unesco is holding a conference in germany. is hoping to get more international help to restore its damaged heritage. a report now from kathmandu. >> reporter: even the quake could not put off devotees who come every day to sing songs early in the morning. the world heritage site dating back to the 5th century sustained extensive damage in april's earthquake. the task of stablizing monuments is still going on. the art historian said it is complicated. >> these are not archeological sites. these are living heritage. these are monuments that are in daily worship and the rebuilding process has to keep that in mind. >> there are other challenges to overcome. unesco who is responsible foe rebuilding the haireritage sites stilts more than $200 million is needed to rebuild the monuments of kathmandu and perks say the rules imposed by the nepali government have to be revised first. >> berth hagmiller has had years of experience. >> they introduced early on this restriction of using modern materials to the detriment of many of these pro

the unesco world heritage site in danger. isil destroys islamic shrines around the sane she wants syrian city of palmyra. >>> hello there, i am laura kyle from doha. also ahead hospitals and the d the death toll from a heat wave keeps rising. striking port workers cause chaos in calais with migrants sizing the opportunity to cross -- seizing the opportunity to cross the channel. amazon and google are the latest retailers to pull confederate flag merchandise from their sites. >>> isil has destroyed two islamic shrines. close to palma palmyra. these photographs show the shrines being blown up. smoke could be seen rising from the too many of a companion of the prophet mohammed cousin, mines had been laid in the ancient city raising fear that his might artifacts will be lost. isil has vowed to destroy statues that it regards as idol would be shippingas eyeor chiming. earlier he told me why isil chose to destroy the islamic shrines. >> from an archeological perspective. they don't have any archeological value the value is more in

a unesco world heritage site.se amateur photographs show the shrine is being blown up. >>> the death toll from a severe heat wave in pakistan has risk to over 700. hospitals in the port city of karachi are strug to go cope with the number of patients mostly elderly suffering from sun stroke and did he hide vague. >>> train services through the channel tunnel are back up and running a day after being shutdown. the crossing was crossed when striking ferry workers set fire to the train tracks on tuesday. migrants then tried to take advantage by jumping onto trucks waiting to cross the tunnel. >>> now, hundreds of protesters have spent a second night on the streets of the armenian capital refusing to go home until the government release -- reverses a decision to raise electricity prices. the country's power grid is owned by a russian firm. >> reporter: the water cannon knocks him straight off his feet. and he comes back for more. again. and again. protesters stage a sit in all monday night. angry over the government's

unesco issued a statement telling the public to be extra careful.re still being salvaged from some of the sites raising dangers of threat. we asked director general of department of archeology if they succumb today pressure from the business community. >> translator: we feel pressure but not much. it is on you duty. 1 million people is involved in the tourism industry and total 3% gdp is from tourism. if the risk will not come how do we survive. >> reporter: only 14 of the 75 districts of nepal have been affected by the quake but overall tourism has dramatically decreased. the government hopes that opening these heritage sites would be a symbolic gesture to bring tourists back to nepal. al jazerra kathmandu. >>> now here is some good news, perhaps fox chock holland i cans scientists in scotland discovered eating up to 100 grams of chocolate every day could lower the risk of strokes and heart disease but as charlie angela now reports the sweet treat still has some downsides. >> reporter: so decadent and delicious and not so bad for us as we thought.

. >> this unesco heritage site, stabilization is still going on. a historian says rebuilding monuments here is complicated. >> these monuments are not really archaeological sites. these are living heritage, in daily worship and the rebuilding process has to keep that in mind. >> and there are other challenges to overcome. unesco which is responsible for coordinating the rebuilding of the heritage site estimates that more than $200 million is needed to rebuild the monuments of kathmandu. but fight the cost, experts say the rules concerning construction with unesco's advice have to be rebuilt first. >> they introduced early on this restriction of using modern materials. to the detriment of many of these projects. we know a number of projects who followed this one and did not consider to make them earthquake-safe and the department of archaeology took that into their rules. >> and some here say because of this restriction on the use of modern materials including concrete and metal reinforcement, some recently restored buildings crumbled. unesco now sa

unesco issued a statement telling visitors to be extra-careful. director general of department of archaeology is under pressure from the department of archaeology. >> it is our duty, $1 million more than $1 million and total gdp is dependent on tourism. how will we survive. >> overall tourism has dramatically decreased. the government hopes that opening these heritage sites would be a symbolic gesture to bring tourists back to nepal. sabina shrestha, al jazeera kathmandu. >>> donnell trump is the latest -- donald trump is the latest candidate seeking the republican nomination as president of the united states. the 68-year-old businessman and reality tv star says stopping illegal be immigration from mexico would be his highest priority. >>> rob reynolds is there for the video gaming show. >> the biggest video gaming and entertainment show on earth is off and running to the delight of fan fanatical gamers. e-3, vast and increasingly popular entertainment industry. >> when you get to e-3 tomb raider, gears of war these are the big blockbuster summer

unesco issued a statement telling the public to be extra careful.ts are still being salvaged from some of the sites now open to public. raising dangers from theft. director general of department of archeology has pressure from the business community. >> not much. this is our duty. one million maximum, more than one million asking and the gdp is related to tourism and if they do not come how will they survive. >> reporter: 14 of 75 districts have been effected by the quake but tourism has dramatically decreased and the government hopes opening the sites would be a symbolic gesture to bring tourists back to nepal. i'm with al jazeera, kathmandu. >>> do stay with us, still to come on al jazeera. >> i decided i'm candidate for the united states of america. [cheers and applause] former governor of florida announces his bid to be the third bush in the white house. plus leaving behind misery and despair, villages in sinagal deserted as thousands seek a new life in europe. and host chile was cold in the bid to reach the quarter finals in cup of america, det

this unesco world heritage site, dating back to the 16th century. two months later the statistic of stabilizing monuments is still going on. an art historian said rebuilding monuments is complicated. >> these monday ooums are monuments are not really archaeological sites. our building process has to keep that in mind. >> and there are other challenges to overcome. unesco which is responsible for coordinating the rebuilding of the heritage site, estimate more than $200 million is estimated to rebuild the monuments of kathmandu. but despite the cost, the rules concerning construction imposed by the nepali government has to be revised first. thad miller has years of construction experience. >> they introduced early on this restriction of using modern materials. have to the detrimentto the detriment of many on this project. we know a number of projects who followed this one and did not consider to make them earthquake safe. and the department of archaeology took that into their rules. >> and some here say because of this restriction on the use of modern

unesco has issued a statement telling the public to be extra careful. artifacts are still being salvaged from some of the sites now open to public. raising dangerous from theft. director general of department of archeology if there is pressure from the business community. >> this is our duty. >> only 14 of the 75 districts of nepal have been effected by the quake. but over all tourism has dramatically decreased. the government hopes that opening these heritage sites would be a symbolic gesture to bring tourists back to nepal. >> finally we have some great news for chocolate lovers. scientists in scotland have found that eating up to 100 grams of chocolate a day can lower the risk of stroke and heart disease. >> so decadent, so delicious and not as bad as we thought. it seems that eating chocolate every day is linked to a lower risk of heart disease and stroke. looking at the eating habits of 21,000 people over 12 years researchers at university of aberdeen have discovered those who ate chocolate wed less, exercised more, less obese and lower risk of typ

unesco issued a statement telling the public to be extra careful. artifacts are still being salvaged from some of the sites open to public, raising danger from theft. we asked the director general of department of archeology if they suffered from pressure from the business community. >> not much. it is our duty, also. 2% to 3% g.d.p. is tourism. if they do not come, how will they survive? >> overall tourism has dramatically increased. the government hopes reopening the sights will being a dramatic gesture to bring tourism back to nepal. >> mers is claiming lives in south korea, also hurting the country's economy. >> the women's soccer team gets set to take on the world cup. we will take you to nigeria and show you the challenges the sport faces there. because that is your job. >> only on al jazeera america. >> south korea is beginning trials of an experimental plasma treatment for mers. 19 have now died of the illness. they are scrambling to save lives around the economy. we have this report. >> trying to balance the book's and pay the salaries, for

they visited a unesco world heritage site.icials say 800,000 foreigners visit nepal every year and they say restoring the attractions is a key priority to bring visitors back. unesco plans to restore the 17th century palace as soon as possible. the structure housed a museum before the earthquake that destroyed it. >> we have made a list of priorities, so this one, the museum, is at the top of our priority, because this building, as you can see, is very shaky. >> the delegates will attend an international aid conference in kathmandu on thursday, two months after the first quake. relationships from 53 agencies and countries are taking part including japan, india, and china. the nepalese government say they need about $6.7 billion for reconstruction. that's equivalent to about one-third of the country's entire gross domestic product. >>> the rainforests of brazil are one of the world's natural treasures, but logging and slash and burn farming have seen the forest shrink dramatically. an tlearnt form of agriculture is emerging sim

unesco issued a statement telling the public to be extra careful. artifacts are still being salvaged from some of the sites now open to public, raising dangers from theft. we asked the director general of department of archaeology if they suffer from pressure of the business community? >> not much. it is our duty, also. 2% to 3% g.d.p. is tourism. if they don't come, how do they survive? >> overall tourism has drastically decreased. the government hopes opening these heritage sites will be a symbolic jessure to bringing tourists back to nepal. >> you can get more on all these stories if you head over to our web address aljazeera.com. you can see our front page there with the lead story the court ruling upholding a death sentence against deposed egyptian president mohamed morsi and the international reaction from countries like turkey and others. we are back in just a couple of seconds. stay with us. >> deadly collapse a balcony gives wave at a late night party. investigators are trying to figure out how it happened. dangerous weather, tropical storm

and unesco the u.n.anization that protects world heritage sites are also meeting in paris trying to find ways of cutting off vital sources of money for isil. victoria gatenby has more on the selling of antiques. >> reporter: the men in the green jumpsuits are isil fighters. they have been arrested on suspicion of smuggling an enchant artifacts. the money raised may well have been used to fund isil's war. >> translator: the intelligence of infantry brigade 54 was able to chase and arrest four-member gang who smuggled relics making use of the current security conditions and prevennes of isil in some provinces. >> reporter: isil fighters attacked 3,000 year old strat chews with power drills and smashed valuable pieces at museums. the trafficking of age-old artifacts is a lucrative source of income for isil. >> we know it's very lucrative because isis has essentially evolved from simply just using it as a supplementary source by taxing what looting was already going on in actually being involved it's a, and

palmyra is a unesco world heritage site. isis militants have proven to be tenacious fighters but a new strategy might be working. kurdish fighters recalftured tall abyad. we will bring you exclusive reports on how the victory there could be the blueprint for defeating isis. >> reporter: even members of the ypd, the fighting force we were speaking to were expressing how surprised they were at how quickly they were able to move through such vital terrain. for two years isis reigned with impunity over this frontier. now, beaten back. there was a coalition air strike he was just saying on that side of this underground tunnel that goes around the entire village. isis had moved into this particular area about two years ago. this obviously dug out with heavily machinery about three feet three inches a meter wide and pretty high as well. and then you can see the metal ceiling, roof that was put into it running throughout. isis tunnel is fairly crude but still highly effective when it comes to giving them freedom of movement througho

the site is listed as a world heritage site by unesco. >> before be being load on to a royal jordanianless jordanianless flight. the approach was due to lack of confirmation. the sphooun ral is expected to take place on saturday. australia's priementsdz has denied the charge that his crews offered migrant boats money to not enter. andrew thomas joins them for one of the encounters. >> captain is flying over the andeman sea looking or the boats of migrants. its helicopters dropped them food but wouldn't let them land on shore. thiestled promised a better response. large ship offshore ready to accommodatefully migrants found. >> when migrants were fowrn in the add man sea ill thailand's navy has been send twog helicopters like this and two planes like this every day since and so far they haven't found any toart vessels. >> at least not with ones and migrant, near impossible team of given each aircraft lies for two hours each day. that though the can't assists is enough. >> captain assists is an arrest. home for rashiza is a women's shelter near the thai ielt of poukette. sme says she was kid

unesco warned, nepal was still in a precarious state. kathmandu said it was sending experts to assess whether it was safe to open mt. everest. >>> help people with many aspects of their lives but now many of them are the ones in need. intoings reports. sabina shrestha reports. >> broken woman no longer can even talk about her work. when the earthquake hit nepal in april, she lost what was dearest to her her two grandchildren two-year-old and the newborn. >> translator: i was so happy to be working on child health i used to go on house called but this is what god did to me. >> she is a community health volunteer. one of the 52,000 women that ensure that pregnant women newborns and children under five are healthy. now she feels lost. a community of volunteers like her are said to be the backbone of nepal's health services. now many of them are struggling with their own losses leaving the entire health services broken. 9 community volunteers in this community of 600 she did not make it. her husband said she was buried with her two children

the unesco world heritage site of the middle rhine valley.if you sometimes have the feeling that your pet is part human -- or, indeed, that your pet thinks it's part human itself -- you are not alone. british photographer tim flach also has an eye for the human nature in animals and he has a knack for capt

the unesco world heritage site of the middle rhine valley.times have the feeling that your pet is part human -- or, indeed, that your pet thinks it's part human itself -- you are not alone. british photographer tim flach also has an eye for the human nature in animals and he has a

parts of the gulf of california on the west coast of mexico are a unesco world heritage site, including the isla isabel. here bioligists are asking local fishermen for help in perserving the dwindling biodiversity. reporter: it is five in the morning. we are a few kilometres off isla isabel in the gulf of california. marine biologist jacques cousteau once called the region "the world's aquarium." feliciano: we depend on the island, my wife, my son and i, my whole family. it's a cornucopia, this island. there's good and bad, just like in real life. but we live with it, so we have to protect it. reporter: the fishermen come him!!!! from the mainland, more kilometres away. sometimes they spend the night on the island. feliciano: because of commercial trawling, and, of course, our small boats, fishing is getting more difficult. we used to have two or three nets. now we bring along five. reporter: the island is of volcanic origin. it's been an official nature reserve for fifteen years. its biodiversity is known far beyond mexico's borders. tens of thousands of marine birds live here, on a si

there are concerns about the fate of the unesco listed world heritage site. >> it's entirely possible that the organization will destroy all of the historical residents of palmyra. they started with the shrines that have islamic residences a shrine--a companion to the mohammed. >> a few days ago syrian activists reported that isil fighters have placed explosives in palmyra's ruins. it was not clear if they were placed around the shrines or the actual archeological site. >> i think the photos were associated with the blowing up of the shrines. and i have not yet seen any substantiated evidence, any photos real photos that show mines being laid around the archeological ruins themselves. >> isil has destroyed history both in syria and neighboring iraq. dozens of shrines have been blown up. in march isil used the bulldozer to destroy a 3,000-year-old syrian city near the city of mosul in northern iraq. isil also smashing artifacts in the city's museum. its is not just destroying monuments. precious antic antiquities are being sold. >> this is especially true in the east. and in palmyra wh

the park is listed as a unesco world heritage site. >>> government officials in thailand declared june 5th as national anti-human trafficking day. the interim prime minister vowed to eradicate the heinous trade. the announcement came amid growing appeals from the international society to crack down on human trafficking. he stressed the government would do its best to tackle the issue. thailand is getting a dishonorable reputation as the main staging point for human trafficking in southeast asia. >> translator: the government is united and seriously committed to the fight against human trafficking. we will be resolute in our efforts to stop and punish the traffickers. >> since may 10th more than 3,000 migrants on boats have landed in indonesia and malaysia. many of them are a member of a minority in myanmar who had suffered persecution in the mainly buddhist country. they were trying to reach muslim countries through thailand. but police have been tightening down their crackdown on the practice. lieutenant general of the royal thai army was arrested on wednesday after turning himself in

the unesco world heritage site in d. isil destroys islamic shrines around the sane she wants syrian city of palmyra. >>> hello there, i am laura kyle from doha. also ahead, hospitals and the dcope as the death toll fra heat wave keeps rising. striking port workers cause chaos in calais with migrants sizing the opportunity to cross -- seizing the opportunity to cross the channel. az

the two countries have also failed to narrow differences on the bid to get industrial areas on the unesco world heritage list. authorities in seoul point out that people from the korean peninsula were conscripted to work at some of those sites. >>> a japanese cabinet minister has defended proposed legislation being debated in the diet. the legislation would allow japan to exercise the right to collective self-defense. nakatani says the bills are constitutional. nakatani was responding to a lawmaker from the opposition democratic party. soouj mow toe was before the diet panel. the experts said they believe the bills are unconstitutional. sugimoto said it was becoming widespread. nakatani responded by saying japan is facing a drastically changing security environment. he says the legislation is the result of coming up with a way of protecting the japanese people. he says the bills conform to past interpretations of article 9 of the constitution. that article renounces war. nakatani said the government believes the constitution can't be seen as banning defense measures necessary to maintain

come back, we'll have more of "america tonight" >>> unesco world heritage site in danger, isil destroys ancient sites around the city of palmyra palmyra. >>> hello for doha, i am laura kyle. hospitals and morgues in pakistan struggle to cope as the death toll from the heat wave keeps rising. >>> striking port workers cause chaos with nigh grant ceasing the opportunity to cross the champion. plus. >> reporter: i am catherine soi in western

cultural organization unesco is questioning reopening due to safety concerns.hole country is trying to rebuild after the quake and in nepal they are helping to deliver care to new mothers and their babies and we report. >> reporter: a broken woman, she had single handedly taking care of more than 100 women and children healths but can no longer talk about her work. when the earthquake hit nepal in april she lost what was dearest to her, her two grandchildren and two-year-old and the newborn. >> translator: i was so happy to be working with child health. i used to go on house calls and this is what god did to me. >> reporter: a community health volunteer, one of 52000 women that ensure that pregnant women newborns and children under five are healthy. now she feels lost. community health volunteers are said to be the backbone of nepal's health services and now many of them are struggling with their own losses leaving the entire health system broken. nine community health volunteers in this village of 600 houses she did not make it. her husband tells me she was bu

there are concerns about the fate of the unesco listed world heritage site. >> it's entirely possibleare destroy all of the historical remnants of palmyra, they started with the shrines that have islamic resonances a shrine to a companion of the prophet muhammad and a medieval mystic. >> reporter: activists reported that isil fighters had placed explosives around the ruins. >> i think those photos were part of the original set that were associated with the blowing up of the shrines. i -- i have not yet seen any substantiated evidence any photos that show mines being laid around the ruins themselves. >> reporter: they have destroyed history in syria and iraq. dozens of sloans have been blown up. in march isil used a bulldozer to destroy a 3,000 year old assyrian city in northern iraq after also smashing artifacts in the museum. they are not just destroying monuments, precious antiques are also being sold. >> translator: isil is just like the syrian regime it is destroying history and syria's civilizations, this is especially true in the east and in palmyra, that isil stole many artifac

unesco has condemned an attack on the yemeni capital that killed five people and destroyed homes in the historic neighborhood. riyadh has denied the claims it carried out an airstrike suggesting instead rebel ammunition may have been responsible for the explosion. the incident occurred a few days before yemen's were infections are to meet for you and-sponsored talks in geneva. it will be the first bid to break the deadlock after more than two months of saudi-led airstrikes. the second round of flogging for the saudi arabian blogger has been postponed again. he ran a blog and was arrested in 2012. discharges included -- his charges included violating the technology law. he was sentenced to prison and 10,000 lashes. despite the international outcry, he received his first round in january. the government says it is looking at accelerating immigration procedures for the blogger. for more on the story, i'm joined by the security general of the world organization against torture. thank you for being with us. given that the saudis have again postponed his blogging, does that mean international

culture organization unesco is questioning reopening because of safety concerns and security measuresng issued by the nepal government. the whole country is trying to rebuild after that earthquake the country's health system is in tatters in rural nepal volunteers helping to deliver care to new mothers and babies as we report. >> reporter: she is a broken woman. she had single handedly been taking care of more than 100 women and children's health. but can no longer even talk about her work. when the earthquake hit nepal in april she lost what was dearest to her, her two grandchildren, two-year-old and newborn. >> translator: i was so happy to be working with child health i used to go on house calls but this is what god did to me. >> reporter: she is a community health volunteer one of the 52000 women who ensure that pregnant women newborns and children under five are healthy. now, she feels lost. community health volunteers are said to be the backbone of nepal health services and many struggle with their own losses leaving the entire health system broken. out of the nine community hea

unesco has raised safety concerns over the reopening.icials believe that all of the necessary measures are in place. nepal's health system is in tatters following that earthquake. in rural nepal volunteers are helping to deliver care to new mothers and their babies as al jazerra reports. the she is a broken woman. she had single handily been taking care of more than 100 women and children's health. but can no longer even talk about her work. when the earthquake hit nepal in april, they lost what was dearest to her her two grandchildren, a two-year-old and a newborn. >> translator: i was so happy to be working with child health. i used to go on house calls but this is what god did to me. >> reporter: she is a community health volunteer. one of the 52,000 women who insure that pregnant well, newborns and children under five are healthy. now she feels lost. community health volunteers like her are said to be the bag bone of nepal's health services. now many of them are struggling with their own losses, leaving the entire health system broke

of something called literacy.org, which is based on, uh... it's also coupled with, uh, the, uh, unesco's international literacy institute. illiteracy is a problem we think is just in the, um, undeveloped or developing countries, but it's also here, even in the commonwealth of massachusetts... >> hinojosa: in fact, the commonwealth of massachusetts has some pretty extraordinarily high numbers. >> well, high numbers on one end, but high numbers on the lower end, also. too many adults who have too low a level of literacy, and without the facilities to give them training and, because of budget cuts, they're being reduced, also. >> hinojosa: it could get worse. so, this is the name of one of your classes at the harvard kennedy school: "new media: surveillance, access, propaganda and democracy." >> right. >> hinojosa: so, you're actually also... not only are you... are you propagating for more democracy in terms of access... >> a better quality of democracy, also. >> hinojosa: a better quality of democracy, more awareness of the have-nots. you're also very concerned, as are many americans, abo

but unesco leased a statement saying public have to be extra cautious some nba some sites artifacts aree salvaged the government says dangerous areas have been cordoned off in order to keep people safe. something government officials even went onto say that this could be disaster tourism. but an an education the twist. artifacts which have been salvaged are left in the open exposed to the elements. these pillars and struts are over 300 years old. and these are the things that conservationists say need to be kept safe. al jazerra. cat mankathmandu. >>> pakistan says it has managed to sale its first ever fighter jets at the paris air show. it's not known which country made the order or how many were sold they were developed with help from china. >>> more mers cases in south korea has people questioning the government's control measures. there have been a further four new infections, bringing the total number of case to his 154. disinfection operations are currently underway in public spaces like this internet cafe. now the latest from seoul. >> reporter: while the death toll rose here in

sites that had to be closed after the earthquake and kathmandu is a popular tourist attraction and a unescold heritage site. and good news in some ways for a country that has been seriously damaged and let's hear from kathmandu. >> an early 16th cent kri palace damaged badly by the earthquake and now 53 days after the earthquake the government says that this palace along with many of the other sites in nepal will be open for tourism and gets the gdp from tourism and the government is in a rush saying it's safe fortourism and some places have been untouched by the earthquake but the public has to be extra cautious and in some sites artifacts are still being salvaged and dangerous areas have been quartered off to keep people safe and some government officials went on to say this could be disaster tourism with an educational twist but as you can see artifacts which have been salvaged are left in the open exposed to the elements. these pillars and struts are over 300 years old and these are the things that conservationists say need to be kept safe. >>> jeb bush is running, the former governor o

italy has the most unesco heritage sites in the world and is already spending $140 million to fix theii. in all billions of dollars are needed for the country's 49 other sites. >> that is the gdp of a small country in eastern europe, for example. >> luka who specializes in corporate art partnerships, says the extent of repairs requires extreme measures. >> i don't want to think what would happen if the corporate sponsors were not there. >> reporter: the scaffolding around the trevi fountain hasn't stopped tourists from snapping photos and making a wish. their coins hitting the dry fountain like an empty piggie bank. >> jonathan vigliotti, cbs news, rome. >> up next, a sweet victory for historic women's college on the verge of closing down. es a1c is not at goal with certain diabetes pills or daily insulin your doctor may be talking about adding medication to help lower your a1c. ask your doctor if adding once-a-week tanzeum is right for you. once-a-week tanzeum is an injectable prescription medicine that may improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes along with diet and exerci

there are concerns about the fate of the unesco-listed world heritage site. >> it is entirely possiblethat the organization would destroy all of the historical remnants of palmyra. they started with the clients that had islamic residences, a shrine to the mohammed, a shrine to a medieval mystics. >> i think those were part of the social set associated with the blowing up of the shrines. i have not yet seen any sub stabbated evidence, any real photos that show mines being laid around the ruins themselves. >> in march isil used a bull doer so destroy a 3,000 syrian city near the city of mosul in iraq after smashing artifacts in the museums. precious antiquities are being sold. >> isil fighters are the only ones sergeanting ancient sites in syria. the structure was seriously damaged. and walls once covered with mosaic panels are now republic. the museum is an ottoman compound which was also hit. it is not known what the international community can do to protect whatever remains. >> greece's prime minister alexis tsiparsa is back in brussels. theygreece needs 1.8 bail out money to it can r

last week unesco warned nepal's cash strapped government historical sites were still in precarious states. kathmandu says it's sending experts to see whether it can reom the mount everest liking trail to climbers. >> help people with many aspects of their lives but now many of them are the ones in need. sabina shrestha reports. >> broken woman. she had single handedly been taken care of more than 100 women and children's health but could no longer even talk about her work. when the earthquake hit nepal in april she lost what was dearest to her her two grandchildren. two-year-old and the newborn. >> translator: i was so happy to be working on child health, i used to go on house calls. but this is what god did to me. >> reporter: she is a community health volunteer one of the 52,000 that ensure that pregnant women new newborns and children under 5 are healthy. now many are struggling with their own losses leaving the entire health system broken. out of the nine community health volunteers in this village of 600 house she did not make it.. her husband tells me that she was buried with her tw

there are concerns about the fate of the unesco-listed world her stage site. >> it's entirely possiblehat the organization will destroy all of the historical remnants of pal palmyra. they started with the shrines that have islamic residences. a a few days ago syrian activists reported that isil fighters have placed ex-plowsives inexplosives in the area. >> i think those photos were he associated with the shrines. i have not yet seen any substantiated evidences, any real photos that show mines being laid around the actual archeological ruins themselves. >> isil has destroyed history both in syria and neighboring iraq. dozens of shrines many belonging to the sofi sect have been blown up. they destroyed a 3,000-year-old syrian city in northern iraq. and also smashing artifacts in the museum. they're not just destroying monuments precious antiquities are also being sold. >> they're destroying syria and selling artifacts. >> isil fighters are the only one targeting ancient sites in syria. it's best known museum was hit by barrel bombs dropped by government helicopters earlier this month. th

. >>> unesco is condemning an air strike in yemen that killed six people and destroyed parts of a world heritage site. the raid hit the city of sanah which days back 2500 years. a witness says one missile didn't explode but landed on a family's compound killing several people who live there. >>> stocks in athens fell nearly 6% on friday after greek debt talks crumbled. the international monetary fund walked out of negotiations with greek officials on thursday. the country owes creditors $1.7 billion by the end of this month to avoid defaulting. greece could be forced out of the euro zone if it cannot reach a deal. >>> the former head of the international monetary fund has been acquitted of aggravated charges regarding pimping of prostitutes. but politically the case is a problem for the person once thought to be a front runner for the french presidency. >> reporter: four years after he was first arrested and charged in new york and charged in france, the former head of the international monetary fund has cleared all of the legal hurdles in front of him. there was still doubt of whether

>> it is important, of course, to get things back to normal, for things to return to normal, but unesco warns these sites are being opened too soon, that they are unsafe. what are your thoughts on that. >> the government itself has seven world heritage sites, and from the survey that i have personally done, three are in absolutely precarious state. in that, the sides of the buildings are very sensitive the building might collapse, and so there's still a lot of stabilization that still needs to be done. secondly, salvage is still on going at that site, however, you know, of the other four remaining, i think it's completely reasonable for tourists to come to these places. it's also critical for us to feel that sense of normalcy, because they. a itself dependency significantly on the tourist traffic. >> ok, let's hope tourists do return soon. thanks very much for giving you will go an idea of the situation there in kathmandu. >> thank you very much. >> the whole country is trying to rebuild the ruins of the quake. in rural nepal volunteers are help to go deliver care to new mothers and the