the gunmen that killed seven people last year could join the ranks of fighters in war-torn syria. crossed into syria from neighboring turkey. campaign has wrapped up in egypt. already regarded by many egyptians as the de facto leader faces just one challenger in the polls. track tory is now on be ruled by a strongman. his main present in the past , he had notign appeared in public, worried about his safety. he faces just one challenger. they have already made their allegiance clear. >> he has 296,728 votes, 94.5%. >> campaigning for development and employment, it seems the popular choice. back to those that overthrow the ,uslim brotherhood president it's all 1.5 thousand supporters killed last summer and thousands more jailed. the leader is representing a return from the left-wing former journalist who is the only option for those that want a civilian president. he has campaigned in favor of citizens rights. not convinced by either candidate, they spearheaded the 2011 revolution and called for a boycott. >> far from being fair and transparent, having one afterate in the elections

. >>> and in syria refugees are asked to return to war-torn syria to receive medical care. fund something not keeping pace with the flow of refugees, we have more now from beirut. >> reporter: only 15 years old and playing with his friends when a shell hit his neighborhood in damascus. he lost his hand and part of his genitals. he had surgery in syria and then his family fled to lebanon. but now they may need to go back. he needs another operation and an artificial hand. but his family cannot help pay for it in lebanon and aid organizations are not helping. >> i'll take him to damascus, but it will put our lives at risk just to not lose another child. >> so they're left to seek help from the government they say is responsible for inflicting his injuries. this is exactly what amnesty international means when it says syrian refugees in lebanon are faced with agonizing choices. syrian refugees have little chance of getting the healthcare they need here. in syria health services are free to all. but in lebanon it is a private system. healthcare is not available even for those w

. >>> the state department confirmed that a man carrying out a bombing in war torn syria was in fact,n american citizen. he grew up in south florida. he killed himself when he detonated a truck filled with 16 explosives. it is believed to be the first time that an american is involved in the syria civil war. senator nelson said it is it a sign of a growing problem with >> we are concerned about al-qaeda in suria and developing fighters by training them in the battleground of syria but apparently it is coming home. and we suspect that are getting training by al-qaeda. >> it is unclear how many people died in the attack. investigators are hoping to learn more information. >> and a shake-up in the congressional investigation in benghazi. secretary of state john kerry will not have to notify. and that is quickly on benghazi when they have it from now. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry is no longer to it be in the hot seat on benghazi on june 12th. chairman darril issa said in part. it is it disappointing to watch a long- serving7x,2ho senator l secretary kerry squirm his way to w

. >>> human rights organizations are concerned that lebanon is blocking palestinians fleeing war-torn syria from entering the country. human rights watch says about 40 palestinians were denied entry at the border and deported after being accused of having forged documents. beirut has not announced a ban on palestinians from syria, but government sources have said that palestinian refugees registered in syria should stay there. chris, talks on back of the united nations and relief and works agency says any new restrictions would be worrying. >> we certainly are concerned by the increased restrictions, and we have to look at what's happened on the ground at the border crossing between lebanon and syria since the weekend where we saw a decrease of the numbers that are coming in. we're keeping an eye on that border, and we've been given assurances by the lebanese authorities that these restrictions are going to be temporary. we certainly hope that they're going to be lifted in the next few days, but can i make a point about context here? lebanon is a country of 4 million people that haslett in

.; plus, the leader of the opposition in war-torn syria. >> woodruff: russian president vladimir putine some surprise statements today over the crisis in ukraine. this afternoon, he called on pro-russian separatists to postpone their planned secession vote on may 11. announced that he has withdrawn russian military forces from ukraine's border. and even offered conditional support for national elections in late may, which he had previously rejected. >> ( translated ): i want to underline that the planned presidential elections in kiev are a move in the right direction, but they won't solve anything if all of the citizens of ukraine don't understand how their rights will be guaranteed after these elections are held. >> woodruff: a white house spokesman said this afternoon there is no evidence that russian troops have pulled back, and the u.s. imposed further economic penalties on moscow. to help us walk through what these developments mean, i'm joined by angela stent, director of the center for eurasian, russian and east european studies at georgetown university. she has served in the s

of course, most of them these days come from war-torn syria. lion refugees from syria here in jordan. most of them staying in refugee camps. he's addressing that issue right now, actually. he's in bethany, beyond jordan, where christians believe that jesus was baptized. he's meeting young refugees to highlight that problem in particular, alex. >> thank you so much. in amman, jordan, for us. >>> back here in the u.s., new today, president obama paying tribute to the men and women who gave their lives in service to this country. >> we owe them so much. so this memorial day, we'll gather together as americans to honor the fallen with both public ceremonies and private remembrances. and i hope all americans will take a moment this weekend to think of those who have died in service to our nation. >>> a federal judge has ruled long-serving congressman john conyers name can appear on michigan's primary ballot come august. after saying he was ineligible due to nomination problems with signatures. >>> now a new job, president of the boy scouts of america

some are risking their lives to get treatment by return to war-torn areas in syria.e have this report. >> this boy is 15. he was playing with his friend when a shell hit his neighbourhood in damascus. he lost his hand and part of the his genitals in the attack. he had surgery in syria, his family fled to lebanon. they may have to go back. he needs another operation, and an artificial hand. his family can't afford paying for it in lebanon, and aid organizations are not helping. "they tell us to go to damascus, because it is too expensive here." . >> translation: i will take him to damascus, and put our lies at risk. just not to lose a child. they are the ones that launched the shell. >> so the family is left to seek help from the government they say is responsible for inflicting his injury. this is what amnesty international means when it says syrian refugees are faced with ag jobbizing choices. syrian refugees have little chance to get the health care they need. in syria health services are free to all. in lebanon it's a private system. health care is not affordable

after i discovered this, yes, for me she is a metaphor of syria. >> reporter: this is a movie bringing the viewer closer to daily lives in a war-torn woundry, featuring rape, death and resilience. >> reporter: you're going back to syria? >> yes. >> reporter: are you scared? >> even if i die there, it's not... . >> reporter: these are people that have lost everything, except their dignity. she carries a bag of soil wherever she goes. a piece of homs. >>> it's important to have a piece of it with you at all times. >> the message is the broken thing. there is no language, there is no way to describe what i feel. >> reporter: her house no longer stands, her home will never leave her. >>> hong kong is in the grip of contemporary art fever, a show case of art and collectors from around the world. rob mcbride reports. >> reporter: it's not what hong kong's office blocks are used to. installation artist turns a floor into a bunker themed vodka bar. >> we cooked up this idea, which was to set up a bupinger space -- bunker space in the city. >> reporter: he is one of a growing number of artists given a stage in the week of art. >> there has

in the long-term, these are -- many people from war-torn countries like syria, somalia, afghanistan and countries where there are human rights abuses like aratraa and they cannot go home. they could seek political asylum here in france. they don't want to do that. this is the issue really for the european union and france and t italy in particular, which are taking the main brunt of many of the immigrants come across the mediterrrainian. the issue is under eu conventions and dublin, too, they can seek asylum in the first port of call, the first country that they arrive in. and that's basically italy or maybe malta. but they don't want to stay there. a lot want to head to northern rohn or the u.k. many people hear don't speak english. many of their relatives are in the u.k. it's difficult for them to get there. >> thank you for that, for the update on the situation. >>> hundreds of people have forced their way through razor wire barrier to crossing the spanish border at the northern of morocco. it provides a rare land-base route for illegal immigrants. more from jonah hull. >> there are

dire for some refugees that some are risking their lives to get treatment by returning to war-torn areas in syria. we have more. >> reporter: this boy is only 15 years old. he was playing with his friends when a shell hit his neighborhood in damascus. he lost his hand and part of his genitals in the attack. he had surgery in syria, and then his family fled to lebanon, but now they might have to go back. he needs another operation and an artificial hand, but his family can't afford paying for it in lebanon, and aid organizations are not helping. they tell us to go to damascus, says his uncle, because it's too expensive here. >> translator: i will take him to damascus and put our lives at risk. we tonight pay for anything in damascus except for medicine they didn't have in the hospital, but they are the ones that launched the shell. >> reporter: so his family is left to seek help from the government they say is responsible for inflicting his injuries. this is exactly what amnesty international means when it says syrian refugees in lebanon are faced with agonizing choices. syrian refugees have littl

. >>> a suicide bomber who carried out an attack in war-torn syria has now been identified as an americanflorida. he went to school there and according to "new york times" played in a youth basketball league, too. but somewhere along the way something changed. and he went to syria to join extremists linked to al qaeda. mohammed is following the story american? >> the state department say that he grew up in florida, that he went to school there. they're not sure when he went to syria. they have not diverged details of how he went or why he went. to went to join up with the ranks of the jihadists. video online showing the attack he was involved in. now, you see this with huge blast in one of these videos. there's always a still picture of this man where you see him holding a cat. the video that you're looking at right now is actually showing the planning stages of this attack when artillery shells were being loaded into one of the trucks that was used for the attack. this was a huge attack. and then the initial stages when we were trying to confirm the story american officials were saying t

. >>> overseas now, hundreds of rebel fires began evacuating syria's war torn city of homes, one of the places the rebels rose up against the government more than three years ago. rebels took control early on and government forces pushed back in a series of attacks. thousands have died. both sides said they struck a deal last week allowing the people to exit while the government gets control of the city. >>> remember the teenager who supposedly hid in a plane's landing gear for flight and somehow survived five hours. investigators say he was there all those hours. a lot of folks said it was impossible. now, we have surveillance video and we'll show it to you next. ♪ why do results matter so much? it's probably because they are the measurement of everything we do. for a wireless company, results come down to coverage speed and legendary reliability. so go ahead, stream, game or video chat. that's why verizon built americas largest 4g lte network. because the only thing that really matters are the results you get. so for the best devices the best network and for best results, use verizon.

syria. >> reporter: this is a movie bringing the viewer closer to the daily horrors of life in a war-torn untry, featuring scenes of rape, death. also resilience. you're going back to syria? >> yes. >> are you scared? >> even if i die there... >> these are people that lost everything, except their dignity. she carries with her a bag of soil wherever she goes, a piece of homs. . >> reporter: it's important to have a piece with you at all times. >> the message is the broken theme. there is no language, there is no way to describe what i feel. >> reporter: her house no longer stands, her home will never leave her. >>> that story and the rest of our day's news can be found on the website. aljazeera.com. >>> hi, i'm lisa fletcher, and you are in "stream", we're here to talk about why the global fight for one of the most intelligent animals isn't over year. and why are the u.s. and russia the only countries in the world who's militaries use dolphins? are questions of ethics changing as public expectations shift in the wake of the cove and black fish? we discuss rig n

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i discover this, yes, for me, she is a metaphor of syria. >> this is a movie that brings the viewer closer to the daily horrors of life in a war-torn country. it features scenes of rape, death. but also resilience. >> reporter: you are going back to syria? >> yes. >> reporter: are you scared? >> even if i died it's not... . >> reporter: these are people that have lost everything, except their dignity. she carries with her a bag of soil wherever she goes, a piece of homs. >> it's important to have a piece of it with you at all times. >> the message is the broken thing. there is no language. there is no way to describe what i fear. >> reporter: her house no longer stands. her home will never leave her. >>> sport in a moment, including action from the decisive day in the spanish league, and how california chrome edged closer to tripple crown glory. robin has that >>> more than 35,000 exhibition spaces around the world celebrate international museum day. special events are held to attract people that wouldn't normally visit. alexy o'-brian has more. >> reporter: it's 5:15 a body is discovered in london. the clues are hidden in the petr

syria. >> this is a movie that brings the viewer closer to the dailihorse of life in a war -- hor errors of life in a war higher torn country, rape, death, and also resilience. . >> you are going back to syria? >> yeah. even if i will die there, it's not. >> these are people who have lost everything except their dignity. she carries with her a bag of soil wherever she goes, a piece of homs. >> it's very important to have a piece of it with you at all times? >> the message is the broken things. there is no language. there is no -- no way to describe what i feel. her house no longer stands. her home will never leave her. phil lavell at the cannes film festival. >> at&t is expected to announce it's plan to by directv by monday. they have reportedly agreed on terms that would cost around $50,000,000,000. v is the largest satellite operator in the united states while at&t is number 2 in mobile phones behind verizon. this mega acquisition would have to be approved by regulators who are expected to closely secur y scrutinize any deal whatsoever. speaking of at lights, thousands have been launched into space back in 1957. h

war-torn country. it features scenes of rape and death. . >> reporter: you're going back to syria. >> yes. >> reporter: are you scared? >> if i die there, it's not... . >> reporter: these are people that have lost everything, except their dignity. she carries with her a bag of soil wherever she goes, a piece of whom. >> reporter: it's important to have a piece of it with you at all times. >> yes. there is no language, there is no way to describe the - what i feel. >> reporter: her house no longer stands. her home will never leave her. >>> now, hong kong is in the grip of contemporary art fever. the international show case art basel is pulling artists and collectors from around the world and has born of other creative events in the city. >>> it's not what hong kong's office blocks are used to. installation artists turns a whole floor into a bunker themed vodka bar. >> we cooked up this idea which was to set up a kind of state in the city. >> he is one of a growing number of up and coming local artists given a stage in the week of art. >> there have been artists in hong kong doing contemporary art since

syria. >> this is a movie that brings the viewer closer to the daily horrors of life in a war torn country. it pictures seconds of rape, death and resilience. >> reporter: you're going back to syria? >> yes. >> reporter: are you scared? >> even if i die there, it's not bad. >> reporter: these are people that lost everything, scpept their dignity. she carries with her a bag of soil wherever she goes, a piece of homs. it's important to have a peace of it with you at all times. >> the message is the broken thing. there is no language, there is no way to describe what i feel. >> reporter: her house no longer stands. her home will never leave her. >>> she fought the law and the law won. [ chanting ] >> now supporters an occupy wall street activist are fighting to keep her out of gaol. her story next on al jazeera america. >>> occupy wall street protesters are on the streets of new york after a controversial conviction. a jury found sicily mcmillan guilty of assaulting app officer -- an officer. mcmillan and supporters say he is a victim of police brutality. [ chants ] . >> reporter: they came b

syria. >> this is a movie that brings the viewer closer to the daily horrors of life in a war-torn country. it features scopes of rape, death. but also resilience. >> reporter: you are going back to syria? >> yes. >> reporter: are you scared? >> even if i die there, it's not - not the same. >> reporter: these are people that have lost everything except their dignity. she carries with her a bag of soil wherever she goes, a piece of homs. it's important to have a piece of it with you at all times. >> the message is the broken can change. there's no language, there is no way to describe what i feel. >> reporter: her house no longer stands, her home will never leave her. >>> israel announced that it will confiscate nearly 7,000 acres of palestine land. it's a move that raised concerned for many palestine landowners in the wang. now -- west bank. now they are taking their case to court claiming this fake documents have been used to seize the land. >> reporter: this was home to 50 families before vacuated. many insisted they bout the land from palestinians like this man's father, a claim denied.

syria is stepping down. at the end of this month after two years of trying to bring peace to the war torn nation he told the u.n. that he regrets of failing to help the people of syria and experts agree that his efforts were largely in vain. so i think he's resigned because he was never fully comfortable in the position that you have on the one hand the commitment of the syrian government and its allies in the region to maintain the current government in syria at the same time you have an extreme opposition that's armed that's political that's backed up by the united states and by nato i believe that he did fail from the standpoint of a stronger today than he was two years ago going behind me i was appointed to the position that the united states as well as the dominant political forces inside the arab league have not been able to have their way in regard to the syrian conflict. and international space station crew has returned to earth a year and a half in orbit three man team of a japanese commander american astronaut and a veteran russian cosmonauts touched down safely in kazakhstan in this i use capsule

syria. this is a movie that brings the viewer closer to the daily horrors of life in a war-torn country.ures scenes of rape, of death, but, also, resilience. >> yes. yes. >> even if i will die there, it's not. >> these are people who have lost everything except their dignity. she carries with her a bag of soil wherever she goes, a piece of homs. >> it's very important to have a piece of it with you at all times? >> yes. there is no language. there is no way to describe what i feel. >> her house no longer stands. her home will never leave her. phil lavelle, al jazeera at the cannes film festival. >> let's look at some unique pictures. pictures that have come into us from the international space station. they say the dragon capsule leaving the international space station and departing for the pacific, the vessel belongs to the california based private space company, spacex docked with the iss for about a month.

syria. >> reporter: this is a movie bringing the viewer closer to the daily horrors of life in a war-torn ountry, featuring scoops of rape, death, but also resilience. >> reporter: you are going back to syria? >> yes. >> reporter: are you scared? >> each if i die there, it's t not... . >> reporter: these are people that have lost everything, except their dignity. she carries with her a bag of soil wherever she goes, a piece of homs. >> reporter: it's important to have a piece of it with you at all times. >> the message is there is no language, there is no way to describe what i feel >>> her house no longer stands. her home will never leave her. >>> the cannes film festival runs through sunday when the coeted palm d' or is handed out. >>> today is national museum day. some are reinveepting museums to make it interesting to kids. >>> hello belmont, could we have a treble winner. >>> i'm tracking storms, where they could turn severe. >> california chrome reaching for the wire. fore on the outside. can't get him. california chrome - he has won the preakness. >>> there you have it, two down, on

syria. >> this is a movie that brings the viewer closer to the daily horrors of life in a war-torn countryit feett features scenes of rape, of death, but, also, resilience. >> usual back to certain i can't. >> yeah. >> still good, en if i die there, it's not threatening. >> these are people who have lost everything except their dignity. she carries with her a bag of soil wherever she goes, a piece of homs. >> it's very important to have a piece of it with you at all times? >> yes. there is no language, there is no -- no way to describe what i feel. >> her house no longer stands. her home will never leave her. phil labelle, al jazeera at the cannes film festival. >>. >> coming up on the program, installation 7 sation, the asian business hub getting a chance to show it's arty side. plus look and do touch. how musems are trying to stay relevant in thedictal age. and in sport, california chrome is closer to triple crown glory rather than standing by with tho -- we will have robin standing by with those details. ay to you. al jazeera america, take a new look at news. more than 35,000 exhibition

torn from their land by three decades of war. >>> we have a special report from pakistan, home to millions of afghans as officials warn afghanistan refugee misery could be repeated in syriawhat we need to avoid at all costs is syria crisis becomes another afghan crisis. >>> hundreds of thousands of britains join the study of mental health. what are the factors that increase the risk of dementia. >>> we've got all business. aaron is back. even more alarming is so is sub prime lending. >> absolu >> absolutely. back in the united states. $250 billion in sub prime debt. this time not for home loans, it's for these. car loans. a warm welcome back to "gmt." often forgotten amongst the world's pressing controversy sis is millions of refugees. afghanistan has the longest crisis in the world that started in 1979 when russians invaded the country. there are 1.6 million registered living in pakistan. another million don't have papers at all. the head of the u.n. refugee agency has been to pakistan to see the situation for himself. kim went to meet mr. gutierrez and has the report from islamabad. >> a visit to a camp to remind the world of plight of afghan refugees. they're grateful

torn down a state... >> what's clear is that people don't just need protection, they need assistance. >> forcing syria to give up its chemical weapons has bin president obama's sole victory in the civil war. but even that has been called into question by three chlorine gas attacks. in the daily beast, western nelings analysts say that all bun 7.5% of syria's declared chemical weapons has been removed, syria may have kept a significant undeclared chemical arsenal. sophisticated nerve gases and the facilities, scientists and scientific knowledge to rebuild chemical weapons program. i'm joined by christopher dick ey dickey. editor of data beast. can continues to hide assets, how strong is that intelligence? >> i think it's strong pfn they 92 something is -- they know it's missing, they don't know how it's missing, the last 7.5% of the declared chemicals that is sort of a pathway into discovering what else might be there but basically they don't think that bashar al-assad has come clean about that arsenal and they're coming to the limits of their ability to search under the u.n. mandate. so i think there's a lot of concern and then of course added to that as you've said you've got the chlori

syria. symbolism is signed to epic. the sixteen kids and leaders signed the upper hand in this conflict it simply reinforces the status quo the new cycle of violence in the war torn country will continue. beijing has warned vietnam to stop causing a hazard to its ships the chinese government insisting it has every right to drill for oil. vietnam's coast. and to quote immediately leave the area around the deep sea break were a tense standoff is now couples on the high seas has to teach from the deep unease coast guard appears to show chinese ships running in the evenings pencils at a press conference officials said fifty ships was severely damaged and six the list injures after they tried to defend the territorial war says chinese vessels around and to be enemy ships causing them. we had practiced extreme restraint. i will restrain causes and so the chinese continue to run into us we will respond to similar self defense measures the weather has hit back claiming that the unease with the advances in this case the amount of court six vessels which intentionally rammed into it on chinese ships that were going to disrupt our digits into generating activities in the ar

war but are still inside the country. the highest numbers are found in syria, columbia and nigeria. >> the numbers are staggering and what they amount to are millions of lives torn apart. they tell a story of desperation, hardship and heartbreak, as millions of people dependent on handouts. >> it is in many ways an x-ray of a global conscience and i think we're failing because 8.2 million people had to flee their homes last year. we have never had as many on record that have been forced to flee their homes as now. >> the reports by the internal displacement monitoring center found 33.3 million people were internally displaced worldwide at the end of the last year. the countries with the highest number, syria with 6.5 million, columbia with 7.5 million, nigeria with 3.3 million. here, too, they have nowhere to go, central african republic, facing the highest level of new displacements. this is the city of homs in syria. these were homes where lives once thrived, now everyone has gone. the report states that a family is forced to leave their home in syria every 60 seconds. that's 9,500 people a day. >> it's hard to help the internal displaced. they are on the bott

completely illegitimate the presidential election in sign syria is next tuesday in the now we'll be keeping a close eye on the vote in the war torn country so next week i mean it's now and this is in the now seems to. have an abortion before this creature looks like the baby. here is going pretty well at the moment i've got a lodging in tearing partner who understands my situation. in japanese in the right time. i need to think about it. this is still one of the most isolated and mysterious places an. old legends of chemicals make many people afraid to travel here but they're going to put us on the menu that europeans have been here for less than a hundred years. people know what secrets lay hidden within these forbidding mountains. killed in a group of shamans a russian plane one of the biggest in the world flies a couple in the guineas wild mountains for the very first time. villages have never even seen a come. what will they make of this huge steel bug. told. truths and myths. your friend posts a photo from a vacation you can't afford. a different. the boss repeats the same old joke of course. your ex-girlfriend still tends t

profit contractors on the ground but syria is gearing up for presidential elections reason for optimism not really as the u.n. peace envoy gives out on the war torn country and passport control in russia could get out of hand a draft law is brewing that might see those who don't declare dual citizenship criminal your in the now. four hundred u.s. mercenaries working in eastern ukraine hired by can have to suppress any opposition to their makeshift government the sec is ation comes from a german newspaper but how possible is it that foreign helping hands are actively working on the ground do you believe that there are american mercenaries operating right now in ukraine send the message through and best of the. two to respond to those assertions you know you don't have if you get sickly i would be very very strong suspicions the obvious might be true a hunch perhaps but built phone tag says for profit mercenaries are participating in the effort to eliminate anti activists inside valance and possibly other areas in the denounce creech and it's almost impossible to verify these claims but there have been plenty of hence check this out. you as a citiz

profit contractors on the ground less syria is gearing up for presidential elections reason for optimism not really as the u.n. peace envoy gives out on the war torn country and passport control in russia could get out of hand a draft law is brewing that might see those who don't declare dual citizenship criminal your in the now.