicago oaferred thoverthe weekend, manm children. vice president joe biden will be meeting with ukraine's interim government to discuss aid from the u.s. the new package will likely include technical assistance but not money. the top u.s. ambassador in ukraine has days not weeks to follow through with promises. boston marathon, an american from san diego won the men's title. first american in more than 30 years to win the title. >> fitting. richelle thank you. >>> disturbing news out of south sudan where the u.n. says there's been a massacre, in a town recaptured from rebels, 200 people hiding in hospitals churches and mosques. anna covell has this report, a warning including pictures that are disturbing. >> no prep

to stop the killing in south sudan. and dinner diplomacy, why the president was raving about a japanese restaurant. >> we begin tonight with the stunning development threatening efforts to bring peace to the middle east. talks between israel and the palestinian authority are precarious as it is. now there's even bigger threat. rifle palestinian factions fatah and hamas have reconciled. we begin with atia rabawi who is in ra ramallah. >> leaders believe the time is now to make a change. >> the theft that we both have the crisis and if we are not moving quickly, retail israelisl actually weaken both of us and there is no future palestinian state. >> the groups have often been at odds and sometimes at war with each other. since then hamas has independently reuls ruled the -- ruled the 40 kilometer long gaza strip, home toe to palestinians. if this deal is successful it could be a win-win situation. for fatah it adds more legitimacy to president abbas's presidency. and for hamas it might yield a tricstrict blockade. rks. >>

. >>> a massacre in south sudan, the un says they were targeted killings based on ethnicity. and the sunshine state tries to revive its orchid population. ♪ >>> college admissions are about to change just a short time ago, the u.s. supreme court dealt another blow to affirmative action programs. the court upheld the rights of states to ban racial preferences in university admissions. libby, good morning, what does this ruling mean for universities across the country? >> it's really focused on the state of michigan. voters back in 2006 passed a referendum that colleges and universities could not measure things like race, ethnicity or gender in the hiring process. now a lower court, lower than the supreme court struck that down, saying it was discriminatory. today the supreme court pushed back, and overrode that, and they said the michigan law stands. that means that voters in that state get their wish, they get to say that colleges, universities, and in fact, even perhaps workplaces cannot use racial preference in the hiring process. the majority wrote for the supreme court th

there is food, a level of food in south sudan. but, for example, people in the east rarely find access to that food. why is that? >> there is some food, but not much surplus. unfortunately, it's more than exception than the rule. we hope that we work on development in the areas so we can have more of the examples in the country. in the areas affected by the conflict. the rains will make the rains impossible to go through them very soon. it is closed due to security. the government closed to be cannot use it, the highway of south sudan. and many airstrips are filled with mud. they get muddy. we cannot land on them. the only way to get food examples is make airdrops. some of the food is spoilt. it's difficult to control who has access to the food. we are left with the only option. >> all right. live from juva, thank you for joining us jose. >>> we reported about floods in afghanistan. let's get an update on the weather in afghanistan and around the world from everton. >>> thank you. as we know in this part of the world it does not t

massacre in south sudan.e'll bring you an exclusive report. >> the united states stands with you. >> u.s. vice president joe biden reaffirms yates support to ukraine. >>> the u.s. investigates who is to blame for a gas attack in syria. >>> and commercializing greenhouses. farms are springing up on roof tops and abandoned warehouses across the u.s. ♪ >>> human rights investigators from the un mission in south sudan have confirmed that rebels have massacres hundreds of people. piles of bodies have littered the streets since the killing last week. south sudan's government has been battling forces from the former vice president. he says his troops weren't behind the attack. >> reporter: we got a sense of what we might find as we were coming into land, because even from the air, we could see there were dead bodies along the road. but it wasn't until we reached the center of town that we were able to see the extent of the killing that has hand. the things that could be seen along the road were horrific. there was n

. >>> hundreds of people in south sudan targeted for their ethnicity.ho could be to blame coming up next on al jazeera america. consider this. the news of the day plus so much more. answers to the questions no one else will ask. >> it seems like they can't agree to anything in washington no matter what. >> the men who guide climbers to the world's tallest mountain, nepal's government said today it will consider the sherpas' demands. roxana saberi last been following the story all day. roxana. >> a total sherpa boycott would harm the climbing season on mt. everest. and the ethnic minorities in nepal who rely on the tourism to make a living. >> it was unthinkable to lose so many of my friends in the avalanche. >> anger and uncertainty are growing. some sherpa guides have quit. others are still deciding whether to boycott the climbing season, set to start next month. more than 300 foreigners have permission to climb everest over the next 12 months. 12 are with alpine ascents international. lost five of the roughly 40 sherpas in the avalanche. cancel the ex

coming up, starving in sudan. plus concern in russian hospitals as the government considers banning foreign medical equipment needed to keep patients alive. and in sport, celebrating the life of tito villanova. >> south sudan is facing one of the worst food crisis in recent years despite having the largest largest. south sudan roughly the size of france, 60% of its roads become unusable in the rainy season. it needs 1.3 million tons of food but produces only 900,000. it costs $1,300 to drop one ton of food. that's four times the value of the goods being dropped. not all the country is at risk. the potential for agriculture is huge. >> this is south sudan's green belt. the county in the southwest. down here the land is fertile and farmers produce surplus of food. they have a saying here, a hungry man is an angry man. over 20 years of civil war the ability to farm has been lost to south sudan. but gradually with the assistance of ngos they have been able to learn to regrow. here in south sudan with uganda, there is

we are waiting for a human rights report to be released by the mission in south sudan. everywhere is looking to the document, waiting to see what is in it before they make their next move. the u.s. have been considering targetting sanction, the united nations on the back of these massacres is considering sanctions. and i understand that a lot of people are looking to the report for guidance as to what to do in the future. we have to wait until 5 may for that to come out. hopefully we'll have more information later, when nava pilae arrives. >> thank you for that report. >> the secretary of state john kerry reportedly warned that israel is at risk of becoming an apartheid state. kerry was setting out the consequences of a palestine state. the comments were published any the daly beast news website. they said they had a private recording from a meeting with u.s., russia and japan. kerry said: . >> well, the u.s. state department told al jazeera that kerry was echoing statements made by former israeli prime ministers. its spokeswoman said: >>> palestine president mahmoud ab

. >> still ahead here on al jazeera, threats of an fam i ne and fighting in south sudan continues ande in the capitol duba. the plans for a unity of government. and in sport find out how the world's latest olymnian performed in swimming. ♪ oil security is set to be an important issue in iraq's parliamentary vote which will be held next week, the pipelines and infrastructure under constant attack and run into the millions. and we report from there. >> reporter: in the land of black gold these men are responsible for keeping the oil flowing, they are the iraq oil police. the commander here briefs charges for another day on the front line. here and across iraq they mount defensive operations as well as intelligence gathering of potential threats, it's a dangerous job. and this post commemorates those who died in the line of duty from this unit alone. the iraq oil police were formed in 2007 and after the american invasion in 2003 iraq eastern guy infrastructure was in chaos, gangs would smuggling oil from pipelines such as this and sell it on to foreign countries and that has come to an e

>> americans have been extremely involved in south sudan. many american volunteers have been working there supporting the people and that is, of course, something we should praise. support, financial support, humanitarian aid in sudan and in neighboring countries, but political commitment to force the parties to make peace. i think the countries of the region and those that have invested so much, like the u.s., in south sudan need to do everything possible to make sure that this completely stupid war -- there are no different programs, just a struggle for power and the control of resources, that this completely stupid war is ended. >> woodruff: do you look for contributions to the commission, to the refugee work you're doing? >> of course, we badly need support. all our african operations are dramatically underfunded because the attentions are very much on the syrian crisis. but it's support to all u.n. agencies working both inside south sudan and in the countries around. >> woodruff: a massive undertaking and we thank you very much for talk

has accused south sudan rebels of massacring hundreds of people. of bodies have littered the streets of the oil town of bentu since the killings last week and battling forces loyal to the former president and they told al jazeera his troops were not behind the attack. let's go straight to anna who is in the south sue dan capital duba and what are we hearing and how are people dealing with this? >> reporter: well, we came back to duba from bentu yesterday and found a town that was first of all almost empty of civilians so to say people are dealing with this are not doing it in bentu and most went to the neighboring the town. but what we did see while we were there is the aftermath of the massacre that took place in a mosque and many people were killed and the town exchanged hands and a battle between government and rebel forces but 800 people sheltering inside a mosque and 200 people were slaughtered. >> reporter: no preparations of what was to come and so many dead bodies and the construction equipment was used to move them. outside the gates of th

south sudan said that it is the u.n. peace keepers who provoked that attack. >> reporter: this is a town that has changed hands between government and rebels several times since december. it has been in south sudanese army control since january. a few months later the situation is still volatile. >> we're ready for any eventuallity. what happened in bore was a group of 350 men, women and children decided to walk forwards our peace keeping base. we were led to believe that they were going to hand over a petition regarding the work of the united nations. upon arrival part of that group broke off an they went towards the area of the base which we are protecting civilians, and they open fire. now we immediately returned fire, and we have used lethal force to repel the attack. >> reporter: the u.n. made a statement condemning the violence, statin stating that it constitutes a war crime and it has does a responsibility to protect its bases in the country. but the ministers of the country say that the u.n. peace keepers are the

many places in south sudan today, people are fleeing, going to u.n. bases and trying to find refuge to protect themselves. this is a huge high man tarian crisis that needs the support of all the international community together if we want to avoid any disaster of the proportions that we have seen in ethiopia or south s sudan in the 1980's. the white house said: had there been enough concrete action on the part of the to you. back up the tough rhetoric and i should point out, does it bother you that you're not seeing that tough rhetoric coming out of congress? >> definitely it bothering me. the u.s. has been one of the supporters of the people of south sudan in reaching the independence and after that, it did very little to support the institutions in the south. yes, the south sudanese are responsible for what happened, but i think the international community as a whole led by the united states are also responsible, and they are supposed to exert all pressure possible on these leaders to stop the fighting and to protect the civilians, and to bring in h

forces do people to be deployed in sudan with a. country that if used to deploy forces are not going to get into the top. two future. neighbors who are trying to help them not to. do this. because we. are not going to buck to the issue of oil while speaking about oil and your relations with the united states there was a period a short the relatively short period in your bilateral history when. the ties were more or less friendly back in the eighty's when chevron the was operating on the ground and i wonder if we can look at. those vested interests as essentially to guarantee of good relations with the west has an oil become a new deter and therefore it's if you had americans american companies working on the ground with your half perhaps better relations but to me the problem was the american companies found you know were able to to find oil. before finding oil americans were good so the oil was a source of. americans now or we discussed this intervention as my merican interventionism but i would like to ask you about one more very

compound in south sudan talk of their terror. >> one man caught up with me and hit me in the head with machete. i stayed very still because i didn't want them to come back and finish me. >> pakistan's military denies being responsible for the shooting of a prominent journalist. and how mobiles are dialing up profit at the expense of traditional phone services in myanmar. >> divers in south korea have recovered more bodies. the search an recover operation is continuing just off jindo. >>> south sudan's government said it has sent troops after an attack at an u.n. camp on thursday. >> reporter: these are some of the survivors of an attack on the u.n. base in bor. among them women and children. some have bullet wounds. others say they were attacked by machetes. a boy said he was beaten by sticks by a group numbering in the hundreds. a woman ran away. >> she caught up with me, so i tried to jump over a wall. one man caught up with me and hit me in the head with a machete and left me. i laid very still because i didn't want them to come back and finish me. >> another woman was shot in the a

in south sudan, it's supposed to be the planting season. no one is planting crops.t's a race against time to avoid a famine that could be on the scale of the one in ethiopia, which claimed up to a million lives. >> in the kenyan capital nairobi, a car bomb has gone off, killing four people. that includes two policemen. it exploded outside a police station in the pangani district of the city. earlier this month 650 people were arrested in eastly. many were accused of having links to terrorism. most were released without charge. >>> now, to nigeria, where parents have joined the army to try to find almost 200 school girls kidnapped last week. they were taken to a school in the nearby borno state. we have more from abuja. . >> reporter: the security situation is worrying many algerians, after several attacks by boko haram. 75 were killed at a bus station. 200 girls kidnapped at a school and many killed in the northern borno state. the school set ablaze by masked men. >> it's getting worse. people used to depend on soldiers to make sure that the security is ensured. now

counts in south sudan. one base now has 22,000 civilians inside it, the u.n. says they are struggling to cope with the influx. these camps were not designed to house thousands and thousands of people or families. they are not designed to set up the feeding centers in an area that is. there's a lot of tension. the deration led to ambassadors being called to an emergency session. behind closed doors they were shown pictures of the recent massacre, the head of peaked keeping drives to the atmosphere in the north. >> it is one of deep shock, deep shock first. by seeing hundreds of bodies, can you imagine 200 bodies left to rot in a mosque. people killed in hospitals. >> do you feel a partner in the government of south sudan? we have the star us the, of course, and yet the agreement despite all the verbal assurances that they received is not -- implemented every day, there are difficulties for us to move around, to go where we need to go. we have difficulty of somebody even -- and the aircraft to some places, we are our people are threatened intimidated. >> human r

sanctions help to end violence in sudan. plus, the british government has started controversial training for civil servants, about how to identify what it calls potential terrorists. >> time for a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. in india the third phase of voting is underway. more than 100 million are eligible to vote on thursday for 91 parliamentary seats. the u.n. is preparing to vote on whether to send the peace-keeping mission to the troubled central african republic. 30 were killed there on wednesday. >> and the trial of three al jazeera journalists in egypt continues on thursday. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy, and mohammed badr, have been detained for 103 days. a fourth journalist, abdullah al-shami, of al jazeera's arabic channel has been detained without trial since last august. >> now back to the top story, the elections in india. son-in-law media sites are a new battle ground in the country. we have this report. >> outside the common man party's office the mood is relaxed and jovial. inside a group o

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good to see pup what is on the table for south sudan at the security council today? >> reporter: i think there is deep concern because the world's newest nation less than three years old is in a state of open warfare. i think the reason why they've got this meeting that is taking place in less than an hour is because of events that have happened in the last week. first that attack on the u.n. camp in bor when 58 people were killed inside the camp including peace keepers, and then the atrocity we've seen in the last couple of days. 200 people killed in the town of bentiu, which is the oil producing area. i think that attack has shocked everyone. that's why the ambassadors have called this emergency meeting. >> what are the options available to the u.n.? >> i think they've got limited options because when this whole thing started they said let's send more trips to south sudan. well, it's hard to get an answer from the u.n. of how many have arrived but we believe its less than 700 have arrived in south sudan. first they've got to get the troops they've already authorize

. >>> still ahead the struggle for south sudan's oil fields.ll hear from the government after rebels have seized another town. >>> and prince charles and his wife katherine begin their tour, we'll look at attitudes toward the monarchy down under. ♪ >>> a report by a group of international lawyers and prosecutors have found evidence of what it says is systematic torture by the syrian government. they viewed graphic pictures in a closed session on tuesday. omar has more. and some of you might find the images in his report up setting. >> reporter: images like these show the systematic torture that has taken place in military detention centers across syria. it include eye gouging, beatings, and more. they issued the reports naming the syrian government for the systematic torture. >> translator: it's a rare thing in our business that we get this type of direct evidence. but it's direct, provable, sustainable, beyond a reasonable doubt evidence of war crimes being conducted by the assad regime. >> reporter: a photograph smuggled 55,000 images in janu

humanitarian disaster, millions of people in south sudan at risk of starving to death.ook at what is being done and what should be done. born with no arms an iowa man becomes a champion with the bow and arrow. and fran drescher talks about her fiekt against cancer. but first a look at our top stories. ivan lopes easemental health was not a factor in the shooting at fort hood. authorities say he had an argument with other soldiers before he opened fire. >>> the latest jobs report was released today and it continues mostly good news. the u.s. economy created 192,000 sglobs march, the number of private sector jobs is now higher than before the recession, but the economy did lose a thousand manufacturing jobs. and millions of people are making their way to vote in the presidential election. it will be the first democratic transfer of power in the country's history. let's go to bernard smith who is live in kabul. how is the process going so far? >> the polls have been open for about an hour, it is unfortunately a very wet, dreary, cold day here in kabul, but karzai himself h

for more than two decades sudan has been on the u.s.list of state sponsors of terrorism and i know that in your capacity as foreign minister you've played it repeatedly with washington to delist your country this is yet to be done but. having saddam on that list doesn't prevent the united states from. having a dialogue with you and i know that you met with your secretary of state john kerry recently here is actually the picture taking out at your meeting it seems to be a very quare deal so. why do you think the united states tries to achieve from having you on that please because obviously they they seem to be interested in that relationship for the year. so many things should be with. the picture. you don't have one government you have so many. trying to do so many things on one part to the government of. the presidency and so many of. the will to do something positive research done but were there. to their constituents is the will to the. members of the congress they cannot do anything but unfortunately have been dealing with all this

. >> survivors speak of an attack in south sudan, that left 58 dead as the government sends troops to protect compounds. >> here a rapidly booming economy is driving an industry out of business. rob to so let's start the -- >> so let's start the program in south korea. three days of waiting seems to be turning into any parent's nightmare. divers have manage said to get inside the ship, nearly 250 people are unaccounted for. we hope to go live to adrian brown in jinned u in a -- jindo, but here is a report on why the families say their suffering is being made worse. >> it's one of the saddest places on earth. a gymnasium, a temporary home to families of missing. among those enduring another agonising day, this woman, whose 16-year-old daughter is unacontacted for. a daughter whom a mother describes as intelligent, optimistic and fun. >> she was a daughter and a friend. >> a daughter. she wants to believe is still alive. >> this is kim, a devote christian, got the last cool from her daughter at 9:56am on sunday morning, when the ferry was list said dangerously to one side. >>. >> transl

al jazeera, south sudan. >> one week after they were abducted there is no word on the missing nigerian school girls, and the discrepancy of how many girls are missing is at issue. >> reporter: conflicting information and ongoing confusion about the number of abducted girls. the officially the figures given from 129 girls missing. the school principal said that has raise on it 230. however, the principal's statement has not been corroborated by the security services, meaning the military, who are standing by the figure of 129 girls initially kidnapped, and a number 6 those have been rescued or escaped. this confusion is exacerbated by the fact that there is no video of evidence of these girls since the story broke, and it's impossible to access the area because the authorities say it is too dangerous for the media. meanwhile, parents are calling on the security services to do everything they can to find these girls. so far there remains a large number of girls who are still missing. in a separate incident not far away over the weekend another government secondary school was attacked by

. >> bodies lint streets in south sudan. the u.n. said hundreds of people have been massacred by rebels. >> hello, we have world news for al jazeera. also ahead the u.s. vice president touches down in ukraine as russia accuses kiev of breaking an agreement on the crisis in the east. >>> syrian government set for elections that could give president assad seven more years of power. >>> we go inside the murky world of illegal gambling. rebels in south do you san accused of massacring hundreds of people. the army and south you dan are e fighting a number of rebels groups. a warning that some of the pictures we're about to show are you disturbing. showing dozens of dead bodies. we are not showing all of the pictures because they are just too graphic. in one mosque alone 200 people were killed and there were more deaths in a church and hospital. earlier my colleague spoke to the deputy representative at the u.n. mission in south you dan. he describes what he he saw. >> i just came back from beniu. i was there for 20 hours and went around t

thank you very much. >> the deposit in south sudan -- government in south sudan, said it sent soldiers across the country to secure bases belonging to the united nations. 58 people were killed at the site, where the displaced people have taken shelter. violence began four months ago, when fighting broke outs between government soldiers and rebel troops loyal to the former vice president. >> these are some of the survivors on a u.s. base in bor. among them women and children. some have bullet wounds, others attacked by people with machetes. this boy was beaten with sticks, by a group numbering in the hun deds. >> this wall yn was told to -- woman was told it lay on the ground. she refused and ran away. >> translation: they caught up with me. i tried to jump over a wall. a man caught up with me, hitting me in the head with a machete. i lay still because i didn't want them to come back and finish me. >> another woman described being shot in the arm as she, too, tried to run away from her attackers. >> pictures emerged on saturday, of the aftermath of the violence. some show the dead being

including starving in south sudan. they could soon see the worst famine in decades.nd dozens of cases of measles reported in california, washington, and new york. and we'll look at portraits painted by george w. bush. the latest jobs numbers are in. the number of private sector jobs is now higher than before the recession. officials now say ivan lopez's mental health was not a main factor in the shooting at fort hood. they said he had an argument with fellow soldiers before he opened fire. he gunned down three people on wednesday before killing himself, and 16 were wounded. >>> a veteran photo journalist has been shot dead by an afghan policeman. she had been covering preparations for tomorrow's presidential election in afghanistan. her correspondent was also wounded in the attack and is in stable condition. >>> it's a story that is being far underreported. the united nations says it's a race against time in south sudan where 3.7 million people are at risk of starving. possibly the worst famine in -- africa since the 1980s. the country needs $230 million in the next

. >> still to come here on al jazeera in south sudan details of the deadliest attack on u.n. compound where 5,000 civilians were seeking refuge. in the philippines not everyone is reaping the benefits. >> these protestors have decided that today they will be arrested >> these people have chased a president from power, they've torn down a state... >> what's clear is that people don't just need protection, they need assistance. well it's official... xfinity watchathon week was the biggest week in television history. but just when you thought it was over... what now? with xfinity on demand you can always watch the latest episodes of tv's hottest shows. good news. like hannibal... chicago fire.... ...and bates motel. the day after they air. xfinity on demand. all the latest episodes. all included with your service. it's like hi-fiving your eyeballs. xfinity...the future of awesome. >> these are the top stories here at al jazeera. cranes have been brought in to help salvage the ferry that sunk off the south korean coast. 25 people have been confirmed dead. the 271 missing people a

anna kavel, al jazeera, juba, south sudan. >> south sudan is the world's youngest country having gainednce from sudan in 2011. >>> french journalists taste freedom after almost a year of captivity in syria. the four men seen here were found by turkish soldiers on the syria/turkey border. their hands were bound and blindfolded. a boosted from the united states, cog tots "wall street journal" for the very first time, u.s. and saudi arabia are sending missiles in to help arm the opposition. white house officials are neither confirming or denying those reports but they did say that they are working to help bolster the rebels' ability to fight the syrian government the. the three-year civil war in syria has claimed 100,000 victims according to the united nations. perhaps the most vulnerable of those victims are children. for many, the battle wounds run deep scarring them emotionally. a report. >> severe depression has left this 14-year-old boy scarred, vulnerable and desperate for him. fadis is not his real name. he has tried to end his life four times. >> i was upset with my grandfather, an

will the release of four south sudan politicians bring an end to the conflict. and... ..we take a look at the life and legacy of william shakespeare, as the year of his birth is celebrated. >>> hello again. a reminder of the top stories - g7 leaders say they'll move swiftly to impose broader sanctions against russia. moscow has been accused of violating ukrainian air space as troops hold drills along the border. inside ukraine, a group of international monitors has been seized by pro-russian activists. >> the u.s. president barack obama is due to arrive in malaysia in the next few hours, in the next stage of his asia tour. he left south korea after a two-day visit, where he met the president and addressed the american troops stationed there. >>> in afghanistan - more than 180 people have been killed due to flooding caused by three days of heavy rain. people in many remote areas say they have received no help from the government. thousands of people have been displaced. >>> all right, let's go back to the top story, the developing ukraine crisis. we can talk to b

let's send troops to south sudan. they have not been able to find them. only 600 of those troops so far have arrived. the ambassador that i spoke to said that they need accountability, possibly the international criminal court should be called in, possibly there should be sanctions against the government of south sudan and the opposition. >> you know, james, i'm curious what the u.n. is most worried about in south sudan, the loss of life and the violence, but there is another concern, isn't there? >> reporter: there is, they do fear that this is going to lead to more bloodshed. but they're worried about something something else. it's about where we are in the calendar year in south sudan. right now it's the planting season. it's the time that farmers go out and plant their crops. they don't do that because of the violence and there is concern of a famine. and one official calls it a race against time to prevent a famine on the scale of we've seen in the 1980's which cost almost a million lives. >> from the united nations, thank you. the supreme court move

south sudan said that it's the u.n.eace keepers who pr provod that attack. >> a town that has changed hands between government and rebels several times since december. it's been in south sudanese army patrocontrol since late january. >> what happened yesterday was that a group of 350 men, women, and even some children decided to walk towards our peacekeeping base. they were led to believe they were going to hand over a petition regarding the work of the united nations. upon arrival part of that group broke off. they went towards the area of the base, which is where we're protecting civilians, and they open fired. we immediately returned fire and we have use legal force to repel the attack. >> reporter: the u.n. made a statement condemning the violence and said that it constitutes war crime. it reminded the government in south sudan that it has a responsibility to protect the people of its country. but the government said that it is the u.n. who provoked the crowd. >> they shot bullets in the air. shooting pull let's in

it voted to breakaway from sudan in 2011.t's heavily supported by the u.s. it is one of the world's poorest. it is rich in oil. >> bentiu is the capital of the oil-rich unity state. the town changed hands since violence broke out. eight of the countries have been affected by violence and the internally displaced. close to a million fled to their homes. the vast majority are sheltering in the bush, vulnerable to hunger and conflict. the roots are a power struggle between the president and former vice president. both represent different groups, the origin of the nature. what does the u.n. think the way forward is. what is the next thing that needs to happen to protect the civilians. >> the first thing is for the main parties to honour the cessation of hostilities, that they signed of their own free will. unfortunately that agreement has been violated in nearly three months. >> it's a disturbing story. sheila macvicar we are talking about food used as a weapon. there's two paths to death. there's ethnic cleansing and massacre wh

. >> the united nations insist rebels were behind the massacre in south sudan. the group denies any investment involvement. >>> the u.s. investigate who is to blame for a gas attack in syria. >> ten months in charge. we'll have more about manchester united's manager. >> welcome to the program. we begin in ukraine. the acts president is asking for a resumption of military operations against pro-russian groups in the east. two brutally tortured bodies were found. jackie, so what more has the activwe haveseen. >> reporter: the situation here in the east is becoming markedly more tense. now on dues there has been this incident that has been reported by the president himself according to which two bodies were found, one belonging to his own party, apparently abducted and now found dead. and another announced on tuesday, a plane belonging to the ukrainian air force was hit by small arms fires from one of those pro-russian check points. the pro russians on the checkpoint say they were responding to the fire itself. the fact remains that tensions are getting higher here

. >>> talks due in ethiopia between sued job and south sudan. fighting broke out in december between pro-government forces loyal to the president and those loyal to the former vice president. atrocities have been reported on both sides. the united nations says the rebels slaughtered hundreds of civilians when they seized the south sudan oil town in april. the rebels dismissed the accusations. days later armed men attacked the compound sheltering 5,000 civilians in bor. we have our correspondent in juba with the latest. >> reporter: there's a degree of disillusionment here with the peace process. the cessation of hostilities agreement was signed amid fanfare, all the way back to january 23rdrd. the fighting has been active. in the last two weeks we have seen some of the most brutal violence. there's a major difference in this round of talks, and that's that the four political prisoners have been released. the detention was a stumbling block. the rebel side saying they couldn't reach a peace agreement with the government until they were released.

than 1 million people have now been displaced by fighting between rival political groups in south sudan. the united nations said as many as 50,000 children could die this year because of famine. >> these women made homeless by war struggled to find water every day. they fill waters one at a time and many in the cue go back empty handed. >> there is no other water. the other place that has water is very far. you have to walk three hours to get there. that's why we come here and dig in the ground to get water. >> this is some of 4 million people who don't have enough food or water. their children face the highest risk. 50,000 children could be killed this year due to famine-like conditions in south sudan and is calling for immediate action. thousands of children have been facing high levels of malnutrition since the world's newest country separated from sudan in 2011. 10s of thousands were forced from their homes due to fighting in their political groups, and many are struggling in makeshift camps. there is no food, water or medical care. >> conditions here are not good. children are sick